Joshy followed Fluttershy to the shipwreck of the Seascarab II. As they got near the spot they heard sounds of fighting. Whenthey got there they saw Clogg and Lunastill battling each other. They were moving so fast that they were a blur. Time and again the stoat's cutlass clashed against the alicorn's horn. The trees on the streambank had all been torn down in the battle.

Luna backed up and shot a blast of magic at Clogg but he used his vampire reflexes to dodge. The stoat dropped to the ground and did a forward roll towards Luna. He sprang up and slashed her face with his claws. Luna let out a whinny of rage and kicked him in the stomach, but her hard hooves didn't seem to cause Clogg any pain. He swung his cutlass and managed to strike her in the chest. Luna collapsed.

Joshy came to the rescue, shouting a spell. "Flipendo!" It sent Clogg flying through the air before he even had a chance to turn around. The vampire hit a tree and was knocked out.

Joshy and Fluttershy heard a groan. They looked down to see Luna lying on the ground.

When Joshy saw her he let out a yell. "Nightmare Moon!"

"No, she's not Nightmare Moon anymore," Fluttershy assured him. "She's good again now."

"Fluttershy…" Luna moaned.

Instantly the Pegasus was by her side. "Oh, I shouldn't have left you behind!"

"No, you did the right thing," Luna said weakly. "Where is Veil?"

"He's safe at Redwall Abbey."

"Did the vampire bite you?" Joshy asked urgently.

Luna snorted. "Clogg wouldn't want to take any chances on me becoming a vampire like him. He just wanted to make a quick end of me. All he did was cut me up with his cutlass."

"Where's Rainbow Dash?" Fluttershy asked.

"I don't know. I lost sight of her while I was fighting Clogg. I thought I was a match for him, but that was before he became a vampire."

Joshy did a spell with his wand to make a light. He shined it around, illuminating a pair of legs sticking out from under a fallen tree. They were blue.

"Rainbow!" Fluttershy cried. She and Joshy ran around to the other side of the tree and saw Rainbow Dash's arms and head. "Oh no!"

Rainbow's eyes snapped open. "Fluttershy? Is that you?"

"We need to get you back to the Abbey posthaste," said Joshy. "Hang on a tick…" He performed a levitation spell to lift the tree off Rainbow Dash. Then he conjured a pair of stretchers for Rainbow and Luna.

"If Clogg did that much damage to Luna and Rainbow Dash, imagine what he could do to the Redwallers," Fluttershy fretted.

"I never thought you would save my life, Joshy Stag Hare," said Luna.

"If I'd known it was Nightmare Moon I was savin'…" Joshy muttered.

"Don't worry," Fluttershy told her friends. "We'll take you back to Redwall. There are healers there that can fix you up.

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Meanwhile, back at Redwall, Bryony was walking past the Infirmary door when she heard Veil shouting inside. She rushed over to the door.

"Veil? That's your name, right? Are you okay in there?"

Veil didn't answer, so Bryony peeked beneath the door. She saw him crouched on top of his bed, arguing with himself like he was two separate ferrets. He was rapidly switching back and forth between his Veil side and his Swartt Sixclaw side, but Bryony had no idea what was going on.

"Sneaky liddle ponies," he growled in his Swartt Sixclaw voice. "Dey're all liars!"

"No. Not Fluttershy," Veil said in his normal voice.

"Dey'll cheat ya! Hoit ya! Lie!"

"Fluttershy's my friend."

"You don't have any friends, ya liddle punk! Nobeast likes you."

Veil put his paws over his ears. "Not listening. I'm not listening."

"You're a liar an' a thief," Swartt said.

"No!"

"Murderer," Swartt whispered.

"Go away," Veil sobbed.

"Go away?" Swartt broke into a raspy laugh.

"I hate you," Veil said.

"Where would ya be without me? If it wasn't for me, we'd still be down gettin' tortured in Hellgates."

"I don't need you anymore!" Veil cried. "Leave now and never come back!"

"What did ya say?"

"Leave now. And never come back," Veil repeated forcefully.

This time Swartt didn't respond. Veil sat silently on the bed for a few moments. He still felt like himself. Had he driven his evil side away?

"I did it!" he finally exclaimed. "I told him to go away, and he went! And now I'm free!" He jumped down to the floor and began to caper about the room. "Free, free, free," he sang. "Veil is free…"

Abruptly he turned back into Swartt. "Screw you, ya little turd!" Swartt shouted. "Ya can't tell me what ta do!" And with that, he heaved a stool through the Infirmary window. He leaped out the smashed window and ran across the Abbey grounds. Bryony ran to alert the Abbess, but by the time she reached her, Swartt had already slipped through the gates and disappeared into the night to rejoin Clogg.