Chapter 17
Forever Lonely
Serenity shook. This was so disgusting.
She HATED bugs.
She felt them everywhere. Her legs, her arms, in her hair…this was insane! The boy laughed. "My bug friends will eat you alive."
Serenity tried to keep her cool, not that that was working, and asked, "Who are you again? When everyone was introducing themselves, I didn't think your name was worth knowing…"
The boy glared at her and replied, "I am Weevil, lord of bugs. I control-"
Weevil, still ranting, watched Serenity flick a caterpillar off her arm. Weevil stopped. Serenity flicked off a few more bugs from her left arm and moved onto her right. When she was done, she made sure no bugs were crawling up her skirt and continued to pick them out of her hair.
"What were you saying?" she asked and turned.
As she turned, her elbow accidentally landed on a bug. Squealing in disgust, she grabbed a leaf that was near her and wiped the blue gunk off her elbow. Looking up, she cried out.
Weevil was shaking in rage. "You…you just…killed a friend of mine…"
"Whoops! I'm terribly sorry! I didn't mean it!"
"Sure."
Weevil began to grow a deep shade of brown green. Serenity watched in horror as bugs began to crawl up his legs. She backed away.
Serenity screamed. The bugs were covering his head!
Weevil began to talk. "Dear, dear Serenity. Because you killed one of my friends…you will die."
He began to grow again. The bugs made him about eight feet tall. Bug muscles bulged from the normally weak arms and a tail like a scorpion grew from his back. "It was an accident," Serenity said.
"I was going to have to kill you anyway. But, I pitied you and decided I would just slit your throat or suffocate you. Now, after I weaken you. I'm going to slowly let my bugs eat you alive."
Serenity stared at the former Weevil and put her staff in front of her. "I am not afraid."
Weevil snickered or at least seemed to. "Little girl, you should be."
And with that, he turned and whipped his tail at her. Serenity quickly jumped out of the way. He swung again, and she dodged again. "Come on girlie! Attack me!"
"You asked for it!"
Bringing her staff into the air, a thin beam of light flew from the golden ball on top of the staff. It hit Weevil arms, and sliced it off.
To Serenity's horror, Weevil laughed. His arm replaced itself!
"Is that all you have Serenity?" Weevil asked.
He swung his tail as Serenity again. This time, she didn't move fast enough. It slammed her into a tree close by. Holding her against it with his tail, Weevil moved his face so he was right in front of her.
"Time for the real fun."
Mai looked around. She was in Crishan again. She saw that she was in her inn, holding two glasses of ale. Turning she saw Joey, Serenity, Seto, Yami, and Anzu were standing near the fireplace laughing.
Smiling, she walked over and said, "Hey guys. It's great to be together again!"
The group stopped talking and turned to look at her. Mai suddenly felt very stupid. "Who are you?" Yami asked.
"Yami, it's me! Mai! Your friend."
"I'm sorry. I've never heard of you. It was nice meeting you though."
The five turned away from her. "Anzu!"
Anzu looked startled. "How do you know my name?"
"Anzu, we're friends. Remember?"
The other girl shrugged and turned away. Mai didn't even bother trying to talk with Seto. He had already glared at her, bringing her down again. She felt so small. "Serenity…"
"Sorry," Serenity said, looking apologetic, "We've never met."
Mai felt herself begin to cry. "Jo-Joey…" Mai whimpered.
She felt the boy glare at her. "I don't trust you guys," she heard him say.
Watching them walk out of the inn, she fell to the ground. "No," she cried, "I'm alone."
Alone, just like she would be forevermore. Just like she was before she found the inn, before she had Duke, before all this.
A purple circle appeared around her. Purple wind formed around her, trapping her into a ball. Mai hugged herself. She was alone…forever.
Why do you say that? A voice asked.
Mai looked around. Where was that voice coming from?
From your heart. I am your spirit guide remember?
"You're the eagle," Mai said in awe.
That's right. Now, I want you to know that you are never alone. This is all just a trick. You need to break through this spell and help your friends.
"If you say so."
Mai, you are never lonely because I will always be in your heart.
Mai awoke in a fright. Shaking, she picked herself off the cool floor of the tile. She found herself in one of the many ballrooms. This one had a huge dome of glass for a roof with gold accenting.
"Crishan place is beautiful. I can't believe I've only been to the palace once!" she said.
"It is nice, isn't it? Too bad you're going to die before you see the whole place."
"What?"
Turning, Mai saw a shadow across the room. The clouds moved away from the moon, revealing the shape. Mai wished it hadn't.
The brown haired boy with the purple bangs was in front of her. He wasn't alone either.
He was sitting on a dinosaur.
"Poor you! You don't have a chance!" the boy chuckled and charged towards her.
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-Em