Starlight heaves a sigh of relief as Alexander is sitting above her in a position which lets him tend her whole back during their massage. In front of Starlight is a floating magic sigil which is written in intricate and elegant runes.

"Are you even paying attention to me?" Twilight's voice states from the sigil as it glows briefly with every word.

"What? Yeah, yeah... Of course, I am paying attention to you Twilight." Starlight states as she melts into the pillow her head lays upon.

"Right... Well, I've checked and double checked everything I could find in the library that is related to or even hints at Slimes, Oozes, or other liquid type creatures of the world. I then went and did the same thing to every single ancient text or adaptation I could get my hands on... I see nothing talking about what Jerry trapped in the mine. Hmm, little to the left~" Twilight states with a little hum.

"Because I'm the only one getting a massage..." Starlight states bluntly.

"Yes, but mine is a simple shoulder massage as I pulled something while performing my fencing magic sigils in the mine. It's been a while since I even practised with a rapier." Twilight replies sharply.

Starlight stifles a moan as Alexander runs his finger along her back using electricity. Glancing back at him she blushes slightly before turning back to the sigil.

"What options do we have then?" Starlight asks as she rolls her eyes while biting her lip.

Alexander had lowered his hands to just above her flank and was massaging very sensually with the slight addition of electric magic.

"Jerry's sister, Shana Shade a.k.a 'Screwball' to her friends, is the girl you go to in order to buy knowledge if you are in need to learn something that isn't readily available. That is, so long as it doesn't violate the mages forbidden laws. I sent her a text a few days ago when we got home to look around for anything on the subject." Alexander explains as he slides his hands up to Starlight's shoulders.

"What makes you think she could find more than what I have?" Twilight asks sounding offended.

"I don't mean to imply your efforts are worthless, I apologise if I undervalued your work towards the subject. I simply asked her because she looks in places that would be dangerous for us four to be poking around. Each member of the shady family specializes in dimension magic and one other speciality per sibling. Jerry has illusion magic while Shana utilizes cloaking/displacement magic. All four of the shady family can use each of their taught schools of magic, but they prefer to further study one each." Alexander explains while deeply rubbing Starlight's shoulders.

"I entirely forgot she did that for a living... Why didn't you go to her before? We could have avoided your Sherlock phase completely..." Edward states with an unseen deadpan expression.

"Hey fuck you it was good while it lasted... Besides, she is very picky with what she will look for and her interest changes more often than a girl changes her seasonal wardrobe. Plus, I needed to find out what her preferred sweet was this week. That cost me a packet of smokes to Jerry to find out." Alexander sighs as he runs his fingers up and down Starlight's spine, gently releasing electricity as he goes along.

Twilight raises an unseen eyebrow on the other side of the sigil as she wears a confused expression.

"You smoke?" Twilight asks mewling gently from her own massage.

"No, basically think of Kilgharah as having a prison system of sorts, or alternatively a school student system where we trade items, information or other such things for the same things. We tend to refer to it as equivalent exchange to use the alchemist term. Thus, I traded him a packet of Mighty Magus smokes for what his sisters preferred sweet was this week. It's a very simple system, where the shady family are practically the forty thieves in four siblings." Alexander slides down lower than before just slightly easing onto Starlight's flank making her bite the pillow.

"Are they that good at trading?" Twilight asks making Alexander push down on Starlight's flank making her release a moan.

"That's not even something you joke about... Those four run a spider web designed by four trained spiders that were taught 'trading is the heart of business'. They are the top of trade around the Academy, one does not simply get a better deal than the shady family." Alexander blinks a few times before realising he has been tightly squeezing a little of Starlight's flank which she doesn't seem to mind at all.

"Starlight? Should I hang up now or?" Twilight asks hesitantly as Starlight waves her hand in front of the sigil.

"N-no, I'm fine I promise~ What do we do in the meantime while Shana is finding the information?" Starlight asks as she relaxes back down into the pillow.

"Well, there is nothing we can do but rest and regain our magical energy which we expended during the last fight. I might have used a lot on the way up to the slime..." Twilight sighs lightly in relief.

Alexander decides to be a tad brave and slide lightly to sit on her thighs before rubbing his hands together, generating electricity between them.

"Oh by the way, how did you fix the build-up of magical energy?" Starlight asks as she wiggles slightly, noticing the absence of Alexander's hands.

Twilight blushes deeply with Edward on the other side of the sigil before coughing to clear her throat.

"I-I don't want to talk about it, please..." Twilight states lightly as Edward coughs in the background.

"Holy shit, you let him-" Starlight begins to state as she leans up from her pillow.

At that moment Alexander starts from the bottom of her flank, tightly squeezing it as he moves his hands up and across the firm plot releasing his electricity as her ass got a very sensual massage which sent her over the edge. Alexander's hands continued over her flank and up her back just as hard.

"Sweet bucking Celestia!" Starlight moans very loudly, "H-hang up now, right now!"

"W-what? We were in the middle of-" Twilight begins.

"Now!" Starlight fails to hold in another moan after he moves past her ass.

Twilight jumps slightly and quickly hangs up, her face is beet red accompanied by Edward's who was just as red.

In the mine, a group of sixteen students walk down a mineshaft in two rows of eight. Either side wore very different uniforms from each other as well as the standard house attire. The right eight students wore black shirts, black trousers with gold trim, black & red boot and fingerless gloves each with gold trim and finally short hoodies which were red with pointy ears on top. The left eight students wore black and blue striped shirts at varying lengths per gender, long blue trousers with gold trim and blue gloves. The two leading either side wore mostly the same attire, only the blue leader had a long coat of matching colour while the right wore a full coat & hood with pointy ears.

"I still fail to see why Ignis would send you to accompany us during this mission." The blue male leader states sighing deeply.

"Afraid I'll get hurt hun?" The red female leader states in reply.

"Not exactly Agni, it's simply abnormal for both elite teams to be deployed at once." The blue male leader replies as he waves his hand in dismissal.

"You're sweet brook. My main concern would be if they deployed either of the other two... In comparison, we are the lower two teams of elite students. I'm still surprised Wyvern House was given permission to make said team." Agni comments looking back at her comrades in red.

"I can't exactly say the Hydra House team is the pinnacle of our house but they are the only ones who volunteered." Brook states as he sighs glancing back at his own comrades in blue.

Two of the further back students leans towards each other while still walking.

"Do you think things got a little bit weird since they started dating?" The blue girl asks the red male who ponders this for a moment.

"To be honest Aqua, it's always been weird... Brook isn't exactly the poster model of sane." The red male states in reply.

"Yeah, but Flint... You forget how weird Agni is on a good day." Aqua comments as the two leaders turn around to look down their isle.

The two outstanding students shift quickly back into place before heaving a sigh of relief. As they progress, the group funnels out into the same cavern as Alexander's group fought the slime in before. Each side spreads out across the back wall of the cavern beside both entrances.

"What did they tell us to watch out for again?" Brook asks as he surveys the cavern.

"If I remember correctly... A slime of enormous mass and is purple." Agni states in response as she closes a notebook.

"Ah... I somehow believe that description is accurate but lacking in certain places..." Brook comments with a slight swallow.

"What makes you say that?" A nearby blue female asks, looking at him confused.

"Well, Delta... I don't believe they mentioned it being of a thick consistency or having eyes!" Brook states pointing up dramatically.

Both groups look upwards to see the before described slime, however, it does indeed include the changes mentioned by Brook. The massive creature drops down from the ceiling and causes it to shake as they impact the ground. The two squads of students angle their hands to all aim at a location each before their leaders summon an elemental orb of fire and water in front of each group. The left and right side then begin channelling elemental energy into either one before fully charging the orbs when they glow brightly.

"Dual cast, Magma River." The two leaders state in unison before two beams of elemental energy are released unto the slime.

The creature in question recoils at the sudden burst of joint elemental attack which is burrowing into its being. The slime roars and begins growing as the magic energy being use upon it is eagerly absorbed and consumed to their surprise.

"Oh, shit..." Flint states as he struggles to maintain his flow of fire magic.

"This is yet another unexpected development..." Brook states, himself struggling as the flow of magic is being forcefully withdrawn by the slime.

The slime continues to grow and grow as it's accidentally fed an enormous amount of elemental energy. Brook and Agni cast a disconnect spell which severs the connection between the students and the orbs they were powering. The cavern begins to shake violently as the creature moves around and multiplies its mass more and more as it gets thicker. Looking around, Agni directs them to a small alcove just big enough to fit both groups which they take shelter in.

"It'll be a poor story should we die in such a dreary place." Brook states with a very odd laugh.

"If you want to, go ahead but I'm not." Agni replies as she begins channelling magma magic from her hands to add mass around the edge of the alcove.

Sighing with a shake of his head, Brook adds his chilling water magic to Agni's efforts to cool the magma a sight quicker so the shell of the alcove is built before the slime engulfs it below his growing mass.

"I suppose he'll get a kicker out of this failure if nothing else." Brook states sitting down against the alcove wall.

"Shit... I guess so... Damn bastard." Agni chuckles lightly as they can do little more than wait for now.

Author's Notes:

Looks like things spice up a little bit with some bravery. Then you have some increasing danger. Things are progressing well with a steady release each week or at least the hope of a steady release each week. We are determined to keep those who read this fic up to date without leaving them wanting for too long. That said we'll see you in the next chapter very soon.