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.

Touch of light swearing in this chapter.

Chapter 8: Liones

Suddenly, a fist connected with Meliodas' face, and sent him flying. Elizabeth gasped, eyes widening as he flew past her and into a nearby tree. "Meliodas! Hey, are you okay?!"

But to her surprise, he just stood, with barely any scrapes or cuts, although his clothes were pretty tattered. He gave her a thumbs-up, then got punched again, went flying, stood up, smiled. This happened 12 times in a row, and by the time he stood up again, Elizabeth could finally see the person who did it.

He was tall, and had almost white hair. He had a matching red jacket and pants, the jacket exposing his torso. She could only see his back, since he was facing Meliodas, but from how the blonde was grinning, she figured they knew each other.

He guess was correct. Meliodas ran towards the man. "Ban!" The man, Ban, ran toward him. "Cap'n!" They did some kind of handshake that was too fast for Elizabeth to see, then Ban narrowed his eyes at Meliodas. "Where the heck were you? You were gone for a damn year, and never even visited! That's not like Cap'n at all."

The blonde chuckled. "Not telling." Ban raised an eyebrow. "So we're kids now? You just gonna 'not telling' everyone when they ask? I don't think some people would like that much." He laughed. "If I were you, I wouldn't tell me either. Fair enough."

Elizabeth chose that moment to run to Meliodas and check him for injuries. "Meliodas, why didn't you dodge! Any one of these cuts could get infected, and it was avoidable too!"

Ban blinked. "Who're you?"

Meliodas answered for her. "This is Elizabeth." Ban's eyes widened, then narrowed. "Cut the crap. Who is she, really?"

"I'm not lying."

"Yeah you are!"

"More than one Elizabeth in the world, Ban."

"Why do they look like damn twins, then?"

"Coincidental doppelgangers? How would I know?"

"Why is she even here?"

"Did you hear of what happened in Adarlan?"

"Where the hell is Adarlan?"

While they argued, well, more like Ban arguing and Meliodas countering with dismissal, Elizabeth finished patching up some of the blonde's injuries, from medical supplies she got from the nearby guards.

Standing, she smiled. "Well thank goodness, you're not really injured. But be careful next time! You could've dodged or something!" She crossed her arms. She didn't want to see him seriously injured, for whatever reason.

Ban smirked at her. "You're just like her."

She knew who he was talking about. "Really?"

"Yep."

"Oh…" She lowered one arm, so that it was at her side, and the other holding it.

To save her from responding, Meliodas looked to his friend. "Where are the other Sins?" Ban slapped himself in the face. "That's what I was supposed to do… they won't be too happy that I'm taking this long to bring you inside."

They started walking towards the castle. Passing each house, villagers waved to Meliodas and Ban. Elizabeth walked close to Meliodas' side, not really wanting attention. He noticed, and took her hand. She looked at him, confused but comforted somehow. He smiled. "Relax, nothing's going to happen." She nodded.

Once they got to the castle, Ban led the way to the throne room, and opened the doors.

Inside the large room were many people. Elizabeth could recognize the King and Princesses of Liones, standing near the throne. Looking to the left of it, she saw a group of 5.

Those must be the other sins. She studied each of them carefully.

The first she saw had brunette hair, tied into pigtails. She wore a short pink dress that had girly touches. On her thigh, there was a mark that looked like a snake.

Standing, or rather, floating next to her was a boy with auburn hair, and a blue/yellow hoodie. On his ankle was the mark of a bear.

Behind him was a man with pink hair and glasses. On his collarbone was a goat mark. Next to him was a woman with short, raven-black hair, and the mark of a boar on her neck. Finally, a huge man with golden armour was behind all the others. Elizabeth couldn't see a mark on him.

Meliodas and Ban were already over there, talking with their comrades. The blonde looked so happy to be back with them, and Elizabeth felt a bit left out. Was he ever that happy, travelling with her? Why was she even here?

Not sure. I was just told to bring you back. He said that. So maybe he didn't even want to be with her.

She looked down, staying near the door. Lost in thought, she didn't hear anyone approach.

"Hey."

Looking up, startled, she saw Meliodas. "Did you really think I forgot about you? You're still important to me too, you know." Her face went pink. "O-oh, thanks."

He laughed. "Come meet my friends."

He led her to the group. The brunette with pigtails smiled, and greeted her first. "Hey, I'm Diane, Serpent Sin of Envy."

The others followed suit, and Elizabeth got a whole list of names thrown at her.

"Harlequin, but call me King. I'm the Grizzly Sin of Sloth." The auburn-haired boy said.

"Greetings, I am Gowther, the Goat Sin of Lust." The man with the glasses spoke in a mechanical tone.

"Merlin, Boar Sin of Gluttony. Pleased to meet you." The raven-haired woman proceeded to give Gowther a lesson on speaking like a normal person.

The man with golden armour went last. "And I am Escanor, the Lion Sin of Pride."

Elizabeth turned to Ban and Meliodas. Ban shrugged, and said bored, "Guess we weren't properly introduced. Ban, Fox Sin of Greed."

When she met Meliodas' eyes, they had a light she's only seen once, and that was when she performed the mourning dance. Maybe it's happiness.

He went to stand in front of his group. "I know you know, but just to round it off, I'm the Dragon Sin of Wrath. Meliodas."

The Sins broke out of their little formation and gathered around her.

"What's your name?"

Elizabeth didn't want them to be confused like Ban was, so she created a little nickname for herself at that moment.

"I'm Elle, Princes- Nice to meet you all."

For now, she wouldn't reveal her identity. Thinking about back home, she knew if she told the people here, they'd coddle her and not give her any freedom. She met Meliodas' eyes. They held surprise at first, but then he understood. Smiling, she waved at the group around her.

The King of Liones came towards her, the Sins splitting up to make a path.

"Nice to meet you, Elle. Now, we celebrate. For not only the return of the Dragon Sin, but also for the 1 year anniversary of my daughter Elizabeth's passing."

It must be a celebration of life, then. Makes sense. Elizabeth followed everyone to the dining hall, hanging back a little from the group.

She looked to her side, and was a bit surprised to see Meliodas there. "Aren't you supposed to be catching up with your friends?" She stated, a tiny bit of sadness seeping through her voice.

"Nah, I can do that later. I want to be here right now, with you." He grinned, eyes sparkling with mischief.

She laughed. "Okay. I want to be here with you, too."

They shared a smile that made her happy again, and they walked into the dining hall.

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Well, what did you think of that? There will be more moments for Elizabeth to get to know each Sin personally, those will be the next chapter and a few after that. Also, Elizabeth's nickname. I didn't want to get 108 Elizabeth confused with 107 Elizabeth, so I shortened it to 'Elle' to keep things simple.

Sorry for not getting this out earlier, I wasn't very motivated to get this done. Chapter 2 of ToaB will probably have the same result of getting published later in the day.

I'm trying to give this Elizabeth a personality that is a mix of 107 and 106's. I want her to be strong, and to be able to fight with Arc and stuff later on.

Thanks for reading, and if you've followed/favorited AND left a review, you're now my favourite person.

See y'all next chapter.