The Great Chambers

**The Great Chambers** is the fourth area Zarah passes through in *Blue's Journey: Quest of Zarah.*

## Area

The Great Chambers resembles a mediaeval themed hotel suites. There are bedrooms lined up for The Animals to sleep in. It is decked out with purple banners and red carpets. Inside the rooms are large sized beds and giant televisions. There are a few vases laid out on tables and are huge chandeliers' on the ceiling with dimming lights.

## Inhabitants

* Troels
* The Knights
* The Animals (Sleeping)

## Solution

The Great Chambers resembles a mediaeval themed hotel suites. There are bedrooms lined up for The Animals to sleep in. It is decked out with purple banners and red carpets. Inside the rooms are large sized beds and giant televisions. There are a few vases laid out on tables and are huge chandeliers' on the ceiling with dimming lights. The areas are mostly dark and have a creepy ambience and there is a giant machine in a room filled with metal pipes and vents laying around. There are Knights standing up against the walls, which are said to guard the area.

Zarah and her friends arrive towards the area. Blue walks up to Zarah.

**Blue**: "Zarah, what was that about? You scared me back there."

**Zarah**: "It's nothing, Blue! Don't worry about it!"

**Blue**: "Are you sure? You're my friend and I don't want you upset."

Zarah emits a growl and grabs Blue's arm tightly. She starts to squeeze it hard, causing Blue pain.

**Blue**: "...ow...OW!!!"

**Kane**: "Zarah, let go of him!"

Zarah gasps and quickly lets go.

**Zarah**: "S-sorry!"

Blue looks at the pain mark on his arm and steps back from Zarah.

**Zarah:** "Are you alright, Blue...?"

**Blue**: "...I'm fine...just...don't touch me like that again.."

**Kane**: "Blue, just give her space. She just lost a friend"

Zarah crunches her fist by Kane's comment.

**Kane**: "S-sorry, I didn't mean to say that."

**Zarah**: "Yeah...I did...again."

**Blue**: "Again?"

Zarah holds still as she remembers the sound of a kitten being beaten to death by a group of bullies. Zarah wipes a tear and walks away from them.

**Zarah**: "I need some alone time."

**Kane**: "I...Well, lets go try to find Stellar..."

**The Protector**: "I'll stay with Zarah. Will you be alright on your own?"

**Blue**: "Yeah, we've done this show before!"

The Protector grows to normal size and follows Zarah. She finds her rocking back and fourth in a large hotel room with a sleeping Animal on the bed.

**The Protector**: "Hey..."

**Zarah**: "Leave me alone, Protector! I don't wanna be bothered!"

**The Protector**: "I would, but I feel bad for you. I know you just lost...her and all..."

**Zarah**: "She reminded me of my old friend...It happened before I met Blue and Kane"

**The Protector**: "What happened exactly?"

**Zarah**: "...I came from another town...I had an adoptive family with a few brothers and sisters. But they weren't exactly nice to me. Turns out the town I stayed in were full of bullies."

**The Protector**: "You had a Family?"

A flashback happens and it shows Zarah being locked out of a large green mansion that is covered in disgusting toilet paper. Her brothers and sisters all laugh and point fingers at her. She is then shown running in a large thunder storm and finding a baby adorable kitten near some trash. Zarah watches as the kitten lays in her lap shivering. Zarah smiles and pets it

**Flashback Zarah**: "Hi...kitten...are you lost?"

The kitten falls asleep in her arms. Zarah hugs it tighter and goes inside the nearby orphanage. Zarah shivers as she sits down in a large bedroom with the lights on.

**Flashback Zarah**: "Looks like we're on our own, kitty...Do you like that as your name, Kitty?"

Zarah's cat snuggles up against her.

**Flashback Zarah:** "At least I have you as my friend...and we'll be friends forever, right?"

A group of orphanage children walk into the room.

**Flashback Zarah**: "Oh...hello...who are you guys? Are you guys homeless to?"

The Orphanage Children look dirty, but are dressed in 1950's fancy like clothes and are all rather in a grumpy state. One of them is Troels, who is standing in the middle of them. Troels wears an outfit to be similar to the late 1950's British school uniforms: brown shirt with red vests and black suspenders. His shoes are red. His hair is short dark brown hair parted in the middle which flips outwards, which covers his eyes. He is also wearing a tophat. He is 9 years old and slightly taller than Zarah. Troels skin is also a peach like color.

**Flashback Troels**: "What do we have here? A new child that walks into my domain? Welcome, little girl!"

**Flashback Zarah**: "H-hello...I'm Zarah..."

**Flashback Troels**: "My name is Troels! You need new clothes, Zarah. We can't have a filthy child on board, can we?"

**Flashback Zarah**: "Uh...Um..."

**Flashback Troels**: "Oh, what's the matter? Aren't you hungry?"

Troels, at first, smiles and holds his hand out. That is, until, the kitten meows at him. Troels pulls his hand away from Zarah. Zarah looks confused.

**Flashback Troels**: "You brought a pet to my orphanage? A cat?! We don't allow pets here, miss! I suggest you get rid of the pest or you won't like what you see!"

**Flashback Zarah**: "I..I can't...she's my friend...I can never leave her behind."

Troels' face turns to anger. He snaps his fingers and one of the orphan children grab Zarah from behind. Troels picks up the cat.

**Flashback Troels**: "I tried to be nice, little girl! But you just don't listen, don't you?"

Zarah whimpers and struggles in the children's arms"

**Flashback Zarah**: "Please...don't hurt her...let her go! Stop it!"

**Orphan Child in Blue**: "Cry all you want!"

**Orphan Child in Yellow**: "All you do is cry!"

**Orphan Child in Pink**: "This is why you don't have a family!"

**Orphan Child in Green**: "Next time read the rules! We'll have to hurt your cat instead of you!"

**Flashback Troels**: "And YOU can't do shit about it!"

Zarah gets angry and delivers a kick to Troels' jaw. Troels holds his jaw in pain. He then grabs the cat by the throat.

**Flashback Troels**: "You motherfu-...I'm beating this damn animal to death."

Troels slams the cat to the wall. He then picks up a baseball bat out of a dresser and beats the cat to death. The cat screams in pain and Troels gets covered in the cat's blood.

**Flashback Troels**: "Way to ruin a man's clothes..."

Zarah grows angry by watching. Her body glows green and the orphanage children begin to scream and melt as Zarah starts to leak acid. Troels witnesses the whole thing. Zarah starts to approach Troels. He backs away in fear a little.

**Flashback Troels**: "You're...you're crazy..."

**Flashback Zarah**: "Says the one who just killed a kitten!"

Zarah runs at Troels, but he runs away. Troels runs out of the orphanage and disappears into the storm. Zarah runs out, but stops as she lost him. She holds her dead kitten in her arms. The flashback ends and Zarah has stop crying.

**The Protector**: "I...I'm sorry that happened to you...and...you have acid powers...?!"

**Zarah**: "Yeah, but they don't seem to work all the time...I think. Can we go back to the others?"

**The Protector**: "Sure..."

The Protector helps Zarah up and they walk into the hallway.

**Zarah**: "I wonder if Blue hates me since I hurt him earlier."

**The Protector**: "I'm sure he'll understand if it was accident. And I need you to be strong, Zarah. It's what they would've wanted, right?"

**Zarah**: "Yeah..."

They come across a large dark room filled with Knights. The Knights resemble normal suits of armor. They are giant and made out of metal material. They are wrapped around barbed wire. They carry around axes, chain whips, and swords to attack. They have blood stains leaking from the open metal on their suits.

**Zarah**: "This place has knights too?"

**The Protector**: "These things creep me out. I don't like them. I think i can see blood on them..."

**Zarah**: "Aw, don't be scared...it's not like their alive, right...?"

**The Protector**: "I...um...I'm not sure..."

As they walk, one of the Knights start to quietly move and inch its way closer. The Protector stops walking and shivers. She turns around to see a Knight getting closer and closer. The Knight freezes once she looks at her.

**Zarah**: "Protector? Why did you stop moving? ...did that thing move...?!"

**The Protector**: "These things are moving..."

Zarah gasps and backs up into one of them. Zarah gets poked by its sword.

**Zarah**: "OW!"

The Knight falls over and crashes. The head pops off, revealing a child's corpse has been rotting inside its shell. Zarah covers her mouth covering herself from vomiting.

**The Protector**: "Zarah...Zarah?! Stay close with me!"

Some of the other Knights start to quietly move and walk towards Zarah's exact location. Zarah and Protector keep moving in the dark as they feel The Knights crawling behind their skin. Zarah whimpers loudly, which attracts more of The Knights.

**The Protector**: "Zarah! Shh shh. I need you to stay calm, okay?!"

**Zarah**: "I'm scared...I'm scared of them..."

**The Protector**: "I know. I'm scared to, but we'll be okay, I promise."

Zarah tries to smile until one of The Knights pierces Protector's chest from behind with a small sharp sword. The Protector leaks blood and Zarah stumbles back in fear. The Protector pulls herself free and pushes The Knight back.

**The Protector**: "Agh! Damn it! Zarah go!"

**Zarah**: "No! I'm not leaving you behind!"

Zarah tries using her acid powers, but they don't work.

**Zarah**: "What?! Come on, work!"

**The Protector**: "ZARAH!! GO!! RIGHT NOW!!!"

Zarah sees The Knights surrounding her raising their weapons. Zarah keeps trying, but sees one of the Knights reach for her. Zarah gives up and runs under The Knights legs. The Knights grab The Protector and she screams as she gets pierced multiple times by their barbed wire. Zarah runs through a dark hallway and shuts the doors. Zarah cries as she is alone again.

**Zarah**: "Blue...Kane...Protector...?! I lost all of them! Where is Stellar at right now?!"

Zarah hears Stellar struggling to clean a large Animal. Zarah follows the sound and finds Stellar in a bath room. Stellar is cleaning a sleeping Animal using a brush.

**Zarah**: "Stellar?! I'm here!"

**Stellar**: "Zarah...?"

**Zarah**: "Come down! We gotta get out of here!"

Stellar falls off the sleeping Animal. Zarah helps her up. Stellar has a chain on her foot and is wearing the same shock collar Kane had on earlier. Stellar has tears rolling down on her face.

**Zarah**: "Stellar! Come on! We can make a run for it together!"

**Stellar**: "What about Kane...where is Kane and Blue?!"

**Zarah**: "I...I don't know, but I can't risk losing another friend! Hold on...is this...blood on you?!"

Stellar is has bloody stab wounds on her arms and legs. Stellar is also having trouble breathing. She coughs up blood before she starts to talk.

**Stellar**: "He...abused...me. He abuses...all of us..."

**Zarah**: "Who...?!"

Zarah helps Stellar move and they walk into the hallway. Zarah then finds giant double doors. They slowly swing open on their own. Zarah begins to back up. Stellar opens her eyes a little and points.

**Stellar**: "Abuser..."

Stellar keeps repeating the word "Abuser" as a kid around Zarah's height faintly appears. Zarah squints and gasps as Troels walks out of the darkness dragging Blue and Kane's unconcious bloody bodies. Troels sounds more slightly deranged and insane. He drops them and stares at Zarah.

**Zarah**: "Its...its you...Troels!"

**Troels**: "Welcome to Hell, my friend."

Troels lets out a laugh before showing Zarah the remains of Kitty and the decaying skeleton of the kitten from her flashback. He slams the corpses on the floor and stomps on them. Zarah gets a bit angry but is still afraid. She sees a dresser with sharp objects inside. She throws a small pocket knife and stabs Troels. Troels laughs harder as he rips out the knife and tosses it aside. Troels licks up his own blood, leaking from his stab wound.

**Troels**: "Mmm Mmm! Isn't blood just delicous, Zarah?! Oh, what's the matter?! Aren't you hungry?!"

Troels holds up a decapitated child's head. Troels then tosses it aside and runs and attacks Zarah. Zarah pushes Troels off of her.

**Troels**: "You just couldn't wait to break my rules again, huh?! I saw what you did to MY staff! Chopping their heads, cutting them open, burning them alive! This is BEYOND perfect for me! First I kill your friends and now I kill you! A PERFECT CIRCLE!!! How will I kill you. you ask?! That's the fun part: You don't know yet!"

**Zarah**: "Go to Hell, basterd..."

**Troels**: "Go to Hell?! This world IS Hell!"

Troels kicks Zarah's stomach and grabs her by the throat and lifts her, strangling her.

**Troels**: "Come fourth, children! I have some new friends here to join you!"

The Knights emerge from the darkness. One of The Knights is holding a horribly pierced unconcious Protector in its hands.

**Troels**: "The Protector too?! Boy this day gets better and better! The Queen will pay me milli- No, billions- No! TRILLIONS OF CASH!!!"

Zarah coughs of blood and looks up at Troels

**Zarah**: "The Queen...?"

**Troels**: "Yeah, the one who took me in after I left you behind. Anyway, Knights take them to The Machine. I have plans for Zarah!"

**Zarah**: "What...plans...?!"

**Troels**: "You'll see!"

The Knights carry Blue, Kane, Stellar, and The Protector away. Troels grabs and drags Zarah by the hair into the darkness and takes her to a giant painful atomic reconstruction machine. Troels dumps Zarah's body inside the machine and the machine starts. Zarah emits painful screams as she is transformed into a Paw. She pops out the machine's rear end. Her paw resembles a cat paw. Her fur is green and she wears yellow clothes that resembles a doll. Her ears and tail are white and her eyes are pure white. She has pink cheeks. Troels turns around as The Knights arrive to dump Blue, Kane, Stellar, and The Protector's bodies into the machine.

**Troels**: "You'll be happy here, I promise!"

Troels picks her up and takes her up inside of ***The Royal Quarters***.