It was a little over an uneventful month since I met the twins, I just refer to them as the twins because it's not like they ever do anything without the other. My mom has been teaching them different art mediums and doing lots of crafts with them. She was also teaching them to read; which may seem insignificant now but it will play a big part later on. Anyways, I decided to take the twins with me to the stables to see my horse, Epona (yes I know, Legends of Zelda, but I named her after the Celtic god, so yea, I win.)
So we go up to Epona's stall and once again someone drew the triforce on the stall door... again! Only this time instead of using chalk the Zelda lover used sharpie! Man, really who keeps doing this!? Then I see this girl who's a bit older than me walk passed waving a handful of sharpie markers, I wasn't sure what her name was. Naturally, I went up to the girl and grab her by the back of her shirt. "What the fuck man, why do you keep drawing on Epona's stall?" I asked.
"I had to..." she muttered as I let go of her shirt allowing her to turn around and look at me. When she did I noticed that she was carrying something, a midnight blue spellbook. I know that from her current location she could see my spellbook. We both froze looking at each other's books. The other girl responded first, "I don't think you got that book at Barnes and Noble..."
I nodded, "so where's your partner?" I asked.
"Where's yours?" she rebuttaled.
"Behind me, by the stall that you constantly deface. So once again, where's yours?" she pointed to the out of the outer stall in the back corner.
"Ok, now that we got that out of the way, now what?" I asked with a nervous chuckle, "I kind of never encountered another demon human pair before, aaannnd I don't think this is a good place to fight."
She looked around at all the horses, "right, we would scare the horses." I nodded in agreement. At some point, the twins had walked up and stood behind me.
"Let's not fight now, I never had a fight before, either, plus you have two, but do you want to see Luna? My name is Astrid, by the way."
"I'm assuming that Luna is your demon partner, so yes Astrid, let's see her."
Astrid led us to the back corner stall, the one that was believed to be unoccupied. In the back of the stall was a tall unicorn-like creature, her eyes were dark red with silted pupils, her fur was the color of the midnight sky. She wore armor on the face, chest, front legs and back, it fit her so well it must have been custom made, and the quality tells me that whoever made this was very skilled.
"She eyed the twins, so what they say about the twins is true," a deep but feminine voice echoed in our heads; naturally, freaking me and the twins out.
"Wha- what the hell was that?!" I stammered, obviously not used to having random voices in my head.
A deep laugh resonated in our minds. At this point, Astrid comes in with an explanation. "As an animal-based demon she cannot talk like we do, so she forms the words in our heads."
"That is fucking awesome," I shook my head slowly.
"I know right!" Astrid agreed.
"Oh, don't flatter me," Luna mentally voiced, while dramatically flipping her mane.
The twins slowly got over their shock, as I say, "I'm an extremely good judge of character, and you two seem to be good guys, so how about a partnership," Astrid and Luna did not seem pleased with that offer, so I modified it, "or at least a truce?"
"How do I know I can trust you?" Astrid asked, raising a valid point.
"If you know that you could trust me, it wouldn't be trust, would it. But your point is valid, it drastically increases the odds of one of us winning. But before we make this official we have some questions, or well one question."
"So, Luna," Siona started.
"What kind of monarch do you," Azoth continued.
"Intend to be," Siona finished.
"Well, excuse me! I don't even know you're names! And now you're talking about a partnership!?" Luna yelled, raising a hoof in a threatening manner.
"Calm down Luna," Astrid said, she motioned to me and the twins, "now is not the time!" Luna lowered her hoof in front of us, then dragged it back to its normal resting position.
"That is true, we never introduced ourselves," I said, " heh, I guess none of us are really good with socialization." I rub the back of my head embarrassed while letting out a slight chuckle...
"Yeah, I'm not really good with that stuff either," Astrid admitted.
"So... yeah... I'm Alex, and these are my partners, Azoth," I point to him, "and this is Siona," I point to her.
"Why should I trust you or bother teaming up with you if, in the end, there can only be one winner?" asked Luna.
"Ever read or watch Hunger Games?" I asked, half-joking.
"True," Astrid commented.
"Can you fill me in!" explained Luna.
I sighed, "In the books, they essentially through 24 kids into an arena, and watch until only one is left alive, but in that book, alliances were formed by those kids despite knowing that only one will survive; for if they team up they will probably live at least a little longer."
Luna walked away slowly. "Why would.. why would you read that?!" she mentally stuttered
"'Cuz it's a good book..." I whispered as I shook my head slightly, and quietly chuckled to myself "Anyways, do we have a partnership or not?"
"That depends on Luna... she kinda has major trust issues..." Astrid stated.
"That depends", Luna turned towards the twins, "what kind of rulers do you strive to be?"
"We strive to become-" Siona started.
"-Rulers that are kind and fair-"
"And will never turn our backs on the misfortunate"
"Those are worthy ambitions... I will agree to this... this truce" Luna chose her words slowly and carefully.
'Now," I directed my gaze towards Luna, "before we make this official... Luna what kind of ruler would you be?"
"I will be a protective ruler. One who will protect those that cannot protect themselves," she stated quietly.
"It appears," Siona began.
"That we have ourselves a truce."
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!CANCELED! The Demon King(Zatch Bell)
AventureI stopped the story before they even met Zofis/Momodo Z You do NOT need ANY knowledge the Zatch Bell anime or manga to read and understand this story. This fic will be written as if it was a real book about one person's experience going through the...
