Ok, so character spoiler; Pyp, which is supposed to represent Nala in the real movie, is based off of my first Mixels OC which is in a separate Mixels story I wrote called 'Sparks Fly'. Now, for those who have been reading that story AND are reading this one, the Pip in Sparks Fly and the Pyp in this story are a tad different.

Oh, and I know we all have different perspectives, so if I haven't described young Flain or young Pyp well enough, then use your imagination. And enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 2 – We'll Always Be Together

Many, many moons had rose and fell before the Infernite prince had grown into an adorable young boy.

But Prince Flain didn't like being called cute, he liked being called cool and powerful for being the future king. And having that kind of title has lots of different meanings; good or bad. But for today, it was good because his father had promised him a trip out of the Magma Wastelands, and out into the rest of the land of the Mixels.

But first…Flain had to wake his deeply slumbering dad, as Ignitus was still snoring loudly in his king-sizes bed in his castle of the kingdom. But Flain had soon com sprinting through with excitement, and he wasn't afraid to awake his rather large father.

"Dad! Dad! Wake up!" Flain whispered with excitement as he jumped at the edge of the bed, but Ignitus only snored on, but Flain wasn't giving up, "UGH! DAD-WHOA!"

Unfortunately, when Flain tried to pull his father out of bed by grabbing his arm, he lost his grip and was sent tumbling. He still wouldn't give up though; Flain suddenly had the idea to get a running start and head-butt his dad's forehead, and that certainly woke him up as he stared groggily at his son.

"You promised!" Flain growled while glaring at Ignitus.

"Oh…alright…I'm up, I'm up," Ignitus yawned as he sat up.

"Yeah! Whoo-hoo!" Prince Flain cheered while jumping around and didn't wait for King Ignitus to exit the room.

The first stop of their trip with at the top of the highest volcano in the Magma Wastelands, also the place where Flain was presented after his birth. And as King Ignitus looked over his fiery kingdom and beyond with his son, he was proud of his kingdom and his son being safe.

"Look out onto the horizon, Son. Like the sun, a king's time rises and falls, and that includes me; when my time ends, it will be your turn to rule everything the light of our fire touches."

"Everything?" The young prince asked with amazement as he looked down over the edge.

"Everything," Ignitus happily repeated.

"Wow," Flain sighed as he walked at the edge and looked around, but he then soon found a distant, shadowy place, "do I get to rule that shadowy-looking place too, Pop?"

"No, Flain. You must NEVER go there; it's forbidden," Ignitus stated firmly.

"But you just said I get to rule everything."

"No, I said you could rule over the places our fire dwells, and that's right here. But that doesn't mean you can't explore the rest of the land. Let's continue on, Son."

Next, Ignitus was going to walk with Flain outside in the vast Mixel land; right now, they were strolling over the grass lands.

"Son, do you know how important mixing is in our world?"

"Uh…we mix…to get the cookie batter all smooth?"

Ignitus couldn't help but chuckle at his young son's innocence.

"No, let me explain. In this world, we live to create, and we create to live—it's why you're here, it's why your friends are here, and it's what keeps our kingdom and the rest of the land peaceful and in balance."

"SIRE! SIRE!"

King Ignitus knew that British accent anywhere.

"What is it, Globert?"

The said Glokie was rapidly flapping his wings to reach the king as fast as he could, and so he was also huffing.

"Nixels…they're attacking the home of the Frosticons!" Globert huffed as he nearly crash landed.

This meant business for Ignitus, and his tour with Flain would have to wait for another time.

"Globert, take Flain home," Ignitus said firmly as he started off.

"Aw, Dad, can't I come too?" Flain whined.

"No, Flain."

With that, Ignitus ran off without another word, and Flain wasn't happy.

"I never get to go anywhere."

"Don't you worry, My Prince. One day, you will be free to go and chase those nasty and ignorant Nixels until your heart's content," Globert tried to reassure Flain while flying off to escort the prince back to the Infernite Kingdom.

The afternoon sun was high over the land, but once again, instead of basking in the sweet light, Nyx was cursing his brother's name in the shade of towering volcanoes in the kingdom.

This time, instead of fiddling with a cubit, he was pulling cooled lava rocks from their edges throwing them.

"Hey, Uncle Nyx! Guess what?" Flain called happily as he found and approached his uncle, and Nyx glared down at his nephew while rolling his eyes.

"I absolutely despise guessing games."

"I'm gonna be the next king!"

"Well, forgive me for not jumping with joy; bad back, ya know?"

With that, the tall Mixel just plopped down onto his backside and slouched against the volcano wall. But then Flain came in and happily jumped onto Nyx's belly.

"Hey, Uncle Nyx? When I'm king, what will that make you?"

"A monkey's uncle."

"Ha! You're really weird," Flain laughed as he rolled himself off up and off his uncle's long legs.

"You have no idea…so, your father showed you the kingdom today, right?" Nyx asked with a fake smile.

"Uh-huh! And I'm gonna rule it ALL!"

"Really? Did he show you that dark place far out in the distance?" Nyx was scheming.

"No…he said I shouldn't ever go there," Flain sadly sighed.

"And he's absolutely right! I've had my fair share of experiences there, and I also think it's too dangerous for you."

"Wait, you've been there! Tell me about it!" Flain said with hope.

"Oh no, I don't think so. Curiosity killed the cat."

"Please, Uncle Nyx," Flain begged.

"Nope. You're my favorite nephew, and I can't possibly stand to lose you," Nyx said as he messed with the small flames on Flain's head.

"Right…I'm your ONLY nephew," Flain protested as he threw Nyx's hand away.

"Well then, only a better for me to protect you…besides, The Nixel Yards is NO place for a youngling-OOOPS!"

Despite fooling Flain, it was all an act; it was on purpose.

"A what yard?! Whoa!" Flain said with excitement as he turned to see if he could find that dark place again since he now knew what it was.

"Oh, Schnixel! I've said too much! Please, Flain. Promise me you'll never go to that DREADFUL place," Nyx pleaded as he pulled Flain into his arms, and Flain's eyes dotted to the left before replying.

"I promise."

"There's a good lad. Now, run along and go find your friends, hmm? And remember—it's OUR little secret," Nyx stated the last part quietly as he pushed Flain off, and the prince went off to find his best friend. But as soon as Flain disappeared around the bend, Nyx smirked evilly.

Meanwhile, Flain ran through his fiery him to find Pyp. Who was Pyp? An Infernite who was the same age as Flain, and his best friend, obviously. And it wasn't long until he found her relaxing in a bubbling, scalding lava pool with Zorch and Valk, a couple of other Infernites who lived in the kingdom.

"Hey, Pyp! Guess what?!" Flain called with joy.

"Flain! I'm kinda in the middle of a lava bath!" Pyp growled with embarrassment.

"And you need one too," Zorch stated with a grin before suddenly knocking the young prince into the pool without warning.

"Zorch!" Flain said angrily and he spit lava out of his mouth, but the said prankster only laughed.

"You're just lucky you're my babysitter," Flain growled, but then he perked up and smiled at his friend, "But Pyp, listen, I just found out about this really great place."

"So, where is this 'really great place'?" Valk asked with suspicion.

"Oh…oh, uh, around Mixel Park," Flain lied.

"Mixel Park?! What's so great about the park?!" Pyp asked angrily.

"I'll show you when we get there," Flain whispered with impatience.

"Oh…Uncle Vulk, Uncle Zorch, can I go with Flain to Mixel Park?" Pyp asked while also getting excited and gout out of the pool, revealing her red and almost lizard-like body with her long tail that had a flame tip, and she wagged the lava off of her pony-tailed fire hair.

"Hmm…what do you think, Zorch?" Valk questioned.

"Meh, it's ok with me," Zorch replied with a shrug.

"Yeah! Alright!" Pyp and Flain cheered.

"But only if Globert goes with you," Valk quickly added, and that totally burst the kids' bubble.

"No, not Globert," Flain sighed as he and Pyp shared worried expressions.

But the two couldn't do anything but just let King Ignitus' adviser go with them, so now, Globert was flying above the kids as they were slowly making their way to Mixel Park.

"Step lively, you two! The sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave!" Globert grimly called down.

"So what is this place you wanted to show me?" Pyp questioned.

"It's called The Nixel Yards," Flain whispered.

"Wow!"

"Shh!" Flain shushed her as he couldn't have Globert hear their plan.

"Oh, right, him…so how are we gonna ditch Bat Man?" Pyp asked with a grin, and so the two started whispering their plan.

But as they were scheming, Globert looked down with a smile, and he soon descended down in front of them, and they luckily stopped whispering in time before Globert got too suspicious.

"Oh, just look at you two; two buds blossoming with romance; your parents will be thrilled," Globert said with a respectful bow and happiness, but the kids didn't get it.

"And that means…what?" Flain questioned with a lot of confusion, not that Pyp wasn't just as baffled.

"Well, I sense that one day, you two are going to be married," Globert happily replied, but that made them gag.

"I can't just marry her; she's my bestest friend," Flain protested.

"It'd be too weird," Pyp added while shaking your head.

"Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but these things just happen," Globert protested while crossing his wings, but Flain mocked him behind his back and Pyp tried to hold back a laugh.

"Well, then…I guess when I'm king, that'll be the first thing to go," Flain wondered aloud with a grin.

"Nice try, but only the king can do that," Globert angrily pointed out, but while his guard was being let down, Pyp suddenly pointed out the open man hole a few feet behind Globert, and so Flain immediately got the plan down.

"Well, in that case—you're fired!" Flain exclaimed as he suddenly stepped on Globert's wing, and then he suddenly pushed him back far enough for Globert to be unable to fly with his now sprained wing, and so he plummeted into the manhole.

And as Globert's screams echoed while continuing to fall, Pyp and Flain laughed while running off and deserting him. And they continued off until they were probably miles from the park.

"Oh, I am such a genius," Flain bragged.

"Hey Genius, it was MY idea," Pyp angrily pointed out.

"Yeah, but I pulled it off," Flain protested while still getting cocky.

"With me!" Pyp added.

"Oh yeah?" Flain asked with a smirk, so he decided he'd get at Pyp while her guard was down, and so he pounced at her and the two started tumbling and wrestling each other for a few good feet.

But despite being a girl, Pyp was not weak, and she soon proved that when she suddenly pinned Flain with a slam of his head and back to the ground. And he was certainly surprised.

"Pinned ya," Pyp chuckled.

"Oh, just get off a' me!" Flain growled as he pushed Pyp off, but when she turned her back on him with pride, he thought he'd try again, and he lunged at her once more.

And again, they were sent tumbling a long ways, but this time, they ended up rolling together down a dusty hill. But at the bottom, Pyp one again beat and pinned Flain.

"Pinned ya, again," Pyp said with another smirk.

"Why, I outta-! Wait…" Flain angrily growled as he found something to grab and hit Pyp with, but after a few seconds, he realized he was holding a large, metallic bone.

So Pyp got up off of him as he threw the bone away, and then they looked to see where they really were now.

The Infernite kids were no longer in the bright and colorful land of the Mixels anymore; they were in Nixel territory, but they luckily didn't see any Nixels around.

The Nixels' land was dark, colorless, lifeless, and there were metallic bones of various sizes scattered all over the place, as well as many tall, metal, bendy, black things that could only be the Nixels' homes in this place.

Pyp and Flain were shocked to actually be here…but they were mostly amazed.

"Whoooooaaaaa…" the two sighed with awe as they walked over to a ledge and saw even more of the mysterious land.

"This is so cool," Flain sighed.

"Yeah, but we could get in big trouble," Pyp pointed out with a smirk.

"I know."

"So, what do we do now?"

"There's only one thing TO do—we go check it out."

But just when they were about to make their way to investigate the rest of the place…

"NOT SO FAST!"

"Ugh, Globert!" Flain groaned with disappointment as Globert suddenly flew up in front of them since his wing was better now.

"The only 'checking out' you'll being doing is to check OUT of here! We're WAY beyond the boundaries of the Mixel territory!" Globert pointed out with fear.

"Yeah, exactly, bat-boy," Flain said while getting cocky.

"Please, Young Prince. It is much too dangerous for any of us to be out here," Globert added while trying to push the kids out, but Flain soon broke free of the Glowkie's grasp.

"Danger? Ha! I LAUGH in danger's eyes. HA-HA-HA-HAAA!" Flain laughed while approaching one of the black, bent up homes of the Nixels.

But just as Flain was finished laughing, more maniacal laughter filled the air around them, which made the young prince's confidence soon dwindle as he darted to hide behind Globert.

Unfortunately, that laughter belonged to Nixels, and it died down as three Nixels emerged out of the dark building.

The likely leader of the trio had two separate pointy cat ears on her head; the second had square ears, while the last had the most unfocused eyes you could ever come across, and his head came to two points in the shape of a w.

"Well, well, well. Now, what do we have here, Nixai?" the leader asked with a raspy feminine voice.

"Gee, I don't know, Nixei," the second Nixel Nixai replied sarcastically with a very guttural voice, and he then looked back at their most stupid member, "what do you think it is, Ned?"

Ned was the most brain-dead of the three, so he only replied with a laugh while sticking his tongue out.

"Yeah, Ned, just what I was thinkin'—a trio of TRESS-PASSERS!" Nixai said as he suddenly hissed and spat in the Mixels' faces, smiled at them with hungry, fang-filled grins.

"Oh, but please, we were only passing through," Globert protested with worry, but that was when Nixei snuck up behind him.

"Wait, wait, wait, wait! I know you; you're that fat fire king's stooge," Nixei pointed out with a smirk.

"I, Madame, am the king's advisor," Globert angrily protested.

"Oh, so that would make fire-boy here-," Kixei began as the wheels started to turn in her head, but then Flain angrily interrupted her.

"Future king!"

"Do you know what we do ta kings who step outta their kingdoms?" Nixei asked darkly as she and her buddies started circling the Mixels.

"You can't do anything ta us," Flain growled.

"U-uh, technically, they can…w-we are on their land," Globert protested while trying to stay calm.

"But Globert, you said they're just ignorant," Flain pointed out with confusion while continuing to glare at the Nixels.

"Ix-may on the upid-stay," Globert quietly warned, but Nixai heard him.

"Who you callin' 'upid-stay'?!"

"Oh my! Would you look at the time? It's time for us to get going!" Globert stated with even more fear as he once again tried to push the kids way, but then Nixei stopped them.

"Hold on! Where ya goin'? We'd LOVE to have you three for dinner," Nixei said while drooling at the mouth.

"Yeah! In fact, I think I'm hungry for salad; so many things MIXED in," Nixai joked, and the stupid Nixels couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, I'm gettin' MIXED up about what ta eat!" Nixei decided to add, making her and Nixai laugh even harder.

But their laughter was short-lived when Ned suddenly started dancing and pointed in a certain direction.

"What, Ned?!" Nixei asked with anger.

"Hey, Nixei? Did we order this dinner ta go?" Nixai asked grimly.

"No. Why?"

"'Cause THERE IT GOES!"

Nixai was right; their 'dinner' had taken off and ran while they were distracted with laughing their heads off. But Nixels were fast, so they went sprinting after the Mixels and were quickly catching up.

They ran for a few good long yards before Globert was unfortunate enough to get tackled and brought down to the ground in a dog pile by the three Nixels. On the other hand, the kids had continued running, but not when they noticed Globert was gone.

"Hey! Where's Globert?!" Pyp asked while huffing.

And her question was soon answered when they heard Globert's screams of terror off in the distant. And Flain and Pyp couldn't just leave him, so they went back to help him.

Meanwhile, poor Globert's wings had been tied tightly by a rope as the three Nixels had grabbed a big black bat with a white dot.

"It's Batty Bat Time!" Nixei cheered as she swayed the bat behind her head to get ready and hit Globert while Ned and Nixai were trying not to laugh uncontrollably again.

"Oh, no! Not Batty Bat TIIIIIIIME!" Globert cried as Nixei suddenly batted him in the backside, and with his wings tied back, Globert was sent flying into oblivion.

Now, the Nixels could no longer hold back their laughs, so they just let it out.

"HEY!"

The Nixels' laughter was once again cut short when they looked up to find Flain and Pyp glaring at them.

"Why don't you pick on somebody your own size?!" Flain asked angrily.

"Like YOU?!" Nixei growled with a bigger grin.

"Oops," Flain sighed.

In a matter of seconds, the kids were soon running for their lives again through the Nixel territory, as they had to jump over and run around their metal buildings and bones.

But still Nixels were always faster then Mixels, and it was worse when the kids were forced to run uphill. But halfway up, Pyp had accidentally lost her footing and was sent rolling down the dusty hill.

"FLAIN!" Pyp called after her friend with fear, and the said prince looked down with fear as he saw the Nixels getting closer and closer to her. So Flain gained confidence and went sprinting down the hill, and just before Nixei was able to land a giant, sharp-fanged bite onto Pyp, Flain managed to create fireball in his hand and he chucked it into Nixei's face.

That bought Flain enough time to help Pyp back up, and they could start running again. But as Nixei wiped the soot and ashes off her face, she growled and glared with intense rage.

The chase only continued with higher risks, as the Nixels weren't just after them for food anymore. But the chase soon turned to a cornering when Flain and Pyp came up to a hill that was way too steep for them to climb, and so now they were trapped.

"Mmm, something spicy," Nixei growled while licking her lips, and Nixai and Ned growled with delight too. And so Flain tried to glare and look scary while pushing Pyp behind him.

"Oh, look at that face. C'mon, hit me again with your fire," Nixei said while getting cocky as she stopped and stopped the boys just to see if Flain could really do it again.

And Flain was up to the challenge, but when he tried to create another fireball in his fist, it only fizzled with a pathetic fart noise.

"Oh, yes! Very good! Try again!" Nixei urged.

Flain was terrified, but he still wouldn't give up, so he closed his eyes tight and flailed his hand back to try and create another fireball…but miraculously, a giant fireball bigger than the one from earlier was actually thrown from Flain's direction, and it surprised everyone, even Pyp.

But as Nixei once again had to wipe the soot off his face, Nixai and Ned were confused as to how such a little kid could actually do that. Little did they know, that that wasn't Flain's fire—it was his father's.

And King Ignitus soon made his presence known when he came jumping down from the hilltop and used more fire to put the Nixels in their place, and strike fear into their hearts. As Ignitus was taking care of them, Globert flew in to comfort the kids since it was him who fetched the king in the first place.

Soon, the trio of Nixels were all trembling so much that they were shaking at Ignitus' feet while he glared down at them.

"We're so, so, so, so, so sorry!" the Nixels all tried to apologize at once.

"SILENCE!" Ignitus boomed.

"Yes! Yes! Of course, your majesty!" Nixei stated with fear.

"We'll shut up now, in fact!" Nixai added.

"If you ever come near my son again…" Ignitus began angrily and more quietly.

"Oh?! This was YOUR son?!" Nixei laughed hysterically, and Nixai joined her.

"Did you know that, Nixai?" Nixei asked.

"Me? No! Never!" Nixai replied with fear.

"Ned?" Nixei and Nixai asked in unison in hopes that Ned would keep up the act too…but being the stupid one, he only nodded. So that made Ignitus create towering and roaring flames in his fists.

"U-uh…tootles," Nixai whimpered before the three of them dashed away while whimpering like dogs.

At that moment of triumph, Ignitus calmed his flames, and Globert flew up to his king's side and smiled at him…but Ignitus didn't return the smile this time; instead it was more of a disappointed glare. But it wasn't Globert who would get all the credit.

"Dad, I-," Flain started softly as he and Pyp approached him, but his father firmly interrupted him.

"Let's go home!"

With that, Ignitus lead the way home as Globert flew behind him with the kids walking slowly with shame.

"I thought you were very brave," Pyp whispered to her friend with reassurance, but it didn't help much.

But as they had left the land of the Nixels, a tall and shadowy figure was had been watching the entire episode from a safe distance; that figure was Nyx, and he didn't look happy.

As the sun fell to begin the night, Ignitus was still taking Globert and the Infernite kids back to their fiery home. But then he stopped.

"Globert!"

Globert reluctantly flew up to and faced his king.

"Y-Yes, Sire?"

"Take Pyp home. I have to teach my son a lesson."

Flain's head sank into his shoulders with worry because he would be alone with this since he wouldn't have Pyp by his side.

"Come, Pyp. And Flain—good luck," Globert said softly as he tapped the prince's shoulder for comfort. And soon Globert took off and escorted Pyp the rest of the way.

"Flain!" Ignitus called as he had turned and faced the direction of the sun set, and Flain's head flinched when he heard his name. and he slowly and reluctantly started towards his dad.

When the young Infernite finally reached his dad's side, he didn't say a word. And there were a few more agonizing moments of awkward silence before Ignitus finally said something.

"Son, you deliberately disobeyed me! And what's worse is that you put Pyp in danger too!"

This was starting to bring tears to Flain's eyes.

"I-I was just trying to be brave, like you."

"Flain, I'm only brave when I have to be," Ignitus said in a more softer tone as he kneeled down to his son.

"But…I thought kings didn't ever get scared."

"Of course they do…in fact, I was scared today."

"You were?"

"Yes, Son—I thought I might have lost you."

"Really?"

"Mmm-hmm."

"Wow…guess even kings get really scared, right?"

"Right."

"But you know what?" Flain asked while starting to smile, and Ignitus returned the smile.

"What?" Ignitus asked with a whisper.

"I think those Nixels were even more scared."

Ignitus couldn't help but chuckle at his son's rude statement about those Nixels.

"That's right—'cause no one messes with your dad! C'MERE!" Ignitus said with a game face a she suddenly grabbed his son in his arms and gave him a noogie.

"Oh, no, no, no…AGH!" Flain cried as he tried to escape his father's grasp, and it wasn't long before he slipped free.

"Ger back here!" Flain called with a grin as he started chasing his dad around the grass field. And he soon caught up to him, only because Ignitus purposely slowed down for his son, and Flain pounced onto his dad's back.

The father and son were lying there laughing on the ground until their sides started to hurt, and then they sighed with relief.

"Hey, Pop."

"Hmm?"

"We're pals, right?"

"Right."

"And we'll always be together, right?"

That actually made Ignitus' smile disappear as he sat up and looked up into the starry night sky with Flain.

"Let me tell you something, Flain, that my father told me—if you should ever feel alone, just know that you're not, for up in the stars, the great kings of the past always look down on us, and they will be there to guide you—and so will I."

The two Infernites stared up into the stars for almost the rest of the night with those wise words.

Now, some of the characters from the animated show will be in this story, and some won't. So, I apologize if I don't put in some characters you would like me to. But keep in mind that it's only the beginning, and many things could change.

Until the next chapter, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!