The city of Etila stood peacefully in the walls of the red queen's castle. Due to the towns strict curfew no one was out on the streets besides the occasional guard patrolling. The buildings were pained various shades of red and black and the windows were dark, which left the streets dark except the dim street lights. The castle, however, stood tall and mighty at the end of Etila. Five skinny, round towers reached twice the height of the next tallest building in this elegant castle. The towers are connected by narrowing brick red walls. Tall, wide windows were scattered across the walls in an asymmetric pattern along with crenellations for archers. A sizable gap with enormous metal gates and hot oil pots served as the front gates. Large boulders littered the fields that were located around the castle with paths to and from the castle snake around them. The castle has good lighting surrounding it and on the inside. Past the front gates was the garden where sever strange plants grew in the heathy green, including white roses that had been painted red. Two guards stood outside of the castle doors.
It was around midnight when the peace of the night had been broken with heavy footsteps and the clank of metal objects was heard through Etila. The three boyish figures stopped in their tracks and proceeded to make their presence known by shouting out insults to the queen and other things; which drew the patrolling guards to them. Meanwhile inside the castle walls four people stealthily made their way down the halls that led towards the castles dungeons. "Ginga, Masamune stand guard out here while we get Ryuga."
"Okay, but why are you taking Madoka in? She doesn't really do much in the field of fighting" Masamune pointed out while whispering.
"Masamune now is not the time to start arguments with Madoka!" Ginga whispered also.
"I'm just saying, sure she's a great mechanic and inventor, but seriously why not take me and leave her with Ginga?"
"Why would you go!?" Ginga questioned.
"Because I'm number one!" Masamune exclaimed, rather loudly, causing Madoka and Kyoya to hush the boys.
"I'm taking Madoka because she much smarter that you two, plus she actually has a plan opposed to running in there blindly and starting a fight."
"What's taking so long?" Ryuga tuned the corner, disguised as one of castle guards. "If we don't do this now, we won't get another chance."
"Sorry" Ginga and Masamune said before going back to keeping a look out. Madoka and Kyoya followed Ryuga to the dungeons. Several cells were down there all filled with various people and locked with several magical locks.
"Where is she?" Kyoya questioned with impatience.
"Over here" They turned to the cell at the far left where a girl, known as their leader, sat on the stone floor. She had black hair that was tied into a messy high ponytail that reached her shoulders and a few strands were dyed red, but went to her mid back when down. Her bangs covered most of her memorizing black cat-like eyes. She looked about 5"8, her skin tone was slightly tanned and her figure was slender and athletic. On her left wrist she had a black rose tattoo, a gold nose piercing, black snake bites and 8mm fleshtunnel on her left ear. She wore a plain red tanktop under a black mini leather jacket. The jacket has golden chains placed in zig-zags making it look like a corset. Her black jeans were ripped and she also wore black biker boots. As for accessories; a black gothic choker necklace with a pentagram attached to it. The pentagram also has a heart shaped ruby in the center. She also wore a red and gold stud belt, and red fingerless gloves.
"Melody!" Madoka Smiled, running up to her cell. "Did you do it? Did you get to the princess?" She asked while pulling somethings out of her bag.
"No…but I was close" Melody watched her attached some kind of device to the magically enchanted lock on her cell. It was small and shaped like a female Stag Beetle.
"Stand back" Madoka stepped back and so did Melody. Madoka pressed one of the buttons on her watch and the device erupted in a small, silent explosion, breaking the lock on Melody's cell. Melody stepped out; she turned to Madoka and Ryuga,
"I'm not leaving until we get to the princess. I need you, Ryuga, to sneak me and Madoka into the castle. We'll play it off like were cooks and maids."
"If you insist" Ryuga hesitantly agreed.
"I'll get Ginga and Masamune to help me free the rest of the prisoner and the white queen."
"No." Melody cut in, "It's too risky to get the former kings and queens. They will have to wait."
"Okay…" Kyoya didn't seem to want to agree so easily. Madoka handed him her bag of beetle explosives and her watch.
Madoka and Melody followed Ryuga out of the dungeon and up to the castles lowest floor; the servants quarters. Next came the guard's quarters and then another staircase that led them to the kitchen. "Which way Ryuga?" Madoka asked.
"Cut through the throne room and go towards the western tower, from what I've heard the princess's room is up there. Just watch out the tower is crawling with guards this time of night." Melody nodded, Madoka hesitated to follow her.
"You're not coming with us?" Madoka looked at Ryuga with pleading eyes.
Ryuga rolled his eyes, "It would look less suspicious if you two just went disguised as cooks taking Calypto something to eat." Madoka nodded and followed her leader quickly across the throne room and began their descent up the narrow spiral staircase.
After making out of the tunnel Frieda stood back up to see the grand castle in front of her. Fourteen thick, square towers surrounded the castle. They reached twice the height of the walls and were connected by fairly low, heavy walls made of dark blue and black stone. Tall, wide windows were scattered here and there across the walls in a seemingly random pattern, along with symmetric holes for archers and artillery. A regular gate with broad wooden doors and hot oil pots guard the last stronghold across the rough landscape, but it's not the only way in when you know the castles secret passages. Hug dragon bones litter the almost grassless fields. The bones were half overgrown, but still a painful reminder of the past.
Frieda knew exactly where she was. The home of Elore's original king and queen. She must have been crawling through the tunnels for over an hour at least, which was the same amount of time it took to get to Elore. So she must be under the city and in the ruins. She remembered reading that after the was a witch of some sorts had cast a spell and the castles of the fallen cities, causing them to sink below the Earth. Frieda ventured closer to the dragon bones and reached out to touch one, she suddenly felt sad. She knew Elore was a kingdom that was in alliance with the dragon clans around the land. She remember on her visits to the city she would find all sorts of smaller breeds of dragons roaming the street, walking with their human friends and ever patrolling with the guards. Although one dragon always stood out.
This dragon was a midnight blue color with stern magenta eyes and large bat like winds connecter to his slender scaled body. His name was Jinxx, and he was always wrapped around one of the castles towers, watching over the city. The thought of Jinxx caused her mind to wonder to the former king, who had a similar appearance to the dragon.
Although he never left his castle, always locking inside the walls, she heard rumors of the king all the time. Like how his hair was midnight blue like Jinxx scales. That his eyes were sharp magenta and even, as far fetched as it sounded, but people had even told stories that he had a pair a wings just like Jinxx. Although Frieda didn't believe that rumor at all.
Frieda dismissed her thoughts and began to venture closer to the castle with the intention to explore the inside.