A.N. This chapter is a little different then the others! For the first time in a while, we get different Povs, and not at all the ones you would be expecting. So without Further Ado, let's get this show on the road!

Morton SR.

An annoyed sigh left the Elder Koopa's lips as he heard yelling and fighting outside. Couldn't Ariyana have moved them AWAY from the ruins?

A holoscreen appeared before him. It showed a very unamused King Bloodstone.

"Morton."

"King Bloodstone."

"We have captured Commander Toadstool."

He looked up from his work.

"..And? Is she already with you?"

"On the airship. She is almost to us."

"I want her after you are finished with her." Morton intoned,"She was one of my greatest experiments. I want to ensure I can continue my experiments."

"Of course. Think of it as payment for all you have done for us over the years."

Morton raised an eyebrow at his unusual choice of words.

"Should I head down there now?"

"Yes. We may have need of you, old friend."

Morton terminated the comm and stood up. His bones felt like creaking everytime he walked. His fire wasn't as strong as it used to be, he found. But he couldn't lose it now. He had to see this through to the very end.

As he entered the elevator, he cursed Bloodstone for not installing one more his size. With this one, he had to stoop and slide in sideways. And even then, his enormous curled horns still brushed against the ceiling.

He hunched down in the elevator.

" make it snappy." He growled at the elevator.

The elevator shot down so fast, Morton's horns cracked against the ceiling. It soon opened to reveal a rocky tunnel.

"You think he'd fix the fucking entrance to his kingdom." He muttered as he walked through the tunnel. It was lit by glowing bugs inside lamps. He had been told a while back that these bugs were native to the underground.

As his eyes adjusted, he could see dozens of homes carved from the very rock itself. He could see some of the fear-filled denizens peeking at him from their windows. He bared his teeth and relished their cries of fear as they retreated.

The castle loomed ahead, bigger than life. He moved closer and, as he did, he could see guards all around. There seemed to be more than usual. That almost made it seem like they expected Raven to be a threat.

The guard at the door quickly hurried to open the door for him. The guard appeared to be a lowly looking emerald. It was plain in appearance and not much to look at.

Morton eagerly awaited the return of Diamond. At least with him, they had more to discuss. Both were equally sadistic in their tendancies. The only one more sadistic than Diamond was Morton himself. Then Bloodstone. But he was in a completely different category.

He was lead to the enormous throne room, where Bloodstone sat, drumming his fingers against the arm of his throne. Bloodstone looked up, and his lips were pressed tightly together.

"Took you long enough." He snapped.

"I don't move as I used to." Morton shot back, "I think you can wait."

Bloodstone snarled. His teeth were now bared at Morton.

"Watch yourself, reptile."

"You watch yourself before I unleash my flame upon you and your kin."

Behind the King, two enormous rock formations arose. One was made of Diamond, one of Amber. Both were in the shape of a pulsating human heart. Both pulsed as if they had a life of their own. Jammed into the Amber heart was a sword made of the same pulsating diamond. There seemed to be a dark aura radiating from the sword that would make even the most brave men uneasy.

"I don't see the airship." Morton commented. He had seen the formations a million times before.
"It's been of Ariyana's pets have gotten loose."

Morton pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I thought she had gotten rid of those?"

"You know how she is. She's a scientist at heart." Bloodstone rolled his eyes at that. "I believe you should be here when we bring forth your experiment."

Morton grinned.

"Of course I should be. She will be very busy being operated on after you're done with her." He had big plans for the commander. ANd none of them didn't involve pain. He would make her pay for throwing a wrench into their plans. Especially for the Sarasaland incident.

Bloodstone threw back his head and laughed. It was a cold laugh that sent a chill rippling through the room. Morton, however, didn't seem to react to it.

"I plan on breaking the heartstone of the commoners," He gestured to the AMber one, "Making a new one and creating subjects with some fucking spine. They RUN when they see me. Cowards is all I see. And when this war is done, all will be remade." His eyes gleamed with malice.

Morton nodded, deep in thought.

"And the royals we capture?"

"They will learn why it is a bad idea to leave Crystal people so deep underground,in our mother element. Where we can plan and build." He stood up and walked over to the formations. "Where we can plot our revenge."

That answer didn't even make fucking sense, Morton thought to himself, though he had the common sense to be silent.

"And then we shall rule the above while they waste away down here. You'll be wanting Darkland, yes?"

"Of course. Ariyana wants Sarasaland. Quartz wants the Mushroom Kingdom. But that's because she is "Peach" right now."

Bloodstone shook his head. A bemused expression was on his face.

"Quartz is full of herself. But she has earned it. But if she's put a scratch on the commander more then necessary-" He barked an order to one of his servants. The servant brought two glasses, one of which Morton took.

"A toast to our future." Bloodstone intoned."Shall I have our little friend here take out the nuisances Ariyana is battling?"

Morton turned his gaze to the person in the shadows beside the throne.

"Yes. I believe it is time for him to make his entrance."

And with that, the teen stepped from the shadows. He was overweight with greasy yellow hair and bloodshot eyes. There seemed to be something...off about him.

"Pokey. Time to get to work."

"Yes sir." And an enormous metal behemoth appeared behind him.

ARIYANA

The woman was running towards her creation. It lay on its side, thrashing in its death throes. It was charred to a crisp at this one had been her favorite. It had always been very obedient to her. It behaved much better then her own daughters.

Peach, who had never really bonded with her, always off with her father. Daisy, her own, but too headstrong to follow in her footsteps. And Raven...

Raven she could work with.

She rubbed her hand against the red marks on her neck. Raven had the potential to be just as sadistic as her. She just needed a little push.

If she was lucky, Quartz was giving her that push now.

Screens appeared around her now. If she could reach her droids, she could end this quickly enough. They were a coproject between herself and Morton. If they were unleashed-

"It's over, your highness," Zelda's voice was harsh as she yanked Ariyana up by the hair.

Ariyana reached for her screen quickly. Her hand was caught deftly by Ganondorf.

"I don't think so. I'll take your hands off if you try that again, Queen Ariyana."

Her other creations were fleeing, probably back down to her lab. She made a mental note to destroy those two. Fear was something she had no tolerance for.

One of their sages, the eldest she believed, was dying noisily behind her. During the first wave of attacks, he'd not been able to move in time. Her creation had taken a large bite out of his side. The sand around him eagerly drank up the redness that was flowing from him. She knew that the Zora princess was tending to Darunia, Her creation had taken his arm right off when he'd tried to attack it. A swell of pride filled her at the memory.

"You were a good boy, subject X-25," She spoke to the creature, "I'll make sure to burn your body properly when we're done here." Her tone was almost affectionate. She had a great affection for that creature.

"Ariyana. You will tell us all we need to know," Zelda's voice cut right through her musings, " Or I may have to let Ganondorf rough you up."

A stab of annoyance went through Ariyana. My god this woman liked to squawk, didn't she? But Ariyana knew things that would make this girl's hair curl.

"What, will Sheik be making an appearance too, Queen Zelda?" She spat. She relished the look of horror on Zelda's face as she flinched.

"Hold your tongue, or I'll rip it out Queen Ariyana." Ganondorf snapped. Even the Hero of Time looked about ready to attack her. She knew that this one was in love with Zelda, the poor stupid fool.

Ariyana closed her eyes briefly. And that was when she heard it. A metallic whirring.

A stab of hope went through her. Was it one of her droids? No, it couldn't be. Her droids didn't sound like that.

"Your Highness," A demure voice spoke, "The King thought you might need aid?"

Ariyana glanced up, hands now free as Ganondorf was sent flying by Pokey.

"Pokey." Her voice was cold. She didn't much care for the boy. He was too much of an ass kisser. And the demon inside him didn't help things at all.

"Your highness." He repeated. His voice may be demure, but she could see traces of the demon's influence on the teen. Around his eyes, and she suspected most of his body, there were cracks almost as if he was made from a fine porcelain or china. The whites of his eyes were a yellowish black.

"I trust that you can deal with these intruders, demon spawn?" Ariyana snapped out, retrieving her glasses from the sand below her. She brushed them off and placed them back on.

"Yes. Yes I can," Pokey turned to the enormous Starman beside him. For a moment, his eyes went a milky white as he placed his hand against the STarman.

"Leave none alive," Pokey's voice almost seemed to crackle with how unnatural it sounded,"Bring me their heads."

The Starman stared down at him. Almost as if studying him. Then it nodded.

"Acknowledged. Initiating Hyrule destruction sequence." The Starman lifted itself into the air. The darkened sky grew lighter as the stars began to glow brighter then normal. The Starman began to glow as well.

"P.K. Starstorm." It intoned, "And may it bury you."

"Pokey!" Ariyana yelled to be heard as the attack happened, "We need to get out of here! We will get hit!"

Pokey looked back at her.

"You know that name is dead to me." His tone was dark.

"I refuse to call you the idiotic name you now call yourself. NOW MOVE."

She tackled him out of the way as a meteor barely hit them, setting her creation on fire.

Her heart ached for her creation as she saw it burn. But she had no time to think about it as Pokey dragged her along.

"Quickly now. The ship just came out of the tunnel. And there's a lot of blood."

CRYSTAL KINGDOM

Morton and Bloodstone both stood in the docking bay as the enormous ship emerged from the tunnel. The ship appeared to have taken it's sweet time getting there.

As it rested in its berth, a ramp was thrown hastily from the ship.

The first one off the ship was the Peach fake, Quartz, who immediately knelt in front of her king. Blood stained all the front of her dress.

"My king, I brought you a present!" She said in a singsong tone, her eyes on the ground still." Boys! BRING HER FORWARD. TAKE OUT THE OTHER ONE IF SHE STRUGGLES MIND THE BLOOD."

Even as she said that, screaming could be Jasper soldiers walked down the ramp, dragging a struggling Raven between them. It was clear she was the source of the screaming. But it wasn't screams of anger. And it was easy to see why.
While her left eye was whole and perfectly intact, her right eye was a ruinous mess of pus and blood. The thick mixture was trailing down her cheek. Her nose and possibly her collarbone as well had both been fractured.

She still seemed to have a bit of spirit left, however. When she saw Morton, she spat in his direction as hard as she could.

"Traitorous fuck."

"Quartz. I believe I said I wanted her intact." Bloodstone's voice was cold.

Quartz's head whipped up quickly.

"Father," SHe protested, "She struggled as she was brought on deck. She killed several of our best men. I-"

"I cannot believe I sired such a disobedient child. Morton, if you would?"

Quartz's protests were drowned out as Morton Sr unleashed a torrent of reddish orange flame at her. Quartz began to shriek and scream in terror as her very body began to crumble into nothing. Even the Jasper soldiers had to look away, although they kept their grip on Raven.

Only when Quartz was nothing did Bloodstone turn his gaze onto the Commander.

"Apologies for her insolence," Bloodstone simpered,"So HARD to find good help around here."

As he took her chin into his hand, perhaps to examine the wound, he swore as she bit down on his hand as hard as she could.

"Venemous little viper, aren't you? Welcome to TotecXiprosis. I trust you know you've already lost?"

Raven stared at him with her one good eye.

"No. It's only begun," She wheezed out, "It starts with this. Even if you kill all of us, thousands more will rise to take our place. No one will allow your reign to rebellion has only begun."

Morton stepped in front of her.

"No. For you, little blackbird, its ended."

And then he injected her right in the neck, causing her to instantly go limp.

"Take her to the Throne Room." Bloodstone instructed the Jasper soldiers. "I'm going to question her VERY thoroughly."

END OF BOOK 3