Season 2 is coming up now! Hope you enjoyed the first 13 chapters! Also, once the whole story is done I was thinking of doing an extra five chapter long epilogue type thing.
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Louise's POV
Just when I'd thought the dreams had left me for good... the returned after a few weeks absence...
I was sitting in the passenger seat of a Warthog... I looked around so see hundreds of other vehicles surrounding mine... Kat was at the driver's position while a marine manned the turret... all the vehicles were driving at tops speed towards one location pinpointed on my helmets... erm... what did Scorch call it? H.U.D? whatever that means... along a clear dirt field... there were large behemoths with guns on them, as well as more mongooses (Mongi?) and Warthogs of all sorts of variations. Supported by the small metal flying birds known as Falcons... if you could picture a large scale cavalry charge, but with tons of hulking metal machinations replacing the horses you pretty much have a picture of what was going on... then a voice came through my helmet...
"It appears that noble team's discovery last night, was not an anomaly... large covenant deployments have occurred undetected and we are now under attack across the Utkozet territory, including orbital defences... as per the winter contingency we are now countering on all fronts... Noble's reconnaissance has also identified large sophisticated covenant army hiding canopies, and has pinpointed what appears to be a landing zone for additional covenant forces, the origin of which is yet to be determined..."
I looked up the left and saw a Falcon getting closer to our Warthog, I noticed Carter and Emile were riding in the Falcon.
"That landing zone has been tagged by UNSC command as a priority one target" said Carter through the armor's com system
"Discharge link is coming in loud and clear" said Jun from some other location...
"Copy that!" said Kat and lifted her hand with a strange bar with a button on it... "Getting a signal on the pylons... detonating in three... two..." she hit the button and I heard and saw the tower that me and Jun had discovered the last dream up on a ridge explode... then I heard gunfire and looked ahead to see streaks of light and fire flying at us, some exploding all around us while the gunners on the Warthogs shot back at the passing enemy flyers. One Warthog got his right on the nose with a large exploding ball of blue light and flipped and almost hit me and Kat but she swerved out of the way just in time.
We started to veer away from the main attack force towards a small bridge, apparently our objective as to destroy a few Covie anti-air guns along a ridge near the target of interest. I looked up as we approached the bridge... "Incoming!" I yelled as I saw another blue ball of light come in and impact the bridge...
"Might want to hold onto something Six!" and Kat floored the Warthog and jumped the gap in the bridge, but the wheel clipped something and sent the Warthog flipping vertically, throwing me out as it kept flying ahead along the road until a green blast of fire destroyed it... I looked down and saw something familiar... 'The staff of destruction?' I thought in my dream mind, then remembered that it was a weapon from my Familiar's world...
"Hey Six! Can you hear me? I need some help here!" said Kat
I looked up and grabbed the staff "On my way!" I replied
The dream fast forwarded, well, ok it didn't really fast forward, but to me it seemed like it did... we ran through a few canyons and blew away some Covies and their fancy toys and a few AA guns... until the dream slowed down again and I was on a Falcon heading towards a large spire with a blue dome around it...
"Alright we're going in..." said the pilot... and as soon as we passed through the blue dome an electric shock ran through the Falcon. "We just lost all power... we're going down" said the pilot.
"Lock your armor Spartan!" said Jorge who I realized was next to me...
The Falcon crashed and I was thrown out of my seat... again... I struggled to my feet, picking up an MA37 while I did so... I looked back at the Falcon to see Jorge climb out, throwing his ammo pack out of the Falcon first then climbing out himself...
"Crew's dead, we'd best not stay here." He said and readied his machine gun.
We ran up a small hill taking out grunts and jackal and skirmisher snipers until we reached the base of the spire, with an Elite on a turret that shot green balls of fire as us... I ran over to a dead jackal and took a long rifle from him, I somehow knew how to use it... I aimed it at the turret and held down the trigger as a constant beam of energy melted through the turret and through the Elite's shields and flesh killing him.
"Ok Six, head for the grav lift and lower the shields for an airstrike..." said Jorge "I'll hold them off down here..."
I ran for this so called grav lift, which was some sort of emplaced air magic type lift, where if I stepped in it, I was whisked right up to the top of the tower... once I reached the top I encountered more grunts and Elites... one of which had an energy sword which I managed to dodge and counted by tackling him to the ground and shoving a knife in his throat. I finished off the grunts and found an orange switch that stuck out from all the other buttons and switches nearby... I pressed it...
"Six, we're right outside on a Falcon! Come on and jump!" said Jorge through the coms and I ran outside onto the deck of the tower and jumped off the tower, grabbing Jorge's hand from a passing Falcon, then we flew away...
"Control this is Noble one... Spire one is green and your free to engage... have a nice day!" said Carter who was sitting across from me, then I heard from the speakers in his helmet.
"Copy that Noble one, be advised all ground units, Frigate 318 Heavy inbound and MAC rounds have been authorised." Said the voice from Carter's helmet.
"MAC rounds!?" Jorge exclaimed "In atmosphere!?"
"That's one way to get their attention... hang onto your teeth people!" Replied Carter.
I looked out to the side and saw the biggest, flying... thing... I've ever seen fly pasted us... it was massive! Bigger than any ship I'd seen in Halkenginia and all made of metal! I wondered how it even flew! Then the shockwave from its MAC blast, whatever MAC means, hit me and shook us in the Falcon even from this distance... the blast passed clean through the unprotected spire and it collapsed in on itself. Then the unthinkable happened...
A blast of focused energy flew right through the huge ship, right down the middle of its length with no pause. It must have hit something vital or have been really powerful as the ship caught fire and went down, exploding while it crashed into the ground...
"No, no..." said Jorge "Someone tell me this 'aint happening!"
"UNSC frigate Grafton" said command "Do you copy!?" I looked up towards the source of the beam of light while I heard Carter reply.
"Grafton is dust, we need to get out of here now!"... And my jaw dropped... if I thought the last ship was huge... I was to be mistaken... the ship above us made the other ship look like a mere toy... this ship, I recognized as Covenant... it stretched across the entire skyline from horizon to horizon... I trembled in my suit... this... I didn't know it at the time, but this... was a Super Carrier... the exact same thing that was in orbit above Halkenginia right at this moment...
Scorch's POV
Halkenginia... that was the world I was in... permanently... or at least for longer then I'd expected... it was a world of monsters, magic, mages... and completely incompetent and stuck up nobility... which is the category a girl I knew fell into...
It's been about two... maybe two and a half months since I'd first been summoned to Halkenginia but Louise and became her familiar... she is a horrible mage and has no sense of humility or even humanitarianism what-so-ever! I'd had the chance to go home a few days ago... but... I didn't, probably because I knew my work here wasn't done... no it wasn't for Louise's sake... more like I had that nagging, gut pulling feeling deep down that if I left now, I'd be leaving Halkenginia in danger... and I was right!
Turns out if I had left rather than stayed, I wouldn't have learned about the Covenant Super Carrier until it was too late... when a company of Marines showed up and informed me of this!
Anyways, these few days passed and I learned about the coronation of Lady Henrietta from princess to queen... big fuckin' deal, but I guess someone's gotta do it... she'd granted the new UNSC forces a small patch of land just outside the Magic Academy, where Fireteam Alpha, Bravo and Delta set up a firebase in classic UNSC style. It was a simple building, with the large rectangular and fortified HQ in the center, with three barracks on the eastern section and a motor pool, armory, and supply depot along the western. With a simple and makeshift reactor at the back of the base, most of the base's defenses were also makeshift... there were no auto turrets rather just a simple green titanium alloy wall, about a meter and a half thick with manual machine guns and missile launchers emplaced along the top of it. Dirt roads lead from one building to another while staying wide enough for a whole Elephant to drive along... (No not an Elephant as in the animal, I mean as in the mobile base on wheels...)
It was a nice change... and even better! Louise said she's stop calling me a dog, whipping (or attempting to in futile) me! She offered to let me sleep in her bed which I declined at said it would be better if I slept at the UNSC base... but she insisted and well... you know the rest... it felt really freakin' awkward though... oh yeah... she also said I can't look at any other girls, aside from her... which I thought was fucking retarded... emphasis on fucking retarded...
I've gotta feeling my hardships are only just beginning now...
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I say yes to do, kinu no soba ni iru yo, do na mirai ga boku nao, ta neshi date kittooooooooo...
Ah, futari no unmei, me gu ri a eta no ha,kimi no koe kitto e daaakaaaraaaaaa!
Sou PINCH na dekigot, ahi you ste kitemo, ki mi to ireha norikoe rareruuuuuu..
Tokimeki to! Maken ki to! Urahara de harahara suru kedo!
Stay with me tada! Kimi wo namoritai yo! Tooi sekai de umarete futari dakedo! I say yes to do, kimi no subu niaru yo! Don na mirai mo kihou ni ka you... Forever!
(A/N: I felt that was necessary for the start of the new season so don't judge me...)
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The next day I was watching out the window of Louise's room... observing the fireworks in the distance... well... fireworks to some extent... there was no bright colors or flashy designs going on... just explosion... looked like just a bunch of Anti-Air twentieth century flak cannons shooting their payloads into the sky... just plain old explosions, smoke and sound was all...
"C'mon..." I said "Hurry up and lets go already... aren't we supposed to have left an hour ago?" I lowered my voice "Damn girls and their hour long bathroom time..." I turned around to see Louise standing there, holding her hands behind her back...
"Scorch, I've got a gift for you... and you must accept it wholeheartedly!" she shoved something into my chest and I grabbed it, looking at what she had given me...
"Glasses?" I asked, but these were no ordinary glasses... no, they were freakin' purple and rhinestoned and shit! "You wanted to give me pimp glasses?" I asked again "No... I don't dress up like a freakin' pimp thank you..."
"I don't know what you mean by pimp... but these are special glasses handed down through my family for generations... I had to negotiate with my eldest sister for them..." she explained...
"You have an older sister?" I asked "Oh yeah! She's fuckin' nuts right? And what's so special about these glasses anyways? Can they see through walls or have like... freakin' heat vision?" I removed my helmet and held them to my eyes to look through them to see if anything changed... but no... they were just ordinary pimp glasses... I pulled them away from my face... they wouldn't budge... I noticed Louise grinning a bit in the corner of her mouth...
"What th-" I started before being cut off.
"Ok c'mon you were complaining that we were late right?" said Louise and ran out of the room... whatever the joke was, I didn't find it funny...
I ran outside to catch up with her "Hey what's the deal with this glasses anyways..." I saw Siesta walk by and decided to go talk to her instead, it seemed Louise was reluctant to give me any information anyways... "Siesta!" I called
"Mr. Alexander!" she chirped in reply then raised an eyebrow at my pimp glasses...
"Hey so do you have work later? I was wondering if you'd like to go see the parade later?" I asked, startling her a bit as jumped a bit at my unexpected request.
"Well... I wouldn't mind... but... I heard the reason you didn't go back to Reach was because of Ms. Valliere... so..." she continued talking while I glanced down... I noticed her chest was pressed awkwardly against the basket she was carrying... I mentally raised an eyebrow... then heard a faint beeping...
"What's that sound?" I asked
"Alexander your glasses!" exclaimed Siesta
"Huh?" I noticed the glasses were lit up and blinking... "What the fuck? These really are fuckin' pimp glasses aren't they!? The fuckin' works right here!" I noticed I'd been swearing allot lately... but with everything that's been going on I must say I had the right to say whatever the fuck I wanted to. See? I tried to pull them off again but it didn't work, if I pulled any harder I was afraid I'd pull my face right off...
"You can't take them off... those are medusa glasses..." said Louise... I mentally facepalmed... of course Louise would do something as dumb as this... "If you ever look perversely at any girl besides me, the lights will flash and it will beep..." I heard the snapping of her wand as she hit it against her hand... "Didn't I tell you not to look at any girls besides me!" and raised her wand which started to glow with electricity... I didn't like where this was going...
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Mr. Colbert's POV
I was fixing up Alexander's robe of the Dragon in the shed we were keeping it in, when...
*Ka-PEW!* I jumped and dropped my tools and spare parts, before running to the window only to see a smoke trail rising above the school...
"Ah, it must be Alexander and Louise again... figures..." I muttered to myself...
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Scorch's POV
Lousie was dragging me along... thankfully no marines were around to see this... they were all too busy building the base outside the school grounds to come in here... this would have otherwise been more then embarrassing... but... DAMN... that explosion took my shields down in one hit... it didn't have killing power but it packed a huge concussive shock! Knocking the wind out of me and putting me on my ass... my ears were still ringing and my head was still pounding from the shock.
We passed by Guiche and Montmorency who were on their way to the parade in the town...
"Hey Louise!" Said Monmon "Are you guys going to the parade as well? I'm trying a daring new look for the occasion..."
"Isn't that a little short?" Louise asked and I glanced up to listen to what they were saying better... and just to my luck Monmon was holding her dress up a little to show Louise it better and well... let's just say I had no ill intentions, but it was just RIGHT THERE in my FUCKING FACE! Aaaaaaand then the glasses went off...
"A-lex..." Louise hissed
"SON OF A BI-!"
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Mr. Osmond's POV
I was writing some papers and filing a few reports for the palace when all of a sudden from just out my office window...
*Ka-PEW!*
I got startled so hard I slammed my face into my desk and my familiar, Chuchu, fell off my shoulder... I glanced back out the window to see a rising column of smoke...
"Oh don't tell me, those two are at it again?" I guessed... and sighed, placing my chin on my hand with an un-amused look...
"CHU-CHUUUUUU!" squeaked my familiar...
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Scorch's POV
Again with the dragging... it wasn't my fault! Clearly these glasses were overly sensitive or something... maybe someone or even Louise herself played with the sensitivity option on this thing just so she could blast me repeatedly...
As she dragged me along we passed a few people...
"Kirche... help..." I said... and it went without saying that due to her bust size...
*Ka-pew!*
"Tabitha... get her off me..." and somehow... don't ask how... the glasses went off... "OH YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING M-"
*KA-PEW!*
And as the day wore on...
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*KA-PEW*
*snap*
I stood up having had enough... "Hope you have a new wand Louise... if not... hope they're not expensive..." I threw her wand bits away while she looked at me in shock... "I don't care if you had some sentimental value to it... just fuck you and you're fucking flashing pimp glasses!" I growled "Besides aren't we supposed to be going somewhere?"
"Huh! Just seems like any girl will suit your appetite huh!?"
"App-arent-ly" I said with mock sarcasm "So sayith the magical glasses of the pimpith!"
"Shut up!" she snapped and we headed to the town...
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Once we were at the town I brought up the stupid glasses again "You know you wouldn't have had to buy a new wand if you didn't trick me into wearing these stupid ass glasses right?"
"Oh" she started in a smart ass tone "Here's an idea, why don't you just close your eyes until we get back huh!? Maybe they there will be a zero percent chance that I'll have to blast you again!"
I rolled my eyes "Or keep them fixed to the ground..." which I did... for a while... at least until these damned glasses came off...
We walked towards the parade location... for the celebration of the coronation of Princess Henrietta that is... I don't know what happened, all I know is that we were standing in a crowd and I assumed this was the right one...
"Scorch!" chirped Louise in a much too cheery voice "Is this anytime to be staring at your feet? Look up! The Princess is gorgeous!
I didn't think about it, I was just listening to what Louise had said and looked up... I whistled in my mind when I saw the Princess/Soon-to-be-Queen on her carriage or whatever you call a fancy wagon cuz basically that's what it was... since, I'm pretty sure carriages are supposed to have roofs...
She was very beautiful to say the least... she wore a splendid white silk dress with a blue brooch with full white princess gloves, her signature tiara decorated her head as usual. I glanced over her full figure, thinking, not bad at all... when I heard the blinking... I narrowed my eyes in display of my annoyance in what was inevitably to come...
"Alll-Ex..." hissed Louise "How dare you look at the princess with those eyes!"
"What the fuck are you saying I just looked at her! You told me to!" I countered and she raised her wand "Wait! Louise you can't just explode here, people will take it the wrong way!"
Fuck... *Ka-Pew!* I was knocked on my ass again and stood up to the sound of shouts and a few swords being drawn... as the smoke cleared I noticed I was surrounded by women... fully armed women with fancy armor and swords all drawn... I saw a blonde woman in a differently colored suit of armor shout at the other guards. "Arrest that man!"
"Oh great... there goes any chance of alliance with Tristain... THANKS LOUISE!" I yelled and Louise faltered, realising what she'd just done. The silent tension was broken when the crackling of my energy sword caught the guard's attention... a few were startled by the sparkling blue blade which hadn't been in my hands a moment ago (Well, it had, but when not ignited it just looks like a fancy punching ring. I hit the switch on the sword which allowed the blade to be transformed (I'd just found this out a few days ago) to a more human like blade, I guess this was the adaptable version of the sword, so a human or Elite could use it easily.
But before anything could happen... "Cease hostilities!" shouted a commanding voice... "Everyone drop your weapons... you too sir!"
I looked over towards the voice and saw a squad of 5 UNSC marines surround me and the female guards... I didn't recognize the one leading the squad however... he had buzzed blonde hair and a pretty lenient face with blue eyes and pale skin, I guess he was one of those sergeants that everyone wanted to have from the looks of it... he had a British sounding accent as well...
"Sorry for interrupting sir, but when Woods and I saw your, erm... little kerfuffle... with the pink haired girl we reported it to Sergeant Major Stacker who told us to follow you guys... turns out it was a good idea... what it's been nearly 300 years and still, you damned yanks never change..."
"I'm not a yank, I'm a Reacher" I retorted, guess my accent sounded American to him... despite the fact I'd actually never been to earth... what little I knew about earth was from the books and information about it that was drilled into my head during my Spartan training and lessons.
The captain of the guards or soldiers or whatever turned to the Sergeant leading the marines... "Who are you to interfere with the law of Tristain!" she shouted.
"I'd calm down if I were you little miss bitch-pants-mc-crabby... I'm here on official UNSC business and I demand that you hand over our commander! We have been watching for some time now, and we've seen that it was not our commander who caused the explosion but the pink haired girl!" said the Sergeant.
"Why you ignorant... the testimony of a mere peasant like you has no weight in our court of law when dealing with matters you know nothing about!"
"Peasant who are you calling a peasant!? I'm Sergeant Jude Montgomery of the United Nations Space Command! I don't give two shits about your fucking rustic sense of justice! For all I know you've got plans to behead our commander! And that, is a no-no!" said Jude.
I smirked thinking of a perfect way to please both sides... "Hey Sergeant..." I said, and he saluted, standing at attention waiting for me to continue. "At ease... anyways I was thinking I'll come quietly... but..." I started to join the Tristain guards in leading me to the prison which no doubt I could break out of in mere seconds... "If I'm not out in twenty-four hours you have my full permission to unleash the thunder on the castle... until then send one of your men to speak with the Princess about this misunderstanding." I said with hidden sarcasm and Sgt. Montgomery smirked back.
"Alrigh' sir we'll be headin' back then... see you tomorrow one way or another... Private Jenny Woods, you're going to speak with this princess!" and Jude rallied his troops and started heading back to the UNSC base... while this Jenny Woods trailed behind the Tristain soldiers, or guards, or... whatever they were... Jenny was a fairly pretty marine, sure she had a slight build to her but she had short brown hair (something I'd yet to see in Halkenginia) which came down in a sort of bob, similar to Siesta's hair... she had hazel eyes and a pretty face... my guess was she was pretty green from the looks of her.
Meanwhile I glanced over at the captain who was processing what I meant by Unleash the Thunder...
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Pvt. Jenny Wood's POV
Me and the pink haired girl, Louise as she was called were up just outside the princess's throne room... the girl Louise had a serious temper problem... she was probably also a sociopath from the sound of it...
"I am a knight of her majesty! Louise de la Valliere! There is something which I would like to speak about with her majesty!" shouted Louise to one of the guards standing in front of the throne room doors... "Please get out of the way!"
"No, back off!" retorted the guard and shoved Louise to the floor... I suppressed a laugh, the little brat had it coming... "Orders are to not let anyone in here for now!" and she and the guard across from her crossed their pikes.
"Just let me in or else!" shouted Louise and raised a small stick... what was she going to do, poke them to death? I snickered...
"Miss La Valliere!" said the captain of the women guards... who approached from the left with a primitive gun drawn and pointed at Louise "Put down your magic wand!" Magic? I thought... that was bullshit... I didn't believe in magic, but here I was in a world whose hierarchy system and government revolved around such a preposterous thing. "This gun will be much faster compared to your terrible magic!"
*chk-chk* everyone looked at me, while I leaned on a nearby wall. "Big fuckin' deal... and this assault rifle will be a hundred times faster than your shitty guns... and this armor... more than likely to resist any shot or slash you throw it's way... but meh, you don't see me bragging about things like that right?" I said. I simply didn't like people who were all up in themselves... as the majority of people around these parts seemed to be...
The captain rolled her eyes "Her majesty is in a meeting with Osmond, headmaster of the Magic academy... if you have anything to tell her, you can speak to me about it!"
"Osmond?" asked Louise "And you are anyways?"
"Chevalier Anies de Milan, captain of the gunpowder squadron!" replied Agnes, who pronounced her name like Anies for some reason...
"Gunpowder squad!?" Exclaimed Louise who grabbed the Captain's arms, more to the surprise of the Captain than anyone else... a look of WTF was plastered onto Anies face rather then one of anger... "You guys are the ones who captured Alexander! Return him to me at once!"
"Alexander?" asked Anies who turned to her 1st Lieutenant with the purple hair...
"It's that criminal we captured a few moments ago ma'am" replied the Lieutenant.
"Alex isn't a criminal!" Louise paused "I caused the explosion..."
"Wha?" Started the Knights when they heard Louise mutter...
"Seriously that idiot... he was looking at her majesty with those damned perverted eyes..."
"Are you drunk or something?" asked the Lieutenant and both of them raised their eyebrows.
"Either way, return Alex back to me at once!" Louise yelped. But Anies was already leaving...
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Scorch's POV
I sit against the wall in one of the cells in the dank, dark dungeon of the Tristain castle... again, like usual... I'd been in worse scenarios... but still the one thing that really had me miffed was the fact I was still being treated like a dog, after everything I've done for Louise! I realized I still had the pimp glasses in my softcase on my side... I took them out an hurled them across the room with such force that when it hit the wall they shattered, thankfully the damned glasses had come off during Louise's last explosion... for which I was only the least bit thankful for... the explosion that it.
'Argh! If I'm still being treated like this after all I've done for her then why in hell am I staying here!?' I thought 'She knows damned well then I don't think of her in that way, so why the fuck is she trying to use force to make me see things her way romantically... which is seriously backfiring on her!' I sighed... 'I mean since I don't like her that way, why can't I at least take an interest in other women? I mean, The Princess is very pretty and cute...' I thought about when I'd accidentally kissed her... chuckling a bit at both the scenario, and the one that followed after... something along the lines of Louise writhing on the floor after many electric shocks... I had my eyes closed while I thought about those events so I didn't notice someone approaching me...
"Alexander?" I heard... a bit muffled... I shook my head clear "Alexander" I heard again and waited for my vision to clear from the haze after opening my eyes and my eyes to adjust to the darkness. "Alexander!" said the Princess... wait... the Princess... I jumped back and to my feet.
"Ma'am!" I saluted "What are you doing here?" I asked.
"I was looking for you of course" replied the purple haired girl.
"Looking for me?" I mused then a thought entered my mind and I shook it out and muttered "No... that's too farfetched"
"Alexander!" said Henrietta and grabbed my hand. "No matter what happens I need a favor from you..."
"A favor?" I repeated "Like...?"
The door burst open so quickly I didn't have time to react as some blonde woman knocked me to the floor after punching me in the face... I recognized her as the captain of the knights who were guarding the princess during the parade...
"Oww..." I mumbled
"You bastard! How dare you have any perverted thoughts about her majesty!" she yelled... perverted ideas? What bullshit had Louise been telling them this time? "I shall kill you on the spot!" I heard a clicking and that's when instinct kicked in... and when instinct kicks in... I can't be held responsible for the damage I caused...
*crack*
"AHHHHH!" Screamed Anies after I shattered her gun arm by bending it backwards... I don't think her arm was supposed to bend that way... I held her by her neck against the wall, chocking her while she struggled with her feet in the air... sure she was tall compared to most of the women in this world, but she was still short compared to me. She gasped and gaged for air, my helmet was off and I stared all my hate into her eyes and immediately, she knew who was boss...
"Alexander!" Exclaimed Henrietta "Back down, let Anies go, she's just protective of me!"
Slowly I let go of Anies who fell to floor gasping for air on her knees and one good arm... "Sorry, it was combat reflexes... but..."
"It's alright!" said Henrietta
"It's alright!" squeaked Anies, copying Henrietta.
"Did anyone ask you!?" I yelled at her and she jumped away from me, quivering... "Yeah you better be scared!"
"Anies, please leave, I wish to have a private conversation with Mr. Chyton here..." said Henrietta (Remember Chyton is my last name).
Anies nodded and she didn't waste any time leaving the room...
"Alexander... are you ok?"
"Of course... takes more than one... what was she? A... novice or something?" I asked and I could basically see the sweat drop appear on Henrietta after I said that... almost as if I was in some sort of anime or something... but... that would be dumb right? (Notices the awkward silence) No seriously why... why are you being so dumb? Stop being dumb! (Aaaand there goes the fourth wall!)
"Well in that case, I have a request... according to my intelligence department and the words of Headmaster Osmond... so far, in this war, the ones who had defeated the Albion army are Louise, yourself, and your Soldiers... oh what am I saying!? I was there! I saw it!" she sighed "But from the actions you pulled with the Robe of The Dragon and the explosion which originated from you and Louise, I can assume you two are related to the Void in some way, I am guess you are Gandalfr while Louise is a Void Mage?"
"W-well..." I didn't know whether to come clean and confirm her theory, or to deny it all... however she was smart, and I don't think lying to her would be a good strategy at this point... plus... I wasn't sure myself about this whole void thing anyways...
"That power, could you lend me assistance by letting me use that power? And... if you can... are you able to bring your soldiers along for this war, if the need arises? The kingdom is on the brink of war, it's only around the corner, I feel it, the soldiers feel it, the nobles and peasants feel it, it's only am matter of time and the men would have so much more morale if you were with us... together we could initiate an attack on Albion and finish this war before it gets to severe..." she took a breath "The council and court and even the local church have agreed with the army on these matters as well... but, I want to prevent war from coming, but I doubt that is a possibility..." The princess took my hand again "Alexander..."
"Yes?"
She gazed at my hand "This is the mark of Gandalfr right?" she asked indicating to the mark on my armor, which showed no matter what I wore over it... but on this armor it only appeared as scratch marks which could easily be mistaken for tally marks for kills made. "Please use your power together with Louise and assist me... and if need be have your soldiers ready..."
"W-well... I can bet my troops are ready for a easy victory, and... well... Louise said she'd do anything for you so by default since I'm her familiar I guess-"
"But I'm not asking you as her familiar! I'm asking you as a friend!" she said
"Friend?" I asked
"I don't have many close friends... so please... become my friend..."
"You don't have many close friends?" I asked "Sounds familiar..."
Henrietta looked away from me... "Her Majesty, Your Highness, My Lady... whatever the damned title is, it only robs you of your freedom... only a small select few people truly understand my feelings and are able to help me in times like this..." I could see her eyes tearing up, getting all moist.
"Hey." I said calmly and put an armored hand to her cheek and made her look back at me... "Didn't I make a vow to you? I'll do anything for you, not just as a subordinate or underling, but as a friend..."
The princess was caught off guard by my sudden affections, and she smiled with glee... "Thank you!" she wiped her eyes... then stood up "But in the meantime, I'd like you to remain at the academy... with Louise... I'd like to keep my relationship with you a secret... since enemies will be present in the palace as well..."
I stood up with her "Spies?" I asked.
"I believe so... only moments ago the Andvari's ring was stolen from the safe in the castle vault... the magic protecting the vault was extremely high tier class magic... very few could open the vault... and even fewer knew the location of the ring once within..."
"Damn..." I said "shit's getting serious!"
"Alexander!" Henrietta chirped "as a token of appreciation, if there is anything you need, anything, then please let me know!"
"Anything?" I asked and raised an eyebrow.
"Mhm." The princess nodded cutely. "Whatever it is, as long as it within my means that is... whatever it is..."
I glanced over her chest then shook my head clear... no there were better things to use a favor on rather than personal gain... "Well... how about some swords, armor and equipment for my troops? I mean we want to keep our presence here on the down low and us looking like we are, are going to stick out... plus we might run out of food sooner or later..."
"That can be arranged..." replied Henrietta "Now then, Anies... please let them in!"
"Anies isn't here, it's Michelle" replied a different voice...
"Where is Anies?"
"She went upstairs to lick her wounds and hide in the corner..." said the other girl with a hint of crude humor and sarcasm at the last part hide in the corner like she was making fun of the captain... "Anyways, I'll let them in...
The dungeon door opened and Louise stepped in along with Pvt. Woods...
"Oh hey guys... been a while huh?" I asked with a hint of humor... "um... Louise?"
"Alex..." she hissed...
"Y-yeah?" I asked, a little worried with her tone... it was one thing to beat up Anies, another to beat up Louise, I wouldn't do it... but I would taze her if I had to... don't ask, it's just our thing...
"Alex!" she squealed and run up to me, crying into my armor, hitting my chest plate with her dainty little hands rolled into fists... which harmlessly ting tinged off my armor. It was kind of amusing to watch but also highly awkward given present company... on the other hand it could have been worse... (Shut up, you know when you ask for it; don't be surprised when it finds you...)
"Idiot, idiot, idiot! Alex you're an idiot! Why would you make me worry about you like that? Alex you idiot!" whined Louise while pressing her face into my armor... well... it was warm, so I guess it wasn't totally uncomfortable... meanwhile I showed my WTF face to everyone else in the room, to which Michelle and Jenny were trying not to crack up while Henrietta looked like she was forcing a humorous smirk...
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Henrietta had sent us on our way back via carriage towards the magic academy... Pvt. Woods sat across from me and Louise while Anies was up front... her arm had been fixed thanks to a water mage and we'd made our peace... honestly I actually slightly respected her for having the guts to attack a Spartan like that...
"Hey what's that?" I asked Louise, who was holding a small brown book with a fancy buckle...
"I think it's the Book of Will, passed down from the Ancestors..." explained Louise, which I understood very little of... "Her majesty gave it to me, she said it would be better if I held onto it... the books is supposed to have been stored in the Tristain kingdom for generations..." she started flipping through the pages... all of which were blank... "Headmaster Osmond said that the scriptures of Void Magic should be written here... but..."
"But they're all blank..." I said...
"Maybe its invisible ink?" suggested Jenny, her helmet on her lap. "Try holding it up to the light..."
Louise held a page to the window... nothing... "Well, that's not it..."
"Well... maybe..." I mused
"What? What do you know?" Louise asked...
I got an epic look to me "This challenge has yet to be discovered... to uncover the quest and proceed along the storyline... find and finish these quests... that is our goal! And activate the event triggers! This..." I got a sparkle in my eye "Should be the meaning..."
Louise's derp face was priceless... while Jenny just raised an eyebrow... "Huuuuuuhhhhh?" asked Louise
I scratched the back of my neck nervously "Well... that's what happens in the video games an all, you need to finish a specific quest before you have access to certain objects or areas..."
"Video game?" Louise asked... (Yes, oddly enough, despite all my time fighting for the human race, despite claiming to have no time for women or other things... I managed to find time for video games... go figure...)
"Yeah, Video games... the one thing back home that got my mind off all the fighting that was going on... despite most of the games I played to be about fighting..." I smirked as I thought about playing Call of Duty: Big Green One. (A/N: The name is a mock of Call of Duty 2: Big Red One)
"Scorch..." Said Louise "You seem to wish you had gone back to Reach..." said Louise with a sad expression. I just shrugged.
"Kinda... but..." she glanced up at me "I mean it's a dangerous world, I can't simply leave you in said world... mind you it's not as dangerous as mine par say but still dangerous... and... I have... a feeling... that... if I left now, I would feel like I was forgetting something... something important... like my work wasn't finished... I also know for a fact that since the marines got here, it's only logical that I'd end up back here anyways, so what's the point of going home if I'm only going to return not long after?" I explained.
"I-... I guess..." muttered Louise...
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We'd finally arrived back at the academy... me and Louise got out along with Pvt. Woods, who started back to the UNSC base.
"Ok... Louise... A-Alex..." her voice quivered a little when she said my name "You both with be given orders from the gunpowder squad should her majesty call upon you... both of you will go by codename, Zero. Objections?"
"No." Said Louise
"A-and... Alexander..." she said and I raised an eyebrow at her... "I-I-I suppose I should let you ff for what happened today... b-but... I will not tolerate such a shameless act towards her majesty again..." she snapped the reins of the horse drawn carriage and started heading back to the town...
"Al-ex..." Louise hissed "What does she mean by... shameless act!" she got an evil sparkle in her eye and she snapped towards me... only to raise an eyebrow and scan the area for me... stupid brat, I was right in front of her... Active Camo for the win right!?
"Alex... wheeereeee aaaaarrrreeee yooooou?" she had her wand out and was searching for me... heading back into the Academy while I on the other hand went in the opposite direction... I managed to catch up to Jenny, turning off active camo right next to her giving her a good scare in the process...
"Yeeeeaaahhhh... I'm gonna be staying in the barracks tonight..." I said and we both entered the base, found a barracks with a few empty cots and found one each. I took a cot which was against the wall (well technically they all were) which was on the second layer above an empty cot, while Jenny took another one on the second layer, conveniently above Sgt. Montgomery's bunk... I'd removed my MJOLNIR to sleep and wore simple fatigues instead... didn't want to rip the cots now would I?
The next day I was shaken awake... I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes to find out who had woken me... it was Pvt. William Mason, a marine who was with the others who had intervened during the incident yesterday... he looked similar to Woods, but in a more... masculine way... brown hair, green looking... that sorta way...
"Hmm?" I asked "What's the meaning of this?"
"Sir! Someone is here to see you, sir!" said Mason
I got up, still in my fatigues and followed Mason towards the barracks door, once I'd gotten outside, I saw Anies and Louise. Louise was standing there cross-armed while Anies looked rather distraught...
"Louise, I know what your problem is... but... Anies? What is the problem? You look like you've seen a ghost..."
"I just wanted to wait until you both were present... but... well... how do I put this softly... the princess has been kidnapped!" said Anies
"WHAT!?" Louise and I exclaimed.
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My wrists are killing me... it might be CTS kicking in or something... (Carpel-tunnel syndrome) which worries me... I might take a break for a while from writing... and... playing games (D,:), alas... but hey, you can wait... mind you it might pass in a few days so I doubt I'll be done that long... anyways...
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