*DISCONTINUED* The Thirteenth Empire

Chapter 2 - Nothing To Prove

I woke up the next morning as the events of the previous night came flooding back. The blood circle, the demon, Sausage, Jimmy... I tried not to think about it as I headed into town for breakfast. As I left the bakery with my sandwich and espresso, the "mailman", Cameron, walked up. "Queen y/n! Delivery! I give you the special 'cause you're the only empires ruler with no gift. I call it the not-special... special! Because... ah... you have no power!" He loaded a basket full of food and decorations into my arms. Not wanting to be rude I said "Thanks," and hurried off.

Back at the castle, I changed into my dress, grabbed the basket, and set off toward Mythland. When I entered the church I saw Jimmy with a small tornado behind him!

"My seabling's night has to be perfect, and it's not perfect, and people are going to be coming, and..." he was cut short by Scott. "Jimmy, you're ruining the flowers." The toronado immediately ceased.

"Did someone say 'flowers'?" said a sugary sweet voice. Oh, no. Katherine strode in sprouting flowers in every nook and cranny. An applause arose from the rulers.

"Please, don't clap," she said generating a bouquet in her hand and gifting it to Jimmy. "Thank you," he said. "Oh, it's nothing," Katherine replied. I had a look of upmost annoyance on my face. She flipped her hair over her shoulder hitting me in the face and covering it with flowers.

I coughed and brushed away the flowers. "A little advice from House Blossom, if you weren't always trying so hard, you wouldn't be in the way," she said to me. "Actually, Kat, this is called helping," I seethed. She scoffed. "And I'm not in the way. You a-" I was cut off as I ran into an azalea bush.

I made my way over to the snack bar where Gem was cooking. I walked around it struggling to not drop the basket. "Whoa," Gem said. "y/n, you okay? You don't have to overdo it."

"I know, Gem. I just wanna do my part like the rest of the rulers," I said. "She's right, y/n," fWhip said patting my hand. I gagged. He was covered in bee-stings.

"Bee-stings!" I called to Gem. "First big ceremony since yours. Lot of emotions," he said referring to the day I was supposed to receive my special royal ability. Gem turned around and facepalmed when she saw fWhip. She picked up a pastry and handed it to fWhip. "Eat."

fWhip popped the pastry into his mouth and began to swell down. "y/n, if you ever wanna talk..." said Gem. "I gotta put out the stuff. This church isn't gonna decorate itself," I replied.

"y/n, remember!" she started. "Yeah, remember!" fWhip copied. "You have nothing to prove." "You have nothing to prove!" said fWhip. "Mm hmm," I stuck out a thumbs-up as I walked away.