“Yeah, sorry about the rude introduction earlier, my sister doesn’t get along well with others at first, and well, I’m a little the same. I’m just the one who’s got the most control of his instincts here. Anyways, my sister in general doesn’t get along well with others anyways, but she’s fiercely protective of anyone she considers to be a part of our pack. Shade’s not quite as learned about how our instincts affect us, so I’ll try and re-introduce you to Obsidian again. Come on.” Graphene says, before lifting himself off the box. It only now dawns on me how large he actually is. I guess I should have realized this earlier, considering the fact that he is at the back of every poster, and he’s STILL the largest person there.
“Thanks, man. Anything we should know?” Demi says, before I myself can say anything- “Oh, mm… No, let’s go now.” He says, thinking to himself for a moment, then dismissing it. He motions us to follow, and we of course comply. “Hey, sis, new members of the pack, come greet them!” He says, as we enter the next room- Obsidian looks down at us from her large speaker. I look around, and everything seems to be getting finished, you can tell from all the equipment that they plan to make this one loud, I may have to cover myself in protective magic.
Obsidian lifts herself, and suddenly descends from her spot, landing behind us- We quickly turn, and she’s barely a few inches away- She sniffs me- “She’s just taking in your scent, she recognizes people by smell. She’s more in touch with her animal nature than I am.” He says, as he looks away, while his sister ignores him. She moves onto Demi, but stops at the first sniff- “Um?” Demi says, confused by this. “Are you a robot?” Graphene says, as Obsidian just stares at her. “Calling me a robot is a bit off, but yeah, kind of.” She says, folding her arms. “She’s got no scent, sis. You’ll have to just accept her as she is.” He says, making obsidian scowl- She suddenly picks me up, and carries me up to her original spot- “Ah- Help!” I shout, before she curls up with me in her arms. “Alright, put it down, you know better.” Graphene says, while pointing at the ground, causing Obsidian to growl at him- “Don’t you get that way with me! Or should I drag you back home by your tail?” He says, as he folds his arms. Growls louder, but doesn’t let me go- I break out of her grip instantly, surprising both of them- “Alright, let me down-” I say, realizing I’m actually stronger than her. “What the hell? How strong is she?” Graphene says, watching as I overpower his sister. “She’s a kraken.” Demi says, surprising both of them even further- “Are you serious? How old even is she?” He asks, pointing at me- “I’m six!” I shout, always excited to tell people about myself! “For real?! Damn, I really DO need to work out more…” He says, as his arms go slack. He composes himself again, as I climb down from the speaker- “Well, it looks like that’s been handled. Anyways, I don’t think my sister’ll growl at you anymore, just because you wondered a little too close. So feel free to do whatever. I gotta’ go finish up on setting up the equipment, Rob can’t get started with decorations otherwise, plus, the deadline is approaching.” He says, before walking away.
After that, I decided to help him with lifting, and Demi was able to set up the sound system all by herself. It’s amazing how tech-savvy she is, I guess it comes with the territory though. And after THAT, everything was finally ready…
“Is it finally time for the concert?!” I shout excitedly at Graphene, as he sits on his chair- “Nope.” What- “What?” I say, surprised- “You guys were a ton of help, so we got done early. Sorry kid, I’d love to start early, and move on to our next gig, but the concert’s gotta’ be on the dot. Nothin’ I can do about it- Besides, if we did do it early, imagine all the people who would miss it. What would we have to tell them then?” He says, before drinking from one of those cans people like. “You’re right…” I say, as he starts to remember something. “Hey, I was actually talking to Rob earlier- He said you’re a Princess? Shouldn’t you know something about this?” He’s right, I should know better- I AM the heiress after all… “Yeah, I am. I guess my judgement was clouded by my excitement…” I say, as I rub the back of my head- “Hey, it’s cool, you’re a kid after all, you should be having fun.” He says, causing Demi to speak up- “He’s got that right! Come on Rigel, let’s go play.” Demi says, grabbing my hand and running away with me…
And that’s what we did for the next few hours, we explored the jungle,- I saw a butterfly! -played in the local park, played with all the other children,- My strength may have been a little too much for them… -and I even got to fly with Demi!
And now for the time you’ve all been waiting for! It’s time for the concertert! Volestra groggily walks up to the microphone, and taps on it a bit- “Heeey~ Everyone… I’m almost ready, I just need a little help waking up-” The crowd cheers, and I’m right there along with them! Demi is, of course, confused. Volestra slaps both cheeks on her face, and screams into the microphone. Everyone quickly joins in, and- and- I’ve been waiting all day for this!!! I scream at the top of my lungs, and the shockwave from my voice rips through the air! Everyone is blown away, and they suddenly turn to look at me- “What happened?” One of them asks- “Was there a bomb?” Another says, as they simply stare at the tiny crater I just realized I made… I may have been too excited… Demi walks up next to me, and whispers into my ear- “I’m cloaking you, they can’t see you. Let’s just forget this happened, and enjoy the concert.” She says, as she whispers into my ear… “Ah, okay… Are you sure this is okay, though?” I ask, as she takes my hand, and we walk away. “Absolutely, nobody was hurt anyways. You almost scared me to pieces you know, I didn’t think you could scream that loud.” She says, as we come to a stop, and I can suddenly see her. “Are we visible?” I whisper to her, as I look around for watchers. She simply nods, and I compose myself.
“That was surprising!” Volestra suddenly says, causing everyone to look at her- “Sounds like someone may have gotten a little too excited! Let’s start the show!” She shouts, before starting the show! Everyone cheers as she begins singing, and joins her- I just knew it! A joyful tear runs down my cheek, as I hold my hands together… “I’m so happy…” I say, causing Demi to fold her arms, and give me a happy, but incredulous look. “Seriously? Anyways, they were nearby, and a friend told me about it, so I figured it’d be a nice thing to do. I know it’s late, but happy birthday Rigel.” She says, as I struggle to listen over the music… It doesn’t sound quite as good live, all the noise kind of washes everything out… But it’s amazing anyways...
My favorite song… Take To Atlantis…
The third encore comes to an end, it seems everyone else wanted to hear it a couple more times too… “Man, that song was a lot longer than I was expecting.” Demi says, a surprised look on her face. “It’s not that long, it’s only a little over ten minutes.” I say, waving it off. “Duh-” She says, surprised by the length of the song, but it doesn’t matter. “Whatever, I think it’s about time I got you home. Let’s go say goodbye to your new friends, then I’ll fly you home.” Demi says, as I look away a little dejectedly… “Alright…” I say, as I look her in the eyes, and she stares back at my own… “You’re right… Let’s go do that, Demi.” I say, as the crowd slowly begins to disperse around us…
“Awww… You’re leaving already?.... That’s just too bad… Be sure to come and visit our shows every now and then… We’d love to hang out whenever…” Volestra says, making me happy again… “Thanks for all the help, kid. I’ll tell my sister what’s happening, she’ll hunt you down otherwise…” I simply nod a little nervously. “Yeah, that wouldn’t be good…” I say, causing Graphene to nod back, and return to what he was doing…
We meet up with Robboalosk, and give him the bad news. “Hey-yo-yo! That’s whack, you know! It’s been real, kid! Here, I’ll give you my contact info, that way you can hang out with all of us whenever!” He says, as he pulls out his mobile cipher. “Oh, that’s a great idea!” I say, before realizing I don’t own one- “I don’t have anything like that myself, though…” I say, looking away dejectedly… “I can get you some’n. Heck, I MYSELF can do it, and WAY better!” She says, surprising us both- “Here, let me just connect to your phone real quick-” She says, causing something to click in his cipher. “Alright, I’ve got everything I need, thanks.” She says, making him look at it- “Okay…” He says, as he quickly flits through it… “Everything seems to be fine… A’ight! All’s ch-ch-chill then YO! Come hang out wheneva’ kiddo!” After that, we say goodbye to Shade, and finally depart…
We fly through the air, Demi made sure to fully charge herself this time- “We’ll be diving soon!” She says, and I prepare myself to swim us the rest of the way to Ryleth. We dive-bomb the ocean, and I can feel the shielding begin to form around her body. We land in the water, and I swim us the rest of the way, just as planned…
-√Z2-
Rigel runs into the room, and towards me- “Mother!” She shouts, jumping into my arms, surprising me. I almost didn’t catch her- “Well hello there! You’re so excited all of a sudden!” I say, as I look at her, and notice Demistar only now entering the room after her. “I’ve never been so happy before, mother!” She says, as Demistar walks up, leisurely waving her hand at me. I secretly wave back at her, as I speak up. “Really? How has your day been?” Sudden shock washes over both of their faces, surprising me- “O-Oh, we were just playing!” Rigel says, as I place her on the ground, and crouch down to look her in the eyes. “Yeah, we were playing a new game I showed her, it’s called checkers! She’s REALLY good at it.” Demi says, as a hologram appears above her hand of the old board game. “Oh, I’ve played that game! I wasn’t quite as good at it myself, but you should play me at it some day.” I say, as I stare at the holographic board… “You’re just full of surprises, Demistar…” I say, as Rigel walks up closer to look at it too. “Yeah, cool hologram ability, I made it the other day.” She says, as she reshapes it into other objects, and game boards.
I stand up, and look at the door for a moment, before turning back to the two. “I’m very busy, Rigel, I should get going. I love you.” I say, before walking away. “Come home soon, mother!” She says, her light voice warming my heart…
Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.
I make my way down the front stairs of the castle. I was only able to make it a few steps, before another assassination attempt- I barely managed to dodge, the bullet leaving a small cut on my cheek... The ground behind me suddenly shakes from the power of the bullet, and my tendrils burst from the walls around the building the bullet came from. I walk over to the building, and slip through one of the openings- Another bullet! It pings around the room, the tentacles being too tough for it to break through! I catch it this time, and drop it.
“Click.”
His gun switches to some sort of automatic function, and he fires it around the room continuously, forcing me to dodge each bullet until I’ve caught every last one. Before I know what’s happening, the barrel of his gun is pointed between my eyes- My jaw suddenly bursts open, and he fires! I barely catch the bullet with my teeth, and he’s left in disbelief… I grab the rifle’s barrel, and slam the butt across his forehead, knocking him out… Tendrils grow from my arm, as I begin to calm down, and crushes the rifle under their grip... I grab the young man, and carry him from the building, as my tendrils recede, so I can get a better look at him- He’s from Ryleth’s own military… I look around for any watchers- There’s nobody here, thank god… “Guards, get over here!” I shout, my voice rippling through the air… Guards suddenly rush to my side, shocked looks on their face, as I toss the boy towards them. “Get him in a holding cell in the palace…” I say, through ragged breaths… A royal guard catches the boy, and he runs towards one of the secret entrances with him, followed by a couple others… “Your highness, are you alright?!” One of the guards says, as they all just stare at me- “It’s just a light cut on my cheek, I’m fine…” I say, as the adrenalin begins to die down, and I start to realize how much pain I’m in… One of the Guards takes off their cape, and offers it to me. “Your clothes are torn, and you’re bleeding everywhere… We must get you to the infirmary this instant!” He says, causing me to look down at my shredded up clothes, and the cuts on my body that accompany them…
The pain begins to surge from all of the small cuts, and I simply look up at the guards again- “Yes, let’s get going, take me to the medical facilities…” I say, as I cover myself in the cape…
-√Z3-
“Fuuuck~ LIFE! Ya’ know that?!” My drunken friend says, as I down my own drink. “I get it… Everything has been getting worse and worse…” I say, causing him to look at me with an exaggerated look of confusion- “What’re you talkin’bout? No man, my brothers and sisters, that’s what’s wrong! I gotta’ say, I LOVE my motha’! But fuckin’ ‘ell mate! Could’a stopped at like, me, or a few more down! What the hell was she thinkin’?!” He says, before downing another large glass of beer…
“You two’ve been downin’em all night. Your buddy’ere’s toasted, but you seem just fine, kid.” The bartender says, surprising me- “Yeah... I’m a bit of a heavyweight, no magic either... Inzor here was hoping he might beat me this time. For the record, how many drinks am I on?” I ask, hoping he was paying attention. “Oh, you’re actually pretty close to the Bar’s record itself. If you think you can take it, the rest are on the house.” He says, pointing at the wall with a smug look on his face- I look over, and it’s a picture of the bartender himself, at a younger age, surrounded by some buddies, and everyone else who must have been here for a drink… “You’re only about a beer shy of one-hundred-twenty away from that record..” He says, as I finally begin to realize just how close I really am… I also, just so happen to have drinken four hundred’n eighty one drinks…
I look back at the Bartender, and slam the glass on table, without breaking it thankfully- “What if I lose?” I ask, surprising him- “Oh- How about you pay double?” I nod, and we shake hands! “Game on! Let’s do this!” I shout, not realizing Inzor conked out a while ago…
“Hey everyone, drinking game, kid here’s going for the record!” He shouts, causing everyone to cheer! “The name’s Poralisk. How about you?” Poralisk says, as he pulls out multiple beer glasses, and starts filling them. “Sirius, after the star. It’s pretty common, I know, but I still like it.” I say, before downing the first glass. “You don’t look like a legendary creature.” He says, as I down the next one, while everyone watches. “Yeah, I’m not, I know. My mother’s an astronomer!” I say, causing him to nod. “I see. Yeah, I inherited the bar from my dad, and he inherited it from his dad, and so on. Tendin’ to the bar is all I really know how to do, but lord be damned if I don’t love my alcohol!” He finishes, before we down two glasses of beer simultaneously!
A little while later, I’m on my thirtieth beer already! “Come on, you’ve got this kid!” Some of the men say, as I finish the next one! After I’ve hit my fortieth, everyone’s shouting: “Chug-chug-chug-” And so on, without fail. After the sixtieth, everyone’s cheering, and drinking with me, as I chug the beer like nobody else can! We celebrate the hundredth beer like we just saved the world, with the beer itself!
I’m finally at the last beer… It’s golden color glistening in the light… “Behold, the record breaking beer!” Poralisk says, under the great light! “Who would be the one so bold, as to smash the record?!” He shouts, causing me to stand, with my table cloth cape billowing in the wind of the electric fan! “Behold, it is I, Sirius! I will be the one to conquer this mighty record!” I shout, as I point the board I was given at him! “We’ll see you try!” He says, slamming it on the lone table, that was separated from the rest, for this great moment! I take the beer glass, and show it off, before sipping from it, then chugging the rest! Cheers like none other ring out through the bar, and I slam the glass through the table! “YEAAAHHH!!!” I shout, admittedly a little too excited…
“I’ll see about replacing that…” I say, realizing what I’ve just done… “Nah, kid. You keep it! Consider’em your trophy!” He says, surprising me. “Don’t worry about paying for the glass, I can make another one of those with my mana. The table on the other hand… I know a guy.” He says, as he steps down from the countertop, and back behind it… “Alright, let’s hire an artist, we gotta’ immortalize this moment!” He says, as he walks away to the other room…
Inzor wakes up, and looks around- “Where the hell am I?” He asks, as he looks around- “Hey man, I just broke the record!” I say, pointing a thumb at the picture on the wall. “Are you kidding me? Fuuuck~, man! I was supposed to win this one! What are you doing?!” He says, as I rub the back of my head nervously… “Kickin’ ass is what he’s doin’!” Poralisk says, as he steps through the doorway. “Got my brother on his way right now! Y’all find a position, and prepare yourselves to stand still for a while!” He shouts, but everyone cheers anyway! Inzor conks out again, and a man bursts through the door, art supplies in one arm, and a wet chunk of stone in the other- “Hey, one beer please! And one for the road!” He shouts, before bursting into laughter, from the terrible joke… Did he really just tear that from the road?... “Are you the artist?” I ask, surprising him- “What else?! When I heard you beat my brother’s stupid record, I knew I had to head out right away!” He says, as he places the easel, and takes a glance at the original picture… “There it is, the first record’s painting. Now that you’ve up and broke the record, I finally get to paint a new one!” He says, as everyone gets into position…
About an hour later, and he’s FINALLY finished… “I was starting to think I was gonna’ turn into a statue…” I say, as I lift Inzor off of my shoulder… Everyone stands up along with me, as I place Inzor in one of the chairs.
I walk around, to look at the drawing, and it’s amazing- “What do you think?” Poralisk’s brother says, as I stare at myself, with a pile of beer glasses, and everyone else behind me… “It’s amazing. This is basically my crowning achievement.” I say, as I place my hands on my hips. “Are you even feeling a little groggy?” He says, surprising me- “Oh, nope. I guess I’ve just got super tolerance.” He nods, and stands up from his stool. “Well, it should be dry by tomorrow morning. You should go build up your record, I think some of the other guys have their eye on it. I look over, and they’re all already chugging… “Yeah, good idea. Maybe I’ll get drunk for the first time in my life.” I say, as I walk over to the bar-
“I can’t keep giving you free beer, record or not.” Poralisk says, as he pours me another drink. “Yeah, I figured.” I say, before I down this one, just like the rest...
-√Z2-
My husband bursts into the room, worry and stress evident on his face… “Regel!” He says, as he stops in front of me. “I’m fine… It was just another assassination attempt. The boy wasn’t too strong, somebody must have supplied him with that weapon. I’m surprised it didn’t take his arm off from the recoil.” I say, surprising him- “What are you talking about? Are you okay? How are your wounds?” He says, reminding me that I’m more important to him right now… “They’re fine. I was able to sit in my Kraken form for a while, and now I’m fully healed… Has anyone tried an attempt on you, yet?” He calms himself and sits down… “No… I think they still fear my strength…” He says, as he looks away… “I guess they don’t realize how close in strength we really are…” I say, as one of the servants places some new clothes for me in the room.
I look at it, and pick it up. “Shall I help you get dressed?” My husband says, taking my attention away from it for a moment- “Oh, yeah, that would be nice.” I say, as I begin to remove the cape from my shoulders, revealing just how badly damaged my clothes are… “Yeesh, that’s a lot of skin…” I say, realizing just how much of my skin is being revealed from the new openings in the dress… “Yeah, let’s get you covered up-” My husband says, as tendrils burst from the ground to give us some privacy… I begin to undress myself, and this somehow surprises him- “Are you serious? You’ve seen me naked, just get my dress ready.” I say, causing him to simply nod and comply. I finally get the dress off, and I look at him. “How do I look? Do my scars make me look cool now?” I ask, inspecting the healed up wounds on my body. “Y-Yeah, they make you look awesome!” He says, trying to focus on anything OTHER than my half naked body… “Does me being half naked really make you THIS embarrassed? I would have thought you’d like it…” I say, as I show off a little in front of him, causing him to cover his eyes. I burst into laughter, and stopped- “Alright, alright, I get it. Give me the dress.” I say, and he complies instantly of course...
My husband releases the tendrils after I’ve finished dressing myself, and he looks back at me. “Right, anyways… We need to do something about these assassination attempts… Maybe you should just stay home, until this all blows over…” He says, surprising me- “No…” I say, as I begin to resign myself… “Maybe you’re right… This is the only place they can’t get to, after all… And they’ve been getting more creative with each attack… I barely stepped out of the castle, and I was attacked…” I say, as I hold my head in my hands.
My husband embraces me in his arms, and I look at him through the corner of my eye- “I’m so sorry, I just… I don’t know what to do…” He says, resigned from whatever is happening here… I hug him, and we share in each other’s embrace…
End of Chapter: 5√Z3 “World Record Royal Rumble!”
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