Princess Skralla (story only)

[Syaoran-Kun]

I don't know how/why it was deleted but due to BZPower's crash, (though it just recovered recently) I'm releasing all of the chapters here. This "section" is only for my chapters, no comments.

Ch. 1:

Tuma got up from his throne and peaked outside the window. Hundreds of Skrall were finishing up their daily tasks. Most of them were returning to their campsites while others were hanging out. Tuma frowned, he knew that there was no such thing as “Break Time” but he had to admit, they have done enough for now.
Tuma left the room to find his daughter, Princess Skralla, one of the best known female Skrall. Lately, she was trying to find a mate but was forbidden to leave Roxtus to seek any other Glatorian from other tribes, even the bone hunters.

“I was wondering what you were up to,” replied Tuma. Skralla looked at him darkly, “Father, you must allow me to travel some time…”

“Silence! You are my only daughter! I don’t want you to get killed by any other Glatorian or Bone Hunter, let alone the unknown entities that are killing our kind!”

“But father, I really want an adventure! Just for once, let me explore our kingdom and meet some other Skrall. I even want to ride on a Spitik…”

“I had enough of your complains, it is time for you to learn your place!” growled Tuma. In a fury, he left the room and resumed his throne, waiting for his Skrall who was sent to capture Malum.

Once she takes my place, she will have to maintain the Skrall. She has to stay in our standards, thought Tuma. Or else, our society will collapse!


Skralla couldn’t believe her eyes, her father, once a loyal, loving Skrall now was nothing but a fierce ruler that only cared for complete rule of Bara Magna. Tears begin to flow she ran to her bed.

***

At the camp, several Skrall were talking about their dirty jobs.

“I almost failed the mission,” started one.

“I got to capture a few Agori,” said another.

“I managed to defeat a Glatorian named Gresh at Vulcanus. A Glatorian stopped me from executing him,” complained another Skrall.

“I cannot wait till we take over Bara Magna. I can’t stand any of the weaklings here!” cheered a female Skrall.

“I just lost the game!” wailed another.

That last sentence drove some of the Skrall crazy. Playing “The Game” was not their ways of talking, just a way of amusement, especially during evening hours. If Atakus or Tuma heard them, he would be executed.

A group of Skrall left to their camps, seeing that the day was coming to a close.

As he returned to his post, Atakus was not in a good mood. He had traveled far from Roxtus to escort a Skrall to Vulcanus and was almost captured by the Bone Hunters. It wasn’t until another group of Skrall who managed to capture Malum that he was saved.

Later, Atakus visited one of his friends, Sukata by the entrance to Tuma’s throne. Sukata was just another innocent Rock Agori but unlike most, he was not imprisoned in a cage. Sukata managed to gain friendship with Atakus in order to stay out of the cages.

“Anything today, Atakus?”

“I was almost captured by the Bone Hunters. Luckily another group who captured Malum saved me,” replied Atakus, solemnly

“Hey it could have been worse, right?” said Sukata.

“I’m heading to my camp so I can rest. I’ll explain everything in the morning,” answered Atakus, turning promptly to leave.

***

The weather became stormy that evening. Princess Skralla was still crying in her bedroom. All she wanted was an adventure; to visit places she has not seen since “The Shattering”.

Over 100,000 she remembers the terrible disaster that struck her home. A planet splintered into three pieces. Many thought it was due to a mysterious substance that spread on the planet but most of the substance disappeared. She heard rumors of a giant robot that would one day house that mysterious substance, along with several species hidden inside. Once “The Shattering” ends, Tuma gathered every Skrall that he could find. He formed a society and moved up north towards the Black Spike Mountains.

One day, Tuma found her at the Arena Magna while he was searching for weapons. She had no one to help her so Tuma took her to his realm. She was then raised for over thousands of years and was given the role of princess who would one day take over the Skrall-once she got a mate.

But things changed over time. Ever since the Skrall were attacked by unknown entities, Tuma was more concerned to keep her safe. Already most of his kind were killed during these attacks, leaving Tuma only part of their species left. Tuma then planned to conquer Bara Magna to end this threat. Skralla never liked the idea, she knew how much the task would dishonor the Glatorian and Agori; especially her ancestors.

A long moment passed as, she made a decision. Determined, Skralla ran into the corridors, checked in the throne room to make sure Tuma was asleep. She ran across the hallways to the shrine. She lit up a torch and gave a quick message to her ancestors. For her, this was tradition. She had to at least honor something before she took matters into her own hands.

Please keep my father safe. Help him to stop conquering Bara Magna while I go and find my true love, she whispered. Skralla bowed to the shrine and ran off.

She placed the torch on a niche and ran to the armory room. She saw a collection of armor, weapons and thornax launchers that her father collected. She took a Scythe, a Roxtus shield and a shoulder mounted thronax launcher and took a mysterious gun that she never knew or saw. Skralla even took off her own crown and replaced it with an ordinary Skrall helmet. She also wore a necklace but instead of discarding it, she kept in on only for her own protection…

Why am I doing this, she thought. What will my father think if I take revenge? It’s quite obvious that he’ll send some Skrall after me but at least I have a plan. If I fail, then may the Glatorian be ready for us.

Skralla took a last look of her father before she left. Deciding to make it tragic, she placed her crown by his feet. She ran outside to a pen nearby to find a Spitik with a chariot. Skralla took off the chariot and leaped on the Spitik. The creature, though always hungry was a special kind that was tamed by Tuma after years of training. The Spitik neighed and Skralla rode it out of her realm, heading to the unknown…

Father, forgive me, she thought as she rode towards the exit…leaving Roxtus, perhaps forever…

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Ch. 2:

The storm stopped at sunrise. Several Skrall already left to work while others were still asleep.

Tuma woke up from a nightmare. He thanked to himself that it was broad daylight. As he stood up from his throne, his feet stepped on something sharp. Yelping, he took a look at the object. He gasped; it was his daughter’s crown!

It can’t be! Was this my nightmare, he thought nervously. Tuma ran across the corridors to his daughter’s room but saw no one inside.

He ran to the shrine, but only saw a torch glowing dimly. The last place he ran was the armory room. There he saw some of his precious items stolen.

Outside, the army of Skrall that captured Malum waited for Tuma to come out, the leader decided to go inside to awake him.

He’s probably just asleep as always, he thought as the Skrall entered inside.

“Sir, we have Malum upon your request!” he called out. “Sir? Your majesty? Tuma?”

The Skrall ran into the throne room but Tuma wasn’t there. Then he heard a moan of sadness further down. He found Tuma on the floor, paralyzed from the shock of his discovery.

“What’s wrong?” asked the Skrall Leader.

Tuma took a few deep breaths and said, “My daughter, is gone………Go spread the news. We must find her!” ordered Tuma.

“Sir, what about Malum?”

“Go do what I said! I’ll deal with Malum! Take 20 fresh troops and take Atakus with you and seek out my daughter! Stay together and don’t go to any matches, and I want her back…alive! If she is dead…I will immediately take all of you and all of the Skrall to hunt down every Glatorian, Agori and Bone Hunters, and kill them all!” barked Tuma.

The Skrall return to his army, and dismissed them all.

“Just how are we going to pick the best troops here?” asked one of his lieutenants.

“Simple. All we need is to find Stronius,” the leader replied, “He can provide another army in less than an hour. We’ll leave around noon. Go find him.”

***

Princess Skralla and her newly owned Spitik, Malian, traveled across the Wastelands. It has been a few hours since she ran away from Roxtus. Luckily there weren’t any signs of Bone Hunters, Vorox, or Zesk. Along the way she found a few thornax, some were ripe while others were in early bloom. She kept the ripe ones as ammunition while the early bloom ones as a food supply. She took out the mysterious gun that she stole before she left. It was a long, narrow tube with a trigger towards the front.

Being careful with it, Skralla aimed it at a dead tree nearby and fired it. A sphere of white light itself flew across like a star and struck the tree, burning it into ashes.

What is this weapon, she thought. This is more than just a random melee, it has powers inside! An elemental power!

But as she was toying with it, a Zesk nearby smelled her scent. It growled silently and crept closer.

The Spitik growled and begin to run. Skralla ran and leaped onto the seat and tried to slow it down, but the creature wouldn’t stop. Skralla turned her head around and saw an army of Zesk running after them.

Oh great! I just woke an army of Zesk! Now what am I going to do, she thought.

Skralla loaded her launcher and fired a few Thornax at the ground, causing a massive explosion to keep the Zesk at bay. It slowed them down but didn’t stop them.

But before she could react, she realized that she was in a different world. A place that was lush, fertile and full of life.

Where am I? Where are the Zesk, she thought as she got off of the Spitik.

“You are in Tasera, stranger,” replied a voice.

Skralla turned and saw a green Agori, flanked with two red, one blue, and a white Agori.

“I am Tarduk,” replied the green Agori. “These are my friends, Crotesius, Kyry, Kirbold, and Scondonius.”

“But what is that Skrall doing here?” asked Kyry.

“I am…” began Skralla, but paused. If she revealed who she was, they might spill the beans, so she said something else.

“I am Skralla. Just traveling place to place; it’s just part of my job,” she lied.

“Well, it’s not quite often we see a Skrall traveling here and there,” replied Tarduk.

“Wait a second! Isn’t Skralla the name of the princess?” asked Kyry.

“No! It’s not like that! I am not a princess, just a traveler, like you guys,” said Skralla.

But before she could say anything else, they all heard growling from all over the jungle. Then one Zesk pounced on top of Tarduk, trying to rip him into shreds. Skralla aimed her mysterious gun and a sphere of light struck the Zesk, blinding the creature. Tarduk shook the creature off of him and cried, “We’d better run!”

Kyry attached a chariot that he brought with him while Skralla got on top of the Spitik. When everyone was on it, she yanked the chains and the creature began to run. The Zesk, followed closely by Vorox chased after the group across the forest.

***

Meanwhile, a troop of 20 Skrall stood outside the outskirts of Tesara. They found footprints of a Spitik. According to Tuma, he told the leader that Skralla took his Spitik along with some of his belongings.

“Is this where she went?” asked one of the Skrall.

“If that is where she went, then we must follow!” replied the leader.

***

Tuma sat back on his throne. He was very exhausted and was still shaking from his discovery this past morning. As he thought back in his past, he remembered how much he would play with here. He trained her how to be a good warrior for the Rock Tribe as well as even participating in some matches. But once she grew old enough to be titled, “princess” she lost a lot of those privileges since she now has to focus on the society in order to maintain once Tuma retired.

Ancestors, hear my call…watch over my daughter….he said quitetly…

Next to him was a cage that housed Malum. Already Malum was offered a deal but refused since he already allied with the Vorox and Zesk. Tuma believed that if he was given some time to think, he might change his mind. He heard about Malum’s exile from Vulcanus as well as a rumor about the Zesk allying with an unnamed Agori.

Malum stared hard at Tuma. The Glatorian was full of hatred and anger for sending several Skrall into his captivity. Malum hardly makes any deals to other tribes, especially the Rock Tribe.

“Tell me the offer one more time, and I’ll see what I could do about it,” he replied.

Tuma turned and looked at Malum viciously.

“I made a change of plans, go find my daughter before my troops gets her first and perhaps I’ll let you return to your friends, is that a deal?”

“Alright, fine, just tell me what to do, and I’ll find your daughter…”answered Malum.