Blue

(15)

"It should be here somewhere.." Quackity said as he looked around the throne room.

"I found it!" George cheered. The lever was under the throne.

"Where is it?" Quackity asked as he walked to where George was, everyone followed him.

"There's a lever here, I'm pretty sure it leads to the path. Should I pull it?" George asked as he turned his head, looking at the others.

"Worth a shot I guess." Dream responded.

George reached the lever and pulled it. The lever revealed a dusty path that leads to somewhere, it looked like it was abandoned. There was a bunch of sounds that was heard. Squeaking of mice, clicking of bats, and the cold wind that passed by. A chill and sinister voice asked, "Are you here, for the crown..?"

It was terrifying, goosebumps appeared on everyone's skin, backing off a bit.

Dream had the courage to speak up, he stood in front of George, slightly pushing him away.

"Who are you?" Dream asked as he held his sword up.

"You don't have to know who I am. All that matters is that you answer my question. Are you here for the crown?" The voice repeated.

"Yes." Sapnap answered, taking the words off Dream's tongue.

"Good. Now go to the left side of the path, it's where the crown is put." The voice guided.

"How do we know this isn't a trap of yours?" Dream asked.

"Why would I set a trap? I own this place, ever since this castle was created. This is my boundary, this place is special to me." The voice said.

"I think we should trust them. If you guys aren't going, I am." Sapnap said as he took the lead and walked to the left side as guided by the voice.

No one dared to follow him except for Karl. They had no choice. In order to keep both of them safe, they needed to follow them.

Dream sighed and followed Karl and Sapnap. Everyone started following them one by one. Bad, Skeppy, Ant, and Punz stayed in the throne room incase anything happens.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" George asked.

"Oh I'm sure." Sapnap said as he stepped on the small spider in his way.

"Is that the crown?" Quackity pointed to a crown with mushrooms.

"Wait— YES, THAT'S THE CROWN!" Sapnap cheered as he ran towards the crown.

"WAIT— SAPNAP NO–" Quackity yelled as he tried to reach Sapnap, but he was too far away.

Finally, after all these years, he found it. The crown that he has been searching for years. But as he got closer to the crown, a large wall appeared infront if him, making him fall down.

"Wh-what the-"

"I was trying to tell you, remember when I said there a high-ranked guards that guard this place?" Quackity recalled.

"Yeah but you said guards?" Sapnap reasoned.

"Sapnap they would put extra security in here— the highest ranked guards are the smartest and most skilled, and that old man wants nothing but power, he would make sure he has more leverage than anyone in this kingdom." Quackity explained.

"Okay so... What do we do now..?" Karl asked.

"Go to the right side, there is a secret path that leads to the crown." The voice guided.

The sudden voice that spoke woke them up.

Sapnap was the first one to leave to go to the right side, followed by Karl.

"Should we go follow them?" Dream asked.

"It's not like we have a choice." Quackity complained as he followed Karl and Sapnap.

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"Sapnap are you sure about this?" Karl asked.

"It's fine, if it's not then we pull our weapons. It's that simple." Sapnap responded as he swung his sword to cut the vines infront of him.

After walking for quite a while, they finally reached the room.

"Is that the crown-?" Karl asked as he stared at the shiny golden crown with a mushroom ontop and with red gems and is inside a glass box.

Sapnap didn't bother to respond, he found himself walking slowly towards the crown, desperate to grab it.

Sapnap grabbed the shining crown and placed it on his head. "Finally, after all these years, I finally have it." he says.

"I guess this is the end of the era where we had to get this place back, right?" Karl's voice echoed across the room, making his voice louder.

"I guess so.." Sapnap answered. "Lets go back and find the others, we're gonna have to redecorate." he ordered.

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"Is everyone here?" Sapnap asked.

"Yeah, George, Quackity, Dream, me, and you." Karl counted.

"Is anyone wondering what the voice was for earlier?" George wondered.

"No? I mean I got the crown, it doesn't really matter anymore." Sapnap comforted. "Now let's go out of this place, we got some stuff to work on." Sapnap ordered as he took the lead out of the place.

"BAD! ANT! WE'RE BACK!" Sapnap shouted as he waved.

"Did you get the crown?!" Bad shouted back.

"YEAH!" Sapnap responded.

The 5 got off the place, George was about to pull down the lever so the path can close but the deep voice appeared and stopped him.

"Don't close it yet." said the voice. The sudden appearance of the voice made Sapnap turn around, he thought he was gone for good.

"If your ever wondering who am I, I am Sapnap's grandfather. I have been buried in this underground place, I have been haunting this place ever since I died. This is my boundary."

"Grandpa..?" Sapnap asked as he slowly walked back the path,
stopping at the doors.

"Yes Sapnap, it's me." he answered.

"Why did you leave us so soon?"

"I'm sorry. I had to go Sapnap."

Sapnap held back his tears, trying not to cry.

"I'm gonna leave you here now Sapnap. If you want to talk to me, you can always come back in here." he comforted.

"Goodbye, grandpa.."