Well, my children, we're not even close to being halfway done with this story, so consider this a blessing! Here's a chapter, just for you with lots of love! It revolves around Zora's parents for the first half, and the second half, well, obviously our heroes. *Also, big favor: Rate each character you met so far from a scale of 1-10 along with a short description as to why you rate them that. Don't forget to rate the story as well! XD
"Oh, no! Dante, you didn't!"
"But I did!"
"No! That's so cruel!"
"Oh? Is that so? I think a punishment like that is worthy of failure."
"But Dante, he's still a child! Couldn't you come up with something else?"
"Zelda, please..."
"Don't 'Zelda' me! I can't believe you would put him through this? He said you would kill him, and he thought so too! Poor thing..."
"He said that? I'm not that cruel..."
"But Dante, seriously?"
Zelda looked at him in disbelief, holding a 'Playboy Bunny: Sweet Getaway Winner' form.
"Dante, you really are going to send Ryuu to the 'Playboy' Mansion? He's too young! Besides, you know he deeply despises blondes with fake boobs, let alone real ones!"
Dante still wore his cloak, hiding all his features. He was sitting upon his throne, with his wife on his lap.
"Well, I did say I would punish him severely. Besides, I was lucky to get this in the mail on time before Zora moved back into the house!"
"Did you mean it when you told him to dispose of her friend?", she asked raising an angry brow at him.
"Well, of course! I mean what I say when I told him that I want that boy dead! Zelda, you couldn't possibly like this 'Zim' character, let alone trust him around our daughter?"
Zelda crossed her arms, glaring up at her husband. "Maybe you don't, but I do. I trust Zim, as do also 'Little Gaz' and her brother Dib. They're actually really good kids. You shouldn't hate every human you come across with, dear."
Dante sighed deeply, stroking his wife's hair absent absentmindedly.
"I swear, I believe our darling daughter is becoming more like you than she is me every passing day.", he whispered. His crimson eyes wandered about his wife, a small smile crossing his features.
"Maybe so, dear. But she still has inherited all your abilities, not just mine. She has your 'shy' side as well.", Zelda added slyly, a foxy smirk growing on her face.
He flushed deeply, starting to stammer. "W-what are you talking about? M-me? Shy? Ha! I think you are mistaken!"
Zelda turned about, her face now filled with worry. "What about that room? I don't want Zora to find it, although she needs to know the truth about her origins."
Dante stayed silent for a long while, pondering as well. "I hope she doesn't find it, period. As for the truth, well.. I'll leave that to Ryuu. Then maybe... I'll let his punishment slide."
She smiled at her husband and hugged him, her large double-d moons pressing up against his chest.
"I love you Dante!", she squealed contently. Dante stroked her back, kissing her head lightly.
"Don't get used to it. I have a reputation as the lord of the dead, you know."
Meanwhile, up in the world of the living, Ryuu was being pinned down to the ground in the hallway by none other than Gaz, of course.
"Well Gaz, you must really enjoy being the one on top of a guy now, especially Ryuu.", commented Dib, with a huge smirk on his face.
He was sent flying straight into the wall in a matter of seconds. Gaz fumed more furiously, returning her threatening death glare back down to her hostage.
"Now tell us, you filthy over sized maggot! How the hell does this book work?" She grounded his head down into the carpet, his chin now getting a red rash from it.
"I don't really know! I know that book can open the doorway to the underworld, but I don't know how to use it!"
Zim examined the wall with Tak, checking every inch of it without getting too close to the squirming living flesh plastered on it.
"Well, it's real blood and flesh, that's for certain." Zim announced, nobody caring at the time.
"No shit, Sherlock! It's obvious that is living organisms on the wall. What I don't get is how this is indeed a door!", said Tak, in an aggravated tone. Clearly she didn't enjoy the scare from earlier.
Zim nodded his head. "On the other hand, the one thing I too, do not comprehend..."
He pointed a threatening finger at Ryuu, who was stuck on the floor with Gaz sitting on him.
"Is how come he isn't dead, or at least get a death sentence! This bastard is clearly getting away with attempted murder! Gaz-human, why don't you just kill him already? He's cramping my style!"
Gaz shot a glare up at Zim. "Because, doofus, we need him to show us where Zelda went exactly, and lead us to his precious master as well. It is crystal clear that he is the one behind this mess!"
Zora got up and glanced down at the book closely. "Gir, may I see that for a minute?"
The green disguised robot complied, handing her the book with a content look. "Here ya go, cutie! I wish you could be my master too!"
She smiled at his comment before taking the book from him. She looked at it carefully, a surprised look slowly appearing on her face.
"Wait, this book! I remember what this book is!"
Everyone turned their attention to her, including Dib, who got back into the room, holding a new bloody nose, thanks to Gaz.
"Well, what is it then? Do you know what it's used for?", he said in a weird voice, still holding his nose in attempt to stop the bleeding.
"Ya, my mom used this book every time she needed to go into that room. I wonder if this opens the wall over there..."
She flipped open the book, looking at the writing written in black ink. Suddenly, the pages started flipping all by themselves, stopping on one page in particular. Everyone in the room gazed in awe. Zora looked down to some words that were written in what looked like red ink. 'Looks more like blood than it does ink..', she thought bitterly. She read the words aloud, unaware of what was about to take place.
"Ai nha hie sghi."
It worked. The blood on the wall cascaded away, along with the moving organic structure, revealing a portal. The portal was dark and empty, like an endless abyss.
Zora clinged onto the book, but the book started to do something strange. It began to glow a bright red, and disappeared into small red particles. Those particles then fell on her hands, causing them to glow a bright red then stopped completely.
"Woah.", she said breathlessly. 'I feel strange... like my magic became stronger all of a sudden... how weird."
"Well, I guess that fixes our door problem.", stated Gaz simply. She got up and off of Ryuu, pulling him up in the process.
"Don't get us wrong, we still don't trust you... or her, for that matter.", glancing over at Tak, who said nothing.
"Well, shall we proceed forward?", Zim asked, taking Zora's hand into his own without really being aware, as the group continued forward and into the darkness before them. Gir sat happily on Dib's shoulder, as they were the last ones to go through the door.
Once everyone got into the hall that lay before them, the portal behind them closed quickly, leaving the bedroom wall exactly the way it was before.