I turn in my bed and see out the window the pretty emerald moon and it looks like sunrise is soon. Jacob snores loudly, at least one of us can sleep like a baby. The sky is far starrier than back home because of our light pollution.

"Aaah!" I feel a jolt, like the noise from the knocking rushed along my skin. My heart's still racing.

"Anyone there?"

"It's me Carlos it's really important please I need your help!"

Whew! Thank goodness it's just him. I calmly breath in and out and I let him in. His eyes dart left and right and checks to see if Jacob's still sleeping. He whispers, "You can't tell anyone and I'll need your help but…I wet the bed."

"What?"

"I'm sorry but it's just something I do I can't help it! Yesterday was so scary I just knew it would happen too."

I put my hands on his shoulders. "Okay calm down fam. I'll help you replace your sheets. Who knows what they'll do if they find out! Especially you know who."

"You mean Ava?"

"Yeah. And Maddie will think we're so gross she'll never speak to us ever again then we won't learn to unlock the power to beat Reaper."

There's clanking and eggs cracking downstairs. A sure sign someone else is awake.

I grab Carlos's sheets and help him replace them. I whisper. "Can't you use your magic?"

"I'm afraid I'll overdo it and burn them instead."

"Okay good point. You do know 12 is a bit old to be wetting your bed, right?"

He puts his face in his hands and I pat his back. "Sorry I said that and to be honest with you I was scared yesterday too."

I peak around the doorframe and Violet drags her feet across the hallway's carpet, eyes drooping.

"All clear she's past us."

I hear a cough upstairs then we walk past a 5 foot tall potted orange tree and shelves of potted plants along the walls, only interrupted by paintings and suits of armor.

We put it in his backpack and run to the laundry room, but it's…a maid!

I nervously smile and wave to her. "Umm, hi we're just here to deliver these. We found bugs."

Is that smoke? We run upstairs and see and smell it coming from the kitchen but it's just Maddie burning a cake. She rests her head on the table crying. I sit next to her putting my hand on her back. "What's wrong?"

She sobs. "It's not fair every time I try baking it just never ever works out for me!"

Violet rests her head on her hand sitting at the table. "Don't worry you'll get it right someday. I just know Jerome is gonna love your baking."

Maddie's eyes widen a little as she darts her eyes then back at her sister. "Why would I care about Jerome?"

Violet's eyes move up. "Oh I don't know maybe it's just because you had a crush on him ever since the first time he came over!"

Maddie looks around and her posture straightens. "You don't think he knows, do you?"

My cheeks feel warm and tingly but in weird embarrassed way. Poor Maddie she's so embarrassed I'm feeling it too. I reassure her, "Of course he doesn't he's a guy! We tend to be like super oblivious you know."

Winston walks down, slumping looking tired. "I'm sorry to hear about your cake. Here, let me help you. I'll need some powdered chocolate, agave nectar, baking soda, flour, eggs, and milk. I'll show you how to make the best cake ever!"

Maddie wipes a tear from her eye and hugs Winston, "Thanks professor you're the best! I just know Jerome's gonna love it!"

"Aww don't mention it!"

Maddie clasps her hands dreamily looking out the kitchen window like a Disney princess about to burst into song. "I wanna impress Jerome he's literally the most amazing prince ever."

Me and Winston help air out the kitchen. It's already going to be quite a busy day I can just tell.

I hear footsteps coming down the stairs. It's Zoe carrying a book and pen but she looks really pale and her eyes are barely open. Her long mint green nightgown dragging behind her sliding feet. Poor yordle.

Maddie rushes over to her looking quite concerned. Her eyebrows get closer and "Z-Zoe are you okay? What happened to you?" Maddie warmly and gently runs a couple of fingers across her cheek.

Maddie looks to the open door leading to the hall, "Violet! You need to come down here our big sis is sick!"

Zoe groans but tries to speak. "Oh, you guys are up already. Hey." Oof, she does not sound good, like at all.

Maddie's voice gets higher, filled with concern. "Don't hey me! You look pale how are you feeling?"

"Awful. Even drinking water is painful. Don't get closer or you'll get sick too." She says, sounding pretty sore. She points to her dream diary.

Ava walks into the kitchen and pours water onto a cup of green and lavender tea. But it's so weird how she doesn't look like she care about Zoe. "I have to leave again on official business. Behave yourselves."

Before walking out the door Ava looks back to Maddie. "Oh, and Maddie, stay away from those ruffians Tristana and Teemo, okay?"

Winston whispers, "A seriously sick 17 year old head of state. What can go wrong?" You know she's way older than me right?

Judith says, "Say ahh!" Judith tilts her head then again. "Oh, your throat looks like deep red and purple hamburger. Looks like it hurts just to breathe."

Zoe slowly nods her head up and down. She points to her dream journal and Maddie reads it. "I was feeling really hot but still cold because of the fever. Anyway I had this really weird dream that Ava yelled at us and called us these nasty names then these enormous weevils and mushrooms destroyed everything starting with the trees. Why is this happening?"

Maddie tells her, "Don't worry sis I'm here for you! I'll give you plenty of water!"

Zoe leans back waving her hands. Like why wouldn't you want water?

Maddie blinks a couple of times. "Your throat's really that bad huh?"

Winston tells her, "Now I know it seriously hurts but you'll have to keep up your water."

Maddie steps on a stepstool and looks through the cabinet. "Don't worry sis I'll be here for you! I can read minds so if you need anything you can open yourself psychically for me okay? I'm here for you."

She nods and says. "M hmm." She sniffs then sheds a few tears. "Thanks everyone. I hope you guys understand you're the best. And Maddie is such a precious little sister."

Winston thinkingly looks down to her tapping his foot stroking his chin. "Hmm, it appears you caught it from yesterday's battle. But you're the only one who's sick even though you were safe here in the castle."

Tristana walks in and sees Zoe's not feeling well. "Oh, you poor dear! You're in really good hands."

Tristana looks up to Winston. "Would it be okay if Maddie stayed behind?"

"Of course. Her sister really needs her and honestly she deserves a break after helping us so much. I feel like we've all grown much closer in these past few days. There's no such thing as good suffering and you're doing very well by helping your sister with hers."

Maddie says, "Thanks everyone. By the time you get back Zoe's going to be super healthy!"

Violet runs into the kitchen. "Zoe! What happened?"

Maddie tells her, "She's really sick probably something brought over from the battle yesterday." She smiles at Violet. "Looks like I knew something before you did."

Her sister narrows her eyes at her. "That's not funny Maddie!"

Maddie looks down sighing obviously feeling bad. "Sorry, we'll help our sis together! And we have so many friends here who care about you!"

Violet takes the tea kettle pouring herself a cup. "We found out our northern territory is distracted with these weird creatures." She puts it on a coaster on the small table. Her eyes burn with determination and throws her hand back. "Although they aren't attacking them we can't waste this chance to win our land back! I'll be here for you if you need me but I really can't stay long." She kisses her sister on the forehead and Maddie smiles, but with a wee bit of disappointment in her eyes. Poor Violet, I bet she feels terrible about not being able to help Maddie heal. Maddie and Zoe will bond without her.

Maddie tells Zoe, "Don't worry when you're asleep I'll make you something super tasty!"

Zoe shakes her head left and right like she's begging her not to.

Maddie tells her, "Don't worry I'm taking baking lessons from none other than the very best!"

Winston smiles widely closing his eyes slightly looking away. "Oh, I wouldn't say I'm the best."

Shauna walks in, blinking really slowly. "Is Zoe okay?"

I tell her, "I'm worried too."

Shauna looks at the bookcase and sits at the table. "We're still crazy drained from yesterday's battle!"

Abby then adds, "Yeah I seriously hope our next quests won't involve lots of magic. We need to recharge."

We leave so we can give the bear his jelly and it's way more peaceful. On the boat Winston tells us. "Wasn't Maddie really sweet and mature for helping her sister? Poor Zoe."

Well we're all mature for our age but yeah. Well except for Carlos but I wouldn't tell him that and he did help us a lot already.

Winston's shoulders slump, his long gorilla arms resting on his lap. "Umm, guys, I've been thinking and I'm really worried about Tracer. I mean I know we can find something here to complete the chronal accelerator but." He burst into tears, "It's all my fault she's a ghost! I'm so afraid we'll be too late and she'll be a ghost…forever!"

Me and Abby pat his arms.

McCree brings up to Mercy. "There's something about that noble and peasant couple I don't like. Can you believe that guy? Isn't he so manipulative or what?"

Mercy sounding a bit slower to answer shakes her head a little. "I know right. And I thought our relationship was getting toxic. It's like he thinks he owns her. It's funny how we mostly spend time with people like us, yet he overlooks the hundreds of other nobles he knows and has way more in common with for someone with way less power."

McCree then tells her, "Yeah! And she's not much better either. They're just shallow and just care about what they can get from each other."

Later that morning we visited the Alchemist Bear and give him the Cerulean Jelly.

His eyes brigthen as he eagerly walks fast to us. "I'm so proud of you guys! The next thing I need from you is a rare crystal dust, though I heard there are these weird creatures up there and they seem to be working with humans. There are blue and white metal creatures. Still, I just know you can do it."

He walks with his behind his back looking down, "There's a gate that only opens if you play a bass instrument amazingly. Find a good bassist and you'll enter the land you need to."

I tell him, "Our friend Trang can get us through! He's like super strict when it comes to band practice."

Winston tells us, "You heard the man. It's time we go back to the castle and then adventure awaits us!"

I walk with Maddie down the hall to get Zoe's medicine, "Okay, so this mean stuck up bully Ryan farted in the hallway and said eww why are you so gross Angel? Wow I was so mad, and when I checked Instagram I lost like 3 followers that day! I just know it was Ryan. Then he had his friends…" I tell her about when I almost got suspended because of what he made his friends do to me.

Maddie looks up patting my middle back. "Yeah! He sounds like a real jerk."

I ask, "How's your sister?"

She looks at her feet then back up at me. "We'll just have to wait and see although I'm still very scared for her."

I tell her, "I'm going out questing so wish me luck."

Tristana smiles putting her feet on the table. "Everyone ready for another day of epic adventure and senseless violence?"

Jacob finished his carrots and says. "Hold on I gotta floss."

Carlos leaps out of his chair doing the floss dance, "Did someone say floss?"

Trang rolls his head going ugh. "No Carlos don't be so cringe."

We walk out onto the front courtyard gathering around the tall stone water fountain. The water is so clean and it smells pretty nice here. It's such a green courtyard with so many hedges and trees.

I say, "Woah look at the dragon hedge!"

Winston calls for a huddle. "Okay, remember what the bear said so we'll at least need Trang."

Tristana then says, "There's a big scary human eating ogre where we're passing through. The gang that brings them to him also sells that powder."

Teemo adds, "And don't forget the weird humans and their creatures."

Winston says, "Okay, how would everyone feel if our squad consists of Angel, Ashley, Abby, Shauna, Judith, Trang, Teemo, and Tristana?"

Mercy agrees, "Sounds good to me."

Carlos wipes his forehead slumping slightly forward. "Yep. I'm beat from yesterday anyway."

Tristana leaps onto the edge of a long and tall clay flowerpot sitting on its edge. "Would it be okay if we stopped by the store first?"

I agree. "Sounds good to me."

We walk into a clothes store, making me feel quite giant considering it's made for yordles.

Ashley looked hopeful at first but now she's disappointed slumping her shoulders. "At home it's so hard finding anything small enough for me but here everything's too small!"

Tristana teasingly tells her, "Well it is a store for yordles you know."

She looks at a sage green vest, she seems to really love this color and I can tell it's so her.

Winston goes to a section seemingly for non yordles and Ashley follows him. "Hmm, this could come in handy." He examines a grass green long sleeved shirt and pants that seem to fit him perfectly. Ashley quickly goes through the racks and she throws up her hands. "Oh come on!"

Poor Ashley. I tell her, "I know right isn't it ridiculous our big gorilla friend found something but you didn't even though we're way closer to their size than he is?"

Teemo grabs a water flask and we just end up getting that and the blanket and a shirt and vest Tristana really likes so much.

We all walk north to a cave and there's a door with all these weird designs on it.

Teemo bends over rubbing his chin squinting at that weird writing.

"Looks like someone has to play a rhythm instrument."

Trang gets out his phone and smiles. "Leave this to me."

His phone projects out a four string bass. It almost looks solid except it isn't. He grabs the light bass and jams on it.

Winston holds out an arm, as if to say hold on. He turns then tells us, "We'll have to sneak past piggy patrol." He squats to pick up bush branches putting them in his headband. "I'm wearing these grass green clothes so I can hide and move in the bushes avoiding their notice. I'll signal when it's safe. Wish me luck!"

He runs into a thick batch of plants, although some plants are greener or beiger so he'll need to be careful. He hunches over then looks to his right and taps his glasses to keep them from falling off. He slowly and gently dances as the wind blows. He wiggles his fingers so we follow him.

Teemo gets behind the piggy patrol agent, turning exactly with him then sleeps him with a sleep dart.

Judith's antennas glow blue, her eyes brighten in that I got an idea way. "Guys I know where to go! The data I gathered suggests we go this way."

Tristana tells her, "Good thinking but we know this area. It's part of our country," she looks at a piggy guard, "even if they don't know it."

Teemo gulps nervously. "Guys, I think you better see this," he points to giant 10 foot long bug monsters, "This isn't right."

Shauna adds, "Better they're like that than alive to eat us."

Winston narrows his eyes so much, seriously examining them. "This has Vishkar written all over it."

We look back and see a harsh azure blue glow and a voice booms out. "You're under arrest for illegal Overwatch activity. That gorilla is the property of Professor Winston and is highly dangerous I suggests you get away from it as soon as possible."

Winston turns facing it, snarling at the four legged white and blue robot with guns attached. "Correction, I am Professor Winston!"

It tries firing a laser at him but he leaps. Tristana sits on one knee and snipes a Vishkar bot. Teemo throws poisons at another one but is worried because it obviously did nothing so I step in and play my guitar weapon on its nickel strings setting. I feel my head aching even harder, I am determined to fight for my friends!

Abby blocks a 12 foot tall humanoid robot's blows with her staff, but she doesn't look like she restored her magic all the way yet, none of us have. She ducks it, tries tripping it but only knocked it off a little off balance so I finish tripping it. Abby leaps really high, kicks off a tree, and goes even faster kicking its head.

Ashley back tucks and round offs avoiding a centaurish bot, but it throws slowing turrets at the trees! I speed boost Judith to help heal my sister. Ashley front layouts so her feet smack the centaur's arms expecting it to block but Shauna bubbles her. Ashley summons an energy sword in her left hand and fences him, sword verse spear. She falls then it moves back getting ready to trample her, but she rolls just before Trang popped out of a push tripping it with his magic whip.

A tall gold and blue robot with a headridge like one of those dinosaurs jumps out and attacks Winston! Winson's legs are wide, his right hand in a tiger claw formation while his left is back, ready for when he needs to punch. Winston elbow blocks and ducks more of his hits, but he lands a kick on Winston's face, Winston stumbles rolling back. He wipes his mouth vigorously jetpacking at him, kicking him down.

I look at Ashley climbing a pine tree.

I speed boost making Winston's force greater. The robot laughs saying. "Ha ha ha! You guys are just posers! Just so you know we killed all the nearby monsters."

Winston's nostrils flare and his cheeks shake. His eyebrows draw closer with rage as he bears his teeth. "What did you call us?" He throws a big punch but the robot grabs his arm flipping him. He rolls then jetpacks into the air and Ashley kicks him in the chest then Winston punches him in the face then lands on him.

Shauna wipes dust off her sleeve slowly yoga breathing. "I'm glad we're all okay."

We walk along the cliff overlooking the coast. It's really steep. We pass so many thick bushes of beach sunflowers.

I put my hand over my eyes to block out the glare and see Jerome winning the robots in a fight. His sapphire eyes glimmer and sparkle along with his silvery armor. His cape making a shining red blur as he moves. He kicks off a tree then another one and dives stabbing the machine with his sword then creating a tornado to sweep the others. Woah now that, was, so, cool!

Shauna whispers to Abby, "Isn't oppa incredible?"

Abby looks away flicking a piece of her hair back. "I know right. I wish I were good enough at martial arts to impressive him."

Shauna tells her, "But you totally…nice try girl."

Judith flies over and we run behind following her. "That was incredible! Do you need healing?" A sparkly yellow light comes out of her wrist. "No I'm okay thank you. There's someone very special to me I have to rescue. Sorry if I can't quest with you guys."

Ashley looks up to him, "Are you sure? If we're together then maybe you can find what you're looking for? We'll look after each other!"

Jerome says, "Thanks but I must fulfill my quest! For it is my destiny!"

The wind blows through his hair, the sun's rays drape over the locks of hair making them gleam like gold, kissing his smooth face. I wonder what conditioner and moisturizer he uses to not look dried out in this windy summer?

Tristana points to a town. "We can stop there to see if they know anything."

We're walking down the street and these disgusting creatures just stare at us. I hear one say to her friend. "Ugh yordles and humans are so ditzy and weird!"

Ashley whispers to Tristana, "She did not just say that!"

We keep walking and this piggy guy just glares at us. He's leaning against a brick building with lots of little artful carvings. Just like Bandle City has. He says, "Maybe you shouldn't be here. This is our part of town."

Tristana glares up at him. "Someone wants you across the street."

He looks at different people across the street. "Who?"

Tristana glares. "Me. No go!"

We fiercely stare at him and he runs across the street.

Shauna asks, "Hey we should see if anyone knows anything."

I can feel us being so sick of these things staring at us and Abby yells. "What!?" Startling a pig making his walk backwards a bit off balance. He's breathing fast and heavy.

I whisper to her, "Do you want us to be in danger?" I can't say I blame her, they were getting on my nerves too. And Winston's right here too.

Judith adds, "Yeah from what I've seen these guys are like 6'5" and 270 pounds on average. My AI sensors tell me."

There's a piggy guy wearing a burgundy feathered hat and those tassly yellow things on his shoulders harassing a guy in rags. "You think you can just get in my way like that?"

"Gee sorry guy."

He roughly slams him against the wall and why aren't the guards doing anything? Winston rushes over and grabs the piggy's shirt lifting him. Oh now the guards are alert and care all of a sudden. "You're coming with us."

Winston tosses him at them. Abby jumps high hitting a guard with her staff knocking out one of the guards. We help Winston carry the heavy piggies and lean them against a dumpster behind a store. We rest another one against a couple of dead medium sized trees lying in the back lot.

We go into a store and go up to the juice bar. Ashley stands on her knees on a stool and adjusts a crooked picture and pushes a bowl slightly farther apart than another because they looked weird too close together.

Tristana reads us a menu and did she just say they have ginger ale?

"I'd like a ginger ale please."

Winston shakes his head. "No."

I stomp lightly on my stool leg. "No?!" I put my hands together, just because I'm gonna beg. "Dad died and he'd always get ginger ale for us. I mean don't you like its unique flavor? It's probably gonna be like Reed's and we can bring some to Maddie since she's sick."

Winston closes his eyes shaking his head. "I'm sorry but even good soda makes you even thirstier and more tired. That looks delicious."

I order a kiwi and spirulina drink with lime and acai, Winston orders a strawberry and banana smoothie, Tristana has orange juice, Abby a protein shake, and Ashley and Shauna get a spirulina aloe and wheatgrass drink.

Tristana says, "Do you like north Yordleland so far?"

A shadow ominously cast overhead. We look back and see a piggy. He adjusts his belt and is looking all serious. "I can't help but notice you called this place, north yordleland?"

Tristana smiles, "Yeah you heard me."

He leans over, "Do you see yordle knights protecting these streets? Your flags flying? Heck no!"

She leans away, "Doesn't mean anything. We're looking for something, a gang that kidnaps and sells to a giant ogre who eats kids. He really likes pork so if you want your kids safer than…"

He palmstrikes a wood pillar, loudly sighing facing down. "I frankly don't like you guys, but I seriously hate those freaking kidnappers way more. There's a forest of pines and oaks with a fig tree they meet near."

There is so much wood everywhere. Walls, floors, everything.

It's almost high noon, but only 84 degrees in this British like weather, and not a cloud in sight.

A loud boom goes off and we run in the opposite direction.

Tristana yells, "Everyone get down!"

Everyone's running away. Gosh I hope it's Violet's army taking this place back.

I speedboost everyone far enough away switching to a stainless steel string setting.

We sit down behind a smelly dumpster holding our noses. Ick I feel like throwing up but at least we're safe. Winston walks back and sees a bunch of Vishkar robots and Baneshade X in the middle of the square. I gulp and pull on my Imagine Dragon's shirt collar. It's because of guys like this my father died, I feel a fire burning in my tummy.

Abby's stance widens holds her staff defensively.

He walks forward, his disgusting smirk bragging about how proud he is to be an awful person. "We own this place now! Vishkar wants all of your juicy magic!"

I look over to Abby, "Juicy magic?" Tristana agrees. "Yeah it did sound pretty cringey."

Winston and Judith thinkingly look at the buildings. "Hmm, looks like they'll we weak to an air attack. Ashley you cheer for," a piece of rubble loudly crashes so we can't hear him until, "Allstars. I'm pretty confident you'll do great you are captain and center flyer after all."

Ashley calls for a huddle then says, "We're so ready! Da da da da" We all clap twice. "Da da da da" clap clap, "da da da da, da da da da, da da da da," clap clap. "Can I get a high yeah!" "High yeah!" we turn and bend slapping our hips, "Overwatch bish!"

Ashley plays a custom cheermix from her phone, it starts on Mack Z's flip out.

Winston says, "Mercy's aunt sang that."

Ashley mounts onto me and Shauna's shoulders while Tristana is on Trang's. Ashley's hands go into a high V then Tristana holds Ashley's hand and foot and then we toss them. Tristana fires boomer against a building giving even faster launch changing direction. There's no flailing or butt in the air whatsoever, her technique perfect. Ashley kicks the robot pterodactyl then Tristana shoots the robot trying to shoot electricity at us.

I run with Shauna down an alley where we see a spikey shoulder blue and white robot. Shauna makes a big teal energy wall then its missiles blow up in its face so we don't have to worry about it anymore. It's gonna take forever for my pulse to slow after this.

I look over to Shauna saying, "Woah that was so cool!"

She smiles, "Thanks."

I hear L.o.l's Dreamgirls play, which is part of Ashley's cheer mix.

Teemo is hiding in a bush while Ashley does a super fast front walkover round off back handspring onto a machine kicking its face really hard. You would think her Hoka One One Mach 2's would be way less suited for this than her NFinity Vengeances, but yeah those seriously aren't outdoor shoes.

Oof my head! Who's that weirdo in the white and blue helmet and formfitting bodysuit? "Listen you little brat we will destroy Overwatch!"

I slide between his legs knowing there's no way I can win especially since I'm shook from the surprise. Me and Ashley team up and I jump from wall to wall going higher but Teemo sleepdarts him from the roof.

I look up, "Wow nice!"

Me and Ashley run along the cliff, a thick metal fence keeps people from falling off. The blue ocean gently crashes along the shore, the salty breeze caresses our faces. We turn a corner and see Winston fighting Baneshade X.

Winston angrily yells, "Why do you do this?" Winston blocks Baneshade X's machine guns and punches them out of his hands.

What does Vishkar even want here? Oh, making money, right.

He ducks Winston's punches but Winston dodges his energy blasts, "Isn't it obvious? There's good money in showing the world we're boss! Besides there's an enormous bounty for you guys! Your goth poser friends and other junior leaguers are no match for us you big dumb ape."

Winston defiantly shoots him an angry look, "What did you call me? You should feel lucky we don't kill." Winston goes for an outward crescent kick and palm strike but his tiger claw landed. He claws Baneshade X's helmet pushing him down and his helmet rolls off.

He smirks evilly. "Not bad big guy. But you're in for a surprise."

Dynamite goes off so Winston rolls safely ducking for cover behind a building.

Me and Abby are busy with his henchmen. We knock them out but my pulse just keeps getting even worse. We jump in helping Winston.

He looks down to us, "You brats just got lucky." He knocks us away with an energy blast, but Winston snarls, standing with his fist on the ground and rushes at him. I can tell Winston's mad like so badly. "The people you have killed, how do you live with that?"

"Oh that's easy, I just understand they were just in the way. You think you guys can arrest me again don't you?"

"Yes!" Winston's muscles burst, his face fills with determination and punches him, but Baneshade X summons down pillars of thick dark red energy creating shockwaves that shake everything, feeling like an earthquake with very fast shakes then rocking back and forth. We keep our balance and I get us out of here. Winston jetpacks, flashing his teeth angrily. But out of nowhere a big white and lavender beam knocks Baneshade X away, leaving a trail of smoke.

His open black trenchcoat floats behind him, which he wears even though it's a July day at high noon. One corner of his mouth turns up. "The bloody wanker ain't gonna freeze to death in the water but at least we're all safe now innit?"

Winston's obviously shook, his arms shake and his eyes widen so much. "How, could, you?"

He slowly walks across the street, piggies humans fairies and yordles all stare at us, obviously shocked. "You're welcome mate. You Overwatch people always arrest him and he always gets away." He turns to Winston, sounding mildly annoyed. "How many more have to die because of your goody two shoes moral policy? You say everyone's lives matter, but what about his victims? They ain't bloody coming back, at least how they are from this life."

He walks again, "What if you got Reaper but he kept getting away huh?" Then he climbs over a bit of rubble and puts his foot on top of a brick wall, looks back and smiles. "Think about what I said okay mates?" He flies really fast making a loud boom and I can see the air moving where he was. The tree leaves aggressively rustle.

Teemo's eyes widen and he looks everywhere in wonder. "Woah that guy was awesome!"

We leave town and Winston slumps his shoulders sighing. "It's too bad. Baneshade X was robbed of the chance to become a better person because trenchcoat guy just had to kill him."

Trang then says, "But how many people did he kill again? If you think about it he may have saved so many lives."

Shauna looks at him agreeing. "Yeah I don't think those buildings were empty so think about all the death and destruction he laid out before us."

We make it to the fig tree and there's a couple of pig people and lots of kids who look super scared, and like they haven't showered in years. Winston stops us from just leaping out trying to save them.

"The ogre will give us a big price for them!"

"Do you ever think what we're doing is wrong?"

"Ha! No." They laugh together.

We follow them through a cave and lie down behind these flower bushes. Tristana climbs a really tall pine and me and Trang help her carry her trusty gun boomer. I feel so sick and dizzy from this climb so I slowly and calmly climb my way down. Why does this small valley have to be surrounded by super steep hills with only one way in? They're almost like walls made of dirt with patches of grass straw and trees.

Oh my gosh what are those! I roll and duck behind bushes after a blue and white tank tried shooting at us. I shoot slow rays at it but it's not enough!

"Come on why now?" I feel such dread.

It yells out, "Overwatch must be stopped by any means!"

I back walkover back tuck onto a rock.

It fires at Shauna but Trang pulls her down before the lasers hit and the fall back together.

It glows even more and now I can outrun it. Winston says, "Wow you literally tripled your slow spell power somehow."

A bang rings through the air hitting the machine. I look over and see a fairy and a yordle girl with light purple skin and dark purple hair, striped pink and purple shirt, witch hat with two droopy tips, and a small wand. She bows, "Hi I'm Lulu." She looks right over to Judith like a kid seeing a bunch of presents. She skips right over to her, "Oh my gosh I love fairies! Happy to meet you. My friend Pix would love you."

Ashley says, "Hey just like Lululemon!"

The clear metal on Judith's eyes reflects extra sunlight now. "Are they here?"

A very small dark purple pixie with medium purple wings flies over. It crosses its arms away from Judith, looking up and away.

Lulu ask. "Do you guys have a quest here?"

Winston lightly pushes his glasses up and smiles. "We sure do little miss! You see, the fairy queen wants us to go get something for her under the sea, but we can't get there so,"

Tristana joins in, "We've visited my friend the Alchemist Bear to make something for us but he needs these 3 ingredients. We already got him 1 so we just need 2 more. And there's a cave nearby where we can get it but there are these evil people we need to beat."

I ask Lulu, "Isn't it dangerous out here with just the 2 of you?"

She hops onto a few rocks then sits on one. "Oh, I have another friend."

Then where are they?

"I think we better look for them, oh no I hope the giant thing didn't eat them!"

Judith's mouth and eyes widen at the ginormous creature! He's bald and has seriously sharp teeth. Judith says in astonishment, "Woah he's 30 feet tall!"

His abs glisten in the sunlight, he's bald and his head is a bit egg shaped. He's just wearing a loincloth.

Lulu's eyes widen with fear. "So he's their construction?!"

Winston tells us, "Okay, the fairies should distract him while I jetpack my way up to punch him then Lulu and Angel should speed me. He'll see me so Shauna should bubble me so I can get even stronger and knock him out.

Even though he's really big something tells me we easily have this.

He runs to us but Lulu slows him down with a better slow than I have and she cast a speed spell on Winston, again better than mine. She even has a fairy companion like me. I wonder why they're being so cold to Judith?

Ashley yells to him, "Over here ugly teeth! Don't let those nasty things fall on us."

He snarls, breathing in super heavy through his nose. Oh crap he's coming right for us!

Shauna says, "Did you have to say that he's coming right for us!"

He yells, "You idiot posers! I'll get you do you hear me! And my teeth are beautiful by the way!"

Judith flies in his face but Pix isn't joining her. Lulu begs, "Oh please help her!"

The giant swats her, she lands at my feet. She wipes the dust off her arm, but strands of her hair fall out. "Oh that, is, it!"

I tell Pix, "You know he'll eat you if he wins, right?"

Me and Lulu run around the giant's legs, I fire my guitar beams at it while she shouts, "Glitter lance!" And keeps at it. Winston is on his shoulder then punches him in the face. He rocket leaps away making the giant hit himself.

Tristana shoots him behind his right ear so he turns around all confused.

Pix flies into action and me and Lulu speed boost Winston and Abby.

I shoot magic out of my guitar but the giant sweeps his foot then extends it but Shauna bubbles Trang right before the giant made contact.

Trang runs to her hugging her. "Thank you!"

Shauna smiles. "Don't mention it."

They look into each other's eyes for longer than usual but they remember there's a fight happening.

Winston jetpacks and Shauna bubbled him right before he got hit. He turns while uppercutting the giant staggering him back and he falls down creating a loud thud.

They knock the giant down and he turns to clay then dust.

Ashley pulls on Winston's sleeve. "Come on let's go! We need to help the children!"

We go inside a cave and wow those kids don't look well. Who would force them to mine like this? It's those no good rotten meanie heads from earlier.

A stuffed bear randomly tackles Winston but he gets free and they block and duck each other's punches. They both get into a stance facing each other. Winston says. "Looks like we're evenly matched."

"Ashley look out!" I yell. She sidesteps a yordle. She backs away and does not look like she's doing well, at all. "I'm all out of magic from earlier!"

Shauna bubbles her then tells me. "She's not used to a much smaller opponent, is she?"

She tries kicking the yordle ruffian but is too close to get any power. Lulu speed boosts her and Pix Judith and Trang are helping the children escape. "Wait for us outside." Winston yells.

Tristana sighs. "What terrible evil could do such a thing?"

There's so much very shiny magenta dust! Like if salt were pink and metal it would look like this.

We destroyed all these no good rotten kidnappers, but there's still Vishkar and the piggies we have to worry about.

On the way back to the city Lulu eagerly asks, "Will you guys come with me to the grove?"

Ashley tells her. "While I'm personally not a big fan of it Shauna's mom Jayla can bring us! The garage near it feels like a crazy maze. Although I prefer my usual mall which has a Vans Store and Zumiez. Seriously do you have to go to The Grove?"

Shauna whispers to her. "Umm, I don't think she means that grove."

Ashley's eyes move up then down. "Oh…"

Shauna smiles sarcastically. "It's overrated anyway. So where is this grove?"

"You know Bandle City? Well if you go over the mountains to its south you'll reach a jungle. It's deep in that jungle. I need to learn a spell that makes whoever I cast it on way bigger for a few seconds."

The sun's going down so the horizon looks peach but it also looks like pale lavender mixing with pale peach.

Abby points. "Look!" So many human fairy and yordle soldiers take over the city we came from. Princess Violet is on an armored pony in a deep purple horse apron and wearing elegant yet shiny armor and a helmet. I feel so bad for her sister, and for her because Maddie's helping Zoe heal while she isn't.

A piggy is on his knees. "Please we surrender!"

We walk down the cobblestone roads, with cracks in places and garbage flowing. I overhear someone sigh then say. "It's been a crazy day! First this guy in this crazy red and gray armor and these weird giant metal creatures attack then he was fighting a talking gorilla then this guy with a Mohawk just magically blasted him over the ocean where he turned to dust."

We were so part of that.

Violet commands the huge piggy statue in the square to be taken down so many humans and yordles gladly throw rope over it bringing it down.

A piggy slides on his knees grabbing the sides of his head yelling, "Noooo!

A kid we brought back grabs Winston's shirt by his tummy, "Will my parents be okay?"

"I can't honestly say."

Tristana cheers him up, "Well if you were kidnapped and the guards overlooked it then it means they didn't care. So they'd likely freaking hate whoever runs this place and help my friend Violet win this place back."

Teemo leans against a floor to ceiling glass window. "Of course an enemy could have got him."

Tristana scrunches her mouth glaring at Teemo. He's seriously not being funny right now.

Violet flies the yordle land flag over city hall. She rides over to us then says. "Don't worry we're cleaning this place. Everyone will be treated so much better and we're just getting started! All of North Yordleland will be won back from the Piggy Empire! We're only getting started."

The kids hug us and they thank us. All their parents rush out and hug them. I ask, "Doesn't it feel so wonderful helping them?"

Shauna says. "It sure does. Aren't everyone else's feet tired too?"

"Ugh tell me about it." I agreeingly respond.

A couple of yordles in shiny pretty armor and violet shirts underneath run towards us. It's kinda scary at first then you remember these guys are on our side. "Excuse me but if it's not too much trouble can you investigate near the south gate? Sorry about the needing a bass instrument to get through, but you know, just trying different things out."

Winston shrugs, "Oh well. I didn't wanna use my teleporter to get back to the castle anyway."

Back at the cave we see that couple from earlier lying down. Glowing lime green blood lines the walls. I never liked them anyway but who could do such a thing?

Winston's face lights up in that I just had an idea way. "I think I know who did this! It was that trenchcoat guy!"

Shauna looks at him. "How do you figure that?"

"The clues we have so far is he's clearly willing to kill and has that dashing edgy badboy charm. And did you hear his accent? Since when is anyone with a Mohawk and British accent ever not a bad guy?"

Abby says to Winston. "You know you're right. It's terrible that happened to them. I don't know how to feel like yeah he helped us with our quest but at the same time he probably did this so we'll probably have to fight him."

"And did you see how skilled he was?" Shauna says with a higher pitch.

Ashley tells her, "Too bad you don't read fantasy anymore. Maybe we could…"

"Oh stop with that already! Even if I did everything could be way different than some author imagined."

I tell her, "Oh come on you're our Hermione. You can help us."

Ashley puts her hands on her hips, "Don't act like you're too cool to know who that is okay?! Does Emma Watson ring a bell to you?"

She turns her head walking fast smirking, "Yeah The Circle was pretty good, and we'll all watch it together. Perks of Being a Wallflower was really nice too."

Ashley getting annoyed, "Oh aren't you just so mature."

Winston says, "Now now everyone we're all mature for our ages."

Our eyes just move sideways meeting each others gazes. Then we all laugh.

Trang says, "He's so right!"

Teemo's like, "Not me."

Ashley narrows her eyes smiling, looking up a little to Shauna in that I'm gonna try convincing you to do something way. "You know, Shauna if you really wanna be cool you can join the cheer squad. I mean we're way past tryouts but I can convince the coach to…"

"Forget it."

"How about competitive cheer instead?"

"Nope."

Ashley slumps her shoulders sighing. "Fine." She straightens out smiling. "Well it was worth another try anyway."

Whew we're back! Finally our feet get to rest from all that walking. Though I'm not too sure about those creatures lying just outside of town.

Carlos gives Winston a big hug and tells him, "We were so worried about you guys! You wouldn't believe what happened! There was this big flying monster and when Jacob was throwing ice magic down below a big winged thing shot a laser at him bouncing him so much between houses! Broke his armor but thanks to Mercy he's okay."

We see Prime Minister Ava just sitting at the dining room table looking at a red glowing gem. Winston tells the prime minister. "I'm sorry to tell you that we found the noble guy and his wife dead."

Her head jerks back really fast and she adjust her glasses blinking really fast, "Oh."

"Don't worry we think we know who did it?"

She stares at her gem, "Oh, well they knew what they were getting into. People just love their foolish dangerous adventures."

"At the city Princess Violet just won but a little before she did there was this big fight and we fought against this guy Baneshade X I know cool name right but anyway this guy wearing a Mohawk and trenchcoat blasted him into dust so we think it was him. I feel like the clues add up. Oh, he's looking for the gems too."

"Oh, well in that case I hope you catch him for me."

We walk into the kitchen which feels like its part of the same room as the dining room. "I'm so glad we can relax now."

Ashley responds, "I hope Zoe's okay I'm a bit worried for her."

We look into the dining room from the kitchen. I really like how there's so much room yet they aren't filling everything with useless crap. The plants and paintings just stay along the wall. The couches are in the middle. Violet gets back and sounding out of breath yet happy says. "Oh my gosh Ava you wouldn't believe what happened today. These weird people and their creatures I think they're magic constructions they're these creatures made of metal but anyway I won us back one of our cities because our friends helped and the city was distracted with so much!"

Ava blinks twice in surprise then sounding weirdly calm, "Oh, you're alive. You're so lucky you lived even considering all that mess."

Violet invites us to Zoe's room so we follow her. Five empty ginger ale bottles stand on her dresser. I'm so proud of Maddie, she's such a great sister.

"Thanks but Carlos brought up one of those and Mercy the other."

Oh, right she can read minds ha ha. That still leaves 3 Maddie brought up.

Maddie whispers to me Shauna and Ashley, "It's weird, like the ginger ale's bite helps with her throat of course drinking anything still has that nasty pain but the after effect helps."

Maddie gently brushes Zoe's emerald green hair out of her face while she lies in bed.

Maddie says to her, "Your throat's looking a little better. Remember when we were kids and I'd always copy you and you'd get annoyed but everyone else thought it was so cute?" Zoe happily laughs. It's a beautiful thing, seeing a sister caring for her sister. Sore throats and fevers are just the worse.

Maddie smiles, "You know that lady who dresses like an angel and her boyfriend? Well, they're actually talking and even ate together! In fact he helped with the cooking. And Mercy and McCree even taught us how to make Hawaiian pizza! It was actually pretty fun though I feel really bad because Zoe couldn't eat any."

Zoe sitting up in her bed shrugs then slumps forward.

I walk downstairs to get the ginger ale and sore throat tea but I hear McCree, "So conceited ugly jerks with dumb faces just aren't my type no matter how good they are with a bow and arrow." Him and Mercy laugh together.

Winston smiles putting his hand behind me and Ashley's backs. "You two really cool goths were amazing today!"

I bring the tea up to Zoe's room, Maddie's holding her hand and petting it. "You're going to be okay, you made so much progress since this morning." Maddie gives me a big hug, "Oh thank you Angel! You guys rock!"

We stop to look out the window at the violet and emerald moons, which weirdly enough have the same colors as the two oldest princess's hair and wardrobe color. Ashley stands on a box and I tippy toe since the Window's quite high. "Be ready at sunrise tomorrow because we're going to turn in the magenta dust and get ready for another epic adventure."