"Yo!"

"Captain!!" Diane screeched, conical tears spilling down her cheeks, "You're a complete mess!!"

"So tingly..." mumbled Gowther, shuddering at the aftereffects of the lightning shockwave.

"Meliodas, what the hell did you do?!" Hawk huffed.

"Oh, Gilthunder and Princess Margaret are here?" King asked.

"Wassup guys!" Meli laughed, approaching the group. I smiled, walking forward with Hauser and Guila to join the rest of the group. The captain looked over at me and his eyes widened, a look of surprise on his face. I threw a smile in his direction, winking as I gave him a cheeky thumbs up. He chuckled, grinning and returning the gesture. "You all look great!"

"Bullshit coming from you," I laughed, "You look like a model."

"Don't flatter me, (y/n)~" he purred, his voice raising slightly in pitch as he imitated a basic-bitch voice. I laughed, grinning widely.

"What's going on?" King asked, looking at the Holy Knight and Princess. "Wasn't Gilthunder a bad guy?"

"Yeah, you just destroyed us before going on to fight him," Hauser huffed, looking at his friend as he pointed at Meliodas. The Holy Knight opened his mouth to speak, but Meli cut him off.

"Don't worry, I'll explain on the way!" He grinned approaching us. He stopped next to me, nodding as if to say It's good to have you back and grinning widely. I nodded back, hoping to communicate Its good to be back. He faced everyone with a grin once again. "For now, we need to rescue Elizabeth!"

"I believe that should be our priority, yes," Guila agreed, "Sir Hendrickson had her moved to the King's Quarters, so we should head there."

"I still don't get why you knew this before I did," grumbled Hauser.

We all began running toward the castle, keeping a pace that both Margaret and Diane were comfortable with- which meant that the rest of us were pretty much moving at a slow jog. During our trek, Meli explained everything. How King Arthur from Camelot came and helped him battle against Hendrickson, and how he knew Gil was being monitored since they found Diane. He told us about the charm, and how he figured out it Margaret was the other half of the spell during the battle. It was only an assumption, until Gil confirmed it, that Vivian- the hand-mask lady- was behind the spell-casting. It surprised most of us- she was no Merlin, but she was quite the wizard.

"But what about whatever was watching you?" King asked, directing the question at Gil.

"It probably ran away," he replied, "Now that they've been found out, keeping me under surveillance is pointless."

"Geez, I'm the worst friend," mumbled Hauser, "I didn't even notice how much you were suffering- and I couldn't even stop it!"

"You're not at fault," Gil smiled, "The problem has been solved, so there's no need to dwell on it!"

"Well! Say whatever you want, but it's all thanks to Sir Meliodas, who heroically put his life on the line, that this whole thing has been resolved!" A new voice chimed in, making everyone stop and turn to face his origin. A man, probably in his teens to early twenties, had come up behind Meli, and was hugging him over his shoulders. He had bronze armor, similar to his amber hair, which highlighted his violet eyes. He wore a white scarf around his neck, and had a cheeky grin.

He's cute.

There was a silence amongst our group, and King was the first one who spoke. "Who's that?"

"Oh, this is King Arthur of Camelot," Meli said nonchalantly.

"He's a King?" I asked, smirking as I sped over to them. He was slightly taller than I was. I cupped his chin with my hand, making him look at me. I purred, "You're a cutie~"

"Oh, uhm..." he mumbled, "Th-thank you, Lady..."

"(Y/N)," I hummed, "Just (y/n)."

"Thank you, (y/n)..." he grinned, "I'm honored to have met you!"

"(Y/N) stop flirting with the King of Camelot!" King (the Fairy one) growled, causing me to laugh.

"You're no fun!" I laughed joyfully, "I'm only playing!"

"So why're you here?" King interjected, glaring daggers at the boy. He cleared his throat, then put a fist on his chest and a hand on his hip, flashing the brightest smile I have ever seen at the group.

"I'm Arthur Pendragon of Camelot! I owe his majesty, the King of Liones, a great debt! I found out he was in mortal danger very recently, so I came to his aid as quick as I could!" He beamed. So... bright...

"So that odd power from the south side while we came in through the north was this guy," Gowther mumbled, "Intriguing."

"Did you seriously just call a King 'this guy'?" King (again, the Fairy one) and I sweatdropped simultaneously.

"It's okay, I don't mind!" Arther chimed happily, "To be regarded so casually by one of the Eight Deadly Sins is a very high praise!"

"Wait," Diane frowned, "But if you had such a strong power, why didn't you use it to help the captain?"

He grinned, chuckling awkwardly as he scratched the back of his neck. "To tell you the truth, I can't."

"What?" Guila questioned, "Why not?"

"It's true that I have some power, but... I don't really know what it is," he grinned sheepishly, "How embarrassing..."

"So you fought a Grandmaster Holy Knight without any powers?" Meli asked.

"Yeah, pretty much," the King (not the Fairy one) chuckled.

"Is this guy stupid?" Hauser mumbled.

"Either that or he really is something," Guila replied.

I smirked, moving so that I sat atop his shoulders. I bent over in front of his head with a suggestive smile. "So you're a King, cutie, and you're super powerful. What a dream~"

"Don't you have a boyfriend?!" King shrieked. I frowned slightly, but quickly covered it up with a laugh in hopes that nobody noticed. Gowther said what I saw wasn't the reality, but... do I still have a boyfriend?

"Enough about me!" Arthur announced, cheeks tinged a light pink. "Let's stop wasting time and go!"

"Alright!" Meli agreed, grinning widely. I hopped gracefully off his back, winking at him as I did so, making him sweatdrop slightly.

We all resumed running, keeping the same pace as before, and headed toward the castle, King Arthur Pendragon now within our ranks. It was quite nice, having such a large group, especially since there were a few people I hadn't been around for so long. As a traitor of the kingdom and an overall pretty unlikeable person, I don't make many friends. This was a nice change of pace.

And then I ran into a tree.

Cause, you know, there are giant trees everywhere within the castle.

"Ow," I whined, rubbing my forehead distastefully. I stood up, huffing as I lightly kicked the tree, my arms crossed childishly. It toppled over. "Stupid tree..."

"It's the lady from before!" Arthur shouted, causing me to look at him. I saw him and the rest of the group staring up at an unknown figure. I followed their gaze, seeing the hand-mask lady, Vivian, hovering above us. There was now a large group of trees, almost like a forest, surrounding us. Can we ever catch a break?

"You think you have won? Not in the slightest," she spat, "Just because you have taken my beloved Gil does not mean you are victorious."

"If you're looking for a fight, I will personally crack your hand-covered skull in half!" I shouted, chucking a rock at her. She moved lazily out of its way.

"A fight..?" She asked, then chuckled, "The fight is already over, Raven Sin, although you did miss most of the action. You will never rescue the princess, and you will spend the rest of your days wandering aimlessly around this forgotten forest."

"Did she teleport us?" I wondered aloud.

"It pains me to say this, but she's right," I whirled around, hearing an unfamiliar voice. Dreyfus was standing next to Gil. I shrieked.

"When did you get here?!" I demanded.

"I've been here the whole time, you forgetful lunatic," he replied dryly, not sparing a glance my way. My eyebrow twitched irritably.

"I do not envy you all, having to spend the rest of your days with her," the mage above us gestured toward me. I let out an annoyed 'hey,' then threw another rock at her. "Goodbye."

Her body phased away just as the rock was about to hit her. I huffed. I'm not that bad to hang around with. Actually, I probably am, now that I think about it...

"Guys we have to get back to the kingdom somehow and rescue Elizabeth!" Diane huffed, just as the scenery around us changed from the forest to the kingdom.

"Okay, what the actual fuck?" I sighed, "Why do we keep teleporting?"

"Hey, we're back," Meli stated, then knocked his head in the direction of the Knight. I nodded, then shot toward her with him and King.

"How did you escape?!" She demanded, pointing her bear claw staff thing at us.

"I don't know what's happening but this is our chance!" Meli shouted, "Take her down!"

All of the sudden she disappeared, then reappeared out of nowhere. She was now soaking wet, and water poured out of her mask as she coughed. I stopped, along with my other two comrades. I cocked my head to the side in confusion.

"What the fuck?"

"What's her deal?" King asked, restating my question in a more polite manor.

"I have no idea," Meli responded, looking at her with the same confusion King and I were.

She disappeared again.

"Watch Merlin appear out of nowhere and be like 'Hey guys that was me all along- your welcome'," I said jokingly, imitating her by correcting my posture and putting on a more formal tone of voice.

"Who is doing this?!" Demanded Vivian, who reappeared next to me. I flicked her helmet, and she disappeared, then reappeared next to Diane's shoulder. "This teleportation magic!" Disappeared, reappear next to Arthur, who yelped in surprise. "It's faster than my own!" Disappeared, reappear next to Gowther. "Who are you?! Show yourself!"

She continued to disappear and reappear, shouting 'stop!' and 'enough!' repeatedly. Then finally it did stop, and she sat there, on her knees, panting. An unfamiliar cloaked figure was behind her, looking down on her form. I turned to Meli.

"I bet you five gold coins that's Merlin," I spoke, pointing at them.

He grinned, "You're on."

"How dare you humiliate me!" Vivian cried, "You will pay dearly for this!"

"How can this be?!" Dreyfus exclaimed, "The kingdom's greatest magician is getting toyed with?!"

"You frail magician," the masked Knight shrieked desperately, "I will destroy you!"

She swiped her hand at the cloaked figure and a twister formed around them. Nothing seemed to happen, other than the cloak blowing away. Meli laughed.

"Damnit, (y/n), I lost!" He then turned to Arthur, "Who would've guessed that she'd be with you? No wonder the kingdom's greatest couldn't lay a finger on her!"

"Yes!" I laughed, pumping my fist, "My joke turned into a win!" I sweatdropped, realizing something. Comical tears ran down my cheeks. "But she's gonna murder me for making fun of her voice..."

"There, there..." Meli laughed, jokingly patting my back.

"She truly is kind!" Arthur spoke brightly, "I doubt she will."

"You're adorable," I purred, causing him to chuckle bashfully and scratch his neck.

"Haven't I told you repeatedly," a familiar voice, buttery and majestic, but also slightly suggestive, spoke. "To stop that habit of losing yourself to rage, Vivian, my apprentice?"

"That.. that tattoo on your neck..!" Vivian exclaimed as the wind began to die down. The form of a woman with black hair and gold eyes came out of the twister, wearing thigh high boots (that were wider at the top than mine) and a cloak that wrapped around her chest and came out in two small strips of fabric. She has a Boar tattoo on her neck. "No... it's impossible... you're... the Boar's Sin of Gluttony, Merlin."

The woman nodded, smiling. "It has been a long time, has it not, comrades?"