alright no more spamming after this, I rushed thriugh this more than my previous ones. I'm just going to read some other stories
Immediately after entering the portal the group was apprehended by a patrol of dogs. Lune approached the leader and began talking. Ume swallowed and whispered to Baron.
"Is this part of the plan?" Baron nodded lightly.
After a long conversation Lune walked back to the group and gestured for Baron to talk in private. The dogs eyes the group, mostly Ume as she was the only female. She kept a close hold on the book and shook her head. 'This is rather uncomfortable... Is it because they're dogs. Or...' Her thoughts drifted off while Lune gave orders to his men, they charged the dogs and quickly had the patrol knocked out.
"I see you meant it when you said they were the best." Baron noted. "Now come on the castle is this way."
"Is it a giant dog house?" Ume smirked at the thought, the troops snickering quietly.
"I honestly don't know miss Ume, I've visited this kingdom but never the castle." Baron shrugged and followed after Lune.
They walked for half an hour before the massive castle came into view. Ume gaped at it and shook herself. It was huge compared to the cat kingdom's castle. That was somewhat expected given some dog breeds were rather large.
"How are we supposed to find Yuki and Haru in there? We'd be looking for hours, someone would see us before we got close." Baron lifted a hand to quiet her.
"That's why we are here, you and I are meant to search for them while Lune and his men distract the dogs." Lune nodded.
"Pray this works. Prince Jack is a powerful sorcerer. Fighting him would be suicide with how few of us there are." Ume nodded as the group split up. Lune and his men heading to the front entrance, Baron and her heading for what she assumed was a servant entrance.
"How are they going to distract them, there aren't enough of them to start any fighting." Baron looked back at her.
"Lune plans to talk with the prince and his parents. that enough should get most of the guards attentions." Ume nodded as they entered the door inti the kitchens, empty at the moment.
000
Lune and his men were brought to the throne room where the royal family sat on their thrones. The prince spoke first.
"I see you have taken our offer of an alliance, good, father was getting quite bored and impatient." He smirked as his father spoke up.
"Indeed we were about to change the execution to tomorrow if you hadn't shown up or sent word. Now let's get down to business shall we?" Lune held back a growl and smiled gently.
"Yes let's begin."
000
Ume and Baron explored the towers first, avoiding any dogs, guards and servants, when they saw them. The first tower was empty, and the second was the same.
"Baron, you know that princesses aren't always kept in towers right?" Ume questioned as they explored the last tower.
"I'm aware, but towers usually have rooms that can be locked from the outside." Ume shrugged and nodded.
"Fair enough, but what if they aren't in this last one either."
"Then we try the dungeons."
Their conversation wasn't so private now, the doberman from the bureau had been nearby. He snarled and followed them up the tower keeping his distance until they were in the room at the top. He jumped through the doorway and smirked. Baron put himself between Ume and the dog.
"Ah so it's you that was following. I believe we have unfinished business from your time at the bureau. Miss Ume, head down to the lowest floor of the castle, the dungeons can't be hard to miss." She nodded as Baron charged the canine blocking their way, she slipped out the door as they fought.
Baron gave Ume enough time to slip by and jumped in front of the door when the doberman went to pursue.
"I'm your target." The dog growled and charged, jaws open to attack Baron.
000
Ume heard something break on her way down the tower stairs, she ignored it and ran reaching the bottom and looking for more stairs. Finding them she ranran down them and past the throne room. The conversation went dead as the prince barked in surprise at the half-cat.
"You!? This was a trick, seize them!" The husky ordered and ran out and after Ume. Lune and his men drew their blades and prepared for the attack.
The husky caught up to Ume quickly, causing her to turn and gasp, barely jumping over a paw swipe and falling back onto the ground. Her book raised up to her and she swiped her hand through the air throwing the husky across the hall to his surprise. He yelped slamming into a wall giving Ume enough time to start running again.
"No!" He snarled Ume lifting off the ground, she struggled against an invisible force. "Ha some magic you command, you can't even defend yourself." Ume tried turning the pages of her book, it flew away before she could read anything. "Ah so you still need a book, too bad for you." The dog snarled as the force tightened around her body.
Her vision started to blur as she whined out in pain. Soon hearing a howl of pain from the husky, she drops to the floor and looks up, Baron had stabbed the husky in the leg and was running over to her, book in hand.
"Get up Miss Ume!" She stood and grabbed the book starting to run. "So much for plans."
"I was always better at making it up as I go. I'm sorry miss Ume, I should never of let you go on your own."
"It's fine Baron." They descended another flight of stairs and started to pass by empty cells, they stopped once they passed an occupied one, back tracking and looking inside, Yuki and Haru slept inside.
Ume opened the book and found the right spell putting a hand on the lock it glowed for a second and she pulled it open.
"Yuki, Haru wake up dears, it's time to go home" Ume said walking in and shaking them awake. They smiled and hugged her.
"Miss Ume, we need to retrieve Lune and his men. Come."
"No need Baron, we're here, lets leave before the guards find us." Lune limped down to the group, he was short one cat now and the others were injured.
Baron nodded to Ume and she returned it, they began the same magic as before this time signing for cat instead of dog. the portal opened and Yuki and Haru entered first followed by Luna and his men. Ume entered next and Baron last.
"Baron, we need to talk. It's about the dog king and queen." Lune panted. "They're being controlled by Jack."
000
Baron paced Lune's office mumbling to himself every now and then. "Why would he do that to his parents... Unless he wanted the war and they didn't."
"He might just be after power. My father was like that when he was young." Lune sat in his chair, a few bandages wrapped around him. "We have time to talk about this later, you should go see Ume."
Baron nodded and walked out of the room and down the hall. His mind swimming with thoughts, enough that he forgot about what he had said before they left for the kingdom.
Ume was sitting in her room with Haru and Yuki. Talking about how they could help with the upcoming war. Ume was the first to notice Baron, frowning she looked away. She had been too busy trying to help Lune that she hadn't remembered Baron rejecting her until now.
"Baron please leave." He snapped out of his own thoughts and looked up at the three.
"Miss Ume, whatever is the matter?" His thoughts clicked in his mind and he frowned. "Ah yes, yesterday."
Haru looked up at him confused and back to Ume. Baron turned and left the room, soon followed by Haru.
"Baron wait. What happened, why is she upset with you?" Baron mumbled something. "Don't mumble at me, tell me what happened."
Baron groaned and rubbed his forehead. "She, stating her feelings, I simply told her I didn't share them for her." Haru put a hand to her mouth.
"Baron, you told me you admired a woman who spoke from the heart."
"I do, but Haru it is more complicated than you think. I will apologize when she is willing to speak to me." He walked off as Haru entered the room rubbing Ume's back.