Chapter 3 - The Crown's Chosen
As Aja stepped out of the portal, she saw her friends waiting for her. They were standing in the arena where it all started all those days ago. Surrounding her were the freed people of Akridion-5. She put down Luug and embraced them all. She then ordered the crowd to make some space.
"I have missed you all. I have missed Akiridion-5." The crowd cheered, welcoming the true queen home. "While in exile, we were stuck on a world called Earth, a world of wonders." As she was speaking, Krel had gotten control of the arena and projected a giant hologram of Earth to the spectators. They were awed. Aja then went next to Darcy, Eli, and Mary. "These are my human friends that I have made on Earth. This is Eli, Mary, and Darcy. During me and my brother's time there, we were hunted by Hunters Guild bounty hunters and human authorities. Several times these humans here have saved mine, my brother Krel's, and even Varvato Vex's lives. I would not be standing here without them."
The crowd started chanting their names. Eli, Darcy, and Mary were so happy at this moment. They experienced something that they never would have imagined, in a normal life of course. As the speech ended, Aja, Krel, and her royal hands and guests rode a ship to the royal palace. The people also followed to see the royal coronation. Akridion-5 is an ecumenopolis plant, a city spanning the entire world the same size as ColossusEarth. Many highrises are found all over the planet, but the royal palace was something to behold. It was a mile high and had a shield to protect it from invaders.
Mary, Eli, and Darcy could not take their eyes off the palace. Mary took pictures of course. Eli was speechless. "Are you guys telling me this insane place is all yours?"
Krel chuckled. "Yes, it is. I bet you will not find this on Earth."
"No but seriously, how rich are you guys?" Darcy asked, still in awe.
"Uh, several quintillions." Aja said.
They all turned towards her, jaws dropped.
"Ok, that is just insane." Mary said. They must have thought at one point that Aja and Krel, as royals of an alien planet, are rich, but they couldn't ever imagine that it would be that colossus. They dock at the entrance, with crowds gathered. They still can see smoke in the distance from when the resistance took back the planet when Morando was away on Earth. Aja would start walking down to the lift, following behind were her friends. Akiridion-5 had a total of 20 billion Akiridions living there, so not everyone could be there in person for the coronation. It also has 4 moons connected with rings that are also inhabited by Akiridions. It was being broadcasted on large screens all across the planet and its moons.
Back on Earth, Shannon was walking down the streets, contemplating everything that had happened. Trolls exist. Magic exists. The legends of Merlin and Morgana exist. And now aliens exist. The cool girl Aja is an alien along with Krel. When she was crossing the curve, she spotted two shiny things on the floor. They were blue. She ran over to these items. One was a device in the shape of a disc with something that looks like a lens on the top and the other was a device that had 3 buttons on a big part of the item with 4 pieces on the top. They looked alien. "What are you guys?" She said. She picked them up, put them in her backpack, and made her way to a house, running.
In the mothership, Steve, Toby, and Argh were being filled in on how the expedition went.
"What do you mean there was no hearthstone there?" Toby asked.
"We arrived there, but there was nothing. It was just a rumor." Jim said.
"Then where are the rest of the trolls that went with you?" Steve asked.
"They are safe in Camelot." Claire said.
Toby gasped. "Camelot! As in ancient, old people Camelot?"
"More like flying castle Camelot now." Jim said.
Steve and Toby turned to Zoe and Douxie, shocked that they are sorcerers. "So your Merlin's apprentice and the talking cat is your friend, wait no, familiar!" Toby asked.
Douxie chuckled. "Yes, I am. And that is Archie."
"But aren't you like 19?" Steve asked.
Archie jumped onto Douxie's shoulder. "Give or take nine centuries." He then leaped and transformed into his true form of a dragon.
"What, you can turn into a dragon?" Steve asked.
"Actually, my true form is a dragon. I just like being a cat." Archie said.
"I'm also Douxie's girlfriend. I'm as old as him too." Zoe said.
"Whaaaaaaaaat…" Toby said, gasping.
Merlin stepped in. "Now let's get down to business. Who were does shiny aliens?"
"Akiridions!" Steve corrected. "They are our friends."
"You guys already know Aja and Krel. The other two were Varvatos Vex and Zadra." Toby said. "And the other guy, Stuart, is also an alien, but he's a Durian."
"Why were they here?" Merlin asked. He is suspicious of everyone, and particularly to anyone who he doesn't know anything about. He has heard of Akiridion-5, but it is very vague.
"It's a long story, and we don't have all the details, but here's what we know." Steve said.
"Their planet was attacked by an exiled general named Morando. He killed their parents in front of them." Steve started to explain, telling everything Aja told him.
Everyone looked at each other, contemplating how horrific that must have been for Aja and Krel.
"Akiridions are not biological beings. They are made of energy. When they die, they disintegrate into a life core. They can survive almost anything if their cores are not harmed. They took their parents' cores and escaped along with Varvatos and Luug on the mothership. Zadra had to stay behind to hold off Morando's soldiers. They experienced damage to their ship and had to hide somewhere. The ship's AI, "mother," suggested Earth, and they crashed here."
Claire was shocked that much had happened to them. "Wait did you say AI?"
"Yeah, she was recently destroyed by Morando when he found them here and invaded. But before that, he put a bounty on them and sent bounty hunters after them." Toby said.
"Me and Aja were already friends before I knew their secret, and I was abducted by bounty hunters along with her and Krel. She revealed herself to save me." Steve said.
"Actually it was more than just friends, they are full on together." Toby playfully said. \
Claire and Jim laughed.
"Quiet, buttsnack! You don't hear me saying how Vex liked your Nana." Steve said.
"Yeah, me, Argh, and Eli later found out when we ran into her being hunted by a bounty hunter." Toby said.
Blinky was intrigued by all of this. "What do you think of our new compatriots, Argh?"
Argh smiled. "I like Aja. She has a good and gentle heart. I like them all."
"We actually had to rescue them from a secret military base that imprisons extraterrestrials. And we had to break back in a few times" Toby said.
"It sounds like you had a great time while we were gone, Tobias." Blinky said.
"Going back to the story, Akiridion royals have a greater life source than others. If their cores are still intact, they can be put in regeneration capsules to live again." Steve said.
Zoe had questions. "Wait, are you saying that these guys in a way can live forever if they are careful?"
"Something like that I guess." Toby answered.
"They tried to hide from Morando, but he found them anyway. He was no joke. He was fast, strong, and smart. He also had an army of robots. " Toby said.
Jim, Claire, and Blinky were shocked that all this happened while they were gone.
Suddenly the TV just turned on by itself, but just started broadcasting static. Merlin was confused. "Ah, another talking crystal."
Jim started to approach the TV. "What the?"
Before he got to the remote, a screen appeared with a message being broadcasted from Akiridion channels due house being an Akiridion ship. The message relayed, "The coronation of princess Aja Tarron of Akiridion-5."
Steve gasped. "What! We have to watch that. I bet the computer down there will be better."
Back in the streets, Shannon was making her way to a particular house. She knocked many times on the door, for only her friend, Connie, to open the door. She was in her pajamas. Her blonde hair was not in a bow tie as usual. She looked tired. It was still early in the morning. "Shannon, girl, what are you doing here this early?" Connie asked. "Sorry, but I need to show you something. Are you parents home?" Shannon asked.
Connie yawned. "No, they're at work already. Come on in." Shannon came inside and sat on the couch with Connie. "What's up with you?" Connie asked.
"You remember when Aja showed herself to all of us right, in the school?" Shannon asked.
"It was a few days ago, how could I ever forget that aliens are real and robots tried to kill all of us. Why?" Connie said.
"Oh it's nothing. I just found these on the street." She opened up her backpack, and pulled out the devices. They started to shine blue again. Connie's eyes went wide. "Those look like they belong to Aja and Krel. But what are they?" The disc suddenly started to hum. Shannon dropped it from her hands in fear and she and Connie got off the couch, stepping back. From the lens of the disc-shaped device, came a holoscreen with another symbol of Akiridion-5. A message was also heard. "The coronation of princess Aja Tarron of Akiridion-5."
"Yeah, that is definitely their's." Shannon said. The broadcast activated and they saw the live stream on Akiridion-5.
Back in the mothership, they made their way down the mothership into the control room. As they stepped into the room, the hard light floors activated around the platform and the hovering seats appeared. On the holoscreen was a symbol of Akiridion-5 and it was mechanically humming. Toby got onto a hovering seat and made his way to the screen. Krel had taught him how to operate this thing. He clicked on a button and the broadcast appeared. They saw Akiridion-5 for the first time. The screen showed the arena, where citizens were gathered. They also saw the blue and purple sky that had many tall skyscrapers in the distance. They also saw all 4 of the rings with just 2 moons currently visible. Claire's eyes were wide open, shocked. "Wow, wow, wow, wow! That is their world? It's amazing!"
Argh, Blinky, and Jim were also amazed. They had seen some pretty crazy stuff before, but this was something else.
Then they saw Aja, Krel, and their friends on the platform. Next to her and Krel, Zadra and Varvatos were standing there, in guard mode.
Aja gave her speech and the crowd erupted in cheers. "It's crazy that Eli, Darcy, and Mary are just on another planet right now.
Merlin, Zoe, Douxie, and Archie have seen things that would baffle anyone, but this was incredible.
A ship then came into the arena and landed onto the platform next to the group. They watched as Aja, Krel, Varvatos, Luug, Eli, Darcy, and Mary entered the ship and took off.
"I gotta get me one of those." Toby said.
They see the ship flying through the sky, with smoke in the distance.
The camera then focuses on the royal palace. Its colossal size was immeasurable to them. "That must be like a mile high!" Jim said. "I thought Camelot was big, that is next level."
Douxie was flabbergasted. "Bleeding balroths! Now isn't that a sight."
On the broadcast the ship landed in front of the entrance to the palace. They watched as the crowds gathered, camera drones in the air, and when Aja, Krel, and their friends came out and went inside.
Back on Akiridion-5, Aja, Krel, Luug, Varvatos, Zadra, Eli, Darcy, and Mary were taking the lift up to the throne room. The advanced technology of the lift allowed them to see outside the building. They could see the Akiridion-5 sky and high buildings around them. "You guys have the best views." Mary said. "Do you guys want Akiridion suits?" Aja asked Mary, Darcy and Eli. They all said yes. The lift stopped and opened to a huge throne room. There was a crowd of resistance leaders standing there waiting for them. Standing among them was Izita and Loth Saborian. "Your highnesses, welcome home." Izita said. They all bowed before them. Aja smiled. "You all may rise."
"You all remember the Pepperjack, right?" Aja asked the crowd.
They all cheered for Eli, remembering how he had helped them ground Morando's ship with the drones.
"These other two humans are Mary and Darcy. They are my friends and they have helped me many times on Earth. I want someone to give them suits of their own." Aja said. Someone had pulled out a machine and activated it. It lifted Eli, Darcy, and Mary into the air and generated suits onto their bodies. They all fell onto their feet with new blue shiny marked suits. Darcy and Mary checked themselves out. They looked good. "Wow, we look so freaking good." Mary said, giggling.
Aja said it was time. Everyone got into their positions with Aja and Krel walking down to the throne. Krel felt like even though he is still a king-in-waiting, he felt relief that he had less responsibility now. He was happy for his sister. She never wanted the throne, but she had to follow her duty now.
The broadcast started again. Back in the mothership, the group looked to see Aja in front of the throne. It was massive and beautiful. On her side were Krel, Zadra, and Varvatos. A little farther away was Eli, Darcy, and Mary. They are wearing blue Akiridion suits. Mary was holding Luug. Claire was amazed at how good Darcy and Mary looked in those suits.
Back in Connie's house, she and Shannon were just sitting and watching everything. They couldn't believe everything that they were seeing was real. Aja looked amazing.
In the throne room, Loth Saborian was ready to crown the new queen. He held the crown. It then started to hover up from his hands. He held it at the back of her head.
"I now pronounce you Queen Aja of Akiridion-5, the first ruler of House Tarron." Loth announced.
As he moved his hands away, the crown stayed in place, remaining stationary behind her head. It shined blue. She pulled out her serrator and made a spear from it. It was different than before, it was like her father's. She sat down onto the throne, placing her hands on the arm sides of the throne and holding her spear in one hand.
Loth shouted, "Long live the queen!" Everyone then started to shout, "Long live the queen! Long live the queen! Long live the queen!" Everyone around the planet was shouting it and cheering while jumping.
In the mothership, everyone was at a loss of words. Steve was seeing her girlfriend being crowned the queen of an entire world.
"Yeah, that's my girlfriend!"
Claire was astonished. Aja looked amazing. She truly looked like a queen.
In Connie's house, Connie and Shannon just watched. Aja had told her story on the mic in front of everyone just a few days ago. To see her sitting on that throne, holding that royal weapon, and wearing that crown wasn't something you see everyday.
Before the broadcast ended, Loth asked the queen what would be the words of her house now. Aja already had thought of it with Krel. She says, "Ours Is The Fury."
The broadcast ended, and the viewers on Earth were left with awe. Aja's reign has begun.
