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Iceshadow911247: Yep, I figured it make things interesting. I remember from a Social Studies class that in China, your last name goes first. As for the rest of the names, I have no idea. Some I just got from Avatar the Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra. And don't sweat it; by the end of this chapter, only two or three names will be important. Thanks for helping me with the insults!
Ice wolf: Actually, it's going to be an OC/Ling Chung kinda story.
Now for Part 2!
Over voice thing I guess…
"We can explain!" Sonia said
"You know what they say, curiosity killed the cat." Kow-Loon said.
"Does it kill a rabbit, liger, a Yaksha, and three humans?" Goldeneye asked
"Not that we know of." Alpha Girl grabbed the book from Sonia. "The Last Prince and Princess: The Known Facts about the Last Known Children of the Jing Family." Alpha Girl and Kow-Loon smirked.
"Are… You two… Mad?" Jumpy asked.
"No. So, what do you guys want to know?" Alpha Girl asked.
"Come Again?" Sonia asked.
"We know what happened the night of the siege of the palace." Kow-Loon said.
"But… But How?" Goldeneye asked.
"Like I told you guys, I'm of royal blood. And Kow-Loon's the son of the Royal Chef." Alpha Girl smiled.
"Royal Chef?" Sonia snickered.
"He was a good man! Although he did have a bad temper…" Kow-Loon said.
"Were you two close to the royal family?" Archer Lee asked.
"We never really got along with Tai-Ping, Su, or Ki-Sing; but we did get along very well with Chen-Po and Mai-Lee." Alpha Girl said.
"They were closer to our age." Kow-Loon explained.
"I can't believe you lived in East Citadel." Muscle Lee said.
"Believe it, pal." Alpha Girl said while she and Kow-Loon took a seat.
"You know they were there." Kow-Loon said suddenly flipping idly through the book.
"Who were where?" Sonia asked.
"Lin Chung, Commander Apetrully, Mighty Ray, and Mr. NoHands. They were at the party." Kow-Loon said. "The King and Queen funded Big Green, and they were sealing the deal at the party. The Commander was asked to bring one of his warriors to the Party as a diplomatic kind of thing, he chose Lin Chung. And the Princesses and their families invited Mr. NoHands and Mighty Ray because of what Highroller did the previous New Years." Kow-Loon said.
"Now, are you sure you want to hear this story?" Alpha Girl asked. Everyone nodded. "Alright, it was a little over Four Years ago… It was an unusually warm December and instead of snow, it rained…"
-Flashback!-
"We were celebrating Mai-Lee's Twelfth Birthday. The entire Kingdom, minus Highroller, was there!" Alpha Girl said.
"We weren't there." Sonia pointed out.
"Whose fault is that?" Kow-Loon asked.
Lin Chung, Commander Apetrully, Mighty Ray, and Mr. NoHands (wearing slightly more dressy clothes than normal) escorted by Kow-Loon and Alpha Girl (dressed in slightly better clothes than normal).
"It was kind of you two to escort us to the palace." Commander Apetrully said.
"It was our pleasure Commander Apetrully." Alpha Girl smiled.
"We just hope you all have a good time." A new voice asked.
"Hou, Wu, Lin Hong, as always a pleasure to see you." Alpha Girl smiled.
Hou was a man of thirty-years-old, pale skin, blonde hair, and ice blue eyes. He was the husband of Tai-Ping IV. This man was the Grand Duke, a military hero, who was always willing to crack a joke even battle.
Wu was the husband of Su. A twenty-nine-year-old man with tan skin, black hair, and onyx eyes was the second eldest son of the neighboring kingdom and destined to be head of the imperial court. He was a very serious man, the exact opposite of his wife, and fell head over heels in love with her at first sight. It took her a year after their wedding to return those feeling.
Lin Hong was Ki-Sing's husband. A twenty-five-year-old man with tan skin, honey brown hair, and chocolate brown eyes. He was the youngest son of Lord Noatak and Lady Minorca and heir to the Fa family Fort in the city of Romaic, a southern city in Hidden Kingdom.
"We were hoping to find one of the royal family members, but instead we found you." Hou joked.
"Ha. Ha. Ha. Just remember, we're closer to the queen and her husband then any of you will ever be." Kow-Loon smirked.
"Ignore him. Is everything alright?" Alpha Girl asked.
"Yes, I just figured it'd be fair to tell you that the arrangements for the Prince his fiancé and the Princess to go to Red Fort in Decembance. (A/N: Pronounce it like this De-Cem-Bance.) For their safety." Lin Hong said.
"Protection?" Jumpy asked
"With the rumors about and Animal against Human war spreading like wild fire, Chen-Po, Mei-Ting, and Mai-Lee were to be transferred to the Fort in the most northern town in all of Hidden Kingdom. The other sisters and their children would move in with their husbands." Alpha Girl explained.
"Why Decembance anyway?" Goldeneye asked
"No one would ever attack Decembance. It's too far north!" Kow-Loon said.
"Why not just have them all transferred to Big Green?" Sonia asked.
"Big Green, at the time, was still just a little over halfway done and was subject to an attack at any moment." Kow-Loon explained.
"Still think they should've transferred to Big Green." Sonia muttered.
"Who's telling this story?" Alpha Girl asked
"We'll make sure to pass this message on." The three husbands walked off ahead of the group. "Are you sure sending the two youngest Royal Blood's too Decembance is a good idea?" Lin Chung asked.
"Of course! Red fort is a heavily guarded Fort. It's perfect!" Alpha Girl smiled as she led the others to a large door which music could be heard behind.
"Besides, Mai-Lee's going. I'd worry more about the guards." The group chuckled slightly at Kow-Loon's joke.
"It might be a bit crowed, the entire family and extended family is here." Alpha Girl warned as she and Kow-Loon opened the door.
The group walked in to see the entire family, extended and all, dancing to a lively song.
Tai-Ping was wearing a jade green ball gown with a jade green see-through, sparkly, shawl that went to her elbows and her hair was held back by a jade green head ban. She wore a golden tiara with emeralds and tiny aquamarines encrusted into it.
Su was wearing a gold ball gown with a gold see-through, sparkly, puffed sleeve that went to her elbow and her hair was pulled into a low pony tail, held by a gold bow, but was parted at each shoulder. Like her sister she also wore a tiara with topazes and tiny rubies encrusted in it
Ki-Sing wore a royal purple ball gown with a purple see through, sparkly, short sleeves that went three inches above her elbows and her hair was pulled into a high pony-tail, held by a purple bow, and curled at the ends. Like her two older sisters she also had a tiara with amethysts and pearls encrusted in it.
Each one danced with their husbands and children who were dressed for the occasions in suits and ball gowns of many colors. Alpha Girl smiled and waved to her second and third cousins who did the same.
"Even the king and queen were dancing with their youngest daughter." Kow-Loon said.
Kow-Loon and Alpha Girl led their friends up the ballroom stairs and toward the thrones for the family, sized from tallest to the smallest the King's being the tallest and Mai-Lee's being the smallest and walked a bit passed the thrones.
"I don't see them anywhere." Kow-Loon sad surveying the dancing crowd.
"There they are! We walked right passed them." Mighty Ray laughed as he spotted the King and Queen and Youngest Princess.
The Emperor was dressed for the occasion in a white shirt with a dark brown belt and golden buttons the went up to his collar, dark red pants, a royal blue sash, brown dress shoes, and the crown that bared the Jing family emblem (a winged lion in a resting position) which was made of pure gold and encrusted with jade, sapphire, topaz, amethysts, and many diamonds encrusted into it.
The Empress, whom looked at her husband and youngest daughter in a loving way, was dressed in a forest green ball gown, royal blue sash, her hair naturally short and only fell to about two inches above her shoulders was cut in an elegant way and held back by a forest green head ban. She wore a crown that looked exactly like her husband's only it was a bit smaller.
Mai-Lee, who was still very small for her age, was wearing a long sleeved, royal blue ball gown with white lace trimmings. Some of her hair was pulled into a small braid which had a royal blue bow at the end while the rest flowed down her mid-back. Like her older sisters she also wore a tiara with sapphires and many tiny diamonds.
The princess, while still dancing with her father, waved at the new comers. And as her parents turned their backs to join in the crowds' merriment, she made a face to the new comers.
They laughed and waved back at the princess.
When her family turned back she did as well. Her father picked her up and spun her. She looked at her cousins and friends and shouted happily. "Oom Pa-Pa!" She tugged at her father's sleeve and pointed toward Alpha Girl and Kow-Loon. Her father and mother nodded and she ran up the steps toward the group.
"I've been waiting for you guys to show up all evening!" Mai-Lee smiled as she ran up to her beloved second cousin.
"Didn't the party just start twenty-minutes ago?" Mr. No Hands asked.
"I can see that you and Mighty Ray are doing well after the… incident at New Year's Eve." Mai-Lee shot back causing Mighty Ray and Mr. NoHands to give her odd looks.
"Mai-Lee," Kow-Loon gently grabbed the princesses' shoulder and pointed her toward Lin Chung and Commander Apetrully. "This is Commander Apetrully and Lin Chung. Commander is the leader of Big Green and Lin Chung is a warrior in Big Green." Lin Chung bowed.
"It is an honor to meet you, You're Grace." Mai-Lee rolled her eyes at her proper title, but bowed to him and Commander as well. She turned to the Commander. "You've sure do have one heck of a square head. Don't-"Before she could say anymore, Kow-Loon and Alpha Girl clamped their hands over there mouth.
Alpha Girl chuckled nervously. "Kids, they say the sweetest things…"
"The cutest is I do say so myself." A female voice said from behind.
"Mei-Ting, Chen-Po!" Mai-Lee ran toward her brother and his fiancé.
Chen-Po, dressed in a navy blue shirt with black buttons and belt, white pants, royal blue sash, black shoes, and a golden crown that resembled his fathers' only it did not have so many jewels and it did not have the Jing family emblem. He wore the crown of The Crown Prince, scooped up his beloved little sister and balanced her on his hip.
"Happy Birthday little sister!" Chen-Po hugged his sister.
"How does it feel to be twelve?" Mei-Ting asked. She was quite the beauty in some fellow's eyes. She was tall and slightly skinny, fair skinned, chestnut blonde hair that went down to her hip in cork-screw like curls, and big light brown eyes. She wore a baby pink ball gown with puffed out sleeves and her hair was held in a low ponytail with a bay pink bow.
"I'm still pretty small… so it's ok I guess." Mai-Lee shrugged. A tiny laugh went through the group.
Mei-Ting pulled out a tiny gift box. "Happy Birthday, You're Majesty." Mai-Lee opened the box to find a round, gold and jade, jewel encrusted box that was no bigger than the palm of her hand.
"Is it a jewelry box?" Mai-Lee asked curiously.
"Try this out." Chen-Po handed Mai-Lee a golden necklace with jade and gold pendant on it. The Pendant was shaped like a green flower with petals stretching in a certain way. Mei-Ting took the Pendant and twisted it in a little slot opening at the base of the box.
After she did, the lid opened to reveal a white swan about to take flight over a beautiful pond and to little figure that looked like the King and Queen waltzing popped up and began to spin to the time of a soft melody.
Mai-Lee smiled and gasped slightly. "It plays my song!"
"Her… Song?" Jumpy asked.
"When we were little she used to beg her parents and ours to sing it to her, she loved so much we started to call it Mai-Lee's Song." Alpha Girl explained.
"Cute!" Sonia cooed.
"I know how much you love it, so Chen-Po and I had it especially made just for you." Mei-Ting smiled.
"Because you're so special to us." Chen-Po kissed his sisters' temple.
Mei-Ting, who knew the song by heart, decided to sing softly to the tune.
On the wind,
Cross the Sea,
Hear this Song and
Remember…
Mai-Lee smiled and decided to sing along.
Soon you'll be,
Home with me!
Once Upon a December.
The two girls giggled as the song came to an end and the box closed.
"Read what it says!" Chen-Po handed the necklace back to his sister.
"Harmony in Hidden Kingdom… Oh, I love it you guys!" Mai-Lee hugged her brother and soon to be sister-in-law.
Just as Mai-Lee put her necklace on, the door swung open, a blast of cold air shot through the room, and a collective gasp went through the room. For someone who was never to be seen again just entered.
Highroller, accompanied by the zebra brothers, entered the room. He didn't have to shove anyone out of the way; they parted for him out of fear.
"What are you doing here, Highroller?" The King demanded angrily.
"I was just here to celebrate the youngest little brats' birthday!" Highroller said. Mai-Lee squirmed out of her brother's grasp and ran down the stairs.
"Mai-Lee, get back here!" Mighty Ray hissed.
"Hey Pipsqueak, you were banished from this place! Get lost!" Mai-Lee shouted and pointed to the door.
"Mai-Lee, go stand with your brother, now." The King told his daughter sternly.
"Oh no, I don't mind at all," Highroller smiled evilly. "It's nice to speak to a girl who's so narrow-minded her earrings knock together." Mai-Lee probably would've lunged right for Highroller's throat if it wasn't for Kow-Loon and Alpha Girl grabbing her arms and dragging her back to her brother's side.
"You were told to leave this place, Highroller. I suggest you do so now." Chen-Po stated calmly.
"Oh please, you'll never be the true man your mother was." Everyone gasped at this.
"Let me at him! Let me at him!" Mai-Lee growled as she tried to break free of her friend and cousin's grip.
"I just came to deliver a warning; surrender the throne to me or pay the price!" Highroller sneered.
"Whatever you're planning, it will never work." The Queen sneered.
"We'll see about that." Highroller smirked as he turned on heel and left. Just as he excited, shots were heard and many windows shattered and screams rang through the room.
"Alpha Girl, get Mai-Lee out of here!" The queen shouted toward her cousin. The group led the two royal bloods and the bride to be out of the ball room and toward Mai-Lee's bedroom.
-Temporary Flashback End-
"We thought that was the end of it." Alpha Girl said.
"It wasn't, was it?" Archer Lee asked.
"Far from it." Kow-Loon said.
"You see, Highroller carried out his threat the following night…" Alpha Girl frowned.
-Back to the Flashback-
The entire Jing family, wearing only their nightwear, coats, and shoes, were running as fast as they could.
"Under Highroller's rule, the animals attack the palace." Kow-Loon said.
"Let's Go!" Su shouted
"We need to get outta here!" Kudzu shouted
"Hurry Children!" The King shouted.
Mai-Lee and Alpha Girl ran hand-in-hand. Her brother, his fiancé, and the little group ran with them until:
"My Music Box!" Mai-Lee let go of Alpha Girl's hand and ran in the opposite direction her family was.
"Mai-Lee? Mai-Lee, stop!" Alpha Girl stopped dead in her tracks and shouted to her cousin.
Mai-Lee ran right past Lin Chung, Commander Apetrully, Kow-Loon, Mighty Ray, Mr. NoHands, Chen-Po and Mei-Ting.
"What the…?" Mighty Ray asked
"Mai-Lee! Come back!" Alpha Girl, the prince and his fiancé, and the little group ran after her.
"Mai-Lee stop! Get Back Here!" Chen-Po called after his sister.
Mai-Lee ran toward her room, closing the door behind her, and ran toward her bed side table to pick up her music box. She stuffed it in her coat pocket and was about to leave.
"Mai-Lee!" Chen-Po burst in and hugged his baby sister with the group behind him.
"Shut the door!" Kow-Loon told the Commander who didn't protest.
"Don't you ever, ever, ever do that again! Do you understand?" Chen-Po shouted to his sister. Mai-Lee, for once in her life, looked ready to cry.
"I'm sorry! I just wanted to get the music box you guys gave me! I didn't-"
BANG! BANG! BOOM! BOOM! BANG!
Everyone huddled together as shot, after shot, after shot was heard not very far from outside Mai-Lee's bedroom window.
When all was silent, no one dared to move or make a sound. They all could barley breathe.
"What happened?" Muscle Lee asked.
"What were the shots from outside?" Archer asked
"And what happened to the rest of the family?" Sonia asked
"Well…" Kow-Loon trailed off uncomfortably.
"W-What happened?" Mei-Ting said finally breaking the silence.
Lin Chung and Mighty Ray, acting on curiosity, ran to the window and threw it opened. The gaped slightly at what they saw.
"W-Well? What's out there?" Commander asked shakily.
Lin Chung and Mighty Ray were horrified and sickened by what they saw.
For what they could see; there, on the ground in bright red puddles mixed with falling ran and mud, lay the still, motionless body of the former King and the third princess. Their eyes glazed and starring of into nothing. They were dead, the two men could tell, but they also knew that no mere body could hold that much blood that surround them. Lin Chung glanced further using his Panther Eye vision.
He saw everyone whom they were running with to escape the Palace not even fifteen minutes ago, was lying dead in pools of blood.
Mai-Lee started to walk cautiously toward the window; Mighty Ray turned around and stopped her.
"What's going on?" Mai-Lee asked quietly.
Mighty Ray, who didn't know how to tell a little girl that almost her entire family had just been, assassinated just shook his head.
"We need to get out of here! We'll have to go out the back exit!" Alpha Girl was about to open the door.
"Bearstomp, there are survivors in here somewhere! Sparky Black spotted them from one of the Princesses' bedroom windows. Search every bedroom there is." Highroller's voice came from outside the door. It was far away, but they knew if they didn't get out soon, they were all done for.
"What now? The window's a no-go and Bearstomp, whoever he is, is outside looking for us!" Mei-Ting whispered.
"The Servants Exit!"Alpha Girl whispered-yelled.
"Yes, Of Course!" Mai-Lee smiled as she ran toward a low-to-ground painting and started to tug on each corner.
"Servant's Exit?" Lin Chung asked.
"How else do you think we cause havoc around the palace and not get caught?" Mai-Lee finally found the right corner and pulled it opened.
It revealed a narrow, but unbelievably long, tunnel that led to who knows where.
"Royals and ladies first!" Kow-Loon whispered as Mai-Lee led the way out. Chen-Po helped Mei-Ting into the tunnel and glared slightly at Kow-Loon.
"When we're to safety, we're going to have a long talk about this." Kow-Loon rolled his eyes. And after making sure everyone was in the tunnel, he stepped inside and shut the trap door.
Not one minute after he did so, Bearstomp burst into the room.
"Got to give you guys' credit on that one."Goldeneye smirked.
"Clever!" Jumpy said.
"Give Kow-Loon most of the credit." Alpha Girl said.
"Why? You suggested the servants exit." Muscle Lee asked.
"This is why…"
"Try to keep up with me, Mai-Lee." Alpha Girl said. She once again held the princess's hand as they ran as fast as they could away from East Citadel.
"We're going to take you guys to Decembance ourselves. Sort of like a body-guard type thing. Then we're going to go back to Big Green." Kow-Loon whispered.
"Why are you whispering?" Mei-Ting whispered back to him.
"I don't know!" Kow-Loon whispered back.
The group just ran across a bridge that was spread across a large pond. That's when disaster struck.
Lin Chung, Mighty Ray, Kow-Loon, Mr. NoHands, and the Commander led the way while the others took up the rear.
Ever so silently; bears grabbed the three royals and the royal-to-be and wrapped arms around there mouths to prevent them from screaming for help. Alpha Girl and Mai-lee, naturally, began to struggle. The bear holding Chen-Po slammed him into the ground and Highroller appeared with a dagger in his hand.
"Long live… The Jing family." Highroller whispered evilly.
"NO! LET HIM GO! PLEASE!" Mei-Ting screamed after she finally managed to shake the bears arm off her mouth.
The group, Commander just ran alongside them, and the others tried to break the bears grasp on the royals and Mei-Ting.
"Don't hurt him! Please, don't hurt them!" Mei-Ting screamed. Kow-Loon spotted a big rock nearby. Not big enough to kill a man but big enough to knock him out for a long time.
"You'll never escape you Royal Brats! Never!" Highroller started to move in on Chen-Po who know started to realize what was about to happen.
"No!" Alpha Girl, Mai-Lee, and Mei-Ting screamed in unison.
"Wanna bet, crazy?!" Kow-Loon chucked the rock and it hit Highroller square on the head. He passed out immediately. The bears dropped the royals and rushed to Highroller's side.
"Let's go!" Lin Chung grabbed Mai-Lee and started to run away from the palace.
-Yet another Temporary End to the Flashback-
"Alright Kow-Loon!" Goldeneye smiled.
"What was I supposed to do, let the heir to the throne get murdered? I don't think so!" Kow-Loon laughed.
"If only that was the end…" Alpha Girl sighed.
"How long is this story?!" Archer Lee groaned.
"You wanna hear this story?" Alpha Girl asked. Everyone nodded. "Then shut it and listen. It's almost over anyway."
-Fl- Oh you know the drill!-
"Mai-Lee, no matter what happens to me or Mei-Ting; you get on that train, and get to Decembance. Understand?" Chen-Po told his sister. She nodded.
Mighty Ray and Commander appeared behind them "If we want to get to Decembance, we got to get on the train-"They heard a train whistle and they all saw the train start to depart. "Now!" Everyone made a mad dash to get on the train.
Mr. NoHands, who flew right to the loading dock of the caboose and Mighty Ray followed and helped pulled everyone. Lin Chung, then the Commander, then Kow-Loon, and finally Alpha Girl. The only problem was that the train was speeding away fast, and there were three people missing.
"Alpha Girl! Kow-Loon!" Mai-Lee, Chen-Po, and Mei-Ting shouted.
"Mai-Lee, Chen-Po, grab my hand!" Mai-Lee, who was the closet to the train, grabbed Alpha Girl's hand. "Someone pull me in!" Alpha Girl shouted. It was difficult cause all three people were holding on by hands so they were all pretty heavy.
"Don't let go!" Mai-Lee pleaded.
"Wouldn't dream of it!" Alpha Girl assured. "Pull me in!" Alpha Girl shouted.
"We're trying! Two royals and one fiancé can add to a lot you know!" Mighty Ray said.
"Lift some weights!" Chen-Po shouted to him
"Eat some lettuce!" Mighty Ray shouted.
"Aside from Banana Breath's inconsideration, what was the bad part?" Sonia asked.
"Do you know the definition of listen?" Alpha Girl asked
What the group didn't know was they came to the end of the deck; so Chen-Po ran right off the side, Mei-Ting managed to catch herself before falling off, and Mai-Lee (thanks to Alpha Girl) was forced to dangle helplessly by Alpha Girl's hand as the train left the station.
"MEI-TING! CHEN-PO!" Mai-Lee shouted.
"Don't worry! Just get on that train! We'll find our own way to Decembance!" Mei-Ting called.
"I hate this night!" Mai-Lee shouted.
"We're not a fan of it either.' Lin Chung said.
That's when Alpha Girl realized something, though Mai-Lee was light, she could feel her grip on the girl slipping.
"Alpha Girl, I-I'm slipping!" Mai-Lee shouted.
"Someone else grab her! I can't hold on much longer!" Alpha Girl said frantically. Lin Chung reached his hand through the bars.
"Princess, take my hand!" Mai-Lee tried to reach for Lin Chung's hand but:
"Alpha Girl! I'm-AAHH!" Alpha Girl finally lost her grip on Mai-Lee and Mai-Lee went falling into the tracks.
"MAI-LEE! NO!"Kow-Loon and Alpha Girl shouted as they heard the bang of Mai-Lee's head hitting the metal of the tracks.
-The true end of this long Flashback-
"We never saw them again. They survived the siege, but no one knows where they are." Kow-Loon frowned.
"All those lives… Highroller… I knew he was bad, but never this bad." Sonia frowned.
"Second Squad and First Squad, report to Briefing room. We head out for Decembance in twenty-minutes!" Commander Apetrully.
Everyone exchanged surprised glances.
"Didn't… see… that…coming." Jumpy said.
FINALLY DONE!
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