***Buggey Gubb Paw.***

“Well, there go our plan.” I said out loud. Over the sound of chaos that was happening around us. The plan was to wait until night fall and get the others out with the cover of night. But going by the explosion and the storm overhead, that plan out the window.

“We must save Lady Hel, we can not waist anymore time!” Demanded the Mus. I rolled my eyes at this as I loaded my pistols. Lily wanted to walk in and storm the place, but right now we needed to stay in cover for now.

“Say any idea why our eyes are yellow now and all glowy?” I asked the old magic user. For the most part, it looked like everyone the city was ever turned into a Nightwalker. Meaning they all had glowing yellow eyes. Let just say, this panicked more than just the guards and those who lived in the city.

“I think it has something to do with the crystals, Talion may have entered the last tower and taken the crystal.” Maggabl explained as he looked at his reflection in a window. “Talion must have overloaded the crystal with magic. My guess he used all that magic to cast that storm up there?”

A lightning bolt struck the ground and hit a building. Seeing as one was going off every few minutes, didn’t help matters. “We still need to find the others, we’ll go to the arena and then we’ll try the Keep Lord home.” Said Eron hefting his axe and hammer, before walking out. I watched as Lily followed.

“Are we really following them?” I asked as Bruiser walked off following after them. I turned to Maggabl as he smiled and went after them. “I expect to be paid double!” I yelled as I ran after them, this is not worth fifteen gold a mouth!

***Talion Ragnarok.***

At first I didn’t feel anything, my ears were ringing. I knew this feeling before, it was just like the first time I used magic. Only this was much stronger, far more than anything I could do on my own. I had no idea how long I saw staring up at the sky, or how long I laid there. I kept seeing shadows run past and blurs run into each other.

Sound slowly filled my ears, the sound of steel on steel. Shouts and screams of both fear and rage. I then realized I was being dragged away. I looked up and saw one of the Nightwalkers I was working with who was sent into the tower with me and the others. We reached the gate and I was pulled inside, I heard the creak of the large doors as they were slowly being closed.

“Alright help me bandage his hand!” I heard someone shout as I laid there on the floor. I didn’t know who it was, but they sounded close. Maybe they was the one who pulled me in here?

“Leave him, let just get out of here!” said another voice I did not recognize. Why did my head feel so foggy? I guess all that magic going off at once wasn’t good for me.

“He helped us, I don’t know how he turned every one in the stadium into Nightwalkers. But that chaos helped us get away.” Said the one who was helping me. I felt pain shoot into my left hand as it was held up and was being bandaged. “This will do for now, come on. Help me carry him.”

I felt sore as I was being carried to my feet. I was slowly getting feeling back into my body as I tried to walk under my own power. “What… Happened?” I managed to ask, after my head stopped ringing. The one to my left looked at me like I was the plage, where as the one on the right looked relieved I was in one piece.

“We were hoping you could tell us? After that crystal exploded, half the guards helmets fell off. Turns out they were nightwalkers. But then one pulled another one's helmet off and it showed he was a Nightwalker to so… They're all trying to kill each other, as they all claim they’re not nightwalkers.” The one to my right explained. That made little to no sense at all, how the hell do they all turn into nightwalkers?

“Wait, we have to free the slaves.” I said as I tried to walk on my own, I was a little wobbly but I could at least stand with out the room spinning.

“Are you crazy? We need to escape while we still can.” Said the unhappy one. He didn’t wait for my reply before running off on his own. Grate… I looked to the one who was helping me.

“Not going to run away to?” I asked. He shook his head before helping me to walk again. “Got a name?” He laughed at that.

“Just call me Rufus seeing as we probably won’t live past night. Might as well do some good huh?” He said smiling at me. I grinned back as we made our way to the cells.

“If we’re going to get anywhere. I’m going to need my gear.” I said as we made our way deeper inside. It looks like all the guards have scattered. Oh well, just makes our job much easier. I picked the keys up off a table and smiled as I held them up. “Let make a little chaos.”

***Morgan.***

“What in tartarus is happening?” Asked Starranger as she looked down a hall. As I was held in Hel arms, once we got out of our cage and set the others free. Things didn’t seem right. “What happened to all the guards? They seem to be in a panic and don’t know what to do.”

“I don't know, but it must have something to do with the surge in magic that everyone on the island is experiencing…” I said, not having a clue as to what was going on.

“What do you mean, yeah it was powerful and all. But to say the whole island was effected is a little bit of a stretch.” Replied Starranger as she lead them down the hall. “I’m more worried about what happening in the city right now, sounds like a riot or an invasion.”

“I hope Talion, Lily and the others are alright.” Asked Hel as she held me closer. Hel was scared and worried, couldn’t really blame her seeing just a week ago we was all kidnapped.

“Well I don't know how I know, but I'm certain it affected the entire island… I can feel it…” I told Starranger before looking up at Hel. “And don't worry, Mr Punching bag and the others are still alive.”

“I hope you’re right.” Said Starranger before stopping and waved for them to hide. We hide when we head guards marching with them was Bain and his son. “This way.” Starranger lead us into a room before carefully closing the door. Once inside we found out we were not alone, the servants were hiding in here to and they looked terrified.

“Calm yourselves, we mean you no harm.” Said Hel softly. It seemed to help the scared ponies, diamond dogs, griffons and rats who were working here. The rats eyes were glowing yellow to, just like Talions.

“I told you the magic surge affected everyone.” I said to Starranger with a smug grin on my tiny muzzle.

“Okay I believe you now, but that doesn't help us get out of here any faster.” Starranger added before putting her ear to the door.

“True… and it especially doesn't help that we're now cornered…” I sighed while giving up, after all Bain’s footsteps just stopped right on the other side of the door.

“Farther we need to calm the city, it pandamonium out there. You need to say something?” Asked Vill. There was a slam on the door, as if someone hit it.

“Shut up Vill! I want every last Nightwalker in the city dead, I don’t care who they are! The guard, the scum and slaves that work to keep my city running. I want every last one of those, Things dead!” Bain yelled before they started walking again, the sounds of their voices getting softer and softer.

“He's gone, that still leaves us with a lot of guards and the way out.” Starranger commented. Before she looked at the servants. “If I were all of you, I’d get out of here as fast as you can.”

“And get off the island if you can.” I added in. “This place is going to fall into chaos soon and it's going to be a long time before it ever becomes safe, not like it ever was in the first place though.”

“But Morgan, there are no ships. Only small fishing ships that don’t leave the island or at least that what I read.” Said Hel. As Starranger opened the door and waved for everyone to leave.

“Even a raft can cross an ocean if the crew is desperate enough, never doubt the ingenuity and desire to live of sentient beings.” I told Hel with a awkward smile. As soon as we walked outside a guard had spotted us.

“Hey you! Hold it right there!” He yelled, luckily he was alone. “Everyone the escapees are this way!” Damnit...

“Run!” I shout, wriggling out of Hel’s arms and sprinting in the direction leading away from where I sensed the guards were coming from.

***Buggey Gubb Paw.***

“I told you this was the wrong way!” I yelled before firing my pistols at a guard. There armour was cheap crap anyway, the armour may look nice and all. But that all it did, it wasn’t like the Baneknight’s and there Keeplord. Eron was enough to keep the main bulk off our tails. “Is that door open yet?!”

“Shut up and let me work!” Screamed the mouse as she worked on the lock. On the up side, Maggabl was holding them off with his spells and Bruiser… Well, he was Bruiser. “It open!” Lily yelled as she pulled the door open.

“Time to go lads!” I shout before pulling out another pistol, this one had a larger barrel and one hell of a buckshot in it. “Fire in the hole!” I yelled before pulling the trigger, as the shot cut down a large number of them. Before running for the door.

The old rat and the dog ran in after me, but Eron was still outside. “What are you waiting for? Get your big hide in here!” I shouted, but it looked like the big minotaur had other ideas.

“Go, find Dust and the others! The door to small for me anyway!” Eron roared before swinging his axe into one of the support beams. The hall on the other side of the door came down, before I was pulled back away from the door by Bruiser.

“No good, we go now.” Said Bruiser. I blinked in surprise at this, I guess they were good friends? Or not, well who cares as long as I get paid. I start reloading my weapons as we walked. I’m starting to question working with these guys.

“So… How do we find Talion and the others?” I asked, as we entered deeper into this place. After opening another door I find out we were in a palace. “Wow, fancey.”

“We need to find Lady Hel, this way.” Said Lily as the little mouse ran off. I looked to the others as they followed after her.

“Do you even know where they are?” I asked running after them. I heard shouting and what sounds like fighting, oh that never good. We don’t even have a plan for this, as we ran I started to notice out the windows there were fires in the city. “This is a really bad night.”

***Talion Ragnarok.***

I slit the throat of another guard as I looked out the door of the, what I guess was the dungeon. It helped we hit the armory first and got my gear, turns out this Bain put a lot of his enemies in this place to ether be slaves or fight to the death. Now we were all working together to do one thing, kill this murdering sack of shit!

“Anyone know the way to the throne room?” I asked looking back at the now armed nightwalkers, ponies, diamond dogs and griffons. The monitors had other plans for getting back at the guards. I didn’t mind, I also ask them to let loose those huge rat men. They were called Vastens, no idea why really. Turns out they were smarter then they looked, once they knew we was setting them free they bolted out of there faster then a rabbit on speed.

“I used to work as one of the cleaners here. The throne room is four levels above us.” Said a scrawny looking nightwalker. I would have said von but they all had glowing yellow eyes now just like me. So I guess they’re nightwalkers now.

“Good, let’s move quick and quiet. The less attention we get the better.” I told them as we moved again. To be honest we were only I think about fifty strong, there was hundreds down there. I didn’t blame them if they wanted to get out of here, but there was those left that felt as I did. This keeplord needed to die.

“Do you hear that? Sounds like a war going on outside.” Asked a pegasus who like the others had his wings clipped. I nodded at this, I get that crystal did more then just make a large storm other our heads. I stopped when I noticed a transparent father land at the end of a hall. I blinked at it confused as it faded away. Before guards came around the corner, there wasn’t many of them. Only five of them, I drawed my swords as I walked down the hall towards them quickly. The others followed after me before giving out their own battle cries, the guards looked fearful and shaking.

“What are you waiting for? Come on if you think you're hard enough!” I roared as I and the fighters go into a full sprint after the guards, who dropped their weapons and ran. They didn’t get far before we cut them down, we then moved on and found more guards. But these guys had some back bone to them.

“Give them nothing! But take from them, everything!” I yelled as I got a roar of approval at this, so our long slog to get to the throne room had begun.

***Morgan.***

“I think it this way?” Said Starranger as we ran. It didn’t help I was smaller and was being dragged along by her magic.

“No! Wait!” I tried to shout out in warning when I noticed something off, but I was too late… We had ran through two large doors and ended up in a large room. Dust, Starranger looked shocked at the room we ran into.

“This was the wrong way…” She said in fear, before we heard the sounds of boots. Hel picked me up as Starranger used her magic to close the doors and barred them with whatever she could find. Banners, statues and even a large sofar. “We need to find another way out… There has to be another way out!?”

“Its a dead end, that's what I was trying to warn you about…” I said, shivering a bit as I heard the pounding on the door get louder and louder. “What do we do? I don’t want to become his plaything…” I then began to cry, knowing that there was no escape this time for me...

“I won’t let him.” Says Starranger, as she walked over and gave me a hug. “We will get out of this, I did it before. I can get us out of this.”

“This is a throne room.” Said Hel, as she started walking around. “These paintings, is that… You?” She asked. I looked up and saw what looked like three rats. One was of a younger Bain and less fat, the one sitting next to him was I guess his wife. Standing next to her was her son. To the far right was a filly unicorn with a collar around her neck and the lead in Bain’s hand.

“Yes… That’s me.” She said not looking up. There was another painting next to that one of just Bain and Vill they looked a little older. After that one was a fat Bain looking sad with Vil hand on his shoulder. In the last one was Bain smiling, with what looked like a dead changeling under one foot. It was him… The changeling I saw who was Bain!

“So that's what happened…” I muttered as I looked at the painting while walking up to it. “That's how he took over the place without anyone becoming suspicious…” I then added in as I began to laugh as if I had gone mad, but then again who wouldn't in my position?

“What are you talking about?” Asked Starranger as she walked up to me. Then looked up at the painting. “What do you mean took over?” She asked looking down at me confused. As Hel looked at it as well.

“Hehehe, don't you see?” I said, turning to face them while waving a hoof at the painting. “That's when the original Bain was killed and replaced! It explains everything, from how a Changeling King could have a son of a different species to why he wants to capture me to build a hive! After all, were the last two changelings on the entire island!” At this point I was laughing like someone who was doomed to a fate worse than death as tears streamed down my muzzle and I dropped my disguise, revealing my silver chitin, my short slightly crooked horn and my fluffy wings made of feathers formed from pure magic.

“Wait, if he replaced the original Bain. Does Vill or the others even know?” Asked Starranger. As she wraps me in a hug. “And if they don’t, why take Bain place? That doesn't matter, come on we need to hide you.” She said before picking me up in her magic.

“They obviously don't… And why hide me? There's nowhere for us to go, we should just give up and hope he doesn't kill us.” I said hanging limply in her magic, though I too am curious as to why he took the place of the rat king I don't really care right now.

“There was this one place I could always hide, Bain could never find me there. But Vill always did.” Starranger said, as she moved a tarp that was over a small Cupboard. “Hide in here and don’t make a sound, no matter what you hear. Don’t come out, understand?”

I give her a confused and somewhat panicked look. “Why, what are you going to do!?” I demanded, hoping that Starranger wasn't going to do anything stupid.

“Don’t worry, I’ll keep you safe. But you need to do this for me okay?” Starranger asked. Smiling down at me as she stroked my mane.

“There getting through the doors!” Yelled Hel in fear. Starranger quickly closed the doors and I was alone. I heard her trot away as the sound of the doors starting to break filled my ears.

“No, she wouldn't… would she? I-I can’t hide like this… Mommy! Come back! Don’t go!” I said as panic began to consume me and I banged my tiny hooves against the doors of the cupboard trying to get out. I heard Starranger roar as the fighting started.

***Talion Ragnarok.***

I was heaving after I had just lost whatever food was left in my gut, I looked back at the dead guards thinking to myself. How many did I just kill? It didn’t matter, I wiped my mouth and walked on. “Are we there yet?” I asked. I felt sick to my stomach but I didn’t care.

“Almost we just have to go up these stairs.” Said the Nightwalker showing us the way. I then heard a gunshot. A familiar gunshot! “They have pistols now?”

“No… That Buggeys!” I said with a smile. If he was here that meant the others were here to. “Keep going!” I yelled running past the others. Once I reached the top I saw Mag, Buggey, Bruiser and Hel bodyguard Lily fighting off a group of guards. I let out a hiss as I charged into the melee. It was kind of intimidating the sound that was coming out of my mouth. I ended up driving both my swords into two guards, before letting go of them to pull out two daggers. I weaved in between the guards as I slashed my daggers, across necks, into gaps in their armour, it was all happening so fast I was filling a bit dizzy and lightheaded.

I gasped for air as I jumped into a roll, to get away from a guard's sword swing. I looked up in time to see the guard skull exploded from one of Buggys bullets. I panted as I got back on my feet, but my left hand was in pain. Most likely from where the crystal exploded in my hand.

“Keep going!” I heard someone shout, as the ones I lead join in on helping Mag and the others. “The throne rooms to the right, you can’t miss it!” I nodded my head and picked up the dead guard sword, he wouldn’t miss it and the others were to busy with everyone else.

I moved quickly as I could, I felt tired but I had to keep moving. I didn’t come all this way to give up now, I had to do this. I had to kill that rat, I reached the hall where the doors should be and saw two guards waiting for me. The way to the throne room was open and then, I saw something that made my heart skip a beat. It was Hel, and she was alive!

“Hold!” Yelled one of the guards, I grit my teeth and ran forward. Thinking Hel and the others were dead was one thing, seeing Hel alive meant there was hope for the others. The two guards looked ready to try and take me on, But I didn’t have time to deal with them. So I took my throwing knives and thrown them, three hit the guard on the left but only one of the blades found their mark. In the guard eye, he screamed in pain before dropping to his knees.

The other guard looked to his college in surprise, before my second thrown hit him to. One knife found it way into his arm, another dug into his leg, but the last one found a place in the guard neck. By the time the guard with the neck wound, tried to stop the bleeding by holding his neck. I had reached the one with the new missing eye and stabbed him in the back, before planting my foot on his neck.

I pulled my sword free and was gasping for air, my world was spinning. Was I just that tired, or was I suffering from blood loss? I shock my head before looking in side. There was five of them, one was a guard holding Hel back, another two guards were holding Starranger down.

There was a nightwalker who looked young and was standing next to Hel. But he looked more afraid than anything else. I looked back to the unicorn and smiled when I saw HIM. “There you are you fat sack of shit.” He turned around and looked both shocked and enraged, but something felt off. Why wasn’t his eyes glowing yellow?

“You? How did you get past the guards!?” Bain screamed, before dragging Starranger up and held her in front of him like a shield. The other two guards quickly drawn their swords. I felt a some hope to see that Hel and Star were okay, well all things considering. But I growled when I couldn’t find Morgan.

“You know, I want to say something poetic… But I can’t think of anything. It was bad enough you locked me up. But when you hurt my friends, that crossing the line… Do you know what I do to those who cross that line?” I asked, I felt ragged, I felt like my body was going to give out at any moment but I didn’t care.

“Kill him!” Yelled Bain. I saw the two guards rush me. I backed away as they swing their swords. One was swinging wildly, the other knew what he was doing. So I pulled out one of Lily flash bombs that was on my belt and throw it into the air over our heads. I covered my eyes after I saw everyone else look up at it. I heard the deafening sound and pulled my cloak away.

I saw everyone was covering there eyes, I stabbed one guard in the neck before pulling it out and using the momentum to cut the other guards head off. I covered my mouth, as I felt that feeling of being sick again. I guess it only now all that death has hit me.

As I catch my breath, I looked back and saw them. Starranger was smirking, as if proud of what I have done. But Hel, I wasn’t sure but I thought I got a glimpse of her eyes from under her hood and they were filled with fear.

“Useless garbe the lot of you!” Bain screamed. He pulled out a dagger and dropped Star to the floor. I was half expecting him to kill her, but then he stabs Vill in the back.

“My Lord! What the meaning of thi-” The guard head snapped as it was held in a magic glow. Before his body dropped limp on the floor. My jaw dropped at this, I saw Hel quickly move around to see to Star.

“It feel ssso good to drop out of character.” Bain said with a smile, before turning his gaze to me. I didn’t know what but something about this guy screamed danger.

“F-farther… w-why?” Asked Vill as he looked up at Bain. The fat rat laughed before his voice started changing.

“Oh come now, did you really believe I wassss you poor farther? Ssssssadly he's been dead for the past seven yearsssss. But I must say, they got my good side don’t you agree?” He asked pointing at something on the wall. I followed it and saw a painting of Bain with his foot on a changeling. No why. A thousand thoughts ran through my head all at once. “Once you’re all dead, I can make a new hive. And my queen will barth me an army, but before I can do that. I need this pony to tell me where she isssss.”

The why he was smiling was the look a cat would look at a mouse, or a child that enjoyed pulling the legs off of bugs. This guy was all kinds of crazy. “Hey ugly, back off from my friends.” I said pointing my sword at him, he frowned at this. Before dropping his decise and showed his true form, holy crap he was a king changeling. I only heard about these guys in fan fictions, oh right… They had a scorpion tail, not good. “Okay I take it back, you were less ugly before.”

The changeling fired a arcane bolt of magic at me, luckily I dodged out of the way. I needed to get this guy away from hel and Star. “That it? Star hit harder than you!” I baited, he let out a hiss and fired again, as I backed out of the room. I quickly pulled my throwing knives and picked up the dead guards swords. As the changeling king looked as if he was slowly following me.

“I must admit, You’re an interesting rat. You risk your life for them and for what?” He asked as I back away into the hall. Good he was following me out. “I mean, you’re going to die. There no way around that, the only difference isssssss how slowly or quickly I kill you.”

“Your full of shit you know that?” I commented, that got him angry and I ran. It looked liked he forgoed taking his time to killing me quickly. I had no idea he could fire those bolts of magic so quickly and so many!

“I never understand why you all fight so earnestly, why work so hard on this death trap of an island!? You should all be happy with a quick death!” The changeling king roared. Dude I’m new to all this, I’ve only been on this island for nine mounes! I know full well about all the crazy crap that tries to kill me, wait. We can leave now. I ducked around a corner as he blasted a part of the wall away.

“We don’t have to live here any more, we can leave the island! We’re all free now!” I called out, before another blast of magic almost hit me. Before I start running again. I then heard a sound that chilled me to the bones, he was laughing.

“Don’t make me laugh, your kind will never be free! You’ll all be my slaves till you all die. I’ll rule this island until you're all dead.” I tried to stop but slip on the marble floor, a bolt of magic zoomed over my head as it hit the wall. I quickly get up and run down this hall to my right full of pillars. Okay, nagosanashions didn’t work. I pulled out a throwing knife and look back. I watched as he slowly walked out into the open, I stepped out and throw my knife. I was aiming for his head, but all I hit was the wall. The changeling was gone? How, where did he-.

Before I could even finish my thoughts a tail swings down from above me and sent me flying down the hall. “I can’t believe how gullible you all are! You see the smallest glimmer of hope and you foolishly take it. How stupid can you get?!” I am really starting to hate this changeling. I get up and saw the damn bug was on the sealing. Time to change tactics!

I throw three knives with one hand, but he used his tail to block them. The knives didn’t get through his chitin. But they still got stuck in his tail, I took both swords in hand and ran at him. I swing my swords at him, but the bastard just kept parrying! How the hell can he do that with just his tail?!

“What did you really think I could not fight?!” He asked with a grin, before his front hoof all of a sudden grows longer and moves like a snake before hitting me in the gut! I gasp for air before I’m blasted with magic, sending me through some doors. I ended up losing one of the swords, I was still trying to get air in my lungs as I slowly get on my hands and knees. It was raining and I could still see the dark clouds in the sky.

“It a pity, I was hoping you could entertain me some more. Oh well I’ll just kill all you little friends, then once I find her and she come of age. I’ll began my real rule of this sad little-” He was caught off guard when I throw my sword at him, in truth I just wanted him to shut up. However I missed his head but my sword found a soft spot in his tail. And made the changeling scream in pain. I think I would to if someone just stabbed a sword through my tail.

“You… Talk too much…” I gasped getting back on my feet. I was now out of tricks, I didn’t feel like I could use my magic any time soon ever. I had no weapons and was outside on what looks like a gazebo, I think?

“You, You stabbed me in the tail!” He screamed as he ran into me, I lift my arms up to try and block his sharp hooves from hitting my face, but a jab to my ribs make me howl in pain. Before I saw his fangs reaching for my face. I grit my teeth as he snapped at my face, I then saw past his head to notice the way the tail was lifting up. He was looking to end this in one strike. The changeling King with his odd colored eyes smiled as he leaned closer to my face. “Any last words before you die?”

“Actually, Two words.” I placed my right fist under his neck, then triggered my right gartland with my left hand. As my left arm held his face away from mine, the blade shoot out and stabs him in the throt. “Fuck, Off.” I snarled before pulling the blade free and pushing him away.

The King backed away as blood ran freely from his neck. It looked like he was trying to say something as he staggered around. In the middle of the changeling shock that he could die I pulled the sword free from his tail. The sudden pain made him turn around to face me, Horn glowing with magic for one last attack. Before I swing my sword with an upward swing, before collapsing onto my backside.

I gasp for air as the glow from his horn faded, then the life slowly lift his eyes before his head falls off. The body took a few step back before falling over itself, only the tail and one of the changelings legs twitch as it laid there dead. I leaned on the wall resting before I saw Buggey and the others running over. I rise one hand up and said. “I’m ready to leave the island now…”

***Morgan.***

“YOU IDIOT!” I shouted as I drop kicked Talion in the face with one of my back hooves. “Stop doing reckless things like that! Do you seriously want to leave everyone behind and move on to valhalla this soon!?” I then scolded as I shook him with my magic, my eyes ablaze.

“Stop that are you trying to kill him!?” Yelled Buggeys. “His wounded enough, let the healers see to him.” He asked trying to hold me back.

“Shut up you old rat! I'm talking to the Idiot Punching Bag here!” I Growled at Buggey before turning to look back at Talion. “Do you have anything to say for yourself?”

“But mum, I don’t want to go to school today...” Talion murmured out.

My eye twitching I simply dropped him while dragging a hoof down my muzzle before turning and walking back towards Starranger. “Whatever… Now as for you! Never, and I mean NEVER pull a self sacrificing stunt like that on me again!” I Shouted at the unicorn as tears began to build up in my eyes.

“I won’t, I’m sorry.” Starranger said softly before pulling me into a hug, which I happily returned as I began to cry my eyes out from all the built up stress.

“Alright I’m back with some tools let me look at him.” Said a unicorn as he walked over to Talion. “I’ll have to change his stitches if what you told me happened.” The pony was looking at Buggey as the rat nodded his head at this.

“That what he said before going in and out of this daze.” Buggey added. “So what do we do with him?” He asked Pointing at Vill, who was tied up but looked really depressed.

“I say we kill him.” Said a rat I didn’t know. “We’ve all suffered for years because of them. I say we get some payback!” It looked like the other x-slaves agreed with him. They looked ready to attack the Keep Lord son.

“I can not let you do that, The city is in chaos he's the only one that can restore order.” Said Maggabl as he stood between them and Vill.

I stayed quiet as I finally calmed down, still clinging onto Starranger as I attempted to cover myself from the strangers with my stupidly large wings. “I don’t feel so good…” I told Star as my stomach started to cramp. A loud bang was heard, as we turned to Talion with one of Buggey smoking pistols in hand pointed up into the air.

“I tried to rest and you're all yelling like brats… mag is right, that guy is the legitimate ruler of this city. That also means he can change the laws to ban slavery. Instead of trying to kill him, you should be working with him.” Talion said tiredly as the stallion worked on his stitches and Buggey took his pistol back. “Now then, while i can still think strate. We should explain and tell everyone Bain went mad then tried to kill Vill here, the guards came in and saved him from death. That way they won’t find out that a crazy changeling been in charge, for so long and make everyone needless paranoid.”

I flinched at the mention of Changelings as I buried myself further into Starranger’s ragged fur and took a glance towards the body of my tormentor. Now I really am the last of my kind on this accursed island.

“Alright, we’ll do it your way. But all the slaves have to be set free or no deal!” Said a diamond dog. Vill looked up at everyone and slowly nodded at this. But that when the guards came in.

“Unhand Sir Vill and the Keep lord!” Yelled one of the guards in armor. Before they noticed the dead changeling. “W-what is that?”

“Oh for the love of, just take off your stupid helmets!” Talion yelled at them. The guards seemed reluctant to be doing that.

“It alright, please.” Said Vill calmly, the guards slowly one by one and did as he asked. Talion let out a sigh at this.

“Now that you know everyone and yourselves is a nightwalker now, can we please stop with the pointless fighting?” Talion asked sounding tired. Hel was still taking with Lily and seemed to be keeping her distance from Talion.

“What I want to know is, how did this happen?” Asked Vill as he was being untied and has his shoulder looked at. “What could have turned us into Nightwalkers?”

“It could be we were always nightwalkers.” Said Maggabl as he looked at the two glowing crystals. “Each tower was meant to keep us from leaving this island, the last tower barrier must have served as a magic suppressor. Blocking off our natural reserves.”

“Makes sense, I find using my mager easier now.” Said Star as she rubbed my back. “Wait and minte… The barrier down, that means we can leave the island.”

“Mommy?” I asked, looking up at star. “Is something bothering you?” She looked down at me smiling as she had a tear run down her face.

“We can go home.” She said before hugging me tightly.

“Ack! Can't, breath!” I panicked as she squeezed me so hard my chitin groaned. She eased off and still smiled at me. The feeling coming from her was happiness and it made me feel better.

“Yay…” Said talion who was now had his hand worked on. “We can leave once be make a boat.”

“Shut up Punching Bag, me and mom were having a moment…” I scolded Talion as I smacked him in face with one of my spare feathers using my magic as a guard ran in gasping for air.

“M-my Lord, King Vaunlin, and Keeplord Vash are here! They’re here to help keep the peace.” Yelled the guard, before he noticed everyone in the room. “My lord?” He asked, luckily Vill stepped up.

“Send them in please.” Asked Vill. The guard did as he asked and in walked in with their own guards was the mouse king and the rat who sent Talion to meet Hel.

“What are they doing here?” I asked confused, before remembering something. “Wait a minute…”

Talion was trying to hide under his hood while Hel stands next to Lilly. The mouse king didn’t look pleased at all, whereas Vash was smiling like there was no tomorrow. “We’re here to make sure our, agreement was upheld.” Said the king as he looked at Hel and Talion.

“The wedding will be held in a few days time, once everything here has been settled.” Said the keeplord Vash who also looked at them as well, it looked like the keeplord was enjoying this. “Did you think you could get away as soon as the tower was down?”

“That… Never crossed my mind.” Talion said, now it was clear they knew he was there. It most likely did cross his mind, it just we never had the time to hear this little idea out.

Taking a deep breath I tried to put my filly Starranger disguise on, but decided to leave my wings out this time before letting go of Starranger and making my way over to Talion. “IS there a problem?” I asked them, spreading my feathers about like leaves in the wind.

“Nice little show, but sadly the king of the Hidden Path want this wedding to happen weeks ago. And if we do not do it soon, it may lead to a war we both don’t want.” Explained Vish as he looked down at me.

I flash my horn at Vash, picking him up with my magic. “Did I ever say I was stopping it?” I asked in an as intimidating as I could manage tone… “Well?” I asked while trying to hide the strain that lifting him up as high as I was put on me.

He just smiled at me as his guards point their weapons at me. “I like this one. She should be the bridesmaid.” He said smiling at the mouse king how looked annoyed. With a wave of his hand his guards stand down.

“Isn’t that position already taken?” I asked as I looked towards Lily with a mischievous grin.

“She is a bodyguard nothing more.” Said Hel dad. Killjoy.

“Whatever, I don't have time for you anymore anyway.” I grumbled before dropping him and walking towards Hel while dragging Talion behind me by his ear with my magic.

“If it okay with everyone, I’m going to pass out now.” Said Talion before passing out. I guess he was more hurt then I thought.

“Here you go.” I say before tossing Talion to Hel and Lily’s feet and walking past them, but before I go back to Starranger’s side I decide to whisper something to Hel while I was at it. “Make sure to confess your feelings to the idiot who risked his life to protect you before someone steals him.” I chuckled mischievously, looking into her eyes. I wasn’t sure but I swear I saw her bone white fur turn pink, before my vision began to blur and I passed out...

I found a good pick for what Talion would look like.

I also found a good pic for what Buggey would look like.