Lisa, Frederick, and Yukio searched around the town for the key hole. It was hard for them to look, when the keyhole was hidden somewhere in town. Fortunately, the Morganite key that Lisa got from killing Sherry jubilee started to emanate a faint pink glow.
"Whoa! Since when does that key actually glow?" Asked Yukio.
"I don't know, but it it's starting to get stronger when we get close" replied Lisa.
She moved the key to the left direction, it's glow dimmed. When she moved it to the right direction, it glowed brighter.
"I get it now, it's like this hot/ cold game where you look for something while someone tells you that either you're getting colder or warmer" Frederick remarked.
"Let's try it out" she said.
The trio followed to where the glowing Morganite key is pointing at, it's glow tells them that they're getting close. When they arrived at the dead end of the alley way, the Morganite keys glow intensifies to the point it started to shake. Something also glowed behind the garbage bags, so Lisa pushed those out of the way, thus revealing the keyhole.
"Bingo! We found the jackpot!" Said Yukio with enthusiasm.
Lisa insert the Morganite key, and turned it. Everything started to glow before changing into a vortex of Technicolor red, yellow, and blue just like last time. The next thing she knows, she's back home again. It was already 11:36 pm in the night, so she walked into the kitchen for a quick dinner (roast chicken sandwich with mustard). After eating the sandwich, she decided to sleep on the couch rather than in her room. So far, she used three keys to free each of the region's to restore the film's parts. One is the peridot key of the toy region (presumably the beginning of the film), the second is the garnet key of the eastern region (which she acquired it from Enju), and the third is the Morganite key of the dessert region (She acquired it after killing Sherry jubilee).
"I wonder which region I should go to next? And I wonder what else is in store for me?" She Asked herself in her head.
Meanwhile
At the cloud castle, the king sat on his throne with an Orange and green rubber ball (implied to be Clown-a- rounds remains) in hand. Then the winged goblin flew through the window to report on what happened in the dessert region, while looking scared.
"I have terrible news, your majesty. Sherry jubilee is killed by the girl named Lisa, by splashing water into the bath tub and causing her to dissolve into a pile of wet sugar" reported the winged goblin.
"I know, I was furious because of that pathetic toy clown couldn't do a simple job right!" Growled the king as he squeezed the rubber ball.
"Looks like we lost three members, one turned traitor while two were killed" the winged goblin remarked.
"At this right, we'll end up losing more members of the circle of ten. Three of the keys they had guarded ended up in the girls hands, and she used them to restore parts of the film! Her mother is in the dungeon along with the rulers of each regions, she will be useful for my next plan in the meantime" said the king.
"Your majesty, as you royal advisor, I am planning on where the girl is headed to next. Pierre governs the art region, and holds the diamond key. Cedric governs the great forest region, and holds the musgravite key. In either regions, I shall send word for Pierre and Cedric should the girl were to arrive at either regions. They should apprehend her by force, and they will deliver her to you, your majesty" explained Walter (in case if you had forgotten, he's a guy with features of a walrus).
"Excellent, soon I will reach into the real world and take revenge on that certain someone who abandoned me" said the king with a dark smile (he remains shadowed when he is on his throne).
Back in the real world
It was morning, as sunlight poured through the windows. Lisa got up from the couch, yawning and stretching. She turned on the tv to see if she had restored a part of the film, and as it turns out, she saw herself in the dessert region. Then it changes to a scene where it takes place at the sugary castle, showing what seems to be the original ruler with Sherry jubilee. She assumed that Sherry jubilee was originally the dessert kings royal advisor, before she sold him out. Then the screen turned static before changing to another scene with Yukio and Frederick, they were staring at her through the screen.
"What took you so long!? We were trying to contact you!" Scolded Yukio.
"Yukio, calm yourself. I'm sure she needed sleep before returning back here again, after all, she return back to her world each time she uses the gemstone keys that we get from the members of the circle of ten" said Frederick.
"Sorry, I had to eat a sandwich last night before sleeping on the couch. I didn't even know you were waiting for me" Lisa apologized.
"Its ok, let's focus on choosing which regupion you would like to go" said Frederick.
Lisa nodded, and the map showed on screen. The dessert region is now visible, showing that it connects to the eastern region. Below the dessert region is an unknown region, and there's an icon showing a man dressed like a French artist. It tells her that this is the art region, famed for artists of many different areas of expertise.
"I'm going to the art region, you two should find me there" she said.
"Alright, we'll meet you there" said Yukio.
Without hesitation, she touched the art region. The tv then sucked her back into the film, thus sending her to her destination. Once she arrived in the art region, she was amazed that the landscape looked as if it was drawn by someone. There were cypress trees that lined the road, rolling fields with wild flowers, even the clouds looked as if a renaissance artist had drawn it. She walked down the road, and she still couldn't help but feel as if she was inside a painting. Then she arrived at the crossroad, and it is lined with short walls built from stone. She looked around at both sides, until she saw two figures in the distance to her left. She wasn't sure if it was Frederick and Yukio, or someone else.
"Hello! I'm over here!" She called out, while waving her hand.
The two figures rushed towards her, then she saw that it is Frederick and Yukio coming towards her. She kept waving until the two arrived, and both Frederick and Yukio were completely out of breath from running.
"Yeah... we had to run... upon seeing you...!" Wheezed Yukio.
"I'm glad that this time, I wasn't separated from you two. After all, we are companions brought together by a common cause!" Said Lisa enthusiastically.
"Up ahead, is the city of Gledo. It is home to many artists of different areas of expertise: sculpting, glass blowing, and painting in many different styles" explained Frederick.
"Wow, just like Paris, france!" Remarked Lisa.
"Come on, let's go. My feet are killing me from standing on the cobble stone road" said Yukio.
Both Frederick and Lisa nodded in agreement, and so the trio traveled down the road to Gledo. It was a peaceful walk through the road, with the wind blowing across the fields of grass. There are windmills that turn whenever the wind blows, and there are a few farms within the country. When they arrive within city limits, they can see a bridge that is built across the river and connects to the city.
"Wow! This looks like Paris, but the buildings look a bit Dutch" remarked Lisa.
"I do not know what is this "Paris" or "dutch" you speak of, but the architecture does look astonishing" said Yukio.
The trio walked through the bridge, and there were birds flying below it and above it. There's also sail boats drifting through the river, with sailors waving at each other as they drift by. In the city, everyone dresses up like artists to show off different areas of expertise. Not only that, but some works of art (like sculptures of glass or anything, and paintings) are even alive as well. It's not known how the works of art are alive, but it could be magic is what brought the works of art to life.
Authors note: how was this chapter?
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Trapped in the film
FantasyLisa, aged eighteen, has found a box at the back of the closet. When she opens it, it contains an old VHS tape of an old animated film from the 60s called "The Land of the starry night". According to the tape, it was made by a company whose name was...
