A/N, I am sorry for not doing yesterday's update, dear readers. I got home after twelve last night and I was far too tired to write this chapter. Now to the story.
Chapter 7: The Cruel World
Ticf, Anna, Taylor and Elsa fell from the ledge, leaving a terrified Lilly to watch them fall to their deaths. Ticf was getting too much wind to form any flames under him to slow his decent. Anna was having trouble doing the same. Elsa was out cold as Taylor held her body close to him as they fell. Ticf and Anna both redirected their power to use the heat of any flames formed rise and slow Taylor and Elsa's fall. This was the last thing they remembered as they hit the snow covered ground with a heavy thud.
~Lilly~
Lilly felt tears roll down her cheeks as she watched her mother and aunt fall to their deaths from the cliff edge. She saw a few flames form under her mother and Taylor but they quickly disappeared. By now there was a heavy down fall of snow. Lilly was too given in to her emotions that she didn't hear three sets of feet shuffle to her location. She looked up as she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder.
"Lilly. What happened here" a soft, gentle voice asked the young princess.
"Shadow made my mother kill them" Lilly cried into the chest of the speaker.
"No. No. Lilly please tell me that is not true" another voice spoke with worry.
"Shadow has taken it too far now. Lilly; Fiona; Haley; we are going to avenge these four. We are going to take the fight directly to Shadow himself" a third voice demanded.
"Let's go sweety" the first speaker placed their hand on Lilly's shoulder and guided the princess away from this place.
Lilly looked up to see Fiona looking worrying at her. She saw a crying Haley being guided by Firl. They headed back to the group as they mourned the death of the four strongest leaders.
~Shadow~
Shadow laughed as he had his 'servants' doing everything he had asked. All except a collection of girls were under his control. He saw Kica wearing the outfit he had ordered her to wear. She was forced to wear black lingerie that he found in one of the guest bedrooms.
"Fall over in front of me, Kica. Facing away from me" he whispered.
Like he had said, Kica fell over in front of him as she turned to head out the door. Being the perverted asshole he was, Shadow stared at the woman's ass as she pushed herself off the ground.
"Good girl" Shadow smiled as Kica walked out of the room.
~Ticf~
Ticf stood up as he came to after the fall. The demon looked around to see Anna laying on the ground with here eyes blinking up at the sky. He saw Taylor and Elsa still clinging to each other. He could tell that they were all alive but only barely. He stood up and looked around to see where they were. He noticed that they were on the edge of the forest. He knew that the trolls lived near this area since he had been here a few times already. He turned to see Anna fall over after getting to her feet. He ran to his friend's side to see a small cut in her leg that was deep enough to see a snapped bone.
"Anna. Don't stand. You have broken your leg" Ticf carried her over to a rock for her to lean on.
"Nar shit. I could feel the bone snap when I stood" Anna laughed sarcastically.
"Just stay here and I will make sure Elsa and Taylor are okay" Ticf spoke calmly as he ran to the prince's and queen's side.
He reached the two to find Taylor shuffling as to sit up. The prince looked around to see Elsa unconscious next him and Ticf grinning at the prince.
"Did I miss something" Taylor asked the devil.
"Other then surviving a two hundred foot drop. You didn't miss anything. I was seeing if either one of you was okay. I am happy to see your both still alive and even more happy to see one of you awake. I know where we can go to be safe and hopefully be able to get Elsa back in control of herself" Ticf lended his hand to Taylor as to help him up.
"Can you help carry Elsa out of here" Taylor asked.
"Kinda hard when I have to help Anna. She has broken her leg from the fall" Ticf answered. "Sorry but you have to carry Elsa yourself. I will help you prepare to carry her okay."
"Understandable. Thanks for the offer but I can carry her bridle style" Taylor answered.
Taylor carefully lifted Elsa off the ground and started to carry her bridle style as he followed Ticf to Anna. Ticf knelt so Anna could place her arm over Ticf's shoulder, around the back of his neck and grabbing hold of the left shoulder. The three conscious people walked in the direction of the trolls as they also worried about Shadow.
~Lilly~
The group of fighters all sharpened their weapons, double checked their armour and prepared for the attack on Shadow. Snipes was practicing his marksmanship at small targets in a few trees. Cleo, T'paki, Firl, Syo, the sins, Death Storm, Slick, Gaa, Mojic and several other victims of Shadow's game trained in hand to hand combat, swordsmanship and any magical abilities they processed. Fiona practiced by herself as she went through hundreds of sword skills she had learned. Lilly practiced her extreme ice magic in an open area. Haley, Georgia and Olaf sat to the side seeing as they were not the fighting type of entities. Marshmallow, O'thu and several of O'thu's men and women practiced heavy duty hand to hand combat. The rest of O'thu's group practiced with weapons of all kinds.
"Shadow better be prepared for us if he wants to stand a chance" Georgia laughed as she watched the entities she was once terrified of train.
"Don't get too cocky. Shadow isn't exactly the best when it comes to getting surprised. He will see us coming before we take a single step in Arendelle" Michael startled the once snobby queen as he and Tech walked up to the girls and creepy talking snowman.
"Hey Michael. Hey Tech" Haley weakly smiled.
"The only way we can surprise Shadow is if he sees most of us attacking from this realm while the others attack from his home Realm" Tech sighed as he sat down.
"How do we get to his home Realm" Georgia asked.
"We can't. He originated in the area between all Realms. A dark space of nothing but him and any slaves he has collected over the years. Only he can access it" Michael solemnly stated as he remembered the dreadful place.
"This is fucked even for Death Storm levels" Haley spat.
"Language" Georgia was shocked to hear this type of language for a young princess.
"She is right. Death Storm level is on of the very top of how evil you can get scale. Shadow's level is far beyond that. We would need to times Death Storm's level by infinity to reach Shadow's half way point. So yeah, we are fucked" Michael agreed with Haley.
"Anyway, we still need to solve our little problem of defeating Shadow. He will use everyone under his control to fight for him" Tech continued the conversation.
"Someone can challenge him to a one on one duel. He has joined his little death game. This challenge will be to the death. We just need to get someone who can beat him. We can't go with Marshmallow or Olaf since neither one can die. He will force us to use someone whom is mortal to weapons" Michael suggested.
This was the last thing spoken before they all saw the group starting to leave. They joined them and walked with their weapons by their sides.
~Shadow~
"I sense a large group desending from the mountains. I also feel... Fuck. Their alive. What the fuck is going on" Shadow thought aloud.
The girls under his control looked at him with curiosity. For once they weren't sure with what he wanted them to do.
"Girls. To the back wall. I want to deal with these intruders myself. Shadow Snakes; stand on guard at the front doors" Shadow ordered as he sat back into the throne.
~Ticf~
Ticf sat Anna down on a rock ledge as they and Taylor and Elsa reached the troll home. Taylor laid Elsa next to Anna as he looked around, puzzled as to why Ticf had brought them here.
"Stone trolls. This is King Ticf of Hell. I wish to have an audience with your leader of your social group" Ticf announced with a loud, demanding voice.
Taylor was surprised to see a fair few stones and boulders roll to surround Ticf. Anna smiled as they popped into their true forms. One fairly large stone rolled to the space in front of Ticf. It popped out to reveal an old looking troll with a cape like attachment to its back. The troll leader took one look at Ticf before forming a small smile on his old, rocky face.
"Good to see you again, Ticf. How long has it been? Two hundred years or something" the troll laughed a merry laugh.
"Good to see you again old friend. You are correct with the time but that isn't why I am here. I believe you know Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. Well we have problems that I know you could help solve. Will you do this" Ticf asked the old troll.
"What kind of problem" the troll asked, not sure what the problem could be.
"Elsa is under the control of Shadow and we need to get her back in control of herself. We were hoping that you would have another solution other then kill Shadow" Ticf answered.
"There is no other way. If there is, no-one has found it yet" the troll replied, not hiding any kind of sadness. "And any other problems."
"Anna has fucked up her leg. I was hoping you would look after her while I challenge Shadow" Ticf asked.
"She is family now. I guess we should look after her but you need to survive this" the troll accepted Ticf's request.
"What about me" Taylor asked, not sure what Ticf had in plan for him.
"I was hoping you would stay here with Anna and look after Elsa. If you want to come, prepare to watch out for shadow snakes" Ticf honestly answered.
"I think I should watch over Elsa. You go and take on that bastard.
~Lilly~
Lilly walked slowly into the city of Arendelle with a small army of different creatures as they headed for the castle. She saw the destruction Shadow had caused while the rest fought and died. She stopped for a few seconds, looking around to see what is going on around them. When she was sure they were all safe, she drew her sword, a small katana given to her by Tech, and pointed it towards the castle before she faced the small army at her disposal.
"That is where the coward known as Shadow is hiding. Let's go in there and kill the fucking bastard. We kill him and his snakes, nothing else. Now charge" she shouted before she, herself, charged at the castle.
Behind her, the small army of miss match creatures followed. They all drew their weapons from their sheaths. As they charged, several of Shadow's shadow snakes spied them started to dart at the advancing army. Lilly swung her sword to the left as one snake tried to bite her. This counter attack killed the snake but injured Lilly's left shoulder. Tech drew a small axe from the back of his cloak and drove it into the head of another snake. As he flipped into the air, Tech drew a large mace from the back of his cloak. He positioned the mace so that he could use it as an anchor on the snake's tail. As he came back down, the mace went straight through the snake's tail and got lodge into the ground. Fiona joined Tech in the killing of this shadow snake. The snake burst into shadows as it died. O'thu drove all four of his swords into the third shadow snake's forehead. Several of O'thu's men and women killed the rest of the snakes. Cleo did a head count and only counted forty-six living. This meant they lost six men and/or women.
~Shadow~
Shadow watched the door quietly as he waited for someone to challenge him to a fight. He turned to see all his slave girls standing around, waiting for his next order. He looked back at the door as he thought.
"I hope we can have fun before the shing ding even begins" the monster thought aloud.
A/N, here is the chapter I didn't have time for yesterday. Today will have two chapters uploaded for you guys. Bye.
