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I'd like to thank Germantownmaiden for helping me with this chapter during one of my bad days. Honestly I think the chapter is better thanks to your help! 3
Tristan and Duke had gained a new fear of flying as Joey challenged Seto to have a competition on who could do the most tricks, leaving their passengers to clutch on for dear life.
"Heya pal. You ok?" Joey asked Tristan, who shook his head as he tried not to lose his breakfast. "Well you will be soon! We're at da castle!"
Tristan's head shot up, his eyes widening as he took in the scenery. A magnificent grey castle stood in the middle, beautiful oak trees rising high to the sky as white lilies swayed gently with the breeze the dragons were creating. A crystal like wall appeared, surrounding the castle as they neared closer to it.
"We're going to crash!" Duke yelled, wrapping his arms around the horn of the saddle. Seto rolled his eyes while Joey snickered as an entrance to the castle appeared and opened, allowing the two dragons to fly in easily. "Um what was that?"
"It's a spell Atem created as a way to protect the castle and its inhabitants," Seto explained as the dragons landed onto a huge field, near what appeared to be stables.
"From what?" Tristan asked as he hopped off the dragon with Joey's help. Seto smirked as Duke jumped off.
"Man-eating bugs, animals and more that could easily snap someone's neck weak as you." Tristan and Duke gulped, staring at the forest. Was the bug that chased them hoping that they were to be its next meal?
"Now if I were ya guys, when Atem comes out I would be quiet until Atem tells ya when ya can speak. Otherwise, keep your mouths shut," Joey suggested as they climbed up the steps of the palace to the front entrance.
Duke and Tristan looked at each other before Tristan turned back to Joey as Seto and Joey led them to what appeared to be a throne room from the large velvet gold throne placed on a raised platform. Ivory curtains hung from the windows, gently blowing away from the opened windows.
"Why?"
"Atem may not be happy to see two guys standing in front of him, one of you who may be 'the one'," Seto explained as they reached to the throne. Expecting to see whoever Atem was, Duke and Tristan merely just stood there, wondering was the hell was going on. Suddenly wisps of amethyst smoke swirled around their feet, as Seto and Joey watched Duke and Tristan become stiff when the smoke touched them. Suddenly the smoke latched onto their wrists, forcing them to kneel on their knees as a figure appeared, standing before the throne. They gasped as the figure materialized fully into a solid. The pure charcoal black hair of the figure was swaying gently from something Duke and Tristan could not see as his outfit made them wonder what was with all the black leather and metal buckles. The figure's eyes were seemed to be calm, as a book was in the hand of what appeared to be a staff to the two. Never had they seen someone with blue skin, well except for Smurfs.
"I see that you found something interesting when you were riding your dragons today," The man they figured was Atem said, his eyes staring at Duke and Tristan. Joey nodded before going up to Atem and wrapping his arm around Atem's shoulder, despite the height difference.
"Saw da two jumping off a cliff from metal armored bug. I believe dat one of da boys could be da one Atem," Joey snickered as he watched Atem's face scrunched up slightly. Atem's eyes narrowed as he turned to Joey, gripping his staff tighter.
"This is not funny Joey. They cannot be the one as I have no attraction towards men, especially ones in odd clothing" Atem growled, the amethyst smoke turning black. Joey jumped away from Atem, holding his hands up in front of him. Seto chuckled at Joey's actions which he received a glare from Joey.
"That has to be the case Atem. They are the first humans we have seen since the curse was placed," Seto said, glancing at Duke and Tristan. Both of them had confused expressions on their faces, wondering what the hell did mean by curse and 'the one'?
"We're back and look at what we found!" A voice cheered, causing everyone to look towards the entrance. Duke whistled lowly , resulting in Tristan trying to kick him as they saw a woman in a somewhat skimpy pink and blue outfit, her golden hair perfectly in place. Her emerald eyes seemed to sparkle with happiness as a man dressed in a dark shade of lavender was behind the woman, had small hints of a smile on his face. Tristan and Duke's eyes widened when they saw what the man was holding.
"Tea!" Duke and Tristan shouted, trying to break free from the restraints. The sight of blood on Tea's white coat churned their stomachs along with the sickening purple bruise on her wrist. The green eyed beauty blinked, staring at the two.
"Her name is Tea? It suits her, don't you think Mahad?" The woman asked the man carrying Tea. Mahad nodded as he glanced at Duke and Tristan then onto the other three men in the room.
"It looks as though we were not the only ones to find something interesting Mana," Mahad commented as he strode towards Atem, Seto and Joey with Tea still in his arms. Mana however decided to float instead of walking as she held out her wand to Duke and Tristan. They flinched, closing their eyes as some pink electricity flew from her wand. Duke and Tristan opened their eyes, expecting to find beautiful women to escort them to heaven, when they saw Mana giggling at them.
"I'd stay there if I were you. Oh and Tea is going to be fine. Atem and Mahad are going to heal her," Mana suggested as Tristan and Duke stood up. Tea was still in Mahad's arms while Atem had his hand placed on her forehead. A faint blue orb appeared, surrounding Atem's hand when a blinding bright light filled the room, causing everyone to shield their eyes. The light slowly dissipated into thin air as everyone blinked a few times to readjust their eyes. Duke and Tristan heard five gasps, spiking their curiosity on what was going on. Then they saw it. Tea was now in Atem's arms, completely healed, still unconscious.
"Why are they surprised by that?" Duke whispered to Tristan. Tristan shrugged before his eyes narrowed slightly.
"I don't know but I don't like that guy holding Tea," Tristan replied before he marched over. A invisible barrier stopped him in his tracks. Tristan looked over to Mana, finding her with a scowl on her face.
"I told you to stay. You need to listen when you're here. You two are just simple humans in a room with those who have magic," Mana told him, her eyes going back to Atem and everyone else.
"Well my chances of making fun of ya if those two were d- Hey I was just joking," Joey said when he noticed Atem glare at him. "Jeez. Can't take a joke around here."
"Mana prepare a room for Tea," Atem ordered, his expression softening as he turned towards Mana. Mana saluted Atem and was about to leave when she remember Tristan and Duke.
"What about these two?" Mana asked as she pointed to Tristan and Duke. Duke and Tristan froze when they felt everybody's eyes on them. Seto walked up to the two, who were now standing still, completely stiff.
"What relation do you have to Tea?" Seto asked, his eyes narrowing slightly.
'Jeez. I bet this guy doesn't ever get a girl's attention or anything,' Duke thought as Tristan answered Seto.
"Tea is my cousin and Duke is a good friend of ours. Can we please take Tea and go back home?"
Mahad joined Seto, placing a hand on Tristan's shoulder. A sympathetic expression with some sadness clearly was shown in his face.
"We're sorry but you can't leave," Mahad said quietly, watching for their reactions incase they decided to turn violent.
"Look here pal. We need to get home as we all have jobs and friends back there," Duke said, pissed at Mahad's answer. 'What do they mean we can't go home?'
Joey sighed as he joined Mahad and Seto in explaining why they couldn't leave."We are under a curse dat made us like dis. We can't undo it no matter how powerful Atem, Mahad and Mana's magic is combined. Also nobody can leave dis place until da curse is broken by da one. Tristan your cousin is da one."
Duke and Tristan blinked and turned towards each other.
"No Miho," Tristan whispered.
"No game shop," Duke also whispered.
Both boys fell back, unconscious as they realized that they were now stuck in a world where curses, magic and monsters existed. Joey and Mana snickered as Seto and Mahad sighed, staring down at the two idiots.
"I'll go prepare two other rooms for them. Have fun carrying them boys," Mana giggled before she disappeared, leaving a pink cloud with a hint of glitter where she once was. Mahad who had developed a small headache held out his hand and a green aura sprang forth, engulfing Tristan and Duke. Their unconscious bodies floated in the air as Seto turned towards Atem.
"Do you want me to take the girl?" Seto asked, watching his king. Atem appeared to be memorized by the girl, his crimson eyes locked onto her as if there was something more than what they could see. Atem shook his head as a mahogany door appeared in front of him.
"I'll take her to her bedroom," Atem replied as the door swung open, revealing a staircase. He stepped in and climbed up the stone steps, slowly as if he was afraid he would wake Tea. As he reached the final step, the mahogany door in front of him opened, allowing him to exit. The door closed and disappeared once he was in the beautiful hallway, decorated with bouquets of flowers Mai and Serenity found on the palace grounds. The elaborate royal blue rug trimmed with gold, Atem was walking on nearly covered every inch of the ground yet appeared to be remarkably clean. He stopped in front of the bedroom that would be Tea's as Mana had put up a sign on the door that said "This is Tea's room so don't you dare put her anywhere else!" The door creaked open, allowing Atem to step in quietly. He tiptoed into the room, not wanting to wake up the slumbering Tea in his arms. The room, not having been touched in years, appeared to have the furniture rearranged and perhaps changed in color as the couches, desk and paintings were not what he remembered. The oak canopy bed, once draped with dull white curtains that had turned grey, were replaced with navy blue curtains . The sheets and blankets matched the curtains, trimmed with gold along the edges. Atem temporarily moved one of his hands in front of the bed, the covers pulling back. He walked to the bed, gently placing Tea onto the bed. Atem covered Tea, his hand accidentally touching her cheek. Atem froze when Tea let out a whimper in her sleep.
"Mom, where are you?" Tea whispered barely loud enough for Atem to hear. Nothing more came from her, only the sounds of her breathing filling the room. Atem his expression stoic, brushed a strand of her hair back. He left her side as he walked back to the oak table, grabbing his staff. Without looking back at the slumbering girl, Atem disappeared, leaving a bundle of almond blossom tied with a black ribbon, on the table and feelings of confusion in the air.
The whispering of female voices stirred Tea awake, along with the weight of them on the ground. 'Wait, this doesn't feel like a bed,' she thought, slowly opening her eyes. She didn't expect to see bright emerald eyes of a blonde hair woman staring directly into hers. Tea screamed, causing the bright eyed beauty to jump back.
"I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to scare you! It's just that I wanted to meet you since it's been awhile that I talked to someone new. By the way my name is Mana," Mana chattered on. Tea blinked a few times, confused.
"It's ok but um Mana? Could you tell me where I am? The last thing I remembered was being in a cave and then feeling someone picking me up," Tea said as she observed her surroundings. She was trying to figure out how did she go from a cave into a beautiful room she was in.
"You're in the castle where my friends and I live in. You remembered Mahad picking you up. Honestly we weren't expecting to find you but we're glad we did with all of the injuries you had."
Tea's eyes grew wide before throwing the covers off and jumping out of the bed. She nearly collapsed when Mana caught her.
"Thank y- How are you floating?" Tea yelled as she saw Mana floating in the air.
Mana led Tea back to the bed, scratching her cheek.
"Well you see it's a long story but to sum it up we were cursed by a white hair man who changed everyone into the kingdom into forms that reflected our hearts," Mana explained, remembering that Atem and Mahad ordered that no one tell her about how to break it as they wouldn't want her to try to fall in love with Atem out of pity.
Tea sat there, trying to take in what Mana said. "Either I must be crazy or the near death experience caused by a giant bug chasing me changed what I believe to be true or not. But what you're saying sounds like everything is true. I know that amusement parks could never create something like this."
Someone chuckled, Mana and Tea's eyes darting towards the source. There stood a blonde hair bird woman, her violet eyes watching the girls. Her skin color shocked Tea, never had she seen anyone with blue skin well except for that one time when a customer was choking on fried chicken. The woman's wings on her arms were folded neatly across her chest, covering what Tea could tell was some type of armor.
"I never heard of an amusement park but I will admit that it does take awhile to get used to accept what we are but it has its perks. I'm Mai by the way hun," Mai said as she pulled a chair and brought it over to the bed.
"Tea," said girl replied. Tea suddenly remember Duke and Tristan, jumping off a cliff. "Has anybody seen a man with green eyes and black hair wearing a red headband and a guy with an odd hairstyle whose color of hair is somewhat similar to mine?"
"Oh those two! Your cousin Tristan and your friend Duke are in a room down the hall. We thought it'd be best to keep you here all together since you won't be able to leave at all," Mana blurted, covering her mouth when it was too late. Tea's forehead scrunched up slightly, looking both at Mai and Mana.
"What do you mean we can't leave?"
Mai, who had sent Mana a disappointed look, turned towards Tea before explaining.
"Mana wasn't the one who was supposed to share that with you. But since she already told you I might as well explain. You, your cousin and your friend are the first ones to come into this kingdom in a very long time from the look of your clothes. With the curse that was placed, we believed that once people entered the Domain of Beast, no one may leave ever until we find some way to remove the curse."
Tea sat there, allowing everything to sink in. "So we're stuck here?" Tea whispered quietly, already knowing what the answer would be.
Mana and Mai nodded, watching Tea as they saw her eyes become cloudy with tears until Tea rubbed her eyes. She sent Mai and Mana a reassuring smile that she wasn't going to cry, at least not in front of them.
"I guess I'll just have to readjust to this world, but the ones back home are going to wonder where we are."
Mana giggled, knowing that most likely Tea had the most confused expression on her face. "It's all taken care of Tea. Just because we can't leave doesn't mean we can't use our magic to change some things. I have to say, I really want what people of now call a motorcycle."
Tea blinked, trying to figure out how they knew about motorcycles. From what Tea observed in her bedroom, this kingdom and people had to be from the 1600s-1800s as she knew that they had to be taken aback from her clothing and what they knew of life outside of here.
'Wait. How do they know?' Tea thought, curious. She was pretty sure Tristan or Duke wouldn't mention anything about home knowing how those two probably were in total shock, perhaps more than she was.
"We managed to alter people's memories into thinking that you're going to be on a year long vacation with Duke and Tristan. It was quite easy to find Miho through your cousin's memories. He seems to think a lot about her," Mana explained as if what they did was perfectly normal.
"Wait you guys can go through people's memories?" Tea asked, surprised. She certainly didn't want them going through her memories, particularly the embarrassing childhood ones.
"Only Mahad and Atem can. I'm actually still in the process of learning how to."
A knock quietly rapt on the door, everyone's attention now onto the door as it opened. There stood a woman with rust colored hair in a dressed that was as pale as the moon at night time. Her wings seemed to glow even with only one window having the curtains pulled back.
"Oh good she's up," The woman said, a huge smile on her face. She walked over to them, joining Mana on the bed with Tea. "I'm Serenity."
Mai was still looking at the door until she turned towards Serenity. "Where's Rebecca?"
"You know how Rebecca can be Mai. She decided she rather wait to meet Tea," Serenity replied, folding her hands across her lap. "Oh! Seto told me that all three of you ladies are to come downstairs, especially you Tea."
Tea nodded her head as she got out of bed with Mana's help. Tea was about to slip on her shoes when she noticed something on the table. She slowly walked over to it, finding the bundle of almond blossom with a black ribbon tied around it. Tea blinked a few times, before turning towards the other females in the room, their confused expressions reflecting her own until they saw the black ribbon.
"Who is this from?" Tea asked, her fingers gently touching the soft petals of each almond blossom flower. Serenity got up, looping her arm through Tea's.
"Well only one of us in this castle uses the black ribbon, the one you're about to meet," Serenity answered as Mai led them out of the room. Mana looped her arm through Tea's other arms, trying to figure out why Atem left a bundle of flowers when he didn't know Tea at all.
"And who would that be?"
Mai, Mana and Serenity smiled as a red door appeared in front of them, wide enough for the three connected girls to step in easily.
"Atem, our king of course," Mana giggled as she watched Tea's eyes widen at her answer.
So that is chapter 3 of this story. I was going to post it up yesterday but you know everyone needs an hour break typing this much once in awhile right? Sorry if the ending kinda sucks. It's past 3am as I'm typing this and I'm not a night person at all but I stayed up to finish it, edit then post it for you guys. Also just to let you guys know, wisdom teeth are not fun at all and they can totally distract you if you're not the type of person that likes pain x.x
Review and if you haven't, check out my other stories while you're waiting for the next chapter of Dancing into the Magician's Heart to come out.