A few years passed and Tinker continued to see Arrow, visiting the Falls regularly while still keeping up her duties with the Care Bears Family. Arrow eventually invited her to the Autumn Festival that year.
Indy eventually got his new sword, a real steel weapon that he kept at his side along with the wooden one that White Fang had created for him; Trust Heart took an interest in his Sword fighting and began to take training from him after promising his parents he wouldn't do anything as reckless as Independent Bear had done.
Trick also began bodybuilding with Illusion Heart as he had gotten tired of being rather scrawny and as a result got roped in to helping plan his and Grateful Heart's wedding a few months before the Autumn Festival.
In a rare turnabout, Tinker woke up to the sound of noise from the garage on the morning of the festival, "What is going on!" she was rather irate as she trudged to the garage and found her father and brother working on something she couldn't quite identify.
"What are you doing with all that noise?" she demanded, putting on a scowl much like her father's.
Trick turned off the blow torch and flipped up his face guard, "Dad's helping me with a little project. I decided I need a new hobby since my particular form of art goes unappreciated by everyone." Covering his face again he resumed welding the frame.
"We're building a motorcycle. Hopefully anyway if we can get all the parts we need." Grumpy was ratcheting something on his work bench that resembled an engine."
"Is this revenge for all the times my projects woke you up?" Tinker asked her brother sarcastically.
"No. That will come later when I rev the engine outside your window after you've come back from a long night with your boy toy." Finished with the part he was working on he stretched his toned arms over his head, "But seriously Tinker Bug. A self-driving cloud mower? How obnoxious could it get?"
"Well sorry about that," Tinker was rather sarcastic about that, "I know it failed but at least I didn't keep trying to make it work like Bright Heart does." Tinker just sighed, "Well I need to go and meet Arrow for the Autumn Festival." Tinker turned and went to get cleaned up.
At the portal entrance Tinker ran in to Independent Bear.
"Hey Indy, what are you doing here?" she asked.
"Going to the festival, also I need to speak to Fauna and Blue about something serious," The white Bear explained before opening the portal so they could enter the Falls.
Arrow was waiting for her on the other side. Smiling when he saw her he held out his open arms, "Welcome to the Autumn Festival you two."
"Thanks Arrow," Tinker jumped forwards and hugged her boyfriend and gave him a kiss.
Indy just smiled and nodded, "Nice to see you too, I need to go see your parents so I'll catch up with you later." Indy headed off to where he knew where Fauna and Blue would be, leaving Tinker and Arrow alone.
Fauna and Blue sat watching the groups of their subjects gathering in their close circles. The festival of friends and family was the calmest one, leaving plenty of time for lying about. Their friends were tying things up with their mates before coming to be with the royalty for their usual party.
Seeing Indy Blue called over to him. "Hey Indy, glad you could make it. Nice sword."
"Thanks, especially for letting me bring it here," Indy replied, "So should we talk now or wait till later?" he asked.
"Now, before the festival gets into stride. I want to enjoy being with my friends." Fauna told him, turning to face him full on.
Indy nodded, "Right. So you said you had to discuss something with the Hunters," Indy kept his voice low so no one would overhear him.
"They are mobilizing again. Calling numbers together and gathering their forces. We know from past experience that they have found a way to get to us. Fauna and I want them taken care of before this can happen."
"As you know, we cannot attack the Hunters first without being provoked." Fauna ground out through gritted teeth. "I want them provoked."
"And you want me to provoke them?" Indy surmised.
She nodded, "I want you to help us get a reason to attack them. But unlike with No Heart, I want to be the one to finish this. I've earned it. It's my right."
Blue pulled her close and kissed her temple softly trying to calm her down. Talk about the Hunters always sent her to a dark place. "Basically we just want to scare them into thinking we have allies now to stand against them. And since they were allied with No Heart, if only briefly, we know they've heard of you."
"Sounds easy enough," Indy replied, "I can handle not finishing this, I don't really like killing if I can avoid it. No-Heart was one thing but other humans are a bit much even for me, I'll just settle for wounds and I'll try to keep their weapons from working properly when the time comes. Is there anything I should wear or do to get their attention towards you guys?"
"Oh sure. Drop my name, or mention that you know about the Falls. That will send them into a frenzy."
"We can also send you with some of our feathers." Blue told him. "They can recognize those a mile away."
"The feathers would be good," Indy nodded, "Just let me know when I should start."
"We will. There are some other things I want to get on our side before we begin but I'll be in touch with you." Blue told him. "For now just lay low about it, we don't need anyone else in on it."
Indy nodded understandingly, "If that's all then I'm going to see White Fang," he turned and headed away to search out the polar bear elder.
Tinker and Arrow had arrived at the gathering place moments ago, "So what's this festival about?" Tinker asked, not having bothered to check prior to now.
"Spending time with family and friends and letting them know how much they mean to you. We have a brief opening ceremony and then break off into smaller groups."
"That sounds nice, especially after my brother woke me up this morning," Tinker stated. She looked around then asked, "So where's Ruby?"
"Probably with Orion. They've been doing pretty well lately, making any excuse to see each other." He looked around to see if he could locate them in the crowd.
"Which herd is Orion in?" Tinker had a hard time keeping track of all the Pegasus in the Falls.
"Kodiak bears. I suppose he isn't as bad as some of the other potential mates she's had. He doesn't talk much though so it's hard to get a good read on him."
"How many potential mates has she had so far?" Tinker had stopped trying to keep track.
Arrow sighed unhappily, "He makes 7. She just can't stay happy long enough with each one. And then when her relationship goes sour she takes it out on the rest of us." Resting his chin on her shoulder he closed his eyes briefly. "I miss the old her Tink. I feel like she thinks she needs to be with someone to be happy, but it's doing the opposite to her."
"Think that we're part of the problem?" Tinker asked, "I don't think we should drop anything though." Tinker thought for a moment then asked, "What are the rules for mate ship with Pegasus?"
"We can only mate with our mate. It's a sacred union that is supposed to show your devotion for one another. Courting, which is what we've been doing and what Ruby has been gold medaling in is allowed but mating only occurs once." He looked her in the eye, "Does that help?"
"It does, and it does give me something to think about," Tinker smiled, "When does the opening ceremony start?"
"Any minute now. We should probably get up there to stand with my Parents. I am the Kingling after all."
"I can join you?" Tinker was a bit surprised by this.
He kissed her gently, "Friends and family Tink. I'd say you fall under both."
"Eew get a room you two." Ruby sneered from behind them. With her stood a molten bronze stallion with a yellow star on his forehead and sea green eyes. He also sported a ring of star shaped marks around his middle, almost like a belt.
"How about you two just go away so you won't be burdened by our existence." Arrow quipped back with an easy smile.
Tinker just sighed and rolled her eyes, deciding against inflaming the situation, "Well to each their own, and thanks Arrow. Let's go," Tinker walked up to the stage hand-in-hand with Arrow.
Motioning with her head to Orion he fell in step beside her and they followed Arrow and Tinker onto the stage. Blue began the opening ceremony as soon as his children were in place. He spoke of how it was a time to reflect on relationships with their family and friends and to make sure they knew how much we appreciated them. It was not a time to start new fights and make new enemies. When his speech was over he and Fauna set the tribute aflame for Daybreak and Nightshade and the Pegasus disbanded.
"Where are you guys headed?" Fauna questioned the four.
"Orion and I are meeting up with friends for a while in the lagoon. I'll be back later though to see the Uncles."
"I figured Tinker and I would drop by my herd and then we too will probably be back."
"Have fun." Fauna nodded her head in approval before rejoining Blue and taking to the air.
It didn't take long for Tinker and Arrow to join up with the rest of the golden eagles; Tinker knew Arrow's herd by name already especially Pallas and Widgeon whom she often found herself hanging around. Over the years Tinker had practically become one of their herd, albeit she couldn't fly but that never seemed to be an issue when she was around them.
Tinker sat next to Arrow with Pallas and Widgeon sitting next to Arrow as she listened to most of them spoke about their pasts and how they met their mates or friends or of particularly exciting points in their lives with those close to them; when Pallas' turn came around Tinker wasn't quite sure if his story about how he met Widgeon was true or not, especially since the embarrassed look on Widgeon's face could have been about the actual story or its lack of truth. Either way Widgeon skipped his story adding that "Pallas pretty much said it all..." and thus it was Arrow's turn.
"Well everyone knows how I met you all, mom dragged me over here after I got my guardian form, so I won't tell that one. But I guess I can tell when I first knew I liked Tinker."
Pallas hopped happily, "Oh I hope this has a happy ending."
Laughing Arrow began his story. "Ruby and I were going to see Tink and her brother. He dumped a bucket of jello and glitter on us as a prank and we were both coated. The sun came out at that moment and a beam of light hit her making the glitter flecks on her sparkle. I knew then that I had moved beyond the just friends phase." He looked over at her, "But no amount of sparkles ever hold a candle to her smile. It's what I love most about her."
Tinker blushed and smiled, "You're so sweet Arrow," she replied, kissing him on his cheek.
"So what about you, Tinker?" Widgeon asked, "How did you first realize you liked Arrow?"
"It was the same day actually, but I was more irritated at that moment because my immature brother dropped a prank trap on me and I had to spend a while to clean off." Tinker sighed, "After that I wanted to go for a run so I challenged Arrow to a race in his guardian form. I won but after the race I accidentally fell on top of him when he was in his human form and..." Tinker breathed out and smiled, "I realized how handsome he was and how much our time together meant to me. Though I have to thank Pallas for blurting out Arrow's feelings about me a few years ago or we might not have come this far in our relationship," Tinker leaned on Arrow.
"Always happy to help," Pallas grinned.
"Even if that wasn't the purpose behind your outburst." Widgeon mumbled.
"Hey accidents are my specialty." He replied with a grin.
Sun Chaser smirked knowingly at Widgeon who shook his head, "I'm not even touching that one. Far too easy."
Arrow kissed her just above her eyes as Pallas babbled on about how he always is helping people without even realizing it.
"So this brother of yours, how come he isn't with you today? I don't believe anyone's ever met him in fact." Widgeon asked her.
Tinker sighed, "Well he used to be close with Ruby, but that day I first came to the Falls my brother, Trick, hit Ruby with a massive prank barrage meant for me and then they had a shouting match that ended with some things that shouldn't have been said and Ruby saying she'd never go back to the Kingdom of Caring. So Trick doesn't really want to come here."
Pallas winced "Doesn't he know making Ruby angry is hazardous to his health?"
Arrow snickered at him "You know that and you do it anyway."
"Our Queenling is quite volatile. I pray Blue will be Kingsire for a good long while." Sun Chaser added.
"I'm sure he will be." A question came to Tinker's mind as she said this: "How does succession work with the Queenling and Kingling?"
"Since Ruby was born first she is next in line. If dad steps down or dies that is. If she doesn't want it then I'll take over." Arrow explained.
Widgeon jumped in "When there is no biological heir the current ruler chooses an heir with the aid of Daybreak and Nightshade. That's how Blue was chosen."
"That does make sense," Tinker nodded, "I can't say if she'd be willing to take up that role though but I haven't spent as much time with her as I have with Arrow," she admitted.
"No you're right. She's not comfortable with ruling people. Bossing us around however is a whole nother matter." Arrow told her with a grin.
Sun Chaser shook his mane with a snort of laughter "Your mom wasn't keen on ruling either but she learned."
"True, but it seems that Fauna didn't have much choice in the matter, she loved Blue so she learned but if Ruby decides she doesn't want to then she can just say no," Tinker surmised, "What about you Arrow? If she turns it down would you accept the role of Kingsire?"
He shrugged "I suppose. Though for now I think it's a moot point since dad isn't going anywhere anytime soon."
Pallas was jumping up and down "But dude if you are king we would be the ruling herd! And we'd be so much cooler them your dads inner council."
"Pallas!" Arrow moaned "You just insulted my uncles!"
His brain caught up with his mouth and he winced.
"Is there any link between your mouth and your brain?" Tinker asked sarcastically.
"Not that I've ever noticed," Widgeon groaned.
Tinker nodded then turned to Sun Chaser. A question had been nagging at her and she felt compelled to ask: "Sun Chaser, what do you think of me?"
"Tinker!" Arrow was a bit taken aback that she would even ask this, but the bear held up a hand and continued.
"Normally I wouldn't ask but... it really important to me that I know what the alpha of Arrow's herd thinks of me," Tinker sounded a bit nervous.
"You're as good as one of our own in my eyes. In fact, I like you more than I do most of my own kind."
The herd nodded in agreement with their alpha.
Arrow grinned at her, "See I knew you were being silly."
Tinker couldn't help but blush at the compliment, "Thanks Sun Chaser, that really means a lot to me."
"Me too. Because now I can do something I've been waiting months to do."
Turning to Tinker he took her hands in his. "I know we are still young, but I want you to be the one I grow old with, not the one I grow old waiting for. You are more than a best friend to me, you are the reason I get up in the morning. Tinker Bear, will you be my mate?"
Tinker's eyes went wide with astonishment. Was he really asking her to marry him? Realization sunk in quickly and Tinker gave the only response that she could: "Yes, Arrow I will!" she gave Arrow a deep kiss to punctuate her response.
The golden eagle herd erupted into a chorus of whinnies and stomping hooves. Arrow ignored them however as he held Tinker close and returned her kiss.
"We are going to have us one spectacular celebration!" Widgeon cried.
"I'll be in charge of everything! I do the best games!"
As one the herd answered Pallas, "NO!"
Tinker finally broke the kiss and smiled, "Good call, I don't think I want to know what kind of 'games' that Pallas would have planned
He kept her in his arms smiling. "Believe me you don't. I can't wait to tell mom and dad. I hope Grumpy doesn't kill me when he hears I'm taking away his only daughter."
"I won't let him, I'll make sure dad understands," Tinker gave Arrow a kiss, "And I know mom will be happy for us." Tinker sighed happily, "I guess I should learn about your mating ceremonies, also when should it be?" she asked.
"Whenever we want. And mom will be more than happy to tell you all about it."
Sun Chaser nudged her in congratulations, "We will make it work for you since you can't fly, but they are beautiful, and intimate. I'm sure if you wanted you could add in your traditions as well."
"Thanks for the offer Sun Chaser, but really human weddings are boring," Tinker groaned, recalling a number of weddings she'd been to in Care-a-Lot, refusing to participate in any of them: "They walk down an aisle to long winded music, speak a few words to each other than kiss and leave, it's all so muted and dull. I've sat through too many of them and I'd much rather do things the Pegasus way, plus I really don't want to wear a gigantic wedding dress..."
"All riiiight. Tinker is going commandooooo." Widgeons wing connected with Pallas's head, making him yelp. "And you are done talking for the day."
"I agree with human weddings being boring." Arrow said as he tried not to laugh at Pallas.
Tinker couldn't help but giggle at Pallas' comment: "Hate to spoil your fun but I still have fur." Turning to the rest of the herd she asked: "So did you want to celebrate now or wait until Arrow and I give our parents the good news."
"After they are informed of course. They have to be in attendance after all."
Arrow nodded to Sun Chaser. "Then let's go do that." Gaining his Pegasus form he had Tinker mount and flew them to the Royal Caves.
After telling his parents and sister the good news he waited for their reactions. Tinker was standing next to him shifting nervously from foot to foot.
Blue was the first to react, going to Tinker he hugged her, kissing her cheek, "Welcome to the family. We'll be glad to have you." Although he had been apprehensive at first, he had grown to love Tinker over the years. Looking over at Fauna he saw her looking panicked. "Babe?"
"Am I really that old? My son is getting married."
"Give her a moment to process this, she'll be alright in a second."
Arrow placed his hands on Tinkers shoulders, "Mom, you were our age when you and dad mated." This made her yelp.
"Oh my goddess I am old! I'm going to be an old grey mare at your and Tinkers wedding." Her eyes widened, "Wait, my son and best friends daughter are getting married?"
Blue nodded, "There we go." He moved away from Tinker. "Brace yourself."
Before she could react Fauna was grabbing her and lifting her off her feet in a hug. "Oh! Congratulations!"
"Ack!" Tinker yelped, "Thanks Fauna but please put me down!" Tinker was struggling a bit from the shock, but still Tinker hugged her back, happy that Fauna and Blue were happy for them.
"I just hope that my parents are as happy as yours," Tinker spoke to Arrow over her shoulder.
Ruby was holding her hand over her mouth, trying to keep herself from laughing.
"What's your problem?" Arrow asked her. He hadn't expected this reaction from her.
"When you two get married. She's going to be Princess Tink." Actually saying the name out loud made her totally loose it in a fit of giggles.
"Something wrong with that?" Tinker asked indignantly. Privately she was wondering just how true that statement was.
"Come on Tink. It makes you sound like you belong in a Disney movie, and that is so not your personality. I find that damn amusing." She laughed again. "I may just start calling you Tinker Bell."
"Then you'll be just like Trick." Arrow added coyly. "He calls her Tinker Bug."
The statement had the desired effect. Ruby's laughter stopped instantly as she glared at her brother.
"Are you going to head over to Care-a-lot now?" Fauna asked, trying to diffuse the situation.
Tinker just rolled her eyes at Ruby's statement: "Yes we should head there for now. Mom and Dad need to hear about this."
Lucky for them Swift Heart and Grumpy were easy to track down. They were on duty in the Hall.
After Tinker sat them down she took a deep breath, "Mom, dad, Arrow asked me to marry him and I said yes."
Swift Heart reacted in much the same way as Fauna, grabbing her daughter and hugging her. "Congratulations sweetie! You two are going to be so happy together." Even though she knew this was coming she was still as excited as the first time around.
"No you're not." Grumpy got to his feet, putting himself between his daughter and Arrow. "You two are far too young to get married."
Tinker sighed, she had been expecting this: "Dad I'm not a kid anymore, I can make my own decisions. I love Arrow and I'm not going to turn him down!"
Tinker and Grumpy were both staring each other down. Arrow watched from the sidelines and looked from his fiancé to Grumpy then whispered to Swift Heart: "It's like they're looking into a mirror."
"Unfortunately. So stubborn." Going to her husband she placed a hand on his shoulder. "Tinkers right honey, she's practically a grown woman now and quite capable of making her own decisions."
"Not this time Swift Heart. You aren't changing my mind. She's still a teenager. Neither of them are ready for a commitment like this."
"No offense Grumpy but my parents were our age when they mated."
He switched his scowl to Arrow, "No offense Arrow but your parents had gone through more hardships by this time then you will ever have to. They understood what they meant to each other and the hard work it took to keep it. You and Tinker have had it easy and I don't think you get it."
Gripping his chin Swift Heart made him look back at her, "I don't think that's fair Grumpy. They've been together for a long time, a lot longer than most people their age. I think you are using it as an excuse. Stop deflecting."
"I'm not deflecting. And I am not okay with this. You don't have my blessing on this." Shrugging Swift Heart off he headed for the front door. "I'm going for a walk." As he slammed it shut behind him Swift Heart sighed. "It was so much easier when he didn't know. I never thought he'd be the problem." She mumbled under her breath.
Tinker was a bit shocked at Grumpy's reaction but shook her head, "I didn't think he'd react that way mom, what should we do?" she asked.
Putting on a smile she turned to her daughter, "Don't worry, He'll calm down, realize what a jerk he was and beg for your forgiveness. Your dad just doesn't like surprises." Her real plan was to get Fauna, team up on him and beat him into submission.
Tinker sighed, her mind a bit muddled, "Maybe dad's right, maybe we are too young but I feel," she looked at Arrow and took his hand, "That we've been through more than we thought." She gave Arrow a kiss.
"I know what you mean," Arrow nodded.
Swift Heart blinked. Maybe they somehow were remembering, but how. She shook her head, "I need to go talk to your father, I'll be back before too long." Swift Heart took off out the door.
Grumpy was walking down a path grumbling to himself, "I can't believe she thinks she's old enough to get married."
"Grumpy wait! We need to talk about this!" She easily caught up with him, circling around in front of him to cut him off. When he tried to move around her she put out her arm, stopping him. "Come on talk to me. You always have before."
Grumpy sighed, he could never run from Swift Heart even if he wanted to: "Swift Heart this is just too much I mean Tinker doesn't know what being married means."
"How can she not when she's seen us do it so perfectly her whole life?" She asked with a grin. "Besides, I don't think you're giving her enough credit. Something tells me she knows exactly what being married means."
"Oh," Grumpy raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean by that?"
Shifting from foot to foot she tried to figure out how to say this. "Okay what I'm going to tell you is going to make me sound absolutely crazy but I need you to believe me. Tinker and Arrow have been here before. They came back from our future to change things for the better and while they were here they were married." She waited for him to absorb this.
Grumpy just stared at Swift Heart with one eye half closed, "You're right about that sounding crazy. Even if that's true and we all forgot how could you remember?"
She pointed to the scar on her tummy symbol. "When I was shot, Trick gave me his blood. That transfusion saved my life, otherwise I would have died giving birth to Trick and Tinker."
"But you got a transfusion from Take Care's blood supply," Grumpy said, still being rational.
"I have a rare blood type, and he was completely out when I went," Swift Heart added.
"But..." Grumpy remembered Take Care had mentioned something to that effect a while ago, "then how?" Grumpy held his head trying to process the facts in his head. Eventually he had to sit down as his head spun from the conflicting information.
She knelt next to him, "I know it's a lot and it's hard, but think for a moment and listen to your gut. Even if you can't remember Trick being there, you know the events don't add up. How did Fauna get me here by herself if I had gold in my blood? How did Take Care suddenly have enough of my blood type when moments before he was out?" Taking another risk she brought up the No Heart event, "Didn't you ever wonder why just you I and Indy went up against No Heart? Doesn't that seem a little bit outside our usual realm of recklessness?"
Grumpy nodded, "Yeah it does."
"It wasn't our idea," Swift Heart continued, "Tinker, Trick, Arrow, Ruby, Melody and Trust Heart; it was theirs and they brought Indy along. I had already figured out who they were by then so they came to me and even told you about it so we went along as well. All of us, we fought No-Heart together."
"So Independent Bear didn't kill No-Heart?" Grumpy was holding his head, feeling the onset of a migraine.
"No, he did," Swift Heart replied, "Indy was still the one who killed No-Heart, Tinker said that if he wasn't the one who did it then it could make things even more, complicated."
Grumpy just nodded, "I see." He wasn't sure how to feel about this, but it made sense, sort of. Grumpy just decided to go along with it for now and asked another question: "Did they ever say what the future was like?"
Swift Heart's face saddened. "We lost a lot of the others. The world was basically destroyed and it was hard for them to find food. They said they lived in a rundown underground hideout and could only leave in small groups to scavenge. No one cared anymore and everyone who was lucky, or unlucky enough, to survive spent all their time killing one another."
She gripped his left arm in both her hands, running her fingers through the soft blue fur. "And you had an accident. Your arm, leg, and eye were replaced by mechanical parts."
Grumpy was shocked then turned to Swift Heart, "And you?"
"I died," Swift Heart touched the nearly invisible scar on her tummy, "because it took so long to get me the blood I needed the first time I never really recovered from the shot I took and I didn't survive giving birth."
Grumpy suddenly hugged Swift Heart tightly, tears coming to his eyes but unable to say anything and just hugged her tighter.
Burrowing her head against him she too felt herself overcome with emotions she thought she had left years ago. Holding him just as tightly she inhaled his smell and for the thousandth time enjoyed the feeling being in his arms brought her. "Why would I make up a story about a world where you and I couldn't be together?"
Grumpy nodded, "I'm sorry Swift Heart."
She laughed, "Why are you sorry? You didn't remember so how could you know. But I do know and believe me when I say what Arrow and Tinker have is as real as our love. I know you think Tinker is too young, but they are ready for this. And Tinker needs her daddy to support her."
"I guess they've been through more than I could imagine," Grumpy nodded, "I guess I should go back to her now. We can't tell her about this can we?"
Shaking her head she sighed, "It would make things a lot easier if we could but I think if they were meant to remember then they would. I only told you because I felt it was the right thing to do." She paused; thinking over what had compelled her to tell Grumpy all these years later about what had happened.
"Are you alright Swift Heart?" Grumpy asked his wife.
"Yeah, I was just thinking how weird it was that I decided to tell you all this. Just because of what Tink said. I mean I have tons of ways to make you change your mind that I could have used but, it was like something wanted you to know."
Grumpy kissed her, "Does it matter? Better this way than a huge argument with me you and Fauna."
"How did you know?" She teased rubbing her nose against his before they returned to their house.
Tinker was sitting on a couch with Arrow, not sure whether to feel angry or sad about the situation. The sound of the door opening drew her attention to her parents entering.
Grumpy took a deep breath and spoke: "Tinker, I'm sorry about how I reacted, you're old enough to make your own decisions and I'll give you my blessing."
Tinker blinked, then smiled and dashed at her father, giving him a hug, "Thanks dad!"
Wrapping his arms around her he kissed her head. It was going to take some work letting go but this was a good place to start.
"What did you say to him?" Arrow whispered to Swift Heart.
"Oh you know, just how I knew this was right. And threatening him a bit never hurts." She told him with a wink.
Once Tinker and Arrow said their goodbyes to Grumpy and Swift Heart they headed back to Pegasus Falls. Tinker leaned on Arrow as they crossed through the portal: "That went as well it could have. What do you think Sun Chaser and the others will be doing when we get back there?"
"Setting up for the party I bet. Hopefully Ruby will get over there. She knows how to do parties really well."
"Hopefully she'll avoid those princess jokes," Tinker sighed. "Do I get a title of some sort?" Tinker was curious about it.
He thought it over, "I think you will be a Queenling. I mean after all you will be the possible heir's wife." He kissed her, "I however will stick to calling you love."
"That would be nice, and thanks Arrow," Tinker kissed him back, "I'll just call you Arrow or dear though, Kingling Arrow."
As they headed back to the nests, Ruby was indeed already there. She had used the spell used on the trees at the summer festival to get some boulders to play Tinker and Arrows favorite songs. Now she was directing the other golden eagles where to set up food stations. Orion was being less then helpful and was just watching what was happening.
"So, you aren't going to get all crazy and expect me to ask you to be my mate are you?" He asked, sounding bored.
Ruby rolled her eyes, "You wish. Who do you take me for? Some sappy love sick filly that's gaga over her first love?" Tying some glowing lights in a tree she said no more.
"That's good." He seemed less then phased by her reaction.
Pallas came running up, "They're here! Let's party!" Unable to stop however he tripped on Ruby's string of lights, yanking them from the tree as he fell.
"Pallas!" Eyes glowing she tossed some magic at him making him yelp.
Tinker saw Pallas running from Ruby, "And he's at it again," She said, watching the crazy Pegasus flee Ruby's wrath. "Nice decorations Ruby," she added hoping to let Pallas get away in one piece.
Stopping her attack she moved over to Tinker. "I suppose they're alright. They could be better however." She looked around briefly before calling after the still running Pallas, "Where is your keeper?"
"I assume you mean me?" Widgeon came over scowling.
"Yeah you, get those back in the tree. Thanks." She didn't wait to see if he was listening. Making a face Widgeon moved to obey.
"Did the in-laws take it okay?" Ruby asked her brother.
"Yeah. A few bumps but nothing awful. They said they will try to make it later for the party."
"Until then where are Fauna and Blue?" Tinker asked.
"Last I saw they were speaking with their inner circle to tell them the good news,"
Independent Bear had walked up with White Fang, whom he had become rather good friends, "You'd better just relax and wait for them to come and greet you."
Ruby grinned wickedly, "Oooh I bet I know someone who is setting off fireworks." Images of all Red Snouts temper flares over the years flashed through her head. Sure he had calmed down since meeting his mate, but he sometimes relapsed.
"Well I for one am just plotzing over the news. You kinderlach are so cute together it makes me all pheklempt." White Fang waved his wings in excitement.
"Pardon?" Tinker could never quite understand White Fang's speech.
"He's happy for you, just leave it at that," Indy explained, "As for Red Snout, well just let that be as it is for now and enjoy yourselves."
"I like the sound of that." Arrow twirled Tinker out and started to dance with her. Several others joined them, including Ruby and Orion.
Fauna, Blue, and the inner circle arrived a short time later. Thunder, Red Snout, and Frosty jumped on Arrow, clapping him on the back with their wings and ruffing up his hair.
"Way to go little man! Taking the big leap!" Frosty told him with a chuckle.
"Thanks Uncle Frosty."
Tinker was relieved that there was no major flare up as she did her best to stay by Arrow's side.
As congratulations passed around, Indy sat with White Fang: "Nice to see those kids together isn't it?" he asked fairly rhetorically.
"It happened earlier then I thought too. But I'm not complaining. It will be good to do their mating ceremony. I have an excellent feeling about those two." Grabbing some grapes he munched on them.
Indy nodded, a thought coming to his mind: "White Fang I've been wondering, is it possible for anyone else to learn Pegasus Magic or is it something you have to be born to use?"
"Usually you have to be born with it. But if you already have some base form of energy at your disposal it shouldn't be too hard for you to pick up on our style and spells. In theory of course." He told Indy with a smirk and a wink.
"Well other than the stare and other such things I have a basic control of energy," Indy nodded, "It's part of how I become a Kensai, I had to learn to channel what people call 'kai' or 'chi' when I fight. Think you could try and teach me?" he asked the elder.
He nodded happily, "It would be my pleasure. I haven't taught anyone any spells in at least a decade. I'm not the most common choice of shamans based on my location, and me and my kin haven't had to train a new one in ages. Thank the gods for that. You try to teach these youngins today anything and oy they shut down faster than Stargazers digestive system after cabbage."
Indy gave White Fang a weird look, even after all these years his expressions were confusing to him at times. "Well I'm always willing to learn new things."
Meanwhile Tinker had broken away from Arrow to speak with Fauna: "Hey Fauna, would you be able to teach me about the mating ceremony?" she asked.
"Sure thing honey. It's what I'm here for. To light your way in this strange new life you're entering." Fauna slung an arm over her shoulders. "Anything you'd like to know first?"
"Well umm, everything really. What do I have to do? Do I need to wear anything? Is there anything in particular I need to know?" Tinker was eager to learn but a bit frazzled.
"It's real easy. You don't have to wear anything special. The shaman you choose will go over all the details with you. It's a lot of recitation, calling on the god and goddess, and pledging yourselves to one another." Fauna handed her a cup of wine, "Calm down. You have time."
"How much time," Tinker asked as she took a sip of the wine.
"It depends on you two. You can set the date for whenever you want." Fauna smirked, "I remember Blue had a panic attack right before ours and we had to postpone for a week. And everyone thought I'd be the runner." Sipping her own wine she saw her husband joking around with Arrow.
"Honestly I don't want to wait too long," Tinker confessed, "Once I've learned what I need to know I'd like to have the ceremony as soon as possible."
"Sounds good to me! Well it's about time you got here." She waved to Swift Heart and Grumpy as they came up.
Grinning she hugged Fauna, "Sorry we wanted to track down Trick and see if he wanted to come. But he said he was busy."
"His exact words were, he had better things to do. I'm going to be having a long talk with that boy." Grumpy grumbled as he too hugged Fauna.
Tinker sighed, "My brother just doesn't want to grow up does he. Oh well his loss."
"That's right, we can't let anything spoil this," Arrow had finally managed to break away from his uncles and gave Tinker a kiss.
Ruby had overheard the bit about Trick and scoffed, "Good riddance. No one wants to be picking burs from their wings when they are trying to celebrate." She leant against Orion who per usual had gone quiet with all the new people in attendance. Sighing she put on her happy face and called to Tinker, "Better be careful Tinker Bell. Not wanting to grow up makes Trick Peter Pan."
Tinker just glared briefly at Ruby but let the comment dissipate as she went back to dance with Arrow.
"You know he will be at the mating ceremony. I think it will do you both good if you practice keeping your insults in check." Fauna told her daughter.
"Whatever mom. I haven't seen the twerp in years, it's no biggy." She pushed Orion away, suddenly wanting some alone time with him."
Indy took that moment to walk over, "Think Ruby will be all right?" he asked Fauna.
Fauna nodded, hesitantly. "She's my daughter in too many ways. But I'm hoping eventually she'll stop trying to force herself to be happy." Smirking at the bear she asked, "So you and White Fang have gotten chummy. He isn't training you for shaman hood is he?"
"Not that far, but he did say he was willing to teach me how to use Pegasus magic," Indy replied, "I hope that's alright."
"Pssh Indy please, I stopped caring what you did years ago. You know Blue and I let you have free run of this place. Besides, I try not to get involved in matters I don't belong in. And Pegasus magic was never my specialty."
"Thanks," Indy waited for a moment then whispered, "Will your deities have any problems with the plan I need to follow through on," It wasn't a good time but Indy had to get this off his chest before he could enjoy himself.
"They haven't voiced anything yet." Fauna replied eyes flashing, "And I don't expect them to. And I don't care anymore if it's blasphemous, but I'm doing it anyway. They don't live in fear of the Hunters, we do." She cracked her knuckles in emphasis.
Indy nodded, "Good, the last thing I want to do is tick them off. But for now I'm going to just enjoy the party!" Indy left Fauna's side to get some food.
Several days later Swift Heart stood with Grumpy as they watched their daughter going through her mating ceremony. She had talked with her beforehand, giving her words of wisdom as well as a little something extra to make this day special, again. On Tinkers wrist glittered a bracelet identical to the one Swift Heart had given her the first time around.
As Tinker invoked Nightshade and the purple candle burst into flame she felt tears welling in her eyes and held on a little tighter to Grumpy. The last time she'd watched this, she couldn't share her joy with her husband at watching her daughter start a new chapter in her life. This time around was special. Together they had watched her grow from a wobbly toddler into this self-confident and talented young woman. Last time Swift Heart didn't have memories to call upon during the ceremony, but this time as she rested her head on Grumpy's shoulder, she allowed herself to remember.
As White Fang told them about the symbolism of being a mated pair, Swift Heart remembered when Tinker first smiled, and when she walked for the first time. Every time she fell Swift Heart had been there to scoop her up and help her try again. She remembered coming home from a caring mission and seeing Grumpy holding her in his arms, explaining to her what all the different tools were and how to use them. Tinker had been mesmerized by her father's voice and appeared to be hanging on his every word. That same look of awe and love was on her face now as Arrow read his vows.
Hearing Tinker begin to recite hers, Swift Heart smiled and gripped Grumpy's hand. He brought it to his lips, a genuine smile on his face as he watched his daughter. It had been perfect, every step of the way and she didn't regret a moment. All those late night girl talks, answering her questions, helping her, it was Swift Hearts proudest achievement.
When it was time for the mating dance Swift Heart accidentally laughed, making Tinker shoot her an embarrassed look. She knew this was the part Tink was most nervous about, and it showed. So in comfort she mouthed the words she had told her earlier, "What do you have to be nervous about. Arrow's got you." Having read her lips she saw Tinker relax and begin the dance. This brought up memories of all the runs and jogs they had gone on over the years. Her daughter was fast, very nearly as fast as her. Tinker even managed to almost beat her once in a while, a feat she was determined to do every time. She was so proud of how determined Tinker was, and how she saw every project through to the end. This brought up another unpleasant memory of watching her and the others fade away but it vanished quickly as White Fang called for the first flight.
She sighed as she watched her daughter take to the air with her new mate and handed her own husband a tissue. "That was beautiful." He nodded, "She was beautiful."
"So our kids are mates now," Fauna had moved over to Swift Heart's side.
"I can't say how happy we feel to have her as an in-law," Blue continued, "She's the first Queenling who isn't a Pegasus."
"Will that be a problem at all?" Grumpy couldn't help but voice his concern.
"Some may object but nothing will come of it," Blue reassured him, "Arrow's herd loves her and those who don't will just live with it."
"That good to hear," Swift Heat kissed Grumpy, "Let's go home Grumpy."
"Alright, we'll see you later," Grumpy waved as he and Swift Heart headed back towards the portal to Care-a-Lot.
Back at home, Swift Heart and Grumpy entered slowly and headed for bed, it was late and they were tired. However Swift Heart had some things on her mind.
As the door closed behind them Swift Heart took Grumpy by the shoulders and gave him a deep passionate kiss. Grumpy was surprised and once it broke he held her back and noticed a deep look in her eyes as she placed her arms around his waist.
"Swift Heart, what are you doing?" Grumpy was rather surprised.
"It's just, seeing our daughter be mated and living with Arrow now, even when she comes back here and Trick is moving in to my old house soon, it just got me thinking," Swift Heart sighed and pulled Grumpy closer, "I'm going to miss being a mom so," she traced a finger on his chest, "I was thinking maybe we could try to have kids again."
"Really, are you sure?" Grumpy asked.
"Don't you want to be a dad again?" Swift Heart feigned being hurt as she asked.
"Well, I guess I would like to," Grumpy admitted, "But are you sure you want to. I mean we could just have some time to ourselves."
"We can, just not too long Grumpy. We'll have years to ourselves but I miss being a mom," she gave Grumpy a pleading look and he finally relented.
"All right Swift Heart, I can't resist you, you know that," he gave his wife a deep kiss.
"Good," she replied as they moved towards the bed in an embrace. Swift Heart giggled and shut off the lights.
Ruby had watched the mating ceremony with only half the attention she should have been giving it. It had caught her totally by surprise when she had seen Trick arrive with his parents. The scrawny, short hare with the too big ears she remembered was long gone, replaced by a tall, well-toned and muscled hare with an earring in one ear and an air of confidence around him. He looked bored being there and only moved away from Swift Heart and Grumpy to hug Arrow. Shaking her head she had moved closer to Orion and managed to not look at him again until the vows. But up till then she was constantly chastising herself for slipping up and letting him rattle her.
When they had been walking up to the ceremony space Trick had instantly found Ruby. She was only in her human form for a brief second to fix some of the sacred items but it was enough to make the breath catch in his throat. She was curvier then when he last saw her, but not much taller. And certain areas had filled out that he hadn't remembered seeing before. Her hair was still short but the way she carried herself was alluring. Her movements wanted whoever was looking at her to take an interest. As she regained her Pegasus form he sighed unhappily and told himself to not fall into that trap. He remembered how nasty she could be. Seeing her move to a stallion he allowed himself to show complete and utter disinterest. Whenever he found himself glancing their way during the ceremony he told himself he was letting his eyes wander and she kept getting in the way.
Afterwards both of them made their way to the food table and came face to face without realizing it. Ruby looked startled for only a second before her eyes hardened. "Hey Trick. Long time no see."
He smirked, "Has it been that long? You know I hadn't noticed. I've been busy."
"Pranking people I'm sure." Seeing her speaking to Trick, Orion came over and stood protectively at her side.
"Nah not so much these days. I built a motorcycle and she takes up most of my time. It's pretty, nice scarlet red."
Her eyes widened, "Red huh?"
Almost smiling at her in a friendly way, he seemed to think better of it and it turned into a sneer. "Don't flatter yourself Ruby. Her attitude is much better than yours. She doesn't chew my head off over stupid stuff."
The scowl returned, "You are such a jerk."
"The way I hear it, you're attracted to jerks. At least according to your track record." He nodded his head to Orion, "'Sup man."
The stallion snorted and made a small move at Trick but Ruby stopped him. "Let it go, he's not worth it. Believe me. Eventually he'll drive everyone away and all he'll have is that bike. Later Trick." Pushing Orion away they moved off.
Trick slammed his fist on the table in frustration. Why had he said that? She looked so excited by the bike color being red, but something had made him open his mouth and ruin that one glimmer of hope. Watching her leave, he couldn't help but miss her way deep down inside, but that feeling vanished when the current boy interest flashed magic filled eyes one last time at him.
A couple months later, Indy stood in front of Fauna and Blue. The day for his luring operation had come and he wanted to make sure everything was ready.
Due to the gravity of the situation he addressed them by their titles instead of just their names: "Kingsire Blue, Queendame Fauna. I am here at your request for my mission, is everything prepared?"
Fauna nodded, "Blue and I will be awaiting your 'distress' call when you are attacked by the Hunters. I will then swoop in with reinforcements. You have done us a great service over the years and have earned our protection."
"However you never officially swore yourself to our kind, making you able to provoke the Hunters." He grinned at the bear, "You are the loop hole we have been waiting for."
"I'm happy to aid you, especially if it is to rid the world of these Hunters," Indy nodded, "I just need a feather from one of you to help entice them into the trap," Indy nodded, "I can send the signal with magic now, thanks to White Fang."
"Take mine. Fauna is at enough risk by you dropping her name." Reaching around Blue gripped a few loose feathers in his teeth and pulled. He then dropped them at Indy's feet.
"Be careful Indy. I'd be a little miffed if anything happened to you." Fauna told him with a grin.
"Trust me, nothing will," Indy grinned back at Fauna, "Thanks to White Fang I'm even stronger than when I killed No-Heart." He scooped up the feathers, "I'll send you the signal as soon as I have their attention and I've mostly disarmed them."
She pawed and gave a little snort, "We'll be ready. This ends today." Blue nodded, "For all those we lost, this ends today."
A short time later Indy appeared outside the portal near to the main Hunter's headquarters.
"This should be the place, their forces should be gathering here," he spoke to himself. Hearing noises nearby he drew both his swords, the wooden in his left hand and the steel one in his right and edged carefully forwards, not wanting to get ambushed.
After some time Indy came across the camp in a clearing and noted the gathering. There were a few hundred maybe even a thousand or more gathered and they had a rather large stockpile of anti-immortal weapons: gold laced nets, firearms with bullets made of or mixed with gold, and even some melee weapons made of gold. Indy couldn't resist chuckling to himself.
"Those things can kill immortals, but gold makes such poor weapons," he said to himself, "I need to reduce the stockpiles before I get their attention, now how did this spell go," Indy sheathed his weapons, and put his hands together, concentrating on the magic he had learned, his form flickered and he became nearly invisible, a little motion blur but not enough to make it a problem.
Indy moved quickly and carefully through the camp to the stockpiles. A few Hunters felt him move past, but nothing caused a stir as people discussed the slaughter to come.
Finally, Indy managed to make it to the weapon stockpile, releasing his breath once he was inside. So far so good.
He couldn't create fire yet, thankfully he had the foresight to bring a book of matches with him and he carefully struck a few and tossed them around, close enough to the piles to start a fire but give him enough time to escape, which he did once he made himself invisible again.
Eventually the fire spread out and panic began.
"FIRE FIRE!" One of the leaders shouted as he saw the stockpile on fire, "Quick get water!"
"Sorry not today," Indy materialized on the edge of camp, releasing the magic he had been using, "Compliments of my friends," he added, tossing Blue's feathers forwards.
The Hunter snatched the feathers and looked intently at them. "They belong to those winged mutants! He's in league with them." Guns were cocked at Indy from those not trying to extinguish the flames. "Where did you get these? Show us or we will be forced to take unpleasant actions." He pointed his rifle between Indy's eyes. The one eye he had left glared down at the bear.
Indy remained calm, "Very well, follow me," Indy backed away carefully, silently casting the distress beacon as he led them back the way he came, hoping that he had cast it correctly.
The Hunters muttered to themselves as they followed Indy, not wanting to leave anything to chance. It was too convenient the way he had appeared with the Pegasus feathers, however they were desperate. Their one chance at killing the hated creatures off had been killed mysteriously himself.
Before they got too far a cascade of lights appeared out of the seemingly empty air, momentarily blinding them.
"You will never rise against us again Hunters. Your reign of terror ends now."
As their eyes cleared they saw they were surrounded by 2 dozen very angry looking pegasis.
"I knew it!" The one eyed Hunter set his sights on Fauna, "You!" She smirked, barring teeth and getting her eyes glowing, "You are mine. Time I finished what I started." With a whinny she charged the Hunter, gaining her wolf form as she did so. All around her subjects followed suite, picking Hunter targets and attacking them.
A number of Hunters backed up and took aim at the Pegasus with their weapons, but a voice stopped them.
"Sorry, not today!" Indy's sudden burst of speed seemed to come out of nowhere and he burst around the crowd, his sword flashing and vivisecting the few remaining golden weapons that they held, which fell to pieces around their feet. A few just stared in disbelief as Indy finished his attack: "I have no justification for killing you myself, but I will not let you kill any of the Pegasus." he stated coldly before turning away.
Indy grimaced as terrified screams and the sounds of death behind him picked up. He felt some pity for the Hunters and he knew he would likely face some questions about "just because you didn't kill them doesn't mean you're not at fault," but he'd seen what they tried to do to Fauna in the past, or at least what No-Heart had done that nearly killed her children before they were born, and he'd heard of when Swift Heart had nearly been killed saving Fauna, not to mention their endless and pointless vendetta they held against the Pegasus; with the Hunters gone then maybe the Pegasus would stop being so afraid and xenophobic of the outside world.
Indy sighed as the sounds of battle continued.
The Hunter had momentarily dislodged Fauna, and was holding his now useless shoulder as the deep bite wound bled freely. In his hand was a knife edged in gold. It had scored a few small wounds on her but nothing life threatening, not like she'd done.
Crouching Fauna didn't waste time with snappy comebacks and dramatic words to justify her actions. She had the taste of this Hunters blood on her teeth and she wanted him dead. Fear rolled off of him making the air bitter, he knew it was the end. Shifting into a lioness she leapt on the side of the broken arm and sank her teeth into the fragile flesh of his neck. He fell from her weight but managed to stab the knife once more into her shoulder. With a quick jerk of her head she snapped the Hunter's neck and felt his body go limp beneath her.
Roaring she let the others know her quarry was dead. Frightened Hunters all around her were beginning to surrender. Some still refused to go down without a fight however.
Eventually the sounds of the battle stopped and Indy turned back, grimacing at the sights and smells that greeted him. He shuddered but made his way over to the Pegasus who were surrounding those Hunters that had surrendered without a fight.
"Any causalities?" he asked.
"None, thanks to you," Fauna replied.
"What are you going to do with them?" Indy gestured to the cowering former Hunters.
"White Fang and the other shamans made a spell for this. If the survivors mean us no ill will they can live."
Red Snout took over for Fauna, "If however at any moment they think an ill thought towards us they will feel pain. The more deadly the thought or action the greater the pain will be." He was very excited by this prospect.
Fauna nodded "And if they don't agree to have the spell we will be more than happy to kill them now."
"Sounds reasonable," Indy nodded and stood aside to let them work their magic; this was far beyond what Indy was capable of for now.
Fauna nodded to those in her group that would be working the spell "Make it quick Frosty. I want to get back to Blue and tell him we did it."
"Uhhuh. That's why." The albino replied dryly getting snickers. Approaching the Hunters he and three others called up their magic. "For every bad thought there will be pain. For every evil deed conceived you will bleed. For every actual injury you will burn until you can hardly move. And if death is the end result you will not live to finish out your breath. So we bind you." The cloud of combined magic's fell on the Hunters making them shudder.
"Alright everyone. Let's go home." Fauna said. The former Hunters refused to look her way as she was covered in their leader's blood and her own wounds weren't clotted yet.
Indy returned with Fauna to the royal caves, he was relatively clean but he suspected that Fauna would want to get cleaned off as soon as possible.
Indy nodded to Blue as he approached Kingsire who spoke to them: "Mission accomplished?"
"It's done," Indy replied stoically, "I don't think anyone else needs to know about this," he added, referring to the other Care Bears.
"My thoughts exactly. Thank you so much Indy, we couldn't have done this without you. If there is ever anything we can do for you let me know."
Looking to Fauna he frowned at her appearance. "How much of that is your blood?"
"Just the fresh stuff. He had a gold knife so I'm not healing anytime soon." She had a huge grin on her face, "I could care less though. I feel like I've had a huge weight lifted from my shoulders." Her wings flapped in emphasis.
"Fauna! None of that till you stop bleeding." He was grinning though even as he scolded her.
"Thanks Blue, if I ever need anything I'll ask," Indy nodded, "But I'm good for now so I'll leave you two alone if you wish."
"Yes please!" She leant against Blue. "I want to celebrate never having to look over my shoulder again."
Blue didn't seem to object, his attention was entirely on his wife.
Indy nodded and turned to leave, heading for White Fang's home. It was quite a trek but he enjoyed the time to think as he made his way up to the colder parts of the falls; he didn't mind the cold and he suspected he used to be a polar bear, which was probably why he liked this part of the falls so much. He just shook his head as he approached White Fang's Igloo.
"You slippery little devil stop avoiding me!" White Fangs voice came through the icy walls, accompanied by bright flashes of light. "No not my crystals!" A loud crash sounded right as Indy reached the door followed by an angry groan.
"Something wrong White Fang?" Indy asked as he stepped into the igloo, not quite sure what to expect.
He was in his polar bear form swatting at several orbs of light floating around the room. As they moved they whistled and knocked things off their shelves.
"Oh good! I am so happy to see you Indy. These meschoogana lights are refusing to go into these orbs. Can you help me round them up?" He pointed a claw at some glass orbs on the floor.
"Sure, but how do I do that? Can I catch them with my hands?" Indy asked, looking at the lights floating around the room.
"Just use your hands!" White Fang instructed. Indy nodded and jumped at the orbs, managing to catch two of them and land without incident; whatever they were they struggled in his grip.
"So I just put them in the glass now right?" Indy asked.
White Fang swatted one of the lights into an orb into another hand. It bounced around inside trying to get out. "Just like that. Do it quick or they'll escape." Lunging for another one he missed and fell face first into the snow floor.
Indy shoved his two lights into a pair of orbs then went after the others with his hands.
With Indy's help the lights were all captured in short order, Indy sat down a bit tired from the day's events: "Phew, guess today's stuff took more out of me than I thought. So what are these things anyway?" Indy asked, gesturing to the glass balls that contained the lights.
"This is how the other shamans and myself will be seeing if the Hunters activate the spell we put on them. If they do the light will change to red. If the light goes out, it means they are-" He drug a claw across his throat. "I heard it went well, no casualties on our side and a jillion on theirs."
"Yeah, I destroyed their weapon stockpiles before the fight even started and took out most of the rest of their weapons myself," Indy sighed, "I didn't kill any of them, I had no reason to. Hopefully with that spell the rest of them will just try to forget about all of you and maybe the Pegasus will be more willing to visit Earth in the future."
The polar bear smiled in a very cat ate the canary way. "I know something you don't know. The king and some of the other immortal leaders are going to start sending ambassadors to earth to remind the world what it's like to have magic in it again. Just small groups of course, no need to give their tickers a start."
"Sounds like a good idea," Indy nodded, "With the recent peace progression humans might be more willing to accept this kind of world." Indy paused, "what other immortals are there?" he asked curiously.
He paused thinking, "Well just to name a few dragons, unicorns, centaurs, hurrocks, spidrens, basilisks, stormwings, merpeople, griffins, fae, wyverns and phoenixes."
"Yeesh, that's a lot of hidden races," Indy held his head, "Anything I should be aware of going forwards?"
"Not all of them are so pleasant sooooo there will be some choice words in the future. But I'm excited for this. It will be good to all be together again." He moved to his food area, "Now would you care for a little nosh?"
"Sure I could use a meal," Indy stood up as he moved over to White Fang's food area, "What with everything today I'm really hungry."