"Go safely."
That was the parting words from Seto as Cleo and her friends hurried over to the castle were Titania resided. This battle was going to be hard indeed, with Thancred and the others dealing with Ran'jit and the soldiers from Eulmore and Cleo and the others without a healer to help them. Once they reached the gate, the relic started to glow like the castle.
Feo Ul then appeared.
"The gate has recognized that you bear all four relics. The seal is broken." Feo Ul was excited.
"Oh, and your potions as requested!"
"Thanks Feo Ul," Cleo said as they recived their potions.
"It is sure to be a ferocious battle. But if anyone can bring an end to our king's torment, it is you." Feo Ul replied.
"Yet know this, my adorable saplings: though we fae folk may appear to live unfettered lives, there are still laws that bind us. To take back as much as is taken. To create as much as is destroyed. To give as much as is received. In all things, balance must be preserved...and the same will be asked of you."
Those words reminded Cleo of one of the important rules from the Fang tribe. All the hunters had a great respect for the nature. Never kill a pray for fun, but with respect. When cutting a tree, they planted a new one back. Cleo lowered her ears. Her parents were surely worried sick about her...
Feo Ul lifted up her chin.
"But worry not. Come what may, your beautiful branch will ever be at your side."
The group entered the castle. It was now or never!
"Whoe goes there?" A voice echoed.
"Are you the ones who broke the seal?"
Titania floated over them. The king was much bigger than they imagined.
"Come and play!" Titania smiled.
"For the night is bright, and you can sleep when you're dead!"
***
The pixies laughed hard as some new soldiers fled screaming away.
"Damn those pixies and their tricks!" the Eulmorian Adjutant said with a sigh.
While staying hidden with the enchantment, Thancred looked at the castle worried from time to time.
"Please hurry, sweetie!" Thancred prayed. His eyes then turned angry once he Ran'jit among the soldiers.
***
When they learned that Titania could control most of the nature, the Nu Mou's weren't joking. They had to avoid the King's water and fire attacks. And with the corrupted aether inside the king, he was more powerfull.
Cleo casted a blizzard toward Titania's fire. Titania pouted.
"I'm sick of this cramped old castle!" Titania said.
"Let's play in the forest!"
The surroundings around changed and they were in a forest.
"Twists and sprout!" Titania giggled.
Both Cleo and Krohman perked their ears once they heard roots starting to grow. While trying to avoid them, Titania casted ice magick toward them. Skan shielded the whole group with his sword.
"Wish Rave was here now!" Cleo panted.
"He'd surely have come up with a great idea to through this battle! Or use some of his elemantal magick!"
"Can't you use fire or something against those trees?!" Skan shouted while he whacked against some new growing roots. Krohman started to think, if he could gather enough strength to punch Titania and knock him down for a few seconds, then maybe Cleo could gather enough mana to cast flare. But the only way to get close to Titania, he wouldn't only need strength, but also speed...
"Hey Pockets," Krohman cried.
"Could you summon Titan for a short while?"
"Are you doubting my skills?" Skan cried.
"I feel offended!"
"I need some speed!" Krohman cried. It was like they all knew what Krohman was thinking. Pockets summoned forth Titan who occupied Titania for a little moment. Krohman gathered his chakra before he jumped at Skan's blade.
"New combo attack!" Skan cried and flung Krohman toward Titania. He punched Titania right in the head. As the Lightwarden was trying to gather its senses, Cleo casted fire against the roots.
"This better work," she hoped.
"Owww, that hurst!" Titania moaned.
"You're playing rough!"
"Kroh!" Skan cried as he saw the roots wither away.
"Your idea worked!"
"The pain better be worth it!" Krohman hissed rubbing his behind. Skan distracted Titania for just a few moments as the king grew weaker. Cleo readied her stance and casted Flare at Titania. The King cried out before he started to dissiapate into aether.
"We can play... no more..." Titania's voice echoed. Titania dissapeared and they were back in the castle. Cleo lifted her staff as the light went toward her. They could see from the windows that the night had returned.
The four relics started to glow again and floated in the air.
"You have freed our fallen king. Not that I expected any less, my adorable sapling." Feo Ul said when she appeared.
"The dress, the crown, the scepter, the shoes─the time has come for these relics to serve their true purpose."
"What purpose?" Cleo asked confused.
"They are not only keys to the castle; they are also blessings to be bestowed upon the new king."
Feo Ul turned around and faced them.
"The way into the castle is opened when it is time to relieve the reigning monarch of the throne. And the brave soul who does the deed has the honor of taking their place."
"Wha... wait a minute!" Cleo stammered. She couldn't be the new king here. She didn't even belong at the First.
"My adorable sapling. My precious mortal." Feo Ul said.
"We fae folk live forever, but such is not your virtue. To strive for a dream you will never see─to sow seeds that others might one day taste the fruits of your garden─that is the beauty of your kind. Burn bright and shine as only you can. These blessings, your lovely branch will accept in your stead."
"Feo Ul..." Cleo was speechless. The pixie flied up toward the relics who circled around her. She then glowed and in the next moment, she was as big as Titania, but the dress and wings were changed into more warm colours.
"Rejoice and revel, for the Kingdom of Rainbows is forever young." Were the words said from the new Titania. Cleo and the others knelt down to the new King.
"Your majesty," Cleo said. Feo Ul smiled toward them.
"Now, shall we attend to those unwise enough to trespass in our realm?"
***
"Look, the sky!" Alisaie cried while looking up at the sky. The light dissapeared and the night returned to normal.
"The Warrior of Darkness has triumphed!" Alphinaud cheered.
"General? What are our orders? What do we do!?" the Adjutant asked Ran'jit.
"We do what we came to do." Ran'jit growled.
"Subdue this rabble, and find the Warrior of Darkness."
"Forward, men! Take the villains captive!"
There was no reaction, no words, no movement coming from the soldiers. The adjutant turned his head.
"Are you deaf!? I said...!" There were no soldiers behind him. Instead, they had been turned to bushes.
"What's...what's happening!?" The soldiers cried.
"The king is returned!" the pixies cheered.
"Make ready the feast! Make ready the feast! "
Water pitts suddenly appeared on the ground, where the fuats were taking their victims. The Nu Mou used their spells to lift up the soldiers in the air.
"The night is delightful. Dance we shall! The night is delightful. Sing we shall!"
The adjutant's eyes grew wide as he saw Titania and a horde of amoro coming from the castle. Growling, Ran'jit ordered the soldiers to retreat.
"Well done, my sweet," Thancred said embracing Cleo once she landed on the ground.
"You put me to shame, laying low a Lightwarden while I struggle to land a blow on a man old enough to be my great-grandsire."
"I still love you anyway!" Cleo said after giving Thancred a passionate kiss.
