I stood in the middle of the arena. I try to find my friends in the crowd seeing the king and those of power looking over me. I don’t remember much of what happened, I just stare at the sword I held. Am I being wrongly accused?

“Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen. Mares and Colts. Everyone is welcome. We see here one who broke the law and her trial was either banishment or death. The king chose death to make an example. Can she fight to win all battles ahead and if she does she will be free. Let the blood flow, let the guts drop to the floor.”

The cheers scream as I watch as I am here to fight to the death to see if I am innocent. I look up to the king who stares at me intently. He lifts his hand.

“Oh, king Jumper is telling us it’s time.”

He gives a thumbs up.

“It’s time to fight!!”

The door opens up and I wait to see what is to come. I have to fight for my life and I don’t know if I can. I look at my new sword as the stars keep screaming for blood. I am in a pickle and there is no way I can get out of it now.

Coming out of the door are ponies wearing heavy armor.

“The first villains the one known as Miss Topaz needs to fight are former pony guards of the king who betrayed him many years ago. They finally are going to get justice handed to them or they will finally win their freedom to be in the king's good graces again.”

The guards look at me and they laugh. The mare in the group seems to be the only one not laughing and staying back she uses her magic to lift a large mini-gun. Why have they been given these weapons and I only get this sword?

I hear the words in my mind again.

“Blood..”

I hear drums pounding looking around hearing the music of battle coming for me. The two large stallions charge at me with their weapons; one holds a sword in his armored mouth. The other holds a scythe.

“WAIT!!”

They stop before they attack me. The king points to one of his guards. The battle and music stop for a second. The guard quickly comes down with my armor and just my armor. The guard whispers in my ear.

“He is willing to give you a fighting chance. Miss Topaz, please don’t fail him.”

I get into my armor, the visor turning on. I feel more protected. The inside of the helmet is not only clean, the system connects to my suit better. I hold the hilt of the blade tightly in my cybernetic arms since they’re now connected to me again. The guard leaves and then the king stands.

“This creature is not a criminal like the others. She is a creature of battle, a magic eater. She may have broken the biggest rule. I won’t allow the scum of this city to have a handover. Either she dies with all her vices with the honor of a warrior or she dies like a babe. Show me what you have…warrior of the stars.”

I hear heavy whispers of a warrior of the stars? They know the stars. I have a feeling the stars play a big part in this community. I lift my sword bowing to the king.

“I will not fail you. I shall release every ounce of blood for the stars because they scream for ii!!”

King Jumper smirks

“FIGHT!!”

The music starts up again. I hear the music in my head. I grunt loudly as the drums beat. I hear grunts and groans in the music.

“Fight fight for freedom fight for death. Release the blood on the ground and give the blood to the stars.”

The two stallions attack me. I dodge the scythe and swing the blade into the other stallion's side. I cut into the armor but I didn't cause any blood to drip. The blade is a bit dull. I would have to fix that later. The stallion with the scythe makes up for missing me and smashes his back hooves into my armored body. I groan, falling back into the other stallion. I feel his sword cutting into my armor a bit and adding knicks to my exoskeleton.

I quickly turn my stinger coming out of the end of my armor. I quickly use the stinger to fight the one with the scythe trying my best to block his attacks. I groan in pain from the nerves in the stinger getting shook. The song of battle gets going more.

“Cheer for all, cheer for the bloodletting come to bring for the endless drumming don’t let up. Don’t forget your song. Singing to the drop of blood endless red blood removes their eyes and removes their hearts. Show your hate, let your anger control you.”

I feel like I am back in rock ball. I ball up three of my buggy fists. I buzz loudly. I quickly dodge the scythe again feeling it cut into my armor leaving another nick of blood draining from the wound. Punch the three fists into the stallion with the sword and bash his helmet off. With the hit from the fist his mouth releases the sword, a few teeth stuck to the hilt. I shove my stinger into his throat.

Just like my species we all can release energy from our stringers. But I don’t wish to kill but I keep hearing the words. ‘blood!!’ I can’t control myself. I pull the stinger out of his throat, taking the sword and slicing his head clean off.

The stallion's head flies from getting cut blood sprays all over my armor and my blade. The other stallion backs away from seeing what I am doing. I turn my visor covering my anger and my hatred in my eyes. The hunger to release blood. I have lost myself ‘Blood BLOOD!!’ I keep hearing.

The stallion runs back towards the mare

“Fire on her, she is a monster!!”

The mare fires her minigun and the bullets fly past me. She is unable to aim very well I feel some bullets strike armor I feel hit my armor denting the exoskeleton but causing a great deal of pain. I quickly pick up the other sword the stallion I just killed dropped. I fly as quickly as I can to try to get away from the fire minigun bullets.

“Keep Firing, she is crazy!!”

I toss the other sword at the mare. The sword breaks into her helm stabbing into her helmet but causing the glass of her goggles to cause damage to her eye. She screams in pain losing control of her magic and causing bullets to fly all over. Bullets fly up to the crowd thankfully a heavy zebra shield keeps the bullets from hurting the crowd.

The music keeps playing at my helm. The drums hit hard. They hit like my heart is beating. I feel it beating and feeling it like it’s a second thought. The stallion looks at the mare then back at me. I quickly fly at him and he charges at me. When we hit my stinger it was in his chest that broke through his armor causing me a great deal of pain.

I need to repair the nerves in my stinger before it causes me more pain. I take my helmet off real fast, holding it in my other arms, forcing my mandibles into his neck. I began draining his magic from his body. He screams in deep pain and begins to heal the nerves in my stinger. His magic is not strong enough to heal the nicks and cuts in my body. He turns old from his magic core being drained.

I released him. I left him enough magic so his body could heal. It would take a long time for his body to heal itself. I groan feeling a great amount of pain in me though. I finally notice the end of the scythe cut into my armor stabbing into my side. I grunt worrying about my eggs. I worry the scythe has harmed them. I close my eyes using what is in my magic system to force a magic shield around the eggs. It uses a lot of the magic in my system but it works for now. I pull the scythe out just a bit grunting in pain and coughing.

The mare regains herself finally. I notice her eyes are completely gone and all I can do is charge while she is whirring up the Mini-gun again. I fly quickly at her, the gun taking too long to charge up and I stab the sword into her chest.

“I am sorry..”

I say to her as if it’s okay for me to kill her. She weakly smiles like she knows I am sorry.

“Fuck…you.”

She goes limp. I pull the sword out grunting deeply in pain. I noticed her stomach?! She was pregnant no. NO!!! Tears stream from my eyes no please stars don’t please!! I killed an expecting mother. Why?! ‘Blood’

I sob softly to myself pulling the sword out never going to forgive myself. I am going to see this death and the death of the little one my entire life. I back away watching a group of medics look over the death.

“Oh, my Goddess, her little one is dying to get her body to the area below. Green Dust quickly we need you.”

Green Dust leaves her seat trotting below. Jumper lifts his hand to stop the fighting for now.

“It seems our king is worried about the unborn little one. But why would he be worried about the little one of a criminal unless in his mind no matter who the parent is they’re still innocent.”

The king stares down at me and grabs his mic.

“You’re truly a warrior of the stars, I can tell you’re not fully heartless. You didn’t know from the look of your body language you were in pure sorrow about what happened to her. It is not your fault it was her fate. Now I will let you back to your cell and your wife will look you over.”

I get back to the middle of the arena.

“But as the warrior the stars you are. I expect you to understand no matter what comes next if you will kill like you’re meant to. Even if they’re with a little one but at this moment you’re lucky since she was very close to giving birth.”

I am lowered and taken back to my cell. I am allowed to keep my armor and the weapon. Melody comes into the cell and Gizmo is not far behind her. Gizmo helps me out of the armor and she works on the armor for me.

“Melody I.”

Melody stares at me.

“Didn’t I tell you to stay in that room?”

I sigh.

“But Beezen told me it was okay to leave.”

Beezen stood there behind the others. He shook his head leaning on the wall.

“That wasn’t me Ruby. It was your creator.”

Majesty?! But how could she still control me? The crown the ships Doc put into my head. Does it not matter?!

“But the chips…the crown.”

Beezen sighs.

“It was never the things that had control over you. The crown was for the others to control you. Same with the chips. Wheel Tread took advantage of that knowledge he learned and used them to brainwash you. No matter what you will always be controlled by Majesty unless she doesn’t wish it.”

Melody takes a gel from what I have learned Green Dust gives her to put into my wounds to heal them. She checks the little eggs in my stomach.

“Gizmo is the extra armor ready for her pregnant gut?”

Gizmo finished the armor. I could tell there is more armored padding and metal to protect my gut. So if I do die the little ones will be fine. They can harvest the eggs and let them grow without being in me. Sadly, my species can have their eggs harvested if the brood mother dies.

“Yes, It didn’t give me time to fix the nicks and other holes they gave her.”

Gizmo and Beezen leave Melody stares at me. I could tell she is not happy with me. Her eyes softened as I saw the gentle mare I fell in love with and she pulled me close to her fur.

“I need you to live Ruby. I may not like this idea of you being a warrior of the stars. But I need you to live for me so you could promise me we will grow old together in the way of your species.”

I let out a purring buzz.

“I will try Melody.”

Melody leaves and I put my armor back on after I place my armor back on. I turn to see King Jumper looking down at me.

“So you’re the one known as Ruby who died back in that desert when the Storm King returned.”

I backed up.

“Are you going to kill me because I was punished for being a hero?”

Jumper smiles.

“No, I won't, the rumor will still go that a random hero is going through this area and fighting in an arena. But I have a request to ask you.”

I take a deep breath before putting my helmet on.

“What is the request?”

Jumper smiles.

“Don’t destroy Omega when you see him again. Prove to me you have the heart to reason with the creation. Then after the task is complete you come back to me and I will help you with the final battle with the Storm King.”

I put the helm on heading back out and he put his hand on me to stop me.

“But you know what is going to happen after all that is correct?”

I turn to look at him.

“All the leaders and the rich will turn on me. Ruin my reputation more than it already is and I will be put on trial to appease them and to appease the anger of the people?”

He sighs.

“Yes, putting it that way is harsher but it’s true. Sooner or later heroes like you will be a villain. All those who are heroes will be hunted down and forced to conform to the new way of life and progress the same as the villains. If they don’t they will be killed. The Storm King is following the way of the future, we all must follow it.”

I sigh.

“What if I want that too?”

Jumper frowns.

“You’re a hero, you bring hope. A type of hope which won’t work in this new world is made. The heroes will either fall to the blade or give up their desire to bring home and learn the true way of becoming part of the future is to become a citizen of it.”

I look away.

“Even the island I am from won’t trust me when all this is said and done. Anyone who knew me in the past will hate me. Even my friends when the time comes will hate me. The only one I can rely on is my wife.”

Jumper nods.

“Your friends are going to turn on you, even these new ones. You’re a problem, a threat to the nature of progress. You will be left behind little Ruby and you will either become an exile or die. Choose before the final battle. But I think we all know your fate.”

He grabs a gun and fires into the wall. He places his hand on my shoulder. I don’t know if it’s an act of kindness.

“Death.”

He leaves and I cower in the darkness waiting for the time to go back. I look up and see the mare I just killed and blood draining from her wounds. I see the little one will be born from her staring at me. I see the robot's cricket and the one known as Mouse.

“The little runt is learning the truth.”

Cricket laughs.

Mouse chuckles.

“Like she should have ages ago.”

I turn to see Star Shooter and she frowns at me shaking her head. I cried hard. I kept whimpering and saying the words. ‘I didn’t mean to do it, I didn't mean to do it.’ I just hear laughter and I scream in pain. I hear the alarm for the arena back to start again.

I walk back out on my many legs and turn to see the large lizard laughing.

“Learning the truth aren’t you? I could kill you now to make it easier on you. I could make sure you don’t deal with the truth of the pain you see.”

I take off my helm to stare at the creature.

“What did they do to you?”

The lizard chuckles.

“I am just one who loves blood who eats those I kill. I will be doing the world a service by killing a pointless hero like you. Accept your fate, you’re a threat to the world, heroes are all threats to the world. Conform to change, become one with progress.”

I get ready to leave the lizard reaching through the bars and grabbing me tightly.

“Think about it.”

I grunt, forcing my stinger into his arm to paralyze the arm which is holding me. His arm goes dead letting me go. I quickly fly away.

“Coward!!”

I get to the elevator, closing my eyes and feeling the pain of what I did. Opening my eyes to see the robots and the mare I killed again.

“You killed me.”

I close my eyes tightly trying to ignore it. I open my eyes again and the robots and the mare are gone. My mind will never be the same again. I come back up into the arena looking around and hearing the crowd cheering.

“We are back, everyone. The warrior of the stars has returned to release more blood to the ground. But an update: the mare is alive and so is her baby. She will be released from her crime and sent to Green Dust to give birth and then she will be sent to the city below to live out her days with her baby.”

The king stands.

“No, she will not, she will be living in my castle. So I can help her raise the little one. I may be a cruel king when it comes to many things. But a child and a mare will not be treated as a threat to the citizens of this land. She will be kept in my watchful eye.”

I didn’t feel any better. I look through the corner of my eye and see the mare still. I feel he is lying. Just to make me feel better. I grab the sword tightly, lifting the bloody blade to the air to let it glow in the sun.

“Next foe for our warrior of the stars. One of the judges of the stars is King Charlatan, former king of the penguins of old. Eons ago he tried to turn the entire world into a land of ice in the name of the stars. He was betrayed by his son. He was banished so long ago. He was found frozen in ice a hundred years ago and has been in his cell ever since.”

The old king looks around and sees me; he knows who I am from the look in his eyes. He laughs loudly.

“I will get my throne back. I will make this world for the land of ice again. But first I must kill the warrior of the stars. Without the great Williams and her ponies, Galaxy and the others stop me from pursuing my dream. I can kill you and destroy this kingdom of trash.”

The king lifts his hand.

“FIGHT!”

Charlatan forms a large sword of ice through his ice magic and the drums play again. He lifts his blade like he is calling something. Minions of ice form from the snow in his blade and they attack me. I swing my blade breaking each minion since his magic is not as strong without being in the realm of ice.

The two of us charge into the middle of the arena the weapons smashing into each other. The dragon blade roars while the ice cracks and forms back. I stare into the eyes of the former king. His heart is full of cold. He has no heart. He has no soul. I see he has done more than what is said.

“The warrior of the stars trying to find my soul? Are you trying to find the Flames of truth?”

It hit me with flames of truth. I suddenly had an image of a powerful dragon spraying fire all over the desert and roaring as the ones below die from each lightning attack and fire I hear these words. ‘The pure, the pure of heart.’ Suddenly I see children and those of pure heart.’

The vision returns right to when the king gets ready to strike me down. I notice I am on the ground. I block him forcing myself with my cybernetics, the gears within the cybernetics heating up to push him back. I hear singing in the background the flames of truth?!

“To all of my children in whom Life flows abundantly

To all of my children to whom Death hath passed his judgment”

I fight harder hearing this song in my head forcing the blade of ice to break and shatter. I swing again cutting into the former king's chest no blood drains from his wound. I scream again seeing the dragon and the land burning.

“You see the truth of the flames, don’t you?! You see it, you see what you have caused, you see what you will become. You become a bringer of death, the warrior of stars, the warrior of death.”

I hear the song more.

“The soul yearns for honor, and the flesh the hereafter

Look to those who walked before to lead those who walk after”

I scream I see the vision again of the dragon. No, the dragon is the dragon of pain, the dragon of hate. It’s going to wake me up. I can't stop it. My battle is going to end me. I finally open my eyes again and I scream

“NO!!!!”

I slice my sword deep into the former king. He laughs loudly like he still lives. He starts to melt like he is not even real.

“I will see you again in Dream Valley warrior of the stars. The Flames of truth waiting for you.”

I scream in pain seeing the image of the dragon and I wake up again from the vision. Hearing the cheers from the crowd but they go silent when the next battle is said the king has a worried look in his eyes. The crowd goes very silent.

“The next battle the warrior of the stars will face. The greatest threat the island of junk has ever met. The killer of many the murdered half the royal family. The killer of many in this arena. Give it all for Devil Horn, may this be his final battle.”

The large lizard I ran into in the prison below the arena comes out. He is a coward in the bones of all those he beat. The skulls of all he killed around his neck. All the weapons of those he killed were strapped all over his body.

He turns his eyes to look right at me, the hunger and the hate in his eyes. He looks ready to just kill me. He tosses down all his weapons.

“I am going to make this easy for you. I will just use my claws. I am not desperate enough to use my weapons on a weak magic eater like you.”

I am trying my best not to show fear. Even if I am wearing my helm. My body movement could show I have a great deal of fear for this creature. I held the sword tightly in my two cybernetic hands. I look down at them and one of them has a huge crack in them. The other has a burnt-out joint. I doubt I could beat this creature with cybernetic might.

“Watch friends of this bug. I will kill her in front of you all and then eat her eggs in front of you all. I will show no mercy for one who will not conform to the future. I have already conformed to the future. To the idea of progress to the story, which will unfold when the time comes. There will be a time when heroes are hunted because those who see them can’t stand what they fight for.”

I grunt hating the truth he is saying is correct. Heroes will be hunted by those in power because those in power see them as a threat to their power. I have heard stories of NCR doing the same; they will backstab all heroes for power.

“You don’t talk back little bugs because you know I am telling the truth. Lift those hands and surrender. I will end it peacefully for you now.”

I dread my sorrow and tears fall down my cheeks. He is right. I was tossed aside by the male I thought loved me and just filled me with his eggs. I have been tossed aside by those old friends of mine who I thought cared about me. I know the friends I made now will toss me aside to protect themselves.

Melody…Melody.

I drop the blade it stabs into the ground I sob softly curling into a ball. I just sob loudly enough seeing all those show up in front of me. The robots are my friends Star Shooter. I have failed them all and my brain is crying and screaming in sorrow.

Melody was going to scream at me. But Beezen stops her from shaking his head. The creature gets closer to me; he chuckles when he gets above me leaning down to whisper to me.

“I will make sure to make your wife scream for you.”

I hear the mic screech and hear the announcer.

“Hey what are you doing?!”

Another voice comes over the PA.

“I haven’t known you that long, Topaz. You rescued me from the trap in the frozen tube. I get it you’re in pain you feel nothing you do is right. But you can’t let all you fought for be in vain. For all I know I could be the last of my kind who knows all about the end. Fight in the name of all your friends, little magic eater. Fight and prove to me you’re worthy of being led by me and the others you find to Dream Valley.”

I feel the large foot of the lizard stomp on me.

“It seems you made your choice.”

I hear my friends.

“RUBY!” Screams Gem

“Ruby for the love of all the fucking dicks in the world kill him!!” Rhyolite

“Fight him, Ruby.” Beezen

“Show him the true meaning of pain.” Wicker

“Ruby, I love you with all my heart, fight him!!” Melody.

“You’re a magic eater like me. Ruby, please prove him wrong!!” Mellow

“Fight him like you fought the cult for Rassie.” Dust.

“Kill him for what he did to my work on your arms and armor he will fucking pay for destroying my work!!” Gizmo

"You're stronger than you think Ruby. if anyone can take care of my cannons like you and then smile when a bolt of lightning hits you like it's nothing then you can kill this ass hole do it!! Be the cannon!!" Gunpowder

“They care for you, Ruby. Please fight for me Joona and my species Panna. You have to get revenge on Squint for me and the others.”

I keep hearing the words fight. I feel my sorrow vanishing even though Devil horn has his foot on me. With one of my other hands, I grab the hilt of the sword stabbing in the leg of Devil Horn. He screams roaring in pain as he lifts his leg to stomp on me. I quickly out from under him when he stomps. My buggy wings are heavily damaged so I can’t fly but I stand on my two back legs standing up ready to fight.

“So you wish to fight to the death.”

He jumps back to his weapons grabbing the biggest of his weapons, a large hammer. He twists the hilt and a rocket flame comes out of it. He smirks, showing his hunger for flesh. He laughs swinging it quickly.

I hear the crowd screaming my name.

“Ruby Ruby.”

I hear the voices of the ones near the king.

“Fight him darling show him what happens when he harms my Patrons of my bar and my Brothel” Loxie

“Just kill him already, hero. Doing so will make us not hate every hero. You will get a past for now.” Obsidian

“Your win will bring money to the market double fold. Gold jewels and everything under the sun.” Teal

“If you defeat this fool. I will upgrade your sword for free.” Anvil

“In the name of Mimic and the Goddess of unity fight him!!” Crosser.

“Kill him, remove his heart and origins bring them to me. I will use them in my medical research.” Green Dust

“Show him he is not much better than Bloodbath!! HA HA HA HA” Bloodbath

Devil horn looks around at the cheering for me. We both turn to look at each other. A smile forms on his face.

“Finally a real battle.”

He swings his hammer and I block it with the sword. The sword is made of space metal and doesn’t crack but it hurts my cybernetic arms trying to force it back. I need to think of an idea. I remember my stinger.

In the castle of Dream Valley, Majesty is watching the fight through a portal.

“Fight him my dear little Ruby. Show me you have the guts to fight me when the time comes.”

I quickly backup falling on my back dropping my sword and Devil Horn trips as I lift my stinger. I got one chance at this. I build all my magic in my stinger and I shoot a magic Lazer from my stinger right at him. With how he moves the Lazer trips him up a bit and the hammer falls on my right shoulder the pressure from the fall breaks the right part of my exoskeleton it’s going to take a while and lots of magic to repair it.

With the left side, I grab my sword again and swing it through the Devil horn using his claws to block the blade grabbing me with his tail and lifting me. He wraps his tail around my neck trying to choke me with it.

“This is the one you cheer for?! This is the warrior of the stars. She has failed, the stars have failed.”

I noticed something come up in my bags. A knife wait who put a knife in my bags? I have a flash Jumper put his hand on my shoulder. This knife belongs to him. I quickly go into the bag grabbing the knife and stabbing Devil's horn in his left eye. He screams as the knife lodged deep in his eye he drops me and I can barely move. He pulls the knife out of his eye seeing the king's seal.

“Jumper after I kill this bug I am going to kill you next to the last of the royal line.”

I feel too weak to do anything. I try to move but I can’t move an inch of my body. The only chance I have is to see if I can see the magic in this place. I changed my vision to the same vision Star shooter was given so she could see the magic. It was based on magic eater magic vision. There is barely any magic in this place. I need to try. I close my eyes feeling at least a bit of magic filling me.

The energy gives me a chance to swing my sword and Devil blocks it with his claws. He laughs, grabbing me with his claws around my neck and lifting me again.

“No one is going to save you now..”

I watch while the wound in his eye bubbles a green fluid. He gasps, holding his neck trying to breathe like I hear his heart beating. He turns his eye to Jumper. I know what happened when Jumper put a poisoned knife in my bag. The lizard screams in pain bile and blood leak from his mouth he claws his stomach to try to get rid of the poison and he falls onto the ground dead blood and entrails leaking from his mouth.

I hear so much cheering. I lay there. Did I win? I lay my head back feeling so weak. I feel my heartbeat weakly but enough to keep me alive. My vision slowly drifts to darkness and back. I see Melody and Green Dust lift me while the cheering goes crazy. My armor is taken off me while the two doctors work on keeping me alive. My vision goes dark.

_________

The world is in motion.

The various buildings of junk island lights slowly drift on and off. Smoke comes out of the chimney on the roof to show life within. The birds fly from roof to roof landing and placing themselves like gods overall.

In the allies rats and cats go from place to place one eating the other. Ponies and creatures of all sorts walk the paths selling goods and weapons. A guard stops a sale, it goes well, and no death but one is arrested.

Those in the allies go hungry while some guards bring food to them, not tossing them into the city underground. A guard strokes the head of an orphaned colt and smiles at him. Life moves on while not far away a sale of food goes on.

A guard takes the sale talking to the little ones in the ally. The marketplace is full of life while many goods are sold.

“Get your fresh fish here.. Fresh fish.”

Another stall.

“Come and buy some of the best silk. Make your friends and family jealous with the best clothing around.”

Another stall

“Gems and jewels make a sale and give it to your love or one close to you. It makes a great mares day gift. Don’t let this deal go by you.”

The brothel is busy as always up above love in the making while down below in the bar. Those of hunger eat their fill. Lovers dance to music while Loxie cheers at the love on display. Love life poetic in nature when the stars shine above. The sun shines and the wind blows.

A paper flies in the wind landing in front of the church inside and many pray to the goddess of Unity or Mimic. While Crosser prays to both Unity and Mimic.

“Oh, great Mimic, you're part of our hearts. Unity is part of our souls. Bring forth our souls together and allow your golden horseshoes to sing.”

There is a battle in the arena blood gore and cheering. Money is tossed at the winner, the cheers of the gore while below the broken and the dying scream for freedom. It’s the way of the world that strong and weak prey on each other.

Obsidian goes through the halls picking one to die by her ax or the guards. She swings the ax to kill the worst of them. The story goes on without a hero. The world is alive without a hero to get in the way.

The hero is but the rock to break the cog of life. When a hero comes the world halts its progress. Littlepip may have brought back the sun. But the other heroes were a threat and now Pip is part of that threat. Peace, hope, and fulfillment.

Another paper flies to the pirate's area of the island. Wicker dances and sings with her friends while her friends on the new ship dance and sing with her. Gizmo and Oil are so drunk they sleep with the Kirin making her part of their love circle it’s the way of life to some and a sin to others.

A pegasus flies landing in front of the Green Dust hospital on one of the beds of the bug. Known as Ruby passed out and was alive. Besides her wife and the one known as Green Dust doing everything to help her through this pain.

The airship is full of life while the crew goes their way to rebuild the systems. Mellow uses her new oven to make food for the crew and Gem the dragon. She sits in her office looking at the paintings of her wife Cranberry.

Joona flies with others of her species. King Jumper allowed her in his castle so she can feel at home before she leaves. Jumper watches her as I tell him what I saw in his kingdom.

“The world is alive,'' they say. The word of the song is the idea of a song. If the city doesn’t live up to its expectations, the magic is never going to be the same. Maybe this will come, maybe this will end.”

I lower my book.

“Thank you for writing about what you saw with my city Beezen. But what about the ones below. As I judge, I am sure you could tell me what you think.”

I glance at the King.

“All I can tell you is change your laws. I know it won’t be easy. It didn’t take a hero to do it either to tell you this. A hero fought in your arena and those who watched wouldn’t tell that she is alive. The rumor is what?”

Jumper smirks.

“The hero of Abyssinia, just a random hero, came to our little island. Got tricked into releasing a powerful weapon. They proved themselves in the arena and they will be treated as a citizen each time they come here.”

I nod.

“Does the deal still stand if she makes a deal with Omega?”

Jumper nods

“But my question is, will the bug be okay?”

I chuckle

“It will take her a while to heal and to repair her armor and the wounds will take a long time to heal. Her eggs didn’t suffer any issues thankfully. It’s mostly herself and these wounds will affect her for the rest of her life even if they heal.”

Jumper sighs.

“I see. Keep reading to me about what you saw in my kingdom.”

I opened my book again.

Life goes on in this kingdom of trash for all who see it as it is. The story of this junk island has come across many issues and pearls. It’s the story of how the world is always in danger of being harmed. Progress is taken away and the hero rises, the hero fails or wins. It takes the idea of love and life to fight. The song will be there forevermore in the grand scheme of life and happiness.

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