A/N Well it's finally up and over.
"So pretty boy is Zarlack's kid!" Gus panted as he ran through the halls of Vonderland carrying UBOS under his arm.
"Indeed, before Zarlack was banished to The Centre of the Earth he had an affair with a dark witch and the two had a child. After Zarlack was sent to the abyss below his Lover was imprisoned for trying to free him and soon died" UBOS explained.
"But what happened to Dante?" Gus asked.
"He vanished without a trace, the council tried to find him but it's like he vanished off the face of the earth it wasn't until 14 years later that a Unicorn had been slaughtered!"
Gus gasped! "But that's practically a declaration of war against the council!"
"Yes. The poor creature had its horn ripped clean off!" UBOS exclaimed. "They could only presume that it was Dante who slaughtered the unfortunate animal and used it to freeze his age and it seems that those presumptions were well founded"
"What does he want with Cassie?"
"Cassandra is fated to one day be the successor of her family making her one of the most powerful sorceress's in the world, her true powers won't surface till she comes of age and at the moment they are sleeping deep down inside her. But if Dante performs the power transfer ritual then he'll get her power!"
"And I bet I know what he's going to do with it!" Gus spat his eyes flashing with anger.
"That's not all!" UBOS said fear evident in his voice. "Cassandra's power is connected to her life force if Dante takes her power then she will die!"
"WHAT?!"
"Let me go you creep!" Cassie demanded beating her fist against Dante's back (to no effect) as he carried her over his shoulder into the darkest depths of Vonderlands underground.
"I'm afraid I can't do that my dear" The blonde smirked evilly.
"Don't call me that!" She spat. "You jerk! I can't believe I had a crush on you!"
"You should pick your lovers more carefully" He sneered.
"If I had my wand you'd be pixie dust!"
"Do me a favour and shut up!" Dante hissed coldly.
"What are you doing Gus? We haven't got time for this Cassandra needs our help!" UBOS yelled as Gus started rummaging through the draws of his bedside.
"I know UBOS! But if I'm gonna go up against Dante I'll need to be prepared" Gus said retrieving a backpack from the draws, it was light green like his hoody and it had star on the back.
"What's that?" UBOS asked raising an eyebrow at the pack.
"It was a birthday present from Cassie" Gus blushed as he started to stuff several objects into it.
"Don't tell me you're going to try and fight him!" UBOS yelled.
"I have to for the sake of both Verne and Cassy!" Gus said bravely. "Now please take me to them"
"Very well" UBOS nodded and opened up his magical vortex and sucked Gus in.
The next thing Gus knew he was standing in a tomb like room at the other was Cassie was lying unconscious on a stone table and in front of her.
"CASSIE!" Gus screamed running towards the table only for some invisible force slam him square in the face and send him crashing to the ground.
"Now, now, let's not forget our manners" Dante sneered, slowly stepping down from the cold stone steps. His hair was no longer the lovely blonde it had once been and was now as black as night and his once blue eyes now a dark green.
"W-What did you do to Cassie you monster!" Gus growled, shakily getting to his feet.
"The same thing I did to your little friend put her into a sleeping spell" He chuckled.
"Well unless you don't want to end up as road kill you'll wake them up!" Gus's eyes glowed with fury.
"You? Threaten me?" Dante burst into a fit of hysterical laughter.
"Yeah just keep laughing while you still can!" Gus yelled charging at the evil wizard fists clenched and ready to strike, but alas the same invisible force from before slammed him to the ground this time causing his nose to bleed.
"Oh didn't I introduce you to my precious pet? Oh Ruby!" Dante called.
Suddenly the air began to ripple and a giant panther like beast with glowing red eyes and a jaw with razor sharp teeth.
"She's a demon from the lowest depths of the underworld, they're infamous predators who can tear there prey to shreds in a matter of seconds"
"And with the drooling and disgusting breath, you two have a lot in common" Gus sneered.
Dante's eyes glowed for a brief second as he scowled at the elf.
"Ruby, tear him to pieces" He hissed with venom in his voice.
The monster leapt at Gus it's teeth and claws flashing and just when it looked like Gus was going to be sliced to pieces a magical vortex opened up and consumed the beast.
"Damn! That meddling old book has sent Ruby to the underworld!" Dante snapped.
"Thanks UBOS" Gus whispered getting up again.
"Don't get cocky brat! You still have to deal with me! Dante snapped.
"Ha! Is that all?" Gus scoffed, wiping his bloody nose on his sleeve.
Dante let out an angry yell making the room rumble as red runes appeared on the wall, ceiling and floor and disappeared in a matter of seconds.
"Good luck now half-elf vermin! This room is filled with magic sealing runes so you can't use magic but I on the other hand" Dante held out his hand and it lit with a purple flame. "NOW BURN IN HELL!" The flame leapt from the evil wizards hand and flung itself at Gus!
BOOM!
"Well that wasn't very entertaining" Dante sighed disappointingly. He was just about to go back to Cassie when he heard a rustling he looked back as the smoke cleared, his eyes widened when he saw that Gus was completely unharmed.
Gus Smirked and pointed downwards to a amethyst like gem at his feet.
"A barrier stone? but how my seal-"
"Your seal may stop normal magic but any wizard worth his hat know that it doesn't stop Gaelic Magic" Gus said retrieving three yellow-orange plumes from his backpack.
"Ah Gaelic Magic" Dante mused. "The magic created by the Elves"
"Yeah and now your about to feel the full force of its power!" Gus snapped as the tip of the feathers lit ablaze.
"Bring it elf boy!"
Gus threw the feathers at Dante as if they were darts. Dante held out his hand stopping the feathers in midair only to be knocked back as they blew up in his face sending him flying into the wall.
"Phoenix Feathers! Curse you!" Dante cursed as he coughed up a bit of blood. He leapt from the face of the wall and rocketed straight to his foe like a rocket, shattering the barrier and zooming past Gus who was lucky to avoid in time but that didn't save him from Dante stopping mid flight and punching him square in the stomach knocking the wind out of him Dante then took the advantage to wrap him in eerie blue chains.
"This is the end for you!" Dante yelled morphing his hand into a blade and thrust his arm forward for the kill.
"Nice try" Gus smirked effortlessly bursting from the chains with a burst of strength which was caused by the crimson gloves on his hands.
Dante cringed as the remains of the chains flew against his body which made quit the impact.
"DIE!" Dante yelled reacting fast delivering a rapid punches Gus was too slow to react and suffered dearly for it as he was unable to react and it only stopped for Dante to catch his second breath.
"I won't give up" Gus groaned his body covered in cuts and bruises and his clothes were ripped.
"Maybe" Dante panted. "If you got on your knees and kissed my feet I may just spare you"
"Don't flatter yourself!" Gus spat out a bit of blood and retrieved a pale blue cloak from his back pack and tying it around his neck and pulled the hood over his head.
"What now?" Dante scoffed but his eyes widened when he saw Gus become transparent and the floor beneath him became icy Gus flew into the air and into the shadows. "Come out you coward!" Dante yelled.
No answer came.
"Were you in love with her boy? Tck! Pitiful I saw into her heart and even though she was in love with me it was you who she thought about you! And that Mortie HA! He was even more pitiful I saw into his heart and only saw the bitter resentment towards me for taking away the first person who had accepted him as a friend" Dante started laughing.
"That does it!" Gus came rocketing out of the shadows this is what Dante wanted he grabbed the scruff of the elf's neck and slammed him into the ground.
"Any last words Dumbo?" Dante sneered.
"Only two, See ya!"
Suddenly beams of light sprung from the shadows and wrapped around Dante's limbs neck and waist and hauled him into the air.
"What!?"
"I was hiding in the shadows just to hide from you I was setting up sealing crystals"
"NO! This is inconceivable!" Dante yelled as the light got brighter. "NOOOOO!" Dante bellowed and in a bright flash of light he vanished.
Gus didn't take the time to gloat at his victory he got to his feet and rushed to the stone table where Cassie lay and loomed over her.
"Please be okay, I need you to be okay, I love you" Gus whispered and channelling all the nerve he could he pressed his lips against hers.
A few moments later he pulled away and gazed at the purple haired girl and to say that he was alighted when she opened her eyes would be an understatement.
"CASSIE!"
"GUS!"
Cassie launched up from laying to sitting and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"What happened to Dante?" Cassie asked.
"He's gone, he won't be bothering us anymore" Gus said picking Cassie up in his arm and carried her like a bride on her wedding day to the exit.
After Dante's banishment to the underworld with his father Verne had awoken from his coma and was so overjoyed that he only let go of her when Gus had grabbed him by the jacket and hung him from coat hanger until he calmed down.
After they had made their peace Gus decided to go up and sit on the edge of the clock tower and lament on the past few days and his little encounter with Cassie in Dante's lair.
"Hey" Gus turned his head to see Cassie walking towards him and sitting by his side.
"Hey" Gus replied.
"Gus, I'm sorry about everything you were right about him and I wouldn't give you the benefit of the doubt" Cassie sighed.
"You always did have bad taste in men" Gus smirked making Cassie slap his arm.
"You're right I fell in love with you didn't I"
That caught Gus off guard.
"L-Love?" his ears began to flap in a flustered way.
"I love it when you do that" Cassie giggled. "It's cute" She rested his head on his shoulder. "I can't believe it took me until now to figure out who truly cared about me"
Gus reached into the pocket of his hoodie and retrieved a wooden flute.
"Just like our first day. I heard you playing came up here and I when I saw you play I was mesmerized"
Gus smiled and placed the instrument to his lips and began to play the music that left the holes rang through the air it was so relaxing that Cassie rested her head on her friends shoulder be careful not to disturb his playing.
"Gus...I love you" Cassie whispered.
Gus pulled the flute away from his lips his cheeks were a pink hue. "I love you too Cassandra" Gus turned his head and looked Cassie's green eyes and kissed her for a second time and it was then that Gus realized that he and Cassie's love was meant to be.
A/N Well that's the end thanks for reading