The Sound Kingdom

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰, 𝘩𝘮, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯."

"Novis, could you make a sled out of water?"

"Of course, but why?"

"Well I can't exactly carry both of you, so I'll drag them on a sled, better than nothing."

"Didn't they say they didn't want to come?"

"It's more of a mixed response. They have no home and seem to wander through this place randomly, It'll be safer this way."

"You make a fair point, oh well here you go."

Novis creates a sled with a couple of railings out of thin air with a string of Water to hook onto something.

"So where exactly do I put the hook?"

"Just put it on my belt."

"If you say so."

He carefully does it making sure nothing rips as his clothes are one the few things he cares for in the whole world.

"Don't be nervous, these clothes are a lot tougher than you think."

"I'm done anyways, now could you put them on the sled?"

"You should be strong enough to."

"Always having me do everything, fine."

"When you become as smart as me, mundane tasks tend to be unbelievably boring."

Novis places Pandora's Wanderer onto the sled with a bit of caution, if they were to wake up he wouldn't be too bothered as he would rather question him on going with them.

"Alright, we should be ready to go."

"Got it."

The fool swiftly picks up Novis and starts running straight to the Sound Kingdom.

"Could you at least put me down when we get near there?"

"I'll think about it, depends on my mood."

"You always do this."

"And you always ask this."

Pandora's Wanderer slowly wakes up after hearing them arguing.

"What? Where am I? ARE YOU KIDNAPPING ME?"

Their mask turns aquamarine with many parallel lines.

"SEE? I TOLD YOU THEY WERE UP TO NO GOOD, NO GOOD AT ALL, HEY YOU TWO, WE COOKED FOR YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU REPAY US?"

The mask changes yet again to a bloody red.

"DID YOUR MOTHER EVER TEACH YOU ANY MANNERS?"

"Well, my family never really cared for me, to begin with." Says Novis.

"WHAT A SHAME, NOT LIKE I CARE."

The mask changes to a light blue.

"YEAH. WHAT I SAID, I WOULD HAVE RATHERED IF YOU WERE A POOR ORPHAN STRUGGLING FOR MONEY ON THE STREET INSTEAD."

The mask somehow gains glasses and turns white.

"Woah calm down there me, that's a little too far, a bit uncalled for from you, how would you think you would feel if someone called you that?"

It changes to a dark black.

"$#@&ING FANTASTIC, I'M BASICALLY THAT ALREADY HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT? WE ALL HAVE NO POINT IN THIS USELESS STUPID WO-"

They quickly smack themselves in the face with both hands, and the mask returns back to normal.

"Whew, sorry about that, but could you please explain what you're doing?"

"Oh, we just thought you wanted to come with us to the next Kingdom."

"Yeah but if you want to keep wandering that's fine too, up to you really."

The mask turns blue with a tear droplet on the left side of their face, whilst the right side is pink that appears to be blushing.

"YOU TWO ARE TOO KIND." They say whilst crying.

Novis and the fool look at each other

"They're happy right?"

"Novis if I understood them completely, I wouldn't be so curious to bring them along in the first place."

"So is that a yes?"

"Yes."

Pandora's Wanderer didn't really know if they should enter the Kingdom itself, but they were happy to be taken there either way regardless of the outcome.

"Would you two be interested in a song?"

"Might as well since I'm just mindlessly running."

"I liked the first one, it was nice."

"You're in for a surprise then."

The three of them were happily getting to their destination, and although Pandora's Wanderer was a little weird, the fool and Novis happily brought them on their journey.

They sang, ate, and slept all together, it didn't take much longer before they started arriving at the gates of the Kingdom, speaking of which two cloaked men could be seen discussing with each other close to it.

"We can't just barge in there, what if there are a bunch of guards ready to imprison or even kill anyone that does anything suspicious."

"You and your nagging, you keep this up and I'll just do what I want."

"And who do you have to thank for fixing all your equipment?"

"You..."

"And who made you that weapon as well?"

"Right, I get the point, how about I stealthily infiltrate it then?"

"That wouldn't be the worst idea, but you would only have one attempt and if you were to fail everything we worked on would crumble."

"You always end up thinking I'm going to fail."

"I'm just considering all the facts alright, I care about you alright, that's all."

"Trust me ok, this is my-"

"WATCH OUT, YOU TWO WATCH OUT, I CAN'T STOP THE MOMENTUM THAT WELL."

"WHAT?"

The fool accidentally charges straight into the mysterious individuals, Novis ends up falling next to the bigger one whilst the fool ends up on top of one of them, and Pandora's Wanderer's head ends up in the nearby dirt.

"Ugh, my head, wait, are you?"

"MY HERO."

"SEER? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE."

"Hero? Seer? Luce what are you talking about."

"The hero? Seer, are you talking about 'him'?"

"Of course Doremifa, It really is him, look for yourself."

"Woah, didn't expect to meet you two here."

"Do you think we did? This was supposed to be our mission and all."

"Luce, could you explain what's happening here? Who are these two."

"Wow, first name basis and you're talking to him like he's just some guy, huh, you two must be close."

"Seer it's nothing really, and you two can call me by my first name as well."

"I don't know, the hero does have a nice ring to it."

"Luce."

"Right, right, sorry Novis, the ginger kid here is Seer, he is quite the ingenious inventor, the other man is Doremifa, heir to the throne of the Sound Kingdom."

"Oh wow, these are some important people."

"And 'Luce' who is this friend of yours?"

"This is Novis, he is extremely strong, his magic is unique, and so is his personality, he can do lots of stuff and always adapts to his situation as well as-"

"That's enough information thank you, so if he fought Doremifa, who would win?"

"How much did you train Doremifa?"

"I always work out every day as much as I can."

"Hmmm, Novis would probably win."

"How about I test that myself?"

He starts unsheathing his 'sword' from his back, to which a weird sound comes out the second he touches it.

"You two fight and I'll knock you both out, so what are you two exactly doing here?"

"I want to find out more about my father, and Doremifa wants to regain his position as King."

"Yeah, that."

"Well, I am here to talk with the King."

"And Novis?"

"I'm just here to accompany Luce."

As he says that he clings closer to him.

"Wasn't there one more of you-"

"YOU FINALLY REMEMBERED, PLEASE TO MEET YOU."

"AHHHHH."

Pandora's Wanderer scares Doremifa from behind causing him to punch him with all his might out of fear.

"That was a strong punch there, Doremifa? Was it?"

"WHO ARE YOU MEANT TO BE."

"My name is Pandora's Wanderer, but you can call me either name it doesn't exactly matter."

Their mask turns yellow with bird drawings on it.

"Yes it does matter, Pandora is clearly the easier and better name."

The white mask with glasses comes back.

"I think Wanderer is easier, it's also more accurate to us."

"Uhhh, I'll just call you whatever I want."

Seer notices Pandora and starts to take an interest in them, slowly getting closer.

"Pandora's Wanderer, aren't you an interesting person."

"I'd like to say I am yes."

"How does that whole mask thing work?"

"Oh, you mean me myself and I?"

"So there are three?"

Their mask turns a blue lilac.

"I EXIST TOO YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT JUST THREE WE ARE MANY AND WE ARE STRONG."

"Woah, didn't mean to offend you there, anyways what's your magic ability then?"

Their mask turns black and white with his mouth and eyes turning more round as if they're grinning a little too much.

"Secret."

And back to normal, it goes.

"Pleasure to meet you Seer right?"

"Yes, precisely that, mind if I look more into you after all this?"

"We'll see."

"So what's the plan then everyone? More what was your plan to begin with Seer and Doremifa."

"We were agreeing to sneak in, but that doesn't seem quite possible now."

"Why don't we just walk on in?"

"There could be guards, and we could get hurt."

"Well, you have three extremely strong companions, what's the worst that could happen?"

"You're not wrong but."

"Don't think about it too much, how about we all just enjoy the Kingdom, either way, Doremifa you might as well see what's changed and what the people think no?"

"I guess."

"It's settled then, time for us to find the nearest bar."