Mirror of Nightmare
Chapter 45: Day V; Share the Pain
Tomorrow, in the morning, after finishing the breakfast, Link, Navi, Rucas, Diasol and Yterval leave the Lapice City and go to Lapice Great Snowfield in order to find the gate to the Kingdom of the Dragonking. For some reason, the snow falls from the sky more that usual, slow down their journey. But finally, in the noon of Day V, they reach the gate that will lead them to their destination. They waste no time and enter that gate.
After getting out of the gate, they find themselves on a hill. At this spot, they can see everywhere around the Kingdom of the Dragonking, but…
"What?!" Everyone says when they realize that everything in this kingdom is frozen solid!
"Hey! What happened to this place?!" Navi asks.
"… Something wrongs happened here…" Yterval says.
"We must find the dragons in this kingdom!" Rucas says.
"Right, but don't waste your time too much…" Yterval says and shows his palm to everyone. On his palm appears a countdown! And everyone has that countdown on their palm too!
"Hey! What is that?!" Diasol asks.
"Only the dragon type that can live in this kingdom. If non-dragon enters this kingdom, they will be able to live in this kingdom for three days. After that, the Dragon God will take their soul and devour it!" Yterval explains.
"AEEEEE!" Diasol says.
"Let's hurry before Diasol breaks my ears…" Rucas says and covers his ears with his paws.
Everyone runs into Wyvern City, the city of dragon. They try to find the survivors, but all dragons were frozen solid.
At last, they reach the last place in this kingdom that they hadn't explored yet, the Palace of the Dragonking.
Link and his friends enter the Palace of the Dragonking, but everyone in this palace were frozen solid too. And finally, they reach the throne room…
"!" Link and his friends shock, because there are two living dragons in the throne room! One of them is a white gooey slim snail-like dragon while the other is a black armored dinosaur-like axe jaw dragon. Both dragons look at Link and his friends with their suspicious eyes.
"Who are you, and what business do you have with our kingdom?" The white dragon asks.
"Hey! Both of you are the only living dragons in this kingdom!" Navi says.
"Hm? Fairy?!" The black dragon says.
"Hey! Say something!" Navi says.
"… Arceus didn't taugh you any manner, right? I asked you a question, but you still didn't answer them." The white dragon says.
"What?!" Navi says, but Rucas tells Navi to calm down.
"I am sorry, Navi, the dragon type are prideful." Rucas says before he turns his attention to both dragons.
"Greeting, the great dragon, we are the group of creatures who try to struggle free from our god's midrule. The human with us is the Hero of Time." Rucas says. Hearing that makes both dragons look at Link.
"…I see…" Thee white dragon says.
"And…" Rucas says.
"… Iris told me everything… She told me that the group of Hero of Time will come and find the piece of Mirror of Nightmare. I am Anna the Goodra, the current Dragonqueen." The white dragon says.
"And I am Baron the Shiny Haxorus." The black dragon says.
"So, you are Iris's friend…" Diasol says.
"Well… Where is Iris?" Anna asks.
"…" Everyone says nothing.
"… So, this is her fate." Anna says.
"Well… Anna…" Diasol says, but Anna looks at her with her fierce eyes.
"You are not my friends, so do not call me Anna, call me Dragonqueen." Anna says.
"What?! But I am the princess of Soulyn!" Diasol says.
"Princess or not, but while you are in this kingdom, you are no more than a kitten in the lair of dragons…" Anna says.
Everyone looks at Anna. They start to hate her because of her prideful habit.
"So… You want to have this, right?" Anna says and shows everyone the 6th piece of Mirror of Nightmare.
"Yes! That is all we want!" Navi says, but Anna doesn't hand over it to anyone.
"… I still couldn't hand it to you." Anna says. Her word shocks everyone.
"What?! But you said…" Navi says.
"You haven't proved that you are the true Hero of Time yet." Anna says.
After hearing that, Link steps in front of Anna and raises his left hand, making his Triforce of Courage mark glows.
"Hey… Triforce of Courage…" Baron says.
"Yes! That is the proof!" Navi says.
Anna smiles. Before she hands over the 6th piece of Mirror of Nightmare to Link.
"Yeah! Six already! Two more to go!" Rucas says.
"The next one… is with the Snow King of the Northern Mountain." Yterval says. His word turns Baron and Anna's face pale.
"Hey! What's wrong with you two?" Navi asks after realizing that Baron and Anna's face are bloodless.
"…" Baron and Anna say nothing.
"Then, we shall leave." Rucas says.
After saying, Rucas and everyone walk out of the Palace of the Dragonking and travel back to Irtha, leaving Baron and Anna in the Palace of the Dragonking.
"… Our work finishes…" Anna says.
"So, what will you do next?" Baron asks.
"…" Anna says nothing.
"Hey… Anna…" Baron says. But then, he realizes that a clear water is coming out of Anna's eyes. She is crying!
Baron looks at Anna. He knows that she is suffering from the fact that she couldn't do anything but stay still until her god thaws her frozen kingdom. He also knows that she is suffering from her past too…
"Anna…" Baron says and tries to calm Anna down, but that makes Anna mad…
"Baron! Stop doing it! Get out of here!" Anna roars.
"What?!" Baron says.
"PLEASE! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! GET OUT!" Anna roars and punches Baron, but Baron grabs her fist and pulls her closer to him… before the distance between her and him becomes zero…
Anna's lip is touching at Baron's lip. Baron kisses Anna. Anna feels strange. Because this feeling… is the same feeling of her and …him.
"…Are you feeling better?" Baron asks. It looks like that the kiss had calmed Anna down.
"…" Anna says nothing, and then she hugs Baron. (Which makes Baron covered with sticky goo)
"Anna… Well… After I had shared my story with you… Would you mind sharing yours with me?" Baron asks.
To Be Continue…
LD: I can't stand this! I am about to puke out!
Pokedragon: Stop it, LD.
LD: I hate this!
