A/N: Final chapter! YEAH!
This is where we wrap everything all up...and if this seems rushed, I apologize right now.
On a lighter note, I'll get started on anoter Crash fic ASAP. ~_^ I need an idea first. -_-;;
~Raieki Leviathan of the Grassrunners
~*~
Dislaimer: See Chapter Five for details
~*~
"A Feudal Fairy Tale"
Chapter Six: Final Conflict
~*~
"Just pull the door open!" Coco hissed.
Koala Kong tugged with all his might, and again before them, the Great Hall stood.
"Who seeks mine presence!?" A loud commanding voice boomed.
'He acts like a genie...' Coco rolled her eyes.
"WELL!?" The voice echoed.
"Now or never." Coco said to her two companions. "This is our chance."
Nervously, Koala Kong and Dingodile nodded.
All three of them rushed in. If the doorway wasn't so wide, they would've tripped over each other.
"You again!?" Cortex snarled, atop his porchlean throne. "Guards! Guards!"
Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe literately stumbled in. They appeared to be the only sentries in the entire palace. Still, they got up and withdrew their swords.
Unarmed, and almost helpless, the trio backed up against a table set up with food for what reason, it was unknown. Out of the corner of her eye, Coco saw a barrel of wine. Nudging Koala Kong, who immediately got the idea, she just uttered a soft "Go for it." and ran to the side, dragging Dingodile along with her.
Koala Kong lifted the barrel up off the ground and held it above his head. Stupidly, the Komodo brothers kept coming.
After balancing it, Koala Kong heaved the barrel at them, which exploded and got red wine all over the place.
"Mine floors!" Cortex gasped.
"Floors?" Dingodile chuckled. "A little spill should be the least of thy worries." With that, he got on all fours and sprang at Cortex, who immediately fled his throne. Dingodile growled, as all he was able to pounce on was an empty throne. He had a sudden urge to chip the jewels off the golden chair with his claws, but he then remembered he wasn't a thief anymore. The throne rocked back and forth, and just as it was about to fall over, he launched off it...into a puddle of wine.
"Idiot..." Coco mumbled. "But then again...at least he's doing something."
By now, Koala Kong had made short work of Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe. Taking one of the metal rings that held the barrel together, he placed it around the Komodo brothers to make sure they wern't going anywhere.
"Where be Cortex!?" He demnded.
"He escaped down that hallway." Coco informed, pointing down a dark corridor. "Let's go."
~*~
The hallway was pitch black, except for the crystals that lined the walls, but those crystals seemed so lacking in power, they were only able to provide enough light to see three feet in front of you, no more.
It seemed to go in a straight line for hours, but finally, an archway signaled the end of the hallway.
A click was heard, and a metal grating began to come down.
"Faster!" Coco shouted, quickening her pace. She lowered her head and broke into a dead sprint. She ducked under the grating and stoped to catch her breath.
She heard a yelp. She turned around to see Dingodile rubbing his foot in pain. But there was something more important.
Her two allies had not made it.
~*~
"Koala Kong! Dingodile!"
"Go on, lassie!" Koala Kong urged. "We shall be fine!"
"But...I can't-"
"Aye, ye can!" Dingodile interrupted, rubbing his sore foot. Kicking metal hurt, and he checked in case he cracked one of the claws on his foot. "Ye go after Cortex. We shall find another way in. Ye can do it...Ye can stop him. We know thou canest do it. The best of luck to thee...Coco."
Coco perked up. That was the first time ever since she first came to medieval Australia that someone called her by her name instead of "lass" or "lassie". With one last lingering look, she turned around and headed into the unknown.
~*~
Strange...this place wasn't on the map.
Coco proceeded with caution. What was waiting for her, she didn't know. She decided to be brave. Being brave didn't mean you wern't scared...being brave meant you were going to stand up and face your challenge...even if you were scared to death.
She found herself in a large square room made entirely of stones. It was about one hundred meters on each side, and the ceiling was about one hundred meters from the ground. Torches lit the area, ten on each wall.
A perfectly square chamber...it had an creepy feeling to it.
"Welcome."
In the center of the chamber was Cortex, sitting in an odd wooden contraption.
"This be the dungeon."
Without warning, an arrow flew by Coco. It grazed her hair and a few strands came floating down.
"This be the place of thy death."
Coco jumped backwards as an arrow struck the very spot she was standing.
There was no way she was going to surive this.
~*~
Coco ducked and an incoming arrow flew over her head and struck the wall behind her. She side stepped as two more arrows came in her direction.
"Thou shouldest stand in one place." Cortex mocked. "Then thy deat will come sooner and less painfully."
Another arrow wizzed by, but Coco's reflexes wern't as responsive this time. The arrow cut her cheek. She touched the wound and winced in pain.
"If that hurts...then thou shouldest try an arrow to thy heart!" Cortex shouted, releasing three more arrows.
The arrows flew by the bandicoot. One of them struck the wall. Coco looked at it, and suddenly had an idea. One that could possibly mean the difference between life and death.
Quickly, she ran along the walls, making it more difficult to hit her...until Cortex shot an arrow in front of her. It barely missed.
But that was exactly what Coco wanted to happen.
The arrow struck a torch and it fell to the ground.
Picking it up, Coco threw it at Cortex.
"No!" Cortex tried ueslessly to try to escape the flame, but his contraption...and himself was engulfed in fire. When it finally died down, all that was left was a pile of ash.
Coco grimaced and shut her eyes. The screams and the sight was a little too intense for her to bear.
"Thou hast done it!"
Coco oppened one eye and then the other. To her delight, she saw Koala Kong running towards her with a limping Dingodile following...not so closely behind.
"How did you two get in?"
"Koala Kong lifted the grate after we could not find another door." Dingodile explained, collapsing on the ground and holding his injured foot.
Bzzt. BZZZT. BZZZZZZZZT.
Electricity flickered through the air and a portal opened up, showing a familiar scene.
Coco stared at it wide eyed. Yes, this was it! This was the way home! For a while, she had forgotten all about going home.
"I can go home!" She cried happily.
"Home...?" Koala Kong repeated. "Er...we was thinking about making thou our queen."
Coco looked back in surprise. Her? A queen?
"If it was not for thy courageous actions, we would have been under Cortex's rule forever."
"As much as I would like to accept your offer..." Coco glanced over at the warp portal. "I really, REALLY want to go home..."
Koala Kong and Dingodile exchanged looks. Their once happy expressions filled with disappointment and regret.
"I'm sorry."
~*~
Crash sat silently next to the control panel. He hadn't budged for a long time, and Aku Aku, Polar, and Pura were worried for his health.
Crash believed that it was his fault his sister was gone, and he wasn't going to move until she came back...even if that meant letting Cortex take over the world.
BZZZZZT.
The portal opened and one foot steped out. Then another.
Coco looked around. Familiar warp room...familiar computer...but most importantly, familiar brother.
"CRASH!"
Crash looked up and suddenly his body was restored of the energy it didn't have over the past few days.
Crying, Coco ran to her brother and savored his embrace.
~*~
End
~*~
A/N: I'm so proud of myself...I finshed this relatively quickly. I might do some more stories about Medieval Australia, since after this Coco harnessed the rift between the real world and Medieval Australia, (Though I didn't bother to type it. Oo;;) so she...AND anyone she takes with her, can visit any time. (Heh. Tiny, meet your medieval, book worm counterpart. ^_^)
But I'd like to write something else before doing any of that, if I decide to, I want to write something else. Maybe the Crash section's first serious romance? If so, any preferences to a couple?
If not, I'll just use my cousin's favorte couple. ^_^
~Raiegki Leviathan of the Grassrunners
This is where we wrap everything all up...and if this seems rushed, I apologize right now.
On a lighter note, I'll get started on anoter Crash fic ASAP. ~_^ I need an idea first. -_-;;
~Raieki Leviathan of the Grassrunners
~*~
Dislaimer: See Chapter Five for details
~*~
"A Feudal Fairy Tale"
Chapter Six: Final Conflict
~*~
"Just pull the door open!" Coco hissed.
Koala Kong tugged with all his might, and again before them, the Great Hall stood.
"Who seeks mine presence!?" A loud commanding voice boomed.
'He acts like a genie...' Coco rolled her eyes.
"WELL!?" The voice echoed.
"Now or never." Coco said to her two companions. "This is our chance."
Nervously, Koala Kong and Dingodile nodded.
All three of them rushed in. If the doorway wasn't so wide, they would've tripped over each other.
"You again!?" Cortex snarled, atop his porchlean throne. "Guards! Guards!"
Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe literately stumbled in. They appeared to be the only sentries in the entire palace. Still, they got up and withdrew their swords.
Unarmed, and almost helpless, the trio backed up against a table set up with food for what reason, it was unknown. Out of the corner of her eye, Coco saw a barrel of wine. Nudging Koala Kong, who immediately got the idea, she just uttered a soft "Go for it." and ran to the side, dragging Dingodile along with her.
Koala Kong lifted the barrel up off the ground and held it above his head. Stupidly, the Komodo brothers kept coming.
After balancing it, Koala Kong heaved the barrel at them, which exploded and got red wine all over the place.
"Mine floors!" Cortex gasped.
"Floors?" Dingodile chuckled. "A little spill should be the least of thy worries." With that, he got on all fours and sprang at Cortex, who immediately fled his throne. Dingodile growled, as all he was able to pounce on was an empty throne. He had a sudden urge to chip the jewels off the golden chair with his claws, but he then remembered he wasn't a thief anymore. The throne rocked back and forth, and just as it was about to fall over, he launched off it...into a puddle of wine.
"Idiot..." Coco mumbled. "But then again...at least he's doing something."
By now, Koala Kong had made short work of Komodo Joe and Komodo Moe. Taking one of the metal rings that held the barrel together, he placed it around the Komodo brothers to make sure they wern't going anywhere.
"Where be Cortex!?" He demnded.
"He escaped down that hallway." Coco informed, pointing down a dark corridor. "Let's go."
~*~
The hallway was pitch black, except for the crystals that lined the walls, but those crystals seemed so lacking in power, they were only able to provide enough light to see three feet in front of you, no more.
It seemed to go in a straight line for hours, but finally, an archway signaled the end of the hallway.
A click was heard, and a metal grating began to come down.
"Faster!" Coco shouted, quickening her pace. She lowered her head and broke into a dead sprint. She ducked under the grating and stoped to catch her breath.
She heard a yelp. She turned around to see Dingodile rubbing his foot in pain. But there was something more important.
Her two allies had not made it.
~*~
"Koala Kong! Dingodile!"
"Go on, lassie!" Koala Kong urged. "We shall be fine!"
"But...I can't-"
"Aye, ye can!" Dingodile interrupted, rubbing his sore foot. Kicking metal hurt, and he checked in case he cracked one of the claws on his foot. "Ye go after Cortex. We shall find another way in. Ye can do it...Ye can stop him. We know thou canest do it. The best of luck to thee...Coco."
Coco perked up. That was the first time ever since she first came to medieval Australia that someone called her by her name instead of "lass" or "lassie". With one last lingering look, she turned around and headed into the unknown.
~*~
Strange...this place wasn't on the map.
Coco proceeded with caution. What was waiting for her, she didn't know. She decided to be brave. Being brave didn't mean you wern't scared...being brave meant you were going to stand up and face your challenge...even if you were scared to death.
She found herself in a large square room made entirely of stones. It was about one hundred meters on each side, and the ceiling was about one hundred meters from the ground. Torches lit the area, ten on each wall.
A perfectly square chamber...it had an creepy feeling to it.
"Welcome."
In the center of the chamber was Cortex, sitting in an odd wooden contraption.
"This be the dungeon."
Without warning, an arrow flew by Coco. It grazed her hair and a few strands came floating down.
"This be the place of thy death."
Coco jumped backwards as an arrow struck the very spot she was standing.
There was no way she was going to surive this.
~*~
Coco ducked and an incoming arrow flew over her head and struck the wall behind her. She side stepped as two more arrows came in her direction.
"Thou shouldest stand in one place." Cortex mocked. "Then thy deat will come sooner and less painfully."
Another arrow wizzed by, but Coco's reflexes wern't as responsive this time. The arrow cut her cheek. She touched the wound and winced in pain.
"If that hurts...then thou shouldest try an arrow to thy heart!" Cortex shouted, releasing three more arrows.
The arrows flew by the bandicoot. One of them struck the wall. Coco looked at it, and suddenly had an idea. One that could possibly mean the difference between life and death.
Quickly, she ran along the walls, making it more difficult to hit her...until Cortex shot an arrow in front of her. It barely missed.
But that was exactly what Coco wanted to happen.
The arrow struck a torch and it fell to the ground.
Picking it up, Coco threw it at Cortex.
"No!" Cortex tried ueslessly to try to escape the flame, but his contraption...and himself was engulfed in fire. When it finally died down, all that was left was a pile of ash.
Coco grimaced and shut her eyes. The screams and the sight was a little too intense for her to bear.
"Thou hast done it!"
Coco oppened one eye and then the other. To her delight, she saw Koala Kong running towards her with a limping Dingodile following...not so closely behind.
"How did you two get in?"
"Koala Kong lifted the grate after we could not find another door." Dingodile explained, collapsing on the ground and holding his injured foot.
Bzzt. BZZZT. BZZZZZZZZT.
Electricity flickered through the air and a portal opened up, showing a familiar scene.
Coco stared at it wide eyed. Yes, this was it! This was the way home! For a while, she had forgotten all about going home.
"I can go home!" She cried happily.
"Home...?" Koala Kong repeated. "Er...we was thinking about making thou our queen."
Coco looked back in surprise. Her? A queen?
"If it was not for thy courageous actions, we would have been under Cortex's rule forever."
"As much as I would like to accept your offer..." Coco glanced over at the warp portal. "I really, REALLY want to go home..."
Koala Kong and Dingodile exchanged looks. Their once happy expressions filled with disappointment and regret.
"I'm sorry."
~*~
Crash sat silently next to the control panel. He hadn't budged for a long time, and Aku Aku, Polar, and Pura were worried for his health.
Crash believed that it was his fault his sister was gone, and he wasn't going to move until she came back...even if that meant letting Cortex take over the world.
BZZZZZT.
The portal opened and one foot steped out. Then another.
Coco looked around. Familiar warp room...familiar computer...but most importantly, familiar brother.
"CRASH!"
Crash looked up and suddenly his body was restored of the energy it didn't have over the past few days.
Crying, Coco ran to her brother and savored his embrace.
~*~
End
~*~
A/N: I'm so proud of myself...I finshed this relatively quickly. I might do some more stories about Medieval Australia, since after this Coco harnessed the rift between the real world and Medieval Australia, (Though I didn't bother to type it. Oo;;) so she...AND anyone she takes with her, can visit any time. (Heh. Tiny, meet your medieval, book worm counterpart. ^_^)
But I'd like to write something else before doing any of that, if I decide to, I want to write something else. Maybe the Crash section's first serious romance? If so, any preferences to a couple?
If not, I'll just use my cousin's favorte couple. ^_^
~Raiegki Leviathan of the Grassrunners