Hollow Kingdom
Chapter 4
King B growled, "I've begun no war"! "You sent the King of Di Nero to wage war on the Kankers. That sounds like war to me," He laughed. The king snapped back, "Silence! What if I have the only demise that will come of anyone is my useless little brother"! The old wizard explained, "Oh but I'm afraid you're wrong. You see my crystal ball has foreseen the future, of your brother's battle. Victory is in his name, as he now stands with the strongest army that only he can control. As the battle ensues he will leave, the ruler of Di Nero and The Junkle. Having the power to over throw you if he so wishes". "LIES!" King B growled slamming his fist on rock arms of the chair. "I tell the truth milord, I'm merely here to give the word, but if you do not believe me I understand," He turned to walk away. "WAIT! You old fart! Tell me! If this is true, do you know of a way to beat him and the Kankers," The King asked. The old man smiled turning, "It just so happens that I do, your majesty".
He pulled out a red box and held it out the King, before opening it. He began to explain, "This is a jawbreaker of my own design. It is meant to strength the men of any army and put them under the keeper's control. It_" King Matthew cut him off, "Give it here"! The wizard cover the box with his cloak, "I'm afraid I can't milord". "Why the hell not," The king barked. He smiled, "You can't get something for nothing your majesty. For power as valuable as this, you must give me something of value in return". King B growled thinking there was nothing of his he wanted this dirty freak to touch let alone own, but time was running out. "Tick Tock your majesty," The old man smiled waving his fingers. The King growled, "I don't have time for this old man! Give me the jawbreaker, before I break your bony jaws"! The warlock frowned unamused, "Threats are no way to get what you want milord. However," he smiled in amusement," You are correct, time is of the essence".
He lifted his hand and flung his wrist up and down, making a golden scroll of paper roll down to the grown. "That being said you may simple give me an I.O.U, by signing this contract. I will give you the jawbreaker and receive my end of the pay at a later date". "Deal! Now give it here," King Matthew snapped, baring his fangs. "There are precautions to this deal, milord. You must not eat this candy, or use its power for improperly, if you do it will turn on you. And if such a thing happens our agreement will still stand," The old man explained the rules clearly. The Vampire replied with groan, "Yeah, yeah now hand it over"! Pushing his fingers tip together his pulled his hand down and a feathered pen form out of thin air. The king signed the paper quickly and snatched the box from the old man. He began to warn him once again, "Now remember _," but the king just replied with a, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! How's it work"?! "You must ground the candy into powder and feed it to your men. It will take a day for the magic_" he was cut off by the king. "Get lost. I have what I want and don't need you anymore," The vampire king ordered. The cloaked man bowed and stepped back snapping his fingers to unfreeze the guards around them. When the king looked up the old man was gone.
An hour into the war the subjects of Di Nero were in a frenzy. Many were panicking over the outcome of the war and what brought it on. As many of them stayed huddled in their homes the sound of marching could be heard coming closer towards their land. Peaking heads formed in windows believing it was their king and army, only to see the over strengthened army of Throttle.
The combined army of undead ruffians, thugs and thieves entered the kingdom and began to terrorize these peaceful monsters. As chaos continued on the battlefield, Di Nero's empowered army and the Kankers were evenly matched. The battle seemed to be in anyone's favor, but it was interrupted but the rumbling of the ground beneath them. Soldiers in mid fight looked up, as did the Amazonian's they fought.
A black shadow so large it casted out the sun, could be seen by all. Eddy shouted at the eldest queen, "You cheating harlot, I brought no beasts to this battle"! "It's not our beast, dwarf king," Marie defended her big sister. "Lies," Eddy growled. "Tis not a lie your majesty," A voice spoke with a melodious tone. The three looked up to see Nazz, floating on her broomstick. "The Red Witch," A soldier whispered in awe. "What do you know of this shadow Red Witch," asked Marie. "I know that it is friend of neither you nor King E. You've been deceived your majesty, by the very man that gave you your crown," She spoke clearly and looked to the leaders of this war. "What the heck is that supposed to mean," Eddy shouted in annoyance. "She means the mask of deception has come to reveal himself," Edd's voice rang beside them as he stepped out of a portal. "Stop talking in riddles hat head and tell us what the hell is going on," Eddy snapped. "Look for yourself Eddy," The warlock stated looking up.
A muscular, pale creature towered over them wearing a wick grin. The little king of De Nero stumbled with his words at the sight, "B…B, Big Bro?" He questioned to the gigantic vampire looming over him and the frozen battlefield. "A little bird told me you were having trouble twerp, thought I'd come and lend a hand," The King laughed out the words. "What? No! I had this under control! I'm winning bro!" Eddy replied with a fearful smile, shaking his head. "That's the point pipsqueak. Ya can't even lose correctly," The giant growled stomping closer to his brother and swung down to hit him. "What," Eddy asked his smile dropped, seeing the oversized coming towards him.
Double D and Nazz were about to react, but the death the De Nero's king was cut short with a growl and crutch of punctured bone. The King of Throttle roared in pain as a red werewolf had its jaws clamped around half his arm. Once giant stumbled back away from the group, he released his grip and jumped away. Land next to the Eddy the wolf growled, "Don't you get it idiot? He tricked you! He knew you'd lose this war dork, and was gonna take De Nero for himself". He spit out the Throttle King's blood and tried to shake the disgusting taste out his mouth. "What the hell are you doing here Shovel Chin?" Eddy snapped back. "Saving your ass it looks like! And you call yourself a king!" The wolf growled and jumped back as the giant vampire swung at them. "You're over here fighting a fake war while your kingdom's being destroyed by the arm of Throttle," The red night barked. "WHAT!?" Exclaimed Eddy, Nazz and Double D. The wolf scoffed, "Relax, my pack is handling them as we speak. Most if not all of the city is in tacked". Nazz sighed in relief, and Double D gave a silent thankful nod. T
he knight chuckled, "Can't say the same for that hunk of junk you call a castle though". Eddy was about to go off again when the Red Knight suddenly went flying across the battle field. "Annoying little mutt," grumble the king of Throttle. He once again toward over his younger brother and proceeded to crush him only to stop inches from Eddy's head.
The giant began to tremble and stumble back. "Wha_ What's happening," He asked looking at his hands. They began to grow paler and started to shrink along with the rest of his body. Everyone looked on in confusion, including Kevin who quickly joined the battlefield with more of his pack. Eddward however strolled through the group of monsters with a smirk. "That would be the magic from the jaw breaker wearing off, your majesty," He explained.
The vampire looked up at him in confusion and anger. "Speaking of which, the power in your men should be wearing off right about now," He smiled. All the soldiers on the battlefield began to spontaneously pop and turn back into their original shapes and sizes. "My men!" Eddy state wide eyed. "You gave me a half back potion!?" He growled at Double D. The warlock merely arched eyebrow at his old friend, "You didn't think I'd let you keep such a powerful army, did you Eddy"?
He cleared his throat explaining, "This war was an obvious trap. I simply gave you that jawbreaker so that you all would survive the battle you blindly running into". The warlock turned to the now shriveling vampire behind him, "A war that your brother began". Eddy looked at his brother with pain in his eyes, "Why" he asked. "He wanted nothing more than to over through you and take you kingdom, once and for all. He would have done so far long ago if not for you contacting me. The only thing I could not assist you with was his constant taxations on your kingdom and you're over baring greed. You never had any true power my friend, but at the sound of you finally gaining so he was quick to come and take it." Double D walked up to King B, "And in doing he abused the power he was given to fight a fair fight. As I knew you would," Edd growled at the king.