Amenza

Chapter 4

   "You're the person who drove by, and yelled out.. whatever you said, right?" She nods. "Well, I'm not sure how you knew it was me, but--" He's cut off by the girl hugging him.

   "Uh, I'm not quite sure whom you are." She giggles slightly.  "You'll see soon.." She walks away, and as she walks away, Amenza notices she has elf ears. He smiles, and chuckles lightly.

   He walks to where the stage is, and taps Cheruson on the shoulder. "Huh? Oh hey Amenza. You look good in that suit." She compliments him. King Cas comes up to them, and tells them the plan. They both nod. "Oh, by the way, Amenza, the royal family of Rigalpu wants to see you after the ceremony." He nods, then whispers in the king's ear. The king replies with a thumb's up. Cheruson sees all of this, and is just really confused.

   King Castizzt Do'ha III looks over a sea of people, the people in Geni. He raises his hand, and makes finger guns the sky. Something shoots out of his hand, and then a giant firework goes off. 

   He starts yelling to the crowd, all of which can hear. "Ladies and gentlemen, this day shall go down in history. For years, the kingdom of Fernek, and the Kingdom of Rigalpu hasn't made any contact, but recently, that has changed. Please, come on stage."

   The crowd starts whispering as the king and princess of Rigalpu step on stage. King Helgardner Shward steps up, then immediately feels immense power coming from somewhere, but it feels familiar. "Ahem, you all may be wondering how I, Helgardner Shward, am still king. That will be revealed in due time. For now, know that these two kingdoms will be allies for as long as we can."

   King Helgardner had a robe on, with a crown. The robe is green with dragon patterns on it. He is also wearing flipflops. You know, how a king does.

   Both of the kings bow, then King Cas gets ready to continue speaking. "For all of you who may be wondering how we got all of these roses, we got them from two incredibly amazing people. Please, come on stage."

   Amenza and Cheruson come on stage. "These two got me 20,000 roses in 15 days. Cheruson, and the boy. He wishes people not to know his name, as it causes some anguish. Do you two have anything you want to say?"

   Cheruson steps up. "My flower shop has been around for a long time, and we appreciate all of the business, but I didn't do the roses. He did." Amenza steps up to the stage, with a mask on. The mask shows a sad face with a tear. He opens up his arms, then doves appear from nowhere. The crowd starts cheering.

   Cheruson and Amenza walk off stage. A little later, Amenza is alone watching people talk to Cheruson about flowers, when King Helgardner comes up to him. "Amenza, is it really you?" Amenza smiles. "Hey gramps. How've you been?" Helgardner softly cries as they hug. "Oh jeez, what happened to you?" He says, referring to the scar on his face. "Oh that. I don't wanna talk about it." 

   They both take a seat on a nearby bench. "So, did you find Elrris?" Amenza shakes his head. "No, well I did, but got away. I have reason to believe they came to Fernek, and did some stuff though." Helgardner nods. Soon, the princess comes up to them. "Ah, Ophelia. You already met with A-man, right?" She nods.

   Amenza chuckles. "Why am I not surprised that the one stalking me was you?" She giggles. "It's not everyday you see your adopted brother that you haven't seen in 4 years." She smiles brightly. "It's been a couple hundred years, actually." Helgardner comments. The trio start laughing.

   Cheruson comes up to Amenza. "Amenza, could we have a word?" Amenza walks to a place close by where no people can hear. "Look, I know we haven't talked much about your past, but you live in my shop. We've gotten close recently, and when we get back to the flower shop, you're telling me everything. Got it?" She storms off. Amenza goes back to Helgardner and Ophelia. "Let me guess, you didn't tell her?" Amenza shakes his head. "I wonder what HEr reaction would be." Ophelia says, jokingly. They talk for a while.

   An hour or two later, Amenza gets back to the flower shop, and Cheruson is sitting there drinking tea. "Ready to talk?" He nods his head. "Alright, I'll tell you. My name is Amenza Wilfmun. I was born in 2834. I laid siege to the city of Geni at the age of 12. One day, Helgardner said that he didn't have much time to tell me what was going on, but that this was needed. He told me to cast a spell that makes time move differently in Rigalpu. He then sent me to a different world to look for Elrris. I was there for 2 years, then I saw Elrris go through a portal, after fighting off beasts, and a certain someone, I came through, and here we are." She stares blankly for a few seconds.

   Amenza waves his hand in front of her face, but she's so shocked she still is just staring blankly. An hour passes, and she comes back. "Y-you're Amenza Wilfmun?" He nods. "OK then. That makes sense." Amenza sighs. "If you want to kick me out, go ahead." She stands up, and puts her hand on his shoulder. "I only know some of the stuff about your life, but ever since you came back, I started seeing you like you're my own son." Amenza nods, and sheds a tear. "I'm not sure if they put this in the history books, I never really had a mom, so I appreciate it."

   Soon, Cheruson goes home, and Amenza is left all by himself. "That's all behind me now..." He starts thinking thoughts that aren't exactly good, so he decides to go take a walk.

   He walks around the city, then comes across an alleyway. 'Do I hear screaming down there?' He walks down the alleyway, and sees someone with a magically imbued knife cornering a woman. 'Do I know that woman?'

   He gets closer. "Hey, what's going on over here?" The man with the knife turns around. "You were the kid that was onstage with fraud Cas!" He points the knife at Amenza. Amenza glares down at the man, who starts quivering. The man runs away, but before he does, he moves his arm to Amenza's side. "Th-thank you sir." Amenza turns to leave, when the woman grabs his sleeve. "C-can you please walk me home?" Amenza sighs, as they start walking.

   It starts raining as they walk. "Oh no!" Amenza summons a large umbrella, and they walk under it. "Uh can I ask you how old you are?" He looks at her. "I'm 14. I'm going to GSMG next year as a year one." She giggles a little. "So am I! What a coincidence." They soon arrive at the girl's house. She goes up to the front steps.

   "Thank you so much! How can I--" She turns around and sees that he's gone. Amenza teleported to the statue. He keeps walking around town. "Jeez, I guess I'm not tired. At least I'm not thinking about that.." He keeps walking until he finds a bench. He sits down to rest. 

   'It was nice seeing Ophelia again. It's crazy that we're the same age now. Jeez, so much time  has passed.' He's forced to stop thinking when someone taps on his shoulder. "Amenza? What are you doing out in the rain?" Helgardner pulls him into the house they've rented, as he is a king, and he can do that.

   "Seriously Amenza, what were you thinking?" Helgardner closes the door, then turns to Amenza. "Amenza? Are you OK?" Amenza holds his head. "Yeah, a just a little... tired." Amenza falls to the ground.