Warning: Page long Author's Note. Feel free to skip.

Hey there readers! Welcome to my third book of the Knights of the Silver Rose! :D Read my version of the previous books in chronological order if you haven't already. I added quite a bit of important details that will be followed up in this book.

On a sadder note, I'm afraid this is the chapter where AlliyahtheAuthor and I started parting ways… Here's how it went:

Hello, dear readers. I am sad to inform you that the Mystery Writer will give no more hints from now on...

Thankfully, she will still continue to write the story with me, so you can still see her writing through that :). Would you like to bid goodbye?

Well, readers, someone (you know very well who you are) has discovered my name by MP.

Destiny RainbowHeart.

Here's the last you should know about me before I say farewell:

I remember since the very beginning when AlliyahTheAuthor and I first role played the Knights of the Silver Rose on Wizard101. She is known as Christina FairyFlame and I as Destiny Rainbowheart in game. I never thought it would take us this far in storytelling, but I'm glad it did.

I will still portray myself as Destiny as the story goes on, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it with AlliyahTheAuthor. Destiny is a character based on who I am as a person; my talents, quirks, flaws, uncertainties, and feelings towards myself and others. Hopefully, you readers will get to know me better as the story continues.

Being part of it all was a great honor, and I hope you enjoyed my little mystery while it lasted. But like all things, this has come to an end.

Take care!

...I hope you love the chapter.

Evelyn's P.O.V.

I grumbled miserably as we walked deeper and deeper into the Wyrd.

This is taking forever... We're crazy to just expect to bump into some random little village in the middle of an uninhabited dark forest.

I wasn't afraid to express my thoughts. "Where even are we? I swear to Moodha... we must be in the middle of nowhere…"

Olivia asked the same question to her map, only without the cussing, coming back with an answer. "We're almost at the epicentre of the Wyrd! This is gonna get interesting…"

Hope she's right… This place is boring!

Then there was a rustle in the bushes.

I take it back!

We all turned and froze, dropping our equipment and drawing our swords out. The bushes stopped moving. Something leaped forward.

"AH!"

We all scrambled away, including Justin.

Does he expect us to protect him because he's new? It's every man for himself! Or girl… Gah! Just let that beast be gone already so we don't have to hide anymore! This is just disgraceful! What would my father say if he saw me now?

Fiona peaked out of a prickly bush and discovered the cause. "It's just a bunny!"

We all started laughing, looking down at the cute little ball of brown fluff.

Well that sure was anti-climatic…

All of a sudden, we heard another rustle.

"We're not afraid of you family of bunnies!" yelled Christina welcomingly. "Come on ou-!"

And then a giant spirit-wolf jumped out! It growled ferociously. We all screamed as loud as we did with the bunny.

And that was certainly not anti-climatic!

After taking a good look at the beast, I knew we'd have no choice but to use brute force. It positioned itself firmly in front of us, unwilling to let us pass without a fight. It was a creature as majestic as it was terrifying. With the shape of a wolf, its fur a deep aqua color, yet, almost transparent like a ghost, the monstrosity stared down at us. It had queer aqua-green symbols imprinted on it's legs, face, and back. It growled at us ferociously, its symbols glowing into a bright, neon green instead. As dark as it was in the Wyrd, I could see perfectly clear that creature's eyes glared straight into my soul. Chills ran down my back. I've never faced anything like this back at Mooshu.

Why did I have to come here? By the time I'd get back home, I'd either be dead or permanently scarred, mentally and / or physically, at this rate.

Breaking the silent stillness, a stick cracked. All heads turned to find Justin, who had taken a step back in retaliation.

Seriously Justin? First being scared like a girl then this?!

There was a painful moment, knowing exactly what was going to happen before it even took place. The wolf pounced.

"CHARGE!" yelled Cassandra with a battle-like cry.

It was a quick creature. As it jumped, it seemed to soar over everyone else's heads! The wolf then decided to target me by leaping toward me, consequently pinning me down to the ground. I held him back as much as I could with my razor samurai sword.

"Help!" I managed to cry, as the wolf's head neared my face.

What if he has rabies? I didn't bother to stifle a gag. I don't need medical treatment!

Fiona rushed to my aid. She tried to shoo off the wolf.

"Go away!"

Unfortunately, I'm not sure it understood or even listened if it did. Finally, she gave up and whacked the butt of her sword on his head. The wolf yelped in pain, and backed away. I got myself together, then tip toed behind the wolf. We all circled it. We had finally surrounded it.

Destiny's P.O.V.

I was faced the creature that stared back at me with his glowering, blue-green eyes. In that moment, I could tell how determined it was to harm me as well as my fellow Knights of the Silver Rose. I could not let that happen. I matched the determination of its eyes with my own to show I was not intimidated. As the others positioned themselves to either side of the wolf, I glared right back into its glowing eyes. Both pairs of green-blue eyes reflected the same aura. Not only was the spirit and I fighting to show dominance and superiority against each other, but, for once, win the title of being the alpha, the one in control.

Through its eyes, I became the creature. I was backed up into a corner, just as the wolf was now, whimpering helplessly. Glowing marks surrounded me. They were the same colors and patterns as those that were imprinted on my furry body.

"You are here to serve me!"

I turned my blue moon furry head to find an ugly witch standing in front of me. She bore a spear covered in horns and feathers, trophies from previous battles.

"You must kill all in sight… otherwise, I shall kill you! Attack my minion!"

Her malicious cackling faded as my conscience separated from the wolf's, and my eyes averted themselves. I was so taken aback that I didn't see the wolf pounce towards me!

My friends were too slow to stop it. It bit my left arm, which was the one I always held my sword in. It became completely numb. My fighting arm immediately dropped my sword.

No…

I whimpered, just as the wolf did, as if it regretted hurting me...

All my companions started to panic. "Destiny!"

They attempted to fill in the breach I made in the circle as to prevent the spirit-wolf from doing further damage.

"No!" I cried in desperation.

I grabbed my sword with my other hand, and challenged the Knights of the Silver Rose. As stupid as it was, I couldn't let them hurt this already tortured creature.

"Don't kill him! He's already been hurt and used!"

"What in the Spiral are you talking about?!" growled Evelyn, fighting me back in order to reach the spirit-wolf.

"Have you gone mad?!" angrily questioned Olivia. "Did his bite make you crazy?! Because you sure are acting like that right now!"

"Get out of the way!" ordered Cassandra, her usually angelic blue eyes in a fury.

I fought against them with all the force I had left. I came to discover that I'm almost ambidextrous since I seemed to duel with my left arm almost as comfortably as I did with my right... Despite the pleasure of discovering this newfound ability, I dreaded having to endure this ongoing battle between me and my friends.

"Stop! Knights!" Christina demanded, pushing past the others, trying to get to me.
"What is even going on?!" asked Justin, following Christina's lead. "Why are we dueling Destiny? This is pointless!"
"Guys!" Savannah interrupted. "Christina said to stop!"

I glanced back at the majestic soul while the others were distracted.

"Go while you still can!"

I kept holding back the uncooperative knights so it could escape. It seemed to regret leaving me behind, but then bowed it's great head at me before it left as it was told.

It was as if we understood each other...

I tried to make sense out of all that was happening, but it seemed like my world had just turned upside-down.

Why did the spirit-wolf follow my lead? Since how long have I been ambidextrous? What's with my uncanny fighting skills with both hands? For that matter, how did we all turn out to fight so well against each other with so little training?! It was as if we each had years of experience behind us... but most of us have only recently learned to fight like this! Well, at least that creature's out of our sight… for now.

"Why did you let that thing escape?!" exclaimed Fiona, outraged. "We were doing so well!"

"She must have had a reason…" Christina mumbled. "...Even if I have no idea what it is…"

As the others argued, I started feeling lightheaded. I couldn't bear all the negativity being fired around, not to mention how little energy I had left after fighting at least a quarter of the total amount of members in the Knights of the Silver Rose. It wasn't long before I fainted.

Christina's P.O.V.

"Oh my gosh! Destiny!" I caught her right before she collapsed on the dirt ground.

Cassandra took off Destiny's helmet so we could see her face. She was extremely pale. Her eyelids were closed, covering the irises the color of the sea.

"I think she fainted!" worried Fiona. "I shouldn't have yelled at her…"

"We need to find that village! And fast!" panicked Olivia.

I couldn't stay in control like this... I sorta lost it and just... blew up.

"Everyone! Calm down! We can't do anything if we're panicking! Someone check her pulse…"

Fiona nodded anxiously, and felt her wrist. "She's alive. She must have just fainted…"

Phew! Destiny will be okay.

That fact somewhat relieved me and cleared my mind a bit. "Now we can worry about taking her to the village."

We all tried to lift her, but it was no use with all the equipment that already burdened us. Out of thin air, an orange sparkling sprite materialized.

"Oh my!" she cried in shock in her high pitched voice.

Another sprite emerged from the dark, this one glowing a magical, aqua breeze blue hue. "It can't be! It can't be her can it?"

"Can't be who?" Savannah questioned curiously. "Can you help our friend Destiny?"

They seemed taken back for a second.

The blue sprite seemed to have comprehended what was going on. "Destiny? Oh!-"

The orange glowing sprite covered the other's mouth before she could leak anymore information.

Then she floated down to Destiny's wounded arm. "Hold on! I'll tend to that nasty bite. I'm Maybelle by the way!"

"Wow! Actual fairies!" It looked as if Cassandra was about to explode.

"Well, we're sprites. We can't heal as quick or as well as fairies. Only enough to get this girl in stable condition till we get to the fairies," explained the second sprite. "Oh! I'm Bluemoon! You all are?"

"The Knights of the Silver Rose!" we all declared proudly in unison.

"Hmm… Are you in any way related to the Knights of the Rainbow Heart?" Maybelle questioned as she sprinkled fairy dust on Destiny's bite.

Both sprites seemed to be extremely intrigued with her...

Destiny is super nice and all, but why are they're so interested in her out of all of us? Then again, she is in critical condition...

"Huh?" Evelyn scratched her head. "Why do those old knights keep coming up? It's like they're everywhere!"

"They were everywhere," winked Bluemoon mysteriously.

Wonder what connection they have with the Knights of the Rainbow Heart…

Destiny opened her eyes slowly, and sat up. She looked quite dazed.

"What… What just happened?"

"Destiny!" We made her the center of our group hug.

She rubbed her head. "Um… Can someone tell me what's going on? I'm feeling kind of dizzy..."

Then she noticed the teeth marks pierced through her armor and into her skin.

"Ah! The spirit-wolf! Must save! Now!" she blundered, jumping up to standing position immediately.

She ran from the clearing we created during our battle, skillfully tracking the beast's trail into the woods. We all raced after her.

"Wait!"

She paid us no heed, steadily running through the forest after the beast.

What in the Spiral is up with her today?! Was there venom from that bite that made her delusional?

Finally, she stopped.

Thank goodness! No more crazy chasing.

But I then realized there were elves, fairies, sprites, imps, leprechauns, dwarves, gnomes, dryads, even a unicorn and an ice wyrm all staring at us! Most of their homes were carved out of overgrown mushrooms and flowers, or old trees and stumps. There were a few colorful tiny tents laid out as well as few cottages made of hay roofs, twig walls and living vine support from inside. Some creatures had burrows, dens, and caves. The one that stood out to me most was made of ice, most likely the ice wyrm's. There were even treehouses built on trees with their leaves ablazing! How did they not burn into ashes?!

Justin started chuckling nervously, breaking the silence. "Heh heh. Looks like we found our magical little village. Literally!"

I slapped my head in embarrassment. I knew Justin would make things more interesting around our group of knights, but this is just ridiculous!

At that, Destiny fainted in front of everyone. Again.