Me : Arg! Sorry for not updating for so long! Been having school work, studying and doing other stories, which has been a burden to me! Not literally though. And I will not be only doing one category for stories, if you want to know.
Irma : About time you show'd up! I was beginning to wonder will you ever finish this story.
Hay Lin : Oh give him some time out. He still have school you know, like us.
Me : I have to agree with Hay Lin here. Anyway, lets skip the disclaimer and work on the story. Oh, and one more thing... Today is my one year anniversary as a FanFiction member. Hurray for me!
Irma :'Rolls eyes' On with the story...
Chapter...
(Me : Erm... what chapter is this again?)
(Irma : Chapter 21. I wonder how you even forgotten about that.)
(Me : Thanks, and it has been a while, okay! Now, lets try that again...)
Chapter 21 : Truth Has Been Reveal!
As the king, Irma and the guard entered another room, with a sign stated cafeteria, Hay Lin quickly tried to figure a way to take out the guards one by one without bringing any suspicions. As she neared one of the guards, she took noticed of a cart that's nearby. She had an idea of taking them out without giving herself off.
Hay Lin blew some air at the cart, which caused it to move. And since it was old and the hallway was quiet, the sound of the wheels moving on the ground could be heard. This had caught the attention of the king and the guards. Irma tried to sound surprised, since she knew what's that sound was. "You two, go and find out what is that," the king appointed the two guards before departing from the group.
In Hay Lin's mind, she fistpumped as the guards came into view. They were clueless of the place as Hay Lin was flying above them, as a slight breeze blew pass the two guards. This sends shivers to their body, even though they wore thick armour. When they reached the cart, Hay Lin began to blow wind at it, trying to spook the guards, which worked like a charm. When the two were about to run back, a gust of wind blew them off their feet as they landed on the cart. Hay Lin then pushed the cart down the hallway, with the guards on the cart, dazed from the sudden wind as she entered a store room. She pushed it into the room before tying the guards up and gagging them to stop them from making any sound. "Alright, two down, four to go," Hay Lin as she closed the door. She then headed back to the group to think of another way to get the guards.
Meanwhile, Will was now in Kandrakar, talking to the Oracle. "And that's it. Now what should we do, Oracle?" Will asked as the Oracle began to think.
"I know that this is rather difficult, guardian, but you must trust with what you think is right. I can't do anything right now, considering the king has entered your world. But your friends created a barrier around your city, which will not only prevent the start of a universal war but also avoid a catastrophy towards the other universe," the Oracle stated calmly, which caused Will to raised an eyerbrow to that.
"Do you mean that I have to do things by putting them back to the way it was?" Will asked, getting to it.
"Maybe guardian. If you think that is not the way, what is the next way?" the Oracle asked back as Will think.
"Well, we can knock the king off and send Aliria back to Medimn. That way, Medimn can have a better ruler, unlike that king," Will said as she crossed her arms.
"As I said before, Will, if you think that there is a better way of solving this, then follow it with your heart and your friends," the Oracle said as Will sighed, knowing that she had to think of a way to get everything back to the way it was, again.
"Alright, thanks for your help, Oracle," Will said, with a sligh disappointment in her voice as she opened a fold back to Heatherfield.
"Listen Will, not everything will work out. You must always be on your guard, because things won't be a good sight," with that, Will nodded before heading into the fold as it closes behind her. "I hope you made the right choice, guardian, as the path ahead is something you didn't expect," with that, the Oracle went back to his chamber to meditate.
Back in Heatherfield, Taranee was now outside Stephen's window. She gave a knock, which caught Stephen's attention as he opened it to allow Taranee to enter. This caused Stephen to become curious as he quickly locked his bedroom door to prevent any unexpected visitor. "So, what brings you here?" Stephen asked.
"Well, this is kind of hard to explain, but Irma is back in Heatherfield," Taranee started, which caused Stephen to look at her with his eyes wide opened.
"Where is she? Can I see her?" Stephen asked as he grab Taranee's shoulder.
"I can't tell you where is she, nor you can see her now. Because she is now invisible to you. If you really want to see her, then please wait. I have a feeling that things won't be pretty," Taranee explained, which Stephen sighed as he had to wait to see Irma again.
"I really want to help you girls," Stephen said, looking pretty down about being the one not to help them out.
"I know you want to, but think about it. If Irma never met you, do you still think she will have a love life, nor does she have anyone else to be with?" Taranee asked.
"I guess you're right. And one of these days, I might get some power to help you girls," Stephen said with a thumbs up.
"You will, but right now, if you see Irma, don't let her see you or she will be in a whole lot of trouble," Taranee said as she opened to window.
"I really hope you guys would find a way to get Irma out of there," Stephen said as Taranee nodded before flying off. "But she never said I can't get someone else to help me out," with that, Stephen quickly grab his coat before exiting his bedroom.
In the Sheffield Institute, Cornelia finally found the king as they were in the gym hall. "Of all the places, he just have to pick the gym," Cornelia thought as the king took a look around. This had caused some boredom to Irma, considering the fact that they were in a gym hall, which was practically empty. She then spotted a way to help Hay Lin to take out the last two guards.
The other two guards went to search for the guards that was sent by the king to search for the sound hadn't returned, which caused Irma to send them out by instinct. She knew that the king would do the same as they entered the gym. "This is strange, something is not right," the king muttered, which caught Hay Lin's and Irma's attention.
"What's not right?" Irma asked.
"Please don't get discovered, please don't get discovered," Hay Lin thought as she crossed her fingers, hoping that the king didn't find out about her or Irma.
"Nothing, must be my imagination. Moving on," the king stated, which caused Hay Lin to let go of her breath which she held. As they exited the the gym hall, Cornelia followed them the other way. Hay Lin spotted her and thought that Cornelia was trying to help her out. She then followed the group by following the way they went through as they entered the cafeteria again. Then they entered the kitchen, which was filled with pots, pans and food. Hay Lin stomach was having a slight growl, as she started to become hungry.
"This must be the kitchen. What beauty," the king stated as Irma rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, to you maybe. But to me, this is just plain ugly," Irma thought sarcastically as they survey the place. This caused Hay Lin to think one more way to get rid of the last two remaining guards. She was about to go with her plan when the king was right in front of her.
"What contraption is this?" the king asked as he looked at the stove. Hay Lin barely got out of the way, avoiding getting spotted as the king inspect the stove. Irma wanted to get out of here, but to avoid suspicious from the guards, she had to stay and act like she never seen these things before. She spotted the room, which was Blunk's favourite room, far left. She hope that the king doesn't go in there, as that room stunk of rotten food. But if they do go in there, it would be easy to take out the two last remaining guards and get rid of the king.
And to her dismay, or her luck, the king spotted the said room as they approached it. "What kind of room is this?" the king asked as he opened the door. Then the smelled came out of the room, which caused the king to cover his nose as well as the Irma and the guards. Irma gotten used to the smell, thanks to Blunk on that day, which she had to save her friends from the trance. But since she was with the guards and the king, she had to act.
"I don't know, should we check it out?" Irma asked.
"No, I will send two of my guards in there to find out where is the smell coming from," with that, the two said guards entered the said room as Hay Lin smirked, knowing that Irma just improvised.
As the guards entered the room, the door suddenly closed, leaving the guards and the king and Irma seperately. "What is going on here?!" the king exclaimed.
"What is going on here is you're going down!" Cornelia yelled as she entered the kitchen through the window.
"And since your guards have been taken out, I guess it is wise you surrender," Hay Lin stated, as she was now a few feet away from them.
But the next thing was unexpected as the king just grinned as he held up a dagger. "Seriously, do you think you can get us by using that?" Cornelia asked, mockingly.
"Oh it is not for you, it is for your friend over here!" with that, the king grab Irma's neck before placing the dagger by her neck.
"What's going on! I'm your daughter!" Irma exclaimed, as she was surprised.
"Don't lie, Aliria, or should I say, Water Guardian," the king stated, which caused the three girls to gasp.
"H-how did you know?" Irma asked.
"After seeing that picture and you acting strange, I figure you aren't Aliria," the king stated as Cornelia tried to think of a way to get Irma out of this without hurting her.
"We need to get the others here," Cornelia told Hay Lin through telephaty.
"No need to, we're here. And by the way you sound, I guess things just got complicated," Will said as she burst through the window, with Taranee in toll.
"Well look who decide to show up. I guess you came for your friend, but I already have the upper hand here," the king stated as she put some pressure to the dagger by pointing the edge of the dagger on Irma's neck.
"You better let her go," Taranee stated as her hands began to lit up in fire.
"Or what? You can't do a thing without me killing your friend here," the king taunted.
"OR I WILL NEVER GO BACK!" a voice suddenly spoken. This caused everybody to look at the entrance of the door was Aliria, with an angry expression.
"Aliria?!" the girls asked, shocked that she arrived at a bad time.
"Let her go, now!" Aliria yelled at him.
"You are just going to side with them!? I thought you were my daughter, but I guess you just don't want to be the princess," the king stated, upset about her daughter.
"I don't want to be your princess, with your cruel way of leading the kingdom. I would prefer to stay here than head back! Now, let her go!" Aliria exclaimed as the girls stood beside her. This caused the king to smirk as he started to laugh. This caused the girls to raised their eyebrows as the king stopped laughing.
"And you'd think I would listen to you, think again," with that, he began to move the dagger upwards before moving it towards Irma's heart. This caused Irma to close her eyes to await the end as the others tried to get to her.
Me : Okay, now that would leave you guys thinking what would happen next.
Irma : Hey! Don't leave it like that! I don't want to die! And I don't want to wait! I want to know who will save me!
Me : You just have to wait. R&R please! Over and out!