The intro opens with Anne's hands on the Calamity Box, opening it. Light from inside the box shines brightly before it switches to a scene that shows Kenji, Anne, Sasha, and Marcy, looking inside. Suddenly there was a white light and everything when blank.
Kenji was on the ground when the light faded, covered in mud with Anne next to him. When he woke up, he looked shocked to see he was in Amphibia with Anne. The two friends stood up and looked at their surroundings in awe.
The camera then zoomed out and showed the entire world of Amphibia.
Tenohira ni kizama re teru
Tsugihagi no yona sono sen ni furete
The scene then changed to the town of Wartwood as the frog inhabitants go about their daily lives. As a pair of dragonflies fly past the camera, it followed them until stopping at the Plantar farmhouse while the sun was starting to rise in the sky.
When the camera changed to show the house's front door, Kenji and Anne stepped out from inside and out into the world. Ready to take on the day. But first, they ducked their heads under some dragonflies that passed them.
Hibiware sona atama to
Gurasu ga sasata kokoro de mae hashiru
The camera moves up to a window on the side of the house. Sprig opened the window with a telescope in hand. He looked through it at the horizon before slipping off the windowsill and started falling. Inside the house, Hop Pop was reading one of his books in his study when Sprig's falling and screaming made him look at his window. Down on the ground, Sprig had landed in Polly's bucket. His little sister responded by punching her brother in the butt. Sending him flying out of the bucket. She then dove back into her bucket of water.
Sprig landed on Anne's head, and the three of them smiled at one another. Then Sprig pointed at something. Kenji pulled out one of his Class Cards, and the friends rushed off into the unknown.
The scene changed to show Kenji, Anne, and Sprig hopping across multiple mushrooms that lit up when one of them landed on it.
Koware kake no sekai
Kuzure so o de memai
The next scene showed Anne, Sprig, and Kenji running for their lives from a giant chicken monster. Kenji summons a black steed from his Rider Card then gets the others on and gallops away faster from the giant poultry. The scene begins to break apart as red line spread across the screen.
The next scene showed Sprig, Anne, Kenji, Polly, and Hop Pop fishing together on a lily pad before it suddenly rose into the air. Underneath it was a giant fish that started swimming around as everyone started screaming. Kenji, however, started stabbing it with a white curved short sword. The scene to break apart like the scene before.
Another scene showed Sprig in a temple looking at something before Kenji and Anne came rushing down the stairs beside him. Anne picked him up as they ran away from a giant boulder that came crashing into the temple. And just like the last two scenes, it begins to break apart in red lines.
Karappo na karada de
Ibtsuna shikai
The next scene showed a red, dark area. Anne and Kenji had their backs together, and both having looks of determination. Anne raised her tennis racket, and Kenji raised his cards: Saber as it begins to glow.
Still, in the same scene, the viewer is suddenly pulled back to reveal that they were surrounded by dozens of twisted frog/toad/newt-like creatures and a giant snake crawling up from behind them. Towering over them and hissing.
Zokkuri to myako o utsu inochi no sen
Naifu de nazotte nobashite shimaetara
ne dareka oshiete Tsuki ga mierunara
The amphibian-like abominations started attacking as Kenji now armed with Balmung/Gram and Anne rushed towards the viewer. Smashing, slicing, and killing any twisted being that came at them. Just as the viewer watched them go past the camera on both sides, the Giant Snake lunged at the fleeing kids. Its mouth opens as it comes towards the camera before the viewer is in the blackness of the snake's mouth, but it didn't last long as Kenji swung his sword and cuts down the snake with one strike.
Kesenai de
mada kesenai de
The scene changed again to a split screen with the left side show Anne's photo of herself, Kenji, Sasha, and Marcy together being held in a gloved hand and on the right is an older man in his fifties with a grin on his face. A flash of light showed the man's face more and the infamous Toad Tower in the background.
Kienaide mada Kienaide
The final scene of the intro showed Kenji standing in the middle of a road looking at the Class Cards he has. He looked to his left and saw Anne walking over to him with a smile. Then Sprig came over to his right and jumped on Kenji's shoulders while Fou jumps on his head with a content smile on his face. Hop Pop and Polly walked/hopped over and joined the trio. The screen begins to pan downwards as it shows reflections not of the group but of legendary heroes of Earth's history.
The intro ends with the title of the story.
FATE / CALAMITY
Book 1: Amphibia
Chapter 6: Taking Charge
It was another lovely day, as life at the Plantar home was slow going. The Plantars and teenagers had taken everything care of the previous day, and now the family was just relaxing inside. Kenji, meanwhile, was outside fishing on the back patio with his newly constructed fishing rod with Fou sitting on his lap. Sending the thin wire out as far as he could, Kenji patiently for a fish to come around.
This was something he used to do with a spear, but for the past few days, he's managed to make a makeshift rod. As he leaned back on a sack of potatoes with his legs crossed, Kenji started to close his eyes for a rest.
"AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" He jolted upright when he heard Anne's voice screaming from down in the basement. Discarding his fishing rod, Kenji with Fou now back on his shoulder ran back into the house and rushed into the living, where Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly are hanging out.
"Anne? Are you okay?" Kenji ran to the door to the basement and was able to open it when Anne suddenly threw it open. Hitting him in the face and sending him onto the ground. "OW! THAT'S SMARTS!"
"Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys! Look!" Anne said, looking all excited, and showed them her phone.
The family of frogs looked at her with confused looks, while Kenji held his nose for a moment before seeing what was on her screen. "What are we looking at here?" asked Polly.
"Wait, is that…." Kenji let go of his nose to point at the screen.
"Suspicion Island. It's, like, my favorite show," Anne said, showing the title of the show on her phone, before climbing out of the basement and closing the door. "I've got the new season and didn't even know it. It must have auto-downloaded before we got here."
"Awesome!" Kenji cheered, throwing his fists in the air.
"Fou?" Fou said while tilting his head in confusion.
"Who's this Otto?" Sprig asked, looking confused with a hand under his chin.
Polly then cut in by pushing his goggles over his eyes. "And how did you download him?"
"My grandma watches this show," Kenji said with a smile. "It's basically about a bunch of beautiful people doing dumb things while stuff explodes."
"It's literally perfect. Just watch," Anne said, pressing play and facing the screen towards the others as the video started.
"Previously on Suspicion Island." Said the narrator before showing a scene where the beautiful, yet dumb characters are walking through the jungle.
"I've got a lot of feelings about this place," said one of the characters.
"Welcome to our life," Kenji joked, which made Anne snickered.
"Fou!" Fou said as he places his paw on the screen to see if he can touch them, but was disappointed at the video stop, causing Kenji to chuckle as he presses the screen to play the video again.
"Look! More Annes and Kens!" Sprig said, pointing at the humans.
"Haha! They have noses." laughed Polly.
"I feel like everyone on this island is suspicious, Peruvia, except you!" Said one of the characters, Randy, to Peruiva as he placed a hand on her cheek.
"But, Randy, I think you're suspicious!" Peruvia said, slapping his hand away with a look of anger on her face.
"No!" Randy screamed with tears in his eyes before the scene suddenly exploded.
"Suspicion Island. If you don't stay suspicious, you won't stay alive."
"What is this demonic nonsense?" Hop Pop asked, not liking what he saw.
"It's like a stupider version of a TV show called Lost but it makes more sense," Kenji said, leaning on the arm of the couch. "It's actually pretty good with a big mystery element and a lot of humor that goes over kids' heads. You guys want to it?"
"Heck yeah!" Sprig and Polly cheered together, especially when they heard about the humor.
"Now, hold on," protested Hop Pop, holding up his hands. "Instead of that garbage, how 'bout I treat you to some real entertainment?"
"Like what?" Anne asked.
"Oh, no," Sprig and Polly groaned.
Reaching into his coach, Hop Pop pulled out a scroll. "A scene from The Shallow Pond," he said, before clearing throat. Opening the scroll, he started to read the poem. "'Sadness. The world is sadness. But look. There. A pond! Is it deep or shallow?'"
At the end of the scene, the room remained silent for a moment. "All in favor of Suspicion Island, say aye," Kenji said.
"Aye! Aye! Aye! Fou!" Anne, Sprig, Polly, and surprisingly Fou chanted together.
"The 'Ayes' and Fou have it!"
"Okay! Fine! But just one," Hop said.
One episode turned into several more. For the rest of the night, the group watched half of the new season of Suspicion Island. Kenji, Anne, and the frog kids had their eyes glued to the screen, while Hop Pop begrudgingly watched with them and Fou sleeping on Kenji's lap. Looking unamused as the story got more and more ridiculous.
"It can't be, Vivica." Yelled the other male characters yelled as he and a girl were surrounded by several pterodactyls on a cliff. "These pterodactyls are clones of... my dead brother!"
Anne, Sprig, and Polly gasped in shock. "No way!" Anne yelled.
"Oh, yeah. You can see the resemblance," Kenji quipped, getting him a shush from Anne. "What? It's so easy to roast this show. Its why my grandma watches it."
As the episode came to an end, Anne tapped on the screen to pause it. "And that's enough for tonight," Anne said. Kenji stood up and stretched his arms as Fou climbs on his shoulder while Sprig and Polly groaned and complained.
"Don't worry, guys. We'll pick up where we left off tomorrow," Kenji said, yawning tiredly. "Besides, you can't just marathon through a whole show. You got to pace yourself with this stuff."
"All right, you two grubs. Off to bed," said Hop Pop, relieved that it was finally over. The kids groaned again. This time rolling off the couch and onto the ground before getting up.
"How am I supposed to sleep without knowing what happened to Vivica and Chad?" Sprig asked, as he and Polly went towards the stairs.
"Stupid sleep! I want to watch it right now!" Polly complained, following her brother up the stairs to their room.
Leaving Kenji, Anne, Fou, and Hop Pop alone in the living room. Looking towards the old frog, Anne's lips formed a smile as she nudged Hop Pop. "So? What do you think, Hop Pop?" She asked. "Better than that boring stuff you read to us, right?"
Hop Pop scoffed and stood up. "That 'boring stuff' is called literature, Anne," he said, walking towards his room. Before he closed the door, he turned back to the kids. "And maybe, if you had an ounce of culture, you wouldn't reject it in favor of your substandard, puerile garbage show!" He then slammed the door close. Leaving Anne and Kenji alone.
"Sheesh. Tell me how you really feel," Anne said, a little upset.
"It's okay, Anne. I had fun. Thanks for hosting the show," Kenji said with a smile.
"Fou!"
"Thanks, Ken. I had a lot of fun too. And we're going to have even more fun tomorrow," Anne said with a smile as they walked down into the basement. Leaving the phone alone where Anne set it up.
But as midnight rolled around, Kenji's body was twitching around. His face covered in sweat as his face twitched and winched. His breathing was heavy, and his fingers clenched the bed sheets tightly.
Without knowing it, Kenji enters his Inner World again…
(Inner World)
*BOOM!*
"…I just got here and things already exploding!" Kenji said to himself as he stares blankly into the Inner World sky. Only to hear another large explosion as he shot up from his position. Kenji looks around to see Sigurd and the EMIYAS looking towards a certain area of his mind that has a lot of smoke.
Kenji walks up to the group to see what the heck was going. What he was seeing was Siegfried wielding Balmung and another person, whom Kenji deduce to be Lancer, carrying the swordlance: Vasavi Shakti that the Japanese American used against the Tomato monster. The Lancer a young man with long and white unkempt hair that almost appear transparent. His gaze is said to be sharp like a steel blade with the red stone buried in his chest similarly projecting an enthralling lustrousness. It is also specified that what draws the eye more than anything else is the set of golden armor that he has become fused with, giving off a divine radiance. While every single part is said to be beautiful, once combined with Lancer they exude far more ferocity than attractiveness.
All was silent for a second before Siegfried and Karna shot forward to clash blades against each other. Immediately Siegfried's swordplay was apparent as he elegantly met The Lancers attacks as their battle got pushed off to the grassy plains.
The Lancer and Siegfried were a whirlwind of steel and mana as one would engage each other only for the other to come and take over the other's spot. Even still the Lancer stayed calm as he parried strikes with his swordlance.
"Got you!" He yelled when he parried a downward strike of the Balmung with his Vasavi Shakti, leaving the dragon slayer defenseless for an attack. Dispelling his weapon, he grabbed Siegfried's throat as a flame with the intensity of the sun manifested on his hand. It glowed intensely with a shining star before it exploded. The Saber of Germanic Lore was launched backward from the explosion into the ground with a resounding boom.
"You have pierced my dragon's skin," Siegfried was coated in a green aura as he stood up, his skin slightly singed from the fire. "Your skill, legend, and struggle are laudable." He said as he wiped off some soot off his cheek.
"No, you impress me even more Siegfried, it is a feat in itself to survive the flames of the sun without much harm."
"Ahem."
Both Servants stopped as they turned towards Kenji who had a crossed look on his face with his arms crossed as he was tapping his foot. "Care to explain why you guys have turned this place into a battlefield."
Both servants were silent for the moment as they knelt towards Kenji, who was caught off by this act. "My apologizes Master." They said simultaneously.
"Hey, you don't have to kneel alright." Kenji said as he motions them to stand up, which they did. After a few moments of silence, Kenji turns to the Lancer. "So, I'm guessing you're the Lancer from the card I used right?"
The Lancer nodded at his question. "That is true Master. I am known as Karna, son of the sun god Surya and the Hero of Charity." The Lancer now known as Karna said in a professional voice, which causes Kenji's eyes to widen.
"The hero of the Mahabhrata!" Kenji said shock as he was standing in front of the legendary Indian hero. The others were looking at him in surprise as Kenji was scratching his head in embarrassment. "What? I read…Anyway so why did you two decide to do a showdown between each other? I could barely sleep in the real world."
The others seem to chuckle at his embarrassment, but that stopped as Karna stepped forward. "Yes, Master you are correct. As for the battle you've witness, I sensed the same conviction from Siegfried that was like that from my old rival, Arjuna. So, I requested a duel from him."
"And I obliged with his request." Siegfried said as he places his sword back into its sheath. "After that we clashed for about a few minutes before you arrived."
"I see." Kenji said as he looked to the others who had looks of confusion on their faces. "Umm…What's with the looks? What's going on?"
"Master, you said that you had trouble sleeping because of the fight between Siegfried and Karna, right?" Sigurd asked causing his Master to nod. "That shouldn't be possible."
"What? Why do you think that Sigurd?" Kenji asked in confusion at Sigurd's statement as EMIYA stepped forward.
"Master. The Inner World is a metaphysical space within a soul. Usually, things that happen here shouldn't be able to affect you much in the real world while you sleep, except make you more attuned to this world's own mana." EMIYA said as Kenji now has a concern look on his face from the Archer's explanation.
"So, wait. You're telling me that it's not here, but somewhere in Amphibia?!" Kenji said in shock causing the other Servants nodded at his question. "Do you guys know what it could be?" He asked in hope that they would know the answer.
However, they shake their head no because they have no idea either, causing the young man to sigh at the new predicament that he and the others are in now. Before he could ask anymore questions for the time being, the world begins to darken as Kenji soon realizes that he was waking up in the real world.
(Real World)
"You've got be kidding me." Kenji said to himself as he sits upright. There is now something out there in Amphibia that might cause them trouble in the future, and they are severely underprepared with him only knowing the use of three cards out of the eleven he currently has while the others have yet to use theirs yet.
This is bad for them.
'We need to prepare ourselves before whatever arrived in Amphibia finds us by chance.' The young man thought to himself as he heard Anne was waking up with a yawn.
"What? What happened?" Anne said in a slurred tone as she rubbed her eyes. She then saw Kenji staring ahead with tired eyes and sweating. Looking like he had a nightmare. "Ken? What's wrong?"
"Huh?" Kenji turned to her, snapping out of it. He quickly whipped his sweat off his brow. "Uh, yeah. I-I just had a bad dream."
"Oh, that's it? I thought you were being attacked," Anne said, while still concerned for him. "What was it about?"
Kenji was in a mental conundrum. On one hand he could just tell her what he knows from the Heroic Spirits and tell her that they need to be prepare themselves. On the other hand, he would tell nothing is wrong right now and tell her the full details about it tomorrow.
Kenji was about give his answer but was brought out of his worried thoughts when he heard something coming from upstairs. Grabbing his knife, he walked up the stairs and opened the door slightly. Scanning the living room, Kenji found nothing out of the ordinary.
Thinking he just imagined things, Kenji shrugged as he closed the basement door.
"What's was it?" Anne asked as Kenji sat on his bed.
"Thought I heard something upstairs." Kenji said as he laid back down on his bed. "Let's get some sleep. I will tell you what that dream was about after the show tomorrow ok?"
"Oh…Ok." Anne looked a little sad that he wasn't telling her what was wrong, but she smiled a little when he told her that they will talk about it tomorrow after the show. "Well, goodnight," Anne said, laying back down on her bed and going back to sleep. After a few moments, Kenji falls asleep as well, hoping to get a good night rest.
The next day, Kenji yawned as he walked over to join Anne on the couch with Fou sitting on his head. Thankful that he didn't have any more trips towards his Inner World that night.
Bringing over a bowl of popcorn, Anne sat next to Kenji before calling for the Plantars. "Come on, guys! It's time to get suspicious," Anne said as she points towards the sky in a joking manner.
"Fou!" Fou said as he mimics Annes action with his paw with one claw poking out.
"Just like you're suspicious of making popcorn without butter," Kenji joked, dropping a cube of butter onto their popcorn. The two of them laughed and fist-bumped. "Hey Anne, remember what I said last night?"
"Yeah, I remember. Don't worry about it, we'll talk about it after the show." Anne said with a smile on her face as she tapped on her phone screen to show the Suspicion Island streaming page, but then after a few moments, she got a low battery notification.
"Wait, what?!" Anne shouted in total shock. Bringing everyone else to the living room.
"What's wrong, Anne?" Sprig asked.
"What's with all the ruckus?" Hop Pop said, cooking some breakfast.
"Why are you screaming?" Polly exclaimed.
"My battery is low," Anne said, picking up her phone. Confused as to how it got like this. "But it was fine last night when I turned it off."
"I'm surprised it kept its charge for so long," Kenji said with wide eyes.
But when she opened her phone again, she was puzzled to see that every episode of the show's new season was already watched. "Huh? 'Watched'?"
Kenji's eyes widened as he realized what that meant. "That must have been what I heard last night," he said, turning his head to Anne. "Someone was watching the show while we were all asleep."
"Who watched all these episodes and used up all the-" Before she finished her sentence, the phone started beeping. The battery had run out, and it was shutting down. Anne desperately tapped on the screen to keep it on. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"
But it was too late, and the battery lost the last of its power. Shutting down Anne's phone. The last connection she had to earth. Stunned, Anne lowered the phone onto her lap and whispered, "It's gone."
"What's gone?" Sprig asked.
"Sprig, that phone had everything Anne had to remember of earth," Kenji said, placing a hand on Anne's shoulder.
"And he means everything! My pictures, my texts! Videos of my cat! Now all my memories from home are gone!" Anne exclaimed before she began hyperventilating. Bringing her legs up to her chest and buried her face in her face.
It made Kenji upset to see her this upset and rubbed Anne's back. "It's going to be okay…."
"No!" Anne suddenly slapped his hand away. "Was it you!?" She yelled, pointing an accusing finger at his chest.
"Wait what?"
"Fou?"
"Did you, or did you not, watch all those episodes and drain the battery on my phone?" Anne demanded to know with narrowing eyes. Giving him a suspicious look.
"Anne, what are you talking about?" Kenji frowned, feeling insulted by her accusation. He lightly swatted her hand away from him. "I didn't watch those episodes."
"Oh yeah? You said you heard someone upstairs last night and went to investigate it. You would have only heard someone if you were awake!"
"I poked my head out to see who was up in the living room last night, Anne! You know that!" Kenji yelled at her, standing up to glare at her.
"Guys, stop fighting!" Sprig quickly said, getting between the two fighting friends.
"Fou!"
"Why, Sprig? Did you do it!?" Anne yelled, pointing at him. Now accusing him.
"Anne, stop!" Kenji shouted.
"What? No! I didn't watch anything. It must have been Polly," Sprig exclaimed, pointing to his polliwog sister.
"What?!" Polly shouted angrily. Shocked at the accusation.
"I even heard her get up in the night," Sprig said, standing on the armrest. He then leaned to the humans. "Very suspicious."
"Oh my God," Kenji groaned, pinching the bridge of his nose. He knew full well where this was going.
"I needed to pee!" Polly retaliated. "Plus, if you heard me, you were awake too, like Ken. YOU TWO ARE THE SUSPICIOUS ONES!" She pointed at her brother and the human male.
"Don't change the subject," Sprig said angrily. Glaring at his sister as he leaned close to her face.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait," Polly said. "What about... Hop Pop?"
"Heh! Me? In case you forgot, I despise that garbage," Hop Pop said, not amused at the accusation.
"Exactly! Maybe you ran down the phone, so we'd have to listen to your boring play!" Polly exclaimed.
"Oh, that's good," Sprig said with a nod.
"That is preposterous!"
"Enough!" Anne suddenly shouted, standing up and pointing at everyone in the room. "If none of you are going to admit to it, then the least you can do is help me fix my phone!"
"Fair enough, Anne. How do we bring this thing back to life?" Hop Pop asked, still holding his spatula and pan. "Magic? Live sacrifice? I know a guy in town-"
"What? No, no, no! We just have to charge it," Kenji said. He turned to Anne with a small frown. "Which is pretty much impossible without electricity."
"Huh?" The frog family looked at him with confused looks.
"You know. Thunder? Lightning? …Zap zap?" Anne asked.
"'Zap zap'?" Hop Pop repeated, scratching his head with the spatula. It sounded familiar. Then he suddenly thought of something. "Oh, I think I know what you're talking about. Quickly! To my study!"
The family gathered in Hop Pop's study as he placed a book down on his desk. He opened it to a page with a mountain picture on it. "I've heard talk of a creature called the Zapapede that lives deep in the Misty Peaks," he said, tracing his finger up a trail to a picture of a centipede-like creature. "It zaps its prey with a small spark of lightning'. Yeah, it's pretty cool, actually."
"Fou." Fou said as he sniffs the picture to see if it had a scent, but it was a book, so it didn't have one.
"Sounds like it's worth a shot," Anne said. "So, how far away is this bug, HP?"
"Don't call me HP. Already have to deal with that with Kenji." Hop Pop told her as Kenji chuckled at the old frog's statement towards him. "It's a couple of hours to travel there, but that should be no trouble for this gang." He pointed at his grandkids and the human friends.
Sprig, however, swatted his hand away. "Oh, yeah? Well, that's just what Chad Vanderblad said. Right before he was stabbed in the back by a backstabber, ON SUSPICION ISLAND!" He yelled, repeatedly pointing finger guns at Hop Pop.
"Watch where you're pointing' that finger!" Hop Pop told him, swatting them away.
Then Polly jumped into the conversation. She jumped off Sprig's head and landed between the two male frogs. "I would never stab Chad in the back, but one of you two would."
"No one is stabbing ANYONE in the back!" Kenji said loudly out of frustration. He then pointed a finger at them. "Now stop arguing with each other! Because as far as I'm concerned, you're all suspicious. Just look at you."
"Fou!"
The faces the Plantars were meaning, and the way they were shifting their eyes back and forth from side to side just proved his point.
"What a minute!" Sprig said, pointing his finger at Kenji. "Every time you point, more fingers point back! Meaning you're still suspicious, Ken!"
"All of you, stop it!" Anne said, glaring at them. "Now, come on. Let's get going. The sooner we move, the sooner I get my memories back." She turned and walked out of the study.
Kenji followed her shortly afterwards, and the two exited out of the house. The Plantars following behind them. "You okay, Anne?" He asked. Anne let out a sigh and looked down at the ground as they walked.
"I…know it may seem silly, but my phone has everything to remind me of home," Anne said, pulling it out and looking at the black screen.
"It's going to be okay, Anne," Kenji said. "We'll figure out a way to fix it."
Anne looked at him, smiling at his supportiveness. But then she squinted at him. "Are you sure you didn't use my phone?"
"No. Besides, I lost my battery charge a few days ago," Kenji said, pulling out his phone and holding it up to her.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Anne asked.
"I figured it was only a matter of time before our phones lost power together," Kenji said, pulling his phone away from her and looking at it. "Though, I have to admit; it's been a while since I've seen pictures of my folks, Kilo, and…." He hesitated for a moment. "Look, I know what you're going through right now. Feeling like you're losing your memories of home."
Anne looked at him sadly and with sympathy. Feeling guilty, she said, "Hey, I'm sorry for accusing you, Ken."
"It's alright, Anne," Kenji said with a small smile. But he looked over his shoulder at the Plantars, who were still giving each other the 'I'm watching you' gesture. "I'm more worried about them."
"I'm sure it'll be fine," Anne said, brushing off his worries. The two of them then heard Sprig tripping over and looked back. Seeing his face down on the ground because he wasn't looking at where he was going.
"Sure, it will." Kenji retorted.
"Fou." Fou said as he jumps on Annes shoulder and rubs his head against her cheek causing the girl to giggle as she scratches underneath the little creature's chin to his delight.
"Thanks, Fou that means a lot…just to be sure, you wouldn't be one to use my phone last night, did you, Fou?" Anne asked the little white creature, only to get a deadpan stare from Kenji and a confused Fou who tilted his head in confusion. "Just asking to be sure."
This is going to be a long trip, Kenji just knows it.
Within a couple of hours, they made it to the mountain's base and began the long trek up the trail. As they walked on the rough walk away, Sprig started playing on his fiddle and sang.
" A family Distrusts each other "
" On a dangerous mission "
" Like the nearly naked humans on the island of Suspicion "
" Peruvia, Felicia, And Randy, so hot "
" Beguiling, hostile-ing "
" We're all Suspicious isle-ing "
Sprig stopped when he bumped into Kenji's leg. The group had stopped in their tracks as Hop Pop held up his hand.
"Quiet, boy. Look! There's one now!" He said, pointing to the Zapapede.
It was golden yellow, with a pale-yellow underbelly. It had two green eyes, one slightly darker than the other. The lighter-green eye had a positive sign, and the darker eye had a negative symbol. It had many pairs of short brown legs, much like a caterpillar. It had brown horns with electricity zapping between them, with darker to lighter ascending layers and yellow, sharp mandibles at the front of their heads.
"A Zapapede!" Hop Pop said.
"Oh, looks pretty cute," Anne said. Kenji agreed with a hum and nod.
"Fou!" Fou said as he points towards an old bridge that was leading towards the Zapapede.
Kenji is the first to step forward, but then he looked down as the clouds started to clear up and saw that the Zapapede was up on a high rock point separated far from the mountain. And the only way to get to it was the old bridge that looked ready to collapse.
"Oh, dear god, we're actually doing this," Kenji said, starting to become a little scared. Taking a deep breath, he stepped onto the bridge with one foot. He then stepped completely on the bridge, stretching his arms out to balance himself. Walking out a bit onto the bridge, he turned back to the other. "Okay, it's good. But step lightly, guy. I don't think this thing can take much weight."
Sprig nodded and started carefully walking on the bridge. Then Hop Pop, Anne, and Polly. The five started making their way across the bridge.
As he followed behind Kenji, Sprig yawned. Something that made Hop Pop stop and looked at him with suspicion. Walking up to him, Anne placed her hand on Hop Pop's shoulder.
"Huh. What's up, HP?"
"Sprig sure looks tired, doesn't he? Awfully suspicious," Hop Pop said with squinting eyes. "And will you two stop calling me HP?"
"The old man's a lying snake, but he does have a point," Polly said, looking from behind Anne's one shoe.
Kenji and Sprig were still walking, but the red frog stopped. "You guys talkin' scum?!" He yelled, pointing accusingly at them.
"Guys, what did I tell you about accusing each other?!" Kenji said, turning around to glare at them. "We're almost there."
Sprig squinted his eyes at the others, before turning back to Kenji. He waved for him to come over to him. Kenji groaned exasperatedly and walked over to him. Sprig then signaled for him to come down to him.
"Sprig, we're on a bridge together. They're going to hear you," Kenji said with a frown.
"I just need to talk to you."
Kenji groaned in annoyance and crouched down to Sprig's level. "What?"
Sprig looked back at the others before turning back to him. "I don't believe that you watched all those episodes. But I want to find out who's guilty just as much as you do. Let me help you," he said, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Sprig, I just want this mission to be over with," he said, standing up and starting walking again.
"But let's help each other out," Sprig said, following him. "Everyone thinks that I did it. Do you know what that's like? To be accused of something you didn't cause?"
Kenji suddenly stopped, and Sprig bumped into his leg. Everyone had heard their conversation and were watching, but now their attention was on the boy.
Kenji stood still, facing the other end of the bridge. The wind rushed through his hair. He clenched his fists tightly as he looked over his shoulder at Sprig who flinched as he saw that Kenji's eyes glaring at him so sharply like razor blades.
"Yes, Sprig. I do."
"Fou…" Fou said as he was concern for his current owner from the stare he was giving towards the little frog. Kenji then turned around and started marching towards the other side of the bridge.
"Well, then let's help each other!" Sprig said as got over the death stare that was given to him. Polly suddenly jumped in front of Hop Pop and Anne.
"Oh, no, you don't! You were trying to Chad him into trusting you!" She exclaimed as she points and accusing flipper towards Sprig.
"And you're trying to Vivica Anne into not trusting me!" Sprig said, walking towards his sister, pointing at her.
"Oh, and look at Hop Pop trying to Randy his way out of this." Polly said, turning to her grandfather.
"I don't even know what that means!" Hop Pop yelled, throwing his hands into the air.
"Guys, cut it out!" Anne said, walking over to them in the middle of the bridge. "You're going to-"
Suddenly, with a loud snap, the bridge broke apart, and all five of them were plunged down into the mist.
When Kenji opened his eyes, he groaned in pain. As did the others. Luckily for him and Anne, they landed on a bush with Anne being on top of him, causing him to turn red a little. Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly, on the other hand, weren't so lucky. Having landed on the hard rock floor of a ledge.
"Rope bridge? More like 'nope bridge.'"
"Fou…" Fou said as he gets out of the bush and falls down with swirls in his eyes, showing that he was knocked out.
"Uh Anne? Can you get off?" Kenji as Anne looked at him in confusion before realizing her position and gets off him with a blush on her face.
"Why did we ever think showing that show was a good idea?" The young man said, sitting up and rubbing his head. Him and Anne sharing a fair number of cuts and bruises from the fall. He then picks up the knocked out Fou and places him into his center of his coat as he it zips up, so Fou doesn't fall out.
Hop Pop was lying near the edge of the cliff, groaning in pain when he looked down. He gasped and exclaimed, "Look! Down there! More Zapapede!"
Kenji, Anne, Sprig, and Polly walked towards the edge and looked down below. Down in a gorge were what had to be thousands of Zapapede zapping away at one another, in a frenzy from the bridge collapsing on top of them.
"They're pretty far down," Hop Pop said.
Looking around for any way to get to the Zapapede, Kenji suddenly got an idea. "We'll just link arms and lower someone down!" Kenji said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out his phone.
"Just like the teens did in episode eight!" Anne said with a smile, pulling out her phone too.
"Ha! So that Polly can drop us to cover her tracks, just like Vivica did in the very same episode?!" Sprig said, glaring at his sister.
"You're calling me a Vivica?!" yelled an angry Polly.
"Maybe…" Polly suddenly jumped on Sprig, and the two started fighting
"Kids, no! Stop fighting!" Hop Pop yelled, but there was no stopping them. Polly gave Sprig an Indian burn, and Sprig gave her a wet willy.
Seeing that things have indeed gotten out of hand, Kenji and Anne walked over to them. "Hey, cut it out, you guys. Seriously!" Anne yelled before Sprig accidentally kicked her in the face.
"Oh, sorry, Anne. Are you okay?" Sprig apologize with a nervous laugh.
"Anne?" Kenji asked, worried by how quiet she'd gotten.
Anne pushed foot out of her face and rolled up her sleeve. She then let out a battle cry and attacked Sprig and Polly.
"OH, GOOD GOD!" Kenji exclaimed in a panic and quickly dove into the furball to try and get them all split apart.
"Kids, no! Stop fighting!" Hop Pop said, watching in agony as his family tore itself apart.
Kenji was trying to pull back Anne, while she and Polly were attacking Sprig at the same time. "Guys! Quit it!" He yelled, before feeling someone biting into his foot. He tried to shake him off. "OW! The hell, Sprig? Let go, damnit!"
Hop Pop started sweating and looked around for a solution, but there was none. Seeing no other options, he finally caved in.
"IT WAS MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
The kids stopped fighting as the old frog's voice echoed across the gorge. The four of them stared at him with wide eyes. Shocked by what they just heard.
"You!?" Kenji exclaimed, letting go of Anne. "You drained the battery?"
"That's right, Kenji. I watched all the episodes. Every single one!" Hop Pop admitted, hitting the sides of his head.
"But why Hop Pop?" Kenji asked, standing up with Anne.
"Yeah, I thought you hated Suspicion Island," Anne said, holding her phone.
Hop Pop looked up at them with disbelief. "Hated it? Hated it? I LOVED IT!" He shouted, making the kids gasp. Hop Pop then started explaining. "Ever since the end of that last episode. I-I couldn't sleep. I fell in love with those crazy kids on their crazy island. I couldn't get enough! I did the only thing I could. I snuck out to the living room to watch another episode. I vowed only to watch one, but Suspicion Island had its hooks in me! And before I realized what had happened, I'd finished the season! With dawn approaching, I covered my tracks and made my escape."
At the end of his tale, the kids were amazed by the surprise twist in the mystery. "Why don't you just tell us that you liked it?" Kenji asked. "None of this would have happened if you had."
Hop Pop sighed in shame. "I didn't want to admit that I liked something that you all liked. But now I'm going to make things right," he said, taking Anne and Kenji's phones.
"I WILL REDEEM MYSELF!" He suddenly shouted, ran to the edge of the cliff, and jumped off it. Falling straight down towards the Zapapede.
"AH!"
"Hop Pop!" Anne said as The shocked group looked down. Expecting to see him dead from the fall or the Zapapede. Miraculously, Hop Pop was still alive. He was just lying on top of the Zapapede.
"I'm okay!" Hop Pop called up to them.
"Hop Pop! We're coming to get you! Don't move or do anything to provoke them!" Kenji called down to the old frog.
"You know, it's actually kind of relaxing," Hop Pop said, before the Zapapede started electrocuting him. When they stopped, Hop Pop looked burnt and in terrible pain as he whimpered. They shocked him again and again. With both phones, he tried crawling away, but would just get zapped again.
"Stop screaming in pain! I think it makes them angrier!" Kenji yelled.
"He can't last much longer!" Sprig cried
"We have to work together!" Polly shouted.
"I've got an idea!" Kenji said, standing up and pointing to the tree trunk. "Sprig! Wrap your tongue around that trunk and hold on tight!" Sprig nodded and shot his long tongue out at the trunk. Tying himself around it. "Polly grabbed onto my legs, and Sprig, I want you to hold onto her. Anne, I'm going to need you to get my shoulders."
Kenji crouched down, and Anne came over to sit on his shoulders. His head between her, Kenji looped his hands around her legs like they were the safety harness of a rollercoaster. As he stood at the edge of the cliff, Polly bounced over and grabbed his legs before Sprig grabbed her with his feet.
Taking a deep breath and exhaling, Kenji fell over the side of the cliff. "LEEROY JENKINS!"
"Who the heck is Leeroy?!" Polly shouted as the kids fell towards the Zapapede, stopping when Sprig's tongue reached the end of its length. Kenji grunted as he tried to keep his hold on Anne as she reached down and grabbed Hop Pop's foot.
"Got him!" Anne exclaimed. But she suddenly realized something. "Oh, wait a second."
"Oh crap I just realized it-"
The Zapapede zapped Hop Pop again, and the electricity coursed up to Anne. She screamed in pain while being electrocuted. The electricity traveled up to Kenji and zapped him, causing him pain and for Fou to wake up as well and feel the pain of being shocked. Then Polly and then Sprig. The whole group screamed, before being shot out of the nest and sent high into the air. Seeing that the whole group as slowly begin their decent toward the ground at increasing speeds, Kenji pulls out a Class Card. This time however to make sure that they survive the fall, he will try a different approach.
"Install: Rider!"
ZZAKASH!
From the Class Card, blue lightning danced around it as the energy engulfed the whole group and begins to move franticly around the Misty Peaks. The lightning bolt seems to pass around the mountain before passing the entrance towards the mountains, leaving most of the charred and burnt group on the ground, groaning in pain from the shock they were given, but they were confused as how they were able to survive the Zapapede and that blue thunderbolt that struck them. Hop Pop sat up and looked at the humans' phones and was shocked to see that both were at ten thousand percent.
"Holy smokes. That's a lot of percent." he said.
Anne groaned as she sat up against a tree and looked for Kenji, who was nowhere to be found. "Ken? Ken?! Where are you?!"
"Fou!" Fou said as he rushes up to Anne's shoulder and pats her cheek to get her attention.
"What? What is it Fou?"
Before Fou could do anything else, Hop Pop heard something. When his ears picked up an oncoming sound. He focused his hearing and was baffled. It had to be a mistake, but "Is it just me or does everyone else hear the sound of…clopping?" he called out over the storm as the others also begin to hear-.
ZZAKASH!
A bolt of blue lightning struck the ground between the whole group, blinding the whole group for a few moments.
"OH, WHAT NOW?!" Polly shouted as they heard something throughout the storm.
(Play: Fate/Zero - Army of the King)
"ULULULULULULUIIII!" A different cry overpowered her incredulous, furious yell as a massive object made itself known through the localized thunderstorm.
A dumbfounded Anne could only peer in awe at the sight above her. "A black horse…Kenji?!" she whispered.
Then it landed in the center of the group, causing them to cover their eyes from the smoke. The mighty steed neighed through the dispersing smoke as all the others present gaped in awe at the powerful beast that was standing in front of them. Stray bolts bounced around it.
And behind the reins sat Kenji now garbed in armor and clothes that looks like it was from the Macedonian Era with a crimson cloak and a short sword with a small blade on the pommel rested at his hip, but the one thing that stood out was the ever-confident grin on his face and eyes that are now the color of crimson.
'Kenji' got off his rider and walked towards the group. The whole group tensed as the young man spread his arms wide but paused when he spoke. "All of you, be at ease! A King stands before you!" 'Kenji' proclaimed with a powerful voice and proud grin. He took a brief glance around himself to ensure he had their full attention before continuing. "My name is Alexander, The up-and-coming King of Conquerors. I have been called as a Rider for my Master in this world: Kenji Richards."
You could hear a pin drop in the minute that followed. 'Kenji' now known as Alexander simply smiled as everyone was struggling to comprehend what had just happened, what he was just so brazenly announced.
…For about a few moments. "W-Wait a minute! What in Frog's name is going on here?! Are you alright Kenji?!"
"Yeah! What the hell are you saying, Ken?!" Anne said as she grabs and shakes Alexander's shoulder, worried that the lightning may have fried her friend's brain to the level of this craziness.
Puick!
"Ow!" Alas poor Anne, she fell to the dreaded finger flick of the once ruler of Macedonia towards her forehead as she rubbed the bruise spot and gave him a scowl, even though to Alexander it was like a kitten trying to look intimidating.
"Relax, my Master's friend, I will explain what happened soon."
"Wha?"
The king straightened up ignoring the incredulous look from the young woman as he turns to the old frog. "As for your question, old timer, I fully understand that the four of you are confused at the current situation that is happening. And I have nothing but greatest respect for what all of you here for the show of concern for my Master. Nevertheless," he turned his head to look into the eyes of every one of them in turn, "I would like to ask something before we continue our conversation."
A-rank Charisma worked its magic, drawing in the others with each word. Whatever he said next ought to be momentous.
Alexander bowed his head a bit, his volume lowering as well. "How about you four…" he thrust out both arms as though to pull them all in and lifted his grinning face up while shouting, "…join my growing army?!"
Something shattered inside his audience's minds, but he continued unabashed. "I'd welcome you into my army as dear friends," he slammed his fists together as a symbol, "and together, we can all bask in the adventure of conquering this world! BWAHAHAHA!"
Another lengthy pause at the sheer ridiculousness Alexander displayed. It took them time simply to process what this man from another time and world said so casually.
"I LOVE THIS GUY!"
"Polly!" The others minus Alexander said towards the young polliwog.
"What? The guys got good charisma!"
Alexander gave off a hearty laugh at the scene he is witnessing as his black steed, Bucephalus, comes closer to him and places his head next to him causing the young King of Conquerors to pet him. "Long time no see, old friend. I know you want to ride around this area, but I'm afraid that we don't have much time here." Alexander said as his body and his steed begins to glow a bright light.
"Woah hold up for a moment. Can you explain what going to happened to Kenji?!" Sprig asked as the young King of Conquerors grinned at the frog boy.
"Don't worry little frog. He is coming back within a moment after I return to the card. It was pleasure to meet you four and do think about my offer that I have given you about joining my army. BWAHAHAHAHA!" Alexander laughed as he and his horse were surrounded by a sphere of light. After a few moments, the sphere dissipates, revealing Kenji in his normal clothes again and holding the Rider card in his hand. After a few moments Kenji landed on his back with a resounding thud.
(Stop: Fate/Zero - Army of the King)
"Kenji?! KENJI!" Anne said in worry as she and the others rush to him as the young woman grabbed his shoulders and begins to shake him to wake him up while Fou rushes up to his face and gives him a few licks to see if he would wake up from that. Kenji didn't respond for a moment, until he started coughing and sat up. Once he was done, he panted for a moment.
"How are we still alive!?" Kenji shouted, throwing his hands into the air. His arms then plopped on the ground.
Anne smiled and chuckled at his outburst, relieved he was okay. "Are you okay," she asked. Kenji groaned as he pushed his hands on his back.
"I'm fine. Just a little burnt and Alexander is back in the card. I saw everything and trust me on this, I was surprise at what he offered you guys." he said, panting himself off. Kenji groaned as he stood up and offered Anne a hand. Anne smiled and grabbed his hand. "Well the good news is that at least we got your phone charged along with mine."
Anne took him by surprise when she suddenly hugged him. Making him blush. "True, but you're more important than my phone," she said.
"But it had all your memories," Kenji said, still blushing.
"Yeah, but you're important to me too. You're my friend," Anne said, blushing too as she held him tighter. Kenji smiled and hugged her back. The two pulled away from each other, before turning to look at Hop Pop.
"So, you love Suspicion Island, huh?" asked Anne, smiling
Hop Pop looked away in guilt and sighed. "Yeah...And I'm sorry I lied and drained your memory box. Can you ever forgive this old, silly frog?"
"Dude, you just risked your life to recharge both our phones. I think we're square," Kenji said, taking back his phone. Hop Pop smiled and handed back Anne's.
"Aw," Sprig said as he and Polly watched the friendly exchange and forgiveness while sitting on some rocks.
"Really glad I didn't push you off a cliff like I was planning," Polly said.
"Me too, Polly. Me too." Sprig chuckled.
"All right, enough fiddle-faddling. We got to get home so you guys can finish the season. If I don't talk to someone about it soon, I'm going to explode!" Hop Pop exclaimed, turning and walking away. The others followed behind him. Beginning their journey back to the Plantar farm. "I mean, that part where the island itself is revealed to actually be-"
"No!"
"Oh, come on!"
"Dude, spoilers!"
"Keep it to yourself, old man or I will you throw back into that Zapapede pit!"
"…Shutting up now!"
Hours later, and the day had turned into night. After taking a good shower, Kenji walked down into the basement, drying his head with one of Anne's towels. As he walked to his bed, he looked at Anne and noticed that she was still up as she was scrolling though her phone, looking at her pictures that she had taken.
He smiled, thinking she was adorable when she slept. Pushing those thoughts into the back of his head, Kenji sat down on his bed and looked up at the ceiling. He then turned to his phone and grabbed it.
Turning it on, he opened his texts. Early in the day, he looked through his photos. Now he wanted to look back on the conversations he had in his life. His first thought was to see his grandma and grandpa's texts, but he paused when he noticed his mom's number.
Kenji stared at it for a moment, before tapping on it. He looked at the last text he sent to them.
Me: [I've made it to grandparent's place. Talk to you tonight?]
That was the last text he sent his parents.
It was a few days before he, Anne, Sasha, and Marcy teleported to Amphibia. In truth, he didn't know it they were back home after their business trip or were still on it, but he was still worried that they will know that he's not back home and may call a search and rescue for him and his friend to find them.
That may be hard when they are in another world filled with talking amphibians.
"Hey Kenji." Anne spoke up, causing the boy to put up his phone and look towards his friend and notice that she was sitting on the edge of his bed. He must have been thinking deep enough to not notice her.
"Yes Anne?" Kenji asked as he stands up and sits next to her. Fou wakes up sits on his shoulder, wondering where his caretaker and his mate were going with this conversation
"Do you remember last night that you said what cause you to waked up last night. Can you please tell what happened?" Anne asked as she looked towards him with a concerned look on her face, showing that she really wants to know and was genuinely concerned for him. After a few moments of silence, Kenji sighed and nodded.
"Ok I will tell you, but we can't tell the others about this. At least not yet." Kenji said as he raises a pinkie towards her. "Do you swear not to tell them until the time is right?"
Anne looked towards the pinkie then back to Kenji and knows that he's very serious about this when he invokes the Pinkie Promise. So, she raises her pinkie and connects it to his. "I Promise."
"Good." Kenji said as they shake to seal the deal and let go of her pinkie finger. With a big breath of air, he turns to her with a grim smile. "Because once I tell you this, there's no going back after this."
Meanwhile, in the kingdom of Newtopia, we cue to the castle of the kingdom's 'wise' and 'kind' king as an alarm rang out, due to a mysterious intruder breaking into the castle as numerous Royal Newt Guards could be seen trying to defeat and/or kill the intruder, which turns out to be a 20 foot worm-like hollow insect with a body composed of smaller bugs with branch like arms and wings, a giant blender-like mouth and esophagus.
This thing was truly a terrifying sight to behold.
The mysterious being dispatched them swiftly by lifting up its arms and sends out multiple insects towards every single Royal Guard nearby covering their bodies, subduing them as it then grunted in surprise at feeling something strike its back and turned around as its saw a couple of the royal guards blasting him relentlessly with their energy spears.
Not hurt by the energy blasts in the slightest, the mysterious figure slowly turned its head down to face the group of Newts as its summons more bugs that flew through the air and captured multiple Royal Newt Guards, preventing them from fighting as the mysterious figure stopped and stoically turned its head as its saw the last surviving Royal Newt Guard standing before him and trembling in fear as said guard was shakily pointing his spear at him.
As if wanted to torment the last surviving Guard who was in a frozen/terrified state, the mysterious figure began slowly moving over to him as the Royal Newt Guard whimpered in fear by this creature...until-
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!?" A calm yet furious voice rang out as an extremely tall Newt ran into the room while armed with a big and intimidating-looking sword that was set on fire as the huge Newt looked around the area to search for the intruder and saw the giant hollow insect standing in front of him with his back turned to him as the Newt narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
The giant being is a 20-feet-tall, 1,200-year-old, giant, newt with light blue skin and a lighter underbelly; A very stocky and muscular build and has white hair with a full beard and crows feet. He wears a dark purple metal suit of armor that has an X shaped battle mark on the left abdomen over a lighter colored shirt with cuffs similar to that of a Victorian aristocrat. He wears a crown on his head and has pauldrons shaped like snail shells; the right pauldron has a smaller X shaped battle mark on it. He also wears a gold snake belt and a purple and yellow tunic. His name is Andrias Leviathan, the king of Amphibia and the one who came close to conquering the Multiverse, but no one else but him knows that.
The first of the two that were standing behind the king is an aqua-marine newt with a lighter underbelly and long navy-blue hair tied into a bun with a shell band. She wears a yellow and purple dress with scale-like designs stitched into a pattern. She also wears white gloves and a golden brooch with a purple transparent shawl. This is Lady Olivia Michelle.
The second and last one is a 16-year-old Chinese-American girl who is tall and slim. She has C-Cup Breasts, a thick ass, olive skin, short, shiny black hair, and dark brown oval eyes. She wears a faded gray hooded cape, complete with a white-furred collar which is held together with a brown shell. She also wears a brown metal chest plate, a stitched skirt, and grey winter snow boots which are wrapped with studded straps. She has gray fingerless gloves on each of her hands; moreover, her signature primary weapon seems to be a hand-mounted crossbow (Can fold its two limbs plus hide an arrow when not in use) that is fitted onto her right forearm that was aimed at the creature with a fire bolt. This is Marcy Wu, Chief Ranger of the Newtopian Knight Guard.
"Reveal yourself, foul monster, or else you will face the king's judgement!" King Adrias threatened while pointing his sword at the mysterious figure, who remained quiet for a few seconds
"King Andrias, I can distract him while you-"
"I know what you're thinking about Marcy, but I don't think this will be like any other creature you've faced. Those insects that has my guards pinned down are not doing anything else except keeping them in place. That means this creature is commanding them to do so. No creature on Amphibia can do something like this unless it has a sentience of its own." King Andrias said as the worm-like hollow insect let out a couple of chuckles as it shakes its head.
"Clever deduction...King Andrias Leviathan. I guess what they said about you is true. The 'Wise' King of Newtopia who has grand plans for his kingdom." The creature spoke to the King, causing Marcy and Olivia to widen their eyes at the creature that can communicate with them in their language.
"...Who are you, creature?" King Adrias asked with a calm, emotionless tone as he gripped his fire sword tightly, now no longer acting like a brave king defending his kingdom, but a fierce warrior willing to kill to keep his kingdom and image from falling apart as the mysterious intruder's body slowly turned into a spiral of insects as did the other bugs that were hold the guards back joined in the spiral, slowly revealing a being smirking at the look of anger from King Adrias, the scared look of Lady Olivia and the awed look of Marcy Wu, with great arrogance.
The mysterious figure revealed himself to be a humanoid male with dragonfly wings, and his legs and right arm take on a black insectoid appearance. The legs and body of centipedes, flies, and other vermin can be seen beneath his black cloak. The human-like being gave them a mocking bow even though he was surrounded by spears pointing at him.
"It is a pleasure to meet you all, King Andrias Leviathan, Lady Olivia Michelle, and Captain Marcy Wu. I am Oberon Vortigern, King of the Mors and a Servant of the Throne of Heroes." The being now known as Oberon said with that arrogant smirk on his face.
"But you can also call me…an ally."