This turned out really cute though! You pull off Since great! XD

Aaah, this is so cuuute!

...Yeah, I can tell it must've been really tough to draw Ai in that pose. 'XD

You did a great job, though! Both of you did!

Haha thanks

Hi Shadow! Hi Fluffy! How are you guys?

Hey, Blood! I'm doing alright! Got up extra early today. xP

How about you?

Aw, that cover is adorable.

I'm doing alright, a little sleepy but good xD

Hi Fluffy and Galaxy!

How are you doing today?

I woke up like 30 mins ago xD

Nice. xD

Hey Shadow and Galaxy!

Hahaha that like 3pm your time? XD

I'm excited for today xD ( I don't have to start lol x'DD)

No 2pm x'D

Aaaaah I have to start

Lol xDD I don't think I ever sleep till 2pm xD

Hahaha yes you do! Or Fade, she was last for that one xD

Meadow familiars still make me giggle xD I still can't believe you pick those, it's the funny thing seen them in armor

I didn't sleep straight til 2, I woke up a couple times, but was too lazy to get outta bed. Ended up passing out again haha

I thought it would be funny too, I can't wait to see them x'D

I'm putting both on the same picture, hopefully I'll be able to finish them soon, just this week going to be crazy, crazy busy ':s

COFFEE

Yup it'll be crazy for me too, rip us

I want some COFFEE!

This is so adorable x3

Hi Fade!

Hey Fade!

Hi Fade!

Do I need to post the last post from last time?

Nah I got it

Lol ok xD

How are you doing Fade?

Hello! :D

This cover is sooo adorable!! I love it! X3

Hi guys! I'm doing alright! Break is almost here, which is very relieving. UvU
How are you guys?

Hi Lillyyyy!

That good! Yeah for break!! :D
Im doing good, I'm stressing out a little bit about this coming week just how busy it's going to be and it's going to be the first time I have to host a party at work, that I really don't want to do but it's work :'S I just never hosted a party before

Hey Lilly! :D

You can do it Shadow! :D

What? You said you were x'D

Ahh that's scary xD Good luck Shadow!

Good luck Shadow!! Hang in there! :s

Blue moved back, but not quick enough, Crimson's claws ripped open his cheek, cutting just below his eye. "Tsk" Blue thought quickly, still holding his staff, he swung it hard. Aiming for Crimson's knees.

Ai wasn't phased as Jason dropped her, she noticed the blood heading to the cell and her eyes widened. She quickly shot forward, trying to grab it with her barehands and stop it.

Boreas was about to say something to Eater when he was distracted by Jason's pained cry. The icy Elemental quickly turned back around, barely in time to see Scarlet turning to blood and heading towards Crimson, with Ai close behind.
Reacting quickly, he reached out his left hand and shot a small blast of ice towards the puddle of blood, aiming for the end farthest from Ai so she wouldn't get hit by it.

-

With all the chaos happening, Eater uses this as an opportunity... He casts one glance back at Crimson, specifically at the one bracelet he has on, and then he immediately turns to start running out of the basement, trying to pinpoint a magical signal that matches it. //AAAAAHHHHHH!! I GOTTA FIND IT BEFORE CRIMSON GETS OUT AND KILLS ME!! He started going crazy in the dining hall before I left, I hope it's there!!//

-

Crimson didn't move fast enough and went down to one knee, he took his claws and slammed in onto the ground and red crystals rip though the floor at Blue "come on Blue! come at me! Like your going to KILL ME! " he taunted 
Scarlet was heading to Crimson when she felt Ai touch her, instantly got hostile and was going to attack the little girl by drawing out her dark Magic, including her chaos touch, and feeding on it // you taste almost as good as a Nightmare...you remind me of someone else that taste good...you know him don't you? Judas?// Scarlet spoke to Ai, but she was slow down when a portion of herself was frozen.

Victoria didn't waste any time and plucked Ai away from the half Frozen puddle of blood

I meant for your hosting thing ya twit xD

Ooooooooo lol I'm a ding-a-ling x'DD

Alexandrea fought back the desire to giggle when they both realized, "That future wasn't just some terrible omen, it can give hope too, there's a way to bring you back" she then notices the blue glow, "Before we leave" she runs over, to find Rihanna KO.

"Probably shouldn't leave you here" Alexandrea gently scoops up the Fairfin in her hands and walks back to Fiona and Terra, healing Rihanna as she walked. "Rihanna" She calls softly, "Can you hear me?"

-

A more hopeful smile comes across Terra's face as he listens to both Alexandrea and Fiona, yes, he considers the possibility of the horrible future... but he's thinking now about what could be, and he reaches out his hand to try and hold Fiona's. "... I'd... I'd like to come back to life... Y-yeah..." he mumbles, "A-and then... w-we'll all stop Sol-Soledormir from making th-the vision come true... T-together..."

~~~

//Well... at least, whatever's happening to Boo, isn't like corruption, I guess...// Purity thinks, giving the dragonet a small smile at first, but then she quietly says, "Boo... You /do/ realize, Eater's a Nightmare... You know he eats /people,/ right...? I don't know if he could ever be a real 'hero'..."

Anna grimace, her little face scrunched up, she slowly opened her eyes " wow, that was some kind of boom " she squeak

-

Fiona smiled at Alex, feeling a bit better when she heard her words of hope. She looked down at Terra's hand as he reached out and tried to hold hers, then she looked at him with a warm smile. Her fears were still there... But it felt like they had practically disappeared. "...Sounds like the perfect plan. Let's do it." The Elemental grinned

Crystal felt sick after everything that had happened. It had been so much, too much, all at once and she had froze up. It hadn't been until Crimson's watch had started making chimes that she snapped out of her overwhelmed state and checked it out. It was soon after that that she fell on her backside due to the explosion.

So now, she was standing silently in the back of the room, the pocket watch clutched in her hands and her gaze on the floor, trying to understand and let everything sink in.

Eira bit her lip and squeezed her eyes shut, Catch's glow and Hiiro's roar making her heart ache all the more for the fallen Venatavis. //I'm so sorry, Mina... You were an unforgettable part of our team, even though we never treated you justly enough. You will always be remembered as we continue our mission to stop Soledormir... Rest well, friend...//

-

Hiiro stopped after a while and cleared his throat, wrapping his tail around his paws, he slowly tipped his head to one side. //It feels weird// he felt his stomach turn as he replayed all the events, now that the shock wore off, his stomach twisted. He couldn't explain what he felt, realization? Guilt? He didn't know, other than, he didn't like the feeling and he quickly started to back up now. Nearly tripping over his own tail.

-

// I wish I could have done more...// Catch thought over everything, all the things he could have done, got to know Mina more, been more aware of what happened, and most of all done something to keep her from getting killed // I'm so sorry Mina I wasn't better...I wasn't a friend or leader that I needed to be...// Catch clenched his fist, this made him think about the conversation with picking him as a leader " we won't give up Mina, we will fight bring down Soledormir, you wouldn't be forgotten, you will continue to live in our hearts and minds on this quest "

Boo look up at Purity with a confused look " I'm ok, it's feel scary out here but I know Eater and uncle Fred will make things better " the thought made her smile " there going to be heros, Uncle Fred's already hero and Eater training to be his sidekick!" She come up with that conclusion on her own

-

//Well... at least, whatever's happening to Boo, isn't like corruption, I guess...// Purity thinks, giving the dragonet a small smile at first, but then she quietly says, "Boo... You /do/ realize, Eater's a Nightmare... You know he eats /people,/ right...? I don't know if he could ever be a real 'hero'..."

I think that everything xD

Some one start us off x'D

(Okay.)

Crystal had stayed in the dining room after everyone else had left, deciding that being alone was something she needed for a moment as she still didn't have a mental handle on the previous events, or how she felt. Although, just standing there wasn't making her feel any better, so she walked around and began putting back into place a few of the chairs just for something to do. While doing so, she noticed the faint glow on the floor. Crystal left the seating alone and moved to get a better look. Once she got closer she realized what it was, then rather hesitantly picked up Crimson's bracelet and thought, 'Oh no... This can't be good..'

(Im terrified of going first, that why I did it xD)

(yeah! :D you did great Galaxy!! )

(You did awesome, Galaxy! ^-^)

Blue spread his wings and gave them a single strong beat, to get off the ground and avoid the red crystals. He knew he couldn't stay airborne, as there was no room to actually fly. "You want to die!? Fine then! DIE!" the young royal roars, he carefully lands on one of the crystals and kicks off. Swinging his staff down on Crimson's head, aiming to knock him out again.
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Ai looked up at Victoria, "It talked to me, said I taste good, like Judas" she whispers, flexing her fingers. Ai looks back to the puddle of blood, "It evil, bad, bad" she says and tries to go back to the blood. She wanted to know what else it would say to her.

After a while of silence, Eira reached out to take Catch's hand and she turned her face away from Mina's grave, tormented to keep thinking about the tragedy. "I don't want to be here right now," she murmured to her husband, voice anguished.

Once Victoria got Ai away from the puddle of blood, Boreas didn't wait another moment before shooting a second, more powerful blast of ice magic at it, aiming to freeze Scarlet over completely. //Note to self: bloodlust sword can turn into blood.//
"Probably best not to let anyone get near that..." He muttered, then glanced at the ongoing battle in the cell.

Hiiro shook himself out, to snap out of it, he dug his claws into the ground. "Where should we be then?" he growls, "Waiting and moping around inside until another candidate dies? Or should we be searching for keys like we're supposed to be?" he glares down at them. "At the rate we go, I wouldn't be surprised if Soledormir popped up tomorrow and slaughtered us all" he growls bitterly.

Eater dashes through the halls, finally reaching the dining room, there's only one thing he's concerned with right now, and everything besides it he ignores...

Which means that he ignores everything in the room except Crystal, who he runs up to, immediately grabs her arm, and tries dragging her back the way he came. "You have his bracelet!! We need to get that back to him before he KILLS EVERYONE!!" the young Nightmare frantically tries to explain.

Alexandrea smirked, "It was, but rest now Anna, you'll be alright" she holds the Fairfin against her chest with one hand, so she can continue healing her and also so she could have a free hand.

"Hey Terra, how do you suppose we'd go about resurrecting you? I mean I have light magic and healing magic, but I can't bring back the dead. Would we need your body to bring you back?" Alex asks curiously

Terra can't help but feel a wave of warmth when Fiona smiles at him, but when Alex asks her question, he looks to her with a frown as he thinks about it. "Hmm... I'm... I'm not sure... but if we do, w-we might have a problem, because... W-well... my body... is missing its head..." Terradream quietly replies, tapping his index fingers together.

Crystal looked towards the entrance on the dinning hall upon hearing fast footfalls approaching. When Eater came running up to her, she tried to step back but didn't get very far before the Nightmare grabbed her. She gasped and stumbled forward but eventually got her footing and continued to follow Eater, even though it seemed she didn't have a choice. "Wait, kills everyone..? What..?"

(That totally would have been a quicker reply, but I had gotten busy for a second and was only looking at the username, oops. xD)

(Haha, that's fine Galaxy XD )

( sorry I'm taking forever xp)

Catch nodded at Eira, he agreed and was thinking on what to do next when the red dragon spoke up, he then looked up at Hiiro " I think best to get everyone together and come up with a plan on the keys, but your right, Soledormir already getting his minions to do his Dirty Work, it's only a matter of time before he does something himself " he said.

Catch then guided Eira back to the Palace, // Blue took Crimson, what made him go nuts? Then again I don't know much about the guy...// something wasn't settling with him just right
// it's still dark... Does that mean Crimson is still going crazy?...//

(brb getting dinner)

Victoria held on to Ai, she made a quick glance as Eater ran off // the Nightmare running off at a time like this?// She didn't have time worry about her suspicions too much as she had her hands full as it was
" Yes, that is indeed very evil, and you should stay away from it "

-

Crimson keep a Shar eye on his opponent, judging his movements, he rolled to the side and quickly got to a knee, the corrupted Prince raised his claw hand, chain shot out of his arm, he wasn't fully corrupted though so his chains we're a made of blood and Dark Magic, the Dragon shapeshifter slam them into Blue, he was going to impel the Vaseterm but other things in the room draw his attention...

Crimson quickly got up and made a upward swipe towards Boreas Direction, red crystal's broke through the floor separating him from Scarlet.

Crimson spoke in Soledormir dark language, the dark Magic in the area that came from the corrupted Prince bent to his will, red lines glow on the corrupted side of Crimson as he charged up energy " you though I was trapped in here with you?...but the grimness of your situation is your all trapped in here with me!" A red pulse come from Crimson and activated his spell.... Red crystal's begin to form over doors and windows throughout the Palace, locking the Vaseterm and residence in their rooms.... The corrupted Prince noticed the Nightmare was gone and his Reaper eye let him see similar like X-ray vision ways though walls, crystals started to forme to block Eater and Crystals

( ok! Blood!)

Eira frowned hurtfully as she looked at Hiiro, not wanting to answer his question. It was true she didn't want to do anything right now, especially because of the deaths the Key hunting had brought, but she also knew things wouldn't get better until they found them and stopped Soledormir. The griffin shiftress stayed quiet as she walked away with Catch, using her free hand to wipe away her teary face. "It's still dark," she murmured quietly.

Boo frowned at Purity reply " I know Eater a Nightmare, but he a good Nightmare, he doesn't do bad stuff like that..." She tips her head thinking just what does Eater eat? " He makes food and it tastes good! He used a kitchen to make it and it was good even though I eat it on the floor" she thought back to the time there were at Weaver house and what the Nightmare did have " I Know what Eater eats! He eats hot chocolate! " She defended her Dark Guardian firmly

"I said HE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL!!" Eater repeats to the stunned Crystal as they run, "Without his bracelet, Crimson's gone completely crazy, so we need to get his back on him RIGHT NOW!!" But not long after saying this, he finds a wall of red crystals blocking their path, and he stops, letting go of Crystal's arm. He quickly throws a fireball at it that explodes on contact, but it's then he realizes... he's fighting darkness with darkness. "Hey, we need to get through, can you do anything!?" Dreameater asks, whipping around to Crystal.

Fiona went quiet as Alex asked her question. Her expression shifted as she thought about it for a moment too, //That's the next step... Figuring out what we need to bring him back...//
She just stayed silent, a sorrowful look coming across her face as Terra answered.

But... As she thought about it a little more...
"...Wait... I know where your head is..." She mumbled.
She paused as she heard footsteps and a certain Nightmare's voice from somewhere in the room...
The Elemental whipped around towards the sound, then inhaled,
"I'LL GO GET IT." Then she rushed off into the darkness to where she thought the Nightmare was.

...She was most likely heading in the completely wrong direction, but either way, it didn't take too long before there was also a loud 'THUNK' and an 'OOF' as she ran right into a wall of crystal...

Hiiro looked over as red crystals formed on the palace, locking him, Catch and Eira outside. "Well, doesn't look like we're going anywhere anytime soon" he moves and rakes his claws over the crystals. "What is this stuff?"

Anna cloes her eyes and rested, but the the little Fairfin was still listen in on their conversation // there talking about bringing Terra back to life?! Is that possible?! I hope so! Maybe I can help think of something....//

Purity raises an eyebrow suspiciously at the dragonet, not really believing that he 'eats' hot chocolate... "Are you sure that's all Eater eats...? Hot chocolate isn't very healthy..."

But then she glances back to the palace, noticing faint red glows here and there forming in the darkness... //I don't know what's going on in there, but it's not good... I hope everyone's safe...// the Dreamer thinks, taking a few steps closer to the edge of the barrier with Boo.

Alexandrea was about to say something when Fiona darted off, "Hmm" she hums when she hears the thunk, "Crimson is still out of control, let's light this place up and see what we can do to help" she twirls her wrist and sends out orbs of light to light up the area around them, illuminating the crystals.

Blue grunted as the chains hit him, knocking him off balance and causing him to hit the jagged crystals, he hissed as pain flared through his body. //Qui! Keep the twins safe! Crimson has lost it and we're struggling to keep him under control!// he gets up and rushes after the corrupt shifter, //Ai is with Victoria and Crimson has already threatened to kill you and the twins. Get them some place safe! Now!// he summons a sword and aims to drive it into Crimson's back, missing and getting the shifter in the ribs instead.
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Ai gasped as crystals formed, blocking any way out, "Lady! We need to help! We need to do something!" she's gripping Victoria's top, shaking the Queen with a desperate look on her face, "We need help Blue!"

(Welcome back Blood! :D )

Boo had a really hard thinking face about that, and then it clicked that Eater /did /say he eaten people before..." Oh..." She tapped her claws together looking down " Eater did tell me he eaten people before...." She whispered, but then looked up with a hopefully look " but he eat hot chocolate now so he a good guy now, and well I know he a good guy now because I love him, he my friend " she smiled up at the Dreamer

(Thank you :D)

Before she could respond, Crystal came to a sudden stop right with Eater and resisted the urge to rub her arm where the Nightmare once had his hold after he let go. Crystal flinched when Eaters fireball exploded, then again when he whipped around and faced her. She slightly shook her head, "I... I don't know.. All I can do is heal things.. living things.. I-" Crystal paused, looking at the red crystallized wall that blocked the path. She knew this was the work of dark magic, but didn't see how she would be of any help.. then it occurred to her. "I just want to say that I have no idea what I'm doing..." she said as she moved forward. Crystal took in a breath and placed her free hand on the crystal wall. She focused and tried to will her energy to do something, anything to the blockage, because she didn't know what other to do, than attempt to use her light magic to counter the problem. And she at least had to try.

Terradream just listened quietly at first, but when Fiona exclaimed she was going to go get his head, his eyes slowly widened... "Wait!" the ghostly Dreamer called out a bit too late, and tried to watch as Fiona flew away into the darkness, only to run into a wall. He grimaces faintly, but then looks back to Alex, nodding with her suggestion. "I don't know wh-where Blue took Crimson, I--I don't know where anyone is r-right now..." Terra mumbles, then pauses a moment and nervously calls out to the Elemental, "F-Fiona...? Are you ok...?"

(Super late welcome back Blood!)

(Thank you Fade!)

Dreamcatcher stop at the strange crystals covering the doorway, the crystals sparked at Hiiro claws but the gases soon we're covered with more crystals, the Dreamer Prince could feel something dark coming from the gem like wall " I'm not sure but I don't like it, its obviously not natural, and I'm pretty sure Darkness is coming from it... " he commented and then added " it doesn't want us to get inside?... everyone else is in there though, we have to get in somehow "

The red crystal's reacted to Hiiro with hostility, more crystal's shot out of the wall at him making Twisted Spears

Meanwhile the red crystal's start to spread across the walls of the Palace, slowly consuming it...the red gems spiral and twist making spikes and what look like forming new structures

Eira's eyes went wide when she spotted the growing red crystals. "It's full of darkness... What is it?" she wondered aloud. //Who would do this? The Vaseterms don't wield dark magic, and the Keyhunters don't have this kind of magic...// Her gut sank with an idea of what was going on. "Is... Is Crimson taking over?" she whispered.

Hiiro pulled his paw back as the spears pierced it, he moved away from the wall of crystals and pulled the spears out of his paw, //hmmm// he draws in a deep breath and blasts the crystals with blazing hot fire.

The dark crystals that Crystals touched with her light Magic and miraculously had an reaction to it, crack spread across the surface of the dark gem wall and started to crumble from the light, opening the path

Hearing what Boo says about Eater makes Purity feel pricked in the heart, and she looks down at the young dragonet with a sad expression. "Oh, Boo..." she slowly starts, "Eater is a Nightmare, he doesn't have emotions like love, he can't feel it... so even if you love him as a friend, or like you would with family, it doesn't mean anything to him... He isn't Weaver..." She doesn't doubt the possibility of Eater lying to Boo about whether or not he still eats people, but she doesn't feel up to making poor Boo question everything right now either... Instead, Purity breathes out a sigh and pats Boo on the head. "But someday, we'll bring Weaver back, I know we will..."

Catch step back pulling Eira with him as Hiiro blast his fire at the crystals, they heat it up and started to melt with the White fire...but the crystal's reacted to Crimson's dislike for Hiiro and we're focus aggressively now on his part of the Palace... more crystal's formed from the other places the Dragon fire did not melt, they form Sharp jagged Spears.

Catch look at Eira for a moment " I got to help " he said and let go of her hand. The Dreamer Prince put up his hands and chanted sending his blue and white flames to help Hiiro.

Wirhthe two the crystal's melt around the doorway

Eira gasped and shielded her face with an arm when Hiiro exhaled fire on the crystals, unnerved by the blast of heat. She glanced at Catch and gave a small nod, then watched as they worked to melt away the barrier. She couldn't help but wish they used something other than fire, though...
"Are you sure we should be going in there? We'll only get trapped inside like everyone else," she pointed out, raising her voice so they could hear her.

( when you're Brother come in and talk your ear off about Pokemon strategies x'D)

(can't relate xP)

Hiiro stopped once the entrance was melted free, he swirled his tongue and then clamped his jaws shut, looking back at Eira. "Well we melted it away, hey! I know! Let's see if it will trap us in when we go in!" he grabs Eira up in one paw and uses his tail to pin down Catch.

"Here Eira, let us know if you get trapped" Hiiro then pitches her into the open doorway and inside the palace, still keeping Dreamcatcher pinned down.

( it can be fun, at other times annoying x'D)

(Sounds like it hahaha)

(Oooooo that not helping Hiiro!!)

Boreas hopped backwards to avoid the crystals that suddenly burst up from the floor, separating him from Scarlet. //Oh no you don't...//
But before he could do anything about it, the crystals started sprouting up everywhere, covering any and all exits.
//Well, this is a crummy juncture...//
He knew they needed a way out... But he also knew he couldn't allow Crimson to get his hands on Scarlet.
The icy Elemental took his hammer and slammed it into the wall in front of him, trying to break it down.

(Hiiro would argue that and say it is, someone has to be the guinea pig)

(Very bad idea X'D)

(Man, Crystal sure is being beat up a lot today, she's melting, crumbling, and even being run into by an Elemental, everyone's going after 'Crystal' X'DD )

Eater grins as the wall of crystals crumbles from Crystal's magic, and he doesn't waste any time at all running up to her and grabbing her wrist as he takes off down the hall again, "Good job! I just hope you didn't exhaust your magic doing that, in case we run into another wall... You didn't, right?"

(Pfft xD)

(Poor Crystal... X'DD)

(If anywhere, I'd want to get stuck in the kitchen where there's food...)

Catch grunted getting knocked down, it didn't take him long to figure out what happened "Hiiro! Get off me you big oaf!!" He shouted.

Crystals slowly form over the opening made, there keep growing heading to Hiiro, because Crimson had a lot of hate for Hiiro

Dreamcatcher start to freak out now " HIIRO! YOU IDIOT! LET ME GO!! MY WIFE IN THERE NOW!"

(Not if you're stuck in there with Hiiro)

(True)

Eira yelped when Hiiro snatched her up and quite ungracefully chucked her into the hall. She tumbled to a halt, then growled and pushed herself onto all fours. "Hiiro, I'm going to kill you for that!" she snapped. However, her attention quickly diverted tot he entrance when the crystals began to re-form. The shiftress scrambled to her feet and rushed toward it, only to skid to a halt when she felt the heat of their fire still radiating off them. Sucking in a breath, Eira blasted ice at the crystals, hoping to somehow slow it down.

Hiiro peeked in the door as it was sealing shut, waving a paw at Eira, he would be sneering if he could in his dragon form. "Well, looks like it closed off, let's go see if anyone else got locked outside, shall we Catch?" he gets up and twists around, picking up Catch in his mouth and walking away...

When the wall began to crumble away, Crystal let out her breath, relieved. She was honestly surprised it had worked. She took her hand back just as Eater came up and grabbed her and began pulling her along again, "Th-Thanks.. And no, I didn't exhaust myself.. yet." she responded.

(Is it my turn for Alex? Are you waiting on me?)

(Nah, waitin' on Foona :P )

(Ah okay)

Catch was really frickin out, his wife was not trap inside with moons know what was happening inside, but one thing was for certain it was bad. "HIIRO LET ME GO NOW!! MY WIFE IN THERE!! " He screamed and flaring his arms and legs around

The ice only cool the fire and the crystal's spread across faster feeding off the Darkness in her ice Magic

(Watch your language, Catch... XDD)

Eira's insides twisted in fear when the Crystal's only reformed around the exit, blocking her in. "No... No! Catch!" she shouted as she rushed against the wall and slammed her fists into it, though it didn't budge. Eira growled as she staggered back. "Curse that pathetic dragon!" After a second of hesitation, she turned and rushed down the hall. //There has to be another way out...//

(Foona)

(Foooooooooonaaaaaaaaaaaa)

Qui didn't reply...but that could be because a lot of reasons...

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Victoria knew she had to help, she also knew Blue could handle himself and she could hear someone coming and the last thing that she let happen is let Ai anywhere in that room with Crimson, but she still help him " Blue keep to anything that can make light, Reapers have a weakness to light " she called out to the young Royal

the Vaseterm Queen ran over to the door, she held Ai with her prosthetic arm and put up her Good one and chanted, she blast the wall of crystal's with light magic, with her experiences with in the past they had a weakness to thing of light

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Crimson let out a painful Roar getting stabbed, but that didn't last long..." Do you fear death Blue?...you should...." He asked with a sinister smirk, the corrupted Prince then purposely pushed against the Vaseterm blade making it go though himself quickly...He gassed spitting up dark color blood with one of his lungs getting punctured, the blood Prince grab the blade with one hand holding it in place as he took his claws hand and reached over his shoulder now that he was closer to Blue and grabbed the Royals by his face, Crimson glanced over his shoulder his eyes glow a bright red " do you remember my name?...do you know who /I am?/ " He asked with a demonic voice, the Blood coming from Crimson's wound crystallized and was forming into a long chard to stab Blue right back

(Aren't Purity and Boo outside?)

(yes they are xD)

( Catch is not happy right now ':D )

Hiiro was doing his best to ignore Catch's yelling, he kept walking, mindful of his injured paw. He covered ground fairly quick, due to his size, and spotted the white dreamer. "Hey! It's the cleaning lady! She's out here too!" he mumbles/drools around Catch

Fiona staggered away from the wall, then blinked a few times when Alex lit up the area, including the crystals in front of her. //...Where the heck did this come from...?//
"...Yeah, I'm okay!" She called back to Terra, turning and walking back to the ghost and Alex.
She looked around at the crystals spreading throughout the room, "...Crimson did this...?" She questioned, her eyes widening. The Elemental unsheathed her great sword, now looking as though she were in a panic, "...What do we do?! I don't even know where Blue took Crimson...!"

"Good," is all Eater says in reply to Crystal as he drags her along, he keeps running until they reach the stairs to the basement, just in time to see Victoria blasting the wall of crystals down. "I HAVE THE BRACELET!!" he declares, even though it's Crystal who has it..."

Blue was stunned as Crimson pierced himself further on his blade, his mind was also in a panic, because Qui hadn't responded. He could hear his heart beating in his ears, "Who you are? Aren't you Crimson? Is this Scarlett? Or someone else?"
He noticed it was coming to impale him, //Light! Light! I need light!// he began to chant quickly and sent up a blinding blast of light.
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Ai was stuck with Victoria, she could only watch

Alexandrea studied the crystals, "They're made of darkness, of corruption, my light should do the trick" she thinks a loud to herself. She then stuffs Rihanna into her shirt and summons her scythe.

"It kinda reminds me of Void's place, let's just hope nothing creepy is moving about" Alex gives a nervous smile and then swings her blade, the light shattering the crystals in their path.

For a while, Eira ran through the halls aimlessly, trying to find a way out, though the darkness was not helping. If anything, an anxious lump in her throat was growing, a familiar memory of dread and peril rising up in her. //It's so dark, and I'm trapped... I need to get out of here...// Eira found a stairwell, crushed and deformed by the red Crystal's, which she began to make her way up. //There has to be a way out from above... A balcony or something...//

Boo listen to all what Purity told her, some of it she understood as others she didn't quite understand just yet // Eater is different than others Nightmares thought....he nice to me don't that mean he my friend? He does really nice stuff for me, like make me food, and let me eat ice cream before dinner and get my face painted and keep me safe for all the scary bad guys and most of all help me catch bugs, so he has to care don't he? /// The little Dragonette thought were all kinda of confuse, expecially when Purity mentioned her last comment // Eater not Wevaer...but he like him...but what will happen to Eater then? // Her though what Disturbed however when Hiiro show up.

Dreamcatcher was mad really really mad, " Hiiro I had enough of this! " He shouted, the Dreamer summoned to his sword and stab the dragon in the tongue

Doing her best to keep up the with the Nightmare, Crystal's mind raced with ideas of what she would see when they made it to where they were going. When they arrived down in the basement, she only gasped when she saw the scene before them. It was a lot worse than she thought it would be. After Eater shouted about the bracelet, Crystal opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out. Her attention was then immediately drawn to one specific place, and I highly doubt I need to say which.

Qui had just barely got Blue's message before there was to many crystal's blocking the signal of his magic to her, the brown hair woman got her twins out of their apartment before it was consumed by the red crystals.

She found most of the ways blocked off accept the staircase at that time, Qui was upstairs she had a backpack on and was hoping one kid in one arm and the other in her other arm " darn it Blue! Blue! Answer me!" She shouted, the twins were crying

Eira froze at the top of the stairwell when she heard the wailing of children. //Oh moons...// The shiftress darted toward the sound and rounded a corner to see Qui carrying two young children. She rushed nearer and looked them over worriedly. "Oh no... You need to get them out of here. This place is being overrun by dark magic," she gasped.

Terra just starts to follow Alexandrea and Fiona quietly, not really knowing what to say now... but his thoughts are still all over the place, wondering where the action is taking place, where his sister might be, if she's alright... and everyone else who isn't there...

... I don't know what else to do with him.

While Boo is thinking, Purity just stays quiet to let her think things through, but like her, she'd distracted when Hiiro shows up. "Hey Hiiro, do you know what's happening inside? Is everyone alright?" she asks, then pauses a moment, not being able to see him well, "... Is there something in your mouth?"

Hiiro's eyes widened when he felt Catch stab his tongue, he took his paw and ripped the Dreamer from his mouth, "That was uncalled for!" he snaps. He then slams Catch into the ground, smushing him into the dirt with his paw.

A disappointed look came over the corrupted Prince face "who am I?... no one remember, who I am...I'm not human....what am I? I am Darkness, I am death! " he shouted.

When Blue made a blinding light, Crimson let out a horrible Screech, he let go of the Royal and pulled away from Blue to we're his sword was no longer impaling him

The corrupted Prince stumbled away covering his eyes from the light.

-

The crystal's in the room grew wildly, going for anything but the most we're going for Eater and Crystals, as the Darkness didn't want that bracelet anywhere near Crimson

(Poor Catch)

Blue reacted quickly and threw all his weight against Crimson, knocking him down and pinning him, "NOW SUZANO!" he roars. His eyes were wide with panic, he wanted to end this soon and find Qui. He was struggle with his inner self, he just wanted nothing more than to ditch Crimson and find Qui and his twins, but he also knew if he did that, Crimson would come after his family and he also didn't know if Qui was safe after the darkness had exploded.

His panic was slowly consuming his mind, "If Qui or my twins are hurt, I'll skin you alive" Blue hisses down at the corrupted shifter.

Qui hear a voice and truned and look at the key Hunter, 'no duh' look was on her face at her warning, but she didn't snapped back like she would have if Eira was Blue or her brother, inside she replied " that what I been trying to do, but the crystal's have covered most of the exits, this is definitely some kind of terraforming spell and a powerful one " Qui bit her lip thinking " I was hoping the crystal's haven't cover everything up her so we could find a way but I kinda got my hands full...do you think you can lean a mom out? You can ether take a twin or look in my bag for sone bombs my brother made, there should be a string of teal pearls in there, just pulled them off and Chuck it"

Boreas glanced at Eater and Crystal when the Nightmare shouted about the bracelet. //Huh... He actually got it... Maybe.//
He then noticed the dark crystals heading straight for them. The icy Elemental put his attempts to break down the wall on hold, then, using his right arm, he blasted the wildly growing crystals with electricity, trying to clear as many as possible.

Eira paused and blinked nervously. Anything explosive had to do with fire, she figured. "Ahh, I'll let you handle the explosives," she replied as she reached out and took the twin that was tucked in Qui's arm. She held the child in both her arms, finding the young presence so bafflingly calm.

Catch didn't have a chance to do anything but get smashed into the floor...he didn't do anything because he was squashed...

Boo gasped at Hiiro "Hiiro that a no! No! You don't smash good guys!!"

Dreameater tenses up and summons his sword when he sees the dark crystals coming for him, but before he can do anything himself, Boreas clears out the other crystals, making them shatter. The Nightmare then quickly shoves Crystal forward, not wanting to waste anymore time, "Get that bracelet back on him, now!!"

"If there /is/ anything creepy, we'll smash its face in." Fiona said, momentarily pausing and frowning when she saw a few crystals growing back. The Elemental took her great sword and smashed them, and all the other re-growing crystals she could spot as she followed Alexandrea, "...These things just keep coming back... I really hope everyone's ok..." She muttered quietly, glancing around worriedly, then looking back at Terra to make sure he was still there.

Luckily for Eira, the twin she took was Nolan, who was much more calm than his sister Mae. His eyes were golden like the other Vaseterms and wide as he stared up at the griffin shapeshifter. His small wings were fuzzy and very soft to the touch.

Qui nodded her head at Eira " thanks" she then walked down a way, expecting the shapeshifter to follow, the walls and ceiling had the red crystal's spreading across them, she came to a dead end and took her slipped her bag off one arm " I can't believe I'm being like my brother" she said under her breath,
then pull out the string of pearls she pulled one off tossed.

Qui turn to Shield her little one from the blast.

The Pearl hit the crystal wall and glow with a teal light and then exploded, it was a different kind of explosion thought, one of Magic made of light.

Qui look back to the now gone wall " that wasn't too bad of a blast, nothing like some of the other nonsense Jason makes "

//Is that... Catch?// Purity guesses, seeing the Dreamer glowing as Hiiro rips him out of his mouth, then gasps as she watches the Xanos smash him into the ground. "Hiiro!! You can't just crush him into the ground!!" she yells, running over to his paw, but not really being able to do much with Catch still being stuck underneath...

Eira smiled at Nolan, then moved to lay against her shoulder, and she turned away to shield him as the bomb went off. She turned back to gaze at the remains in wonder. "It worked," she breathed in amazement and relief. Not wasting any time, she held Nolan tight and rushed through the entrance they had created. "Do you know where to go?" she called to Qui.

Hiiro snorted and took his paw off Catch, "Yeah well, he didn't need to stab my tongue"

Crystal kept telling herself to not freeze up again over and over in her head, but she felt the same feeling in her chest and stomach that she got when things were getting overwhelming. She watched the crystals as they came forward towards her and Eater, then backed up a surprised step when electricity was shot at them. With no time to get her barrings before being shoved towards the cell, Crystal stumbled forward yet again, "Wa-wait, me?!" she finally spoke, glancing back, her eyes wide.

"I'm not sure how I feel about smashing things faces in..." Alexandrea murmurs, walking into the front lobby now. "Ah we're almost outside" //I had no clue where we were going...// she admits to herself. Using more light blades to break off the crystals on the front doors.

by the way, the Pearl strings on Qui were glowing illuminating there way
Qui put the bag back over her shoulder and followed after Eira " im hoping we can bet these crystal's to find window " she said.

Going down the hallway there was place the crystal's hadn't gotten as thick yet, she see a window " hey! I can see a way out!...I think" she then took a bomb Pearl and place it on the window and back a way.

It blew up and cleared the crystal's From the window

Crimson roared getting pin down, a lot of the stuff he was saying didn't make since because he was crazy and really, really mad, but what could be made out was a lot of death threats.

Suzano did her best to stay out of the way from all the destruction in the room, she rush in when Blue gave her the signal, the nurse took her syringe and injected it's contents into the corrupted prince arm.

Crimson roared " I'LL KILL YOU!! ILL KILL All...of...you..." It didn't take long for serum to start working, the corrupted Prince slow down with his death threats as he was getting tired, he wasn't fighting against Blue any more.

The serum was enough to calm Crimson but not enough to knock him out, he just laid there taking beep breaths

( I was told I need to eat, so I will go and eat now, brb)

(YES! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!)

(I have consumed food )

(Nice)

(Lol)

Eira rushed after Qui, eyes darting for a way out. She backed away from the window as Qui placed the bomb and it exploded. Once the smoke cleared, she rushed up to the window and peered down. It didn't look like they could climb anywhere or jump down without injury. "Can you fly?" she asked Qui.

//... I can't really smash anything's face in, but hopefully they won't have to...// Terra thinks, watching as Alex breaks the crystals off the doors, and he floats outside. "... Moons, it's dark even out here... H-how far does it go...?"

Catch had the knocked out of him, but don't worry, he pretty use to being bet up and is quite Hardy, but for now he just land there gathering his bearings " that wasn't call for..." He finally breathe out.

Boo frowned at Hiiro " you shouldn't have had him in your mouth then, food go in mouth! Not friends! " She scolded the much bigger and older Dragon

Qui push her lips " uhhh, nope, I don't have wing in this form or my other" she replied, she walked over and look out the window as well, seen that there wasn't any way down, or at least easily, expecially caring children " how about you? You got anything that can help? You are one of the chosen candidates aren't you?" She asked raising a brow

Now that Hiiro has moved his paw, Purity grimaces at Catch and sets Boo down on the ground before moving over to him and crouching. "Are you alright?" she asks the obvious question, using just enough of her water magic to try and clean the dragon spit off of the Royal Dreamer.

Hiiro snorts at Boo scolding him, when Purity sets her down, he tips his head to one side. "If you insist Boo" he parts his jaws and clamps them down over the small dragonette. He lifts his head, keeping her trapped in his mouth, "Can I eat you?" he mumbles in a playful tone.

"Why you!? Because you're the only one who hangs around the guy, and I'M not going in there, so stop standing there and PUT THAT BRACELET BACK ON HIM, OR SO HELP ME!" Eater explains to Crystal, giving her another shove towards the cell before running and hiding behind Boreas again...

(Since we're breaking the order, I'd say you could just go ahead with your post next, Galaxy XP )

Eira bit her lip and looked away at the window. "...Yes, I have a way. I'll fly around to the window and grab the sill then you'll have to jump onto my back," she explained as she lifted Nolan and gently handed him back to his mother. Eira approached the window and put a foot on the sill, eyes scanning the open air below. She swallowed. //No other way out.// She launched forward and shifted to her griffin form in a swirl of frost, then turned and arced back toward the window. As she neared the window, Eira extended her talons and paws and hooked her claws on the stone and bricks. She scrabbled a bit to find a hold and batted her wings vigorously to keep herself there. "Get on, quick!" she called to Qui.

"I mean, I only do it if they're bad guys..." Fiona mumbled, but paused as they reached the front door, "Oh! Awesome." She smiled a little at Alex, but then glanced back behind them... "I hope the group got outside... I'll come back in and look for 'em if they aren't out there."
The Elemental then looked back to the door and watched as Terra flew through to the outside.
She could hear his voice... But the doors muffled it a little.
"...What?" She called, then opened one of the doors, "Did you say it's dar--oh, it's dark out here, too. That's what you said."

" nope" he replied plainly, the Dreamer had his full of today's events but he knew it wasn't over yet. It took a moment but Catch sat up, and look at the white Dreamer " thanks Purity " he said with a small smile, genuinely feeling thankful for her helping him get cleaned off at least

-

Boo squeaked getting picked up in Hiiro mouth, she followed her paws one instead and pouted " Hiiro! What did I just say! You don't eat friends! " She complained

(Aaaaaaah it ate my comment)

( it's a Hiiro x'D)

Alexandrea giggled at Fiona and followed her outside, where she shifted to her phoenix form, "Oh wow, the sunlight doesn't even pierce this darkness" she fluffs out her feathers and lights herself up, like a beacon

(Ah it's a pain, with a broken keyboard xD)

(Hey, I gotta go to bed now! Thanks for having me!)

(Goodnight Fade!)

Qui took her son back, and listen to Eira explain her plan " alright, we'll be ready" she said assuredly.

The mother held Nolan and Mae close to herself and coo to them Softly, to keep her babys calm, she waited for Eira to shift and ones she did, the observant brunette knew right away that the Griffin had corruption, but she didn't have much of a choice right now as the crystal's started to form again.

Qui didn't wait any longer and took a hop onto Eira back, she held on tight to her children so her only way she really could hold on to the Griffin was using her legs

Crystal grimaced when the Nightmare fussed at her and proceeded to give her another shove. "Good grief, okay.." she mumbled, looking down at the bracelet in her hands. She then hesitantly made her way into the cell, now that Crimson wasn't freaking out as much. Crystal walked over and knelt down next to the shifter. She watched him for a moment, many thoughts and questions crowding her head, but she didn't wait any longer than a few seconds before carefully trying to put the bracelet back on Crimson's wrist, her hands a little shaky.

( good night Fade! )

(Ahh fine, one more X'D)

As soon as they were on her back, Eira let go of the windowsill and spun to catch the air with her wings, jolting a bit before taking off into the darkness. The foggy black aura everywhere unnerved her, but there wasn't time for cowardice. As gently as she could, the ice griffin descended toward the ground outside the palace perimeters and she landed. With a sigh of relief, Eira lowered herself and flattened a wing to let Qui off easier.

(Lol Fade, goodnight XD )

Purity jumps a little when Hiiro suddenly snatches up Boo in his jaws, but first she gives Catch a sympathetic smile... before glaring up at the dragon. "Hiiro! What do you think you're doing?! Boo's going to get all slimy and nasty in your mouth!"

"Who says you're my friend Boo?" Hiiro chuckles, looking down at Purity as she gets on him about putting Boo in his mouth. He rolles his eyes, "Got a problem with slime Purity?" he mumbles, still keeping Boo in his mouth

Boreas let out a sigh once Crimson calmed down, but then he just watched as Eater shoved Crystal forward with the bracelet. He was concerned for the human girl as she walked into the cell, but it seemed to him like Blue and Suzano had it handled... At least, for the moment. He still kept his wits about him.
But, then Eater hid behind him again, which caused the Elemental to let out yet another, more disgruntled sigh. "...Is this gonna become a regular occurrence?" He muttered, glancing back at the Nightmare.

Terra glances back at Fiona when she comes out, asking what he said, and then he realizes that he went through the doors before they were opened... "O-oh, oops... I'm sorry..." he quietly apologizes, watching as Alex lights herself up like a beacon, and then he glances around anxiously. //If anyone else is out here, they should be able to see her, so they can come right here... They should...//

Crimson didn't resist much against Blue, but as soon as the human girl came in the cell, the corrupted Prince curled his lip at her and growled deep" I...I... will kill y- " he didn't finish but at the same time tears gathered in his red eyes and streamed down his face seen her.
One the bracelet was put back on, it made a click sound been back in place were it belongs. Both bracelets began to humming as they glowed, a pulse of light came from the bracelets, The corrupted Prince screamed in pain with a distorted sound, his claws dug into the ground, he push against Blue but it was more out of reflexes from the pain coursing through his body as the light from the bracelets we're battling the corruption inside.

After a moment, Crimson stop struggling again and just laid there...

Boo was getting upset with the big red dragon now " your my friend Hiiro! You said so!" She actually didn't know if he did, which he didn't but she knew he sometime look after her, so in her mind, they were friends

Dreamcatcher sighed, and then got up " Hiiro, put Boo down, she doesn't need any more of a slobber bath from you "

Fiona walked over to Terra and stopped at his side, "It's fine! No big deal." She smiled at him.
Then she turned to look at Alex as she shifted, then lit up brightly. "Whoa... That's really cool." The Elemental said quietly, staring in awe for a moment. Then she turned and looked around for the others.
...And after a moment, she took a deep breath and called, "HEY! IS ANYONE OUT HERE?"

(I can't sleep so I'm going to keep watching xD)

( aw, that suck Fade :/ )

(It's okay haha)

Qui did her best to stay on the Griffin, she had some practice with flying thank to Blue, the mother gave a soft smile at Eira and slip off the Griffin back.

Qui then gave a polite bow of her head " thank you for helping us, I'm not sure what would have happened if you didn't show up " she said sincerely with a smile, her twins in her arms

( I think Blood past out x'D )

(Really? Blood? Of all people? X'D )

( haha yep xD
Well she hasn't responded to my message on Kik our here, soooo she probably sleeping )

(Wow, that's a new one X'D

But that's alright, I'm honestly more tired than I normally am at this time, so I'd be fine with calling it quits. :P

Or, if you still wanna go, Shadow, we could do a little bit more for that thing we were working on?)

( I think I might pass out soon myself x'D)

(Lol xD)

( sleep come with a job x'D)

Eira eyed Qui, then glanced away in embarrassment. "Ah, thank you... It was the least I could do. But everyone else is still trapped inside..." She looked back out at the dark silhouette of the palace, shrouded in the seemingly endless darkness. //It's up to them to fix this...//

( if I do get a post in Lilly, it probably just be one, I'm falling asleep fast x'D )

(Haha guess I'll head out too then xD)

( ok, sounds good Fade xD

Well good night! Lilly, Fluffy, Galaxy and Blood xD )

(Hahaha, alrighty then! Goodnight guys, it's been fun! :D )

(Goodnight guys!)

(Goodnight~)

(i didn't pass out, you passed out!

*passes out*)

(In all seriousness though, my head was spinning so bad, I couldn't focus on anything and needed to rest. Sorry for disappearing without saying anything xP)

(

( it's ok Blood :))