Great Escape
Bit, Leena, and Harry were all locked in a small cell in the jail, stripped of weapons and armor, and awaiting their audience with the emperor. As expected, the person most upset was the person who'd made the mess in the first place. . .Harry. "Wait till my father here's about this," he complained, "He'll get me out of this jail in no time flat. Then we'll sue them for wrongful imprisonment."
Bit told Harry, "One, we were trespassing, so they have a reason to incarcerate us. And two, we're no longer in Jatiran. The emperor of Vilyane isn't going to listen to a rich merchant in Jatiran whining to let his son out of prison."
"That reminds me Harry, come closer," ordered Leena. When he did so, she got him in a headlock, slapped him in the face, and kicked him in the groin. "That's for alerting the guards with all of your screaming before."
"Oh Leena, if you wish to hit me to take out your frustrations, I'll be your personal stress relief agent," he exclaimed.
"With pleasure," smirked Leena. She then knocked Harry across the cell, and went to sit on the bed next to Bit.
"How do you suppose we escape?" she inquired, "We need to get out of here before we're sacrificed like those poor soldiers."
Bit replied, "We'll think of something, I'm just not sure what yet."
At that moment, a group of guards arrived. The leader stepped up and unlocked the cell. "It's time to see the emperor," he told them. The trio was led along with the guards to the main audience chamber on the ground floor of the castle.
Once in the chamber, they were brought before the emperor and his advisors. The emperor was an elderly man with white hair styled similar to Naomi's, dark glasses covering his eyes, and expensive robes. He sat on the throne with a young man with golden hair and flowing black robes standing next to him. On either side of the dais where the throne sat was one of his other advisors. One had dark gray hair with streaks of white in it, while the other had black hair and wore these ridiculous sunglasses.
"Welcome to Vilyane, Jatiran spies," began the emperor, "I see some real catches here tonight. We have the daughter of the Toros family, and the son of the Champ family. You may fetch a hefty ransom, if your parents survived my assault on Jatiran that is." He began to laugh.
"Why you," yelled Leena. She tried to lunge at Emperor Vilyane, but her chains kept her from going very far.
The emperor continued his speech. "If I can't get in touch with your parents soon.then I'm afraid that I'll have to do to you what I did to the soldiers you saw earlier. I'm betting that you're the reason they got away from the dungeon. In the meantime, you three will return there. I've got more important things to worry about, like those darn rebels."
"Let's go," said a guard. The three captives were then taken back to their cells.
* * *
That night, Bit awoke to a scraping sound. He saw Leena hard at work at the lock on their cell. She was using her favorite hairpin as a lockpick, in hopes of freeing them. Soon, the lock was open, but the hairpin was completely wrecked.
"Leena, wasn't that your favorite pin? Why did you break it?" inquired Bit.
"It was my favorite," replied Leena, "It was left to me by my mother. But I'm sure she's much more worried about me than the clip. Besides, if we want to survive, some sacrifices must be made." "You're right. Harry, get the lead out. Do you want to be fed to a demon?" called Bit. He and Leena hastily grabbed their weapons and armor and put them on.
"N. . .n. . .no," stuttered Harry. They all then went down the tunnel that the guards had lazily forgotten to cover up after the afternoon.
* * *
"How dare you make someone of my stature travel this smelly tunnel," whined Harry.
"Would you rather us leave you up there with the soldiers?" asked Bit, "I'm sure the emperor really wants the ransom money from your father. Or he'll throw you to a demon." When Harry shook his head, Bit replied, "I thought so."
Leena told him, "You didn't seem to have any problems coming through the tunnel when you got us all caught by the Imperial Guard."
"That was because I was coming to see you pumpkin," stated Harry.
Suddenly, a giant sewer monster appeared. Instantly, it lunged for Leena. Bit - - using his lightning fast reflexes - - jumped in front of the attack and slashed the beast. But his arm was severely hurt in the process. Leena's eyes suddenly flared up with anger. She screamed, "EXPLOSIVE FLARE." At once, a pillar of fire covered the monster, and exploded outwards - - not hitting the trio for some unknown reason. Leena then ran to Bit's side to check on him.
The wound was pretty large. Leena could see that he was in dire need of healing. So she concentrated, and began using the only healing spell she knew, Life Water. But it wasn't enough to help heal the wound.
"Bit, please don't leave me," cried Leena, "I don't want to be left alone anymore. I.I.I love you Bit Cloud." With those words, she began to cry. One of her tears fell down, heading for her friend's wounded body.
At that moment, something extraordinary happened. Leena's tear multiplied and became a rainstorm that cascaded over the wound. Instantly, it began to glow. Leena knew what was happening, in her despair, she'd learned to harness the power of the ultimate healing spell, Life Rain.
Bit's wound began to heal, and he sat up. Leena smiled, and yelled, "Bit, you're ok!" Then she gave him a big hug.
Bit smiled at the young girl laying in his arms. "I love you too Leena," he whispered.
- - - -
Any similarities between this and the end of Beauty and the Beast are purely coincidental. I just thought it would be sweet for Leena to save Bit with her tears. We'll show Harry's reaction next time.
Bit, Leena, and Harry were all locked in a small cell in the jail, stripped of weapons and armor, and awaiting their audience with the emperor. As expected, the person most upset was the person who'd made the mess in the first place. . .Harry. "Wait till my father here's about this," he complained, "He'll get me out of this jail in no time flat. Then we'll sue them for wrongful imprisonment."
Bit told Harry, "One, we were trespassing, so they have a reason to incarcerate us. And two, we're no longer in Jatiran. The emperor of Vilyane isn't going to listen to a rich merchant in Jatiran whining to let his son out of prison."
"That reminds me Harry, come closer," ordered Leena. When he did so, she got him in a headlock, slapped him in the face, and kicked him in the groin. "That's for alerting the guards with all of your screaming before."
"Oh Leena, if you wish to hit me to take out your frustrations, I'll be your personal stress relief agent," he exclaimed.
"With pleasure," smirked Leena. She then knocked Harry across the cell, and went to sit on the bed next to Bit.
"How do you suppose we escape?" she inquired, "We need to get out of here before we're sacrificed like those poor soldiers."
Bit replied, "We'll think of something, I'm just not sure what yet."
At that moment, a group of guards arrived. The leader stepped up and unlocked the cell. "It's time to see the emperor," he told them. The trio was led along with the guards to the main audience chamber on the ground floor of the castle.
Once in the chamber, they were brought before the emperor and his advisors. The emperor was an elderly man with white hair styled similar to Naomi's, dark glasses covering his eyes, and expensive robes. He sat on the throne with a young man with golden hair and flowing black robes standing next to him. On either side of the dais where the throne sat was one of his other advisors. One had dark gray hair with streaks of white in it, while the other had black hair and wore these ridiculous sunglasses.
"Welcome to Vilyane, Jatiran spies," began the emperor, "I see some real catches here tonight. We have the daughter of the Toros family, and the son of the Champ family. You may fetch a hefty ransom, if your parents survived my assault on Jatiran that is." He began to laugh.
"Why you," yelled Leena. She tried to lunge at Emperor Vilyane, but her chains kept her from going very far.
The emperor continued his speech. "If I can't get in touch with your parents soon.then I'm afraid that I'll have to do to you what I did to the soldiers you saw earlier. I'm betting that you're the reason they got away from the dungeon. In the meantime, you three will return there. I've got more important things to worry about, like those darn rebels."
"Let's go," said a guard. The three captives were then taken back to their cells.
* * *
That night, Bit awoke to a scraping sound. He saw Leena hard at work at the lock on their cell. She was using her favorite hairpin as a lockpick, in hopes of freeing them. Soon, the lock was open, but the hairpin was completely wrecked.
"Leena, wasn't that your favorite pin? Why did you break it?" inquired Bit.
"It was my favorite," replied Leena, "It was left to me by my mother. But I'm sure she's much more worried about me than the clip. Besides, if we want to survive, some sacrifices must be made." "You're right. Harry, get the lead out. Do you want to be fed to a demon?" called Bit. He and Leena hastily grabbed their weapons and armor and put them on.
"N. . .n. . .no," stuttered Harry. They all then went down the tunnel that the guards had lazily forgotten to cover up after the afternoon.
* * *
"How dare you make someone of my stature travel this smelly tunnel," whined Harry.
"Would you rather us leave you up there with the soldiers?" asked Bit, "I'm sure the emperor really wants the ransom money from your father. Or he'll throw you to a demon." When Harry shook his head, Bit replied, "I thought so."
Leena told him, "You didn't seem to have any problems coming through the tunnel when you got us all caught by the Imperial Guard."
"That was because I was coming to see you pumpkin," stated Harry.
Suddenly, a giant sewer monster appeared. Instantly, it lunged for Leena. Bit - - using his lightning fast reflexes - - jumped in front of the attack and slashed the beast. But his arm was severely hurt in the process. Leena's eyes suddenly flared up with anger. She screamed, "EXPLOSIVE FLARE." At once, a pillar of fire covered the monster, and exploded outwards - - not hitting the trio for some unknown reason. Leena then ran to Bit's side to check on him.
The wound was pretty large. Leena could see that he was in dire need of healing. So she concentrated, and began using the only healing spell she knew, Life Water. But it wasn't enough to help heal the wound.
"Bit, please don't leave me," cried Leena, "I don't want to be left alone anymore. I.I.I love you Bit Cloud." With those words, she began to cry. One of her tears fell down, heading for her friend's wounded body.
At that moment, something extraordinary happened. Leena's tear multiplied and became a rainstorm that cascaded over the wound. Instantly, it began to glow. Leena knew what was happening, in her despair, she'd learned to harness the power of the ultimate healing spell, Life Rain.
Bit's wound began to heal, and he sat up. Leena smiled, and yelled, "Bit, you're ok!" Then she gave him a big hug.
Bit smiled at the young girl laying in his arms. "I love you too Leena," he whispered.
- - - -
Any similarities between this and the end of Beauty and the Beast are purely coincidental. I just thought it would be sweet for Leena to save Bit with her tears. We'll show Harry's reaction next time.