"Forming trade in a world so long dead...is not easy...but it can help."

Day 57

Manehatten

I looked to Shadow. He and I walked into Manehatten we noticed that a lot of the Enclave were still around. Even if most of them left. Looking to Shadow and I followed him as we snuck through parts of Manehatten to get to friends of his. He leads me to a building that seems to be left alone. Going inside with and there are Griffins and Ponies here. They seemed to have an underground market here.

"Welcome... Tiria... I haven't been here in years... But I am happy to see them still working through this time." A mare trots up and gives Shadow a hug.

"You're alive!!" Shadow smiled and gave the mare a hug. She is gold coloured.

"Good to see you Golden Petal." She smiles at him and then trots off to look to me.

"Oh, it's the wolf!!" I face pawed sighing.

"Yes... I am the wolf... I'd rather just be known as Tiria a normal everyday creature that helps fight in the wasteland." Giving them a pleading look to respect that. Of course, the mare chuckled and trotted off and stood on a box.

"Presenting Shadow and his friend the wolf!!" I face paw hard... I don't want to be this well know... Shadow placing his talons on my shoulder and smiled.

"You have to get used to the fact... that even though you have done small things... You're still a hero in their eyes... This day and age we need heros... You can just ignore the fact you have saved lives. You need to accept the fact you are a hero... But The Lightbringer is bringing hope small heroes like you are doing the same."

I gave him a look and sighed

"Introduce me to this friend of yours and let see this done with." Seeming a bit out of it lately I think because...of all the mind games those wolves are doing to me lately. He nods and lead me to the leader of this little market. Sitting in a pillow an old stallion with a long beard sat there and he opened his eyes.

"Ah... I see you have returned old friend." Shadow nodded.

"Yes Wheel tread's deal didn't last." He nodded.

"Ah yes it was never meant to be... So what brings you here with her?" Shadow pushed me to help him with this.

"She and I are the leaders of our little town. We wish to start a trade caravan with you." The old stallion nodded.

"Allow the wolf to speak for she is the mountain you are the wind." I blinked wondering what he meant by that. But then I got to the point.

"We wish to start a caravan trade in our little town in the former POW camp that Wheel tread used to own. We mostly just need food water whiskey whatever the bar's need." The stallion nodded.

"Ah yes...also need food. It will be hard the Enclave is everywhere here in the city. But I am sure we could find a way. But I need you to do something first for me." Sighing thinking of course.

"There is a mental hospital a days walk from here. I need you to go in there and see if you can find my daughter... She went there to find Medical supplies." I blinked

"How will we get there?" The stallion chuckles.

"Follow the shit...the shit shall lead you there." I blinked looking to Shadow and he laughs.

"Follow the sewers Tiria..." My eyes went wide... The sewers the place that held old bathroom crap of ponies... I sighed and looked down.

"No I meant follow the shit..there is a sewer grate outside and follow it till you come to a large middle area or a junction they called it. There would be a sign leading you there." Looking down and blinking a moment and looking to Shadow giving him an angry look. Shadow just shrugged.

"Don't be upset at him child... I can tell he cares about you...and the fact that you might die...in a year..." Shadow eyes go wide looking to me.

"Come on lets...go..." I grabbed Shadow and heard the voice of the stallion.

"You can't ignore it any longer child...you need to tell him."

Shadow stayed silent for a moment and the two of us opened the sewer grate before the Enclave saw us. Going down and I sighed as I knew he would ask what he meant about that. I could tell that Shadow wanted to speak to me so before we fully went through the tunnels in this sewer, I stopped turning to him.

"Tiria...what did he mean by that?"

I looked down I finally could tell him.

"When the little one is born... I will die..." Shadow blinks and wraps a wing around me and just holds me close.

"Tiria I am not upset at you... I feel you need to tell Silver too... But we will need to accept that you want this little one... Because she is the future and you want the future to be happy for everypony." Giving a nod at that and then we looked down the tunnels hearing gunshots above.

"I can't belive we have to be down here to keep the enclave from getting us." Shadow laughs softly and shrugs. Walking along the sewers looking to the water at how calm it is. Sighing a bit closing my eyes just a bit and kept on moving. Following the path to get us through the sewers. At some points I covered my nose and Shadow laughed.

"Oh funny... I have a high sense of smell... Would you like to smell the shit of every pony ever?!" I stared at him my anger was growing from being down here. Then I stepped in something looking down... It was nasty.

"Ewww." Just kept moving and closing my eyes sighing. We get into the middle of the sewers and we noticed old buildings and bones that have been here for so long. Looking down to the bones. I blinked

"These are rat creepers." Looked around seeing half of the settlement destroyed. Shadow shrugged.

"So?" Looking to Shadow and gave him I hate you look.

"Oh but you love me..." He winked at me and rolled my eyes and we kept walking following a path that seems to leave the little settlement.

Closing my eyes and looked to Shadow who was my first friend ever in this journey the walls started to get that raider look it called out to us... Like hey!! HEY, its evil ahead. I grabbed my pistol and Shadow chuckled watching me as I looked to him.

"Don't worry I am sure there is no Raider.." A raider called out.

"HEY ITS a griffin!" Shadow sighed and got behind the wall grabbing his Minigun

"Fine...there are Raider's down here..." He turns the wall firing on them as we basically try our best to get past them.I fire my pistol at them and they keep ducking from Shadow's Minigun as we get to the other side. I grab a metal apple pull the pin and toss it at them. I heard them yell and boom i saw body parts fly and smiled.

"Hmm are you hungry Shadow?" Shadow looks to me with a smirk and nods we get out of the hiding spot and grabbed the meat we could find and sit in the area they both were in and ate the meat from the charred remains.

"Hmm don't tell our friends... That I enjoy eating pony." Shadow laughs nodding.

"It's good yes." Calmly ate up what we could find and gather the weapons we found and Shadow placed them on his back. As we kept moving. It started to pour down rain. Looking above us to see Enclave walking on the grates and we walked slowly we knew this would take a day or so. But we probably would have to run if it got too bad down here. It started to rain harder... How lovely we are in the sewer's and it started to get worse. Then we heard voices.

"I heard something down here." I mouthed 'shit' and looked around finding a door opened it and pushed shadow in and going inside myself. Looked through the cracks opening it just a bit and seeing its Enclave. I shushed Shadow and looked to see how many there are. Smirked only seeing two. Looked at him and he nodded. I grabbed my weapon he and I charged out and smashed our weapons against the heads of the Enclave soldiers.

Then pulled them into the room and I wanted to kill them Shadow had to stop me and I looked at him growling.

"Give me one reason why not?" I gave him a hateful look.

"They could have family." Looking at him with an angry look. Basicly my own way of saying. I don't care.

"Oh, they could have family then they should know better. But... I will do it for you." Grabbed one of them and smashed them hard into the wall and then stomped on the others back breaking it.

"There...they will have to find them..." Shadow blinks stareing at me as I started moving again and he followed me... My hate for Enclave was becoming more seen... Since... I am tired of being butt fucked. He spoke softly to me and stopped me at first and stared in my eyes.

"Tiria...you need to relax your hate... It's unlike you..." I stared at him with sadness in my eyes and nodded... As we were getting closer and closer to the hospital and we got to an old tunnel with a ladder leading up into a basement... Going up and finding bodies of ghouls that seem to be laying here for a long time.

Shadow came up and blinked looking around.

"Lovely...now let's find this mare."

Looking at Shadow.

"Yeah let's find her so you can get back to Owl Beak." Smirked at him and Shadow just stared at me.

"Oh come...on...you would be like that to...if you wanted to breed someone." I rolled my eyes.

"Seriously Shadow if you weren't my best friend... I would kick your ass right now."

He smirks and laughs.

"Love you too..." Laughing gently and turning the light on my pip-buck so we can see through the darkness. Noticed that the door to get out of the basement had been kicked in along time ago. Looking around calmly. Seeing a sign. {Warning warning...the insane are free.} I blinked and looking around calmly. As the light shines on some ghouls and they looked up one of them started to speak.

"Hmm, we don't get many in here... Are you searching for something?" Looking at the ghouls they seem to be wearing out doctor's coats.

"We are searching for a mare that came in here about a day ago... I don't know how she looks." The ghoul thinks a moment.

"Oh, we did see a mare and warned her not to go deeper into the hospital the crazy are locked behind a door... So if you go there...please clear them out for us.." Blinking looking to Shadow. All this to trade.

"If you do this...we will trade...if you wish...if you have a little town or an outpost we can bring a caravan to you. Just do this for us." I nodded and walked towards the sealed door, Shadow softly speaking

"Have you ever felt that we normally don't speak but have someone speaking for us?" Stopped looking towards him and then towards no one at all. Hushing him.

"Let's just keep moving you can have this crazy out of body experience later." Shadow chuckles and we go through the sealed door and make sure it re-seals and we start hearing the crazy.

"Yesss....come closer...daisy...please come, closer...give grandpa, a hug." An old ghoul is sitting in a chair he stares at us and keeps laughing. I took my gun and shot him. As another crazy insane nut came out of the doors.

"OOOOOO we have someone crazier than us!!!" Looked to Shadow and he lifted his minigun started blasting all the crazies we saw like it was nothing... Of course, we didn't realise it was going to get worse. He stopped firing and put the gun back on his back, looking to me.

"Shall we?" I smiled.

"Let's go then." Shadow nodded with a smirk. I use the light on my Pip-buck to look through the darkness and suddenly lighting shines the entire area and we are surrounded as a large light comes on and we see the mare chained and gagged. Then see a large stallion clap his hooves together with them on the side of the catwalk. He spoke in a deep voice.

"Look children look... More invaders. Shall we deal with them?! Or shall we speak to them, my children? As our voices sing in this building maybe they will hear us!!" A group of them yells "KILL THEM!!!" Another group yells. "Steal their water!!" Hew lifts his hoof and they go silent.

"Ah...but the desert....shall be our walk... The mare the prize... The spice...." As he said there many of the ponies take a strange substance and laugh and seem crazy. He spoke again lifting his hoof. " We are the children....of those that came before us!! We are the walkers... The Speakers." Hooves smash on the catwalk over and over.

"We are the real children of this world. Give it all to us..." Looking to Shadow and I spoke out.

"We have come for the mare... If you let us take her and let her go... We shall let you children of the real world..stay here till your time comes." I said with a calm voice. They all looked to me and then to the mare. The stallion walked down the stairs.

"You don't wish to harm us... then? Have you come to sing with the voices... Have you come to drink the water of those that came before you? Water from the bodies of the dead... The mare...came here for the supplies of the past... The taint...made by the past. All of that taint must be removed...from this world..." He got down from the stairs. He seemed to have scars all over his body

"I can let her go....for a deal child..." Looking to Shadow.

"What is the deal?" He asked calmly.

"The deal...the deal..." He thought a moment and looked towards the outside.

"When your child...comes of age...tell them to come to me...and she will become my wife... Then we can...move on from this place of pain and dread...and become...one...with the world..."

Looking to Shadow giving him a nod whispering to him... He nodded

"Deal..." The stallion smiles and goes back upstairs... Shadow goes to untie the mare and places something on the back of the pillar setting it to go off in a min.

"Thank you we shall go." The stallion nods and they started to cheer as Shadow and I started to run carrying the mare with us. As we get behind the sealed door and then BOOM!!!

The ghoul looked to us and blinked.

"You killed them all didn't you?" I gave him a nod.

"Then we shall do it..." Shadow placed the mare on his back and we headed back down. But of course, that explosion made so much noise that we heard Enclave above us so I closed the grate in the basement and we ran back down the tunnel. As we heard gunfire and screaming. Then we stopped getting back into another door like closet area. Leaning back and coughs.

"Well...so much for that...deal." I laughed as Shadow chuckled as well and looked towards the mare.

"Let's get her back."

I gave a nod and we started walking again and slowly going so we don't make any sounds. The mare started to wake up as she blinks and smiles nuzzling Shadow's back.

" Hmm well, I figured I would see you again Shadow...but like this?" She chuckles softly.

"Shhhh." She nodded and stayed silent relaxing on Shadow's back. It would take another day and a half to get back. She gets off of Shadow's back and calmly stays with us and I looked over to her.

"What made those stallions kidnap you?" She blushes gently.

"I um...was pretty I guess? He wanted to turn me into his personal breeding stock. So he was going to try to brainwash me...Then he would use me as stock for his children of pureness I guess." Looking to her I rolled my eyes thinking pure puh... As Shadow nodded and we found a raider tent to rest in even though the smell was bothersome we rested anyway.

Starting a fire I put the rest of the meat we took from the dead ponies and I was given some food from Kip offering it to the mare she started to eat as Shadow and I ate the meat. I just sat there by myself as the mare slept after she ate, Shadow standing watch... Just watching above seeing the Enclave walking over the sewer drains.

"How...did the world come to this?" I said softly... Looking down. Closing my eyes and feeling unsure again... But I had to be ready to fight in the name of honour. But it is hard with how the ponies are. Looked down to the mare who was laying on a dirty mattress that had some weird stains on it. Hearing more shooting above...the Enclave was doing so much to the ponies of Manehatten...

Closed my eyes and started to fall asleep.

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Day 58

I opened my eyes and I was in a strange cell... I was alone? looking around in strange cloud cells sitting down and looking towards Enclave soldiers how did they find me... I didn't find Shadow or the mare anywhere.

"Ah, it's awake..." Looking to an Enclave pony that came towards me...he was in a strange outfit. Staring at him with great anger in my eyes.

"I have heard of you....you're the one that murdered some of ours at that own POW camp..." Just kept staring at him and stood up.

"I will do it...again till every last one of you worthless so called ponies are dead... So the world can finally heal without your filth." Saying with a large smirk on my face. "Would enjoy every moment of it too."

The stallion stared at me with shocked eyes... Gulping a moment. Then he regained himself.

"We will deal with you soon." Sat back down and watched him walk away... I am not kidding for what I said... Closing my eyes feeling that I have failed... Why am I caged? I started to feel the wolf side of me getting very angry... Why am I caged?! I howled deeply and started attacking the cage it shocked me but I didn't stop attacking it as my paws burned from the charge.

Calming down as I watch them...what were they going to do to me and then I had a pike in my back from a pain stick howling and staring at the one who did it they did it again and kept hitting me with the sticks laughing as I grabbed one of them with my mouth and bit it in half.

"Keep it....up...when I get out of here... You will all be dead..." My hate for them growing as I stare at them. They kept poking me, groaning as the pain was getting worse... But after awhile they stopped as I layed there in pain. Groaning and it was getting late as I have been in here mostly all day... I noticed a pony coming over and letting me out and whispered to me.

"Here..." He gives me my bag and weapons.

"Get out of here..." Stared at him.

"Why are you helping me?"

"I didn't sign up for this...but you need to beat me close to death...to make it look good..." I nodded smashing him into the ground and breaking both his wings...

"Good luck sir...if I see you again... I will kill you." Picked him up and then tossed him into the cage locking him in it and sneaking away slowly. I wish I did kill him...but I wouldn't be in the right to do so now...to find Shadow and that mare. I made back into the market and Shadow was talking with a map on getting me out.

Slowly came up and leaned into Shadow...

"What did I miss?" Shadow turned to look at me and then back at the map and then jumped, his eyes going wide.

"Wait....how.....did you get out?!" I smirked.

"Let's just say... I talked them into...but truthfully one of them let me out and I almost killed him to make it look good. Did you get the mare back to her father?"

He nodded

"She left you behind saying you would be fine..." I sighed softly and heads outside to sit and watch.

I sat outside the building near the door..Looking up to the sky seeing the Pegasi and Shadow comes out and sat beside me.

"You're upset aren't you Tiria?" My eyes turn to him in a glare, nodding.

"Look at all those ponies...trying to bring a so-called peace with propaganda and half truths... How will ponies take their presence? Also apparently they knew me.... They said 'ah so you're the one that murdered a bunch of our troops...' I said I will kill more of you just to cleanse the world of their uselessness." Shadow stared at me he was worried at how I have been acting...

"Tiria... You have become very angry and if you keep this up...the waste would have beaten you turning you into what you are fighting." Blinking remembering the golem in the back of my mind... The golem using me as a puppet. Looking to Shadow and smiled gently.

"I promise you Shadow... I will try harder." Shadow gave a nod and one the ponies from the market came out.

"He wants to speak to you two." Shadow nods as we both went back inside to talk to the leader.

"Ah yes...you have returned... Now you wished for a trade agreement... I say we agree. It won't be easy with the enclave. But we will do it... Now take some food and water back with you. We will fill your bags." Nodded and we both set our bags down watching them fill our bags. I sighed softly closing my eyes relaxing and then picking my bags back up as well as Shadow.

"Thank you, sir..." He nodded and we walked out. I looked to Shadow.

"Now how are we going to get out of here?" Looking to Shadow and he chuckled.

"Well, how about the way we came in...walking.." Gave him a nasty look and sighed as we started to walk back out of the city.

"Anyway Tiria what do you call a Griffin that runs?" I looked at him, blinking.

"Alive!! RUN!!!" He started running as I looked up seeing Enclave chasing after us and firing on us and we got into a building to hide from them... Of course, the building was missing some of its walls.

"Walk out you said...." Shadow hushes me as we sneak back out and start to slowly try to get out of the city. It's not going to be easy from what I see here. We stayed silent as I sighed closing my eyes and hoping we get back soon...So I can get some rest. It took us an hour or so to finally get back to the outskirts of Manehatten we saw Misty Moon apartments on fire and burning down... Seeing the words friends on the sign falling down. I blinked.

"Shadow take my bags...." Shadow blinks as I gave him my bags and I grabbed my gun.

"Get going... I will be there... I got something to do." Walked back into Manehatten hoping that the building was still standing. Calmly walked into the old Puppet Factory.

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Pinkie Pie Puppet Factory.

Slowly walking inside the building... Remembering when I first walked in here...with my friends...getting captured by the puppets. Slowly walked through the halls... I didn't wish to be here but I had to make a deal... A deal with some would call a devil. Maybe this will help the ponies of Manehatten... Maybe it won't... But I can't let the Enclave stay in here so easy. They will find their way here after I do this... I found my way to the old shut down computer.

Started clicking the buttons and it started powering up after awhile and the puppets came back to life and stood up crawling to me. The Pinkie head came on the screen staring at me.

"How dare you?! Come back...how..." I aimed my gun at the screen turning to the puppets.

"Back off or I shall blow up your god...that is letting you live..." All the puppets stopped and I stared back at the computer.

"I have a deal to offer you...if you remove your old Ministry of Moral programing." Waiting for the thinking computer staring contently at it and the puppets who look so much like Pinkie Pie and looked back to the computer.

"What...deal..?"

I softly spoke keeping my anger back.

"The Enclave... I want you to take your puppets to them and slow them down here in the city... I know you won't last long... But you have to do something...from harming the ponies in this city... The deal...no stealing children, no killing the innocent ponies... When this deal is over... You stay here...and never show yourselves in the day again or night." The computer stares at me, thinking... I could tell it was thinking. I am making a deal with the evil of the past... Created to be evil and to force parents... to lie to their children.

"It's a deal...besides.... I don't foresee this building standing after they learn that the puppets came from here... Go...before I change my mind." I nodded heading out watching the puppets head outside all beside me... What have I done? Did I do the right thing? Was it a trade....of life for a life... The need of the many type thing? Sighing I felt that my heart was not sure... But I had to do this... I don't see them lasting but...it will give those still getting out of here...time to run.

I stayed in the doorway fighting with myself looking towards the gun... Having a fight within my heart...went back inside and stood in an empty room... Setting the gun down I started talking to myself.

"What's...the choice....what's the idea? Why did I do this? Have I joined the devil in the heart of evil?! Have I allowed the Golem to beat me?" I paced around calmly talking. Feeling..I could destroy this...gun." Lifted up the Zebra Pistol.." But...honor....can I die in the moment of honor...while I just stand there...watching the world around me burn? Do I deserve this?!!" I breathed deeply feeling anger growing...

"I should kill all the Enclave... I should become one to end my life taking them down!!" Holding my brain and tossed the gun to the floor. "The music is shrilling, the song is singing... Why is the tongue shrilling music calling me?! Oh...the idea...of making this deal...what I have done...is there blood on my paws?!"

I walked around grabbing the gun and putting it to my head. "They... I should do it!!" Shadow walked in and gasped.

"Tiria...drop the gun..." Turning to Shadow I had the gun to my head...shaking.

"The pain...in my heart... I can't take it...anymore... Shadow... The birds...that sings in my heart... I have to save...those from me... I am a monster... I am not one of honour...I feel that the wasteland is controlling me..." Looked behind me to see the Golem again using me as a puppet. Making me speak in my mind...

"I must...do what it said....it said...this to me..." Tears forming in my eyes... Shadow walked closer.

"It's not real...don't allow this world to crush your spirit...after 2 months...don't allow it to beat you... You have done so much good." Looking at my paws seeing the blood.

"I have so much...blood on my paws...do I deserve this?!" Shadow hits the gun out of my paw and forces me to the ground as he stared at me with tears in his eyes and holding me down.

"Don't do this to yourself... I am already going to lose you in a year...we can't lose you now... Please Tiria...think about how we would feel... Think about us... Think about your friends. You need to fight this... Tiria...you can't just lose it now... You need to not change from your path..." I started to sob and wrapped around Shadow as I felt my broken heart breaking more holding onto my friend and he got off me and let me cry.

Broken you could say...shattered one would say... Weak another would say... Some don't understand that the waste can do to a creature like me. I don't get why this hurt me so much. I think making the deal with the devil. Was something my heart couldn't take. Had to be stronger for my friends... But that crashed down very hard in my heart. It's gotten to the point that broke souls...are normal in this world...if those that saw me now...would look at me saying... Am I weak? Am I right to done this deal with the devil?

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Journal Entry KipKipe

"I am worried...about her...she hasn't been the same...but she is keeping her heart open to us... She knows what is going to happen. But she came clean to the rest of us... Silver is not taking it well, oh I can say that easy. But we have her for a year...we need to give her the love she deserves till the Goddess takes her from us... I love her so much as my sister and my friend...so many of us do... I wish she would let us help her... But I feel she thinks she needs to do this on her own. if she didn't then she would be lost... But she spends so much time with that little Filly Star shooter... I think she is trying to make up for the time... She won't have for her pup. I hope she will listen to me finally when the time is right...

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Journal Entry: Shadow

I can't believe she almost did...that...does she think about us at all?! I am being too harsh on her... She loves us...but we can't let her just fall like this. She needs to be strong for the town... They can't just see her fall after all this... She made a deal with the devil she told me... Why would she make a deal with the Devil in that silly puppet... Factory...but hopefully we never have to deal with those puppets again... But I have her now eating dinner with her and Kip she is calm and happy... Back to herself... I think her rage controls her sometimes.

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Journal Entry: Silver Gunner.

I wish they could see my anger and how upset I am...why didn't she tell us till now... I already lost so many friends in the past... I even lost...seeing Equestria in the time friends could be made without a gun at our heads. I will miss her when the time comes...but for now... I am going to be there with her when she needs us.

Shadow was holding me tightly as I sobbed and felt the pain releasing from my heart from the good cry. Heard shooting outside.

"Come...we need to go..." I stood up and grabbed my gun and we made it outside seeing the Enclave screaming running away from the crazed puppets that are holding giant knives... Looking to Shadow and we walk away from the building and knowing that those puppets won't be around in the future... Killing two birds with one stone.

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Same day, middle of the waste

After a few mins of running seeing Manehatten a little farther away from us... I sighed, looking to him.

"Sorry Shadow... I don't know why I got that way..." Shadow stopped me and wraps his wings around me, tears falling down his face and from his beak.

"Don't do that again... Tiria if you need to talk to somepony or someone you talk to me Kip or Fleur or even Silver... You aren't alone in this..."

Sighing and then we started walking along the path to get back to our home... I looked down, feeling that I am broken but... I will probably get over it soon. Even though I made a deal with the devil to help those in Manehatten to stop the Enclave for at least a few hours or so. I felt now that I did the right thing... After a few hours of walking, we finally make it back to our home and we set down our bags and ponies come in to look through the bags finding the food the gardeners take the seeds they find and then go to plant them. I sighed and looked at the ponies and Fleur nuzzled my neck.

"Fleur..." She would tell I was crying.

"Tiria...what happened?" Looking to Silver, Kip and Shadow...

"Come with me." I lead them to my home and sat there on my bed.

"As most of you know...when I give birth, I am going to die..." Silver stares at me I couldn't tell if he was upset or surprised.

"You tell us this now?" Silver said softly and Kip patted his back.

"But I almost shot myself....earlier... I need you four... I need you to help me through this..." Fleur nodded, so did the others.

"My cruise ship is almost fully in the cave... So we can start building in the old area of their former in." I gave a nod and sighed

"I need to tell Sand..."

They nodded and I went to go find him... He is guarding the gate with Bulwark. As I got on the gate and leaned on Sand he looked at me and sighed.

Bulwark watched the two of us with a smile on her face.

"I need you, Sand... I am going to die...when our little one is...born... I need you till then..." Sand looked at me his eyes wide in surprise.

"I understand... I will do what I can... I promise you I will be there for the little one." I smiled softly, my eyes so red from crying... I looked from the gate to watch the waste as it seems to be the golem again in my mind trying to tug me with the puppet strings... But I refuse for the moment closing my eyes and seeing peace again...

"Thank you, Goddess."