The group exited the place, seeing the gates to the party opening for them. They went inside, hearing violin music playing, making the minions running to it, but stopping in their tracks, dancing. Starlight nearly gagged at the sight of Melvin: a giant halfling that ate WAY too much food, looking almost like a ball, though, just for curiosity, Starlight wanted to see if he was stabbed by a sword, he'd either pop or explode. Melvin saw the Overlord, Starlight, and the dancing minions, and he ran for it... or... waddled for his life. Halflings came out and charged at them, aiming for the minions.

Oh great! The Overlord thought Starlight's not gonna forgive me for this. He lifted his axe, prepared to kill the violin playing peasant, but saw Starlight next to him.

"Excuse me," Starlight spoke "Can you pwease not pway while we save your wives?" The violin player stopped and nodded. He patted her head and left as the minion regained control over themselves. The Overlord turned to her with a surprised look. "Fwiendwiness wowks with evewyone." Her father slowly nodded, then quickly ordered the minions before any Halfling approached to them. They proceeded to crash every Halfling house around, slaughtering all of them, as well as getting two more pieces for the wheel outside. The wheel opened and some more Halflings came out, but were killed easily.

They entered Melvin's kitchen, seeing all the food that could feed over one hundred minions and/or villagers. They heard moaning below and Starlight looked down with her father; below the iron grates was lava, and on the lava were red minions.

"Mowe fwiends!?" Starlight asked, excitingly seeing more minions. Her father nodded. "We must save ouwa new fwiends! Don't wowwy fwiends, we'ww save you!!!" Their minions turned the wheel around, letting the red minions loose below. The reds held onto the grates below, burning all of the chefs on the grates and moved below. Starlight jumped from her father's shoulder and ran ahead. "Fowwy me! We'we getting new fwiends!!!" The minions followed her, stopping to destroy the ocasional thing to the side, taking a new weapon or giving something valuable to her father. She stopped and skidded across the floor when she entered a new room, seeing Melvin in the middle. The Minions and her father entered, readying their weapons. Melvin turned around and saw Starlight.

"By the gods! It's tiny!" He exclaimed "Wait a minute... she looks like a baby. Come here! I'm gonna eat ya! I'm bigger than you and I'm higher on the food chain!!! GET IN MAH BELLY!!!" Starlight whinnied and ran to her father, hugging his leg while shivering wildly. Her father picked her up and gently hugged her. "You're lucky, wee horse! ... Oi! Mr. Father! Let me make you a deal: You get the red devils below, and whatever you want here. And I'll get your baby." He smacked lips. Starlight cowered greatly.

Right. Her father thought, rolling his eyes

"I want my baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs. I want my baby back baby back baby back baby back baby back ribs." The Overlord gave him a sign that rhymed with "Buck Two" and threw his ax at Melvin's head. Melvin Exploded into gooey bits, spraying almost everything around in whatever Melvin ate last. Being the father he was, the Overlord carried Starlight over the disgusting mess left by Melvin's corpse and walked into the next room, gently placing her on the floor. The moans of the reds got her attention back.

"The wed fwiends!" She spoke "I awmost fowgot!!!" Their minions turned another wheel, freeing the reds below. The reds cheered as they entered their own spawning pit. The Overlord made five browns return and summoned five reds. Starlight examined the reds: As she knew, they were red, but also had horns, pointy tails, and their hands had a small fireball. A firewall was blocking their path, and the reds charged at the fire. Starlight watched in awe as her new friends not only extinguished the flames, but absorbed it. With enough reds, and another switch, the reds carried their hive with them, up until Halflings showed up. The Overlord decided to test the reds out, seeing what they could do. Starlight watched as the Reds threw fireballs at the Halflings, burning them. Some of the halflings turned back and opened the door they had to go through. The browns did their combat, but the reds stayed back as possible, throwing fireballs at a distance. They moved ahead, seeing a room that required a strange strategy: there was a wheel guarded by chefs, though there was no way that the Overlord could go there, and more chefs were entering. The Reds had to stay in one place, throwing fireballs at the chefs and more while the browns turned the wheel. It worked, and the reds brought their hive to the waypoint.

Now we have the Red minions, Thought the Overlord Now, we need to find the two other minion tribes, and we'll soon rule all of Spree! Everyone will fear us! Starlight giggled. The Overlord turned to see the red minions massaging her, using the right ammount of fire to be warm and not burn her.

"Mm... I wove these new fwiends." she commented.

... How will the other tribes be like with her, though? Next Chapter: Battle Ready Filly Estimated time remaining: 11 Minutes