Welcome back everybody to another Chapter of Dark Crown! In this Chapter all is well for our Heroes
Until something strange happens.

I Wanted to Reply to a Question in the Reviews so Here Goes:

TheFanfictionCritic asks: "what the hell was that with Manga's nightmare?"
I reply: "You will find out in this Chapter of Dark Crown."

You may now continue reading.

Manga's POV:

It has been 2 days since Joseph's Birthday, and i'm still trying to figure out what that Nightmare was about. Ever since then i held my Meowmere whilst sleeping.
I get the feeling that were being watched. But it feels like Shade is being watched the most. I worry about that every time i think about him. Ever since the Battle i felt like its my responsibility to protect him. I cleared my thoughts for a second and went over to the living room, i sat down on the couch was about to watch some TV before my Sensitive Ears heard what sounded like some Evil Giggling, What the fuck? It was the middle of the night too. I quickly grabbed Meowmere and prepared to fight whatever this thing was.

Shade suddenly walked in and asked: "Manga? Whats happening? Why are you in a battle stance?"

I reply not wanting to give away what i heard: "Oh erm... I was practicing my battle stance."

Shade, being an airhead nodded and didn't question me further.
The giggling got louder, almost as if it was coming this way. I finally decided to spill the beans to Shade: "Shade, about that battle stance training, i lied. something's coming this way."
its giggling sounds like a little Girl's but slightly more Demonic.
Shade finally heard the giggling and instantly took his blades out.

After a while of standing around i finally went outside, followed by Shade and Sam who wanted to know whats going on.
What i saw was terrifying. a little Girl that looked exactly like the older woman in my Nightmare was bleeding out of her Eye sockets and Mouth, still holding that creepy smile. I gathered up all the courage i could and, i went for a Downwards slash with my Meowmere. But it missed the little Girl, Wait What!? She's behind me now! I turned around quickly for a 360 Spin attack, but she got out of the way of that too! She then began taunting...

The creepy little Girl taunts me: "Whats the matter Manga? Can't hit a little girl?"

I grit my teeth and gripped the handle of my blade harder as i Lunged at the little Girl, who was now wielding a Dagger. She looked like she was preparing to stab me in the heart. I dodged to the right and Struck her with my blade, which went right through her.

The little Girl giggled and said: "Do you really think you can hurt me?"

Shade moved in and lunged aswell, taking the girl by surprise. The girl let out a helpless yelp as the blade cut through her Shoulder.

Now i get it, only Shade can harm her! Quickly pulling away from the girl i saw that Shade had a look of Rage in his eyes. The girl let out a screech and came rushing for Shade. Shade dodged a little too late, piercing his stomach. Sam charged in to the battle with rage, Using his now Obsidian Scythe for the first time, and sliced at her Head, to which she dodged and kicked him in the face, sending him flying towards the House. Shade kicked the Girl away with his foot and pulled out the Dagger from his stomach. The wound was bleeding out Fast but he didn't care, he slashed at the girl with both blades, who had a lot of trouble blocking with a Dagger that she materialized out of nowhere. He got two slashes in and, the Girl screeched in pain. The Girl materialized behind me and threw me against a tree. she then picked me up with one hand and held a dagger to my throat in the other.

Shade asked the girl: "What do you want with us?"

She replied with a terrifying grin: "I want your Soul, so that our leader may become the new Dark Lord!"

Sam, who was now Fuming with rage, Said: "Let her go! Or else!"

The little Girl Spat back: "Or what? You're going to kill me? Pathetic."

Sam's body started to glow a deep Crimson red with Rage. And transformed into a Draconix. a Half man Half Dragon hybrid. His skin was turned into Red Scales, He sprouted wings on his Back and His Scythe Turned into a Sword. The Girls face turned from a Smug grin into a face of Pure Horror. She let me go but not before stabbing into my leg. I blacked out from blood loss, but not before hearing Sam shout: "Manga!"

Sam's POV:

I say in my head: "So let me get this straight Rhygor. You want me to trade my bodily control temporarily for Revenge?"

Rhygor nods and tells me: "If you want revenge that is. I know how you feel about Manga, I usually have a higher price for my Power but this time, i will give it to you for cheap."

I agreed and at once my body started to undergo changes. My skin was replaced with Fire resistant Dragon Scales, I sprouted wings on my back, and i grew claws on my hands. Like i expected, the Girl was in shock, giving me an opening that i didn't waste. I charged right in and clawed the Girls face off. She let out a terrified Screech that hurt everyones Ears.

I held her against the wall and asked with a Look of Pure Rage: "Who is your leader?"

She smiled slightly and said: "Since you're never going to stop him, i will tell you. Hes name is Dzarkor, the Enraged spirit."

I then proceeded to pierce my claws through her throat. Killing her. I transformed back and started to Sob, picking Manga up.

Shade tried to comfort me, Saying: "Don't worry about her, she will live through this. The wounds may be deep, but i'm sure Emerald can save her."

I carried her into the house, carrying her into her Bedroom and Shade called in Emerald to check her out.

Everyone was curious to find out what happened to Manga, but they weren't allowed into her bedroom.

Emerald said after doing her Magic: "I did all i could for her, now she just has to rest."

I sighed and went back into my room, wanting to be alone for a little while.

Shade's POV:

After that incident i was curious about what the little girl said. Who was Dzarkor? I don't know anything about him or what he was, so i went up to Ray and asked him...

I ask Ray: "Hey Ray, Do you know anything about an Enraged Spirit named Dzarkor?"

Ray then turns to me and looks at me with a "You don't know?" look. And then says: "Dzarkor, The Enraged Spirit was once a man of great power. He was the High king of the Human Empire before he was corrupted by greed and power. It got to the point where he took from the poor even if they had no money. It became so bad that one day a man named Ralius was sent out to murder the High king in his sleep. But instead he went up to the king and drove a knife right through his throat, killing him in a matter of seconds. Ralius then made a Daring escape from the guards and even wrote a book about the whole thing, called "Ralius and the Treacherous High King". Everyone rejoiced upon Dzarkor's death. But Dzarkor was furious in the afterlife, Wanting to get revenge and get his body back, he decided to stay as a Spirit, forever looking for a way to get power."

I then say: "Well, i think he is after me, from what i heard, to get my Soul so that he can rule the world."

Ray looking Determined said: "Well he won't be getting through us anytime soon!"

Satisfied with what Ray has told me, i went outside with a lot of wood, sticks and sandbags. Wolf came out and asked...

Wolf asks me: "Hey Shade, whats with the sandbags"

I reply: "I'm making a training arena. We need to be prepared as i see dark times ahead."

Wolf then begged: "Can i help you build? After all, we are Building buddies that originally made the house."

I accepted, and so we set off to build the training arena. The others watched as we kept going in and out of the house, carrying building material. Anna came out and asked: "What are you guys building?"

We replied: "We are making a training arena, where we will spar and fight some training dummies to get better."

Anna then asked again: "Why? Why are you guys making this? I don't think we should be spending this much energy on a little recreational event."

I then replied keeping my cool: "Its because we will be fighting something stronger than ever before. Something i never thought i would fight, an Enraged Spirit."

Anna then sounding confused asked: "How did you end up having to fight one of those? Was that sword we brought for Joseph's birthday cursed? I mean it did come from a magical forest of neverending twilight."

I replied: "Well no, i think its because this spirit wants revenge on the person who killed him and to regain power. So its greedy and murderous. I think it wants my Soul because it can somehow bring him back to life. but i'm not sure."

She then went back inside as we finished the arena off. Me and Wolf decided to do a test fight. We made special wooden tools because it would be unfair because of weapon strength differences. I grabbed two swords while Wolf grabbed a wooden war-hammer, i guess thats how he fights. I actually have never seen Wolf fight so this should be interesting.

We go to our positions and on 3 we would fight. 1...2...3 FIGHT!

We both charge at each-other, i held my sword out for a lunge whilst he was getting ready to smash me. Suddenly he stopped and jumped backwards, making me almost fall into his trap. He planned on switching from offensive to defensive which was a smart move on his part. I stopped as well and took a defensive stance too, waiting for him to come out of it. He suddenly charged and i took it as an opportunity to dodge and strike him. He went for a downwards smash, and i dodged out of the way, before i could strike him and end the match he realized he left himself open and did something daring, he let go of the hammer because it was too heavy, and jumped back, right out of the way of my strike. Frustrated i sent out a volley of attacks that he always just barely avoids. He did something daring again and rushed towards the hammer, which was right behind me mind you, and i kicked him out of the way, knocking him down. Now to lay the finishing strike, I went for a stab but he rolled out of the way, almost clipping his ear, and somehow managed to get up and pick up the hammer. He went for a horizontal swing that i blocked with one blade and attempted to stab him with the other, but he dodged that too and prepared for another swing. I jumped back to give me some space in between us, And to give me some time to find a blind spot. Aha! I charged at him with a lunge, and just as i expected, he dodged to the left. I stopped at where he was and did a 180 degree swing with my left blade, hitting him square in the back. This battle was over.

Wolf said after the Battle: "You did pretty good back there."

I reply with a chuckle: "You did pretty good too, way better than any other person i've seen wield a war-hammer. Also heres a tip, don't be too daring or you might lose to an enemy because of that."

He took a moment to catch his breath and said: "Come on man, you know i was born to be a Dare-devil."

After that little sparring match i went back inside, and turned on the TV in the livingroom.

Manga's POV:

I woke up with an headache, confused and then i remembered what happened. I slowly attempted to get up, only to feel an extraordinary amount of pain in my stomach. I laid back down, sighing and wondering why that... Thing attacked us. I thought for about an hour before i could hear footsteps at the door. When the door opened, Sam walked in, looking a little sad. That was until he noticed i was awake. He smiled at me and i returned the smile.
He closed the door and sat down on the chair next to the bed and asked: "How are you feeling Manga?"

I reply feeling a little tired: "I'm fine, thanks for caring. Anyways why do you think that girl attacked us?"

Sam closed his eyes and said: "Ray told me that there was an Enraged Spirit going after Shade's Soul. So i guess she was an agent trying to assassinate him and take his soul back to her master."

I felt like giving Sam a hug for the information, after all, i tried to figure out why this thing wanted to attack us for about an hour.

I thanked Sam: "Thanks a lot for telling me that Sam, i've been sitting here for about an hour trying to figure out why that agent attacked."

Sam stuttered and blushed a little while asking: "H-hey umm... Could we... You know, meet more often?"

I blushed slightly too as i knew what he meant. I said: "U-um sure i guess..."

Sam still stuttering said: "O-okay then, Umm..."

And so we began rambling about some random things. The more we talked, the more comfortable we felt around each-other and we stopped stuttering in our conversations after telling our most embarrassing moments to each-other. After a while of talking i finally noticed how i felt about him, and how my body reacted to him without me even noticing. When he is near me i start blushing a little bit, when he looks at me i look away slightly, when i talk to him i naturally speak to him in a slightly more seductive tone. All of this was happening without me knowing it. The real icebreaker happened when Sam tripped after showing me how he did the Gay Tony jump. He was spinning around so much that when he stopped he fell... Right on top of me.

Sam after realizing what happened blushed really hard and apologized: "O-OH! Im sorry please forgive me!"
He was about to get off of me before i grabbed him and pulled him back onto the bed, I also said: "N-No! I-Its alright, Lay down."

He blushed a deeper red as he laid down.

I said feeling a little embarrassed: "C-Could you come a little closer?"

He nodded and very slowly inched closer until we were inches apart from touching. I felt as hot as lava around my cheeks as blood rushed to my face.
We lay there, in silence, for what seemed like forever until Sam said something

Sam says:"E-erm Manga, I h-have a confession to make..."

I reply whilst staring into his Lovely, Golden Eyes: "G-Go on Sam..."

He stutters even more this time, Saying: "I-I... L-Love You Manga..."

He then quickly turns away, Scared that i may reject him.

After an eternity of silence i said: "I L-Love you too Sam..."

I then embraced him tightly as i smiled, my stomach was full of butterflies, as i turned his body with my tail to face mine.

He then asked: "R-really?"

I reply with a big smile on my face: "Of course i do..."

I then pulled him into a tighter embrace. He felt so warm... I finally released him from my embrace and grabbed his face, and pulled it closer to mine.
I then closed my eyes as i gave him a Kiss on the lips... I held him in this position for a whole minute before i pulled away. I then laid my head on his Shoulder and smiled. He returned it and for a whole hour, i held him in an embrace before i felt a pleasurably tingling sensation on my ears. He was playing with my ears which felt Amazing! I audibly Purred to the amazing Sensation. He started laughing at my reaction and when he finally stopped doing that, he gave me a kiss on the cheeks before getting of the bed and leaving the room.

AND CUT! Welp, i continued the plot maybe a little bit i think, but what i really focused on was the final scene AKA the Sam X Manga Kissing scene.
This was obviously going to happen. It became obvious since Chapter 2 when he thought about Manga whilst carrying her. Anyways the next one will be 99.96% story so yeah, look forward for that if you are here for the story. by the way before i go this chapter has 3000 words.

Anyways imma go make a Sammich and maybe will roast some Marshmallows over by the fire, i don't have anything else to say so Ill see you guys in the next Chapter. PEACE!