Marie's sight became blurry as he watched the strange portal disappear, before he passed out from blood lost he heard the screams of people trying to get help.

When Marie woke up he found himself surrounded by his friends and guests. "Thank goodness the doctor was able to help, the cut was pretty deep, and we weren't sure that you would make it." Shade said, before BB and JJ (JJ is balloon girl's real name.) hugged him. "W-wh-what happened?" the tall man asked, Manny replied "WHAT HAPPENED?!WE SHOULD ASK YOU WHAT HAPPENED!". Ace was behind Manny, sobbing "I-I'm sorry Marie...I wan't able to save Maria...I-I-I'M SORRY!I KNOW I'M TOO WEAK, BUT I TRIED TO DEFEND HER!I REALLY DID! I-I-I'm sorry..." even if Marie was jealous of him,and slightly disliked him, he couldn't feel anything but pity for him. He couldn't imagine his own love get taken away,well... if he had one that is. "The man with dirty blonde hair... Spring as I remembered his name was... He took attempted to court my sister, I wouldn't allow it, so he took her away and stabbed me." he replied to Manny's question, "WE NEED TO SAVE HER!" he then screamed, trying to get up. "WAIT!You haven't healed yet! You need to rest!" Freddy said, trying to keep Marie down. "NO!" Marie yelled, "She's my sister! I already lost her once, and I'm not going to lose her again!". The whole room got silent, until Chica stepped up and said "If you're going to go on the journey, then I'll come along too.". All of a sudden, everyone started to chatter. Some even said "Hah! A princess on a journey?! What a foolish thing to hear!" while others cried "No! We need you in this country!" and a few of the Knights said "Don't go! You're not trained enough!" which caused the princess to say "Alright then, battle me. And let's see if you're right.". At first they hesitated, but then one of then replied "I'll battle you.". All of the room turned, to see a brunette man with purple eyes. "Aren't you Alex? The weapons master who can talk to the phantoms?I even heard you can speak with the spirits from the future." a knight asked, the brunette nodded. "So, your highness. Shall we start?" He asked, Princess Chica just smiled and said "Yes.".

When the battle started, Alex tried his best to defeat the princess. But she was too challenging for him, it was already just six minutes before Alex's sword flew out of his hand. "Why did you go so easy on me? I thought I asked if you could do your hardest." Chica giggled, as Alex whimpered "I-I, I WAS going hard on you!". Chica smirked in victory, before saying "But you were quite challenging, so I guess you'll be able to go on this quest." She said.