We don't own anything!

-0-0-

"Partake of my free snack sample!" King shouted while holding a mish-mash of items, bacon and a dirty hotdog. "Take them! I demand it as your ruler! The king of Demons!" He then threw his 'snacks' to the ground. "Why is everybody ignoring me? I'm their rightful overlord… intellectually and such."

"No, you're not." Beat said. "Wait, where's Chris?"

"Yeah…" Eda said as a witch in purple walked by. "Hold it right there!" She grabbed the Hexside student and started sniffing his head. "Hmm, it smells more like a nerd than money today."

"GUYS!" Luz appeared with a joyful smile. "You wouldn't believe what's happening today!" She then ran ahead and did a pose. "It's a book fair! Where books come to life!"

Then a random book drops and starts… talking? "Hello."

"GAH!" the abnormal teen kicked the sentient book away.

"A fair without rides?" King complained/questioned.

Then a random Gnome with a large backpack appeared. "Who needs rides when this," he then shoves a book at King's face. "Can take you anywhere." King was not amused and threw a piece of bacon at the witches head and a demon took him away.

"Hey guys," Chris came back with stacks of books in hand and placed them on the table. "Been browsing some books."

"Whoa Chris, you take more books here then back home. And you take alot." Luz said to her short best friend.

"I know, but there's no such thing as too many books for me." Chris said proudly.

"Wait, how are you going to pay for all of that?" Luz asked her short friend. "I'm sure even Eda would say no to that kind of knowledge."

Eda rolled her eyes as she took off her sunglasses. "And she's right, so you're not getting a penny out of-."

"I still have some allowance for that baby sitting service for the Bat Queen, remember." Chris said to remind them.

"And let's not forget that the Construction workers allow us to smash some stuff." Beat Added and remembering the body swap event.

"... Oh yeah," Eda snorted humorously. "I remember now."

"How come you never told me any of that stuff!? I want some moolah!" Luz begged them as she gestured her fingers for cash.

The abnormal girl is answered by her friends."You never asked./I asked if you wanted to join me." Beat and Chris simultaneously said to her.

"Oh, man." Luz pouted and grumbled.

"Actually," Chris puts down his stacks of books on a table, pullsout a poster, and hands it to Luz. "There's something you might be interested in."

"A Writing Competition?! Here!?" Luz shouted with excitement and took the poster to read it. "First prize is a huge reward for ten thousand Snails!? Can this day get any better!"

"Indeed, I have something for you in the Owl House," Chris said with a smile. "Believe me, this event surprised me out of nowhere."

Beat raised his brow and turned to Chris. "Short stuff didn't know this day would come… Did I just wake up in a parallel dimension or something?"

"Anyways," the intelligent boy spoke out and checked his pockets. "I'm going to run a few errands and meet up with Willow and her dad soon, I'm going to discuss new furniture to invest in."

"And I'm going to make a few extra bucks on helping take care of wild Beasts and maybe sing a few stages or two, I need to get a new set of weights to keep myself in shape."

"You sing?" King questioned. "Why not you two enter the author contest a-"

"NO!" Chris and Beat both shouted at Luz and King. "there is no way we're going through the Shadows Desire again!"

"... Am I missing something?" King said in a very confusing tone.

"... OH! That's right," Luz lightly puts her fist to her palm. "Beat and Chris both worked on a little class assignment for writing a book, it was so good they somehow became super famous." Luz pondered and thought. "Though, I never understood why you two never wanted to publish it-."

"The fans are wild animals I say! WILD ANIMALS!" the large teen shouted. "Besides, we're still in High School, I have dreams too, right Chris… Chris?" Beat turned to his friend… only to poke him… to become a lifesize cutout board that lost its balance. "How does he keep doing that!?"

"So… you and Short stack don't want to be popular?" the King of Demons questioned.

"No, N. O. no…." Beat said then put his hands on his head. "Welp, gotta go and get me some new weights."

"Don't you already have some weights?"

"Yeah but I'm not stopping my path to become even stronger, besides" Beat picks up Luz's hand… and dangles it. "You need to work out too with those weak nerd arms."

"Hey I can lift you up-,"

"Without Seeker magic."

"... oh…." Luz pouted and crossed her arms. "... Can I at least borrow some cash?" only to see her hand is filled with Ten Snail coins.

"Sorry Luz, but that's all I can give you, for the time being, you're gonna need to earn some Snails on your own." the tall teen said as he pats Luz and King's heads. "Welp enjoy yourselves, we'll see you at the Owl House."

"Don't hurt yourself!" Luz sees her friend leaving.

"Or do!" King added.

-0-

"The Kotatsu is a coffee table with a blanket," Chris explains to Willow's father, showing the designs. "It's a simple add-on, just remove the board and put on the blanket, and you have a table to enjoy sitting. It also doubles as a tent If you wish to sleep under it."

"Hmm," the Construction Witch hummed and stroked his beard.

"Well, we just need to find a quilting shop to incorporate the table, even develop a blanket futon to be an improvised bed to be put under the table," Chris explained his invention to Willow's father.

"That's quite impressive," he said, nodding at the invention. "Anything else I need to know?"

"Do you have a workbench?"

-0-

"Okay, my task here is to tame some Ratworms… huh, that doesn't sound so bad-?" Beat hears the sound of screams of agony. Looked ahead to find a witch/demon thrown through a wall. "... Me and my big mouth…"

-0-5 seconds later-0-

"YEEEEHAAAA!" Beat shouted, riding a Rat Worm like a wild bull. "RIDE EM RAT WORM! OOOOOOOOOOO!"

"..." The owner of the ranch was kind of shocked to see a human-like Beat manage to tame this wild Rat Worm. "... Can we hire him full time?"

"We must!"

After managing to tame the beasts and place them in the pen, he went to one of the random stages he saw on the bulletin board and started to show his voice…. Which made every demon tear up and want more… by throwing lots of snails at him. The owners of the theater were in tears, never having heard such a voice in all of their lives.

-0-

"Well, better make some money," Luz said as she pulled up her journals of FanFictions from her backpack. Then she saw a typewriter on the table with a note. "Dear Luz, in case you ever get bored, I fixed up this typewriter for you. I know you love writing, so I thought you might enjoy a nostalgic relic. Chris." Luz looked down at the refurbished typewriter from the human realm, making her smile. "Oh, what a pal." She then reads the note even more. "P.S. I've stockpiled enough paper for you in case you mess up, call me in case of emergencies. P.S.S. left you a sandwich with your name on it in the fridge. P.S.S.S. Stay out of trouble."

"Wow, he's prepared," King said. "So what's with the paper for?"

"It's for the Typewriter, and I can use this to doodle up some draft work," Luz smiled as she was warming up the typewriter Chris had made. "It's time for my Author side to be unleashed! And, since we're in another dimension, I don't have to worry about copywriting laws," she smirked and opened up her fanfiction journal. "Let's see, let's start with characters, the main character shall be, ah-ha!" Luz whips out an earlier drawing. "Luzura! I know, kind of cheesy, but it's a start, we'll draft more a little later." Then she started her storyboard. "Let's work with genres, Romance and Adventure are always the top picks."

"Oh!" King wrote down his idea on the board… and put it in to say BLOODSHED!

"... Isn't there something else other people want to read?" Luz tries to ease King into the writing world.

"... Ah!" King came up with another idea… this time it says VIOLENCE!

"..." Luz put her hand together with her fingers extended over her lips… taking a deep breath to gain patience and spoke out. "Let's keep brainstorming." After what appears to be an hour of montaging of brainstorms and ideas, Luz pulls up a Banner which she wants the title to become. Luzara's Awakening.

"Luzura's tears fell on the frozen prince, bringing him back to life? Ehhh it just seems kind of…" King tries to find the right words. "Unrealistic."

"I hear what you're saying, but in your version Ruler destroys everything," Luz said. "I think a little romantic tension can help the scene."

King tosses the paper and waves his paw. "Hey, there's more to life than shipping."

"Don't you DARE insult shipping in my presents! OR Beats" Luz shouted at her roommate.

"Who said shipping is Cringe!?" Beat's voice is heard from downstairs as if he had just walked in and heard it.

"Luz! I'm back!" Chris's voice is heard from downstairs, "I got a surprise for you!"

"Waz up!?" Beat's voice followed behind. "I got something to show you L!"

"Coming!" Luz shouted and walked off. "Don't touch it until I get back."

But she failed to notice a sentence. A mischievous demon walked in and saw the typewriter. "... now it's my turn!"

-0-

"Hey guys, what's-Woah, what!" Luz saw their coffee table was replaced by something similar, but this time with a blanket. "Oh my gosh! Is that what I think it is?!"

"It is," Chris smiled as he laid down the fluffy blanket flooring like a futon, visually angling it to find the right spot. "I know you kind of missed home, so I made the Kotatsu here in the Boiling Isles', I also gave the blueprints to Willow's parents to give them full ownership." Beat helped him put the table on and placed the blanket, with the final touch the table plank keeps the blanket tent stable and a surface to use. "What do you think?"

Luz slides her skinny body under it and cutely pops her head out of the blanket. "I love it!" She then wiggles out for her lower half to stay and sits up. "This is perfect, not only can I write on it, I can eat, and sleep here however I want!"

"Yep, and I got those cowboy hats at the ranch." Beat said, whipping out the said cowboy hat.

"Perfect!" Luz took the hat… then pondered… and was awed with inspiration. "I got it, my next book will be about Cowboys and Magic, the wild west with mysteries of the mystics."

The door slammed open, revealing Eda who is walking in, "Kids, oh, good, all two and a half are here."

"Going somewhere?" Beat said to the Owl Lady.

"Yeah," Eda said and grabbed her coat. "I'm gonna pop out for a few days to an undisclosed place to do undisclosed things." She turned to Chris. "You're in charge, brain boy, got it."

"Right." the short seeker said.

Then Eda points to Beat. "But if anything happens to Shorty here, you're in charge"

"Got it."Beat salutes with pride.

Then she points to the medium size girl. "If anything happens to Chris, or Beat, you're in charge."

"Great."

"No questions!"

"Okay, Oh and while you're out in your undisclosed place, bring back any Amulets along the way?"

"I SAID NO QUESTIONS!" Eda walks to the door and slams it shut.

"I guess she didn't listen," Beat said. "So Luz got any ideas brewing in that little head of yours?"

"Indeed I do! Help me get my stuff!" Luz puts down the hat and rushes upstairs.

"Well," Beat smiled with pride. "Looks like we made her day-."

"AAAAAAAAH!"

"LUZ!" Chris and Beat shouted and rushed their way upstairs and over to Luz's room. "WHAT'S WRONG-GYA!?" they see the room had replaced all the drafting, pulling up the Title, Ruler's Reach. Even all of Luz's pinboard is tampered with to only have drawings of King with violence, death, fire, and blood.

"Great unholy unorganized Smithsonian!" Chirs shouted at the incredibly messy room.

"King, what are you doing!" Luz saw that all of her work had been tampered with. The culprit was King who was writing his name all over her draft boarding.

"Weh?" King turned his head to the three humans, but mainly Luz. "I was just making some tweaks." The King of Demons casually said. "And boy this baby is humming!"

Chris grabbed one of the pages on the floor, then opened his eyes. "Lazura dies?" he turns to the mischievous creature. "King, that would mean the protagonist dies in the first book!?" He rereads the paragraphs. "... And… oh boy…"

"What's wrong?" the oddball duo said while looking over Chris' shoulder.

"Bad, very bad, read here," Chris points out to Beat and Luz. "As the fall of Lazura had brought anguish to the kingdoms, Ruler took over the lands after vanquishing his foes… that's it!… There's no cliffhanger! There's no way to make book two!"

"What the heck?! The book is just a one-shot?!" Beat shouted, snatching the page. "... Wait… some of these lines look… familiar… Luz, is that part of one of your journals?" He looked at her fearfully.

"It is!" Luz snatches the page from him. "You can't just you-gasp!" she even sees her journal… all ruined with King's signature on every page. "You… you even ruined my fanfictions?" She looked at her friend with anger. "How could you!"

"Okay, so, I borrowed some of your stuff and drafted a few changes." King nonchalantly cares and waves his hand. "You can make another one."

"I DON'T HAVE ANY COPIES! THIS WAS MY ONLY ONE!" the abnormal teen shouted, really angry at what was happening. "You can't just swoop in and take all of my work! That's cheating and wrong!"

"... Chris, please tell me you have a backup copy?" Beat said, turning to the short teen for a glimmer of hope.

"You know me so well," Luz hears hope, dropping her anger to turn to her intelligent human friend. Chris digs into his bag and pulls out a huge stack of papers, all seemed to be printed back and forward titled. Luz's Fanfiction, backup copy. "Everything's all here, but I don't have this year, because I was busy studying for those finals or trying to make a copy machine in this world. Sorry"

A spark of hope had shined to Luz as her fun personality returned."EEEEEEEEEEEE!" Luz shrieked and hugged Chris like a teddy bear. "You're the best Hermano!"

"Uh…. Luz… you're crushing me…" Chris struggled to say.

"I don't care! You deserve all the love!" Luz said, hugging her short brother tighter. "I'm sure you'll make more copies soon!" He can, but he needs to find a printing shop to make copies just in case.

"Let's not pat our backs just yet," Beat implied and glared at King. "We still have to deal with the glory hog over there."

The medium size girl let her hug go and grab her stuff. "You know what, you want to write your own story, fine," Luz grunted and took her refurbished typewriter. "I'll take my inspiration elsewhere, without your paws touching them!" She marches out of the room and finds a new work area away from King. Mainly, the new Kotatsu in the living room.

"Fine, who needs you!" King shouted at her. "I got all the work I-."

"Not so fast," Beat walks to the typewriter, then takes it after taking King's work out. "I'm taking this, it's for Luz, not you."

"Hey!" King shouted. "Well fine! I will make the greatest book ever written!"

"What the heck man?" shouted out a voice, for the King of Demons to turn to a Typewriter Demon. "Learn to Compromise!"

"QUIET YOU!"

-0-

In the living room, Luz is furiously writing her story, angry, pouty, and sad altogether. As much as she enjoys sitting in the Kotatsu, the feeling of betrayal from King still upsets her heart… and her hungry tummy. Luz sees a plate of her sandwich placed to her, along with fresh hot tea, she smiles and drinks said tea. "Ah, thanks, Chris." The only two people who can calm her down are her best friends. "So, after I finish book one, I'm going to need a publisher to print my book across the Isles."

"Well, finding a publisher sounds easy, but we need one that is not sketchy, sadistic, and not insane," Chris said to his little sister.

"Kind of a stretch here in the Boiling Isles." Beat clarify.

"Has that ever stopped us before?"

"No."

"Say," the abnormal girl turns to her two best brothers. "Would you guys publish your story before mine?"

"I don't know Luz," the tall seeker said while sitting up from the couch. "I mean we don't want to overshadow you…. Pun unintended this time."

"Dealing with those savages back home was tiring enough, imagine magically empowered fangirls tearing through our bunker?" Chris added the salt to the pros as the cons weigh heavily.

"I know the human world's fans are…. That, but this time make it anonymous." Luz suggested.

"..." The boys stopped… then looked at one another… then slapped their faces in frustration.

"Why haven't we done that?!" the boys shouted at each other.

"Because you two worked together for an assignment," Luz said with a slightly smug look.

"..." Beat and Chris turn to each other, knowing their ultimate secret weapon that will end this. "Unleashed the anonymous shadow this time?" the tall teen said with a raised eyebrow.

"If it can make these two friends again, then yes." the short teen nodded and pulled out a black-covered script from nowhere. "This competition brings out the worst in people, and now let's see how everyone here can match this?"

"Alright, after I'm finished, we're going out publisher hunting!"

"Got it, I'll make more tea."

-0-0-0-

The three humans walked back to the Bookfair, and set up a small stand with Luz's Copies, opening up a sign saying. Publisher Wanted.

"Let's hope this works guys," Chris said to his friends. "Otherwise we might destroy Luz's dream of being a writer, no offense."

"No worries, Chris, and thank you for your honesty," Luz was setting up her copies of her book. "And I know you two are helping me every step of the way, so I am willing to put my dream on the line."

"I don't know, this competition is going to be tough," Beat looks at the authors and their stands. "It's going to be equally tough finding a descent-." but he hears the sounds of stampeding footsteps… looking at a huge line of what appears to be Publishers. "... okay! Who's first?!"

After searching through the book fair to find a decent Publisher, the boys found no one who they can trust.

"Well this stinks," Beat groaned as he sat back on his chair to rest his feet and brain. "Not a single decent publisher we can be happy with."

"At least we got a few selections," Chris grumbled at the list of people. "Though, their demands are not to Luz's standards, sorry."

"Again, it's okay guys, I appreciate what you two are doing," the female human said to her best friend. 'At least they liked my story."

"Excuse me," a voice said, walking up to them as a green lizard humanoid with two yellow eyes and one closed eye on his forehead wearing a very expensive-looking red outfit. "I heard that you're looking for a publisher."

"And you are?" Beat asked.

"My name is Piniet, of Piniet Publishing House, and I would like to publish your book." the serpent introduced himself. "May I see your book?"

"Oh sure." Luz pulled out another copy and handed it to him.

He then uses his third eye and starts reading the book from front to back. "Did one of you make this?"

"That would be me." the Abnormal girl raised her hand.

"Hmm, I see," he then pulled out a contract. "Then all you have to do is-" but Chris snatched it and read it.

"... No, get out of here," the short teen harshly crumbles the paper up. "Get away from our Luz and never come near her again."

"What?!" This angered the three-eyed snake. "You can't do this, do you know who I am!"

"No, and I don't like your attitude, Beat!" Luz shouted to her large friend.

The tall teen grabs Piniet, "I'm sorry, but you have thrown off Luz's Groove." makes him into a ball and rolls him like a bowling ball…. Then the sound of pins falling made him smile. "Str~ike!"

"... So what was it that you said no?"

"That you have to publish your sequels each week," Chris bluntly said to her. "And there's no way I'm going to let my Luz be burned out by that contract," he said, crossing his arms.

"Oh, thanks," Luz then hugged her little brother's figure happily. "You're always looking out for me."

"Don't I always?" the short brother said with a raised eyebrow.

Beat checked his watch, shaking his head with a sigh. "It's getting late guys, let's close up shop and head home, we'll try again tomorrw-."

"Excuse me.'' Another voice caught Luz, Beats, and Chirs's attention.

"Huh?" all three said.

They all turn to see a serpent-like demon wearing clothes with bronze scales. "My name is Averik Markis, I am a publisher of Humble stories," he said to Luz Noceda. "And I can't help wondering about your female friend's book. May I please read it?"

"Does.. he seem kind of… familiar?" Chris whispered to Beat.

"Well, he looks like Pinient... but more bronze, polite, and lacks the third eye." the large teen said in a protective tone.

"Well, I'm a small Publisher who wishes to bring out the Author's imagination to the people," Averik stated to them. "I don't wish for any form of fortune, but for their dreams to come true."

"..." the two out-of-size teens looked at each other, then at the author. "Luz?"

"... Let's show him my book first, then we'll talk." the abnormal girl pulls out a copy and hands it over to him.

The snake man smiles, then to their surprise, opens the third eye and begins speed reading. "Oh, there's that third eye." Beat said in a joking manner as Averik finishes it. "... well, what do you think of it?"

"... I… I love it," Averik could not help but cry a bit, and wipes a tear. "Such romance, twists and turns, and that cliffhanger, it makes me eager for a sequel," the snake man publisher brings back the copy to the owner. "Luz Noceda, I would like to publish your story, it must be shared with the entire Isles!"

"Yes please!" Luz said with hyperactive energy. "Where do I sign!?"

"Nothing," Averik stated to her, "the greatest joy is for the writer to be happy, and the readers to be enjoying your imagination!"

"I like you already!" the abnormal teen said. "Oh! And can you publish my friend's book?"

"Certainly," the serpent publisher said. "I just need a copy of your said book please."

"Alright, just be prepared," Chris warned him.

"But under Anonymous," Beat stated to Averik, "You can do that right?"

"Oh, certainly I can."

"Great," Beat then pulled out the book and dusted it. "Just please contain your emotions on this one."

"I will," Averik nodded and took the copy. "Your books will be published by tomorrow."

Beat then starts scratching his head and staring into space. "I wonder how King's doing?"

-0-

"Blasted fools, they will rue this day!" Pineit grunted in anger, then he saw King being kicked out of the pub. "Hmm, I do believe this will be my ticket agent." He then walks up to the small demon and grabs his book. "I'll read your story," he said as the snake demon dusted the mud off and opened his third eye so he could read the book from back to front. "You wrote this?"

"Yep, that's me!" King said, stroking his ego while wiping mud off of his face. "Only me!"

"Come, I'll buy you some Fruit Punch."

"I like to punch something!"

Once they went inside, Piniet snapped his fingers and a Fruit Punch slid over to King. "I'm Pineit, of Pineit publishing house. And your name is... King?"

"It's more of a Rank than a name."

"I loved your story, so much better than the submissions we got from the competition," he said with a sly smile. "I would like to buy it, and publish it for everyone to read. I'll make you famous as… John D'Plum!" he said, motioning his hand over to a random witch Author, soaking in on his Fan's love and two random witches form a chair for him.

"I always wanted a people chair! I'm in!" the short young seeker said with no second thought. "This will be the first step of my reclamation of power!"

Then Piniet pulled out the same contract he was going to give to Luz. "Then all you have to do is sign here."

King got up to the counter, dunk his hand onto the Fruit Punch, and slapped his paw onto the contract as it glowed a little. "You're ominous, and I like it," King said to Piniet. His mind is set on one thing, to rule without knowing the consequences.

"Great, ready to be Famous, Mr. King." The snake demon reached his hand to the small demon as they shook their hands.

-0-0-

Demon Imps are jumping on air pumps to fuel the fires, a troll pulls out a hot metallic item, then starts hammering the item. When the troll dips the metallic item into the water and throws it onto the anvil, it breaks to show King's new book called Ruler's Reach.

-0-

In a small printing store, Averik carries the two books with a smile and starts to get to work making copies. Averik is using a magic printing press, with love and care… literally, as his children as he tucked a book in a blanket, along with its many siblings. Then read them a bedtime story. "Once upon a time-."

-0-0-

Many copies are made and are shipped through a delivery truck, to find Mattholomew helping and tossing a huge stack on a rug and walking away.

"... Rude." The welcome mat was a demon and carried inside the bookstore.

-0-

Averik is pulling a stack of books with a small wagon, hand-delivering it himself, and bringing it inside to a bookstore. Signing the invoice and handing it to the owner.

"Have a nice day." said the random Demon/Witch store owner..

"You too." with politeness, Averik walks away with more stores to deliver.

-0-0- time. 7:50 a.m. -0-0-

Luz could not contain her excitement and jumped around the two boys while making sure she doesn't go too far from them, she then breathes deeply and readied herself. "Well, the moment of truth," Luz walks back to the Book Fair, looking for Averik… but stops to see her bookstand with the sign saying. Luz Noceda. Lazura X Arcus, the Magi-ulets and the Steamtagues. There was even a poster of the art showing a Princess girl with a gun and sword, as a boy thief next to her with a flirty smile with magic symbols on his hands with knives. Stars are forming in her eyes and bounce on the balls of her feet with glee. "EEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHH!"

"... Woah…" Beat looked at the stand. "I have to say, Luz, Averik knows how to make one awesome poster."

"We were gone for ten hours?" Chris skeptically looked at the stand. "Things like this shouldn't happen overnight!?"

"Not unless it's with love and care." The three were spooked and turned to see their publisher behind him. "My apologies for scaring you."

"That's okay," Luz said with a smile and popped herself out of the two out of-sized humans. "But like Chris said, how did you do this overnight?"

"You'd be surprised what happens in the Boiling Isles," he said to them, then leaned to them and whispered. "I've also sent out copies of your book to stores in Bonesbourugh, secretly, and anonymously, just like you've asked."

"Thank you," Beat said with a little smile. "Let's hope Luz's stand gets noticed."

Luz sat down on her stand admiring her publishing book. "Wow, my book! I can't wait for everyone to read it!"

"..." Beat and Chris looked around… seeing the aisles empty. "Uh…. where is everyone?"

"... Huh.. oh that's right," Averik checks his pocket watch. "The market opens at five… four…"

"... Um…" Chris looked at his tall friend. "Should we be behind the stand?"

"Three… two…"

"Yes, we shall." Beat picked Chris up and dived behind Luz's stand.

"One…" When the publisher closed his pocket watch, they felt a rumble and stomping, they all turned to see a crowd of potential buyers and readers.

"Uh oh…"

-0-0-

"..." King and Piniet were waiting in their stands… only to be empty. "What's happening?" King asked his publisher. "You said it's an opening hour, where are my fans!?"

"I don't understand, I published thousands of copies of that book." Then he spotted a passerby and spotted him holding two books. "... What?"

-0-0-

"It's a wonderful blend of heart, passion, and so many twists you can't stop reading! Like three authors mashed into one!" the unicorn reviewer said, then pulled out the other book. "And this one is…. So…" he then hugs it dearly. "No words cannot describe how much…. NYHEHEHEHEHE~~~~~!" he then fainted with the book on his chest.

Then in a random book store, everyone just grabbed the two books as it flew off the shelves. Everyone in the boiling isles is screaming and running everywhere, after reading an anonymous story they scattered around the Isles in search of the author of the story called "The Shadows Desire.".

"Just who wrote Shadow's Desire?" Skara said, falling in love with the mystery of the author and the details of the story. "Oh~~, I think I am in love~~~."

Bosha was reading the Shadow's Desire and Lazura X Arcus books multiple times. "Ugh… such a steal… I can't decide."

Viny was reading the books with awe and wonder. "Oh…. spicy~." she blushes and reads deeper with her book covering her face. "... so hot~…."

Each bookstore had suddenly emptied its inventory of Luzaura x Arcus and The Shadow's Desire, placing sold-out signs outside their windows. This may sound disappointing, but it shows how much everyone loved the books.

Luz is being guarded by Beat and Chris who are casually walking down the streets… while passing by all of Luz's books and secretly the boy's book too. She was happily signing autographs to her fans and taking selfies, finally being loved by the many people of the Boiling Isles.

The two brothers smiled and crossed their arms, seeing one of Luz's dreams come true. "Let's hope this doesn't get into L's head." Beat said in a joking manner.

"I doubt that will happen," Chris said, placing his hands on his back. "Our Luz will always have a kind and strong heart."

"But very much lacking focus at times."

"True."

"As much as I want to write a second book, I'm going to put my dream on the side," Luz announces to her fans, seeing their disappointment. "I'm just a teenager and I'm going to Hexside and studying to be a Witch, it'll be difficult to multitask to graduate and make a good book at the same time."

"She's got a point," said one of the fans. "But we will cherish these books! And we must find the authors of Shadow's Desires!" he shouted as everyone scattered everywhere.

As Luz walked up to Beat and Chris, the tall teen lightly punched her arm. "Great job L."

"You did the right thing," Averik smiled at Luz. "you're still young Ms. Noceda, cherish each day to your desire while growing up."

"Thanks, Averik." she said with a polite bow. "You're the nicest demon I have ever met."

"And let's hope we're never discovered." Beat whispered to the two. "We don't want to have Chris have another trauma."

"... N-no m-more fangirls…." he said, shivering.

The judges checked the sales of each author and publisher, nodding to one another.

"And the winner of this year's Writing Competition," Luz, Beat, Chris, and King listened to the tallies. "... LUZ NOCEDA!"

Beat howled like a wolf and pulled out maracas from nowhere, Luz shrieked and hugged Chris happily. "You did it, Luz! You win!" Chris said with a smile.

"I KNOW!" she shrieked and turned to the Author that helped her. "Thank you so much Averik," Luz shook his hand with a big smile. "You made my dream into a reality!"

"No, thank you," the bronze snake demon smiled and shook her hand. "For allowing me to help take this step with you," there was no scam or any sign of defeat, this was pure happiness he was brimming with joy. "Writing is not always achieving prizes, it is the joy of bringing your imagination to the world."

"Wow, such inspiring words." the abnormal girl said. "But, I'm going to be in Hexside, so the second book is going to be swamped for a while."

"That's quite alright," he nodded. "Until you are ready to come back to writing, I'll be waiting."

Chris nodded and smiled at their decision. "It's a great idea of partnering with you. Speaking of which… where is King?" Everyone stopped and began to wonder as well. "I haven't seen that furball all day?"

"..." Beat pondered… then looked to see someone throwing away a book to find… "King?" he rushes to the trashcan and picks it up. "... Um… guys, you need to take a look at this." he showed them the Book. Ruler's Reach. "It's King's book."

"The scoreboard showed that it was the worst-selling book ever, wasn't it?" Luz looked to Averik with worry.

"Yes, it had too many swear words, indecent blood that is unruly for anyone to read." the publisher working with Luz ponders. "Someone was too impatient and published the book right away."

"But… it's a combination of Luz's ideas," Chris pondered a little. "And if King loses, where is he?"

Luz takes the book and opens the glossary, then her eyes widened. "Guys, do you remember someone named Piniet?"

"That guy I just bowled away for messing with your groove?" Beat answered. "Yeah, why?"

"Because he's King's Publisher," she points to where the Author and Publisher's name is on. "And that guy has King!"

"Oh no." the tall and short seekers slap their faces.

"Guess we have to find him and save him…. Again." Chris said massaging his bridge,

Averik steps forward. "I'm coming, too," he said to them. "Pinet has abused his authors long enough."

"What do you mean?"

"You see, Piniet may be a famous publisher, but he's very impatient, he would do anything to gain more money." Averik gently said to them. "That is why we barely have any more publishers, it was all him destroying those who do not meet his expectation."

"So he's a snake and you're an honest literal snake?" Beat asked.

"Of course."

"Come on guys!" Luz said. "We got to find King!"

-0-0-0-

King was thrown into a dressing room with Piniet having a disappointing look. "I am quite disappointed King, I thought your book was going to fly off the shelves, but these… Other books…. Are ruining me. So I expect you to make a better book to outshine those two books."

"Wait, right now?"

"Yes, now." the snake demon glared at him. "Otherwise…" he snapped his finger. His guard walks in and opens a briefcase… revealing tiny cubed objects… actually… They are real people that have been compressed and cubed. Including the former popular author, John D'Plum.

"H-Help.. me…"

"Weh!?"

"Make me a new, and popular book," Piniet lifted his finger, then created a spell prison around King of the pink energy cube. Soon… it shrinks in to make the room… tighter. "Or you will be joining them." Then kicking down the door is Beat with two bouncers in each hand.

"I HAVE THE WILLIES!" the wild teen shouted while swinging the bouncers in his hands.

"W-What the?!" the lizard demon said in shock, while King… is kind of terrified.

"KING!" Beat shouted and slammed the bodyguards to the floor. "Your gonna be in so much trouble when I get my hands on you!"

"Uh oh…"

Then coming in is Chris who uses Caliban to help Beat fend off the guards. "Luz, you break King out by using the Anti-Magic spell."

"... Uh…."

"..." Chirs stopped and looked at Luz. "You didn't study the spell I've asked you to do!?"

"I-I was busy writing!"

"I TOLD YOU THIS, WEEKS BEFORE THIS THE COMPETITION STARTED!"

"WELL I'M SORRY CHRIS!"

"CAN YOU GUYS ARGUE ABOUT THIS LATER!" Beat was holding two of the guards down in a headlock.

"What is the-'' then Calaban's blade is pointed at Piniet's. "U-um…. I have his cont-"

"LARGE RABBIT SNATCHES LIZARDS BAIT!" Beat shouted and snatched the contract.

"... since when can he do that?" Luz asked her shorter friend.

"I gave up answering those questions."

"Hold it!" Piniet held his spell finger, as King's prison shrank to the point he was in a tiny space to barely move. "One false move, and he's a sugar cube!"

"..."

"..."

"..." The humans and the Titan held their hands up in defeat.

"Good…" the Snake Demon smiled, as the guards surrounded them with spell fingers raised. "Now, Luz, you are to be my next writer, with, or without our brothers."

"No way." Luz denied. "I am not going to work for you."

"Oh you will after you watch one of your friends be turned to cubes," Piniet said and tried to decide. "Who will it be," he looks at Beat, "The fat one?"

"... fat?" Beat said being offended.

"Or the Short runt?" that only made Luz and Beat make a ghostly face.

"..."

"..."

Beat and Luz held each other. "W-what have you done?"

A large vein throbbed upon the short teen… as if a stone is grinding on steel… his entire body turned to the snake. "Are you talking to me?"

"I just called you a Runt," Pinet said… as his guards slowly slid up to the quivering duo, now more scared than before.

"Are you talking to me?" the atmosphere started to become cold.

"Uh oh, he called him Short Runt…" Luz looked at her brother.

"Are you talking to me?!"

"He shouldn't have done that." King hopped next to them with terror.

"Are you talking to ME!"

*RIP AND TEAR!*

"Now he's in for it!" Beat quivered in fright, praying he and Luz will be safe from the aftermath.

"THEY CALL ME!" Chris grabbed a bookshelf… then lifted it over his head. "MR. SHORT RUNT!"

"WHAT IN THE-"

"VAHIMVELLEEEE!"

-0- outside the library -0-

The entire library shook like earthquakes with back-to-back magnitude. And the sounds of elephants, glass breaking, wood smashing, and explosions.

"YAAAAAAAAHOHOHOHOHHOOOY!"

-0- back inside -0-

The entire interior is destroyed, even down to the books, Chris huffed and puffed with bleeding knuckles as he stood over Piniet's guards, and below is the crook Publisher underneath his foot.

Beat and Luz are on top of Kings Box as they're now very terrified to witness Chris' wrath… again…

"Wow… that is… horrifying…" King quivered in fear from his prison.

"What's the scale of Chris's anger levels now?" Luz asked her brother.

"11," Beat confirmed. "Level …. Doomguy…. Eleven…"

"My, my, what a mess," a familiar voice is heard, having them turn to see Averik walking to them, weaving around the broken furniture and glass. "I do believe my brother bit off more than he could chew?"

"..." Chris looked at the publisher… calming down to relax. "...Brother?"

"Brother?" Beat and Luz, looked at him?

"Piniet, That's enough bullying other writers," Averik said, walking over to the mess.

"Averik!?" the publisher looked at him, as if purely afraid of the look alike.

"Mr. Markis?" The humans looked at him with confusion.

"Who's this guy?" King asked.

"Oh, apologies, let me help you with that," the kind publisher created a spell, breaking the cube prison away. "Allow me to introduce myself, I am Averik, and I am Piniet's older brother."

"Oh… now I see the resemblance." Luz looked between them.

"That's enough leeching off authors' love and dreams, brother." The very bronze serpent publisher kneels to his fallen brother… then takes away the contracts from Piniet's coat. "Mother and Father would be disappointed if they see you now."

"My contracts!?" Piniet checks his pockets, all of them are gone. He sees Averik creating a fireball, and burns all of them. "NO!" The cubed authors glowed then reverted to their original size and shapes.

"Hey, I'm free!" one of the authors said.

"Let's get out of here!" another said as all of the victims ran off of the room.

The grunts working for Piniet looked hesitant and stepped aside. "Brother," Averik steps forward. "I am disappointed in you," he said as he looked down upon him.

"Brother, please," Piniet begged Averik, "You don't know what you-."

"No," spoke out the older brother, "You pressure your writers, you imprisoned them, and locked them away to bring better sales, ruining their dreams and inspiration for what, easy Snails for your benefits."

Beat picked up King and held his hip. "So Piniet, are you ready to surrender and start over fresh?"

"Actually," Averik snaps his finger, then encases his brother in the same cage he tried on the Seekers. "I think this will be a suitable punishment." He slowly enclose his hand and clutch it to instantly make his brother a small box. Averik walked over to the four. "Are you alright?" they nodded as he bowed to them. "My apologies to my brother."

"Eh no worries," Beat shrugged. "But I'm surprised that Piniet is your brother."

"Yes, our family doesn't make the most money from book publishing, Piniet wanted money as fast as possible, so he made contracts with desperate authors who wanted fame." Averik held his now cubed brother. "As the older brother, it's my responsibility to… ground him… until he learns his lesson."

"That's one way to put it." Luz nodded.

"You're grounded for skipping homework." Chris walked up to Luz.

"What, no!" she shouted and turned to him. "You're not my brother!"

"Um… Chris," Beat assured him… then placed King to the ground so he could walk up to the two. "I think King… needs a harsh verbal conversion…"

"..." the short logical teen looked down upon the King of Demons, then walked up to him with his hands on his hips. "King, do you have something to say?"

"Guys, I'm sorry," King apologized to them. "I...I-."

"King," Chirs crosses his arms. "It's not us, you know who to apologize to." The large and short teen stepped aside, revealing Luz.

"... I'm sorry Luz," King apologized while looking down. "I just, I wanted to gain the attention I deserved."

"Oh King," she crouched down and gave the little tyrant a little hug. "You already have all the attention you need, from me, Chris, Eda, and Beat." But Luz grabs King and puts his eye to eye as her eyes are glowing bright blue with flames. "But if you dare desecrate my fanfiction journal like that again!? YOUR BUTT IS TOAST!"

"Meep."

"So, Mr. Markis," Luz looked up to him, pulling out her own story. "Is it alright if you publish my new story?"

This made him smile and bow. "It would be an honor, Ms. Noceda." he takes the story and starts opening his third eye and starts flipping through/reading it. When he is done, he smiles more and looks up. "I believe this story will be the one that will match Shadows Desires."

"I hope so," she smiled. "But there's nothing that can outmatch those two," Luz said, pointing her thumb at her two brothers.

-0-0-0- Luz's Book -0-0-0-

In the City of Archaic, the buildings are as tall as the sky, lights are blooming, the people are bustling, and Huge Long Balloons flew in the air, filled with chemicals keeping them afloat, with the banners of metallic armored Lions with L shaped weapons crossed behind the head. But on the other side of town, there is a city where magic is still alive, with flying people, magical creatures, and… well magic. The Banners hanging on the walls of the edge of Archaic are a magical circle with two witches' staffs crossed to each other and a symbol of an eagle holding said staffs and showing off its wings that are stars. These symbols are the Magi-ulets and the Steamtague.

As of now, these royal symbols are enemies, but for now… they are not at war… yet. Until one knight, there was a robbery, running through the rooftops is a young man with green spiky hair, amber eyes, wearing a white dress shirt, black vest, gray pants with black shoes, a cape, and a witches hat. He jumped to another roof to see his target, a museum in the middle of town. He sneaked his way out of the security and moved past the guards so he could reach his target: a black gem.

Waving his hand, he made the window vanish, making him smirk. "Perfect," the moment he picks it up, it sets off the alarm which makes the thief look around. "Dang, pressure sensor."

"There he is!" In the museum, guards see the magical thief, holding a long weapon along with three other guardsmen. They took aim along the long staff and pulled back a mechanical mechanism. Pulling a trigger from their finger. BANG! An explosive chemical ignited from the trigger's hammer, reacting to the spark of fire. Out of the end of the long staff, it launches a sharp metallic projectile…. Rifles. They are innovations of all kinds that revolutionized the world. The boy quickly dodged it with incredible reflexes. The bullets missed, and some hit holes through his coat. The guards soon pulled out items from their pockets, stuffed black powder into the barrel, and loaded the metal slug. Powerful weapons, but at a high price of loading the weapon.

He quickly ran but saw more guards on the second floor, he made hand signs to create magical powers. Creating yellow smoke to create sleep-inducing smoke makes them fall asleep. The thief had to think quickly, he was running out of time and options to escape, fast. Guards are coming onto the same floor, wielding shields and maces to subdue him. "Time to go!" he said and made more hand symbols and clapped his hands. This time thunderstorms are created…. And shot forward, shocking and scorching the guards ahead of him. But he soon sees the doors start to close, creating a wind spell to increase his speed, and slides access the floor. Exiting the museum, the boy felt his head… missing his head, he quickly grabbed it just in time before the steel doors slammed shut. "Phew, lucky break," he said, putting his hat on.

"Oh really?" a female's voice said in front of him, the thief looked up to see a young girl with tan skin, long brown hair, and amber eyes, wearing a short sleeve hoodie under a policeman jacket, indigo pants, and holding a red and black L shaped weapon. "Looks to me that you just ran out of luck."

".. actually," he spins his hand around, to pull out a hand of cards. "I'm just warming up." Throwing his card, they warped in mid-flight and turned into icicles, the female used her L-shaped weapon to shatter the icicles and fired at the thief.

She saw him jump up to the sky and start running on the roof. "Hey get back here!" the girl shouted and started to chase him down. The thief and the policewoman start leaping from rooftop to rooftop under the pale moonlight. One trying to capture the other and the other is trying to escape.

The thief stepped on the wall… then defied gravity and made the surface his ground and ran upwards to the upper levels.

"Arcus!" The girl aimed her weapon at the now identified thief; Arcus.

Arcus the magical thief starts to slowly turn around and shows a smirk. "Ah, Lady Lazura, a pleasure to meet you." he said and flirts. "WE have to stop meeting like this Me amor~, you might have a fetish for me?"

"The only fetish I have is capturing you!" Lazura yelled as she aimed her large weapon… and fired, two spikes were launched outward, as attached to them is a net. The magical thief quickly turned to smoke, allowing the item to pass by him… but disappeared. Lazura dropped the weapon, as it is useless in this scenario, drawing her sword at the ready. Magic users have the advantage of teleportation, but only in small distances. Knowing this thief too well, her eyes looked far left, delivering a punch which hit his face.

"OW!" Arcus cheek stung "Not the face, it's for kissing, not hitting~," he said and created multiple clones of himself.

"Stop flirting with me!" she shouted and started firing her pistol at him, but missed as her target was an illusion. She turns to her left out of instinct, trying to slash out, but meets a magically manifested staff from the real Arcus. "I'll have you and your witches detained!"

"Oh come on my lady," the thief said, dodging the air while dancing in said air. "You're the only lady for me~. And you can't catch me or the other witches."

This made her angrier and pulled out a grenade and flicked the pin off, and threw it at the clones for it to unleash an anti-magic shockwave, all the clones disappeared and Arcus landed on the ground since he was in the radius, she fired more bullets but he dodged most of them and was pinned against the wall. When Lazura was about to pull the trigger of her gun… *click!* "Huh?" She looked at her item to find her weapon had run out of bullets to fire but felt a warm area on her neck.

Arcus smirked and teleported into the shadows, and reappeared behind Lazura with his lips near her face. "Another time love." with a peck on her cheek he jumped into the sky and flew through the sky. "See you next time Lazura Steamtagues~!"

Lazura blushes with anger and swings her sword… only to hit nothing but air. "Grr, I will find you, and I'll castrate you! ARCUS MAGI-ULETS!" she growled… but felt something unfamiliar in her hair… she plucked it out… to see a rose. "... Tsk… Magi-ulets…" she did not throw the flower away… even if she had the chance… rather… kept it secretly hidden in her uniform.

The war between magic and technology continues, Lazura Steamtagues, having lost her target, Arcus Magi-ulets. The thief is still at large. What are the Magi-ulets up to?

-0-0-

The Title of Luz's Book is Lazura X Arcus, the Magi-ulets, and the Steamtagues. And the book itself sold over ten thousand copies, and they demanded to have more and more copies. Luz is getting all giddy and smiles brightly as her runner-up dream has come true.

"I must say, Luz, this story is amazing," Chris said, having his own copy and reading the prologue. "What inspired you to make this story a major hit?"

"Well I tried something similar to Azura, but that just screams being a copycat, so I took a piece of your love for steampunk and Beat's Chaotic romance." Luz shrugged with a smile, "And what way to call romance with a bit of rivalry and suspension than honor Shakespear himself?"

"Just like Romeo and Juliet," Beat said in a dramatic voice. "Ah, a truly classical tale of family vs love," he then made a little evil smile. "And mischievous romance too. Hehehehehe."

Chris listens and reads the book then turns to her with skepticism… and interest. "... Does that mean-."

"Ap," Luz held her hand at her friends. "A Writer's work is her own work to make…"

-0-0-0-

"Phew… what a day," Eda returned to her home, with sticks and leaves in her hair. "Should've known I'd get scammed… but at least Lilith let me go, scott fr-." she stopped to see something new in her living room… the Kotatsu. "Huh?"

Eda walks around the item… then pokes the table… then sniffs the bowl of fruit while avoiding Luz's typewriter. She crouches down and sticks her arm in through the quilted tent to find anything. But her eyes widened. "Woah… is there something warm underneath there?" Seconds later, Eda's entire body is inside the Kotatus as she laid forward on a pillow with her head sticking out, sighing in warmth and comfort… just about to fall asleep-.

Knock, knock, knock!

Eda hears the door knocking, groaning as she crawls out of the blanket table. Opening it to see some business Averik with some Business witches. "Excuse me, are you the guardian of Luz Noceda?"

"Who wants to know?" Eda was grumpy as she was about to have a good nap.

"I'm Averik Markis, I am part of the Publishing Coven, Ms. Noceda's book has been sold to the thousands, we have taken the liberty of delivering her payment." he said, holding up a huge sack of snails.

"Huh, that's... Nice." Eda was about to put the sack of snail away… but heard more knocking. "Coming, coming," as she opens the door, she sees Willow's father. "Huh? Okay, what did Luz do to Willow this time-."

"Who's that? I meant to speak with Chris, is he around?"

"Uh, no, why?"

"Oh, the Kotatsu is selling well, as everyone is enjoying the comforts of sitting and sleeping on the floor," he said and held a large sack. "I just came here to drop this off, as appreciation for doing business."

"... Okay… I'll hold this for him… bye." Eda took the sake of snails and closed the door. "Sheesh, these humans have been busy too-." Then she heard knocking a third time. "Ugh, who is it this time?" She opens the door to see a beast tamer Witch. "Who are you and what's your business?"

"Oh, I'm here to thank Beat for his techniques of Beast taming, who knew he's amazing at taking care of animals, so this is his share for every beast." the witch said, pulling in a huge sack of snails. "Tell him if he needs a job, send him to our ranch!" Then he closed the door leaving Eda with three sacks of snails.

"Uh okay-" then she saw the door burst open to show another witch. "GAH!"

"Where is he?! Where is my shining melody star?!" the overdramatic witch shouted while posing dramatically. "I must have that tall human in my theater!"

"He's not here," Eda said, then held her staff, "Now beat it, bozo, pun not intended."

"None taken!" Beats voice shouted from the kitchen.

"Is that him?!" shouted the director.

"No," Eda grunted, as the kids must have come home from the back area. "Now scram or I'll launch you to the Boiling Sea."

"NO! I must share his voice with the isles! He is the shining star in the boiling isles!"

"I said scram!" Eda whacked the witch far away and closed the door. "Sheesh."

Luz, Beat, and Chris walked out of the kitchen area and looked around. "Did you say something, I thought I heard someone was here?"

"Nah, just some guy wanted Beat's voice or something," Eda said, then sees the humans holding up a handful of snails to Eda, causing her to be confused. "Huh?"

"Well.. we have been under your care for a while, even with your… unique teachings," Chris pondered about his guardian's methods. "We want to show how much we appreciate you for taking care of us by giving you our share."

"I wanted to throw her a party." Luz pouted to her brothers.

"She doesn't like parties, but we can throw a small, Dinner party," Beat held up a grocery back… then shoves it to Chris. "So get cooking."

"Why do I even bother?" The short teen grumbled and walked to the kitchen.

"Kidding, I'm kidding," the large teen said as he followed him to the kitchen. "This time I'm going to make something, TANAKA STYLE BANQUET!"

"COOK ME A FEAST!" King demanded everyone.

"YOU'RE STILL GROUNDED!" Chris shouted and runs after King. "You only get a sandwich after I bathed you to look like a poodle!"

"WEH!" The 'King of Demons' runs away from the short seeker from getting himself washed alive.

Eda smiled at the bickering students as they walked to the kitchen to prepare dinner. She shrugged and walked in with them. The kids have money, they paid rent, which is good enough for her. The best part, is they are all eating at the Kotatsu table while King is in his Baby Cage prison… again… then she saw something on the table, picking it up to see it was King's book along with Luz's book and the Shadows Desire. "... Wha?"

Then the typewriter on the foot stand spoke. "Lady, you do not want to know."

-0-0-Omake -0-0-

Beat is getting ready for the show for his little friend, he places the rolled-up musical sheet and starts turning the handle for music to play. "Are you Ready King?" a little thumb popped out from the curtain. "Okay let's get to work. Hey~, ladies and gentlemen the show is right this way~, right this way~." He sang to the demons as he started playing his guitar. "Hey, we have prepared for you a dazzling display, right this way!" He danced around the demons and witches for their attention. "So gather round, my friends, and we're ready to sing. Presenting, the one and only, King~!" Then the king of music came out of the curtain with a small hat and red scarf and started playing instruments.

The little fur demon starts to have fun and plays the instruments perfectly with Beat's guitar as he grabs a miraca like a mic. "Is this thing on? Gather 'round. Gather 'round. Let's go!" no one paid attention while one was blowing his nose. "Okay, attendance is low, but this is just a hiccup, once we begin our show, business is gonna pick up. We're two blocks from the Hexside, it's not a new scene. This is our spot in Bonesborrow, check out the routine. Ladies and gentlemen, I am King the King of demons, what is a king of demons? Oh, baby, I think that you're ready to learn how I spring and sing once we jump out as I sing at you every single thing I can think of to make you scream! WOO!"

"Hey~, lo lai lo lai, lo lai lo lai, lo lei lo lei~, lai lei lo lei~."

"This is Beat and he sings."

"Hey~, lo lai lo lai, lo lai lo lai, lo lei lo lei, lai lei lo lei~."

"You and I, we are one of a kind, keeping time, every time!"

"OYE! We are a part of a time-honored tradition of timing and precision with your finest two musicians of top-notch as we hopscotch the competition." King sang/said what he had to say while swinging and climbing around the plaza. "The clock is tocking and ticking. I'm rocking this clave rhythm now watch! As people dropping their dollars and snails-o we do this all day every day so Dame un beso, gimme a kiss," the little demon slid his way to a female demon and blew a kiss. "Be right back, now watch this."

Beat then smiled and threw King up in the sky. "Hey~, lo le lo lai, lo le lo lai, lo le lo leei, lai le lo leei." Then when he landed King started applying the bombos and all of the demons started to dance to the rhythm and music. "You and I, we are one of a kind, keeping time, every time!"

"Okaym you are probably thinking, 'what is a king of demons doing playing music with a human, don't you usually live around the castle or somethin?'" King sanged as the scene changed to show a baby version of King. "maybe I fell in a adventuring crate as a baby next thing I knew I was somewhere new I wasn't singing the same chorus, all i remember was being hungry and running from somebody even hungrier chasing me up to this very can," he then shows the baby King hiding in some trash cans from demonic dogs, then Beat came in shooing them away. "But guess who came to the rescue with his trest? Beat, yes! And he blessed me with this melody."

Beat then played music with a smile. "Where did you come from cachetito?" he asked King, then he played more music-making the small demon look at him. "Ah, you love music don't you?" He then sat next to the Trash cans where King is. "Come out from the can, you can come with me, hmm what will your name be?" He then sees the baby demon climb up to his shoulders with a proud chest. "Ah you have this leading aura and i have the perfect name for you," then the flashback is over and we are back at the present. "KI~NG!"

"And if y'all like that won't you pass the hat?" He then starts showing off his hat for other demons to give their spare snails. "Right along, like that, won't you pass the hat? Yeah, if y'all like that, won't you pass the hat? It's the King of Music, I'm Faster than your Average cat!"

"And if y'all like that, won't you pass the hat? Right along, like that, won't you pass the hat? Yeah, if y'all like that, won't you pass the hat?"

"Yeah, I've adapted to my habitat!"

King then climbed to the music maker and poured in the snails with both of them smiling. "You and I, we are one of a ki~nd! Keeping time, (keeping time), right on time! (Right on TI~ME!)"

As the two musicians rode around in their music maker, all the demons joined in on the fun. "HEY~! Lo lei lo lai, lo lei lo lai, lo le lo leei, lai le lo leei.(And if y'all like that, won't you pass the hat? Right along, like that, won't you pass the hat? Yeah, if y'all like that, won't you pass the hat?)"

King jumped onto Beat's arm as they both sang with all their hearts. "You and I, we are one of a ki~nd! (yeah you're one of a kind!) keeping time~, Every time~!" he reached his arm out for the King of Music to be presented, then threw up to the fountain and landed it. "Right on ti~me!" Then he jumped back to Beat as everyone was smiling and singing.

"Lai lo le lo lai lo le lo le lo lo lai, lo lai!"

Then King dips onto Beat's elbow as he pushes him right. "Right on time!" As the music stopped, everyone clapped and cheered for the two misfits giving their music.

-0-0-

Artzilla: and it's fini!

Subterra: Our fault, we got sucked into a lot of RnD works with this and other stories. We're doing our best to give you guys something unique to read with the endless possibilities of our imagination.

Artzilla: we hope you enjoy our stories… and now… duck. (holds a duck)

Duck: Quack!