And here I am with chapter two of this fanfiction. Didn't really take THAT long, did I? xD I wish I could make this better, but hey. My descriptive-ness sucks. Ish. Yeah. Deal with it. Enjoy~! 3 -HB
Chapter 2
This was a bad idea. Certainly he didn't know that it'd be THAT high up in the air. Zed felt himself go numb from being so high in the air. He looked back at what happened in the last five minutes that made him in this position.
Ten Minutes Ago…
"Hmph. When did that ever get there?" Zed muttered to himself. He was standing right below the floating island. The island's jagged base was floating right above the pine treetops, barely managing not to graze the greenery. He was standing on top of a pine tree, quite close to the base of the island. He took a deep breath. He jumped up as high as he could, and indeed he managed to cling on to a ledge on the island. He smirked, thinking it was easy. Unfortunately his hand slipped. He dropped a few meters and managed to hold on. His muscled arms strained to hang on. His feet hanging perilously in the air, he dared not look down. He gingerly placed a hand on a rock above him. He pulled himself up probably around a meter above where he was.
Back to the Present.
"God damn it, why did I ever think of something like this?" Zed muttered to himself. He couldn't do anything but to just hold on to the ledge he was barely on. His fingers were strained. He couldn't even call for help. What was he to do?
Meanwhile, at the top of the island, a silver haired champion was watering her plants. She had nothing to do and indeed she was bored. Syndra sat grumpily on one of her spheres and floated off. She did love her abode, but this was just boring as hell frozen over. She decided that she look around the bottom of her island, whether it was too low or maybe it was too high in the air, she just felt like it.
"Nothing to do… So much untouched power… What in the name of…" Syndra was muttering along until she saw someone struggling at the base of her island. She quickly zipped through the air as her spheres tried to keep up. She found this armor-clad man hanging on for his dear life on the base of her island. Wow.
Zed felt the presence of another person and looked back quickly. She was beautiful. Her silver-white hair was floating in the air, sitting on that sphere with such graceful air, and you know that romantic crap he was thinking.
"I'm sorry, but before you do anything or say anything… Could you please get me out of this state…?" Zed asked politely, and he was definitely ashamed that he, the leader of the Shadow ninjas had to ask this dainty maiden for help.
"With pleasure." Syndra used her Force of Will to lift him off and place him on one of her spheres. Zed's eyes grew wide with fear as all that happened. He made a mental note to cut out the "dainty maiden" part out.
"So… Um…. I believe this is your island?" Zed spoke up. It has been a while since he was in the company of another female, the last time he was ever with a lady would have been quite a while ago. Possibly before he kicked out Shen and his clan. Syndra smiled defiantly.
"Why, yes indeed. And you came along to spark up this boring day of mine…. Oh wait, before that, what is your name? Mine is Syndra, the Dark Sovereign, they call me." She smiled angelically, her purple eyes sparkling with energy. Zed almost melted there.
"I-I'm Zed… Master of the Shadows. I haven't seen this island here before so I decided to climb it. But I guess that was a little too foolish…" Zed looked away, his mask thankfully covering up his reddening face. Syndra stifled a laughter.
"I shouldn't be laughing at this… But never have I seen or heard of a man single-handedly trying to climb up my little territory. Now, would you be willing to be of my company for a little while?" Syndra asked him cheerfully. Her day was definitely going to get exciting. Zed nodded quickly, as the two quickly made their way to Syndra's fortress. Zed marveled at the size of the palace. It covered three-fourths of the entire island, the remainder used as a garden. He didn't know Syndra would even take care of plants, seeing how she treats her spheres.
"Do you… live alone?" Zed asked her carefully. Why did he just ask that? He had no clue why. He just felt like it. Dammit, Zed, so much for being smooth.
"I… do… Not until that… But anyways, we're here!" Syndra started off rather remorse but her sudden change in emotions perplexed the clueless ninja. Syndra promptly shook Zed off the sphere he was on, as Zed somersaulted his way and landed perfectly on the grassy land. Syndra floated down gracefully, her dark clothing fluttering in the wind.
Zed stood there wide-eyed. He had indeed never seen a structure so very ornate and huge. He didn't move for quite a while. Until Syndra grabbed his hand and dragged him along, with a sphere pushing from the back. Quite a scene, yes.
"Welcome aboard the Celestial Fortress or what I call it as Her Sovereign's Little Palace. HSLP for short. Maybe." Syndra grinned as she threw open the giant doors. The HSLP was huger on the inside, evidently, as the rooms were specifically enlarged to fit Syndra's little shenanigans when she was younger. The living room itself seemed to be able to keep all of Zed's ninja followers. Zed stood there, awestruck. There were doors far away in the room, and a single black throne protruded from the end of the rectangular room. Wooden mats were placed orderly on the floor, the walls strewn with paintings and scrolls and ancient whatnots. It was a huge party place, if the word party did exist those days.
"Woah… This is awesome! I could live here forever!" Zed exclaimed with absolute happiness. It wasn't easy leading that whole group of people down there while you're on the verge of almost being attacked by your best friend who turned against you just because you opened a box and beat him in combat. Well, that was Zed.
"I'm happy you like this place. Think of it as your sanctuary. I will welcome you always, and your people as well." Syndra stated. She was feeling an affinity for this man who she just met around ten minutes ago, sounds very much like Disney. Is Disney even available among League Champions? Anyways, she liked the fact that this was the Zed, the Zed that betrayed his own clan member for more power, although he did it out of pure jealousy, and he did not know what would happen, but still. Syndra was content, so to speak, that there was someone out there who knew her pain and burden and happiness. Only thing was that neither of them knew what to do next.
