Disclaimer: I don't own Blood, Ariel, Kleude, Rose, Bian, Nate,Aquilla, Pooly, Mari, Kleude's mother and Kleude's brother they belong to Tamsoft, I own everyone else though
Warning: A bit of cursing, violence
Pairing: One sided Ariel/Blood
Note: A new city and more yapping
Story
It took the trio four hours of walking to reach Glacie city.
The city was covered in ice and snow, sunlight reflecting on the ground of never melting ice.
"It's so cold…" said Ariel, touching one of the walls.
Kleude rubbed his ears grumbling, they were caught in the cold air, ice forming on the tip.
"Man this city is huge" said Blood reading the map "Maybe we should drop that thing that attacked us off, it's heavy."
He strutted off with the map on his hands as the other two struggled to drag the robot.
Some of the people in the city stopped when they saw Ariel, she looked back at them, feeling rather nervous.
Blood stopped in front of a large shop with weapons displayed on the window, entering the place.
"Welcome to Crysis Smithy" said the smithy.
"Hiya sir!" said Blood.
"Oh what's that?" the smithy, lifted his glasses, looking at the robot.
"I was gonna ask you the same thing, can you take a look at it?"
The smithy approached the robot.
"That looks like a robot…" he said.
"What's a robot?" all three asked.
"They are functioning things made out of metal used to do various things on their own, girls can you move aside? I need to examine it."
Ariel and Kleude backed off as he took the robot to the backroom.
"Will you be able fix it?" Blood asked.
"That I can't promise, but come back in the evening."
"Do you know what this is then?" Blood handed the crystal.
"You should ask the magic shop owner, she knows more about this than me."
Blood put the crystal back into his pocket and left the shop.
"Okay then time to head to the magic shop it is" said Blood to his two tired friends.
The two grumbled following him to the magic shop.
Inside the magic shop.
"Welcome strangers, have you come to buy something?" asked the store keeper.
Ariel took a look at the various magical stones and sacks as Blood handed the crystal to the store keeper.
"Ah a magical stone…" she said.
"What does it do?" Blood asked.
"This looks like a water stone…"
Ariel began to feel drowsy looking at a bottle of grey, strong smelling powder.
"Ah, don't get too close to that if you are feeling weak miss, it makes you drowsy."
Ariel gave a squeak, backing away from the bottle.
The woman sigh, running a hand through her mousy locks, looking at the stone, feeling it.
"It's rather powerful but I don't know what it's made from" she said.
"Thanks for telling us what it is, miss" said Blood picking up the crystal.
"It's Mrs."
Outside the shop.
"Man I'm tired…" said Kleude.
"Should we take a walk around this town?" Blood asked.
"No I want a rest from that stupid robot."
The two tired teens clung to the shorter boy's arm, Kleude putting on a mock snore.
He looked at the map to find where the inn is, walking to their destination as the other two dragged their legs.
When they are near the local inn, a man let out a cry which caused them all to stop.
"Princess Atalasia is that you!?" said the man.
"Huh?" Ariel cocked her head.
Some passersby stopped and approached the trio.
"You're back Princess Atalasia!" a boy with purple hair cried.
All three were confused as some people grabbed Ariel's arms, she tried to struggle but they managed to pull her away from the others.
Blood and Kleude looked at each other.
"We should help her Kleude!" Blood cried.
"Nah it'd be great to be away from frog face for a while, besides she could be a long lost princess after all."
Blood contemplate whether to follow Ariel or take Kleude's advice. Maybe he's right after all… He barely knows about Ariel.
The boys headed into the inn to get a room to rest for a while.
At the palace.
The crowd loosened their grip on Ariel as the door shuts.
One woman beckoned her to follow her.
As Ariel followed the woman, she took a look at the palace. It was made of glass like every building in the city, however this glass managed to go through sunlight revealing hints of rainbow through the glass.
They stopped in front of an enormous door made out of strange red material as guards opened the door for them.
Ariel gasped at the two people sitting on the throne.
"Oh your highness we found the long lost Princess!" one of the women claimed.
The queen got up to look at Ariel.
Ariel shuddered, looking at the queen.
She had very long blue hair with purple streaks at the end, clear blue eyes, very pale skin and a slim build. The girl wondered if she really might be royalty after all…
"Princess Atalasia are you back?" said the Queen.
"Maam?"
The queen dropped down to hug the girl, the King getting up to do the same.
Ariel didn't know if she might be a long lost princess but she felt so warm to have two people hugging her.
But what about her friends?
Could she visit them to tell them about the news?
She curtseyed to the king and queen "Y-your majesties! Can I leave the palace t-to see my friends? They might b-be worried if I-I don't come back."
The king patted her on her shoulders "Sorry but what if you went missing again dear…"
Ariel looked at them, keeping quiet. Went missing? What is going on here?
"Maid Tabitha take her to the special room" said the queen.
"Yes your majesty" said the queen.
Ariel followed the maid, taking in everything that just happened into her head.
Meanwhile back on the inn.
"This bed is so sooooft…" said Kleude, his face on the pillow, ears resting downwards.
Blood let out a loud groan, stretching himself, he looked at the blonde, those ears were so cute, he thought.
Suddenly he got an urge to pet those ears. He thought about all the cats he met over the years and the few he managed to pet, their ears were so very very soft…
Was Kleude's ears also soft? Looking at his locks, his ears might be soft too.
He moved his arms, putting his fingers on the light brown fur, he was right, they were soft!
It was pleasant touching his ears, Blood smiled stroking the fur.
He stopped when a loud squeak pass through the room. Withdrawing his hands he went back to his bed.
Kleude got up, looking at the spiky haired boy.
"I'm s-sorry I won't touch your ears again!" Blood yelled.
"Blood… It was actually nice."
"Huh?"
"Your fingers are so warm..."
Blood got out of his bed to look at the taller boy.
"How about we spend some time in this city? That man might not be done looking at that robot thing and it's boring to stay at the inn all day."
"Sure!"
The boys left the room to walk around the city.
Blood looked at the map, heading to a triangle with a sign indicating three different place. One had a picture of flowers and a pond, another the inn they were resting in and the last a picture of three books pilled up.
"So where shall we go?" Blood asked.
"How about the book shop?" Kleude asked.
"Sure why not."
They headed off to the bookshop.
Inside the shop they visited the new books section.
"Ooo lots of variety…" said Blood, he took a book with a woman in black cloak "I love horror novels!"
"You read too?" Kleude asked.
"Oh yeah! I love books like Journey to Astericca, Drains, The witch in Terrorville, Sherlock Holmes, How I became a freak and Gaia's legends!"
"Adventure and horror fan huh?"
"What about you? What kind of books you like?"
"You won't laugh if I tell you?"
"Why should I? Books are always good."
"Atlantis high, Magica Magi, Dogs Hound and Anne of Green Gables."
"Girls novels? I tried reading them but I don't really get them."
"Consider you have no idea what wartface is thinking about you…"
"Wartface?"
"You know that girl?"
"Oh yeah Ariel! Wait why is she a wart again?" he scratched his nose "Wonder where she is…"
"No idea, probably doing something that would make her green with envy."
"But you're wearing a green shirt!"
Kleude face palmed, this twit is so stupid about stuff related to emotions…
"Hey what's this?" Blood pulled out a thin covered book.
The cover had a girl with curly strawberry blonde hair, white cat ears, a cute pink minidress and ballet shoes with a white tail on her round butt.
"Hey she's a cat like you!"
"You don't want to read that…"
"Huh why?"
"It contains very perverted materials."
"Really?" he looked at the cover again "Nah it looks pretty cute to be something the local freak would read."
Kleude kept quiet as Blood opened the novel, let him learn the hard way!
After a while Blood went white.
"What the heck is this!?" he yelled.
There were various pictures of the cat girl with her dress off as an unknown figure licked her and did various things to her as she was covered in liquid.
"That's called sex" said Kleude.
"Sex? You mean it's more than just male and female?"
"How old are you? Didn't your mom ever teached you that?"
"No…"
"Gees my mom taught me when I was eight what that is."
Blood didn't reply looking back at the book.
"Hey did you hear about this secret place in Holy Valley?" said a girl to her friend near the boys.
The boys stopped to listen to the girls.
"Nope" said her friend.
"I hear there's something really special hidden somewhere in the valley."
"Ooh could it be gold? Maybe a unicorn?"
"They say there's some glowing stuff in there."
Glowing stuff? Could it be the same crystal like the one in Adina Island?
The boys decided they should head to Holy Valley to find out for themselves.
"Ah! What are you reading!?" one of the girls yelled.
Both the boys froze, Blood looking down. The erotic book was lying on the floor for anyone to see…
Back in the palace.
Ariel was still shocked from the previous event, she just sat on the bed thinking about it without looking at the room she's in.
What will the boys say if she did turn out to be a potential princess. What will she have to do? Would she end up married with a golden haired man and live her life in luxury and happiness?
She didn't want to think about a golden haired man, he might never be like Blood. He might be a jerk like Kleude was.
She wanted to see Blood again…
She thought about him, his spiky dark brown locks, those eager brown eyes, his healthy tanned skin compared to her pale one, his short slightly chunky build, his goofy smile and how nice he was.
He was indeed her perfect man…
If only she was prettier then he might like her the way she liked him…
"Princess Atlasia" said the maid.
She looked up.
"Dinner's almost ready princess, you have to get dressed."
Ariel followed the maid into a dressing room.
The dresses inside the room reminded her of the pictures she saw in some of the books she read. She didn't know if she should be excited or not to see it for real.
"Put your hands out" said the maid after stripping her to her underwear.
Ariel did what she said, waiting for the woman to measure her.
"76-54-78…"
Ariel watched the maid as she picked a dress.
The woman got out a long light purple dress with rose pink sequins at the edges and flowery embroideries at the front.
After Ariel got changed she took in this new dress. It's so very different from her old clothes that she usually wore. Her back felt warm and she could barely move from the long tight skirt.
Inside the dining room, Ariel felt nervous with all the people surrounding the table.
"So you found the princess?" said a man.
"Ah princess Atlasia!" said the queen.
"H-hello your majesty…" said Ariel.
"She's just a little nervous… I mean she just suddenly came back from sixteen years of absence."
"What happened your majesty?"
"Oh she doesn't remember?"
Everyone began whispering. Stuff likes smuggling and kidnapping came out of their mouths.
The blue haired girl was feeling rather uncomfortable…
Many hours later where Ariel was sent back to her room.
Ariel sigh, so many people in the dining room and so much food(of which she could barely eat) what will the boys say if they knew… Blood would be so excited and Kleude might make fun of her!
She had to tell the boys about this.
But that maid is in the room with her, she can't just sneak down with her around.
"M-madame..." said Ariel.
"Yes princess?"
"I'm thirsty, can I get a drink?"
The maid left the room.
Ariel got out of the bed, opening the window.
She jumped off landing on the roof, she climbed down on a pillar to the garden.
The gate to the exit was locked.
She decided to climb on the gate.
However when she touched it, a loud sound pierced through, struggling she continued to climb, jumping off the gate, running away.
The boys were passing by.
"Ah!" all three went.
"Ariel!" Blood yelled.
"Boys I got news!" said Ariel.
"Spill the beancurds" said Kleude.
"I-I'm a princess! Well maybe…"
"Congratulations!" Blood patted her shoulder.
"So what are you going to do? Live happily ever after while we go to Holy Valley to find out about that crystal?" Kleude deadpanned "How wonderful…"
"You two are going to leave this city?" Ariel asked.
"Err yeah…"
"Then I'm coming with you two as well!"
Kleude's eyes widened as she clung to Blood.
"Great then" said Blood.
They left the city to find the valley.
To be continued
Some of the novels mentioned in the bookstore are completely fictional while others are actual novels
