Castle of Endings, Part 3 – The Castle
Author's Note: Okay, NOBODY could answer who it was, and I got NO reviews from y'all. So, I'll give you my reasoning, and who it was, and then I'll put something easier at the end, okay?
It couldn't have possibly been a Digimon. Digimon don't DIE, they are reconfigured. The only other person living there that would dare to leave is Gennai! It was Gennai! Gennai is dead! I killed him, ha ha ha… (If you haven't noticed, I hate Gennai.)
On with the fic. I'm going to kill all the Digimon and thoroughly describe the blood and gore if I don't get reviewed. J/K… I think…
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It was finally night again. Sleep finally overcame them, after many long hours of restlessness. The dreams were troubled, and frightening. For example, let's look at Sora's dream from that long night.
They were running. She didn't know why, but she knew that she'd been running a long time, and that they had to keep going.
She looked back, not stopping, and saw it following her. The most evil thing possible was there. She couldn't see it, but it was there, somewhere, chasing them…
She stumbled and fell. She let out a sharp cry, and Tai looked back, powerless to do anything, as it slowly soaked into her…She heard Tai scream as it finally got her…
Sora woke up, breathless. She was soaked in sweat. The room was pitch-black, and it was nearly impossible to see. Something could be coming, it had to be, and it could get her in the dark… No, that was silly. She was safe here. Tai was on watch, looking out into nothing through the window. It was cold. It was also quiet, all she could hear was breathing. Tai wasn't mumbling. Tai picked up his Digivice. It was 4:00. Sora's watch, she knew.
Tai walked over, and Sora sat up. Tai sat beside her. "Nightmare?" he asked quietly.
"You bet. Oh gosh, it was awful…" Sora went on to tell Tai all about it.
"Creepy. I'm glad it was just a dream, because I don't know what would be worse: being taken by it or watching your best friend being taken by it." I'd die if it killed you, I love you. he silently added.
"Agreed." Sora whispered. If that took you, I'd be so scared. I love you, so much, and I couldn't go on without you.
Tai went to bed, mentally cursing at himself for not telling Sora he loved her. He managed to go to sleep, but not for very long, as something grabbed them…
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They woke up in a castle. In a prison cell, but they knew it was a castle. Tai looked around, and whispered to everyone. "We're not the only ones, there's a girl in here too. I don't think that there's any way out, we're guarded from all sides. Does that girl look hurt to you?"
The girl seemed to be 18. Her blonde hair just barely reached her shoulders. She seemed to be asleep, or knocked out, but she wasn't dead, for sure. Clutched in her arms were a silver flute, slightly dirty, and a stuffed monkey. She wore rags that might have once been a purple dress. It was dark, but the floor was scattered in hay. They all lay down and slept, not able to think of anything else to do.
Morning came, and the girl shook them each in turn. "You're the new ones they were talking about, the Guardians! I bet they were lying when they said you were the Guardians, but you're a lot of people for a load… My name's Celeste, and I've been here since I was 11. I don't really know how old I am anymore." she finished.
"Will they hurt us here?" Matt asked.
"Well, as long as you don't drink anything they give you, you'll be fine. Breakfast will be that paper-maché stuff today. I wonder how much of it will be flour today…" Celeste mumbled.
A guard slipped 12 bowls of water with small amounts of flour and the occasional bit of paper swirling in there inside the cell. Celeste eagerly drank the mixture. Everyone else followed suit, gagging at the taste. The guard slipped glasses of some mixture in. Celeste pretended to drink it, and everyone copied her. The guard walked away, and Celeste walked to the window and dumped the glasses out the window for everyone. "I really don't know why you think it's so bad." she told them. "It's pretty good compared to some of the stuff we'll get… Today is leftover day! We'll get some of the empress's leftover lunch for dinner!" Celeste seemed sincerely happy about getting cold leftovers.
The guard came back and took all the bowls away. Celeste grinned. When the guard got out of earshot, she picked up her flute and ran her fingers over the smooth metal. It was comforting to her, to just hold it, day after day, hour after hour… And she left herself relax.
"Celeste, can you play anything?" Matt asked, startling her out of her trance.
"Wha-what? Oh. Well, not much. I got captured in my first year of learning. I can't really play much." Celeste replied. "It was all I could do to keep it hidden all these years."
Celeste sighed inwardly. Gosh, but I shouldn't be making friends with these kids, after all, they're about to have their heads cut off, and so am I, at any rate. I guess I should tell them. Oh, that would be fun. "Hey, and by the way, your heads are going to be cut off after dinner." Ha. As if I could do that. It was only then that she realized that she was still talking to the other people in there. "No, I really don't want to play…"
"Please, Celeste, please?" Sora pleaded.
Celeste nodded, aggravated. "I hope this isn't too bad, compared to what you've heard…" She lifted the flute to her lips and blew softly, moving her fingers without thinking at all. It caused a slow, sad tune to fill the cell.
"That was pretty, but so sad…" Yolei mumbled.
Celeste nodded. "When you haven't seen any of your family in so long you've forgotten the date for years, you're pretty sad. I've had a bunch of different cellmates, they stay, we become friends, and they take them to be killed. I haven't been killed because I hide under the hay when they come to kill. The guards are so stupid… But I think that I'd go with you. You seem so kind, and innocent, and I can tell even the most icy of you have feelings. You're already my friends, after only an hour." Okay, that wasn't lying, I would go to be killed with these people. I'm just… not telling them the whole truth…? Which I guess is for their own good… I hope it's for their own good… Celeste, what have you gotten your poor self into?
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Oh, gosh, I like Celeste, and I pride myself on her. She is my first self-insertion that is not a Mary Sue! And guys and gals, if you like Celeste, you'll love Pipermon, who gets her star role in Nouri no Kaisen by hikari! READ IT!
Okay… Anyway… Flames, Death Threats, Cheers, Marriage Proposals, and anything else are readily read! Rate Castle of Endings so far, 0 to 10, 0 being the worst fic you've ever read and 10 being the best.
And finally, as promised, an easier contest. Just provide me with something to happen to the gang and/or Celeste and/or the Digimon, and the best of each will be used! Please suggest, please! Also, I'm wondering myself, whose side is Celeste on? Your pick… J
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