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Somewhere near the Astral Plane.......
“You haven’t done what I asked, Kalisbar. You were just suppose to kill a simple child. But it doesn’t seem like you can that.”
“I will not fail you again, Master”
“Better pray that you don’t. And to make sure of that, I want you to take one of my slaves, he’ll make a very good puppet.”
“Yes, thank you, Master”
She had been listening to her new found friends’ incredible stories about magic and the things of their world. They told her about their adventures and they sounded like one of her story books!
“Yeah well the world needed to be saved and Lina Inverse was on the job!”
“But Lina,” Gourry said confused, “I thought you said you did it for the reward.”
With that Lina high-kicked him in the mouth.
“Shut up, Jellyfish Brains!!”
Xelloss had moved over to a corner table away from the group. He had been thinking very hard about why he was there in the first place. Even though it gave him great pleasure to be with his favorite humans again he didn’t know what his mission was. Yet it has happened before; but this time it just felt different.
What does all this have to do with this child anyway?, he thought to himself, And where does the Goddess fit in to this? Unless......
“Hey, Xelloss!” Copper called from the group’s table, “Are you really a monster?”
Xelloss surprisingly lost his train of thought.
“Why yes, I am a monster. And a very powerful one, if I do say so myself.”
“Then you are the perfect person who can teach my how to use magic”
“TEACH YOU!” Xelloss said in shock.
The group had got their food and was about to eat until they heard Copper’s unusual request.
“That’s right!” she announced more to herself than to the others.
“O.K.” Xelloss said simply, “But if you really are Copperfeather you should know magic already, since your a god or should I say goddess?”
“Goddess? What do you---”
But before Copper could ask a young boy burst into the inn! He tried to catch his breath but he felt like his lungs were about to explode!
“Help me!” he gasped, “Please bandits attacked me and stole my horse and money!”
“Don’t worry!” Amelia said jumping on the table, “I, Amelia Champion of Justice, will help you!!”
“But Amelia! We don’t know where the bandits are.” Lina said pulling the hyper girl off of the table.
“She’s right,” Zel agreed, “All we can do is get you something to eat and maybe get you a room for the night.”
“What! More mouths to feed?!” Lina cried.
“But Lina, you already eat for ten!”
“Shut up, Gourry!”
This time she hit him over the head with a chair!
“Thank you” the boy said pulling up a chair. He looked pretty beat-up.
“So what’s your name?” asked Lina. She placed a big chunk if meat in her mouth and started to chew noisily. Gourry did the same.
“Naitael. Naitael Cuperalli. I came from a small village off of Sailoon.”
“Sailoon? I’m the princess of Sailoon!” Amelia shouted happily.
“Princess! You’re a princess?!” Copper and Naitael asked in unison.
“Oh! I guess I forgot to tell you that,” Amelia said kind of embarrassed.
“Come on guys lets get to bed” Lina said getting up from the table.
“Hey wait a minute!” Copper cried looking at the empty table, “Where did the food go?!”
“Lina and Gourry ate it all” Zel said following Lina to the stairs.
“I don’t think I’ll ever get to eat on this world!”
She could feel somebody behind her, but every time she turned around there was no one there. Until she heard his voice.......
“Hello Princess”
“Who are you?! What do you want?!”
Suddenly a person stepped in from the shadows. The same twisted face, the same evil smile.
“You poor little child. You still don’t remember me, do you?”
“Yeah, I remember you! You’re the jerk who tried to kill me!”
“Oh my, you don’t remember me. Oh well, all the more easier to kill you. Sweet dreams Princess” Kalisbar disappear though the shadows leaving Copper to awake in beads of sweat and another headache.
Copperfeather, Goddess, magical being, and now Princess?! What is going on?!