You'll Never Win, Prince~

Lance had been walking around the school when suddenly he was grabbed roughly by the arm and suddenly spun around in circles. there was a snapping sound and suddenly they were no longer inside the school! instead they were outside, deep in the forest a foot in the air. the person holding onto Lance let go and landed on her feet, letting him either fall or catch himself from the spinning in the air. She let out a laugh, one that made it easy to identify the person who'd done this as Malevolent.

Lance stumbled, dizzy from all the spinning, before collapsing on the forest floor, gripping his aching head. He groaned as he heard the familiar laughter of his villain. He looked up at her, vision still swimming. "What the hell was that for...?" He asked irritatedly.

She grinned down at him slowly crouching down near him " some fun my dear~" she said in a rather melodic tune. at the sound of her own voice she made a bit of a face and stood up quickly coughing into her hand.. seems that poison gass stuff she had didn't fully wear off yet. But she quickly went back to grinning at Lance

"Fun?" Lance said, raising his eyebrows questioningly. His voice was laced with suspicion, as he didn't trust Malevolent at all. "I'm certain whatever you have in mind won't be much fun, at least not for me."

" oh come now darling~" she coughed a bit then grinned " you know i'm not all bad right~?" mal laughed at her own statement and then quickly grabbed Lance pulling him roughly off the ground then just set him on his feet and started walking down the path of the forest " now come on~ "

Considering he probably wouldn't be able to get away from here without being chased down again, Lance heaved a heavy sigh before following after Mal. "Will you at least tell me where we're going, if not what we're doing?" He asked from a few steps behind her.

Mal laughed "not a clue and no idea darling~" she smirked back at Lance to show she was lying at that. but she continued walking. she coughed into her hand and rubbed some green stuff onto her dress before she turned and grinned wide at Lance "i just wanna have some fun with you you baby~ don't be so scared~"

Lance frowned, making a rather grumpy face. "I'm not a baby, and I'm not scared, Malevolent. I just dislike being picked up at random and taken somewhere I don't know." He huffed.

Mal smirked and leaned close to him " well i hope you realize i'll be doing that when your precious Princess gets put under my curse~" she laughed and then coughed again. she quickly turned and continued walking " that is..~ though only if you are still going to save her~ "

Lance's brow furrowed in confusion. "What ever are you talking about? Of course I'm going to save Rebecca." He glared at Mal. "Why would even suggest that I wasn't going to."

"I know something you don't know~ " She said in an even more sing song voice then she was using before. trying to mock him. she continued walking " it's funny how some things change our fates yes~?" she ran her hand along the tree branches that were low enough to touch. she smirked back at Lance " and sometimes~... you can't do a THING to stop it~" she laughed and then had to take a moment and cough into her hand. she quickly wiped it away on her dress and continued to walk chuckling

Lance's eyes narrowed, he was even more suspicious now. "What are you up to, Malevolent..."

Mal laughed and waved her hand " what are you talking about i've got nothing up my non existent sleeve~" she turned around and flicked Lance's nose grinning "I'm following my role in my story~ question is is how long are you going to follow yours~?"

Lance quickly swat her hand away. "Don't do that..." He grumbled. He continued to glare harshly up at her. "What sort of question is that? I will follow my role in the story until the very end."

Mal smirked " do you even realize your role?" she scowled slightly "you're a pawn in the fairies game against me." she grinned wide "In old tales of our story you weren't even the brave one who saved her from thorns and a dragon! you were the prince that just happened to be Lucky enough to get to the kingdom she was asleep in at the EXACT moment the thorns decided to turn to flowers and let you in." she took a step back and laughed " you do absolutely nothing!"

"That isn't true!" Lance yelled out. "I won't let it be true!"

Mal grinned, seeing she was getting to him. she placed a hand on his head " don't worry darling i'm sure you matter to yourself in that big ego of yours~" she pulled her hand away and grinned wide " but there's nothing to be done~ you do almost none of the work, that's all the fairies doing" she sneered "all you do is get lucky with a sword throw~" Mal laughed and took another step back " I doubt you can even swing it properly!"

Lance's face was turning red with anger. He clenched his fists at his sides. He'd like to pull his sword from its hilt now and show her how well he could wield it... "You don't know anything about me..."

Mal smirked and motioned to him "please what is there to know bout you~? " she laughed " you're a little boy with anger issues that wants so badly to be a hero" she continued to bait him motioning at herself " you honestly wouldn't stand a chance against me boy.~" her face turned serious as she let some fire slip out of her mouth "and you sure as anything won't be able to save the princess."

"There's a heck of a lot more to me, Malevolent..." Lance muttered. "And I will save Rebecca. I'll show you." He turned sharply with a swish of his cape storming away.

Mal frowned growling at the fact he's leaving. She smirked and called back to him "What if you don't love her~!?" she followed after him "not from what i see darling~" she pet his hair "you're just a little boy playing hero when you don't even do a thing in your story~ "

"Of course I love her. I'll always love my princess." Lance stopped in his tracks, but he was still turned away.

Mal smirked and hugged him from behind, poking at his cheek " you sure~?" she grinned and leaned her head against Lance's " you know how quickly love can switch don't you~? " she laughed.

Lance squirmed in her grasp. "Of course I'm sure..."

Mal grinned, proud of how uncomfortable she was making him she continued to hug him "how do you know~? what if sayy.. another comes along in her life~" she smirked and slowly let go of him "or yours~ " she tilted her head smugly grinning "you won't be able to save her if you don't love her~" she chuckled.

"There's no one else in hers, and there's no one else in mine. Where the preposterous ideas come from in your head is beyond me..." He squirmed some more. "Now will you let me go?"

Mal grinned and slowly let go " but what if there is~? you are young. things can happen" she pet his hair "what if perhaps something happened between you two~ something that can't be undone~ something... that breaks you two appart~" she smiled then slowly turned "but i suppose we'll just have to see won't we..~" she chuckled and started walking  " _{i know something you don't know~} "

Lance stepped away, turning to face Mal. "I told you. There isn't. I won't let that happen. I will protect the story."

" yeah right. you can't do anything remember darling~?" she turned and grinned at Lance, she motioned to herself " you couldn't even hurt me as i am now. With my staff do you even think you'll have chance~?" she laughed "you're better off breaking your own story!"

"I can do a lot more than you think I can, dragon." Lance said with a glare. "And I'm not breaking the story." With another dramatic cape swish he walked away again.

She snickered "yeah? prove it." mal yawned and sat in the air waving her hand "honestly with the rebel fairy being the one who GIVES you the sword and ENCHANTS it to start with i'm pretty sure you're out of luck~"

"Stop talking to me, Malevolent..." Lance said, continuing to walk away.

"oh my using my full name " she laughed " you MUST be unhappy~ usually you just call me Dragon, Lancelot~" she sneered " you know. you don't even really deserve that name. it's far to good of a name for the likes of you.."

"And what would you know of good? You're nothing but a vile villain, evil right to your core." The sneer could be heard in his voice.

She laughed "I may be a villain but at least i do my research. do you know who Lancelot was?" she hummed letting her smile go wide "you are not even close to being AN EIGHTH of the swordsman he was~" she shrugged and waved her hand " but i'm sure you realize that by now hm~? that's why you refuse to try fighting me~ " she laughed then started coughing and had to stop floating and cough into her hand. she shook her head and grinned " even like this i would be able to easily beat you though~so i understand if you're scared~ "

Lance turned sharply, his voice rising with anger. "You know NOTHING of my skills with a sword. I have studied practically since the day I was born, and am the best swordsman in my kingdom, right next to my father! I am not afraid of the likes of you, and the ONLY reason I do not fight you is because we are at school, and I am saving that for the day I VANQUISH you and SAVE Rebecca!"

She let out a tsk sound then tilted her head grinning "what's the point of LEARNING if you do not PRACTICE it now~?" she laughed much louder than usual " YEAH~? YOUR FATHER~? Prince Phillip HM~? He did NOTHING! HE WASN'T A SWORDSMAN! HE WAS A BOY WHO GOT LUCKY!" she calmed her outburst before continuing still grinning wide " so many excuses if i were you i'd have just chickened out by now or tried fighting so i know what i'm up against" she  sighed and put her hands to her cheeks " but i suppose you're not that bright either..~"

Lance shook with rage. "Do not speak of my father like that..." He said quietly, though his low tone conveyed much more hatred that his loud outburst had. "I practice. Just because it is not on you, does not I mean I don't." He looked at the ground. "You are a despicable being, Dragon. And if I never saw you again it would be too soon..." He turned again, leaving at a quick pace as not to be followed by the dragon anymore.

Mal grinned and waved farewell "why~? because it's true~?" she sighed happily and spun around a bit before she headed in the opposite direction " well whatever time you're taking with training i say you TRIPPLE IT darling~ Devil take the Hindmost~ i don't plan on making it easy on you let alone plan to let you win~"