Alyssa's POV:
November 24th, 6:55 am
[Hmm, mother knew I helped Charles escape, and she isn't pleased. She strongly believes that Charles killed Irene. If only I could find evidence in his supporâ]
"Princess, you are tensed. Calm down, you will perform graciously. It's 5 minutes to 7, you have our best wishes!" Clara interrupted my internal monologue with her encouragement.
It wasn't the time for me to think of these. Right now, as we approached Palladium, I had an even greater responsibility. Today was the day I would be acknowledged as the new Ice-Queen and must perform the sacred dance.
I was flabbergasted, by the number who came to see my performance. Both poor and rich were present in the anticipation of the new Ice-Queen.
My heart fluttered as nervous thoughts entered my mind. I wasn't sure if I could take the responsibility of an entire kingdom. Moreover, Oracle's warnings from six years ago flashed before me, adding to my anxiety. I shut my eyes and regularized my breathing.
[Calm down, Alyssa. You can do this. You should trust your people and your kingdom, you will be a fine Ice-Queen.]
Lead by my breathing, my heart rate normalized.
I stood on the ground at the center of palladium. In the periphery were a million seats for the commoners and above them were hovering-seats for the nobles. My mother's Ice-throne hovering amidst the nobles took the spotlight.
The pleasant aroma of sakura petals entered my lungs.
My performance will be broadcasted to all the citizens of my planet, everyone in their homes will be watching me today. The recording will be sent to UU7 to distribute to all planets and their kingdoms as well.
The sacred music started; it is said this music had been played for more than sixteen hundred years, since the birth of the Blue Dragonlord. There is documented proof for the music's history.
My heart accelerated. I stood with my back arched and my hands stretched to the sky, as if in submission. The lights on the ground turned bright and the rhythm started to pulse into me. My foot tapped to the steady beat. Back and forth, I swayed as the beat picked up the pace.
The crowd cheered and celebrated, as it was the day of the Blue Dragonlord. Today was the day of his birth, and today was the day when humanity was liberated by the rule of the Red Dragonlord: the years-long war had been finally stopped.
My arms left my body as the music grew louder. My eyes were drunk on fire and lips kissed the threshold of liberty as I danced my inhibitions away.
My fingers clicked to the right and to the left; elbows gracefully tore through the air, in perfect rhyme with my feet, which trace a curve that no menace could surpass. I was myself for today. My feet now hit the floor, in a boisterous cry for all that was denied.
Violet Collin's POV:
November 24th, 7:15 am
[Just wait, Alyssa. Today I shall have my revenge on your family. Your mother destroyed my family and sucked away the future of our people. Today will indeed be the day of our celebration. Just like how sixteen hundred years ago humanity was saved from the hands of Red Dragonlord, today this planet will be saved from your family's filthy hands. And I will make sure to see your death with my bare eyes.]
"Young Oracle, the time has approached. Should we start the operation?" one of my mother's followers asked.
"Not yet," I said.
The pleasant aroma of sakura petals entered my lungs, reminding me of the luxurious history, our planet lived before her family destroyed it all.
Observing the movements of the nobles, I noticed Vazer's directions.
"Now!" I commanded.
Ice-Queen's POV:
November 24th, 7:15 am
[Alyssa, what wonderful dance! I was never fit to be a ruler, but I believe you can accomplish what I couldn't. You are born to be a Queen, my sweet daughter. With this, you will finally be acknowledged as the next Ice-Queen and my Succesoâ]
There was an outbreak of guns in the lower seats. Cry and despair struck among the nobles as some of them fell dead on the ground. Chaos followed thereafter. The defensive shields of the nobles' were somehow disabled, and the guards were all dead. A huge mob of commoners appeared with weapons, in the lower seats.
[Some sort of rebellion? Now of all times!?]
"Who dared to attack us? I am the deity of Blue Dragonlord." I commanded with authority.
"Deity my ass."
"How long do you think you can trick us?"
"Death to the blasphemist!" answered the angry mob.
I was surprised by their replies and reactions. When did they grow this smart?
"Where are my officers? Ministers? Vazer? Protect the nobles, but don't harm these fools. Where are my escorts? Take me back to the castle." I commanded my men.
I was shocked to notice half of my officers open fire against my orders on the commoners. This further fuelled the angry mob and they continued attacking the nobles. Guns were fired towards me and Alyssa as well, but there was no fear for our lives, as we always wore deflecting vests under our clothes. Moreover, we had our tics if required.
The pleasant aroma from sakura petals turned bloody from these ruthless murders.
"Why are my men violating my orders?" I asked, confused.
The current situation was already out of hand, but what happened next was pure horror.
The military took shocking turn, by opening fire on my men and nobles.
*7:25 am, 20 seconds*
Gun fired beside me, and my personal guard fell down, dead.
"It's cause they are now under my command, My Highness~" said a familiar voice. A voice that I trusted the most, the voice on whom I believed even when Azmuth showed me every reason not to, the voice of Vazer.
Immediately after his appearance, the protective energy-field of our planet broke, and an unknown space-ship entered our atmosphere. After further speculation, I recognized it as UU6's ship.
Many spider-shaped robots dropped down outside Palladium, and attacked the major bulk of my military present there, keeping them busy and not letting them interfere with what was happening in here.
9 seconds passed, 7:25 am, 29 seconds
[An invasion? But... howâ Now is not the time to think about that. I must reverse time by fifteen minutes and set everything back to normal. Hmph, for all the trouble, can't they learn their lesson already? It's all for naught in my tic's presence.]
"Vazer, everything ends here. I trusted you, but you betrayed me! God's time minor, Time-reverse."
As I said those words, I saw a smirk on Vazer's face. It was the wicked smirk of victory.
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Alyssa's POV:
November 24th, 7:25 am
"God's time minor, Time-reverse," mother declared. But, for some reason, time hardly reversed.
[What's going on? She should have been able to reverse time by around fifteen minutes? Did the tic not activate?]
Gunshots stormed the ground, and the nobles gave out a boisterous cry. I could no longer see my mother near the Ice-throne, and I had no idea where she was.
One of the shots hit Clara, who was trying to clear the way to escort me. My eyes dilated and heart stopped to see Clara's body fall with blood flooding from her chest. I thought of nothing else and used my tic as a reflex.
But, before starting the Time-reversal, I got a strong premonition of danger. My instincts cried out loud to not do it. But, it was already too late.
29 seconds passed, 7:25 am, 49 seconds
"God's time minor, Time-reverse!" I declared and reversed the time of my blue orb.
In an instant I shook in fear, realizing I had set up my own doom. Hundreds, no, perhaps thousands of tachyon bullets were chaotically flying in our atmosphere unbeknownst to us.
The moment I started reversing time, they swam towards me. Like a shark in a large ocean, their target was dead set and there was nothing that could stop them now, they were faster than light and were seeking me! Like iron attracted towards a magnet, these bullets rushed towards me. Shocks of fear and regret traversed my spine, as I anticipated the painful death that awaited me.
In the end... it happened just like the Oracle said it would, back when I was 12 years old. There was not a soul in this world that could change my fate now. I was destined to die here, and this Universe was destined for DISTANT OBLIVION.
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Blue Vice's POV:
I was floating amidst nothingness, utterly alone. This space, where I lived was the bridge connecting the real world and the nether world. A dimensional crevice in the multiverse.
This rabbit hole was now my home and my comfort. Like a hikikomori, I had neither strength nor the courage to face reality. I was sucked into the despair known only to lives that lived here as long as I did.
My life was the sacrifice I paid to save my world from KALI. I was neither alive nor dead. No one remembered me, and no one cared for me. Deep down, I was more lonely than anyone else.
And yet, despite all my sacrifices, humans still chose KALI! He still persists. There was nothing more I could contribute to them. Giving up was the only choice I had. DISTANT OBLIVION was inevitable.
My tear glands dried up, unable to produce any more. My facial muscles were tired, unable to express my sadness. And my mind was numb, with regret and remorse over the choices I made in the time I possessed. Crippling depression and emptiness ate my mind from within.
I Convinced myself for the billionth time, that it was alright for me to watch. For death was what the fate stored for my lover. A fate created by my carelessness.
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