Chapter 14

By midnight, the group was back in Anasala, where the sun was rising.

Kelly was fixing her dress. On the bridge, it had been torn in places. And she wasn't in too good shape herself either. Her neck was sore from where Oberon had gripped it and she had a bruised nose from where he kicked it.

But all-in-all, everyone was mainly OK. The bad guys hadn't been able to do any real damage before the gang knocked them out for the transfer back through the portal.

Daniella approached Arielle, who was still comforting Haven while Brad and Shaya nursed everyone's battle wounds. "By the way, what happened when the jar broke that made all that happen?"

Arielle sighed. "I guess the stress on the barrier between worlds from Kelly and Ryan's portal opening spell was a little too overexerted when the jar broke and released all that magic, so it had to escape into that world, where the magic level is somewhat reduced. Since the dark magic of the sorcerers was released, the sorcerers were released and refueled, thus resulting in our great, big battle, amongst which Kelly broke her and her brother's magic block by using it to work for her in battle before casting such a serious actual spell as she did for the good of not only herself but her family."

Kelly smiled at her siblings and parents. They smiled back. She suddenly stopped smiling. "Wait a minute. You're telling us that hell broke loose in Acmetropolis because we opened the portal to it for the good of Acmetropolis?"

"Ironic, isn't it?" Arielle asked. Kelly nodded. "And it's the exact reason the Council wants to talk to you after the coronation."

Kelly sighed. "You know what? This all happened because of the coronation. It happened because of us."

"Kelly, that's not entirely true—" Sophie started.

"Technically, it is. Haven wouldn't have been in the castle dungeon if it weren't for Arielle's coronation, so she wouldn't have become evil. And she wouldn't have tried to kill us if it weren't for our coronation."

"And just so you know," Ryan added, "I'm starting to rethink my position in this whole thing."

Kelly scoffed at her brother. "I can understand you backing out. But as for me…I don't know. Ryan didn't need to be here in the first place, but if I hadn't come here, Haven wouldn't have tried to kill anybody, the portal wouldn't have messed up the barriers between worlds because of our spell, and Acmetropolis wouldn't have been put in danger by evil Witches!"

"And Warlocks!" Ryan added.

"Whatever! My point is—"

"That you shouldn't be taking the throne?" asked Jupiter.

"Exactly. I mean, I fit the qualifications based on the rules, but I don't exactly fit the qualifications based on the…social world here."

"You know, the way I see it…" Nadine thought out loud, "…the real problem is that stupid marital law. I mean, in our world, in 1700's-2000's, women were actually forced to marry so they could have the throne. And here they're not allowed to? We don't have control over those kinds of things! Haven got lucky to fit every qualification and they still passed her over anyway, so it's not like they strictly paying attention to that law. Aunt Danni, Aunt Wend, and Aunt So should've taken the throne in the first place like they were supposed to."

"Or, for that matter, if there really is more than one throne up for grabs after all these single reigns, Arielle should be allowed to marry and share the throne with Haven and Brad. And even Shaya." DING! "That's it."

"What?"

"That's the answer to our problems. If the Council abolishes…or repeals…or whatever…the marital law, than Arielle can marry her guy and keep the throne and Haven can have the throne like she should have had in the first place and Brad and Haven would get to quit their awful jobs! And then Ryan can skip the throne and I can be the alternate so that I still come close!"

Daniella sighed. "Kelly, I hate to break to you, but the Council would never agree to that…even if that is the smartest idea you've ever come up with."

"But we agree it is a good idea, right?" Daniella nodded. "Well, why wouldn't they?"

"This all started because of conspiracy in the royal family," Wendy explained, "One king's wife, 500 human years ago, let the power go to her head and tried to stab her husband in his sleep so that she wouldn't have to share the throne, or give it up to any of her children like a human monarchy. Granted, this isn't a monarchy, but it's not a democracy either. The point is, the guard caught her and punished her before she could kill him and the Council swore they wouldn't risk another royal conspiracy. So they passed the virginity law…which we forgot about entirely when we agreed to take the throne while Arielle thought we were still celibate."

Sarah looked at them. "So they passed a law because of royal conspiracy, to avoid royal conspiracy, and it led to an even worse royal conspiracy?"

Wendy thought about that. "Good point. Arielle, maybe you should talk to them."

Arielle nodded and zapped herself to the Council.

3 days later…

Arielle, wearing a golden tiara, placed a silver tiara in Haven's hair.

Haven smiled at her sister as Brad and Shaya followed their example. She finally got what she had always wanted.

Kelly stood on the side, wearing her white gown again.

Ryan approached her and put his arm around her. "Looks like you finally did something right."

Kelly smiled. "And the 2 of us finally broke our magic blocks."

Daniella was hitting some buttons on her wand. She approached the 2 and waved her wand at them. She smiled. "And from the looks of it, became the most powerful Witch and most powerful Warlock in the tower."

Kelly smiled. "So everything works out."

"Not quite!" Mars flew up to them and landed on her shoulder. "What about me? I spent 5 years trying to convince all of you Witches—and Warlocks—that no good could come from these stupid mortals—I did it for the right reasons—and you do THIS to me? I mean, sure I killed 4 people and tortured countless others, but I was just trying to—" Kelly raised her zapping finger. "I'm going." He flew off.

Kelly smiled.

Jupiter came up to them. "He kind of deserved that."

Kelly looked at her friend.

"We'll leave you 2 alone," Daniella said, taking the group away from Kelly and Jupiter as the band started playing (not quite as loud this time).

Jupiter smiled at Kelly. "So the bad guys are defeated, the royal family is safe, you become the permanent princess of Anasala, your brother is free from his duties here which he so dreaded, you and your brother are the most powerful in your family, and you finally conquered your magic block and mastered the spell I taught you."

"And you have broken your delirium and earned the right to go back to Acmetropolis in a few years to look for your kid."

Jupiter smiled and nodded. "I miss him so much. I absolutely have to see him. I don't think I can wait so long."

"So, let me get this straight: you beat up your tormentor, saved my life, helped us save Acmetropolis, and have spent a supposed 50 years of insanity locked away in a single hallway in the castle and you can't survive a few more Anasalan decades under constant care of the castle as the lady-in-waiting with me, the psychic princess, stopping by every so often to check on you?"

"Kelly, I'm 210 years old and getting more lost by the decade without the spell. I don't think you're gonna top that."

Kelly sighed. "Fine. Let me try this: I don't need to use my powers to know that you're gonna find him and that he's gonna be safe and happy and ready to meet you when you do. And if you get stuck, you'll be able to find me for help along the way. You know you can trust me."

Jupiter smiled. "Of course. My only friend for 50 years and I can't trust her?" She scoffed. "Please. She helped me…she saved me."

"I wouldn't say 'saved' exactly—"

"You did."

Kelly smiled. "You're welcome?"

Jupiter smiled back. "Thank you."

Kelly half-smiled. "So I guess this is goodbye for now."

Jupiter nodded, sadly.

The 2 hugged.

Kelly closed her eyes as she hugged Jupiter. "Good luck finding your son."

Jupiter closed her eyes, too. "I don't believe in luck."

"Yeah, I don't either, but the phrase sort of fit."

Jupiter smiled and started giggling.

Kelly copied these actions.

The 2 finally split up and opened their eyes, laughing.

Kelly smiled. "See you soon, I hope."

Jupiter nodded. "Yeah. Soon."

Kelly nodded and ran off to meet her family as they prepared to open the portal.

Jupiter stared after her. "Farewell, Kelly Coyote. A good friend for a while. I'm guessing you're always a good friend. To everyone." The group opened the portal. "I hope I'll see you again soon…" She stopped smiling entirely and gasped. "…so I can warn you about what's gonna happen." Her eyes widened. "I didn't tell her… Kelly!" She ran after her. But by the time she made it over there, they were all gone and the portal was closed. She sighed. "I didn't tell her I'm just like her." She sighed. "Exactly like her…" She walked off.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Yay, I finished another one! And this one was the first Loonakids story I've written that exceeded 8 chapters! Sure makes up for those blocked stories I had to cut short in season one. Anyway, don't worry, Jupiter will come back, just probably not in this season or even in Loonakids but in Loonatics Extreme. But she will come back, I can tell you/promise you that! And the next story is pretty much a direct follow-up for this story, so I'll try to post it ASAP. And there were several major points in this story that will be important in later stories, especially in Loonatics Extreme, so if you don't wanna read the recap later you may have to go back and reread it if you missed anything. And yay! Baby Rebekka Runner was finally born! Since I had made so many boys by accident the first time around, I tried to even the playing field with the second batch of the girls' kids and I guess I made too many girls since I had such good names (but boy, do Rev and Danni tend to stick to simple names). The problem with having so many girls is that they're gonna be teenagers later on and there's just enough in this batch for every kid to get coupled, but to couple every kid in this new batch I will have to come up with a LOT of extra OC's. It's gonna take some work. I mean, I've already made up couples for the kids' kids! And yes, the story will get that far! Oh boy...