DismalOrc29177 here again with a seventh chapter for you all. In this chapter this is going to be another one of Jay's conflicts. But this one is going to be entirely surprising. Read the chapter and you'll find out what's in store for Jay. Without further ado here's chapter seven.
Chapter 7: News
Morning had finally arrived. Jay had opened his eyes to see that he wasn't floating, he was lying down on Gumdrop's bed. That's not the only thing, she was hugging him and him hugging her. His head rested on her chest. He wanted to scream about this, but he didn't want to alert the others or worse, her parents. So he decided to try something else. Jay shook Gumdrop awake.
"Gummy, Gummy wake up we gotta get up now." He whispered. Hearing this Gumdrop yawned, rubbed her eyes and looked at him, seeing one of her arms wrapped around him her eyes widened. \
"Jay oh Glob I am so sorry, I dunno what came over me I... I just.." She was apologetic at this point. She believed that she went too far this time, she didn't know if Jay wanted too see her again and if he wanted to remain friends with her. Both of their hearts were pounding like a drum, spines tingling and minds just swirling with so many thoughts.
"It's ok, I just didn't want to get you into trouble if your parents found us like this." Jay said to her. He wanted to comfort her, he wanted her guilty conscience to go away. He never want Gumdrop to feel this way.
"We sleep in the same room, it doesn't matter if you were floating or on my bed." She tried to make the fact seem innocent with true facts from the past and the present.
"But we were hugging each other and my head was on your... well y'know." He blushed at the thought and scratched his head It was a little embarassing for them both. He didn't want to give too much details about it, considering they both know this situation all too well.
"Yeah uhhh... what now?" Gumdrop asked. This was getting surreal for the both of them. Their friendship was being secretly tested. But by who?
"Why don't we have a little breakfast, I have to visit my grandfather soon, we'll hang out later on ok?" Jay said happily. This caused Gumdrop to look at him in belief. Jay was always honest with her.
"Really? You mean it?!" She asked excitely. They would see each other again after that night? Gumdrop thought this would've been a something that would seriously affect the both of them.
"Yeah I mean, its not that strange what happened. Things have a way of happening, it was no one's fault, I promise you that we'll still hang out like we always do." Gumdrop hugged him again, Jay couldn't recall how many times they kept hugging each other. After their breakfast Jay hugged Gumdrop one more time and flied away from a kingdom to a secluded spot. He drew a smile on the ground, doused it with bug milk, chanted, causing a gateway to the Night O Sphere to appear before the young vampire. Taking a deep breath, he went inside to encounter his grandfather, the ruler of the Night O Sphere.
"Grandfather, Grandfather are you home?" Jay yelled. He looked around and he didn't see Hunson anywhere. Maybe he came at a bad time.
"I'm here, I'm right outside." Hunson answered. Going to his designated location, Jay had met Hunson right outside, but there was no sign of his parents, he thought that they arrived earlier than him, looks like he was wrong.
"Where's your father and your mother?" Hunson asked, seeing that both of them were absent.
"I thought they were with you, I overslept and I thought that they were here ahead of me. I thought you were waiting for me." He answered.
"I almost forgot, your mother called saying that they'll be late anyway, I wanted you to come here because I have some things important to tell you." Jay raised an eyebrow.
"Important? What is it?" He questioned.
"Well because that the Night O Sphere has been completely restored and everyone has complete control of themselves, I wanted to say that I was going to retire." He looked outside where the view overlooked the kingdom. There was no lines, just prospering towns, bustling streets and increased population.
"Retire? Why, you've been leading this for so long now. Why retire at a time like this?"
"Well I've put the people through much despair in my past and I believe that... well I should step down and let the people govern themselves instead of having one ruling over them." Hunson couldn't forget what he did. From what he heard from Finn and the flashes of him doing the things told, it led him to believe that ruling right now isn't really working out for him, he feared that he would become the tyrant he was years ago.
"Well why are you telling me this and not my parents right now?" He thought there was more to this than he could see. For some reason he may be right.
"I want to retire right now at this very moment, but I can't because it concerns you young man." He said. Hunson was concerned for his well being so he decided to stay on his throne for a little while to protect him.
"Why, what's going on?" The young vampire was suspicious of the conflict at hand. It had something to do with him? He was sweating a bit. Did he do something wrong?
"Because of your title as an adventurer and mainly the Prince of Vampires the council has arranged something that I can't stop, but I can put it in delay for a little while." The council has kept their eyes on the royal family not because of suspiscion or distrust but timing.
"Grandfather What's happening, what are you trying to delay?" Jay's heart was racing, something that his own grandfather had to delay but he can't stop? This must be something serious than he could think of.
"The council has arranged you for something, even I don't have enough power to even stop it." He looked down at the ground in sadness and shame. He didn't want it to happen, but it will one way or the other.
"What did the council arrange?" His voice was shaky, fearing what would they arrange for him.
"Marriage." Hunson answered.
Jay is being forced to marry someone... Well isn't this unexpected for some people, some of you might have knew about it or whatever. Who will Jay marry? Will the marriage even succeed? How will this affect Jay and Gummy's relationship? What will Jay do? Find out in the next chapters to come. DismalOrc29177 signing off.
