Me: Another chapter!
Chloe: I think you're writing faster than anyone can read.
Me: Well, it's better then when I waited several months before writing.
Chloe: The weirdo with the writing addiction right now doesn't own Yumeiro Patissiere.
~Chapter Seven~
~Mystical World~
"Alright, now I'll need everyone to hold hands. Please do not ask questions, we don't have the time." said Midori-san holding out her hands.
I looked around the best I could. As far as I could see, no one else was in sight. There wasn't a sound, not even the slightest sound from a cricket. With everything cold and quiet, I couldn't help but feel eerie. Nothing was normal anymore.
I'm sure everyone was starting to realize that probably nothing will make sense anymore. As everyone started to hold hands, my mind wondered. I don't remember seeing Vanilla in the crowd, nor Lemon-chan's sweet spirit, Mint. Looking around I don't see Chocolate, Caramel, or Cafe. I wonder if they are also going along with the crowd.
Everyone's hands were holding another's. Lemon-chan held mine, I held Katsuo-san's, he held Hanabusa-kun's, he held Andou-kun's, he held Midori-san's,she held Kashino's, and he held Lemon-chan's. Midori-san let go of Kashino's hand and took out a necklace from under her nightgown. Once it was out for everyone to see she held Kashino's hand again. She closed her eyes, and I did the same.
Lemon-chan's hand held on tighter to mine, and as a way to try and make her feel better I held tighter to hers. While my eyes were closed I felt the freezing wind slow to a stop. I couldn't open my eyes, I was scared to. I felt the atmosphere slowly get warmer until it was really pleasant. The ground also seemed to flatten and begin to feel more comfortable on my bare feet.
Hands started to let go of mine, so I decided to finally open mine. My eyes took time to adjust from the pitch black scenery of before; to the now bright scenery. As soon as they did I saw nothing but white walls, not even a door as far as I can see. Thankfully, I saw more familiar faces.
"Is everyone okay?" Said the pleasant high-pitched voice of a small blonde sweet spirit.
All of the sweet spirits are here waiting for us, and by all, I mean all. The room was filled with hundreds of small, flying bodies.
We all nodded our heads to signal that we were all fine, and for the first time, Kashino finally spoke up, "What's going on Chocolate?"
"Kashino, you remember how the Sweets Kingdom had an earthquake? Well, now earth had a worldwide earthquake. They are all linked." She replied calmly.
"What's going on?" Kashino asked her while she landed onto his open hands.
"Well, I'll let Midori-san explain." Chocolate answered looking to the said person.
We all shifted our attention from Chocolate to Midori-san, who was just standing there with her serious face. It makes me wonder if that cheery girl before was just an act. She started to explain, but of course none of us really understood what was going on. Nothing since the earthquake made sense. I tried my best to make sense of what she was saying though.
It seems that we are in a world that has portals to other worlds including the Sweets Kingdom and the "Real World" that I live in. Next, this world is, for the most part, controlled by a queen. What she doesn't control is dominated by an unknown entity. This entity, if it doesn't take the memories of the royal's first born then it will cause drastic earthquakes in all the worlds.
After Midori-san explained this confusing information, she led us on our way to meet the queen and her daughter. At first I thought we were going to hold hands again because this room had no doors or ways of exiting. Turns out that the walls pulled apart to reveal a new room. Once again we walked, but thankfully not as silent as before. Lemon-chan was talking with Mint. Hanabusa-kun, Andou-kun, and Kashino were also having conversations. The sweets spirits were flying above us taking among themselves. Finally, Katsuo-san started a conversation with me.
"I'm... Sorry for all of this..." He spoke shyly.
"I'm not quite sure I understand what's going on. If the queen already has a daughter, than shouldn't the earthquakes not be happening? What are we needed here for?" I replied.
"The princess... She is not the first born, and the Memory Eater won't accept her memories."
"Then where's the first born?"
"The first born... She was banished..."
"Banished?!"
"Yes... She broke the most important rule... She sent one of the citizens here through one of the portals..."
"Why would a princess just shove someone into a portal?"
"She... She had good intentions... She saw the person depressed, so she wanted to cheer him up by sending him to a happy world"
"Then, what went wrong?"
"Nothing, when he got back, he was happier than he has ever been... However, the queen is strict, and when she saw her daughter break the highest rule, she had to banish her..."
"If nothing went wrong, is there something that could have gone wrong? I mean, why is it the worst rule to break?"
"We are people afraid of the uncertain... It's not because there is a known risk, but the risk of being unknown."
"I see... I guess she really should have obeyed the rule if there could have been a risk."
"I... suppose you're right... Let me ask you, though... If you saw someone like that, being so depressed he never talked, would you be willing to do what she did?"
"I guess... Rationally no, but... If he was really that depressed, don't you think he deserves to be given a chance to be happy?"
He looked at me at first surprised, then smiled and turned back facing forward and said, "That's how she felt. She couldn't bare to see anyone like that. She was a princess that cared more for others than herself."
"You really cared for her didn't you?"
"...Yes, I did. She was everything to me, and I loved her so much..."
Me: Sorry if this is a little confusing, I didn't want to spend an entire chapter explaining the nature of this new world.
Chloe: Thank goodness, that one paragraph was already boring enough.
Me: Hmph! Oh well, have most of you figured out the plot of this story?
Chloe: I think they all have, you're making it pretty obvious.
Me: Hmm, I guess that's true... It's my first fanfic, so please forgive me!
