|Kingdoms of Madness
Author: Hope Kills PM
Seven cursed kingdoms, six mad sins. After Envy breaks her curse she wants to free her friends & save them from fate. But it won't be easy in an insane nonsence world. Revenge & tea will come ahead. Innocence and sanity will fade. No one will be sparedRated: Fiction T - English - Humor/Tragedy - Chapters: 11 - Words: 33,451 - Reviews: 13 - Favs: 3 - Follows: 4 - Updated: 05-20-12 - Published: 12-17-11 - id: 2980246
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It was as if time had frozen. No one moved, no one breathed, they just stared at the knight in confusion. Brendon was petrified, he was seeing Gluttony. He was seeing the man who destroyed his life, the most brutal sin of all but most important a dead man. May's dead husband. He felt his whole world spinning. Nothing made sense at this point…not that it ever made sense. The young man's face paled and his eyes rolled back.
"Brend!" Toby called catching the unconscious young man. Mark jumped away from them and looked frightened at the two…well, three men
"M-Myth?" He stammered looking around. "No way..he-he's dead." A loud thump was suddenly heard. The spirit had hit the ground with his hammer. Even though he was a spirit and not a solid being, his actions were still heard and felt. He was glaring at both monarchs. He hated them, he hated them for all the horrible things they had done. He would never forgive them. Emily looked at the scene with wide eyes. She couldn't see him, or feel him. But she was sure he was there. Her heart was racing as fast and loud just like it used to when he was around. Not because of love, but because of fear.
"He is there…" Leah said monotonously. "Milord…" A tear rolled down her cheek as she walked towards the invisible sin. Myth looked back at her with mournful eyes.
"Hi Leah…" He said even if he knew she couldn't hear him. He just wanted to talk to her, even if she didn't listen. Leah had been his company all along the curse. She never left him even once. And now… they were divided by this barrier of 'reality' and 'fantasy'.
"Milord…" She repeated letting out a few tears.
"Oh pffft!" Everyone turned up to see who was interrupting the moment. On top of them, clearly visible, was floating the same black haired woman that Brendon saw back in the mirror. She gave the scene a thumb down with a slightly disgusted face. "Bo-ring!" She said landing on her feet. Leah looked at her furiously.
"YOU! How dare you laugh at such a serious event like this one!" She gripped her daggers ready to launch them at the woman. She ignored the annoying brunette and got her gaze back to Emily and a petrified Mark.
"Scarlett…" Emily said through gritted teeth, waving her ax back. It looked as if everyone was dying to slash the guardian and chop her into small pieces.
"Emily, Mark…Have I ever told you, you're both my least favorite sins?" She commented walking towards them. "But I really like your knight…" She winked an eye at Toby. A chill went down his spine, she freaked him out. He bit his lip and looked down at his unconscious friend, trying not to look into the guardian's eyes. She smiled devilishly, she knew she had managed to scare the poor knight.
"You…what are you doing here?" Mark asked her with his eyes wide in fear. She swung her cane back on her shoulder and gave him a sharky grin.
"It's my responsibility to always be around with the King of Gluttony. You'll see, you guys have provoked the spirit of Myth…he's pissed at both of you. If you don't follow my orders, he will summon a second curse on you."
"Whoa what?" Myth said looking at her in disbelief. She winked an eye at her master and then back at the scared king and queen.
"S-Second curse?" Emily stammered.
"Nonsense! Only the goddesses Aria, Vera and Carmine can summon curses!" Mark shouted at the guardian.
"That's what you think…Myth has the blessing of Vera still, this means he's a demigod technically that even in death he can do as he pleases." Both of them knew it was a lie, Myth didn't have that seal anymore, Vera had removed it when he died. The point of the blessing was to give to the most chaotic of the sins an edge in the Kingdoms of Madness which was like a board game for her. But since Myth had been 'eliminated' from this game it was useless for him to have it. But none of the other sins knew that.
"No way." Emily said looking frightened. She looked at the woman in thought. Could she be lying? But she couldn't think clearly, she just didn't want to die yet or have a second curse thrown at the sins. "…What are your conditions?" She asked making her ax disappear.
"Simple. Take the knight of Wrath with you and watch after him." Scarlett said firmly pointing at Brendon.
"What?" The three other men said in disbelief. Myth's eyes were about to bug out. "Are you out of your fucking mind? These are assassins! You'll let my only hope under a group of assassins'care?" He complained angrily. Scarlett rolled her eyes and ignored her master. Aren't guardians supposed to listen to their masters? Myth thought in fury.
"No way in Aria's hell!" Mark refused.
"We'll take him." Emily concluded ignoring her husband.
"What?" He said looking at her. Emily fixed a cold glare on him. She was tired of this, of him being a brat. So she did what she had to. A loud noise was heard due to the contact of his cheek and her hand. The hit was so hard that Mark's whole body turned to the side. He almost tumbled to the floor but he caught his balance.
"I am done with your bullshit! We ARE taking the knight of Wrath and we ARE going to take care of him because I SAID SO. So shut up! You have done enough already!" Everyone looked at her shocked. She was beyond pissed. Last time anyone saw her act so pissed was when she last met Wrath in one of the battles. The king laid a hand on his reddened cheek. Before he could say anything the queen stormed away from him. "You! Toby! Bring him!" She turned around and nailed her eyes on the smiling guardian and narrowed them furiously. She had a lot in her mind, but instead of telling anything to her she just kept walking. Toby followed her with Brendon in his arms.
"You're welcome." Scarlett whispered in his ear when he passed beside her. He looked down to the ground still avoiding her gaze and kept walking. Scarlett loved to trouble sins' minds. She found them like toys, just like Vera. The guardian watched the queen and knight go back to the clear part of the lake. When she turned back to the front the first thing she saw was Leah…just a few inches away from her face. Her brown eyes studying her inquisitively.
"Tell milord…that I'll make everything alright." Scarlett looked at her confused and then looked at Myth. He looked at her equally as confused. Without further talking the knight ran off to chase the knight and queen. Scarlett watched her go. That was the part that made her feel pity for them…regrets and suffering of the sane ones. It must've been horrible for them. Watching your long life friends, your family…your life, shattered in pieces and you just standing there without being able to do anything. She looked at Myth kind of understanding him. It wasn't his fault to be that cruel. He had an overwhelming power, a horrible insanity case and an evil curse rotting his heart. Myth was still watching the way where Leah and the others had gone. This was a déjà vu for him. Everyone leaving him behind…but he was not going to stand there watching them go. He followed them as well not even asking Scarlett. The purple eyed woman just stood there.
"Poor toys…they have no idea of how bad this is about to get." She pointed out looking up at the sky. She got her gaze back to the path the others had followed and let out a sigh.
"You know Mark…you should enjoy the small happy moments of your life before there are none left." She said to Mark who was still standing behind her. He was looking at her blankly. "Also…you shouldn't keep things from your wife." She commented walking away. He looked at her in shock and stammered in a low voice.
"H-How do you know?" He asked. She let out a small laugh and kept walking on.
"There's always someone looking at you." Suddenly the woman faded, leaving Mark alone in thought. Alone…one of the things he was afraid the most…loneliness. He made his sword disappear and walked just the same way the others did. He knew they might now hate him, he knew he had to say the truth and he knew he now had to bear Brendon. But that didn't matter, why? Because it's all in his plan…
"This is all your fault!" Dawn shout at a locked Marcel. After the incident with Brendon, May had been left in a terrible state and Dawn decided to lock Marcel in the dungeon in order for him not to get to see her sister. "If you…if you and your stupid brother wouldn't have appeared she would be fine. She was almost healed!" She yelled walking back and forth like a caged wild animal looking for a way out.
"Both of us know that's a lie…"
"SHUT UP! YOU DON'T KNOW HER!" Dawn barked hitting the wall with her fist. "Tell me, tell me…do you know how it feels watching the person you once knew so well become a monster…do you know how it feels to pretend that everything is perfect when you know everything is crumbling down." She fell to her knees and broke into crying. "I was so close to get her back and you ruined it." Marcel looked at her sorrowful. She was as hurt as the rest, except that she played strong. He knew she was nasty and despicable, but she was human. He knew he couldn't compare his pain with hers. He did lose Brendon…but he at least knew he was ok. While Dawn's parents where dead…and her sister was not the girl with whom she grew up with. Her whole world was over. She had the right to be like that.
"Dawn…I'm sorry." He said in a soothing voice, reaching out a hand from his cell. She glared at him and slapped his hand away.
"Fuck you!" She wiped a few tears away and put a cold face. "I don't need such a disgusting creature's pity. You're pathetic and useless to my eyes. You'd be better off dead."She said coldly, not taking her gaze off him. Marcel looked at her in disbelief at such cruelty. But how could he blame her. Instead of replying he bowed his head and sat down on his cell's bench. There was a tense silence in the dungeon for a while. Finally the blonde left leaving Marcel in that cold dungeon, with nothing but the rats and skeletons to make him company. He kneeled on the floor and looked at the only torch that light up the dungeon. Thinking of everything. He sighed in some sort of desperation. What got him here? In his best friend's dungeon who tried to murder him and made his brother disappear. He was now May's enemy. And his brother was somewhere…alone. Where did he go wrong? He sighed once again and kept staring at the torch. And he muttered the story…their story.
"Once upon a time there were seven friends. A knight, a guardian, a clerk man, an aerialist…"
"That he WHAT?" Pride got off her throne and looked at the three top knights of her army with fury.
"H-He went to Wrath's palace. Then he was thrown in the dungeon by Dawn and…" He got cut off when the queen launched her glass cup to the wall furiously. Her eyes now dyed of a raging purple.
"That traitor…he knows how much I hate those two!" She shout stomping on the floor. She was furious. She hated Wrath and Dawn. Those two had always been annoying and childish to her eyes. To know that your husband is off to your enemy's palace is shady but for the queen of Pride is an unforgivable crime.
"My lady maybe it is not…"
"You dare contradict me?" The queen said making a huge pitchfork appear in her fist.
"N-No! I'd never do that!"
"Now you're calling me a liar!" She accused with a glare that would make anyone scream in fear.
"My queen I'm sorry I-"
"DON'T ARGUE WITH ME!" She yelled now pointing the pitchfork to the three men. "And guess what, Leo is not here to make me think this twice." The three knights were shaking like little girls. They were the strongest knights in the army but believe me, even the bravest man in earth would pee himself just by seeing the queen of Pride angry. She grabbed impulse by moving her weapon back, ready to charge at them. But then a small whistling sound made her stop. She glared at one of the palace's columns, looking for the annoying whistler.
"Woohoo! Yeah! Stab them Misty! Gosh I love murders!" A blunette clapped excited. No, fucking way…
"Amin!" She growled taking a knife that she had hidden in her dress and launched it to the king. He dodged it easily and jumped off the column.
"What a way to greet your guests. No wonder anybody ever comes to visit you." He mocked smirking devilishly.
"Shut up! You! Useless rats! Attack!" The three knights pulled their swords out and charged to the king. Amin yawned not impressed by them and snapped his fingers making them disappear instantly. As if no one was ever there. The queen's eyes widened in horror by the act.
"What the-" Before she could complete her sentence, Amin snapped his fingers again making her golden pitchfork fade. She looked at her palm where the weapon once rested. Fear started to take over her. It was gone. How did he pull that out, how did he eliminate her three soldiers just like that? When she raised her glance she met Amin's pale face. She stepped back startled by the sudden sight. "How did you do that?" She asked hoping it wasn't what she was thinking. But it was just that. Amin pulled out the Sacred Book grinning widely. Pride's eyes widened in horror. "You…you can't! Myth said that only Marcel and May could open it unless-"
"Unless the curse was broken." He completed smiling. "One of us broke its curse. For instance the curse has been technically broken." He stated flipping over the book's pages looking for something. Misty looked concerned at the mischievous boy. He was up to something obviously, and it was no good as usual.
"Amin…what's on your mind?" She asked looking around, searching for Leo, the knight of Sloth and Pride. Why isn't he coming back? She looked around impatiently. She had sent him to search some flowers for her and he hadn't come back.
"Not much, just planning to win." Misty looked back at him surprised.
"W-Win? You mean as in a…survival game?" She asked trying not to show fear. If he challenged her to a survival game she would stand no chance. She did have the fountain of Vera, but he had the Sacred Book which was written by the two goddesses. Everyone no matter their kingdom knew that whoever had that book controlled the whole board game (referring to Land of Aria)
"Not just a stupid survival game, I mean this whole game, the Kingdoms of Madness." He said smirking devilishly.
"Win? How can you win this Greed?" She said now referring to him as a sin. Sins tend to treat their enemies by their sin not by their name. Supposedly their not important enough to be called a name.
"I can't tell you my plan if you're not on my side Misty." He extended his hand in a way the Pride could lay hers on his. She glared at his palm not quite understand what he was insinuating. She didn't trust Amin at all. He was a snake in the ground, willing to wipe off anyone that was on his way. Yet…he was powerful…and she was as greedy as him.
"What will I get?" She asked now negotiating her loyalty. Amin smiled deviously realizing he had lured her into his plans.
"Power…you'll be the most powerful next to me. Even the heavens will bow to you! You'll get everything you've dreamed of…I could even bring your family back." He said. Pride's eyes widened by the juicy offers, specially the one of her family. It was wrong though. It was all so wrong. With this she would betray Marcel. But you can't betray someone that betrayed you first…there was nothing to lose then. She lied her hand on his smirk mischievously.
"So…what is your plan?" She asked once more.
"We have to attack a kingdom to gain more power." He stated.
"I'd like to attack Wrath first of a-"
"No." Greed cut her off.
"Why?" He couldn't let her kill Wrath. She was an important piece on the board. Besides he was still planning on marrying the young queen.
"She's way to powerful." That wasn't a lie. May controlled the two armies of Gluttony and Wrath. Not to mention the army of the undead which was given to her by Vera. There's also said that she has special powers…but nobody is witness of that. Just imagine all of that in the hands of an insane and broken queen.
"So then what's your idea?" Pouted Misty crossing her arms.
"Lust and Envy."
"What? They have three armies AND kingdoms! Not to mention the thirst for blood those two bastards have." She stated to the ridiculous idea.
"Yeah… But they're not in their kingdom." He said smirking in an evil way. Misty cocked an eyebrow confused.
"Then…who is ruling that kingdom?" She asked not expecting the answer.
"Violet." He replied making her and himself smile triumphantly.
"Looks like we have this battle ensured. Shall we tell Vera?" She asked looking up. Amin shook his head laughing a bit.
"Don't worry she'll know." May will take care of that.