- 9 -
"This is Isabelle," Cirrus said, introducing the trio behind her, "And that's Michael and Alex."
"Hi," the twin brothers said, along with Isabelle.
"Isabelle says she knows a bit of stuff about the location of Figra and the others," Cirrus told them. Isabelle nodded.
"Yep!" she said. Alex and Michael looked at her.
"And you never told us?" they yelled. Isabelle frowned at them, then looked at Cirrus, Nimbus, and Ash.
"I could take you, if you want," she asked.
"That's fine with me," Ash said, "How about it?"
"I agree," Nimbus nodded. Cirrus also nodded. The decision made, they started the long walk back to Illusion Forest, and Tamur.
- Sunset Castle -
"Figra, you're going to tell her about that?" Violet squeaked.
"Duh. Yes, so we can figure out what to do!" Figra said, standing up. Along with Jagar, they walked out.
"Now what do you simpletons want?" Marjoly asked irritably, when they came in.
"The new Dragonmaster is going to try and find the castle," Jagar informed her. Marjoly looked at them carefully.
"Dragonmaster? What Dragonmaster?" she said.
"Well, you know the group I told you about? With Nimbus, Cirrus-" Violet started.
"Yes, yes, get on with it already! I know because of the stupid memory of this girl!"
"Um, you see, he is the Dragonmaster, saw the Black Dragon yesterday." Figra said. Marjoly frowned at them, then laughed.
"And you three are worried about it? Ha! This is brilliant!" she roared.
"Why is t-that?" they asked.
"Don't you three know anything? The Dragonmaster has part of Althena's power! We. Can. Use. That." she enlightened them gleefully, "I want to see him, NOW!"
"Y-yes, y-your m-majesty," they stuttered, taking their leave.
- Meanwhile -
"Ohhh, you're what?" Isabelle asked. Ash sighed, and looked at her.
"I will say it one more time! I am the DRAGONMASTER!" he said, getting irritated. Isabelle's eyes went wide.
"Oh, that is so cool!" she screamed. Nimbus, Cirrus, Alex, and Michael shook their heads.
"Hey, YOU!" Figra, Violet, and Jagar trotted over to them.
"What do you want?" Nimbus asked. Figra looked around at them, then at Ash.
"I need to talk to you," Figra said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Marjoly. She would just love to see you." she said, "So, you have to come to Sunset Castle."
"No way!" Cirrus yelled, "No one is going-"
"Shut up, Cirrus," Ash said. They looked at him.
"You aren't thinking about agreeing!" Nimbus gasped. Ash frowned slowly.
"I'm not thinking about anything. Figra, for this discussion to go any further, you must agree to this."
"Try me."
"I battle one of you three. You win, and I go on ahead with you. I win, she has to come here," Ash said. Figra looked at Violet and Jagar. They nodded.
"Agreed," Jagar said.
"You against me, again," Figra hissed. Ash nodded.
"Magic or no?" he asked, smiling.
"Both," she replied.
"Right," Ash said.
"No armor to help defense!"
"Right again."
"Oh no.this is going to be ba-a-a-ad." Michael and Alex said.
"You go first," Ash suggested, becoming serious.
"No, you," Figra said. Ash shook his head.
"No, ladies first.oh, wait-" he smiled "-you aren't a lady!"
"You're going to pay for that!" she hissed, using her fire and wind attacks on him (they don't fight very often, with magic, so I skimp on Figra's attacks.)
Ice fell out of the sky, via Ash's Freeze Smash attack. "Use one of your newer attacks!" Nimbus yelled.
Ash turned and looked at her in curiosity. "Huh?" he asked.
"White Dragon Protect, Red Dragon Anger, Blue Dragon Healing, and Black Dragon Grief!" she said. Ash nodded, and turned back to Figra. The White Dragon appeared out of no where. A white ball formed in the air, and fell down on him, protecting him from harm.
"Clever." Figra complimented Ash sourly, "But not clever enough." She shot a fire arrow at him, piercing the white bubble.
"Darn, I thought that would work!" he muttered. The Red Dragon appeared, and showered the field with fireballs. Figra laughed.
"Nope, still not good enough!" she snickered. She pulled a bow and poison-tipped arrows of ice out. She pulled the string, and shot three projectiles out.
"No!" Cirrus and Isabelle yelled. Ash stumbled back, and pulled the arrow out of his shoulder, the purple liquid poison dripping off it. He fell down to his knees, as the toxin took affect.
"Aha!" Figra looked down at him, her head tilted to the side, "You surrender?"
Ash looked up at her, frowning. "Y-yes." he wheezed.
Violet dashed over, pulling a bottle out of her dress. She settled down next to him, opening it. Carefully, she poured it into the open wound. Ash hissed in pain. "It counter-acts the potion," she said.
"Thanks," he muttered, shakily standing up. Figra looked at Jagar.
"Marjoly will strangle us if she sees him in such conditions." she commented, smiling, "Shall Violet use healing?"
"Yes, I would say so." Jagar agreed. They looked at Ash. Cirrus, Nimbus, Isabelle, Alex, and Michael seemed unnerved. Violet used her minimal healing magic to get rid of them.
"Yes, now, how do we get back to Sunset Castle?" Jagar asked. Figra rolled her eyes.
"How do you think? Teleport!" Figra sneered sardonically. Ash looked at them, fuming.
"Why does Marjoly want to see me?" he asked. Figra, Jagar, and Violet looked at him.
"We.don't know." Violet said.
"Ash, be careful!" Isabelle squeaked. He looked at her.
"OK," he said, laughing. Jagar tapped on his shoulder. He looked at her. "What?"
"She's waiting!" she said.
"Let's go then!" Ash said, sarcastically faking cheerfulness. Isabelle, Michael, and Alex cried out when they suddenly disappeared into thin air with a pop.
- Half an hour later -
"This is Sunset Castle, huh?" he said, looking around the hall. Violet, Jagar, and Figra glanced at him nervously.
"We should go see Marjoly, before she gets mad," Jagar muttered. They continued to walk through the castle.
"We're here. So, we'll leave. She'll be here soon." Figra said, as they left. Ash looked around. He walked over to the balcony, and looked around at the scenery.
The town about 50 miles away looked familiar..Tamur! "Ah, did you miss me, Ashy-boy?"
Spinning on his heel to look at her, his eyes narrowed. "What do you want?" he snarled.
"Oh? That's no way to treat me!" she giggled. Ash rolled his eyes, and looked at her.
"Let me repeat myself, what do you want!" Ash asked. He had a sinking feeling that she was trying to trick him.
"Nothing!" Marjoly walked over, and stood next to him. "Suspicious! You don't trust me?"
"Not right now." he muttered. She looked up at him.
'And to think thousands of years ago, I would've been taller then him,' she thought, smiling. Marjoly pulled her arm through Ash's, and pulled him off the balcony. "You want something to drink?" she asked.
Ash, glowering, nodded reluctantly. Marjoly told him to sit down, and left. She found her potion lab. Smiling wickedly, she found a flask filled with a bluish liquid. Pouring it into a glass, she turned and got a bottle of normal soda, and included that in to cover the taste of the potion.
"Here you are," she said, giving the glass to Ash. He looked at her, then at the contents of the glass.
"What is this?" he asked, sipping at it. He sputtered and spit it out. "This is nasty!!!"
"I could get you something different?" Marjoly insisted. Ash shrugged, and handed the glass back.
Back in the lab, she took another potion out. 'This will cover the taste.' Marjoly thought. She left again. "Here you are."
Ash, once again, was skeptical. He cautiously drank some of it. Marjoly tapped her foot on the floor impatiently. 'Come on!' she thought, 'Finish it!'
Putting the glass down, nothing left inside, he frowned at her in confusion. "What was that!" Ash said.
Giggling, Marjoly looked at him. "That was a potion!" she replied slyly.
"Darn you!" he snapped. Marjoly sat down next to him.
"It won't do.much," she mused, "You say you don't trust me, then trust me to not do something like that!" Ash shook his head, and glared at her. "You KNOW I'm telling the truth there!"
Ash hated to admit it, but Marjoly had hit the target in the middle. He was having trouble keeping alert, even when he first got there. "No." he said, looking at her, "This can't be-"
Before Ash could finish, the potion kicked in, and took affect.
"This is Isabelle," Cirrus said, introducing the trio behind her, "And that's Michael and Alex."
"Hi," the twin brothers said, along with Isabelle.
"Isabelle says she knows a bit of stuff about the location of Figra and the others," Cirrus told them. Isabelle nodded.
"Yep!" she said. Alex and Michael looked at her.
"And you never told us?" they yelled. Isabelle frowned at them, then looked at Cirrus, Nimbus, and Ash.
"I could take you, if you want," she asked.
"That's fine with me," Ash said, "How about it?"
"I agree," Nimbus nodded. Cirrus also nodded. The decision made, they started the long walk back to Illusion Forest, and Tamur.
- Sunset Castle -
"Figra, you're going to tell her about that?" Violet squeaked.
"Duh. Yes, so we can figure out what to do!" Figra said, standing up. Along with Jagar, they walked out.
"Now what do you simpletons want?" Marjoly asked irritably, when they came in.
"The new Dragonmaster is going to try and find the castle," Jagar informed her. Marjoly looked at them carefully.
"Dragonmaster? What Dragonmaster?" she said.
"Well, you know the group I told you about? With Nimbus, Cirrus-" Violet started.
"Yes, yes, get on with it already! I know because of the stupid memory of this girl!"
"Um, you see, he is the Dragonmaster, saw the Black Dragon yesterday." Figra said. Marjoly frowned at them, then laughed.
"And you three are worried about it? Ha! This is brilliant!" she roared.
"Why is t-that?" they asked.
"Don't you three know anything? The Dragonmaster has part of Althena's power! We. Can. Use. That." she enlightened them gleefully, "I want to see him, NOW!"
"Y-yes, y-your m-majesty," they stuttered, taking their leave.
- Meanwhile -
"Ohhh, you're what?" Isabelle asked. Ash sighed, and looked at her.
"I will say it one more time! I am the DRAGONMASTER!" he said, getting irritated. Isabelle's eyes went wide.
"Oh, that is so cool!" she screamed. Nimbus, Cirrus, Alex, and Michael shook their heads.
"Hey, YOU!" Figra, Violet, and Jagar trotted over to them.
"What do you want?" Nimbus asked. Figra looked around at them, then at Ash.
"I need to talk to you," Figra said.
"Why?" he asked.
"Marjoly. She would just love to see you." she said, "So, you have to come to Sunset Castle."
"No way!" Cirrus yelled, "No one is going-"
"Shut up, Cirrus," Ash said. They looked at him.
"You aren't thinking about agreeing!" Nimbus gasped. Ash frowned slowly.
"I'm not thinking about anything. Figra, for this discussion to go any further, you must agree to this."
"Try me."
"I battle one of you three. You win, and I go on ahead with you. I win, she has to come here," Ash said. Figra looked at Violet and Jagar. They nodded.
"Agreed," Jagar said.
"You against me, again," Figra hissed. Ash nodded.
"Magic or no?" he asked, smiling.
"Both," she replied.
"Right," Ash said.
"No armor to help defense!"
"Right again."
"Oh no.this is going to be ba-a-a-ad." Michael and Alex said.
"You go first," Ash suggested, becoming serious.
"No, you," Figra said. Ash shook his head.
"No, ladies first.oh, wait-" he smiled "-you aren't a lady!"
"You're going to pay for that!" she hissed, using her fire and wind attacks on him (they don't fight very often, with magic, so I skimp on Figra's attacks.)
Ice fell out of the sky, via Ash's Freeze Smash attack. "Use one of your newer attacks!" Nimbus yelled.
Ash turned and looked at her in curiosity. "Huh?" he asked.
"White Dragon Protect, Red Dragon Anger, Blue Dragon Healing, and Black Dragon Grief!" she said. Ash nodded, and turned back to Figra. The White Dragon appeared out of no where. A white ball formed in the air, and fell down on him, protecting him from harm.
"Clever." Figra complimented Ash sourly, "But not clever enough." She shot a fire arrow at him, piercing the white bubble.
"Darn, I thought that would work!" he muttered. The Red Dragon appeared, and showered the field with fireballs. Figra laughed.
"Nope, still not good enough!" she snickered. She pulled a bow and poison-tipped arrows of ice out. She pulled the string, and shot three projectiles out.
"No!" Cirrus and Isabelle yelled. Ash stumbled back, and pulled the arrow out of his shoulder, the purple liquid poison dripping off it. He fell down to his knees, as the toxin took affect.
"Aha!" Figra looked down at him, her head tilted to the side, "You surrender?"
Ash looked up at her, frowning. "Y-yes." he wheezed.
Violet dashed over, pulling a bottle out of her dress. She settled down next to him, opening it. Carefully, she poured it into the open wound. Ash hissed in pain. "It counter-acts the potion," she said.
"Thanks," he muttered, shakily standing up. Figra looked at Jagar.
"Marjoly will strangle us if she sees him in such conditions." she commented, smiling, "Shall Violet use healing?"
"Yes, I would say so." Jagar agreed. They looked at Ash. Cirrus, Nimbus, Isabelle, Alex, and Michael seemed unnerved. Violet used her minimal healing magic to get rid of them.
"Yes, now, how do we get back to Sunset Castle?" Jagar asked. Figra rolled her eyes.
"How do you think? Teleport!" Figra sneered sardonically. Ash looked at them, fuming.
"Why does Marjoly want to see me?" he asked. Figra, Jagar, and Violet looked at him.
"We.don't know." Violet said.
"Ash, be careful!" Isabelle squeaked. He looked at her.
"OK," he said, laughing. Jagar tapped on his shoulder. He looked at her. "What?"
"She's waiting!" she said.
"Let's go then!" Ash said, sarcastically faking cheerfulness. Isabelle, Michael, and Alex cried out when they suddenly disappeared into thin air with a pop.
- Half an hour later -
"This is Sunset Castle, huh?" he said, looking around the hall. Violet, Jagar, and Figra glanced at him nervously.
"We should go see Marjoly, before she gets mad," Jagar muttered. They continued to walk through the castle.
"We're here. So, we'll leave. She'll be here soon." Figra said, as they left. Ash looked around. He walked over to the balcony, and looked around at the scenery.
The town about 50 miles away looked familiar..Tamur! "Ah, did you miss me, Ashy-boy?"
Spinning on his heel to look at her, his eyes narrowed. "What do you want?" he snarled.
"Oh? That's no way to treat me!" she giggled. Ash rolled his eyes, and looked at her.
"Let me repeat myself, what do you want!" Ash asked. He had a sinking feeling that she was trying to trick him.
"Nothing!" Marjoly walked over, and stood next to him. "Suspicious! You don't trust me?"
"Not right now." he muttered. She looked up at him.
'And to think thousands of years ago, I would've been taller then him,' she thought, smiling. Marjoly pulled her arm through Ash's, and pulled him off the balcony. "You want something to drink?" she asked.
Ash, glowering, nodded reluctantly. Marjoly told him to sit down, and left. She found her potion lab. Smiling wickedly, she found a flask filled with a bluish liquid. Pouring it into a glass, she turned and got a bottle of normal soda, and included that in to cover the taste of the potion.
"Here you are," she said, giving the glass to Ash. He looked at her, then at the contents of the glass.
"What is this?" he asked, sipping at it. He sputtered and spit it out. "This is nasty!!!"
"I could get you something different?" Marjoly insisted. Ash shrugged, and handed the glass back.
Back in the lab, she took another potion out. 'This will cover the taste.' Marjoly thought. She left again. "Here you are."
Ash, once again, was skeptical. He cautiously drank some of it. Marjoly tapped her foot on the floor impatiently. 'Come on!' she thought, 'Finish it!'
Putting the glass down, nothing left inside, he frowned at her in confusion. "What was that!" Ash said.
Giggling, Marjoly looked at him. "That was a potion!" she replied slyly.
"Darn you!" he snapped. Marjoly sat down next to him.
"It won't do.much," she mused, "You say you don't trust me, then trust me to not do something like that!" Ash shook his head, and glared at her. "You KNOW I'm telling the truth there!"
Ash hated to admit it, but Marjoly had hit the target in the middle. He was having trouble keeping alert, even when he first got there. "No." he said, looking at her, "This can't be-"
Before Ash could finish, the potion kicked in, and took affect.