Chapter Nine: Pink Torment
By the time they have arrived back at the castle they were nervous. "Why are you guys such wimps, it's just the Queen," Tabby told them as they head down the halls of the castle.
"Well, she's intimidating for a Queen," Blain replied, having woke up on the trip here. The four looked up at the double doors, this time the sounds of sobbing weren't hearable.
Darwin pushed open the doors looking up with a shock when seeing the King and the Queen unconscious in their chairs as a familiar laugh echoed through the room. "Well, well, well, well. Someone doesn't know when to give up." Pink laughed as they sat on top of the king's chair with a smirk on his face. "Seems like you got more friends to try to play hero with you." He laughed, spinning the King's staff in his hands.
"What did you do to them!" Darwin shouted making Pink chuckle standing up.
"Oh nothing, just made them sleep. Their crying was awfully annoying, don't you agree?" Pink hummed floating down in front of them making them hold their weapons up at him. This only made Pink burst out laughing. "Puh-lease, you think you can defeat me with these?" Pink laughed poking the tip of Brian's sword turning it pink and fly out of the Knight's hands.
"Seems like someone has buttery fingers." Pink laughed as the sword floating in the air before Pink grabbed it with a psychotic grin. "You all should know better than play with sharp objects." He said breaking the sword in half. "Someone could get hurt." He chuckled causing the four to look at him in shock.
Darwin shook off his shock and glared at the Pink God. "We're not here to chat, give back the Princess and release the King and Queen from your spell!" He ordered with a slight growl.
"If you want them freed you'd have to defeat me first." He grinned floating up in the air. "Gotta fly though. Have fun suffering." Pink laughed before disappearing. The four just looked on at the unconscious bodies of the King and Queen.
Darwin clenched his fists as he shook with anger. "We have to go after him, we have to save the King and Queen," Darwin said turning around and heading out. Brian grabbed his shoulder before he could get far.
"Darwin, wait a minute! We're in no condition to fight them. I have no sword and everyone is still recovering from the last battle. We need to keep our heads and think of a plan." Brian told him.
"You're right, we can't be rash." Darwin sighed as the four left the castle. "I can't believe this is happening." Darwin shook his head as they headed to an inn.
Blain nodded, "Yeah, but at least you are in control of your body all the time." The cleric said holding his staff as Tabby patted their backs.
"Hey! Don't be so glum! We're going to get the Princess and wake up the King and Queen!" She tried cheering them up. "I'm sure that ring can help us." She said slinking her hand to the back of Darwin's cloak and plucking the ring from his cloak. "Why is it so important to be guarded by banshee's?" She wondered out loud.
Before she can attempt to put on the ring, Darwin snatched it back. "Hey! We don't know what it does, it could be dangerous! Also, don't steal my stuff!" He shouted at her as she just picked her ear.
"Yeah, yeah. Like telling a thief to not steal is going to make them stop." She retorted as she walked up to the inn doors opening them up. "Come on, Ladies, let's get this show on the road!" She told them, heading to the rooms.
The other three followed after her as they grouped up in one of the rooms. Darwin placed the ring on the floor as the four surrounded the ring. They didn't know what to do or how to find out what it does without wearing it.
"It has magic, I can feel it," Blain said as he was looking down at the ring.
"I can feel it too," Darwin muttered before Tabby took the ring, holding it up in the sky.
"This is pointless just sitting around and just staring at it, I'm putting it on," Tabby said sliding the ring on her left index finger.
"Wait, no!" Darwin shouted before a bright light engulfed the room.
"Who has disturbed my slumber?" A booming voice called as the light faded showing Tabitha floating in the air with white eyes as the ring glowed.
"W-We're sorry, t-to have disturbed you, w-we just wanted to k-know what the ring did." Blain stuttered as the three shook in a corner.
The possessed Tabitha looked over, staring at them with their white eyes. "Mage, Darwin. Child of Greenhorne. It's a pleasure to have finally met you." The voice told them.
Darwin shakily stood up, "How do y-you know my name?" He asked.
"I know plenty of things, young one. I see that the crystals have arisen once more." They spoke floating to the window.
"Wait, you know about the six gods? And what do you mean they have risen before?!" Brian asked making the figure turn towards them.
"Gods are they? I don't think so. They like to call themselves gods, but they are nothing like Gods, but they are dangerous. Thousands of years ago, before Miitopia became how it is now there were six regions, each ruled by six different mii's. I was a sorcerer of sorts, an advisor for the head of the big six. They used to be kind folk, all living in harmony until they came across six large crystals, each sticking out of the earth, an ominous glow surrounding them. I tried to warn them against going near the crystals, but it was too late. Power consumed them, and that touch of power made them crave for more. They started taking over everything, making the miis that lived there be slaves for their every need as their kingdom grew. Their terror has grown past the oceans to other lands, it seemed nothing could stop them. A team of heroes gathered together, using their powers combined to seal them in the crystals that turned them evil. Wanting them to never be found again they were sent deep into the earth, and it seems they were gone for good, until now." The voice told them as they listened.
"How did they stop them? We have to end their terror!" Darwin shouted, clenching his fists.
"You need to destroy the crystals if you want things to truly end. Otherwise, you can only recapture them back to their crystals and let thousands of more years go by before this situation comes again. There are six things need to succeed in your quest. 'The memory of the lost', 'The tears of the earth', 'the children of the sun and moon', 'the hair of the mountains', and 'the crown of the clouds'." They told the three.
"That makes no sense, memory of the lost? Tears of the Earth? What does that even mean?" Darwin exclaimed holding the sides of his head. "Who are you exactly?" Darwin asked looking up at the being.
"I am Norbus, I sealed myself in this ring to only wake up once the crystals returned, to give knowledge to whoever wears my ring," Norbus told them.
"So do you know where each of the six is?" Brian asked them.
"I can sense where they go, so yes," Norbus told them.
The three looked to each other. "Can you let our friend go?" Brian asked.
Norbus nodded and a glow surrounded Tabitha as she collapsed to the ground and the ring sliding off of her finger, "Wear me again if you seek my presence." Norbus's voice was heard in a whisper from the ring before going silent.
Tabby groaned as she sat up, rubbing her head. "Man, that felt weird." She said seeming to be fine.
"Wait, Norbus didn't tell us how to find those gods are!" Darwin said picking up the ring, tensing up as he felt a pull towards the north. "Okay, so that's how we're going to find them." He muttered looking down at the ring before pocketing it in his cloak.
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u/9530073/Fireking492 (Fireking492): It's okay, I'm way late at reviewing so we are even! But anyway, another good chapter! The battle was neat!
Thanks! Glad you liked it! This is just the beginning, hopefully,I can update more frequently now.
