Krissy yawned sleepily as she sat up and turned to the right. She frowned then slippped out of bed and walked to the balcony door. She opened it and an angel looking girl was standing there with her fist balled up about to knock. Krissy looked down at the girl with an ugly tired look on her face.

"What?" she said sounding a half dead and half annoyed.

"Well, umm, Princess Crystal..."

Krissy looked at the girl with one evil eye and one sleep eye. "Hurry up, I don't have all night!"

"Well...I know...but I'm here to deliver a message to you from Nina, the queen of fairies..."

Krissy hissed a bit picked up the girl by her wings. "Stop stalling and tell me with Nina wants!"

"ShesaidformetotellyoutocometoSkyPalacetommorowmorningbecauseshehastohaveawordwithyou!" the girl quickly blurted, scared out of her mind.

Krissy looked at her a bit annoyed and dropped her. "One more time, normal speed. I'm not going to kill or eat you, I am just going to leave and go to sleep. Got it?" The girl nodded. She said for me to tell you to come to Sky Palace tommorow morning because she has to have a word with you, Princess." She nodded then walked back inside, slamming the door. 

The angel girl was afraid to knock on the door to tell her where to meet her. She knew that she was the princess of the dark realm and demons came from that place. She also heard that Krissy had a demon side that she would transform into when she was upset. Instead of disturbing her, she flew from Krissy's room and Hope City then warped back to Sky Palace, Faith's only aggressive militry mobile colony. 

Krissy was rudely awoken by the sun shining through the balcony window onto her eyes. She moaned and groaned softly as she tried to ignore the light heat on her eyes but failed and sat up. She yawned sleepily as she opened her puffy gray eyes with a sigh. She didn’t want to wake up. That year she spent on Silverdust, never had she had such peaceful rest like she had last night except for that cherub interrupting her. She moaned again as she laid back down and put a pillow over her head. “I refuse...” she muttered. “I refuse to leave this bed for anything!” 

Darkmistress’s laughs could be heard in her mind. Krissy groaned again and turned over. “Damnit, what do you want?” Darkmistress didn’t answer back. Krissy growled as she got up again and pulled her pillow from under her and aimed it at the mirror. “Speak demoness!” “Nothing at all, go enjoy the beautiful day...” Krissy grumbled something under her breath then threw the pillow at the mirror. Darkmistress’s image slowly faded away and was replaced by Krissy’s upset reflexion. “Slept way too hard...” Slowly, she crawled out of bed to the mirror and raised her right hand in the air. A soft white light emitted from it as a soft chiming sound echoed the room till the ball grew into a ring. The ring encased Krissy, slowly going up and down her body till she started to glow white, then disappeared. Krissy yawned, her face no longer bruised looking. “Refreshing spells...always great to have.” She looked at the soft bed longing for her return and sighed. 

“I promise to return to you soon...soon!” 

Saddened, Krissy left her room, wanting to go back to her bed for more sleep. Unlike yesterday, she left out her balcony door, not bothering to go back inside that maze of a castle. Gliding down to the ground, she saw a child playing around with a magical ball. The ball had the ability to transform into any toy the owner wished for. And just like the little girl before her, she just wanted it to be a ball. Kittia eventually took the ball back and gave her a regular ball which she loved all the same. The memories of her past made her giggle a bit, disturbing the small girl. Krissy stopped, a bit embarrassed. 

“Umm, sorry little miss...” Krissy sincerely apologized.

The girl nodded and bowed. Krissy looked at her hard. The girl had short blue hair with small almond blue eyes. Her skin was tanned but not too dark, and the girl was wearing a long white shimmering dress. It was sleeveless but clinging to her little body as the bottom part dragged dirtily behind her. Krissy giggled again then smiled. “I mean Princess.” The girl blushed a bit, “Oh, you know me?” Krissy shook her head as she knelt down and smiled again. “I know you’re the Princess here, granddaughter of Faith, and daughter of Artemis...My name is Krissy.”

“Oh! I know you, you’re that sorceress mommy told me about. Welcome to Hope Miss Sorceress Krissy.”

Krissy laughed then nodded, “Thank you Princess...Emily, right?” Emily nodded. Krissy bowed her head then stood back up and looked down at her and the ball. “Magical ball...didn’t want a doll or something like that?” Emily shook her head, “I have tons of dollies...I just wanted a ball...” Krissy nodded, “I understand completely, would you like to play with me with your ball then?” Emily’s eyes lit up as she looked up at Krissy and nodded. “Yes, Miss Sorceress Krissy, but are you sure.” Krissy thought for a second as she put her finger to her lips. “Mmm, only if you don’t call me Miss Sorceress anymore. Miss or Sorceress will do, okay?” Emily nodded then bounced the ball over to Krissy. Krissy caught it and did the same thing back.

After about an hour, a girl with a long silver ponytail peeked from the huge castle doors and yelled Emily’s name. Emily looked at the girl and frowned, “Sorry, I have to go now, can we play later?” Krissy nodded as Emily cheered and run inside clutching her ball. As Emily left, Krissy walked over to the castle gates and exited. 

Krissy explored the small town of Hope City. She found a shop that sold unenchanced crystal where she purchased a few. There were many didn’t bars made for explorers to gather at. There were other stores that sold weapons and armor. She found a night club through an underground entrance. Everything else was houses and one inn. Krissy yawned lazily, very bored. She walked outside the city walls and went to the hill she had teleported to the day before and laid down. She looked up at the blue sky above the city and sighed. “So peaceful...so boring...I’ll have tons of rest here.” She closed her eyes and started to doze off.

“Wake up!”

Krissy opened one eyes and groaned. “What now Dark!” “Look up...” Darkmistress muttered. Krissy looked up at the sky again and saw a huge shadow overcastting Hope City. A floating island hovered above Hope City. The dirt and rocks from where the land was cut was the only thing visible from her view. Krissy smiled slightly as she stood up. “Maybe I’ll get some fun in for the day.” 

Quickly, she jumped from the hill and sped up to the top where she could see a walkway to a castle. It was Sky Palace. Near the edge was a warp point for other colony to warp to Sky Palace since it wandered continuously. Krissy landed on the stone walkway and slowly walked to the huge castle. She looked over at the castle and folded her arms. Sky Palace was the only place that didn’t have a lavish crystal or marble sanctuary. It was a simple stone and stucco castle with an Arabian type design. Krissy looked around, waiting to at least be attacked by the angels and fairies that guarded Sky Palace but to her avail nothing happened even if she didn’t consider it a benefit.

“Gosh, this Queen of Fairies doesn’t keep tight security...”

Krissy walked inside were she was surround by valkyries. Krissy clapped as the women all pointed their spears at her. She waved her hand as a thunder bolt struck between her a the several heavily armed girls. As they were shocked by the thunder, Krissy grabbed her enchanced blade from a rip in space where it resided and pointed at them. She smirked as they jumped back and got into an attack formation. Krissy smiled as they charged then jumped up into the air. One of the girls jumps at her and she knocks her back down with her sword then screams, “Fire consume my enemies!” A fire dragon flew from her sword and charged the valkyries. Most of the girls are knocked out by the dragon. Krissy smiles as she lands back down and waits for them to charge her again. As they reform and regroup, she stands by the door, waving for them to come, tauntingly. One girl gets upset then yells aloud, “Hunter Formation.” The girls suddenly disappeared at once. Krissy sighed then elbowed one girl who got in back of her. Gracefully she whirled on one foot as a mist covered the room. Quickly, she knocked the other three girls unconscious then smirked. 

“And the security she has is awful...”

As soon as she finished gloating, she tried to walk but couldn’t move. Her knees became weak and gave out on her. Krissy fell down making a loud thumping sound and growled. She tried to move her hands but her arms were too heavy. She growled even louder, paralyzed but someone’s magic. Slowly the fog cleared and Nina, the Queen of Fairies, along with the defeated valkyries stood in front of Krissy. Krissy laughed then smiled, “That’s why this place survived so long, the beautiful fairy queen is powerful. Nina smiled slightly then clapped and the mages that used cloaking spells appeared as if they were melting from the wall. They were all chanting. 

“That’s enough everyone, we don’t want to harm the Princess of Nemeclipse, or we could have a war with the dark realm.”

The mages quickly stopped and Krissy could move again. She looked at Nina with her eyebrow raised then smirked. “And cunning...no wonder you head this place.” Nina nodded as she turned around and walked to the throne room. Krissy smiled then followed her silent hostess.

Nina, queen of all fairies...

Nina wasn’t a fairy at all, in fact she was a wind sprite. Nina had a long face with beautiful thick blue hair with short bangs in the front while the back flowed down tot the ground. Her eyes were icy blue and her skin was a creamy vanilla complexion. Her hands and fingers were elongated and the only other visible skin besides her face. Her wore a huge elaborated Southern belle style dress, a light blue color with so many ruffles and folds Krissy felt dizzy as she looked at it. Krissy closed her eyes and looked away. She was considered a fair Queen because she looked like a large fairy. Her wings were that of a bird’s, but she assumed that some fairies in the light realm had wings. Nina had not only skin deep beautiful but the mind of a brilliant strategist. 

The throne room of the Sky Palace really was a huge meeting room were the head of the table’s chair had the symbol of Faith and the Sky Palace under it. Nina stood by her chair as Krissy stood directly opposite of her, smirking. 

“I must admit, I’m very impressed...I never would of thought of hiding several level 2 and 3 mages around this place to stop an intruder.”

Nina nodded as she looked Krissy over. “Princess Crystal, why have you come to Hope City? You’re mother rather you return to Darkdiamond since your training at Silverdust has ended.” Krissy frowned then looked at Nina evilly. “So you’ve come here on behalf of DarkGoddess Kia?” Nina shook her head, “Not at all, I only serve Faith, not Lady Terrica nor DarkGoddess Kia.” 

She pulled her chair over and sat down, folding her hands upon the table as she looked at Krissy. “please sit Princess.” Krissy nodded and sat down then carefully studied Nina’s face. “If you’re not here on my mother’s behalf, why are you here...or rather, why have you summoned me here?” Nina leaned back still sitting upon straight opposed to Krissy who slightly slouched. 

“I’m here...because there’s hostilities. That’s what Sky Palace resolves, but I know you knew of this. As I understand you have a better comprehension of Letosheba’s history than our beloved Princess Alexis.” Krissy nodded. “Good, I favor those with knowledge on their side rather than strength. As far as your mother’s concern, I’m here to deliver an item that will let you and your counterpart separate from the body your joined in but it does not outcast DarkMistress entirely. If you get too weak, or if she is destroyed, you will absorb her. This is all DarkGoddess Kia wished me to do.”

Nina held out her hand and a ball of light moved slowly across the huge table till got reached half way then jetted towards her. The ball went straight inside of Krissy’s body, yet she didn’t feel it. Nina nodded and smiled, delighted that the item had worked, or she had delivered the item, Krissy wasn’t sure. “Now, if I had just come to do that, the cherub last night would have given you it. No, I’m here because of local hostiles.”

“But Artemis told me Hope has not one enemy...”

“Yes, not on this planet...till now. There are aggressive planets in this realm. One has recently made advances towards Hope City...or rather on the same planet as Hope City. One of the other colonies here have already fallen, Juno. It’s my duty to make sure that Hope City like any other colony is defended from these aggressors but...I’m sure you haven’t, but do you know about the latest news...the new terror going around destroying planets?” 

Krissy laughed, “Someone’s managing to attack the holy light realm?” She had to admit, with people like Terrica, the Universal Soldier Mercenaries Inc., the Holy Soldiers, Alexis, and Faith, plus Sky Palace, it would be quite a feat to randomly terrorize Letosheba would meeting a terrible painful demise. “I swore something like that was impossible...have you guys enforced martial law on his home planet?”

“He’s not of the light realm...” she muttered a bit annoyed. Krissy nodded, “Well, then where is he from? Mother is barely able to stand being there...the only person who’s been able to go to the light realm and live there is...” Krissy stopped, she promised not to reveal the Princess of Light’s little dirty secret. That she wasn’t Terrica’s blood daughter but from the dark realm, herself. Krissy chuckled a bit to herself then nodded. “Only her.”

“Yes, only Alexis Light.” Nina said without emotion. “No one knows what realm he came from, some assume the Fire realm, some say Stardom, there’s even a room he’s someone of Heavenly...”

Krissy looked at Nina a bit surprised, but quickly lost the expression. She should have guessed the Queen of the Fairies knew of Alexis’s true past. She quickly forgot about her rival for the moment and thought about this sudden threat. “Fire and water, thunder and wind, dark and light, stars and heaven...the eight realms of our dimension, each one different...” Nina smiled in delight, “So you are wiser than Alexis...and in order as well. Yes, well an affair like this would call for Sky Palace yet so does the planet that’s starting up minor wars. Princess, I want you to make sure that Juno doesn’t attack Hope City while we attack the home planet then head to Leto to help out there.”

“Sure...that’s fine by me, I think I can take out this ‘primitive’ army, or what Artemis told me...”

Nina laughed at her cockiness and confidence. “I don’t think you should underestimate anyone due to what Artemis says...” Krissy nodded, “Ah, I’m not that stupid or I’d be making the same mistake twice...don’t worry, I still have ties to strong warriors, plus I know there is one man in Hope that probably could help me out. You can leave Hope City to me, I’ll be it’s Guardian.” Nina just nodded and smiled, “As you wish...”

Krissy walked to the edge of the walkway and looked at Nina. “Well dearest Fairy Queen, I hope things go well on your side…don’t worry about Hope, as long as I’m around and that little revive device is around…” Krissy smirked then waved before falling backwards. DarkMistress’s wings sprouted as she was about to hit the ground, allowing her glide upwards. In the air, the wings started to sag till another back came out. She flipped around a bit till she landed on her feet and they separated completely. DarkMistress stretched her wings a bit and cracked her neck. “Oh yea, I needed that…” Krissy smirked, “You should thank Kia for this…”

“Me, thank the DarkGoddess,” she laughed. “As soon as you cuddle and love her.” Krissy smirked then nodded, “But understand this, I don’t want you going around wrecking Hope City…there’s a special place we have as a playground.” DarkMistress nodded, “I heard, I heard…I don’t want to take on Sky Palace, so I’ll help kill Juno…“ She smirked as she muttered lowly, “then we’ll need to get rid of Artemis and those other from the light realm…” Krissy eyed DarkMistres as they stood on the hill from before staring down at Hope City. 

Krissy looked at DarkMistress for a second then tilted her head, “So what do you plan to do since you’re free?” She smiled as she stretched her wings again then nodded, “Ah, much better. Don’t ask such a dumb question, if I can’t go kill everyone in Hope, I’ll just take out my anger on Juno.” Krissy shrugged as she started off for Hope City, “Don’t overdo it or I’ll have to get you.” DarkMistress jumped up as she began to fly, beating her wings softly. Krissy waved as she strode back to Hope City through the huge gates. Once she reached the entrance gates she looked up at the sky and sighed, “I’ll go after her tonight, hopefully nothing bad has happened...” Her head fell down as she thought of what she said, “Nevermind...”

Krissy strolled back to the castle through the crowds of people. One boy tried to pickpocket her but felt an electric charge go through his body as he touched her. Krissy turned around and gave him an evil dark look, causing him to run away. She sighed then decided to just take an easily route. She ducked into an ally and then hopped to the top of the building, leaping from rooftop to rooftop till she finally reached the last building and walked off the edge. She landed on the ground as if it were nothing and passed a little playground where she saw children playing. She ignored their laughs and singing as she went back to inside the gates inside Crystal Palace. She levitated up to her balcony and walked inside.

Strangely, someone was knocking at her door when she came in. “One minute!” she yelled as she set her pouch on the book shelf then walked over to the door. Lance stood there in a similar outfit as yesterday, leaning again the wall. Krissy smiled a bit, half because she was delighted to see him but the other half because it was the thing to do in such a fakely happy place. She bowed her head a bit, still smiling, her cheeks twitching as it began to hurt. “Hello there.”

Lance laughed as she shook her head, “No need to hurt yourself, I don’t mind not getting a warm smile. There is plenty of that all around here.” Krissy gave him a goofy grin, showing all her teeth. “I know it’s obvious but you could be polite enough not to say anything.” She walked back inside the room then turned to see him still waiting at the door. 

“Aren’t you going to invite me in?” he asked. Krissy eyed him then laughed. “No, not at all. You’re very rude, and rude men aren’t allowed inside here. I have enough rude women bothering me I can’t get rid of, I don’t need men doing the same.” He frowned, not a fake one then sighed as he turned away. Krissy smirked, wondering how long he was going to act then realize he wasn’t once he headed down the stairs. She rushed out the door then glided down the stairs above his head, following him. He stopped for a second and looked up and smirked. 

“You don’t allow rude men in your room, but you stalk them?” She nodded as she floated down in front of him with her arms folded in front her chest. “So Lance, what do I owe the pleasure of today’s visit?” “Well,” he started, “I wanted to see if you needed a grand tour of this place...and...” She looked at him curiously, “And?” “And I’m bored here...” he admitted. She giggled childishly then stopped and covered her mouth. Lance watched and couldn’t help but laugh as her silliness. Krissy smiled then nodded, “Well since you’re offering a tour...I’ll pass, but I do need to find the computer room, the room that is linked to the main computer back at Leto, there is a bit of research I need to do today.”

Lance nodded as he waved for her to follow him as he climbed down the stairs. “So Miss Krissy, what are you researching?” Krissy floated behind him, not bothering to tire herself out again. “A local problem...” He nodded and didn’t bother to ask anything else. Lance lead her down to the basement where the palace seemed to suddenly change. It was no longer made of marble and crystal with everything wealthy nobles could love, but a steel corridor with all the smell of technology, not wealth. His shoes made a clinging sound against the metal floors that echoed through the dimly lit hall. Krissy keep close to him, still levitating. She looked around her at the semi glowing walls noticing that the database to this massive computer was throughout this part of the castle. 

Finally, they came to the end of the hall that lead into a large room with a monitor built into one wall, a three dimensional model of Hope City and it’s geographical surrounds in the center of the room on a strange three dimensional plane hologram. Near it was a large circular platform with a blue glass like bottom. Krissy looked at the room a bit overwhelmed. She had seen the computer at Darkdiamond, but it was nothing like this. It was just a huge monitor that connected directly to the computers of Leto. Apparently, this computer was meant to be a self sufficient one like those of the light capital.

“Where is the control center?” she asked lowly. Lance pointed to the dashboard under the monitor. Krissy nodded as she walked over to it and started typing. The monitor turned on then the dashboard disappeared.

“Please state full name...”

“What?” Krissy said a bit shocked.

“Please state full name...”

“But...” she turned back and looked at Lance, “I can’t.”

“Access denied.” The dashboard reappeared.

Krissy sighed as Lance walked over towards her and shook her head, “Why not have just said your name?” She looked at him and frowned, “Because...” He looked at her eyes as they shied away from him and nodded. “I understand, if you need me, I’ll be at the stair that lead you back to the surface until your finish.” Krissy nodded as he exited and sighed. “Sorry, if you weren’t from the light realm...then maybe I could trust you a bit more...” She touched the dashboard again.

“Please state full name...”

“Princess Crystal Darkstarlight of Darkdiamond...”

“Welcome to the Hope City information directory. Please state keyword.”

“Sky Palace.”

“Welcome to the Sky Palace database, would you like the most recent events?”

“Yes.”

“The planet, Alpha 3826 of the Stardom realm, has been declared a threat to the newest colony of Faith, Hope City of planet Alpha 3822. Alpha 3826 has launched out military units and seized one of the other territories near Hope City within the last few hours. The leader of the unit occupying near is said to be a strong half demon half human creature with powerful mind control magic. Currently, Sky Palace units have already launched a direct attack on Alpha 3826 while leaving the minor liberation of the seized colony to Hope City’s new Guardian.”

“Ha! She used guardian as well...Guardian Krissy...nah, it doesn’t sound well...end process!”

“Exiting database, exiting directory, saving settings... .... ....Goodbye Princess of Darkdiamond.”

Krissy walked back upstairs and Lance truly was just waiting at the staircase for her. She frowned, feeling a bit guilty but she had to keep the people here at Hope City from knowing where she came from. It would complicate things a tad bit too much for her. How could she protect a city if everyone there wanted her death. She shook her head as she looked at him and gave Lance a half smiled. “Thank you for waiting...” Lance nodded as he headed up the stairs, a bit surprised she wasn’t still floating. “Don’t mention it, you can tell me your full name another day, when your ready.” Krissy sighed and nodded, chances were he would never find out who she was until she gave into DarkGoddess Kia and succeeded her mother.

“Still...thank you...” she whispered as they reached the topside again. They walked back out the candlelit hallway to the main room, still busy with nobles. Krissy stood there for a second, watching them all gossip and move about without a care in the world. These were the people she was protecting, people who was ignorant to the threat at hand, but probably would not care if they knew. She sighed then looked at Lance who was still smiling at her. She gave him a cheerful smile then laughed. “This place...I hope I adjust just like you have, Lance.” He shook his head as he folded his arms, “I don’t. You’ll lose your fighting spirit and will be wearing such elaborated dresses like the rest of these women. I think you look better dressed as a sorceress.” Krissy blushed a bit as she realized she did stand out. She hadn’t bothered to change into something to blend in with the rest but instead keep the same suit she wore on Silverdust. “I think I prefer it too...” she admitted, “but we all do things we don’t like.”

She took a few steps forward and then turned back and smiled. “Thank you so much for the guided tour.” Lance chuckled to himself and nodded, “I’m sorry it was over so quickly.” She nodded as well as she stepped towards him, “I am...too. But now I have to make sure I live up to what Nina said...or I‘ll lose my newest title.” She curtsied then headed back upstairs. Lance stood there a bit dumbfounded. “Nina...but no one here goes by such a name.”

Krissy climbed up the tower leading to her room, talking to herself. “Mental check list for today...sleep, checked. Talk to Fair Queen, check. Let the pet exercise, check. Repair barrier around Leni, retrieve my little dark side, and destroy the demon halfling, uncheck.” Krissy reached the final step and bent over and too a deep breath. She nodded then cheered, “And today’s workout, checked!” She sighed, not even herself amused by in and walked into her room, a bit sulked.

She walked over to the bookshelf and grabbed the crystals out of the pouch and then put them on the bed. She sat down near them and began to chant. The tiny crystal reacted to her evoking words and glowed. She nodded then threw two of them up as they began to circle around her until a white bubble encased her. She had summoned a very strong protection spell around herself. Grabbing the remaining crystals, she hopped over to the mirror and then touched it. The mirror phased away and a gate to a dark world appeared with howls of undead echoing even her own room. She stepped through the gate and quickly closed it, no wanting anything to escape to Hope City, she already had things to worry about there.

Krissy had warped herself to the spirit realm, a place where most spirits of the dead went before they were reborn. It was the most unsafe place for anyone who had a body that could used as a vessel for soul to venture, ever. Strangely, it was a realm in their dimension, but never mentioned for any reason. She, herself, never knew of its existence until she had met Selene, the mysterious cat like girl...

Selene and Krissy had met about a year ago, before Krissy went to Silverdust. At that time, DarkMistress had total control of her body, and Krissy laid dead inside her own subconscious. Selene, still not able to access most of her powers, defeated DarkMistress and healed Krissy. They had spent some time together, secretly. Selene lived in a world were technology ruled and magic did not exist and they were the only two there that had magic. Eventually, after Krissy left, Selene had found her again in the dark realm, beaten, and almost dead. When Krissy was trying to heal her, they were teleported to the spirit realm and Selene’s body became encased in a crystal. Krissy returned every so often to repair the damage the wandering spirits had done. If the crystal seal around Selene’s body broke before she awoken, who know what would happen, after all, Selene was more powerful than both the Princess of Light and the Princess of Darkness.

Krissy sighed at the spirits tried to attack her but were repelled by the protection spell. She found her way to Selene’s crystal prison and smiled. Selene and Krissy somewhat resembled each other but not by much. In contrast to the tanned brown haired girl, Selene had almost a blondish color hair and green cat like eyes. On her cheeks were black marks that reminded her of a tiger and Selene was much paler than her. She was nothing like DarkMistress, but still, Selene’s skin pigment was very light, a little dark than a creamy white color. She was wearing a long blue sun dress, sleeveless. 

“Hello Kitty Mistress,” Krissy said giggling a bit. She never knew why, but Selene resembled a cat and had so many cat like tendencies, she had errand the nickname Kitty Mistress. The girl had even owned a cat that seemed to act just like her. The kitten was also sealed with Selene, not wanting to be without her master. Krissy inspected the few cracks on the crystal and nodded as she opened her hand and the tiny crystals flew from it straight into the crystal seal and mended with it. The cracks slowly closed up and Krissy nodded. 

“What was quite simple, I guess I found ourselves a new place to show for your renovation needs...guess what I moved again. This time, to the Stardom realm. It’s very peaceful even through there’s some little threat here too. No place really has true peace, not even Leto! Apparently some guy from this unknown place is running a mock around there. I bet Alexis is going to do something stupid and challenge him. She’ll probably lose, then I’ll appear to rub it in, like the good rival I am. Anyway, in other news, Kia made something so that Dark and I can separate! It’s great, she’s doing something destructive back in Stardom, but nothing too bad since I was warned by the Queen of the Fairies. She’s such a cool looking women, you’d love her. She’s proper like you but more cunning than Dark is when she’s up to something...” 

Krissy stopped talking as she looked at Selene and frowned, “Leni, when are you going to wake up? It’s been months, I don’t like you trapped in there in this place. I prefer you to just wake up for a second then let me take you to Hope City to rest...there you’re at least safe...think about it, okay? I’m going to go, next time I come, you better say something!” She giggled then warped back to Hope City.

Once she got back to her room, the two crystal that had created the protection spell shattered. Krissy smiled as she started to levitate up slowly. “In the nick of time...lucky me...now for...” Her body floated above the bed gently coming down. “Sleep!” Suddenly, the gentle floating stopped and she fell down on the bed, bouncing a bit. “Ouch...I guess I used up more power than I intended.” Once she stopped bouncing, she snuggled against the pillowed and smiled so happily. “And with Dark gone, I can get peaceful, quiet, great, enjoyable...sleep!” She snuggled deeper into the pillow and quickly passed out.

“Krissy....Krissy...hey Krissy!”

“Ack...no, I refuse to wake up, you’re not around, so you have no reason to bother me.”

“Krissy! Get up...I umm...will it is...I sort of...kind of...well, it’s...I need your help! I said it, happy!”

“You got caught already!” Krissy said aloud as she laughed. “And by a halfling...you got tricked by a halfling!” Krissy continued laughing hysterically as she rolled back and forth in bed. She stopped for a second then fell off the bed laughing to her delight. She sat up a second and took a deep breath before thinking aloud. “DarkMistress, the dark angel, most superior over demons, is trapped by a halfling, not a demon lord, nor full demon, a half human half demon bastard!” Krissy fell back down again, bruising the back of her head yet a second time.

“Finished?” DarkMistress asked a bit upset to learn the girl who captured her was a half demon. Dark angels were stronger than most demons. Only demons whose powers rivaled gods were suppose to be a challenge for a dark angel. Rage and fury burned deep inside the morbid angel as she wanted revenge for such humiliation. “So are you coming?”

“Yes, yes, yes. I’ll be there soon, where exactly are you, or were you under mind control from the start?”

“...know...”

“What did you say Darky...no?”

“I don’t know! I didn’t except a psychic demoness, so now I’m hanging on a ceiling as a trophy, are you happy now, Princess?”

Krissy nodded as she looked in the pouch and saw one more crystal. “Yes, quite, take a nap, I’ll be there in a second, I went to see Selene today so I’ll be walking over there...maybe I’ll reach Juno in about two hours...give or take an hour...” She could hear Dark screaming in anger, cursing her name in so many different languages. Krissy smirked as she clutched the crystal and smirked. “Good thing I’m a bit smarter than her, a bit...if I was more deceitful, I’d be unstoppable!” Krissy giggled again then walked out the balcony. She hopped on the on ledge and looked ahead, “Let me make this really short.”

Krissy hopped off the balcony and landed a bit harder than she wanted to on the ground. The pain shot up to her ankles and she stumbled to the ground. She frowned as she rubbed her minorly throbbing ankle. “Darn my lack of energy…”

Lance laughed as he sat on the steps of front entrance and smirked, “For someone who can levitate, that was an awful landing.” Krissy looked at Lance and stuck out her tongue, “Oh hush…I drained myself doing something earlier and now I have to save a friend…or whatever she is to me.” Lance frowned, feeling bad now for teasing her and stood up. He walked over to her and offered her a hand. She clutched his hand with both of hers and he pulled her up. “Now tell me about this friend you have to save, maybe I can help.”

Krissy stood up and stomped her feet a bit to make the tingling feeling stop then looked down. “Well, I don’t know…there’s bound to be a lot of guards by now since she went there so recklessly…” She frowned and twiddled her fingers nervously, “But if you could fly to Juno, I would be indebted to you…” Lance narrowed his eyes on her as he muttered, “Juno? You mean the other little colony like city on this planet? Why is your friend at Juno?”

Krissy looked down as she continued to twiddle her fingers together, “Well…Juno is under seize and well, she went there because Nina of Sky Palace asked her to but she’s foolish like I said and now she’s captured and needs me to go to save her. And Nina told us to take care of it so I don’t want to get you involved in this mess but I didn’t think she’s do something stupid so quickly and thus I used up a lot of power to visit someone today and now I can’t fly there or I’ll be almost empty by the time I get there to save her, not to mention if there’s cronies how I’ll have to use up more energy getting rid of them…”

Lance laughed at Krissy and nodded as he petted her head. “Don’t worry, not only will I take you to Juno, but I’ll handle those cronies you’re so worried about.” Krissy looked up at Lance and smiled slightly, “That’s very nice of you but you’re a noble…well, just look at you. You might look fit, but if you’re not really an experienced warrior, I think you should leave the cronies and everything else to me.” He laughed again as he picked her up in both arms and levitated upwards. “Don’t worry Krissy, these biceps aren't for cosmetic purposes only.” Krissy gave him a doubtful smiled and looked down. “Thank you…I think…”

Lance flew carrying Krissy to Juno. From his lack of speed and shaking levitation abilities, she could easily tell he was quite a novice at flying and probably all magic. ‘Hopefully he wasn’t lying about his fighting abilities,’ she thought. ‘I don’t have enough power to save him and Dark…’ She looked at the city below her and arched her eyebrow. “A pentacle? Why didn’t anything think a pentacle shaped city was a threat!” 

“A pentacle, what’s that?” Lance asked as he set her down on her feet. Krissy shook her head as she looked at Lance. “It’s just something that increases magic, usually used in certain spells…or rather when a spell is activated that seal may come up…ah, it’s very complicated to explain to someone who isn’t a mage. Anyway, are you sure you rather not wait out here?” Lance shook his hand as he cracked his knuckles. “I haven’t been able to spar or enjoy myself at all since coming to Hope City, don’t make me miss out on this, Krissy.” She sighed and nodded, “If you wish…just try to not get too hurt, okay?” He smirked and gave her a cocky smile then walked through Juno’s entrance without her.

“Dark Blade, come to me!”

The same rip of time and space that appeared at Sky Palace now appeared before her again here the handle to her sword stuck out. This time it was shaped more as an epee than a sword. She sliced the air, checking her handling on the new form of the Dark Blade and nodded, “One more thing…” She pulled out the tiny crystal and embedded it within the black blade. “Use it to create a minor shield around you and me, Dark Blade…I think her illusion is all over this town.”

Krissy clutched the epee tightly then put it to her chest as she walked through the gates and looked around. Lance was punching and kicking the air. It looked as he were fighting a crowd. Suddenly, he stumbled back as he grabbed his jaw. Krissy sighed and shook her head, “Figures…I don’t have time to save him from himself now…I’ll have to get Dark first…now where is she…” Krissy’s eyes flashed black as her vision suddenly became a blur then cleared up. Around her she could see a woman talking to a man in a lab coat. To her right was her hand chained to the wall, as well as to her left. Krissy closed her eyes and shook her head, “Well, you’re inside some big building…that’s for sure…”

Krissy strode down the empty streets with ease as she headed to the center of town. Undoubtedly, the halfling’s haven was there. “If she’s a smart girl, which she probably is to get Dark this quick, she’s in the center of power…a sorceress halfling with psychic powers…it’s almost a challenge, but let me not get too cocky yet.” Krissy stopped as a huge dome shaped building stood before her. “Well Darky, I said two hours, give or take an hour…” She opened the door and walked inside.

Inside the dome reminded her of the Crystal Palace’s underground chamber. The floors and walls were made of cold steel and pipes seemed to line the walls, heading in every direction. Krissy followed the main two pipes downstairs until she could sense DarkMistress nearby. Krissy smirked as she let her arm that was holding the epee fall, no longer needing to protect herself. She ran to the end of the hall and opened the large metal door to find the computer room Dark was chained to. Before Dark was a large vat with some strange smelling neon green liquid, boiling. Krissy quirked her brow as she eyed the boiling liquid.

“Darky, how’d you get yourself into one of those awfully corny horror movies?”

DarkMistress opened her eyes and looked at Krissy. “Oh, you’re finally here, eh? Why you @#%$ bitch! I hate you! You take your god forsakingly sweet time in getting here, then try to make @#%$ jokes about this! Hurry up and untie me so I can kill that bitch!”

Krissy giggled then sighed, “Now Darky, I told you to settle down. Besides, that woman is standing right under you…but you’re probably still deeply under her influence.” The woman beneath Dark gasped as Krissy mentioned her and disarmed her cloaking spell. Krissy smiled and tilted her head as she looked at the sorceress. “You must be that halfling that trapped Darky. Hello, I’m Krissy. I’m here to kill you,” Krissy said cheerily.

The woman laughed as she batted her large silvery eyes. “Kill me?” She laughed harder, making her long silvery ponytail shake. Krissy looked at the brown skinned woman. She was wearing a green silk wrap skirt with a white silk wrap like shirt. Krissy also noticed the diamond belly ring, tiara chain, and belly chain on the girl. “A halfling who likes jewelry?” Krissy exclaimed a bit confused. 

The woman nodded as put her hands on her hips. “Well Krissy, I’m Mona, and well, I’m here to destroy you and our demoness friend…now DIE!” she screamed. A psychic beam shot from Mona’s diamond from the tiara chain straight at Krissy. Dark Blade quickly moved from her right hand in front of her, deflecting the beam. 

“Oh wow, you’re a jewel monster! No wonder you can make even Darky wonder in an illusion, good thing I prepare…” 

Krissy nodded then looked at DarkMistress, “I am sorry for teasing now…I’ll let you down.” “Like hell you will!” Mona interrupted. Krissy smirked, “Look Mona, I’m amazed by you and all, but there’s not much you can do to me…I’m the heroine, you’re the villain, and Darky is the maiden in distress…it’s my job to save her.” Mona hissed as she pointed her index finger at DarkMistress, “Move and I’ll blast her.”

DarkMistress and Krissy both smirked. “Do it,” DarkMistress insisted. Krissy nodded, “Yes, try to kill her, I won’t mind.” Mona hissed at both of them, thinking they were mocking her then let out a psychic beam at DarkMistress. Before the beam could connect with DarkMistress, she turned into a black ball of energy and smashed inside Krissy. Krissy smiled as she looked at Mona and chuckled evilly. 

“Now, now, now. You tie her up, you make her wake me up, and you brainwash the city and anyone who comes in it…that’s not very nice. I try to be nice to you then you tell me to die…I guess I’m going to have to show you what a real sorceress demon joining can really do!”

Krissy raised her hand and Dark Blade flew to it. She closed her eyes then opened them. Her eyes glew with a black sinister light as she clutched the epee. Slowly, she brought her hand down then extended it, pointing the epee’s blade at Mona. “Now, suffer…” Dark Blade and the crystal within it glowed brightly until it extended through Mona. Quickly, the blade retracted as the hole it made through the girl’s stomach burned with a black aura. The aura slowly spread like a disease throughout her body. Mona’s clothes became infected as the aura spread to her face and feet until she was one black figure. Krissy slashed the air and Mona dissolved as if she were just a shadow hit by light. Krissy smiled and nodded as she closed her eyes and they turned once again to their blue, grayish selves. 

Her body shined and Krissy shook her head, “Sorry Darky, I’ll let you out later, for now, I have to get back to Hope City and hopefully Lance is back to normal since the spell’s gone…”

Lance woke up and groaned a bit. He looked around at the blurry world and wondered what happened. The last thing he could remember was being surrounded by guard. He moaned again as he grabbed his head and looked around. As blurred world slowly became clear, Lance found himself on a bed with a half sleep girl in a priestess robe watching over him. He looked down to see Krissy’s face covered by the hood. He smirked as she muttered “boo” then pulled hood up.

After defeating Mona, Krissy found Lance still fighting the wind. To stop him, she allowed DarkMistress to knock him out after the sleeping spell failed. After the thrashing, Krissy brought him to her room to rest. She smiled as she looked down at the healed and awake Lance.

“I see you’re finally feeling better. So how many did you take down?”

Lance shrugged, “It felt like millions, how were you able to slip in to save your friend? I don’t remember seeing you at all?” Krissy frowned as she tried to come up with a lie. “Er…well, that is…I took another way…” Lance looked at her suspiciously then looked down at his body. His stomach felt a bit sore but other then that he was fine. Last night, a man pulled out a knife and cut him but he had no wounds anywhere. “Did you heal me?” he asked. Krissy shook her head. “I have no healing powers…really…” her voice began to trail off as she lied again. Lance shook his head, “Then tell me what really happened last night!”

“Ah…alright. Juno, like I said, is in the shape of a pentacle, so magic used in the center of town is magnified. The town as taken over by psychic sorceress. So the whole town was a mind trap…you were really just beating up air.” She gave him a goofy smile then shook her head, “But you did a really good job.”

Lance frowned as he closed his eyes. “Ack, I think I’ll take a long nap if that’s the case and try to forget it…” Krissy nodded then her voice changed from the sweet one to a very demonic tone, “But you’ll do it in your own bed, I want mine back! Now!” Lance opened one eye and looked around the room. “Oh, we are in your room…well…” He hopped out of bed and nodded, “I’ll talk to you…tomorrow. Today, I think I’ll be ill.” She nodded as she watched him walk off. Krissy giggled a bit then nodded, “Now, for rest!”

She hopped on her bed and snuggled under the covers. She had spent all her energy staying up to make sure he was okay and DarkMistress didn’t over do it. She didn’t have anything left, nor did DarkMistress. Krissy closed her eyes then sighed. “Goodnight Darky, don’t wake me up when you arise, okay?” There was no response, DarkMistress had gone to sleep hours ago. Krissy sighed again then fell asleep.