Chapter 1 What's Going On?

?'s P.O.V.

"Wake up, Wake up… Oh please wake up Emperor!"

Emperor heard these cries and groggily opened his eyes. As his vision came into focus, he could see his comrades that helped him. Cynder let her breath out.

"I'm Happy to see that you're at least somewhat well Emperor"

The others nodded in agreement. Emperor looked at his surroundings. He was on a bed and was covered with warm blankets. His Steel-toe Boots were on a table next to where his head was laid. Emperor could see the others looking nervously at each other.

"Do you feel alright Emperor?"

Lily asked

Emperor sighed. He did not want to say what he was feeling. He did not want to tell the others what happened to him.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Lily, could you get me some Coconut Water with Pineapple juice?"

Lily looked at Emperor with a smile. Lily knew that Coconut with Pineapple was Emperor's Favorite drink. Lily moved with haste out of the room. Captain Rojo and Marine stayed in the room with Emperor.

"The time is 0600 Hours Marine. It's time to practice your Forms again. It seems that you need some work on them"

"Sir yes sir"

Marine replied as he stood up straight and saluted Rojo. The two of them left the room, leaving only Cynder with Emperor. Cynder looked depressed.

"What's up with you?"

Emperor asked nervously. Cynder looked up from her gaze at the floor. She looked upset now instead of depressed.

"Why didn't you tell me!?"

Cynder exploded. Emperor winced from her loud speech. Emperor looked at Cynder who was seething with rage. Emperor opened his mouth to speak but was cut off before he could get any words out

" As a team, we are supposed to look out for each other; why did you not tell me about the mission that you were going on!? It was a Suicide mission for crying out loud!"

Cynder was back to looking depressed now and he looked away from Cynder. The feeling of guilt was washing over Emperor. He moved to get up, but searing pain stopped him from moving anymore. Emperor screamed in pain, which sent Cynder running from the room. Her footsteps leaving Emperor to sink back into the endless abyss of pain.

"Will he be alright Doctor Lemon?"

A new voice said. Emperor looked up from the bed which he was bound to. Through blurry vision, he could see there were new individuals in the room. Emperor was not used to the room he was in and was especially not used to seeing new people.

"What's going on here, and who are these new individuals?"

Emperor croaked, his voice barely above a whisper. The two new individuals in the room looked at Emperor. Cynder scowled at Emperor, and Emperor looked back up at the thatch ceiling. There was a little pinpoint pain in Emperor's neck. Emperor looked down from the ceiling and gasped in shock to see that his entire body was covered in casts. Emperor looked back at Cynder, and she smiled.

"Your drink is here".

Cynder said, pointing to the table that was to the left of Emperor. Emperor smiled and looked back at Cynder who was beaming.

"Emperor is it?"

The Yellow yoshi asked.

"I am He"

Emperor replied. The Yellow yoshi and the two light Blue yoshis looked in awe and kneeled at the foot of the bed. Emperor could not stand individuals worshipping him. He was of royalty but did not like it when people did acts of worship to him. Emperor did know there were individuals higher than him, so that's why he did not like individuals worshipping him. The Yellow yoshi rose and spoke.

" Greetings our dear prince, we have come before you on this day to attend to your wounds sustained in battle; my name is Lemon, and I have a Doctor's Degree in Psychology and Yoshi Anatomy. I am also a Licensed Doctor as well,"

Lemon declared. Emperor shuddered. He hated doctors, needles, and the things that he knew doctors could do. Emperor studied the one called Lemon. She was about 5'8 in height and was normally built in muscle. She had green eyes and looked to be very healthy. The only drawback that he could see was that she had short arms. Then the two Light Blue yoshis spoke. The one on the right spoke first.

"Greetings to you as well my prince. We come before you to stand in your presence to tell you that you have succeeded to the throne. I am Northwind, your Senior Advisor"

Then the one on the left spoke.

"You have my greetings as well my King. I will be your High Council Member of Island Authorities, my King. You may address me by the name Frostbite."

Emperor knew this could not be true. Emperor tried to Reason with himself that both of his parents were not dead, and I knew he was about to explode in anger.

I want to know who did this

Emperor breathed to himself. Captain Rojo entered the room

" Well, it looks like there's a problem in here, what's going on?"

Rojo boomed. All of the room's occupants looked at each other. No one wanted to stare down Rojo when he was upset. He looked like he had just come back from a long, terrible war. Emperor could see this.

"Is it true!?"

Emperor blurted softly. Captain Rojo looked at Emperor sullenly, and he felt weak. Rojo walked over to Emperor and knelt down at the bedside of where Emperor was lying. Emperor could smell the blood and death that stained the room's perfume-like smell. Emperor could see a giant, long sword that was sheathed on Rojo's back. Rojo leaned forward so that He was in whispering distance of Emperor.

" I regret to tell you that indeed what the others have told you, is true"

Rojo said sadly as A tear fell from Rojo's face onto the floor. The others stood in awe, and silence at Captain Rojo's response to the Island-Wide news. Rojo looked up to meet Emperor's gaze. Emperor was surprised himself to see Rojo in such a bad state.

" You…..Were the last…..to know"

Rojo said in between sobs. Emperor sighed heavily and immediately regretted the action, for it caused him great pain. The tension in the room hung in the air, and no one wanted to speak. The only sounds breaking the silence were distant sobs. That was until Lemon broke the silence.

"If it's ok with you my King, I will attend to your wounds."

Rojo rose and left the room muttering something under his breath. Lemon moved from the middle of the room to the left side of where Emperor was lying. Emperor's breaths were shallow and seemed to be causing him pain every time he took a breath. Lemon took out a needle. Emperor shuddered in fear.

"Don't worry Emperor, this will only hurt for a moment ok?"

Lemon smiled in such a way that Emperor felt relieved.

"In this bottle is something that takes way too long to talk about, however, this material that I am injecting into your blood is exactly experimental. I don't know if it will work, but I can assure you that this solution has no side effects".

Lemon's voice trailed off. Emperor wanted to know what was in the vial, but he could not find the strength to ask what was in the vial. Another individual entered the room.

"Is the prince safe?"

A new voice asked. Emperor did not know this voice. The gaggle of yoshis moved to let a new one move through the midst of the others. This color of yoshi was a rare one. Emperor looked in awe at a real, living, dark/deep Purple colored yoshi. It was a male one with a scar across his left eye and was strongly built. He had the look of a seasoned soldier that was about to go mad, but kept his composure. The Deep Purple colored yoshi moved to the right side of the bed where Emperor was lying and knelt before Emperor.

"You do remember me, right?"

The Deep Purple yoshi asked hopefully as he looked up at Emperor. he looked at this new colored individual. I could tell that he could faintly remember a patch of purple coming into his view before he collapsed into his fainting state when he fought John. Emperor could only remember one name that could go with such a color that this individual was.

"Are you Venom?"

Emperor asked quietly.

"Indeed I am; now let Doctor Lemon take care you of you ok? That's my only request, old friend."

Emperor's breaths were becoming deeper and more stable.

"That wasn't so bad, was it Emperor?"

Lemon asked with a chuckle. Emperor was confused. The others were hiding smiles as well

"What are you laughing at?"

Demanded Emperor. Emperor turned his gaze back to Lemon who was grinning ear to ear. Emperor sighed heavily.

"Did you put the injection in without me knowing?"

Emperor asked with annoyance. Lemon chuckled

"Of course I did! How else would you let me do what I was supposed to do with you being all twitchy?"

Lemon said with a cheery voice. Emperor felt warmer than usual now, and he felt the pain go slowly away, and he felt strength returning to his body. Emperor wondered what was in that solution that Doctor Lemon gave him. The two Light Blue yoshis had left, along with Rojo, and Venom.

"Thanks for your help Doc, but what exactly was that injection you gave me?"

Emperor asked with uneasiness. Lemon looked directly at him with a strong stare. I could tell that he felt uneasy by asking that question.

"Do you really want me to answer that question honestly? Do you not trust me?"

Lemon said with annoyance. Emperor felt ashamed.

Even these days you have to make sure that everyone does what they say they are going to do

Emperor thought to himself as he took a deep breath and let it out.

"I really do want to know what was in there, Because what you gave me worked immediately; I don't know if it was meant to work that way, or if it was supposed to work that way, but it did"

Emperor said. Lemon jumped into the air and did a little cheer. She landed back on the floor and ran to the right side of the bed where Emperor was still laying.

"Are you really experiencing what you have told me? I really didn't think that it would work!" Lemon replied with excitement. She was jumping around the room with joy. Emperor tired from watching Lemon celebrate quickly.

"I thought you were going to tell me what was in the vial"

Emperor said with annoyance. Lemon stopped jumping and looked confused for a moment. Then her eyes lit up and she snapped her fingers.

"That's right, I'm sorry that I forgot so quickly. I'm just so happy that the solution worked, and that you are getting better."

Lemon took some deep breaths and calmed herself down. She grabbed a chair and dragged it over to the right side of the bed. She looked Emperor in the eyes. Then she leaned over and brought a bag out from under the chair she had brought over, and set it on the end of the bed that Emperor was still laying in. Lemon opened the bag and brought out some vials of blood, a vial of the mysterious liquid, and a stethoscope. Emperor's breathing quickened.

"Calm down. I'm not going to take any more blood ok? I just want to explain what I did with material objects."

Lemon said. She moved the objects from the end of the bed, to the table that had Emperor's Coconut/Pineapple mix in it.

"This will take some time to explain as I have said before. If you have any questions, feel free to ask when I am done talking OK?"

Lemon said with a bubbly cheeriness in her voice

" I understand. thanks for explaining what's going on, I really appreciate this"

Emperor said with a smile. Lemon chuckled.

" you see these vials of blood here?"

Lemon asked motioning with her hand to the vials that were next to Emperor. Emperor nodded slightly.

"These are vials of your own blood and what I noticed when you hatched from that egg not too long ago was that you aged very quickly, much more quickly than normal"

"Hold on. what do you mean by hatched from an egg?"

Emperor asked quickly with some fear.

" you mean you didn't know? You really did age quickly"

Lemon replied with a chuckle

"All yoshis hatch from eggs you know"

Lemon said rolling her eyes, but Emperor was confused.

"As I was saying, I have been doing some research on yoshi blood. I have been studying how all of the elements in blood work. I have concluded that the main parts of our blood contain the following: Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets, and Plasma; I noticed that in your blood that there are these properties and a special part that I have named antibodies."

"What are these Antibodies that you speak of?"

Emperor replied in wonder

"Antibodies are also known as an Immunoglobulin. These are proteins that are shaped like a Y. These are made by the plasma in your blood, and they are responsible for neutralizing pathogens like bacteria and viruses that are in your blood stream"

Lemon explained. Emperor was fascinated by Lemon's wealth of knowledge.

"With that out of the way, I noticed that your blood is very healthy, strong, and is very good at attacking anomalies. What this means is that you are very resistant to illnesses; something other yoshis are very susceptible to. So what I gave you was a boost to your Antibodies, and gave you something that I am very proud of".

Lemon explained. Lemon looked even happier, and Emperor wanted to know why.

"Why are so happy? It seems that you have been leading up to something. Can you tell me what that might be?"

Emperor asked with wonder. Lemon shifted uneasily and looked away from Emperor momentarily. Her gaze slowly returned to Emperor and she sighed.

"I don't know if you'll believe me, but in the simplest words, I have given you Magic".

"Magic!?"

Emperor exclaimed.

"But that's im-"

"Be quiet!"

Lemon had her hand over his mouth. She quickly took the hand away.

"Sorry I did that, I just didn't want anyone else to know."

Her voice trailed off, and she looked defeated. A tear rolled down Her cheek.

"Please don't cry, it makes me feel really bad for some reason"

Emperor begged. Lemon flicked the tear away and looked back at him.

"How?…."

Emperor was really confused now. The door to the room slammed open and Cynder stormed into the room. She was breathing hard; flames licked the edges of her mouth.

"What is going on here!?"

She roared, sending Lemon jumped three feet into the air. When she landed, she shrank into the nearest corner of the room. Cynder walked slowly, menacingly, over to Lemon, who was cowering in the corner.

"Need I ask again to make me even more upset?"

Cynder asked, her voice dripping with anger. Lemon looked up from the tight ball she had rolled herself into. She looked up at Cynder with fearful eyes.

"I was merely telling Emperor about his blood structure"

She said with her voice wavering. Cynder looked at Emperor. Cynder looked at Emperor with a strong stare.

"Is this true? I don't want anything suspicious going on around here"

She told Emperor, looking with contempt at Lemon. Lemon stood up to her full height(5'7) and looked at Cynder.

"I don't know what you are trying to do, or what you are thinking, but I was merely explaining what I found when I was studying Emperor's Blood Structure."

Lemon told her with annoyance. Cynder snorted, sending an ember onto the wood floor. She stepped on the ember, snuffing it out.

"If that was indeed what you were explaining, I would like to listen in on this as well."

Cynder declared. Lemon smiled sadly and took the chair that she was sitting on earlier.

"I'm sorry Doctor Lemon. I thought that you were trying to do something else."

Cynder said with a little bit of sorrow in her voice.

"This is a time of sorrow, tension, and fear; you are fine my Queen"

Lemon replied cheerily. Emperor was amazed by how Lemon was always able to keep being happy.

This intrigued Emperor, but now, he was confused beyond belief. Him being a King, this new Individual that was half-Dragon, Half-Yoshi as his wife, and all these new individuals that he didn't know before overwhelmed him. Cynder looked at Emperor with the same bewildered expression that Emperor was giving her and everyone was silent once again. The silence was heavy and there was silence until Lemon spoke again.

"May I continue then?"

She asked with newfound authority. Cynder and Emperor broke their gazes and looked back at Lemon

"Knowing this, I have given you a special type of magic, this magic I have not named yet, but will prove useful in the future"

Lemon started to explain but was cut off by Cynder once again.

"You're telling me that you gave him an injection, but don't have a name for what you gave him!?" Cynder exploded. Lemon shook her head and stared Cynder down. Cynder was taken aback by this sudden change in character and stepped back a little.

"As I have told my King, this will take some time to explain. If you want to learn more, let's talk about this outside in my Lab."

Lemon said evenly as she sighed. Cynder nodded and got up from where she was seated on the floor. Emperor felt his eyes growing heavy. He turned his head to look at Lemon, who was walking with Cynder to the door.

"I'm feeling tired suddenly"

Emperor said as he yawned. Lemon turned around to face him and smiled, then looked at Cynder. Cynder looked at him, and she smiled. As Emperor's eyes closed and his vision grew blurry and dark, he heard the door close before sleep claimed him again. It was very interesting to watch how the events that had taken place had changed the projected outcome of the timeline that I had placed.

What events need to be changed in order to balance out this timeline?

I thought as I watched everyone leave the room, gradually, my gaze returned to Emperor, who was sleeping fitfully.

He's going to make A very nice addition to my collection

I told myself as I opened A hole in the wall. The wall shimmered and cracked as I gazed momentarily into the familiar White void that I knew of as my home. I walked through the hole and closed it behind me.

"Don't want to leave that open; it could cost me A lot"

I joked to myself as I took in the Whiteness of the Void and sighed.

"Looks like it's time to readjust the flow of time"

I said heavily as I started to work the Strings of Time.

"This will be interesting"

I said as all of the timelines that I placed for this world came into focus.