CHAPTER 10
Moments earlier again, Fried made his way to the fifth and final floor. On top the stairs there was a single door. He opens it and enters. He is surprised at what he sees. It looks like a throne room of a castle. At the far end lies a throne, and sitting on it is a young, brown haired girl with brown eyes wearing a fancy dress. On top of her head is the diamond tiara, and sitting on her lap is the emerald scepter.
"Hello, there. Are you another brave knight wishing to join my kingdom?" The young girl says.
"Afraid not. I'm here for that tiara and scepter. They are stolen items, and I've come to take them back to their owner."
The young girl frowns. She stands up and takes a defiant pose.
"NO, THESE ARE MINE!"
She points the emerald scepter at Fried and a blast of energy come from it. Fried manages to dodge it. He draws his sword. He is hesitant to use it, because of the girl's age. She looks younger than Wendy. He tries to talk some reason to her.
"Young lady, I'm sorry about this. But those items aren't play things. They're dangerous in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use them properly. I don't know which one of your parents or guardians stole them, but they don't belong to you."
The young girl begins to laugh.
"I have no parents or guardians. All here belongs to me. Everyone who resides here serves me. In other words, I run and control everything here."
Fried is stunned. This girl is the gang leader? He asks himself. He decides to write a rune spell on the ground with his sword to hinder her. As he points his sword to the ground to write, the diamond tiara begins to glow. Fried suddenly feels his arm pull as the sword tries to leave his hand. Fried eventually loses his grip, and the sword flies to the girl, and she catches it.
"This is a wonderful sword. Thank you ever so much for your kind gift." The girl says mockingly.
Fried frowns. This girl is stark raving mad. No matter. He sits on the ground in a lotus position.
"Surrendering already? That's a wise decision." The girl says.
"No, I'm not." Fried says as he takes his finger and covertly and quickly writes on the ground.
"Very well. If you want to die, so be it." The girl says as she walks toward him. As she gets closer, she finds herself blocked by a force field.
"WHAT?! NO FAIR!" The girl yells as she pounds on it.
"Fair? You were wanting to kill me and you have the audacity to criticize me about not being fair?"
"All right, then, I'll blast through it!" She says as she points the scepter at the force field.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"SHUT UP!" The girl snaps.
The scepter begins to glow and it fires. The energy blast ricochets off the force field and knocks off the tiara on the girls' head. The girl goes after it. As she is distracted, Fried writes another rune spell on the ground.
The girl sees the tiara and tries to pick it up, only to be blocked by another force field. She pounds on it to no avail. She begins to cry. Then she turns Fried and looks at him with a look of furious anger.
"BREAK THAT SPELL, NOW!" She demands.
"I'm afraid not. Playtime is over, little girl." Fried says as he walks toward her.
The girl points the scepter at Fried again and fires. The blast once again ricochets off the force field and knocks the scepter out of her hands. As she goes to retrieve it, Fried writes another rune spell. The girl once again becomes frustrated as the scepter is blocked by a force field so she can't get it. She then starts to use the one thing she has left, Fried's sword.
She swings it left and right, each stroke not being able to break through Fried's force field. He walks forward, backing her up more and more until she falls back into the seat of her throne, dropping the sword.
She doesn't try to go for it. Instead, she just buries her head in her hands and begins to cry. Fried picks up his sword and puts it back in its scabbard on his belt and quickly puts up another force field spell to contain her so she can't escape.
He then goes and retrieves the tiara and scepter. Just then, Harry and the others enter the room.
"Is everything alright in here?" Harry asks.
"Of course. I got the last items. How about you guys?"
"We got them." Lucy says as they hold them up.
They then look at the crying girl.
"Who is she?" Bickslow asks.
"The ringleader." Fried replied.
They are shocked.
"She's the boss? But how can someone so young be the head of a criminal gang?" Evergreen asks.
"No telling. She can explain herself to the authorities after we turn her and the others in. Let's go." Fried said.
They place the other items in the leather satchel and Harry uses his Incarcerous spell on the other criminals and turn them and the stolen items in to the local authorities. After splitting up the reward money, they begin their journey back to Fiore and Fairy Tail.