The pancakes had a green glaze instead of white sugar.
"Ziiiip, ziiip !!!", Zippo stood in front of it and looked at the cake. "Well, do you want one?"I asked him." Zip !!! "did it, jumping up and down again." Hey, here! I would like a pancake for the little one, please. "" Hello young lady! "said the salesman. It was an older man with a long beard." Here my little one, "he said to Zippo." How much does that matter? "
"Actually 5 thalers, but that's such a cute face, it's free.", Said the old man and was happy that Zippo tasted it so good. "Thanks. Come on, we have to go on Zippo."
When we were a little further on, suddenly there was a scream. "Help !! Stop him! Stop him!"
I saw a dark figure jump over the shop roofs and carry a bag with him. Some men followed, but they couldn't catch him. Suddenly he jumped down and sat down in front of me and said softly: "I'll get you!" And ran on.
I just stood there like a pillar of salt and no longer responded to the calls of the others, not even to Zippo's tug at my pants."Hello !! Hey !! Can you hear me !! Hey !!" "Huh ?? What's wrong? What is it?"
"I should probably ask that. You're standing in the middle of the way!"; said Yugi.
"Very nice !!" I said.
"It doesn't matter now. What's the matter with you? You stood there as if you had seen a ghost!", He asked. "Doesn't matter," I said, staring in the direction the figure was walking.
"Well then let's go home!", Yugi said and grabbed my arm and dragged me along.
When we arrived at the castle, Yugi's mother greeted us with a message.
"Since you're finally back! I have a message for you Yugi."
“And what is that supposed to be?” “Your uncle wants to give a Tounier. There should also be a market and a concert,” she continued.
"That sounds cool! Doesn't it?" I asked him, tugging at his sleeve because I knew exactly that he hated it.
"Well, if you think so. I will win again anyway. In the last tournaments there was no opponent who could be really dangerous for me."he explained to me, a little bored.
"Oh man, don't always be like that! I think it's cool! I'm really looking forward to it."
"Tsunami, that's nice! At least someone who is happy!" Said his mother.
"Come on, we're going!" Said Yugi. "Okay! Come on."
We went to his room. When we were there he dropped into his bed and turned on the system. He pretended I wasn't there.
"Hey Yugi! And now? What do we do now?" I asked him a few times before I got an answer.
"I don't know either," he muttered.
"Um .." I started. "What is it now?" He asked. "What do you actually do on the Tounier? What prices are there?"
"Oh, it's always a bit different. Sometimes there are fights and other times you play games and competitions. You are probably not sure what it will be this time. I think that she would have mentioned it otherwise.", Yugi explained me first, then he got up and went to his window.He turned off the music and stood there as if made of stone, staring outside.
"What's the matter with you? What's the matter with you all of a sudden?" I asked surprised.
"With me? Oh nothing ... But I have one more question for you!"
"And which one is that supposed to be?"
"What did you see earlier that you were so petrified and looked in one direction?" He asked and turned to me. He looked at me with his dark eyes. First I went back a little.
"Oh, there was just a guy who scared me," I said, trying to pretend I didn't mind what he said. ... I'll get you ... I don't know why I didn't trust him, but maybe it was better that way. "I think I'll go to sleep better now, otherwise I won't get out of bed tomorrow."
"It's okay. See you tomorrow and ...", hesitated for a while. "... Sleep well."
"Yup! Thank you! You too."

The next morning, as always, Trudy came to wake me up.In all honesty, I would have loved to shoot her. You can't even sleep in here. Or you should have darkened the sun. But well, there was no other way. I got up as usual, put on the stupid dress and went down the hall to the dining room.
"Huh? Why isn't there anyone here?" I asked Zippo.
"Zip! Zip zip.", He just said and shrugged his shoulders.

I left the room and went to the kitchen. I finally found it after about 20 wrong rooms.
"Hello ???" I mature, but nobody seemed to be here either. Slowly but surely I made my thoughts. Did I miss something? Zippo also looked pretty confused.
"Man, oh man, where are they all? Well. I don't care, at least I'm alone for a while." I packed a few small loaves of bread and something to drink in my backpack, then I went to the exit where I was the guards did not let through recently.
"Funny, even they are gone," I said to Zippo. We left the castle and walked a long alley.The trees were all totally green and looked very neat.
"Mh ... Somehow the country seems to be full of contrasts. First you have an ancient feeling and then they have a music system?"
Shouldn't bother me now, have other problems.

"Ziiiiip! Zi ziiip!", Made Zippo and tugged at my pants,
"What are you doing?" I asked and turned around.
"Ahh!" I made and looked the guy from back then in the eye.
He hissed: "I'll say yes ... I'll get you."
"What did you do with the others?"
"Well, I set them all up, they were all captured. HA HA HA HA!"
While he was laughing, I ran away and ran as fast as I could. But he caught up more and more until he finally grabbed my arm.
"Now it's your turn! Now nobody can protect you anymore, not even the dear prince. HAHAHA!"
"He doesn't have to!" I told him and pulled a knife, which I rammed into his arm.He screamed, but then he threw me to the ground and took something out of his black coat, it looked like some kind of syringe. I screamed all the time. He was just about to give it to me when suddenly Zippo jumped on his arm and bit down. The blood dripped onto my leg as I tried to get up quickly to help Zippo. However, I wasn't fast enough, he threw him on the floor and turned back to me.
"They already missed you. Do you like to attack smaller things?", But I also knew that I had just as little chance against him alone as Zippo, who got up again and stood by me.
"Ziiiip! Zip zip!" He grumbled.
"HA HA HA HA !! Funny, the little one has a sense of humor. He actually wants to defeat me. HA HA HA HA !!", the guy hissed.
Zippo was seething with anger and his wings began to glow. His eyes lit up too. It was like digging. Zippo turned into a large wolf-like being, which had razor-sharp teeth and moved on 4 paws.His eyes were no longer silver but blood red and his pupils were gone. He had very tousled fur and long claws. However, its fur remained silver.
I just stood there amazed, a little blood still ran down my mouth from the fall. I wiped this off with my arm. I looked at Zippo, somehow the name no longer seemed suitable for him, just as it fits perfectly to stand here in a dress and to be in the middle of a fight.
"Run!", Zippo said to me and stood between us. "I'll take care of de! Find the others! Look for the prince, nothing must happen to him!" He growled and raised his fur. Zippo attacked and the snake guy tried to dodge, but Zippo was at least as nimble and quick as the snake. He grabbed it and a bitter fight ensued. I knew I should run but didn't want to let him down, so I stayed. Suddenly the syringe-like part flew to the ground in front of me.I picked it up and looked at it.
"Destroy it! Hurry!" Shouted Zippo.
I threw it on the floor, the glass shattered and the liquid etched the floor away.
"Oh shit!" He hissed and tried to flee again and again, but Zippo stopped him.
-Ratsch- did it suddenly and Zippo had a knife stuck in his side. He fell to the ground and I ran to him and wanted to pull the knife, but at the same moment the guy took the decisive blow. He was holding a knife over both of us and was about to stab when he suddenly collapsed. It seemed to have gotten into the remaining caustic liquid. When I got up I saw Yugi limping towards me. He looked pretty battered. But I didn't have time for that now. I knelt by Zippo and removed the knife.
"Thanks.", He said panting. "It'll be fine," he said and turned back again. He passed out.I took him in my arms and went to meet Yugi.
"Yugi, how are you? What happened?" I asked excitedly. My heart was racing.
"We were attacked. Or rather, after you disappeared from the castle, they dragged many of us away. I couldn't help them, there were too many for me. I was still able to escape."
"Who were these guys? What did they actually want? And why didn't they take me prisoner too?" I asked him again with questions.
He just grinned stupidly and said: "I don't know. Maybe you're something special."
"Could anyone else escape?"
"No, unfortunately not. Some were badly wounded trying. They all helped me to get away. My parents dragged them off too, well, my father didn't have it so well. They killed him these pigs . "
A few tears ran down his face. I tried to comfort him.
"What will happen to us now? What else will happen?How much more do I have to participate? I can not anymore! I have enough! What do they want from me? I don't have that stupid sword and I don't know anything about the warrior either! "I shouted loudly through the area and sank on my knees. Yugi just looked at me in amazement.
"It's okay. We'll find your mother and your girlfriend! I promise you that!" He said in a soft voice, took me in his arms and hugged me tightly.
"Z ... i ... p ?!", made the little creature again.
"Zippo? How nice, you are awake again! I thought you were going to die. I was so afraid for you, my darling!" I said, looked down at him and tried to laugh while the tears were still streaming down my cheeks walked.
We went back to the castle, where we rested first and I could treat the wounds. I changed too. Afterwards I had a T-shirt and flared pants, these had many chains on them.
During the night we shared a room as it seemed safest to us.I