I grew nervous as the Tales Of Zestiria: The X theme song came on. I paced in large circles, biting and chewing on my nails. "Calm down Rocking. It'll be fine." Said my floating Exceed, Claire. "Says you, Miss. I'm-A-Confidence-Booster-That-Barely-Does-Her-Job!" I snapped at her, my shadow and the darkness around me shifting recklessly. "Shut up and calm down!" She said, smacking a paper fan against my head. "Ow!" I howled, holding the spot she smacked. The song finished and Claire said "Showtime!", before shoving me out there. I froze and looked at the audience. I saw Robert and Abigail(Universes Collide) giving me a thumbs up while Maia and Mason(Characters from another one of my stories outside of Wattpad) gave me encouraging smiles. I took a deep breath and plastered on a fake smile.

"Hello, Readers and other Story Characters! Welcome to our talk show!" I called out, getting loud applause and cheers. "Now then! Let's introduce our cast and Main Characters! Lady Calamity and The Shepherd!" I called, motioning to the right of me. Out came Velvet in a skin-tight, blood red dress and her hair up in a high ponytail. On her arm was none other than Eizen, his hair slicked back and wearing a black suit with a white dress shirt, slightly unbuttoned. He looked uncomfortable. Next came Sorey, his hair also slicked back and wearing a black dress shirt and khakis. His Shepherd garb over top. On his arms were none other than his Squires, Rose and Alisha. Alisha had a cream-colored gown on with her hair in her regular side ponytail. Rose had her red hair in her usual fashion as well but had on a blue cocktail dress.

All five of them sat on two separate couches, one for the Lady Calamity and one for the Shepherd. Though, while Alisha sat beside Sorey, Rose sat on the arm of it. I sat on a separate couch, facing them, a table in front of me. "It is so great to see you all! How are you?" I asked, a smile on my face. "As great as being the Lord of Calamity can be." Velvet replied with a smirk. "Awesome! I'm having a grand time!" Sorey said with a grin. "That's fantastic! So, as you know, I have grand plans for you all!" I said with a smirk. Eizen and Rose just snorted. "No shit. Making Sorey Velvet's kid? That shocked everyone." Eizen responded. I smirked. "What's wrong Eizen? Jealous you weren't the father of her first child?" I asked, leaning on one of my hands. Eizen turned red as everyone laughed. Velvet just giggled, equally red.

"Even though it was shocking, I'm glad that the Crowe family can live on." Sorey said with a smile. I grimaced and muttered quietly, "Not with how I plan to end it..." "Anyways, Velvet. What did it feel like, waking up a thousand years later?" I continued. "Well... strange if I have to be honest. The whole world I knew had changed completely over the time I was gone. It doesn't help that with all the effort I did to make people depend on themselves, there is still a great deal of people who depend on the Mala - Sorry, Seraphim, still." She replied, her face turning into a frown. "But doesn't it help that no one can see them anymore, and just believe in their power?" Sorey asked. "Yes actually. It brings me the satisfaction that humanity is not as lethargic as it was before, and are doing everything themselves, such as learning from their mistakes." Velvet responded, her frown turning into a grin.

I grinned back, forgetting about the millions of eyes on me. "And how about you Sorey? You stuck by Velvet, even though she is a Lord of Calamity. How come?" I asked, directing my attention to the Shepherd and his girls. "Well... because of who she is." Sorey replied, "Even though she believed vengeance was the way to fix her world, she still tried to help humanity grow. Sure, she may have been the reason behind the Age of Chaos, but she did what she thought was right." I nodded. "True. Velvet, while being a Lord of Calamity, did what she thought would benefit humanity." I responded. I grabbed a remote that was right in front of me and pressed a button. Descending from the ceiling was a screen. "Shall we watch some of your scenes then?" I asked, smiling.

"Sure... but are they embarrassing ones?" Alisha asked, paling. I just smirked and pressed a button. The lights turned off and a scene played.

... Velvet opened her eyes and found herself face-to-face with a fox. "What the-!?" Velvet yelled, startled. She sat up quickly and moved away from it. The fox ran off...

The lights turned back on and the audience was in hysterics, so were Sorey, Alisha, Rose, and Eizen. Velvet was blushing and glaring at me. "HEY!" She yelled. "What!? It was the very first scene! Cut me some slack!" I said, chuckling. "Oh my god, Velvet! A fox!? Really!?" Rose questioned, still laughing. "You wake up from a thousand-year slumber and not be surprised by an animal being the first thing you see when you wake!" Velvet snapped back. I laughed and said "Next up!" 

I pressed another button and the lights turned back off.

... When they entered the front yard of Alisha's manor, they heard a dog barking. "Dog!" Mikleo yelled in fear. "Huh?" Sorey said, looking in the direction the dog was looking at. A blast of fire erupted and out stepped the fox man.

The lights turned back on and Alisha was glaring at Rose who was giving an innocent smile. "You were hunting me?" She asked, venom in her voice. "What can I say? When someone wants someone like the Princess of Hyland dead and they give you a large sum of money, you gotta do what you gotta do! And besides! We canceled the contract and gave Lunarre the appropriate punishment." Rose replied. "And why is Mikleo so afraid of dogs anyways?" Eizen asked with a chuckle. "It's because they are some of the few animals that can perceive them." Sorey said with a sigh. That's when he, Rose, and Alisha winced and grabbed their heads. "Ow... that was Mikleo yelling in our head..." Alisha said, explaining. 

I smiled. "Let's fast forward a tiny bit, shall we?" I asked, pressing another button and playing the next scene.

Little did they know, that a figure wearing only pants stood on top of a roof and watched them. "To think you both are still around. I would have expected both of you to be dead by now. Better deal with Eizen fast then before they find him." The man said. He had long green hair wore two bracelets, hiding his pendulum weapons. "Besides! What kind of name is Zavied the Oathkeeper if he can't keep his promise?" And with that Zavied jumped off the building and ran off.

Velvet and Eizen grew annoyed. "He was spying on Magilou and me? I feel so violated." Velvet sighed in annoyance. "Well... Next time I see him, I'm gonna give him a piece of my mind." Eizen said, raising a clenched fist. "You know him?" Rose asked. "Long story..." both Eizen and Velvet replied. 

I laughed and continued.

Magilou just smirked. "Then you wouldn't be in the city all alone." She told him. "Miss. Magilou is correct! If you don't have a vessel, then you'll be turned into a Hellion fast!" Bienfu said, popping out of nowhere. Mikleo didn't know how to reply because he knew they were right. "Don't worry. The Shepherd will learn soon enough that the weight of the world shouldn't just be held on his and the Prime Lord shoulders." Magilou told him. "Then what do I do?" Mikleo asked. "When they leave, follow them. See where they go." Bienfu suggested. "My my Bienfu! You've become smart!" Magilou teased. "Maybe even smarter than you Miss. Magilou!" Bienfu said with pride. "Oh really!?" Magilou stated, driving her index finger into his cheek, making the poor Normin scream in pain. "Bienfu is bad bad!" Bienfu said before going back into Magilou.

"So Magilou was the reason behind Mikleo joining us!" Sorey said, pounding his hist onto his hand. "Why were you so against Mikleo joining us?" Alisha asked. "Because I didn't want him to get hurt, or worse, Hellionized. If he didn't insist on joining us, I probably would have sent him to Elysia, just so he could be safe." Sorey said, a serious look on his face. "But why?" Rose asked. "Because he is my best friend, my brother. We grew up together and neither one of us wants to see the other hurt." Sorey explained. Then he gave a hollow chuckle. "Who am I kidding... if I didn't insist on bringing Alisha back her dagger, then maybe I wouldn't have dragged you all into this." Sorey said. "But then the world would have collapsed on itself since I was brought into this timeline. Doesn't matter." Velvet said, looking at Sorey.

Sorey just looked up at her with wide eyes. "Huh?" he questioned. "And in the end, Eleanor would have to probably step in, which would have probably been too much for her." Eizen explained. That's when a loud ding rang through the stage. "Seems like our time is up! Before we go, we have some questions that the audience is dying to know! 1! Velvet, what was on that page that made your eyes widen back in Chapter 29?" I asked. "It was Innominat's Crest. It may have been nothing but a painting, though it caused a lot of impact on my being." She responded. "Eizen! How does it feel not being a Dragon anymore?" I asked the Earth Malak. "Well... strange. I don't have this desire to eat everyone and everything that crosses my path now." he replied, his face scrunching up. 

"Sorey! How did it feel when you had Alisha back?" I asked, directing my attention to the Shepherd's couch. "I was happy and excited to have my first Squire back! I had missed spending time with her!" he said with a smile. Alisha was blushing while Rose gave her rival the side eye, glaring. "Alisha. How did you feel when you first met Sorey?" I asked. "Scared." She responded back immediately. "Hey!" Sorey exclaimed while everyone else laughed. "What!? At the time, in my eyes, you were a guy my age in an old ruin who seemed to be talking to himself with an empty village who he called his family! How could I not think you were crazy!?" Alisha said with a giggle. "Fair point!" I said, laughing. Sorey just blushed, huffed in annoyance, crossed his arms and turned away, frowning. "Rose. We all know how you feel about Sorey, though how do you feel about Alisha?" I asked. Rose just blinked. "Well... she's a spoiled Princess who believes everything will be given to her on a silver platter." she said with a straight face. 

"HEY!" Alisha yelled in anger, rounding on the girl, rage on her face. "BUT!" Rose snapped back, causing everyone to be quiet. "But, she is really strong to be able to put up with the bullshit Bartlow has thrown her way and how the people see her. She is confident in her ability. I believe that one day, she will be a great leader." Rose said with a serious face. Everyone in the room, excluding Velvet, went "AWWW!!!" Alisha was blushing but had a grateful smile on her face. "And that's all folks! Come back later to see Magilou's Menagerie have the stage for themselves, with the none other then Laphicet Crowe alongside them!" I said, standing up and addressing the crowd. Velvet, Eizen, Sorey, Rose, and Alisha all stood and bowed to the roaring crowd as the curtains fell.

I gasped as the mike was turned off and fell backwards onto the couch, groaning. "See! That wasn't so bad!" Claire said, floating over to me. "Shut up..." I told her. "Just say 'Thank you, Claire, for pushing me to do this! You are the best Exceed in the world'!" she said, looking proud. "Now wait for just one-" "SAY IT!" Claire yelled, interrupting me. I just laughed and reached for her, hugging her. "Thanks, Claire." I said. "Oh well... I'll take what I can get." She said, hugging me back.