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Part 3: An Epic Adventure[]
Under the dark, dirty and quiet basement, some cockcroaches crawling all over the places felt magic was going to come.
Something exploded and it made a pink-colored smoke where a certain group of people appeared from behind. The knights were all groaning in pain since the battle happened.
“Milo! Milo!” she called him awake many times. “Please tell me you’re awake. I’m not a healer but I did my best to help you.”
The farmer boy somehow recovered. Eventually, as he could only hold two hands on the witch’s arms to comfort her.
“It’s alright. I’m okay,” he said. “My ears were still kinda noisy back there but I’m fine now.”
She sighed in relief, smiling happily, “What a relief! And I thought that combo was gonna kill you.”
“Kill me?” he chuckled. “That’s silly. I once fought coyotes. That was dangerous, but it was nothing compared to my whole childhood.”
“You know, I still hate you, but you have my respect from now on,” Amanda stated.
“Said the person who rescued all of us from grave danger. I deserve nothing,” Milo was flattered.
“So in all of places, why do you have to teleport us here, Amanda?” asked Lola.
“In all of places, this is the safest one,” the young witch said. “From outside, no one can find us unless if there’s a secret passage way or something.”
Perry then saw a hole in front of him. It was kind of blurry and the place is messy but he swore he saw it.
The hole held no suspicion until he heard a noise coming from it. It must be his platypus sense telling him.
There was no doubt. Someone was going to come out from it. He chattered, then telling everyone to pay attention to the hole.
“You’re telling us there’s someone in it? No way!” Amanda exclaimed.
“Who are these intruders anyway?” king Victor asked.
“I have no idea, if you ask me,” Milo replied.
Who could come out from it, and how did they find this secret basement? At this point, our heroes feared that the villains had found them and planned for a big murder in the place.
Dramatic music ended.
“Phew…” the knights sighed in relief.
“What are you two doing here?” king Victor asked again.
Milo was the happiest one to see them in this time, “Melissa! Zack!” He ran into them and joint for a hug.
The two embraced the Murphy boy back. It was like the reunion between the parents and their long lost son. They couldn’t explain his cry – whether it’s happiness or depression from a warrior.
“There, there…” whispered Melissa.
“Let it out, man. Let it out,” Zack said.
“I’m just happy to see you guys at this time,” Milo stated before he coughed. A few drops of blood came out.
“Milo!” both tried to put him standing.
“You okay?” the orange-haired girl asked.
“He’s not fully recovered yet,” Amanda informed. “And I think I know you guys. You’re Melissa and Zack.”
“Yep.” – “That’s us.”
“How are you two able to find this place?” the king curiously asked.
“Uh…” Zack was hesistant to reveal. “Please don’t kill us okay…”
“We just come here to collect vegetables once a week,” Melissa revealed quickly. “Just a few to eat through days, nothing much.”
“Without my permission?”
“Yeah I know, it’s stupid. I’m sorry…” Zack apologized.
“And I’m sorry too…” Melissa followed. “We know our flaws. Please give us the hardest punishment.”
Both of Milo’s friend bowed in front of the king. They were ready for his treat.
“No…” Milo whispered. He then tried to explain to king Victor. “Victor, please, don’t do anything harmful to them! You should know that this reaping season is a bust. We don’t have much food left. And you have two teenagers just trying to collect enough…”
“Enough saying, Milo,” he then turned to Melissa and Zack. “Apologies accepted. It’s not like anyone else can find a way through here anyway. These two know their ways to live through day to day. That’s basic survival!”
The two poor teenager smiled and so did the king, “Alright, enough with these unnecessary drama…”
“Wait, you Majesty!” Melissa interrupted.
“There are two more people coming down here with us,” Zack informed.
As king Victor wasn’t certain what this could be mean, two more people came out from the said hole. One was an old guy holding some kind of remote, and following him was a teenager… yeah yeah, we had known them too well, let’s just get into the reunion.
“Victor?”
“Clyde! Oh, I’m so glad to see you…”
The two old partners joined for a hug. Another reunion to be adored by the group of royal knights.
Clyde released Victor and saw another Victor behind him. He raised his eyebrows, “Is that your brother or something?”
“I’m king Victor, ruler of the Dwampymoore. It’s nice to meet you.”
Hearing it, the old guy gasped. His partner is the king in another dimension. He immidiately bowed, “It’s an honor to meet you, your Majesty, even though you look exactly like my pal Victor here.”
Normal Victor smiled while everyone couldn’t stop giggling.
Meanwhile, another reunion was about to start. It just needed time to put themselves together.
Lola was amazed. She had fun and also troubles in this dimension. And during the most dangerous situation happening, he was here. Zane could meet up with her a lot quicker, if he wasn’t wandering around before actually meeting up Zack and Melissa running. The Murphy’s friends said there was a dangerous battle in which Milo from another dimension and Lola involved.
Running back to the castle wasn’t such a good idea, so Zane and Clyde followed Zack and Melissa to a secret passage way which is revealed when Melissa opens a secret door on the floor of her own room.
“So that was how I got here… Long story short, I shouldn’t tell this during the emotional reunion…” Zane felt disappointed about himself but quickly changed his pace. “But nevermind that… Lola!”
“Zane!”
They called each other’s name and hugged shortly.
“Y-you came here to find me?” she asked.
Zane nodded as he agreed, “Well of course! What are friends for if they don’t help each other.”
Lola was going to say when he interrupted, “Puf, puf. No worries. You’re safe now and that’s what important.”
That made her tear up a bit. How could she deserve a great friend like him, “I am just happy that you’re here with me.”
“Me too…” he whispered.
“So… allow me to introduce-“
All of a sudden, she was stopped. Not by anyone or anything, but by reactions. Knights opened their jaws, couldn’t believe what they had just seen in front of them. Amanda dropped her wand while curing Milo. The farmer boy hided behind the wizard’s robe. Perry and Victor put on the fighting pose, both angrily staring at…
The son of kingdom’s murderer, Zane Cartner.
“Attack, boys!” king Victor commanded to Perry and the knights as they all pointed their weapons towards to Zane.
“GUYS!” she stood in front of her dumbfounded friend, whispering. “It’s okay, these are my friends.”
“What are you trying to do now?! He’s my friend!” Lola yelled.
“Is that true?” questioned Serend.
“Either that, or he is using his dark magic to disguise as one of your friends,” said the king. “You should know what he has done to the kingdom.”
Perry chattered furiously.
Remembering the another dimension theory, Lola already got what was happening…
“Oh no…” she groaned.
In a place far far away from the shiny kingdom, is a big land filled with swamps and dead trees. The two regions are bordered by a disastrous wood.
Anyway, the land was filled with black and ominous sky, roads, plants… The swamps are technically made with the blood from mosquitoes, animals and the frozen ones exist as obstacles for all kinds of vehicle.
It isn’t a place for things that are nice. The matter covers the whole dark cloudy land except for one hotel sticking out. The bending, useless gate was expected to be careful because of its electricity. And the front and back yard isn’t a place for villagers or ordinary magic users. If you don’t have dark magic than can be used against bombs being set underground all over the place, you will be guaranteed coming back to home with skeleton being the only thing left.
The people aren’t fun. They are evil.
Its structure is simple and badly constructed. The two main colors of the house are black (the color of bricks) and toxic green (coming from fakingly lights).
Judging it as a low-budget construction, and you have made a huge mistake. What inside it is a huge, spetacular space based on any palaces. Even if it’s spectacular, it’s still a dark experience for the newcomers of the Snow Queen hotel.
You heard it right. We would get to meet them right away.
Footsteps making such a delightfully evil and nonsense rhythm could be heard. Hardly does anyone gonna believe it was coming from a 14 –year-old teenage boy. He smiles. He always wears his fancy white tux, as fancy as all of the other princes combined. He’s different to any teens at his age: he has nothing to worry about. That maybe right to his unique character: he’s simply optimistic and innocently unaware of events outside his knowledge. And he’s incredibly smart, well-educational too.
He is… the son of the kingdom’s murderer.
Last year was ‘a year’ to him. It didn’t change him much, however. To everyone, he’s still the bad seed. Heck, he didn’t even remember anything of it. His mom is a true evil person, and he knows everything has to be in her favor.
“My, my boy has arrived,” The Snow Queen welcomed him. Evil Prince Zane reached out to his mother and they had a family hug, “How is my Zane doing?”
“Good!” the prince said as he showed his mother a necklace. “Look! I made this necklace myself. And attaching it is a princess doll.”
She smiled when her son had something to do. However, she couldn’t help but sigh, “That’s nice, son… but you don’t need to do this.”
“That’s alright mom!” Zane comforted, resting a hand on her mom’s shoulder. “As long as you’re here, I’m willing to do anything for you.”
The Snow Queen chuckled. As an evil mother as she is, she sure has taught him well in her way, “I couldn’t be prouder of my son. But look, I’m not as young as you are anymore. Whatever happens, you must take your responsibility as a prince, and the future ruler. You can never forget that, you know?”
“I know,” the boy agreed seriously. “I’ll make you proud, mom.”
“Now… remember what you have to do?” she asked.
“Of course I do!” Zane took a swore before running outside. “Practice my fun using sword skills!”
The mother had a moment to laugh again, “Zane, Zane, Zane. Solve problems in a delightful way.”
She opened her setences to no one, “Trust me, Zane. Once I have done resting my power, things couldn’t get any cooler. They will regret for what they have done to both of us.”
She sat back and heard her guard calling, “Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty!” an old man wearing a black suit and glasses met his superior. “We have a situation!”
“Now Clyde, calm yourself down, old pal,” said the evil queen. “You are the royal mechanic I can count on. Who else can I count on if you’re overexhausting yourself.”
The old guy took a moment to catch his breath. Pretty much like Zane and the queen, he used to be one of the most loyal inventor back at the Dwampymoore. One disadvantage of him, however, was his advantage – inventing. Pretty much his inventions are useless or unintentionally meant harmful. With that revealed, king Victor kicked him out from the castle. That however, was written in some history books as a terrible move and hard to say it was made accidentally.
Because who knows what will happen when a talent reaches out to the evil hands. The worst case had finally come true, and the queen’s minion Clyde can’t never be seperated from the person whom he owed a living, no matter what.
“Your Majesty, One-Armed Willie has arrived and he said he’s going to bring you a surprise.”
“Just as I expected from him…” she whispered before ordering. “Well, let him in and take some rest for yourself.”
“Of course, your Masjety,” Clyde said before he walked to the gate of the hotel and opened it.
“Dark magic as usual, sir Clyde-a-lot,” Willie grinned as he revealed the fashion way to get himself an entrance. The one-eye guy rode a horse, and behind him, he was carrying along a big boat-shaped carriage. Inside it, Princess Merola was tied up. She couldn’t move her hands and feet freely. Even she couldn’t be allowed to move her body when her belly was tied to a medium-sized stake she was leaning on. Her mouth was taped and she tried not to say a word until she had another chance to meet the evil character.
How much everyone in the Dwampymoore despise her. Yet comparing to everyone, Merola treats her the kindest.
Clyde yelled, “Assistant One-Armed Willie has arrived!!!”
“It is time…” she thought.
With the main room’s space and facility, we could say it was very pleased to welcome a guy riding a horse and carrying a carriage like him.
“My pleasure to meet you, the Snow Queen,” he saluted her as to prove how polite he was
“Oh Willie…” the queen exclaimed. “A person like you know manners? You didn’t even call me ‘Your Majesty…’ Well, I guess I can forgive it, as we all know…”
The woman smirked, “With Willie, there’s nothing around him that can go wrong.”
“Precisely as Clyde’s pet armadillo, ma’am!” he stepped down from his horse and made an introduction about his plan (which was also the queen’s plan being brought up a month ago).
“Behold, my queen. This is what you have been looking for…” Willie stepped near to his carriage and opened it.
Suddenly, Merola felt her belly free but something made her fall out from the magic box.
“Oh no!” Snow Queen yelled and acted. “What have you done huh?”
“What I did wrong, my queen?” and so did Willie.
The queen came nearer to the princess and pretended to be nice, “That’s not how you treat to a princess, the future queen of a kingdom.”
She released her hands and feet in a blink of an eye. Finally, she untaped her mouth and Merola poorly breathed in and out.
“You must be tired after a long way,” she said then led her to one of the three royal seats. “Here, have a seat next to mine.”
“Thank you,” the princess replied.
“You know, after all what I have done to you…” she said while dusting and cleaning up Merola. “…you seem pretty… calmer than others. You don’t mad at me?”
“Psst…” she wrapped her arms and disrespected the evil queen. “Don’t you think I’m a child. First of all, what else to be mad at a queen who has caused enough troubles for the Dwampymoore. This time, she inexplicably kidnapped me and asked me whether I was mad at her. Like, obviously! Secondly, if you think you can trick me with some evil plot, well excuse me but I’m not used to be that kind anymore.”
That didn’t flinch her a bit. She was faking it and then a second later, she laughed maniacally, “Oh my… what a rebel you are now. Alright then, we won’t use tricks anymore. We will set it straight to you right away…”
The queen snapped her fingers, “Guards, kill the lights. Let our play begin!”
Merola sighed as she was being an unintentional vistor watching them narrating the scheme. She took her time to rest her head on her palm and fell asleep for a few minutes later.
Back to something else dark, the secret room inside the castle. All the knights, Perry, Milo, Amanda, Victor, Clyde, Lola, Zane and Victor had gathered around for an important discussion. All of them were sitting around a large wooden circle table.
Zane from the main dimension rested his head on one of his palms. One could state he was sleepy, but the truth was, he was angry. Being stucked inside the unfamiliar dimension was one of the worst things, and another thing that’s bad was to be welcomed in an unexpected, deadly way. If it had not been for Lola then, well… clears throat.
“There… there…” Lola comforted him. “Don’t be mad at them, Zane.”
“I’m not mad, Lola,” he replied sarcastically. “I’m just feeling uneasy around here.”
“We’re sorry! We hope you can forgive us…” said TMMLWG.
Hearing a knight said, he decided to release one rant, “Okay, so hear me out. I know in this world, there is someone who looks just like me and he’s evil. And he’s a prince, with a tux and white robes and all. And you seriously thought I was the one, while I was wearing a red jacket and blue pants.”
“We’re wrong, we’re wrong,” king Victor chuckled and felt a bit ashamed. “You know, we’re not always right. I’m the king, but my decisions don’t always give good result. You know what I mean.”
“Well I guess that’s that,” Zane reached to the king’s hand and they both shared a hand shake. “We’re even. My rant is done here.”
“Wow, fast…” even Lola was amazed.
“Now, if you all don’t have anything else to mind for, looks like I’m gonna be the one to talk around here…”
The king then stood up and announced to everyone, “Knights, newcomers, our fellas, hear me out! Princess Merola, who’s my daughter, has been kidnapped by one of the Snow Queen’s minions, One-Armed Willie. His behaviour not only caused danger to the entire kingdom, but also it was an insult to us royals, being sent by none other than the evil Snow Queen. We all know what we have won and mostly lost to the grand battle happening a year ago. We cannot let it happen again like an annual event. Do you agree with me?”
“Yes, we do!” everyone except king Victor yelled in unison.
“I swear to my generations of the family that I must protect this kingdom no matter what. That I must protect my daughter. She will be a good queen in the future. She will be the ruler that we can count on. Knights!”
“Yes, your Majesty?”
“You all are the most brave, powerful and fearless warriors that this kingdom can count on,” he said. “Each in everyone of you has your own character, and together nothing can stop in your way. I believe that if we fight ‘till the end, the victory will belong to us. So tell me, are you going to battle with me?”
“Of course we do, your Majesty!” the knights yelled.
“We will protect you and the princess with all of our soul and body,” said Serend.
“No matter how many obstacles against us,” The Wiki Guy followed.
“No matter how many traps waiting,” Arend determined.
“WE ARE THE KNIGHT SQUAD!”
“Or the Wiki squad as it’s in my name.”
The king nodded and smiled. He was sastified at how they determined to go on this trip, “Good, good. I’m proud of all of you. Now, before we go…”
On his body, he pulled out the legendary sword Excalibur, “Yes, I know, one of you has told me something about this rusty sword. If I said this thing is good as new, I would be lying. So, we must bring it to the magic lake. That way, we can restore the sword as good as new.”
“Ohh…” the whole room was surprised. In this world we had that lake too?
“Now this reminds me of something…” Zane tried to make a reference to Lola. It depended on whether she got it.
“I think no…” Lola whispered. “Let’s see what he’s doing next.”
Zane rolled his eyes. She didn’t get it. It didn’t bug him a bit.
Didn’t.
“The knights and Perry will come along with me,” king Victor said. “Others stay at the castle and guard it.
All the suit of armor people and Perry stood up. They walked out of the secret room in rhythm. King Victor was the last one to exit. Amanda stopped him when he almost reached to the door.
“Hey Amanda, let me go,” he ordered. “What are you doing?”
“Uh I’m… I’m…”
The wizard was hesistant. She had a confession but was afraid to let it out. But in no time, she pulled herself back and made a request, “CanIcomealongwithyouguystoo?”
“What? No!” he didn’t deny, but he couldn’t be risky. “It’s too dangerous. I don’t want a young girl like you to get hurt.”
She couldn’t calm her tears anymore. Even if that was the king’s order, she had to go against it and follow to her heart.
“Please! Let me come along!” Amanda confessed. “I’m concerned for Lola as much as you are. She’s my only friend. It’s your Majesty favor that I have a chance to know her and be a close friend to her.”
Flashback to seven years ago…
Mrs. Lopez and her daughter were surprising invited to the castle to meet king Victor and princess Merola.
Amanda had been a smart girl since very young. And with luck that the royals knew her family, she had been favored and trusted. Amanda proved to him that his decision wasn’t just because of her beauty or her intelligence. What he really needed was braveness, courage and truthfulness. And our organized girl had it all.
From hall to hall, a shy 6-year-old girl hiding behind her mother. It was these unfamiliar scenes in front of her during the first time she came. And soon they would be too familiar, too boring for her to even glance at family pictures, or hunting poses… That’s a good thing!
After a stroll, they finally faced the king and the princess. The cute 6-year-old princess named Merola was about to have her second best friend in her life. Chronologically, since she had been a close friend to Milo before she knew the future wizard.
The mother-daughter saluted in front of the king, “Your Majesty…”
Amanda saw a princess standing next to her stern but kind father. Merola gave a friendly hi to her. A princess said hi to her?
She waved back, and the two stood closer so they could introduce each other.
“I’m… Merola. It is nice to meet you,” the princess smiled. Despite the gap between their classes, she just tried to make her new friend comfortable.
“And I am… Amanda Lopez… Your father invited us to come here… And it’s nice to know you too!”
They both gave a light shake hand before they left the adults discussing.
“I invited both of you to come here because I’m having a nice offer,” king Victor informed.
“Offer?” Mrs. Lopez raised an eyebrow.
“Oh no no… it’s not what you think…” he chuckled. “Hey Amanda, may I ask you something?”
“Oh… sure… your Majesty,” she agreed. Victor leaded the girl to stand in front of his chair while he was sitting and carefully questioning.
“So… do you want to be Merola’s friend?”
Hearing this, she was hesistant. It’s true that she’s nice and they can be gals, but how would their classes suppose to allow them?
“I do… but… I’m not sure! She’s a princess and I’m… just a normal girl…”
“Then hear me, I can make you Merola’s friend if you agree!” he offered.
“R-Really?” she questioned delightfully,
“Yep. But you have to answer this question from me, truthfully,” the man then asked. “What do you think friends do?”
“I know! I know!” Merola raised her hand.
“I didn’t ask you, Merola.”
“D’ohh… well then, what do you think friends do, Amanda?” the girl innocently asked.
Amanda thought deeply. There are so many things friends can do together. Going through first adventures like many passé stories. Make an incredibly long shopping list. Yelling and laughing from houses to fields and forest. Being young cosmologists and predicting stars every night.
There are many things. What was she gonna pick?
“Being truthful.”
She simply replied. Merola and Victor, even her mom looked at her in amazement.
“It’s nothing hard. Friends do what they like and they’re always honest to each other right? And if they’re in trouble, we have to protect them…”
“I heard enough…” the king announced. He left his seat and kneed closer to Amanda.
“So… how’s my answer?” Amanda wondered worriedly. Was it a little to harsh? Would she be denied.
“That is… the smartest answer I have ever received,” Victor said. “I was just testing you to see how willing you want to be a friend of Merola. You have grown so much despite your age, and your family deserves to be proud.”
She touched. Even any other princesses could never believe a normal girl was praised by the ruler of the kingdom, “Thank… thank you.”
The man stood up and announced to everyone in the room, “Everyone, that means four of us, hear this, and all of my words will never be forgotten.”
As a proof to help set a future for Amanda, he cleared his throat and spoke carefully even the smallest, useless details, which would never have in a royal announcement.
“Amanda here has been favored by my very own eyes recently. She’s smart, she’s brave, she’s a good student. But more importantly, she has what it takes to be a warrior. Her honesty, her habit of organization, and her protectiveness. Can’t believe in a few months, I have seen it all. I have been searching young people like her anywhere. But… I guess I can only see one person who can live up with that.”
He dearly looked at Amanda while she was holding Merola’s hand. Together, they were going tohear a new chapter in their life.
“Just then, she shows her determination to befriend with princess Merola. But as you all know how harsh this society can be, normal-class people and royal people can’t be too close. So from here upon, I give her a chance to be the most loyal, closest friend a princess could have ever asked for,” Victor excitedly announced the best part of the whole speech. “I hereby dub thee Amanda the most crucial member of the Royal Wizard organization.”
Amanda was dumbfounded. She was shocked but happily smiled as she slowly took the most important speech in her entire life.
Merola ran onto her friend and hugged her.
“EEEH! I’m so proud of you!”
Amanda chuckled. Of course, hearing this was going to be awesome at first.
“You will be trained by wizards from in and outside our kingdom. It won’t be easy by the way,” after a celebration, there came a warming. “You will be taught everything you need to know restlessly. Being favored by bureaucacy comes with a great responsibility. You will be tested from skills to moral lessons. But, we know how much you love magic. In fact, I saw you play Spelling Game in your old room all by yourself.”
“You saw it?” she could admit Victor had examined her thoroughly.
“And… you are already a nice young lady. I’m sure your future is gonna be bright,” he nodded. The king knew she was going to be an important part of the big adventure in front of her.
Amanda, she was terrified.
She was really good at learning magic, but she was so alone back at her village.
She was shy because she thought differently to other children.
Now, being favored by Victor. Absolute happiness and a nightmare.
But, all she wants to do in her life is to protect Merola from any kind of danger as her best friend, and do something great for the kingdom.
Because she knew, she was destined to change the world.
Amanda nodded and took all of her energy to swear with the king, princess Merola, her mom, her family, and all the people of the Dwampymoore.
“I promise I will do anything I can to protect Dwampymoore with all of my heart and soul!” she screamed out her first promise.
“I swear I will protect Merola, my family, king Victor, and everyone. So all they can think of are delightfulness and peacefulness.”
“I swear, I will help make a better kingdom!”
“Under the magic wand I’m holding!”
“So can I come along please?!” it was to the point she had to kneel down and begged him. “I had promised to protect you and Merola with all of my heart and soul. So please, king Victor, please let me come along! I beg you!”
The people in the room could hear her cry and the tears she was having.
Lola was touched but trying to calm herself.
Arend concerned.
Milo exclaimed, “Amanda…”
Merola is also Milo’s best friend. Yet here he is, looking at another friend of her begging to come along.
He couldn’t just stand and watch. He had to do something, even if Murphy’s Law would be another obstacle.
“Um… king Victor?”
“Yes, what is it, Milo?” he was waiting for Milo’s request, even though he already knew he was going to request for.
“Can I come along too?” Milo requested.
The man raised an eyebrow, feeling unimpressed, “But… you haven’t fully recovered yet.”
“I know… But I can’t stand waiting and letting her meet danger. I have to do something!”
Amanda’s request was acceptable but Milo’s…
Victor (the king, not the normal guy) knows how selfless Milo can be in danger situations. He can do anything to protect his friends and families. As long as they’re safe, then he’s happy enough.
But Murphy’s Law never fails to be a big problem. Having Milo as a companion can be a counter effect, as people near him will get into danger.
To choose his selflessness that a few people share with him but his fellows will get hurt because of him. This argument seems never stop.
“Enough this nonsense, Milo. I can’t risk anyone to get hurt just because of your care,” the king decided.
“But-“
“How about Milo…” Amanda stood up then turned to look at him with a serious expression. She sighed before having some words between the two. “Look, I know that you really care for Merola, for us and for our entire kingdom. Even I know that. So follow me, and I will guarantee that you can come along.”
“You serious?” both men questioned in unison.
“Yep. Follow me to the restroom, Milo,” she said before leading the farmer boy to a personal place where two of them could discuss a way to get another warrior come along. The more the stronger.
“Wow, didn’t know this secret place also has a restroom,” farmer Milo confessed. To be honest, it was his first time to get down to the underground place.
“So what do you think the restroom is for in this creepy dark space?” questioned the teenage wizard. She walked in front of him and holding a candle while going through the small passage way.
He blushed. That was really a great question a girl had put, wasn’t it?
“Oh, uh, well, it’s for… you know, resting and talking and stuffs…”
Amanda had a chance to giggle while he was stammering, “So who are you talking to?”
“I don’t know,” he complained. “Why do you keep asking me questions not supposed to be answered?”
“Heh, that was easy bro,” she answered. “You will be talking to me, right… here!”
Amanda lit the whole room. The restroom wasn’t so bad. It was named something like… Drusselsteinian style.
Wish they had known the meaning of that word.
“So why do you have to bring me down here, Amanda?” Milo questioned.
“Sit down,” she commanded as they both sat down on the floor. “And I’ll explain word by word.”
“You could have taught me if I were a first-grade student,” Milo was sarcastic.
“Just hear me carefully,” Amanda groaned before telling him. “So… you said you wanted to go saving her right. And you heard me say I would go as well, did you?”
“Uh-huh. So?”
“But as you know, with your condition right now, you won’t be allowed to go anywhere by king Victor himself,” she continued. “And I hope you can go…”
“But I thought you hated me.”
“I did, kind of, but it was just a few moments. Sometimes I’m wondering whether I have feelings for you. I just saved you. Do you think I save you just because I hate you and want to make all the credits go to me? I’m not that kind of girl.”
“Yes, you don’t!” he yelled. Overall, Amanda was just picking at him. “And you tease me a lot. That counts.”
“Because I like to do it, alright,” she then went back to the problem. It was during the time they had to save Merola and small discusssion wasn’t worth two minutes. “Anyway, to make sure Victor allow you to go… drink this.”
She put in front of him a cup of water and a piece of pill.
Milo was confused. He had never seen a pill in his whole life, “What’s this?”
“This is the treatment for Murphy’s Law. Just drink it inside your mouth and boom! All of your negative energy field will be… disappeared!” Amanda excitedly introduced.
“Wait! No! I can’t drink this!” he refused. “I can’t live without Murphy’s Law. It’s my meaning of life. Sure, it’s harmful, but what’s the meaning of an adventure without it?
“Silly, I didn’t say it would get rid Murphy’s Law forever,” she continued while teasingly touched his cute nose. “Just… for… a few… hours…”
The girl then pulled herself back, “It just calms super small negative particles moving around you. And you’re the first one to test my pill but… don’t worry, it’s harmless!”
“Huh? I don’t really get what you were just saying. You mean Murphy’s Law will be gone for a few hours?”
“Yes! Hear me!” she put both hands on her shoulder and warned him about what they had to face. “I think you already know, but this adventure will be dangerous for all of us! And we’re here, trying not to make things worse.”
“Okay okay, I get it now.”
“Good!” the wizard released him and got outside first. “So drink it. I’m gonna go outside first and wait. If you ever wonder, think about your friends and family!”
She closed the door, leaving only Milo with a pill and a cup of water in front of him.
But again, she opened it and requested, “And one more thing… when you meet us outside, tell the king that I have just spelled on you. I don’t want to reveal my risky plan to him.”
“You got it!” he thumbed up. She knew Milo learned that from Perry who learned from Lola.
The door was closed again, leaving Milo with a pill and a cup of water in front of him.
“This seems boring…” he said as he kept putting in and out from the cup of water.
Then in a few seconds, an idea popped inside his mind.
“So you spelled him and got rid of his Murphy’s Law airquotes?” recaped king Victor who had just heard what Amanda did with him in the restroom. She was lying though, because her plan of making Milo drink a pill she just made was too risky to just reveal it out.
“Yep. Now don’t get me wrong, it will temporarily take Murphy’s Law away from him during our adventure,” she had the man convinced. “So are you gonna bring him along?”
“Well, if it’s the case then I’m supposed yes…” he said. “Do it in your way.”
“Hey guys!” Milo came out and reported. “I have been spelled by Amanda, your Majesty.”
“Well, we’ll see about that.”
A silent moment occurred between them. It lasted for ten seconds, an amount of time bad luck could come and go.
“Nope, nothing happened! Ride along, Milo!” he announced.
“Hooray!” Milo and Amanda celebrated by high-fiving.
All the problems had been settled. The adventurers were meeting up in front of the gate of the castle. Six knights, a king, a platypus, a wizard and a farmer boy were sitting on horses. They had to wait as king Victor told the rest of the gang to guard the castle along with the guards.
“Don’t worry. This castle will be safe and sound while you’re going,” Lola stated confidently.
Zack and Melissa simply nodded.
“You can count on us, your Majesty,” Zane winked.
“Nice trip!” normal Clyde wished.
“Uh… nice trip bro!” normal Victor said and gave the king a handshake.
“Stay safe, bro, haha,” king Victor chuckled. “That’s what I’ve learned from you, handsome guy! Well, time for me to go.” He said as he ran to the leader horse in the herd.
The CEO guy then went fangirling, “Eek! He said I was handsome!”
“Yeah, go figure…” Lola smirked and rolled her eyes.
“All set! Let’s go!” he screamed.
People yelled, platypus chattered the loudest noise as he could. The sky was pretty dark but the horses started running ahead. What kind of quest will be waiting for them?
They couldn’t fail Merola. Even though later, rains fell above their head and they could get sick, but if Lola got hurt, they and the people in the future would have many sick days in the future. The whole kingdom would end like that.
They couldn’t fail Merola – a sweet young princess. She cares for everyone like she cares for herself. She is the prettiest girl that the whole kingdom can ever ask for. How much she has helped everyone. During this hard time, now it was their chance to pay her back, to prove that they are a family and they will stick together side by side, no matter what.
“Whoo boy, this is getting more and more interesting,” Lola stated.
“It truly is, young lad’,” the author popped from out of nowhere and shocked the girl.
Their first destination is the Milowee forest, named after farmer Milo. Which couldn’t be more exciting. Nonetheless, they were going insdie it in order to find the magic lake. Rumors say it has been existed for a thousand years. A fairy called Lady of the Lake will appear and help restore anything, including the legendary sword Excalibur.
“Wow, it’s been a long time since I came to your forest, Milo,” The Wiki Guy said.
“What do you mean my forest? It is just named after me,” the farmer informed.
“Oh right… right…” the knight grinned awkwardly.
“So do you know exactly where to go, your Majesty?” questioned PhinFerbFan5, who was in charge of holding the sword, in case king Victor was going to be asassinated.
“I know this place. I wander around it many times and… oh, it’s here…” he stated.
“Really?” Goldsith asked.
“Yes… come and see.”
As they all had stood near Victor and looked from as the same view as him, they couldn’t help but amaze by the beauty coming out from the unusual lake.
“Wow… It’s so beautiful!” wizard Amanda commented. “And it’s the first time I got here. I wonder how this magical lake is gonna work.”
King Victor stepped a few more steps ahead and ordered, “Don’t move, my fellows. We don’t want to scare the Lady of the Lake right?”
“PhinFerbFan5, my Excalibur?”
“It’s here, your Majesty,” he bowed and gave the sword to Victor. The ruler did some old ritual before holding his sword up above him and said.
“Oh, Lady of the Lake. Please help me restore the legendary sword named Excalibur. We need it to rescue princess Merola, my daughter. So why don’t you consider giving your Majesty a hand.”
“Pretty please?” he fastly changed from serious pose to an awkward grin.
All of them fainted.
“Oh… so that’s how he begs the Lady of the Lake… Very effective,” Milo said sarcastically.
“Don’t judge yet,” Amanda smirked at him. “It’s going to work. Victor is a woman’s man.”
“I’m not sure about that.”
As soon as they all got up, they heard the sound of a water droplet. During the orchestra music was playing, a beautiful, mythic creature floating out from the lake. Inside the magic water bubble, she revealed herself. She is the Lady of the Lake, who has puffy brown hair and blue eyes. Her outfit was an aqua sleeveless dress, with a white shirt as an undershirt, and she wears glass slippers.
Her look is unresistable. This Lady of the Lake seems nicer than they thought.
“Beautiful…” exclaimed Serend.
“Yeah, no doubt, I have to agree!” followed by Arend’s ashtonishment.
She put herself down nicely on the lake, and using it as a platform for her to walk on.
“It’s nice to meet you, your Majesty,” she said.
“Ah… so you are the Lady of the Lake,” he introduced himself. “I’m king Victor, and behind the bushes are my fellows. I remember when I was a young boy, I came by this lake for so many times.”
“Well…” her voice comes out naturally smooth and calm. “You can call me Madge for short. And my mom has told me a lot about you. She leaves the job for me to take care.”
“Oh, I see. Good job then.”
“So, can I hear again your problem with the Excalibur?” Madge requested to listen one more time the king’s beg.
“Of course you can, Madge,” the king showed to her the Excalibur. “As one of the knights here said, it’s busted. At first I didn’t believe such nonsense…”
Serendipitacely groaned. At what time the man still tried to pick up on someone else.
“…but it is, later do I believe. Can you fix it for me, dear Madge?” the man requested carefully. Madge could spot worriness from a father appearing on his face. “Please, I have an only daughter to protect.”
Madge walked closer to him and comforted, “Don’t worry, I’m sure she will be fine. Now let’s repair this old metal.”
She took the sword and threw it on the water. Then, she moved her hand as a sign she was about to cast a spell. Her mouth murmured, her fingers carefully moved the magic water.
“Wow, another magic user!” Amanda exclaimed.
“Yeah, she might be as same as you are,” Milo stated.
The spell was then clearer and everone could hear it.
“Eat it! Eat it!
Clean the sword and fix fully
Save Merola, make the kingdom jolly
So eat it! So eat it!”
“Now how does this sound familiar to me?” farmer Milo questioned while he forgot one thing.
Dude, your voice actor sang that song, for crying out loud.
“Oh now I remember.”
“What are you talking about?” Amanda was curious.
Meanwhile, as she was casting her spell, the sword slowly came out from the lake. It glows shiny like it was just taken out from the rock.
“Here, I’m done,” she gave the Excalibur to Victor. “You can at least behold to everyone.”
“Yes, it’s my honour,” the king cleared his throat before beholding.
“Behold! My very own legendary Excalibur! It has been passed down for many generations. With this sword, I will bring Merola back and defeat that evil Snow Queen forever!”
“Yeah!” his fellows cheered. This is the true Victor when it comes to danger. He and his friends can’t just let it happen.
“Thank you, Madge. You have done a very good job,” he said.
“Thank you, your Majesty,” Madge blushed.
“Is there anyway I can do to repay you?”
“Actually, there is one thing,” she took her request and made a surprising decision. “Can I go with you guys? Guarding this lake can be boring sometimes, so I would like to seek for adventures! Isn’t that right, Victor’s fellows?”
“Yes. Yes, it is!” they agreed in unison.
The king smiled. He felt more happier to have another companion, “You can join our team, Madge. Take care!”
“Thanks. That’s the only thing I need.”
To reach to the dark valley, they must walk up on the West mountain and find a way down before reaching the final destination.
“There there, good horses,” Amanda was petting the horses one last time before they went back to the castle.
“That’s unfortunate as always,” Victor exclaimed. “We can’t ride our horses up on the mountain. Who’s in for a walk?”
Everybody accepted by raising their hands. Perry chattered
Cut to a montage of six knights, a king, a platypus, a wizard, a farmer and now a water fairy. (Being accompanied by the Questing Song from “Phineas and Ferb”)
“Hi, it’s nice to meet two people at my age,” Madge greeted Milo and Amanda. “I’m sure you know my name already.”
“Nice to meet you, Madge. I’m Milo. Milo Murphy!” he introduced.
“And I’m Amanda Lopez! The royal wizard!” Amanda followed.
“So are you guys volunteering?” the water fairy asked.
“Not just volunteering…” Milo stated.
And then Milo and Amanda coincidentally said the same thought, “We come along to save princess Merola who’s my best friend.
Hey, we spoke just the same!
Ha! What are the oods?!
Ha! Dare you to say it again!
And again! Ha!
It was so funny!
Shut up!”
Madge couldn’t help but have a refreshing laugh.
A few moments later, they had to face many viper snakes.
“Snake?! I hate snakes!” Amanda feared.
“Ha! Me too! I guess we’re joined!” Madge was just the same.
“Don’t worry, guys. I will protect you,” Milo was being a gentleman. “Even though I’m a little afraid of it too.”
“Straight ahead, my fellows!” the king and the knights had already ran ahead, leaving Milo and two girls behind.
“No fair, they are wearing heavy suits of armor,” commented Amanda.
“Amanda, you can fly us all am I right?” Milo offered.
“Yeah, of course! Why didn’t I think of that?”
She did, before screaming again. “But I’m so terrified that I can’t beam us all.”
Milo groaned. Some wizard… But she was just being herself. They’re not gods after all.
“Oh for crying out loud!” he screamed. “Then save yourself and go through first!”
Amanda did what he said and floated over the snakes.
“And Madge, you climb on my back,” the farmer said.
“Are you sure about this? You can call Amanda back to make us fly if you want to,” Madge wondered.
“We can’t right now, can we?”
Cut to another scene, the next thing they had to face was the lava river. They couldn’t just walk through it. All they could do was to hop on several rocks standing above it.
Again, this was too easy for someone who was wearing armor on his whole entire body.
“You bet!” The Wiki Guy grinned. “Wow, it’s hot out here.”
“Hey… Amanda, mind floating all of us for one time?” Milo requested Amanda again.
“You’re not the boss of me,” she exclaimed. “Besides, I can’t waste my magic willy-nilly. Being more of an adventurer, Milo.”
“Like, right now?” Madge feared.
“What are you afraid of?” the wizard told her. “You’re a water fairy. Fire must scare water a lot right?”
“Yeah, but lava is a different case,” the fairy water grew more anxious. “I hate being burned!”
“Hmm…” Milo took a while to think, then snapping his fingers as he had a brilliant idea.
“Girls, I think I have a brilliant idea. Two of you try to hold both of my hands.”
They obeyed as each of one’s head shared with another one.
“How’s this gonna work, Milo?” Amanda questioned.
“I will throw you guys to the other side,” Milo revealed.
“What? Are you nuts?”
“Don’t worry! I have a lot of experience throwing things.”
Cut to another scene where they all had finished walking through the West mountain. Everyone was still here and alive, but even more impressive was the survival skills Milo, Amanda and Madge had put.
Victor sensed everyone’s exhaustion. He was a bit of tired too.
“We have reached to the other side of the forest,” he informed. “Following this path and we will reach to the Dark valley. Before we go again, what do you say about having some thing to fill our stomaches.”
“I agree!” exclaimed Amanda.
“I second this!” Milo said.
The platypus rubbed his stomach. He was hungry as well, after all of these crazy challenges.
Lucky for them, they immidiately met the fresh area with trees and grass and flowers after the trip. It wouldn’t take them any longer after a short meal. Walking for another ten minutes, and they might just come to the right place.
Six knights, a king, a platypus… oh wait, we have already talked about it. Anyway, all of our goners were having short meal with everything they brought. An example would be Perry having a bottle of milk and corn shake, or Victor secretly kept a large tuna to share for the whole team of knights. The group of teenagers preferred eating something light and small.
“I brought cookies! Made with tender, love and caring,” Amanda shared a pack of cookies to Madge and Milo.
“Thanks, Amanda…” the farmer thanked her after he had tasted the yummy cookie made from Amanda’s TLC. “Meanwhile, I have lemonade! Wish we had ice.”
“I brought ice!” Madge revealed. “And three cups.”
“Wow, what a coincidence!” the boy was delightful that he had got everything he needed without Murphy’s Law interrupting. “Guess I can live with some peace shortly.”
“You don’t say…” Amanda exclaimed. “Cheers!”
“Cheer!” they exclaimed in unison, cup-bumping before taking some refresh lemonade. And cookies. And lemon juice. It’s their choices!
After a few minutes, everything they brought along for eating had been finished all. They still needed more time to rest up and prepare before they resuced Merola. Urgent situation, but it’s best not to burn out.
Not too far away from the rescuers’ spot, Milo was washing up and changing his clothes. His white robe had been ruined badly after the fight, so he thought while the gang was resting, he could change from the fancy white robe to his unique shirt: a long-sleeved beige shirt under a sleeveless deepink shirt with the brown outline on both sides.
Amanda came by and saw Milo, questioned, “Milo? What are you doing here?”
“Just use the chance to wash up and change clothes,” the boy informed. “The robe I wore-“
“Alright, alright, I think I know what you’re doing. Can we have a chat?” she offered.
“Sure, why not? What’s the problem?” Milo questioned.
“It’s not a problem. I’m not having any,” she came to sit near to Milo. Amanda faced to a fresh lake and washed her faced while Milo was facing back, looking at the trees.
She questioned, “Why do you keep being distant to Merola?”
“Huh? I’m not being distant to her!” the Murphy boy stated. “Honestly, I think she’s just being too close to me. She’s a princess and I-“
“You’re a farmer, I know…” she exclaimed boringly. “So because of that, you give up on Lola, am I right?”
“Give up for what?” he raised his eyebrow. “We’re just friends and friends still help each other.”
She sighed. Despite thinking through and choosing to be distant to her, Milo couldn’t seem to know what he was actually doing. Either he didn’t know anything about romance, or he lied.
“Look, I have been favored by the king since I was 6. And I proved that his favor was used on a right person,” she confessed. “Every day I live in the castle is a responsibility, a new mission I have to solve. And before that, I was a normal girl. I could be a farmer, like you, who would just know how to play the Spelling Game by herself, day to day. But that never happens to me.”
“How lucky. I just never be like you. But I’m fine with what I’m having right now,” Milo said.
“Ya think? ‘Cause I don’t think so,” she objected.
“Huh?”
“Don’t you realize. The king has already had his eyes on you.”
“I think it’s because he doesn’t want me to be anywhere with Murphy’s Law.”
“No, that’s not true,” wizard Amanda shook her head. “In fact, he had said to me that you truly have potential. It’s just… he is hesistant.”
“Hesistant?” Milo began to rant. “Because of what? Because of his silence, I have to be distant to Lola for all of these years? I can feel the gap between me and her is getting further. He can’t just- ugghh!”
Amanda smirked confidently, being proud of her pal, “Seems like you have figured it out yourself. It has been king Victor who makes you feel distant to Merola and not you, or me or anyone else. He just needs time to think through. And very soon, once he’s done, I think…”
“You think what?” he saw Amanda’s face was getting closer to her, trying not to make an eye contect.
“I think… you’re going to see something incredible,” after finished her sentence, their noses had successfully intacted.
“Well, don’t misunderstand. I’m just steering you in the right way,” she pulled herself back again, driving back to her ‘teasing’ self and heading back to the gang first. “I know you can make the best decision, Milo.”
And for the second time, she went out first and left Milo alone.
He dropped his jaw and dumbfounded, “This girl, keep pretending like she wasn’t saying anything to me.”
After some eating and chatting moments, they started to run ahead and went through some meters inside the Dark Valley. Another thing to do was to find where she could be keeping.
With her magic, Amanda checked around the valley and instantly spotted something suspicious, “Hey guys! I have seen a very suspicious house right in the middle of the empty dark land!”
“Well, what are we waiting for?” Victor exclaimed. “Lead the way, Amanda!”
A few minutes running and flying, our gang had reached in front of the castle. Now, they were standing in front of an old gate.
“Hmm… the gate is old. I’m sure there’s no problem with it,” Victor decided to walk in without any doubt, but Milo interrupted.
“Wait, your Majesty,” he said. “Something’s off… Well I think this gate is sturdy and dangerous. You all should think like that.”
“What? Why’s that?” TMMLWG questioned.
“Don’t you guys think this old bending gate is a trick to make us think it’s harmless. But in fact, it can read our minds and punish the intruders daring to insult it,” Milo carefully explained. “But if we think that this gate is dangerous and electrified, and later, we enter the front yard and think there are many bombs in the small peaceful land, we’re good to go!”
To check the exactness of Milo’s speech, Amanda looked through the gate and under the grass. Just as Murphy doubted, “Milo is right! The gate is electrified and there are like hundreds of bombs putting under the front yard.”
The knights gasped. King Victor grew angrier because of the silly trap set by the Snow Queen, “This evil monster.”
“King Victor, you have to calm down,” Milo advised him. “Just think opposite to what you see and you will be fine.”
“Will I?”
“I am sure,” the boy smiled and nodded.
Agreed, the king nodded and smiled back.
“And you’re one resourceful helper, Milo Murphy,” he said before leading everyone and following Milo’s direction.
Not only their minds think opposite, but their moves seemes to be more cautious than ever. These traps are psychic, so it’s not surprised that they could feel the respect and the fear the gang gave to it.
“I think from this point on, this Snow Queen is going to become more dangerous,” Madge believed.
“You have no idea…” king Victor agreed.
Finally, they had met up with the creepy hotel. Looks small from the outside, but unusually large from the inside. And it forms many unusual edges. Imagining, a giant person could come to this house and use it as a toy, playing it and bending it. That’s the most accurate explanation for the structure of this hotel.
They opened the gate and immidiately inside the main room, where the visitors meet the ruler and their children.
All of them was carefully tapping on the floor, trying not to call attention to themselves. But it was worthless, as the door shut and darkened the whole room.
“Wh-what’s happening?” Goldsith questioned.
“They have found us all. I think us being trap is just a matter of time,” the king feared.
Suddenly, a spotlight shined on them and revealed that they were all trapped inside a cage without them noticing.
“Your doubt is always on the right place, Victor!” a woman voice spoke to him. He didn’t saw her immidiately. Then he looked up, and saw a figure slowly floating down on a platform. Everyone looked at the villain with uneasy eyes. They despised her.
Couldn’t be mistaken with anyone else, “The Snow Queen, it is I!”
The woman saluted in front of them, “Thank you, thank you for your attendance. Lights, please?”
King Victor gritted his teeth. He had already hated her for whatever she did without knowing the motivation, “Snow Queen, it’s you! Where’s my daughter, you ugly culprit!”
“Oh… how insulting you speak to me… I’m scared… But, you will see her soon. Zane? It’s your turn!”
“Yes, mom!” the son of the murderer was standing on the other side of the room. With the lever he was holding, he sucessfully revealed a princess who was being trapped on a block of rock.
“Lola!” the king screamed.
“Father! Please help me!” she exclaimed.
“Don’t worry. I’ll save you,” Victor comforted his daughter before angrily asking the malicious queen. “What do you want?”
“Oh, nothing. I’m not supposed this meeting to be as grand as… last year battle,” she laughed.
“You don’t get to talk!” Milo yelled. “You have done so many evil things. It’s time for you to meet your demise.”
“Whoa whoa, easy there young hero,” the Snow queen wasn’t even touched a bit. Instead, she was playing a little game before revealing her plan. “Just let me say what I’m going to do, okay?”
She cleared her throat before continuing, “As you all know… uh never mind, let’s just get straight to the point since you all want to know it, right? That’s why you come to this land far far away from your kingdom. My plan is: TO MAKE PRINCESS MEROLA BECOMING MY VERY OWN STATUE!”
“What?” the goners gasped.
“You can’t do this!! Let her go!!” Victor yelled.
“Stop me if you can,” she snapped her fingers to start the frozen protocol. “I have waited this long to plan on my revenge, Victor. Unfortunately, I have yet fully restored my power. And once I get there, there are more troubles like this waiting for you.”
“Guys! Help me!” Merola shrieked. She couldn’t open her eyes to watch the process anymore.
“NOO!!! YOU LET MY DAUGHTER GO!!” king Victor used all of his power and anger to punch the steel cage. It shattered into very small pieces, and everyone was freed to make a plan and save Merola.
“Folks! Get ready! Today is the day we will beat the Snow Queen!” he announced confidently.
“Yeah!”
That also didn’t move the queen one bit. It was all part of her plan. However, the one to decide the fate of the battle wasn’t the queen herself.
“Nice speech. But you should know who you’re facing first before you challenge me!” she smirked as they all looked up at the sky and saw a person landing smoothly to the main room using a jetpack.
“Haha! It is I, One-Armed Willie. One and none other,” they met again. “Oh, and I just made a joke.”
“Step aside! Or you are gonna get it!” Victor threatened.
“Oh ho ho,” the guy chuckled. “I’m pretty sure you all still remember what happened just a few hours ago. Defeated, and ran like a bunch of cowards-“
“Go!” Victor interrupted, as the king, Perry and the group of knights coming towards him at the same time without waiting.
“Oh… why so soon?” Willie kept his pose and smirked, whispering. “It was just like the queen said.”
Meanwhile, Amanda, Milo and Madge seperated from the fighting group and went closer to Merola.
“Alright, while they’re fighting,” Amanda planned. “I will use the magic to break her out without-“
“Not so fast, chunks!” a young boy interrupted the group’s planning. They all gasped and realized another person they had to face.
“The son of the murderer…” Milo muttered. “Zane.”
“That’s right, Milo,” the dark boy then pulled out his trusty sword. “I challenge you for a match, Milo. If you win, you can have Merola back. I talked this to mom by the way. But if you lose, I… can’t imagine the possibilities,” he grinned.
“Don’t do this, Zane!” Merola yelled. While being trapped, she still tried to convince the dark prince. “Please!!”
“It’s no use, Merola,” Milo stated. He immidiately took a sword from his backpack of holding. “I accept the challenge from this stubborn.”
“Wait, Milo! Stop fighting you two!”
But it was effortless. The princess just cried and couldn’t directly stop the fight between two young men.
“AAAH!” they both exclaimed, as the sword fight started. While Zane’s skills were excellent after all the practice, Milo had been learning by himself as a skill to protect himself. This should be intense.
Even with six knights, a platypus and a king, they all couldn’t take a single One-Armed Willie. Wearing an unusually big armor and having to take on eight armored warriors didn’t seem to be problematic to him.
“It’s like he know what our next moves will be,” king Victor growled.
Perry chattered while resting his web-foot. It was painful after all the punches he gave to the big armor, but it wasn’t damaged. Not even a scratch appeared.
“It’s no use…” Serendipitacely said.
“If we keep charging at him, soon we will lose all of our stamina,” Arend informed. “And I swear, that is the most sciency thing I have ever spoken.”
“Sciency?” Willie laughed in an evil tone. “Let me show you something even more technical.”
A few seconds later, he shot a bubble beam out from his armor glove. Much to our heroes’ surprise, it grew bigger and bigger until they caused a big explosion and knocked down all of them.
Another hard task for the knights. The aftermath of the explosion was too much for them. They couldn’t even stand up to fight.
King Victor stood still, however, but weakly. If he failed, he would never save his only daughter. He couldn’t fail everyone’s effort. He couldn’t fail all the determination they showed to him.
It was the time he used the last trump card.
“Not yet! Prepare to eat the Excalibur!” the shiny word being hold in his strong hand. “With this I will finish you and your evil plan!”
“Well, we’ll see about that,” seeing the king finally acted up, Willie made the suit lighter, and releasing his unique sword from his armor. Another sword fight was about to begin.
Milo and Zane fought with everything they got. No one had showed their sign to back up yet.
That was, until the battle came to a turning point, as Milo slashed the sword out from the hand of the dark prince. Was this going to end that easily?
“Yay-hay! Go Milo!” Amanda and Madge cheered.
“Alright, Zane, you can stop now!” Milo ordered. The sword the Murphy boy held was pointing on him. However, Zane was smiling.
“Can I?”
In a flash, the son of the murderer threw out a black smoke bomb, causing Milo to lose his attention. Zane used his trick to take the sword, knocked Milo’s sword from his own hand and turned the table around.
The girls gasped. It was Zane’s turn to point the sword at Milo, who was furious for his trick while trying to cover the blood coming out from his thumb. That slash proved the prince was no ordinary warrior.
“So what did you just say, Milo?” he questioned sarcastically.
The farmer was down. He felt a slight pain inside his body. But he couldn’t fail Merola. He couldn’t fail the king, everyone who trusted him and allowed him to go on this journey.
As Zane made a killing move, Milo tried to protect himself with the sword still luckily lying next to him.
“You’re not gonna do anything with me…” Milo stated.
“Heh, well what are you trying to do-“
Suddenly, the prince was interrupted by a magic beam. It was aiming at Zane, knocked him out and he fainted for a short time.
The Murphy turned to look at the soure. It was the royal wizard Amanda Lopez who was holding a magic scepture. Her pose and the smoke coming out from the crystal, no doubt it was her fault.
“Don’t blame me yet,” she knowingly said. “That guy basically doesn’t know to play it fair.”
“Guys! You better hurry up and save me!” Merola exclaimed.
“You bet!” Milo exclaimed, as he led Amanda and Madge closer to Merola’s trap.
Willie and Victor were having an intense battle, more than the one-armed guy could ever imagine. It was a long time that he could get a great solo battle, along with an awesome enemy. However, it wasn’t the time to let the emotions dominating over.
He glimpsed to his left and saw Milo, Madge and Amanda running in an attempt to resuce the princess. He immidiately pushed the king down and started playing dirty.
He directed his hands to the teenagers’ direction. Much to their surprise, they had been trapped inside the noisy blue sphere, or the Willie sphere as he just named.
“Hey, what’s this all about?” Amanda griped
King Victor saw what Willie had done, exclaimed, “No! Put them down!”
The villain grinned, “With pleasure.”
Just like what he was ordered to, the guy threw the sphere right at Victor. It shattered and made an annoying noise like last time. That alone tortured him and all of the young heroes.
“Ah… it’s so annoying!” Madge said while covering her ears.
“And high-pitched!” Amanda stated.
With that noise, Victor couldn’t stand up anymore. He lost the sword, and later, he saw it was lying next to Milo. But to his surprise, the sword had been shattered into pieces, leaving only the holder.
He looked down, starting to give up, “It’s over…”
“No! We can’t lose, your Majesty!” Amanda yelled.
“But the Excalibur…” he stammered while starting to tear up. He couldn’t do anything. “it’s broken. We can’t do anything. I can’t do anything!”
The knights had heard him, and looking down as well.
“This is it,” said PhinFerbFan5.
“We’re doomed…” TMMLWG said desperately.
Perry couldn’t even look up. He sticked his face to the ground.
Madge gasped and touched. Even her magic couldn’t help the king to save the princess. Suddenly she felt so useless.
“No…”
In a moment, they heard a boy’s voice. He kept repeating that word as a sign to show his determination.
Milo stood up by two hands, and breathed exhaustedly when he finished standing up by his own feet.
“No… it’s not over!” he yelled.
Willie’s jaw slowly dropped. Even when he tortured the boy with the annoying noise, he still had the guts to stand up. He was weak and doubfully did anything, but who knew at this time, what a strong and young fighter could do.
“You’re not getting away with this!” he stated while picking up the holder of the empty Excalibur. “GIVE ME BACK MEROLA, NOW!!!!”
Milo held the sword to the front. Surprisingly, a shiny magic beam came out from the holder. The beam went through the roof of the building. After a moment all of the people couldn’t look at, they all saw Milo holding the magic Excalibur. The sword came back to normal, and even more shiny than before.
“Without the magic water?” Madge dropped her jaws.
King Victor was dumbfounded. Milo was no owner of the Excalibur, yet he recovered it back with his own determination.
Milo immidiately charged to the guy. And his move proved that he had grown more powerful than before.
Willie tried to defend himself with his sword. But much to his ashtonishment, one slash from the Excalibur that Milo was holding, it broke into two pieces. He didn’t have time to realize what had just happened when Milo slashed on his armor, and the machine immidiately exploded. It knocked him out, leaving him nothing left to defend.
Gaining the speed from the power, Milo suddenly appeared in front of him and pointing the sword towards him. Everyone felt motivated, standing up and cheering for the boy.
“Praying for mercy?”
“Uh… queen, help me!” the guy called for help, but when he turned back, he had already seen the queen holding her unconscious son on the back preparing to escape by the hole on the roof.
“Queen? You leave me here?”
“And all of my people have already left except you, Willie,” the Snow Queen hissed. “You will know what you’re doing next in jail, you idiot.”
Those were the last words she spoke out before she launched herself with the jetpack installed beneath her shoes
Being left alone, Willie had already got the feel he was surrounded by the royal people, with no armor, no sword. One slash from Milo could kill him right away. While surrenderring and praying for mercy could let him alive for more time. After all, the queen said he would know what he was gonna do next.
“I surrender.”
“Well, that’s about it,” Milo smiled. “Everyone, you can free Merola now.”
“Yeah!” they all cheered.
The knights helped release Merola and destroy the machine. The plan would never be successful for a long while.
“Come on! You pirate sure are heavy,” TMMLWG said as he caught Willie and brought him outside. This guy would be punishing heavily when they got back to the castle.
“Milo!” Merola called his name, as she ran to the boy and hugged him tightly. “Thanks for saving me! You’re my hero.”
“It was nothing,” he turned to embrace her back.
“Yeah, that was impressive, Milo,” the boy heard Amanda’s comment.
“Amanda is right, Milo,” the king stated. “It was the first time I saw you did something like that.”
The two best friends released each other, with Milo saying, “Yeah, your sword is on the ground, your Majesty. And… I guess we can figure things out once we get back to our kingdom.”
“Yeah…” Merola, Amanda and Victor exclaimed.
The sun shines brightly as always in the beautiful kingdom. With Amanda’s magic, the gang floated back to Dwampymoore, as the villagers had already waited for them from road to road, cheering them on. Our heroes: Milo, Amanda, King Victor, Perry and a group of knights had saved Merola from the forces of no good. The future of the kingdom was safe, for now. As they left the guards of the castle to take care of Willie, the goners met up with the normal people waiting them at the castle.
“Wow, Merola! You’re safe now!” Lola stated as they shared gals’ hug.
“Yes… yes I am…” Merola sighed in relief. She could go back to her normal life in the castle.
While farmer Milo was back to his normal self: a delightful kid having Murphy’s Law.
“Hey, you were so terrified back there,” he teased Zane from the original dimension.
“That… wasn’t me!” the boy didn’t get anything from Milo’s joke.
“Guys? How about we take a picture together?” Lola stated.
“A picture?” Zack and Melissa questioned. Of course. During this time in the dimension, the only kind of pictures they could get was paintings.
“It works like this, okay…” Lola took out a camera phone and her selfie stick. She took more pictures than she could ever imagine, as herself, Zane, Clyde, normal Victor, Zack and Melissa, Milo and Amanda, Merola and Victor were all in it.
“Don’t tell me I blink my eyes on that one,” king Victor commented.
THE END. “It’s my world and we’re all living in it!”
End Credits[]
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(The teenagers were strolling in the castle) |
(Temple of the King by Rainbow)
One day, in the Year of the Fox |
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King Victor: We’re all here today to honor a great victory we have made. Merola is back to us, One-Armed Willie has finally paid for what he have caused. Unfortunately we can’t bring the Snow Queen back here but… for today, everything is settled. So let’s give a loud clap for everyone of you here. |
There in the middle of the circle he stands, |
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(Lola, Zane, normal Victor and Clyde preparing to go back to their dimension in the Milowee Forest) |
One day, in the Year of the Fox |
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King Victor: Girls… and Milo, allow me to introduce a new member in the royal community, Madge. She’s gonna be another young helpful magic user in our kingdom |
There in the middle of the people he stands, |
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(In another seemingly dark hallway, the Snow Queen was carrying prince Zane on her back. Later, she arrived at a bed, and she put Zane lying on it. The woman carefully touched her hand to his forehand) |
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After Credits[]
The sun was almost set down to the horizon. After all the party and the cheer they had received, farmer Milo and wizard Amanda were having some alone time at the water fountain in the center of the village.
Each one had their own topic to say. They couldn’t reveal it right away. The beautiful view of the sunset was viewing clearly in front of them and not commenting anything about it would be a big con.
“Nice sunset, huh,” Amanda commented. Oh, and not to mention they were sitting near to each other on the platform of the water fountain. Wish time could stop right at the moment. “Beautiful scene and I love it.”
“It reminds me how beautiful you are,” Milo said.
“Well… thank you,” she blushed. That compliment gave her butterflies in the stomach, but she had to give it away by saying her announcement. “Milo, I think it’s your time. Soon, you’re going to be something important!”
“I know!” Milo stated. “I can sense that since the time I restored the Excalibur with my own hands. But… great power comes with big responsibilities am I right?”
The girl giggled. He was just like king Victor on the first day she arrived at the castle, “Yes, I agree.”
Then they remained silent for another while, before Milo opened his topic.
“You know, I never drank the pill.”
“Huh? But why- It was peaceful back there, I thought…” the girl was confused. How could this kind of event be possible?
“I know. I was just confused as you are right now,” Milo confessed. “I threw the death dice without you noticing. I had put everyone hanging out on a limb. I just wanted to prove that no matter what happens… we can always deal with them.”
“You really are confusing, Milo,” she could have blamed him but instead, she smiled and just let bad things could happen, already happen.
“I’ll still keep the pill, as a thing to mark our adventure today,” Milo stated. “Oh, and it’s almost dinner, I have to go.”
The boy quickly ran and waved goodbye to the wizard, “Bye, Amanda! See you soon!”
“Bye, Milo!” now it was only her sitting on the fountain, thinking about what Milo had done. Sure, he had put everyone’s life at risk, but he was just trying to be truthful.
King Victor used to say truthfulness is more valuable than anything in the world.
And that adventure turned out to be fine, nothing major happened.
“Maybe he’s not as bad as I think he was.”
The girl stood up, hopping on the magic broom before flying back to the castle...
Notes[]
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