Kingdom Rivalry

Chapter 15

I wanna clear something up before people start asking cuz it might be confusing. X3 So, Astral took the form of a Barian, and the reason I call him "he with no name" is because Astral is in a different body; therefore, he is technically another person. Since that person has no name, he's called "he with no name." :3

King Pluto automatically jumped to his feet, startling the one with no name. As soon as Pluto saw this stranger, he drew his sword.

"Who are you and what do you want?" the king demanded.

The being looked up at him and said in a hushed tone, "Prince Astral of the Cosmic Kingdom, known by your guards as Ortza. I came to help."

"With what?" Minerva asked as she delicately stepped out of the bed. "Kai has succeeded in making the castle his, with the servants ignorant to his deeds."

"I can help," he insisted. "If I can wake up Black Mist and Vector, then they'll be able to help, too. Black Mist has some information that he would like you to know, as well, Pluto." He didn't know how he knew that Black Mist and Vector were asleep. He just had a feeling, and he was never wrong to ignore strong feelings like this one. "If you can distract Kai while I undo the spell, he can tell you."

The king and queen of the Obscure Kingdom shared a glance, thought it over for a second, and nodded. The first thing was to seek out Kai, which would be easy enough. Minerva was skilled in summoning creatures, particularly snakes, out of the special black ooze all 96s possessed, so she summoned one and sent it out. The disguised prince then closed his eyes and sent them out to the snake so he could see.

The snake slithered throughout the halls, unseen and undetected. Finally, it stopped at an opened room, where Kai was sitting beside Black Mist's bed. He was saying something that couldn't exactly be made out, not with the snake's limited knowledge of language. Still, they now knew the location of the traitor. The snake's work was done; it dissolved back into the shadows, returning the eyes back to the owner.

He with no name opened his eyes again and looked at the king and queen. "He is in Black Mist's chamber."

Pluto nodded. "Thank you." He growled. "And to think I trusted the weasel! He and his family will pay. Come, dearest." Pluto and Minerva stormed out of the room, leaving him alone.

He took off his cloak and shifted his form to a Number, particularly the Number 83. The feeling of having a mouth and nose was relieving! Of course, it came with taking the form of a woman, but this form was better suited with weaving spells effortlessly.

Number 83 waited until she was sure the king and queen lured Kai out of the room. Then, as quick as possible, she darted out of the room, down the hall, and into the room if Number 96. She closed the door, barred it, and sat down beside the sleeping form.

~.Unknown.~

The thing beside him was taunting, accusing him of being unable to help, but the thing about spellweavers was that they knew what was real from fake in a dream realm. What Black Mist saw, what he called "Durbe," was nothing more than a dream demon with the voice of a childhood friend, to who he felt no connection. Any other person would see the owner of the voice, but not sorcerers.

Suddenly, everything went dark. That was new. Black Mist wondered what was happening until he saw a Number 83 standing over him with eyes full of wisdom. That wisdom was familiar...