Slayers Mystic
Episode 11
Stop! Time Rewinds
Sometime in the future
"Amelia..."
"Lina..."
One last breath, one last word. "Goodbye."
"No! You can't die! Amelia!" Lina burst into tears. "You can't!"
"Lina," Zelgadis rests his hand on Lina's shoulder.
Lina pushes him away.
"We have to go. We have to arrange her funeral."
Around them, the walls starts to crumble to nothingness.
"What's happening?" Gourry shouts as he runs into the room. "What's..."
The floor starts shaking.
"Amelia! Amelia!" Gourry carries Amelia. "She's..."
The floor starts to disappear tile by tile.
"Gourry!" Lina shrieks as he disappears into one of the holes. "Raywing!"
"Raywing!" Zelgadis shouts and follows Lina into the whole. "Lina! Gourry!"
The castle disappears around him and he sees Lina on the ground in tears.
"Where's Gourry and Amelia?" Zelgadis asks.
"I don't know...I don't know..." Lina shakes her head sadly. "The past has been changed. Over the
time, Gourry let himself to court Amelia. He had feelings for her. He knew there was a line
crossed between the future peace and the past romance. He chose to marry me...to save us. He told
me."
Zelgadis squeezes Lina's hand.
"I was jealous," Lina laughed. "All I wanted was that sword!"
"He will turn up. Maybe, he just went off to bury Amelia," Zelgadis assures her.
"I don't know. I really don't know..."
*o*
"Are you going to give up?" Gallant says as sweat begins to pour from his forehead. "It's
useless for you to go on."
"No way," Vee replies. "It's useless for YOU to go on."
Overhead, the sun shone brightly in the azure sky.
Sunlight bounces off both swords at each other's throat.
"I could kill you right now," Gallant threatens.
"You can't. If you cut my throat, the purifying spell in my sword will be triggered off, cos you
would be doing something bad. Even if it doesn't, I will still be able to slash your throat,"
Vee says triumphantly.
The two continue to stare at each other, willing the other to admit defeat.
As the sun dipped low into the sky, stomachs grumbling could be heard from the two enemies.
"I'm hungry," Vee complains. "I'm so hungry I can rip your head off and eat it."
"I'm so hungry I can eat your hair," Gallant replies.
"Well, at least I'm not getting unborn anymore."
"Oh?"
"Are you going to just stand here all the night as well?"
"I'll withdraw my sword if you withdraw yours. We can call it a truce."
"No..." Vee's stomach grumbles. She concedes, "Oh alright, but it's because I'm hungry. Remember
that we have a draw. And don't try to sneak attack me, cos I have eyes at the back of my head.
And the spell is still there. All I have to do is to point at you and say the word."
"Okay, by the count of three. One."
"Two."
"Three."
And the two of them jumps backwards, their swords glinting in the new moon.
"Remember, truce. But only for tonight. You will honour your word of course." Gallant says. "Next
time I will beat you."
"You won't honour your word, of course," Vee smirks. "I will be ready."
"I will honour my word. I am a noble villain."
"Sure," Vee rolls her eyes. "I'll believe it when I see it."
"You will."
*o*
Back in the past
"Amelia, do you like this flower?" Gourry passes her a dandelion. "I don't know much about girls,
but I know they like flowers...well most of them anyway," Gourry glances at Lina who is staring
at them.
"Hmm..." Amelia looks slightly distastefully at the flower. He's got to learn how to be more
romantic, Amelia thinks to herself. "You need more than that to woo me, Mist...I mean Gourry.
I'm a princess, remember?"
"And princesses are supposed to marry princes. How about that Peace guy? He looks quite handsome
to me. You two suit each other very well," Lina suggests.
"Accident, accident," Charity whispers to herself. "What accident would it be? If only Vee were
here. She would know for sure."
"Are you talking to yourself again?" Lina asks Charity. "You're weird, like that guy from dinner
last night."
"Which guy?" Charity frowns.
"He was just around here...Hey where did he go?" Lina looks around.
In the bushes around them, Patriot peeks at the girls and Gourry picniking in the garden with
many other people.
"Phew, that was a close call," Patriot gives out a sigh.
"What are you doing here, sneaking up on the Princess?" Peace sneaks up behind Patriot and taps
his shoulder.
"Ahh!" Patriot yells. "You shocked me. What are YOU doing sneaking up on me??"
"Did you hear anything?" Lina asks Gourry. "Come on un-Prince Charming. Let's check it out."
Gourry nods and runs into the bushes with Lina.
*o*
"Who are you really?" Amelia asks Charity.
"Me?" Charity asks. "You don't really need to know."
"Well, I want to know," Amelia insists. "I know Gourry has been ogling you. I've seen you before.
At the entrance to Saillune. Who are you?"
"I'm Charity."
"I know your name. I want to know where you come from. What's your family's name. And above all,
why are you staring at Gourry? Don't forget I'm gonna marry him."
"Princess," Charity sighs. "I don't think you would want to know."
"I do."
"Then listen. I have come from the future to stop villains from messing up the past, which is the
present---now. I am your future daughter...with Prince Peace."
"I don't understand," Amelia looks confused.
"Just know that I have come from the future on a mission. If you marry Gourry, then all is lost.
You are the Queen of the whole continent in the future. The most powerful of all."
"Ahhh!" screams one of the court ladies.
"Pip!" a purple ball zips across the garden and lands in Charity's arms.
"What's that?" Amelia squints at it.
"Bobo! I forgot all about you! I'm so sorry," Charity kisses Bobo. "Bobo's my pet. I left him out
last night before dinner and forgot to take him in."
"I'm glad you forgot," Amelia says. "It stinks."
"Must need a bath, after all those adventures."
"If I were your mother, I would have forced you to put it back where you found it."
"But you are my mother...I mean you will be."
"If I marry Prince Peace."
Charity sighs. "I wish it were not 'if'. You MUST marry him or I will cease to exist."
"Look at what we have here!" Lina announces as she drags a scowling man to their picnic site.
"Father?" Charity whispers.
"We caught him sneaking up on us," Gourry says.
"I did NOT sneak up on you. I was sneaking up on the person who was sneaking up on you," Peace
lashes out angrily. "I am a Prince. And I do not appreciate being dragged around like dirt."
"You are that Prince---Peace!" Amelia exclaims.
"That, I am."
"I am definitely not marrying him," Amelia announced to Charity.
*o*
Back to the Future
"If Gourry still married you in the past, then why did the castle tumble down around us?" asks
Zelgadis.
"I have no idea," Lina pokes glumly at the campfire with a stick. "I don't why the castle
vanished out of existance. I don't know where Gourry is. I don't know what is happening in the
past. My memory gets so confusing. And I feel that I don't know anything else these days."
"Don't try to worry too much."
"Zelgadis, have your memory been modified in any way?"
"Yes it has been."
"Do you remember anything that happened in the past?"
"Nothing of significance. Yes, I still remember that wedding of yours and Gourry. But of Amelia
and Peace...I'm sorry...I can't remember."
"I can't remember either. That is what that is worrying me. What if--If Amelia hadn't married
Peace, the castle wouldn't have been built?"
"It is possible."
"I want to go back in time Gourry. I want to go back and save Amelia from being poisoned and..."
Lina sighs. "I want to return all our Destiny back to normal."
"You might as well say that you want to stop the creator of the Time Spell from creating the
spell."
"Yes, that's it. I will stop whoever from making the time spell."
"Then you ARE manipulating our Destiny. Have you ever thought that maybe it was our destiny to
be like this?"
"I've never thought of that."
Zelgadis turns to look at the night sky. "Destiny is a very complex thing. Even I, as the blue
sorceror, cannot understand it. Just like the moon in the night and sun in the day, we cannot
change our Destiny. Eventually, the moon sets to make way for the sun, and the sun sets to make
way for the moon."
"You mean, to stop this whole thing is impossible?"
"I didn't say you can't try," Zelgadis says. "You can. Our Destiny will still be the outcome."
"Then I will go back in time to stop the rise of Monthzie."
"And I--will sit here waiting..." before Zelgadis finishes his words, Lina has already disappear
into the air. "For you..."
--------------------------------------2 B continued
Episode 11
Stop! Time Rewinds
Sometime in the future
"Amelia..."
"Lina..."
One last breath, one last word. "Goodbye."
"No! You can't die! Amelia!" Lina burst into tears. "You can't!"
"Lina," Zelgadis rests his hand on Lina's shoulder.
Lina pushes him away.
"We have to go. We have to arrange her funeral."
Around them, the walls starts to crumble to nothingness.
"What's happening?" Gourry shouts as he runs into the room. "What's..."
The floor starts shaking.
"Amelia! Amelia!" Gourry carries Amelia. "She's..."
The floor starts to disappear tile by tile.
"Gourry!" Lina shrieks as he disappears into one of the holes. "Raywing!"
"Raywing!" Zelgadis shouts and follows Lina into the whole. "Lina! Gourry!"
The castle disappears around him and he sees Lina on the ground in tears.
"Where's Gourry and Amelia?" Zelgadis asks.
"I don't know...I don't know..." Lina shakes her head sadly. "The past has been changed. Over the
time, Gourry let himself to court Amelia. He had feelings for her. He knew there was a line
crossed between the future peace and the past romance. He chose to marry me...to save us. He told
me."
Zelgadis squeezes Lina's hand.
"I was jealous," Lina laughed. "All I wanted was that sword!"
"He will turn up. Maybe, he just went off to bury Amelia," Zelgadis assures her.
"I don't know. I really don't know..."
*o*
"Are you going to give up?" Gallant says as sweat begins to pour from his forehead. "It's
useless for you to go on."
"No way," Vee replies. "It's useless for YOU to go on."
Overhead, the sun shone brightly in the azure sky.
Sunlight bounces off both swords at each other's throat.
"I could kill you right now," Gallant threatens.
"You can't. If you cut my throat, the purifying spell in my sword will be triggered off, cos you
would be doing something bad. Even if it doesn't, I will still be able to slash your throat,"
Vee says triumphantly.
The two continue to stare at each other, willing the other to admit defeat.
As the sun dipped low into the sky, stomachs grumbling could be heard from the two enemies.
"I'm hungry," Vee complains. "I'm so hungry I can rip your head off and eat it."
"I'm so hungry I can eat your hair," Gallant replies.
"Well, at least I'm not getting unborn anymore."
"Oh?"
"Are you going to just stand here all the night as well?"
"I'll withdraw my sword if you withdraw yours. We can call it a truce."
"No..." Vee's stomach grumbles. She concedes, "Oh alright, but it's because I'm hungry. Remember
that we have a draw. And don't try to sneak attack me, cos I have eyes at the back of my head.
And the spell is still there. All I have to do is to point at you and say the word."
"Okay, by the count of three. One."
"Two."
"Three."
And the two of them jumps backwards, their swords glinting in the new moon.
"Remember, truce. But only for tonight. You will honour your word of course." Gallant says. "Next
time I will beat you."
"You won't honour your word, of course," Vee smirks. "I will be ready."
"I will honour my word. I am a noble villain."
"Sure," Vee rolls her eyes. "I'll believe it when I see it."
"You will."
*o*
Back in the past
"Amelia, do you like this flower?" Gourry passes her a dandelion. "I don't know much about girls,
but I know they like flowers...well most of them anyway," Gourry glances at Lina who is staring
at them.
"Hmm..." Amelia looks slightly distastefully at the flower. He's got to learn how to be more
romantic, Amelia thinks to herself. "You need more than that to woo me, Mist...I mean Gourry.
I'm a princess, remember?"
"And princesses are supposed to marry princes. How about that Peace guy? He looks quite handsome
to me. You two suit each other very well," Lina suggests.
"Accident, accident," Charity whispers to herself. "What accident would it be? If only Vee were
here. She would know for sure."
"Are you talking to yourself again?" Lina asks Charity. "You're weird, like that guy from dinner
last night."
"Which guy?" Charity frowns.
"He was just around here...Hey where did he go?" Lina looks around.
In the bushes around them, Patriot peeks at the girls and Gourry picniking in the garden with
many other people.
"Phew, that was a close call," Patriot gives out a sigh.
"What are you doing here, sneaking up on the Princess?" Peace sneaks up behind Patriot and taps
his shoulder.
"Ahh!" Patriot yells. "You shocked me. What are YOU doing sneaking up on me??"
"Did you hear anything?" Lina asks Gourry. "Come on un-Prince Charming. Let's check it out."
Gourry nods and runs into the bushes with Lina.
*o*
"Who are you really?" Amelia asks Charity.
"Me?" Charity asks. "You don't really need to know."
"Well, I want to know," Amelia insists. "I know Gourry has been ogling you. I've seen you before.
At the entrance to Saillune. Who are you?"
"I'm Charity."
"I know your name. I want to know where you come from. What's your family's name. And above all,
why are you staring at Gourry? Don't forget I'm gonna marry him."
"Princess," Charity sighs. "I don't think you would want to know."
"I do."
"Then listen. I have come from the future to stop villains from messing up the past, which is the
present---now. I am your future daughter...with Prince Peace."
"I don't understand," Amelia looks confused.
"Just know that I have come from the future on a mission. If you marry Gourry, then all is lost.
You are the Queen of the whole continent in the future. The most powerful of all."
"Ahhh!" screams one of the court ladies.
"Pip!" a purple ball zips across the garden and lands in Charity's arms.
"What's that?" Amelia squints at it.
"Bobo! I forgot all about you! I'm so sorry," Charity kisses Bobo. "Bobo's my pet. I left him out
last night before dinner and forgot to take him in."
"I'm glad you forgot," Amelia says. "It stinks."
"Must need a bath, after all those adventures."
"If I were your mother, I would have forced you to put it back where you found it."
"But you are my mother...I mean you will be."
"If I marry Prince Peace."
Charity sighs. "I wish it were not 'if'. You MUST marry him or I will cease to exist."
"Look at what we have here!" Lina announces as she drags a scowling man to their picnic site.
"Father?" Charity whispers.
"We caught him sneaking up on us," Gourry says.
"I did NOT sneak up on you. I was sneaking up on the person who was sneaking up on you," Peace
lashes out angrily. "I am a Prince. And I do not appreciate being dragged around like dirt."
"You are that Prince---Peace!" Amelia exclaims.
"That, I am."
"I am definitely not marrying him," Amelia announced to Charity.
*o*
Back to the Future
"If Gourry still married you in the past, then why did the castle tumble down around us?" asks
Zelgadis.
"I have no idea," Lina pokes glumly at the campfire with a stick. "I don't why the castle
vanished out of existance. I don't know where Gourry is. I don't know what is happening in the
past. My memory gets so confusing. And I feel that I don't know anything else these days."
"Don't try to worry too much."
"Zelgadis, have your memory been modified in any way?"
"Yes it has been."
"Do you remember anything that happened in the past?"
"Nothing of significance. Yes, I still remember that wedding of yours and Gourry. But of Amelia
and Peace...I'm sorry...I can't remember."
"I can't remember either. That is what that is worrying me. What if--If Amelia hadn't married
Peace, the castle wouldn't have been built?"
"It is possible."
"I want to go back in time Gourry. I want to go back and save Amelia from being poisoned and..."
Lina sighs. "I want to return all our Destiny back to normal."
"You might as well say that you want to stop the creator of the Time Spell from creating the
spell."
"Yes, that's it. I will stop whoever from making the time spell."
"Then you ARE manipulating our Destiny. Have you ever thought that maybe it was our destiny to
be like this?"
"I've never thought of that."
Zelgadis turns to look at the night sky. "Destiny is a very complex thing. Even I, as the blue
sorceror, cannot understand it. Just like the moon in the night and sun in the day, we cannot
change our Destiny. Eventually, the moon sets to make way for the sun, and the sun sets to make
way for the moon."
"You mean, to stop this whole thing is impossible?"
"I didn't say you can't try," Zelgadis says. "You can. Our Destiny will still be the outcome."
"Then I will go back in time to stop the rise of Monthzie."
"And I--will sit here waiting..." before Zelgadis finishes his words, Lina has already disappear
into the air. "For you..."
--------------------------------------2 B continued