In a dark ominous area with a vog covering it, the outlines of shadows can hardly be traced.
Everett looks around dazed and confused about where he is currently.
"Where am I." Everett wonders.
A dark shadow figure emerges "Everett C Sage."
"Who are you? What do you want?" Luxk? Pride?
The figure draws near to Everett reaching out to him.
"What the hell!!".
Everett summons the 7 branched sword in front of him. He goes to slash the shadow figure. The figure dodges and escapes all of his attacks.
"Resistance is futile. THIS reality grows weak. The sins are awoken. Virtues are awoken. Time is of the essence here. Retrieve the artifacts." The figure says still dodging the evading.
"ARGHH What the hell are you talking about?" Everett screams in confusion. Everett goes in to stab the figure but to his shock, nothing was to be stabbed as he looked up at the figure. He backflips into the air and fires multiple blasts from his sword landing all his shots on the figure. "That should've done something." The smoke clears the figure emerges unscathed. "In time Courage you will learn the truth. We shall meet again." the figure says. The dream begins to deteriorate and everything comes to light.
Haaa
Everett quickly awakens from his nightmare. My heart beating fast. Sweating. His eyes get fixed by his surroundings. It's late morning. Everett was lying on a comfortable well-set-up bed, with a lovely nightstand, nice curtains that block a giant rectangular window, and an elegant mirror. This room is very similar to Alice's mansion back on Seafoam. Everett put his hand on his head trying to recollect the events before he passed out. "What happened, I remember seeing Princess Emilia but -" Suddenly rapid footsteps can be heard outside the door.
Marx comes rushing in swinging the door wide open. "Ev you alright man."
Watch out dude you're going to break the door" June enters the room and walks over to Everett. " Why does this keep happening to you first the trip now here?"
"I am not too sure. I would like to find answers for myself. Where are we now?"
"Inside the Princess Emilia's Palace Man." Marx heads over to the window to lift up the curtain.
Outside the window shows a lively area with crowds of people walking everywhere. It's like a giant party in the square.
"We're pretty high up huh."
"Yeah, the second tallest point on this island. June says.
"How did you guys know I was awake?" Everett wonders.
June sticks her right arm out as a gust of wind forms to create Ventus. "My familiar I had him scout around the Palace and he alerted me to let me know you're alright."
"We were just about to check it out wanna come with," Marx asks. "No am fine." "Ahh come on man it's not good to stay cooped to stay up in this room." June steps into the conversation. "Yea, Marx right let's go out and get some vitamin D from the sun. Plus when do we ever visit a neighboring island."
"Ok am going to get changed I'll be down in a second," Everett says.
"K me and June will be waiting in the main entrance. You won't get lost it's basically set up the same way Alice's mansion is."
"Gotcha."
Everett gets ready and walks around the palace through the long hallway that seems to never end. He then notices that he's near the entrance as there is a staircase on his right and across from him is another long hallway.
Marx, June, Chonsee, and Mae wait for Everett by the door. "Alright let's go by the way, where is everyone else?" Everett asks.
"Captain Kaneda, Captain Paige, Lieutenant Cecilia, Alice, Dillia Princess Emilia, and Knight Jericho went off to look at the giant Emerald," June says.
"You feeling good Everett," Mae asks. "Am feeling a bit like crap like I just had a hangover but I can manage." "That's good that you're fine and walking Everett but we must find the source of this power," Chonsee says.
The 5 starts then group up and lets Mae create a portal down to Bellanoir.
WARP
The five Virtues arrive on the ground level walking in a group. With Everett and Marx in the front with June, Mae, and Chonsee following closely behind. They walk through a plaza filled with crowds of people. Food stands, clothing stands. Just a giant marketplace area with music, food, items, and jewelry.
Everett looks up from where they were at. "Wow, we were pretty high up," Everett said.
"Yeah, the Princess was saying her palace is a plateau, and that's not even the highest point on this island. Where that Emerald is that the highest in that mountain top." June says.
"How did they travel there?" Everett wonders.
"They were able to get there via this Emerald Path that allows them to take a shortcut up there. It's like a little hike and walk up the mountain from where the palace is." Mae says.
"Alright."
"Although we should be joining Alice and the rest of them, and discussing about the Crystal of Life," Chonsee says.
"It's fine man no big deal remember what Alice said they got it covered. There just going to check out the crystal nothing can go wrong. And if anything goes wrong we got Mae here to teleport us up there right and we'll be right there?"
"Yeah," Mae says with uncertainty.
"Dang it's like a huge festival or party out here" Marx nodded his head to the music.
"Your right let's learn more about this culture of the Emerald Isle. I did some research on it back at Alice's mansion. This island still uses gems as its currency. Compared to the rest of the other islands the Emerald Isle is much smaller and has barely anything to do so this is how it is daily." Chonsee says proudly.
"Wait so we got no funds to buy food with," Marx complains.
"Do not worry I have them right here," June says.
"Sweet gimme some so I can some food "Marx opens his hands towards June. "Huuh no way we all gotta manage this orderly we can't just be splurging all these gems. Remember as your responsible student council president I will hold funds. If not me then Chonsee will hold them since he's our Class Representative in fact I will hold half and Chonsee will hold half."
"You guys think am not responsible," Marx says with a whining expression." "Your virtue should've been responsible, not respect." they all share a laugh.
"Hey, I did show utmost respect when I met the Princess am I right?" Marx says.
"True" both June and Chonsee agree at the same time.
"While our Leader over here was a little too respectful eh". Marx says in a slay and jokingly voice with a smile on his face.
"It's not like that am not too sure what happened."
"Sure lady killer." Chonsee, June, and Marx walk ahead as Everett and Mae fall back.
"That guy," Everett says. The two walk side by side not saying a word just in the moment. "So this a nice change of scenery compared to home right Mae" "MHMM" Mae agrees as she nods her head. "So Everett what kind of relationship do you have with the Princess?"
Everett surprised by this question is flustered trying to find words the answers.
"So I actually--"
OOF the two accidentally walk into a guy standing in the middle of the crowd.
"Am sorry you two I got lost trying to look for my friends I'll be outta your way." The muscular fit man says with a funny tattoo on his arm.
"Of course, no problem hope you find your friends," Everett says. "Have a nice day" Mae says.
The man walks in the opposite direction of them.
"Cool dude it feels like I met him somewhere before". Everett says. "What did his tattoo read again," Everett thinks to himself.
The man hums down an opposite walkway his body begins slowly transforming back into its original state. "Well it seems they're here already. We'll meet again Everett C Sage," Gluttony says with a smile on his face snapping his fingers.
BOOM
A loud explosion occurs.
A crowd of people runs past them.
"Demons Demons!!!" A man yells running past the two.
"Everyone else," Mae says. "Let's go," Everett says as the two run toward the explosion.