Third Person POV:

Zak hadn't stepped foot anywhere near the sea ever since he'd almost drowned — but who could blame him though, right? Someone was clearly out for him — at least that was what Zak thought, but little did he know, it wasn't just him. Darryl had left to visit Greenland, home to the Azalea kingdom, Clover kingdom, and Apricot kingdom, which left Zak alone. Darryl was supposed to be back tomorrow morning though.

Days after the incident, Zak left the castle to walk around. He observed children playing and chasing each other down the cobble paths, people in the midst of a conversation with another, and others doing their jobs. When people saw him, they bowed.

Zak looked over to the left as he saw some others bowing to a different person. Ant was sitting on a bench, talking to the citizens from each kingdom. Zak looked back on his path, shuffling through people as he now found himself behind a dairy shop. Wooden barrels held what Zak assumed was milk. Zak noticed something red in between two milk barrels. Curious, he picked up one of the milk barrels and moved it to the side. Ant saw the diamond tip of Zak's tail from the alley, politely ending his conversation with a Sugar kingdom child.

Ant wanted to know what Zak was doing behind there. Ant approached, feeling anxiety bubble up inside of his stomach. Ant desperately wanted to know what Zak was doing. Ant went behind Zak to see Zak staring at a few red sticks — by they were not just any red sticks — dynamite, about to explode.

"Zak!" Ant exclaimed. "I know! I didn't place them!" Zak shouted in response, standing up. The dynamite's detonating cord was sparking and was about ten seconds away from exploding. Ant grabbed Zak's arm. "Well someone must've! Hurry, we need to get out of here!" The two sprinted out of the alley, screaming for people to evacuate, but there wasn't enough time. The dynamite exploded, many more from around the Woodland also exploding.

Someone had placed multiple sticks of dynamite around the Woodland and they were too late to discover it. People screamed as thick, dark gray smoke filled the air, fire erupting from the ground to spread. A loud, howling boom had been made, the explosions seemingly everywhere setting fire to many structures. The sound had probably been so loud, Greenland could have heard it.

Zak and Ant had flung into the air due to being so close to the sticks of dynamite and its explosion, plummeting to the ground. A stinging pain shot through Zak's leg as his foot all the way up to his knee had been torn off. Zak screamed in pain, tears welling at his eyes. Zak's eyes traveled to the side, seeing Ants head fly off to tumble away. Pools of blood flowed out from his neck, Zak screaming out Ants name in terror, his ears ringing. Zak inhaled, looking up at the smoke filled sky. That was when a large, castle pillar crashed down on top of him and Ant.

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