Disclaimer: I do not own the Seven Deadly Sins, and am simply borrowing the characters. I also do not own the title "Adarlan" as it is from the Throne of Glass series, which I also do not own, and am borrowing also.

Chapter 5: The Journey Begins

"Me…?" Elizabeth was confused. Why was Meliodas looking for her?

"Yep. Liones needs you."

"Why?"

"Dunno. I was just told to come get you. Considering your situation…" He shrugs, frowning. "It's probably best you come."

She looks down, grief showing on her face. "Y-yeah, I guess."

He takes her hand, giving her a look of understanding. Elizabeth had no idea how he could possibly know the internal pain she was going through, but she accepted his hand.

"Let's go."

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Gods, he really shouldn't have said that he was looking for her. The 3-day countdown probably could've started then and there if he said too much.

Which is why, obviously, he had to be careful.

At least he made a cover-up quickly. He guessed that he just let his true emotion slip for a moment.

I have to stop doing that, he thought. It'll definitely kill her at some point if I keep doing this.

"Hey, Meliodas?"

"Oh. Huh?"

"You were just staring off into space, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

I shouldn't do that either, should I… guess it's best if I just try to hide my emotions, at least for now.

He went outside, leaving Elizabeth's side, to go tell Hawk's Mom to start heading back to Liones.

He had found her, after all.

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After Meliodas walked outside, Elizabeth went back upstairs to the room she woke up in. Come to think of it, this probably wasn't Meliodas' room. It looked perfectly clean, with traces of dust on a few of the shelves. The bedsheets were spread out evenly, without a wrinkle in them, other than the imprint from where she was lying. Even the floor was swept. Nobody could possibly have that much time on their hands, cleaning a room like this.

Wonder who's room this is, she thought. It was kind of girly, looking at it now. Before, she was too busy trying to figure out where she was, and she never took in the tiny details.

Elizabeth flopped down onto the bed, facing the ceiling. That's when she noticed it.

One of the boards on the wall looked loose.

She got up onto a kneeling position on the bed, and reached up to pull gently on the board. It fell out, revealing a small compartment. Peering inside, she saw what looked like a small piece of parchment, maybe a photograph.

"A photo…?" She carefully took it out of the compartment, turning it over to look at it.

It looked like some kind of festival, with fireworks lighting up the night sky. Meliodas was there, smiling with his arms around a girl that-

That girl looked like her. "Huh?" Elizabeth examined the girl. She had long, silver hair with bangs that covered one eye. She had a blue popsicle in one hand, and Meliodas' hand in the other. They both looked so happy.

But why does the girl look so much like her? Elizabeth places the photo in the waistband of her skirt, deciding to ask Meliodas about the girl later.

Suddenly, a tremor ran through the whole building. "Ah!" She ran downstairs, looking around to see what had caused the continuing tremors.

She tripped.

A particularly large shake happened, in which the floor became a bit tilted. Elizabeth was on one foot at the time, so she was knocked off her feet. Shutting her eyes, she prepared for the impact. But it never came.

Opening her eyes, she saw blonde hair. Meliodas. She stood from her half-fallen position. "Sorry, I wasn't really looking where I was going." She brushed off her clothes.

"Are you okay?" His eyes were hidden.

"Uh, yeah."

He looked up, smiling. "That's good. Anyway, we're off!"

"What do you mean, aren't we-" She looked out the window, and her eyes widened. She only saw sky, not the ground.

She ran outside, wondering what was going on.

Oh.

They were on a giant… pig?

Sure enough, the tavern was strapped to a huge green pig that was moving along the road. Elizabeth's mouth opened, then closed as she had no clue what to say.

Suddenly, she heard a chuckle from behind her.

"You're actually handling this surprisingly well. Most people totally freak out." Meliodas had his hands behind his head, walking out to stand next to her.

She shrugs. "Maybe this is some kind of odd dream I'm having, and I'll wake up in the Kingdom perfectly fine… I'll just be in my room, and…"

She slumps to her knees.

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He quickly caught her, and they both sat down. She was trembling in his arms, eyes shut tight. "I-I… miss them… my family, my friends, the guards and servants, the villagers. I-I d-don't even know if they're alive…"

He just listened to her, holding her gently. She was bound to break at some point, after hiding her emotions so well. He smiled sadly. Really, he was the same as her. "It'll be okay, Elizabeth. I'll always be here, and we'll find your people. That's a promise." He took her hand in his.

"It'll be alright."

/-/ One Day Later /-/

She woke up, staring at the ceiling.

Sitting up, she untangled the blankets that were all around her. Probably nightmares again. She walked over to the bathroom, and washed her face with a cloth. She only noticed she was hot when the cloth cooled her down. When she picked up her skirt off the ground where she'd left it before, a photo tumbled out. "Oh yeah, I was supposed to ask about this."

She put on her clothes, and headed downstairs with the photo in her hand.

Meliodas was at the bar counter, washing mugs. He saw her and smiled, waving. "Good morning, sleepyhead."

"How long did I…?"

"It's almost noon now."

"What?! You should have woken me up!"

"Eh. You needed it." He peered at her hand. "What's that?"

"Oh!" She placed the photo, face-up, on the countertop. "I found this in that room I was in and wondered if you knew where it came from."

Immediately, his eyes darkened. Quite literally.

"Where did you find that." It wasn't a question.

She nervously took her hand off of the photo. "There was a loose board in the room I'm staying in, so I pulled it and…"

He sighed. "Well, you found it, so I guess I have to tell you about it. This photo is of me and my lover, Princess Elizabeth of Liones."

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Hello there. Sorry this chapter took a while, I got back into Kingdom Hearts, so now I'm playing KH2 when I should be writing this. Speaking of which, anyone catch the Kingdom Hearts reference?

I like this chapter, because Elizabeth (and Meliodas, I guess) has more proper emotions and character traits. The next chapter might be kind of filler-ish, just a heads up. I'm trying to make each chapter at least over 1,000 words.

I also will at some point update chapters 1 and 2, since I think they aren't too great compared to some of the later chapters, such as this one.

Since the next chapter needs some stuff, please review what you want to see while Meliodas and Elizabeth head to Liones. I know what'll happen when they get there, but I've used most of my 'on the journey' ideas in this chapter. Hence the photo.

See ya. *walks off in a random direction*