Hello and welcome back to another Chapter of Dark Crown! I apologize for not uploading until now. I had some exams today

(I even skipped some studying to write this yesterday. Don't worry, they were easier than 2+2 for me.)

Anyways this Chapter is going to inc- *Ring Ring* Oh wait a sec...

*I answer* Hello?

-10 minutes later-

Hmmhmm Got it. Guys i've got something in store for you at a later Chapter. I think you are going to like it. If not then ill murder The guy on the Phone.

Anyways before we start i just want to get a few reviews answered here.

TheFanficCritic1337 says: "Well, I have a character for you to add if you wish. PM me if you must!" He then sends me a Character sheet for a guy named Razor.

I say: "Thanks, ill see how i can implement him into the story."

TheDiamondArcher says: "And On Fanfic Critics Note,Arch is scared of hybrids. Yea,don't know why,But she is. :D"

I reply: "This is going to make things interesting between Arch and Manga, Because Manga is a Felinin (Half Human, Half Cat). I'm gonna go think about ways of introducing them. Hehe"

And on that note, Let the Chapter Begin!

Arch's POV:

We were traveling back to a supposed "Home" Shade and the Others had. I really wanted to see what it was like, as Shade said there were 8 people in that house, excluding the Pet Wolf, and us 3 Newcomers.
Whilst walking back i was certain i heard a Bark in the distance, then the sound of wood being demolished. I was confused until...

Shade spoke up: "Oh they must be training, because we have wooden training dummies as a substitute for sandbags. Also as a recent addition, we added mini training dummies for our Wolf, Tofu. We noticed he was getting a little fat so we made him train every day to lose some weight."

Me, Zoey and Adria nodded as we finally made it to the house. Wow! These guys probably live like Royalty! The house was actually a Mansion with four floors, four Balconies and the building itself was made out of a really nice Stone Brick. It looked recently placed though, so maybe they just recently installed the Stone Brick walls. When we finally got close enough Sam knocked on the front door, and in a few moments a Girl with Brown Hair and Light Green eyes opened the door.
She was surprised to see so many people at her front door, but when she noticed Shade, she instantly let us in with a Warm Smile. She's a very nice person.

She then called out to some other people: "Hey Guys! Come down here and meet our new friends!"

Then came a Man with Dark Brown eyes, Messy Brown Hair and a Goatee came down.

He looked like he just woke from bed, that was until he noticed us. Hes eyes shot open and walked towards us with a Friendly Smile.

He then asked: "Oh, who do we have here? Some fine ladies if i do say so myself."

Then a woman in a Green Dress came down and Scolded him, saying: "Cut it out Ray, I apologize for my friend here, He is goofy around new people and doesn't know how to control himself."

Zoey chuckled and said in her usual cheery voice: "Oh thats okay, He seems like a nice guy. Anyway i heard there was another person here?"

Emerald then turned around and Shouted: "Hey Manga! Hurry it up okay? We have new people here!"

We then heard a tired groan as a Girl came down the stairs looking like she hadn't slept in a while. When she saw us she straightened up and asked: "Oh! Sorry i was just sleepy, i hadn't slept much due to the Constant Spy Raids from Dzarkor. You told them about him, didn't you Shade?"

Shade then replied: "Yup, We even saw the guy doing some sort of Magic. He said it was a Revival spell but i didn't believe him. Anyways he summoned something Horrifying that we managed to take out."

Emerald was processing all this information that Shade just spouted out nonchalantly. He made it sound like it was no problem.

I felt a little scared being around Manga. I didn't know why but i felt like theres more to her than meets the eye.

Then Sam came up to Manga and pulled her up the stairs into the second floor. Me being slightly interested in what they were going to do, i excused myself from the others after being introduced, and silently followed the Two as they climbed the Stairwell and walked through the second floor's corridor. They suddenly stopped stopped at the end of the long corridor.

Manga and Sam sat down and Sam started to rub her head slightly. She was obviously loving it as she pushed against his hand. But what i saw next sp00ked me to the point of Blacking out. Manga grew a Tail as she started to purr in delight. She was a Hybrid! The last thing i heard was a loud thud before blacking out...

Emerald's POV:

I was climbing up the stairs to prepare to build an extension to the corridor... AGAIN until i found Arch lying on the floor with a horrified expression. I panicked and picked her up and rushed back down to the living room.

I shouted in panick: "Arch is unconscious!"

Everyone came rushing in in panic and wondered what happened. Until Shade Scratched the back of his Head and said: "Uh yeah erm... I forgot to mention but... Arch is well... Afraid of Hybrids."

We all shouted at the same time: "WHAT!?"

Shade walked away with a couple of bonks on his head, after being scolded by me for not telling us about this information sooner.

Ray's POV:

I was taking a walk outside, away from all the conversations to sit under the Moonlight and think. I started doing this a Day before Shade, Wolf, Joseph and Sam left for Varheinfell. I sat down on my usual spot as i thought about our situation. Dzarkor knows where we are and will not stop until Shade dies, We find him only to have him summon a minion for Shade to fight. That Coward! Anyways the monster dies and drops a peculiar Amulet that had an Eye in the middle. I still don't know how Shade thought it was a good idea to pick it up, If i was there i wouldn't even go near the Damn thing! But thats just me. After a while of thinking of the events i suddenly had a bad feeling in my gut, like something bad is going to happen.

I knew this was bad, as usually when i get a bad feeling in my gut, something devastating was going to come soon after.

I started pacing around outside nervously until i finally dismissed the feeling.

I went back inside and back into my room, to sleep off the night.

Everyone did the same and went into their rooms, laying on their beds and finally going to sleep.

Suddenly, in the middle of the night i heard a scream downstairs.

I bolted out of my room faster than sound to see what the commotion was all about.

What i saw nearly drove me into insanity. There was some sort of fleshy abomination with fleshy appendages that had Blades on the end.
That was not the Insanity inducing part. There, on one of the blades ends was Emerald, bleeding out of her Stomach as the abomination spun the bloody blade until her insides were nothing but mush. the abomination finally dropped her off its Blade, making her drop with a thud as i heard one last gasp for air from her, before she lay down sprawled on the ground, Dead. The others came rushing down in complete Shock after seeing Emerald on the ground with blood coming out of her stomach and mouth. With a fit of rage i pulled out my two guns, Dawn and Dusk, and began pelting it with bullets. It screeched in pain before letting out a final, Screech and died. It shriveled up into a dark... Thing but at this point i didn't care how vomit inducing its remains were. I lost Emerald... My Emerald...

Manga's POV:

I stood there with tears pouring out of my eyes like a flowing river. I could sense everyones emotions. Sadness, Anger, Grief, Fear, Despair and Guilt. Wait Guilt?

I looked a little closer and tracked the emotion back to Shade, Who looked expressionless from his face.

I ask him with a whisper as the others were mourning their dead friend: "Why do you feel guilty Shade?"

He sat there looking at me a little surprised until he remembered my powers. He's expressionless face slowly turned into one of Sadness and said: "If i never let her come with us on our journey she would still be alive..."

I gave him a warm smile and said: "Its not your fault she died, come on, cheer up a little, she probably wants us all to be strong right now."

He lowered his gaze from me and started to sob quietly as he walked away from the room.

Out of everyone Shade and Ray were the most affected by Emerald's Death. Ray wouldn't leave his room at all, He didn't want to talk to us because of what happened. Shade avoided everyone. When it was dinner he took his plate and left the dining room with it. When we tried to strike up a Conversation with him he would just turn us down and walk away. It was time to do something about it.

I went up to Anna and asked her: "Anna, we need to convince Shade its not his fault, he really needs to get over Emerald's death because he looks like he is about ready to kill himself."

Anna sighed and replied: "Its not going to be that simple Manga. Shade won't even look at us let alone talk with us. We need to do something to cheer him up."

I held my finger to my chin in thought, until i thought of something, Giving Anna a mischievous smile, i said: "I think i know how we can make him happy, but the plan mostly revolves around you."

Anna started blushing really hard and said quickly after realizing what i was implying: "I-I'm not ready for that kind of C-commitment!"

Starting to giggle evilly i chased Anna around the house to force her to do it.

Anna's POV:

I can't believe i'm actually going to do this...

I was forced by Manga to put on some sort of Bunny Suit that looked... Revealing at best.

Manga pushed me towards Shade as i struggled from her grasp with a lot of force. She is really strong if she can hold me without me breaking free of her grasp once.

I started to get Redder as she pushed me closer to Shade, who was sitting in the middle of the forest thinking about something. When we got close enough, Manga shoved me into his back, and ran away giggling like a little girl.

When Shade realized it was me who landed on top of him, he smiled slightly. Of course this was before he noticed me wearing this "Costume" (2Hot4Kidz).
When he turned around he started to blush Furiously and had a Nosebleed, Flying miles back. I felt like i was going to melt due to how hot my face turned after he reacted like that. Pretty much lost my dignity at this point. I went over to him to help him up.

When i got near he said: "W-Why are y-you wearing t-that Anna?"

I blushed furiously and replied: "I-I didn't Choose to wear this! Manga was the one who forced me into this "Costume"!"

He then asked whilst still in Shock: "W-Why would S-she do that!?"

I replied whilst blushing and trying to cover more of my body up: "B-Because you were Outright Depressed!"

He sat up with a confused face: "What are you talking about?"

My pupils contracted to the size of a pin dot when i heard this, Why does he not remember what happened? I explained to him what happened with Emerald and he looked shocked, as if he heard it for the first time! Theres something wrong, How does he not remember? Did he somehow get amnesia?

I sighed, and then sat next to him, making him blush even harder as i was still wearing that skimpy bunny costume. I blushed too because i was close to him. Ever since that confession night we kind of... Slowed down in our i decided to reignite the flame. I came closer to him, and wrapped my arms around his neck. He yelped in surprise before he closed his eyes as i Gave him a kiss on the lips. I felt his warm body on mine once more as i pressed my body against him. I was happy. And so was he. We stood there in the kiss for a long time, in perfect bliss. When we pulled away from the kiss, i noticed that there were drops of water hitting my body. It was Raining!

I felt my body temperature cool down rapidly, that was until Shade pulled out an Umbrella and held me close to his chest as we walked back home.

Compared to Shade in height i was a dwarf. i was only 5,4 while Shade was 6,7. So i was as tall as his chest.

When we got inside (Silently), I quickly rushed to find my clothes. I was relieved when i found them sitting in my drawer. I put them on and was about to go back down the stairs to talk to Shade when i heard him walk up to me from behind me. I jumped when i noticed how close he was to me, i thought he would be little bit further back!

I apologize: "O-Oh sorry Shade! You scared me a Lit-!"

I was surprised to see him Kiss me directly in the lips. I blushed hard but soon enough i returned the kiss.

He then said whilst smiling: "Come on, lets go find the others and have some dinner."

AND CUT! Okay so i have to admit, I am horrible at death scenes. It was probably the worst death scene of 2098 but cut me some slack. I am only a Newbie in this Area.
Anyone guessed what the surprise might be? Let me give you a hint, It begins with a L.
Hehehehehehehehe...

Anyways ill be seeing you guys in the next Chapter of Dark Crown where our heroes will meet a New Character!

Anyways, Bai Bai :3