MSRoyalty Episode 6
Winson continued to gaze deep into John's eyes with a clear focus. He narrowed his dark marble eyes in a fixed gaze.
John's eyes… They're gleaming…. Deep inside… I can sense his bitter hate… I can feel his ambition soaring through him from his eyes… We definitely have a problem.
Winson kept thinking thoughts to himself while all the other people of the audience kept clapping and cheering. Tom continued to wave his arms around. John's eyes narrowed towards Tom.
"Hmph," he murmured.
There was a long moment between the audience's hollering and Tom's waving. Many people were drinking and giving toasts to one another. Then Tom started to speak.
"Alright, I and John would like to give you all our toasts for coming to our grand ceremony! We would like to thank you all, so please arise from your seats with your drinks in your hands ready for the toasts!" Tom hollered.
Everyone grabbed their drinks from the table and stood up. But Winson continued to sit down. He seemed oblivious to what Tom just said; he only focused his attention to John. Cris, being next to him, stared at him. Then he patted Winson's shoulder gently.
"Winson, stand up!" Cris called.
He and his wife stood standing with drinks in their hands. Winson blinked in a second and rose up with his drink grasped in his hand. Tom nodded and smiled towards Winson. John frowned; his eyes narrowing at Tom still. Winson smiled back at Tom. A plain servant had two drinks in his hands. He passed one to Tom and the other to John. John's face did not even look remotely close to happy. He grasped the drink in his hands, but his hand seemed to shake a bit. Tension showed on his face with strains on his forehead. Winson examined John's expression; he didn't leave out one single detail.
Then Tom walked down the stage to the tables. John trailed after him. His eyes gleamed of darkness. They walked towards the first table. Tom, smiling with great gaiety, gave toasts to Winson, then Cris and his wife. Winson smiled briefly and Cris and Essie smiled back. Even their guards were given handshakes; Tom wouldn't frown at any of them and he gave a firm handshake. It was like being greeted by a generous king. All the young women in the other tables cheered loudly and wildly. Some were tapping chopsticks. Others were screaming his name so much that John clenched his left fist tightly. It was clenched so tight that it showed John's skeleton features inside his hands. Brief cracking sounds were made, but it couldn't be heard through the busy cheering and hollering. However Winson noticed it as he stared at John's left hand that was balled up to a fist.
John's right hand shook; it seemed the tension was rising up to his hand. Winson stretched his arm with the drink to exchange the same greeting as he did with Tom. As he did this, John's hand vibrated even more like a cell phone going loose with endless phone calls. Winson's eyes looked down upon John's right hand. John frowned as it continuously shook. The bones in his hand seemed to rise from the surface while the blood was rising; His hand was red like it was hot on fire. Winson stared from John's hand to John's face. There was an extensive pause. The liquid tilted rapidly in the glass like waves of water. Drops of the drink dropped onto the table. Winson's eyes were staring at John's hand for a while meanwhile John's eyes were focused on Tom. Tom's back was facing towards John while he toasted many more guests in the other two tables next to Winson's.
John's eyes darkened like deep mist marble. He kept staring at Tom. All the other guests stared at Tom smiling except Winson. He was focused on John's gaze, his expression, and posture.
His eyes…. They're so dark…. But the way he glares at Tom, it seems he's on fire. Hatred and jealousy is showing right from his body language. He is definitely not an ordinary king.
Winson continued to observe John while Tom was already done toasting the other two tables of guests. Then Tom turned around. At a rapid speed of a second John made a smile on his face.
He suddenly changed expressions so fast. So quick, at a rapid speed of a second, he smiled so kind. His fists were no longer clenched, but they were still light red. His other hand no longer shook and his expression was stable. Such a sudden change of mood and emotions, I wonder if this is an act…..
Thoughts floated around Winson's mind.
But one thing was certain about John. He is definitely a mysterious figure that I certainly need to keep my eyes on.
John smiled, showing his bright white teeth, they gleamed.
"John, come and let's give a toast to all the guests!" Tom motioned.
"Sure, I would love to. Let me give a toast to Winson first," John answered.
Winson glanced at John's eyes.
"King Winson, here's a toast!" John shouted cheerfully.
Winson and John exchanged greetings. Winson drank the drink while he stared at John's expression. Then John walked away from the table. Tom and John greeted Gannon and everyone else. Then they moved to Thanh's table.
"Greetings, King Thanh!" Tom declared.
Thanh didn't look at Tom, instead he frowned and sucked his teeth.
"A toast with you is my honor," Tom said.
Thanh still didn't give any eye contact with Tom at all. However he did exchange toasts with Tom. John smiled, holding his laugh, he exchanged greetings with Thanh. It took quite a long time for the two young men to give toasts to all the guests, but after a while it was finally done.
Tom shouted to everyone now. "Now everyone enjoy your food! I and John will go out and greet all the civilians waiting outside in the Royal Garden!" Tom announced. Everyone cheered and clapped. Tom walked to the exit and John trailed after him. The other 4 kings stood up also and walked out towards the exit.
The swarms of people were still waiting outside. Shouting, screaming, yelling, and hollering were heard as Tom entered the Royal Garden along with John. The loudness level of the crowd increased by far now.
"OH MY GOD! IT'S THEM!" someone screamed.
"IS THAT KING TOM?!" someone yelled.
"He looks so much hotter in person!" a girl gasped.
"HE LOOKS REALLY MATURE!" someone yelled.
"I LOVE HIM!" a teenage girl squealed.
Tom smiled and waved his right arm towards the crowd. One by one, the teenage girls started to faint like a domino effect. They all fell like dominos, but it wasn't quite noticeable because there were enormous amounts of people submersing their fainted bodies. As soon as they fainted the other civilians stood onto their spots, in a rampage they stepped on the fainted teenage girls. John walked into the garden and saw the crazy spectacle. It was obvious that Tom had the love of the crowd. Their level of excitement was as high as the ground was to the sky.
"WHO IS THAT?" someone pointed in the crowd.
"IS HE THAT KING?" someone asked.
"Who is he? They both look alike! Is he Tom's CLONE?" another person questioned.
Both of John's hands balled up into fists. His bones in his hands cracked as they seemed to pierce out of his skin.
"IS HE MAD?" someone inquired.
"Doesn't look like it. He's probably smiling," someone stated.
"TOM LOOKS SO MUCH HOTTER THOUGH! OH MY GOD!" a house wife screamed.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT WIFE?!" her husband yelled.
The house wife got struck by a heart attack when she saw Tom's brilliant gaze and plummeted to the ground. Her husband's eyes widened so much, it was like he saw the grim reaper.
"I THINK THE GUY ON THE RIGHT IS HOTTER! THAT"S TOM RIGHT?" someone cried.
"Yeah he is, but you're a guy. You shouldn't be judging other guys like that," someone replied back.
Tom started to sweat a little.
"Hahahaha, the crowd is so awkward… Don't you think so John? They make me absolutely speechless and more awkward," Tom whispered to John.
"Yeah I know," John simply stated. Suddenly flowers were thrown at them.
"HERES FLOWERS TO THE KINGS!" someone screamed.
Everyone was plucking flowers from the entire garden, and then they threw them at Tom. Mostly the flowers were targeting Tom; John stared as all the attention was upon his own brother but not him. The other 4 kings finally walked out into the Royal Garden.
"What the heck is going on?" Gannon asked.
"They're throwing flowers," Tom laughed.
"They seem to be throwing the flowers at you," Thanh stated.
"Yeah," Cris confirmed. Winson narrowed his eyes towards John.
Two fists….Clenched… John really hates it that he's getting no attention at all where as Tom is getting so much love….
Winson continued to stare at John's fists.
"To be at such a position is quite frustrating," Winson murmured to himself
"What position?" Cris inquired.
"Nothing," Winson said. John glanced at them. He started to grit his teeth.
"ALL THE KINGS ARE HERE! OH LORD!" someone shrieked.
"IT MAKES ME WANT TO FAINT!" another house wife cried.
The house wife fainted a short moment after she said that.
"I ESPESCIALLY LOVE TOM!" someone shouted.
"WHO IN THE RIGHT MIND, wouldn't?!" someone yelled.
"I wouldn't," John murmured to himself in the lowest tone. His voice was blurred to an extent that no one could hear him. But Winson stared at John's lips as they moved. He narrowed his eyes and continued to think. Then the garden plants started to waver. Winson glanced at the shaking plants.
"Oh god," he uttered.
"What's wrong, Winson?" Cris asked.
"Oh nothing," Winson replied glancing towards the moving bushes.
"What are you staring at?" Cris asked. He looked over to the direction that Winson was looking at.
"I was staring at the man over there who fainted after seeing King Tom," Winson replied.
"Oh," Cris laughed. Then Winson sighed quietly.
"ALRIGHT, ladies and gentlemen, that is enough for the grand ceremony!" Blake declared as he came into the Royal Garden.
Everyone of the audience did not look settled. Instead they continued to rally with "OH MY GOD, TOM IS HOT!" and "OH LORD NO!" Blake got puzzled with the situation. Thanh's face started to get red.
"Okay this is getting quite aggravating!" Thanh shouted.
"EVERYONE, GET YOUR WORTHLESS BUTT OUT OF THIS ROYAL GARDEN OR ELSE SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES! ALL OF YOU MUST LEAVE THE PALACE AT ONCE!" Thanh declared. However the crowd didn't look like they heard what Thanh said. They continued to gawk their eyes at Tom's features. The air was chilly breeze as it brushed by Thanh's hot headed steam floating frustration.
"This seems useless," Blake stated.
"OKAY! THAT"S ENOUGH! GUARDS SEIZE THOSE WHO DON"T WANT TO OBEY TO MY ORDERS!" Thanh yelled. But the guards didn't stir. Instead they stared at the two twins with amazement in their bright black eyes.
"It is okay, King Thanh!" Tom comforted as he walked to Thanh and patted him on the back. Thanh folded his arms and looked away with a temper of an 8 year old little girl. Tom walked up to the crowd.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I know you all are pleased to see me and John," Tom motioned to John. Then hugging John, he started to continue.
"WE LOVE YOU TOM!" someone shouted.
Tom placed his hand forward and immediately everyone hushed.
"Yes I know, but it is time for you all to leave. So please leave this area and go home! We might have another ceremony 5 months after!" Tom declared. John stared at him.
"Really?" someone inquired
"I WANT TO HUG AND PULL YOUR CHEEKS!" a housewife screamed.
Then the crowd swarmed in packs around Tom. They moved in such speed that it was like a mob of people surrounding one man. John turned and stared down at them. But they didn't notice, because their backs were all turned towards John. Meanwhile the teenage girls woke from their unconsciousness and gathered around the mob too. But they were more forceful by pushing all the other people in the mob aside. The teenage girls fought with one another by slapping one another. Each of them slapped the other quite hard. Then they kept pulling on each other's hair and stepped on each other's feet. It was like a mating season where all the males would be attracted over one beautiful female, but instead it's a pack of ladies fighting over one young man. Tom stood covered by the massive amounts of people trying to grab his cheeks and pinching him.
John gaped his mouth open and stared. "Are you KIDDING ME?!" John screamed.
The crowd kept shouting and screaming over Tom. "HES SO CUTE!" someone gawked.
"THAT'S IT! MOVE ASIDE OR I"LL CUT YOU ALL INTO PORK CHOPS!" John roared. His voice bellowed like the mighty roar of a lion. The tree leaves stopped dancing. The breeze stopped lifting the leaves in a brilliant beautiful dance. All stopped and was quiet, but it was a strange quietness. People shifted their shocked faces towards John. They stopped touching Tom immediately and shifted not only their shocked eye twitching faces, but also their attention was turned towards John this time. John got all of their bizarre stares and mouth opening faces; this time he got undivided attention now. John's face was bright red like something was fuming inside his brain. Now the teenage girls in the swarms of people fainted again. This time they fainted without uttering a moan or a sound; they just simply fainted. But no one stared at them or laughed; they continued to look at John. But John was clenching his fists and gritting his teeth.
There was a long moment of silence. Finally Tom got his way out of the swarms of people trying to touch him. "Pardon me. Excuse me. Move your legs sir. Move please, madam. Sorry miss," Tom said as he got his way out. When John saw Tom's figure coming out of the crowd, he had a bit of unsteady ease. He was still gritting his teeth, but when Tom was able to look at him, he started to smile again. John smiled once again, hiding his redness, his fists were unclenched. His redness faded for now but his fists were still a bit red.
"Hello brother," John called.
"You okay?" Tom asked. He placed his hand on John's forehead like he had a fever.
"NO! DON"T YOU DARE TOUCH ME!" John yelled as he shoved Tom's hand away from his head. Tom's eyes seemed to pop out wide.
"John… Are you okay?" Tom inquired.
"I'm fine," John replied kindly all of a sudden.
"Hey dude," someone whispered to another guy in the crowd.
"Yeah?" someone asked.
"Let's scram fast. I'm starting to feel quite unsafe around here," the other guy suggested.
"Yeah, I agree. John is kinda freaking me out," the person whispered back.
"Oh really?" John asked. He started moving away from Tom and stared at the crowd.
The people stood motionless and forced their eyes to look at John.
"John, what are you doing?" Tom inquired.
"ALL OF YOU SCRAM NOW!" John ordered. He threw a kunai towards the tree behind the crowd of people. They fled so fast like squirming mice that in a matter of just two minutes, all the people seemed to have vanished completely. Tom stared at John for a long moment. The other four kings didn't seem to move an inch since they were on the pavement on the steps that were leading to the Ceremonial Royal Palace.
"John, do you have a fever?" Tom asked.
"Nope," John answered kindly. He faced towards Tom with a smile on his face.
"Are you sure?" Tom repeated again.
"Yeah brother," John reiterated again in the same tone as before. However the other 4 kings glanced at each other.
"I don't buy it," Winson said as he stepped forward. He broke the stillness of the air.
"What are you talking about, Winson?" Cris asked.
"I said I don't buy it," Winson restated as he walked forward. Gannon and Thanh exchanged glances. Blake finally entered from the door behind them to see what was going on. John continued to keep smiling pleasantly.
"I don't understand, King Winson. What are you talking about?" John asked looking puzzled.
"Stop trying to act like you don't know. You have a hidden jealousy inside you," Winson spoke. Tom's eyes went bold at that statement.
"Jealousy?" John asked like he didn't know what that word meant.
"Yes that's right. Do you want me to repeat it again?" Winson asked.
"I still don't get what you're talking about, King Winson. If I was being rude, I sincerely apologize. I seriously am very forgetful sometimes," John apologized by bowing his head towards Winson. But Winson shoved his hand forward motioning for a stop.
"There's no need for that. If you don't get it, I'll repeat myself again. You- are – JEALOUS!" Winson yelled. Blake rushed into the situation immediately.
"Jealous? King Winson, what would I be jealous about?" John inquired. Winson pointed towards Tom with his right hand.
"Your own brother, that's who. Do you want me to repeat that too?" Winson shouted. Blake stared from John to Winson.
"Winson, what are you talking about?!" Blake exclaimed.
Winson paid no attention to any of Blake's words at all. He continued to stare at John while John gave him a puzzled glance. "Why would I be jealous of my own brother?" John asked.
"Because, you don't like how he takes up the entire spotlight. You're jealous of how he can sway the citizens," Winson answered.
"Winson, are you sure?" Cris inquired.
"Winson, I think you're going mental. You should go back to your own kingdom and go take some pills," Thanh muttered.
"Yeah, for once Thanh is right. I think you need to go get some rest," Gannon mumbled.
Winson glared at them, his eyes were bright black.
"No, I'm fine. I'm quite fine. The only one who isn't fine here is HIM!" Winson yelled pointing at John.
Tom looked at John for a moment, and then stared at Winson.
"Winson, what proof do you have?" Blake inquired.
"King Winson, how am I not fine?" John solicited.
"Stop acting innocent! I KNOW that you're just hiding your true self. I know that you find it unfair that your own brother is the same to you in almost every way, yet he gets more glory than you do. You're jealous and you know it," Winson stated.
"ENOUGH!" Tom yelled. Winson stared at Tom instantly with bold eyes. Thanh and Gannon shifted their glances towards Tom. Blake stopped looking at Winson and faced Tom. John looked at Tom with a puzzled expression.
"What's wrong Tom?" John asked.
"Winson, we all have our own opinions. You have yours," Tom said as he motioned towards Winson. "And I have mine," Tom continued, pointing at himself.
"What is your opinion then?" Winson asked.
"I'm not finished yet. Don't interrupt me. Until you have sufficient amount of evidence to prove that my brother is what you claim, then I don't need to hear it. Keep it to yourself because I know deep down that John is a great brother," Tom spoke.
"How WOULD you know? Deep down? Deep down? DEEP DOWN? Do you honestly think that your brother has no ambition at all? He's not jealous? Not mad? Not angry? You do know that everyone here has a bit of greed, ambition, and bitterness. Everyone has flaws," Winson countered. Thanh and Gannon exchanged glances.
"Okay, Winson. What the heck are you saying?" Thanh asked. Winson looked at Thanh sharply.
"You know what I'm saying. You, King Thanh, your flaw is the most easily shown of all of us here. That is your greed and ambition," Winson pointed out. Thanh stared at him repulsively. Gannon had a smirk on his face.
"Look at you, Thanh. The look on your face is priceless!" Gannon laughed clapping his hands.
"Gannon, you're not the one to laugh. Because you also have a ridiculous flaw and that is your stupid gossiping skills. You love gossiping so much and starting all the commotion. But you don't have authority or much power over situations. You probably have ambition but you don't know how to obtain the things you want," Winson pointed out. Gannon stopped laughing and looked at the door behind his back.
Look at that. Again, Winson has pointed out another fructuous flaw of another king. He's good. His eyes can discern through things, he knows how to judge people well. He's skillful. I commend him….
John's bubble of thoughts popped when Winson started talking about him. "John, you have the most dangerous flaw of all. Jealousy," Winson stated.
"Winson, I think we've heard enough. Go home," Tom said putting his hand in front of Winson's face.
"But Tom, your brother shouldn't be king…." Winson muttered.
"You have no position to be claiming that, at all. I also don't need to hear any more. Go. Leave!" Tom yelled.
"But…." Winson stumbled. Suddenly the doors behind Thanh and Gannon opened. Thanh and Gannon jumped from the top of the stairs to the bottom.
"What now?" Gannon asked.
"It's time for us to go!" Laura called as she entered from the doors.
"Good! I wanted to leave anyway!" Thanh shouted.
"I'll get the guards!" Laura called.
"Good! I won't stay here… I'll join you!" Thanh responded swiftly. He jolted up the stairs to the doors.
"Great, time for me to leave this place!" Gannon sighed. He galloped up the stairs like a horse and barged through the doors.
"If you please," Tom said as he motioned Winson to the doors.
"But Tom," Winson muttered.
"Take your guards and brother from the ceremony and go home!" Tom shouted.
Winson narrowed his dark marble eyes at John. "Humph!" Winson groaned. He turned and hustled towards the stairs. Blake glanced at both of them. Tom wrapped his arm around John's shoulder in a way of a hug. He smiled at him, John smiled back.
"John, what Winson said wasn't true. Right?" Blake asked.
"Of course not! I love my brother," John admitted as he exchanged grins with Tom.
Blake stared at them for a long time. Then the people left from the Royal Ceremonial Building. Everyone walked away saying and waving their farewells to Tom and John. John and Tom gave farewells to every guest. As Winson walked away, he glared at John. Then he shifted his face to the other way and walked away with his brother next to him along with guards trailing behind them. Thanh, Laura, and Laxie strode away, trying to look elegant; they were the only ones that didn't bother to give a farewell to the two kings. But Laura couldn't help smiling towards Tom as they walked off with guards trailing behind her. Meanwhile Gannon and Lori walked away but they did shake Tom and John's hands before they left. The guards trotted behind them.
Soon everyone had left the Original MSDivinity Kingdom and headed their ways home. Blake had already walked off to his Cipher Sector Headquarters. He wanted to remain back in there instead of living in a huge golden palace. Instead he gave his ownership to that palace to Tom. While John took what used to be Cassie's home as his palace, however John changed that palace to a dark emerald palace. Tom kept the way Blake's palace was, but the palace was edited with two blue sapphire gems morphed onto it. He wanted them to remind him of his mother and how she loved sapphires.
Stars embedded the night sky, glittering in the dim moonlight, they guided the dark night with brilliant lights. Tom was already in his palace. He looked at his reflection on the mirror. Staring at it, he thought of what Winson had said. "As a matter of fact, I do look almost exactly like John. Well we're twins of the same age and time of birth," Tom muttered to himself as he looked at the mirror. On the reflection he saw himself, but then he saw something. Instantly Tom stood up looking behind him.
"Hello Tom," the person said smiling. The mysterious person was a female. She wore a dark red dress, while her feet were in two dark ruby slippers.
"Who are you?! And what are you doing here in my chamber?!" Tom demanded.
"You don't recognize me? Well of course not, you've never even seen me before. But your mother has," the woman replied smiling.
"You're…" Tom stumbled.
"I'm your step mother," the woman interrupted with a grin on her face.
Meanwhile John was also in his chamber. He was putting his hands in the water on the fountain in his palace. Then he heard footsteps. "Who is it?" John asked.
"You must be John," the person said.
John turned from the fountain and faced the person. "Do I know you?" John asked.
"Of course you do. You don't know me?" the person asked. John stared at the person. It was a male with short black hair. There were spikes on the tip of his hair. He wore a dark black robe with green outlines.
"Who are you?" John asked.
"I'm your step brother," the man said.