The secret is out

Later that night the troops all waited for the doctor to tell them how 'Ty' was doing. Matt paced impatiently in front of the tent, Nigel, Caleb, and Eric sat on boulders just waiting, and Irma and Blunk kept looking up at the tent nervously.

Finally the doctor came out a rather shocked look on his face.

"Is Ty gonna be okay?" Matt asked.

The doctor rubbed his neck. "Well 'he' won't be, but she'll be okay."

Matt looked confused and quickly walked into the tent. He saw 'Ty' on the floor covered with a blanket. Will opened her eyes and when she saw Matt she smiled. Then she sat up and revealed her female body wrapped in bandages. Matt gasped. Will looked down and her eyes widened in shock. "I can explain!" She cried.

Then Cedric burst through the tent as Matt walked out. "So it's true," He snarled.

"Matt!" Will called after him.

Cedric grabbed her and pulled her outside. "I knew there was something wrong with you!" He cried, pulling Will's hair out of its bun. "A woman! A deceiving snake!"

Cedric threw Will on the ground, as the other troops gasped. She sat up. "My name is Will!" Then she turned to Matt. "I did it to save my father!"

"High treason!" Cedric cried.

"I didn't mean for it to go this far!"

"Total dishonor!"

"It was the only way! Please believe me!" Will insisted. Then she turned to Matt. "I couldn't let my dad die like this."

Cedric walked over to Matt. "Captain," He said.

Matt turned to Huggles and grabbed Will's sword. Irma and Blunk gasped in horror and Huggles started to act up. "Restrain him," Cedric told a soldier.

As Matt walked closer to Will, Nigel, Caleb, and Eric tried to stop it, but Cedric held them back. "You know the law."

Will sighed deeply and bowed her head, waiting. Then Matt threw her sword on the ground in front of her. "A life for a life. My debt is repaid," Matt said. Then he turned to the troops. "Move out!"

As he started to walk away Cedric protested. "But, but you can't just-"

"I said move out!" Matt snarled, grabbing the front of Cedric's shirt.

Will bowed her head and cried as the rest of the troops left her behind in the snow to go to the Imperial city to celebrate their victory. Huggles silently draped a blanket over her shoulders as the weather set in. Irma lit a small fire and Blunk wrapped up in the blanket to keep warm.

"Man I was so close! Close to impressing the ancestors, getting the top shelf, and all the glory," Irma cried. "Man all my fine work down the drain!"

"I should never have left home in the first place," Will sighed.

"Nah, you only did it to save your father's life. Nothing wrong with that," Irma tried to assure. "I mean you sure, you did dishonor your family, loose all your friends and the guy you fell in love with," Irma said.

"Maybe, maybe I didn't go for dad," Will said. "I think I did to just prove that I could do things right." She picked up her helmet and looked at her reflection. "So that when I looked in the mirror I would see a girl that was worthwhile." Tears began to fill Will's eyes. "I was dead wrong. I see nothing!" She cried.

Will threw the helmet in the snow next to Irma. In an attempt to cheer Will up, Irma grabbed the helmet.

"Well this thing just need a little spit that all!" She spit on it and rubbed it to make it shiny and held it up for Will to look into it. "See you're beautiful!"

Will didn't look at Irma. Irma bit her lip, than she sighed. "The truth is we're both frauds. Your ancestors never sent me. They don't even like me. I just wanted to make you a war hero so that I would become a guardian. You risked your life to help people you love. I risked your life to help myself. At least you had good intentions."

Blunk looked in the mirror and burst out crying. "Blunk fake too. Blunk not lucky!"

"What?! What do you mean you're not lucky?!" Irma screamed, grabbing Blunk. "You lied to me?"

Blunk nodded. Irma ground her teeth and turned to Huggles. "And what are you a cat!?"

"I'll have to face dad sooner or later. Let's go home," Will said.

Irma sighed. "Yeah this isn't gonna be very good, but don't you worry girl. Things will work out," She said, giving Will a hug. "I promise."

Down in the valley where the Huns were buried, Phobos' hawk was flying around. Suddenly the hand of its owner shot out of the snow. The hawk screeched as it flew back toward Phobos as he crawled out of the snow. Phobos looked around at the remains of his army. Then he let out a furious howl of rage.

Irma and Blunk's heads snapped toward the sound and Will ran toward the ledge. She gasped when she Phobos. Then a few more Huns that had survived came out of the snow and came up next to Phobos. Knowing that their enemies thought they were dead, Phobos and the remains of his army began to travel toward the Imperial city.

Will turned to Huggles and jumped on his back. Then she began to go toward the city.

"Uh, Will, home is that way," Irma said pointing in the opposite direction.

"Irma I have to do something," Will insisted. "They'll kill Queen Elyon if I don't!"

"Did you see those Huns, girl!? They popped out of the snow like freaking daises!"

Will faced her friend. "Are we in this together or not?"

Irma looked and Blunk, who nodded. Then Irma turned to Will a rather evil smirk on her face. "Let's go kick some bad guy butt!"

Then Irma and Blunk jumped onto Huggles with Will and began their journey to save Queen Elyon and Meridian, with Irma whooping and hollering all the way.