(A/N) Hello! Wow, it's been a long time! Let's get right into the story! I might have trouble writing this, so I apologize in advance. Prepare for a short chapter!

Chapter Ten

"Wow…" Everyone in the group breathed. Opticalium had transported them all to an elegant dome with beautiful chandeliers that casted a yellow-orange glow over them.

"This is a war base?" Sophie asked in disbelief. It was too pretty! It looked like a place someone would want their wedding at or something.

Kalendi nodded. "Don't let the looks fool you. This is one of our most well defended bases. Or should I say it is our most well defended base. Apparently the Neverseen have invaded all of our others."

Sophie couldn't believe that the Neverseen even dared to attack the Vengeance. They seemed way too organized and dangerous to ever fall. They even had better plans than the Black Swan!

Kalendi seemed to know what Sophie was thinking. "Our other hideouts were too busy preparing the new arrivals and helping the Black Swan get settled in, they didn't notice the Neverseen until it was too late."

"Does that mean that some of the Black Swan are…" Fitz asked. Sophie was too busy mentally pleading, please no, please none of them to fully catch Kalendi's next sentence. All she heard was, "It was…"

Judging by the looks of Fitz's face, Kalendi had confirmed that some of the Black Swan will not be coming back soon. Sophie just hoped that none of them were the ones that she knew. No one deserved what happened to Sophie and Dex!

"Enough chat. We need to get you all inside. We're preparing for an attack." Kalendi and the other Vengeance elves hustled the Collective, Sophie, and Fitz into a hidden trapdoor that Sophie couldn't see until they opened it. Or they kind of dissolved it. Kalendi just waved her hand over it, and then is faded away. She instructed everyone to hide in there, and wait for the second horn to sound.

"The first one," she explained, "is to inform all Vengeance and Black Swan members that the fight has started. The second one is a distress signal, only sounded when we're about to fall. Wait for that one, and you'll know what to do when it happens. Jurek, you stay with them."

Sophie and Fitz both gaped in astonishment as the Sanctuary's Alicorn caretaker removed his hood and stepped forward. "It would be my pleasure." He said, taking a deep bow. "If you would, follow me."

Sophie and Fitz followed Jurek, still in awe. He was a member of the Vengeance all this time? And by the looks of how he stands right next to Kalendi, he must me a high-ranking member.

The only one in the Collective that followed Jurek as well was Tiergan. They all descended into a deep tunnel, only to find themselves in a dead-end room. "We wait here." Jurek said.

So they sat down on the cold, hard floor. The trapdoor had re-sealed itself, so there wasn't really any light. So all they could do was wait.

The horn sounded. The fight had begun. This was only the beginning. By the end of this, two rebellions will survive. The others will be erased from history.

(A/N) Yippee! People are gonna die! I dunno why I'm so excited, but I haven't written on this one is like, two months. So stay tuned, the fight has begun! And yup, this was a pathetically short chapter.

-Verdi