Chapter 10- The Future Plan
The Lemon Earldom was a gray place.
Lemongrab lay in bed having a nightmare about the THING.
"You Really Smell Like Dog Buns."
"Aaaaahhhh!" He woke up screaming, and then talked to himself, which is not unusual. "Those ghost pranksters will pay, even if it takes drastic measures... but how?"
Lemongrab thought and thought, and then he got a wonderful, crafty, sinister idea.

Earl rode his lemon horse into the square, surrounded by gun armed Lemon Guards who were just as horrible as their commander, but not quite. Lemon citizens walked to meet him and listen.
"My sour people!" Announced Lemongrab. "I have called you to ask on thing: which men are willing enough to become warriors?"
Everyone mumbled and talked to each other.
"I say this because soon we will over throw the Candy Kingdom!"
The crowd cheered, and a majority of the lemon men stepped up. The rest of the people left.
"You men will start training tomorrow at dawn. If you don't, twelve years dungeon; seven years no trials. Do you understand?"
"Yes, sir!"
"Then, on your way!"

"Yo, Connor, I think this is it." A fourteen year old boy with short brown hair said, looking at a beach. He wore a hoodie with a black shirt underneath, dirty worn sneakers, and a cowboy hat.
An older man of twenty four joined him at the front of the little wooden rowboat. "You think this is the Land of Ooo: place of one human?" He possessed a snake skin jacket, dark shades, black ripped jeans, and leather boots.
"One human, until now." Replied Alex.
They docked on the beach and looked at what was beyond the sand. Lush, green grass covered an open field. Then, Alex and Connor saw destroyed ice caps, dark clouds and a fallen kingdom of sweets.
"Let's go." Connor drew his pistol. His weapon was no ordinary, for when shot, it sucked the target into a portal, never to be seen again. Unless, of course, Alex shot his defense: an AK-47 assault rifle. The gun re-opened the portal and could let the prisoners out, but only when it was set to Mode 2. This goes for Connor's pistol, too. Mode 1 was just a regular gun.
Both humans started to make their way over.
Alex aimed at nothing and yelled, "Practice shot! Ya!" And, without realizing it, shot with M-2 on. A swirling portal appeared in the air.
Connor punched him in the shoulder. "You ding-dong! We don't even know what's gonna come out!"
The two stared impatiently at it, waiting.
Suddenly a blue plaid skater shoe emerged from the portal. Then came blue worn jeans, another shoe, a black sweatshirt, and a girl's face. She also had dark brown hair in her face and a backwards cap that said "HAMBO". Her skin was a gray-blue, and she had small fangs.
"Where- am- I?" She said with each turn of her head. "I'm not in the Nightosphere, right?"
"No, why? And, who are you?" Asked Alex.
She looked around nervously. "I am Alexa; thirteen years old. I have been trapped in the Nightosphere for eleven years."
"That's tough..." Connor added.
Alexa realized they understood a little bit, so she looked up and faced the two guys. "You are...?"
"Oh, I'm Alex, and this is Connor. We are humans, and have traveled many miles to get to this continent."
"I was a human once, too. Where do you come from?" She asked.
"Alex and I were on the continent of Valde Terra before a great civil war erupted, North against South. We escaped, though. Everyone, dead... well, at least we think so. But what about you?" Connor asked.
"Well, I don't remember much. When I was two or so, my parents died. A great flood destroyed my old village shortly after, and that was when I drowned. I didn't die for some reason, but got transported to a dimension where nobody wanted me. They were scary people. For survival, I had nothing; through the days, my skin changed to this color, and I ate the red from my blanket. When I grew, I unwillingly had to steal things from the creatures who lived there. Stuff happened to me, like supernatural powers, and though I have never been bitten by one, I am slowly turning fully into a vampire from being trapped for so long." Explained Alexa.
"That sounds awesome!" Alex exclaimed.
Connor jabbed him with his elbow.
"Uh, I mean- that's terrible..."
The developing vampire floated over to the two and put her arm around both their shoulders and jokingly said, "We stick together!"
All of them laughed.
"But, seriously, thanks."
The group started to walk toward a mountain. It was covered in vegetation and was surrounded by a forest.
This was Mount Cragdor: last home of the Enchiridion.

hey! this is sadly the only time you will hear of Alex, Connor and Alexa until the end of this story and in What Was Unexpected. sorry for the wait. i hope everyone had a nice holiday! ideas, please.

also, thanks Ryan. i LOVE your ideas. keep them coming, everyone.

SPOILER: in the next story (not next chapter) there will also be a few songs that go really well that i found. like when there is a gun battle, Blow Me Away by Breaking Benjamin will be there. look it up.

DOUBLE SPOILER TOO DANGEROUS: in the next story, now that you know there will be a Lemon Earldom/ Candy Kingdom battle, no one will die except lemon people.

did i just give away 2 spoilers? glob, i need to stop doing that. :D grr.