Ilona's Epilogue: Part II
@Hospes @The Tactician
Ilona grinned when the other girl hugged her back. She didn't want to let go of her, but she knew that she couldn't hang on forever.
"Yes, I probably have to go soon. It's not that I want to, it's just that in a moment from now I'll have no choice but to leave. But, before I go I just wish for you to know what a wonderful friend you were to me." Ilona paused in order to pluck an orange flower from her hair and offer it Ryan.
"Here, take this to remember me b--"
And just like that, Ilona was gone--unable to even finish her last sentence. That was just how instantaneous the princess' teleportation power happened to be. When she disappeared from where Ryan was, the flower she had offered to the other girl fluttered to the ground, landing at Ryan's feet. Meanwhile, Ilona found herself in front of a building she didn't even recognize. The girl frowned at first, unhappy that she hadn't even been able to finish her goodbye to Ryan.
"Some best friend I am," Ilona scolded herself mentally.
"I couldn't even stick around to say much to Ryan at all. I'm a bad girl. Maybe it's good I'm gone. Now she'll have the chance to make much better friends than I."
Although reluctant to explore her new surroundings, Ilona glanced to the window of the building she was standing in front of. Her disappointment, however, quickly changed into glee when she saw who was inside of the building. She gasped and ran to the door, flinging it open without the permission of the person inside. The princes didn't really think he would mind, after all, he knew her.
"Sir Minato!" she cried, rushing over to give him a hug from behind just as she had done to Ryan a few moments ago.
"I didn't think I would ever see you again! I was certain you had left already and that would be it! Praise the Sun, my powers were kind for a moment and allowed me to see you!" she gratefully chirped.
Quickly, after speaking, she reached up to pluck two flowers from her headband.
"This one is for you. I gave you one in your hand when you died during the murder game, but I wasn't sure if you still had it or not so I thought I'd give you another one. That way, you'll have something to remember me by..." when you "...if you never see me again."
Ilona paused, fingering the second flower with a frown on her lips.
"I want you to give this one to Lady Ciel for me. I never got to know her, and I fear I never will, but if she is even half as wonderful as you are I'm sure she's an absolutely fantastic person." She offered the second flower to Minato as well, before reaching up to rub her tearing eyes.
"I'll miss you, and I apologize that I cannot stay longer. My power will not allow it. You were a great teacher, a great friend, and like a brother to me. It hurts knowing I will likely never see you again, but at least you have Ciel." Ilona's frown deepened.
"So, goodby--"
Ilona was suddenly gone again, unable to finish her sentence like last time. The girl frowned when she saw she was gone again, and that she was in a dark, unrecognizable area. She could hear voices in the distance, however, which were faint and actually recognizable. The girl's blue eyes widened.
"By the Sun's light, is that--"
She stepped forward and pushed a door open, realizing she was inside a closet. When she staggered out of it, she realized she was in her parents bedroom. The two adults appeared to have been sitting on the bed talking, but when they saw Ilona their eyes immediately fell upon her.
"Ilona!" Queen Elsa suddenly cried, jumping up from where she sat to embrace the small girl.
"Mother!" Ilona cried, wrapping her arms around the queen.
"It's you! It's really you!"
"Praise the sun, you've returned to us!" she could hear her father's voice chime in, followed by a jolly laugh before he joined in on the hugging.
Ilona snuggled into her parents arms, more than delighted to see them.
"M-Mother, Father, I've missed the two of you so much! I-I'm really home this time..."
Nodding, Elsa pulled away from Ilona and sat down on her knees in front of the girl. "Y-Yes, but are you all right? Are you hurt? Sick? Tired? Hungry? Just tell me what you need, name it and I'll give it to you," she said, mussing her daughter's hair.
Ilona shrugged.
"Maybe a little hungry... but I'm okay right now. Really I am. I was just homesick is all," she admitted. Ilona was so overjoyed to be home, she didn't care to notice something strange starting to occur. The princess would hear a voice in the back of her head, one that she would choose to ignore for the time being.
Do not wail and do not weep.
"Then we shall have a feast to celebrate your return!" Solaire exclaimed. "And we shall all go outside together afterwards and watch the sunset together!"
It's time for you to go to sleep.
The child squeaked with joy.
"I would love that!"
Little child you were not clever.
"It's settled then. I'll contact the chefs and let them know we're having a celebration tonight," Queen Elsa told Ilona, standing up for a moment. She picked Ilona up in her arms--even though she was almost too big now--and hummed gently in her ear. "Maybe you'd like a bath and chance of clothes while you wait."
Now you'll stay with me forever.
Dark laughter could be heard afterwards, but this laughter didn't occur within Ilona's head. The laughter could be heard by anyone standing around her, coming from a monstrous creature.
"That's right, you're
mine now. You're my prisoner."
...
Ilona wasn't back in Arendelle, no not really.
She wasn't with her parents either.
Instead, she stood next to this creature, within a dark forest that her powers had teleported her to, trapped by hypnosis while sporting a hazy expression on her face. Unfortunately, her powers hadn't been kind to take her home, but to a place a very long ways away, where she had become captive by a pokémon known as Hypno without even realizing it. The vision of her parents was only a dream, brought on by the Hypno's charm placed on her.
So, as always, the child was not lucky enough to return home, but had yet again been tossed into dangerous circumstances out of her control. Yet again, these circumstances prevented Ilona from being a normal child. She never had time to play with toys, go to school, grow a bond with her parents, or even become a proper princess. No, she would only continue to be a very lost child of sunlight, thrown around to many different locations in the multiverse.
...
In the distance, however, another pokémon's cry could be heard...
Meeeeeww
...To Be Continued...
~Fin~