Chapter 4: Escape:

Ye Xian's POV:

I was unfortunately having dinner with the Dragon King. I was having Sea Anemones while the Dragon King was having a familiar looking fish which I couldn't put my finger on it. The Dragon pulled on the tablecloth to make sure I'm closer to him.

"What kind of fish did you buy," I asked because I'm having this weird feeling about that fish he's eating.

"Oh, Dearest, I didn't buy a fish, I caught a fish," says the Dragon King, "at the courtyard," he says as he was eating it which is strange because I remember something important at the courtyard, "this fish is quite peculiar because of its golden scales and golden eyes," he says as I slowly realize of who he's eating.

"No!"

"Yes, that fish was giving you second thoughts about our marriage, but I took care of that," he says as he stops eating, "Oh, and if anyone else dares to give you second thoughts! they'll..." he says as he licks his lips to make a point.

"It's chapped lips for them," says Benbo who then laughs while me and the Dragon king are just confused of what he just said.

"Benbo, they'll get eaten," says Babbo who has a face that says seriously.

"Oh! yeah, that too," says Benbo.

"I need to go to my room," I said as I leave the dinner table.

"Okay, my darling! You need your beauty sleep because I really want you to look beautiful on our wedding day and especially our wedding night," says the Dragon King who chuckles excitedly at the wedding night part.

. . .

I was in bed of my temporary room, crying the Dragon King has eaten my closest friend! I then heard a voice. "Ye Xian!"

"Gold-Eyes," I asked.

"The time has come," says Gold-Eyes, "you must go to the pillar!"

"But... why," I asked.

"You must!"

. . .

I then did what Gold-Eyes told me to and I started walking down the stairs.

Dragon King's POV:

"Coming to the stage, let's give it up for..." says Babbo.

"The reptile of style..." says Benbo.

"The overboard of overlord..."

"With the sweetest vocal cords..."

"AO GUANG THE DRAGON KING!" says both of them who announcing me.

"My loyal subjects," I said, "the time has come for my grand plan!"

"To marry that girl," asks one.

"That's not my grand plan," I said, "that's just something else... more like a minor plan. My grand plan is to use this pillar that has stood here along with its stolen twin since the dawn of time to finally take the world by storm! I was going to use the column five hundred years ago, but we all know what happened."

"What happened again?"

I then sighed. "It was stolen by a monkey and then he kept taking my things, then when the Bull Demon got him to help invade Heaven, the Jade Emperor turned him into a puppet!"

"I thought he was imprisoned in stone!"

"No, that was before the Bull Demon thing," I said, "look it up! Anyway, this pillar will choose the greatest of them all with the best style, of course, to free its monumental potential. The greatest of you all is me! My gorgeous machine will unleash the pillar's power to create the greatest storm the world has ever seen. The days when sea creatures are looked down upon by those air-breathing dry-landers are over!"

Ye Xian's POV:

I then heard a voice and this time, it was not Gold-Eyes. I swam to the pillar. "Hello," I asked. The pillar spoke. "You've been waiting for me? For how long?" It spoke again. "Five minutes?" It then spoke again. "Five thousand years?" It spoke again. "You can help?" I then swam closer.

Dragon King's POV:

"Let our conquest begin! But first, a song. And a five, six, seven, eight!"

"Boss, you should see this!"

I saw Ye Xian touching the pillar and it turns to a stone and she swims away with it. "My bride has stolen my stone," I asked.

"So your bride is the greatest of them all," says Binbo.

"And she left with your stone which means she has the best style," says Babbo.

"Yeah. And she took the one thing you need to take over the world. She must really hate you-" I then ate him.

"Any other comments? Input? Friendly feedbacks," I asked. No one says anything. "She must have cold fins and in a panic, left with my stone!"

"You gonna try the Jade Emperor," asks Babbo.

"I don't think he'd care about this," I said, "besides, it's even more embarrassing than that monkey thing! Draw me a bath and we'll find her!"

Ye Xian's POV:

"What am I going to do," I asked, "no matter where I go, he will find me!" The stone speaks. "The surface? Seriously?" The stone speaks. "Alright, but I don't think it's going to work."

. . .

I then got to the surface and the stone turned me human.

To Be Continued

In the next chapter, Ye Xian is hiding in the surface.