After paper work, a speech, and plenty of discussions, I joined Fallen Angel. The first official member, Seer told me as I moved my stuff into the guilds housing. He payed millions of gold to afford a larger castle, right at the brink of the Ember Peak, a large mountain area overlooking the valley, and if you stand at the ledge at sunset or rise, it makes the valley look like fire.

"So where am I going to sleep?" I asked as we climbed the stone stairs to the balcony area in the castle. 'Back here," He lead me through a hallway into a large open room, with several doors on the wall. "This is my room," He pointed to a black door in the center. "This is yours,"

Mine was right next to his. Great.

"Joe will be here later, he'll be sleeping over there," He pointed to another room.

"Veer will be next to Joe, Flora you know, will sleep with Joe."

"and Rage over there,"

"Got it." I nodded.

"Ah..Seer?" I turned to him, nervously.

"Yeah?"

"Ah..hate to be picky but..I'm really not comfortable with the room chart."

"Hmm, why?"

"Not a fan of.. this." I motioned around. It was hard to explain that I didn't like space like this..sharing it with others..made me uncomfortable.

"Ah..here," He picked up my stuff and we exited back to the balcony again.

I followed him to another hallway that led to a dark purple door. "Open it." He smiled

I Opened it and inside was a stone wall room, a bay window let in sunshine at the other side of the room. It had light wooden flooring. A black sheeted bed sat on the right of the room next to a bookcase. The room was large with plenty of space, another door leading to a wooden balcony outside stood next to the window. "It's perfect." I hugged him.

"Glad you like it." He laughed setting my trunk down. "Thank you." I put down another trunk.

"I'll leave you to it." He patted my head, and left.

"I summon thee, Lorelei!" I summoned Lorelei.

"Hello, Bane." Lorelei greeted me.

"Well it's official, I'm apart of the family." I laughed, hugging my angel.

"I'm happy for you, would you like me to inform the other angels, and side heroes of your new living arrangements?"

"Yes, also fill them in on their new living arrangements as well, and when they're done moving in, have my party and angels meet me in the Guild arena." I told her.

"Understood." She disappeared with a cloud of pink dust.

I started to unpack my trunk, moving my items into my inventory bag, and clothes into a black dresser.

It didn't take me very long to unpack. I moved both trunks into the corner.

"Hey Seer!" I called from the balcony. "Yeah?" His head popped from around the guilds living room.

"Is the forge in the arena? Or is it with the elemental smelting?" I asked, needing to enhance my weaponry before I started training.

"There all together, In the arena. I had it specifically put there."

"Awesome! Thank you." I called as I exited the guild house. The Arena was next to the stable, right behind the guild.

It was a large, stone, circular shape. Almost as large as the guild house itself. So much better than the Starlight one.

I entered, torches scattered the walls. Several marked doors were everywhere. A trophy case with the plaque 'Twilight Clash wins, Guild trophies.' stood across from a door marked "Guild Events."

I walked around a little bit, until I found a door marked "Drills." I walked in. The sunlight was blinding at first, it took a moment for my eyes to adjust.

When they finally did, I took it all in. The stable for both Monsters and dragons stood at the far left of the area. A large field stood in the center, near the stable. The forge as well was at the far right.

My side heroes stood by the forge.

The Blood Baroness, Rose Knight, Valkyrie, Celestial Maiden, Nether Knight, and my newer hero; the Beserker Claw.

"Hello Mistress," Ruby, my Blood baroness greeted me. Everyone else nodded their acknowledgments. "Welcome to the forge!" A dwarf came out of the forge. He had red hair, and a long beard. His eyes were brown and friendly. "I am Harver, Seer hired me to run the forge and arena." Harver boomed, holding out his hand. "Bane, Guild officer." I shook his hand.

"So, do you know how this all works, or do I need to give you the 'how to.." Harver laughed.

"I got it." I smiled. "Oh ah, can you get me 5 dragons, and 2 Purple tailed, Rhinos? My friends need training." I asked, turning to my team.

"Sure, just have them line up in the drill spots and let's do this."

"You heard the man!" I laughed. Harver just had a friendly vibe that made you laugh. I liked that.

Suddenly, a blinding light came over me. When it faded 7 Angels including Lorelei, stood before me. Amora, Bodice, Nyssa, Aoede, Serrin, Claudia, and Seraphim. Amora was my newest and stood, half hiding, behind Lorelei.

"Hey guys. This is our new guild. You're all going team up with one of the side heroes, and go through a series of monsters. You can only use your angel halo, no attack magic. The point of this exercise is to help you bond better, and improve your guardian skills."

Each of my angels was a guardian angel to one of my side heros. One by one, my angels paired up with their hero. Lorelei and Amora came over to me. "Amora doesn't have a pair." She informed me, Amora still behind her, nodding shyly. "Oh yeah, Amora, will you be my guardian angel?" I asked her, giving her a friendly smile. Amora was the angel of love. She had short, red hair tied in a bun, she wore a reddish pink silk dress, with the torso part, made of rose petals. Her eyes were a beautiful copper brown. Amora was quite shy and just nodded.

I pulled out my weapon. It was a dark brown, with a silver outline color, and was glowing slightly. Vizars blade. A very powerful sword it was.

It had taken me 1 year to acquire Vizars blade. Finally, after collecting gold feathers, from a event, I traded for the sword.

Atlanta turned to me, "We're ready." she informed me.

I turned to Harver. "Release the dragons!" I called to him.

He pulled a switch and a large iron gate opened. 5, 8ft tall, gold scaled dragons charged through the gates.

My team and I, launched ourselves into battle. Each angel begun to shroud us in there halo, giving us more defense, speed, and strength. I jumped onto the gate and then onto the first dragons head. The dragon screeched in rage and tried to fling me off, but failed. I brought my sword down onto it's head. The dragon screeched louder, clearly in pain. The celestial maiden, Aurora was in front of it. She shot ice magic at it's eyes, blinding it. "Now!" She yelled to me.

I understood. I flipped off the dragon, swinging my sword in front of me as I passed it's neck, decapitating it.

I got splattered in dragon slime. It smelt terrible and stung my skin.

There wasn't time to do much about it, since I needed to help the others. The Rose Knight was single handedly fighting off two dragons. I went to help him "Aurora, halo him!" I called to Aurora. She lifted her staff and surrounded him in a purple bubble, healing him.

While the dragon was distracted by my Rose Knight, Quartz, I came up behind it, launching myself onto it's back. I stabbed it in the neck, and watched it fall to the ground, almost squashing Atlanta, who was fighting nearby.

"2 down, three more to go." Quartz cracked his knuckles and launched himself back into battle.

one by one, each dragon fell. Soon the field was covered with dragon slime and the dead corpses of the dragons.

We were all out of breath, the angels managed to keep themselves from getting covered in slime. "Okay, angels, you're going to fight two rhinos, you must work together, and we're not allowed to help." I told them, signaling the Harver to release the last two monsters.

He opened the gate and 2, 12 ft purple rhinos, with flaming horns came through.

Boadicea looked at me like I was crazy. "Seriously? I work alone." She huffed.

"Stop whining! Just come on," Seraphim stepped forward and shrouded me and my heroes with a protective shield so we wouldn't get hurt.

Boadicea gave an annoyed sigh and followed him, her white hair flowing in the wind. The others came behind her. One by one the spread out, making a circle around the beasts. They begun to hold hands and a started to glow a bright yellow. Lorelei who was standing next to me, went behind Marina and took out her staff. She began to chant in a unknown language. A bright, yellow light began to illuminate from the circle. Soon the light was so bright, it forced me to turn away. The light soon faded, leaving the monsters in ashes.

The circle disbanded, and the shield, dissolved. Everyone was tired and out of breathe. I checked the wooden clock on the wall. '18:00'

"Jeez we've been at this for a couple hours. Go rest guys. Remember, we have TC tonight. I'll be in Hallow hall in a little bit." I informed my group. They gave signs of gratitude and disappeared. Amora was the only one left.

"What's up Mor?" I asked her. I had nicknamed all my angels. None of them really minded. Even Boadicea didn't protest. Amore was known as Mor Mor, but I just called her Mor.

"Um.."She looked hesitant for a second before speaking. "I just wanted to tell you something.."

She looked at the ground before speaking to me.

"Ah..well I was at the Council last night.. and I overheard Styx talking. She was talking to Pandora and she..mentioned something I thought you should know. She said she was just out in the Deadlands, and she ran into some trouble...a deus tenebris appeared. He asked her to..to join his army of Darkness. He said 'I want a new world. One of darkness. No more will my kind be destroyed and rejected.' he planned to invade the world tree, and he needed as many angels and heroes to join. She refused him, and he attacked her..with a..a" She gave a breath. "A unholy dead sword."

A unholy dead sword was a sword made of pure evil. It was extremely rare, and almost impossible to make. Angels were immortal, however, they could be destroyed by the unholy dead sword. Deus tenebris we're what us heroes liked to call 'Dark lords.' they were have said to have been born from dark thoughts.

They were evil, and were a pain in the butt to kill. We didn't see them too much, and if we did, one or two angels would usually take care of them.

"Holy...Does the council know this?" I demanded. This was serious. A sword like that could cause serious shit. Not to mention an army of Dark lords and any other evil things could be trouble.

Amora shook her head. "No. I wanted too...but I wasn't sure they'd believe me unless Styx herself came forward."

I sighed. "Jeez Mor. We'll talk about this after TC tonight..but for right now, we need to get everyone's weapons in enhanced, and then I need to use some of my Angel tears I've been saving. I really want Seraphim to get to level 75."

She nodded "Okay. Just don't mention this to anyone, especially not Lorelei. No one must know of this. Not yet anyway.." She said sternly.

I nodded and went off to do as I needed, not knowing what was next to come.

Later that night…

"Okay, where the hell is Joe?" Seer was pacing back in forth in our base. TC was about to begin and Joe was late. Me, Rage, Vere, Flora, Seer and our newest member Mirage, were all ready to fight Bloodfall. We were all in position, exactly where Seer wanted us.

TC or Twilight Clash was just like capture the flag. Several flags were scattered about the battlefield. Your goal was to retrieve these flags and bring them back to your base. The enemy, however, can also claim them. You can attack the other guild's members, either 'killing them' and forcing them to respawn, or 'kill them' and take their flag. Once a player has been 'killed' they are respawned at their base. The attacker cannot attack again for a certain amount of seconds, this is called a cool down.

A person who captures a flag also has a cool down, and cannot retrieve a flag until their CD reaches 0. The game ended when all 21 flags were taken.

TD usually started around 21:00, it had a preparation period that lasted 30 minutes. We only had 5 minutes until TD really began, and Joe wasn't anywhere in sight. "Flora!" Seer turned to Joe's wife.

"I don't know where he is. He said he went to use the bathroom, and poof! He's gone."

"Ugh!" Seer paced faster.

"Hold up! I'm here!" Suddenly Joe came running to us...or I think it was Joe. This man and the same dark hair and eyes, however, he wore no armor. Instead he wore a red patterned cloak, with a straw hat. He didn't have pants, but instead, he wore shorts and flip-flops.

"Oh..Dear gods. We're screwed." Seer put a hand over his face, and massaged the bridge of his nose.

I sighed. He was right.

"It's a costume, looks good right? Gave me sooo many bonuses, only took me 699 diamonds." Joe stood proudly.

"That's too bad. Maybe you can get a refund on it." Seer snapped. "Get in line!"

Joe cringed, and lifted a eyebrow "Calm down. It's only our first TC."

"Whatever. In front of Bane, Left." Was all Seer responded.

After that, everything was silent. We just stood in position watching the timer.

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 ...1!

"Go!" Vere yelled as we charged towards the flags. I ran in front of Joe, acting like a shield. Surprisingly no one was waiting for us when we got to the flag. "Its quiet. I'll stand guard, just get the flag." Joe nodded to be, as I continued to untie the flag.

Once untied, I began to run towards the base. I was halfway there when I was ambushed..by Bloodheart, the Leader of Bloodfall. He stood at 6'2, he had black hair, and dark grey eyes. He was muscular, and wore black armor. He was about 24 years old, and the strongest hero in all of the guilds.

He was known for being a jackass. He was showed no mercy, and was selfish (Pretty much why he's never married)

I was about to call for Joe, but, I turned to see he was in battle with Storm, a Bloodfall deputy. I looked back at Bloodheart. He had a grin on his face, that shook me to my core. I was terrified. You never really 'die' in TC but I wasn't so sure at this point.

How was I supposed to fight him? I was nothing in comparison. I lifted my sword and swung the flag behind my back ready to fight. "Bane!" Seer and his angel came running towards me. Although Seer was powerful, I knew he wasn't strong enough to defeat Blood.

"Run to base!" He yelled as he threw himself into battle with the enemy. I didn't look back as I made it to the base. Soon enough, Seer ended up, spawning at base along with Mirage. When I put down my flag I went back into the warzone, getting as many flags as I could and returning to base.

I looked at are flag count when I got back to base with my 5th flag. 15 flags. Meaning Bloodfall had 5 flags. We we're winning and there was one flag left...In the middle.

Players from both teams were gathered, fighting to get the flag when I got there. Everyone was so busy fighting, they didn't notice me sneak by, and grab the flag. They were so busy fighting, they didn't see me run off into the clearing back to base and give my guild the last final flag. They finally stopped when they noticed the final bell had rung, and Mikaela, the angel of war, stood over a ledge in the center, shouted "The fight for blood has ended! Our newest guild champions who will have complete control over Cloud City is Fallen Angel! Return to your guild houses and claim your rewards!"

We exited the arena, my guild cheering in victory, I sat on their shoulders as we marched to the guild house. Mikaela was waiting. She had long fiery red hair, wings made of molten rock, golden armor, gold gloves that covered her major veins and turned her hands into weapons. She had a large gold sword, made with dried lava. She had a golden crown that held her hair back, and matching boots. Seraphim, was her brother, but wasn't nearly as intimidating.

"Welcome. You have fought hard, and your team work skills have given you a secure victory, despite being outnumbered. Thanks to you all, Bane was able to capture the last couple flags, and lead you to victory." She eyed me down. She was intimidating, but my words remained strong as I spoke

"I didn't lead them to victory. Seer did. As guild leader, he is our leader, not to mention he saved me a couple times. And I didn't do it alone, I had my guild standing next to me."

My guild cheered. Mikaela nodded. "Then I am proud to announce you The guild champions of this year's Twilight Clash. May the Gods approve of my choice. Here, is the key to Cloud City." She handed me a white silver, key. It was cold and had a mist shrouding it. A blue gem sat in the center.

"Whooo!" Joe high fived Seer. Mikaela nodded again, and I thought I saw a slight smile as she vanished.

"Hell yeah! Let's Go ladies. Party in Cloud City." Joe swung his arm over Flora. Vere and Flora exchanged looks and laughed. "Make sure to collect Your rewards first." Seer smiled. "I handed him the key and we walked to the guilds portal.

The portal allowed us to visit any of the cities we get in TC. Seer stuck the key through the portal, and turned it, like he was unlocking a door. The portal turned from blue, to white and one at a time we all stepped through it.

Cloud City as a giant white gold palace, on top of a cloud. Several chests stood in front of the entrance. One for each guild member. We each picked a chest and opened it. Each getting gold, emblem shards, a smaller chests called Treasure chests.

As soon as we finished collecting are rewards, Joe ran inside, screaming "Partyyyy" behind him. Seer sent Mirage to visit the other guilds to see if they wanted to join, and collect some elves to do some music.

Food wasn't a problem. Cloud City had so much food, that not even Joe could eat it all.

The Angels came to join us. Amora had poofed up some decorations. Seer's angel, Elena, helped the guild move our stuff into the palace rooms.

One by one, the guilds arrived. Starlight, Night Legion, Fallout, and even Bloodfall showed up. Bloodheart surprisingly showed up with his guild. Usually he was a poor sport, but he actually looked like he was enjoying the party.

The elves showed up and played music, while the angels talked, and heros partied. Some gambled, some danced, and others just talked.

I talked a lot with members from Bloodfall. They didn't look so intimidating without their armor. Everyone dressed in regular clothes, even Seer wore a suit. I wore a emerald green dress.

"So what's it like in Fallen Angel?" Smite asked me. Smite was friend of Seer, and a deputy of Night Legion.

"It's pretty awesome. Our guild house is twice the size of Bloodfall. Everyone is nice, the arena is connected with drills and the forge. We've had no problems."

"Haha. Seer was right. Maybe Fallen Angel will be the greatest guild. I wonder if he'll let me join?"

Smite laughed. Smite was stronger than Joe and Vere. He was a sweet guy, who stood at 6"0. He was slim, and had black hair, and brown eyes. His angel was Raphael, angel of light and brother to Suniva.

"He probably would. We could use you in our guild." I smiled, and meant every word.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Vere make her way over to me. "Excuse me for a moment," I told him, talking to her. She wore a skin tight red dress. She had dark brown, almost black hair, and hazel green eyes. Her angel, Suniva, was watching us carefully. Mikaela, who surprisingly showed up, was standing near her also watching.

"Bane." She greeted me. "Hello Vere, enjoying the party?" I asked her, giving a friendly smile.

"Yes, it's splendid. I just wanted to talk to you about something."

"Yes?"

"I wanted to talk about Seer. Seer as you know, is still my husband. Despite our problems. I would appreciate it, if you'd stop flirting and back off."

She gave me a vicious glare.

I've never had anything against Vere. She was strong, and sweet. Always pulling through when you needed her too. But right then, it looked like Suniva and her were ready to kill me.

"I've done no such thing, and I respect your relationship with him."

"Good. Keep it that way. Or we'll have some..problems." She gave me another glare

"I've done nothing to upset you. So please, watch who you accuse."

That was it. Suniva came to stand behind her hero, staff in hand. "Watch it." She hissed.

Mikaela came to my aid. "Both of you, back off. This is a party, a time to have fun. Stop trying to start something. Go have fun some place else." Mikaela's sword was still sheathed, but I was afraid she'd pull it. "Whatever." Vere huffed and stumbled off with her angel.

"Thank you." I curtsied to the fire angel. "Your welcome." She gave a sly smile. I've never seen Mikaela smile. She was fiery and hard, not the smiling type.

"Bane!" Seer came walking towards us. Mikaela nodded and went off, leaving me with Seer.

"Was that..Mikaela smiling?" he laughed. He smelt of wine, so I assumed he was drunk.

"Yep."

"Haha never seen her smile. She must like you."

"Ha funny."

He looked me in the eyes. "I'm serious. I think she really does. The lucky tree is almost grown. When the even comes, try and get her icon. Most heroes who get it, try and bond, but get rejected. I doubt she'll reject you."

I thought about that. I didn't want to replace Lorelei...Mikaela though..she was a powerful Angel. She could be useful.

"Hmm...I'll try then."

Seer smiled. "Good. Mikaela would be a great member to your team. Also, the Dark Paladin's icon is soon to be available. Try to get one of those too."

"Will do." I smiled back. His eyes were so pretty..

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask, What did Vere want? I saw you two talking, and Sunniva looked super pissed."

"Ah nothing. She just wanted to talk about you."

"Me?" He cocked his head.

"Yep. She wanted me to 'Back off.'"

"Seriously." He gave an annoyed sighed.

"I divorced her."

I almost gasped. "What? I thought.." didn't want to finish myself. Vere lied.

"I know. Anyway, I'll talk to her."

"Please don't."

"Why?"
"Just don't okay."

He gave me a strange look. "Okay."

We stood there awkwardly for a moment. Not making eye contact.

"Hey, want to do something fun?" He asked me, staring into my green eyes.

"Ah...sure?" I was skeptical.

He dragged me through the party. Seer took me through a corridor, and up some stairs. I had no clue where we were going, and I'm not sure I wanted to find out.

He pushed open a door and inside was a pool. Granite walls, gold flooring, and a beautiful bubbling pool. Mirrors were scattered around the room. Fluffy towels were folded on cushion by the pool.

"Let's go swimming."

Before I could respond, his shirt was off and he was jumping head first into the water, getting me all wet.

"You're crazier than Joe." I laughed.

"Thank you." He stuck his tongue out and splashed me with water.

"Hell no." I stripped down to a pair of shorts and a tank top, and plunged in afterwards.

Water was flying everywhere. On the floor, on the wall, on each other. Finally Seer got tired He just stood there panting. "God woman you tired me out." He panted.

"Good." I laughed. I was having too much fun. I felt like I hadn't a care in the world.

He swam over to me. "Aren't you tired?"

I was exhausted. "A tiny bit."

He poked my arm. "Want to get out?"

"Noooo it's war-" I never finished my sentence.

Seer leaned over and kissed me, and in spite of myself, I kissed him back. It was like I lost all control. It was wrong, but I didn't stop.

Finally I regained my self control. "Stop Seer." I pushed him away.

"I'm sorry." He admitted. "I know. Highly inappropriate."

"Yep."

Silence was all around us until he spoke again. "I like you. I've always liked you. I thought I loved Vere. Obviously I was wrong about her. She's a great hero, just not for me."

Sighing, I spoke. "I understand..it's just." I tried to find the words to explain how I felt. "Your relationship with Vere...just ended, and you're also leader of the guild…"

"Our relationship? It ended months ago, I just never divorced her until yesterday. We just didn't know..know how to tell the guild it was over. Afraid of what everyone would think…"

Seriously? "Seriously? It's normal. Jeez stop being afraid of what others think."

"You don't get it."

"Get what? Huh? Seriously who keeps secrets from their friends, and family like that. Gods! What are you so afraid of?"

He snapped. I saw his eyes burn with anger as he looked at me. "She fucking cheated on me! Don't you get it? I had to make it look like nothing was wrong, to keep the image. So I didn't ruin her reputation, or mine."

I said nothing. I just turned away and got out. I had no idea. God. So much drama for one tiny little guild. I wanted nothing to do with anyone anymore. None of this stupid drama or whatever. I just wanted to be the best hero, to help people, and protect the world.

I had bigger issues, like the unholy god thing or whatever. Sighing I grabbed a towel and began walking towards my clothes.

"Wait Bane.."

"Fuck off. I don't care about whatever the hell is going on with you and Vere. Okay? I left my guild so I can be with real heros, real family." Snapping I headed back for the door.

Seer was out within seconds, grabbing my shoulder. "I'm sorry. Okay...I didn't mean to get you in on all this. I promised no drama in the guild. I'm sorry, just..I'm sorry." His head lowered, and I thought I heard him sniffle.

Sighing I turned back to him. "It's fine, I'm sorry I snapped at you. I just have my own issues I have to deal with."

He looked at me, and kissed me again. This time I let him. Whatever. Just fuck it.

Not sure if it was his drunkenness, or me not giving a crap, we ended up wrapped in blankets on a couch by the pool, asleep..