Oh, OK. You're forgiven, Germano fangirl.
/= "Servant of Evil –classical- Instrumental" =/
"Today is a day on which the world as we know of it will change for the better. Your queen is driving all of you into despair. Your queen is driving all of you into poverty. Your queen is squeezing all of you dry just for the sake of making her happier in her own little world! Well, no more! Today, we are going to show here the cruel reality of what her dreams cost to the rest of us!
"She killed all who opposed her…she killed those who bothered to use their tongues to speak their minds…they're in the same area, aren't they? And yet she had the damned nerve to say that they can't be used in the same context! Forget that…forget that all of that is the truth. For the truth is here, right now, in the crowd of people that stand before me with their blades at the ready! We no longer want oppression by our own leaders on our own land!
"The time is now! There will be no other time for us to do this! Today, we fight!"
/=+=/
"V-ve…s-so what's the plan?"
"Antonio's going to lead the main army through the front gate where all the soldiers are." Kiku looked up. "If the story is consistent, the queen's army had just been in battle with the Green Soldiers, so they should be weakened from that."
"How long until they break through?" Li Xiao turned his head.
"…five minutes, if they're really powered. Thirty minutes if the soldiers have any strength in them."
"So that will be fifteen for good estimate." Li Xiao looked up. "If we move fast enough, we should be able to find Charice and get her out of here."
"We don't have to."
Li Xiao turned to Kiku as he pointed at one of the doors to the mansion. They looked up and saw the door being crowded by fleeing servants as they ran deep into the mountains. All the Chinese man could do was nod in understanding. He turned back to Kiku to let him explain.
"In the story, the queen switches out with the servant and escapes as well. She might use a secret entrance, but there's a good chance she'll come through there." He pointed at the door. "It's away from the crowd; hence she'll be able to hide from the army if they come in."
"T-that's good…" Feliciano mumbled. "I…I can't help but be scared for…Charice…"
Everyone nodded as they turned and waited at the forest in front of the door, wondering when she was going to come out. Sure enough, Li Xiao's ears caught the door sliding open and he turned his head to see that Charice had slipped through the cracks to hide. Kiku started moving, much to Li Xiao's surprise. He walked in front of her, making her jump.
"W-who are you?"
"I am an ally. Please do not be scared of me." Kiku bowed to her. "I have friends in the back. We will escort you out safely."
"But…my brother…"
"We have friends in the army. They will make sure that he is not harmed."
Charice was doubtful (no surprise) before she decided to take up the offer. She followed Kiku back into the forest where she saw Li Xiao and stared at him for a few minutes, most likely trying to remember the first time they met, when she turned her head and saw Feliciano…and freaked.
"W-wha…what's that blue prince here for…?"
"V-ve? N-no, no no no no…I'm not…I'm not a prince…" Feliciano leaned forward. "I'm just…Feliciano…a friend…"
"…a friend…? But it's your people that are attacking my castle!"
"No…no, I'm not…a prince…don't be…scared of…"
Feliciano collapsed onto the ground, alarming the rest of them. Charice stood back for a few seconds as Kiku finally removed the bandages from the boy's body, revealing cross-like scars on his forehead and wrists. The two boys looked at each other, utterly confused at what kind of damage the Shadows that attacked him had inflicted.
"What…what happened to him?" Kiku looked up.
"I don't know…he's still bleeding…" Li Xiao looked at him. "Why didn't he get Arthur to heal him…or better yet, why couldn't he heal himself?"
"…these wounds aren't healing…" The Japanese man looked at all of them. "This isn't good…we have to get Feliciano back to the others."
"And bring her right in front of the others who are thirsty for her blood?" He spat. "What would bringing her here do if we can't hide her afterwards?"
"Are you seriously going to put Feliciano's life in danger?"
"I'm sorry if I remember the reason why we're here!" Li Xiao slammed the ground. "Look…once we get her in a good disguise, then we can go back."
"What disguise? She doesn't even remember us."
"…yes I do."
They turned their heads as Charice lunged forward in her usual way and grabbed Feliciano's shoulders just as blood started to drip on her fingers. Her touch made his eyelids flicker and open slowly, turning his eyes to see the young girl whose eyes seemed to have the light returned to them. He blinked.
"…Chari…chan?"
"Feli-chan…come on, come on…stop crying, please?" She smiled. "I remember now, I remember. You don't have to bleed to death to make me remember…"
"…Lud…sama…he…he…" He started crying. "He's gone…I lost him…"
"He's…he's dead? WHAT?" Charice leaned forward. "Are you SERIOUS?"
The boy continued to cry for a few minutes before passing out again. She grumbled to herself as she stood up and turned to the other surprised young boys, her hands covered with Feliciano's blood from cuddling him too much.
"…geez…it takes one man near death to bring me back…" She looked up. "Is Ludwig…?"
"No. He's…just like you. Forgetting everything." Kiku stated. "Do you know what's wrong with him?"
"It's…it's stigmata. When he gets emotional to an extreme those wound things open and he starts bleeding out." She turned her head. "When did he start bleeding?"
"When we landed…an hour ago, I think?"
"He was bleeding for THAT LONG?" She screamed. "I'm surprised he didn't bleed to death or something! We have to get him help or something!"
"With that outfit?" Kiku asked. "People are going to have suspicions about you being the princess."
"…I have an idea." She grinned. "Since this is my world, this should work…"
/=+=/
Five seconds later, she came out in all white magical girl attire with the sun pin as a hair clip. No one wanted to question it (at the moment) as they all went careening down toward the pub and hotel for Feliciano's help. The minute Charice barreled the door down, poor Matthew was having a heart attack. She didn't look at anyone as she stormed toward the innkeeper.
"Do you have one room right now?"
"Um…y-yes, we do."
"Good. We need it. Now." She said in a panicked mood. "We have money, if you need it."
"N-no…g-go right ahead…here's your keys."
"Thank you." Charice turned to Kiku. "Here. Follow the number. Maple-chan, follow him."
"W-why?"
"You have healing spells. He needs it. Add two and two together!"
Matthew didn't argue as the small group charged up the stairs to get Feliciano to care. The others stared at them as Li Xiao and Charice sat calmly down at the table. She was staring at Ludwig the entire time, happily informed of his "condition" and made no remark to look at him. She didn't have to: he looked as pale as ever.
"Um…w-who are you?" He finally asked.
"She's a noble from our kingdom, kidnapped and taken as a servant from the queen." Alfred came in. "Now that she's here, we're just here to make sure that Feliciano is better."
"Why?"
"He's a noble too. Friend of Charice and the one who planned how to save her…of course, I'm the brains of all of it." Alfred surely knew how to make up stories. "He's not related to Lovino, if you're wondering."
"I…I see…"
Charice stared at everyone, wondering what's going on.
"…he told me that he had a man in his past…someone who loved him and died." Ludwig turned to the others, the skin returning back to its normal tint. "Tell me about him."
"Well…for lack of a better word, he looked exactly like you." Gilbert cut in this time, a little confused.
"Oh really…explains how he sounds like such a whining dipshit…"
Charice froze for a minute. Li Xiao held her leg down.
"He was whining about the bastard for so long that I couldn't help but wonder why he didn't give up on him. He's dead, isn't he?"
The others looked at each other for a few minutes, wondering what the hell to tell him without letting Charice loose among the crowd of bastards. Antonio hadn't returned from the raid, so he couldn't talk to them. After a few seconds, Alfred decided to be the one to talk.
"Because he is."
"Hm?"
"Feliciano kept holding onto the belief that he was alive, right? Well…a-a while back, we found him. He was alive, and unfortunately seemed to forget everything he was." He stated. "We were planning on talking to him, but we were debating on how we should tell him first."
The man leaned back in blank confusion for a few minutes before sighing, standing up and heading up toward the hotel room. After a few seconds, they turned back to Charice as she started shaking rapidly.
"Um…Charice? Calm down here, all right?" He stated. "If you act out of it, you might be caught-"
"Did he just…did he just call him what I think he called him?"
"Hey, uh…" Alfred leaned forward, knowing what this is. "He doesn't remember anything about his past. So don't say anything-"
"MUUUURRRDDDDDEEEEEEEERRRRRRR!"