Chapter 3: Defending for Power

Troy found himself facing a prince from five feet away.

"So! It's time! Give me the Medallion!" The prince sneered.

"No way!" Troy shouted back.

"Yes way!" The prince shouted, and then charged on his pony towards Troy. Troy tried to fire a fiery orb towards the Prince, but for some reason, he never felt it, let alone, see it!

"Hold up… WHAT!?" Troy said, frustrated at himself.

The prince laughed as his lance was about to hit Troy.

"NO WAY!" Troy shouted in fear. All of a sudden, the world swirled around him violently and soon he found himself on the floor. It was all quiet around him, and his bedroom door was still closed. He got up from the floor and climbed back into bed. He couldn't think.

"What just happened?"

Troy stared at the ceiling for a few more minutes before he decided to climb out of bed. He went to the closet and then changed into his regular clothes. Then he walked over and opened the door. He took a deep breath.

"Let's hope that king doesn't get too angry!"

Troy brushed his teeth for a long time, for another few minutes, but that included him staring at the mirror. He wondered why he kept on staring at himself, but he finally broke away from it. He walked into the dining room and was actually pretty early. The only people that were there were Konah, Perry, and what looked like to be a man in blue clothing. He was heating up his own drink with fire from his hands, but he had a nice mustache and beard. Perfect Goatee.

"Good morning everyone." Troy politely greeted everyone as he walked into the living room.

"Good Morning Troy. Did you sleep well?" Konah said.

"The bed was terrific and comfy! The only problem was that I had a nightmare."

"Gee wizard!" The blue clothing man exclaimed. "What were you dreaming about?"

"There was this evil prince who tried to steal my..." Troy started. "Err... Fighting Spirit. anyways. He was about to strike me and done me away with, when all of a sudden, I luckily woke up."

"Fighting Spirit huh?" The blue clothing man said. "I'm a wizard; let's see if you can outdo my fire power!"

"Are you sure? You are gonna get beaten!" Troy proudly stated, although tried hard to not brag so much.

"We'll see about that!" The wizard chuckled.

"Alright then, but make sure not to break anything!" Konah warned them.

"We won't!" Both Troy and the wizard said.

Troy walked over to one side of the room, and the wizard went on the other half.

"You go first!" Troy boasted to the wizard.

"Very well then!" The wizard replied back. "FIREBALL!"

The wizard casted up a fireball and threw it at Troy.

"Whoa!" Troy shouted. He swiftly side-stepped away, and then swung his claw hands at the air, forming some more fiery orbs.

The three orbs that Troy produced managed to destroy the fireball in time.

"Whoa!" The wizard said in astonishment. The only way troops were able to destroy his fireball was to take the hit!

"Follow up!" Troy yelled, as he jumped into the air and it looked like he did the same move that he did for his fiery orbs, only he threw his other hand at the air as well, and a fiery light shockwave thundered through towards the Wizard.

"AHH!" The wizard shouted. He tried to dodge it and just barely avoided that. When he looked back at Troy, he found himself staring at two more fiery orbs, and what looked like to be a bigger version of them.

"Whoa!" The wizard exclaimed. He got hit by the orbs but luckily didn't get hit by the giant version.

"All right you win!" The wizard shouted.

"Whew! That was tough! You used up all my morning energy!" Troy said, and panted a little.

Actualy, that was true. The more power he uses with the Medallion in his possession, the more energy drains out. Too much could tap into his life-reserves, and it could literally burn him up.

"Well that's an exciting duel!" Konah exclaimed.

"Even though that lasted for like a minute or so." Perry added.

Troy and the Wizard shook hands, and then sat back down in their chairs. A few minutes later, everyone else started arriving, and finally, the queen arrived back with her royal guards. As soon as everyone got seated down, everyone greeted the queen, and Troy was along with the people who greeted Qanah!

"Whoa, this food is amazing!" Troy remarked.

"That's right! We have professional chefs who work hard!" Konah said.

"Wow." Troy said in astonishment. It was really too much for him.

The breakfast was flatbread drizzled in honey, some more raw cranberries, and waffles shaped as crowns. Troy took one flatbread, twelve raw cranberries, and three waffles. Those cranberries were especially delicious for him! A few minutes later, he was still eating his breakfast, but he didn't need to worry. There were a lot of slow eaters at the dining table. He couldn't resist the urge to talk more about Priscilla though. He didn't know why he was really interested in her.

"Hey Perry, what time do you think Priscilla will arrive?" Troy questioned.

"Probably when we are about to go leave for the duel." Perry answered back.

"I can't wait to meet her!" Troy excitedly said.

Perry smiled, and then went back to eating his food. Perry really likes the waffles, because on his plate, he still had nine waffles. He didn't even know if he can eat all those. Perry chuckled to himself, and decided to take three waffles and hide them in his armor.

"What are you doing?' Troy said quietly to Perry.

"Just in case I get hungry while we battle against the opponent king!" Perry said, and then laughed a bit.

"Oh." Troy said quietly. He had one fourth of his flatbread still on there. He took a deep breath, scooped it up with his fork, and gobbled it up in one bite.

After everyone had a chance to clean up, Konah ordered everyone to gather around outside the castle. Once everyone did, Konah had a stern voice coming on. Troy gulped.

"Alright everyone! It's double or nothing in the next battle! I want all of you to give it YOUR BEST SHOT! Okay?! We don't want to lose double trophies! If we lose…!"

Konah's face showed that face, that very emotion to which you see failing as that of no option.

"Are we all ready?" Konah said to everyone.

"Yes!" Everyone said. Perry mounted up on his pony but then looked back down at Troy.

"Would you like to ride instead of walk?" Perry politely offered Troy.

"Thanks for the offer!" Troy said back. And then mounted on.

Konah still need Priscilla to come though, so he had a brilliant idea, in his opinion that is!

"Wait! Perry and Troy, you go off to the Royal Arena. I'll wait here for Priscilla, and tell the opposing king about my situation!" Konah quickly said.

"What?! But-" Troy started, but it was too late.

"Now, now! You'll be just fine! You have two defenses guarding you! Your Fighting Spirit and Perry's lance!" Konah said, surely.

"All….right fine!" Troy said. He really wanted to meet Priscilla, but that will have to wait then!

"Let's go." Perry said to Troy. Troy nodded and then started riding on Perry's pony towards the arena, and Perry's pony was galloping. Troy was excited about going to Royal Arena though; even it's only his second time there.

Once they reached Royal Arena, Troy climbed up the King tower and looked at the landscape. Both the princesses and the opposing King were already mounted up on their tower.

"OUR KING HAS AN EMERGENCY, BUT WILL COME BACK SHORTLY!" Perry shouted to the King.

"WELL I HOPE HE HURRIES UP!" The king shouted back.

The bleachers were one quarter filled up already, but more knights, archers, and what looked like to be villagers were taking their seat.

"All right! Time to practice my powers." Troy said quietly to himself.

He looked around. Thankfully no one was all that interested in him. But he always had to give the Medallion's its Monday workout, to give it a chance to exercise its might.

Troy slowly did a pose that looked really similar to Kung Fu… or was that Taekwondo? Then rainbow dust formed in his hands. He clenched them and threw them to the ground. The ground glowed for a few seconds and then returned back to normal.

He nodded in satisfaction. As always, his half of the Medallion, with the Sun on his side, proved that the glow was a sign that it was in pristine condition. Troy practiced launching some fiery orbs, Small thin Shockwaves, and Giant fiery orbs.

Then he practiced a few of his roundhouse kicks and uppercut punches.

"Alright! Now I'm ready!" Troy said after a few more seconds of practice.

He was surprised when he saw Konah mounting up on his king tower, but didn't see Priscilla.

"Hey Konah! Where's Priscilla?"

"Priscilla figures her stealth powers may be valuable for this battle this time!" Konah replied back.

"Oh, so I probably might be able to meet her after the battle?" Troy questioned again.

"That's right!" Konah said back.

"Okay, but now let's get this duel over with!" Troy said.

"Good idea! It's time!" Konah shouted.

"Good luck!" The opponent king shouted at Konah.

"Thanks!" Konah shouted back.

"Wow, he didn't even wish me good luck back!" The opponent king angrily muttered.

Konah spawned a musketeer near the left crown tower. The musketeer reloaded her musket and then walked casually towards the bridge.

"Let's see how you counter this!" Konah muttered, and spawned a Baby Dragon. It flies in front of the musketeer, giving her some kind of comfort.

"Drats! I have to use this!" the opponent king shouted angrily, and after that, a rocket shot out of his cannon and killed both the Musketeer and the Baby Dragon. Now all that was left were elixir puddles seeping into the ground.

"Hopefully this will deal a bit more damage!" The opponent king said.

He then spawned a Knight, and some Goblins with Spears behind the Knight.

"Alright Troy! Try to shoot the Goblins!" Konah said to Troy.

"Sure thing!" Troy shouted as he made his punching symbols. Both of the fiery orbs smashed the Knight back a bit, but the Giant Fiery Orb did all the work. Its area damage was super effective against those targets! As the Giant Fiery Orb hit the knight, its penetration jumped from the knight and then started dealing devastating damage to the spear goblins. Now only the Knight, battered and bruised was still left.

"Alright! Allow me to finish this!" Troy excitedly said.

Troy ran over to the Knight and jumped into his fighting stance.

"You want to fight me? I have a sword you fool!" The Knight boasted, but then nearly fell back.

"Let's see." Troy said calmly.

The Knight walked forward and tried to hook slash Troy to the neck but missed, Troy swiftly ducked and twisted his whole body around, performing a nice spin kick. The knight stumbled back and coughed. Then Troy ran forward for one second and then double kicked the knight in the torso. The knight coughed out some elixir and fell down, and splashed into more elixir.

"Whoa! Isn't that too much morning elixir?" Troy joked, even though it wasn't really that funny. But from a distance, on the opponent king's side, there was a prince who snickered at the sight of Troy.

"You were right my Lord. He indeed has the sacred half!" The prince said.

"Then get him… and take what is rightfully the Beast's." The Red King snarled quietly.

The prince jumped onto his pony, and charged towards Troy. However, Konah was really distracted, because he was placing down troops to defend his other arena tower.

"So! It's time! Give me the Medallion!" The prince shouted to Troy.

"No way!" Troy said, but the prince was getting closer and closer.

Troy then all of a sudden remembered his dream, but then shook it out. Then he formed a Medium Sized Fiery Orb and threw it at the prince, well at least this wasn't a dream!

"GAH!" The prince shouted as he got hit by the Fiery Orb. He fell off his pony but still had his lance wielded up. He ran towards Troy in a fury, and Troy did jump into his fighting stance again. As the prince thrusted his lance forward, Troy grabbed the lance and pushed it to the right, and then elbow jabbed the prince in the face. Then as the prince staggered back, Troy grabbed the prince's arms and flipped him backwards, and swiftly, as the prince's feet were in the air, Troy jumped on top of them, and performed a front flip, but held the feet as support. As he landed back on the grass, he turned around.

"Try this!" The prince shouted and laughed. He threw his lance with all his might. Troy didn't have enough time to dodge it, and got hit in the chest by hit.

"AHHOFF!" Troy yelled in pain. And as he landed in the grass again, he rolled backwards a lot of times. The prince rushed forward and then punched Troy in the face. Troy quickly recovered and then tried to leg sweep him, but missed, and the prince jumped and kicked him in the face. Troy was sent propelling across the grass, but he jumped back up furiously. He took a deep breath.

"This is going to be a long fight." Troy said to himself.

The prince laughed and laughed, but then focused back on Troy as his top target. His lance was still in front of Troy, and Troy grabbed the lance, and then gulped as he took it. He didn't really know how to use lances, but he knows a bit of nunchunk fighting. Troy knew this could be a slight advantage.

"I might actually get a chance!" Troy quietly said to himself. Then he rushed over and jumped high in the air towards the prince, and the prince got ready to roll backwards. As Troy landed, the prince rolled backwards and lunged forward trying to hook punch Troy in the face. Troy cart-wheeled backwards and then successfully roundhouse kicked the prince in the chest. However, the armor almost absorbed all of it, and the prince just stumbled backwards a bit.

"All right! You made me really frustrated! The fight is on!" The prince angrily shouted, and ran towards Troy in a fury.

"Same thing to you too!" Troy yelled. And then got his fighting stance ready for the prince's next hit.