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A/N: I predict I will write this chapter in one day. Nothing else to do, anyway. (yeah…NO.)
Expect update from me to decrease…My obsession with GC has been REBORN!
Please note that I don't mind if none of you are Christian. However, please remember that Aisha here is Christian, so whatever Christian thing she does, please don't feel offended. If I do offend you, then sorry!
Nothing really to say…Chapter start!
Chapter 7
The nun stared at the silver haired child.
Could she be serious?
Aisha glanced at the paper, making out the words, "I'll be dead…" and, "…with my father…"
"Oh, Aisha!" Rena sobs into her shoulder.
"There, there, child." Aisha strokes the queen's back. "He'll return."
"But if he's dead-"
"Don't speak of such things. I assure you Chung cannot be dead. Even if he did die, anyone would know that would cause immense war, and no one would want to go to war with Hamel; with Velder, we're the most powerful region!" Aisha said.
"I don't care about Hamel or war or other regions! I care about Chung; it doesn't matter if war erupts, it only matters if he never returns!"Rena choked.
"What did you say you need me for, again?" Aisha whispers, so inaudible Eve could barely hear.
"Track him down. I mean, you're the goddess of magic; surely you can do that, right?" Eve's eyes sparkled with hope. It almost made the mage smile.
"The closest thing I have is my Magic Missile. But that tracks enemies, and it kills them. Chung isn't an enemy, and you wouldn't want him dead." Aisha said, not daring to look into the child's eyes.
"Can't you hack into the system or something and change it?!" Eve screams, panic clearly visible in her voice.
"This isn't a computer!" Aisha snapped. "This is magic! Magic can't be modified…That would create a whole new spell."
"Then create a new spell." Eve demanded.
Why should she listen to this little girl? She doesn't even know her; she's only Ara's child in her point of view, nothing more. But something screams in the back of her mind, "Help her! Remember when you were a child? They helped you! You wouldn't even be here without them!"
Huddled in her corner, the tiny magician lies shivering, with only her damp cloak to keep her warm. She stared longingly at the window of the restaurant behind her; people, healthy people, laughing, smiling, eating…
Her stomach growls, only to remind her of how hungry she is, how much she needs that food, more than them…
A couple stare at her, disgust etched on their beautiful, healthy faces. Of course, nobody liked the starving, violet haired, magician and hobo girl from the streets. Except for one person, but Aisha didn't think the Blondie counted.
Late one night, Aisha saw 3 cloaked figures approach her, holding out a loaf of bread. She hungrily snatched it, pleasure glinting in her violet eyes; the eyes everyone else called "inhuman". The figures unraveled their hoods, and Aisha came face to face with three bald men, the golden cross of their white cloaks (Or dresses, as Aisha called them.) glinting even in the rain.
"Someone does care," one of them whispers, " God."
"All you need to do is believe!" said another.
"I will." Aisha said, more to herself than Eve. The child's eyes grew and sparkled like stars in the night sky. She came up to hug the nun, who reluctantly returned the gesture. She stood up, and grabbed her nearby staff.
Eve watched, amazed, at the glowing blue light at the tip of Aisha's staff as the glow slowly turned into atoms, forming some kind of ball. She's never seen any real magic before. This definitely beats watching a phony magician pull bunnies out of his hat.
The staff releases its hold on the ball. Standing beside the mage, whose eyes have mysteriously turned blue, the floating sphere remains solid. Aisha just created...something! She's like God! Eve thought. The glowing ball reminded Eve of a snowflake, except much larger, with the cloud standing behind it, controlling its every move.
"Search for the Prince of Hamel; Chung Seiker!" The violet mage commands. "Go! You shall be my eyes."
The only reason I did it is because I'm a nun, and that's what nuns do…Aisha thought.
XXX
"Quiet, Elsword!" the ruby knight hissed. The young knight perked his head up.
"What is it, Ele-" His older sister holds a finger up to silence him, approaching the rustling bush with caution. With a swing of her sword, the bush is cut in half and Elesis sighs with relief, holding the dead possum by the legs, feeling the smooth red substance glide across her palm.
"Never mind."
XXX
Chung had to accept it now. He's been at this strange camp for three months. In fact, he was getting used to it. A small part of him even liked it. No, I don't like it! Chung shook the idea out of his head. Of course, how could he like this wretched place? He was always picked on by the other recruits, and the drill sergeant was just plain mean! "Sir" Valak was the only reason he was failing, Chung believed. Okay, maybe he wasn't exactly failing. He had managed to make it to The White Phase, after all.
The night is so cold, even with my armor on, Chung thinks, shivering next to Apple. Both of them had been assigned fire guards night; that meant standing out here, in the cold, "patrolling".
"Are you excited for when we finally get to zero our weapons?" Apple whispered her breath visible in the cold.
"I've already shot a canon before." Chung said lamely. "Nothing to be excited about."
"Well, there must be something you're excited about! I hear White Phase is the most fun!" Apple squealed.
"Apple, we're not supposed to be talking." Chung warned. "What if Valak came out of nowhere?"
"Prince Chung, its Sir Valak, and I don't think he'd come out. Besides, what else should we do for two hours?" Apple said.
"Watching the barracks area." Chung said.
"Oh, please, do you really think Allegro would try again to escape?" Apple rolled her overly large pink eyes.
"Look, Apple, I don't know why you were sent here, but I was sent here to die, but I'm not going to let that happen at the hands of Valak!" Chung snapped. Apple frowned.
"Prince of Hamel Chung Seiker, I was sent here for the same reason as you. My region is also expected to go into war." How Apple seemed to know everyone about him, Chung still wondered. "And you won't die. I won't let that happen." Somehow, this didn't cheer up Chung at all. Apple was like a stalker to him, and not a very skilled one, at least in combat.
"Apple," Chung paused, trying to find the right words. "You…I can't rely on you. You're my stalker. I feel as if you make things worse." Chung squeaked, preparing for the blow, but it never came. Apple didn't look angry. She was much worse; sad until the world's end.
"Stalker?!" she screeched. "I'm your friend! I'm trying to help you!"
"I have only one friend…" Chung muttered.
"If you mean Lady- I mean, Eve, then you're crazy! She doesn't care for you! She's abandoned you for new friends! She's not even written a letter! If she can have other friends, why can't you?!" Apple yelled.
"Shut up!" Chung screamed. "What do you know about Eve?! How should you know anything?! Like I said, you are a stalker! She shouldn't know anything about her! Creep! She hasn't written letters to me because she doesn't even know where I am, okay?! I don't believe that she's made other friends. Eve wouldn't do that! She couldn't!"
"Prince of Hamel Chung, you are so ignorant! I am not of the human race; I know things you do not! How dare you call a princess a creep?!" Apple smacked her hand against Chung's cheek, creating red, raw skin. "You don't know anything, Prince of Hamel. All of Hamel is in chaos because of your leaving. If you cared for your people, you would return!"
"HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO RETURN?!" Chung was now angrier than he had ever been, that foreign, forbidden word, swearing…It felt surprisingly nice, even if his mother would never approve. "The whole reason I am doing this stupid job is so people can't return. There isn't a way out. I still think you're lying. And anyway, what about your people?!" Unfortunately, Chung never got to hear about Apple's people. A blurry black figure tackled him, sending him tumbling to the ground, enlarging his ever growing bruise.
"You're not allowed to talk. You're waking everyone up." Lord Valak hissed. Apple nodded quickly before running back to the barracks. Valak grabbed Chung's arm, making him stand up. He smacked his gun -when had he been carrying that?- on Chung's cheek, right where the bruise was. Chung tasted something salty, and when he coughed, he noticed the red substance on his palm to be blood. He only had time to see the flicker of a blue light before Valak hit him again, this time on the head, and Chung fell into an endless sleep invaded by Apples, Eves, and strange floating blue and white things.
XXX
The stomping of feet woke him up. In fact, he almost got trampled. Chung jumped up, nearly avoiding Stella's careless foot. He was still outside. They left him here, and, as it seemed, everyone was going somewhere. Chung ran up to Allegro, who was at the back of the pack, trying to keep up.
"What's up?" Chung asked, wincing at the pain in his cheek. Damn Apple and Valak!
"Chung, I didn't see you when Valak was doing roll call. Where were you?" Allegro sounded genuinely worried, which cheered Chung up a bit after the Apple incident. At least I have one real frie-ally, I mean.
"You mean I was left here all alone?" Chung said, more to himself than Allegro.
"I don't know." Allegro shrugged. "Right now we're hiking to the zeroing range. Apparently it's on the side of that mountain!" He pointed. The mountain was quite tall, Chung admitted, and Allegro was afraid of heights…
"I can't run in this armor." Chung muttered. Stopping (Much to the agreement of Allegro), he chucked his helmet on the ground, as well as his shoes.
"Barefoot? What if we run into lava?!" Allegro squeaked.
"Who cares? It's faster this way." Chung yelled, sprinting to the huge pack of soldiers well ahead of them. Luckily, by the time he was out of breath, he had at least managed to crash beside Stella.
"What the hell?" She hissed as Chung collapsed on her leg. She kicked him, sending him rolling onto his side.
"Ow." Chung muttered. "That hurt, you know."
"It also hurts to have an unconscious fire guard partner!" Stella snapped. Before she could make off, Chung quickly grabbed her ankle, tripping her. "Crap."
"Stay." Chung ordered.
"What the hell do you want?" Stella barked.
"I'm just trying to keep up." Chung's breath came out ragged.
"I am, too! We're losing them every stupid second we spend here!" Hesitantly, Stella grabbed Chung's arm, hoisting him up. "Come on." She murmured, jogging ahead. Aww, Stella has a good side! I must preserve this moment; never know when blackmail might come up…
"You know, Stella, I always knew you could be good." Chung flashed his perfect prince smile, keeping a steady jogging pace with Stella. What the hell is that bastard prince thinking? Good? Yeah, right, she scoffed.
"I don't appreciate being ignored." Chung said after Stella wouldn't answer.
"I don't appreciate know-it-all, bratty princes." She hissed, and sped toward the group of the other soldiers. Once again, Chung was alone.
"No matter, I have my-" Chung paused. His destroyer wasn't there. He left it behind. Dammit! I could have blasted my way through those people! Chung didn't notice when he kicked down a heavily panting Allegro, and raced to Stella and the other soldiers.
A low grumble-thunder, Chung believed, announced his arrival.
"Whoa, that kid actually made it!" Someone gaped.
"I wouldn't expect a prince to go that fast-especially at the cost of getting dirty!" Another snickered.
"Oh wow, he looks like an angry hobo." Apple giggled. Apple. Of course they weren't friends anymore, so she could laugh at him all she wanted, but still, it only widened the gaping hole somewhere in Chung that had only been growing ever since he arrived here.
"Quiet!" Valak snapped. "We're done for now. I sense thunderstorms coming. Just get in the cave." He ordered, motioning to the big hole a rock behind him.
Once everyone was inside-except Allegro, of course-everyone started unpacking.
Wait, what?! Unpacking?
Everyone had backpacks. Except him. Even Stella had told Richian to carry hers for her. Peering over Hannah's shoulder, he saw food and a sleeping bag-essential. His stomach growled, reminding him that he didn't eat breakfast. In fact, he was sure it was just about diner time. How lovely it would have been if he was back at the castle, eating a traditional Hamel feast…But no, here there was no Hamel. Here, he had to be tough, because at war, Chung didn't think anyone ate anything. Except for dirt. But he wouldn't go there yet. He gritted his teeth and joined in the collecting of wood outside. Clouds gathered above him and another rumble broke loose. Better grab as much as possible before rain breaks out. Damp sticks are not fun.
Toma looked like he was having the time of his life collecting. Sticks and stones were buried in a bundle in his arms, and he had the stupidest grin on his face-Chung almost laughed. Toma had said he wanted to be a blacksmith, and that would involve lots of materials, so naturally, Toma loved collecting whatever he could, even something as crappy as sticks. Everyone here has so bright futures, Chung thought, except me. Going to war and getting killed. Wooo.
Just in time, Allegro came out of nowhere, and flung himself onto Toma. The bundles let loose and sticks and stones scattered the ground.
"Allegro! I just collected those!" Toma scolded.
"Sorry, Toma. I'm just soo tired!" Allegro whined. "If only they had camps based on smarts!"
"They do." Stella rolled her eyes. "Math camp. Science camp. Summer school- if that counts. Jeez, Allegro, don't tell me you signed up for the wrong one!" Stella threw her head back, laughing.
"O-oh…" Allegro flushed, running for the door of the cave.
"Yo, Chungie!" Chung jumped. Toma waved. Why were they including him? "Can you help me pick these up? You can take credit for them." Toma winked.
"Sure." Chung shrugged.
XXX
All the soldiers sat huddled around the small, yet strong fire pit in the middle of the cave. Luckily Toma and Hannah had spared him some crackers and bread, though Chung was still hungry.
"Hey, Allegro." Chung poked his shoulder. Allegro turned around, squeaked inaudible words, then quickly turned around again, facing the wall. "Pardon?" Chung poked him again.
"I-I asked why you were talking to me…I-I thought you hated me…"Allegro shivered.
"I'm not Stella!" Chung snapped. "Where is this coming from?"
"You kicked me!" Allegro yelled, fire burning in his brown eyes. The room went silent. Even Valak took some notice. Allegro never raised his voice over a whisper.
"Okay, dude, I don't remember that." Chung said.
"You- you kicked me aside! When we were hiking here! Even though you were barefoot, it hurt." He said, rubbing the sides of his legs.
"That never happened! What are you talking about? Don't be cray-cray!" Chung snapped.
"If you keep denying it-"
"I'm not denying anything! I did nothing! Are there any eye witnesses?" Chung challenged, suddenly remembering the court system in Hamel. If there aren't any witnesses, they are obviously guilty.
"Well, no. It was just you and me…"Allegro's voice returned back to the inaudible whispers.
"Exactly, so I didn't do anything." Chung smirked. "That's how it goes~"
"Ugh! You're such a bastard, Chung Seiker! It's bad enough that everybody already treats me bad enough here!" Allegro snapped, and scooted over to an eerie corner of the cave. "Consider yourself one friend shorter…"
One friend shorter. Allegro and Apple…Damn…Who else do I have?
No one, he thought.
XXX
Maybe Apple would still be on his side. Maybe she'd show mercy to his cold, freezing self. Sleeping alone in a dark cave with no sleeping bag is difficult. Chung was already frozen to the bone, and it was only 2 hours into the night.
"Psst, Apple." Chung crawled over to her bag, shaking her. She woke up immediately.
"Can you-"He paused. He didn't want this to sound too wrong. Oh, hell with it! Whatever he does, it's definitely going to sound wrong! If they were still friends, though, that wouldn't matter, right? "Can you share your sleeping bag with me? It's really cold, and I'm sure we'd both fit…" Chung couldn't help but flush at the thought. Well, at least one part of me is warm…
It was hard to tell, but Chung was sure Apple narrowed her eyes,"Prince of Hamel Chung, you've changed. Too much, for the worse. You've hurt me and Allegro, and that new attitude of yours-"Apple sighed.
"You sound like my mother." Chung frowned.
"Maybe I do. By the way, she is insanely worried about you. Anyway, my answer is no. You've gotten too douchey over these last days." Apple shook her head, rolling over.
The Douchebag of Hamel sat there, gaping at the Princess of Altera, for hours.
A/N: Derp! Apparently, a lot of people wanted me to update, including Kayuki, so…here it is!
Excuse the crappy ending, it's the best I could think of/shot
Okay, okay, I should have included zeroing and shooting and all that crap, but whatever. This is good too, right?
Chung was originally supposed to have a super-friendly fluffy moment here with Apple, but it turned into hate…Oh well. He'll grow out of his douchiness, probably…
Argh! Review! Review! They're so nice~ unlike limericks…
Meanwhile, I must plan how to befriend my own douchebag…
-Zenya
*facepalm* okay, okay. What the actual fudge. What the freaking hell happened to Chung? JUST WHAT THE FRICKING HELL HAPPENED?! He's all nice and innocent and then BAM. He's a moody asshole who suddenly knows of blackmail, swear words, and stripping. Just...oh God...sweet baby Jesus. Maybe it's just me, but Toma is acting kind of weird...*coughcoughflirtingcough* I mean, winking, offering random sticks on the floor. Gosh. This chapter...this chapter...Uhg. Nevermind. Well, if you guys are still reading this after Chung's immense mood swing, please R&R, point out any typos or grammatical errors or whatever. Hope you enjoyed reading the chapter. Now the big question is; how will I reverse the douchey transformation Zenya has put Chung through?
-Kayuki
PS - I ALMOST forgot.
*Question of the Chapter: What do you think happened to Chung?
I think Chung spent one too many hours with Richian.
Leave your comments in the section below. /killed. I mean leave your comments in the review box below, then click review. (I've been watching way too many Youtubers lately...)