And on it goes. This chapter is a bit shorter but the next one will be longer.
I have already seen the news about the third season and I must say that I am very happy about it. Also, I've already thought of a few names for the fan episodes.
I also like all the ideas and am still open to more and also episode titles. You are welcome to give me more suggestions.
If some of the boss characters don't show up in the third season, like Dr. Karl, I'll give them a different look as well. For that I would have to compare all the boss characters from the series with the game.
I'm also really looking forward to the new Pokémon game. I have pre-ordered crimson myself.
Until then!
With sleep in her eyes, she slowly woke up and was back in the familiar bedchamber. She saw the bookshelves in the corner, which were right next to the fireplace that was still burning and gave a good view of the two armchairs in front of it. Her photo was still on the nightstand. She had to smile when she saw it and wanted to get up to have a closer look. But the arms of the devil were in her way. He had a firm grip on her despite the fact that he was still asleep. And she knew that he would not let her go so easily. Even if he was still asleep.
Come on, big guy, we've had enough cuddling. She tried to lift one arm. But it was much too heavy. Great. She tried again. Only this time she didn't notice that the devil's eyes opened while he was watching her. Alicia tried again and was confused when she suddenly lifted his arm. Wait a minute. She turned around and stared into the yellow eyes of the devil who greeted her with a kiss on the cheek. "Morning my love" he said and grabbed her while sitting down cross-legged. "Morning" she said in a tired voice while yawning.
He had to smile as he rubbed her cheek and she had to smile herself. The king could not be happier. Near her, he was like a changed man. All the Imps and Demons who were normally afraid of him felt that. But his dominance was not gone even if she was with him. No one wanted to topple him from the throne. After all, he was the devil. No one could take his place. Not even the giant demons that were much bigger than him. But there was still one thing that was like a thorn in his side. Silk was still obsessed with becoming queen. Although the crown had already been given to Alicia.
The priest Imp had said it himself. "She is queen. Royal blood flows in her veins". Even though Alicia was not descended from a royal family, she still felt that her blood had changed. Silk could no longer change that. She was immortal and possessed far more power than any other demon. But the stubborn dog demon could not let up like the other competitors. She had resigned herself to not becoming the queen of Inkwell Hell anymore. Even Vespae refused. What confused Silk very much. After all, she was as obsessed with becoming queen as she was. "You should stop before you hurt yourself. The position is taken and you know the devil has chosen her," she said to Silk as she walked away.
But Silk did not give up. If she had to, she would fight Alicia again. Or maybe there was another way to get rid of the person from another world. She thought and had to laugh when she found a way. It was a bit condescending for her, but sending assassins to kidnap the queen is better than trying to kill her. But the devil was always with her. And when he wasn't with her, she was out on the islands with the two cup brothers. But eventually she will be alone or the devil will let his guard down. When that happens she will be gone and Silk would be the suitable successor for the human wolf demon.
But for now, she will have to be patient. Just like always, actually. And she hated that very much. Hopefully she will disappear from the screen soon, Silk growled when she saw the devil going to a rise with Alicia.
"Wait you want me to fly with you?" said Alicia as the devil transformed into his dragon form and circled her. She was still normal and didn't want to change into her Wyvern form. She could fly but she had only flown when she was under adrenaline or panic. She couldn't just fly off the ground like that. She also had problems with spitting fire. She walked away from the abyss and wanted to turn back, but a dragon's tail stood in her way. "Come on honey, it's easy" he said and turned her around with his tail so that she looked at him.
"For you maybe you don't have wings" she said and turned around again. But the devil turned her again and this time pushed her closer to his face. That's right. The devil was more like a Chinese dragon with a snake-like body with four to six legs, a dragon's head and fur on the upper part of the body that went to the tip of the tail. The only thing missing were the whiskers, which are extremely long. These he did not have. Alicia, on the other hand, was a Wyvern. She had wings and depended on them to fly. And as a human, you don't have wings. That she had to learn that was clear. It was like she was trying to learn to walk again like a baby.
But that didn't seem to bother the devil as he continued to circle around her. "Come on Alicia you can use magic, control time and use telepathy" She looks away from him as he says this. "Flying is a piece of cake for you!" she looks at him confused as she turns to face him. She couldn't ignore his googly eyes. She rolled her eyes. "Okay well you talked me into it" that pleased him very much. She changed into her Wyvern form and again had an uneasy feeling as he and she walked to the precipice. He flew into the air first and waited for her. She was still standing on the ground looking from him into the abyss.
Okay you can do this! She took a breath and spread her wings. She was ready to fly and was about to rise into the air when she suddenly realized that she was not flying up but falling down into the abyss. "Flutter! Move your wings up and down!" said the devil as he flew after her. But she didn't hear him, she just stared into the abyss before she was caught by the devil. With all his strength he was able to bring her upstairs. That she was out of breath like him could be seen. But he now knew why she didn't like to change into her Wyvern form. She needs someone to teach her how to fly like a dragon. But who could teach her?
Above the second island Grim flew peacefully and circled it. Bon Bon's cupcake house, Djimmi's tent, Beppi's roller coaster, Wally's birdhouse and the rest of the amusement park looked tiny from so far above. His tower was not far away and the dragon set to land until he is suddenly startled by a cloud of smoke "W-w-w-what the..." he said in a stuttering voice. He looks closer and saw the devil and Alicia coming out of the smoke cloud. When he saw Alicia he smiled and was more than happy to see her again. "A-a-a-alica what are y-y-y-you doing here?" he asked when he landed in front of the two.
Just as she was about to say something, the devil went forward. "We are here to ask you a favor" the dragon was confused and looked from him and then to Alicia. "W-w-what kind of favor?" he asked. The two explained to them what the reason was why they were with him. He did not know the problem with Alicia's Wyvern form. But he already suspected that she would have problems with flying. "I'd be happy to help y-y-you," Grim said with a grin on his face.
The devil was happy about this and disappeared so that the two were left alone. Alicia already suspected that it would not be easy, but Grim wanted to help her. It is certainly lonely to be the only dragon on the island. She turned into her Wyvern form and was definitely bigger than him. As a normal human, she was just about as tall as his knee. Now she was two heads taller than him. But that did not bother him. He explained to her with his wings how she had to move hers to fly either to the right, to the left, up or down. He also explained how she slowed down and how to speed up. "L-l-l-let's take a test f-f-f-flight then-n-n!" he said and flew ahead. She followed him and was able to fly despite problems. She did not stare down but the inhabitants of the second island saw the two.
Their shadows could not be overlooked. "Alright Alicia, y-y-y-you've got the hang of it-t-t-t!" said Grim as two more heads grew out of his body and cheered her on as he looked at her like he was swimming backwards. She swallowed and tried to keep up with him which is not that easy. But she managed and that pleased him very much. "O-o-okay then, l-l-let's see how w-w-well you do when we fly up s-s-steeply" he said and flew straight up. She followed him and like him broke through the clouds that blocked the view of the islands to a mountain top. It didn't look as beautiful as on D.L.C. Island but that didn't bother her.
As soon as they were up, Grim made a dive downwards. She followed his example and folded her wings. But on the way down she saw Hilda Berg lying asleep on her cloud. She almost threatened to crash into her. But she remembered the movement Grim had shown her to slow down. She spread her wings and slowed down before landing above the cloud where Hilda was still sleeping, but woke up from the flapping of her wings. "What the..." said Hilda startled when she saw the Wyvern hovering over her. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes until she saw it was Alicia.
"Alicia you sure scared me!" said the humanoid blimp as she stood up and to her and Grim flew onto her cloud. "We didn't mean to scare you Hilda" said Alicia as she looked to her. You could see the difference in size. Hilda was not even as big as Alicia's dragon head. But that didn't bother her. Actually, she landed with her cloud on Alicia's back. "Um what are you doing?" asked Grim's right head as he looked to Hilda. "Well, I would like to ride a dragon," she said. Alicia didn't say no and flew across the islands with Hilda on her back. Grim followed them and looked down from time to time. The other debtors waved at the three as they flew overhead. "Watch out Hilda, you're about to go up!" said Alicia and flew straight up while Hilda held on to her back spine.
As she said, Alicia flew up until she was above the clouds. The sunset could be seen better from here. Even if it is creepy that the sun itself had a face and greeted her. Teletubbies says hello. She was not a fan of the series. But she had to watch it with her brother because afterwards came her favorite series. All Dogs go to Heaven. "Wow I've never been up this far!" said Hilda happily with a smile on her face. This pleased Alicia very much. Grim also broke through the sea of clouds and was thrilled by the sight. But the longer the sun set, the colder it got for Hilda. Alicia and Grim did not feel this through their dragon skin.
But Alicia noticed that it was getting cold for Hilda and flew back down while Grim followed her. They saw the observatory from far away and landed directly in front of it to lower Hilda. "Thanks again for the flight" she said and walked to the front door of her observatory "Oh you don't have to thank me" said Alicia. But Hilda thanked her anyway and cuddled with her dragon snout before going to her observatory. "So you can fly pretty well, but what about spitting fire?" said Grim as he took a deep breath and spat out a medium sized fireball that landed in the sea and went out.
"Well on D.L.C. Island I already spit out a fireball that exploded" she said as she opened her mouth and it glowed blue. An equally large fireball came out of her mouth that thundered against one of the mountains and exploded. Grim was thrilled by this and couldn't stop wagging his tail like a dog. She had to smile when she saw that. "You can breathe different kinds of fire" Grim said as he showed her the two other kinds. Once there was a normal stream of fire that resembled a flamethrower and a big fireball that didn't explode but stayed on the ground and cooled down after a short time and crumbled to ashes.
As with flying, she was able to control fire breathing very quickly. So now she knew more than before. But Grim still gave her additional information. "I-i-if your h-h-h-head is wet, you can't spit f-f-fire," she guessed it would be like in How to Train Your Dragon. If the dragon's head is wet, the dragon will not be able to breathe fire for a short time. "But that doesn't mean you're weakened!" he raised his tail and showed his teeth. All three dragon heads didn't look so cute anymore. But that didn't bother Alicia. She looked menacing as well. Only she didn't have to show her teeth.
The spikes she had on the tip of her tail she could fire and use as weapons. So no matter if the dragon can breathe fire or not. He was still dangerous. That's what Grim tried to tell her. "I get it Grim!" she said which pleased him greatly. It was quickly getting dark and the two decided to fly to the cave passage that led to Inkwell Hell. The lights came on one by one as they flew over the city. It almost looked like the two were dragging the lights behind them. The Phantom Express slowly started its tour of the island, chugging through the countryside. Both dragons set down for landing and saw the devil standing in front of the entrance. He was amazed by Alicia's flying skills and thanked Grim. Grim nodded and flew back to his tower while Alicia, still in her Wyvern form, looked down at her husband.
He knew what she wanted and transformed into his dragon form. "Are you ready?" he asked her. She nodded and pushed herself off the ground as she flew past him and into the cave "I guess that means yes" he said and flew after her. Now both could make their rounds without any problems and look at everything from their kingdom. He wanted to show her more and that was only possible if she could fly. She could do that now and she saw something from afar that caught her eye. "Is that..." Don't tell me that he... "A pavilion" the devil finished her sentence.
They both landed next to it and she took a closer look. Like the columns in the throne room, it was made of marble and seemed to have enough space. Probably so that we both fit in our transformations. She changed into her wolf form and went through two columns before she went to the sitting area in the middle. She sat down and closed her eyes. It was pleasant in here. She felt nothing of the heat. But what she did feel was someone nuzzling her belly. She opened her eyes and looked down where she saw the devil in his goat form. He was a little smaller than her but that didn't bother him.
Now I feel like Gabu from Arashi no Yoru ni. That also fit because Mei was a goat and Gabu was a wolf. Just like her and the devil. Only the genders were swapped. Only the same scarf is missing then he really looks like Mei only with black fur instead of white. But she didn't have to worry about eating him. "What are you thinking about?" he asked her. Alicia didn't even notice that her tail was wagging. "On a movie I saw once" Alicia said as she felt him sink his head further into her fur and rub against it. Her tail kept wagging and tapping on the marble floor. "What's the name of the movie and what's it about?" he asked curiously.
"Arashi no Yoru ni is the name of the movie" she said while he tenderly stroked her fur with his horns. "Hmm On Stormy Night a funny name for a movie" he said. "It's a Japanese movie about a goat who meets a wolf in an old hut on a stormy night" that both were the same animals surprised the devil a lot. "But you're not going to eat me, are you?" asked the devil as he lifts her head slightly with his horns causing her to look up. "I would never do such a thing" she said and put her head on his shoulder. He and she lay down on the padded floor and slept. The devil was back to his normal form just like Alicia. It felt the same as the bed only it was lighter than in the bedchamber. Normally she always lay there in the dark. But thanks to her demon eyes she could see better in the dark and it looked quite normal.
But she got used to it just as she is now. She lay comfortably next to him and enjoyed it. But what none of them knew was that the people Silk had hired had surrounded them from afar. The bounty hunters had been waiting for this moment. The three lions and two tigers were all dressed in camouflage clothing and each had two bags. In one was a firearm and in the others were different types of ammunition. From killing arrows to stunning arrows. "She didn't want to kill them, right?" asked one of the tigers as he searched his pouch and considered which ammunition to take. "Yes she just wanted her away from the big one nothing more", "So a stun will do" said the tiger inserting a stun dart into his gun as he aimed at the devil and fired the dart.
The devil felt it and removed the stun dart that was stuck in his leg. "What the..." the effect of the tranquilizer dart quickly kicked in, causing him to quickly fall to the ground and only see everything in a blur. Alicia felt someone walking towards her and opened her eyes. But before she could react she was already caught in a cloth bag. "Hey, what are you doing? Let me out!" she growled while trying to free herself. But the bounty hunters were stronger and kept pushing her into the stuff sack before one of the lions tied it shut with a rope and threw the stuff sack over his back.
"So we have her, let's get out of here before the big one wakes up and realizes she's gone" said the lion and disappeared with the others. They had fulfilled their mission and just had to get out of hell. Silk would wait for them there and give them the appropriate amount. Of course, the Imps and the Demons noticed that something was wrong. Normally, visitors were rather rare down here. But that they were traveling so fast with a cloth bag was quite unusual for them. "We should tell the boss that something is wrong here" said a purple imp to a black imp. "Yes, especially there seems to be something alive in the cloth bag that one of them is carrying". Both of them flew to the boss, who was still lying stunned on the ground. "Boss wake up!" said the black Imp as he gently slapped the devil's cheek.
He woke up and only now realized that something was wrong. "Where is Alicia?" he asked when he looked around and didn't see her anywhere. You could see the panic on his face. "We saw five people carrying something in a cloth bag on the way to the exit" said the purple imp. When the devil heard that, he growled. Both Imps took a few steps back when they saw how angry the devil was. His fur was on fire as he growled even more. "Where are those five!?" he said in a demonic voice as he looked to the Imps. They pointed in the direction they came from.
He took a deep breath and roared. Several flames shot out of him and almost hit the two Imps if they hadn't dodged in time. The roar resounded through hell and was heard by the five bounty hunters. "Damn he's awake!" said the lion, trying to run on with the others. But Alicia tried to free herself and managed to do so. But the tiger that was behind the lion grabbed her and stuffed her back into the stuff sack. "You stay in here nicely" he said and continued walking. The exit was still far away, as was the payment. "Let's hope she pays well" said the lion.
Enraged and angry, the devil stopped roaring and walked toward the abyss. His fur was now red from the flames that were still around him. Both Imps were confused. "Um boss why are you running into the abyss?" but the devil did not answer his question. He jumped down. Both Imps looked down and were startled by what they saw. So much so that they ran away. The bounty hunters didn't notice the danger they were in.
Through the action they had taken, they had not only made the devil angry. As with John, his protective instinct kicked in. And because he was in his kingdom, he reacted differently than in Alicia's world. When the five already saw the exit, the ground suddenly shook and the five bounty hunters stopped. "What's going on now?" asked one of the tigers as they suddenly saw a large shadow behind them. They all turned around and saw the devil standing behind them. He was huge and glowing reddish through the lava.
The tiger dropped the bag Alicia was in and wanted to run away but the devil grabbed him and the other four in his one hand and burned them to ashes. Only their souls remained, which he threw into the lava lake where sea serpents like demons caught them. Alicia still tried to free herself but the sack was still closed until something sharp broke it open and she lay on the devil's hand. She was glad that he had saved her from those bounty hunters. Both said nothing as the devil went to his tower. Alicia was very knocked out by the whole thing and only wanted to sleep. The devil fulfilled her wish and put her gently into the bed that he could just reach with his fingers in his current size.
She immediately fell asleep. The devil saw this with his eyes when he looked into his bedchamber. Fortunately, she was asleep, otherwise she would have been very scared if she had seen the huge eyes. But he did not want to go to her yet. First he had to know who had lured the five bounty hunters into his kingdom. But he already suspected who it could be and growled. "Silk..."