Hello everyone it's a me again, coming at you with another chapter for you guys to like. Or hate. Up to you.
So here we go.
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Chapter Six: Invitation
"WHAT?!" Natsu shouted in shock, as everyone in the crowd began to look at the pink haired dragon slayer.
The others with him were confused as to why Ragtagg picked Natsu of all people. Nixxiom was a bit disappointed, he wanted to sing. It wasn't fair.
"Come up here! Don't be shy!" Ragtagg replied through the microphone. The warrior was trying to resist the urge to burst out laughing since Natsu looked like he wanted to disappear from the face of the earth at that moment, "Everyone, give him some encouragement!"
'I hate you so much right now Ragtagg! Why me of all people?!' The pink haired male thought to himself as he really wanted to punch the warrior in the face right now. However the crowd around him was cheering for him to go up on stage. The others were trying to hold their laughter in.
"Oh just go Natsu!" Moocluck exclaimed, as the red robed male grabbed Natsu, lifted him up in the air, and proceeded to throw him at the stage where Ragtagg and the short pumpkin announcer was at.
"GAH!" Natsu shouted in surprised as he landed face first on the ground. This got some people to sweat drop from the sight. Ragtagg was simply smiling wickedly due to the amusement of it all. Luckily no one could tell due to his helmet.
"Hello Natsu, here you go." Ragtagg shoved the microphone into the pink haired male's hands. Before Natsu could respond, the warrior got off the stage before Natsu could give him back the microphone.
So now there he was awkwardly standing there as there was a giant spotlight shining on him and all of the people looking at him. The others got up front of the crowd as the tried to give Natsu some silent encouragement. Well, Matty was, everyone was simply smiling from the pink haired dragon slayer's embarrassment.
"You may start when you are ready. Kabo!" The short pumpkin head person told him, as Natsu still felt like dying at that moment.
"C-Can I at least get an instrument?" Natsu asked the announcer guy; at least it wouldn't be just him singing. Also he wanted something to block out the people's noise since he knew he would die from embarrassment.
As he asked that, the small pumpkin man had a guitar for him to use.
"Here you go. Kabo!" He told the pink haired fire dragon slayer, who took the instrument nervously.
After that was settled, the announcer guy went to where the princess was as everyone in the crowd was now waiting for poor little Natsu to start. The others in the front of the crowd also waited for him to start.
Natsu took a deep breath, knowing that he needs to do this if he was to get off this stupid stage. And then, he started to play the guitar.
The others were a bit surprised that Natsu actually knew how to use the guitar. Before they could comment on it or anything however, the pink haired mage started to sing.
I tried to face the fight within
But it's over
I'm ready for the riot to begin and surrender
I walked the path, it led me to the end, remember
I'm caught beneath with nothing left to give, forever
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, for ever
"He can actually sing?" Moocluck and Nixxiom both stated at once in surprised. Of course this got some people around them to tell them to shush. This got them quiet as they continued to listen.
Grey skies will chase the light away, no longer
I fought the fight, now only dark remains forever
Divided I will stand
And I will let this end
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, for ever
The sun begins to rise and wash away the sky
The turning of the tide, don't leave it all behind
And I will never say goodbye
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, for ever
Forever, forever
Natsu finished singing, as he wanted for whatever reaction the crowd would have. No doubt it would be a negative one… except that wasn't the case as they all erupt with cheers. This honestly surprised the pink haired male, he wasn't expecting them all to like it.
"T-They liked it?" Natsu asked himself as the people kept on cheering. The noise of it got on his and the others nerves though. They weren't used to loud cheering like this.
"That was a fantastic display of talent! Kabo!" The small pumpkin guy exclaimed as he turned to Hisui, "So what did you think of his performance princess?" He asked her. However, he didn't get a response as the green haired woman kept on looking at the pink haired male with a slight blush. This didn't get noticed by the guards or the really tall one, but the pumpkin guy noticed, "Princess Hisui?" He asked again a little bit louder.
This got her too snapped out of her thoughts as she looked at the short announcer with his pumpkin head.
"What? Oh… he was extremely handsome- I mean talented!" She caught herself before she finished, "Yeah… he did a wonderful performance." She finished with a nervous laugh.
The small pumpkin announcer simply looked at her for a few extra moments, before decided to drop it. He would just ask her when they got back at the palace. How is this announcer guy connected to the palace? Don't worry about it, it's not he's actually the king in disguise or anything. It was TOTALLY not that.
Back with Natsu, he was just glad that this was all over so he can get off this stage before further embarrassment.
"I want a turn!" Nixxiom shouted as he got on the stage. He was about to take the microphone from the pink haired male but then…
"Dang it Nixxiom we don't have time for that!" Moocluck shouted as he got on the stage to stop Nixxiom from doing something stupid.
"I just want to sing Moocluck! Unless you want to sing and are trying to stop me from doing it so you yourself could get a shot!" The blue armored male accused the red robed figure while pointing at him.
"No you idiot! We need to find a place we can stay for the night! And we can't do that if you keep trying to sing like a complete idiot!" Moocluck replied in an annoyed tone. However Nixxiom was having none of it.
"You can't trick me Moocluck! I will not give up the singing to you!" Nixxiom shouted back at him.
"Are they seriously doing this?" Matty asked Ragtagg, who simply sigh. He didn't want to get involve in those two's arguing right now as both of them were still in the crowd.
"So… you want to be like that then huh? Well then…," Moocluck's hands then got enveloped in some sort of green fire, which surprised Natsu who hasn't seen what he could do yet, "Allow me to make you!"
Before Nixxiom could reply, Moocluck launched a green bolt of fire toward the blue armored male. Luckily he dodged the attack.
"Hah! You missed!" Nixxiom taunted.
However, the green fire bolt hit one of the pillars that were keeping the stage up. Both of them turned to see said pillar about to all on them. Natsu already got off the stage as soon as he noticed the pillar. Unfortunately for Nixxiom and Moocluck, they were unable to dodge the pillar in time as the next thing they knew, they were now buried by the remains of the pillar.
The others, the crowd, and the princess and her guards had their eyes widen comically as they saw the damaged stage.
A few moments later, both Nixxiom and Moocluck popped up from the wreckage, only to see everyone staring at him with wide eyes.
"He did it!" Both Nixxiom and Moocluck pointed and accused each other, all while the other three simply face palmed from their actions.
'LATER'
"Well that wasn't what I had hoped to happen." Matty stated to the others as they were all at one of the booths in the festival getting drinks.
"Thanks to you two we had to pay for the damages, now we don't have enough money to afford a place to stay for the night idiots!" Ragtagg shouted at the two. Natsu simply stayed silent as he didn't feel like getting into the argument as he simply enjoyed his drink.
"It was Moocluck's fault though!" Nixxiom responded back as he glared at the red robed male, who glared back at the blue armored male.
"My fault? You're the one who got onto the stage and caused a ruckus!" Moocluck exclaimed back, as the two of them were now having a glaring contest with one another.
The other three sighed, looks like they won't be staying anywhere for the night. Guess they can camp outside the city. Ragtagg and Matty really wanted to be in a nice warm bed and not grass for once. Natsu didn't really mind since he was use to camping outside.
However before anything else could happen, they spotted a few guards heading their way. This caused them to be alerted. Why were a few guards heading their way?
"Excuse me; are you two the ones who performed earlier?" One of the guards asked both Ragtagg and Natsu, making them confused as to what they wanted.
"Yeah that's us." Natsu answered him as he finished his drink. The guards looked at each other before one of them spoke again.
"It appears that the princess herself has invited you both to the palace. She was impressed with both of your performances and wishes to meet you both in person." The guard explained.
This of course got them to be surprised. The princess wanted to see them? Natsu blushed as he remembers seeing the green haired princess back at the stage.
"Can we come too?" Matty asked the guards, as the leather wearer pointed at himself, Nixxiom, and Moocluck.
The guards looked at each, as they didn't know if that was a good idea.
"Don't worry," Ragtagg began to speak up, "We'll make sure they behave." He assured them as the black haired warrior glared at Nixxiom and Moocluck, knowing that those two are the most trouble to deal with. This seemed to have worked as the guards agreed.
"Alright fine. Follow us." They told them as they began to head to the palace.
The others followed as they made their way to the palace.
Alright, there you go for that chapter. The song I used here is called "Angel's Fall" by Breaking Benjamin in case anyone's wondering.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
Next time: Meeting Royalty