The golden ashen sky covered the sun with scales on it for the entire nation of Pitaya Land in the west of Satiation Kingdom. The lava cake volcano was burping, the citizens were rumbling through the tropical rainforests; the serene adventure of the world had been rather intoxicating. But, not all was smoke and reflections in the in the hotlands.

Kablam, bloop, bliperoo.

A rather tall draconic feminine appearing individual let out a loud roar out into the open in the Den of Devils whilst sifting through multiple cabinets. Their short split dyed blonde and red violet bangs looked as though they were close to catching on fire. Red pigtails with pink highlights tied up to the high left and right sides of their head, their bright blush hued eyes also looked like they were going to blow. Rosy suit with a pitaya on the bottom adorning thorns in the corner, they had shimmering green dragon wings to match their scaly emerald tail. Maroon dragon claws with a sense of sharpness in them, their talons scratched the wood.

Cabinet devoid of any mystical pitaya and other knickknacks, the dragon grumbled. When did they run out of stock of everything? How could this be? When did this happen? Had someone been stealing their stock? Had people decided to raid the Den of Devils without an appointment with their envoys? The nerve! Whoever did that was going to pay the price dearly! And dearly, they would. Cupping their claws around their face they sounded the alarms.

Ree roo ree roo ree roo.

"Angel Foodcake Guardian, come here right now!" the dragon shouted.

Hearing the flap of wings, the dragon kept on doing more digging. Upper cabinets empty as well, they hissed. Nothing in here, nothing in there, nothing anywhere. Who dared mess with their pitaya stock? Those were kept stored for a reason! Who thought they could mess with them the leader and ruler of Pitaya Land?

Flapping upward in the air had been a short man with angel halo above his head. Pure white wings behind him, he too, had a bright pink suit. Two angel food cakes with wings on them on the sides of the outfit right above the pockets, he had short blonde hair that faded into a dark orange high ponytail. Orange eyes as well, he had strange flame shaped eyebrows on his face for some reason. Long, spiky tail shades matching his tied up locks almost exactly, a sigh had come the dragon's way.

"What is it, My Lordship?" Angel Foodcake Guardian asked. "Lord Dragon Fruit, it is imperative you halt these outbursts immediately. There's adventurers in the public lobby!"

"Shut your stupid mouth! This may be a public den for anyone to use," Lord Dragon Fruit screeched at the top of their lungs. "But, that doesn't mean people can come into my private quarters without an appointment to take our storage of pitaya bombs and other lines of defense."

"You never listen when anyone is talking, do you?" Angel Foodcake Guardian asked, hand plastered over his temple. "You didn't hear a word Devilled Egg Drude said earlier at all. Drude said the volcano is erupting in three days, so we've decided to allow our citizens to take our weapons stock to protect themselves."

Hearing such, Lord Dragon Fruit was seeing red. Excuse them, who said Drude could do that? Drude is supposed to ask permission to carry out orders like that! Excellent, the lavacakecano is going to erupt in three days. Just seventy two hours from this moment that was breathed into motion. And what did Drude do? Give away the entire stock of weapons! They bet all their delegates were in on this, too. Who did they think they all were? They're Lord Dragon Fruit, the ruler of this land. Who gave their team the authority to decide the rules around here, hmm?

"Devilled Egg Drude, Fairy Floss Pixie and Devil's Foodcake Rat!" Lord Dragon Fruit demanded. "Get in here now!"

Flapping their wings with a ferocity had been an individual with no discernable masculine or feminine traits to speak of. Adorning jungle green bangs that had been partially red on the right and left side, there had been devil horns on the top of the head. Very short crimson ponytail, a near permanent grimace nearly devoured the small scarlet eyes. Sparkly red devil wings with multiple veins popping out, the devil's suit had been a bloody cherry with devilled egg symbols above the pockets. Small tail behind the back, a perpetual look of fear painted the face.

Also flying in had been a short pixie woman with hair that had been one-thirds pink, one-thirds blue, and one-thirds yellow like colorful cotton candy on a summer afternoon at a carnival. Triple hued eyes the same color as her locks, she had cerise panda ears on the top of her head. Bright pink skin almost glowing, she had a fluffy suit shirt with colorful fairy floss symbols also above the pockets. Glimmering azure pixie wings behind her, she had a heart shaped tail seen rubbing against her skirt.

Dashing in the room out of breath had been a short rat lady the Dragon Lord could practically step on. Light brown hair becoming a darker splash of chestnut, her locks were almost thick enough to be chocolate. Devil horns on the top of her head almost ready to slice her ponytail apart, she had a sandy suit with slices of cake printed onto them. Small tail behind her, a look of nervousness decorated her face aplenty.

"Yes, My Lordship?" Devilled Egg Drude asked. "What's wrong, what did I do?!"

"You know what you did!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. "Who said you could give away our weapon stock like that?" "Oh, My Lordship, but we couldn't just turn everyone away!" Fairy Floss Pixie cried. As she said such, her heart tail behind her glowed obnoxiously. "Everyone's scared of lavacakecano!"

"And?" Lord Dragon Fruit asked, tapping their webbed feet on the ground.

"And, we couldn't just leave them unarmed, you know!" Fairy Floss Pixie retaliated. "They're saying this eruption might be a big one!"

"You have to ask my permission to give away my secret stock of pitayas!" Lord Dragon Fruit shouted. "Now, we have nothing to protect ourselves from an invasion! You know what happens when the lavacakecano is close to erupting, we tend to get ambushed by another kingdom! Like last time, remember when that pitiful Angel Foodcake World tried attacking us? They lost, and here we are today merged into Pitaya Land!"

"And that mattaws becawse?" Devil's Foodcake Rat asked.

"It matters because, if we don't have any weapons, we'll lose the next imminent Kingdom Warfare battle!" Lord Dragon Fruit turned away as they said such.

"Oh, wight," Devil's Foodcake Rat said. But, had soon been cut off.

"How many times do I have to tell you to slow down when you talk?" Angel Foodcake Guardian said to Devil's Foodcake Rat, groaning. He then turned towards his lordship. "What does it matter everyone took your bombs? No one has attacked us in a long time."

Lord Dragon Fruit could feel their rage begin to simmer at the lack of care festering between their top delegates. Uh, hello? Were they all not seeing the problem here? First off, the volcano is going to erupt in three days. No one has attacked them in a long time, smo none has nattacked them in a long time. There's been rising tension in recent times, which they failed to notice. They weren't listening when people talked to them? The kettle was being called black with this one, like hi there! Can these angels, devils and fairies be any less disengaged with the real issue here?

"Sowwy," Devil's Foodcake Rat started to say, but she soon cleared her throat. "I mean, sorry. "But, is there really a problem? We can just get mowe, I mean, more, can't we?"

"You're missing the point here!" Lord Dragon Fruit shouted. "The place where pitayas are closest right now is the savanna. That's a long trek!"

"Okay, so?" Fairy Floss Pixie asked. "All of us, except Devil's Foodcake Rat can fly anyway!"

Defiance coming their way, the Dragon Lord wanted to wring every single one of their delegates necks out. Were none of them listening to a word they said just now? If they were to head to the savanna now it would take two days to get through all of it. Forty eight whole hours! It was peak devilled egg demon season! There wouldn't be enough time to withstand the eruption by then! By the lord which was them, they swore their envoys were messing with them like it was their job.

"Queen of missing the point still, I see!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried. "It's devilled egg demon season in the savanna right now. Is your cotton candy brain working right?" They stamped their feet as they continued. "It'll take two days to get through there! Those demons aren't exactly easy to vanquish!"

"My Lordship, I can freeze time for a small window of time!" Devilled Egg Drude shouted. "Have you forgotten?"

Reminder coming their way, Lord Dragon Fruit cracked their knuckles. Ah, right, this fiend of theirs was the leader of the Devilled Egg demons, but did that matter? They thought not! What if the lavacakecano were to erupt faster from freezing time, hmm? What then? They swore their delegates were as stupid as a rock sometimes. No, two rocks? Three? No, a whole dozen of rocks!

Turning their back towards everyone, they let out a loud resounding hmph. Bunch of wishy washy good doers always letting down the doormat to get stepped on by all the adventurers in the nation. This is why none of them ran this joint! They were the lord of the land here, everyone should do as they say!

"I haven't forgotten, but you all have seemed to have forgotten the rules around here!" Lord Dragon Fruit shouted. "You don't go around giving our arsenal to everyone who asks!"

"But, Your Lordship, everyone has been scared of the impending threats of invasion!" Fairy Floss Pixie cried. "We haven't seen something so unprecedented in a really long time! Didn't you hear what happened in Strawberry Kingdom recently?"

Annoying pixie diverting attention off towards an unrelated kingdom, they rolled their eyes. Who cares about Strawberry Kingdom right now? They were a dull little place that got to the top of the ladder with barely any effort at all. Who cares if they got attacked? They sure don't. Someday, they'll strike their warzone and take their crown as number one anyway!

"Does it look like I care what happened there?" Lord Dragon Fruit said in a haughty tone.

"My Lordship, I know you don't care for Strawberry Kingdom, but if they can get attacked by a lesser kingdom, we can, too," Angel Foodcake Guardian reminded them. "Get your head out of the sand."

"Angew, I mean Angel, they don't stand a chance against our bastion anyway, whoeva they are," Devil's Foodcake Rat added, slipping on her words. "They gotta capture our flags, they're not gonna be able to do that fast!"

"Are you dumb?" Devilled Egg Drude asked, finger inside the left ear. "It's Sweet And Sour Kingdom that attacked. They're seeking revenge on all the top ten kingdoms as of late. We're next!"

Hearing such, the intense rage was ready to erupt inside Lord Dragon Fruit's head. Revenge, huh? Revenge for what? Being one of the top ten? What a bunch of sore losers, they already had accumulated ten losses. They were already on the verge of falling apart! Did they think going after other kingdoms would do them any good here? They thought not!

Crossing their arms across their waist, they washed their hands of this entire thing. As if those wimplings would be able to do anything to their kingdom. They'll be blown up straight away to Pizzaville and have their bones eaten up by the cult! They're wasting their time trying to get on the offensive. Lord they were, who cares? They all needed to stock up on supplies. They're not about to let some dumb pathetic creatures steal a win from them.

"All of you, return to my chamber in three hours with satchels full of supplies suitable for the trek to the savanna!" Lord Dragon Fruit cried.

"Um, forgive me, My Lordship, but shouldn't we go right now?" Fairy Floss Pixie asked in defiance. "The more time we take to get there, the closer we'll get to the volcanic eruption!"

"If you don't all do as I say and follow my orders, the only one here that's going to erupt is me!" Lord Dragon Fruit screeched. "Get out, and pack up, or someone's going to get it." Boom.

Delegates running out, Lord Dragon Fruit flew upwards in their private chamber in a circled flurry. Who did these guys think they were giving away their resources to everyone who asked? Oh, waah, waah, I'm scared of the eruption, boo hoo, they don't feel safe without a pitaya bomb. Howdy doody, they don't care! Who said their envoys could take their entire weapon stock and give it away like it was charity? They didn't, that's who! Those four had gotten way too comfortable under their tutelage.

Trmp trmp trmp trmp, they stomped on the ground like a tremor for hours to come.