Slayers Mystic
Episode 15
Change of Heart: A Challenge!
A thought bubble
--I'm so confused! Why? WHY must it be me?? I wish...I wish there is something I could do that
would not hurt anybody! I WISH! I can't go on like this! It's driving me crazy! Amelia. Amelia,
I feel like I'm starting to love you. I think I _am_. But I can't. I can't. I know it is not in
our rightful destinies. You, Amelia. You are the Princess of Saillune. And I. I am just swordsman
whose sword is for sell. Someday, someday you will be the Queen of Saillune, and I will still be
a swordsman. Someday. Someday you will be someone's queen. Never mine. Never mine. I just wish...
...I'm sorry...I can't say. I can't say that I love you. I just want to...but I can't. Amelia.
Someday, you will be the Queen, but I will still be a swordsman. We can't go on like this. Our
destinies are different. I. I have to be with Lina. Someday I will marry her. Someday. Sometime.
Somewhere. That is my destiny. Someday you will reign in your kingdom. Someday you will need
help. And we will be there for you. For that is our destiny.--
*0*
"What are you doing here?" Peace groans when Amelia prodded him awake.
"We're locked in."
"You are the one who locked me in," Peace yawns and turns away to sleep.
"You don't understand. _We_ are locked in together."
"What?" Peace sits up and scratches his chin. "Why are you locked in with me? I thought you hate
me."
"I did not _want_ to be locked in with you that's for sure," Amelia replies. "I am locked in with
you."
"Then who locked you in?"
"Charity," says Amelia.
"Oh, that tall girl."
"So what are we going to do?" wails Amelia.
"We? _We_ are not doing anything. You're the one who locked me in. You're the one who let
yourself get locked in. So _you_ get yourself out." Peace replies. "You locked me in even when I
told you that I was innocent. I did not peeped at you. It was that weird green-haired guy who is
always talking to himself."
"You mean Patriot?"
"Whatever."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Would you listen? Would anyone listen?" Peace looks at Amelia. "Everyone says, 'Why didn't you
tell me?' but nobody listens to Peace. Oh yes, Prince Peace, the only prince out of the royal
family who won't be getting his own palace, his own army to command, his own choice even."
Amelia looks sympathetic, so Peace is inclined to continue complaining. "'Go marry Princess
Amelia' the king says. 'She's going to be the most powerful person in the whole continent.' Then
I can make my own decisions, have my own palace, and have my own army to command. Only then I can
have my own power."
"But," Amelia protests. "How can I be the most powerful person in the continent? As for power..."
"A person cannot live without power. Without control."
"You don't need power. All you need is a little love..."
"Prove it."
"I will." Amelia stares at him in the eye.
*0*
The ball _is_ supposed to end at midnight, but with Patriot and Vee fighting and with Bobo's
unwelcomed appearance, the party-goers left in a hurry by eight.
"Well." Lina clucks her tongue and looks at Patriot and Vee. "Who could have known? Both of you,
enemies from the future. Then, a truce."
"It's not that bad," Charity adds. "Having peace is good."
"Have you forgotten that they murdered your mother?" Vee folds her arms across her chest.
"She's alive now," Charity sighs. "Forgive and forget. That's the best thing. And didn't Patriot
say that he didn't want to fight?"
"Yes. I don't really want to fight. Let's put it all behind us."
"Hmmph!" is all that Vee says. She didn't actually _want_ the truce, but...she wanted to know
what Patriot is up to. Charity, of course, as usual, is not part of her plan.
"Pip! Pip!" Bobo squeaks as it wriggles in Charity's arms.
"Where's Amelia?" Vee asks Charity.
"Somewhere," Charity smiles mysteriously. "Somewhere they will be together."
Patriot turns pale for a moment. "Where?" he asks.
"Why do you ask?" Charity turns to him.
"Because he's trying to stop Amelia from marrying Peace," Vee nearly says "moron," aloud.
"Stop fighting you two," Lina shakes her head. "You are acting like little kids."
"You act like one too!" Vee looks sharply at Lina. "Especially with Gourry."
"Where's he anyway?" Charity asks.
"Yeah," Vee replies. "One moment you were dancing with Gourry and the other, you were dancing
with _him_!" Vee points to Patriot.
"There's no cause to be rude to him," Lina advises Vee.
"Well, I don't care. Just because we are on truce, doesn't mean I have to all prim and proper to
someone who is trying to overthrow our kingdom. You are NOT in our time era, Lina. So you don't
know how it feels..."
"It's horrible," Charity says quietly.
"Pip!" went Bobo. "Pip!"
"Hmmph!" Lina goes. "I'll find him then."
Lina walks out of the ballroom. "I'll just look after her," Patriot says, and nearly walks off
when Vee grabs hold of him.
"No you shall not! It is time for you to be interrogated."
"What?" Patriot asks.
"Yes," Charity agrees.
"You are up to something. We are on a truce, remember? You are not supposed to meddle with our
affairs too-- besides not fighting," Vee says.
"You have no right!" Patriot goes.
"Pip! Pip!"
"Having a truce does not mean we cannot find out what you are up to," Vee twirls her hair.
"_Especially_ when it concerns my future mother, thus indirectly, concerns me."
Charity hugs Bobo and looks on.
"I know," Vee says with an accusatory tone, "that you have somehow fallen for Lina."
Patriot goes all red.
"Don't say anything. I can see through and true in you," Vee continues. "And I shall _not_ permit
it to go on. Lina WILL marry Gourry and that's that. You shall NOT meddle with the affairs of
Inverse and Gabriev or the truce will be broken-- whether or not the conditions have been
reached."
"You sound really professional," Charity mumbles to Vee.
"Of course I am," Vee replies. Then she looks at Patriot, whose jaw had dropped to the ground,
and says, "I hope you understand."
"Er...yes," Patriot says and backs out of the room.
"Well, now that's taken care of, let's find Gourry. Knowing my mother, she's probably somewhere
in the makeshift marketplace eating ice-cream rather than finding Gourry."
"But what about Amelia?" Charity asks.
"Ahh, don't worry about her. She will be just fine. Just fine I'm sure."
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Whoa, I'm at episode 15! It's incredible. The story does not stop here, of course. There's still
a long way to go.
Episode 15
Change of Heart: A Challenge!
A thought bubble
--I'm so confused! Why? WHY must it be me?? I wish...I wish there is something I could do that
would not hurt anybody! I WISH! I can't go on like this! It's driving me crazy! Amelia. Amelia,
I feel like I'm starting to love you. I think I _am_. But I can't. I can't. I know it is not in
our rightful destinies. You, Amelia. You are the Princess of Saillune. And I. I am just swordsman
whose sword is for sell. Someday, someday you will be the Queen of Saillune, and I will still be
a swordsman. Someday. Someday you will be someone's queen. Never mine. Never mine. I just wish...
...I'm sorry...I can't say. I can't say that I love you. I just want to...but I can't. Amelia.
Someday, you will be the Queen, but I will still be a swordsman. We can't go on like this. Our
destinies are different. I. I have to be with Lina. Someday I will marry her. Someday. Sometime.
Somewhere. That is my destiny. Someday you will reign in your kingdom. Someday you will need
help. And we will be there for you. For that is our destiny.--
*0*
"What are you doing here?" Peace groans when Amelia prodded him awake.
"We're locked in."
"You are the one who locked me in," Peace yawns and turns away to sleep.
"You don't understand. _We_ are locked in together."
"What?" Peace sits up and scratches his chin. "Why are you locked in with me? I thought you hate
me."
"I did not _want_ to be locked in with you that's for sure," Amelia replies. "I am locked in with
you."
"Then who locked you in?"
"Charity," says Amelia.
"Oh, that tall girl."
"So what are we going to do?" wails Amelia.
"We? _We_ are not doing anything. You're the one who locked me in. You're the one who let
yourself get locked in. So _you_ get yourself out." Peace replies. "You locked me in even when I
told you that I was innocent. I did not peeped at you. It was that weird green-haired guy who is
always talking to himself."
"You mean Patriot?"
"Whatever."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Would you listen? Would anyone listen?" Peace looks at Amelia. "Everyone says, 'Why didn't you
tell me?' but nobody listens to Peace. Oh yes, Prince Peace, the only prince out of the royal
family who won't be getting his own palace, his own army to command, his own choice even."
Amelia looks sympathetic, so Peace is inclined to continue complaining. "'Go marry Princess
Amelia' the king says. 'She's going to be the most powerful person in the whole continent.' Then
I can make my own decisions, have my own palace, and have my own army to command. Only then I can
have my own power."
"But," Amelia protests. "How can I be the most powerful person in the continent? As for power..."
"A person cannot live without power. Without control."
"You don't need power. All you need is a little love..."
"Prove it."
"I will." Amelia stares at him in the eye.
*0*
The ball _is_ supposed to end at midnight, but with Patriot and Vee fighting and with Bobo's
unwelcomed appearance, the party-goers left in a hurry by eight.
"Well." Lina clucks her tongue and looks at Patriot and Vee. "Who could have known? Both of you,
enemies from the future. Then, a truce."
"It's not that bad," Charity adds. "Having peace is good."
"Have you forgotten that they murdered your mother?" Vee folds her arms across her chest.
"She's alive now," Charity sighs. "Forgive and forget. That's the best thing. And didn't Patriot
say that he didn't want to fight?"
"Yes. I don't really want to fight. Let's put it all behind us."
"Hmmph!" is all that Vee says. She didn't actually _want_ the truce, but...she wanted to know
what Patriot is up to. Charity, of course, as usual, is not part of her plan.
"Pip! Pip!" Bobo squeaks as it wriggles in Charity's arms.
"Where's Amelia?" Vee asks Charity.
"Somewhere," Charity smiles mysteriously. "Somewhere they will be together."
Patriot turns pale for a moment. "Where?" he asks.
"Why do you ask?" Charity turns to him.
"Because he's trying to stop Amelia from marrying Peace," Vee nearly says "moron," aloud.
"Stop fighting you two," Lina shakes her head. "You are acting like little kids."
"You act like one too!" Vee looks sharply at Lina. "Especially with Gourry."
"Where's he anyway?" Charity asks.
"Yeah," Vee replies. "One moment you were dancing with Gourry and the other, you were dancing
with _him_!" Vee points to Patriot.
"There's no cause to be rude to him," Lina advises Vee.
"Well, I don't care. Just because we are on truce, doesn't mean I have to all prim and proper to
someone who is trying to overthrow our kingdom. You are NOT in our time era, Lina. So you don't
know how it feels..."
"It's horrible," Charity says quietly.
"Pip!" went Bobo. "Pip!"
"Hmmph!" Lina goes. "I'll find him then."
Lina walks out of the ballroom. "I'll just look after her," Patriot says, and nearly walks off
when Vee grabs hold of him.
"No you shall not! It is time for you to be interrogated."
"What?" Patriot asks.
"Yes," Charity agrees.
"You are up to something. We are on a truce, remember? You are not supposed to meddle with our
affairs too-- besides not fighting," Vee says.
"You have no right!" Patriot goes.
"Pip! Pip!"
"Having a truce does not mean we cannot find out what you are up to," Vee twirls her hair.
"_Especially_ when it concerns my future mother, thus indirectly, concerns me."
Charity hugs Bobo and looks on.
"I know," Vee says with an accusatory tone, "that you have somehow fallen for Lina."
Patriot goes all red.
"Don't say anything. I can see through and true in you," Vee continues. "And I shall _not_ permit
it to go on. Lina WILL marry Gourry and that's that. You shall NOT meddle with the affairs of
Inverse and Gabriev or the truce will be broken-- whether or not the conditions have been
reached."
"You sound really professional," Charity mumbles to Vee.
"Of course I am," Vee replies. Then she looks at Patriot, whose jaw had dropped to the ground,
and says, "I hope you understand."
"Er...yes," Patriot says and backs out of the room.
"Well, now that's taken care of, let's find Gourry. Knowing my mother, she's probably somewhere
in the makeshift marketplace eating ice-cream rather than finding Gourry."
"But what about Amelia?" Charity asks.
"Ahh, don't worry about her. She will be just fine. Just fine I'm sure."
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Whoa, I'm at episode 15! It's incredible. The story does not stop here, of course. There's still
a long way to go.