I'm showering and oh my gosh is Jerome is such a snack. He's coming with us to return the wand because he's probably the chosen one.
"So I guess today's the big day! You have no idea how excited I am to get that sword. My ancestor Garen had it. You guys have been the biggest help ever."
"Why thank you." McCree warmly says.
Winston then tells Jerome, "Whoever gets the sword the important thing is we all helped each other together."
After getting ready I walk into a room with a big map resting on a table.
Winston looks over a yordle general's shoulders and asks, "Hey hold the frick up what makes you think that's gonna work?"
"They'll know the subway is a choke so they'll try going over the mountains. But they're steep so I'll put troops here in this way."
Winston says, "Kay, I get that but why? What makes you think that's gonna work? I'm a genius and I can see that's not going to work."
"I've been a general for 40 years I know what I'm doing!"
Winston smiles. "The Piggy Empire still exists. You know that right? If you let me help you then it'll be so much better. Put people in bad armor in the front to fool them into thinking we're weak then your good troops can hold at the gate. I'll ask Jacob Shauna and Trang to help you out."
"That sounds stupid. Like why would you think of that?" Ooo he sounds annoyed.
He goes on, "They know so much magic."
Winston half smiles. "Like I care. Trust me I'm really smart."
"And why should I listen to you again?"
"Because I'm so smart. You do realize I studied the portal to get here and made my own to get around the time limit right? Right. And that's just one of my amazing inventions. Okay, so we know they retrain their left handed kids to be righties right? So we just have to call in more of our left handed troops. Because this is war they won't ever get the chance to adapt. They're also pretty fat being pig people and all so we could tire them out. If they want our land they'll have to get through us."
He cloaks as a human then uncloaks. "See? That's all tech I made up. No magic required. You're not as dumb and delusional as a flat earther are you?"
Winston tells him, "I think we'll get along justfine mister. Now to enter a valley you either need to go over the hills orchokepoint or tunnel, meaning a choke point or a fresh army with the highground fighting a fat tired one. Their society treats their poor and everyonelike crap so we can convince them in their home country to fight for us. We'lloffer them equality and make them not poor and recognize they're people.Shouldn't be too hard considering their own empire just wants to keep treatingthem like crap."
And then the general yes. "Precisely my smart fellow! Then we keep marching forward and don't look back!"
One side of Winston's mouth scrunches and his eye on that side squints too as his palm faces down moving his hand a little like a teacher saying you're kind of right but not really.
Winston says. "Thanks but I feel like we should clean out any small corners, look in dumpsters and behind old mattresses lying there. And groups of 6 can cover so much more than bigger ones. People will also hide in their houses, but we also need people to help us, like let them know their lives would be better under you. You want to keep deaths as low as possible and loved by the people you take over don't you?"
The yordle general blinks a couple of times. "Oh yes but of course. I was just hoping so badly to win fast I didn't even consider how they can sneak away and attack."
Winston smiles like he's going to say a weird pun leaning back in his chair with his arms behind his head. "So I guess you can say I'm an expert in...gorilla warfare!"
I laugh and they look at me and I hear Maddie laughing too.
Maddie walks in telling us, "Hello. We're ready when you are Winston."
He sits up shaking his head, "Oh, of course. It was fun talking to you and don't get into any trouble mister."
"Well we are getting ready for war."
"I mean raise all the trouble you can."
We take the Vishkar vehicle on the way to the Fairy Kingdom. It's way faster than taking the river although we have to park before reaching the bridge.
Judith says, "I'm so excited I'm finally going to be accepted as a real fairy. I just wish I could really help."
Winston tells her, "But you did! Sure you couldn't go underwater but you've done so much to help."
"I guess."
We walk through the Fairy Kingdom and why are they staring at Judith?
"What do you think you're doing here? You're not even a real fairy."
She tells them, "I may look like a robot and a fairy, but I care about the environment just like you do! Other omnics did not like me because I wanted to make the world a better place. You may see metal skin but I'm all fairy."
"You seem pretty comfortable with those humans and yordles." She picks out a hair from her head. Oh gosh, Judith does not like that, at all. "Oh, stringy."
Pix glares at Judith's bully, "She helped us quite a bit you know!"
"Well excuse me for not trusting something with metal skin."
"Don't you get it? They're our allies. The Piggy Empire is trying to take over the world because then they can keep people down so they can keep making more void creatures then they'll jump to another universe, which just happens to be ours okay." You tell her Judith.
The fairy guards were expecting us so they let us through, of course side eyeing Judith.
Queen Tiana looks pretty happy. Her wings look like sparkly holographic rainbows and shaped like butterfly wings. After all that I hope we can finally move forward.
Maddie whispers, "I hope so too Angel."
"You guys got my wand! Thank you thank you thank you!" She hugs Winston and Mercy and Judith.
"And you my little friend, I hereby announce you officially as a real fairy! She has proven herself to us time and time again. Metal creatures may have started ravaging the land but she's still hundred percent on our side. So please don't ask her what she is, she knows who she is and that's a fairy who cares about the environment just like the rest of us. She isn't neutral and she's not trying to get the most out of both sides, she's all on our side, she is us. Her soul is that of a fairy, but she reincarnated into another world."
Judith's eyes light up looking up to Tiana. "Thank you so much."
Winston tells them, "Here's your wand your majesty."
"I knew you guys could do it! I'll open the Infinity Blade temple first thing. And Jerome, your ancestor's sister Lux stopped by hundreds of years ago and her and her friends went into the void. I sense they're still alive, the same I remember them as."
Jerome strokes his chin. "Hmm, I wonder what has become of them? Thanks to her Demacia openly accepts magic."
Tiana starts fading in and out and a glowing grass green aura surrounds her. She smiles saying, "I'm just going to the temple to open it. Pix knows where it is. And as promised Maddie we will give our support to the Yordle kingdom and accept your alliance."
Maddie smiles hopping up and down, "Aww thank you thank you thank you! You're the best Tiana."
Pix floats smiling, "Just follow me."
We walk through the forest, it is quite green with so many different kinds of trees.
Tristana sighs then tells us, "I just wish Poppy could come with us. I'm mean I'm so grateful you guys saved her, but it's just not the same without her. I mean she told me before we left."
Maddie tells her, "Last time I checked up on her she told me she felt the same way too but she's feeling much better."
Trang says, "So if Tiana restores the tree does that mean the Void closes?"
Maddie says, "Yep. The portals close and they can't just break into our dimension anymore. If they do they'd be so weak we'd beat them easily anyway."
Ashley says, "Oh my gosh did you see Tiana's dress? It was gorgeous!"
Abby half smiles shaking her head a little.
"Hey guys remember when we had that alien tablet and there was a mouse and those alien vampires you beat and they were worried about this big creature with a big eye trying to break into our dimension? Well what if they're one of those Void creatures?" Winston reminds us. Sigh, dad took it from us and gave it to him.
Tristana stops, dropping Boomer.
Lulu asks her, "Tristana? Is everything okay? Oh gosh she's cursed someone help her!"
She blinks a couple of times. "Sorry, it sounded like you were describing Vel'koz. No offense but even with that sword and getting your god powers he'd be more than a match for any of us. Plus you'll need a few years to fully develop your new powers."
Judith flies over to me and says. "I know I stand with the fairies, but I am an omnic too. I just wish more omnics saw things my way, and wanting peace instead of destroying humanity. But that's the thing not all omnics are like that, I'm not. I'm an omnic too. I don't want anyone to think I'm too omnic or too fairy, I'm Judith. I know how people back home see us."
Mercy tells her, "I know right. Being technology doesn't make you evil and humans were nasty to omnics first. Cheer up the queen recognized you."
Judith says, "It makes me happy she accepts me, but I'm still an omnic. I'm not sure she'd even accept that part of me."
"I know I don't." Shauna looks away and up, the awkward silence stinging us. It sucks omnics attacked Atlanta years ago but Judith wasn't one of them.
Winston brings everything back to normal. "We've all helped each other so many times."
Lulu then joins. "Adventuring with you guys has been so much fun."
Tristana's eyes gleam. "We're here!"
The guy with the trenchcoat floats down.
"Thanks for helping me mates. Reaper ain't ever gonna stand a chance against me now."
He flies fast until we can't see him.
We keep walking and he can't pull the sword.
McCree smiles. "Step aside mister. I have a metal arm so I think I can pull it."
"Alright mate, too bad the bloody thing didn't choose me. Oh well, I still got all this magic."
McCree tries pulling it, "Ugh! Hmph! What the frick dude!" His shoulders and triceps shake.
Nope. McCree did not pull it.
Maddie walks forward, flips her hair back, and says, "Oh please you need to pull...it...urrrgghh...gently!" She sighs the smiles and shrugs. "Oh well, it was worth a shot."
I ask Winston if he wants to try. "Nope. Besides what are the chances the chosen one's even in our group? And I'm not even from this dimension."
Jerome smiles crossing his arms. "Go ahead guys, take your time. I can wait all day for my sword." He proudly throws the rest of his red cape with gold trim behind him.
Lulu tries casting magic. "Hmm, maybe I can make myself bigger and..." Everyone yells. "No! You'll never know when we'll need that spell."
Tristana tries, then she sits under the sword trying to kick it up by the metal things between the blade and handle. Her thighs shake and her teeth grit. "Okay I'm done."
Abby runs ahead and tries pulling it out like she's mad. "Come on! Our soccer team always wins because of me!"
I nudge Winston's sleeve. "Wanna try?"
He fingers a jar of peanut butter. "No thank you."
Ashley sighs. "Okay friend you had your turn. My dad just died a few weeks ago and me and my brother got goth makeovers to show the world our inner pain and sadness." Her eyes narrow playfully, her hand a little over her mouth and sets down Maddie's yordle plush with the goth dress and batwings. "Behold me, goddess of darkness, for I am here to claim your super cool sword of darkness! The pain and suffering in my heart," her shoulders shake pulling on it. "Means I have the tragic backstory to...ugh, be chosen." She walks away sighing.
"I guess you're up Angel."
I walk up to the sword and was my sister kidding the sword is so bright and light. I take a few deep breaths in and out, crack my knuckles, stretch my shoulders, pull, and nothing. I knew I wasn't gonna be chosen anyway.
Jacob tries. "Hey sword you know I'm the greatest. Oh come on bro please don't be like that! Let, me, have it!"
Mercy tries, the wings on her suit flap then pull up. She grits her teeth and she shakes, but she knows she's not chosen.
Prince Jerome takes in a few deep breaths and stands on his knee. "Infinity Blade, you have served my ancestor well. Garen wielded you to perfection against the Void's evil forces, him and his squad drove back the evil Kha'zix! And I have come to fulfill my duty as prince of Demacia."
I takes a deep breath, closing his eyes, slowly wrapping his fingers around the handle.
"I have come to claim you! Oh please don't tell me it's cursed." His chest and shoulders shake, and stretches so much trying to remove it.
A tear goes down Jerome's face and he puts his hands in his face. "But...why? I promised my cousin Ezreal I'd get the sword. The very gods blessed my ancestor Garen with this very blade! I mean obviously Winston is super smart strong and brave but."
He sits and Tristana pats his shoulder. "There there friend. The important thing is you've already done so much to help us. The world needs you. Without you who knows how far the bad guys would've gotten?"
I lightly elbow Winston's chest. "Please?"
He rolls his eyes sighing like a mom reminding him to dust the living room. "Ugh, fine." He drags his feet, then takes the stairs to the sword and wraps his big gorilla fingers around the handle. It's glowing! He's glowing!
"Oh my gosh Winston's the chosen one!" Maddie points at Winston with her mouth hanging wide.
Judith flies in an infinity pattern. "Yay we did it!"
Shauna then asks, "But where do we go from here?"
Tristana tells her, "We're going to see the gods. Get ready because we'll need to climb mountain tunnels to get there."
Winstonlooks to him. "Don't worry friend I'll make you an Infinity Blade too. But likeyou yourself said you can see why the gods chose me to wield this incrediblesword." Winston holds it in his right swinging down then across and then holdsit over his head, looking forward. The sword glows and we feel its energycoursing through us."