Nextgen Kids: Legend of the Nine Newborn

A Tale of Ice and Fire, Part 2: The Sol Kingdom

It's time to meet an old friend from the Firstborn Saga, along with some neat revelations!

Chapter 2: The Sol Kingdom

Mobius; the Sol Sea

Sector MG returned and rested at GKND H.Q. before making the flight to Mobius. They landed their pirate ship, the Witch's Delivery, on the Sol Sea, the territory of ocean that was part of the Sol Kingdom. "Ahhhhh." Kiki basked in the scent of sea salt and adored the fluffy, partly-clouded sky. "It's so nice to be sailing an ocean without pirates gunning us 24/7!"

"Come to think of it," Wendy said, "I wonder if this kingdom was damaged during the war, too? I'd hate to intrude on them while they're still recovering."

"Do we even know where to go?" Oliver asked, fishing over the side. "Solaris didn't give us any specific clues about where the flame was or this 'follower' of his."

"Don't you guys know ANYTHING about the Sol Kingdom?" Maria asked smugly. She was wearing a straw hat with a pink button-up shirt, blue shorts, and sandals.

"Uh, not really. Why, have you been here before?"

"Not necessarily, but Miss Yorkshire told me about it. Her friend, Queen Blaze lives there! She's the one we need to see!"

"A queen, huh?" Phil asked. "Well, it sure is a good thing we have you, Maria. Otherwise, we'd have to go through a bunch of crap just to get an audience."

"And what is THAT supposed to mean?"

"Well, you're... the Mushroom Princess, so-"

"FORMER... princess! And I am going to take the same legal channels as everyone else!"

"It would be nice if we didn't get bogged down with side quests." Romeo said.

"I wouldn't mind sightseeing a bit if that were the case." Wendy replied. "Um...Romeo, where is Victini, anyway?"

"Huh? Wasn't he just..." Romeo looked under him and twisted around.

"(Hey! Back off, birdbrain!)" They looked up at the crow's nest, seeing Victini trying to shoo away some seagulls. "(I came up here to soak some rays, not share my Figbar! Back off!)"

"Hey, is that Figbar from my lunchbox?!" Maria shouted. "Give that back!"

"(You had like a dozen in there, learn to share!)"

"Victini, you need to ask before taking someone's...?" Romeo began scoldingly, but he stopped himself. "Hey... I understood him!"

"You did?" Wendy asked.

"Yeah." Romeo viewed the candle on his chest. "Is it because of this flame?"

"I wish Solaris gave some to us now." Kiki said.

"Well, how do you say 'Give back my Figbar' in Victini's language?!" Maria shouted as she jumped up the mast and atop the sail. Victini ran across the sail as the girl chased, but he flew off the end. Maria tried to jump and toss her hat at him, but missed. "Aaaaahhh!" Maria splashed in the sea.

Oliver sighed, "Grab on, Maria."

"Victini, at least come where we can see you." Romeo called.

"(You can see me plenty from down there.)" Victini returned to the nest.

Romeo sighed. "I can't help but wonder if this is a side-effect of that Darkness Cannon. Why are we even collecting the Newborn, anyway?"

"I'm sure it'll play out for the better somehow." Wendy replied positively.