Meisters
Chapter 12: A princess without her prince part 2
[ONLINE]
Everything is dark around me. I remember falling through the floor with the dragon above me and then everything turned dark. Did I die? But then wouldn't Eater and I be teleported out of this quest area? I'm still here, so that must mean so is Eater. Is this a part of the quest? I'm not dead, so this has to be some sort of addition to the quest. Maybe.
Slowly I'm managing to open my eyes. I'm lying on the cold stone floor of the castle.
"Maka!" That's Eater. "Maka! Answer me!" I hear him scream. I need to get to him.
Quickly I get up from the ground and starts following Eater's voice. My limbs feel so sore and tired so I have to be happy to be able to jog after his voice. My scythes are nowhere to be seen so hopefully I run into them or I manage to find Eater and with a bit of luck he has a spare scythe I can use. For that to happen, I can't run into any Kishins.
"I'm here!" I scream and round a corner and there I see him. The prince character smashes through the wall and I see both him and the prince jump through the hole in the wall. "Eater!" I scream again and run up to the hole in the wall and gets through it. "I'm right here Eater!"
"Maka!" Eater screams again and he searches the area with his eyes. Surprisingly, the floor is all good. There aren't any broken holes or any damage to the floor at all. It's like the floor never collapsed and the dragon never came to this area. How is this even possible, I know this is only a game, but this is very suspicious and abnormal. "Where are you!" Eater screams again while he searches the ground for any clues. The prince ignores Eater and he keeps walking forward while he keeps chanting "My princess, my princess, I'm coming my dear."
Eater snarls loudly at the prince that keeps walking forward. It looks like he is being torn between staying here and letting the prince walk away or keep following the prince, it looks like Eater came to a conclusion and chose the latter. He curses loudly while he follows the prince. "You are an asshole." Eater mutters to the prince who doesn't say anything else than "My princess, my princess, I'm coming my dear."
"Eater!" I yell again and follow him. "I am right here." I walk up to him and put my hand on his shoulder but instead of meeting his solid shoulder, it goes right through him. "Eater?" I try again by getting in front of him and put my hands on his chest, but he only walks through me. Have I turned into some kind of ghost? He can't see or hear me! What is going on?!
"Eater…" I whisper again and I decide to follow him. If I can't get him to see me, then I might as well follow him. What else am I going to do? I have no clue. Hopefully Eater will find something that can get him to see me again.
The prince and Eater keep walking through the corridors. Surprisingly no Kishins seems that interested in attacking Eater or the prince. Did they target me from the very beginning? It seems like it. The Kishins wanted to separate me from Eater and the prince from the very beginning but why? Why would they want to do that? Is their strategy to take us one by one? First me and then Eater? Shouldn't they be attacking him right now then? Maybe they are waiting for Eater to drop his guard, but that will take a really long time. Eater's guard never drops.
"Maka!" Eater yells again. "Answer me! Where are you?!" He curses and swings his scythe at an old grandfather clock that is covered with a dusty white sheet. The grandfather clock goes flying into a wall and shatters. The cogwheels and the broken wood litter the ground. That seems to be the breaking point for Eater. "DAMN IT MAKA!" He curses loudly. "I KNOW YOU ARE HERE! ANSWER ME! I KNOW YOU ARE ALIVE!" Suddenly Kishins hisses loudly and orange pair of eyes starts to dot the darkness.
"Eater!" I scream and gets really close to him. I don't know if the Kishins can see me, but I'm not going to take the risk of them killing me. I'm not going to start this quest all over again. Eater and I are going to clear this! Somehow.
Eater narrows his eyes and there is the sinister touch in his eyes again. "What have you done to Maka?!" He hollers loudly and the Kishins come at him. Eater swings his heavy scythe aggressively at the Kishins. He slices them one after another. I have never seen Eater fight like this. He looks so angry and murderous. It looks like he is going mad. One of the Kishins roars loudly and raises its claws toward the prince and Eater goes up in a cloud of smoke before he appears in front of the prince a millisecond later.
I gasp loudly when I see Soul blocking the Kishin's attack. Was that Warp Death and Eater had been talking about? So that is how it looks like.
Another Kishin hisses at me and the Kishin mixed with a wolf and a sheep stares at me. It can see me! I'm a dead girl!
Slowly I back away from the Kishin in hope of getting away from it. It bares its teeth at me and hisses loudly. It leaps toward me and I let out a shriek. Quickly I move to the side and starts running away.
"Princess!" The prince exclaims loudly. The Kishin jumps at me and just when it is about to attack my neck, the prince's sword goes right through the Kishin's head and it turns to the blue dust.
Quickly I get up from the ground and on my feet. Eater looks very puzzled at the ground I just laid on and the blue dust that has not yet disappeared. He looks very suspicious and I cross my fingers in hope of Eater finding out I am really here. "Eater, I am here. I'm right beside you." I say and I put my hands on his shoulder and I'm met with nothing as before. "Think Eater, you saw the Kishin, you saw the prince saving me. Please, I am here. You got to realize it."
Eater still looks as puzzled as before. The prince starts moving again and Eater goes right through me.
I feel like I want to cry. I never knew I could feel like this inside of Meisters. Never in my life had I wanted to be seen as now. Not even when my parents where always gone, I never then wanted them to see me as badly as I want Eater to be able to see me. It hurts just walking beside him without him realizing I'm here.
Without my permission, tears start to trickle down my cheeks. I quickly wipe them away with the help of my glove but new ones keep coming. Damn, I hope I'm not crying in reality. Crying sucks. I have never liked crying. I wasted so many tears when I was little and never did shedding tears make me feel better of changed things. Never.
"Princess!" The prince exclaims and runs up to a large pair of doors. The double doors are heavy wooden doors with roses crafted on them along with vines and thorns.
Eater's eyes widen and he runs after the prince. "Maka! Are you there?!" He follows the prince and I'm forced to quickly wipe away my tears and run after him. Eater quickly kicks the doors open and runs inside. My eyes widen when I see the princess lying on a bed across the room and behind the princess's bed, up a few stairs and up on a podium, there is another bed which looks fitted for a king, there in that bed lies me. I keep looking between myself and the me lying on the bed. I must be in some kind of ghost form since the me lying on the bed is asleep, just like the princess.
"Maka!" Eater screams loudly and starts running to me.
A load roar and the dragon that appeared in front of me when the wall separated me from Eater appear in front of him. It roars loudly and Eater raises his scythe. "Fucking Kishin." He growls through clenched teeth. Eater leaps at the dragon fearlessly and swings his scythe toward the dragon. It blocks his attack and he uses his blade in order to swing over the dragon's hand and kicks him right in the head. Eater lands on the dragon's shoulder and swipes his scythe right through the dragon's neck.
The dragon growls loudly and smacks Eater off of his shoulder. Eater is send flying through the air and he lands expertly on his feet. The prince goes for the dragon's feet while Eater makes a new try and leaps toward the dragon.
The Kishin roars loudly and fire comes out from the dragon's mouth.
"Shit!" Eater exclaims and uses Warp to get away from the fire in the last second. Eater then appears on the dragon's head and drives the scythe through the dragon's eyeball. A loud shriek fills the air and then Eater uses something I have never seen before, or even heard of. He clicks on the dragon's head and in front of Eater appears a menu. He quickly clicks and I can barely believe what I'm seeing. The Kishin roars loudly and the HP drops to zero quickly. The dragon turns to blue dust and Eater lands expertly on his two feet.
I gasp loudly when I'm being pulled across the hall and everything turns black. I can no longer move my body again. I'm paralyzed. I can't be dead, nothing killed me.
Eater sighs with relief and I hear his footsteps. He is running to me and he takes two steps at a time when he runs up the stairs. I hear him reaching the bed and I feel his warm hand on my shoulder. "Maka, Maka, wake up." He shakes my shoulder gently.
As much as I try and want to open my eyes, I can't. I can't find my muscles to open my eyes. It feels almost impossible.
"Quit playing around Maka, wake up already." I feel Eater sink down next to me and he grabs my other shoulder as well and shakes me gently. "This isn't funny." I agree. Eater sounds so worried and I would more than anything open my eyes and pull him into a hug because he can finally see me. He sees me and I feel like I want to cry in joy.
Slowly Eater stops shaking me, he grows quiet and his hands stay on my shoulders. "I'm sorry Maka." He whispers and before I know it, I feel his lips on mine. My body heats up and electricity goes through my body and sends wave after wave with heat and pleasant shivers. Without me knowing it, my arms wander up his arms and wrap around his neck. I hold him close to me while I kiss him back. He keeps kissing me and I swear his lips are the most tasteful thing I have ever tasted. He tastes like spices with a fresh mint touch to it. My heart goes so fast I think it will leap out of my chest and my flesh is so hot. I can't help it, kissing Eater feels so… so… right.
Eater is the one to pull away from my lips and rests his head on my forehead. "I thought I lost you…" He whispers. "You were just… gone."
"I'm here now." I whisper back while I keep my arms around his neck while I look into his unbearable soft eyes.
Eater chuckles. "Yes you are."
It is only one thing I feel bad about the kiss, and that is I got my first kiss in a videogame. If it wasn't then it would have been absolutely perfect because I can't deny the fact I'm crushing on Eater.