Chapter 1 – Brought Together for Revenge
Two kingdoms have been fighting
each other for generations. One is named Giorno while the other is named Notte. Rex
from the kingdom Giorno and Juno from the kingdom Notte are the prince and princess
respectively of their kingdoms. They have fought many battles against the opposing
kingdom that gained them fame and infamy. In their last battle, they fought and
killed each other with neither side winning the battle. After their burial, the
kingdoms fought even harder against each other because each ruler had lost
their child.
Unbeknownst to both sides, the bodies
of Rex and Juno were moved after the funeral and brought back to life in a
single coffin buried in an unmarked grave. When they awoke, they attacked each
other while trying to get out. The coffin they were in was unbreakable as it
was sealed with a seal, so the two kept fighting each other with their sword
that they were buried with. They kept fighting each other day and night in the
hope of killing the other despite already knowing they were both undead. After a
week, their coffin is unsealed by two familiar faces who undid the spell on the
coffin.
“Mom!” Rex says to one.
“Dad!” Juno says to the other.
The two stop their fighting to go
to their loved ones.
“Mom, I thought you were killed in
battle!” Rex says.
“Dad, I thought you were assassinated
while I was still a baby!” Juno says.
“We weren’t any of what you said,” Rex’s
mom explains, “Those were lies told you by people who tried to kill us because
we were against the endless war we’re in.”
“Someone tried to get us killed and
prevented us from telling you the truth,” Juno’s dad adds.
“Hold on, why would you want to end
the war? You knew what these people did to us,” Rex asks.
“What we did to you?! You people
are abhorrent,” Juno rebukes.
“Take that back!”
“Never!”
Rex and Juno slice through each
other with their blades with Juno’s blade getting stuck in Rex’s head while Rex’s
blade is stuck in Juno’s chest.
“This worked the last time I killed
you.”
“You didn’t kill me if I’m still
alive.”
“Stop it, both of you!” Juno’s dad
says.
“You’re right, dad. I don’t need to
be around this trash anymore.”
Juno and Rex walk away from each
other only for their head and limbs to fall off their body. The two parents
call out to their children before putting them back together while their limbs
and head struggle to reconnect on their own.
“What happened?” Rex asks.
“It looks like there’s a spell forcing
you two to stay together if you got out, but I’m still wondering why would
someone bring you back to life, bury you together, and put that spell on you,”
Rex’s mom says.
“This is terrible! I have to be
stuck with you?!” Juno says.
“I hate it too, but I’m not going
to complain. There’s no use for it. Anyways, how did you find us, mom?” Rex
asks.
“We both visited your graves to
find you missing. It took us a while, but we managed to track you down to this
location. The person who stole you both must be in league with the devil. Necromancy
and that sealing spell were both demonic that we had to break with holy water
and a releasing prayer.”
“Can you free us from this spell?”
Juno asks.
“I don’t think we can,” Juno’s father
says.
“I think we should make the most of
this and find out who did this to us,” Rex says.
“I hate to agree, but you’re right.”
“Why’s that?”
“You should be at peace in the
afterlife. Were you being judged by God before you came back to life?”
“No, I don’t think I was. It just…black.”
“It was the same for me.”
“That’s strange, but I guess God
knew you were going to come back to life, so He delayed your judgment. Perhaps
it’s for a good purpose that we don’t know about yet,” Juno’s father assumes.
“We’ll have to ask the person who
brought us back to life. Do you know who it could be?” Rex asks.
“It has to be someone or some people
within both kingdoms. No normal person could walk into the castles, especially
since they managed to make it to your graves, which is even harder to access without
permission from the rulers.”
“Then we have to check each castle.
I want to check your kingdom first,” Rex says.
“Why mine?”
“Because I think yours is most suspect.
I’ve heard stories of your people coming back to life in battles.”
“Those were done by the grace of
God! They came back to life to save their people and became great saints!”
“So you admit to them coming back
to life? That makes your kingdom our prime suspect then.”
“Whatever. We’ll go there first
just to prove you wrong.”
“Can we trust you two to work
together to find clues to whoever is behind this?” Rex’s mom asks.
“You can trust me to do the right
thing, mom.”
“Juno?”
“You can trust me.”
“That’s good. I know what you were constantly
told about each other, but you have to put those aside for now. Now, I think we
have some cloaks for you to wear. You need them since you look like walking
corpses. No offense.”
The parents lead their children to
their horses. They ride to the Notte kingdom but are stopped by undead soldiers
and horses along the way. The undead knock the horses down and drag them into
the ground while the parents are separated from their children.
As the undead attack, Juno’s father
calls us to the two, “Go ahead without us! If you don’t see us in the kingdom,
we’ll be at Giorno’s!”
“Dad!” Juno says as tries to fight
her way to him.
“Come on, Juno! We can’t fight
through this horde!” Rex says as he pulls on Juno’s arm.
“My dad is over there, and he needs
my help! He isn’t undead like us and he could get killed, you idiot!”
Rex stabs Juno through the chest
with his sword to pull her away from the approaching horde of undead.
“Let’s go already! He said he wanted
us to go.
“Fine.”
Rex takes his sword out of Juno as
the two run away from the undead. Once they lose the horde, Juno sits down.
“I think we’re safe now,” Juno
says.
“You can’t be tired. You’re undead,”
Rex says.
“I’m not tired. I think we should
come up with a plan on how we’re going to get into the kingdom. Everyone thinks
we’re dead and we don’t look alive at all. I mean look at our skin, hair, and
eyes. We’re even missing fingers because of all the fighting we did. Also, we
don’t smell too good either.”
“And here I thought the undead were
normal in your kingdom.”
“Shut up and listen to me. We need a
way to get into the kingdom and my house. These cloaks are enough to hide our
appearance, but they aren’t enough.”
“Well, do you know of anything?”
“Yes, but we’re going to have to be
sneaky about it.”
“Got it. Lead the way, princess.”
“Don’t call me, princess.”
“That’s your rightful title, isn’t
it?”
“It is, but the way you say it
makes it sound like an insult.”
“You’re right. I guess I can’t help
but say it that way.”
“Uck. Just call me by my normal
name and I’ll do the same for you.”
“Okay, Juno.”
“…it still sounds like an insult.”
“Haha.”
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