Take your time or I'll take your Heart

Chapter 24

"Y/N L/N, will you marry me?"

Tears were in my eyes. I looked down at him, smiling like an idiot. I just nodded my head as I tried not to cry.

"Yes. A thousand times, yes!"

He smiled, stood up, and slipped the ring onto my shaking hand. I looked at it and smiled. Even through the tears, it looked beautiful. The people that were around us started to clap and smile. I got up and wrapped my arms around his neck. He wrapped his arms around my waist and our foreheads touched. I put my hands on his cheeks and kissed him. I pulled away and he brought me back for another kiss. We parted and sat back down. The waiter came back with a cheesecake for us. When we finished, we walked back to the apartment and headed towards the room. Morgana was there waiting for us.

"How did it go?" he asked once Ren closed the door.

"It went alright," I said.

"How was the food?" he asked.

"Great," Ren said.

"Did you ask the question?" Morgana asked, not being subtle at all.

I smiled and rubbed Morgana behind his ear, "Yeah. He did ask the question. He also informed me of some information."

"That is?" Morgana purred.

"My father may have a palace in the metaverse."

"Really?" Morgana asked.

"Yeah. We'll have to change his heart if the police wants his confession for what he did."

"I see. Do you think we should do that now?"

"She hasn't discovered her persona. I don't think we should go in until she reveals it," Ren said.

"What about you? You awakened your persona while in combat! Same with Ann, Ryuji, and Yusuke. I think if she's exposed to her oppressor, then she might awaken her power."

"Well, I think we need to rest for now. We have all day tomorrow to do it."

"I at least want to see my father before we do this. To show them the ring," I said.

"That's not a bad idea," Morgana said.

"Once we're done, we'll have to be outside the house to get to the palace. Morgana, you'll have to wait outside until we come get you," Ren said.

"Sounds like a plan," he said.

We all headed into our room and got ready for bed. We're in for a big day tomorrow.

In the morning, we got dressed and got ready to head over to my parent's. Ren let Morgana sit on his shoulder throughout the entire way there. They weren't far from our apartment building so it was an easy walk. When we got there, Morgana jumped from Ren's shoulder and stayed hidden in a bush. We walked up to the door and I rang the doorbell. My father opened the door and almost glared at me.

"Y/N, so nice to see you. Along with you, Ren."

We walked in, sat down, and talked to them for a bit. I showed my mother the ring and while she was awing over it, my father told Ren to protect me from any harm and tried to be a tough father. Once we were finished, we said goodbye to my mother and father and headed back outside. Ren pulled up the meta-nav and said the key words. Morgana jumped onto my shoulder before the area around us changed. The house then changed into what appeared to be a jail.

"This is interesting," Morgana said.

"What the? You're not a cat anymore!" I said.

"Hey, watch it."

I turned and saw Ren had changed into his phantom outfit.

"Alright, just stay behind us if we run into trouble," Ren said.

"Ok."

We made our way into the jail and searched for the treasure. Morgana and Ren had to explain all of this to me. I was so confused, but I was learning quick. While they were taking down a few of the guards, I wandered off. I didn't want to sit there and wait for them to be done, but it was a huge mistake on my part. I was caught easily.

"Where's Y/N?" Ren asked once they were finished fighting.

"Ren!" I yelled.

He turned and looked at me, "Y/N!" He and Morgana ran after me. I was being dragged further and further away from them. Eventually, I was dragged into a room where my father was sitting on a chair. Next to him was my mother. She had duct-tape over her mouth and was strung up like a puppet. Is that how my father saw my mother?

"Ah, what do we have here?" he asked in such a distorted voice. "Seems like we've got a rat. You know what we do with rats. Actually, this seems to be more of a bitch than a rat."

"I don't know what you're getting at, but you need to stop this!"

"Stop what? I'm at the peak of greatness. Everything is going to plan. Your mother is finally listening to me and complying with every command. Next, it's your turn."

I sneered at him, "I will never!"

"That's what you think."

A guard came up from behind me and held me captive. "Hey?! What are you doing?"

"Time to teach a bitch how to behave!" he said as he stood up.

Coming in from the corner was Ren and Morgana.

"Joker, we need to help her," Morgana said.

"Y/N!" Joker yelled.

"Where the hell have you been?"

"This is your moment! He's oppressed you for so long! It's time for you to awaken your persona!" Joker yelled.

I nodded and turned my attention towards my father, who was walking towards me.

"You're never going to get away with this. Your reign is long overdue! It's time for someone else to put you in your place."

Then there was this sharp pang inside my head. I yelled out in pain.

"Took you almost twenty years to call upon me. Better late than never. I am thou. Thou art I. Thou will rage against all my oppressors and let them hear my name! Unleash the inner rebel deep inside your heart and take actions into your own hand! Teach your oppressors who you are and what you're meant to be!"

I yelled out as a mask appeared on my face. There were teeth coming from the bottom and frills of a dragon on the side. I reached up and ripped it off my face. Blood came out from my face and trickled down my chin. My outfit changed from my t-shirt and shorts to black leggings, black boots, a red coat with a tail at the end, and wings were attached to my coat. Behind me was my persona. It stood on two legs that were reptilian like. It's body was mechanical. It had black angel wings and it's head was the head of a reptile. It had long lengthy arms with claws.

"She did it," Joker said.

"Come Drake!" I yelled.