(A/N: This chapter contains poorly written fighting and a character death obviously you can tell from the title)
Prince groaned as he walked behind Emperor and Pearl through the halls of the castle. Pearl giggled at Prince
"Aw, what's Princey? You wanted to take the throne from dear ol' dad? Well I'll make sure Emp and I don't have kids so when we die you can be king, k?" She cooed. Emperor stared at Pearl
"I'm sorry sister, but who are you to tell me I can't have children?"
"The future queen! That's who!" She shouted enthusiastically
"Children, please, quiet down." The king instructed as he walked towards his children. He placed a hand on Pearl's shoulder before giving his daughter, the future queen, a kiss in the forehead. Emperor bowed to his father before elbowing Prince who just stood still, in a trance. The sudden impact on his arm caused him to snap out of it as he too, bowed to their father
"Your Majesties, you are needed in the throne room" Prince's royal escort, N-Pacer spoke with elegance and grace, her long coat perfectly fitting over her curves. Prince couldn't help himself but to think she was a sight to behold, N-Pacer was quite the beautiful lass and while Emperor would agree, someone else had captured his heart. The king nodded at N-Pacer and began to walk towards the throne room
"Come along now you three"
The King sat in his throne, next to his throne was the throne that used to belong to his late wife, which was the throne Pearl now sat in. Next to Pearl was Prince and on the other side of the King was Emperor. The king was to oversee the suiters coming to take the hand of the soon to be Queen to make sure Pearl didn't make any stupid decisions. There was one man that commonly showed up, he was a relatively tall boy with slicked back, green hair and striking green eyes who showed up to play songs for the Royal family, until he said something accidentally controversial and got escorted out of the room. He was back and he had some new songs. Pearl was completely ignoring him, kicking her feet back and forth. Prince was staring out the big windows, he longed for the chance to live like the citizens in their small towns but he knew that would never happen. The king was analysing the squid and Emperor was completely lost in the song. The squid has such a beautiful voice and he played his instrument with perfect timing and melody. Emperor stared at the squid and he winked at him. He felt his face heat up and his heart beating right out of his chest. The king was beckoned by a maid to head down to the kitchen to oversee something unimportant. The king left and the performing squid exhaled sharply
"Heh, I know he's the king, but that guy freaks me out"
"Yeah, he can be a bit daunting sometimes" Emperor said with a smile as he stood up from his throne. Pearl looked over at Emperor and the other squid
"Hey squid, why do you keep coming back?" Pearl said, desperate to find an answer
"Hmm... I'm just here to check out the beautiful gemstones. And I'm not talking about geology. The name's Gloves, by the way" Gloves said as he winked at Emperor before holding his hand out to shake Pearl's. Pearl didn't bother to shake his hand back as she walked away from him and towards the door. She groaned
"I'm hungry!" She whined. Prince sighed and thought to himself 'am I the only one who still acts the same in front of father as a do when I'm away? The only person who I act differently around is N-Pacer'. Pearl walked down to the kitchen to get food
Meanwhile out in the woods, Mask and Skull had finally achieved their goal and had captured Rider and Goggles and were now taking them back to the castle. Goggles was desperately scratching the net he was in while Rider violently tried to break the chains that his hands were bound in. His tomes were taken away from him to stop him from using magic to get out. Skull and Mask sat down for a moment on a cut down log as they let Goggles out since the dragon whined about needing to pee. Rider wondered off for a bit to look at the forest. It was almost... enchanted. He came across a mushroom as looked at it closer until it caused a large cloud of smoke to blow into his face. He coughed and sputtered for a bit until it dissipated. He walked back over to the soldiers and they continued to walk back to the castle. Once they arrived, the king was called back to the throne room to decide the punishment of the two. At that moment, Army and Aloha came back with Specs, Bobble and Headphones
"Guys!" Goggles called out with a distraught expression. All of the blue squids looked at each other for guidance, all finding nothing in each other. Rider was mumbling something incoherent when a loud snapping sound was heard. The chains that bounded him had snapped. Everyone stared at him, noticing his piercing red eyes
"Not good." Goggles thought to himself. Rider had green eyes, not red, so this was definitely a bad sign. Without warning, the lightning tome that Skull took from him was back in Rider's hand. A loud crack of thunder was heard
"Rider! What's going on?!" Goggles yelled. A large spear like object made of lighting formed in Rider's hand. Everyone was staring in shock or paralysed by fear. Pearl looked to her father for what to do. She could see the lightning reflecting in his eyes as her own eyes went wide. Prince grabbed Pearl's arm
"Sister... what's going on?" He asked, his voice small with fear. The king sighed and stood up. Emperor spoke up
"Father, what are you doing?" The king lifted his hand up to silence his son. Out of nowhere, he pulled out his katana. It was a long katana, glistening like the moon and stronger than the sun's light. The Sacred Katana of Light
"Father! Surely you aren't going to fight him, right?!" Pearl cried out as the king took a step closer to Rider. Rider held a tighter grip on the bolt of lightning and narrowed his eyes
"I never wanted to have to do this... you were an amazing fighter. But you have darkness in your heart Rider. The Katana of Light can-" The King was cut off by Rider throwing the bolt of lightning at him. The king reflected the bolt with the flat part of the katana's blade. Another bolt of lightning formed in Rider's hand. Mask and Skull unsheathed their swords, pointing them towards Rider. Aloha and Army followed suit
"Lower your weapon, Rider. You are putting the King in danger" Rider laughed quietly, then he laughed louder
"Do you think a care? I have a duty to uphold! Why else would I have let myself get caught?! It was the only way to get close enough to the king!" Goggles took a step closer to him, raising his hand slightly
"Rider, c'mon... this isn't you... this isn't the kind mage I used to know. The mage that I cared about-"
"SHUT IT!" Rider yelled. Goggles flinched. Rider's tone was harsh yet almost... like he wasn't in control. Headphones grabbed Goggles' hand and pulled him back. Emperor, Pearl and Prince awaited what their father was going to to next. The king rushed into a fight, his katana held high above his head. He swung down, attempting to strike Rider, but the possessed squid rolled out of the way. Skull took this opportunity to attack. He swung his sword, barely but still slicing through Rider's jacket sleeve. The lime-green squid retaliated by firing a bolt of lightning at him. Mask pushed Skull out of the way, accidentally landing on top of him. Makes jumped up and nodded at Skull. The two separated, Skull running in to attack Rider again. Mask ran up behind him, but he was too loud and Rider heard him coming, spinning around quickly to grab Mask's wrist, lifting up the cyan squid before slamming him to the ground. Mask yelled in pain. Skull, now behind Rider, placed his sword at his opponent's neck
"Stand down or taste the blade" Skull said quietly. Almost instantly, Rider formed a shield around himself, sending Skull flying into the wall, knocking him out cold. The small bubble was strong against almost every attack everyone tried
"Wait! Goggles!" Bobble Hat yelled
"Fire is strong against magic bubble shields! Rider himself taught me that when he taught me magic!" Bobble said excitedly. Goggles nodded before placing a hand on his chest. A bright light came from his hand and he was in his dragon form. He flew up above Rider and exhaled a mighty fire blast. The bubble popped but Rider was gone
"GOGGLES! LOOK OUT!" Headphones screamed. Goggles turned around to see Rider behind him
'HOW DID HE GET UP HER-' Goggles yelled as Rider brought his fists down onto his head with immense power. Goggles hit the ground, causing a small crater to form. Bobble rushed over to heal him. Rider turned his focus to Pearl, the eldest princess who was still watching in fear, forming another lightning bolt in his hand. He threw it like a spear and Pearl's whole life flashed before her eyes. She closed her eyes shut and waited for the pain. Nothing. She opened her eyes to see her father standing over her, trying not to let the pain get to him. Pearl looked down and gasped
"FATHER!!!" She yelled as he fell forwards. She was strong and able to support his weight. She lied him gently on the floor, propped up against the throne
"F-father! H-hold on! I'll get N-Pacer!" Prince yelled as he rushed off down the hall. Emperor knelt down beside Pearl and the king, looking at Rider's piecing red eyes. Gloves was hiding the whole time but he rushed out and stood in front of Emperor and Pearl
"Stay back!" He yelled, pulling a small dagger out of his pocket. Headphones rushed quietly behind Rider, wrapping an arm tightly around his neck. Rider grabbed her wrist and flung her across the room but she didn't crash into anything, Specs caught her. Aloha pulled the bow from his back, he had arrows that induced sleep. He loaded the bow and aimed for Rider's ankle. He released the string and the arrow struck Rider. The lime-Green squid turned around to see Aloha with the bow in his hands. Rider took one step towards Aloha before falling to the ground. He still wasn't out yet. He pushed himself up before he coughed out purple smoke, his arms then gave out on him and he fell to the ground. Prince ran back in with N-Pacer following. She prepared to heal the king before he lifted his hand again
"No need N-Pacer... it was bound to happen at some point"
"Father, y-you can't die now! Not like this! Mother wouldn't want you to give up!" Emperor yelled. The king smiled weakly
"Emperor... you always had a sense of justice, just like your mother..."
Prince held his hand
"D-dad. Y-you can't just leave us like this! Just let N-Pacer heal you!"
"Prince... you are too kind, just like when I was your age..."
Pearl couldn't stop the tears from starting to flow
"Why?! Why are you so stubborn dad?!"
"And Pearl... you will make... an amazing queen... I know it..." All of the squids that were still conscious walked over to the king
"May the gods... shine down on you all... and may you find peace... with your new Queen... Pearl Houzuki... I love all of you..." The king said weakly as his eyes fell closed. Pearl and Prince's eyes went wide, the tears now pouring down
"D-dad?! Dad please!" Prince screamed, his voice breaking. Pearl looked down at her visibly shaking hands. She closed her hands into fists and looked down, before screaming so loud that shock waves emanated off her, causing pillars to crack and windows to shatter
"FATHER!!!!!"
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