A/N: And so the truth is revealed...
HEY! DOES ANYONE COME HERE ANYMORE!?
...Er I mean...about the fic, not my sudden outburst.
We're nearing the final stretch of my attempt to rid myself of Writer's Block. (Which isn't working, by the way...)
Don't worry...I'll think of another fic...somehow...if you have any ideas, I would greatly appreciate them. Maybe I should try my hand at Spyro fics if I get really stumped...
I *WAS* thinking about putting my fanfictions in manga (Japanese comic) format for all to see, but then I realized the only characters I can draw are Pura, Polar, Dingodile, Crash (somewhat), and Coco. (Grr...Coco's hair is always a pain to draw.) So that dream shattered. Some time in the future, when my pictures of Tiny don't look disasterous, and Aku Aku and Uka Uka don't look...wierd, and Cortex's head doesn't look genetically enlarged, (although now that I think of it, it looks okay...) I may actually get around to doing that.
I should really shut up. Either I talk too much or is this an elaborate plan of my sub-consious mind trying to cheat to make this chapter longer...hmm...
I think it's both. -_-;; I'm stopping. NOW...er...after I sign my name...
~Raiegki Leviathan of the Grassrunners
~*~
Disclaimer: See Chapter Four for details
~*~
A Feudal Fairy Tale
Chapter Five: True Colors
~*~
Coco paced back and forth in the prison cell. The sky had grown dark after many hours, and things were not looking well. In fact...sunrise was only an hour away! Looking out the barred window, she could see that a faint glow was peeking over the horizon.
"Lassie."
Coco turned to face her cellmate, who was sitting in a pile of hay not moving, unlike her.
"Doest thou not think it be time to break out?" Koala Kong asked.
"How?"
"Ye be an angel." Koala Kong reasoned. "An angel be gettin' out of a mere cage easily."
"Well...I have something to confess."
"What it be?" Koala Kong eyed her with a frown for the very first time.
"I'm...not an angel."
"Then what be ye?" Koala Kong inquired. "A sprit? A lady warrior? A sorceress?"
"No, no, and no." Coco said solemly. "I'm just a regular bandicoot girl."
'A regular bandicoot girl who was mistakenly transported here...' she added in her mind. 'Crash, I wish you were here...you could do this. Easily. I'm nothing but your weakling shadow...'
Koala Kong looked at her in disgust. "Thou hast decieved me!" He shouted angrily. "I be killin' you with mine own hands!"
Coco backed against the wall. Forget execution, she was going to be killed by her own ally! Betrayed by the only person she could trust...well, perhaps she was the betrayer, lying to Koala Kong the whole time...
The immense koala, who seemed even larger than before, advanced on her, cornering the helpless bandicoot. "I admit, thou had me fooled, Lassie, but not anymore." He grabbed her arm so firmly, it fell limp and Coco could barely move her fingers. "I be makin' this quick, for I be not a man without mercy." He reached for her neck.
~*~
Koala Kong stopped and looked towards the stairwell near their prison cell, temporarly distracted. The faint sounds of footsteps could be heard. "They be comin' for us." He said, still positioned to kill. The shadow of a hooded figure holding an executioner's axe crept along the walls. Then, the figure itself came into view. Coco looked out the window once more. The sun had hardly begun to rise.
'He's alone...' Coco thought.
The executioner stopped in front of the rusted, iron door to their cage and took out a keyring. Two eyes looked at them, as he continued to flip through the rings. Holding one up with a hand covered with corse, light brown fur, he fit it into the keyhole and turned.
The door didn't open.
Lifting one of his ebony colored claws, he browsed through the keys again and put another one in.
The door didn't open.
A soft, frustrated growl was heard, as Coco and Koala Kong watched the odd sight. Gleaming fangs became visible as yet another key was tried.
The door didn't open.
A pair of eyes glared at the keyhole distastefully.
"Will you hurry up!?" Coco growled.
The executioner looked up at her. The eyes seemed offended and slightly hurt.
"There be not anything impossible for me to steal. There be not anyone swift enough to catch me. There be not anyone with a mind more crafty and clever as mine. There be no place I cannot hide. There also be no castle I cannot infiltrate."
Coco wriggled out of Koala Kong's grip and ran to the door. "Dingodile!?"
The executioner, who was indeed the banished thief, removed the cloak and nodded.
"Dingodile...?" Koala Kong repeated quietly, his frown growing more intense. "YOU BE THAT LITTLE SCOUNDREL THAT MADE OFF WITH ALL MINE GOLD THOSE MANY YEARS AGO!"
"Aye. And I be only five at the time." Dingodile chuckled, trying to smooth out the fur on his arms in vain. His corse, messy fur seemed to straighten out a bit, but it still remained in a mangled state, which made Koala Kong believe he should've stolen a brush instead of money. "But look at me now. I be a full-grown scoundrel now."
"Me thinks the dragon in the forest should have eaten you."
"..." Both Dingodile and Coco were silent.
"Full-grown rascal...pah." Koala Kong huffed.
Dingodile again fingered the keys, carefully trying to select the correct key to open the door.
Impatiently, Coco snatched the ring, picked a random key, and jammed it into the keyhole. She turned it...and the door clicked open.
"I thought you had an ethic moral against coming back." She stated, tapping her foot.
"Aye, but..." Coco swore she saw a twinkle in his eye. "...I be banished from the village, not the castle."
Koala Kong glared at the ex-thief. "I be not working with criminals such as thee."
"Well, thy walk in life be not so grand, either!" Dingodile barked back.
"Stop it. Both of you." Coco commanded, stepping between them. "If we're going to get through this...dead or alive, we're going to have to do it together."
"Fine." The blacksmith agreed a little hastily. "I shall cooperate...for the time being."
"Then I shall as well." The half-breed snarled, not too happy with the situation.
~*~
A sight to behold they were indeed. They were trio consisting of a small female orange bandicoot, a suspicious super-strong koala, and a sly dingo-crocodile who had rid himself of his larcenous tendencies. It wasn't too hard to find their way back to the Great Hall. They had a map, after all, and the two guards, Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe were more interested in arguing with each other than keeping their watch.
For the second time, Koala Kong placed his large hands on the large wooden doors...
~*~
End of Chapter Five
~*~
Raiegki: Hey, the last chapter is next!
Coco: Already? Wow...it usually takes months for someone like you to finish a multi-chaptered fic.
Raiegki: -_-;;
Koala Kong: Well, it's finally time to overthrow Cortex.
Dingodile: Wonderful. But...how.
Coco: We can't give that away in the preview! You'll just have to read and find out yourself. ^_~
Koala Kong and Dingodile: -_-;;
Raiegki: Right! ^-^ So, up next is the final chapter of "A Feudal Fairy Tale", Chapter Six: Final Conflict
Dingodile: Sounds sorta like a Gundam Wing episode...
HEY! DOES ANYONE COME HERE ANYMORE!?
...Er I mean...about the fic, not my sudden outburst.
We're nearing the final stretch of my attempt to rid myself of Writer's Block. (Which isn't working, by the way...)
Don't worry...I'll think of another fic...somehow...if you have any ideas, I would greatly appreciate them. Maybe I should try my hand at Spyro fics if I get really stumped...
I *WAS* thinking about putting my fanfictions in manga (Japanese comic) format for all to see, but then I realized the only characters I can draw are Pura, Polar, Dingodile, Crash (somewhat), and Coco. (Grr...Coco's hair is always a pain to draw.) So that dream shattered. Some time in the future, when my pictures of Tiny don't look disasterous, and Aku Aku and Uka Uka don't look...wierd, and Cortex's head doesn't look genetically enlarged, (although now that I think of it, it looks okay...) I may actually get around to doing that.
I should really shut up. Either I talk too much or is this an elaborate plan of my sub-consious mind trying to cheat to make this chapter longer...hmm...
I think it's both. -_-;; I'm stopping. NOW...er...after I sign my name...
~Raiegki Leviathan of the Grassrunners
~*~
Disclaimer: See Chapter Four for details
~*~
A Feudal Fairy Tale
Chapter Five: True Colors
~*~
Coco paced back and forth in the prison cell. The sky had grown dark after many hours, and things were not looking well. In fact...sunrise was only an hour away! Looking out the barred window, she could see that a faint glow was peeking over the horizon.
"Lassie."
Coco turned to face her cellmate, who was sitting in a pile of hay not moving, unlike her.
"Doest thou not think it be time to break out?" Koala Kong asked.
"How?"
"Ye be an angel." Koala Kong reasoned. "An angel be gettin' out of a mere cage easily."
"Well...I have something to confess."
"What it be?" Koala Kong eyed her with a frown for the very first time.
"I'm...not an angel."
"Then what be ye?" Koala Kong inquired. "A sprit? A lady warrior? A sorceress?"
"No, no, and no." Coco said solemly. "I'm just a regular bandicoot girl."
'A regular bandicoot girl who was mistakenly transported here...' she added in her mind. 'Crash, I wish you were here...you could do this. Easily. I'm nothing but your weakling shadow...'
Koala Kong looked at her in disgust. "Thou hast decieved me!" He shouted angrily. "I be killin' you with mine own hands!"
Coco backed against the wall. Forget execution, she was going to be killed by her own ally! Betrayed by the only person she could trust...well, perhaps she was the betrayer, lying to Koala Kong the whole time...
The immense koala, who seemed even larger than before, advanced on her, cornering the helpless bandicoot. "I admit, thou had me fooled, Lassie, but not anymore." He grabbed her arm so firmly, it fell limp and Coco could barely move her fingers. "I be makin' this quick, for I be not a man without mercy." He reached for her neck.
~*~
Koala Kong stopped and looked towards the stairwell near their prison cell, temporarly distracted. The faint sounds of footsteps could be heard. "They be comin' for us." He said, still positioned to kill. The shadow of a hooded figure holding an executioner's axe crept along the walls. Then, the figure itself came into view. Coco looked out the window once more. The sun had hardly begun to rise.
'He's alone...' Coco thought.
The executioner stopped in front of the rusted, iron door to their cage and took out a keyring. Two eyes looked at them, as he continued to flip through the rings. Holding one up with a hand covered with corse, light brown fur, he fit it into the keyhole and turned.
The door didn't open.
Lifting one of his ebony colored claws, he browsed through the keys again and put another one in.
The door didn't open.
A soft, frustrated growl was heard, as Coco and Koala Kong watched the odd sight. Gleaming fangs became visible as yet another key was tried.
The door didn't open.
A pair of eyes glared at the keyhole distastefully.
"Will you hurry up!?" Coco growled.
The executioner looked up at her. The eyes seemed offended and slightly hurt.
"There be not anything impossible for me to steal. There be not anyone swift enough to catch me. There be not anyone with a mind more crafty and clever as mine. There be no place I cannot hide. There also be no castle I cannot infiltrate."
Coco wriggled out of Koala Kong's grip and ran to the door. "Dingodile!?"
The executioner, who was indeed the banished thief, removed the cloak and nodded.
"Dingodile...?" Koala Kong repeated quietly, his frown growing more intense. "YOU BE THAT LITTLE SCOUNDREL THAT MADE OFF WITH ALL MINE GOLD THOSE MANY YEARS AGO!"
"Aye. And I be only five at the time." Dingodile chuckled, trying to smooth out the fur on his arms in vain. His corse, messy fur seemed to straighten out a bit, but it still remained in a mangled state, which made Koala Kong believe he should've stolen a brush instead of money. "But look at me now. I be a full-grown scoundrel now."
"Me thinks the dragon in the forest should have eaten you."
"..." Both Dingodile and Coco were silent.
"Full-grown rascal...pah." Koala Kong huffed.
Dingodile again fingered the keys, carefully trying to select the correct key to open the door.
Impatiently, Coco snatched the ring, picked a random key, and jammed it into the keyhole. She turned it...and the door clicked open.
"I thought you had an ethic moral against coming back." She stated, tapping her foot.
"Aye, but..." Coco swore she saw a twinkle in his eye. "...I be banished from the village, not the castle."
Koala Kong glared at the ex-thief. "I be not working with criminals such as thee."
"Well, thy walk in life be not so grand, either!" Dingodile barked back.
"Stop it. Both of you." Coco commanded, stepping between them. "If we're going to get through this...dead or alive, we're going to have to do it together."
"Fine." The blacksmith agreed a little hastily. "I shall cooperate...for the time being."
"Then I shall as well." The half-breed snarled, not too happy with the situation.
~*~
A sight to behold they were indeed. They were trio consisting of a small female orange bandicoot, a suspicious super-strong koala, and a sly dingo-crocodile who had rid himself of his larcenous tendencies. It wasn't too hard to find their way back to the Great Hall. They had a map, after all, and the two guards, Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe were more interested in arguing with each other than keeping their watch.
For the second time, Koala Kong placed his large hands on the large wooden doors...
~*~
End of Chapter Five
~*~
Raiegki: Hey, the last chapter is next!
Coco: Already? Wow...it usually takes months for someone like you to finish a multi-chaptered fic.
Raiegki: -_-;;
Koala Kong: Well, it's finally time to overthrow Cortex.
Dingodile: Wonderful. But...how.
Coco: We can't give that away in the preview! You'll just have to read and find out yourself. ^_~
Koala Kong and Dingodile: -_-;;
Raiegki: Right! ^-^ So, up next is the final chapter of "A Feudal Fairy Tale", Chapter Six: Final Conflict
Dingodile: Sounds sorta like a Gundam Wing episode...