He knew that if he didn't go back, he'll still be miserable forever. Without them, he can't live as he did normally. What they did was unforgivable, but he cared about them so much that he was willing to let go of their mistake and heal their heartbreak with their love. When he opened the door, however, Alpha stood there, noticing his preparation for a journey.
"Brother, before you say something, let me explain..." Shiloh stated.
"No need for that. I can see it clearly, but I'm not going to stop you." Alpha replied.
"Wait. You're not?"
"Nope. Go after her."
"But...but I thought-"
"What? That I would stop you? No. You can go, but I'm coming with you."
"No. I need to do this alone."
"Not without an escort."
"Indeed." a voice replied.
They both turned around, showing the gang beside them with bags by their side.
"What are all of you doing here?"
"We've seen the miserable sight that you had gone through." Leo replied.
"We're all sorry that we didn't go through with the wedding that you wanted." Peter apologized.
"I'm not sure about that." Darren quietly stated, but was punched by the side. "Alright, alright."
"I'm sorry that Master allowed you to go through with the truth drug." Pike apologized.
"Pike, you don't have to-" Sabrina whispered as she glanced at Leo.
"We all want to help you get back with them." Alpha replied. "We should've accepted your decision, but instead pushed you out. We want to change that."
"I hope so, but I don't believe that she will accept me."
"You never know till we try, right?" Pike stated.
"True. Then let's go."
They all prepared for their trip to the Forest of Forgiveness. During that trip, they knew that this was an adventure they would never forget. As they were at the entrance of the forest, Leo noticed several paths. Since they didn't know that each one would make it towards the castle, he decided on a plan.
"Since it seems like none of us are going to make it towards the castle if we all go together, we are going to go through this with four different groups. "Flash", you come with me. Peter, you're with Darren. Pike, be with Raiden. Sabrina, you're with Alpha."
"No! I need to be with Pike. He's not trained enough for this journey on his own."
"Apprentice! I need to speak with you alone."
They both walked away from the group from a decent distance as Leo confronted Sabrina.
"Do you not trust your apprentice that much?"
"It's not that I don't trust him, it's just..."
"My young student, I didn't trust you to do things your own before I became a sorcerer. However, in order for him to grow strong, he needs to learn things his own. Apart from that, you can't keep avoiding him forever. You need to talk to him."
She glanced at Alpha as he prepared his bow and arrow. Though it has been two years since they talked to each other, she doesn't want to hear from his love life with his girl that he betrayed her for that particular day. However, in order to know what truly happened that day, she needs to hear it from him.
"Fine. But make sure Pike is safe."
"He's with Raiden. I'm sure he'll be fine."
"You better."
She then started to walk towards Alpha and turned aside.
"Then it's settled. Each of you will contain a signal to inform if any of you are in danger."
Sabrina, Pike, and Leo used their wands to move towards the sky to show their signal flames. Peter, being the none the wiser, placed his horn in the air and the noise blared out loudly.
"Peter!"
"Oops. Wrong horn."
He grabbed a different item and shown his signal flame.
"Okay, if any of us make it, wait for us there. Deal?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay then. "Flash", let's go this way."
Leo and Shiloh walked towards the road that leads towards the steeple cliff. Raiden and Pike started to take the route that lead to the swampy river. Darren and Peter ran towards the straight road, leaving Alpha and Sabrina behind. Before she was able to talk, Alpha started to jump towards the trees and started to jump for a view.
"We need to take the route to the east." he called out.
"Why?"
"The castle is about that direction."
"In case you haven't realized, the road that we go towards may not make it towards that direction."
"You never know until you try to make it towards there."
Alpha started to walk towards the road where leaves and vines dangled, leaving Sabrina alone.
"Fine. Let's get this over with."
As they were at the entrance of the forest, Leo noticed several paths. Since they didn't know that each one would make it towards the castle, he decided on a plan.
"Since it seems like none of us are going to make it towards the castle if we all go together, we are going to go through this with four different groups. "Flash", you come with me. Peter, you're with Darren. Pike, be with Raiden. Sabrina, you're with Alpha."
"No! I need to be with Pike. He's not trained enough for this journey on his own."
"Apprentice! I need to speak with you alone."
They both walked away from the group from a decent distance as Leo confronted Sabrina.
"Do you not trust your apprentice that much?"
"It's not that I don't trust him, it's just..."
"My young student, I didn't trust you to do things your own before I became a sorcerer. However, in order for him to grow strong, he needs to learn things his own. Apart from that, you can't keep avoiding him forever. You need to talk to him."
She glanced at Alpha as he prepared his bow and arrow. Though it has been two years since they talked to each other, she doesn't want to hear from his love life with his girl that he betrayed her for that particular day. However, in order to know what truly happened that day, she needs to hear it from him.
"Fine. But make sure Pike is safe."
"He's with Raiden. I'm sure he'll be fine."
"You better."
She then started to walk towards Alpha and turned aside.
"Then it's settled. Each of you will contain a signal to inform if any of you are in danger."
Sabrina, Pike, and Leo used their wands to move towards the sky to show their signal flames. Peter, being the none the wiser, placed his horn in the air and the noise blared out loudly.
"Peter!"
"Oops. Wrong horn."
He grabbed a different item and shown his signal flame.
"Okay, if any of us make it, wait for us there. Deal?"
"Yeah!"
"Okay then. "Flash", let's go this way."Leo and Shiloh walked towards the road that leads towards the steeple cliff.
Raiden and Pike started to take the route that lead to the swampy river. Darren and Peter ran towards the straight road, leaving Alpha and Sabrina behind. Before she was able to talk, Alpha started to jump towards the trees and started to jump for a view.
"We need to take the route to the east." he called out.
"Why?"
"The castle is about that direction."
"In case you haven't realized, the road that we go towards may not make it towards that direction."
"You never know until you try to make it towards there."
Alpha started to walk towards the road where leaves and vines dangled, leaving Sabrina alone.
"Fine. Let's get this over with."
As each of them started to go towards the forest, Leo noticed that Shiloh wasn't scared of the forest at all. He had the tendency to think about Discordia and nothing else. He knew that he was a brave warrior and has changed. Darren and Peter went straight through the road until they were stuck in a fork in the road. Raiden and Pike created a boat for them to cross the river until they made it towards the castle. As Alpha and Sabrina were walking towards the road, none of them talked to each other and it started to annoy both of them completely.
"You're mad at me, aren't you?" Alpha asked.
"Excuse me?" Sabrina stated.
"We normally talked to each other before, but now we act like strangers."
"Well, maybe one of us isn't interested in hearing what the other is wanting to say."
"Yeah, like what?"
"Like how your love life has been perfect since that fateful day?"
"What are you talking about? You didn't make it to the rivers?"
"Yes, I did. I saw you with a woman. She threw her arms all around you and everything!"
"What? No! She's not my girl. I was just helping her out with her love life and she gave me a hug for appreciation."
"Well, that appreciation was an understatement."
"Hold on. You thought that-"
He then understood what she was referring. When she made it to that spot on that particular day, she caught him in the act of when she was hugging him. That may explain why Zoom mentioned that something hasn't been explained would need to be discover on his own.
"I was never in love with her, Sabrina. I always loved you."
"And yet you don't even have a clue what love is, do you?"
When she stepped on a branch, she slipped and started to fall towards the rocky edge. Alpha quickly grabbed hold of her arm as she was trying to be balanced. He pulled her towards him as they tried to find a different route.
"If I didn't know what love is, would I have let you fall to your doom? Would I have let you have the ability to use the truth drug? Love requires sacrifice and I risked all of my hopes and wishes as heir for you. I fell in love with you ever since I first laid eyes on you. Though you already have your love life settled, I'm not going to force you to give that up for me. The guy you're dating's lucky to be with someone like you."
He placed her gently to a sturdy tree while he climbed upward to see where they were. Sabrina thought for a moment as he was gone from his sight. Though Felix is a nice guy for her to talk to, she never thought about him like that. She thought that Alpha had never loved her. She even considered the times that he was able help her or Pike out from time to time. Was he really trying his best to show his love for her? She climbed back up towards the trees to see Alpha.
"Look, Alpha, I-"
Before she apologized, Alpha stopped her mid sentence as he noticed ruffles coming in the area.
"Signal your flame."
"What?"
"Please do it."
Without hesitation, she signaled her location to warn others. Darren and Peter noticed the signal and went towards them for help. Raiden and Pike, who had just made it towards the edge of the mansion, also noticed the danger as well. As they met nearby, Alpha and Sabrina told them what they saw: demonic wolves. Most of them knew how dangerous those creatures were when nighttime is at hand. They had to save Leo and Shiloh when they have the chance. Before they came up with a plan, Alpha quickly jumped on a few trees to run towards the direction and prepared for battle.
"Alpha!" Pike cried was about to jump and follow after him when Sabrina stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Pike, no! You are not going."
"Master, you know he needs to be protected. I have to keep him safe."
"I know. That is why I need you to get Discordia."
"What?"
"You need to do your teleportation spell to get to the castle and warn them ."
"But...Master-"
"Pike. You need to. For Alpha's sake."
He glanced at his wand and knew that his master isn't asking him to do the impossible. She's wanting him do the impossible. With a slight nod, he closed his eyes as he waved his wand above the air and disappeared into the night. Sabrina looked at the gang and told them the plan. While they prepared for an attack, Pike appeared in the front entrance of the castle. He went towards the door and knocked as loud as he could.
"Who goes there?!" a voice boomed at the front entrance.
"Please help! Flash's in danger!"
Before he could explain himself of the matter, the door opened quickly as he floated up towards Delilah.
"What... did you say?"
Pike then explained to Delilah what happened and she glanced towards the direction of the matter. Before she went anywhere else, Delilah handed him a piece of paper with detailed information.
"Why are you-"
"Do what I give you and we'll take things from here."
"O-Okay."
He used his teleportation spell preparing for work. Delilah, on the other hand, used her hand and teleported towards Shiloh. As Leo and Shiloh was only a few miles away from the mansion, Leo stopped a moment. As he prepared his wand to bring light in their location, they heard growls nearby.
"Run!"
They both ran towards the cliffy side of the area as the demonic wolves chased after them. Leo tried as much as possible to use some of his light magic, but each time he tried, the wolves would dodge the matter. As one was on top of Leo and prepared to demolish him, a warrior cry sounded as Alpha attacked the wolf on his backside.
"Alpha!" Leo called looked back and noticed Alpha attacking.
"Brother!" Shiloh cried as he went towards suddenly was stopped by three wolves.
In fear, he ran for his dear life as the three chased him. Leo tried his best to stop those creatures, but was blocked by the other wolves. As he started to attack the creatures with his magic, Alpha was close of defeating the leader. However, as the leader flung the poor elf around, he held on to him as tight as he could. Finally, Alpha flew towards a sturdy tree that he was unable to get up. Leo went towards Alpha to protect him from the other wolves, but with less magic he had, there wasn't enough to destroy them all. As he closed his eyes for their attack, Leo recognized a familiar call. The wolves looked around to see where it was coming from, but the sound was nowhere to be seen. At the exact moment, arrows started to fly all around the creatures. One by one, the demonic creatures were destroyed until the leader was gone. As Leo glanced at the direction of the arrows, he noticed Sabrina and the remainder of the group.
"Are you alright, Leo?"
"I'm fine, but Alpha..."
"Oh no..."
Sabrina stared at the dear elf as he laid there unconscious. She feared him so much that she walked towards him to check his pulse. He breathed very little that relieved the witch completely. Darren and Peter looked around and noticed Shiloh wasn't with them at all.
"Where's 'Flash', Leo?"
"Oh no. 'Flash'! Wolves chased after him. We have to go to them."
"Go after him." Sabrina stated. "I'll remain here with Alpha."
In agreement, the boys ran towards the direction Shiloh ran towards while Sabrina tried to heal him with her magic. However, each time her magic attempted to work, the spell failed. She wanted to know why it wasn't affecting him. While pondering those thoughts, a hand touched her wand. Sabrina looked up and noticed Alpha slowly waking up.
"Sa...Sabrina?"
"Alpha...Thank heavens you are safe."
"I...I can't move... I feel... so..."
"Don't worry, I'll heal you."
"It doesn't work...magic...doesn't work on elves..."
"What?"
"Don't cry..."
"I want you alive. Please..."
"I can't... You will live...with your love..."
"No...I can't...You are my love... See..."
She shown him the pearl he had left behind. He smiled lightly and a tear fell towards the ground.
"You kept it..."
"Yes..."
He smiled lightly as his eyes had closed. Sabrina held him while petting his head lightly. She vowed in her heart to be able to tell Alpha how she felt about him. Shiloh ran until he was close to the edge of the side of the cliff. He turned to the side, seeing the wolves near him. When they barked at him, he slowly took a step back, but his foot slipped for a moment. As one jumped towards him, he fell off the cliff since he was off balance and grabbed a branch with his injured arm. In pain, he cried loudly, praying that Delilah and Cordelia can save him. At that exact moment, while Cordelia cried in tears of her regrets, she continued to feel depressed of herself. Suddenly, while whimpering, she felt a strange tension all around her body. She knew what that tension was.
"Shiloh...?"
In fear of him getting hurt again, she felt full protective while snapping her fingers to help. Back at the cliff, Shiloh could barely hold on to the branch very long. With his eyes close, he let go of the branch and fell towards his death. However, instead of feeling the water or the ground, he felt like he was being lifted in the air.
"You mess with Shiloh..." a voice replied.
"...then you mess with us, you pups!" another finished.
Shiloh knew those voices: it was Delilah and Cordelia. They stood there in a protective rage. While the wolves prepared for attack, the girls prepared for battle. The first one went towards one of the girls and at that same moment, they both used their eyes to changed them in a small tiny mice. In fear, they ran for their lives while the girls sighed in unison.
"It took you long enough to get your senses right." one voice replied.
"He needed me! I can sense it!" another defended.
"Yeah and now when he wakes up, will you need him then?"
He slowly opened his eyes, trying to see what happened.
"Cordelia...Delilah..."
"Shiloh! You're awake!"
He was hugged by Cordelia as he tried to recall what happened. At that exact moment, the remaining gang found their friend lying with Discordia. Peter, Darren, and Raiden prepared for an attack, but Leo placed his hand for them to stand down.
"We have not come for an attack, friends. You know why we came."
They backed away for a moment. Leo came close to the twins and kneeled in respect.
"Thank you... for saving our friend."
"Don't mention it."
"I believe we should go now."
"Wait. Where's Alpha?"
Leo took a deep breath and told Shiloh what happened.
"When the wolves were attacking us, Alpha got injured and knocked unconsciously from hitting a tree."
In tears, he couldn't believe it. Shiloh went up and ran towards Alpha. Discordia snapped their fingers for all to make it towards the location. Shiloh noticed Sabrina comforting him as he kneeled near him.
"Alpha..."
He woke up slightly as he smiled at his brother.
"...'Flash'...you're okay..."
"Don't you worry, Alpha...We're going to help you..."
"...it's okay... I'm...glad to...be your... brother..."
"Alpha, please. Don't leave..."
As Alpha started to close his eyes to rest, Cordelia couldn't resist another mishap again. She looked to Delilah, nodded, and walked towards Alpha. Shiloh was crying, until he noticed Cordelia nearby. The necklace she had worn on her neck started to shine like the sun. She placed her right hand on top of her necklace and placed it towards his heart. She did it a few times over until Alpha started to wake up for a moment.
"Alpha..."
"...thank you..." he responded as he started to drift to group sighed in relief.
They feared that they lost a friend for a moment, but he was safe and secured. The group all teleported to the mansion as Alpha laid in the guest rooms. The group was eating in a different room while Shiloh had returned from the guest room.