"The time has come, my dear minions," the Count stated, his hat lowered, "today is the day that we finally put our plan in motion."
"Oh, goodie, I was waiting for this to come, waiting around like this has become too boring," Mimi spoke up. She, as always, was wearing her yellow, and red sundress. She was laying on her back, seemingly staring off into space, but listening in part of the time.
" 'ell it's bout time Count," O'Chunks said in his hard-to-understand accent.
"Yep, today's the day guys, un, but before we begin anything else, the Count needs your help with two little things, k?" Natasia said, straightening her glasses.
I was sitting quietly, playing with the necklace that Dimentio gave me. I don't think I've taken it off since he gave it to me. Even though today may seem like a big day for these guys, it was just the same for me. Though the events from last night still played out in my hear, I wondered if Bleck would say anything about it, which made my hear started beating with fear. I looked over to see Dimentio, in his usual smiley expression on his face, and he looked pleased at what all was being said. I focused all my attention on Bleck, I has a feeling that this was something actually worth hearing.
"Alright my minions, as Count Bleck stated before, in order to unleash the Chaos Heart, there must be a union between a beautiful princess pure of heart, and a powerful king."
"But where are we going to get a princess, and a king, I mean it's not like we have some lying around here," Mimi interrupted. I couldn't help but also think the same thing. The only place I ever been to was here, and Flipside, and there was no talk of any princess or king.
Count Bleck chuckled, and lowered his hat again, "That's correct Mimi. There is only one place where we can get the pure princess, and that place is the Mushroom Kingdom."
We all exchanged a pair of looks. The Mushroom Kingdom? I certainly never hear of a place like that before.
"The princess of the Mushroom Kingdom is exactly who we need, stated Count Bleck."
" ' ell, that answers one question, 'ut what 'bout the king?" stated O'Chunks.
Count Bleck chuckled, "Don't worry about him as of yet," he turned to me, his fiery red eyes burning brightly, "Isabelle, would you do the honor of coming with Count Bleck to take care of some business?"
My eyes widened, and I gasped quietly. I glanced over at the others, who were somewhat surprised, except for Dimentio, whose expression was unchanged. I laid my eyes back on the Count, his eyes were somewhat narrowed, and it felt like he was staring straight into me. It took some time for me to get my words together, "Of course, Count."
He smiled, and lowered his hat, "Excellent. Everyone else, Isabelle, and Count Bleck are going out a while, in the meantime Natasia will be helping you prepare for the special occasion. Come, Isabelle, we have work to attend to. Beh heh heh heh heh Bleck!" He came close to me, and like with Dimentio, we teleported away.
Where we ended up teleporting was somewhere different. I looked around, everything was white, there were some surrounding pillars, and a long staircase that lead up to a gazebo-like structure at the top. The whole place had a warm, yet almost negative feeling about it, almost kind of like the feeling I get in the castle. Were we still in the castle? Was this just another room I haven't been to? If so, than it definitely stood our from the rest of the place.
Count Bleck put his hand on my shoulder, his hand felt cold, even though it was gloved. I turned my head to see his eyes closed, and smiling fondly, "It's a beautiful place is it not?"
My eyes canned the room, despite the somewhat negative feeling I got from this place, it was rather beautiful, "Yes, it is," I replied to him.
He chuckled softly, and floated in from of me, and turned to me, "I know what you've been thinking, Isabelle," My heart started beating a bit faster, but I rose an eyebrow to him, and gave him a 'what?' look. "You may think that you're the only one here without any special powers, or abilities, but you don't know how wrong you are," He raised his hand to me, and opened it up to revel a violet gem. I felt a strong powerful energy emit from it. I looked at it trying to figure out what exactly it was.
I looked up to him, "With all due respect Count, I'm surprised that book of yours even mentions me in the first place. I really don't have much to offer in terms of powers, and I don't even consider myself a strong opponent if given a chance to fight."
He chuckled softly, "You don't think I don't know that Isabelle?" My confused grew, "What do you mean?" I asked.
The Count grabbed my hand, which again felt cold, and place the violet gem in my hand. The second the gem was placed in my hand, I felt a surge of powerful energy go throughout my body. My heart started beating faster, and I felt like I couldn't breath. My vision started growing dark, and I swear I started to hear colors. I began to worry if the Count found out about me and Dimentio's little reading last night, and is now giving me my punishment. My very cruel punishment. But as soon as it started, it stopped. My vision came back, and my heart started beating its normal rate again. I took long deep breathes. I looked over to Count Bleck who was smiling just as creepily as Dimentio.
"Your true power has been hidden from you for years now, and with that gem I've given you, your true powers can now be released."
I stared at him, what in the world did he mean by "true powers?" I didn't feel any different, but the same time, I felt like I've changed too. This whole situation was getting more and more confusing for me, "What do you mean by my true powers? I don't have any!" I exclaimed.
Without warning, Count Bleck twirled his can, which than released a glowing violet-black orb of energy flying right towards me. My heart quickened, I closed my eyes, and I raised my arms to protect myself. What was the Count's deal? Was he finally starting to lose it? Some seconds passed before I realized that the orb didn't hit me. I opened my eyes to see if it missed, but instead I saw my hands glowing, and a shining barrier in front of me. I pulled my hands back, and looked at them. What the heck just happened? "What the?"
I looked up to the Count, who was smiling proudly, "Well, it looks as if you have control, which is good, you're going to need to have control over your powers. One wrong more, and you could take out an entire city."
"What the heck did you do to me?" I questioned, obviously ignoring what he just said.
He chuckled, "I thought you were one to catch on quickly, isn't it obvious, the gem I've given you has released you long hidden power, a power you've always have had, but because your energy spirit did not match the energy of your true psychic power, it has remained dormant inside you, only being released in small amounts, which explains your ability to see spirits, and see and feel the energy of others. The gem I've given you was filled with powerful energy, and now that energy is inside you and has matched with the energy of your true powers, told Count Bleck."
It was weird, but while he was explaining it, I seemed to be understanding it, despite still feeling confused on some parts, "Please do tell, what are these so called true powers?"
He tipped his hat, "Don't ask Count Bleck, you're the one with the psychic powers, why don't you show me what you got, but do it quickly now, as Count Bleck has somewhere to be."
I still looked onto him confused, I extended my arm, it couldn't hurt to try something right? I wasn't expecting anything to happen, but at the same time, I knew that something was happen. I decided to focus all my energy, thinking that would help, and it did. Before I knew it, a bolt of light violet energy shot out from my hand. I wasn't aiming for anything, but the bolt hit one of the pillars. I looked back over to Count Bleck, and chuckled nervously.
He smiled, "Don't worry about it, said Count Bleck, it seems you know what you're doing. I will send for you back to your room, but I will need your help again later," and with that the Count sent me back to my room, with him going off to who knows where.
Dimentio's P.O.V
I hid away from sight, while the Count gave the human child the special gem I made. It took me a while to convince him, but I couldn't be more satisfied when he decided to go through with it. The gem I made contained special powers, powers that only someone with the abilities that the human had could control. From what I've been watching, she'd been quick with learning to control them. If there was one thing I liked about this human girl, it was that her trust can be easily gained, all it took was a little charm, and a sarcastic attitude. Thankfully, I had all that, and much more. I was actually quite surprised with the Count told me I had to find a human, well, not quite surprised, after all I wrote the Dark Prognoctious, but what I didn't know, is what human would have the special talents that I required. Luckily I found this human girl, Isabelle, I watched her for weeks on end, see what all she was capable of, but from what I saw when I first watched her, it wasn't that much, but she was very limited with friends, and basically had no family, so she had nothing to go back to, and nothing to loose. I could feel my smile widen after she had released the energy bolt from her hand, she was definitely a quick learner.
As she teleported away from sight, I couldn't help but think how smoothly this was going. Everything was falling slowly, but perfectly into place. Soon, all the universes will be min to shape, and to control, but yet, I don't know why, but there's something about the human girl. I get this strange feeling when I'm around her, I don't know what it is. Whatever it is, I put it out of mind, the time has come, and I have bigger things to think about.
Isabelle's P.O.V
I sat on the edge of my bed, and looked into the mirror. After Count Bleck gave me the gem, I felt different, but yet felt the same. I looked deep into the mirror. I saw something that was different, my eyes. They were still the same dark blue they always been, glowing behind my glasses but now, I saw a ring of violet around my pupils. It must've been from the gem infusing with my body. Other than that, the rest of my features were pretty much the same: my long wavy breast-length black hair, my small build, and my five-foot seven height. I fell against the bed, there was something that I have been feeling since me and Count Bleck were together earlier, like the feeling someone was there besides us. I felt the sense of joy, and pride, but something else, something dark. I didn't have to guess to know who was watching us. "Dimentio," I whispered quietly as I closed my eyes.
A/N: Well, all I have left now is the epilogue to this, and that'll be the end of In Castle Bleck! Weird Point of View changes here, but I really wanted to make it clear that Dimentio is evil in my story, but not so much as he thinks he is. I don't think I ever described what Isabelle looks like, so I gave you somewhat of an idea the end here. I've already started typing up the epilogue, and I hope to have it up soon (and by soon this time I do not mean 2 months, this is a promise).