Underdepth

Chapter 18: Power Hungry Queen.

E.C.H.O. looked at the hole in the kitchen wall. "You know, if you ask me, you should have gotten a better kitchen, Peppi." "And you're gonna need some better speakers when I'm done with you!" Marie looked outside. There she saw it. Far away too. The queens castle. "I've seen that castle before... It belongs to Mindy!" she deeply inhaled. "I'm going to her castle." the room filled with disbelief "You can't go there! You'd get killed!" "NOT ONLY WILL YOU GET KILLED, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK!" Marie hushed them. "Guys... You've been really great friends.... But She can't keep bullying you guys anymore!" she ran away. Mia tried going after her, but was stopped by Zachary. "I don't Think she wants us to go after her. This is not so fantabulous..."

Meanwhile in Mindy's castle, she had sent a guard with seashell armor down to the dungeon. They ran back up stairs "MY QUEEN! THE PRISONERS!" Mindy looked at the guard "WHAT about them is so important? Are They suffering? Are they drowning? Are they crying-" "THEY HAVE ESCAPED!" Mindy felt a vein throbbing near her temple. "T h e y w h a t." "they... They *gulp* are not in their cell, My Queen. I do not know how they got out... But-" "THIS IS WHERE I CROSS THE LINE. THAT IS IT!" her crown glowed a turquoise color. The fish bowl started rolling out the castle "THE NEXT TIME I SEE THAT HUMAN OR HER FRIENDS-

T H E Y ' R E D E A D..."
the guard had nearly fainted from fright. "YOU! WATCH OUTSIDE THE CASTLE. NOBODY GETS IN, NOBODY UNDERSTOOD!?" "Y-yes Your Highness! I will ensure the castles safety."

Marie kept running away. She ran into a cave with warm water. It seems like it was below Holland. Or the end of it really. Recluse called her phone. He sounded really sad "Marie... You don't have to do this... Mindy might do terrible things to you. She's a menace of a queen... We don't want you getting hurt..." "But... I have to stand up to her! She's... She's mean! And I know she can be nice if she tried. So I'm gonna go to her and see what I can do!" Marie kept treading through the water. "Marie... Just..... Be careful... Okay? Please. Not only for me... But for Peppi..." he hung up.

Marie was finally out the cave an was finally at the entrance of Mindy's castle. The guard that was assigned to protect Mindy's castle slowly approached. "So... You're the trouble making human. I was actually waiting on your arrival. Yep. Yours. All you. That's how angry she is about your existence." they took out a golden blade. "Now... COME AT ME!" Marie slowly approached him. Mindy broke the fight. "Now, now, little girl. You wouldn't want to get HURT, would we!?" Mindy detached a shell from her crown. It was the same shell that had Noila's dust. Marie was no longer filled with DETERMINATION. She was filled... With f e a r... Mindy laughed maniacally, and it ended with a snort. "IT ENDS HERE, HUMAN!" Mindy slashed Marie so hard, it shattered her soul. It broke into pieces....

Marie had died....