Fylass Through the Looking Glass - Chapter Eleven - Crimson Walls
The cold winds were becoming even colder, as the white sky above everyone was starting to gain a red hue, making it a pale pink color, with crumbs of red dust still like ash; it felt like a place that was burning, yet everything felt so cold.
Back with the gang, Banshee and Unicorn have opened a small hole within the bag they were in to check their surroundings better, realizing that not only the sky, but the grass has changed as well, replacing the white, grassy tiles, with crimson red grass, still conserving the black patches of it, though. This was surely the Red Kingdom, but it felt… desolated.
"Er… Are you sure that there’s another kingdom around here? This just looks like a wasteland to me." Banshee asked.
"...The Red Kingdom doesn’t give off the best first impression. Not many people like to visit this place, let alone live here; it hasn’t gotten the best reputation due to its Queen in place, and it doesn’t help that the King has passed away quite recently for unknown reasons…" The King of the White Kingdom responded, making the Queen uncomfortable for reasons that no one, but herself, seemingly understood.
"Hm, alright. I’ll take your word on that; I don’t think that the Castle I imagine exists is too far away from here, so we might as well prepare for whatever will happen, since I can tell that there are reasons for this kingdom to have a bad reputation." Everyone else was awake and prepared, but Fylass, who was still recovering from their wound in their sleep, was right next to Lucid and Buddy.
"...Should we wake up the kid now, or do we wait until we get to the Castle Grounds?" Banshee asked Lucid.
"We might want to wait a little bit more, for their wound is healing quite well at this point; sure, the scar is still there, but they will be able to walk properly soon." Lucid kept rooting for the child’s safety, as he checked to see how their wound was doing.
"That’s fair. We might want to plan our way of exploring the castle as we wait, because I am sure that these people won’t take kindly to strangers, especially seeing how your Kingdom wasn’t too eager to see us." Banshee was still quite salty about the unwelcoming situation in which he and the rest found themselves in when they got to Underland the first minutes around, but at this point, there was nothing much he could do at the moment, and besides, his attention was pointing towards another thing.
"...I am sure Maforanti will find a way to let us in with ease; he’s a man that knows how to plan extremely fast, and sadly, we know that well. He hasn’t done anything against our plan for now, though, so we can only pray he knows what he’s doing." Queen Celeernyx said, looking at the rest with her, who seemed attentive to what she had to say, except Chaos, who was seemingly talking to himself, much to Fetty’s confusion and concern.
Banshee looked back at the hole he had made on the bag, realizing that there were houses around the now foggy area; resembling checkers chips, from the red ones to the black ones, but many of them looked lifeless, as if basically no one lived in here. Maforanti didn’t even bat an eye to it, though, so Banshee could only assume that these surroundings were normal.
"...Odd."
Nonetheless, Mafo kept on moving forward, quickly drifting away from the ghost town, and now moving towards a forest with withering Crimson Queens; this might not be the most miserable place Banshee has ever seen in his life, but it surely was up there. Leaves resembling ones of autumn were scattered all over the ground, and the fog was making it impossible to see through; the feeling of rain crossed Maforanti as he kept going deeper and deeper into this silent place.
Everyone at the bag was feeling a faint sense of dread, maybe due to how dark it was getting thanks to the fog, but Fylass seemingly liked the feeling, since they placed themselves in a better position to sleep, staying next to Buddy without even knowing. Buddy didn’t do anything about it, though, making Lucid confused.
"...I thought you hated Wonderlanders…"
"I do, however, this Wonderlander right here is just a kid, and besides, is the least I could do for them, after all I did and said to them back then."
"...Wait, are you apologizing?"
"Even if I hate to admit it, these Wonderlanders don’t really mean much harm to Underland; I still won’t allow them in here when we get the Chronosphere back, but we’ll finish this off in the best terms possible, at least between these specific people."
"...Why do you hate them so much specifically, if I may ask?"
"I am going to assume you know about the Jabberwocky, yes?"
"..." Lucid had suspicions on that being the reason on why Underland and Wonderland became so distant with each other, but he wasn’t happy seeing those suspicions were confirmed. "Y-Yes, I do. I was there at the incident, if that's what you’re referring to."
"...Excuse me?" Buddy was surprised on hearing that. "...I assume that you were still selected as the Bishop in Wonderland either way…" He was having his suspicions about something else happening, but he quickly brushed off that idea.
"I… I guess? Everything was so fast that day, though…"
Chaos, who was by far the quietest in the group by now, seemingly was curious about what he was hearing, and approached the group the best they could.
"...Could you be more specific about the Jabberwocky Incident?" He asked.
"...Are you sure you want to know? And why, of all people, you want to know about that?" Lucid asked Chaos in response.
"Curious."
"...Alright, then…? You see, everything was so fast, so I might not have a nice recollection of the moments that happened there, so bear with me on this." What Lucid said was genuine, although Chaos could be sure that it wasn't; yet, he kept pushing.
"I don’t mind."
"...Well, I was relaxing on the last festival day between Underland and Wonderland, and I was about to discuss… something important with… someone; soon enough, though, the Jabberwocky entered mid-festivity, and it was hungry…"
"..." Buddy was silent, not wanting to discuss this.
"That thing left The White Kingdom destroyed, with a lot of victims being fed to the Dragon, including that someone I once loved. I however, somehow escaped its jaws mid flight as it came back again to Wonderland, to be dormant once again after the lots of food it had eaten. I don’t know what happened as I was dragged towards Wonderland, though."
"...I’ll explain the other side." Buddy broke his silence.
"Oh… Are you sure, though?"
"I am more than certain…"
"Alright, then."
"...I am going to assume that you were one of the villagers that were victims of the Jabberwocky, and so, I’ll try to tell the full story of it…" Buddy cleared his throat. "The day was pretty, with the celebration being as joyful as the rest of celebrations; although, that didn’t last long, when the Wonderlanders accidentally let the Jabberwocky in, a creature that has a curse in form of a bell, seemingly lost due to the same Wonderlanders sealing it with that strange man. Us Underlanders and the people at the Card Castle were actually planning to do something about it, and we were actually pretty close to domesticating it, but nonetheless, that dragon came in here first before we could do that."
"...Huh. Continue…" Chaos seemingly was piecing together something.
"That creature was ruthless, and sadly, the one person I appreciated died in the incident, and with not much choice, I crowned myself with the Rook, a crown capable of granting great power to its user, being the one I am using right now. I tried to use my power to strike it down, even if I knew that its curse would follow another entity to become another Jabberwocky. I just didn’t care anymore, but at least, that thing left us Underlanders for good. Either way, I was heartbroken…"
Lucid felt as if those words were familiar, but by pure pessimistic denial, he ignored the signals as if they didn’t exist.
"...I feel so sorry for you."
"There’s… no need to be sad." Buddy wiped off some tears that started to gather in one of his eyes, as the crown above him seemingly woke up.
"Rise and shine-... Wait, are we still in this bag? Bummer."
"Ah, you woke up, Rooky. Yes, we are still in the bag, but we are not that far away from our destination. You better prepare for whatever will happen."
The crown seemingly was acting odd, as a gray bird got out from that exact same object; it was apparently the living being inside the crown, oddly enough. "Whew, in that case, I better prepare myself to use my abilities, if we need a big bird to destroy a castle!"
Unicorn was really surprised by hearing that. "What? What did you just say?"
"Oh! Look at this!" From one swift movement, the bird suddenly grew in size. "Isn’t it cool! Heeheehee!" The bird was becoming bigger with a single movement, but Buddy was quick into making her as small as she was, again.
"...Wow."
"Oh well, yes, I can do that, but that would mean that we would have fun! And in this world, we apparently can’t have that." Rooky said as she sat right above one of Fylass’ deer antlers. "Man, this Club is a pretty heavy sleeper, but to be fair, I would be quite asleep too if I had such a big scar on me."
"...Let’s just hope that their wound gets healed before we get to the Red Castle." Lucid said with faint hope.
"Er… Too late." Banshee was looking at the hole again, and there it was… The Red Castle. With more inspection, it resembled a mansion more than anything, with crimson walls, and vermillion roofs; at the entrance, windows with wooden frames were there, but they seemingly didn’t let the light of outside come in, for the inside looked oddly dark. No one could place a finger on why, but there was a faint sense of despair by only feeling its presence.
"...Sigh." Maforanti was right at the front door, as he waited for a knight to come across the entrance; it would be rude to enter without permission anyways… Well, that, and the fact that there’s an infiltration at the scenes. It would be weird for a castle to not have security at the front door, but it seemed that no one could even bother to steal, or break into the castle.
Soon enough, someone opened the door, apparently being one of the knights "patrolling" the area for safety.
"Ah, Mister Maforanti, it’s wonderful to hear from you again." The Knight said.
"It is nice to see you here, I have to suppose…" Mafo was doing his best to try and hide his low panic and confusion, giving off that energy of superiority that was characteristic, until Fylass came along.
"...Say, what’s with that bag? It has patches of the Suits…"
"...It was one of the remaining things that were left from the Jabberwocky Incident, so I thought I could take advantage of it." Maforanti was pretty good at lying on the spot, and the lies he spewed were really convincing most of the time.
"Oh, that incident… Do you regret it?"
"...Excuse me, I need to enter the castle." Buddy overheard that, feeling confused as to what that knight meant, but either way, this was not the task at hand.
"...I am going to take that as a no. Nonetheless, please do enter. The Queen is actually eager to see you, so, consider yourself lucky." Mafo was quite concerned about that statement; the last times he had talked with the Queen normally ended up on good terms, with the general always receiving some sort of freebie, but something about this now felt off. It doesn’t help that the King has recently passed away.
Maforanti couldn’t help but to enter anyway.
The inside of the castle gave off the same vibes than it did the outside, only preserving the idea that this was a mansion; although, nothing about it was spectacular; sure, the checkerboard floor of pink and black colors was pretty, but there’s not much that could be considered royal, or pristine.
"...Okay, I think we’re in." Banshee said. "You better prepare and wake that kid up, because I just know that this will end badly. That dude carrying us doesn’t seem to know what he’s doing." Indeed, Mafo didn’t have much idea on what to do now; he just thought the group had a plan for this.
That’s when they heard it.
"Oh, Maforanti, it’s glad to see you here." A soft, yet intimidating voice echoed through the empty halls of the castle, being none other than the one of the Red Queen herself; red filled her clothes, as she held a black staff right beside her, and her piercing, green eyes having a sense of security, but unease.
"Greetings, Queen Majaway." Maforanti was one of the few people that had the privilege of saying her true name, which made Celeernyx tremble; it surely catched Mikuto and Genesis’ reactions.
"...Are you feeling okay?" Genesis said.
"...Yes, Yes, I am fine. There’s no need to worry, my dear."
Back with Maforanti, he still had no clue on what to do, but kept playing along for an idea to come across his head; in any other situation, this wouldn’t be a problem, but here, he felt as if he was in danger, feeling another person watching him.
"Something happens, Mafo?"
"...It’s nothing."
"If you say so… Here, let me take care of that dirty bag you have."
"..." That’s when he got an idea. The laundry chute. He knew exactly what the Queen was going to place that bag, and he knew that the place it was going to be thrown off had little to no security; the majority of the place was emptied out, so there’s a small chance that the thing the gang was looking for was around, which would be unlikely, but what are the odds at the moment?
"Much obliged, but please, I would recommend for you not to open the bag just now, since it has… some toxic components in it that would cause you harm." He lied, once again.
"...Alright, then. Guards!" Majaway called one of her knights around the area and gave them the bag. "Please dispose of this properly to the laundry room, if you please." The knight nodded as he took the bag with them.
"Now, now, Maforanti, what if we take some cups of tea and have a small talk? There’s something I need to talk about with you."
"...That’s no problem on my part."
"Great. Follow me upstairs, please…"
Maforanti was quite taken aback that the Queen seemingly wasn’t phased by her husband’s death, but that feeling of concerned transformed into something else, as he felt a presence behind him, and when he turned back, there were two eyes, staring at him on the shadows; they were green, and giving off a feeling of danger, but they quikcly faded into the darkness.
"..." Maforanti was silent, feeling as if he knew those eyes from before, but he wasn’t going to stick around to find out their origin. Either way, he followed Majaway upstairs.
Back with the gang, they were carried away towards the laundry chute by the knight in place, and they quickly settled themselves for the ride.
"Ooookay, let’s be prepared, since this will obviously be a nasty fall." Unicorn said as the rest of the group placed themselves in better positions, and with Lucid still carrying the sleeping child on arms.
The bag was swiftly thrown into the chute and after some seconds of falling, the bag hit its destination, being a small pile of clothing. Luckily, no one got hurt.
"Eurgh… Everyone’s fine?" Genesis spoke up as everyone affirmed in relief, and Fylass was, surprisingly, still asleep, but it was sure that they would wake up around the next minutes.
"Okay, the coast seems to be clear, for I am not hearing any steps. Let’s take these muffins and go back to our size." Everyone left the bag, and did just that, being as silent as possible.
"Whew, everything surely is dark around here!" Rooky said as she looked towards the hallway right next to the room they were in; indeed, it was dark, with only a faint red light coming from seemingly nowhere being the only source of light. Looking further into the darkness however, revealed that there were rows and rows of other hallways around.
"Okay, this place is pretty big, so we better split up to cover more terrain." Unicorn spoke up again. "Me and Banshee will explore this one hallway. The rest explore the others."
"Wow, that surely was descriptive, huh?" Banshee said, jokingly.
"It’s descriptive enough. Now, let’s get going before someone here finds us."
Everyone parted their own way towards the abyss, with Lucid still carrying a sleepy Fylass, as he went down his way with Buddy and the White Queen. The rest seemingly did the same according to plan.
Banshee and Unicorn went through their designated hallway, revealing a set of stairs going deeper and deeper. It was barely visible, but they would fight through without much issue.
"Say, how is your deck?"
"Filled with weapons I don’t recognize, from gardening shears, to other items I can’t put a finger on what’s their purpose. What about you?"
"Same, really… This place somehow did this, and I don’t think that it is that convenient for us, especially down here…"
"You don’t say?"
The area was becoming gloomier, as Unicorn could see that there were armors on the side of the walls, as with any other stereotypical castle… Although, something was off.
"...Wow, this place is so quiet that I can hear my heartbeat-" Ironically enough, something interrupted the crushing silence, being a banging sound towards what seemed to sound like metal bars.
"Great, you jinxed yourself. Prepare that javelin…"
Now that they realized, this place was actually the Castle’s dungeons, with its walls changing as well, resembling more of a chamber. There must be someone here, probably only a helpless burglar on one of the cells that were right next to them. Banshee didn’t think much of it, though, only taking a peek at the possible prisoner out of pure curiosity, until…
"...Wait… Aren’t you…"
"That dude in the clock tower before?!"
"...You. What are you doing here?"
"Well, we were looking for you, and the Chronosphere! The Chronosphere was more important than you in this situation, but at least we found half of the objective!"
"You guys are fools! You doomed yourselves by coming here!"
"Did we? I don’t see any threat around here… Anyways, where’s the Chronosphere?"
"The Queen has it! She… took it, and started to use it to give time to things around the castle…"
"...Excuse me? What do you mean?"
"The Chronosphere has the capacity to give time to beings, making them go to life, as another clock is given to them back at my castle. It’s extremely dangerous to use it, though, since I was only able to do it a couple of times…" Time said, behind bars, and not really knowing why he revealed that information to these two.
"...Okay, first of all, that thing wasn’t a castle, not even if you squinted. Second of all… We haven’t seen any "live objects" around this place, so I am not sure if what you are saying is true…"
"...Do you really think we’re the only ones here?"
Banshee and Unicorn looked to the side, in response to that statement, only to find out that all of the armors beforehand, were looking directly at them.
"...Uh oh."
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