Lemur One-Shots

Chapter 3: Roleplaying

One morning, Julien was asleep in a lawn chair, but then he woke up and started to sit up looking around. But then, he noticed something: Julia wasn't beside him like she usually was. The two both shared the same lawn chair, and it didn't feel right for them to be separated. Seeing that Julia wasn't here, Julien started to get concerned. "Julia? Julia, where are you?" he asked. As he started to get up to look for her, he could suddenly hear what sounded like heavy breathing behind him; he slowly turned around to see where it was coming from and came face to face with a tall figure completely wearing black; there was a black cape to match and there seemed to be buttons on the centre of the outfit. Julien suddenly screamed in terror and fell backwards as the figure slowly approached him.

"W-what are you?" Julien asked. He didn't receive any response, and slowly backed away until he found himself cornered on the platform, turning his head to notice, and then looked back to see the black figure coming over.

"Please…stay away. I don't know who or what you are, but please leave me alone." Julien said, obviously feeling really scared. He hadn't been cornered like this before, and it was a feeling he dreaded. Even though he had no idea of what this figure was, Julien knew for sure that it was after him and wouldn't stop until it had him where it wanted. Suddenly yelling, Julien jumped off the platform and started to rush off while Maurice watched on in puzzlement.

"Is everything okay?" Maurice asked. Julien stopped short when he saw Maurice, and quickly ran back over to him. "What's going on? I don't think I've seen you this terrified in a while." Maurice commented as Julien immediately hid behind him.

"Oh, Maurice, it's terrible! There's this figure that's completely in black. I don't have any idea of what it is, but I think it might have done something horrible with Julia, and now it wants me next!" Julien explained, shaking in fear all the while. Maurice looked at Julien, confused and then turned to directly face him.

"What are you talking about?" Maurice asked. "Well, when I woke up, I saw that Julia wasn't beside me like she usually is. And when I decided that I should look for her, that was when that…thing appeared. It was completely covered in black, and had this heavy breathing thing going on. It must have done something to Julia, and it wants me next!" Julien explained, and then immediately hid behind Maurice again. Maurice started to think for a few moments; he had a good idea of who was really the one Julien was talking about. But he figured that maybe he should go along with it just so Julien wouldn't get suspicious.

"Well, you won't need to worry. We'll both face this figure head on and find out what it did to Queen Julia." Maurice said. Julien smiled in relief; he felt so glad to hear that someone was going to back him up with this situation. Since he found himself unable to say anything at this point, Julien simply nodded. "All right then. Let's go and get what we'll need to face that thing." Maurice responded, and the two started to rush off.

Meanwhile, Julia was happily laughing to herself when she saw how effective her roleplaying act was. "Man, Julien looked so scared when he saw me in this. I do feel bad for scaring him like that, though. Who would have thought that roleplaying as Darth Vader would work so well?" Julia commented, as she looked at her costume that she had kept hidden; she had been planning to use it for something like this. But then, she could hear someone coming.

"That must be Julien again. Better get back in costume." Julia commented as she grabbed the mask and placed it back on. Meanwhile, Julien and Maurice were both looking around and the two were holding bamboo sticks.

"Okay, where did that thing go?" Julien asked. Maurice then tugged at Julien's arm and pointed ahead, and Julien looked with him to see the black figure that he had seen earlier come over. "All right, you monster, what have you done with my queen?" Julien asked.

"Julia is in my captivity. And if you want to save her, you'll have to go through me first." The black figure responded. Julien then took one step forward; he was ready to take on this figure to save Julia. The figure then brought out what looked like a stick, but it was bright red from near the bottom to the top.

"You ready, Maurice?" Julien asked. "Right behind you, Your Highness." Maurice agreed. There was silence for a few seconds as the three stared each other down, and they charged at each other with their weapons of choice clashing with each other, before they were sent back a few miles. Julien and Maurice then both ran past, and the three's weapons started clashing back and forth.

"You two are very persistent, aren't you?" The black figure asked, as the two lemurs glared at it. "You're right about that." Maurice agreed. Julien nodded in agreement; he didn't want this thing to do anything to Julia.

"But in spite of knowing that you won't succeed, you still take the risk of facing me to save your queen?" The figure asked. Julien and Maurice looked at each other in worry, but then Julien started to step forward much to Maurice's surprise. Julien looked back at Maurice and simply nodded, letting Maurice know that he knew what he was doing. Maurice then nodded back, saying that he trusted Julien. Julien then smiled seeing this and looked over at the black figure.

"What do you have to say about this matter?" The black figure asked. Julien then sighed and looked down; he couldn't believe that he was going to say this.

"Not everyone seems to notice, but I do think that Julia is amazing. She really is someone special, and I can't imagine what my life would be like without her. I do so much that I don't feel proud of myself for, but she always stands by me no matter what. She has so much loyalty and kindness, and I couldn't ask for anyone else other than her. So that's why, as the Sky Spirits as my witness, I won't let you hurt Julia!" Julien proclaimed, and then charged towards the figure ready to bring it down and save Julia. Maurice, who had been listening to Julien all the while, was wordless and staring awestruck.

"He'll really do anything to make sure Queen Julia is safe, won't he?" Maurice asked. Julien charged straight towards the black figure and, with his love for Julia filling him, and slammed it hard with his bamboo stick, sending it flying backwards and hitting the ground hard, causing it to lose its helmet. Seeing this, Julien slowly smiled and started to approach the figure.

"You now know what it means to mess with a king in love." Julien commented. The figure started to sit up, but this time its voice started to sound familiar. "You're right about that." Julien was confused, but then he saw that figure...was actually Julia.

"Julia?!" Julien asked, jumping back from surprise. Julia looked up at Julien to see his expression of disbelief, and then she started laughing.

"I got you good, Julien!" Julia smiled, as she was laughing her head off. Julien and Maurice stared in silence, but then Maurice suddenly started laughing much to Julien's shock.

"Maurice...you were in on this act as well?" Julien asked. Maurice then looked up at Julien, completely unaware that Julien wasn't happy.

"You should have seen the look on your face!" Maurice smiled, and then he and Julia fell on their backs laughing. Julien stared at the two in silence, before his expression of disbelief was slowly being replaced with anger and hurt; he seriously thought Julia was in danger, but it turned out she and Maurice both just made it an act and played him for a fool in the progress. He then glared at the two and started to hold his bamboo stick up in the air, which the two noticed as they silenced their laughter.

"You really thought it would be funny to make me a fool in your game? Well, I'll give you a taste of your own medicine." Julien said, as he glared at Julia and Maurice. The two quickly started to get nervous, seeing how furious Julien was at them for making a mockery out of him.

"You think this might be a good time to run, Maurice?" Julia asked. "Yeah, I think so." Maurice agreed. The two then screamed in unison and started to make a run for it with Julien chasing them down.