Chapter 5: Romeo's New Groove
Now that Magnolia's Mayor has regained power over the town and has pardoned the imprisoned characters for their false convictions, things are slowly getting back to normal. Well, mostly normal. Some of the characters have never felt happier now that they have been reunited with their loved ones. Rapunzel and Eugene were both caught up on the past events that have occured suring their stay in Fiore. The newer guests including, the Dwarfs, Merida, Aladdin, Jasmine, Vanellope, Wreck-it-Ralph, Minnie and Pluto have befriended the other mages and their allies as well. But while that was happening, Makarov, the Good Fairies, Merlin and Archimedes were having a private discussion in the master's office.
"THIS IS GETTING OUT OF HAND!!!" boomed Makarov, making the Fairies and Merlin jump. "As much as I sympathize with your situation, we can't take in anymore people! We barely have enough room as it is with our mages, let alone a bunch of princesses, animals, and short men! Besides me, of course."
"We're sorry, Mr. Makarov, but none of us are familiar with Fiore, so there's nowhere else to go for any of us." Fauna apologized.
"Perhaps if you could move us to a few Inns in town, then maybe there would be more space for you and your mages." Flora reasoned with the old mage.
"Yes, or maybe you could place us with the other neighboring wizard guilds, like Blue Pegasus, or Sabertooth, or... what was it? Lamb Skate?" pondered Merlin.
"Lamia Scale, Merlin." corrected Archimedes.
"I have considered those options. I talked it over with the masters of Mermaid Heel and Pegasus an hour ago, and in case we take in anymore, they shall give refuge to any extra people. However, there is also something else that I wish to discuss as well." Makarov's sudden announcement prompted the latter to fall silent as they listened in.
"These past few days were very strange, but I have a feeling they are somehow connected. First, there was your arrival in Fiore, Madam Mim's attempt to kill me, and Pete's usurping of Magnolia's Mayor. I have reason to believe that this all started when some strange woman showed up at my birthday party a couple of days before." Makarov elaborated.
"If you don't mind me asking, but who was this woman?" Merriweather asked curiously.
"I'm not sure, but she wore a dark, tattered and outdated robe and had horns on her head. She also had green skin, carried a staff and had a pet raven with her." As Makarov gave the woman's description, the fairies suddenly expressed a look of horror on their faces.
"No, it can't be." gasped Flora.
"Oh, dear! Why here, why now?" Fauna said fearfully.
"That's impossible! She's dead! We saw Prince Phillip nail her right in that cold, empty hole she calls a heart!" snapped Merriweather.
"I'm sorry, but... who is dead, now?" inquired Archimedes.
"Malefice--" replied Fauna, before being silenced by Flora.
"Hush now, Fauna! You know saying her name would bring bad luck!" hushed Flora.
"But what's the point of not saying her name? If she's still alive, then there's already bad luck as it is." questioned Fauna.
"So this Maleficent. Who is she? What does she want with our guild?" asked Makarov persistently.
"That I am not sure of. The last time we faced her she tried to kill Princess Aurora. Fortunately, however, we were able to stop her evil plans and save Aurora's kingdom. But since her presence in this new world is hard to deny, I'm afraid we are all in danger." Flora said fearfully.
"So you don't know what Maleficent would be planning at this point?" Merlin asked.
"It's hard to say at this point. But we do know one thing: She is VERY crafty." informed Merriweather.
"That's not only thing that we know of..." Makarov said in a serious tone, before softening his expression and gave and grinned pervertedly. "Her horns aren't the only thing that makes her horny. Hehehehehe!!"
Makarov's provocative comment made the fairies and Merlin cringe as they imagined Maleficent in sexy lingerie and making illicit poses. "Eww, human men are so dirty at this age." Merriweather groaned.
"Ahem, in all seriousness, though, we should be more open-minded about in case more goons show up." Makarov said as he straightened his expression and wiped his bloody nose.
"Quite right. I may have to work on a protection spell that can ward off anyone and anything with evil intentions to protect this guild. I'll start on it immediately!" said Merlin as he and Archimedes exit Makarov's office.
"We should leave as well. I promised Mirajane that I'd help her plant pansies and begonias in the guild's garden." Flora said as she and the fairies leave the office.
"You have a nice day, now, Mr. Makarov." smiled Fauna as she and Merriweather followed Flora.
Merriweather looked back at Makarov and thought about the Maleficent fan service which made her cringe before tagging along with the other two fairies. "Nasty."
"Oh Mavis, if only you were here with us. You'd probably be astounded by these fairies, and their magic." Makarov said to himself as if he was talking to his godmother, Mavis Vermillion, Fairy Tail's first guild master. He glanced at a photo of Mavis, who stood beside Makarov's father and their other magical comrades, on his desk. He smiled at the photo with a sense of light-heartedness in his chest.
His focus on the photo was disrupted, however, when he hears a yawn coming from underneath the guild master's desk. One of the Dwarfs, Sleepy, woke up from his early morning nap and emerged from the crawlspace in the desk. He notices Makarov looking down on him and yawns.
"Oh, good morning, Doc. Say, when did you grow a moustache?"
"GET OUTTA HERE!!!" barked Makarov, making Sleepy wake up with a fright and scurry out of the office.
Later in the day
Romeo stood at the Request Board with a look of pride and excitement on his face, as he searched for his first solo job request. "Delivery job, too boring. Handyman wanted, lame. Stripper? Ew, too risque." Romeo scanned the board for jobs that would not only pay well, but would also be a memorable one.
"Hi, Romeo! Whatcha doing?" beamed Olaf as he greeted the young fire mage.
"Hey, Olaf. I'm just looking for a job." Romeo replied to the snowman.
"A job? I love jobs! Can I have a job?" Olaf said gleefully, not knowing what a job is.
"I don't think you need a job, Olaf. You're a snowman. Besides, the job I'm looking for is for an experienced wizard. I don't care how much money I get, though. I want to do an exciting one!" Romeo said eagerly.
His excitement suddenly drained away as he spends the next fifteen minutes searching the Request Board. Sadly, he has not found a suitable job that piqued the young fire mage's interest. Romeo sighed with disappointment and walked away from the Request Board, leaving a sleeping Olaf to nap while standing. The odd snowman suddenly woke up and notices Romeo walking away.
"Hey, Romeo, wait up!" Olaf hopped after a depressed Romeo, who went over to one of the tables in the main hall and sat down.
"This sucks, all the other mages have the good jobs while I'm stuck here drinking juice like a little kid." Romeo said with melancholy as he sipped a glass pf apple juice.
"Hey cheer up, Romeo. For what it's worth, you're just as great as Natsu, Gray-sama and, well, everyone else! You're very, very special, and that's all that matters." Olaf smiled as he hugged Romeo, making the poor boy shiver.
"Th-thanks, Olaf." shivered Romeo as Olaf finished hugging him. "But I really want to see some action, some adventure. Yup, all by myself."
"If you want to find adventure so badly, then maybe you should go look for it! I mean it's not like you're gonna wait until it comes looking for you, right?" Olaf advised Romeo, who pondered it for a moment before smiling.
"You're right, I should go looking for it instead of just waiting for it. Come on, let's go, you and me, buddy!" Romeo exclaimed as he and the snowman ran out of the guild hall aimlessly in search for adventure.
Unbeknownst to them, the young 'Sugar Rush' racer named Vanellope von Schweetz overheard the two talking and became interested in their little quest. The jailbreak from the other day gave Vanellope a newfound perspective for this new world. Sure, the arcade was fun as well, but it wasn't as expansive as Earth Land, which made her curious about what lies in store for her. Not only that, but when she first laid her eyes on Romeo, she started feeling enamoured by the young fire mage. And his abs.
"Adventure, huh? This is just too perfect." Vanellope said to herself as she followed Romeo and Olaf closely without the two boys noticing.
Meanwhile in Hargeon Town
In the streets of Magnolia's neighboring harbor town, a red-wooled llama was running for his life as he was pursued by a large, muscular man and a woman, who was dressed in purple and was scary beyond all reason, chased the frightened llama through the streets of the harbor town. The poor creature ran down the street as the odd duo drew closer to him
"Hurry, Kronk! Don't let him get away!" ordered the female pursuer named Yzma.
"I'm sorry, Yzma, but this is as fast as I can run." Kronk said as he carried Yzma in a paladin/tent on his back.
"He's already in our sights! Don't stop until he slows down!" said Yzma while they continued their chase into the streets, knocking down anyone who got their way.
Not too far from them, two other miscreants who were up to no good, exited the town's local museum with an old map that they stole to aquire a lost treasure. One of them was a trashy, red-headed woman in a red dress named Madame Medusa. Her partner, an obese man named Mr. Snoops, who was as weaselly as he appeared.
"Finally, we've got it! The First King's Red Diamond is as good as ours! With this we'll find it in no time!" grinned Medusa as she hugged the map tightly against her chest.
"Y'know, Medusa, switching out the real map with a fake map was a pretty smart plan. Even I wouldn't have thought of--" Snoops said before being silenced by Medusa.
"SHH!! Not so loud, you big-mouthed idiot! Do you want us to get caught? I do not want to get thrown in jail again! Who knows hiw filthy the jails are in this stupid world!" whispered Medusa. "Let's just get out of here before somebody notices us."
"Say how do you know that the map we stole is real? The guy that told us about the Red Diamond said that the map in the museum may be fake and that the real map was lost." inquired Snoops.
"He said MAYBE that the map wasn't real. It doesn't mean that he's right. Although, coming from a homeless man, he seemed less credible. But who cares? We've got the map!" said Medusa wacing the map in the air gloatingly.
Suddenly, Kusco screamed as he zoomed past Medusa and Snoops, which captured their attention. "Uhh, Medusa? Is it me, or was that a screaming llama?" asked Snoops just as Yzma and Kronk came up on them and slammed into them.
Kronk falls on top of Medusa, crushing her and the map, while Yzma lands on Snoops. The four of them were incapacitated for moment which gave Kusco the opportunity to run as far away from his pursuers.
"Get off me you-- you-- big oaf!" yelled Medusa who tries push Kronk's hefty body off her.
"Oops, sorry about that, ma'am, I can be a little clumsy sometimes." Kronk apologized as he pushes himself off of Medusa.
"Ow, my bottom." Snoops said painfully as he sat on Yzma.
"Get off me, you lummox!" screeched the purple-wearing woman as she pushed Snoops off her body. "You! You clumsy morons made me lose Kusco! Medusa!"
"Me?! You're the clumsy morons! You ran into me and almost made me lose the map! Yzma!" Medusa accused Yzma as she showed her the map.
"You mean half of a map?" Yzma said skeptically.
"What? What are you talking about--" Medusa gasped as she looked at the map, which was torn in half during the scuffle. "No! Where is it?! Where's the other half of the map?!"
"Don't worry, Medusa, at least we still have the piece of the map that shows us where the treasure is." assured Snoops.
"You fool! We need the other half of the map to know HOW to get there! Without the whole map we can never find the Red Diamond!" yelled Medusa as she smacked her partner across the head.
"Oh well, too bad for you. Come on, Kronk, let's go find Kusco and get rid of him. He couldn't have gone far." ordered Yzma.
"Hold it! You're not getting off the hook that easily! You're the reason why I lost a piece of the map in the first place!" accused Medusa pointing the finger at Yzma.
"Well, you made me lose that llama!" hissed Yzma.
"Who cares about some stupid, stinky llama?! You ugly, purple people-eating, troglodyte!!" insulted Medusa.
"Oh, you wanna go sister?" growled Yzma, rolling up her sleeves as she prepared to pummel Medusa.
"Bring it on, old woman!" challenged Medusa as she balls up her fists.
"Whoa, whoa, hold on there." Kronk said as he calmed the two angry women. "How about we just calm down for a moment and come to an agreement or... something?"
"Kronk, what kind of agreement would there be?" inquired Yzma.
"Well, you want to get rid of Kusco, right? And Medusa wants to find a diamond, right?" reminded Kronk.
"Just get to the point already." Yzma said impatiently.
"Okay, okay, what if, and I mean IF, we team up so that we can compromise the goals that we need to accomplish. You know, you with Kusco, and her with a diamond. Whaddeya say?" Kronk insisted.
"Ha! Give me one reason why I should team up with that tramp!" Yzma glared at her henchman.
"Excuse me?!" growled Medusa, who was offended by the comment.
"Th-think about it, Medusa. If we team up, the chances of finding the Red Diamond would double. Besides, us bad guys have to stick together." Snoops said.
"I still hate the idea. But if it means I get to have my diamond, and that I can finally get that promotion from Underworld, I can aquire my membership and my magic. What say you, Yzma?" inquired Medusa.
"Fine! I guess we can form a truce, but only until I can kill Kusco." groaned Yzma as the two women begrudgingly shook hands.
"Okie-dokie, then! So what do we do now?" asked Kronk.
"First things first; We have to find Kusco." said Yzma.
"But what about my diamond? I still need the other half of the map!" Medusa said just as Snoops tugged on her arm. "WHAT SNOOPS?!"
"Th-the map, the map! Look! It's in the middle of the road, right there!" pointed Snoops while directing his arm towards the piece of the map in the middle of the bist street.
"Quick! Somebody grab it!" ordered Medusa as the two villainesses and their henchmen ran to the street to grab the map.
The wind picked up the piece of the map and drifted it away from the latter. The villains and minions clumsily chased after the other half of the map which designated the path that will lead them to certain failure.
Meanwhile with Romeo and Olaf
"Adventure? Adventure! Where are you adventure?" Olaf yelled as he and Romeo strolled the hilltops and meadows near the guild.
"Olaf, when you said that speech about looking for adventure, you didn't mean literally, did you?" Romeo asked the confused snowman.
"Oh, I thought you were looking for a lost pet." said Olaf.
"I don't have a pet." said Romeo.
"Well, maybe it's lost." grinned Olaf.
"Ugh, why did I even bring him? I should've brought Gray or Lucy with me. Or maybe that Flynn Rider guy, he seems cool." Romeo muttered to himself.
"Hey, Romeo!" Wendy called out to Romeo as she and Carla came up to him and Olaf. "Me and Carla just came back from our job. What are you and Olaf doing?"
"Hi Wendy! Hi white kitty!" Olaf waved to the Wind Dragon Slayer and her Exceed.
"I couldn't find a job on the request board so I thought me and Olaf could go on an adevnture." replied Romeo.
"So what are you two doing?" inquired Carla.
"We're looking for Romeo's lost pet!" exclaimed Olaf cheerfully.
"No we're not, Olaf." Romeo groaned as he face-palmed himself.
"How about the creek? You can go fish or swim there." suggested Wendy.
"Nah, don't feel like it. You know what would really be fun? Kicking bad guy butt! Now that's fun!" Romeo said.
"There hasn't been much crime recently, though. With the exception of Pete and Madam Mim." reminded Carla.
"But it has gotten so BORING at the guild. If there's no crime to stop or bad people to catch, what's the point of doing anything anyway?" complained Romeo.
"It doesn't matter how big a job is, it's the right thing to do anyway. Helping others can be an adventure if you set your mind to it." Wendy said upliftingly.
"That sounds kinda preachy." Romeo said, rolling his eyes.
"It is isn't it?" Wendy said sheepishly.
"Aww, they're so cute together. I think they would make a perfect couple." Olaf whispered to Carla, who nodded in agreement when she suddenly hears something coming their way.
"Hey, do you hear that?" Carla said.
"Hear what?" Olaf asked.
"It sounds like somebody screaming--" Carla described as the llama from before came barreling across the meadow, slamming into the adolescent mages, the Exceed and the snowman.
"Oww, my head." moaned Wendy, rubbing the bruise that she suffered on her forehead.
"I think I broke my tail." strained Carla as she clutched her tender tail.
"Has anyone seen my butt? I think I lost it somewhere." said Olaf's decapitated head as he tried to put his broken body back together.
"Oh, hey are guys okay? I am so sorry! I know I should've been looking where I was going, but I guess I was kinda caught up in running for my life that I didn't see you." said a voice which Wendy assumed came from Romeo.
"Did you say something, Romeo?" Wendy asked the fallen boy.
"I didn't say anything." replied Romeo who got back up and helped Wendy up.
"Then who--?" said Wendy when she noticed the llama that ran into them earlier. The two kids stared at the llama awkwardly until the animal opened his mouth to speak.
"Uh, hi." said the llama which made the Wemdy and Romeo's eyes widen in surprise.
"AHH! DEMON LLAMA!!!" Romeo and Wendy screamed in unison at the llama who apparently can talk.
"Demon llama? Where?!" panicked the llama who glanced over to Carla, who was holding on to Olaf's head.
"AHHH!!!!" Carla and Olaf screamed in unison, scaring the llama even more.
"AH! Oh no! NO!!" The llama continued to holler until he falls flat on his face.
"Wendy, I don't think that's a demon llama. He's just a regular llama. That can talk apparently." Carla said as she held on to Olaf's head.
"Aw, what's wrong Mr. Talking Llama? Are you lost?" Olaf said sympathetically.
"Well, first of all, I'm not an actual llama and as a matter of fact, yes, I am lost." The llama said as got back up on all fours.
"Well, if you're not a llama, then what are you?" Wendy asked.
"Well, duh, I'm a human. I mean, I was, but then I was turned into a llama. Magically." The llama explained.
"Uh-huh, sure you are." Romeo said unbelievably.
"Yuh-huh! I am so a human, and not just any human, I am an emperor. And I'm not just any emperor, I am Kusco. Emperor Kusco." said the llama, who got up in the fire mage's face.
"An emperor? Of llamas?" asked Olaf.
"He means he's an emperor in general, Olaf." explained Carla as she reattached the snowman's head back onto his body.
"If you really are a human, then how did you turn into a llama?" Wendy asked Kusco.
"Hmm, where do I began with that?" Kusco pondered as he began to tell his story. "Well, it all started when I was in my throne room just chilling when I finally decided to get rid of that ugly tapestry that I hung in the room. So I told the staff to throw it away and to order a new tapestry, but the one they ordered gave some bad feng shui--"
"Kusco, I don't mean to interrupt but I'm pretty sure you're getting off track here." Wendy interjected.
"I'm getting to that. Where was I? Oh, yeah." Kusco continued. "So then this HUGE tornado came in and picked up the entire palace and I just kept spinning and spinning and spinning until I fell. Then, when I came to I was in a different place. Eventually, I ran into a farmer who gave me a ride into town, and I stayed at an inn for awhile."
"So what happened then?" Romeo inquired.
"The guy who owned the place kicked me out! He said that the money I gave him was no good! I told him that this was legitimate money and he accused me of trying to scam him when I am the real deal! Lemme tell ya--" Kusco rambled on before Carla interrupted him.
"Kusco..." Carla said irritably.
"I'm getting to that! Anyway, I was on my own with no place to stay, when suddenly I was jumped by Yzma and she used a potion to turn me into... well, this." Kusco said as he gestured to his animal form.
"Who's that?" Romeo asked.
"Yzma is my former advisor that tried to kill me in the past. This wasn't the first time she turned me into a llama, though. Kinda sad if you ask me." Kusco said.
"I'm sorry that you were turned into a llama, Kusco. Why don't you come stay with us at the guild? We can keep you safe there until we can get you home." Wendy offered.
"Really? I don't know, I don't wanna be a burden..." Kusco said modestly.
"We already have other people who came from the same world as you who are staying with us. It's no trouble at all." said Carla.
"Well, if you insist, I guess I can go with you guys. But first I need to change back into a human before I can go anywhere. I don't want anyone thinking that I'm some sort of demon llama." said Kusco.
"How do we do that?" asked Olaf.
"Well, Yzma is the only person who can change me back. Problem is, she's also the one trying to kill me and there's no way we can reason with her." Kusco added.
"I'm sure we can figure something out." Romeo assured the llama-turned emperor when he hears a sneeze coming from the tall grass. "Who's there?"
"Aw dang it!" said the voice of a little girl as it was revealed to be none other than Vanellope von Schweetz, who followed Romeo and Olaf all the way out into the meadow. She emerges from the grass, realizing that the jig was up.
"Vanellope? What are you doing here?" Romeo asked.
"Well, I noticed that you were gonna go on an adventure and I was a little bored myself, so I followed you out here." Vanellope explained sheepishly.
"What?! So you were stalking me this whole time?! That's just creepy!" exclaimed Romeo.
"I wasn't stalking you! I was just curious." Vanellope said apprehensively.
"Silly Vanellope! If you wanted to go on an adventure with us you should've just said so!" Olaf said naively.
"That reminds me! While I was following you, I found a piece of paper on the ground. I thought it was trash at first, but then I looked at it and it looks like a map!" Vanellope said as she showed it to the group.
"A map? Like a treasure map? Where does it lead to?" Wendy said as she analyzed the map.
"I dunno, it's probably for a scavenger hunt or something." Vanellope assumed.
"It looks way too old to be a scavenger hunt map. It has to be the real thing." Romeo figured as he looked at the map and smiled. "I think I know what I'm doing today!"
"Don't tell me, you're gonna go on a treasure hunt?" Carla asked.
"That's right! Finally, an adventure that I can get behind!" Romeo said eagerly.
"Hold on, you're not gonna go alone are you?" Wendy asked.
"Of course not, I've got Olaf with me." Romeo said, gesturing to the snowman.
"Really, Romeo? I get to go, too? Ooh, this is gonna be fun!" exclaimed Olaf.
"We get to come, too, right Carla?" Wendy inquired.
"A whole team is better than two, after all." added Carla.
"And I'm the one who found the map, so I get to go, too." flirted Vanellope as she winked seductively at Romeo.
"Sure, why not?" Romeo said, completely oblivious to Vanellope's romantic advances.
"Uh, hello? What about me?" Kusco said impatiently, tapping his hoof as he expected them to take him to the guild.
"You can come too if you want, Kusco." affirmed Romeo.
The llama gawked at the young fire mage in disbelief as the young boy led the group on their quest to find the treasure. "Okay, guys, according to the map, the first place we have to go to is the large magnolia tree southwest of us, then we walk ten paces west." said Romeo as he guided the group to the nearest magnolia tree.
"'Why don't you come to the guild? You'll be safe there. There's no way we'll change our minds at the last minute. Nah, nah, nah.'" mimicked Kusco as he imitated Wendy while following the group on their treasure hunt.
Unbeknownst to them, however, they were being watched by none other than Yzma, Madame Medusa and their goons, Kronk and Snoops. Medusa glared at Vanellope from a distance as she was the one who stole her map.
"Thise little brats have MY map! I say we kill them and take the other half of the map back!" suggested Medusa.
"Doesn't that seem a little extreme to you? They are just kids." Snoops said concernly.
"Oh, shut up, Snoops! I don't care about a couple of dead twerps as long as I have my diamond!" barked Medusa.
"But, wait, if they have the other half of the map, shouldn't we follow them instead?" informed Kronk.
"That's it! We'll follow them at a close but careful distance, and once they are near where the diamond is, we nab those brats and that llama!" Yzma said ingeniously.
"Not to mention the Red Diamond!" Medusa said gleefully.
"But what do we do with the little ones, though. I mean, Yzma will probably kill Kusco, but we can't have any witnesses." Snoops inquired.
"We'll tie them to a tree or something. I don't care what happens to them, let's just follow them and see how this goes." said Medusa as she, Yzma and Snoops climb inside of the backpack tent mounted on Kronk's back as the small-minded henchman carried them while following the kids, the Exceed, the llama and the snowman.
Back at the Guild Hall
Macao Conbolt has been waiting for his son, Romeo, to come back from his little trip with Olaf since 10 am. He was a little worried for his son since this was his first time on a job without his father, but he knew that the little fire mage can handle himself. Since it wasn't dusk yet, Macao won't expect his son to come home until then. However, he still shows concern for his child and on top of that he feels as though something is amiss.
"Hey, Macao, what's wrong with you? You look like you're missing someone." said Macao's close friend, Wakaba, who noticed his friend's worried expression.
"As a matter of fact, I am, Wakaba. My son and that little snowman, Olaf, has been gone for a couple of hours. He told me he would be here by now, but so far I haven't seen him." Macao said.
"Ah, come on, this is Romeo we're talking about. You raised him to be as strong as you are. He can take care of himself." assured Wakaba.
"Yeah, but Romeo doesn't have enough experience in him. I mean, he's very talented, sure, but I don't think he's use to being out in the field on his own, let alone with friends." Macao explained. "Also, I feel like there's just something wrong. Like, there's a little storm brewing."
"Really? It doesn't look too cloudy to me." humored Wakaba, which made Macao smile. "Hey, I don't know what your son is doing, but whatever it is, he's probably in good in hands."
"You're right. What am I so worried about. My boy has learned from the best and ONLY the best." stated Macao. "Romeo does take after me. Well, mostly."
"Yeah, I'm sure you're a great role model, Macao. Especially for someone who likes to hit on women." Cana said sarcastically as she and Jasmine helped a barely sober Merida, who couldn't even walk let alone stand.
"Hey, what's with her?" Wakaba gestured to the drunk Scottish girl.
"Merida, here, was trying her first drink when Gildarts challenged her to a drinking contest." Jasmine explained.
"And?" Both men asked the card mage.
"She won." Cana smiled proudly. "And damn can this girl chug a barrel."
"Cana... I feel woozy." Merida groaned.
"Here let me take her. She needs to lie down for awhile until she sobers up." Jasmine insisted as Cana handed Merida over to her.
Just then, Ralph came over to the three with an anxious expression. "Have you guys seen Vanellope around?"
"Vanellope? You mean the candy girl? No, why?" replied Macao.
"I haven't seen her since this morning. Where is she?" Ralph asked.
"Oh, her? Actually, I did see her leave around the same time Romeo and Ilaf left. From what I've heard on the grapevine, she's got a little crush on him." informed Cana cheekily.
"Oh, great, just GREAT! She's run off with a boy!" exasperated Ralph.
"Well, my son is a true ladies man, I'll give him that." Macao said jokingly.
"Hey! Vanellope is WAY too young to be dating with some angsty teen! She is sweet and delicate and she deserves to be treated kindly and if your son lays a hand on her you're BOTH in big trouble!" threatened Ralph who got up in Macao's face.
"Whoa now, calm down, Ralph. I was joking. Geez, you're a very protective parent aren't you?" Macao calmed the husky video game character.
"What? I'm not her parent. I'm just the only adult in this place responsible enough to make sure that she doesn't fly off the handle." explained Ralph.
"It's a little too late for that don'cha think?" smirked Cana.
"What's going on, guys? What are you yelling about?" Levy said as she, Gajeel and Pantherlily overheard the commotion going on.
"Vanellope's run off with Romeo and they're in love." chuckled Wakaba.
"They're not in love! Vanellope is just going through a phase. You know little girls, they fantasize about being together with someone they first met thinking it's love at first sight, that old shtick." corrected Ralph.
"I know right? What's up with that?" Merida yelled from the second level of the guild hall followed by the sound of her puking.
"Oh, God, she threw up on me!" shrieked Jasmine from upstairs.
"Vanellope and Romeo? I always thought it would be Wendy." said Pantherlily.
"Speaking of whom, I haven't seen her or Carla since they left for that job." said Gajeel.
"Maybe they ran into Romeo on the way back. Where did you say they went going, Macao?" inquired Levy.
"He said he was going to the meadows with Olaf. He said he wouldn't be gone long." replied Macao.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt to check up on the little guy." Gajeel said.
"If you're going then I'm coming with you. I need to make sure that Vanellope doesn't get frisky with Romeo, if you know what I mean." hinted Ralph.
"Ralph, she's 9-years-old. That stuff doesn't COME until later." joked Cana.
"Ew, don't say that, Cana! You know I hate that word!" Levy said disgustingly.
"Chill, Levy, I wasn't actually saying it. If I did, though, the author might otherwise stop including me in this story." said Cana.
"Ha-ha! Nice!" laughed Gajeel.
"Can we get a move on already?" Ralph said impatiently.
"Whatever you say, big guy." said Pantherlily as he, Gajeel, Levy and Ralph head out to find Romeo and the others.
"SNOW! RAPS! Get a mop and bucket up here RIGHT NOW!" ordered Jasmine as the princesses, Snow White and Rapunzel ran upstairs with a mop and a pail of water.
"We're coming!" Snow White and Rapunzel said in unison, running up the stairs to help clean the mess that Merida left behind on the second floor.
Meanwhile with Romeo and the others
The group has been walking for an hour and a half in search of a lost treasure by following a lost map that Vanellope found earlier. Romeo, Wendy, Vanellope and their new friend, a human that was turned into a llama named Kusco, were already exhausted from walking for who knows how long. While they traveled, Olaf was singing a traveling song to brighten everyone's adventurous spirit. However, the snowman has been singing nonstop ever since and it was starting to get on the latter's nerves, particularly Carla.
Olaf:
We're following the leader, the leader, the leader...
We're following the leader, wherever he may go!
Tee-dum, tee-dee, a teedle-ee do tee day!
Tee-dum, tee-dee--
"Alright, Olaf, you can stop singing now." Carla said irritably.
"I'm sorry, white kitty-cat, I'm just so excited that we get to go on adventure!" Olaf said joyfully. "So, what are we doing?"
"Yeah, Romeo, what are we doing?" Vanellope questioned the Rainbow Fire mage.
"We're on a treasure hunt, and we're using this map to find the treasure. It's as simple as that." said Romeo as he used the map ti guide the group.
"Yeah, but we don't even know what the treasure is. For all we know, you're just dragging us out here in the middle of nowhere for nothing. Well, particularly me, because I didn't agree to going on this treasure hunt with you. You should've just taken me back to your guild so you can go on your quest, without me." sassed Kusco.
"Sorry, Kusco. I promise when we're done with this treasure hunt, we'll take you to the guild. Does that sound fair?" offered Romeo.
"That depends, how far do we have to go from here, Romeo?" Wendy asked.
"Not too far. In fact, we're just about to approach the Really Ominous Forest." Romeo said as he glanced at the map.
"The Ominous what? Oh... my..." Kusco said until he laid his eyes upon Fiore's most creepiest, if not dangerous, stretch of woodland in the most rural areas of Magnolia. The presence of this forest alone gave the group a chill down their spines.
"Cool..." Vanellope said breathlessly as she gazed at the edge of the dark forest.
"It looks kind of scary." Olaf said fearfully.
"I'm getting a bad vibe from this place." cautioned Carla.
"Is there a way around this place?" Wendy wondered.
"Oh, well, probably not. Looks like this is the end of the line. Let's go back now. Sorry if we didn't find any treasure, but at least it was a great learning experience." Kusco urged the group as he tried to scurry away from the creepy forest.
"Wait a minute, guys. It may seem dangerous, but we as long as we stick together, we can get through it." Romeo assured the others.
"Yeah, guys, you're not chicken are you?" teased Vanellope.
"Romeo, this place looks dangerous. What if we get lost?" Carla said worriedly.
"Carla's right, we may have to turn back. If we go in there, one of might get hurt or worse." advised Wendy.
"This forest does look kinda creepy, but I don't wanna give up on this adventure." said Olaf confidently, despite feeling nervous about entering the forest.
"Well, I'm not. I've already been through a jungle full of killer jaguars, fallen off of gigantic waterfalls, and got sassed off by sassy squirrels, so nuh-uh, not going in there. And if they find your corpses in there, that's not gonna stop me from saying 'I told you so!'" said Kusco.
"You don't have to go in if you don't want to Kusco, and I'm sorry if we had to drag you all the way out here." Romeo apologized to the llama.
"Well, finally, somebody said it." Kusco said quietly.
"Come on, guys! What are we waiting for?! Race ya!" Vanellope said vigorously as she ran into the forest.
"Vanellope wait!" Wendy called after her, as she followed the Sugar Rush racer.
"Slow down already!" yelled Romeo as he and Olaf chased after the others.
"You're sure you'll be okay by yourself?" Carla asked concernly.
"Eeh, yeah, I'll be fine." assured Kusco.
"Alright, just wait for us here, okay." Carla said, as the llama replied with a nod. The Exceed followed the kids into the woods, leaving all by himself.
"Well, might as well pass the time by doing llama, since I'm a llama for the time being." said Kusco as he started eating the grass on the ground. He starts gagging and coughing up the grass until he gets use to the taste. "Hello, grass, my old friend."
Meanwhile with the villains
Kronk galloped as he followed the kids to find the Red Diamond with Yzma, Madame Medusa and Snoops carried in the backpack paladin/tent on on his back. To his ignorance, however, he unknowingly lost track of the children that they were following and he was now wandering around without a care. That is until his employer checked up on him.
"Kronk, where are we know?" inquired Yzma as she communicated via a built-in speaker.
"Honestly, I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure we're in the middle of a dark and creepy deciduous forest." informed Kronk as he took a look at his surroundings, realizing they were in the middle of the Really Ominous Forest.
"WHAT?! Pull over, Kronk, now!" ordered Yzma as Kronk stopped and knelt down to let the villains exit the tent, stepping on him in the process.
"Where are the children?! Don't tell me this idiot lost track of them!" barked Medusa.
"I dunno Medusa, I'm pretty sure we're going the right way." informed Snoops as he examined the piece of the map.
"Lemme see that!" hissed Medusa as she snatched the map from Snoops and examined it. "Well, what do you know! We ARE right where we need to be. I guess we didn't need to follow those brats after all."
"Yes, but I still need to kill Kusco! Which means, we still have to find those brats!" reminded Yzma.
"Who cares about a couple of lost twerps and a smelly llama? I want my diamond!" growled Medusa.
"Kusco..." glared Yzma.
"Diamond..." glared Medusa.
"Kusco! Diamond! Kusco! Diamond! Kusco! Diamond! Kusco! Diamond!" The two women bickered as they got up in each other's faces and stared aggressively at the other.
"Uh... ladies?" said Snoops.
"WHAT?!" snapped the two women as they glared at Snoops.
"According to this piece of the map, the treasure is hidden in a small castle in the middle of the woods. Why don't we try searching for that?" said Snoops.
"Hold on, I think I have an idea." said Kronk as he approached a squirrel sitting on a branch. "Hey, you there. Squeaky, squeaky, squeak, squeak, squeaker?"
The squirrel came down from the tree and scurried over to Kronk and perched onto his shoulder. The little critter chattered to the hefty man as he understood every word the squirrel said.
"Is he talking to that squirrel?" Medusa said aghastly.
"I never knew that guy would be bilingual." Snoops said impressively.
"Oh, no. Deja vú, deja vú, deja vú!" groaned Yzma as she remembered the last time Kronk conversed with a squirrel. Long story short, the entire escapade did not end well.
"He says we have to go that way to find the lost castle." Kronk translated as he pointed East.
"Perfect! Hurry! We must get that diamond!" Medusa said with twisted determination as she ran towards the direction where the castle is said to be at.
"Kronk, do you remember the last time we took directions from a squirrel and I said it would be that last time?" Yzma reminded the lovable oaf.
"Yeah. Why?" replied Kronk.
"Well, NOW is the last time!" barked Yzma as she stomped after Medusa and Snoops.
"But at least we know where the treasure is. That's good right?" Kronk said as he followed Yzma.
"Oh, shut up!"
The Really Ominous Forest
Romeo, Wendy, Carla, Vanellope and Olaf ventured through the spooky forest with the map in hand. So far they haven't found any other landmarks that could lead them to the treasure.
"This place is a lot creepier than I imagined." said Wendy nervously.
"I know you're scared, Wendy, but we've both been in scary places before. This is definitely nothing." Carla assured the Sky Dragon Slayer.
"Yeah, that's true. But I kinda have a feeling that we're being watched." Wendy said when suddenly, they hear a twig snap.
"What was that?" gasped Romeo.
"Sorry, that was me. Just crackin' my joints." said Olaf as he cracked his twig arms.
"Guys, I need to go tinkle." said Vanellope as she tried to hold it in.
"Why didn't you go before we left?" Romeo asked impatiently.
"I was too excited to go, so I held it in. Now, I REALLY need to go! Wait here!" The candy girl said as she ran into a nearby bush.
"Romeo, are we anywhere near the treasure, yet?" Wendy asked.
"I don't know, we've followed every landmark on the map, but I still don't know what we're supposed to find next." Romeo pondered as he continued to look at the map.
"Let me see that." Carla said as Romeo gave her the map. "Well, here's the problem, there's a piece of the map missing. We might as well have been going in circles."
"But what are we going to do? If the other piece of the map is missing, then we can't find the treasure. We should probably go back before we get lost." Wendy said when she hears another twig snap. "Olaf, quit snapping your joints!"
"It wasn't me this time!" Olaf said apprehensively as they hear another snapping sound.
"What was that? Was that Vanellope?" whispered Romeo.
"No, it came from over there." Wendy said quietly. She kept her ears open when she suddenly hears whispering from a distance. "Guys, I think someone's following us."
"Who is it?" asked Olaf.
"I don't know, but we should be careful. We don't know if they're friendly or not." Wendy advised the group.
"Hey! Guys!" yelled Vanellope, scaring the others. "You're never gonna believe this, but I found a castle! Come on, I'll show you!"
The others followed the girl through the brush and their eyes widened when they saw what was in front of them. An old, abandoned, dilapidated castle stood in an open field. It was as big as the Fairy Tail Guild Hall, possibly even bigger in its former. They all gazed at the old castle with both dread and wonder.
"Whoa, I've never seen a castle this big before. Besides the one in Crocus, of course." said Romeo.
"How long has this been here?" Wendy wondered.
"Judging by its condition, it may have been here for centuries." assumed Carla.
"You don't think the treasure's in there do you?" Olaf asked.
"If it is, we should go in!" Vanellope said eagerly.
"But we don't know what's in there. It could be a death trap for all we know." warned Carla.
"Yeah, there could be booby traps inside." said Romeo, who slowly smiled with anticipation. "Which is exactly why we should go inside."
"WHAT?! ARE YOU INSANE!?!?" exclaimed Wendy and Carla.
"I'm with Romeo on this one! I've always wanted to be like Lara Croft! Let's go!" squealed Vanellope as she took Romeo by the hand and dashed towards the castle.
"Wait for me, guys! I've got tiny legs!" said Olaf as he followed the other two.
"Should we follow them?" Wendy said with an annoyed stare.
"What else? We're basically just babysitting these three." said Carla who shared the same expression as her Dragon Slayer companion.
"Let's go." frowned Carla as they followed the others into castle.
From a distance, however, the villains were watching the group enter the castle. Yzma and Madame Medusa grinned evilly as they and they're minions followed the kids with malicious intent.
Meanwhile with Gajeel's party
Gajeel, Levy, Pantherlily and Wreck-it-Ralph were following the Iron Dragon Slayer's scent in order to find Romeo and the others. Levy started to get worried for Romeo and Wendy, as well as the little snowman, Olaf. Ralph was also concerned for Vanellope as her rambunctiousness would often lead her into trouble.
"It's a good thing your little friend is sugar-scented, otherwise it would be hard to find the little squirts." Gajeel said as he used his enhanced sense of smell to track the kids.
"Yeah, well, that's the perk you get when you come from a candy-themed arcade game, I guess." Ralph said.
"You don't think they could be in trouble?" Levy said worriedly.
"I hope not, because if anything happens to that kid I would NEVER forgive myself." said Ralph.
"You seem very protective of Vanellope, aren't you, Ralph?" inquired Pantherlily.
"Like I said, I'm the only adult that's responsible enough to watch over her. No offense, but you guys seem a little reckless." Ralph said honestly.
"That's what a lot of people think of us. In the long run, though, we all care about each like family." smiled Levy.
"Hold on, I got something." said Gajeel as he stopped to sniff the air. "I smell something else. It smells like... llama hair?"
The Dragon Slayer was correct as they suddenly came upon a certain red-haired llama, that was grazing outside the edge of the creepy forest.
"What's a llama doing in the middle of nowhere?" Pantherlily wondered.
"Gee, I dunno, why don't we ask him?" Ralph said sarcastically.
"Hey, llama, what are you doing here?" Gajeel asked the llama.
"I was joking!" exasperated Ralph.
The llama stared at Gajeel while he chewed on some grass before finally swallowing it. "I'm sorry, were you talking to me?" asked Kusco.
"OH MY GOD! DEMON LLAMA!!!" panicked Gajeel as he heard the llama speak.
"Demon llama?! Where--" The poor llama was then subsequently punched by Gajeel.
"Gajeel!" yelled Levy.
"Why did you punch that poor llama?!" exclaimed Pantherlily.
"It was talking! What was I supposed to do?!" yelled the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"You could've talked to it like a normal person would!" suggested Ralph as Levy went over to check on an unconcious Kusco.
"Hey, are you okay little guy?" Levy said softly.
"Why thank you, I'm really flattered." Kusco said dizzily as he blacked out.
"Great, he's unconcious. Thanks a lot, Gajeel." Levy glared at the hefty Dragon Slayer.
"Sorry! How was I supposed to--" Gajeel stopped for a moment to sniff the air. "I've got their scent again. They're in that forest."
"Yeesh, looks Ominous." Ralph cringed at the edge of the forest.
"I know, that's why they call it the Really Ominous Forest. I know, cause I've actually been here before." informed Gajeel.
"The Really Ominous Forest? Not a very creative name." critiqued Pantherlily.
"I'm also getting another smell, too. Four of them to be exact." He sniffs the air again to confirm it. "One of them smells scary beyond all reason."
"Should we be worried?" Levy asked.
"Dunno, but we should probably see if the kids are in there. Let's go." ordered Gajeel as he and Pantherlily entered the forest.
"Wait! What about the llama?" Levy said.
"I've got it." said Ralph as he picked up an unconcious Kusco as they entered the Really Ominous Forest.
The Abandoned Castle
The party entered the decrepit corridors of the castle cautiously as they searched for booby traps. Fortunately, though, the traps were already set off, as there wer poisonous darts, trap falls and things of that nature that were littered around the castle.
"Aw man, someone already set off the traps." Romeo said disappointingly.
"It's a good thing, too. We could've been killed by these traps." said Carla.
"Well, I don't know about you guys this is the most underwhelming treasure hunt I've ever been on." frowned Vanellope.
"Maybe someone has already been through here. Maybe that's why the booby traps have been set off." said Wendy.
"I hope not. Then this would've been a waste of time. No offense, Romeo, I still had fun anyway." Olaf said.
"Hey, look! There's the end of the corridor!" exclaimed Vanellope, pointing towards the end of the hall.
The party approached the end and entered the throne room. The interior had a large ceiling and talk windows that shined light into the room. Tattered tapestries hung from the ceiling and a raggedy carpet stretched out all the way towards the other end of the room. At the end was an enormous throne, centered near the wall. Next to the throne, a red jewel was displayed on a metal stand.
"Look! There's a jewel over there! Let's get it!" exclaimed Romeo as he ran to the back of the room, only to step on a tile, opening a trap door revealing an alligator pit placed at the bottom.
Romeo nearly falls in, but Wendy grabs him just in time. "Romeo, are you okay?"
Wendy asked the Rainbow Fire mage.
"Yeah, I'm okay." replied Romeo.
"How long have those alligators been down there?" asked Vanellope.
"I think the real question is who is feeding them?" Olaf added.
The party got around the alligator pit as they walked towards the red jewel that was perched next to the throne. Romeo tried to approach the jewel, but then Carla stops him.
"Wait, it might be booby-trapped. We have to make sure that it's safe." warned Carla.
"I've got it." said Wendy as she used her wind magic to levitate the jewel in a little tornado. When nothing was set off, she carries the jewel with her magic and places it in her hands. "It's safe. I think we've got our treasure."
"I think you mean, MY treasure." corrected a voice, which revealed to be none other than Madame Medusa, who appeared in the darkness of the corners of the throne room. Her presence made the latter feel uneasy. "Congratulations, you precious little children. I'm so glad that you have found my long lost little bauble. For that, I'm going to give you special reward. NOW SNOOPS!"
Snoops and Kronk suddenly came out of nowhere with a long chain and wrapped it around the group before they had a chance to fight back. They struggled to escape the binding chain, but to no avail.
"What the heck?! Why can't I use my Wind magic?!" exclaimed Wendy.
"I can't get out either!" exclaimed Romeo as he tried to break the chain. "What is this?!"
"That is a special Anti-Magic chain of my design." explained Yzma, who appeared alongside Medusa. "It's 10 times stronger than a pair of Anti-Magic cuffs! I knew you the two of you were from that guild Fairy Tail, which is why I made this chain for this very special occasion!"
"That map that you were carrying around, was the one that I stole from the Hargeon Town museum. But it got torn up when candy-pants here found the other half." explained Medusa as she motioned towards Vanellope and snatched the map as well as the diamond from Wendy.
"Hey! Give that back you hag!" yelled Wendy. "We found it first!"
"Well, finders keepers, losers weepers! Brat!" Medusa hissed at Wendy who turned her attention to the Red Diamond. "It's mine! It's finally mine! Look at how beautiful it is!"
"Oh, yeah, I'm looking at it." said Kronk as he glanced at the diamond.
"Hey I wanna see, Medusa, lemme see!" Snoops whined.
"NO! It's mine to look at!" Medusa said selfishly, keeping the diamond to herself.
"Alright, enough of this diamond nonsense!" said Yzma as she drags the chained group towards the alligator pit, threatening to push them in. "Tell us where the talking llama is and we'll throw you into the alligator pit!"
"Uh, don't you mean 'Or'?" corrected Kronk.
"UGGH! Tell us where the talking llama is OR we'll throw you into the alligator pit!" threatened Yzma.
"Well, which is it? It's a pretty crucial conjunction." said Carla.
"We won't tell you where he is, because needs our help to become human again and it's our duty to help people because it's the right thing to do!" Romeo stated, which brought on a smile from Wendy.
"Fine! Have it your way! Kronk, push these brats into the pit!" ordered Yzma.
"Wait, won't that kill them?" asked Kronk.
"Gee, I don't know, Kronk. What do you think?" Yzma said sarcastically.
Kronk thought to himself for a moment when his shoulder angel and shoulder devil appeared. "You're not gonna let those kids die, are you?" said Angel Kronk.
"You probably should've read the job description before signing up, pal." said Devil Kronk.
"Well, I can't kill a bunch of kids, a cat or a snowman. I've never done that before. You know?" Kronk said as he consulted with the two halves of his conscience.
Yzma's mouth was agape as she saw her minion talk to himself while not doing the job he was supposed to do, which infuriated her. Medusa and Snoops watched in confusion.
"I... don't know what's going on, but Snoops! Get over there and help them!" barked Medusa.
"B-but I-- but I-- oh dear." groaned Snoops as an angel and devil version of him appeared on his shoulders.
"Lemme guess..." said Angel Snoops.
"Can't make your mind up, huh?" said Devil Snoops.
"Oh, I'm so weak!" moaned Snoops.
"You're hopeless, Snoops! Hopeless!" said Medusa as she went over to finish the job. "Never let an idiot do a woman's job!"
But before she could do anything, Gajeel, Levy, Pantherlily and Ralph came in through the corridor with Kusco in tow. "Romeo, Wendy! Are you okay?" Levy asked the two concernly.
"Gajeel! Levy!" exclaimed Wendy and Carla.
"How did you find us?" asked Romeo.
"We were out looking for you when we ran into Kusco who told us everything. But not before I punched him." explained Gajeel.
"Yeah, don't remind me." Kusco said as he rubbed his sore face tenderly.
"Kid!" exclaimed Ralph.
"Ralph!" exclaimed Vanellope who glitched to escape the chain and ran to her friend to hug him.
"Wait, she could do that the while time?!" exclaimed Wendy.
"Glitching isn't really magic it's just codes and stuff. A-doy." explained Vanellope.
"Kusco, that lady in purple over there, is that Yzma?" asked Pantherlily.
"Yup, basically." said Kusco.
"Ehehehehe, oh, we weren't doing anything wrong, we-- we were just passing by when we found this place. And we were just about to leave. Innocently. Right, Kronk?" inquired Yzma, who already knows well enough about the strong magnitude of Fairy Tail to realize that if she messes with them it would be the end of her.
"Riiiiight, I mean it's not like we tried to kill Kusco, and then we would run into Medusa and Snoops here who lost the other half of a treasure map so we had to follow these kids who had other half of the map, then once we'd find the lost diamond we would throw these kids into an alligator pit." Kronk said as he inadvertently blows their cover. "But when Yzma told me to do it, I hesitated a little and had a conversation with my conscience so Snoops had to do it, but then he too had a shoulder angel and a shoulder devil and--"
"Kronk, please stop talking!" Yzma said under breath but her henchman still continued to speak.
"...then Medusa tried to do it, but then you guys came in and accused us of trying to kill Kusco and the kids so Yzma tries to talk her way out of this and then she asks me to back up for her so then I say, 'Riiiiight, I mean it's not like--" Finally, Medusa shuts him up by hitting him in the back of the head with a rock, knocking him out.
"Can we please just get out of here with the diamond already?! I'm sick and tired of being in this dump!" Medusa complained.
"Uh, M-Medusa?" stammered Snoops.
"What?!" barked Medusa when she notices Gajeel and Levy glaring back at them.
"You know, by that logic, I'm guessing that you people are just too callous to even care about your own comrades, or when you hurt others at your own expense." Levy said coldly.
"Your point?" questioned Yzma.
"Our point?" chuckled Gajeel menacingly. "I'll tell you what our point is... point is, you're screwed." He then releases his Dragon Force, ready to kick their asses.
"Uh-oh, not good." Medusa and Snoops said in unison.
Yzma, however, had at least one trump card on her. "Kusco, looking for this?" She pulls out a small vial filled with a pink fluid inside.
"That's--" gasped Kusco.
"Extract of human? Why yes it is. Without this, you can't become human again. So call your animal off before I throw it into the alligator pit!" threatened Yzma as she dangled it over the alligator infested pit.
"Gajeel, don't hurt her! She's the only one who can turn Kusco back to normal!" begged Romeo.
"What?! And let her get away? Hell no!" yelled Gajeel.
"Gajeel, he's right! Please, I don't wanna be llama forever!" implored Kusco as he looked at Gajeel with deep soulful eyes.
The Iron Dragon Slayer looks back at the llama and gives in to his pleading expression.
"Fine. But I'm not gonna let those two get away since they don't have a plea bargain of their own." said Gajeel as he turned to Medusa and Snoops.
"Eh, fine with me." said Yzma.
"WHAT?!" exclaimed Medusa and Snoops.
"Hahahahaha, so long suckers! AHA--" Yzma ran towards the exit, but was unable to when she accidentally steps on a booby trap, which catapults her into the ceiling. "AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"
She flies through the ceiling, breaking through the deteriorated roof and flew across the entire forest until she was out of sight in the most comical fashion. She drops the vial during her moment of calamity which gave Levy the ample opportunity to grab it.
"Well, that happened, but at least we got the vial." Levy said optimistically as she picked up the vial.
"And I've got my diamond!" Medusa said gleefully.
"Wait, is that the long lost Red Diamond of the first king of Fiore? I thought it was supposed to be lost." Levy assumed.
"Not anymore! Cause it's mine!" grinned Medusa.
"Heh-heh, funny story. That's not the real diamond." Gajeel chuckled.
"What? No, you're lying!" Medusa denied.
"Nah, I'm serious. When I use to be in Phantom Lord, we would sometimes break into abandoned places and steal loot. When we found this place, I'm the one who stole the real diamond and replaced it with glass." explained Gajeel.
"What? No! No, no! NOOOOO!!!!" screeched Medusa as she smashes the fake diamond and stomps on the remaining pieces into smaller shards. "WHERE'S THE REAL DIAMOND?!"
"Sorry, bitch, but it's long gone now. I sold it for alcohol!" smirked Gajeel.
"NOOOOO!! I'm going to kill you!" Medusa screamed as she took her rifle and aimed it at Gajeel.
"Medusa, wait!" exclaimed Snoops as he tried to pull the gun away from an enraged Medusa, but the gun goes off several times, hitting the rafters in the ceilings.
"LET GO, SNOOPS! LET GO!" screeched Medusa as she struggled with Snoops for the gun.
"Medusa, you crazy--" Snoops grunted as he snatches the gun from the angry woman, who stumbles backwards, trips and falls into the alligator pit. She lands in the water below where the gators began to attack and devour her.
Her deafening screams for help rang out from the pit as she screamed her final words. "SNOOPSSS!!--" Her screaming went dead silent as the gators had what was left of her.
Everyone grew sick as they listened to the sounds of Medusa's ironic demise. Kusco fainted when he heard the gators chew on the dead woman's remains. Snoops looked down into the pit with despair on his face, having to see the death of his partner, despite that he despised her for treating him badly. "Well, that's that, I guess." Snoops said as he tossed the rifle into the pit with Medusa's remains.
Suddenly, the rafters begin fall down from the ceiling as the remains of the castle began to crumble. "This place gonna fall apart! Come on, this way!" ordered Ralph as everyone ran for the exit.
"Wait! What about him?" cried Olaf as he pointed to an unconcious Kronk.
"Gajeel, we can't leave him!" pleaded Levy.
"Well, I guess he does regret his actions... in a way." grumbled Gajeel as he picks up Kronk and carries him outside.
The group escapes the collapsing castle, which falls all the way down to the ground. Fortunately, for everyone else involved, they all escape unharmed with little-to-no injuries. "Is everyone okay?" Gajeel said as he puts Kronk down on the ground gently.
"We're okay, Gajeel. Just a little shaken up is all." replied Wendy.
"It's a good thing you all came when you did, it could've been worse for us." thanked Carla.
"Hey, Romeo." said Gajeel.
"Yeah?" Romeo said as Gajeel looked down at him intimidatingly.
"Don't scare us like that, kay?" Gajeel smirked as he tousled Romeo's hair, who smiled sheepishly.
"Speaking of scaring, Vanellope, when we get home you are in big trouble!" Ralph scolded the young girl.
"Uh, genius, we're not really anywhere near home." said Vanellope.
"You know what I mean!" reprimanded Ralph to which Vanellope rolls her eyes.
"Hey Kusco, I have the potion ready for you." Levy said as she handed the llama the vial.
"Oh, no I couldn't." Kusco said modestly.
"Why not?" Levy asked.
"Well, the thing is, I learned something today, I... don't know what it was, but I learned it. That's what really matters." Kusco smiled.
"Kusco, I'm already getting tired of your bullcrap, so please just shut up take the damn potion." Levy said irritably.
"I was just kidding, geez, salty." Kusco said as he drank the vial and was transformed back into his original human form. "HA! Boom, baby!"
"Kusco! You're hunky!" Olaf said admirably.
"So that's what he looks like as a human. Kinda liked him better as a llama." humored Pantherlily which received an annoyed glance from the emperor.
"Huh, what? What did I miss? Hey, where's Yzma?" Kronk said as he regained consciousness.
"Long gone, my friend. Medusa's dead, and Yzma's probably on her way to the otherside of the world right now. We're now free at last!" assured Snoops.
"Oh, yeah. That time of the year again. Freedom Friday. Except it's on a Wednesday. Yeah, Freedom Wednesday, my favorite holiday, besides Christmas, of course." rambled Kronk, as Snoops sighed with exhaustion.
"I need to call my mother after this." sighed Snoops.
Hargeon Town
The defeated former advisor of Emperor Kusco, Yzma, sulked in defeat after a long day of chasing down a llama, which ended in failure, again. She slowly walked down the sidewalk of the almost empty streets of the harbor town when she was approached by a figure in a hood.
"Yzma? I have been meaning talk to you." The figure spoke as she revealed herself to be a woman wearing a balaclava and a crown on her head; Queen Grimhilde, also known as the Evil Queen.
"Miss Grimhilde! What a pleasant surprise, I--" Yzma greeted the queen before being shushed by her.
"Fairy Tail recognises you already. It's best if we didn't talk out in the open. Follow me." ordered the queen as they both head inside an empty tavern.
Once inside, the two women went into the back room of tavern. Making sure no one is following them, Grimhilde looks back to see if someone was listening and closes the door behind her. They sit down at a table with another figure, who was a tall young man with ginger hair, muttonchops, and was dressed like someone of royalty.
"Yzma, have you met my associate, Prince Hans?" inquired Grimhilde, who introduced her to the young man.
"I honestly don't care who he is. What I want to know is why you brought me here in the first place." demanded Yzma.
"Well, Yzma. You seemed to be the right person for this job, so who else would I turn to other than you?" said Hans.
"Originally, I wanted Madame Medusa to have the part in this, but despite having a wicked charm, she's basically just a terrible reincarnation of Miss de Vil."
"On top of that, she's also dead now." added Grimhilde.
"Oh, I guess I just wasn't there to see it." Yzma said sarcastically, knowing that Medusa was a suicidal failure from the start, even though she's a bit surprised by her sudden death.
"But, we have deemed you to be worthy as an asset for Underworld." Grimhilde continued. "If you choose to accept it."
"Of course, anything for Underworld. Just name it." Yzma replied with enthusiasm.
Hans then stood up and gave a devilish grin. "Help me become King of Fiore."
A/N: This is basically a filler chapter (in a way) but I added foreshadowing so the story would immediately get back into the main plot. I don't know how many there are gonna be, but I assure you there won't be too many. Read and review!