I didn't eat or sleep for a few days. I just allowed myself to get weak. IN fact they had to force feed me at times. I was just so broken. My soul was shattered. My idea of living was just laying here feeling so weak. As I layed there, I searched my brain for a reason. At this point, any would do. But all I could find was a list of things wrong. Blaze? Dead. A future with lots of kids? Gone. Another chance to love again? Who would want a half dead magic addict like me as a lover? No matter the direction my thoughts went, for the life of me, I just couldn’t find it. A reason. A reason to live.

" Take me to the cage. Give me a weapon, anything I could use to clean out your prison. I am going to die. I no longer wish to fight it. I might as well die here." Burnout and the guards stared at me. Pain has filled my soul and no matter how I looked at it, I couldn’t find a reason to go on anymore. It was too much, and I was too much of a coward to commit suicide. After a few minutes of talking among themselves, Burnout, Cowboy and Bee Bop approached my cage. They all looked at me and nodded their heads, simultaneously at that. It was both kinda cool and kinda creepy.

Burnout opened my cage and jerked his head towards the door. I merely walked behind him, not a thought of stabbing him crossed my mind...well...maybe a few. Still a nice thought! As we approached the ring, Cowboy walked ahead, presumably to set up the fights. As I entered the games, Burnout passed me a sword. A short sword to be exact. I lifted it up in my magic, a lance of pain flying through my head as I did so. My horn was still broken and my leg wasn’t doing me any favors today. Before I got too far from my door, the opposite side door opened and out came out another pony. An Earth pony stallion to be exact. His appearance doesn’t matter. I’m just gonna kill him pretty shortly. All I did was stare at the creatures on the other side.

I would do this the entire time I was here. They had sent out a pony without the PA announcing it. No one cheered as the bell was rung. This fight wasn’t for anyone’s entertainment, it was a fight for suicide. A fight so both sides would die. A fair fight. All of people in the stands could see it. Neither side had hope. And in my case, it would never return.

As the stallion charged, I leaned into my good back right hoof, taking weight off my others as I attempt something Blaze has done before. As soon as the stallion was almost on top of me, I kicked upwards with all my strength. The result was that I flew over top of him just as he reached where I had been standing moments before.

Surprised at how his target escaped, he lashed out with his hind legs, trying to applebuck me. I blocked it with my sword then sliced off his hind legs with said sword. My blade sliced clean through his legs like a knife through warm butter. I swung the blade back around in my magic and readied another strike as screams of pain escaped the stallion’s mouth. His eyes focused onto my blade as I swung it towards his neck with speed only possible with my magic. As my blade finished it’s pass, I stabbed it into his chest, making sure that he dies quickly. I may want to die, but that doesn’t mean I wish to deny these poor bastards the joy of meeting their God in person.

The guards came quickly after the bell rang twice to remove the body and the head. I slowly started to limp back closer to my door so as to welcome my newest punching bag. I had landed upon my bad leg by accident when I jumped. By the time I had reached my corner and turned back to face the opposite corner, a new pony was slowly walking out and the guards (along with the dead body) had vanished. The stallion’s blood remained unfortunately. I couldn’t see what the pony’s race was from this distance nor their gender. All I saw was a yellow blob. I am going to clean out this prison, or die trying. While the Hero within me might have been broken, I shall engrave my name into their skulls for my Blaze! And then sign hers right next to mine. Maybe I might sign Jonon’s name if I have pace left over. A few minutes of waiting later, I finally was able to figure out what this yellow pony was.

A male Salamander had been sent in next. This one was pure yellow. We both stood in our corner until the bell sounded once more. Then he charged. What is it with stallions and charging at things? He tried hitting me with a strange spell from his magic. I didn't understand what it was at first. I blocked it with my sword, but I was tossed back by the shockwave that was produced out of nowhere. Flying through the air, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. The stallion punched the earth and a giant wave of earth flew at me.

Just before the wave hit me, I remembered what blaze had said about Earth Salamanders. “Never attack from the front. That’s almost suicidal. If you are fighting one and i’m not there to help, remember this: their magic is linked to the earth. But your magic isn’t, you can command the very stars themselves with your magic. Use that to your advantage. Fire and water won’t help you in a fight against an Earth Salamander. Hit them from the sides or with powerful spells made of Air or Stellar magic.

With a flick of my horn and a lance of pain, I casted a Sky Jump Spell, launching me into the air and narrowly avoiding the wave of earth. The Salamander looked surprised at me, and no wonder why! I had just casted an Air-class spell to dodge his Earth-Class one. Now I was an equal to his power. Time to end this! I noticed that my sword was still gripped by my magic, and even better, was on the ground underneath me. I casted a slow fall spell as I neared the ground. With sword hovering by me, I charged at the Salamander.

He tried to hit me with a few more spells, but with a clever use of a simple breeze speel, those spells always missed. But I wasn’t as fast as I could be due to my leg. Even now, even with all the adrenaline flooding my system, I could still feel a constant pain from my horn and left hind leg. It wasn’t much, but adrenaline is a hell of a painkiller. I finally reached the Salamander Stallion and with a lunge, a scream, and a flame spell surrounding my horn, I pierced his thick scales ad lit his insides on fire. The salamander started screaming until his lungs melted and he fell over.His inside was still cooking slowly when I pulled out my horn. Blood rolled down my face, but I just didn’t care. I had more immediate thing to worry about, like the pain my leg and horn were in. I was suddenly hit with all the pain my adrenaline had kept at bay now that the fight was over. I think I broke some ribs with all the screaming I did. Or maybe it was because of all the coughing I did after the screams went away. After a minute or two of recovering, I glanced back at the Earth Salamander stallion’s body. It has just cooked and was turning to dust from the amount of magic I put through him. The dust slowly drifted away and I sighed, softly closing my eyes. I didn't wish to do this. The bell dinged twice out of nowhere, signaling a end to the fight. I walked back to my corner and turned to face my enemy’s corner once more.

The P.A. system crackled before a voice sounded out. “Give it up for Star Shooter! I personally thought that battle would have been too much for her! Consider me impressed Miss Shooter! Only one last battle remains tonight folks! And what a match up it will be! It brings me much joy to introduce Miss Shooter’s last opponent for the night! Here for Tonight only! She comes from parts unknown! She has come today, fighting for the honor and reputation of her sister and Family. Ladies and GentleStallions! People of all ages! It is my great pleasure to introduce to you, the one! The only, CRYSTAL WING!” A pegasus mare flew out from her door and landed in her corner. She was a pure white pegasus with a necklace that I swore i’ve seen before. Can’t seem to remember where though. But I feel that necklace is somehow more important that I think.

“So Miss Hero! We meet at last! In the name of the Crystal Family, I do hereby sentence you to death for the murder of my twin! For the honor of my family name, you will face me in a one on one battle to the death! No holding back and if I feel you are hesitating, I will find a village filled with foals and shatter each and every one of their minds, before feeding them to a bucKING DRAGON YOU DAMN MURDERER! NOW FACE ME! SO I MAY SHOW YOU THE SAME DAMN MERCY YOU SHOWED MY OWN DAMN SISTER!” The pegasus, whom I now know is Crystal Wing yelled.

She crouched down, wings spread like she was about to try a flying charge. I noticed that her necklace began to glow softly, which put me on a bit more of an edge. After a tense few seconds of staring at each other, the bell dinged loudly. This caused Crystal Wing to charge at me, her screams filled with rage. My body had yet to fully heal after the previous two fights, so I couldn’t attempt some sort of dodge. But I was able to flatten myself to the ground at the last moment and my head had only escaped untouched by mere inches. Whoever this mare was, she was FAST!

If I will have any chance of beating her, I have to level the playing field! Think! Think! How do PegasI fight faster Pegasi?! Cripple the wings? No. Too fast for that. Maybe increase air pressure in front of her? No. it would slow her until she moved around it. Weight spell? No. I actually need her to stand still for more than a minute. Damn. Here Crystal comes for another attack! Wait. Uh-oh! Run time! Zig Zag! Zig Zag! Zig Zag! Gotta keep running in a random Zig Zag!

I start running in random directions while trying to remember a spell that might help me tip the fight in my favor. ‘Think! Crystal is a pegasus! That means her element affinity points towards the Air-class! Earth-class spells take to long for me to cast, Fire-class spells burn lots of energy, and I never learned Arid Moisture so unless I have a large amount of water already nearby, Water-class spells are impossible! AH! If only Blaze or Jonon were here! Blaze could burn Crystal easily with her Fire Affinity Spells, Jonon would just beat her without magic, and I don’t know how to cast Siphon Spells!’ As I was thinking and running, I never noticed that Crystal had figured out my running patterns and had angled herself to follow my next zigzag.

With her target finally in her sights, Crystal flew full force into Star. After a few rolls, Crystal and Star got their hooves underneath thema stood up. Less than ten paces were between the two mares. Crystal, filled with anger and rage, glared at Star Shooter who merely panted as she watched the pegasus.

“You killed my sister and ruined my family’s reputation. I WILL have your head either mounted upon my wall or to give to the Queen! I will not let some punk Hero ruin many generations of hard work! Any last words before I separate you head from your body?” Crystal asked with a maniacal grin.

“A few,” Star says with a tilt of her head, “Who the fuck was your sister?”

The grin on Crystal’s face dropped like a rock. “Crystal Ball!” A blank look on Star’s face was her reply. “A unicorn that looks kinda like me but with a horn?” Star gave her another blank look. Crystal’s rage had been replaced with curiosity for the moment,“Tall? Sexy but kinda skinny? Always tries to have a plan? Loves making new spells?” Star just shook her head. “Huh...how else to explain her? Umm.....Ah! She likes messing with ponies heads! And enjoys using someone’s love against them!” That got Star’s attention.

“You mean the mare who wore a scale of my Blaze?! And haunts me with her death?! I wish to find her so I may rip her FUCKING HEAD OFF!! SHE KILLED MY BLAZE! My lover and mate! WHERE IS SHE?!!!!” Star yelled at Crystal. Crystal actually took a few steps back from Star in surprize.

Crystal’s patience had finally broke with this statement. Instead of logic and reason, her head filled with rage. As far as she cared, Star was responsible for Crystal Ball’s death. She spread her wings once more and her necklace, which until this moment had been glowing softly, suddenly lit up like a sun. With a burst of speed, a shout of anger and a flash of magic, Crystal landed a single full force blow upon Star Shooter’s head. But instead of being flown back from the force of the punch, Star remained standing, without a single strand of hair out of place.

Neither her nor Crystal moved, but a battle raged unseen to the naked eye. No long were they fighting in the physical world, they fought a battle inside their own heads. A battle between the minds and wills.

As I opened my eyes, all I see around me is a land of endless black with a light layer of mist hugging the ground. I don’t recognize anything here. ‘But how did I get here? The last thing I remember seeing was Crystal charge at me with that glowing necklace. Is it some sort of teleport gem? But there are no walls, so...not a prison? But where am I then?’ I take a few steps before I realize a very important fact: i’m not feeling any pain from either my horn nor my leg. Did that necklace heal me? How?

‘Eh. Fuck it. Not really in the mood to care at the moment. Might as well just start walking. Might actually get somewhere. Eenie meenie miney moe, fuck it, let’s go!’ I just start walking in a random direction while chuckling to myself at my accidental rhyme. After who knows how long, I finally found something else other than the endless black! A nice patch of gray! I know it doesn’t seem like much, but it feels like i’ve been looking at only black for HOURS now! A bit of gray is more than welcome!

As i’m walking closer, more details become available to me. That patch of gray? It ain’t a patch, it’s a full blown cave! But not just your run-of-the-mill-empty-cave, but it’s a Salamander cave! You can tell by the fact it’s got a door, a few rocks scratched up, and all the scales they surround it with. As I get within spitting distance, (which is suicidal by the way. Spitting on a Salamander’s cave. They see that similar to a mare telling her overprotective dad that she’s pregnant and the father decided to run and hide. Put simply? Very, very, very, bad idea), I can’t help but notice that the scales of this house are bright red. Could this mean....is my Blaze...Alive?

The sound of a door opening catches my attention. My head whips around, my heart filled with hope. A bright red Nelle, or a female/mare Salamander, walks out. Her head turns towards me when my breath hitches in my throat. For what feels like forever, we both just stare at each other, not a sound is heard. The silence is then filled by the sound of my heart. Thump... Thump... Thump... ... ...Thump ...Thump I can’t help but to start bouncing towards her, even after I quite literally heard my heart skip a beat or two. It doesn’t matter though. I found her! It’s her! Alive! Somehow. Who cares? BLAZE IS ALIVE!!!

‘Time itself can go to tartarus as long as I have my Blaze beside me! The Demons from Hell will bow to me as long as I have my Blaze! I’ll take on the whole damn wasteland for my Lover, my Blaze! Death will not touch her, the Queen shall not have her, that damn pony Burnout will feel fear before I allow him to look upon the beauty that is my Blaze! Huh...maybe next time I see him, i’ll let Blaze beat him up first.’ By the end of my thoughts, I had finally gotten close enough to throw myself onto my Blaze. And thus began thee longest makeout session i’ve ever had, with a surprised Blaze as a bonus!

The two of us broke the kiss but something was off about her. There was no passion in her kiss, no caress in her motions, no fire in her belly. I took a closer look at my Blaze and that is when I noticed something off about my lover. I thought of old words Tiria told me when I was younger. She told me if anything seems out of line always say these words to the one out of line, and then maybe it will work.

“Why Blaze.. What big eyes you have.”

Blaze blinked. Her eyes were filled with confusion. What made me more suspicious is that she didn’t even answer back. I just stared into her eyes, those pony-like eyes. They were way too big to be proper Salamander eyes. It made me question many things even during the kiss it felt off.

“Why Blaze what flat teeth you have.”

Blaze finally smiled showing those flat teeth. “The better to chew my food.” The creature tried to say with a fake smile. Chew her food? Salamanders like to rip and swallow their food. That's why their teeth were sharp. Ponies like to chew their food...well more like have to chew their food. Hay doesn’t go down very easily without being chewed.

“Why Blaze, what dark scales you have!”

Blaze’s fake smile never left her face. “It’s a new look of mine. To better complement your natural dark colors.” Now i’m certain that something is wrong! Blaze couldn’t give a second thought about how she looks most days. She’s more of the ‘Rip and tear my enemies followed by kissing my strong willed mate’ type of Salamander.

This is not my Blaze! Blaze may be many things, but this pony-like? Impossible! This Blaze is a fake! I push her away and glare at her, my eyes filled with anger. This isn't Blaze and I can tell that is isn’t a changeling. Changelings would have tried to feed upon my love for Blaze. This is worse than a Changeling, this is an Imposter! ‘Someone wears her face!’

Anger had filled my heart once more, along with sorrow. If this was an imposter, that means Blaze was still dead. ‘And if Blaze is dead, then who was I making out with? ....Wait! Ahh! I was making out with another mare!’ Pure RAGE filled me once more. ‘ I will Rip whomever this mare is apart! I shall Tear this mare’s face off! I don’t care who she is! She broke my first rule! Don't mess with those I care about! Especially those I love! Definitely not Blaze!’

Before I could strike the Imposter, she changed before my eyes. Scales became fur. Spines retracted to form mane and tail. Paws reformed into proper hooves. The Fur that was scales changed color from a dark red to a bright white. Wings popped out of her sides, fully grown without a feather out of place. A necklace formed slowly around her neck, it’s pendant glowing softly. The sudden change from Salamander to Pegasus pony made me pause.

I felt a pressure land upon my head, which I instinctively flinched from an rubbed my head with my hoof. But no matter how much I scratched and rubbed, the headache just got worse. I focused once more upon the Pegasus mare when she began to walk closer. Her voice was smooth as silk, but kinda echoed. “You are a threat to the safety of this island. And it will be a privilege to end you.”

The pressure upon my head increased. The pony opposite of me narrowed her eyes, a look of concentration rested on her face. “Your mental defences are strong. I’ll admit, I didn’t expect this much of a challenge from you! How ‘bout you do us both a favor and open your mind? I promise that you shall only feel the pain for a few minutes before I destroy you from the inside out.” This surprised me. This pegasus mare was assaulting my very brain! But she was doing it from a distance. ‘Is she a telepath? Didn’t Tiria once tell me how to fight one? Right! Remember the past to scare them away!’ Just as I finished my thought, the pressure on my head grew too much for me to deal with, and like a bullet through a glass window, I felt something break. The last thing I remembered was a burning building.

A memory...did this pony that was in my mind...wish to see it? I swear that while I was running with my family from the burning buildings, I saw a new pony. One that I know I never saw before. She was standing in the middle of the battlefield, bullets flying around her but never hitting her. While the Enclave attacked, I could hear screaming, crying, and death. The memory was of that battle in the P.O.W. camp. The new white pony was always in the corner of my eye though, always watching what I saw. I instinctively knew that this new pony would watch this memory side by side with me. As the battle was coming to a close, Mom, Dad and I were running by some building that had been damaged by all the explosions from both sides.

What I didn’t notice until I had already stepped on it was a piece of loose rubble. As the full force of my weight came down upon it, it gave way and I ended up head over hooves down the slope. A slope which had been blocked from sight by the collapsed wall. What I didn’t see was a pile of rubble right next to an open door which, as with my luck, I was heading right towards. I hit the door and with the transfer of kinetic energy, fell into the basement from which the door led to. The door, which received lots of new kinetic energy hit the rubble beside it, destabilizing a perfectly balanced load, before bouncing back and closing itself. The load that the rubble use to hold had been destabilized and fell upon the door, locking me inside.

While not pitch black, as soon as I looked up, I soon wished it were. All around me were ponies. Dead ponies and dying ponies alike. And no matter how much I screamed, how much I pushed, how much I begged, I could not either call for help nor escape on my own. I was stuck down here without any food or water. And from what I could see, no other pony had any either.

Crystal Wings back peddled quickly from me. I could tell she had a look of horror on her face. A look that I knew all too well. Something tells me that she looked into one of my memories and saw something she never wanted to see.

“Y..y...how? Why were those ponies attacking you?” Her voice sounded shaky and scared

Closing my eyes I finally understood what memory she saw. A memory that truely haunts me, opening my eyes again. I finally was able to say it.

“The Grand Pegasus Enclave, what you saw was ten years ago. You must understand I never wished to come to this island. I was forced here and I had no desire to become the hero. But all the zebras around me and everypony else made me their hero.”

“But what happened to my sister?!” Crystal Wing demands.

“I Don’t know. I only remember her in my head.” I reply.

“May I look to see if my sister left something in your head that might give me a clue?”

“I just give her a nod and close my eyes, letting my thoughts drift like the water flows. I feel a gentle pressure upon my head, no where near a bad as last time. After a few moments, voices begin talking out of nowhere. My eyes shoot open, trying to pin down where they are coming from.

" Hmm...poor little hero. She thought she could escape from me."
Crystal Wing perks up upon hearing this voice. “Sister” she whispers.

" Are you almost done Crystal Ball? you have been at this for almost a month already."
Crystal sighs.

"It's not so easy to break her. But now I am done. Her mind is broken for the moment. She will not wake for awhile. Now that my job is done where is my money?"
Crystal Wing just nods her head. “That’s definitely my sister. I would recognize her tone anywhere.

" I got your payment right here." Something fell to the ground with a blood splat.

" Clean this up. Lock the hero up and then get her ready for the next few months for her death."
Crystal just looks at me with sadness and anger in her eyes. “That was a memory. But one from when you were unconscious. Your body kept listening even as your brain slept. I fear this means that she truly is dead. But now I know that you are not responsible. You are no larger the target of the Crystal family. This I do swear upon my honor. Now we must return to reality, I have a new target to hunt.”

I look in her eyes and decided right then and there that I misjudged her horribly. “Cricket.” I tell her. Crystal just tilts her head at me, not understanding. “That voice at the end. It belongs to a Large Bug named Cricket.”

Crystal looks to me in surprise before she smiles and vanishes. The black walls and the nearby cave around me start vibrating before they slowly begin vanishing. The next thing I know, i’m laying on the hard cement floor of the cage stadium. I raise my forelegs to rub my eyes, but I stop. On my left forehoof, hanging on my pipbuck, is a small note.

You gave me direction in my hunt for my sister’s killer. I can not tell you how much time, money and trouble you save me. I owe you one Miss Star Shooter. Don’t worry to much about trying to find me. I’ll keep an ear to the ground. I’ll know when i’m needed. MAybe next time we meet, i’ll have Cricket’s head hanging on my wall. Ha. Maybe. I’ll see you around kid. And...thanks. You truly have no idea the weight you lifted off my shoulders. - Crystal Wing.

The radio on my pipbuck switch on, somehow by itself. "This is the Warden. In news there is a giant alliance forming in CliffSide. In the name of the hero. Some say she has been seen in some prison. But that pony was killed soon after. I fear the hero is gone from the world for good. Maybe someday we will learn what has happened to her. All I can say is that a red female Salamander is the one leading this Alliance in Cliffside. She said she is doing it in the name of the one that showed her love."

Hearing that didn't even fill my hope. I know her well knowing that she is alive now. That it would be very hard for her to move on. Maybe I will see her again when I die. I heard the cage door open again. I lifted my sword off the very floor of the cage. I finally saw the large stallion that walked into the cage arena with me. I thought I was done with this farce of a game. Now… must I kill again?

“Hello little hero. I know you don’t know me at all but I just wish you to understand no hard feelings alright?”

I didn’t know what he meant by that but the large stallion charged right at me. I wasn’t able to move out of the way quick enough and he rammed me right into the back of cage. I felt my back losing fur, again, and felt my body getting weaker as he forced into me there. He then backed up getting back to the middle waiting for me to stand. Slowly I stood, still holding the sword in my magic. A painful twinge hitting me for just a second. I ran at him with a trot in my step. With one swing of the blade, I was able to land a paper like cut on him. Of course he forced his body on me and forced me on the ground. He lifted his back hoof, trying to stomp on me. But I moved just in time, stabbing my sword into his heart. His lifeless body fell on me with all it’s lovely weight. It took such a toll on me I felt my body give out and just lay there panting from the battle.

The cage opened up after the battle was over. I thought to myself. ‘Oh come on no more please!!.’ Thankfully they didn’t even try to attack me. All they did is remove the body off me. Then Burnout himself lifted me up on his back and took me back to my cell. He set me down gently, allowing me to limp in the back of the cage. I sat on my haunches, looking up at the stallion. I still had a hate for him but I couldn’t let it get the better of me.

" Get ready to leave. We will be leaving tomorrow.. Or we will miss our window of opportunity and we are going to die." I started to sob my tears falling to the cage floor below. I can’t go on any longer I wanted to get back to Blaze she is alive I know this now. But I was to weak to fight Burnout.

Burnout looked at me, watching as I tried to get away from him. He slowly walked over to me, leaning down so he was closer to my ears.

" Hero you need to show others that you are strong." I just laid there, not able to move anymore. I didn't speak, just lay there as other prisoners watched me. " You need to give others hope."

"You want to give me hope?" Groaning softly looking up at him. " Let me go..." Burnout shook his head as he tried to lift me up again. Burnout just shook his head before lifting me up in his magic, while also spinning me to face him. He stared deep into my eyes before I heard him speak.

" Hero you need to stop. You need to stop feeling sorry for yourself. Yes, you have been through hell and back. Several times I might add. You have been through so much to the point it killed you. You need to be strong little hero. Prove to these Prisoners that you're the hero of legend. In the legend, she falls down so hard that she uses that pain to give others hope. Give them hope hero. Please...give them hope."

He set me down, looking at the others.

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The Warden

Deep in the castle. In the core tower a male dragon known as the Warden who was hooked to every computer that had cameras. He watched the hero on his camare’s making sure that every speaker in the prison including her pipbuck was going to say. What he said gave the hero pause for a moment.

" A pony that was given hope from the hero. Before the hero passed away. I am sorry children she has passed. But this pony gave me a recording. It has her voice. Please listen closely children." The hero looked at the cam with great anger. But she then spoke. Making it loud enough for all to hear. The hero spoke loudly.

" To all those that will hear this. I'm known as Star Shooter. Who ever will hear this I am dead I guess. But before I fully go on. Blaze.... I love you so much. I love you...You showed me what true love is. When we meet again. I will make sure my heart is open for you again. But yes. To all that hear me. We have to have hope."

A group surrounded a radio in Cliffside. The Warden could see this. As the hero spoke, Blaze was sobbing and Jonon & Dr. Slice were trying to help her through it.

"For all of us who don't have hope, we will fall. Tiria always told me when I was younger, hope is like the Sun. When you love it, it glows. I feel that the only way to give hope is to be there for every pony. Remember the Queen can't keep you all down forever. You need to be ready a year from now... At least a year for you all. You need to be given hope."

The Warden looks at another camera, seeing the Salamander kingdom. The king looked down. He spoke.

" My daughter is broken..oh hero.. I wish you didn't die.." The Warden could hear.

" Sing my friends, sing! Bring hope to your heart."

The warden looked to see Burnout mouth 'Sing."

The hero closed her eyes and calmly started to sing.

" Bring hope to your heart. Gain your heart that most would never know. I have fallen but most would never know. But I am surrounded." The hero looked to Burnout and nodded to him. The sounds of a scuffle and a battle. It was all to make it sound good. Then the sword was lifted and after a single moment held at the apex of it’s rise, with a glint off the blade, the sword fell and the hero was stabbed. Her screams of pain filled the radio, broadcasting on the open air..

" There you have it folks. The hero died, giving hope to everyone to this island. I'm sorry. Be ready to take down the Queen for what she did to our hero. It's time to end her! Get ready for the battle in a year. It's time to take back our home from her. Now time for some music."

The Warden turned on the music. Watching the cam that is in Cliffside. Watching as Dr Slice had to hold down Blaze. He turns on the mic so he can hear.

" Blaze, don't go rushing in to battle. I know your upset."

Blaze growled trying to break free.

" Upset... Upset?! My love is dead.. I want revenge."

Jonon sighed. Quickly heading into the cavern and then soon after she returned.

" Blaze...she is alive..." The Red Salamander looked up to Jonon. " The crystal is still glowing. But I am think I know why the Warden faked a recording. It is because he wants us ready for battle."

Blaze looked up to Jonon. Dr,.Slice lifted one of his eyes from the eye stalks to look at the zebra. If he could show his emotions of what he was thinking. Of course Blaze’s emotions were of pain and despair.

" It's easy to tell from what I have been told that a lot of the core computers that the Warden is hooked up to are old. And if because of this, recording things is not easy for him." The Warden sighs while the music goes on.

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Opening my eyes, I noticed that I was in the magic machine again. Burnout was staring into my eyes. He’s lucky i’m strapped down. Otherwise I might slap him for staring too long.

" Was that extremely necessary to stab me?" I asked. Burnout sighed and nodded.

" We are about to leave little hero. Rest. The caravan will take almost a month just to get to the castle." I watched Burnout walk away from me. I sighed softly, closing my eyes and letting the magic heal me. I feel my magic core being mutated more and more as time goes by. And with said passage of time, I slowly fall asleep.

Footnote: Still no level

New perk added: Crazy Friends, Crazier Families. You proved to Crystal Wing your innocence. No larger are you a murderer in the eyes of the Crystal family Crystal wing shall join you in the Final battle.

Negative perk add

Queen has won: The Queen has won in her mind. You were killed well maybe killed on live radio now even though the gems still show you alive. It will make the island think while you sneak back to your friends and get ready for the battle ahead. But this is also a bad thing for those trying to save you might get attacked on sight.