Me: Here we are in the last chapter!
Izzy: Finally! Now I don't have to be gay anymore!
Me: ::Evil grin:: Oh, I wouldn't say that…
Izzy: O.O Eeep!
Me: Now then, before we get to business, I want to thank everybody that reviewed. I truly appreciate it. Our next adventure will begin next Friday, but for the moment, enjoy the last chapter of this fic, plus the one-shot fic I'm going to post on Monday. Before I turn you loose on the chapter, please don't mind the page-long telling of what happened last time.
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Last time on The Runaway…
(To the tune of "Live and Learn" [the music for the final boss battle in Sonic Adventure 2])
Otto: Hey! Otto Rocket here and this time, all five of us are doing commentary!
Reggie, Twister, Sam, and Izzy: Yeah!
Otto: Anyway, Izzy here fought a tough battle against that king. We're talking laser blasts galore, sword fights, the whole works!
Sam: Unfortunately, he got knocked out when the king used this move called "Darkness Flash."
Izzy: Yeah! That cheap little—
Reggie: Anyway, Otto brought out this weird block that helped him get everybody else out of the castle.
Twister: He used it to give us these weird items to knock the wand away from the king.
Otto: Sam & Twist distracted the king long enough for me to get in close. When he got ready to use that flash move of his, I used my cape to get the wand away from him, causing that king to do a nasty face plant on the floor.
Sam: His wand landed a few feet away and he started to crawl for it.
Izzy: Reggie helped me recover with a healing potion and I froze the king's wand before he even came close to getting it back. I started gloating at his misfortune. I would've ended the battle right then and there if SOMEBODY hadn't dropped their power up! ::Glares at Twister::
Twister: Heh. Sorry about that. Anyway, that king got his wand back and he blasted Ottoman. He started falling, but luckily, I was able to catch him. I was flying too low though and crashed. Otto and me were done.
Reggie: The king would've killed us for sure if Adrian hadn't come and gave Izzy his wand. He was able to defend against the king's attack. Izzy got him badly using the power he was reunited with.
Izzy: Yeah! I used my own flash attack to counter the king's and destroyed him.
Sam: ¬ ¬ Yeah, and you blew up the castle too.
Izzy: Oops…
Otto: And now the biggest question.
Everybody: What happened to us!?!?!?!?!
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The Runaway Epilogue: The Greatest Ending Four Kids Can Ever Wish For
"Sources say the castle that rose out of the sea a few days ago was home to an evil wizard king. The castle was destroyed a few hours later by Izzy Lopez." A news reporter said as pictures of the destroyed castle were displayed on a TV. It then displayed footage of celebrating people.
"As a result of the defeat of the evil king, the magical residents of the town of Ocean Shores were celebrating, honoring their savior." Wizards and witches were shown making fireworks appear in the sky. They were also shown dancing in the streets and in the air.
"Speaking of which, Izzy and five other kids were hospitalized after the castle's explosion. They are in stable condition. In other news…" The screen faded.
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"How are they, doc?" Ray asked as he walked in the hospital room, followed by Tito and Twister & Sam's parents.
"Most of them have regained consciousness." The doctor said as he gestured towards Otto, Reggie, Twister, and Sam. They were sitting in bed, groaning at the pain they were feeling.
"What about Izzy and that other kid?" Tito asked as the other adults went to comfort their children.
"Adrian is up too. He seemed to recover faster than everyone else, but Izzy is a strange case." The doctor replied as he pointed to where a curtain was drawn. A strange light was flickering. He and Tito walked up to the curtain and opened it. Adrian was sitting by Izzy's bed. The brunet in the black cape was lying on it. His body was flashing white. The light would go on and off every now and then. His wand, hat, and sunglasses were sitting on a table by the bed. Next to them was Claudius' crown.
"As you can see, Izzy is still unconscious. I can't explain that flashing though." The doctor whispered to Tito, trying not to disturb Adrian, who was praying.
"Oh Izzy, please wake up soon." He whispered to himself.
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"Izzy…" A female voice said. The camera zoomed in on Izzy, who's no longer lying on a hospital bed, but on the ground. His wand was clasped in his left hand and he was wearing his hat.
"Izzy…" A male voice called. Izzy began to stir. He slowly opened his eyes.
"Ugh… What happened?" He asked himself as he groggily stood up. He looked around at his surroundings. Everywhere around him was white. He looked at his wand. "I remember fighting the king with my wand, but after that… Nothing. I don't remember what happened." He gave a sigh. "At least my wand is intact. I'm still alive."
"Izzy…" The female said. Izzy looked up in shock.
"That voice… It sounds familiar."
"Izzy…" The male said. Izzy gasped.
"Could it be?" He jumped up and started floating. The two voices kept calling his name.
Izzy followed the voices through the infinite white before he came across two figures. On the left was a woman holding a curvy azure wand and on the right was a man holding a red-orange wand identical to Adrian's. They were both wearing black capes like Izzy.
"Is it really you?" The boy asked as he held out his right hand toward the couple. They nodded and gave a smile.
"I see you got your wand back, son." The man said. Izzy grinned.
"Yeah. It took forever, but I got it back, Dad."
"Congratulations Izzy." Izzy's mother said. Izzy gasped as he noticed the wands his parents had. He put on a sullen look. "What's wrong?"
"I'm dead, aren't I?" Izzy asked. "I saw your wands crumble into dust that day and yet you guys have your wands right here. I must've croaked as a result of the fight." He looked down. His mom floated over and hugged him.
"You're not dead, Izzy." She began. "You're still very much alive. You just got knocked out from using too much energy." Izzy looked up.
"Then where am I?"
"You're dreaming right now. Your mother & I came in your mind using a dream charm." Izzy's dad answered. He floated over as well.
"So you CAN use magic even when you're dead." Izzy said with amazement. His dad nodded.
"We also saw the fight between you and the king. You followed that prophecy to a T. I'm proud of you."
"The prophecy…" Izzy said as he separated from his parents. "About that. Mom, Dad, I'm—"
"We know." Izzy's dad interrupted.
"Oh." Izzy looked down.
"And we don't care." Izzy's mom said, bringing the boy's head up.
"You don't?"
"Hell no!" His dad said with a hearty chuckle. "You're part of the prophecy, remember? It's your destiny."
"Besides," Izzy's mom started. "We're dead. There's not much we can do about who you choose to love besides haunt you while you sleep." She giggled at that one. Izzy and his dad gave her an odd look.
"Anyway…" Izzy's dad started as he turned back to his son. "We have to go now."
"But why?" Izzy asked.
"We can't stay any longer." Izzy's mom replied. "If we don't leave soon, we'll be trapped in your mind forever." Izzy gave a grimace.
"Ok. I love you and all, but having you guys in my mind definitely isn't a good thing."
"Hey!" His dad said good-heartedly while chuckling.
"Before we go though, we want to give you something." His mom said. "We don't really need it much anymore."
"What is it?" Izzy asked. His parents' wands started to glow.
"We're going to give you our powers." Izzy's dad said.
"That way, you'll always have a piece of us inside you." Izzy's mom supplied. "Now hold out your wand."
"Like this?" Izzy asked as he pointed his wand forward. His parents then aimed their wands at him. A red beam shot out of his dad's wand and a blue beam shot out of his mom's wand. The beams hit Izzy's wand and it started to glow.
"We hope you have a nice life, Izzy." His dad said.
"We only wish you happiness in the future." His mom said.
"Mom, Dad, thank you." Izzy said as the camera went white.
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"He got hurt THAT badly?" Twister asked. All of the teens were standing around Izzy's bed.
"Well, he did use up a lot of his energy." Reggie said, turning to him.
"Yeah. You should've seen what happened." Sam added.
"Well, we were knocked out, remember?" Otto argued. The light coming from Izzy stopped glowing suddenly.
"Izzy…?" Adrian said. An alarm started to ring in the background.
"Code blue. Code blue." An announcer said. A doctor ran past the room, followed by a few nurses.
"I guess someone's suffering from a heart attack." Sam said solemnly. Suddenly, Izzy's wand flickered and a purple light came out of the jewel, surprising everybody. All six of the teens' bodies glowed the same color. The light then engulfed the rest of the hospital.
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"Quick! I need those shock paddles!" A doctor yelled. He was the same doctor seen earlier with the nurses. They were with a patient, who was flat lining.
"Here Doctor!" A nurse yelled back as she wheeled the machine to the doctor. He took the paddles and rubbed them together.
"Clear!" The doctor said, getting ready to administer the paddles. Just then, the room was engulfed in the light from Izzy's wand and the patient's body glowed purple.
"Wait! The patient is recovering!" Another nurse said. She was looking at the heart rate monitor. It was beeping rather than flat lining. The patient opened his eyes.
"Uh? I'm alive?" He asked.
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"What was that about?" Reggie asked as the glowing stopped.
"Hey! My arm's feeling better!" Otto yelled while freely moving his left arm, which was sprained.
"And my chest doesn't hurt anymore." Sam said with disbelief.
"Hey, my leg's all better again!" Twister yelled excitedly. "But it still itches!" He scratched at the cast on his right leg.
"So that's what he did." Adrian said, removing the bandages from his forehead. "Izzy used a healing spell."
"In his sleep?" Otto asked. Everybody turned towards Izzy, who started to stir. He slowly opened his eyes and allowed them to adjust to the room's light.
"Whew. I survived that one. Where am I though?" He asked himself, unaware of everybody else in the room.
"You're in the hospital." Reggie answered, shocking him. He bolted up and looked around at everybody.
"The hospital? But how?"
"Here's what happened…" Adrian started.
::::Flashback::::
"GOLDEN FLASH!!!" Izzy roared, shooting his attack at Claudius.
"AHHHHH!!!" Claudius yelled as his body disappeared into the light. His crown fell and landed on the ground with a clang. Amazingly, it didn't break. The castle started to shake as Izzy fainted and fell. He landed on his back.
"Izzy!" Adrian yelled. The barrier surrounding him and everyone else disappeared. He ran over to the fallen boy, dodging falling debris along the way.
"Ugh. It's too bright in here!" The entire room was lit up in a near-blinding light. Adrian made it to the other wizard. He noticed Izzy's sunglasses in the boy's shorts pocket. He put them on and lifted Izzy onto his shoulders.
"Look out!" Reggie yelled. Adrian looked up and noticed some rocks falling in their direction.
"Oh no you don't!" He yelled as he took out his wand and fired a beam of energy at the rocks, destroying them. He made it to where Reggie and the others were. Adrian gasped as he remembered something.
"The crown!" He put Izzy down and ran over to where the crown was. He picked it up and sighed with relief, unknowing of the rocks that were falling. Adrian looked up and saw the rocks coming! They were too close for him to destroy without him getting hit by the blast. He ducked down, waiting for the inevitable.
::WHAM! BAM! CRASH!::
Adrian looked up and the rocks were destroyed. He looked over in the direction of everybody else. Hammer-Jet Squid was standing in an offensive position, hammer in hand. Adrian smiled and quickly ran over to the group.
"Hurry! Get everyone close to me!" He yelled over the noise.
"Right!" Reggie and Sam replied. The three conscious teens pulled the unconscious ones close together. Reggie carefully pulled Otto, Sam was pulling Twister, and Adrian got Izzy. When all of them were close together, Adrian made the tip of his wand glow brightly.
"Teleport!" He yelled. Everybody glowed white and disappeared just as the castle blew up.
At the beach…
"They didn't make it…" Tito said sadly. The other adults were crying at the loss of their kids. Just then, a bright light flickered on the sand in front of them. The light faded and the six teens were lying unconscious on the sand.
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"And that's what happened." Adrian said. Izzy seemed to be thinking over all that.
"What was that move I used? It sounds like it was the same spell Claudius used, only brighter." He said. Adrian nodded.
"It's called a flash attack. It's the most powerful offensive spell a wizard can ever learn. There are different flash attacks for each element."
"Like that Darkness Flash the king used?" Otto asked.
"Yes." Adrian answered. "Claudius was a dark element, so that was his move."
"Then what's with my Golden Flash?" Izzy asked.
"I thought for sure you would've figured it out by now." Adrian said, chuckling. "You're a light element, not a wind element."
"Light? Isn't that a really rare element?" Adrian nodded to answer Izzy's question. "How did I use it though? I only had my wand in my hands for a few minutes."
"At times of great peril, one can summon up great strength." Adrian said in a philosophical tone. Everybody gave him a strange look. "Look, you just used it 'cause it was the right time. There is one side effect to using that spell: You lose a LOT of energy when you use it if you're not experienced. You need to learn how to control it."
"Ok. So answer me this: Why did you take that dumb king's crown back with us?"
"I took it to follow the prophecy." Adrian replied.
"Ok! I've heard enough of this!" Reggie suddenly yelled.
"Yeah! What does the prophecy say, anyway?!" Sam added. Otto and Twister gave them weirded out looks.
"The king gave you guys the basic gist of it, but here's what it said." Adrian said. "'The hundredth descendent of Merlin will be the strongest wizard. The wizard will come to possess a golden wand and the ability to run as fast as the wind. He will also not be able to bear children. This wizard will challenge the reigning king and a million golden lights will fill every section of the dark castle. He will defeat the dark king and peace will exist between all humans & wizards.'"
"That fits what happened perfectly." Izzy said with wide eyes. "But that still doesn't answer my question."
"Genius, you get to become king because you defeated the one in charge." Adrian shot back bluntly.
"King? Me? Yeah right!" Izzy laughed.
"Hey, it's in the prophecy, right?" Adrian said with a shrug. Twister walked over to the table and picked up the golden wand.
"So this is your wand." He said, examining it. "Abracadabra!" He pointed it at Sam, who flinched. Nothing happened though.
"Gimme that!" Izzy yelled as he jumped off the bed and tackled Twister. He snatched the wand from the other boy's grasp. "Duh! Only I can use this wand! Like so." And he made a can of soda appear out of thin air. He sat back on the bed and drank.
"Izzy, what happened to your wand?" Adrian asked. Izzy looked up from his soda and then at the wand. The sapphire at the tip had changed into a purple amethyst. He looked at the jewel in confusion before he remembered the dream he had.
"My parents gave me their powers." He replied.
"Ummm… A little more detail, perhaps?" Reggie said. Izzy told them about the dream.
"So what? Now you're even more powerful than you were before?" Otto asked after hearing everything.
"I guess so." Izzy replied with a shrug. "I don't feel any different." After that, everybody else got up to go back to their beds. "Adrian?" He said, stopping his friend. "Could you stay here a sec?"
"Sure." Adrian replied, sitting next to him on the bed. "What's up?"
"Well, I wanted to thank you for everything." Izzy started. "The air skates, teaching me how to fly, the advice, and most importantly, finding my wand. If it wasn't for you, I would've been dead. You deserve as much credit for saving the wizarding world as I do, maybe more." Adrian shook his head.
"Listen, it was definitely you who was responsible for destroying Claudius. I just provided the tools."
"Another thing. About that kiss in the castle, I'm sorry I did that. I was just so happy that I was able to see my wand after so long, I wasn't able to restrain my emotions."
"Izzy…" Adrian sighed. "It's time I came clean. I love you. That's why I gave you that advice and the skates." Izzy gasped.
"So that's why you were trying to get rid of Keoni."
"Yeah. I just couldn't let anybody get in the way of us. I hope you can forgive me."
"Oh Adrian!" Izzy said as he hugged his friend. "Of course I forgive you. I love you too." And they kissed deeply. The kiss wasn't as strong as when they were in the castle, but it was still good.
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"So if you were a wizard, what element would you want to be?" Reggie asked.
"It was kinda fun shooting lightning bolts like that, so I would be a thunder element." Sam replied.
"It wasn't so bad tossing fire either, so I wanna be a fire element." Twister said.
"While being a wind element was fun, I think I would much rather be a water element." Reggie said. "I'd be the best surfer in Ocean Shores."
"What do you think, Otto?" Sam asked.
"Huh?" Otto asked, turning to the others. He was listening to the conversation Izzy & Adrian were having.
"What kind of wizard would you be?" Reggie asked as her brother joined them.
"I don't know." Otto shrugged.
"Oh I know! He'd be light!" Twister exclaimed.
"Light?" The other kids asked.
"Yeah. Cause he's got a heart of gold."
"Puh-lease! How corny could ya get!?" Reggie laughed. Sam laughed as well. Otto, however, was in thought.
'Heart of gold? Me?' He blushed.
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"Ahhh… Smell that guys?" Izzy asked as he and the others walked out of the hospital. "That's the smell of freedom. No longer will I be pursued by other witches and wizards. I'm free to go wherever I please." He paused and turned to Adrian.
"Uhhh… I could go anywhere I want, right?" The smaller wizard chuckled.
"Of course. Claudius was the one who cursed you. Because you killed him, you broke the curse." Izzy grinned at that.
"Thank goodness. Anyway, best of all, I got my wand back. I'll never let it out of my grip again."
"Oh really?" Adrian challenged as he walked up to his new boyfriend. "Not even…" He whispered the rest in Izzy's ear. Izzy's face turned bright red.
"Well I don't know about THAT…" Everybody else laughed.
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"Hey Otto! Thanks for helping everybody get out of there!" A random person yelled as he walked by.
"No prob, dude!" Otto yelled back.
"Hey Izzy! Thanks for ridding the world of that king!" A random witch said as she flew by.
"Heh. No problem." Izzy replied.
It's been a week since everybody was released from the hospital. Because of the earthquake, school was cancelled for September. No one was complaining though. Everyone was at the Shack chilling. Otto & Izzy, the two heroes, have been getting compliments from human and wizard alike all week. They were still doing their delivery job.
"I guess I wasn't able to make enough money for that car." Otto said dejectedly. He sighed.
"Car? What do ya mean, dude?" Twister asked.
"I wanted to do this job so I could get a used car to drive in, but because of everything that happened during the summer, I didn't earn enough."
"Well, that's one plot point that's not getting resolved anytime soon." Reggie said.
"Speaking of plot points," Izzy started, turning to the redhead. "Did your two friends ever get together?" Otto gulped and put on a nervous look.
"Errr…"
"What are you talking about?" Sam asked.
"I made Otto a love potion to pay him back for helping me earlier in the season." Izzy replied. "He said it was for two friends."
"So that's why you were getting all that stuff before." Twister said.
"Yea—Hey! You were spying on us!?"
"Not really…" Reggie said.
"Why do you ask, anyway?" Otto asked, trying to keep a calm expression.
"Well, before I used my flash attack, I thought about why I was doing this and that came up as one of my reasons." Izzy replied.
"By any chance, what kind of love potion was it you made?" Adrian asked.
"Uhh… It was called a Super Love Potion. Why?"
"Just wanted to know. That's the one that requires the two hair samples, right?"
"Yeah. And only those two people can experience the effects of the potion." Izzy said.
"And if the drinker already likes the other person, it has no effect." Adrian continued the lesson.
"I know that already. What about it?" Izzy snapped his fingers. "Hey, did you ever tell your friend about that part, Otto?"
"Uhhh… no." Otto replied. Izzy slapped his head.
"And were you ever planning on it?"
"Yeah…" Otto answered. Everybody else raised an eyebrow.
"Ya know, it's strange. I felt the weirdest familiarity when Otto gave me the hair strands to use." Izzy said after a few moments of silence.
"What do ya mean?" Twister asked.
"Well, it felt like I knew the owners of the strands already, but that's impossible because Otto told me I've never seen those two friends before."
"Oh really?" Reggie said, turning to her brother, who started to back up nervously. "And who, pray tell, have you been trying to hook up?"
"Uhhh… W-well…" Otto stuttered.
"Otto! Delivery!" Ray suddenly yelled, surprising everybody.
"Later!" Otto yelled as he grabbed a bag of food and skated out of the Shack before anybody said anything. Everybody looked at his retreating form.
"Was that potion for two guys?" Adrian whispered to Izzy.
"Yeah." He whispered back. Adrian gave a knowing nod.
"You know, Izzy, Otto isn't exactly the most truthful person in the world." Reggie said, turning towards the boy.
"o O He's not?" He asked. Everybody else but Adrian nodded. "You think he lied about those two friends of his?" Everybody nodded again. Izzy got in a thinking pose. "Then who did he want it for?"
"First of all, what color were the two strands?" Sam asked.
"Let's see…" Izzy said, trying to remember when Otto gave him the strands. "I believe the strands were red and orange."
"Well, it's obvious that the red one is Otto." Reggie started. "But who's the orange strand?"
"What girls do we know with orange hair?" Sam asked.
"None." Reggie said, trying to think up an answer. "Maybe…"
"Whew! It sure is hot today." Twister said, interrupting the conversation. Everybody turned to see him take off his hat and wipe sweat from the top of his head. Reggie & Sam gasped at the sight of the boy's hair.
"That's it! That's why he's been acting weird this whole time!" Reggie yelled.
"Oh man. I should've seen it before." Sam said. Twister turned to the others.
"Did I miss something?" He asked.
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Otto, having made his delivery, was skating around frantically.
'Oh man! What am I gonna do?' He thought. 'They probably found out what I wanted to use that potion for. I don't know what to do. I need to think this out. I know! I'll go to The Point. I'll be able to chill out and think things through. But how am I supposed to get there without being seen? I'd have to go past the Shack.' He snapped his fingers.
'That's it! I'll fly over!' He started skating towards his house. When Otto got there, he ran up to his room and dug around until he found the power block. He went out to the balcony.
"Give me a leaf!" He yelled as he hit the block, causing it to produce a super leaf. He grabbed it and became Raccoon Otto. He dropped the block and grabbed his board. He then flapped his tail and took flight.
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"Otto!" Sam yelled as he skated around.
"Rocket Boy!" Reggie yelled as she skated past Mad Town.
"Ottoman!" Twister yelled as he skated around the amusement park.
"Otto! Where are you?" Izzy yelled as he flew around.
"Otto! You around?" Adrian yelled as he too flew around. They were all looking for the skater since he didn't return to the Shack. The group came back to the Shack after an hour of searching. It was now sunset.
"Did you find him?" Reggie asked. Everybody else shook their heads sadly.
"I hope he didn't do anything drastic." Sam said.
"He couldn't have." Izzy said, trying to get everyone out of the gloomy mood.
"Did we check all of his favorite spots to hang out?" Adrian asked.
"Yeah. Like ten times. He wasn't anywhere." Sam replied.
"What about you, Twister?" Reggie asked, turning to Twister, who was deep in thought.
'He really likes me?' After Otto left, Reggie and the others told Twister that Otto liked him and had the love potion made for him. 'Wow. I thought for sure he wouldn't like me.'
"Twister!" Reggie yelled, shocking the boy.
"Huh? Yeah?"
"Did you come close to finding Otto?" Twister shook his head.
"Come on! There has to be one place we didn't check yet." Adrian said.
"Maybe he went to The Point." Sam offered.
"The Point?" Izzy & Adrian asked.
"Yeah. It's a great place to relax and collect your thoughts."
"Then let's go!" Reggie said.
"Hold it." Izzy said, turning to Twister. "We figured out that Otto likes you, but we never asked. How do you feel about him?"
"I don't know. I never really thought about it." Twister replied.
"Are you sure? Has anything ever happened that made you think about Otto? Like dreams perhaps?"
"Well, I did have some dreams about him." Twister answered, blushing. Izzy nodded.
"I think you should go see him alone."
"Is that ok with you, Reggie?" Twister asked.
"Yeah." Reggie nodded. "Anything to get my brother back to normal, but hurry up." Twister grinned.
"No problem!" He left and skated off in the direction of the beach. Just then, two men in suits walked inside.
"Izzy Lopez?" One of the men asked.
"Yes?" Izzy asked.
"We've been sent here from the royal high council." The man replied. Izzy automatically got out his wand and prepared to attack.
"If you think I'm gonna let you lay one paw on my wand—"
"Wait! We're not here for your wand!" The other man interrupted, holding his hands in defense.
"Then what is it you want?" Izzy growled. The first man cleared his throat.
"As I said, we were sent here from the royal high council of the wizarding world."
"And what is that, exactly?" Izzy asked, starting to calm down.
"They're the ones who rule over the wizarding world when the current king gets killed." Adrian answered.
"That's correct." The second man said. "In accordance with Merlin's last will & testament—"
"Last will & testament?" Izzy asked.
"The—uhh—prophecy."
"Oh. Go on then."
"In accordance with the prophecy, you are to become king of all wizards." Izzy gasped and turned to Adrian.
"I guess you weren't kidding when you said I would become king." He said sheepishly. Adrian crossed his arms.
"You're damn right I wasn't kidding!"
"Forgive me?" Izzy asked.
"Of course." Adrian replied, kissing his boyfriend in the process.
"Ahem! Can we continue this?" The first man said. Izzy & Adrian separated. "Anyway, the coronation ceremony is scheduled for tomorrow. You may choose the location."
"How about Mad Town?" Sam asked.
"Hey, that's a good idea!" Izzy said. "That'll be my decision."
"And where is this 'Mad Town?'" The first man asked.
"Right there." Reggie said as she pointed towards the skate park.
"Ok. We'll have to talk to the park's owner to get the ok." The second man said, writing something on a clipboard.
"The ceremony will be at two PM tomorrow." The first man said.
"Alright. Anything else?" Izzy asked.
"Nope. The refreshments have already been picked out. The only thing we need, however, is the old king's crown."
"Here you go." Adrian said. He waved his wand, making the crown materialize. He handed it to the two suits.
"We'll shine it up real nice for you. See you tomorrow." The first man said. The two suits bowed respectfully to Izzy before leaving.
"Did you hear that!? I'm gonna be king!" Izzy yelled happily, jumping in the air.
"Congrats…" Everybody else said gloomily. It seems that Otto was still on their minds. The wizard got out of his emotional high and sighed.
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Otto sat on a lone rock overlooking the sea. He no longer had his raccoon powers. He sighed.
'I'll have to tell them the truth.' He thought. 'I've been living this lie for too long. I just hope everybody will take it ok, especially Twister.' He sighed again.
'But what if they don't accept me? I'd have to leave. But where will I go?' He shed a tear as he heard footsteps on the sand. Otto chose to ignore the visitor. He didn't care who was there.
"Otto?" The visitor asked. Otto brought his head around to face his best bro.
"Twister? What are you doing here?"
"I've been looking for you all day. Everybody has. You didn't come back to the Shack after your delivery." Twister answered as he walked up and sat next to Otto on the rock. Otto turned his gaze back to the sea.
"I…I just needed to think a little."
"About…?"
"Just stuff." Otto replied.
"That potion?" Twister asked.
"Yeah…" Otto said sadly. He turned to Twister. "I love you, ok? I asked him to make that stupid potion to get you to like me without having to go through all that confession junk, but the potion didn't even work because—"
"Otto…" Twister started, removing the other boy's sunglasses. "I love you too." He put a hand up to Otto's face and brought him close. They locked lips and stayed that way for quite some time before they parted, panting.
"You really feel the same way as me?" Otto asked. Twister nodded.
"For the longest time, I've been having dreams about you. It took until a few minutes ago for me to know my true feelings."
"So you've been having dreams too." Otto said. "It's been crazy. I couldn't stop thinking about you, no matter how hard I tried."
"I understand. Do you want to be my boyfriend?"
"You know it! …But what will everybody else say?"
"Everybody was ok with Keoni, weren't they? They'll be ok with us too." Twister replied as he put an arm around Otto. The smaller boy leaned into him. They just watched the sunset in silence, taking in each other's presence. After a few minutes, Twister stood up. "Ready to go?"
"Yeah." Otto replied as he got off the rock. He walked up to Twister and the two kissed again. They got on their boards and went back to town.
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Everybody at the Shack was just bored.
"Got any twos?" Adrian asked with little enthusiasm. He and Reggie were playing a game of Go Fish.
"Go fish." Reggie replied in the same tone. Adrian slowly picked up a card from the deck. "Got any aces?"
"Go fish."
Sam was typing on his laptop and looked ready to drop. Ray & Tito were talking behind the counter. Izzy was outside, floating on his back, sleeping. He drifted around for a few minutes before opening his eyes. He yawned and looked out towards the beach. Two figures were walking by Mad Town. They were holding hands and they had skateboards under their arms.
"Hey! There they are!" He yelled. Everybody else bolted out of the Shack and ran up to Otto & Twister.
"Otto! You're ok!" Reggie yelled as she hugged her brother tightly.
"Good to see you're safe." Sam said.
"You shouldn't have run away like that." Ray said.
"Yeah. Sorry about worrying all of you." Otto said. "I have a confession to make. I'm sure you guys already know this, but I'm gay." He closed his eyes and waited for the results.
"That's ok." Reggie said. Otto's eyes shot open.
"R-really?"
"Yeah. As long as you're happy, I don't care what you do." Ray said. "As long as it's not illegal, of course." Everybody laughed.
"Oh, and Twist & me are a couple." Otto said.
"Congratulations!!!" Everybody else yelled as they clapped. Otto grinned and shared a quick kiss with Twister. Sam sighed.
'Everybody but Reggie & I have someone.' He thought. 'I wonder…' He glanced at Reggie.
"Come on. Let's close up and go home." Ray said.
"Yeah. I still need to talk to my parents & Lars." Twister said with a small grimace.
"Don't worry, dude. They'll be cool about it." Otto said, giving his best bro, now boyfriend, a reassuring hug. Everybody walked up to the Shack.
That night, at Twister's house…
"Mom, Dad, Lars. I got something to tell ya." Twister said as everybody was sitting down to dinner. He opened his mouth and was about to confess when…
"Oh Maurice!" His parents cried. "Our son's not gonna be a father!" They hugged each other and continued bawling. Confused, Twister turned to Lars, who had his arms crossed.
"What's their deal?"
"They looked at your journal." Lars replied simply. Twister gasped. In his personal journal, he mentioned that he was gay. He also wrote about the dreams he's had about Otto and his confusion regarding them.
"And I wonder how they got into it!" He glared at his older brother. Lars glared back just as ferociously.
"Hey! I had to do something! You've been acting like a lame-o since that kid beat Otto in that race!" Twister remembered how he acted after Izzy beat his boyfriend. He cried for those two days in his room, wishing Otto would come out of his room. He sighed.
"And now they know?" Twister asked, pointing at his parents, who were still going at it. "That's real nice, Lars!"
"So is he your boyfriend?" Lars asked, referring to Otto.
"Yeah…" Twister nodded. "That cool with you?" Lars shrugged.
"I honestly could care less."
"Think they'll get over it?" Twister gestured to their parents again.
"Eventually." Lars said as he started to eat. "By the way, congrats." He smiled. Twister smiled back and started eating his dinner too.
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"Where is he?" Twister asked impatiently. It was the next day and everybody was sitting on a stage that was set up in Mad Town. Chairs were on the ground in front of the stage. They were set up in two rows. Humans and wizards occupied the seats. In the middle of the rows was a red carpet that stretched from a tent to the stage.
"Izzy said he wanted to make an entrance." Otto told his boyfriend.
"Well, he'd better get here soon." A priest said. "If he doesn't get here before two, he can't become king."
"Where could he be?" Adrian asked worriedly.
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At the Rocket house, Izzy walked out and stretched his legs.
"This'll be good." He looked at his watch. "Ten minutes left. I better hurry." He started running down the hill at Speed Two.
Halfway down the hill, he pointed his wand towards the ground and made a spring appear. Izzy ran up to it and bounced high into the sky. He flipped in the air and pointed his wand down. A grassy platform appeared. He landed on it and started running, twirling his wand like a baton the whole time. More land appeared and he kept on running. He started going right and made the platform spiral upwards. He reached the top of the hill and hit a spring, which propelled him forward. He spun in the air and made a giant rail appear. It stretched all the way to the pier. He landed on the rail and started grinding. He danced on the rail to make himself go faster. After the rail dipped and looped around a couple times, Izzy jumped off. He was now above the Shack.
"Hey look! There he is!" Sam yelled. Everybody looked up and cheered.
"Finally!" Reggie yelled impatiently.
Izzy pointed his wand to the side and down, causing a complex grass platform to appear. It started out as a wall, going on to a loop and then a spiral run down to the ground. He ran along the wall, then on even ground to the loop. After running straight down for a few seconds, the spiral began and he started running along the wall. The track ended at a spring in front of the Shack. He hit it and he was propelled to one of the columns. He did a wall jump and landed on the rail close by, grinding it down to Mad Town. He jumped at the end and landed in front of the park's entrance. He gave a bow as everyone clapped at the performance. Izzy walked over to the tent in back.
"Took you long enough." An attendant said as he entered the tent.
"Sorry about that." He said sheepishly.
"Come on. We gotta make you look good." The attendant said. She pointed her wand towards Izzy. His clothes changed from the skater clothes he was wearing to a black tux. He was still wearing his cape.
"It's kinda hot in here." Izzy said, wiping sweat from his brow.
"Never mind that! You're good to go." The young witch gave Izzy a thumbs-up. Just then, an orchestra started playing. "That's your cue!" The attendant pushed him out of the tent. His face flushed as he noticed everybody staring at him.
Izzy closed his eyes and made his way forward. He had his hands in front of himself as he walked with a confident air around him. He soon stood in front of the stage. He opened his eyes and looked up. All his friends and his boyfriend were giving him encouraging looks. Izzy floated up and landed on the stage. He kneeled in front of the priest. The orchestra stopped playing.
"We are gathered here today to crown this wizard who saved all of us from certain destruction." The priest started. "Do you, Izzy Lopez, promise to rule over all wizards and witches with a just and fair mind? Never to lead your kingdom to war with anyone, human or otherwise, unless absolutely necessary? And most importantly, never to spend all of your kingdom's money!?"
"o O I do…" Izzy replied.
"Then, by the powers vested in me by the royal high council of the wizarding world, I pronounce you king of all wizards and witches." The priest picked up the crown, which was sitting on a velvet pillow. Izzy removed his hat. The priest tried to put the crown on him, but it kept bouncing off his huge hair do! The crowd started snickering.
"Heh heh. I guess I better get a hair cut." Izzy said sheepishly. The crowd roared with laughter. The priest scratched his head.
"Well anyway, give it up for your new king! We'll deal with that hair problem later." The crowd cheered.
Everybody then enjoyed a night of dancing and entertainment. There were even skating competitions pitting the skaters of Ocean Shores against wizards who had air skates. Izzy stayed out of the contests because his speed would give him an unfair advantage. Needless to say, Otto participated in the games and won just about all of them.
There was also break dancing contests in which the newly-appointed king gladly participated in. Surprisingly, Twister also entered the contests. Izzy won quite a few of them, but most of the matches ended with the wizard and the cameraman facing off against each other. Often, the king's speed wasn't a match for the aspiring director's impressive techniques.
Meanwhile, Sam enjoyed interesting discussions with some wizards about the technology of their world. He found out that they have mainly the same things, although some wizards still live in the past. In fact, most don't even know what a telephone is, let alone a computer! Sam managed to exchange e-mail addresses with the magical people.
Reggie also participated in chats with some wizards. Actually, she interviewed as many as possible for an article in the 'Zine. Most of her questions consisted of the "rules" of being a wizard. Like, "How many spells of other elements are you able to do?" or "How long does it take to fly?" among many other questions. She even compared the publications of wizards with those of normal people. It turned out that newspapers and magazines made by wizards feature moving pictures! Without a doubt, fun was had by all.
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"I'm going back home. Adrian and I are gonna do our senior year of magic high school." Izzy said. It was the next day and everyone was at the airport. "Thanks for everything."
"No prob, dude." Reggie said.
"We'll miss ya." Twister said.
"Have a safe trip." Sam said.
"Hey Izzy." Otto said. "You forgot this." He took out the power block and handed it to Izzy.
"Keep it." Izzy replied, giving it back. "You never know when those power ups would come in handy. Another thing." He took out his wand. "I wanna give ya a parting gift since the love potion thing backfired."
"You don't have to." Otto offered.
"I insist." Izzy said as he held up his wand. He concentrated all his energy. The wand started to glow brightly for a few minutes before the light faded. He looked tired afterwards. He leaned against Adrian.
"You alright?" The smaller wizard asked. The taller one nodded as he stood up.
"Whew. It's done." Izzy waved the wand and a small blue box with a red bow appeared in Otto's hands.
"What's this?" Otto asked as he eyed the box.
"It's a surprise. Don't open it until you get outside." Izzy winked.
"The flight to New Jersey is now boarding." An announcer said over the intercom.
"Better get going." Ray said. Izzy nodded.
"Right. Otto, Twister, I hope you two have a prosperous relationship."
"Same to you." Twister replied. Izzy and Adrian started walking.
"Aloha!" Tito yelled.
"See ya! Maybe we'll come for a visit someday!" Adrian said as he waved at the group. They waved back.
"It'll be a blast!" Otto yelled. Izzy and Adrian walked inside the tunnel to the plane.
"So what'd you give him?" Adrian asked as they boarded the plane.
"Just something he's been wanting for a long time." Izzy replied. The plane took off a few minutes later.
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"Life finally goes back to normal." Sam said as everybody started walking towards the exit.
"Yeah. It was fun while it lasted though." Reggie said. Everybody got outside and gasped at the sight before them.
"Am I dreaming?" Twister asked.
"Is that real?" Tito asked.
"So that's what he gave me…" Otto said with wide eyes. In front of the group was a brand-spanking-new hummer! It was black and there was a red bow wrapped around it. Otto opened the box and pulled out a set of keys. He grinned and turned to his dad.
"Can we?" Ray chuckled.
"Go ahead! Be careful though."
"Alright! Let's go guys!" Otto cheered as he ripped off the bow and hopped in the driver's seat. Twister got in the front passenger seat and Reggie & Sam got in back. Otto turned on the hummer and drove off into the sunset.
THE END
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A/N:
Me: And there you have it folks! My first ever yaoi fic. I also believe it's the first slash fic done by a straight guy! I don't like to brag but—
Izzy: Then don't. So what forced this whole thing, if ya don't mind me asking?
Me: This fic came about as the result of the horrid shortage of Rocket Power slash fics on the net, watching "Reggie's Big Break," and watching a few DBZ movies.
Izzy: DBZ movies? Well that explains how those battles went.
Me: ; ; I didn't mean for them to come out that way if that's what the readers thought. Also, I wanted to prove to the world or at least this site that you don't have to be a girl, gay, or bi to read & write yaoi fics.
Izzy: Whatever. So do ya have any final words for the readers?
Me: Yeah. To the people who read this fic, please write more RP slash fics!
Izzy: o O
Me: That's right! They don't even have to be Otto/Twister. There are plenty of other couplings!
Izzy: Oh this I gotta hear!
Me: You could write Otto/Keoni, Twister/Keoni. Hell, even Sam/Keoni, Twister/Sam, and Otto/Sam.
Izzy: O.O HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! ::Bangs the floor::
Me: If ya really want to go nuts, try Otto/LARS!
Izzy: ::Stops laughing:: o O Are you crazy!? That one doesn't come close to making sense!
Me: ::Shrugs:: Hey, if people can write Reggie/Lars, they can certainly write Otto/Lars.
Izzy: ::Scratches head:: Good point, I guess…
Me: Well anyway, from lovely Ocean Shores, California, I'm Prince Izzy.
Izzy: And I'm Izzy.
Izzy & I: See ya!