I am back, with the next chapter! I was planning for this story to be like... 7 chapters, but turns out that this one went a little longer than planned, so the story is going to be bumped up to about 8 chapters now. I s'pose that delays a lil' something that was supposed to happen in this chapter! I'm sure a couple may know what it is, but don't worry, it'll appear next chapter:)
Oh, and i decided to add two more characters aware of what's going on. Read the chapter n' find out who it is. :)
Anyway, here's the chapter! READ AND REVIEW!
Disclaimer: I don't own Zatch Bell or Sleeping Beauty, SO LEAVE ME ALONE!
Sleeping Beauty
Chapter 6
Rescuing Prince Brago
Brago was racing as fast as he could to get to the cottage where Sherry told him to meet her. Finally! After how many years of missing the blonde, he was able to see her again! But as soon as he did see her she had to leave… But at least he was seeing her again! How many times more, he wondered…
At least that 'Zeon' person or that 'Ponygon' thing weren't following him…
Darkness was starting to creep around him as he noted that he was getting deeper into the forest, right where Sherry said the log cabin should be. After a while he spotted it and smirked to himself and mumbled.
"Found it…" Brago then quietly walked up to the door. Instinct told him that he should knock, although he wanted more than anything to just break down the door. So he shrugged, and rapped his knuckles against the wooden block for a door.
"Come in!" came a voice, and Brago froze. That wasn't Sherry's voice… It certainly sounded feminine, but it wasn't hers… Maybe she had a roommate?
Again, he just shrugged and opened the door, only to be surprised by Fein who jumped on him. Reycom merely stood watching with amusement but didn't help.
Brago yelped in alarm as he was tackled and sent to the ground. The short clown look-alike and he then began to wrestle, but Fein proved too weak and Brago easily overthrew the pathetic excuse for a clown.
The dark mamodo's eyes then averted over to where the blue-haired Reycom stood, but that mamodo did nothing. Frowning, Brago began to walk forward over to him but was suddenly tied up in a bluish colored whip. It threw him across the room of the cottage and whammed him into the wall.
Groaning, Brago looked up only to see Zophise smiling wickedly at him. So THAT'S where the feminine voice came from (Although it didn't really come from a female… Or did it?)!
"You!" spat Brago as the other chuckled. "What did you do to Sherry?" he yelled.
"Now, now, now… Calm yourself, Prince Brago."
"I am NOT a prince!"
Zophise only smirked. "Yes, yes, and I'm not a man."
Fein only stared at him, bewildered. "You AREN'T?"
"THAT'S NOT IT!" Zophise yelled, turning his head around to face the purple haired servant.
"But you just said—"
"I never said I wasn't; it was SARCASM!"
"I wouldn't be surprised if you were telling the truth." muttered Brago and the other glared. He smirked when he saw Zophise flush with anger.
"Shut up!"
Koko, who was also there, merely looked off to the side, wondering when this whole argument about what sex Zophise was would end. Oh… there was a pretty butterfly outside…
Trying to calm down, Zophise shook his head. "Anyway… Let us take our prisoner back to my castle. Be careful now, I have plans for our royal guest…"
With that, Zophise ordered Fein and Reycom to take Brago away (soon as he had yet another argument, this time with Reycom. Subject was that Reycom didn't want to listen to Zophise so they fought for a bit but of course Zophise won) back to the mountains in which Zophise lived. Koko followed soon afterwards after she finished chasing the butterfly that she had spotted.
Not very long afterwards, Tia, Kolulu, and Zatch all arrived at the cottage. They noticed that the door was open, and this brought suspicion.
They all walked inside and saw that the area was a mess from the fighting earlier. Kolulu then spotted that Brago had left his shoe on the floor.
Gasping, Kolulu picked up the black shoe and showed it to others. "Zophise!" she cried. "He's captured Prince Brago!"
Zatch put on a confused look. "Prince who?"
Tia hit him again on the top of the head. "Prince Brago, you idiot! Didn't you know his name by now?"
"Oh… Sorry, s'just that his name sounds an awful lot like this mamodo I know who's really mean."
Tia rolled her eyes. "There you go again about those mamodo-whatsits… Now come on, we must go save the prince!"
"But it's at the Forbidden Mountains!" said Kolulu, blocking the doorway. "We can't go there!"
Frowning, Tia shook her head. "We can go there, and we must. Rosy is in danger if we don't save him! The whole kingdom will be in a sleep forever if we don't do something!"
The other only sighed and nodded her head. "Yes… you are right. Now let us go!"
With that, they all flew off towards the Forbidden Mountains where Zophise's castle lay. After a while, they managed to fly up to the mountains and into the castle after sneaking past a few guards. They went up a few flights of steps that were outside until they found where the evil one himself was. All three fairies hid behind a window.
Over to the side was Fein, dancing around a fire in a very strange way. Reycom was sitting in a chair, staring at him in horror.
At the far table across the room, there was a feast lying on the table. Zophise and Koko were sitting in chairs, talking.
"It's a shame that Prince Brago cannot join us in our festivities," said the orange-haired one dryly. Koko said nothing, but just watched as the other stood up out of his seat. "Come, let us go to the dungeon and cheer him up a bit."
So Koko stood up as well and followed her master down through the hallway and down the steps. Zatch, Tia, and Kolulu followed them by using their magic to fly through the wall and sneak behind.
Deep in the dungeon, Brago sat leaning against the wall chained up. He was glaring at everyone and everything in sight. He noticed two people over to the side. One person had red hair that was about the length of his shoulders and the other had orange that was slightly spiked in the back. The one with red hair wore baggy clothes while the other almost looked like he was a puppet.
Brago stared at the one that looked like a puppet. "You're a mamodo, aren't you?" he inquired and the other glared.
"No duh."
"Dude, of course Hyde is a mamodo! What are you, blind?" said the other and Brago glowered. "Hmm, lemme guess, you're a mamodo, too?"
"What are you, blind?" mimicked Brago and the other growled with irritation.
"Yo, don't disrespect me! I hate that!"
"Eido, would you can it already?" asked Hyde, frowning up at his human partner. Eido gave a 'huff' and Hyde turned his attention back to the dark mamodo.
"So, how did you wind up in this dump?" asked the wind mamodo and the other smirked.
"Zophise, he captured me." was all Brago said.
"Oh, so is that freak that looks like a woman really a guy?" asked Eido. He blinked as Brago nodded. Turning around, he laughed and pointed at Hyde. "Dude, I so told you that that guy was a man!" he exclaimed. "I can tell a woman when I see one!"
"You're probably the only one who can tell that Zophise is a male." muttered Hyde. Eido didn't hear him.
"So, how did you two get stuck in this place?" asked Brago finally.
The wind mamodo gave a half-hearted snicker. "Ask Eido,"
Eido smirked and went dreamy-eyed. "Oh, we were just walking along wondering where the hell we were when I stumbled upon this gorgeous babe with pretty brown hair and glittering purple eyes…" As he said this, Hyde made gagging sounds as if he was about to puke. "So I said to her, 'hey babe, wanna be my girlfriend?' She ended up slapping me across the face and then that freaky Zophise dude saw me and ran up and punched me harder than her, and then he blasted me with some weird purple stuff. Zophise then took me here and said to never flirt with his slave again." Eido sighed. "Oh, but that girl was SO beautiful!"
"I think I'm going to throw up…" mumbled Hyde.
Suddenly the three's attention was turned over to the sounds of footsteps coming down the stairway. Zophise and Koko soon emerged and Eido cheered.
"It's the babe – and the freaky dude!" Both Koko and Zophise glared at him and he promptly stopped.
Turning around, Zophise smirked down at Brago. "Come now, Prince, why so unhappy? The one you like, Princess Sherry, is awaiting you in the castle, so why not go to her?" He froze, and then started laughing. "Oh that's right! Because you can't! You're trapped here! Ha-ha-ha!"
Brago could feel himself heating up. "I do not like Sherry!" he shouted and this only made the darker fairy laugh harder.
"Yes, that's right! Of course you don't, you love her! HA-HA-HA!"
A small blush line appeared on Brago's cheeks and this sent the entire room filled with Zophise's laughing. He then began to sing a little song…
"The Prince and the Princess sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"SHUT UP!" roared Brago. He blushed even harder while Zophise laughed.
Zatch Bell, who also thought this amusing, started to giggle as well. Tia and Kolulu's hands swooped over his face to cover his mouth. He made a muffled squeak as they did this. Koko turned her head to the side after hearing a noise, but she could not see the hidden faces of the three.
Trying to stop laughing, Zophise grinned and shook his head with a relieved sigh. "Come, my slave, let us leave the prince. For the first time in sixteen years I shall finally rest well…" Koko followed him as he led her outside the dungeon and he locked the door. They soon walked off and he eventually started laughing again, it could be heard echoing throughout the hallways.
Eido turned his attention to Brago with a sly grin. "So… Is this Princess Sherry hot or something?" He then received a death glare from Brago and he gulped. "Shutting up now…"
As soon as the echoes of the evil one's laughter could no longer be heard, the good fairies then popped out of the shadows and surprised everyone.
"Hi, Brago! Is it true that you love Sherry?" asked Zatch immediately. The dark mamodo glared.
"What are you doing here?" he shot back and Tia rushed over to him.
"No time to explain, we're helping you, that's all."
The red-head unlocked Brago's door, undid his chains, and returned his shoe. The mamodo stared at her strangely as she began to speak.
"Now, there are still dangers that block thy road to true love, but this magical shield and sword may help thee with thy quest. For they are powerful and can conquer over evil."
Zatch put on a puzzled look as she said this. "Tia? Why do you talk so funny?"
Glaring at the sword and shield, Brago 'huffed' and began stomping across the room. "I don't need any damn shield or sword." he muttered.
Shrugging, the other fairies followed him, leaving Eido and Hyde by themselves. After the others closed the door behind them, Eido cried out to them, "WHAT ABOUT US?"
Outside the dungeon, Koko was hiding in the shadows. She saw the other four emerge from the doors and she frowned. Turning around, she made her ride up the flight of steps to inform everyone about the newcomers. "The fairies and prince are coming! The fairies and prince are coming!" A few servants heard the possessed girl's cries, and they leapt into action.
Brago was leading the group up the flight of steps when there was a loud crash. They all turned around only to see a boulder smashed against the wall. Suddenly there was a rumbling sound and rocks were falling everywhere!
"Brago, watch out!" cried Kolulu as an impressively large stone came tumbling towards the mamodo. Brago then slashed it with his sword and glared at the metal. "I already said I don't need this stupid sword!" he yelled.
He tried to get it off his hand, but it was stuck in his grasp. So was the shield; he couldn't drop any of them.
Growling, Brago cursed. "Fine, I guess I'll have to use them." More rocks then began tumbling down and the prince sliced them all to pieces. The fairies (particularly Tia and Kolulu) helped by using their magic and turned the rocks to bubbles. Zatch only chased the soap-balls around and tried to pop them all.
"I love bubbles!" he cried with a smile.
Fein then appeared in the doorway and he commanded a few minions to attack the four. They all nodded their heads and did as they were told. Arrows then fell from the sky like rain as they were shot into the air. All of them were directed at Brago and the others, but were turned into falling flowers by Kolulu.
Zatch smiled happily. "Oh, look! Now the whole room smells like flowers!"
Fein growled, and Kolulu shot a magic beam up at the clown. It hit him, and he was knocked out unconscious. Brago then saw a door opening so he ran out of the room and right through it. Now he was out in the open! Time to go outside and do… something…
Oil was then thrown at him and he watched as it headed his way. Suddenly it was turned into a rainbow as Tia shot her own magic at it. Brago glared.
"I hate rainbows…"
Koko was running as fast as she could up the stairway. She had to warn Zophise about the escaped prince and the fairies! She must tell him or something bad might happen!
Kolulu saw the running girl and she frowned. "Where do you think you're going, missy?" She waved her wand and a glittery beam swooped up across the area and almost hit Koko as she dodged it. Frowning, the pink-haired girl tried again and this time it hit Koko right as she was about to open the door to Zophise's room. Kolulu cheered with triumph.
In Zophise's room, he heard a few cries and he sat up in his chair where he had fallen asleep. "What the hell is going on out there?" he muttered. Quickly he ran over to the door. He saw Koko and began to speak. "You, quiet down all this racket right—"
He froze, and saw that the possessed girl was unmoving. He walked up to her and waved his hand in front of her emotionless face.
"Hello? Earth to Koko."
Suddenly the girl blinked, and her eyes immediately changed. They were no longer purple, but a warm, chocolate brown color. She blinked a few times and rubbed her head.
"Where… Am I?" She then averted her attention to Zophise and screamed. "AAH! It's YOU! What do you want from me! I am no longer your slave, leave me alone!" Koko then smacked Zophise right across the face a few times with her hand as she stomped off. "I am not your book reader any more!"
Dumbstruck, the orange-haired being gaped. "Wha…? What the hell did she mean by 'book reader?' I hate being told stories!" Suddenly he noticed Brago running away. He cried out in frustration and glared down below him where all the commotion was going on. "This cannot be happening!"
Zophise saw that Brago was about to cross the draw-bridge. He raised his hand and suddenly, like magic, the bridge began to rise. Coming to a stop, the dark mamodo watched with a crimson gaze as his only way of escaping soon vanished.
Well, certainly no drawbridge is going to stop me, thought Brago, I will not be blocked!
Quickly, the mamodo then jumped over the water and landed on the other side safely. He continued to sprint as Zophise growled.
The evil being then began to cast a spell. "A forest of thorn shall be his tomb, born through the skies on a fog of doom. Now go with the curse and serve me well, round Jii's castle cast by spell!"
Without warning, a large, black cloud filled up the sky. Everything was dark, except for when it was lit up by the lightning in the atmosphere. Thick, thorny bushes rose up suddenly around the entire kingdom. Brago stopped hastily before them.
Zophise's laughter echoed throughout the sky just like the thunder. His grin then faded away as he saw the dark mamodo chopping away at all the shrubbery with his sword.
He then screeched out several curses (many of which that are VERY inappropriate for young viewers, so they will not be shown) as his plan continued to fail. A green aura then surrounded Zophise and he vanished, only to reappear beside Brago whom was already on the other side of the thorns.
Zophise pointed his hand at Brago dramatically and yelled, "This ends NOW!"
The other only stared back up at him, wondering what was to happen next. It was a fight to the finish, and the battle was on!
S'gotta be one of my longest chapters, but not the longest. Eh, oh well Anyway, here's my responses to y'all reviewers!
Wolf of the Night Rain: Here's the next chapter.
Hiei's ice angel: Glad ya think so! N' here's the next chapter!
Computerfreak101: Ah, yes, it's fun to torture the characters and bug them to no end, isn't it? You just made my dad stare at me strangely i was laughing again... -.- Sorry to say, but the kiss scene will be delayed until next chapter considering this one went longer than planned. But don't worry, next time i update you'll see it:) Ooh, think there's a song track on there in techno? I likes techno.. Heh, I've been thinking of doing a Halloween one-shot for ZB and putting it up when the time comes. I've even got a lil' of it typed already... Heh, i bet Brago's gonna have the time of his life on Halloween. Maybe when he's in the dress you should have him go trick-or-treeting and stuff. That would be interesting... XD Anywho, here's the next chapter!
Emma Iveli: Hmm... No, Ponygon doens't know. Well here's the next chappy!
PsychicLunar: Mistakes bug me. Oh well. Oh, so that's why it was different? Well, nonetheless, your one-shot was good:) N' it is true that Tia wasn't acting all kind at first... She was pretty much being how she was before she befriended Zatch with the i-don't-trust-anybody-i'm-bad-luck attitude or whatever... Eh. Well, hope you can see Zatch Bell n' all your other fav. shows soon! You can always download episodes if there are any to download on websites if you can. I actually tried doing that with episode 51 of KnGB hoping that there'd at least either be background pictures or subtitles... Turns out that there were none of both but at least i got to hear the character's Japanese voices... -.-
Itachi'sgirl: Yes, Zophise is a guy. But i've heard that in KnGB he's actually a girl... o.O
spottedear94: Hmm, it was long, but actually chapter 3 is the longest out of all the chapters so far. Here's the next chappy!
There ya have it, folks! Next chapter! (sobs) Four more months 'til Brago n' Sherry appear again... (mentally crying) At least we all have something to wait for, ne:)
I think that i'm going to sign off now and keep opening and closing my email to see if i get anything for a bit... Ta ta!
-Twilight M.