"They both seem to think the other is a Holy Knight!' Hawk said looking at Lady Diane and Sir Meliodas.

"It can be. Both of you have to stop it! Now that's enough!" I yell at them.

They both snap out of their illusion and they both look at us. "Princess, what are you doing here?" Lady Diane asks me.

"We should be asking you that!" Hawk yelled. "Captain you're here? Where's that Holy Knight? She asks.

Sir Meliodas looks around, "Hey, you're right!" Sir Meliodas said.

The child runs toward Lady Diane, "Poor big lady! Are you all alright?" He asks Lady Diane.

Lady Diane crouches and smiles at him. "Yeah, you're okay? You're still here," Lady Diane told the kid.

"Yeah," The boy said as he nodded and a bell rang again.

"Everybody is gone again." Lady Diane said looking around as the bell rung again. "That Holy knight!" Sir Meliodas said.

I run over, "Sir Meliodas. No!" I said going over to the child. "Come on your in danger here," I told the poor child.

"You're hiding everyone from me again!" Lady Diane yells as she attacks Sir Meliodas.

The boy runs to what I can presume is his father. "I'm so scared! I don't wanna die!" He cries as he hugs his father. His movements causing the bell to ring...

"I'll protect you I swear! Even if it means trading my life for yours!" I yell out to the kid.

"You'd do that?" The man asks me, "Yes! I would," I answer wholeheartedly.

"Touching to see a princess who actually cares!" I hear someone say behind me, turning I see a person in armor shaped like a bug.

"But is that truly what you would do? Or is it an empty promise?" She asks me as she takes out her whip and many insects fly over.

"I don't believe it another holy knight!" Hawk said. "Storm Rondo! Now my little beatles their flesh is yours to tear with your sharp wings and horns!" The holy knight said laughing.

"No, I'm scared don't let it get me!' The boy said as he ran away. "That kid's whining is really annoying! You die first!" Storm Rondo said as she flings her whip at the boy.

The insects' circle around the boy like a tornado. "Let me see 'Even if I have to trade my life for yours'. Was that the phrase? For all your brave platitudes, you didn't actually expect to follow through with it did you?" Storm Rondo said to me.

'It's not a lie, I'll keep my promise!' I thought as I walked forward to the boy.

"What really?" I hear Storm Rondo say but I pay no mind to her. I wince as I enter the tornado, the insects piercing my skin causing wounds to form.

The pain would be worth I if I get to save this child. "I promised. I gave my word to you. Even if you die along the way." I said as an insect cuts me on my face.

My clothes were torn and tattered my body had cuts all around but I didn't mind. I need to save that kid. "I would do it even if I were all alone," I reach my hand out for the boy.

"I would still protect the kingdom and its people from the holy knights," I said as I grabbed him, pulling to me protecting him with my body. "Oh, lady," The boy cried as he hugged me back.

The bug tornado falls to a stop and I fall to the ground. "Are you okay?!" Elizabeth asks me, "I'm fine," I told her.

I look up at the boy I smile at him. "You're okay, you're not hurt are you?" I ask him. He moves his staff as the bell inside rings.

He looks down at me. "So you would risk your life to save a poor boy like this one? That quite commendable of you." The boy said as his bell Jingles again.

"However.." He said as his body slowly grows bigger, armor covering his body as he turns into a holy knight. I look up at him in shock and confusion.

"Reality can be rather cruel," The holy knight said. "You did this. You're responsible for everything. For their behavior." I said realizing.

He laughs evilly, "The Seven Deadly Sins are nothing more than a plaything to me," He said.

I grip on the bottom of his skirt tugging gently, "Turn them both back to normal now!" I commanded.

He grips me by my hair lifting me up and knees me in the gut, the force of it knocks me back. I groan as I roughly land on the ground.

"You bastard!" I hear Hawk yell angrily, I get on my knees as the holy knight laughs.

"As we speak, the two sins are engaged in battle. And will be dead in moments." He said as I get up.

"Turn them both back to normal!" I yell at him angrily. He says nothing as he raises his staff, swing at my head.

I fly back and I skid on the ground, 'Gotcha,'. "Wait a minute Ruin isn't killing one of the princesses a bad idea?" I hear Storm Rondo ask Ruin.

"Of course, I am well aware of that. Princess Y/n out of respect for your bravery I will tell you something." Ruin said to my bruised body.

"The source of the hypnotic suggestion that I placed in them." Ruin said as I looked at him.

"Resides here on my staff, It's gone!" Ruin realizes, I smirk as I spit out the bell onto the ground.

"You clever little bitch! I should have known after all you were rumored the smartest. How dare you! Now you must pay for your insolence!" Ruin said as he charged at me and tries to attack me.

But nothing happens, I open my eyes to see Sir Meliodas holding onto his wrist. "Not a chance, you're the one that's gonna pay now." Sir Meliodas said.

"The spell's been broken?" Ruin asked shocked and ripped his wrist from Sir Meliodas.

Sir Meliodas caress my face, "Y/n you were so brave. Now I see how far you'll go," Sir Meliodas told me.

"Sir Meliodas.." I said as I lost consciousness.

Meliodas's POV

'How dare he lay a hand on her,' " Ignoring me, he who strikes first wins!" Ruin said as he attacks me, he grabs my face as he lifts me up from the ground.

He laughs in a mock way. "Pathetic, the Kingdom actually felt threatened by this insignificant child," Ruin said.

I open my eyes and punched him, the force was so hard that harsh winds grazed everyone around us.

He flies all the way crashing into a building, I follow him and punch him in his jaw. He flies up into the building breaking the structure of it.

"All right this is more like it. Wouldn't you agree Dragon Sin Meliodas," Ruin said as I walk over.

I hear the knights around me asking if I really was the captain. But I pay no mind to them I have revenge to pay.

I raise my arm and punch him in the gut breaking his armor. "Impossible, how could you crush my armor in a single blow?" Ruin questions in shock

"Well done indeed," Ruin said as he covers his unprotected stomach.

"Is that what you expected me to say you fool!" Ruin said. "This is nothing more than a thin outer shell. My flesh is my true armor! Which is many times harder than steel!" Ruin said.

"Now what will you-" I didn't let him finish as I punched him again, he coughs up blood, a sign that I had killed him.

"I had no choice. You hurt someone who means everything to me," I told him as I removed my hand.

Ruin falls to the ground with a thud, "And that- well that was your sin,"

I saw the knights freeze at the sight, mourning to each other if I really was the captain. But I didn't care about that, I had one thing- no one person on my mind. Y/n.

Y/n's POV

"I'm sorry Y/n if only I was strong like my mom," Hawk said. Voices around me made me open my eyes, to see Elizabeth and Hawk.

Lady Diane walks up to me, "She's pretty messed up. We gotta get her back to town. "Hold on. Would you please- I want you to take me along with you. I want to be there with you, Sir Meliodas and, Sir Ban." I said weakly.

"You can't do that. Not like this!" Elizabeth told me, "You know I made a promise that I would never stop fighting to protect the kingdom and its people." I said smiling softly.

"That can't happen now. Sorry to say." Lady Diane told me.

"Why not Lady Diane?" I ask her. "It's Baste Prison and the enemy is lined up waiting for us now. You won't be able to do anything in the shape you're in." Lady Diane explained

"I suppose not. I admit I don't have any great power, I can't go sword to sword with a holy knight or hand myself well in battle. I know that even so, I've made up my mind to be there with Sir Meliodas and you all. Because I must keep my promise," I told Lady Diane.

She looked shocked at me, "You're not going to cry?" She asked me, I smiled and shook my head. "No,"

She took off her bag, "Then I think my backpack is the best idea. It may be a little bumpy. And it might affect your injury in a bad way, you sure about way?" Lady Diane told me worriedly.

"I am Lady Diane. Yes!" I told her smiling.

Diane's POV

I hear Hawk talk to the man about telling us some information about Ban and the doctor's daughter.

But be wouldn't tell him, So I decided to make my known and walk over with the bug lady in my hand.

"Here's a question for you. Would you rather have this done by the hands of a holy knight or us?" I ask him with a fake smile.

"Are you sure she's in this tower?" Captain asks me. "Well let's just say he didn't strike me as the kind of soldier who would be willing to lie to my cute little face," I told him.

"Well, who would?" The captain said to me and I smiled. 'The Captain called me cute!'

Captain looked at Y/n. "You'll be okay. I promise," The captain said to the sleeping Y/n.

We walk into the strangely empty prison, "So weird, this place seems totally deserted," I said looking around.

"I guess me knocking that holy knight airborne put them off a bit," The captain said walking ahead.

"Talk about wimps," Hawk said as we turn the corner we see the daughter asleep. "This is her without a doubt, the doctor's daughter," Hawk said.

"Then let's get her out. Got room in your backpack for another one?" The captain asks me.

"Mhm no problem," I told the captain. I grab the cage door and yank it out, reaching my hand in I grab her, I can hear her scream and squirm in fright.

When I take a look at her I see she had passed out, sighing I place her in my backpack next to Y/n.

"Sure she's okay?" Hawk asks me, "Yeah think she's gonna be just fine," I told the pig.

We hear footsteps behind us and we look back to see a figure come from the shadows...it was Ban!

"Ban?" The captain said, "Hey Captain," Ban said. Their hardened as they glare at each other.

"They both seem upset. What's going on? Got a bad feeling about this," Hawk said.

"You're right. I think you want to get behind me and hide there," I told the Hawk, who squeals in fright.

They continue to glare at each other until...

"Ban!" "Captain!" They both yell happily as they ran towards each other and do a weird high five.

"What's that? Like a game of pattycake gone horribly wrong., Hawk said.

"Captain!" Ban yells happily as swings his arms together and hits the Captain sending him hurdling into multiple walls. Ban jumps up and down, waving his arms excitedly, "My turn me next!" He said.

The Captain headbutts Ban's stomach sending Ban into multiple walls as well. "Do I wanna know?" Hawk asks me. "Just roll with it," I told him.

They both laugh together, "So great. I thought you might have gotten soft on me," Ban said.

"You've still got it!" The captain said as they both join hands as they laid down as they get ready to arm wrestle.

"Ready," Ban said. "Go!" The captain said as they started the game, the pressure of it crushing the floor in the process.

"What's happening?" Hawk asked in fright. I smile, "Those two have been like that as long as I've known them," I said.

"Been like what!?" Hawk asks me. "Just typical boys. So immature," I say as the building collapse as all of us fall.

"The Captain is so cute when he gets worked up like that," I said. "I don't think this is the time!" Hawk screamed.

Meliodas's POV

We walk into the doctor's room to see him alive, "What your back from the dead?!" Hawk asks shocked.

"Look at this," The doctor said as he showed us the wound that is now a scar.

"Wow it's just like what happened with Meliodas's wound," Hawk said. "It is true. Though I'm a doctor I'm ashamed to say I don't know how I'm alive right now," The doctor said as he put his shirt back on.

"Well, the bottom line is you're alive. I say just take the win. Well, we ought to be going. Besides, there's no telling whether or not if more holy knights will be coming to town when they hear the news," I said as I turn around.

I take a step forward, "Meliodas!" I hear the doctor say. "Will you let me do something to say thank you? Even if it's something simple as a meal?" The doctor asks me.

I turn to face him and smiled. "Well now maybe I'll take you up in that," I told him.

"Leave out the poison this time," Hawk said and I punched him.

"How's Y/n doing Diane?" I ask. "She's resting comfortably," She told me. "That's good," I said.

"Well, why is she sleeping in your room Meliodas? I thought Y/n was on the third floor?" Hawk asks me. "Yeah about that Ban completely took over Y/n and Elizabeth's bed, he said he laid claim to their room and that now it's his," I said.

"Now what are Y/n and Elizabeth supposed to do for a bed then?" Hawk asks me.

"Y/n can always sleep with me and Elizabeth can sleep with Ban," I smirked. "That's true those are the key rooms and there's not much of a choice- LIKE HELL SHE WILL!" Hawk said.

Y/n's POV

I flutter my eyes open as I wake up, "Sennet...Sir Ban," I say. "We found the two of them and brought them back to town in one piece. Every else is okay too," Lady Diane said.

"Oh thank goodness. What a relief." I say crying.

"Now you're crying huh?" Lady Diane said. "Yeah, I guess I am," I say wiping away my tear.

"Alright Y/n time for me to officially introduce you to Ban, the Fox Sin of Greed," Sir Meliodas said introducing us.

"Hey don't bother getting up," Sir Ban told me. Sir Meliodas turned to him, "Woah where did you get that suit?" Sir Meliodas asks him.

"Well, I can't really parade around naked around princesses now can I," Sir Ban said.

"Yeah, but how did you buy it without any money?" Sir Meliodas ask. "I kinda stumbled around them. It was a total fluke!" Sir Ban said.

"Oh yeah, I haven't seen you in a while, Diane." Sir Ban said to Lady Diane. "I would be perfectly happy to go a hundred years without seeing you again," Lady Diane told him.

Sir Ban walks up to me, "I'm Y/n, please forgive me for not rising up to greet you," I told him sincerely.

"Don't worry your Highness, we're not big on ceremonies. So let's just be friends the five of us," Sir Ban said with his hand over his heart bowing.

"You mean the six of us," Hawk said. "Captain do you need glasses there are only five of us here," Sir Ban told Sir Meliodas.

"U,m there are six of us! Are you sure you don't have a few screws loose!" Hawk said to Sir Ban.

"Huh who said that?" Sir Ban asked looking around. "I did," Hawk said.

Sir Ban looked down in shock. "There's a talking pig here!" Sir Ban yells. "You're just noticing that!" Hawk asks him.

"No way a pig talking like a person! That way more than I can handle!' Sir Ban said backing up.

"Hold on. That's it, you're King right? Of course, you were cursed and turned into an actual pig,"  Sir Ban said.

"Guess again," Lady Diane said. "I Hear King's dead according to rumor anyway," Sir Meliodas said.

"I warn you now, I'm no ordinary pig. I'm Sir Hawk captain of the order of scraps disposal!" Hawk told Sir Ban.

"Wow, I've never heard of that order before," Sir Ban told Hawk.

Doctor Dana laughs, "Are you done with the introductions. Come and eat before the food becomes cold!" Doctor Dana told us.

Sir Meliodas, Sir Ba,n and Hawk instantly goes up to the food. While Sennett comes to Lady Diane, Elizabeth,h, and I.

"And here's yours you three!" She said with a plate of food. "Does it bother you to stand here by yourself?" Sennett asks Lady Diane.

Lady Diane shakes her head no. "I'm happy to finally eat with everyone else for a change!" Lady Diane said eating.

We're all eating and having fun. Sir Meliodas fed me at some point, Sir Ban was drinking and Lady Diane was watching with a happy expression.

"I kinda wish they could go on forever. But I guess that's not in the cards for us it?" I say.

"Hey, princesses?" Lady Diane asks us we look at her. "I don't know much about humans and their customs.
And I'm not interested, however.." Lady Diane trails.

"However?" Me and Elizabeth ask, "I'm okay with the idea of fighting for the two of you though. Because honestly Y/n you were pretty badass today," Lady Diane tells us.

I become flustered and sit up. "Who me? I didn't do anything today!" I told Lady Diane.

"You got a really strong power you know? The power to move mine and the captain's heart," I widen my eyes.

"But Lady Diane.." I say. "By the way princesses." "Yes?" We both answer.

"Would it be alright if I call you Y/n and Elizabeth?" Lady Diane asks us.

"Yea!" "Of course!" Elizabeth and I say. "Then don't worry with formal with me either," Lady Diane tells us.

"No, I couldn't!" I say. "Hey, I said it's fine!" Lady Diane said. "Alright!"

Something flashing in the sky got my attention. I've read about it in Britannia's old poems: 'When shooting stars fill the sky in the form of crosses. Britannia will face her most desperate hour. This is a trail preordained since ancient times. And will herald the beginning of a holy war, between the guiding hand of the light or the bloodline of the darkness,'

Yes, I kept the black nails! I'm sorry I haven't posted, I had family problems going on but it's ok now.