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Sleeping Beauty
Chapter 5
Mesmerized
It was quiet and peaceful all throughout the kingdom. Birds were still singing and children were still laughing as they played outside of their homes with their friends. At King Jii's castle, the king and King Zeon were up in a room high in the castle. Zeon was eating as crazy as the character Pac-Man from a popular video game, except he didn't make weird computerized chomping noises like the chubby yellow blob with a mouth.
Jii sighed as he gazed out the window to the room. He turned around with an unhappy expression. "No sign of her yet, Zeon."
The white haired king gave a laugh. "Of course not! Do you really think she'll be arriving this early? She'll probably arrive somewhere around sunset…" He then continued eating like a maniac at the fish before him. Jii just sighed again.
"I'm sorry, Zeon. But after sixteen years of not knowing what's going on with her, or anything…" said the king.
At this moment Kiyo walked in the room with a tray that contained a bottle of wine and two glasses. He set down the tray and let Zeon pick up the wine and bottles and filled them up. Whenever Brago was out doing who knows what, Kiyo would serve Zeon instead since there was nothing else for him to do.
"Now…" began Zeon, "To our children's marriage and the future!"
Looking warily at the glass, Jii then smiled and picked one up. He raised his glass as Zeon did and they lightly clashed them together.
The two kings then began to sing a little song about the future and the marriage and so on. When they were done, they set down their glasses and smiled.
"And now we shall plan for the new home!" stated Zeon, taking a sip of his wine. Jii was confused at this and he questioned him. "Well, in time our children will have to have a home to raise their children, yes?"
"Sure, but…"
"To the home!" Zeon was too busy ignoring the other and was planning all sorts of good stuff for the prince and princess. He was so preoccupied he didn't notice Kiyo sniffing some of the wine in the battle and taking a sip himself, soon getting hooked on it.
"Well, I suppose." Jii nodded his head.
"Good!" Zeon smiled, which didn't really suit him very well. Then without warning he pulled out a sheet of paper from his white cloak and set it on the table. "What do you think? The place is all built and the two love-birds can move in tomorrow!"
Gawking, the other king just stammered. "W-what? Y-you built it already? I haven't even seen my daughter yet and you've already made plans to take her away? I mean… my daughter knows nothing of this whatsoever! Everything may come as a shock to her—"
"—Are you calling my Brago a shock!" started the other angrily. He frowned, and this look suited him much better, and he bared his teeth in rage. "What the hell is wrong with my Brago?"
"No, I meant—"
"I'm not so sure anymore that my grandchildren would even want the likes of you as a grandfather!" yelled Zeon. He clutched the piece of fish in his hands and gripped them tightly.
"Why, you old windbag!" King Jii began throwing all sorts of insults at Zeon, who only got angrier and angrier. Then he blew up and began swinging the fish in his hands at the other king. Jii quickly dodged the swinging fish and used a plate to shield himself.
Zeon swung the fish this way and that, but Jii blocked every move. "Hold still so I can hit you!"
They continued at this for a few more minutes when they suddenly stopped. Both looked at each other and then let out a laugh.
"What are we doing?" asked Jii with a smirk. "Our children are bound to fall in love with each other!"
The purple eyed being grinned. "Precisely." He hopped on a chair and put his arm around the other king's shoulder in a friendly manner while the other made gagging noises.
"Eww… you're hand!" exclaimed the elder king. He waved his own hand across his face.
"What about it?"
"It smells like dead fish."
Before anybody could say anything else, there was a shout outside. Both of the kings and the now drunken Kiyo (who was on the floor) turned their heads around. They listened as an announcer began to speak.
"His royal highness, Prince Brago!"
"Brago?" Zeon looked around and then laughed. He then ran out of the castle to go meet the darker being. Zeon ran through the halls and then outside where he saw the dark mamodo running through the town. Ponygon was following him and Brago had an irritated look on his face whenever he turned down to look at the strange horse-looking creature.
Finally after a moment the angry mamodo shot a nasty look at Ponygon and shouted, "Stop following me!"
"Meru meru mei!"
Brago turned around as the other creature sadly walked off. He then turned around and began thinking to himself and about his strange encounter with Sherry earlier. It was so strange… he got kissed on the cheek. Never would he expect something like that! And it even made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside—
He froze.
What the hell had he just thought? Warm and fuzzy?
Wide eyed, Brago mentally kicked himself. Suddenly he heard his name being called out to him and he turned around only to see Zeon running towards him. Great… Now what?
"Brago! Oh Brago!" called the other and Brago just stared. Zeon finally arrived and frowned when he noticed Brago was wearing his black furry attire. "Now, now, why don't you change into something more suitable than that so that way you can meet your future bride?"
"My future… WHAT?" This was a real shocker for the mamodo.
"Yes, didn't you know?" the other asked. He shook his head. "I've been telling you about this for years! You should know this by now."
It was true, Zeon had told Brago, but the dark mamodo never paid attention. Brago was too busy thinking about where he was, how he'd find Sherry again and when everything would return back to normal (which it hadn't done yet).
Growling, Brago glared as hard as he could at Zeon. "Look, I have no idea what you are talking about, but some measly being like you is NOT going to tell me what I'm doing with my life! And I don't care what the hell you have to say, I am in control of my life, not YOU!"
Baffled, Zeon stared at the darker being and put on a bemused look. "But… But… I'm your father, and—"
"You have no idea what my father was like!" growled Brago. Zeon put on a hurt face and the dark mamodo continued. "You aren't even my father! Were you stalking me sixteen years ago and then captured me and somehow brainwashed me to believe I'm in this strange world? I'm sure you're responsible for all of this! You made Sherry forget everything and all we had been through, and you even made her sing this stupid song about dreams; ADN you made the other people act just as strange as her, too!"
Zeon stared. "Did you just say Sher—?"
"Just SHUT UP and leave me ALONE!" bellowed the mamodo and the other flinched. With a growl, Brago stormed off the other way leaving a very baffled and confused Zeon.
Zeon only sighed and shook his head. "I suppose his hormones are going on overdrive right now…"
-o-o-o-o-o-
Nearby the edge of the forest to the castle, Tia, Kolulu, Zatch and Sherry were walking up to the grounds. The princess's head was bowed down and her eyes were watery. Zatch was walking beside her trying to comfort her while the other two just walked along and watched where they were going.
Soon as they reached the castle they walked in and headed to a room and Kolulu closed the door and pulled the drapes to the windows. Tia turned her attention to Sherry and she sighed.
"Dear, if you could just sit here that would be great." Sherry sat down and Tia closed her eyes and began to wave her wand. "Princess, one last gift for thee: a symbol of thy royalty."
Kolulu walked up to the blonde and placed a golden crown on her head. As soon as it touched the top of her head, the girl burst into tears. She placed her head in her hands and wailed loudly.
Zatch Bell put on a sad face and put a hand on her shoulder. "Now, now, it's all alright…"
Tia shook her head and turned Zatch around. "Come on, I think she just needs a little time alone." The blonde boy nodded his head and followed Tia and Kolulu out the door.
As soon as they were outside Kolulu sighed. "It's that boy she met earlier… What are we going to do?"
-o-o-o-o-o-
Princess Sherry was slowly starting to ease up on her crying, but she was still sniffling slightly. Suddenly, over in the fireplace the flames stopped burning and the blonde turned her head over to watch.
Zophise appeared in a shadow on the floor and he stared over at Sherry silently. With a smirk, he disappeared again and vanished in a green light.
"Ooh, what a pretty light…" Sherry stood up and slowly began walking towards where the jade glow was.
-o-o-o-o-o-
"I don't know why she has to marry any old prince," mumbled Zatch. "Didn't she say that she is in love? She should marry… whoever that person is."
"That's not our place to decide, Zatch," Kolulu said sadly.
"Should we tell King Jii about the boy?" asked Tia. But before anybody could respond, there was a faint talking sound coming from the other room. The red-head turned around with a puzzled look. "Listen… that voice… it's…!"
Everyone gasped. "Zophise!"
Quickly, they all turned around and flung the door open. Once they reached inside, they saw Sherry walking through the fireplace. Zatch frowned and charged forward, but as he reached the fireplace the wall appeared again and he smacked right into it. He fell to the floor with a cry and began rubbing his head.
"And I thought Tia hitting me on the head hurt…"
Tia frowned and pulled out her wand. "Alright, no more nice fairies!" With a wave of her magic wand everyone's wings appeared again and they were back in their original outfits. Zatch smiled, seeing his blue robe was back, but then he frowned when he noticed the glittery blue wings on his back…
"I hate glitter!" he cried, and suddenly he was being pulled by the ear by Tia as she and Kolulu dragged him through the wall as they used their magic to open it up.
There were a few different pathways, but nobody could pick the one that was right. Then Kolulu spotted Sherry walking up a pathway with the emerald colored light.
"There! Follow the runaway-princess!"
They all flew as quickly as they could to catch up with the princess. When they reached the new room they all saw Sherry walking towards the light, which then turned into a spinning wheel.
Staring curiously at the strange object she had never seen before, Sherry began to reach to the spinning wheel with her left hand. Tia and Kolulu began crying out to her.
"Rosy, don't touch anything!"
Suddenly the blonde stopped and looked over to where the two girls were. Then out of nowhere, Zophise's voice enticed the princess even more.
"Touch the spindle… Just one touch… Touch it now!"
Turning around, Sherry moved her hand even further and touched the spindle and then went rigid. Zophise then appeared in a sudden flash of green light and began laughing like a madman.
"You are all such simple fools!" said the evil being and he laughed as Zatch, Tia, and Kolulu all glared at him. "You all thought that you could defeat me, the mistress of all evil?" He began laughing but then froze and slapped himself across the head. "Did I just say that? Damn, I'm the mis… mis… OH YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN! Here's the stupid princess!"
Zophise then disappeared in a flash of green light and grumbled to himself. Everyone looked down only to see Sherry lying face down on the floor, her hand slightly spread outward.
"Rosy!" screamed Kolulu and Tia. They all ran over to the girl crying things out such as "Oh we are all to blame!" and "This should have never happened!"
Zatch looked over to the side, and then turned around. "Who was that freaky person again? The one that looks like a girl, sounds like a girl, and dresses like a girl but is really a guy?"
But the others didn't pay attention to him… again. They only cried over the motionless body of Princess Sherry.
-o-o-o-o-o-
King Jii looked around the room as he sat on his throne. The Queen was over by the side and taking a small nap from all the boredom. Suddenly Zeon swung the doors open and ran over to the other king.
"Ah, Zeon, what is it?" asked Jii, looking down at the white-haired ruler.
"It's Brago," he began. "He's…"
"Ooh, where is he?"
"That's what I'm trying to tell you, so just liste—"
"Come on, send him in already!"
"But he's…"
"Everyone, young and old, prepare to welcome your princess!" an announcer's voice rang outside and everybody turned their heads around. Fireworks shot up into the sky and everybody was cheering.
-o-o-o-o-o-
Up on a balcony, Tia, Kolulu, and Zatch stared down at the cheering people and the colored fireworks in the sky. Behind them was Princess Sherry lying on a bed with a purple drape covering her up to her waist. Her hands were drawn together and a rose was placed in them.
"I feel so sorry for the King and Queen…" said Kolulu sadly. Tia nodded her head while Zatch began watching the fireworks.
"They can't find out about this…" said Tia monotonously. The pink-haired girl gave her a puzzled look, so the other explained. "We're going to put them to sleep, until Rosy awakens. Come on!"
Kolulu and Tia then flew through the entire castle (Zatch didn't follow, he was bus enjoying the fireworks) putting everyone to sleep. Kolulu was just finishing up putting a spell on Zeon when he yawned out a "Silly old Brago… Talking about Sherry and dreams…"
Kolulu stared. What did he mean by this? "Did you say Sherry?" she asked him.
"Yep… Met her sometime earlier today… Talking about dreams…" With that last bit of talking, Zeon fell asleep and slowly began to snore. Kolulu frowned and began to think. Dreams… Sherry… Brago… Was Zeon talking about…? Oh dear!
"Brago? Oh! The boy Rosy met was PRINCE BRAGO!"
Ugh... chapter took me all night to type up. (sigh) Well, hope you liked it! Now on to my reviewers!
rahkshi500: Um... yeah... I kinda responded to that review earlier in your story, but we're all made up and happy again so i really don't have much to say. :) N' i do forgive you.
Wolf of the Night Rain: Glad you like it and here's the next chapter!
PsychicLunar: Um... I guess Zatch could have been reading his books. I originally meant to have Zatch go "oh no she's bethroved? Wait.. what does that mean?" but i forgot to... -.- N' it's not that big of a deal.. oh well. Oh, you're just going to have to wait til everything's how it should be. :3
Computerfreak101: Yeah i know about the problem but it's over now, so there's really nothing to say. :) Your fic is great, n' you said you needed help on it, yes? Well... i really don't know what to say considering i don't know the plot n' all... Maybe you should wait one or two more chapters until whatever you have planned happens? I dunno... -.- Say, isn't Brago out of his dress by now?
Hiei's ice angel: Heheh... Here's the next chappy!
OK, sorry if i missed anybody! I'm just really busy n' trying to get this over with 'cause i gotta go to sleep now. Well, until next time, SEE YA!