Scene (V)IV
Mattias stared at the castle that dominated the mountain. It was beautiful, true. It's surface was made of crushed gems, so it sparkled in the light of day or night.
The King of the Deserts wanted to tear it down gem by precious gem.
"Do you see the army?" Ronan asked from behind him.
Mattias turned to face the Knight King. "Yes. They are gathering at the base of the mountain. There are many troops. I suppose that Emilia was right about that."
A chuckle came from their left. "Yes. Such a pity, for we still outnumber them by at least ten thousand."
"Do not be a fool, Rosalinda." Ronan hissed, turning to face the Rose Queen. "They may still best us. We do not know what their motives are."
"Yes. That may be true. However, we have motivation ourselves." Tron said, coming to stand behind his sister. "We are fighting to free our friends and rid ourselves of a cruel tyrant."
"Well said." Mattias said, smiling at the King of Thorns.
A soldier ran up to the gathered rulers. "Lords and Lady, we are ready to launch our first attack. The Duke of Sandwich, Queen Victoria, and King Yu will stay here and oversee the command tent. I assume you will be marching into battle with us?"
Ronan nodded to the soldier. "Prepare the horses."
He turned back to his comrades. "It is time to free our friends."
Emilia rolled over, cautiously testing the whip marks on her back.
"Yep, all healed up." Emilia said, sitting up.
"Same here." Billy stretched, accompanied by the various creaks and cracks of muscles. "But man, am I stiff."
"It's only been a day and a half." Cordelia pointed out, bending to touch her toes. "Although, we haven't been getting any exercise."
Emilia rounded on the lady knight. "I'm sorry, was that exercise we got every day? Silly me, I was under the impression it was forced manual labor."
Cordelia chuckled. "Okay, good point."
"I wonder if the army has started marching yet." Billy pondered.
A sudden round of thudding startled the three friends. It was rhythm like, and was completely uniform. It was the sound of a million feet marching totally in unison, and it continued on and on.
"Gee, Billy, does that answer your question?" Cordelia grumbled.
"Hey, we couldn't hear that when I asked!" Billy spluttered indignantly.
"The army is on the move." Emilia said worriedly. "I hope Leslie was able to get the message out to Mattias and the others."
"Don't worry." Cordelia said confidently. "I'm pretty sure they got it."
"And we should probably be there to greet them." Billy said. "Isn't that proper manners?"
Emilia blinked. "Or maybe, we could be doing something useful, like capturing Anna!" She moved closer to the bars of the cell. "We need to break out of here. Uh, Billy, so you have a needle on you?"
Billy snorted. "Oh, sure Emmy! Let me just take a look in my magical pocket where I store my needles, my healing potions, and my getaway horses!"
Emilia rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Delia, do you have a hairpin?"
"You need ask?" The lady asked, holding one out.
Rosie stared at the army below. "Wow, they are very loud."
"Yeah." Ronan snorted. "What kind of respectable king would train his army so poorly?"
They were lying in wait in the lush forests that surrounded the mountainside castle. The army of the evil king was gathered below.
And boy, were they making quite a racket!
They were slamming shields, yelling at the top of their lungs (an act that made Rosie wonder if some of them weren't sirens), and stomping their feet.
"What the heck are they doing?" Tron said, disbelief all over his face. "Are they trying to get themselves killed?"
"No matter." Mattias smirked. "They will all fall. We charge now!"
"Wait!" Rosie grabbed his arm. "Something is wrong here. I sense there is a problem."
Tron chuckled. "Rosie, please. We are all experienced strategists. This is obviously sheer stupidity! We charge!"
The boys all left, leaving Rosie sitting at the vantage point. Her brows furrowed as she reviewed her brother's words.
"Sheer stupidity." She murmured. "Or-"
No. It could not have been.
"Stop!" She wailed, leaping to her feet. "Stop! Stop! It is a trap! Halt! IT IS A TRAP!"
"CHARGE!" A voice called. The army hidden by the woods charged to the careless, clever soldiers.
"Stop!" Rosie wailed uselessly.
She ran back to the hiding place and pulled a small sword from the bushes. She unsheathed it and stared in fear at the blade for a breathless moment.
Then Rosie ran to the army, just as the earth around the careless, clever army exploded.
Billy couldn't help but scream when a frightening bang was heard. "Emmy! What was that?" He asked. He was afraid. What could have made such a noise?
The pale servant girl stopped to consider. "Well, either Anna is throwing a hissy fit, or-" her eyes became as wide as dinner plates. "Or-"
"Or, what?" Cordelia snapped. "Emmy, what's going on?"
Emilia said nothing. She simply started to run through the dungeon. Billy and Cordelia followed her.
"Stop, Emmy!" Cordelia yelled.
Emilia stopped and turned to face them. Her face held pure, unadulterated fear.
"There is an ancient curse upon this land." She whispered. "A horde of monsters shall reveal itself if given the proper sacrifice. They are meant to defend the castle should it be attacked."
Billy froze. "Whaaaaa?"
"I believe that Shingetsu and his great, stupid army have attempted to rise them. And judging from that horrific bang, I would assume they have succeeded."
Cordelia blinked. "So, let me get this straight. An army of monsters that could kill everyone has been summoned by Shingetsu, and is now being used to trash our allies?"
The indigo haired girl spread her hands. "Pretty much."
Everyone was silent for a few minutes, until a new round of bangs shredded the air, screams of pain following.
"Run." Cordelia hissed. "Run, run, RUN."
The three turned tail and ran as fast as they could up out of the dungeons and into the castle.
"I have to get to the army." Emilia panted. "I know how to stop the monsters."
"Well come on then!" Cordelia growled through gritted teeth.
Billy was running nonstop, with no real heed to how fast he was going. His only thoughts were to find Rosie and get her away from the violence as fast as possible.
Ronan was unaware of anything but the sound of his army taking Shingetsu's forces by storm, when he was suddenly airborne.
Hitting the ground with a yell, he sprang back up, clutching his sword as the monsters erupted from the ground.
They were hideous, mutated things. A combination of slug and man, they had the torsos of men and the long, grotesquely large tail of the slug. Their faces were a strange mutation of both, with two squirming columns protruding from a normal-shaped head. Their eyes were red and blue, their color-scheme purple and orange, with white connecting lost limbs. Their bodies were armored, and their eyes full of an inhuman malice.
In short, sounds of vomiting and whimpers of terror filled the battlefield.
The monsters shrieked and began to ascend on their army, electricity frying a hundred soldiers to a crisp.
"What are these things?" Mattias howled. "Emmy never said anything about this!"
"Maybe this was a trap!" Tron gasped, his lip bleeding. It appeared he had been thrown too.
Mattias blinked. "Rosie knew. She was yelling it at our men when they charged!"
"But how did they know we were coming?" Tron yelled. "Those three would have never told on us, not after Emmy was beaten like that!"
Ronan gasped as a horrible realization gripped him with harsh claws.
"No. The twins knew." Ronan said. "They knew this whole time. They would never have total control over the world if we were still ruling our lands. So they planted seeds for a rebellion in the servant's heads, knowing they would take it and come to us. They have us all right where they want us, and they will kill us all."
No one knew what to do. They were all silent with fear and foolishness ravaging their hearts.
A scream drew their attention back to the battle. Their men had bravely taken on Shingetsu's army and the monsters. The men were surprisingly easy to defeat, but the slug men would be a problem.
"We need a plan." Ronan growled. "We must assist the men fighting the slug men. Try to find a weak point. And . . . in case one of us falls in battle, I want you to know . . . it has been an honor dealing and fighting with you."
The three kings shared a rare smile.
"Now, come!" Ronan shouted. "FOR FREEDOM!"
Cordelia may have been healed, but her back still screamed when she crashed into someone.
"DELIA!" Emilia wailed, bounding back over to the lady knight.
"Ow!" A strangled moan sounded from under Cordelia's right foot.
"Leslie!" Billy gasped. "You okay?"
The lilac haired girl sat up. "Ow. And yes. I was coming to find you guys! There's trouble!"
Cordelia could have screamed. "We know about the monsters."
"No, not that!" Leslie said. "It's Anna! I heard her upstairs in her room. She's planning to sacrifice a huge pile of jewels in her room to summon something more powerful!"
"Oh. Right." Cordelia groaned. "Something even stronger. Kind of forgot that part. Emmy, did you forget that part?"
The indigo haired girl threw up her hands. "No. That one's new."
"Great. Now what?" Billy grumbled.
Emilia ran her hands through her hair. "Okay, new plan. We divide and conquer. I will go find Anna. Cordelia and Billy, you two find Ronan and Rosie and try to track down Shingetsu and Brume Noire. Those two will probably be fighting somewhere. Leslie, find Tron. Give him these instructions."
Emilia whispered in Leslie's ear. The lilac haired girl nodded fiercely. "Of course."
"Okay, we have a limited amount of time for this." Emilia said harshly. "No dallying. Our fate depends on it. Go!"
Everyone started running.
Cordelia bounded down the stairs, straining her ears for anything suspicious.
How was she going to find Ronan? There were thousands of knights in blue and green armor down there! It would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack!
Cordelia paused. That was a good phrase! She should remember that one!
At that point, an all too familiar roar of exasperation slapped her across the face.
Cordelia smiled. There was only one person in the entire world who could scream like that.
Leslie ran as fast as she dared, her legs burning. She ran down the stairs of the entranceway and out into the courtyard, following the sounds of battle.
She had to find Tron! She would not fail Emmy, Billy, and Delia!
Leslie carefully cracked the large golden doors open and ducked as a spear whistled over her head.
"Sorry, miss!" The guard who had thrown it called. He then continued to slash and hack at the surrounding enemy soldiers.
Leslie stared at him. "Yeah, okay."
She edged out the door and around the brawling men.
'Whew, that was close!' She thought. 'I'll have to be more wary than ever if I want to survive-
"AAAH!" She screamed.
While Leslie was being so careful to avoid the soldiers, she forgot to look out for the giant monsters, one of which scooped her up and was clutching her in its fist.
(Author's Note: Behold, the inspiration for pretty much every cliché movie where the monster grabs a girl and takes her captive was BOOOOOORRN!)
Leslie screamed as the slug person tightened its grip and – slithered? Slalomed? Whatever! – back towards the fighting armies.
Tron slammed the hilt of his sword onto an enemy soldier's head. "I don't see any weaknesses in the slug people, Mattias!"
The King of the Deserts kicked a soldier away. "I'm inclined to agree! Ronan, have you found anything?"
"If I had, I would tell you!" Ronan yowled, slashing at an opponent.
A bloodcurdling scream cut above the battlefield.
Tron looked up. "What the heck is that?"
A slug person landed in front of the three kings. In its hand, it clutched a small girl with familiar lilac hair-
Oh, no.
"LESLIE!" Tron yelled. Panic burned through his body. "What are you doing up there?"
"Oh, you mean it isn't obvious?" Leslie snarled. "I'M CLEARLY RELAXING UP HERE, WHAT THE HECK DOES IT LOOK LIKE, GENIUS? GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!"
"We need to find a way to defeat them!" Tron wailed, terror gripping his brain.
"NO KIDDING GENIUS!" Ronan screamed.
"But no one knows how to beat them!' Mattias wailed.
"I know how to beat them!" Leslie bawled.
"Huh?" The three men looked up at the girl. "How?"
"They're called Gorgonic Guardians, and they have a very rare ability. They're too strong to be defeated normally." She called down. "The only thing that can destroy it is their own attacks!"
"THEN HOW THE HECK DOES THAT HELP?" Tron shrieked.
"You mean it isn't completely obvious?" Leslie snapped. "REFLECT THEIR ATTACKS BACK AT THEM, YOU PACK OF USELESS MORONS!"
"How do we do that?" Mattias yelled.
Leslie started to hit her head against the gigantic fist. The Gorgonic Guardian stared down at her in confusion.
"Wait!" Ronan gasped. "What if we used our shields to reflect their attacks back at them?"
Tron grinned. "Perfect!"
Leslie screamed in exasperation above them.
"Thank you, Leslie!" Tron called. "You're an angel!"
"Wait, where did you get this information?" Mattias asked.
"Emilia told me." She said.
"Wait, she's alive?!" Mattias squeaked. Tron thought his friend was going to explode from sheer happiness.
"So are Cordelia and Billy!" Leslie continued. "They sent me here to tell you how to defeat these things! Emilia went to trap Anna-"
Bam! Mattias was gone.
"-and Cordelia went to find Brume Noire-"
Bam! Ronan was gone.
"-and Billy went to find Shingetsu!"
Bam! A pink and green blur sped by.
"They're all gone, aren't they?" Leslie grumbled.
"Yep." Tron sighed. "SOLDIERS! USE YOUR SHIELDS TO REFLECT THEIR ATTACKS BACK AT THEM!"
He unstrapped his shield from his back just as the Guardian turned to him and fired a bolt of electricity his way.
Grinding his teeth, Tron deflected the attack, flinching as the hair on his arms was singed. The bolt bounced back and fried the Guardian into oblivion.
"EEEEEEE!" Leslie wailed as she started to fall.
Tron bounded forward and jumped up, catching her just in the nick of time.
She stared at him. "You saved my life!"
"Well-" Tron blushed. "I try."
She pinched his cheek. "There's a battle going on, you know."
Tron sighed. "Right."
He set her down and gripped his sword. "Stay behind me, please."
She nodded. "Will do."
Ronan ran and ran as fast as he could. He had to find Cordelia! He had to make sure she was okay-
Oh, dear. He really had fallen in love with her.
Ronan sped through the cracked golden doors.
He was moving so fast, that he hardly even felt it when he crashed into someone.
Rubbing his eyes, he sprang back up to come face-to-face with-
"Brume Noire." Ronan growled.
"Bonjour, mon amie!" Brume giggled. "I see that you've managed to defeat the Guardians! Good for you! But, you will ultimately fail once Anna Darling summons the God of Death! So, what are you up too?"
Ronan snarled. "You have tortured my friend for a very long time. I am going to beat you to within an inch of your life and HANG YOU UP BY YOUR ENTRAILS."
Brume gave a shrill, high-pitched laugh. "You can try!"
Ronan drew his sword and charged.
Brume smiled and disappeared.
"What?" Ronan screeched to a stop. "Where'd you go, you cowardly worm?"
"Hey!" Brume's voice echoed from behind him. "I prefer to be called a snake, thank you very MUCH!"
Ronan turned, swinging the sword. There was no one there.
"Wow, for a knight, you sure have no patience!" Brume teased to his left.
Ronan flung his arm out, seeking the slimy servant. Nothing.
Brume continued to toy with Ronan's temper, appearing and disappearing. Ronan slashed and spun and ran all around the courtyard until he was soaked in sweat and Brume was laughing hysterically.
Ronan was fed up. He threw back his head and screamed in exasperation.
Cordelia ran as fast as she could towards the scream that was even now still thundering throughout the castle.
She emerged in the courtyard only to find Ronan punching the air and uttering every unspeakable swear word under the sun.
"Ronan?" She called.
He turned and blanched. "DELIA, BEHIND YOU!"
Arms suddenly pinned her from behind. "Ah, lady chevalier! We meet again!" Brume hissed in delight.
Cordelia just growled and elbowed his ribs. A weird squeak came out of his mouth.
"What was that for?" He said, sounding like an opera singer.
The lady knight sighed. "I am not even going to begin to explain that statement. I will just settle with beating the life out of you."
She grabbed his hands and flipped him over her head, smiling in satisfaction when he hit the ground with a thud.
Ronan ran up to her. "Are you okay?! Are you hurt?!"
"I'm fine." She hissed. "We need to tie this guy up."
Ronan grinned an evil grin. "I'm in!"
They dragged the groaning Brume to the stairs and tied him to the post.
"By the way, since when can he disappear?" Ronan asked.
"His father was an illusionist." Cordelia explained. "Brume picked up on his tricks."
Ronan rubbed his head. "Figures."
"Well, now that that's settled, we need to go help the soldiers!" Cordelia said.
She moved towards the golden doors, but Ronan grabbed her arm.
"No. I am going to help the soldiers. You need to find someplace safe and stay there."
"WHAT?" Cordelia rounded on a quailing Ronan. "I WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT GO AND HIDE!"
"YES YOU WILL!" He roared.
"NO! YOU WILL NOT DISHONOR ME BY ORDERING ME TO HIDE!"
"I AM NOT TRYING TO DISHONOR YOU!"
"ARE YOU TRYING TO STEAL ALL THE GLORY?"
"NO!"
"YOU THINK I CAN'T HELP!"
"NO! YOU ARE COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE!"
"NO, YOU ARE!"
"YOU ARE!"
"WHY DO YOU WANT ME TO STAY BEHIND, THEN?" Cordelia shrieked. "BECAUSE WHATEVER IT IS, I WILL NOT YIELD TO EVEN IF YOU GOT DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND BEGGED ME TO-"
Ronan kissed her.
Cordelia froze, her veins buzzing with adrenaline. He wrapped her up in a hug and she melted against him. When he pulled back, she was utterly breathless.
He got down on his knees. "Look. Here I am, on my knees. Please go find someplace safe and stay there until I come for you."
She nodded. "O-okay."
He smiled at her. "Be safe."
And with one last kiss on her forehead, he ran towards the golden doors.
Cordelia stood there for a minute, blushing. "Oh, my goodness."
Rosie edged into the courtyard, clutching the sword for dear life. She peeked in and sighed in relief. No one.
She crept in and bolted up the stairs and into the castle.
Closing the doors, she slumped down and gave a sigh of relief.
"Hello!" A dark voice rasped.
Rosie screamed and jumped up, weakly brandishing the sword. "S-stay away from me!"
"And why would I do that?" Shingetsu cackled. "You are such a pretty lassie!"
Rosie's hands shook and the sword dipped slightly. "I'm warning you!"
"Oh, are you now?" He hissed, sliding closer.
Bang!
Shingetsu groaned and held his head, staggering back a bit. A large iron skillet clattered to the floor.
Someone stepped out from behind the now vomiting Shingetsu, and Rosie's heart danced with joy.
"Stay away from her." Billy growled.
The furious herald glared at Shingetsu as he retched. "You will stay away from her. Is that clear?"
The man coughed, wiped his mouth, and looked up. "Oh yeah? And who's going to make me?"
Billy snarled. "I am."
Shingetsu laughed, throwing his head back. "You? I hardly think that you have the strength to eeeeeee~!"
Billy had gotten bored of his stupid mockery, so he kicked him in the shin.
"Oh, that's it!" Shingetsu bellowed. "You're dead!"
He pounced and tackled Billy to the ground.
For the next few minutes, the two men wrestled with each other, neither gaining the upper hand, but both gaining numerous injuries. Shingetsu had a bloody nose. Billy had a split lip. And they both had so many bruises!
Finally, Billy managed to pin Shingetsu down, but the evil king had had the good sense to wrap his hand around Billy's throat.
"You fool." He rasped, tightening his grip on Billy. "You think that you will prevail? No. I will ultimately triumph, and you will be-"
A large iron skillet came down on his head, both knocking him unconscious and freeing Billy's throat. Gasping, Billy looked up.
"Stay away from him." Rosie hissed, her eyes practically dripping fury.
Billy lunged and wrapped her in a warm embrace, laughing. "You were brilliant!"
"You did all the work." She cooed. "Thank you for that."
Billy smiled and kissed her nose. "Always."
Mattias had no recollection of the castle. All he knew was that he was panting on his knees in front of a giant pink set of doors.
If this wasn't Anna's room, then it was some kind of deathtrap.
A shout from outside brought Mattias to the nearest window. He saw Tron raising his sword high in front of their soldiers, Leslie on his arm. They were crying out in victory at the enemy army, which was running into the opposite direction.
There were no Guardians to be seen. Mattias guessed they had been defeated.
Pulling away from the window, he strode back to the pink doors and flung it open.
"What the-?" Mattias spluttered. "This room is completely empty! It's nothing like the black hole that Billy described!"
It was true. The room was totally barren. The only thing actually in the room was a gigantic swirling vortex at the very center.
With Anna standing before it.
Oh no.
"Come forth, Eternal Beast!" Anna roared. "Rise from the depths of the watery prison and become my slave! I SUMMON ABYSS!"
The vortex screamed – he wasn't sure how, but it did, and rather loudly, at that – and gallons of water exploded from it. They quickly took a proper shape and solidified.
Mattias' jaw dropped. This was a god standing before him.
The man was massive, blue skinned, and very angry looking. He had gold, blue, and pearl armor, and had black hair and a beard, the latter of which was spiked. A golden crown like attachment with a pearl in the center rested on his brow and his eyes were a turquoise blue mix.
'Why hast thee summoned me?' He thundered. Mattias jumped as the floor rumbled.
"Servant!" Anna shrieked, though a little uneasily. "Wipe out the enemy forces that plague my paradise!"
"No!" Mattias found his feet and ran to Anna, tackling her and pinning her to the ground.
"You swine!" She howled, and Mattias was only aware of the sound of lightning before he was thrown into a wall with a crack!
Black spots danced across his vision as he struggled to rise. Anna cackled. "You foolish king! You have just dug your grave!"
An all too familiar roar grated on his ears as Mattias finally succeeded in standing up, though he wished he hadn't. Behind Anna stood a Gorgonic Guardian, and a rather big one, at that. It looked to be almost as big as the god.
"Perfect." Mattias snarled.
Emilia jumped when the floor shook beneath her.
What was going on here?
From the sounds outside, she guessed that the army had been defeated, and her friend's troops victorious. The shriek of Gorgonic Guardians no longer haunted her, reigniting her worst fears, so Leslie must have given them the message.
Then what was that bang-
Oh. Right.
Because the Guardians weren't enough of a blast from the past.
Right.
Emilia sighed and ran to Anna's room.
She jolted to a halt when she realized that the doors were already wide open. She panicked.
'If an innocent is in there, then whoever it is will be crushed!' Emilia thought worriedly.
A loud groan issued from the room.
Mattias.
The girl bolted into the room.
"Holy Abyss, it's clean in here!" She yelped.
It was true. The room was devoid of any of the mess that usually cluttered it.
Except for a giant blue familiar god. And Anna. And Mattias. And the general of the Gorgonic Guardians.
All of which were staring at her.
"YOU DIRTY SERVANT!" Anna shrieked. "HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I WARNED YOU NOT TO MEDDLE IN MY AFFAIRS?"
She leapt for Emilia.
The indigo haired girl ducked, and Anna flew over her with a shriek. Emilia's hand shot up and grasped Anna's leg, halting the mad queen's tumble.
Emilia flipped the girl over her head and released her, thus slamming the petite little queen onto the ground. Anna gasped, then scrunched up her face and wailed like a baby.
"Oh, stop whining you little brat!" Emilia snarled, thoroughly enjoying herself.
A glance over at Mattias had her smiling. He had grabbed his shield from its place on his back and was currently frying the Guardian into ashes with its own attack.
"You did it!" She crowed once the beast was scattered on the floor.
He turned and bounded to her, sweeping her off her feet. "Actually, I think you did it. You were amazing! How did you learn that?"
Emilia shrugged modestly. "My dad was a genius with self defense. He did teach me a few things before he died."
Mattias grinned.
"Indeed." A thunderous voice rumbled from above. "Thou hast done well."
Mattias set Emilia down and looked up at the god.
"Why did you not grant her wish?" Mattias asked.
"Because his allegiance lies elsewhere." Emilia breathed, stepping closer. "Abyss."
The god gave a small half-smile. "Kamishiro Emilia. Thou hast done well. Thy father is exceedingly proud of thee. He apologizes for everything that has happened, and prays that thee will forgive him."
Emilia nodded. "Of course I do. Thank you, Abyss."
The god reached out a hand and tapped Emilia's forehead with a finger. "Thou is most wise, Emilia. May you have a most wonderful and fruitful life."
Abyss snapped his fingers. Anna was hoisted into the air and tied against a wall. Another snap of his fingers and a disgruntled Brume and Shingetsu joined them.
"Thee may deal with these beasts as thy see fit." The god boomed. "Peace mortals, for thee hast found grace in my eyes."
The god and vortex disappeared just as Billy, Ronan, Tron, Cordelia, Leslie, and Rosie came screeching into the room, closely followed by King Yu, Queen Victoria, and the Duke of Sandwich.
"Yay! You're alive!" Billy yelled.
"Oh hush, you!" Rosie scolded. But she was grinning all the same.
"Wahoo!" Leslie called.
The kings and queens present simply smiled.
"So, what are we going to do with these brats?" Ronan asked, jerking his head in the direction of the three angry prisoners.
"How dare you!" Anna wailed. "We are the saviors of the-"
"Stuff it, you baby!" Billy roared.
"I'm liking this already!" Cordelia said with a grin.
Mattias stepped forward. "Queen of the United Diamond Lands, you are henceforth accused of heinous crimes, and you and all accomplices will be tried for high treason!"
"NO!" Shingetsu howled.
Brume swore in his native language.
"THIS ISN'T FAIR!" Anna wailed. "I'M NOT EVEN THE QUEEN OF THIS STUPID HUNK OF ROCK!"
Emilia stiffened.
"She's telling the truth." Rosie said. "I can feel it."
"There's a shocker." Tron mumbled.
"But that isn't possible." Ronan reasoned. "If you aren't the queen, then who is?"
"Yeah, who?" Mattias taunted.
"SHE IS!" Anna shrieked, pointing.
Right in Emilia's direction.
The entire audience had a hush over it.
No one was talking, yet everyone was buzzing.
What could this mean?
One voice broke the silence.
"I don't get it." Yuma piped up. "What did she mean when she said that Emilia's the Queen?"
Everyone face palmed.
Disclaimer: YuGiOh! and YuGiOh! Zexal are property of Kazuki Takahashi and Shin Yoshida respectively. This is the work of an extremely exhausted fan.
Tali: Yes. Emmy is queen. How many of you saw that one coming?
Zexal: Me.
Tali: You helped me write the script.
Zexal: And I lived in your head long before you wrote the script.
Tali: . . . fair point.
Vector: (still limping from his Battle with the Banana Peel) Tune in next time for the final act! And the encore!
Tali: My apologies for the lack of updates. School has been awful. Hopefully, I can establish a regular schedule soon. Adios!