GW: Well, now that the heroes have increased, they are heading to the Earl's Realm of Death. Enjoy.

Chapter 10

As the heroes leave the forest, Hero's voice narrates to Allen, Maggie, and Artie back home, "The Dragon Wielder, the Warrior, Victor, and the Geisha have joined them. And so have the Pokemon Trainers Sarina, Buster, Megumi, Leah, and Nim."

The group is seen walking through a barren wasteland as Hero continues, "Night is falling. And they are but a day away from the Realm of the Earl."

The party is looking over at an inn below them. It was a rather dumpy place that read 'Wario's Inn.' And beyond that was the Earl's territory.

"Finally, some civilization," Megumi snapped as Derrik commented, "The last piece of civilization before the Earl's realm."

"And beyond that wall, all that land is that smiling freak's," Halo growled as he motioned to a gateway further ahead.

"It appears a castle is guarding that gate," Double D mused. "Cool. Does a princess live in it?" Ed asked.

"No, that's the passage between here and there. A giant Noah named Skin Boric guards it," Haku explained as Timcanpy shivered from fright.

"Uh, that guy gives me the creeps," Sophie commented as Chairo nodded.

Hal then said, "Well, we might as well stay in a warm bed and fill our bellies with soda before our perilous trek tomorrow." "Let's go!" Bandanna laughed.

"I think soda and sleep is all those two ever think about," Michelle joked as Sarina gave an eye-roll and said, "How Hero and Sparky puts up with them I'll never know."

Later that night, the group was all situated in the inn as Ed, Edd, Eddy, Haku, and Victor stayed below in the cellar. Since the Eds didn't know how to shrink, which is what the normal Sparky, Effie, and Hotaru would've done, they just stayed below with Victor and Haku while the humans were all situated upstairs, having some supper and drink before bed.

"Oh, mister innkeeper! More soda!" Hal, all hyper, shouted as Buster, Sophie, and Nim chugged some down. "It's amazing how gross you guys are," David said in disgust as Buster, Sophie, and Nim said to him in fast voices, "Alosersayswhat?"

"What?" David, Halo, and Chairo asked, making the hyper kids laugh as Karen sighed to Derrik, "I can't believe you travel with the freckled kid."

Derrik chuckled a bit. "Someone has to baby-sit him, and it can't be his sister or wyvern all the time."

The innkeeper, Wario, came with new soda for the gang and asked, "Anything else, sirs?"

Leah then asked quietly, "How are our friends below?" Wario replied cheerfully, "I'll go check. I don't usually let dragons into my cellars, but for you I-"

Derrik then pulled Wario close and hissed, "Who are those shady characters over there?" Derrik motioned to a bunch of shady characters indeed, known as Road Kamelot, Tykki Mike, Jasdevi, and Lulu Bell.

"They're part of the Noah clan; the Earl's dogs, if you know what I mean," Wario answered quietly.

"WHAT!? You allow the Earl's swine here!?" David shouted as he tried to get up, making the Noah clan stand get up as well.

Wario intercepted David. "I'm in between worlds. I can't choose sides."

"I don't like them," David growled, but sat down as Michelle told him, "David, not tonight. We have all day tomorrow to kick their butts. Not now."

"I'll see to the dragons," Wario said as he walked to the cellar.

"Your boyfriend sure is a hothead," Sophie said in annoyance as David stared at the Noah, who were leaving. Road was the last one out as she gave the heroes a heated glare before shutting the door behind her.

Outside, the gathered Noah clan nodded to each other as Tykki whispered, "Let's report this to the Earl."

Down in the cellar, the Eds, Haku, and Victor were busy drinking soda…and getting pretty hyper off of it.

"This is quality soda, baby! And we don't need to pay for it!" Eddy laughed as Ed said dumbly, "Spoon please," before burping.

"Hey, guys. How did that submarine song go again?" Victor asked the Eds happily as the Eds began to sang, "'In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed the sea. And he told us of his life, in the yellow submarine!'"

Soon, the Eds, Haku, and even Victor were singing, "'We all live in the yellow submarine, yellow submarine, the yellow submarine!'"

The dragons were laughing and singing like crazy as Wario, seeing this chaos, moaned in despair, "Oh, I'm ruined!"

Back upstairs, the rest of the heroes were chatting when Wario came up to them and reported to Derrik, "Those dragons of yours have eaten at least a dozen hams, 13 pounds of cake, and have drank at least 20 barrels of my finest soda."

"Well, you'll be paid well. Dragons have gold, you know?" Hal said slyly. Wario retorted, "Do they have it with them?"

Hal laughed uproariously, "You'll get paid eventually." His comrades sweat-dropped as Bandanna said, "What a rip-off artist."

Wario grumbled, "My father told me to never extend credit to a dragon."

Derrik then said sadly, "It's too late for such whining. Too late, for tomorrow might be…" Karen looked at Derrik in worry as he yawned, "Well, I'm bushed. Let's go to sleep."

As everyone got up, Karen stopped Derrik and finished the sentence he started, "For tomorrow might be our last day alive."

Derrik smiled a bit sadly as they followed Wario to their rooms. Hero's voice narrated again as it showed the dragons dead asleep. "And they sleep to regain their strength for tomorrow."

Hero is seen in the bed as Allen, Maggie, and Artie watched in anxiety as she continued in her trance, "And minus the moon in her silent watch, all is quiet."

Back at the inn, a bunch of horses are tied up outside when they are alerted by a stomping sound that seemed to be getting closer…

Suddenly Hero is seen shooting upright from the bed and screaming in terror as Maggie asks in alarm, "What's the matter, Hero?"

"She's gone crazy. Oh, wait; that already happened," Artie said as Hero continued seeing the scene at the inn, "Something looms. Terrifying, evil with marks over his body."

At the inn, a shadow of a giant is seen stalking inside the inn as Allen's voice is heard in panic, "It's the Noah, Skin Boric. The Earl has sent Skin Boric."

The horses neighed in alarm as the giant, Skin Boric, kicked the horses out of the way. The crash alarmed Derrik, who woke up in alarm.

He had just enough time to see the massive arm come crashing through the wall and the horrible face of the Noah clan-member.

GW: Dun, dun, dun! Hope things turn out better for the heroes in the next chapter. R&R and suggest 'til next time!