Unknown Worlds: King Me NoMore

"There it is! The hermit kingdom of dragons." I
exclaimed, pointing out to the horizon beyond us as Shinron turned to me
blinking his eyes asking "The hermit kingdom? Why do you guys called it
that?" "Cause we do not have any conflicts around. We are pretty much
isolated and away from the other nations and islands that inhabited the
place." I explained with proud upon my tone but it had only made him more
confused. Thus shaking his head, he growled for a bit before spreading his
wings. He stared up towards the castle ahead of us and asked "Is that it?
Where you live?" "Yup!" I spoke out, "Nice is it not?"
But it took him a long time to response and in that silence; he was just
humming to himself. He departed a second after his awkwardness and glide to the
grounds below him. Ignoring me, he plunged his claws onto his sides and walked
calmly. He left me alone on top of the rooftop it seems. As I sighed but
silently chuckled to myself, I shook my head, looked up onto the castle before
spreading my wings outward from my body, and jumped. Flapping my wings a few
times to hover upon the air and flew off without hesitation.

With the winds blowing against my face and catching a few
bugs here and there on my beautiful handsome face, I flew a long distance away.
Landing in front of the door that leads into the castle, I raised my head high
and shouted out with a loud boom. It had sounded like an massive earthquake
that could level a house or a castle. Probably make some tidal waves and flood
some islands far away from ours. Regardless, I waited for the door to open
since it was locked to prevent anyone from entering in or out which sometimes
gives me some thoughts on how the citizens of this place would be able to
connect to their king or queen? The royalty so you know. But while I was
waiting, I hear footsteps behind me and shifted back, spotting Shinron coming
into view. Smiling, I waved to him and he looked up noticing me and responded
without sound. He arrived later than me; probably had to go get a bite or
something. There were a bit of some stores and food running about that I had
wondered if he would like them at all. The foods here were delicious, mind you.
First class! From eggs mixed into the rice cakes to something else I do not remember!
Now I am hungry! But sadly I had to stick around cause, this story is progressing
through the new plot that the writer came up with. What season was this again?

The door moaning had interrupted my thoughts on food as I
lifted up my head and looked ahead. It opened before our eyes and went wide
before breaking off its stem and crashing onto the grounds somewhere. I blinked
for a moment, resisting the urge not to laugh cause it was not humorous to see
before swallowing it all down and stepped forth. A shadow emerged before our
eyes; taking a step forward into the sunlight while I smiled, brightening and
easing up my face. I saw her. But it was not my crush, however. Ajiro looked at
me for a moment then towards the other dragon behind me. She looked a bit
concern and silent as if all the happiness was sucked away into some evil
unhappy machine and some other kinky stuff too. I walked towards her; taking
steps and slowly inching my way towards her heart- I mean her. Yeah. Her.
Approaching her, I stopped and asked. "What is wrong? What is going
on?" "It's terrible!" She replied, her tone was soft and
extremely in stressed as if she was having a hard time of getting some words
out. "The king is dead." I stood there emotionless before asking her
a second time. "'The king?' Who is the king?" "The king of this
kingdom, Neriax. I thought we had you introduced to me long before you had
arrived into this kingdom." "To be honest…" I frowned changing
my expression. "I was more focus on Kesir than the king." "You
idiot." She muttered underneath her breath before reaching out for my claw
and gripped it; pulling me inside of the castle walls.

The doors shut behind us and there was knocking afterwards.
While I was being dragged by a crazy dragoness across the hallways of the first
floor, I exclaimed to her "Where are you taking me?" "To the
quarters up above. Where are the stairs?" She replied as her head shakes
looking for the stairs. "The quarters?" I echoed her then added,
"Do they really have quarters here or was that just an-" "Just
an expression of the royalty room, Neriax. I thought you knew this?" She
spoke finishing my sentence before I could tell something funny about the
quarters. As she ran across the room, she spotted a door at the end of it.
Slamming her body against it; the door crashed down with a loud thud as she
continued her fast pace running across the second hallway crashing onto another
door up ahead. It had continued on and on for several crashing doors later that
we eventually found the stairs long afterwards. Upon the end of this 'crazy'
ride as I like to put it, she was breathing heavily. Sweat emerged from her
scales running down it towards the ground; probably making a pool. I stared at
the sweat for a moment then raised my other claw upward and reached for her.
But she slapped it away growling at me. She was later found blushing mad but
ran off again without asking me forcing me to be dragged along the stairs.
Hitting along the edges of it against the fore of my head as I grunted with
each hit; we finally reached the second floor and a concussion against my head
that I think had lost a few million brain cells in the process.

There was no door in front of us luckily and the halls ahead
were short. At the end was another door; locked perhaps while the lights shine
in our eyes. Growling, I threw my capture claw onto the ground forcing Ajiro to
released her grip on me and she gasped in shocked, letting go. I was free
finally and ran straight into the halls heading towards the end where the door
laid. Grabbing it, I turned the knob to one side hoping that it would opened
but later found out that it was locked. "I told you. Even the writing told
you so also." Ajiro said as she walked calmly arriving to the door behind
me with that sick smug upon her face. "Yet you did not listen."
"Shut up about the writer's writing telling me so and open this door with
a key." I spat before silencing myself and asked, "You do have the
key right?" "Nope." She smiled afterwards. I face palmed myself
and yelled, "Then how are we suppose to get in now if you do not have the
key. Better yet, how did you get out from this room and came to the front door
to see me?" "Do you not have a companion with you also? Where is
he?" I answered her question, "he is outside of the castle. Waiting
and wondering why the story asked him to stick with the main character of the
story." "Who is the main character again?" Ajiro asked, I shook
my head. "That does not matter. What does matter is how to open this
door." Then turned my head towards the door again; gripping upon the knob
tightly and turned it to the left side then to the right again. Repeating the
process over before letting go, I turned to her and shrugged. "Well. How
are we suppose to get in now? "I do not know. You tell me." Ajiro
responded, I sighed to myself then turned around. Knocking onto the door.

The door opened without hesitation; Ajiro was shocked. I was
not impressed. Yet I am irritated and frustrated at the same time. Pushing the
door forth, it revealed a large room. We walked in entering into the room
before looking around. The place was dead right empty. I grunted. Snorting
before turning to Ajiro and spoke; "Where are the others? Zawar and Kesir
mostly?" "They were supposed to be here, actually." Ajiro
trailed in response to my question as I raised an eye at her adding. "What
do you mean by that?" "By what?" Ajiro asked glancing to me.
"What you just said." I started. She tilted her head to one side and
shrugged before turning around and raised the door upward from the ground. I
watched her having noticed that the door was not heavy at all; rather it was
lightweight or that she had gain some muscles from working out at some gym
somewhere else. Regardless, I shake my head and turned myself towards the
window where Shinron was. Startled that he would be here, I stepped back and he
flew straight into the window. Crashing into it and sending thousands of pieces
scattered across the grounds, Ajiro and I stood motionless and speechless by
his daring tactic while he just dusted off his shoulders and silently turned to
me asking, "Where are the others?"

"Somewhere. But Ajiro would not tell me where." I
responded to him, pointing my claw over to Ajiro who blinked at him then me.
"Who is this guy?" She asked, changing the subject at hand while I
met up with her introducing Shinron to Ajiro. The two talked for a while;
sharing interests with one another as I stood mostly in the background staring
at the cardboard door placed upon the opening of the door. There was something
weird going on around here. I was not sure what it was. But piecing together
what had happened so far during this journey up to the present, I think I had a
good idea. Turning my attention towards Ajiro, I tapped her shoulder. She and
Shinron turned to me in question before I revealed what was going on. "Ajiro…
Where is the dead king's body? Are the others upstairs in the third floor,
gathered around Kesir's bedroom?" The look on her surprised face tells me
I was right. With a sigh, I spoke out to her. "Alright. Before we go and
eat, cause I am hungry after all, I need you to tell me exactly what is going
on. How is the king dead? How is Kesir taking it so far? Is Zawar going to
tighten security? And most importantly." I said, keeping my eyes upon the
two staring in response to the silence around us before I shattered it saying.

"Who else is going to take over." "We do not
know, Neriax." Ajiro started, her voice had started becoming tensed as
reality sinks into her brain while darting her eyes to me and Shinron.
"Initially, we thought you could take over with Zawar are your guard.
Since… of course…" "There is no way for me to becoming king, Kesir.
You know that." I started interrupting her and she looked up to me with
her eyes widened. Raising her claw onto her chest, she took a breath and
shifted her head towards another way. Away from us, I turned to Shinron and
frowned. "Regardless of who takes over after the dead king. We should head
upstairs." "Towards the third floor, Neriax?" Shinron responded
and I nodded answering his question. I saw him looked about; staring upon the
rough walls that surrounds us. Then back onto me he does before speaking,
"Where should we go? This place is like a-" "Follow me." Ajiro
started, motioning her claw on both of us as I nodded and smiled at the same
time. She ran off followed by me then Shinron as we ran through the halls.
Ending up upon the end where a single door lays before us, she opened it. The
door swung wildly and hits the wall on the other side making a triangle shape
with the two other walls behind it. We followed inward.

Presented before us were the stairs, heading upward into the
second floor above us. The walls surrounding us were light grayish as I could
probably see some dirt upon them. Regardless, I hear Kesir headed up the stairs
and so did Shinron. Leaving me behind as the door was opened above me, I
followed them quickly and headed straight for the door opening it before
walking inside. Once he door closes behind me, Kesir turned to me and smiled.
With a flick of her tail, she pointed out towards the end of the halls where
the door was actually opened. I could hear some conversation about as the
inhabitants were loud and I groaned in dismay, sighing to myself and shook my
head. Ajiro chuckled smiling back onto me before resuming her walk and we
followed behind. We entered into the room. The first to greet us was Zawar,
then Kesir who came running towards me. Hugging my tightly with her arms
wrapped around me like a christmas present, I responded with my own feeling her
warmth exchanged between our bodies. Closing my eyes, I allowed Shinron to
speak for himself as he stepped into the room bumping into Ajiro where she
staggered to the side hitting the wall.

The door closed on its own. The lights shines brightly above
us as me and Kesir released each other and drifted away towards the sides of
the room. Everyone formed a circle with Zawar in the center. There were about
eight of us in the room. Zawar, Kesir, Ajiro, me, Shinron and that new garden
dragoness that was on the opposing side of me tending to her plants. Wait. That
was six! I sighed, shaking my head. Wondering where I had gotten six from? As
the room fell silent and everyone was staring upon one another, I coughed and
spoke out. Shattering the silence about as everyone glanced to me, I started
the investigation with an opening phase.

"What were you all doing on the day that the king was
murdered?" I offered.