Thanx to those who suggested ideas. However, I can't include Xelloss or Filia or any of the Slayers Next cast because I am not familiar with them. I'm really, really sorry...
Slayers Mystic
Episode 12
Again! To Recover the Past
"Accident!" says Charity for almost the hundredth time.
"Will you stop that!" Lina frowns. "You are driving me nuts."
"You _have_ to marry Gourry. You must."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Tell that to him!"
"I tried to, but he seems to be engrossed in entertaining...or trying to entertain Princess Amelia. You need an accident to get together."
"Then I'm going out! I'm not going to hang around here," Lina announces as she looks around her room. "It's cramped in here. And you better take care to hide Bobo. If he isn't a hit with Amelia, I doubt the rest of the court will like him."
"I will," Charity replies. She pets Bobo and tries not to worry about the shortening of her hair. She is getting younger by the day...she feels it. The fact that Amelia had announced earlier in the afternoon that she was not going to marry Peace is a cause of worry. Charity had seen her father, tall pale and handsome with dark locks. Lina and Gourry had caught him in the bushes sneaking around. Amelia ordered him to be locked in the guestroom until dinner, which was odd of her since Amelia is a mild person.
"Where is Vee anyway? I thought she was to stop the past from changing?" Charity wonders. "Hmm..."
"Pip! Pip!" cries Bobo.
"Oh hush, Bobo. I'm thinking. I feel so guilty about not doing anything---not being able to do anything. Lina tells me that Vee has helped slaughter a whole bunch of the Monthzie monsters. At least that stopped the past from changing too much, isn't it?" Charity combs Bobo's fur absent-mindedly. "And yet...I feel sure that this is not the end. We still--no--I still have to convince Gourry to marry Lina. You know...I...I get the feeling that his suit is not all about staying at the castle and eating lots of food...though there seems to be plenty to eat around here."
Her words are puntuated by Bobo's squeaks.
"I really don't know...I really don't know."
*o*o*
"Oops!" Lina bumps into a man. "Look out where you're going!"
"Sorry," the stranger flashes an apologetic look. "I was...Aren't you Lina Inverse?" asks the man.
"I am. Why do you ask? Do you need help rebuilding...er...the rest of the town?" Lina looks around her. Piles, and piles and piles of rubbles. People mill through the ruins carry sheets to build make-shift shelters where their own houses and shops once stood. "Isn't a pretty picture."
"I agree," the man's eyes glints in the sun. He smiles at her pleasantly. "I take it you are out to find someplace to find ice-cream?"
"Actually--" Lina starts to reply.
"I know of a place; I'll buy you one," he offers.
"Really?" Lina's eyes becomes wide.
"Wait, I'll buy you ten."
"Then let's go!" Lina shouts and drags Patriot off.
*o*o*o*
Back to the future; A thought/memory bubble
--I cared for you...I always will. You never knew how much I felt. Yet you were happy on that day. While my emotions shattered into a million pieces, choking me, I kept it all inside. I shared your joy...truly I did. I know my place, and I know yours. It was a short stint we had, but I will keep it in my memory forever. You won't stay happy with me forever. It was best that you went on that path and I went on mine...--
A soft breeze flowed into the oddly huge garden, bringing a whiff of fresh air in the hot sunny day. It was a buzzing atmosphere that shrouded the air. One of excitement. Of awe, wonder, and joy.
"On behalf of the kingdom, its representatives and members of the royal family, I pronounce you man and wife, King and Queen of Sailune and Elysian," said an old cronie from the Legislative Council--finally. The guests burst into cheers.
"Congratulations!" Lina clapped her hand on Amelia's shoulder. "Now when are you going to have children?"
"Miss Lina!" Amelia looked embarrassed.
"Drop that title will ya? We're already old. You're already old."
"Talking of which, when will you be getting hitched Mis..."
"Amelia!"
"Oh alright," Amelia sighed. "Lina."
"I don't know yet." She glanced towards a tall man. "The subject has not been brought up yet. Maybe...maybe after the trip. Anyway, I think Gourry wants a word with you."
"Lina?" Amelia looks at her friend.
"Go on," Lina nods.
Amelia adjust her crown and lifted her skirts. She walked towards Gourry.
"Gourry?"
"Uh...Hi Amelia! Congratulations!"
"Thanks. Will you be staying for dinner?"
"Gee Amelia. Perhaps...I've got to overlook some of the building plans first."
"Gourry. I--really appreciate that you doing this for me. I mean...after all that we've gone through. That you agreed to help rebuild the town--and stayed so long just to do it. I know how you love wandering and..."
"It's okay Amelia. I suppose you needed all the help you could...after..." Gourry looked away. "After that spell thing you did."
"I guess so. I didn't realise how difficult it was. Until...well, until I utterly grew up."
"You were rash. You didn't know the basis in magic--you can't blame yourself too much."
"Still, I should have listened to what Lina said before. I should have taken her words to heart."
"So, I guess you will be moving out of the castle of Sailune hmm?"
"Yes. I will miss the castle."
"When the rest of the town is ready, I will be calling on you. For the planning of opening ceremony."
"You know that you can find me at the summer palace of Elysian."
"..."
"I'm sure it will be nice."
"Amelia dear!" said Phil, beaming as he joined them. "Your carriage is waiting, and so does your husband," Phil winked.
"Daddy," Amelia blushed. "Please don't do that."
"I will be seeing grandchildren soon, won't I?"
"Are you sure you don't want to come along with us?" Amelia tried to change the subject.
"I am an old man Amelia. It makes me weary, to be travelling. Besides, I'd prefer to stay in the castle of mine."
"Then I will be seeing you soon, Daddy," she hugged her father, then Gourry and waved at Lina who was gobbling at the buffet. She lifted her skirts and rode away in the carriage.
*o*o*o*
Gourry lays Amelia on a mossy place. She is cold...and stiff. She is dead.
Slowly, tears roll down his cheeks. He is surprised at himself even.
Amelia is gone, he tells himself. Lina...isn't Lina who he loves? Yes, he loves Lina. What about Amelia?
Gourry touches Amelia's cheek and gently wipe away dried blood. The blood from her sickness. The sickness...somehow that was included in the past to change the future. To change this present.
"Why can't isn't everything right?" Gourry is angry. "Why!?"
"You can't do anything about it," says a soft voice.
Gourry turns and sees Vee. His eyes widens with shock. But what was rubbing in his sore is the state of his beloved daughter.
Vee had aged. She looks older and different now. By her side, a blood-encrusted sword hangs. Her face was one of cold and hard-hearted.
"Victory? What..."
"You nearly married Queen Amelia. Don't you remember?" Vee looked at her father. "I know you still care for her. But...are you alright, My Queen?..." Vee touches Amelia. "...it can't be. It can't be!"
"Victory..."
"She's..." Vee reels back in shock. "...gone. Then the kingdom..."
"Then we've lost," a new voice continues Vee's sentence.
"Blue Sorceror?" Vee looks at Zelgadis.
"We have a new Queen," Zelgadis says softly. "Charity."
"Zelgadis! Where is Lina?" Gourry asks at once.
"She is--gone." Zelgadis shakes his head.
"What do you mean 'gone'?"
"She has gone to the past. To stop Amelia from dying."
"But she will not succeed!" Vee cries out. "What about that Paradox thing that you two always talk about?"
Zelgadis shakes his head. "I think it is too late to stop her. She is...emotional right now."
"Then I will go after her. Which time did she went to?" Vee asks.
"Where you came from I think. And...if you see Charity, please bring her back," Zelgadis replies.
"You mean, you sent Charity to the past?" Vee stares at him. "Why? She can't even fight! She's a princess."
"Precisely. She has the right to defend her own kingdom."
Vee turns away and sighs. She looks at the body again and then at her father.
"Well Zelgadis? What do we do now?" Gourry asks.
"Bury Amelia I think. Then, first thing tomorrow, Vee, you shall tell us what you did this while. Then you shall go back to the past."
---2 B continued
Hmm... this is what happens when I try to couple up everyone with everyone else. A horribly messy love triangle...or square...or pentagon.
Slayers Mystic
Episode 12
Again! To Recover the Past
"Accident!" says Charity for almost the hundredth time.
"Will you stop that!" Lina frowns. "You are driving me nuts."
"You _have_ to marry Gourry. You must."
"Yeah, yeah, I know. Tell that to him!"
"I tried to, but he seems to be engrossed in entertaining...or trying to entertain Princess Amelia. You need an accident to get together."
"Then I'm going out! I'm not going to hang around here," Lina announces as she looks around her room. "It's cramped in here. And you better take care to hide Bobo. If he isn't a hit with Amelia, I doubt the rest of the court will like him."
"I will," Charity replies. She pets Bobo and tries not to worry about the shortening of her hair. She is getting younger by the day...she feels it. The fact that Amelia had announced earlier in the afternoon that she was not going to marry Peace is a cause of worry. Charity had seen her father, tall pale and handsome with dark locks. Lina and Gourry had caught him in the bushes sneaking around. Amelia ordered him to be locked in the guestroom until dinner, which was odd of her since Amelia is a mild person.
"Where is Vee anyway? I thought she was to stop the past from changing?" Charity wonders. "Hmm..."
"Pip! Pip!" cries Bobo.
"Oh hush, Bobo. I'm thinking. I feel so guilty about not doing anything---not being able to do anything. Lina tells me that Vee has helped slaughter a whole bunch of the Monthzie monsters. At least that stopped the past from changing too much, isn't it?" Charity combs Bobo's fur absent-mindedly. "And yet...I feel sure that this is not the end. We still--no--I still have to convince Gourry to marry Lina. You know...I...I get the feeling that his suit is not all about staying at the castle and eating lots of food...though there seems to be plenty to eat around here."
Her words are puntuated by Bobo's squeaks.
"I really don't know...I really don't know."
*o*o*
"Oops!" Lina bumps into a man. "Look out where you're going!"
"Sorry," the stranger flashes an apologetic look. "I was...Aren't you Lina Inverse?" asks the man.
"I am. Why do you ask? Do you need help rebuilding...er...the rest of the town?" Lina looks around her. Piles, and piles and piles of rubbles. People mill through the ruins carry sheets to build make-shift shelters where their own houses and shops once stood. "Isn't a pretty picture."
"I agree," the man's eyes glints in the sun. He smiles at her pleasantly. "I take it you are out to find someplace to find ice-cream?"
"Actually--" Lina starts to reply.
"I know of a place; I'll buy you one," he offers.
"Really?" Lina's eyes becomes wide.
"Wait, I'll buy you ten."
"Then let's go!" Lina shouts and drags Patriot off.
*o*o*o*
Back to the future; A thought/memory bubble
--I cared for you...I always will. You never knew how much I felt. Yet you were happy on that day. While my emotions shattered into a million pieces, choking me, I kept it all inside. I shared your joy...truly I did. I know my place, and I know yours. It was a short stint we had, but I will keep it in my memory forever. You won't stay happy with me forever. It was best that you went on that path and I went on mine...--
A soft breeze flowed into the oddly huge garden, bringing a whiff of fresh air in the hot sunny day. It was a buzzing atmosphere that shrouded the air. One of excitement. Of awe, wonder, and joy.
"On behalf of the kingdom, its representatives and members of the royal family, I pronounce you man and wife, King and Queen of Sailune and Elysian," said an old cronie from the Legislative Council--finally. The guests burst into cheers.
"Congratulations!" Lina clapped her hand on Amelia's shoulder. "Now when are you going to have children?"
"Miss Lina!" Amelia looked embarrassed.
"Drop that title will ya? We're already old. You're already old."
"Talking of which, when will you be getting hitched Mis..."
"Amelia!"
"Oh alright," Amelia sighed. "Lina."
"I don't know yet." She glanced towards a tall man. "The subject has not been brought up yet. Maybe...maybe after the trip. Anyway, I think Gourry wants a word with you."
"Lina?" Amelia looks at her friend.
"Go on," Lina nods.
Amelia adjust her crown and lifted her skirts. She walked towards Gourry.
"Gourry?"
"Uh...Hi Amelia! Congratulations!"
"Thanks. Will you be staying for dinner?"
"Gee Amelia. Perhaps...I've got to overlook some of the building plans first."
"Gourry. I--really appreciate that you doing this for me. I mean...after all that we've gone through. That you agreed to help rebuild the town--and stayed so long just to do it. I know how you love wandering and..."
"It's okay Amelia. I suppose you needed all the help you could...after..." Gourry looked away. "After that spell thing you did."
"I guess so. I didn't realise how difficult it was. Until...well, until I utterly grew up."
"You were rash. You didn't know the basis in magic--you can't blame yourself too much."
"Still, I should have listened to what Lina said before. I should have taken her words to heart."
"So, I guess you will be moving out of the castle of Sailune hmm?"
"Yes. I will miss the castle."
"When the rest of the town is ready, I will be calling on you. For the planning of opening ceremony."
"You know that you can find me at the summer palace of Elysian."
"..."
"I'm sure it will be nice."
"Amelia dear!" said Phil, beaming as he joined them. "Your carriage is waiting, and so does your husband," Phil winked.
"Daddy," Amelia blushed. "Please don't do that."
"I will be seeing grandchildren soon, won't I?"
"Are you sure you don't want to come along with us?" Amelia tried to change the subject.
"I am an old man Amelia. It makes me weary, to be travelling. Besides, I'd prefer to stay in the castle of mine."
"Then I will be seeing you soon, Daddy," she hugged her father, then Gourry and waved at Lina who was gobbling at the buffet. She lifted her skirts and rode away in the carriage.
*o*o*o*
Gourry lays Amelia on a mossy place. She is cold...and stiff. She is dead.
Slowly, tears roll down his cheeks. He is surprised at himself even.
Amelia is gone, he tells himself. Lina...isn't Lina who he loves? Yes, he loves Lina. What about Amelia?
Gourry touches Amelia's cheek and gently wipe away dried blood. The blood from her sickness. The sickness...somehow that was included in the past to change the future. To change this present.
"Why can't isn't everything right?" Gourry is angry. "Why!?"
"You can't do anything about it," says a soft voice.
Gourry turns and sees Vee. His eyes widens with shock. But what was rubbing in his sore is the state of his beloved daughter.
Vee had aged. She looks older and different now. By her side, a blood-encrusted sword hangs. Her face was one of cold and hard-hearted.
"Victory? What..."
"You nearly married Queen Amelia. Don't you remember?" Vee looked at her father. "I know you still care for her. But...are you alright, My Queen?..." Vee touches Amelia. "...it can't be. It can't be!"
"Victory..."
"She's..." Vee reels back in shock. "...gone. Then the kingdom..."
"Then we've lost," a new voice continues Vee's sentence.
"Blue Sorceror?" Vee looks at Zelgadis.
"We have a new Queen," Zelgadis says softly. "Charity."
"Zelgadis! Where is Lina?" Gourry asks at once.
"She is--gone." Zelgadis shakes his head.
"What do you mean 'gone'?"
"She has gone to the past. To stop Amelia from dying."
"But she will not succeed!" Vee cries out. "What about that Paradox thing that you two always talk about?"
Zelgadis shakes his head. "I think it is too late to stop her. She is...emotional right now."
"Then I will go after her. Which time did she went to?" Vee asks.
"Where you came from I think. And...if you see Charity, please bring her back," Zelgadis replies.
"You mean, you sent Charity to the past?" Vee stares at him. "Why? She can't even fight! She's a princess."
"Precisely. She has the right to defend her own kingdom."
Vee turns away and sighs. She looks at the body again and then at her father.
"Well Zelgadis? What do we do now?" Gourry asks.
"Bury Amelia I think. Then, first thing tomorrow, Vee, you shall tell us what you did this while. Then you shall go back to the past."
---2 B continued
Hmm... this is what happens when I try to couple up everyone with everyone else. A horribly messy love triangle...or square...or pentagon.