Suki-chan14: Hi! Welcome to Chapter five of 'The Three New Dwarfs'! I should let you know that if you're curious to see what the OC's look like, Devon is currently working on pictures. So far, she has done Delphine, Tamara, and Willow! They look wonderful!
Devon: *walks in* Suki, are you advertising my artwork again?
Suki-chan14: Yeah, but it's awesome!
Devon: I don't think it's necessary to advertise it in this fanfiction.
Suki-chan14: I thought we were going to post the pictures online so people can see them!
Devon: Only if my scanner works. So, who are you going to get to say the disclaimer?
Suki-chan14: Well, I asked Willow…but she ran and hid. So I have to use my substitute, Dorothy!
Dorothy: Suki-chan14 and Devon don't own MAR.
Suki-chan14: Thank you, Dorothy!
Dorothy: You're welcome, now give be back my ÄRM!
Suki-chan14: NEVERRRRRR! *runs away*
When the group had finally reached the start of the War Games, Tamara was ecstatic.
"Wahoo! Finally, we're here! Now I can kick some Chess Piece-," Dorothy sweatdropped.
"How can she be so hyper after we walked almost the whole way here?" She asked. Ginta nodded.
"I'm wondering, too. I mean, were lucky we didn't have to walk all the way here! I thought we would until Nanashi told us about his Andata-,"
"Huh? You mean that I could have used my Dimension ÄRM and so could Elfie?"
"You…have…Dimension ÄRMs too?" Ginta asked, turning to look at Tamara. Tamara nodded so fast Ginta thought her head would come off.
"Yup! Mine is like an Andata, but for only one person." Tamara suddenly brightened. "It's a bubble!" She exclaimed happily, shoving her wrist into Ginta's face. On it was a bracelet with huge round things which Ginta guessed must be bubbles. Before he could say anything, Tamara had pulled her wrist back and resumed talking. "I've been here before, too, so that wouldn't have been a problem. Elfie has a wardrobe thing. It's super cool, and you just walk through and bam, you're where you want to go! It's so cool, and I asked if I could have it but she said no and-,"
"Tamara, you're babbling again." Delphine said, rolling her eyes. Tamara giggled and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. Tamara turned to look at Willow.
"So, are you ready to fight?" Willow looked down at the ground and sighed.
"I-I just hope I can help you guys. I mean, I didn't even have any ÄRMs until Tamara lent some of hers to me!"
"It was nothing! Just remember to kick some Chess Piece-," Tamara stopped mid-sentence to glance at the entrance and as she soon spotted something that made her grin. "Hey, that's the Cross Guard! I thought they would be here!" She waved to them happily, but only a few waved back. Willow looked at them with awe.
"I don't think we'll even have to fight, guys! They look so strong; they might get rid of all the Chess Pieces themselves!" Tamara pouted at Willow's words.
"I want to fight the Chess Pieces!" She whined childishly, stomping her foot as well. "They'd better not beat all of them!"
"At least not Peta, he's mine." Tamara turned to look at Nanashi.
"What? You guys already called Chess Pieces? No fair!" She complained, stomping her foot again. Before she could complain more about how unfair it was, a hush fell over the crowd stepped out and a girl with long black hair stepped out onto the balcony. Everyone listened to her speech except for Tamara only caught words like: "Welcome", "Chess Pieces", "War Games", and "Test". She soon noticed everyone walking forward towards strange stones sitting on a table. Tamara started to walk with everyone and decided to ask Delphine what was going on.
"I wasn't listing, what are we doing?" Delphine glared at her.
"You should be listing, Tamara! I mean, what if they announce something important?" Tamara looked up at her with big watery eyes.
"I-I'm sorry!" She whined. Delphine sighed and pointed to the stones.
"We're supposed to grab one. Some sort of test or something." Tamara nodded and grabbed one as they walked by the table. She glanced at Delphine who was also holding one.
"So, what now? We gaze into them and try and tell our future?" Suddenly the princess spoke again, looking at the contestants with sad eyes.
"Test…begin."
Tamara was about to joke around again when she noticed the world around her had changed. Everything was black and the stone was gone. She hissed and looked around in the dark. 'Should have known the Chess Pieces would try something like this, I hope everyone is okay.' Suddenly she heard another person step forward. She turned around and sighed.
"Oh, it's only a Pawn." She grinned and a bracelet on her wrist glowed. "Weapon ÄRM, Short Sword!" She reached out her and grasped the weapon and pointed it towards the Pawn. "Will you surrender now?" Her eyes widened and she had to quickly move out of the way as the Pawn charged. "I guess not!"
Meanwhile, Willow was freaking out. 'Where did everyone go? Where am I? What happened?' She wondered, looking around frantically for any sign of her friends. She turned around to look behind her and screamed. 'Okay, that is NOT one of my friends!' Willow whimpered as the Pawn stepped closer.
"I-I don't want to fight!" The Pawn paid no attention and continued to step closer. Willow backed up and sighed. "I really didn't want to fight, but I guess I have to. Weapon ÄRM!" Suddenly a bow and a quiver full of arrows appeared in front of Willow. She quickly grabbed them and glanced towards the enemy. She focused her magical energy, hoping she was strong enough to use the Weapon ÄRM properly. "Marks?" The Pawn started to step forward then noticed something. Green targets had appeared on his knees and on his stomach. Willow frowned and drew her bow, not even bothering to aim.
Delphine sighed as she looked at the Pawn across from her. 'Only a Pawn? This should be easy.' She glanced at an ÄRM on her hand and sighed. 'Might as well just use the joke ÄRM Tamara gave me.' A ring on her finger glowed and a small pole appeared in her hand. The Pawn was cautious and moved away, not wanting to get to close so he wouldn't get hit. Delphine grinned and started to spin it around which confused the Pawn. The Pawn only grew more confused when Delphine tapped it on the ground. The Pawn never even had time to react as Delphine aimed it at him and a powerful wind attack hit him.
Alviss looked around the area, hoping for any sign of the others. Suddenly Ginta, Snow, Nanashi, Dorothy, Willow, Delphine, and Tamara appeared. Alviss felt a little better about the situation, but he was worried about the rest of the Cross Guard that had yet to return. Suddenly they appeared, but not how he expected.
"Oh-oh my-,"
"Ar-are they? Oh, please don't let them be-,"
"D-dead?"
Almost everyone stared in shock at all the fallen men, and the few that didn't were a small amount of Chess Pieces who were smirking. The ref laughed and shook his head, giving a small speech about how weak the Cross Guard were this time around. Alviss gritted his teeth and turned to glare at the ref.
"Where's Gaira! He wouldn't loose to a Pawn!" The ref looked at him calmly.
"Who said they were all Pawns?" A Chess Piece appeared next to the ref suddenly and without a sound. The ref continued with a speech about how some poor person had such bad luck they would choose the one stone causing failure almost instantly. A voice from behind Alviss made him turn.
"Avliss." Gaira looked very bad, his face torn up and he looked and sounded like he was in a lot of pain.
"Gaira!" Ginta turned to look at Snow.
"Snow, he's alive!" Snow nodded and held up her Holy ÄRM, running to help Gaira. Tamara ran over as well, reaching into her pocket for something. She soon pulled out a chain with a small white dove charm on the end and when she looked at it she nodded.
"Here, I'll help you Snow. I have a Holy ÄRM as well, and I pride myself on collecting good ones and using them." Both girls held them up and started to help Gaira while the ref continued to talk.
"Today was only the beginning. Tomorrow the real games will begin." And with that, the ref was gone.
Suki-chan14: And…done! Woahhhh, that was hard to write. Hopefully those fighting parts didn't make any of you cringe! Plus I feel bad at not really making the last part to original. Dx I really hoped you liked the chapter enough to get a review. :D
Devon: Stick around for my chapter that's coming up next!