" Nooooooo!" shrieked Allison as she ran across the room.
Mariah turned around, her hand clenched on a dagger. Allison knocked her over and wrestled the dagger from her hand.
" Give that back!" screamed Mariah.
" No. You just use it for your suicide," said Allison firmly. Mariah was in a frenzy to recover it, her eyes red, puffy, her hair matted and damp. Allison was startled by Mariah's appearance. Her usual calm attitude was replaced by a wild look.
" Why do you want to commit suicide?" asked Allison.
" You! You took all my hopes and dreams away," hissed Mariah angrily. Allison was shocked. Why would Mariah say that?
" What did I do?" asked Allison.
Mariah started to talk, but it was gibberish in Allison's ears. The only word that she caught was Ray.
" You wanted to end your life because I'm going out with Ray?" asked Allison and Mariah nodded.
" I've got a proposal. I'll go out with Ray and I'll hand him over later," suggested Allison.
" NO! That isn't right," said Mariah as her sobbing slowly subsided.
" So, what do you want me to do?" asked Allison.
" Be happy with him. You have my blessing. I'll eventually find someone else to replace in my heart," said Mariah, attempting feebly to smile.
" Do you mean it? I mean, don't you like him? You're willing to put him aside?" asked Allison.
" Yes," said Mariah nodding, " Let's put away the dagger and forget that this had happened."
Allison nodded in relief. One nightmare down, yet many to go, thought Allison as she left the room and headed upstairs to serve the Hiwatari's dinner. She quickly ran into the kitchen to grab the breadbasket before heading into the dining hall. At the dining hall, she laid out the basket, Mrs. Hiwatari nodding her approval. She ladled the soup from the bowl resting in a cart that Mariah wheeled in. As she served each of them, she noticed that there were many more guests than usual, some from Master Spencer's party. Mrs. Hiwatari and Voltaire sat at the opposite ends of the table. Spencer, Johnny, Robert, Oliver, Enrique, Lee, Gary, Kevin, Michael, Steve, and Eddie were sitting on the left side of the table while Kai, Tyson, Max, Ray, Tala, Spencer, Bryan, and Ian sat on the opposite side.
As she served them, she listened to their conversation.
" Isn't the maid who's serving us the girl that you pushed into the pool?" asked Tyson.
" Who stupid can you get?" snapped Kai.
" Geez, Mr. Sourpants. If you have internal conflicts, don't take it out on poor little me," said Tyson sarcastically.
Ray winced knowing that Tyson would get it.
" Well, then. I'll increase your training 1 extra hour for the remainder of the month," said Kai as Tyson groaned.
" Tala, did you find out about the new tournament?" asked Spencer.
" Of course, but I need to find one more blader to join us," said Tala.
" Ah I see. I've already recruited some bladers real easily awhile ago. Now I have 7 actives and 4 spares," said Spencer smirking.
" Cool, so who's on your team?" replied Tala.
" Myself of course, Lee, Gary, Kevin, Robert, Johnny, Enrique, Oliver, Michael, Steve, and Eddie." Said Spencer with a great deal of satisfaction.
" So, who's on your team?" asked Spencer.
" Kai, Ray, Tyson, Max, Ian, Spencer, Bryan and myself. We only need one more person," said Tala, keeping his cool.
" Are you going to recruit females to your feeble team?" asked Spencer laughing.
" Ask the captain," said Tala.
" So, Kai, are you going to recruit a girl?" asked Spencer sneering.
" In fact, I might just do that," replied Kai.
" Who?" asked Spencer.
" Allison," replied Kai.
" You're asking a maid? Boy, are you desperate," said Spencer chuckling.
" Never underestimate your opponents," replied Kai lowly.
" Boys, break it up," said Mrs. Hiwatari. They ate their dinner in silence. Spencer and his team left and went to the rec room to discuss about the tournament. Allison cleared the dishes once Kai and his friends, Voltaire and Mrs. Hiwatari left. After clearing the dishes, one servant appeared in front of her.
" Allison, Master Kai wants to see you in the private lounge by his bedroon with your blade right now," recited the servant.
" Tell him I'll be there ASAP," said Allison as she started to race downstairs to grab her blade.
Soon after, she went upstairs and knocked on the door.
" Come in," said Tala and she entered.
" Why did you call on me?" asked Allison impatiently.
" I want you to blade Tyson. Besides, he needs the practice," said Kai. Allison nodded as she loaded her blade on the launcher. They quickly launched their blades.
" Dragoon, attack!" shouted Tyson as Allison smirked.
" Why are you smirking?" asked Tyson.
" First, you forget the rule, never take your eyes of your opponent's blade. But now, you fell straight into my trap. Illusionaria, twin soul mirage and finish it off with LIGHT DRAIN and attack with ice chain!" said Allison.
Suddenly, many copies of the blade were made and attacked Dragoon, making it wobble. Then the blue energy of Dragoon left its body and drifted to Illusionaria. Then a snapping sharp chain of ice tied around Dragoon, dragging it down and the blade stopped spinning. Allison took a quick look at Dragoon then said, " Dragoon will recover."
" Good battle," said Tyson, retrieving his blade as Allison's blade returned to her hand.
" She's good," said Max.
" Where did you learn how to blade like that?" asked Tala.
" Oh, maybe you've heard of Marissa DeLuna. She taught me," said Allison, shrugging her shoulders.
" Marissa was the top female blader before she died two years ago," said Ian.
" We don't need a history lesson here," said Tyson, making a face.
" Well, join the team," said Max smiling and Allison smiled back at him.
" Ok, Tala, Ian, you're blading doubles. Max and Tyson, you'll also be blading doubles. Ray, Bryan and myself will blade singles. Spencer and Allison on bench," said Kai.
" I've got a different idea," said Allison.
" What?" asked Kai.
" Tala and Ian would do well, but Dragoon doesn't always obey Tyson, so I think we should switch that," said Allison.
" With who?" asked Kai.
" Move Ray from singles to doubles and Tyson will blade singles," replied Allison.
" Let's do that," said Tala.
" Is this the Viste Royale tournament?" asked Allison.
" Yes," replied Ian.
" Have you ever entered it?" asked Allison.
" No," said Spencer.
" My advice to you is to watch out for the Black Knights," said Allison before she turned on her heel and left.
" The Black Knights have won the tournament for 4 straight years," said Tala.
" But how does she know the Black Knights? What does she know about them?" asked Kai, wondering.
" I really don't know," replied Tala.
You should be happy I didn't end off in a cliffie this tie. This chapter is 5 pages long. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I was suffering from writers block, but then, my parents banned me from the computer, so I was finally able to think straight. The next chapter is really long, a least twice was long. And tell me who you want Mariah to be paired with. List any character in the fic. And in the next chapter, you'll find out about Allison's past, her connection with the Black Knights, and the people after her. * A MUST READ* (worth the wait)
EVIL: And also, I have 2 chapters after this one written and I'll enjoy torturing you by spilling it out slowly.
Mariah turned around, her hand clenched on a dagger. Allison knocked her over and wrestled the dagger from her hand.
" Give that back!" screamed Mariah.
" No. You just use it for your suicide," said Allison firmly. Mariah was in a frenzy to recover it, her eyes red, puffy, her hair matted and damp. Allison was startled by Mariah's appearance. Her usual calm attitude was replaced by a wild look.
" Why do you want to commit suicide?" asked Allison.
" You! You took all my hopes and dreams away," hissed Mariah angrily. Allison was shocked. Why would Mariah say that?
" What did I do?" asked Allison.
Mariah started to talk, but it was gibberish in Allison's ears. The only word that she caught was Ray.
" You wanted to end your life because I'm going out with Ray?" asked Allison and Mariah nodded.
" I've got a proposal. I'll go out with Ray and I'll hand him over later," suggested Allison.
" NO! That isn't right," said Mariah as her sobbing slowly subsided.
" So, what do you want me to do?" asked Allison.
" Be happy with him. You have my blessing. I'll eventually find someone else to replace in my heart," said Mariah, attempting feebly to smile.
" Do you mean it? I mean, don't you like him? You're willing to put him aside?" asked Allison.
" Yes," said Mariah nodding, " Let's put away the dagger and forget that this had happened."
Allison nodded in relief. One nightmare down, yet many to go, thought Allison as she left the room and headed upstairs to serve the Hiwatari's dinner. She quickly ran into the kitchen to grab the breadbasket before heading into the dining hall. At the dining hall, she laid out the basket, Mrs. Hiwatari nodding her approval. She ladled the soup from the bowl resting in a cart that Mariah wheeled in. As she served each of them, she noticed that there were many more guests than usual, some from Master Spencer's party. Mrs. Hiwatari and Voltaire sat at the opposite ends of the table. Spencer, Johnny, Robert, Oliver, Enrique, Lee, Gary, Kevin, Michael, Steve, and Eddie were sitting on the left side of the table while Kai, Tyson, Max, Ray, Tala, Spencer, Bryan, and Ian sat on the opposite side.
As she served them, she listened to their conversation.
" Isn't the maid who's serving us the girl that you pushed into the pool?" asked Tyson.
" Who stupid can you get?" snapped Kai.
" Geez, Mr. Sourpants. If you have internal conflicts, don't take it out on poor little me," said Tyson sarcastically.
Ray winced knowing that Tyson would get it.
" Well, then. I'll increase your training 1 extra hour for the remainder of the month," said Kai as Tyson groaned.
" Tala, did you find out about the new tournament?" asked Spencer.
" Of course, but I need to find one more blader to join us," said Tala.
" Ah I see. I've already recruited some bladers real easily awhile ago. Now I have 7 actives and 4 spares," said Spencer smirking.
" Cool, so who's on your team?" replied Tala.
" Myself of course, Lee, Gary, Kevin, Robert, Johnny, Enrique, Oliver, Michael, Steve, and Eddie." Said Spencer with a great deal of satisfaction.
" So, who's on your team?" asked Spencer.
" Kai, Ray, Tyson, Max, Ian, Spencer, Bryan and myself. We only need one more person," said Tala, keeping his cool.
" Are you going to recruit females to your feeble team?" asked Spencer laughing.
" Ask the captain," said Tala.
" So, Kai, are you going to recruit a girl?" asked Spencer sneering.
" In fact, I might just do that," replied Kai.
" Who?" asked Spencer.
" Allison," replied Kai.
" You're asking a maid? Boy, are you desperate," said Spencer chuckling.
" Never underestimate your opponents," replied Kai lowly.
" Boys, break it up," said Mrs. Hiwatari. They ate their dinner in silence. Spencer and his team left and went to the rec room to discuss about the tournament. Allison cleared the dishes once Kai and his friends, Voltaire and Mrs. Hiwatari left. After clearing the dishes, one servant appeared in front of her.
" Allison, Master Kai wants to see you in the private lounge by his bedroon with your blade right now," recited the servant.
" Tell him I'll be there ASAP," said Allison as she started to race downstairs to grab her blade.
Soon after, she went upstairs and knocked on the door.
" Come in," said Tala and she entered.
" Why did you call on me?" asked Allison impatiently.
" I want you to blade Tyson. Besides, he needs the practice," said Kai. Allison nodded as she loaded her blade on the launcher. They quickly launched their blades.
" Dragoon, attack!" shouted Tyson as Allison smirked.
" Why are you smirking?" asked Tyson.
" First, you forget the rule, never take your eyes of your opponent's blade. But now, you fell straight into my trap. Illusionaria, twin soul mirage and finish it off with LIGHT DRAIN and attack with ice chain!" said Allison.
Suddenly, many copies of the blade were made and attacked Dragoon, making it wobble. Then the blue energy of Dragoon left its body and drifted to Illusionaria. Then a snapping sharp chain of ice tied around Dragoon, dragging it down and the blade stopped spinning. Allison took a quick look at Dragoon then said, " Dragoon will recover."
" Good battle," said Tyson, retrieving his blade as Allison's blade returned to her hand.
" She's good," said Max.
" Where did you learn how to blade like that?" asked Tala.
" Oh, maybe you've heard of Marissa DeLuna. She taught me," said Allison, shrugging her shoulders.
" Marissa was the top female blader before she died two years ago," said Ian.
" We don't need a history lesson here," said Tyson, making a face.
" Well, join the team," said Max smiling and Allison smiled back at him.
" Ok, Tala, Ian, you're blading doubles. Max and Tyson, you'll also be blading doubles. Ray, Bryan and myself will blade singles. Spencer and Allison on bench," said Kai.
" I've got a different idea," said Allison.
" What?" asked Kai.
" Tala and Ian would do well, but Dragoon doesn't always obey Tyson, so I think we should switch that," said Allison.
" With who?" asked Kai.
" Move Ray from singles to doubles and Tyson will blade singles," replied Allison.
" Let's do that," said Tala.
" Is this the Viste Royale tournament?" asked Allison.
" Yes," replied Ian.
" Have you ever entered it?" asked Allison.
" No," said Spencer.
" My advice to you is to watch out for the Black Knights," said Allison before she turned on her heel and left.
" The Black Knights have won the tournament for 4 straight years," said Tala.
" But how does she know the Black Knights? What does she know about them?" asked Kai, wondering.
" I really don't know," replied Tala.
You should be happy I didn't end off in a cliffie this tie. This chapter is 5 pages long. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. I was suffering from writers block, but then, my parents banned me from the computer, so I was finally able to think straight. The next chapter is really long, a least twice was long. And tell me who you want Mariah to be paired with. List any character in the fic. And in the next chapter, you'll find out about Allison's past, her connection with the Black Knights, and the people after her. * A MUST READ* (worth the wait)
EVIL: And also, I have 2 chapters after this one written and I'll enjoy torturing you by spilling it out slowly.
