Alright. Chapter 18 people. In this, the cloaked man in that dark area, will give a little something to Daniel, and it'll have both advantages, and disadvantages. Won't say what they are, but a little spoiler, Daniel will really like it a lot...at first. Know what I mean? If not, you're about to find out. Let's go.
Back in the cloaked figure's lair, the same night they'd managed to reverse his spell and switch back their own bodies, he and the goblin general were watching Daniel through the silver orb, as he was sleeping in bed.
"So, he reversed my spell. I'm impressed. He used one of the greatest ways to do it, that I've ever heard of."
"Did you know that he would've been able to do it, master?" asked the general. "Did you know that he would go looking for the very way he could cancel out your spell?"
"No. But the story of the Four Kings' was my favorite when I was a little boy. But that was back when I was nothing more than a mere mortal. So it really does surprise me that he actually managed to do it."
"What next? Now that he and his friends are back in their bodies, what do you propose to do now?"
"That's a very good question, General. The thing is, I'm not sure. He's beaten everything I've thrown at him. It would seem his abilities are completely unmatched," the man in the throne then stayed silent for a minute. "Wait a minute. That's it." He said arising from his throne. "His abilities are unmatched, but what would happen if I could turn those against him?"
"What do you propose to do, sir?"
"I'll tell you exactly what I propose: I propose to give him a little something. Something that in time will turn on him, make him do what needs to be done." The cloaked man walked over to the purple river; There he reached out to it with his left arm, and then it shrouded in black and purple flames, making it go directly into the strange river. From it, he extracted something.
In his hand, the cloaked man held a small black and purple orb. "This oughta do the trick. He'll like this very much...at first." And then he chuckled maniacally, releasing it, and the small orb vanished into a black and purple mist.
Back in Arendelle, late at night, with a full moon and starry skies, and everyone in the castle was sleeping.
In his room, Daniel was laying flat on his back, wearing a short sleeved, dark green shirt, black pants and dark gray socks, and he was also snoring loudly.
As he remained in his deep sleep, that small orb had come from the ceiling, and its sphere shaped form disappeared, into a small completely black cloud. That small cloud went down onto his chest; There it slowly started to cover his body, all the way from the neck up to the waist down, until his entire body, was shrouded in black mist.
The following morning Daniel woke up, groggy and yawning. "Ah, what a night. Switching back into my own body, after being trapped in the kings'. Well, gotta get started." He said walking out of his room without even looking in the mirror, or down to his body,
Down in the dining room, the king and queen, along with Elsa, Anna and Kristoff were all at the table set to have breakfast.
Covering the table, there were many things to eat such as ham, bacon, eggs, toast and pancakes.
Then Daniel entered the dining room.
"Good morning," King Adgar greeted him. "I hope you're hungry...What?" He stopped when he saw what Daniel was wearing.
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Queen Idun all looked at him confused as to what he had on.
"What's wrong?" Daniel asked confusedly.
"Daniel, son. What are you wearing?" asked King Adgar,
"What do you mean what am I-?" He held up his right hand and saw he had on a black glove, and an armored sleeve. After that, he'd examined his whole body to see he was wearing a suit of armor. It was much like his other armor, but this one had a pair of boots that felt strong, but looked like an ordinary pair, and didn't clink when he walked. A pair of sleeves that felt stronger than both metal and stone combined, a vest that was less thick, but stronger feeling than his own and a pair of pants with every inch armored in a feeling like the sleeves. And this armor was black all over.
"Where did this come from?" Daniel asked himself.
"You mean that's not yours?" Anna asked getting up from her chair.
"I only have one suit of armor. And that one is black and gray, but I've never seen this one before. Though it's pretty different from my last one, it looks kind of weaker, but it feels so much stronger. It makes me feel a lot stronger than I ever have."
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Queen Idun.
"It means I feel a lot stronger and a lot more powerful. It's as if my skills have improved beyond anything I could have ever done. Hold on. Let me try something real quick." He walked over towards Elsa and King Adgar. "Excuse me for this." He bent over then lifted them both high above his head.
"Whoa!" King Adgar exclaimed as Daniel held them by the bottoms of their feet, as high as he could hold them.
"Wow," Elsa chuckled slightly. "You could never do that before could you?"
"Nope. I don't know where this new armor came from, but I love it," Daniel then lowered them to the ground. "I think I'll keep it."
"Come on, son. Let's sit down and have breakfast," said King Adgar.
"I can't wait to use this in action."
Later that day, in the early afternoon Daniel was outside practicing his combat moves, while still wearing the new suit.
He'd been doing all kinds of moves, practicing by pretending he was fighting enemies, and he'd even learned a few thanks to the suit.
"Well, looks like someone's taking a liking to their new armor."
He turned to see Elsa coming from behind him, with a small smile on her face.
"Oh, hey," Daniel said nervously. "Actually I'm, uh...just practicing. I don't know what it is, but there's something about this suit that really seems to enhance my skills and powers. Since this morning, my powers have felt stronger than ever before. I think I even learned a few moves."
"Example?" Elsa asked very curiously.
"Just watch."
Then Daniel ran towards the castle, and right up the wall; There he pushed off from it, going flying back, doing a few flips in the air. Then he grabbed the branch of a tree, swung upside down about 10 times, then threw himself high into the air, so he was so high above the whole castle. He came back down, then landed firmly on his feet in front of Elsa.
"See? I could never do that before."
"That was really good. So listen, I've been thinking about one of the things we haven't talked about in a while."
"Yeah?"
"I've thought hard about it, and..." Elsa tried to find the right words. "...I want to learn new magical abilities from you."
"Really?"
Elsa nodded her head.
"Okay. I'd be glad to show you as much as you want."
But all of a sudden, thanks to his good sense of hearing, Daniel could hear a scream coming from the town. "Oh, great. This'll have to wait. There's citizens in trouble in town."
"Go. Do your thing."
"Be back as soon as I can."
Daniel then ran for it outside the castle gates, and on the way out, he'd seen the captain at the gates. "Captain, there's danger in the town! Inform the king!" He said to the soldier in green while running.
"Right away, sir."
In the town, there were at least 50 goblins, pillaging stands and buildings, while walking through the streets, sending the citizens running and screaming for their lives.
As they were walking through the streets, they wandered around, looking for something for their own pleasurable enjoyment.
"Hey!" A voice yelled getting their attention.
The goblins looked up to a nearby building, and saw Daniel standing on its rooftop, glaring down at them.
"It's that man the master wants," said one of the goblins.
"Then let's take him!" another exclaimed.
"You want me?" Daniel said jumping from the building in front of them. "Come and get me." He then drew his sword.
The goblins, all with their weapons at hand, charged at him at once.
When the first four reached him, Daniel swiftly swung his sword, and cut all their heads of at once.
After that, the others all spread around him, trying to attack him from different directions, but Daniel was too quick. Each time they tried a different approach, he moved quickly at them, and killed them instantly.
One of the goblins, who was standing over ten feet away from Daniel, who wasn't even paying attention to it, threw a spear at him, aiming right for his head. Only when the spear was a few feet away, did Daniel look and see it coming. He managed to dodge roll out of the way just in time, and the spear went through the chest of another goblin.
Daniel looked over to the goblin, that nearly killed him and glared angrily at it, his eyes filled with nothing but hate. He sheathed his sword then stuck his left arm out, and grabbed that goblin with his light tether ability, and jerked it his way, then grabbed hold of it by its neck. "It's time to pay for all your misdeeds!"
King Adgar along with Elsa and group of guards, then stepped up behind, and what they saw Daniel do shocked them; He looked that goblin in its bloodshot red eyes, while his own eyes started to turn fiery orange.
"No! No, please!" the goblin begged, as its whole body began to light up with the same fiery red light as Daniel's eyes.
"Feel the burn," Daniel said as the goblin groaned in pain, then its whole body slowly started to turn to ash, till there was nothing left.
He looked to the remaining 20 goblins, and redrew his sword. He began running at them, slashing them all, one by one, being more aggressive than ever before.
"This isn't like him," Elsa said to her father. "Does he ever fight like that?"
"No. Something's wrong. I've never seen him so violent."
Daniel jumped away from the remaining 5 goblins, then went to a nearby light post. There he ripped it out of the ground, as the goblins came walking towards him.
Once they were close enough, Daniel hit four of them away with the light post, then looked to the last one. Using the post, he slammed it down onto the goblin, making a big crack in the ground, but he didn't stop there; Daniel kept slamming the light post down on the goblin, even though it was already dead.
After hitting the goblin at least 3 dozen times, Daniel finally stopped, and threw it aside. He turned his attention towards the other four, and saw one was still alive, and it began to limp away, but Daniel drew his sword, and grabbed it with the light tether. After grabbing it, Daniel jerked the goblin towards him, and held the blade of his sword out, so that it went right through the goblin, when it came in contact.
"Get off my blade!" He pulled the goblin off, then threw it aside.
Daniel looked to all the dead bodies of the goblins, who all evaporated into darkness. "Any more wanna come out and show your ugly faces?!" He yelled aloud.
Then Daniel sheathed his sword, and began walking off then looked towards the king, Elsa and the guards, and walked towards them.
The captain stepped forward towards Daniel. "Uh, sir...I-"
"What?" Daniel said sternly. "You and your men couldn't bother to lend a hand?"
"It looked like you had the situation under control, sir."
"Yeah, well next time I want to see some action!" And he continued walking off.
"Daniel, are you okay?" King Adgar asked, while trying to keep his distance.
"I'm fine." He replied even more sternly without looking back.
"Are you sure? Because you didn't seem like yourself out there; You seemed like someone more aggressive, more angry."
"I said I'm fine!" Daniel snapped and turned around, looking at the king with a look of nothing but rage and aggression.
King Adgar along with the guards all backed up an inch, and the king stared at him in a way he never had before; The way Daniel had just yelled at him for nothing, had scared him.
Daniel huffed and walked off, making his way back to the castle.
Elsa then walked up next to her father. "Now that just wasn't natural."
"I wonder what's wrong with him. I know for a fact that that's not Daniel. He wouldn't just yell at someone like that without reason."
"Maybe I should go talk to him." She said making her way to the castle as well.
Back at the castle, Daniel stormed into his room, and roughly slammed the door behind him.
"Why is it people want to get on my case today? First it's those worthless, good for nothing maggots, who think they're so scary, then the king." He groaned angrily. "I wish everybody in this world would just leave me alone!"
He turned his attention towards a mirror on the wall across from his bed, and stared at his own reflection. He looked and saw his eyes filled with nothing but rage and hatred, and when he saw how angry he was, it slowly faded away and he became terrified.
Daniel looked down to his own hands, and down to his own body. "What's happening to me?" Then he had a realization. "It must be this suit. The abilities it gave me, the stronger it made me, and now it's also making me angrier. I gotta get it off."
No sooner after he said that, was when he quickly began to take it off, until he was wearing the same clothes he slept in last night.
Daniel then ran over to the dresser on the left side of his bed, and from the bottom drawer he pulled out a big, tan colored sack. After grabbing it, he quickly took the black suit, and stuffed it into the sack.
As he was putting the suit away, was when Elsa walked in, and saw him stuffing the suit into a sack. "What are you doing?"
He flinched at the sound of her voice. "Oh, it's just you, I'm putting this away."
"I thought you liked that new suit."
"I did, until I realized something. When I was out there fighting the goblins, I couldn't think of anything about how I hated them, and I felt nothing but rage, which made me go berserk on them. I don't know how to explain it, but this suit not only strengthened my abilities, it also made me unleash all my rage and aggression in that fight."
"How can that be possible?"
"When you look at it from my perspective, it's the only thing that makes sense. Think. It made me stronger, it increased my abilities. The only thing that makes sense, is that it made me unleash full rage and aggression."
"When you put it like that, I think you're right. So what will you do?"
"Until I figure out where this suit came from and what it is, I'm not gonna wear it again," Daniel answered tying the sack, and he put it under his bed. After that, he sat right in front of his bed. "Now that I'm myself again, I feel awful about what I did. I was a jerk to the guards, and I snapped at your father for nothing."
"It's okay. You weren't yourself. My father and I both knew you weren't you."
"Nice to know you both stick by my side, even in my hardest times."
"That's why I'm glad we're friends," Elsa said coming up and sitting down next to him. "Maybe we're more than just friends, and we just don't know it yet."
Daniel all of a sudden became nervous and at the same time warm on the inside. "Really?"
"Uh-huh. I don't know what I want, and at the same time, I also do."
"Maybe we are more than friends. A lot more."
Elsa put her hands on his face, and looked directly into his ocean blue eyes.
Daniel at the same time put his right hand on her left arm, and stared into her icy blue eyes.
The moved their faces closer to one another, and finally they made lip contact, without interruption this time.
Alright. There you have it. How did you all like this chapter's ending? Last time they tried to share a kiss, King Adgar had interfered, but this time, I figured, let them have their moment, especially when Daniel was in a sort of crisis. Anyhow, how did you like this chapter? I know that suit making him angry is kind of like in Spider-Man with that alien costume, but I kind of liked my version of it. Please read, review and enjoy.
