(Darkos P.O.V.)

I looked down at Shard as she was sleeping, I reached down and moved the hair in front of her right eye, I and Thorn gasped. Shard had three scars down her right eye.

Shard woke up with a start and jumped back "Stay back!" She growled, I noticed her right eye was a paler blue than her left eye.

"Hey, we're not here to hurt you." Thorn said.

Shard looked surprised but collapsed, then got back up "Damn, I never knew cuts could be so bothersome." Shard snapped. I and Thorn looked surprised.

"You've never been injured?". I asked.

Shard shook her head "Never, except this." Shard pointed to her right eye, she may have a scar but she's still pretty...no, I should not think like this. I thought.

(Thorn's P.O.V.)

I pulled my 300-function out from my belt, and commented, "Shard, if you want to get better, you must not fight us anymore and accept to be our guest upon the agreement of the King and the royal family.".

"And if I don't?", asked Shard with a low growl.

Darkos replied sharply,"Then we will hunt you down like the criminal you are. You assisted my 'father', and terrified the village. However, if you do, we will treat you like a equal and we won't hunt you.".

(Shard's P.O.V.)

When Darkos said that, I snapped, "Do you actually think that I want this insanity to go on?! I was FORCED to kill, I was FORCED to pretend I didn't care about the lives I ended!".

As I said that, Thorn and Darkos looked very shocked "But no, that's what parents do, they act like they love you, they act like they'll be there forever, but one day they'll pack up their stuff and move away, leaving their half blind daughter behind to fend for herself!" I ranted, suddenly revealing my childhood.

"They leave her, wondering...what she did wrong". I trailed off, my fox ears flattening against my head and my tail laid still. Beta, Arthur and Selenia heard me as they were watching from afar and gasped.

"Heh, sad, ain't it?" I laughed it off, but tears were in my eyes. "I don't need anyone, but I'll think about your offer, I will return here tomorrow at sunhigh if I agree".

And with that I ran off, silently crying over my backstory.

(Thorn's P.O.V.)

"Whoa. I didn't know that some people can be like that.". I commented sadly. 'This is so unbelievable., yet it explains why Shard reacted like that.'

"Even my 'dad' was more nicer than this, but parents leaving a kid like that, how could they?". Darkos snarled lightly. We noticed our friends coming up to us, and Selenia and Beta looked angered while Arthur looked like he was commenting something in his mind.

"It's a dishonorable thing for people, especially the Minimoys! If anyone did that, they had to be thrown in jail. No wonder why we never heard of Shard before.". Selenia growled upset.

Beta nodded, "Ditto!". I sighed heavily and nodded.

"Come on, guys. We better get home and explain everything to the King. You heard Shard, she'll return tomorrow at sunhigh. Let's hope she won't get infected from these cuts we gave her. No wonder why she fainted like that with the blood and all.". I replied noncommittally. Everyone nodded and we returned home, told everything to the King, and spoke of a faintly made plan to stop Maltazard that afternoon before dinner, then went to sleep.