"What's up with Marcell?" Luna whispered to Bronze.
"I'm not sure, but it seems as though she heard some bad news," Bronze said.
"Her silence reminds me of when she came back to us after she learned about Lucy being held prisoner," Stephen whispered to them.
"What brings you here Reine? Did you know I was ready to fight?" Kerrie asked.
"Kerrie, your fight will be with no other but Marcell," Sensei Reine said, as the others around, even the Lizarians, were surprised.
Kerrie's eye narrowed, and she asked, "Why suddenly choose my battle?"
Marcell replied, in a low tone without looking at Kerrie, "You know very well why."
A realization hit Kerrie, as her expression stood serious, but a drop of sweat slide down from the side of her face.
"Let's act as though I have no idea what your getting at," Kerrie said, as she placed one hand on her hip.
Sensei Reine signed, and then she said, "Kerrie, Time Sensei showed us the Past orb from the outside so she was able to select certain times she wanted to show us. We saw a person in a dark hood cast the vampire curse on a traveler village forty years ago. That same person who cast the curse disappeared when the vampires were too powerful to be controlled. They hid themselves for years and eventually found the Time Sensei..."
Sensei Reine held her hands behind her back, and continued, "Time Sensei took them in to help them since they were weary from traveling and hiding, although she was unaware at the time that they were the caster of the curse. Eventually this person learned of the Gem of Ages, and used the gem to turn their self younger. Time Sensei caught them in the act, and she was able to get the Gem of Ages away from them, but she wasn't able to see their young face since they wore the dark hood and escaped. Time Sensei then hid the Gem of Ages for a long time after that, so that no one would use it carelessly or for devious reasons..."
Sensei Reine's eyes narrowed, and she continued, "After escaping, the young person traveled further until they stumbled upon a school where they were accepting children who had no homes or anywhere to turn to. They enlisted as a student, and much later were going to become a Sensei, but they were kicked out of the school when Time Sensei realized that they left another student to die… and even when that student later was kind to them… she still sealed her in a crystal prison."
A stillness overcame everyone, as many of the vampires began to tremble whether it was their hands, feet, or both. Sensei Wu, Sensei Garmadon, Nya, and Misako were very surprised by the revelation, as their eyes widened. The Lizarians were focused on what was being said, since someone else was listening through some of them. Kerrie kept silent, as she slowly breathed in and out, knowing that the truth was actually realized.
"I see you still kept the dark hood you wore all those years ago when you used the curse on the vampires," Sensei Reine said, as the vampires stiffened.
Kerrie touched her hood with one hand, and then she snickered and said, "How perceptive of you Reine. So you finally know the truth. Time Sensei really finished the Past, Present, and Future orbs like she said she would. Well then, it's no use denying it... It was me. I used the curse forty years ago on the vampires and went on the run for years later until I found Time Sensei."
The admittance of her crime, brought trembling among half of the vampires as they fell on their knees in woe, while the other half stood up with their hands formed into fists and their fangs showing. Unbeknownst to everyone, Marcell had her hand in her pocket with her pink cell phone, since she called Violet to let her hear Kerrie admitting the truth.
In Aeroplane, a cry of rage and sadness was heard, as Violet punched the ground while Dareth and Tempura were surprised by the news and at her outburst. As Violet cried out, Dareth and Tempura heard her mention having an older brother, and how he had died by her hands since she lost all control of herself when she first changed into a vampire by the curse.
Her brother died from trying to stop her from hurting other people, and because he wasn't yet a full vampire since the curse worked slower in some than others.
Dareth comforted Violet, as she cried into his chest. Tempura was able to get Violet's cell phone and hang up, as she sent a text to Marcell, informing her that Violet received the news.
Marcell looked at her phone and read the text, and then she tucked it away in her pocket. She stepped forward next to Sensei Reine, facing the woman who made her people suffer for much longer than she was the Vampire Queen.
"You… YOU! YOU DID THIS TO US!" Stephen hissed, glaring at Kerrie.
"You monster! YOU MADE US INTO MONSTERS!" Luna yelled out, with a snarl.
"We couldn't be with our families anymore. We had to leave them so that they would be safe! You made us leave them! YOU MADE US LEAVE THEM BEHIND!" Bronze hollered.
"I watched my family live their lives. I watched my parents die, my siblings grow up, and their kids grow up without me! YOU RIPPED US OUT OF OUR LIVES!" Andrex screamed out, as tears began to develop around his eyes, as well as the others.
"My family, my friends! I watched them live on without me… I watched my husband live and die without me..." One of the female vampires said, as she stood on her knees crying.
"I hurt my friends when I first became a vampire because I had no control..." One of the male vampires said, as he also stood on his knees crying.
It dawned on Luna, Andrex, Stephen, and Bronze that Violet suffered horribly too since her brother was accidentally killed, and her family eventually died out which left her alone.
Marcell took a few steps forward, as the area became silence, besides the cries of some of the vampires. Then Marcell spoke to Kerrie, while finally looking at her with a stoic expression,
"Your a pretty twisted and messed up character Kerrie. Maybe you were raised like that, maybe you enjoy it, or maybe someone hurt you and you wanted to hurt everyone. That would make sense as to why you wanted an army to rule the world… but let me ask… Why? Why didn't you break the curse already? I can understand that you weren't strong enough before to challenge a vampire and survive, but I don't understand why you kept us in this curse. It would have been easier for you to break the curse and fight us as humans then to let us stay as vampires where we are still strong. You tactical Kerrie, I'm sure you considered to break the curse to make us into regular humans before, so why didn't you?"
After a moment of silence, Kerrie slowly smiled and gestured her arm towards the distressed and angered vampires. Then Kerrie replied, with an amused smirk,
"Don't you see Marcell? Look how they suffer. If I would have fought you before and lost, or fought Lucy in the tower and lost, then I would have missed the opportunity to watch them break down in rage and heartbreak before me. Don't you see how nice it is to watch suffering and anguish?"
Marcell looked at Kerrie with disgust and anger, as Sensei Reine held her composer from the disgust she felt inside from Kerrie's answer. Nya grew furious at Kerrie, although Sensei Wu prevented her from acting by moving his stick in front of her. Marcell raised her voice, as she brought forth her dagger and said,
"What is wrong with you?! Why are you so heartless and cruel?! Why are you crazy?!"
Kerrie's eyebrow raised, as her arms spread out to her sides and she said, "Because I'm evil. I'm Freaking EVIL! I enjoy people suffering because I LIKE it. I'm EVIL, you fool!"
Kerrie's hands became encased in crystal, as Marcell brought forth a second dagger. The two ran towards one another, as their fight began.
At first, Marcell and Kerrie were holding their grounds, as Marcell's daggers and Kerrie's crystal hands came into contact. They were pushing each other back and forth to gain the upper hand over the other, but Kerrie took an extra step with her right foot, as she formed a cluster of crystal under Marcell's feet. The cluster popped upward, as Marcell was thrown upward in mid-air. Kerrie threw a small, sharp crystal shard at Marcell, however, Marcell was able to do a back-flip in mid-air and deflect the attack. Marcell landed on the ground, but she immediately side-stepped out of the way when Kerrie brought up a crystal spike from the cluster that stood on the ground to attack. Then Kerrie took the solidified crystal spike and made it separate into mini shards. She sent the mini shards like a wave after Marcell, as the Vampire Queen dodged the shard wave and threw other daggers she carried at Kerrie. Marcell was only scrapped on the back of her leg by the shard wave, while Kerrie was cut on her shoulder by a dagger.
Then Kerrie surrounded Marcell with crystal spikes to keep her in one place, as she ran over while creating a crystal sword. Marcell would have jumped out of the way, but her foot was being held on the ground by the mini shards that scrapped her foot. Kerrie jumped up and was going to come down on Marcell with a slash attack from her sword.
"Long live the Queen!" Kerrie said, with a wild grin, as she came closer to Marcell.
However, Marcell smirked, as Kerrie noticed but she couldn't stop herself. Marcell bent down on one knee as she held her arms crossed over her in an 'X' shape while her upper body was bend a little back. Suddenly, a foot landed on Marcell's crossed arms, as the person who landed on Marcell blocked Kerrie and her crystal sword with a water staff.
"Don't think your getting out of this so easy Kerrie," Lucy whispered with furrowed eyebrows, as Kerrie looked at her in shock.
Lucy pushed Kerrie back with an upward water slash, as the crystal user went flying back, but then she did a back-flip to land on the ground with both feet. The crystal spikes around Marcell and Lucy retreated back to Kerrie, and Lucy jumped down from Marcell's arms. Marcell stood up and stretched her neck one way and then the other, as she held her daggers, backhanded.
"You came just in time Lucy. Although, I could have gotten out," Marcell said, with a small smile, and Lucy slightly chuckled.
"I'm sure you would have gotten out unscathed, right?" Lucy asked, as Marcell moved her dagger in a so-so response.
Lucy and Marcell stood in fighting stances side-by-side, as they faced Kerrie, who had a more annoyed expression.
"So you both want to challenge me? That doesn't seem fair," Kerrie said, with one hand on her hip and a lazy look in her eyes.
"I believe you told us earlier, that you would take one to two of us on," Terrin said, as Kerrie looked at him with irritation.
Then she lowered her head to think, and after a moment she smiled wickedly and said,
"You know what? Fine! This is fine! I'll kill two birds with one stone AFTERALL! Ah hahahahahaaa!"
Kerrie formed all of the crystal around her into a spiked ball with a long chain that she would hold.
"Let's go, foolish monarchs!" Kerrie said, with a wild look in her eyes.
Marcell and Lucy were unfazed by Kerrie's madness, as they stood together.
"Time to end this madness," Marcell said.
"And save our people," Lucy said, as the real battle began.
Yes, Kerrie is evil. Yes, Lucy and Marcell must fight her. Yes, this is a cliffhanger. Yes, the first few chapters of my Undertale-based story has been posted already. And Yes, your all awesome.
See ya next chapter peeps. :D