Melody's Journey (2) She sat next to him and smiled. "So, partner, how do you like sleeping alone in your bed?," she grinned. "It's nice, I like it," he said. "Yea, but I feel lonely," she replied. "Now you see?, What made you think you can do things on your own, and you feel lonely all of a sudden and your right next room to me?," he asked. "Well, you certainly got me there," she added. A female elf stepped into the room, wearing silver long cloak and underneath a silver skirt and silver bra, "Hello there," she winked at William. William gulped, "Um, hi, and what are you doing in my room?," he asked. The female sat next to them and replied, "Well the owner of the village told me to tell you that you need a one night stand with me, those are the options at our village, when a man needs his pleasure then he gets a one night stand," replied the elf woman. Melody was disgusted at the thought. And speechless. "So Candy Cox, wasn't your real name, and Mel isnt?," replied Melody. Mel nodded, "Thats right, I had to keep it a secret, to see what kind of person you were, and I thank thee for everything, by the way, I'am Pearl, Goddess of Knowledge, thank you, and have a safe journey," she hugged them and disappeared. Melody weeped a little, "I can't believe she was really a goddess," William smiled, "Well, how many suprises are there?," he asked. "We will just have to find out and see." added Melody. ******************************************************************************************** The trip away from the village and to the next destination was longer then it seemed. They passed great white mountains, and found a boat in a long river. The man there told them it was 50 peece. Peece was translationed to money as they called it then. "Well, I have 23 peece," said William. Melody looked into her book bag, "I have 10000 peece," she replied. William was stunned, "Not only are you a princess, but also you are rich," he said. "What do you think royal people are? Poor? You got to be kidding me," she shook her head. She split half her share with William, since she was so kind, and took out 50 peece and gave the man, they took the boat and headed down the long river. William handed her a cloak, "Here, you might need this," he said. She looked down at the cloak, "What is this?," she asked. William explained to her that it was a piece of clothing used to wear over the clothing that you have to keep you warm. She nodded and put it on, he showed her how and tied it for her. They looked around the river as the boat took them, William had to row the boat since he knew how, but as for Melody, she had no idea what an oar was. She sat boredly, "I'am hungry," she whined. William looked into his things and gave her a baked chicken and a cup of wine that she liked so much. "Here," he said. "How did you get this food?," she asked. "Well while you were taking your shower in the village I went out to buy as much food as I can for us," he replied. "Oh, thats nice of you, but you know I can shoot my own animals with my arrows and hunt food for us," she said. "We know you can do lots of things by yourself Melody, but also there arent any animals around, we are in a river," he said. She laughed, "Oh, right," she began to eat her chicken, as fast as she could. "Slow down there," he said. "Well, I'am hungry!," she said. And began to eat a little slower. After her chicken she asked for another piece, and he gave her it, then she ate that one too under five minutes, drank all her wine, as he watched her drink again. She then was getting tired, and fell asleep on the boat, William made sure to wake her up ones they were there, and gave her his bag as a pillow, and the cloak warmed her like a blanket. For a long time William oared and looked around the lake, the cold wind blew against his face, he shivered a little, but tried to ignore since he had to take the boat somewhere. He thought about his family, and had thoughts when he was little. He looked back down at Melody, watched her sleep, wondered what she dreamed, thought of how beautifull she looked, and what a good personality she had even though she was hard headed and very brave. He wondered what it would be like to kiss her, but then again, they were only friends, there is no way he would do such a thing. He looked into the sunset, and gazed at the sun's colors, as they passed across the horizon. The sky was yet again, turning dark, it was soon going to be night, he looked at his wrist watch, they had traveled for the passed eight hours, and he was getting tired too, suddenly something was moving into the river's water, he looked into the water and saw a big fish, not only was it a fish, but it was one of those shark things. He pulled out one of Melody's arrows and tried to shoot it, but he missed, not only was the fish still alive but it was kicking into their boat, trying to knock them over. "Damn it!," he yelled. But then knew that Melody was sleeping and didn't want to awake her, she then woke up and saw him with her arrows, "What on earth are you doing William?!," she yelled. He then said, "A fish is trying to hit our boat!," and pointed at it, she looked down at the water, "Give me my arrows, I'll show you how to shoot it!," He gave her the arrows, she swung a shot at the fish and it went through its head and it's brain burst, and the fish just lay there limp. "You see, I grew up around my forest at Tip-Toe Springs, and I've seen a lot of these fish around, I didn't know what they were until I shot my arrow and it died, my great-grandfather told me that it was a Tipper fish, they can kill you if they found you swimming in the river or, anywhere they can get near you, one bite and you are poisioned and dead.," She explained. "So, your the know-it-all too, you know what every beast or monster is?," he asked. "Not, every monster, I wasn't a geek like you that knew what an oar was," she replied. "And since when am I a geek, Miss. Know-it-all?," he asked. "Since I said so," she said. He then mimicked her "Give me my arrows, I'll show you how to shoot it," he mimicked. She wanted to kick him, "Shut up you deranged fool!," she yelled. He joked, "It's a joke, god," "Well it wasn't funny, I don't like it when people criticize me," she replied. "And, you think I like it when people criticize me??," he asked. "Sure..at least you know how to joke around, I don't," she replied. They talked for a while, while William still oared. "Why don't you get some sleep?," she asked. "Because you don't know how to oar," he said. "Right..," she said, she looked up at the sky, looking at the pretty stars. She then asked, "I never found out your age, how old are you?," she asked. "Well, I never found out yours either, I'm eighteen," he said. "Oh?, same age as me," she replied. He grinned. "So, you haven't seen your family in seven years?," he asked, she nodded, "Yep..,I always wondered what their doing," she replied. "Or, if their dead already,"she added. "I don't think they are," he said. "How would you know?," she asked, "Because, If this demon that you see is still haunting you in your dreams and wanting to kill your parents and family and you so much, I think he would of done it already if you decided not to take your destiny forward.," he replied. "Oh, your right," she smiled. "Hey, at least it aint that bad to be a geek," he laughed. "What's your zodiac sign?," she blurted. "Hmm, I'am a gemini," he said. "Oh?, I'am a leo, the brave and hard headed," she replied. "No wonder, it suits you well," he said. "And, you are my best match," she teased. "Your best what..?," he asked, she put her finger on her mouth and shushed him, leaned forward and kissed him on his lips. The kiss seemed like it was forever, when it was finally over, she opened her eyes and blushed. "What was that for?," he asked. "A kiss..," she replied. "But I thought you said If I was the last man on earth you wouldn't like me, remember over at the temple of the gods? he asked. She giggled.."I'am a big tease William, a very big one, my comebacks are in other terms, a big flirt. I always have liked you, even the first time I saw you, I just didn't have the heart to say it till now, and I'am sorry if you took me the wrong way," she said, and looked away. He put his hand on her shoulder, It's alright, don't worry, I thought the same way about you too," he replied. They held eachother the whole night, had a few kisses and oared the boat to land. ***************************************************************************************************************************** As they traveled down Crisco Valley, the sun was so bright and humid it made Melody's skin all wet and sticky, her feet hurt, her toes were all oily from her shoes, but she decided to keep going. She squinted her eyes, "I don't see anything," she replied. William on the other hand was not as tired yet as she was, but was avoiding any scorpions along the way."Maybe the one with the good eye might see it," he replied. "Hes probably lying!," she yelled. "Stop worrying Melody, seek it with your heart," he replied. They walked down north, and after 5 minutes Melody thought she saw something. "Wait, thats not a door, thats not another side, it looks like one of those mirror image liquid type walk ways..," she replied. "See, and you can catch that, even I didn't see that," he replied. She strutted herself,"Well,maybe I AM good," she said. They walked through the walkway, and appeared into another side of the desert. The hot air blew the sand bits around as it hit her cheek, she can feel the scratchyness against her skin. "So much dust," she put on some fake glasses, and gave a pair to William. "Maybe if we wear these we can SEE where were going," she replied. The long walk made Melody thirsty, she could feel the dryness in the back of her throat, "I'am so tired, got anymore wine?," she asked William. "Yes, but not now, we dont want you getting drunk," he replied She laughed, "And how can wine get me drunk??!," He didn't reply to her question an kept on going, she had sweat pouring down her forehead, "God, dammit William! I needa damn drink!," she yelled. He didn't reply still. He grabbed her hand and they flew thru another walkway, an suddenly they were at a rest area at another side of the dessert,there were camels sitting down next to a pond full of clear cold water, "Drink!," he yelled. She ran to the pond an stuck her head into the water and slurped up all the water thirstfully, William joined her. Later that day they were back on traveling, they walked for three days straight, until they found a big door at the end, "So this is where we are for now?," he asked. "Guess so," she replied. William touched his hand on the door and got electricuted, "Ouch!, that freakin hurt, don't touch that damn door!," he replied. "I can do whatever the fuck I want to, don't order me around!," she yelled with anger as the door opened and a light of white filled the room. And they walked in... As soon as they walked into the door of white light, Melody dropped to her knees, her head had ached so bad, she had the worst migrane ever. She had flashbacks again, this time she could sense his presence the demon was getting closer to her,she could sense it. She could smell his flesh..rotten, and stenchy, she could not breath, her face had gotten redder and her eyes had watered, "Are you okay??," William asked hopeingly. She could not speak, she shook her head.."Hes...coming...closer," and fell to the ground. William ran to her, and put his hands around her waist, trying to pull her up, "Are you okay???," but she had not spoken, he had taken her out of the white light, trying to find another leading way out. Later that day, Melody had woken up, she was in the sun laying on top of a rock. She got up and put her hand over her face, "What..happened?," she asked, struggling to open her eyes, then William got up and hugged her, "Are you okay my beautifull, you scared me to death!," he sobbed tears of joy, because he didn't want her to die. She hugged back weakly, "I could sense him..I needed to fight him, but you got me out of there and took me here, which I have no idea where we are, and I need to fight him," she replied. "No you don't, not now, he could of KILLED you, do you understand???, I don't want my best friend/girlfriend dying, I love you," he replied. "You WHAT??," she said. "I..love..you," he said. "Since when??," replied Melody confused. "Since the day you let me trust you..since the day I have gotten to know you," he replied. She now blushed, as she could say the words "I love you" he kissed her passionatly. She then gotten up off the rock and looked around, there were fields of long green grass, and a sun shining o' so brightly, she turned the other way, saw cows grazing, and at the top she saw the most beautifull castle ever. They were finally there, they had taken there long walk and suddenly had gotten at the castle. "How did you find your way..?," she asked William so happily. "It doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is, i found it because you needed to go there, you are there to conquer your fears and i love you for that," he said smiling. She hugged him ones more, "Thank you so much William, thank you..." replied Melody. And they walked to the castle... There were flags on the castles, of all the different countries, the castle was tall and high, very pointy on the roofs, There was a tower, and it had a ladder to it, the gates were open. The chariots stood from side to side. the long red carpet was out on to the floor, the castle was grayish-brown in color. There was a sign at the top of the gates saying "Welcome to the castle of Azgabath." Melody walked in, and William stood outside to wait for her, "Aren't you coming?," she asked. "It's your destiny, not mine, I just came to see what it would look like, and I guess I took a picture of it, because my little cousin wanted to see what it would look like, and now I can tell him the story," he laughed. She stopped in her steps and turned around, "So, you took this journey all the way with me just to take a picture of the castle and show it to your little cousin, and not even come in with me??," she asked. "Okay..fine, I'll go," he sighed. They took the long walk in, through the gates, there were soldier statues all around, and there was a long hallway in front, leading to a staircase that they needed to walk up on. They walked and soon as they got closer to the staircase there was a puzzle they had to pass. There were four soldier statues in the way, they had to move them in a straight line so that the brass gates to the staircase would open. But the soldier statues had a letter in the back of them, the letters were quite easy, for a stupid puzzle. "P, L, O, R". On the alaphabet what letter would go to the next one, to make the soldiers stand next to eachother, they had to push them from side to side. "Okay lets review the alaphabet, ABCDEFGHIJKOMNLRQPSTUVXYZ" and now its, first the the O, then its the L, then its the R and then the P," replied Melody, she put them in the order, and it made a buzzing noise, the brass staircase had not opened. "What the hell it doesn't work!," she yelled to William. "Thats because you said the ABC's wrong, I know them, I've been to english school for a while now, so let me review them, "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" so the L is first, then the O, then the P then the R," he moved them to the right order and suddenly the soliders moved out of their way and the brass gates opened themselves they walked through it. "See, If I didn't ever learn in english school what would have I done without you?," she asked him, as she held his hand and they walked up the steps, making creaking noises while they walked. When they got to the top there was a man sitting at his throne with a girl at his side. They walked up to the man and the girl. "Well well, I can see who we have here, the Amazon Princess and her boyfriend, shall I say, William?," the king replied. "Yes," they both bowed before royalty. "What have you brought me, so I can let you into the room behind us to see if you can reach out and get the shiny sword of magical powers," he asked her. "I have brought you this rare crystal my king," she said, he pulled his hand out, "Give me it," he replied. "She handed it to him and the door behind them opened," She walked in with William, the sword was so beautifull, She reached her hand out to grab, but as soon as she could William pulled her back and she fell to the ground. "What the hell was that for??!?!," she looked at William. He laughed, soon horns were growing from his head, and the clothes he had worn were being ripped out, let alone that the whole time she was with him she was forced to tell her deepest secrets and true life story, and how he told her he would help her, then felt strange at the end that William was going to give the picture to his cousin then to help her fight it, and how he pulled her out of the room because he didn't want her to fight it, was really William the demon. All the pieces were coming together as one, she had fallen in love with the demon, she had shared her first kiss with the demon, she had talked to the demon, the wine she drank was not wine, it was the demon's flesh, it smelled so familier when she had drank it, and now he wouldn't let her pull out the sword because he knew that it would kill him. She got up and was too weak again.She looked at him, and said "Why did you betray me William, how could I have been so blind," she replied. Then he spoke, in his demonic voice, "Betraying is my work, I have done to do what was right,and to lure you into the trap of getting you here, I knew the enemies that you have met so far to kill, you were very smart, and very brave kind of girl, and only you would take the journey forward while I followed making plans," she tried to get up and he was about to push her out of the way, she got angry her eyes flickered and transformed into devil signs, of red as lightning struck out of her eyes and hit the demon, he flew back, she was struggling up while her eyes were set on the demon, she put her hands on to the sword, and William screamed "NOOOOOOOO," "But I love you," William said in the other tone of voice, trying to lure her in, she pulled the sword out and yelled "I WILL NOT LISTEN TO THOSE WORDS FROM YOU EVER, DON'T THINK I'AM STUPID AND TRY TO FOOL ME, I WILL NOT EVER LOVE A MAN EVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE BETRAYNESS THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED, AND BECAUSE MY HEART IS BROKEN," She yelled, as the sword came out and she threw it into the demon, it swirled around and cut him right in his heart. She looked at him, and he had screamed "I will get you for this Melody, you insaned psycho-path!!!!!!!!!!," and he disappeared, but then all the free souls out of his body had appeared, first it was William, the warrior, "Thank you for saving me, Melody, I'am not who you think I'am, I died a long time ago, because of the demon, he picked one soul out and it was me, and turned me into something that I didn't know, and made me love someone I didn't know, I had a new warriors body, I'am really just a bartender from long ago, I'am sorry for the pain he has caused you, and thank you..," he said as he flew into the skys in heaven. Then a lot of other souls had flew out of his body and into the heavens, she cried tears of joy. She then fainted. Days later, while she was softly asleep she could hear children jumping into a waterfall...sounded so familier, and then she heard voices of a woman and man, speaking to eachother, she had opened her eyes to see that not only was this all strange to her but it was her own mother and father smiling up at her and crying because she had awoken, "How did I get back home?," she asked, "The king and his men had brought you back my child, we have missed you so much, for many many years, and we are happy that you are alive, and the whole world of Azgabath is happy you have saved the lives of those who were free'd. She hugged her parents, happily, and the she had walked outside to find her old friends, she then sat down beside a waterfall and looked into the water, she could see her reflection, and not only had she seen her reflection but a reflection of a younge man her age, smiling at her, she look over at him, and smiled. Not only had she had gotten her heart broken by the demon himself, but now she has found a new man that wasn't a demon, but was a boy that could sweep her off her feet, and who knows what will be coming to her. Maybe, a happy life after all...?
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