The beginning is with a mark

Ch.19: the jokers tale

Note: sorry I wasn't updating in a lil, I have homework 😔

Gilbert walked through the hallways of the clubs castle when he finally found them. The royals.
"Gilbert? What are you doing here?" Roderich asked him as he saw him in the corridors of the castle.
"Oh, hey! Just wanted to check up on you guys. It's been a good month since the...war with...the colorless guy so...I came to check. How's Daniel and anneliesse going? And Marie?" Gilbert asked as he walked along side Roderich to the gardens
"They're well. But you never visit us, what's the special occasion?" Roderich asked finally both getting to the gardens
"Well....I would like to hold a meeting with all of you, since I knew today you all were going to be here, since it's her birthday"
"Yes, elizavetas birthday is today, I'm glad you remembered. Please tell me you brought her a gift?" Roderich asked as he looked through the garden looking for his wife.
"Gift? Uh-yeah...sure..." Gilbert mumbled as he picked a rose and held it in his hands turning it into a necklace.
"Seriously? You forgot a present for her, yet you make one last minute.how careless can you be Gilbert? But anyways...thank you" Roderich said as fixed his glasses and began walking towards Elizavéta and her guests, the other royals.
Elizavéta was getting gifts from Arthur, lily, Kiku, Francis, Alfred,yao, Feleciano, Ludwig, even basch and Ivan. Gilbert smiled as he saw her familiar smile and kept walkin until he joined the group.
"Oh! Gilbert!! Hey!" Liz greeted with a smile. Gilbert smiled and held out his gift.
"It was last minute, but I hope you like it" he mumbled as he blushed slightly. Roderich tensed up in the background.
Elizavéta smiled and laughed, "that doesn't seem like you, doing things last minute. But... Thank you, the necklace is gorgeous" she said as she held it in her hands. "Could you help me put this on?" She asked him. Roderich tensed up even more,
"I-uh-sure" Gilbert mumbled as the Hungarian Queen held her hair out of her Necks way, and Gilbert placed the necklace on her,
"Thanks! It's beautiful!" She commented with a smile, sending Gilbert to disappear. He was a joker, but he was still blushing somehow.
"Fuck...she keeps doing that smile of hers..." Gilbert mumbled as he was now, back in his own world but he sighed deeply as he returned back to their world. Every Royal looked at him confused at his sudden disappearance "Sorry...I had a minor...magic thing going on" Gilbert excused himself.
Arthur smiled, knowing he was throwing lies at them but it was whatever.
"What brings you here Joker? Da?"
" I wanted to ask. What happened to Alice Kirkland, you know your girl double, Arthur. And Noah zwingli, lily's male double. Sakura is dead. Daniel is here, living happily at the side of the girls he loves..." Gilbert began saying as Daniel who was tending the roses got red. Anneliesse looked at him, and slightly smirked as Marie, only sat down to hear more from the joker.
"I didn't kill Alice, completely, unfortunately. Wasn't she in battle-" Arthur began saying when all the Queens shook their heads in denial.
"Well, she's alive and roaming the forbidden forest. Noah is too, they're looking for the guy who created Oliver...."
"Have they succeeded?" Alfred asked
"Wait...they slowly are...that's why you're here" Arthur commented
"It was also liz's birthday so yeah I came by" gilbert said as he sat down.
"What exactly are they looking for?" Daniel asked
"Well....kiddo....lets start with a backstory okay? But first answer me a question" Gilbert said as he stretched a little
"Yeah?" Daniel asked
"How long has the kingdoms existed?"
"A good...5,000 years" Alfred responded
"Do you remember how the kingdoms began?" Gilbert asked once more
"Well....some say that the royals were hand picked and manufactured by the Deck and The Clock. But others say they were small civilizations started at the same time but p valued different things and favored different colors and so on...why does this matter?" Alfred asked
"What were the names of the first REAL royals?" Gilbert asked
"There was....King Alfred, Queen Natalie, Jack Mr. Wang all from Spades" Alfred said as he began trying to remember history lessons
"King Ivan, queen lizbeth, Jack Roderich from Clubs" Roderich replied
"King Francis, Queen Louise of Monaco, Jack Vasch all royals of Diamonds" Francis said
"King Ludwig, queen bella, Jack Ned" Ludwig said, as he knew his history very well.
"What war did they all go to?" Gilbert asked
"Well it started with spades and clubs arguing no over a marriage alliance, Queen Natalie was originally Clubs, and King Alfred did not want to marry her because....I think he had a lover? But his lover was killed and so Alfred married. Umm...because of that war that lasted 3years...the diamonds rose in wealth because their Jack sold weapons to both sides and Hearts ruled more land. But other than that, the war was stupid. Especially over a marriage" Ludwig commented
Gilbert smiled, "that's my little brother-I mean...sorry....I got carried away" Gilbert mumbled as he tried to remember these Royals were not his friends from long ago.
"And what does this have to do with anything, wanker?" Arthur asked
Gilbert chuckled, and stood up.
"I'll tell you a story...to be specific my story, because I lived since the beginning of the real royals. I used to be human too..." The joker said