Mixturing Moves

Chapter 17: Suspicion Within the Kingdom.

Cloyster Kingdom Arc.

The Cloyster guards search throughout the Zero Forest, the prisoners in the area looking rather confused by the rapid search. Somewhere inside of the castle is the king laying down on the bed within his room; The room contains luxury materials and furnitures such as the bright yellow bed itself and the beautiful red walls. The dressers are positioned across the bed, pinning against the top left corner. Cocoon's bed is kingsize, with red curtains being on top of the bed. The four brown wooden poles on each ends of the bed are holding the curtain, making sure the curtain doesn't fall off.

Cocoon glances at the ceiling before letting out a soft, lament sigh. "I didn't want to see you go, Brisk..." Cocoon says, shaking his head. "You were such an amazing friend. Who cared enough to help me overcome family issues, the difficult task of being a ruler, and stress in general...Now that you're gone...I feel like I can't be as positive as I used to be..." Cocoon shuts his eyes.

He imagines a festival going on in his head. He was in front of a crowd of Cloysters and Shellders, talking about the goals he achieved in protecting the kingdom and being proud of it. Then a gunshot was heard and a Cloyster got in front of him, the bullet hitting the Cloyster's head. Cocoon stared at the gundown Cloyster in terror, shouting the name, "Brisk!"

Returning back to present time, he opens his eyes and shakes his head. "I wish it was me who got shot...not you..." A tear slowly drips down from his eye, sliding off from his face and landing onto the bedsheets. Soon, he hears a knock coming from his door and looks at it. "Come in." The king says before seeing a large barbed Cloyster entering his room. The Cloyster, Sheer, closes the door behind him quickly.

"My king, I have serious news to tell you!" Sheer says in a worrisome tone.

Cocoon tilts his head in curiosity. "What is it?"

"The two prisoners had escaped their execution from Ster Town!"

Cocoon lifts his body up, looking rather tense. "What? How did they escape?"

"From what Exo informed me, the green thing from last night appeared in front of the executioner and blinded him by glowing. Then it released the two prisoners from their straps and escaped with them."

"I see..." Cocoon looks to the side, thinking deeply about the situation. "Well, be sure to tell the guards to keep a look out for both the thing and the prisoners. Even in the castle, too."

Sheer nods. "They're already doing that but I'll be sure to remind them again, sir." Sheer then turns around and floats towards the door. He is about to exit the room until Cocoon's voice puts him on halt.

"Wait, Sheer."

Sheer turns around and looks at him curiously. "Yes, my king?"

The shiny Cloyster looks to the side, glancing at the ground. "I...wanted to ask you something: Have I ever made any good decisions for the Cloyster Kingdom? I mean..." He groans depressingly. "Ever since my previous senator passed away, I...haven't been myself lately. Or at least it seemed that way for the past couple of years since the Cloyster Ceremony incident..."

Sheer floats towards the king and sits besides him. "I'm sure that you have, sir."

"But the folks I'd taken in as prisoners lately...They said that the rules here are unfair and unhealthy. They're not what it used to be..."

Sheer shakes his head. "Don't listen to them, sir. They're only mad because they couldn't follow the rules, that's all."

"But it seems more than just th--"

Sheer turns the king towards him, interrupting him. "I guarantee you that you're doing an amazing job at protecting this kingdom, my king. After all, no one has complained about the kingdom before. Why wait until now when they could've complained about it back then? That's how you know they're ignorant and disobedient."