Chapter 3- Mora romance
"Ehem" a voice cleared its throat and Brainy looked up to see the king
"Your highness." He bowed his head
"Will you let me through please?" he asked but Brainy coughed and shook his head "why not?" he asked
"Well... the princess has told me not to let anyone in as she is... changing." He answered
"Understood, I'll wait here then." He smiled and Brainy nodded
"Permission to speak freely sir?" he asked and the king nodded "If you don't mind me asking Sir but... what made you think me and your daughter... erm... had feelings for each other?" he asked nervously and the king sighed
"She hasn't been that open with anyone but me since her mother died, she loved her mother very much, as did I, but since her death she concealed herself in her room and only came out when it suited her... I just thought something was going on because she actually talked to someone other than the family servant and me. It was peculiar that she chose a Coluan to open up to." He explained, Brainy wasn't that smart on the 'relationship' protocols but he was no idiot, he knew that if someone like that... acted like that with a guy from a race she despised, something was going on.
"Are you positive Sir?" he asked
"You didn't know did you?" he smiled
"Not really, I shall respect my duties and keep everything strictly professional; you have my word your highness." He bowed
"I'll hold you to that one." He grinned
"OK BRAINY YOU CAN LET HIM IN NOW!" she yelled from inside
"How'd you... oh wait... never mind, go on in sir." He nodded as Mariza smirked and walked in.
"Ah you're ready." He smiled at his daughter who wore a long blue skirt with a cut up the side, two metal bracelets and a blue tube-top
"Yeah, the ceremony waits for no-one, not even royalty." She grinned and he noticed the flower hadn't left her hair
"So... you like him?" he asked
"Who?" she asked as she put something in the trash
"Your bodyguard." He answered and she stood stiff and made the room sound proof
"Why do you ask that?" she asked
"Well for one, you've practically become best friends with him in a matter of a day, and you haven't spoken to anyone for a very long time, with the exception of the servant and me." He spoke raising an eyebrow "also, the flower is still in your hair." He grinned
"Look dad, friends only and that's how it's going to stay." She spoke clearly and he held his hands up in a mock surrender
"Ok-ok just don't let that Rylox find out anything, he'll kill him." He sighed and stood up
"He could try." She spoke "I'd crush him where he stood." She growled dangerously
"How, one of them devised a machine that blocks out your powers remember?" he asked
"...Understood." she sighed
"You can like him... just... not in public." He winked and she shook her head and laughed
"So... even if I did like him, you'd let me two time with my bodyguard?" she asked grinning
"That kid out there has more manners than all the Coluans put together, so... yeah sure, why not?" he grinned and she shrugged
"Well, it's not like I do like him." She sighed and he smirked
"Ok then. Come on honey, let's go." He smiled and she un-sound proofed the room. They both walked out the door to find a very confused Brainy
"What's up?" Roxy asked
"Well, normally my audio sensors can pick up anything... why couldn't I hear what as going on?" he asked and she chuckled
"I sound-proofed the room Brainy, privet conversations." She informed him and he nodded
"I understand... but how'd you do it?" he asked and she tapped her head
"My lil secret" She grinned and her dad cleared his throat "sorry. Well come on then Brainy, we have a ceremony to go to." She smiled
"I'm invited?" he asked shocked
"Of course you're invited, remember... where I go, you go." she grinned and he shook his head and smiled
"It'd be an honour to attend." He bowed his head. When they arrived in the big area over-looking a large spring that was surrounded by one giant waterfall, "this is..." he couldn't actually find the words.
"Is the spring of Mora, the water spirit." She smiled
"So this is what the ceremony is about?" he asked smiling
"Yep, well then let's go take our seats." The king smiled and led him up a flight of stairs. Immediately after they sat down Brainy became nervous "what's the matter?" he asked
"Rylox." He answered and he looked across to see the murderous glare from the Coluan prince
"He wouldn't dare try anything with all of the most powerful Zorainians present." He smiled
"No, I need to tell you something."
"Go on." He frowned
"I was the one to invent the machine that stops your powers." He sighed and the king frowned
"I forgive you but is there any way to turn it off?" he asked
"... Yeah, but I'll take a while and I doubt Rylox is in a way to just let me take the machine off of him." He sighed
"Hmm, maybe you could tell him that it was defective and could explode at any minute." He grinned and Brainy frowned
"...That... is actually a good idea, and the big idiot would most likely fall for it as well." He smirked
"Well it's decided then; get the machine away from him... after the ceremony." The king smiled and Brainy nodded
"Yes sir." He bowed his head. Roxy looked around and sighed, she'd done this tons of times; so... why was she nervous now? She thought for a few seconds and a beautiful instrument appeared, Brainy analysed it as a flute of some kind. He watched as her hand went over her locket then removed it, the moment she did her whole figure changed, her skin turned pale blue, her hair became one long purple fin, and her fringe became two light blue flaps with six white circles on each one. Her arms, stomach, face and legs gained small scratch-like black stripes. A golden gem appeared on her forehead and two purple gems appeared on her chest area. (There's a pic on Deviant art somewhere) Brainy actually was speechless. Mariza grinned at the shell-shocked android.
"Keep your optics under control Querl, Rylox won't be a happy chappy if he see's you oogling his fiancé." He smirked as Brainy immediately frowned at him.
"I wasn't oogling her as you say, I was only interested in how she transforms" He defended
"Uh huh" Mariza spoke unconvinced. "Now be quiet and watch it." He smiled and Brainy nodded
"Yes sir." He smiled and watched with interest. On the other side of the area...
"He's too close to her." Rylox growled
"What does it matter if he is, he is her bodyguard?" the king asked dryly
"She's MINE!" he growled
"And he understands that very much, but if you wish, after the wedding we will... offline him or something." The king sighed "that way your precious property to be won't be whisked away by an annoying little rat." He spoke
"Finally, I hate the little buggar. He's such a smart alic." He growled
"Well then it's settled, the execution will be right after the wedding." The king smiled sickly. In the centre of the area Roxy stopped, hearing the whole conversation struck something; she just wanted to control that water below her and drown the hateful assholes
"Sorry son's of glitches." She growled. Mariza frowned and thought cast over to her 'is there something wrong?' he asked and she frowned
'They're planning on killing him after the wedding dad, apparently he's too close.' She growled
'I'll warn him.' And she nodded and got on with the ceremony
"Is something the matter?" Brainy asked
"They think your too close to my daughter, after the wedding... they're planning on... killing you." He informed him and Brainy gulped
"Ah... I better get that machine away from him quickly then." He spoke calmly but really, he knew he couldn't take the big oaf and his father, he may be smart, but he just wasn't a fighter.
"Yes you should, ohh here comes the good part." He smiled and Brainy smiled slightly and continued to watch. Roxy put down the instrument and dove down into the water below. As soon as she did the water began to glow multicoloured reflecting off the white walls and waterfalls.
"What's going on?" Brainy asked
"Watch." The King grinned and five shoots of water appeared and formed into a figure, a figure of a woman. The woman was actually glowing. She opened her mouth and spoke
"My dear people, I bless this grand city of water, and greatly appreciate this ceremony held every year in my remembrance, may wisdom and peace guide you like the ever flowing water of this city of beauty. And may all my children live a peaceful and wonderful live." She spoke in a goddess like voice
"Who is that?" Brainy asked
"Mora." Mariza answered as the being shone brightly and disappeared back into the spring bringing Roxy back up onto the small area above centre of the spring. She bowed as everyone cheered
"That was... very different." Brainy smiled
"A lot different to your planets ways I assume." Mariza smiled
"You have that correct." He frowned and Mariza grinned
"Well, now we move onto a different event, Roxanne may not like dancing but that girl shall dance, we have a ball planned for her birthday, even though it was yesterday we shall still celebrate." He informed him and he chuckled
"She doesn't strike me as the kind to dance." He smiled and Mariza grinned
"She's not, but many men of the city would give anything just to get a dance with that girl." He smirked
"...No comment." Brainy grinned
"Thought so." Mariza smiled and Roxy appeared in front of them in human form
"Whoa!" Brainy yelped and almost fell over as she laughed and kept him upright
"Sorry." She giggled.
"Come on Roxanne, dance time." Mariza grinned and she grabbed onto a pole
"No, you can't make me." She growled and clenched tighter as Brainy chuckled
"Yeah, she ain't a dancer." He shook his head as she stuck her tongue out at him.
"No kiddin." She narrowed her eyes. About an hour later they'd actually convinced her to go... they didn't know how but they did it.
"Get the machine off of him now." Mariza instructed Brainy and he nodded and walked over to Rylox
"What do you want squirt?" he asked nastily
"Unfortunately the machine to block the princess's powers is faulty, I need to make adjustments or it will explode taking you with it." He replied emotionlessly
"Ugh can't you do anything right pipsqueak?" the king asked annoyed "give him the damn device." He growled and Rylox unclipped it and threw it into Brainy's hands
"Thank you." He spoke through gritted teeth then walked over to Mariza smirking deviously "told you he'd fall for it." He grinned and he chuckled
"Yep, now what I want you to do is modify it, but get Roxanne's help, she needs to know so she can act like her powers have actually been blocked." He explained
"Understood." He smiled and went to find her. He found her stood by a window depressed "Roxy?" he asked
"What?" she asked
"I have here, the device that's been blocking your powers." He smiled and held it up
"Oh my word; come with me." She hurried and phased them through the wall and into the garden
"I need your help." He smirked
"You built it, didn't you?" she asked frowning
"Yes I did, but i'm sorry I was made to." He apologised
"Oh I don't blame you, now how can I help?" she grinned, he tried his hardest not to compliment on how she looked and he was doing a bloody good job at it too; her dress had a light blue corset with black striped patterns on it, that connected to a long lilac cloth that hung form a golden sapphire encrusted belt with a ruby in the middle, and a long white silk skirt finished the look off as her hair was in a half bun with the rest of her hair wavy and left down with a golden grown with emeralds and sapphires in the gold making it shine, her eyes had light blue eye-shadow on with blue lip-gloss.
"You have to act like your powers are still blocked, and give me an idea on how to make the big oaf think they are." He frowned and she smiled
"Done and done, I'll just act like you never said anything." She smiled
"That may help... but if they do kill me, please don't let them." He begged and she grinned
"Wouldn't dream of it." She smiled "now come on, wanna dance?" she asked smirking and he shook his head
"I'd be honoured Princess." He bowed and she laughed as she curtsied and phased back inside. Rylox narrowed his optics as his so called property danced with the runt of the race.
"Why don't you go and ask her then?" the Coluan king sighed
"I can't dance, none of our kind can, how can he?" he spat with distaste
"We did take him from a planet that did actually dance." He rolled his optics
"Why didn't we delete his memories of that then?"
"His intelligence was necessary to us, so we kept it, now stop whining and we can offline him after the wedding but for now we leave him, she'll only kill the entire race if we do it now." He growled and Rylox shut up.
"So, you dance?" she grinned and he chuckled
"My mother thought it'd be a laugh to have me dance so yeah..." he answered
"Ah, with us it's a natural thing." She grinned. Mariza shook his head smiling to himself...
"If only this wedding wasn't happening." He sighed and watched as his daughter dance with her 'friend'.
"Princess?" Brainy asked
"Hmm?"
"Why don't you dance with your fiancée?" he asked
"Well for one, I'd rather dance with you since you're not forcing me to be your slave for life, and two, he doesn't deserve it." She smiled
"What made me deserve it?" he asked frowning
"You've not been mean to me, you've had the best manners ever towards my dad and you joined me last night watching the Equinox, you've deserved it." She smiled softly
"Understood." He smiled
"Loosen up a bit, you may be in public, but the only ones here that aren't having a good time is the massive idiot and his dad, you can have fun." She winked and he grinned and spun her round
"That fun enough?" he asked and she laughed
"Maybe" She grinned. A slow song came on and she smiled
"I dunno about this one." He frowned
"Come on, only friends remember?" she asked
"Yeah, just friends." He smiled and brought her closer. She put her arms round his neck as he put his round her waist. Mariza smiled softly 'there is no way those two are just friends.' He thought to himself. When the song had finished she moved away from him and smiled. "I'm sure that after that... your father will be suspicious." He grinned
"No doubt about that." She smiled and they sat down "don't worry Brainy; they try anything and I will crush them where they stand." She assured
"It's not that... look I have to go." He sighed and stood up "by the way, you look amazing." He smiled and disappeared into the crowd as she sighed sadly; the guy was so... mysterious yet charming.
For all the Zorainian language wanna learners, Mora means Water XD
