Coco: Hey, guys, as I'm sure as you can tell by the title that this chapter isn't a normal chapter. Nope, it's a special! I told you I'd probably write the SDS Movie for you guys for all your support, so here's part one to that! I thought about writing out the entire movie then posting it, but only fifteen minutes in and this part ended up already twice the length of my normal chapters. I just felt like if I continued to the end of the movie that'd be a long read for one chapter, so I'm going to do it in parts. Anyway, here's part one, and I hope you guys like it :D

Monroe hummed as she placed her hands on her hips while looking up at her intended target. High above her head on the side of a sheer cliff was a large collection of honeycombs. And by large, she means colossal. The honeycombs weren't made by ordinary bees. No, they were made by bees larger than the average horse. Not to mention they were far more aggressive than their smaller cousins—the common honeybee. And said large bees were currently buzzing around their handywork. Handywork that Monroe was about to steal.

"I guess I better get to work," Monroe said. "Don't want to keep the others waiting."

With that said, Monroe took a large rock in hand. She tossed it up and down a few times to gauge its weight before she slung it as hard as she could at one of the bees. The rock hit its intended target and as expected; the bee let out an enraged buzzing noise as it whirled its head around to the culprit. Monroe smirked while giving a wave towards the insect. And as she predicted, the bee came barreling towards her with other bees flanking it.

"And the fun begins," She said as she readied herself.

Elizabeth hummed to herself as she collected water from a stream near the tavern. She was in a particularly good mood today. Soon it would be her father's birthday and to surprise him this year, she and the Sins—plus Monroe—would be gathering him some of the best and rarest ingredients they could find to make him a wonderful dinner. She was really looking forward to it.

Once she filled her bucket, she made her way back to the tavern. She smiled up at the sun through the trees as its bright, warming light made her mood even happier. She was excited to see what the others would bring back. She exited the forest with the tavern coming into view. She didn't see any of the others back yet, but some of them weren't due back for another day or so.

She then blinked when a dark shadow fell over her. She looked up seeing a giant octopus falling from the sky. It landed right in front of her and a giant squid landed on top of it. A giant scorpion came next, followed by a giant snake. Finally, the largest egg Elizabeth has ever seen in her life landed on the rest of the pile. She smiled at the haul of ingredients before turning her smile towards the Sins and Monroe who had returned with them.

"Hey, guys," She said. "You got here early, huh?"

"Well, we didn't want to keep you waiting too long, Princess." Monroe, who had a large sack—about the length of her body—on her back, said.

She then set her ingredient down besides the rest of the pile, and unhooked the straps around the bag. The bag fell to the ground revealing a large jar of honey.

"I hope this is enough honey." She said as she tapped the container.

"More than enough." Elizabeth said as her smile grew. "Thank you all for your hard work."

As Diane smiled at Elizabeth in reply, King floated forward looking as if he was looking for someone.

"Uh, Captain?" He called when finally spotting Meliodas between Elizabeth's legs with his head under her skirt.

"Ah, the air is nice and fresh down here." Meliodas said though his words were muffled.

Elizabeth let out a surprised shriek because she hadn't noticed he was there until he spoke.

"Sir Meliodas!" She gasped.

Meliodas pulled back his head to smile up at the princess whose cheeks were bright pink.

"Hey, Elizabeth, how ya doing?" He asked.

He then grunted in pain when Hawk hit him in the side to send him flying. The pig yelled at him for getting handsy as Monroe shook her head and sighed. She then looked to Ban when he put his arm around her shoulders. She smiled up at him as he watched in amusement as Meliodas had to pick himself off the ground.

"Hey Captain," King spoke again. "Didn't you say you were going to try and hook a fish that flies through the sky?"

Meliodas didn't reply at first as he dusted the dirt off of his face before he smiled.

"Yeah, a sky fish." Meliodas finally replied.

Monroe tilted her head since she has never heard of such a creature. A fish flying through the sky? It seemed unreal.

"Aaah, that's so cool," Diane said as she sat down on her knees. "I wanna see it. Where is the sky fish?"

Meliodas looked away as he crossed his arms over his chest. This could only mean one thing.

"Well, about that," He said.

He trailed off before getting his hands all over Elizabeth again, which had the princess turning beet red.

"I looked everywhere for it," Meliodas explained as he shamelessly continued to fondle Elizabeth. "Let me try here."

Monroe, who stepped away from Ban, sighed while quickly grabbing a hold of the little pervert.

"I highly doubt a flying fish would be stuck in Elizabeth's clothes, Melly." Monroe said as she frowned down at him.

Meliodas gave an unapologetic shrug before letting out a grunt when Monroe unceremoniously dropped him.

"Yeah, what makes you think you can find it there?!" Hawk demanded.

Monroe, who left Hawk to scolding Meliodas—who had to get himself off the ground again—shook her head as she sat down on one of the tentacles to the giant octopus Escanor brought back.

"The sky fish. A fish only spoken about in legends," Gowther explained as he sat next to Monroe. "They say that it sprouted wings."

"The Captain came here because he said he'd be able to catch one in this area." Escanor said.

Monroe looked up as Escanor said this, but she saw no signs of any fish in the sky. Leading her back to her previous thoughts of not knowing what a sky fish even was.

"I've never heard of them," Monroe said as she looked over her shoulder towards Merlin.

Merlin smiled down at the younger female as she reached out to place her hand on Monroe's shoulder.

"That's because this legend was way before your time." Merlin said. "A thousand years, in fact."

Monroe hummed guessing that might be why. Certain legends just can't stand up to the test of time it would seem.

"I think the Captain just wanted to slack off." King said.

"That sounds like something he would do." Diane agreed.

Monroe chuckled at that while not being able to disagree. Ban then stepped forward to face Meliodas.

"Come on, Captain," Ban said. "Let's get down to business."

Meliodas, who was ready to go, jumped in front of Ban while grinning.

"Sure," Meliodas said. "Ready to start training?"

"Training?" Hawk snorted in confusion.

Ban and Meliodas didn't take time to explain as the prior turned towards Monroe.

"You too, Mo," Ban said. "You need this just as much as the Captain."

Hawk was even more confused as Monroe pouted and narrowed her eyes at Ban. The Fox Sin merely grinned at her in return.

"What is he talking about?" Hawk asked.

Monroe stood next to Meliodas behind the bar with a frown on her face. She crossed her arms over her chest.

"Tell me," She began as her brow twitched. "If we are not open for business, why am I wearing this stupid uniform?"

Her brow twitched even more as she tried in vain to adjust her shirt to cover more of her torso. As usual it did nothing to cover her midriff, and it was still uncomfortably tight around her chest.

"Because you are behind the bar and you are working." Meliodas said. "Besides, Elizabeth is wearing hers."

Monroe decided not to argue since she knew it would do no good. Ban put his arms around her while leaning over to look down at her as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"Don't be that way, Mo." Ban said. "Let's start the training, okay?"

Monroe still wasn't happy, but she finally sighed and nodded her head, so Ban straightened up. Though he didn't let the girl go.

"What are you guys doing anyway?" Hawk asked.

"It's time for the Captain's first cooking lesson," Ban said. "He insisted he wanted to be the one to cook for the king, and considering my little Mo can't cook worth shit either, I thought she could join us."

Monroe snorted at him in reply for his comment on her cooking skills. Though she couldn't really argue. She'd like to think she was better than Meliodas though.

"That's right," Meliodas said as he twirled a knife between his fingers. "Bartra better prepare himself because he's about feast on my ultimate dish."

As Hawk busted out laughing at that statement, Meliodas sent the pork an annoyed look.

"You only know how to cook leftovers!" Hawk pointed out as he continued to laugh. "You're really going to try and learn how to cook—squaaah!"

Hawk was caught off as he screamed in fright when Meliodas threw his knife at the poor pig. Meliodas then turned to bow towards Ban.

"Please, teach me your ways, Master Ban," Meliodas requested.

"Heh, I'm glad you recognize my talent captain," Ban said. "Alright then, we'll start you both on an apple pie."

Monroe gave small, cheeky salute in understanding. Meliodas nodded to Ban's instructions before movement behind Monroe caught his attention.

"Hey, Elizabeth, can you be my assistant?" Meliodas asked.

Monroe blinked in confusion as she looked to Elizabeth who was sitting at the bar right behind Meliodas. So, who was the Sin of Wrath talking to? Monroe turned her head while seeing Gowther…and he was wearing Diane's tavern uniform. She's learned very quickly that Gowther is rather fluid when it comes to what clothes he wore, but she didn't understand why anyone would willingly wear this stupid uniform.

"Sparkle." Gowther said as he struck a pose as he stopped next to Monroe.

She smiled at the pink-haired male as Meliodas's mood dropped when seeing who he actually asked to be his assistant.

"Hey, did you seriously still my uniform again?" Diane asked though she looked more amused than upset.

She wasn't the only one looking amused, and it would seem only Meliodas was the only one upset about Gowther once again stealing a tavern uniform.

"I hope you know that you're going to pay for that uniform." Meliodas told him.

"Can we just please get started?" Monroe said as she put a apron around her. "The sooner we finish this lesson, the sooner I get to get out of these ridiculous clothes."

Ban chuckled at her pout, which she unknowingly wore on her face. Though he knew they did need to move along.

"Okay, let's get started." He said while holding out a list of paper with cooking instructions. "Let's turn this into a bit of a competition, eh? Whoever makes an eatable apple pie will win, okay? And the loser will play the punishment game. Which I, your teacher, will decide after the cooking is over."

"Okay!" Meliodas said.

Though she was concerned with whatever punishment Ban might create, Monroe agreed to the terms as she took the list from Ban to look over. It seemed simple enough. As long as she had a list to go by, she should be able to make a pie that at the very least wouldn't have people sick. She hoped so anyway.

"Here, Gowther," Monroe said holding it out to him. "Since you're the assistant, you can make sure we're following all the instructions, okay?"

"Okay," Gowther said as he took the list.

As he looked it over, Monroe set up a little area for herself to work. She divided up the apples gathered between her and Meliodas evenly. Then waited for the first instruction.

"First, peel the skin." Gowther said.

Monroe got to work on peeling the apples as Meliodas tossed one up into the air. In a flash and wave of his knife, the apple was in pieces…and on the ground. Monroe sweat-dropped at his technique before returning to focus on her own apples.

"You just had to peel it!" Ban lectured Meliodas. "Not chop the whole thing!"

Ban then watched as Gowther and Meliodas ignored him as they picked the apple off the floor.

"Don't pick it up off the floor!" He snapped.

He went ignored again, which had him sighing. He was really starting to regret agreeing to help Meliodas learn how to cook. He looked to Monroe to see how she was doing to see that while her peeling was pretty choppy that she was doing rather well. Well, she was until she accidently sliced her thumb open. She barely gave it any mind though as it healed instantly. Though she did make sure none of her blood was on the knife.

"Careful," Ban chided as he moved over to help. "Here, if you peel it like this, you shouldn't have to worry about accidents like that."

He took her hands in his while moving them to show her what she needed to do as she peeled. She felt her cheeks warm while mentally scolding herself for getting flustered at something so simple.

"Right," She said. "Sorry."

Ban just grinned as she shyly kept her head down and focused on the apples in front of her.

"It's fine." Ban said as he moved back. "You're definitely doing better than the Captain."

He turned to frown at said blonde who had already moved on to the next step even though he had plenty of more apples to peel.

"Take a bowl of flour," Gowther instructed as he set down the bowl.

"And add just a pinch of salt." Meliodas added.

Though instead of a pinch, he threw in about a hand full into his bowl of flour.

"What was that?! You said a pinch!" Hawk exclaimed.

Monroe, who finished peeling her apples, snorted while taking the instructions, which Gowther left on the table to look at herself. If she just listened to them, her pie would turn out just as bad.

"Now, you mix it up," Meliodas continued as he stirred.

But due to it only being a dry mixture, the flour went everywhere, which had many of the others coughing.

"Yeah, but that's supposed to be after you've added water!" King told him.

Meliodas listened to not a word of what King said, which wasn't surprising at all. As he and Gowther continued their baking, Monroe was mixing her own ingredients to make the dough for her crust. She tried to ignore the chaos happening next to her while she was at it. By some miracle Meliodas got the dough to form, and moved onto the next step.

"Stretch the dough." Meliodas said.

He twirled the dough over his head and it stretched out much too far to work as an apple pie.

"Captain, we're not making pizza!" Diane pointed out.

Meliodas just laughed as he held out the stretched dough towards Gowther who had the apples.

"Now, ya fill it with apples." Meliodas said.

Gowther dumped the apples, which weren't peeled or cut into the awaiting dough.

"Why a minute, those apples aren't even cut," Elizabeth fretted.

Meliodas told the princess not to worry as he went to throw his work into the oven. As Ban scolded him and Gowther for their terrible work, Monroe was cutting up the apples now after she set the dough aside. Merlin and Escanor just watched from the side as they tried to enjoy their drinks in peace.

"My goodness," Escanor said as he shook his head.

"It's all over." Merlin said.

Ban's brow twitched as he tried to comprehend everything that just happened.

"What the heck is going on right now?" He asked.

"Look on the bright side, Ban," Merlin said getting his attention. "At least, you have one student trying to take this seriously."

Ban looked to Monroe as she was finally placing the apples into the bottom half of her pie shell, which she had placed in a pan. She looked really focused on her task, which had Ban's lips turning up a bit.

"Looks like I'm winning so far, Little Roe!" Meliodas said. "Mine got in the oven first."

Monroe shook her head at the Sin of Wrath who looked far too smug for someone who couldn't follow simple instructions.

"The competition isn't on how fast we bake, Melly." Monroe pointed out as she was placing the top of the shell over the rest.

"Yeah, Captain," King added. "Ban said the winner was the one of you who makes the edible pie."

Meliodas pouted at their words as Monroe was putting the finishing touches on her pie crust. She then placed hers in the oven alongside Meliodas's pie, which actually didn't look that bad…on the surface. She mentally wished her pie the best of luck before shutting the door to the oven to let it bake.

"Hah! Mine's ready first!" Meliodas said as he placed his pie out on the table.

Monroe's looked as if it needed a bit more browning, so she decided to leave hers in for a few more minutes. She watched the oven carefully as she waited while the others were gathering around to look at Meliodas's pie.

"That actually looks good." Elizabeth said.

"Un-be-lievable." Ban deadpanned as he looked at the pie.

At least Meliodas has managed to make his food look good over the years. Didn't mean it was edible though.

"It came out perfectly." Gowther commented.

"I paid extra attention to that last part." Meliodas said proudly.

"You should pay attention to all of it." Hawk quipped.

Their talking piggy friend went ignored though as Meliodas told everybody it was time to dig in. And unsurprisingly, no one rushed to try and take a bite.

"Want some, King?" Meliodas prompted when no one continued to move.

King stiffened at being singled out as he held Chastiefol close to his chest. He nervously cleared his throat.

"Huh? Oh, ya know, I haven't been feeling that good since this morning…" King trailed off.

"Diane?" Meliodas asked the giantess.

Diane, who had been looking through the window, seemed to regret not moving out of sight earlier. She looked away from Meliodas as she played with her hair.

"Ah, I just ate," She lied. "So, I'm not really that hungry."

Meliodas was undeterred by being declined the first two times as he turned to Ban.

"You, Master Ban?" He asked.

"I'd rather die." Ban said very bluntly.

Meliodas looked to Monroe as the girl kept her eyes glued to the oven, so her back was to him.

"Mon—?" Meliodas tried.

"No," Monroe replied just as he started.

Elizabeth sweat-dropped at Ban and Monroe's blunt replies. She was starting to think she might have to be the one to taste test the pie. She didn't want Meliodas's feelings hurt after all. Though it seemed Gowther was willing to volunteer as he pointed to himself.

"Forget you," Meliodas said. "You have no sense of taste."

Gowther seemed confused by Meliodas's rejection, but did not question why as Meliodas turned his attention to Merlin.

"What do ya say, Merlin?" Meliodas inquired.

"Hmm, you're suggesting I eat that thing over there?" Merlin retorted.

Seeing as it was an obvious refusal, Meliodas turned to Escanor. However, the man was already rising from his seat.

"I shall be the one to eat it." He declared as he stepped towards the pie. "I am sworn to protect Lady Merlin against all that may harm her."

Monroe, who was pulling out her own pie, looked at the man with a mixture of admiration—for his bravery and loyalty to Merlin—and disbelief as he reached for a piece. He reached out and pulled off a piece of the pie and started bringing it towards his mouth as Monroe was coming out from behind the counter with pie in hands.

She watched closely with everyone as Escanor took a bite of Meliodas's pie. At first nothing seemed to happen, but when Escanor grabbed his stomach and let out a shout everyone jumped. What was more surprising was the blinding light that escaped from his mouth. And then before Monroe could even blink, she was hit with white, sparkly vomit alongside Meliodas and Hawk.

She stood there with wide eyes as everyone else tried to understand what happened as well. Monroe finally blinked before looking down at her own pie. It too was covered in gook, and for some reason she felt her heart sink a bit.

"Well, it seems neither of us will be winning this competition, Melly." She said as she set her ruined pie down.

Ban looked down at her when hearing her disheartened tone. He could see in her eyes that she was a bit upset. Monroe then turned to grab a few towels from behind the bar. She brought them over to Escanor as the man was trying to recover from just puking out his guts. She held the towels out to him. King and Merlin helped her as they managed to get the Sin of Pride into a chair. As they were seeing to him, Elizabeth fetched a bucket.

"We'll clean this up." Elizabeth said. "You three need to wash off. There's a spring through the thicket nearby."

"Right," Monroe said as she took off her apron.

She set it across one of the chairs before looking up at Ban with a slight smile. Though he could see it was forced.

"We'll be back soon." Monroe said then headed for the door. "Come on, Melly, Hawk. Let's get this stuff off of us."

It was gooey, and she didn't like the fact that it was in her hair. And what bothered her most wasn't the fact that it was vomit. No, what bothered her most was the fact that this vomit happened to be mixed with Meliodas's cooking. If his cooking brought Escanor down like it did, she worried what it might do to her poor hair.

"Coming," Hawk called as he trotted after her.

Meliodas was about to follow, but stopped when Ban whacked him over the head. He winced as he grabbed his now aching head.

"What was that for?" Meliodas whined.

"Thanks to your monstrosity of a pie nearly killing Escanor, hers was ruined." Ban said.

"Yeah, and she worked hard on it, Captain," King added.

Diane nodded along with what the boys were saying as Meliodas tilted his head. He guessed he hadn't noticed. Meliodas hummed in thought as he put his hands behind his head while careful not to hit himself with the bucket.

Meliodas finally caught up to Monroe and Hawk as the two were already by the stream. Monroe was trying to wash the gunk out of her hair as she ran water through it.

"I need to get this out of my hair." Monroe whined.

She then looked up as Meliodas came up next to her while setting down the bucket.

"Yeah, we've sure got it rough," Meliodas said as he crouched down to fill the bucket with water.

"Don't be stupid." Hawk scoffed. "Escanor's the one who really has it bad."

Monroe couldn't disagree with Hawk. She hoped Escanor's stomach would be okay. Meliodas didn't reply to Hawk's quip as he took the bucket of water to carefully more over Monroe's head as she was leaned over the spring. The water washed away most of the gunk, and Monroe thanked Meliodas as she wrung out her hair.

"Hey, Roe, sorry about your pie." Meliodas said as he got more water into the bucket. "You tried really hard on it, didn't you?"

Monroe blinked before looking off the side as she ran her fingers through her damp hair.

"It's no big deal," Monroe said.

She smiled at Meliodas as the blonde took some water to wash against his face.

"I'll just have to try again, right?" She asked.

Meliodas grinned in return as he gave a nod of his head, which sent some of the gunk on his hair into the water below.

"Right," Meliodas said.

"Hey, guys, come on," Hawk whined. "Let's hurry up and get this stuff off of us."

He didn't want to wear it over his body any longer than he had to. Besides, the faster they got it off, the faster they could return to the bar.

"Sorry, Hawk," Monroe said.

"Why don't you just eat it off yourself like you usually do?" Meliodas questioned.

His question got a snort of disbelief from Hawk who turned around to wave his rump at Meliodas.

"What?!" Hawk demanded. "I can't eat the stuff all the way on my butt!"

Monroe sweat-dropped. Though Hawk did have a fair point. His tongue certainly couldn't reach back there. She was about to grab the bucket to pour some water on him, but paused when the spring started to emit a light.

"Hmm, what is that?" Hawk asked as he looked closely.

Monroe didn't know but the light was so bright. It was almost like daylight was pouring out of the spring.

"Ahh, no way," Hawk said. "That's crazy. The spring is glowing."

"What's going on?" Meliodas wondered.

After scooting closer to the edge, Monroe and the boys took deep breaths before plunging their heads under the water. Monroe's eyes widened when the sky was revealed to her under the spring's surface. Though what was even more surprising were the creatures flying through the sky. They weren't birds or insects or even dragons, but large fish with wings. Monroe gasped while pulling back out of the water alongside the boys.

"Did you see that?" Meliodas asked excitedly.

"Those fish were flying through the sky!" Hawk exclaimed.

"But how are we seeing the sky under water?" Monroe asked.

The boys didn't seem to hear her or they didn't seem to care as Meliodas quickly stripped off his shirt and vest. He tossed them down next to Monroe who looked at him in question.

"Let's go catch some right now!" Meliodas said as he and Hawk ran towards the large rock at the edge of the stream.

"Alright!" Hawk cheered. "It's time to show off my swimming skills."

"Hold up!" Monroe said as she quickly went after them. "Don't just go jumping in. We don't know what's going on."

Meliodas just turned to grin at her as he placed his hands on his waist. A clear sign that he was going no matter what she said.

"Come on, it'll be fun!" Meliodas said. "Besides, I need at least one for my ingredient."

He then jumped in without warning, and Hawk was right behind him. Monroe cursed before quickly kicking off her shoes and ripping off her lone stocking. She knew it was probably better to go get the others, but she didn't have the time. With that in mind, she dived in after Meliodas.

Ban sighed as he continued to sit on the porch and wait for Monroe to return with Meliodas and Hawk. Everything inside was finally cleaned up, and it's been some time since those three had went to the spring. Though he guessed it'd take a lot of time to get all that goo off of themselves. He then looked up when he could have sworn, he heard King calling out to Meliodas before someone screaming entered his ears as well.

He stood up while going to see if Meliodas and the others had really returned. He walked around the bushes while seeing King and Diane were speaking with Meliodas. Though there was no sign of Monroe or Hawk with him. And why as Meliodas wearing such weird clothes?

"Captain, when are we resuming your training?" Ban asked as he scratched the back of his head. "And where's Mo—?!"

He didn't get the chance to finish the rest of his sentence as Diane, who was crying, crushed him under her fist when she crouched over to hit the ground. As King tried to calm her down, Ban's body reformed. Meliodas tried to crawl away from what was happening, but was stopped by Gowther, Escanor, and Merlin.

"You've got some real nerve to come crawling back here on your knees." Escanor said.

"What's with all of this commotion?" Merlin questioned.

"Eh, I have no idea," Ban who was back in one piece, said as he rubbed the back of his head.

He then looked to Meliodas as the blonde was looking at him as if he was some kind of monster. Well, that wasn't a look the Captain has ever given him.

"Anyway, did you make things right with Mo?" Ban asked as he leaned over to look Meliodas in the eye.

The blonde just stared at him for a bit longer before he got on his feet and took off running. He even screamed as he did so, which had the others confused. Though they were quick to give chase after their captain. Though Ban was starting to have his doubts that they were even dealing with Meliodas.

"Hair color, height, and frame all match the Captain to a T." Gowther said. "However, his voice, muscle mass, and running form are remarkably abnormal."

"You've got that right," Ban said as he picked up his pace before jumping into the air. "Normally, we wouldn't be able to catch him this easily. Right, Captain?!"

He made a snag for this fake-Meliodas, but the imposter, who had swings sprout from behind his cloak, took the air—shocking everyone. As everyone tried to get over their shock, the imposter tried to take off flying to get away. Ban called for him to stop, but the boy didn't. However, he didn't get too far as he flew right smack into one of Merlin's barriers. As he started falling towards the ground, the enchantress smirked.

"Do you think that might have been a little too rough?" She asked.

No one replied to her question—though it wasn't as if she was truly looking for their opinion—as they all gathered around the imposter who was now unconscious.

"If this guy isn't the Captain, who is he?" King asked.

"I don't know," Diane said as she looked worried. "I wonder where the real Captain is. And what about Hawk and Roe? Where are they?"

She hoped nothing happened to them. Ban glared down at the imposter for a minute before he turned running towards the forest where the spring was located—where Monroe had gone with Meliodas and Hawk. Diane called out for him to wait, but he was long gone and not stopping.

"I'll go after him," King assured Diane before flying after their friend.

"I shall go as well." Gowther added.

Soon all three were gone, which left Diane, Merlin, and Escanor with their mysterious visitor. In the forest, Ban hurried down the trail leading to the spring. It didn't take long for him to reach it and as he looked around, he saw the bucket the group of three had taken and Meliodas's shirt and vest lying beside the water.

"Any sign of them?" King questioned as he and Gowther arrived.

"They clearly made it here." Gowther said as he took in the same sight as Ban had. "But there are no clear signs as to where they have gone."

Ban grit his teeth together with them almost grinding painfully. His eyes then landed a pair of women's shoes and a black stocking that were close to a large rock by the spring. He moved over and crouched down to pick up the stocking. His hand clenched it tightly. This stocking belonged to Monroe's tavern uniform as did the shoes.

"Perhaps they went for…a swim?" King guessed as he touched down on the ground. "It would explain why they removed some of their clothing, but I don't think they're still in the water."

"They are not," Gowther, who pulled his head from the water, confirmed. "There is no sign of the Captain, Monroe, or the Captain of Scraps Disposal."

"Then where the hell could they be?" Ban growled.

Monroe let out the breath she had been holding as she pulled herself out of the water. Meliodas, who had pulled himself out before her, stood in front of her as he took in their surroundings—which were very different than the small forest they had been in. Monroe noticed this as well, which had her frowning.

"Melly, where are we?" She asked as she remained seated on the ground.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Meliodas said.

Hawk popped out of the water behind them while pulling himself onto solid ground.

"It's no good," He said. "We can't go back. I could have sworn we were still in the spring in the forest."

He shook the water off of his body, which had Monroe holding up her hands in defense against the water thrown her way. Well, she guessed it didn't matter since she was already wet.

"Oh, and by the way," Hawk said as he glanced at Meliodas.

Monroe blinked as the sounds of growling tummies entered the air, which had her sighing.

"I'm hungry," Hawk and Meliodas said in unison.

Before Monroe could tell them, they should probably focus on the problem at hand than their empty stomachs, voices reached their ears. The group looked forward as torches of light came into view before men carrying torches and weapons entered the small, dark room. Meliodas immediately stepped in front of Monroe as he sensed hostility from the men in front of them. Monroe rose to her feet as she sensed it as well. Looks like they found themselves some trouble—just like she knew they would.

"He's come back." One of them said.

"There's a girl and some weird creature with him." Another said.

"A girl from the surface." A third man murmured. "Do you think she's a demon?"

Monroe frowned at the question as it confused and troubled her at the same time. Though she kept her cool as Hawk tilted his head.

"Hey, who are these guys?" He asked.

"Who knows," Meliodas replied with a shrug.

A much more muscular and taller man then entered the room and he did not look happy in the slightest. And the way he looked at Meliodas—the expression was pure disappointment. It was something else that confused Monroe. These people were all acting as if they knew Meliodas.

"Master Zoria." One of the men greeted the newcomer.

This 'Master Zoria' kept his eyes trained on Meliodas. He didn't even seem to care that Hawk and Monroe were there with him.

"Why did you do this, Solaad?" Zoria asked.

Monroe and Meliodas exchanged a glance. They had no idea what the man meant, but if seemed as if he was mistaking Meliodas for someone else.

"Huh…So…laad?" Meliodas hummed.

Zoria ordered for Meliodas to be detained, which had Monroe tensing for a fight. However, Meliodas reached out to place his hand on her arm. She met his gaze and his silent order was clear, and while she was not happy with it, she relaxed her body. The men approached them while holding out a cloak to Meliodas.

"Thank-you," Meliodas said as he took it. "Roe, do you want it?"

He offered it to the girl knowing she had to be feeling a little uncomfortable. Due to the swim, her clothes stuck to her body even tighter and they were riding up a bit. Before Monroe could reply, a spear was shoved in her face. She glared at the man at the end of the spear as two others moved to separate her from Meliodas and Hawk.

"Master Zoria, what of this girl?" The man asked. "If Solaad brought her from the surface, she could be of the demon race."

Zoria finally turned his eyes on Monroe who met his gaze without falter. She didn't know who these people were or what they were capable of, but she wasn't afraid. And if it wasn't for Meliodas wanting to hold back on fighting at the moment, she would have already taken care of them.

"She could very well be," Zoria agreed before barking at Meliodas, "Do not tell me you brought a demon into our midst, Solaad!"

"I am not a demon!" Monroe spoke up for herself. "I am Monroe—Holy Knight of the Kingdom of Liones. I am of the Human Race—not the Demon Clan."

Though she was technically lying. After her death and "rebirth", she might as well be of the Demon Clan. They didn't need to know that though. Her words had the men in front of her murmuring in unease.

"A human? How is that possible? The humans and all the other clans were wiped out by the Demon Clan in the Holy War, weren't they?"

"Obviously not," Hawk retorted. "Now you better back off, you pigs!"

The fact he could talk seemed to stump their attackers as they paused in confusion. One finally turned towards Zoria.

"Master Zoria, what do you want us to do with this creature?" He asked.

"Just leave that thing alone and bring the girl along with Solaad." Zoria ordered.

Hawk exploded at being called a 'thing' as one of the men surrounding them held out a cloak for Monroe. She seemed a bit surprised by the gestured, but thanked him as she wrapped it around herself. Meliodas put his on as well before the three of them were herded from the room.

They went up a few different sets of stairs until they finally reached above ground. Monroe looked around to try and find anything that looked familiar, but everything was so foreign. Monroe and the boys walked with the men through a path surrounded by trees and statues, which Hawk gave a curiously look.

"These are some pretty weird statues." Hawk commented. "But aside from that, I wonder where we are."

Monroe wanted to know too because this place didn't feel right. The air seemed thinner and it seemed cooler—though the latter could because she was still a bit wet from the swim they took earlier. Meliodas paused beside her, which brought Monroe to a halt as well. She followed his line of sight through the trees while noticing the clouds seemed rather close—like much closer than they should have been. They didn't have much time to ponder this, however, as they were prodded along.

"What are you doing?" The man, who poked them, asked.

Meliodas just laughed off the rough treatment as Monroe shot the guy a look. She kept her hands to herself though as they continued walking. They finally left the trees to a more open area. Meliodas and Hawk ran over to the edge of the land they were standing on with Monroe following at a slower pace. She joined them at their sides with her eyes widening when she looked down to see nothing but clouds. This was much different than standing on a cliffside and looking down before. It was almost as if…

"Now that is what I call a view," Hawk complimented.

Meliodas let out a sound of appreciation in agreement as he placed his hand above his eyes to shield them from the light.

"Hey, what is that?" Hawk asked.

Meliodas and Monroe turned to what he was looking at to see the clouds were starting to move on, and as they did so, they revealed a village. However, what really caught Monroe's attention was how ground beneath the village was floating…floating above the clouds. She was almost too distracted by this discovery that she almost missed the shadowy figures in the clouds beneath them.

"What are those?" Hawk wondered.

"Don't know," Monroe said. "But one is heading this way."

Just as the words left her mouth, one of the creatures broke through the clouds like a whale breaching out of water. Monroe and the boys stared with wide eyes at the creature—which appeared to be one of the sky fish they had seen earlier—as it flew over their heads.

"It's the sky fish!" The three of them exclaimed.

They watched the fish fly as they turned to follow its movements. It hit a grouping of clouds, which made the clouds disperse to reveal a tall hillside and a large egg-like statue that sat on top it. She then looked out in front of them again as she and the boys realized something.

"We're above the clouds!" Meliodas and Hawk shouted.

While they seem excited, Monroe frowned. This wasn't good at all. Ban and the others were probably worried about them, and they had no idea how to get back.

"Dammit," She groaned unhappily. "What are we going to do now?"

Coco: And that is the end of part one, everybody. I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll try to have part two up as soon as possible. Thanks again for your wonderful support!