Me: Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile.
Tela: The author was having a mental block. You owe Vanilla many apologies for making fun of her liking Sieg.
Me: Yeah I know :P
Tela: ...The readers probably know why. :)
Me: Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 11: The Rainbow Zone: Introduction
Vanilla woke up seeing Tela's face. Vanilla screamed very loudly, and woke up everyone. They both heard Elesis say, "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!" then they heard an annoyed groan from the unofficial leader.
"Sorry!", Vanilla yelled back to Elesis. Vanilla, as usual, got ready for another day. Willow started running around, until she saw Celcius, Aira's ice fairy, passing by. Willow pushed the door open, using it's head, and chased Celcius around in the halls. Elesis happened to walk by and tripped over Willow.
"VANILLA! KEEP YOUR CAT UNDER CONTROL!", Elesis yelled really loudly, again. Tela sweatdropped and she went to deal with Elesis.
"Vanilla!", Arme called all of a sudden.
"Yes~?", Vanilla replied back. "I'm coming! Give me a minute!"
Vanilla was about to come, but Arme came to Vanilla instead. Arme handed her a really large book. It looked awfully familiar. Arme said, "You lended it to me when we first met, and I was done reading the book, so I thought I might give it back."
"I gave that to you? I don't even remember what that book is...", Vanilla said, scratching her head.
"Vanilla? is something wrong?", Arme tiled her head and was ready to use healing magic. Vanilla shook her head.
"I guess I'm just suffering from memory loss.", Vanilla laughed, and she went downstairs. Arme shrugged and went back to her room. She saw Elesis, injured, and she asked:
"What happened to you?"
"Don't ask...", Elesis said, sounding exhausted. Arme smiled and sweatdropped, then she left the book in Vanilla's room. While that happened, she stumbled upon a mirror. It was labeled 'Tela's Mirror - Don't Touch', but Arme was very curious.
"Admiring yourself in the mirror, Arme?", someone asked. It was Lass. For a second, she thought it was that dreaded demon spirit.
"Oh, Lass!", Arme said happily. "I was just curious..."
"You should put it away.", Lass suggested.
"But...", Arme started to say, and then her brain reminded her about how angry Tela gets. "...Okay.", she put it away, and they both went downstairs. "Shall I bake cherry pie for you?"
"Yes, please!", Lass said, almost sounding happy.
? POV
I was in the kitchen, eating my breakfast, and talking to Sieghart and Dio. That's when I saw Tela. I guess she was okay, but most of the time, she was very annoying. "Hi Kaisternnnnn~"
"Hello, Tela.", I said. Like I said before, she was annoying. She started chatting away nonsense, and I blocked it out. Though, I couldn't block it out for so long.
"Kai-stern, Kai-stern, Kai-stern. No wonder you have stern in your name. You're so stern all the time! Loosen up!", Tela said, sounding excited. I ignored her as usual, but Sieghart raised an eyebrow at me. The immortal's eyes shifted to Tela, who seemed more serious than before. "We need to talk. Come with me."
"Hmm?", I grunted, and got up. I had no idea what's wrong, but judging by her tone of voice, she wasn't joking around. We both were walking outside, and I passed by a worried Arme. Lass looked as though he noticed it as well. "Did something happen?"
"Nothing pertaining to Grand Chase itself.", Tela said bitterly. "Just a matter between you and me. None shall known."
TPOV
After a few moments, Kaistern and Tela came back in, just in time for Knight Master's speech. Everyone was gathered around the living room for a while. Knight Master cleared her throat and said, "Now then, shall we start?"
Knight Master continued. "I have discovered a set of islands around Cerulean Island. Apparently, Cerulean Island was in a mystical island zone called 'The Rainbow'."
"I get it!", Ryan blurted out. "Cerulean is a shade of blue. So the island is in the middle of Green and Blue Island?"
"Correct.", Knight Master said. "There's Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, and Pink Islands. Those are the main islands. I want two teams of four to investigate Green and Blue islands. One team will investigate one island and vice-versa."
Knight Master picked Kaistern, Yuu, Ronan, and Ley to go to Green Island, while Vanilla, Ryan, Brendan, and Elesis go to Blue Island. Knight Master instructed the rest to stay back at the mansion. She also instructed the two groups to leave right away.
Later...
The two groups waved goodbye to the others, and the two groups departed together.
"So how are going to get to the island?", Ley asked. "I am not swimming!"
"Why don't you summon your dragon, Ronan?", Yuu suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea.", Ronan replied back to Yuu. He quickly took out his glaive and summoned a dragon. Everyone jumped on and it started to fly. Though, it was flying at such a slow pace, it made Ley annoyed.
"Can't this thing fly any faster!", Ley said angrily and started punching it in the back.
"Patience, Miss Ley.", Ronan said. "We don't have to rush."
Ley sat back and puffed her face. "Whatever.", she simply said.
Ronan sighed to himself, and then raised his head. He looked around at everyone and he noticed that many of the people in the two groups were mostly quieter people. It looks as though Knight Master wanted the place to be scanned without the groups being caught. But why is that? Does Knight Master know something we don't?
And Tela; she seemed pretty quiet, which was very unnatural for her. She was also quiet during the stay at Cerulean Island. Ronan though she had some connection to the 'The Rainbow'. But what kind of connection?
Then Ronan saw Ley hitting the top of the dragon's head in anger.
"AHHH!", Ronan yelled. "Err..M-Miss Ley! Please calm down! Patience is the answer!"
"Patience!", Ley shouted. "Patience is killing me!"
Ley hit the dragon even more, and the dragon started wobbling in the sky. The smooth ride became bumpy.
"Gahhhh!"
"Hmm...?"
"What's happening?"
Everyone was confused, and somewhat scared. Ronan just did a facepalm.
Later...
"Finally! Sweet land~", Brendan said and stretched his arms out.
The first group, which is Brendan, Ryan, Vanilla, and Elesis, were dropped off at Blue Island. Ronan and his group waved goodbye to them. They rode off to Green Island.
"Okay let's explore quickly so we can get off this god forsaken place.", Tela muttered quickly under her breath.
Vanilla raised an eyebrow and asked, "Is there some-"
"What is wrong with you!", Elesis yelled. Everyone turned to her. "You're so annoying! You complain and yell about everything! Why don't you just shut up!"
"Is she crazy?", Ryan whispered to Brendan.
"I guess so!", Brendan whispered back. "Must of lost her sanity during our trip."
Tela floated above Elesis's head. She had a huge grin on her face, but her eyes said otherwise. Elesis looked as though she was ready to fight. The others just watched on. Finally, Tela said, "You sure are brave. Going against me. But do you really know who I am?"
"What are you talking about!", Elesis asked.
"I'm a former queen, of a powerful clan, with many powerful descendants.", Tela continued. Elesis started to grow more wary. "If I wanted to, I would put you in your place. Which is in a black hole.", Elesis was shocked to hear this, but still stood her ground. "I'm already in a bad mood; please don't make me do anything."
Everyone seemed pretty quiet after that. "Ah, well, shall we go?", Ryan asked.
The group went into the forest. The forest had many trees and bushes full of fruit. But, there was no animals anywhere. There wasn't any humans, demons, or Aaerions in sight either. The forest emanated an eerie feeling, which made everyone cautious, except for Tela.
"Err..I'm so hungry...", Elesis said as her stomach growled. She looked around and saw some berries. "Hmm...berries will do."
While the others stopped and looked somewhere else, Elesis sneaked to the berry bush. She was about to pick some, when somebody grabbed onto the back of her shirt; it was Ryan.
"What are you doing!", Ryan asked. "Those are poisonous!"
"Yeah, Elesis.", Vanilla added. "You could really hurt yourself."
"Ah, well...", Elesis stuttered a little. "I knew that!", She finished off proudly.
Brendan shook his head and smirked. "Some people never learn~"
"Shut up!", Elesis half-yelled. She regain her composure, and quickly walked away. Then she stopped, like she realized something. "Where's Tela?", Elesis sighed and said, "What's wrong with that demon!"
"Maybe something's bothering her!", Brendan suggested happily. Everyone sweatdropped.
"That's very obvious.", Ryan commented. "And why are you so happy all of a sudden?"
"I don't know...", Brendan replied. He looked down on the ground, and he randomly jumped up and said, "Maybe it's because I'm in a good mood! HAHAHAHA!" Brendan started running in circles, and then ran off west.
"E-Everyone's acting so strange...", Vanilla commented. "I feel strange! I wanna go home!"
"Hmm...Tela's more grumpier, Elesis's more stupid than usual, Brendan's acting normal, and you're acting all shy, Vanilla.", Ryan said, then realized something. "Why do I feel more smarter?"
"GAHHH!", Vanilla screamed. "The island's playing with our personality and emotions!"
She then ran out of the forest somewhere, leaving Ryan and Elesis alone. There was silence, until Elesis asked, "Did you call me stupid before?"
"Yeah?", Ryan said.
"Ohhh...", Elesis muttered. There was many moments of silence, until Elesis randomly shouted, "HEEEEEY!"
On Green Island...
"Okay. Let's start investigating.", Ronan suggested. ", don't go off on your own."
Without warning, Kaistern walked slowly into the forest. He heard Ronan's warning, but had no intention of stopping. It was like he was possessed. The rest of the group ran inside to look for him, but they couldn't find him and there was no trail left behind.
"Darn it! We lost someone already.", Ley said angrily. "This place is already annoying me. Jeeves!"
The demon butler appeared suddenly out of a vortex and bowed. "You call?"
"Go find Kaistern!", Ley commanded. He nodded and disappeared into the vortex.
Miss Ley seems as cruel as ever, but it looks as though she developed a soft spot. Ronan thought to himself.
They continued exploring the forest. The forest felt never-ending. The group kept seeing the same luscious green trees, the same dirt under their feet, and the same little house on a far away hill that was covered in mist. It was enough to make Ley fed up.
"How come we keep avoiding the house!", Ley asked and pointed to the house. "I am tired of running around in circles! My feet hurt!"
"There's no shame in investigating the house.", Yuu stated. "Even if there's a trap waiting for us."
"Fine, fine.", Ronan quickly said. "Let's go investigate the house, and then we'll look for Kaistern."
The group starting walking up the hill. It also seemed never-ending. The hill looked as though it extended higher every step they took. Finally, they got to the top. "I'm exhausted!", Ley said.
"Aren't we all?", Yuu giggled.
Ronan decided to knock on the door first to see if anyone was there. There was no answer, so he broke down the door, only to find someone in a little corner of the house. The group was shocked to see...
Tela: What the hell! Why'd you cut it off?
Me: 'Cause I'm saving the best parts for chapters 12 & 13
Tela: It better be good!
Me: Stop being so grumpy!
Tela: Hmph!
Me: Anyways, I tried combining humor and seriousness into this chapter. So, sorry if it didn't turn out well. . I blame my head.
