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Chapter 6 – The King has Returned

The next morning, Pyp thought she should apologize to Flain and looked for him, but she couldn't find him anywhere. So she went to go find Teslo and Seismo, thinking Flain would be with them.

But when she found them, Flain was no where around; instead, she only found Teslo and Seismo sleeping against a tree.

"Hey, hey wake up," Pyp whispered gently, but they didn't wake up, "WAKE UP!"

That was enough to wake the boys with a start, as they screamed like little girls. But they soon calmed down when they noticed it was just Pyp.

"Ugh…don't ever do that!" Teslo cried.

"I've been trying to find Flain almost all night, but I can't find him. Do you guys know where he is?" Pyp pointed out with worry.

"Ha!"

The sudden laugh of Magnifo caught there attention, and they looked up to see him staring down at them from a tree branch while wearing a grin on his face.

"You won't find him here—for the king has returned."

"I can't believe it…he's actually gone back," Pyp began with awe.

"Gone back? Where?" Teslo asked as he looked up to find Magnifo…but he was gone.

"Hey! What's goin' on here? And who's the purple guy?" Teslo asked angrily.

"Flain has gone back to challenge Nyx," Pyp pointed out.

"Who?" Teslo questioned.

"Nyx," Pyp replied.

"Who got nicked?" Seismo questioned while entering the conversation.

"No, he's his uncle," Pyp went on.

"The purple guy's his uncle?" Teslo asked.

"No! Flain has gone back to challenge his Uncle Nyx, and take back his rightful place as king!" Pyp explained.

"Oh…" Teslo and Seismo both sighed with realization.

Flain had ran, and ran, and ran; all through the night and into the next day…but it was hard to even tell it was light out when he reached the land of the Mixels where he grew up.

And as Flain stared out, he realized that Pyp was right; everything was dead, there was no color, thick, grey clouds filled the once blue skies and blocked out the sun…and it was terrible…how could his own uncle do this?

"Flain!"

Flain looked back with surprise to find that Pyp had caught up with him, and she ran up to look out on their poor home with him.

"It's just awful, isn't it?" Pyp asked sadly.

"I really didn't want to believe you," Flain replied softly.

"What made you come back."

"I finally got some sense knocked inta me, and I've got the bump to prove it. But Pyp, I don't think you should be here; taking down Nyx is my responsibility, and it could be very dangerous."

"Danger? Ha! I laugh in danger's face! Ha-ha-ha-ha!" Pyp mocked with a smirk as the two recalled those words Flain stated as a kid.

"I don't zzzee anything funny about this," Teslo angrily stated.

"Teslo? Seismo? What are you guys doin' here?" Flain questioned.

"We at service, My Liege," Seismo replied with a slight bow.

"Um…we're gonna fight your uncle…for THIZZZ?" Teslo rudely asked with a sneer.

"Yes, Teslo. THIS is my home," Flain replied firmly.

"Oh…talk about your fixer-upper," Teslo grumbled under his breath, "well Flain, if it's really that important to ya, we're with ya 'till the end."

Flain couldn't help but smile at how much his friends wanted to help him, but then he, and the others, looked on with confidence and fear at the land they had to save.

The four Mixels secretly approached the Infernite kingdom, where it was likely that Nyx was with his Nixels too. But when they got there, they looked on with great worry when they saw the numerous Nixels all over the place.

"Aw, schnixel…I. Hate. Nixels," Teslo sighed with worry, "so, what's the plan to get rid of these guys?"

"Live bait," Flain whispered in reply.

"Great idea," Teslo agreed, but then he really figured out Flain's plan, "hey!"

"C'mon, Teslo. You and Seismo have ta distract them."

"What do you want me to do? Sell cookironies like Girl Scouts?"

Well, Teslo regretted opening his big mouth, and so now he and Seismo were dressed up in green sashes and wore wigs to look like Girl scouts, and they were selling boxes of cookironies.

"Get yer cookironies here!" Teslo called out, but really didn't want to be there, but Seismo didn't feel as humiliated.

"Get Girl Scout brand today!"

The Nixels noticed them, and soon enough, they all grinned and bared their sharp teeth while slowly approaching them. As enticing as cookironies sounded, the Nixels were drooling for Mixels.

So Teslo and Seismo suddenly had to start sprinting off with the Nixels in pursuit of them. But this gave Pyp and Flain the opportunity to get to the center of the Magma Wastelands, where Flain's dad always had a high up balcony to watch over the kingdom.

"Alright Pyp, you go and round up any Mixels you find in the kingdom—and I'll go find Nyx," Flain stated quietly but firmly, and Pyp nodded at his plan before going off in different directions.

Flain went towards the balcony because he spotted Nyx up there…but he was up there for a reason.

"ZORCH!" Nyx boomed, and his voice echoed.

Flain gasped when he heard Nyx call that name because Zorch was Flain's baby-sitter as a kid. And he watched with fear as he watched his childhood baby-sitter walk through the thick crowds of Nixels without showing any fear, as he glared back at the annoying little things.

Zorch soon found himself walking up the grand staircase, and he was face-to-face with Nyx.

"What is it, Nyx?" Zorch asked with a sneer.

"There's no food. Where is it?" Nyx hissed.

"There's no other place to grow the food; it's all too dead."

"No! You're just not trying hard enough!"

"It's over, Nyx; there's just nothin' left, man…so the only thing left we can do is leave; we HAVE to leave this land."

"We're not going anywhere," Nyx growled.

"Then you've basically sentenced us to death!"

"Then so be it."

"You can't just do that, man."

"I am the king; I can do WHAT EVER I want."

"If you were HALF the king Ignitus was, you'd-."

"I'M TEN TIMES THE KING IGNITUS WAS!" Nyx snapped as he swung his claws and knocked Zorch, sending the Infernite tumbling back, and he looked unconscious.

But as the storm cloud-filled sky suddenly let off a fierce flash of lighting, a silhouette of Flain was seen sprinting through the Nixel crowds below the balcony, as he was glaring up at his uncle.

"Ignitus?! No! You're dead!" Nyx stated with utter shock since he hasn't seen Flain in so long that he mistook him for his own brother.

Flain was soon running up the stairs, and he rushed to Zorch's aid; Flain then gently woke Zorch up and helped him to his feet. But like Nyx, Zorch also thought Flain was Ignitus.

"I-Ignitus?"

"No Zorch, it's me," Flain softly protested, and Zorch smiled when he soon realized that little Infernite he baby-sat.

"Flain, little buddy," Zorch chuckled as he pulled Flain in for a hug, but he soon pulled away with confusion, "but how are you even alive?"

"That doesn't matter; I'm home now."

"Flain?" Nyx questioned, but then he started chuckling hysterically, "what a surprise to see you—alive."

Three Nixels Nixei, Nixai and Ned all gulped in fear and hid away when they saw how Nyx glared down at them since he now found out that they never killed Flain.

"Give me ONE good reason why I shouldn't make you perish," Flain growled as he slowly walked towards Nyx and backed him up against the edge of the balcony, and there was no rail or guard.

"U-uh…F-Flain, please, you must understand the stress of ruling an entire kingdom-," Nyx tried to explain, but Flain only angrily interrupted him.

"Is no longer YOURS; step down, Nyx."

"W-well, yes, see I would, but…" Nyx began to laugh, but then he pointed out all of the Nixels about a mile down below them, "THEY think I'M king."

"Well, we don't," Pyp stated firmly as she, Vulk, all the other Infernites and a few Mixels from other tribes as well came up onto the balcony, "Flain is the rightful king."

"The choice is yours, Nyx—either step down or fight," Flain growled.

"Oh, must it ALWAYS end in violence? I would hate to be responsible for the death of a family member. Wouldn't you agree, Flain?" Nyx began slyly as he started walking towards the other Mixels.

"That's not gonna work, Nyx; I put that behind me," Flain angrily protested.

"Yes, but what about your faithful subjects? Have THEY put it behind THEM?" Nyx asked with an evil grin as he stared at his subjects.

"What's he talking about, Flain?" Pyp asked with confusion and concern.

"Oh, so you HAVEN'T told them your secret? Well Flain, now's a good time to; tell them who is truly responsible for Ignitus' DEATH!" Nyx announced, and the subjects stared at Flain with worry.

…

"I am."

The other Mixels couldn't believe what they were hearing, especially not Vulk as he walked up to the Infernite he knew as a kid.

"It's not true," Vulk began as tears formed in his eye, and Flain couldn't even look into the sweet and kind Mixel's eye.

"Tell me it's NOT true," Vulk beseeched.

"No…it's true," Flain sadly replied.

"You see? He admits it! Murderer!" Nyx growled as the skies above had turned even darker because it was turning to night, and lightning flashed again while thunder clapped on cue.

"No! I'm not! It was an accident!" Flain protested as Nyx started to circle him.

"If it weren't for you, Ignitus would still be alive; it's YOUR fault Ignitus is dead! Do you deny it?"

"No!"

"Then you're guilty!"

"No! I'm NOT a murderer!"

As Nixels poured past the Mixels to back Nyx up, it was Nyx's turn to back Flain up against the edge because a fall from this height was enough to either fatally injure or even kill.

"Oh no, Flain! You're in trouble again, but this time, Daddy isn't here to save you—and now, everyone knows WHY!" Nyx exclaimed with anger.

Ant it was at that moment, that Flain suddenly lost his footing when he stepped top close to the edge, but instead of instantly falling to his demise, he was lucky enough to grab the ledge just in time. But it was difficult for him to climb back up because at the same time, an even bigger flash of lightning flew over the sky, and the rain started to pour heavily.

The rain even caused Flain's, and every other Infernite with exposed flames, to extinguish.

"Now, THIS looks familiar. Where have I seen this before? Hmm…" Nyx sarcastically wondered while rubbing a claw to his chin and staring down at his struggling nephew, but he then perked up and smiled, "ah, yes! This is JUST the way our father looked before he died."

Flain then lost his grip with the wet rain, but just before he slipped, Nyx leaned down and sank his claws into Flain's hands like he did with Ignitus.

"Now, here's MY little secret…" Nyx began with an evil smirk as he leaned towards Flain's ear and whispered, "I killed Ignitus."

Flain's eyes went wide with horror, as he remembered back to that terrible memory when he screamed for and watched his dad plummet to his death. But after that flashback, he growled with intense rage, and pounced up and pinned Nyx by surprise.

"MURDERER!" Flain exclaimed.

"F-Flain, p-please-."

"Tell them the truth."

"But Flain, the truth is in the eye of-," Nyx tried to protest, only for Flain to suddenly place his hand around his neck and tighten his grip, choking him.

"Alright…alright!" Nyx admitted as Flain loosened his grip, "I did it."

"So they can HEAR you."

"I KILLED IGNITUS!"

Now that the other Mixels knew the truth, they wasted no time in killing the REAL murderer, but just before they could reach Nyx, the Nixels started attacking Flain. But with the other Mixels around, they all started to fight off the Nixels one by one.

Even Teslo and Seismo came stampeding through to fight, as Seismo would stomp and crush the Nixels and Teslo would shock them with his tail.

But they were soon joined by another Mixel when Flain was backed up to the edge again with a Nixel who wouldn't let go of him, and the new Mixel chucked his wand to knock the Nixel off, and Flain looked up to see the wand fly back like a boomerang because the wand was Magnifo.

The said Wiztastic let out a war cry after he got his wand back, and he joined in the fight while using his magic to extend his wand to turn it into a bo-staff.

Meanwhile, Teslo was unfortunate enough to get separated by his big Cragster friend, and he was now being chased into the castle by Nixei and Nixai. He was soon chased into Ignitus' room where Globert was still trapped in a cage.

"Lemme out! Lemme out!"

"Lemme in! lemme in!" Teslo cried as he tried to open the cage to get in so the Nixels couldn't get him, but he wasn't strong enough. And the three Nixels soon came in with hungry grins.

"Pleazzze don't hurt me," Teslo pleaded.

"Hey!" Seismo angrily called angrily.

"Who's the Crag?" Nixai asked grimly.

"Are you talking to me?" Seismo questioned suspiciously.

"Uh oh…" Teslo sighed, confusing the Nixels.

"Are you talking to ME?"

"Shouldn't have done that," Teslo pointed out.

"Are you talking to ME?!"

"Now they're in fer it!" Teslo told Globert.

"They call me—Mr. CRAGSTER! AAAAAAHHHH!" Seismo screamed as he suddenly started charging for the Nixels.

And they were definitely in for it, as Teslo said, when he stomped on them and gave them a world of pain. And Ned was watching with shock at how crazy this guy was, as his two Nixel buddies were given the went-worth. But then, Nixei and Nixai tried to sprint out and they didn't see Ned, so they all collided.

But they all eventually untangled themselves, and Seismo had broken Globert's cage with his giant feet, and he, Teslo and the Glowkie all exited the room to help with the battle back outside.

Meanwhile, Nyx had tried to escape the battle so that he wouldn't have to face his nephew, but it didn't work when Flain noticed him trying to slip away. And when Nyx knew Flain caught him, he started sprinting up a hidden trail on the side of a mountain, but Flain still saw him and chased after him.

But Nyx's idea to run up the mountain, which was the same mountain that Flain was presented on his birth and is still the tallest in the Infernite Kingdom, when Nyx came to the edge of the mountain top, and Flain soon found him.

"Murderer," Flain hissed as he slowly stepped closer to his uncle.

"Oh Flain…p-please have mercy," Nyx begged.

"You don't even deserve to LIVE."

"No…no, it wasn't my fault, Flain…i-it was the Nixels…yes, it was their idea, so it's all THEIR fault!" Nyx tried to lie, but he had no idea that Nixei, Nixai and Ned had followed them to make sure Flain wouldn't hurt their king, but when they heard him say that, they only stepped away while growling with anger.

"Why should I believe you? Everything you ever told me was a LIE," Flain growled as he reached Nyx, and his uncle fell onto his back out of fear.

"W-what are you going to do? …You wouldn't kill your own uncle, would you?" Nyx asked while looking up at Flain.

…

"No, Nyx. I'm not like you."

"Oh Flain…thank you, you are very noble, and how can I ever repay you? Please, tell me anything, and I'll do it," Nyx sighed with relief.

"Run. Run away, Nyx. And NEVER return," Flain mocked, as Scar remembered that that's what he told Flain to do when he was a child.

"Y-yes…as you wish…YOUR MAJESTY!" Nyx began softly as he stood and walked a couple feet away, but he thought he fooled Flain enough, and he suddenly turned back around to fight and pounced on him.

But Flain was quick to retaliate and throw him off; once Nyx was off of him, Flain tried to create fireball in his hands, but due to the rain, he could never create an fire powerful enough…so it would be a hand-to-hand combat this time.

And Nyx wasted no time in trying to pounce Flain again, and he once again dug his claws into him. But Flain used the prongs on his head, and used them as horns to bash up against Nyx's head.

And that worked for a while, but Nyx soon shook off the dizziness, and he then knocked Flain back with a fierce swing of his claws. He nearly even knocked Flain off the edge, but Flain was lucky enough for friction to stop him from sliding off.

But once Flain also shook off the dizziness, he looked to see Nyx jumping with his arms and claws fully out…but Flain had one more trick up his sleeve. The Infernite leaned back all the way down onto his back, and he waited for Nyx to reach him.

The mere second he felt Nyx's torso against his feet, Flain put all of his strength into his legs, and he did a backwards summer-salt and sent Nyx flying off, and Flain was once again lucky enough to not fall with his uncle.

But Nyx fell a good long way down, and Flain wanted to se what became of Nyx as he looked down over the edge, but what he saw was shocking.

Sprawled out on the ground way down below was Nyx's black cloak…and sparking out from under the cloak was a pair of robotic legs and arms with claws. Flain then looked to find that Nyx had fallen out of his cloak, and that he was ironically just about the same shape and size as a normal Nixel.

But not only was Nyx's original form a lie, but Nyx had also somehow survived the fall, as he slowly opened his eyes and stood up shakily. And he soon found his Nixel army surrounding him, which made him smile.

"Ah…my friends."

"Friends? I thought he said WE were the ENEMY," Nixei began with an evil grin.

"Yeah. That's what I heard," Nixai added slowly.

"Ned?" Nixei and Nixai asked their dumb friend to see what he thought, and he only replied with an evil chuckle, and he licked his lips. After all, the Nixels were hungry…

"No, n-no…l-let…let me explain…you don't understa-! I-I didn't mean…no!"

But the Nixels didn't listen to him; they only jumped onto him to finally have another meal…and that lead to Nyx's misfortune.

But after all that was resolved, the other Mixels had met up with Flain underneath Ignitus' balcony in the middle of the kingdom. Not only that, but the rain had slowly but surely died down, and now with the heat of the Magma Wastelands, there was steam everywhere.

Flain was happy to see that everyone was alright, and vice verse. Vulk and Zorch went up to Flain and held out their arms for a hug, in which Flain didn't waste time in pulling them in for a group hug.

But after the hug, Flain noticed Pyp, and he pulled her close to give her a little peck on the lips, and she happily returned the quick kiss.

But after their sweet moment, Flain suddenly felt a tap on his head; he turned to see that it was Magnifo's wand, as Magnifo then pointed up at the balcony—has father's balcony. And Flain figured that Magnifo was telling him to take his place up there—as king.

"It is time," Magnifo softly stated, but then Flain just pulled him in for a hug, and Magnifo returned it with a smile.

But soon, the hug was over, and Flain looked up at the stairs he would have to walk up, and he soon did.

The other Infernites of this tribe, the few other Mixels from other tribes, and even Teslo and Seismo watched with awe, as they watched the Infernite prince become a king.

Flain looked down the entire time he walked up those stairs, but he looked up at the sky as the clouds were clearing with he reached the top and stood at the edge of the balcony.

"Remember," Ignitus' ghost's voice softly echoed through the sky, and that made Flain confident in his reign.

And to show his subjects his confidence, he rekindled the fire on his head and created fires in his fists, and he made them rise and roar with pride.

The Mixels below cheered while the Infernites themselves created their own flames.

Weeks and weeks had gone by, and things in the land of Mixels started to come back to life and blossom with color. Soon, life, color and creativity were all fully replenished in the land, and to celebrate, Mixels of EVERY tribe in the entire land had gathered in the Infernite kingdom, as Flain, Pyp, Teslo, Seismo and Globert were all standing proudly atop the balcony that was once Ignitus' but was now Flain's.

All of the Mixels were cheering and dancing with joy, but this day wasn't just to be celebrated because everything was back to normal, but because new life was bright to the land.

After Flain shared a loving kiss with his new wife, Magnifo then came walking up to the balcony edge too, and in his arms was a red blanketed bundle. That bundle was Pyp and Flain's new child, as Magnifo lifted their child high up for every Mixel to see.

The End

With that, our story is concluded.

Will there be a sequel? Yes.

But until the next story, I'm TRikiD, bye-bye!