Judas and Sky were still snickering as they wandered down the halls, Nora trailing behind, looking around the castle through her hair. Finally being given the opportunity to check out another kingdom without er parent's aid was a whole new experience for her. Especially since she was allowed proper alone time with judas and sky, not at any large wild party, or at a guarded meeting. Though as expected, she wasn't much of a talker, though she seemed to enjoy her company nonetheless.

After they finished laughing, judas looked behind him and immediately noticed the half monster's less then happy face. He bit his lip before ushering her to walk with them, and in between them. Her face was red and her voice was still small and shy. "Um, sorry about the commotion back there, you probably weren't expecting so many guests, but i assure you they're all cool! Luna is well, she's a bit demanding but it's nothing to worry about!", he was trying to make the girl feel better but honestly he wasn't sure how to make the situation more comforting for her.

Though sky had been reluctant to nora coming before, she seemed to have pulled herself together as she attempted to cheer the girl up herself. "Honestly, i'm glad your parents finally gave in and let you hang out! Those guys can be sticks in the mud sometimes.". Nora blinked at her before speaking a little, "Your mom wanted me there so badly, she had to tell my parents i would be under protection 24/7 in order to convince them to even let me come.".

Sky's interest peaked, "Mom lied huh? Well, whatever gets you outta their hair i guess.". The slimy girl parted some hair from her face, not really looking at her companions, "I'm sorry, I'm being a distraction, aren't I?". Judas wrapped an arm around her before pulling back, as that may of been too fast, "What, no no ! Nora, we're happy to have you here. I've been wanting to talk to you for awhile, since you...well you kinda stopped answering my texts..".

"Oh, i'm sorry, my parents confiscated my phone, I think they found out i was talking to you.", her answer seemed to at least reassure judas of not hurting her feelings or anything. "Oh, i'm sorry, that really sucks, i hope you get it back eventually", however, sky butted in, "No judas, you don't have to apologize for that. You're a totally cool guy and her folks are paranoid as all heck. Uh...no offense.". Nora didn't seem to mind though, "No, it's fine, they're just scared considering half monsters are considered well...yeah.".

"Well, you're perfectly cool around us! No hate against monsters here!"

Nora still wasn't looking at them though, preferring the ground.

"This castle is nice, bigger then ours.", nora was not very good at making conversation, reducing to not much else but small talk. Sky could only do the best she could, passing by some murals, "Yeah, but you get lost in it fast, i hear yours is in the middle of a beautiful forest?.". Nora nodded slowly, "It's not as pretty when you spend most of your time using your slime to cure infections, then it just comes off like a death trap. Your gardens are just...safer...more kept, relaxing.".

"Well yours are more exciting!".

"Heh, not really, you guys just have so much more...like parents, who like to play games all the time and let you have fun and stuff. It's boring back home in my kingdom.", was it just her, or was nora smiling a bit now? Nonetheless, this seemed to make judas feel better, seeing nora smile, "Eh, the stuff we all get into doesn't always mean "Fun", the two of us have kinda almost died at some point. And our folks, well, our folks are great but they have their own sets of issues honestly, sometimes i don't think my parents can keep their hands off each other."

"I think it's romantic."

"Hm?".

"That so many years later, they're still so loving and affectionate? Not many couples retain that after so long, right?", she was blushing, eyes shifting away. "My parents said...they've been together since they they were teens, and well...they're still just as in love now? I mean...they look so happy...".

"That's true...".

She smiled even wider, less shy and almost laughing, "There's something nice about knowing they're still just as happy as adults as they were before they were married. They're just, so nice together.". Then she dimmed down, "Well, I think so at least...", she got embarrassed so easily, as though afraid to speak her mind sometimes in front of...well..anyone. Judas reassured her though with a smile, "No it's fine, honestly, i'm glad you like them, though trust me, sometimes you really do think they outta find a room for a bit when you live with them.".

"Really?", she mumbled, "How come?".

"The affection is sweet, don't get me wrong, but well...sometimes when they do it...it really isn't a good time. Sky's parents like each other a lot, but they don't show constant affection like my folks do, and it does fine for them, and...probably makes dinner less weird.". Sky snorted, "My moms' idea of a romantic getaway is to go hunt for ghosts in abandoned towns, so yeah, they got their own way of being romantic.". Nora sighed, "My folks like to collect leaves and make medicine?".

"That sounds alright", the princess shrugged, not wanting to crap on nora's words, though nora herself didn't seem to think of her folk's endevours as very interesting herself. She was quiet, and sky stopped in her tracks in front of a painting. Judas and nora stopped with her, as sky looked up at it, it was one of her and her parents. The painting it itself was a royal one, typically shown to portay the royal family in a positive and powerful light, and sky found herself looking to her mother.

Her mother, who was also the mother of four other girls trapped in this very same castle. She couldn't help but think about her conversation with lexi, it creeped into her mind as she looked into the eyes of her mother's portrait. Her mind became dark and she couldn't help but speak up.

"Hey, what do you guys think of my mom, as in, super powerful queen mom?", the two blinked at her, that was a change in subject alright.

"Well, i think your mom did a lot of good, and well, she's very popular and preppy, and she is kinda friends with everyone.", the demon answered honestly, and nora followed up behind a bit after. "She's really tough, and is good at getting what she wants...", sky thought for a moment, "You think that maybe, I've been kinda putting her on too much of a pedestal? As in, do you think i'm wrong for thinking she's so perfect all the time and all that?".

"Sky?".

"I just want an answer.".

Her friend stepped forward, stuttering for the right words, "Well, no, I mean, Since we were kids all we heard about was your mom's achievements and well...it's kinda rare to hear much bad about her. It's not wrong for you to think she's the way you've been made to believe for years.". Sky still had her back turned to them though, so he kept going, "But, at the same time, yeah, she probably has done and can do some pretty bad stuff, i mean, everyone can do that. I don't think your mom is a perfect person if that's what you're asking.".

"It's just, i'm so pressured by everyone to be like her, and well...I guess i never really thought of her being y'know...not what everyone says? You hear it so many times you start to believe it and well, i kinda wonder if maybe, i just don't know her, like...REALLY know her.", judas looked to nora and quietly asked to excuse them for a second, walking up to sky. "One of the girls spoke to you, didn't they? About your mom in their universe?", judas, observant as always.

"Yeah...".

"She was bad?".

"Yeah, and it's just...i never thought my mom could be...like THAT, y'know?".

"But Sky, that's not who she is here, I mean. Maybe she's bad in other worlds, but just because you share your mom with thousands of other kids out there doesn't mean she's the same person!". He looked over to make sure nora was still here as he whispered to his friend, "We're all kinda capable of bad stuff, it just depends on your choices. The girls, you know they come from alternate realities, our parents...well...alternate versions of them have to exist as well.".

Sky was quiet.

"Don't let this get to you, those aren't your actual mom, you know whose your actual mom, even if she's not the best herself.". Sky nodded, "Sorry, i might've flipped out a sec there, i think i need to stop thinking about these other worlds, they might be getting to me.". Jude placed a hand on his friend's shoulder, "I think we're better off not knowing so much about the other worlds, they might well, do this to us. Ruin our own dimension for us.".

"Yeah, you're right.".

"Let's just enjoy the rest of tonight, you ok with that?"., his friend nodded before they turned around the address nora, but to their surprise, nora wasn't there anymore. At first, they both felt their heart stop, until they spotted a trial of slime on the floor, from the princess's hair. "C'mon, she'll get lost in here...let's go find her", sky took jude's arm and followed the trail all the way to what sky knew was a hall closet for servants to get cleaning tools from. Opening the door to find Nora inside.

"Nora, you scared us...what are you doing in-?".

Then the demon froze.

She was huddled against the wall, sad expression on her face and hair covering herself.

"Nora?".

"W-We didn't mean to leave you out like that-".

"I shouldn't be here...", she mumbled out, tears down her face, and making the royals pause. "Nora...no, of course you should be here! W-we love having you here! It's a perfect place for you to take a break and talk with us and-".

"I didn't want to be here with all these people, and...i don't know what to do! and it feels like...like...". She wiped her face, "You two are so close, and...i'm just...i have nothing, my parents never let me go to any of these things and everyone thinks i'm a freak and-". She felt two bodies sit next to her, "I can't handle being at parties like this, i'm not good with people and no one wants me here and-".

"Nora, we didn't-".

"It's not your fault...it's me, i-I'm panicking again.", she hugged her legs closer to her, "I keep telling myself to talk and make friends but...i can't do that, you guys have been friends for years. I-I can't convince myself to be like that, i can't even look at a person! You both just...care about each other so much and spend so much time together and...i'm just better off being hid. I want to do so much more, but...I can't convince myself to do it, i'm gonna freeze up and they'll all see it and...". Guess her parents keeping her from the adventure life had gotten to her more then they thought.

"Nora, me and sky...well, we aren't exactly the best either, at being social and handling new situations.", a light green eyes peeked out to judas, "But, trying new things is the best way to well, do anything that's scary. It's easier to run of course, but well, you might regret not going through with it.". Then sky butted in, "Like, you FINALLY got away from your parents, and i know that's probably really freaky, but you've been wanting something like this for a while right? Might as well try it, trying won't hurt you and if you wanna leave, well, leave."

"I think you did rather well, during the ball, i loved talking to you.", judas added, trying to make her feel better, "You know me and sky, you don't have to worry about what we think of you. Just talk to the others, trust me, they'll love you!". The girl looked unsure but judas stood up, "You trust me right? I'll make sure no one picks on you.". The slimy girl thought for a moment before taking the boy's hand, "I'm sorry for freaking out, I-I...I get like this when...I'm put into uncomfortable situations...".

"It's cool, you're new to this, nothing to be ashamed of."

Sky followed behind, "Yeah, trust us, the other girls are WAY weirder then you.". Judas almost shot sky a look but nora seemed to be a bit more reassured thanks to sky's words. She finished wiping her eyes and judas found her arm wrapping around his for safety, "Ok, I'll...i'll go with it...I just hope your friends don't...think i'm odd or anything.". They left the closet, judas taking nora up ahead and sky coming in from behind. The castle had always been rather creepy at night, and that hadn't changed to sky despite the years.

There were some servants walking around at times, and of course some guards were working, but most of the time everyone was asleep. Her moms were going to check in later with them, but until then, they were all left on their own. She kept up with the others before noticing out of the corner of her eye, someone moving down the hall? They moved so fast she had barely seen them, were they wearing...a dress? Was it one of her moms? Sky stopped in her tracks for a second, staring at the hallway for a moment in curiosity.

"Sky? You coming?".

"Sorry i just thought i saw someone walking around...", judas bit his lip and walked over to her, "What kinda person?". Sky could only stratch her head, "I dunno, i didn't see their face, they were in a hurry though...", but judas looked to nora, "We should catch up with everyone, we can inform a guard if you're worried.". Sky lingered on the scene for a bit before nodding, the three resuming their walk back to find everyone else, though it wasn't hard considering the rukus that could be heard from the room they had been sent to.

The kids were watching a movie alright, a fantasy one. But clearly the group had walked on one of the scarier parts in the movie judging by mason hiding behind a pillow, sunny yelping a bit, and lexi...clapping? Celeste already passed out and coral was still hooked to her game. Melaine was found in the room, writing stuff down in her journal, but for some reason luna wasn't with her. Bernard and Landon seemed to still be out though, unsurprisingly.

Judas seemed to immediately point to sunny and galexia as his best bet to bond with nora, prompting her over to the girls to do a proper introduction. While Sky immediately walked over and tapped melaine on the shoulder, "Mel, uh...where's luna?". Melanie was startled at first, but brightened up at the sight of her friend before answering her, "Oh, she stepped out a bit, i thought she was going off to find you?". Sky blinked at her in awe, "Wait, do you know where she went?".

"Nope!".

Well, that wasn't a good sign.

"So, luna just wandered off somewhere in the castle?", her friend nodded, and sky immediately turned to judas, who was still helping nora make friends. Or at least, help the girl come out of her shell when it came to meeting new people. Sunny was already in the process of complimenting the girl's hair when Judas felt sky tug on his shirt, pulling him back. "Sky? Wha-", she grabbed his shirt and looked him in the eyes, though it was hard when he was way taller then her.

"Luna is gone!".

"Wait, what?"

"You heard me, she left to go look for us or something."

"Well, i'm sure she'll be back, she knows her way around sky, nothing to panic about, just give her a call ok?", he patted her shoulder, "Sky, c'mon now, luna wanders off all the time and you know it, just go call her and i'm sure she'll rejoin. C'mon, let's just focus on having fun the rest of the night, there will be time for worrying and talking after everyone has fallen asleep. Oh, and maybe talk to the nearest guard if you're still worried someone is walking around.".

He walked away to rejoin nora and sunny and sky hoffed.

He was right, and she knew it.

But, she still didn't like luna walking around on her own. Maybe sky was paranoid because of the person walking around or how dark the place was or maybe that luna was up to something but she was a lot more anxious about this then judas. She pulled out the compact, leaning against the wall and sighing as she texted the blonde, honestly she felt like maybe her worry just came from the fact she didn't trust luna's word that she was actually looking for them.

She was so desperate for anything, she probably was sneaking out to do something more unsavory.

And she was still mad with judas for not telling her what was stolen.

The girl eyed the door, maybe she should go after her? Just in case? Though she didn't even really know where she was either so where she would even start was the real question, luna could be anywhere as long as she had her wand on her person. But then again, judas was probably right that sky was thinking about this too hard, she kinda did jump to conclusions in assuming something was up. However, as the minutes passed, there was no reply from luna, making sky bite her lip.

The movie ended, and sky was seriously debating heading out as she saw melaine grab a flashlight from one of her small pj pockets and raise it to the ceiling. "WHO WANTS TO TELL SCARY STORIES!?", it almost startled sky but it was clear by the reaction of the audience there was a clear "No" on their faces. Celeste was even woken up by her screaming and replied by trying to cover her ears. However, despite the clear protest, melaine started up one anyway, as expected.

"Ever heard of...the doll that eats flesh? it's one of my favorite scary kid's books!"

Judas immediately tried to reach for her flashlight, "Mel, please, we don't want to hear scary stories.". Nora was no longer hiding behind her hair, a little more comfortable then she was before, though despite not really wanting to hear a scary story, still sounded curious. "Scary book series?", melaine nodded, "Yeah, i mean, i forgot what it was called, but it's like, a bunch of scary books for kids, it was a super best seller for years! I own the whole collection.".

Of course she did.

"Ok so, this guy has this doll, it's super old and fancy and he finds it at a garage sale and gives it to his daughter, but like, then the creepy doll starts moving on it's own and comes to life and her dog runs into it and-", suddenly the door opened, a pink demon and human stepping through. Landon and Bernard saw the faces of the room, who all got startled by their entrance , and wondered exactly what they had walked in on. Though Judas looked more then thankful they interrupted.

"Um...sorry?", Bernard awkwardly waved as sky walked over and pushed the boys forward, "Well, at least you guys came back from...whatever you two were doing. You two weren't doing anything bad right?". Landon shot her an embarrassed look, bernard just clapped his hands together, "Ah well, sorry we were gone so long, me and landon were ah...well he wanted to show off his violin and i wanted to show off some of my magic tricks and well-".

"YOU DO MAGIC!?"

Sunny jumped over the couch perfectly and ran over to the human, "Oh my god! How many spells do you know? Do you have a wand? Can you-". The boy put his hands out, smiling but very overwhelmed, "Well, no, it's well, human magic, i mean, i can do card tricks, coin tricks, and i'm currently trying to well...learn how to cough stuff up." Celeste groggily sat back up, clearly she wasn't getting any sleep with all these people around, "Ugh, coughing up what now?".

"As in, swallowing something and making your body cough it back up, It's well...a tougher practice then other acts but i think it would come in handy. As long as i don't swallow something i probably shouldn't be swallowing just yet.". Melaine looked a bit bothered her story got interrupted, but she blew it off fast to start talking about magicians that she knew and everyone got annoyed all over again. Sky couldn't help but smirk, but she still had to go find luna.

She bit her lip and coughed, getting everyone's attention, "Ok guys, so...we're missing luna, i dunno if she's lost of whatever but she's not checking her compact, whatever she's doing. So, i'm gonna go look for her, i guess if you guys want to help you can, maybe. Well, not all of you.". There was silence for a bit, but then bernard raises his hand, "I'll help find her, in fact...", then he grabbed landon's arm, "We'll both help find her.". In addition, much to her surprise, nora raised a hand, "I-I'll go, if that's ok...".

And like chain reaction, Judas followed behind.

"I'll be here, watching the kids...", coral said, had she even looked up from her game all night? Sky gave her a look before turning to sunny, "Uh...sunny, how about you stay here, you're tough, if anything happens, just let us know, you and mason can hold the fort i'm sure.". They were only stuck with celeste, who was tired as heck, galexia who was well, galexia, coral who probably wouldn't be doing much unless prompted to, and melaine. So they'd be fine on their own with everyone else.

Except.

"WAIT! I WANNA HELP!"

Melanie rushed forward, "I was the last one who saw her right? So it only makes sense i got, c'mon, let me on a mission sky, please?" To be fair, it wasn't technically a "Mission" like the ones Melanie knew of in stories, but at the same time Melanie had been begging to go on one of sky's "Adventures" since forever. Sky, despite judas's unhappy looks, nodded, "Eh, sure, why not, the more the merrier i guess. But uh, you outta be paired with someone who knows the castle well so...".

"Landon, bernard, you're a team, me and mel can be on a team, and judas and nora can be their own little team. Cool? Cool.", separating Bernard and Landon would look odd and Judas and melaine never got along so there was really only one way of doing this, besides. No one seemed to be protesting about their assigned teams teams, judas putting his hands on his hips, "We'll take the right wing, you girls take the left, landon and bernard can check the main corridors and central parts of the castle. We know luna couldn't have gone too far, just call when she's found, cool?"

"Cool.", said everyone in agreement.

They split, landon , judas, and sky leading the ways for their respective teams.

And the hunt was on.


"This place is cooler then your castle, i mean, in temperature, not in style...", Bernard walked alongside landon, who held a weak flame he has created in his palm, "So you really do live underground? In hot environments?". Landon nodded, "Yeah, everything's sorta underground, we have to go to the surface if we ever want to enjoy weather and we sorta have some kinda of sky? But it's kinda more magic then anything so it's not really the same as the actual one..".

"Well, i thought your place looked...nice, i honestly can't believe you're a prince.", landon shrugged, "Well, you're not the only one..". And bernard, noticing the tone of the boy's voice, suddenly tried to apologize, "I-I didn't mean it like that, it's more like, well...I can't believe I've gotten to meet someone as cool as you! Being in the presence of a prince, well, it's so interesting. You're not like what i imagined a prince to be, you're...so much more, like me. ". Landon smirked, "Yeah, that sounds more like my brother...judas...".

"He seems nice...".

Landon grumbled, "Yeah, he's...nice..".

The tensions in the boy's voice told bernard to drop it, guess there was some stuff between them landon didn't want to speak about. Landon seemed happy earlier, showing bernard some of his favorite items in his room and everything else they talked about together, but it seemed family was a more sensitive subject. Landon's emotions seemed to be affecting his flame a bit, which was already pretty small as is, and bernard wrapped an arm around him, hoping to relax him.

"So luna? Blonde, blue eyes, looks disapproving at everyone?".

'Yeah.", back on focus, landon's flame was a bit bigger and better.

"You know landon, this is kinda fun, i mean, it's also completely creepy and i'm probably going to have nightmares tonight. But at the same time i like getting to know your friends, and your world is all pretty interesting, i hope we get to hang out more...out here. If that's ok?". Landon bumped him, "Yeah, that's ok, I uh...I'd like having some company here, royal life can kinda get boring.". He took a look through an open door as bernard followed suit, "Being a prince can get boring?".

"Well, i'm not the first in line, so all i do is be prepared in case something bad happened to my brother. So I just kinda well...sit in my room and do chores and whatever I guess...cause well...i dunno what to do really", landon closed the door, and kept a move on, "I just...I don't get to do much...around here". His friend crossed his arms, "Well, I only just moved into my new house, so i guess we both have time to kill.". Landon nodded ,"Yeah that'd be cool...".

"I'm so used to moving it makes it hard to...make friends y'know? but with you...it's kinda cool i can well...come here any time from any place...", from his pockets he pulled out a pair of dimensional scissors, showing them off before packing them up. "Yeah, just don't tell my parents you have those, i mean, we have tons of them to spare, but if they hear about it...hekapoo will probably hear about it and it just leads to stuff that you don't wanna be apart of...".

"You seem to trust me a lot...".

Landon felt himself blushing, "Well, yeah...I mean...", he was having a hard time focusing on the mission at hand, kinda more or less pretending to search rather then actually searching. "It's just...I dunno, we've just been talking for some time and you just...", he could feel bernard's smile on him, and he stopped speaking, making the human laugh. "Ah, nothing to be embarrassed about, I appreciate the trust. Though I don't understand why you think i'm anyone worthy enough to hang out with you...I just feel, you could honestly do better...being royalty..".

Landon was about to say something when he heard a noise from another room, "Hmm?".

The boys ran inside, the room was empty, but on the floor there was a single compact, lying down on the floor.

Luna's compact.

Landon picked it up before turning to bernard, "Well, we know she was in here, so that's something...". He turned on the lights of the room to get a good look at it, finding it was only a room of portraits, mostly of past queens, the room in itself was clearly meant for lounging. Landon hummed but it didn't seem like anything in here was messed with, it was probably just likely she walked in and it just slipped out of her pjs. He pocketed it and pulled out his own compact, texting his brother.

"Well, she's not in there...".

Bernard looked a bit concerned as he pocketed his hands and furrowed his brows, "You don't think she got kidnapped or anything...right? I mean, stuff like that happens in castles sometimes and well...i'd be worried if we're trapped in here with someone.". Landon sighed, "It's probably nothing, i mean, the whole castle is full of servants anyway, someone would've known if something happened, i mean like...they kidnapped a knight? Like, luna was the best here i think?".

"Well, are the guards here...i mean, is the security system any good?", judging by the demon's face, that was probably a no. "It's well, it's better then it used to be, the new head knights sorta helped, but well, some of the guards are not at their best...but like, maybe i'm not the person to ask.". Landon pocketed his compact and turned away, "Look, we'll be fine, just say close to me and i'll...take care of it if anything does happen in here, in the middle of the night.".

Bernard nodded, "Alright, so should we find the others or-?".

He tapped his friend on the shoulder and landon turned back to him, only to find his face was a little too close to the human then he would've liked, landon blushed then turned his head, "Yeah, let's do that, before they get hurt or something.". Landon started to walk away and bernard smirked as he followed the demon, "Alright.".


Judas headed down what he counted as the fifth hallway of locked doors, Nora following behind, a large flame coming from his hand to light his way. No doubt servants were sleeping behind these doors and luna probably wasn't here. She left her compact behind according to his brother, so texting her was a bust. But the fact she hadn't turned up yet made judas feel incredibly uncomfortable walking around at night, luna was not exactly a friendly person all the time but she was more then capable to take care of herself and it wasn't a good sign she seemed missing.

Then again, it was also entirely possible she was just sneaking around in places she shouldn't be and was completely fine. Though why she ended up leaving her compact in an random room was beyond him, where was she even trying to go. Was the castle in layout just a bit different in her reality? Either way judas was not having a ton of luck in finding her, he couldn't even call out her name because it'd be rude to disturb the ones sleeping around here.

Even the guards were useless, they didn't recall seeing her at all.

Where the heck was she?

Nora stayed close behind the demon, just or safety in case she needed it. The light of the flame seemed to make her feel more comfortable walking around in the castle, though judas partially wished he left her with sunny and galexia. Those girls looked happy to meet her and nora, though nervous about them, seemed to be flattered they thought she was pretty and her slimy hair wasn't gross. Not to mention offering to braid it and draw with them.

She should be having fun, and making friends, not wandering around a creepy castle with him.

Where she could get hurt.

"Judas, I-I know you'll find her...", she said softly, "Don't worry...". There she was, being her supportive self again, at least she was trying to calm judas's worries. "I'm sure we'll find her, though...there's no denying it's a bit scary to not hear from her and find her compact laying around. Luna's tough, and i don't know about her being...kidnapped exactly, but there's something suspicious about this and the sooner we find her the better." Even if luna didn't have knight skills, she would STILL be able to take anyone down, using her wand as a last resort.

Would a kidnapped have been prepared for that, what would they even want with her anyway? Was it the person responsible for the girl's situation, coming to claim them?

If luna was fine this whole time judas swore he was gonna give her a serious talk-

"Judas? Is everything ok? Your arm?".

Judas stopped and looked at his arm, it was twitching and he realized his monster arm might return if he wasn't careful. Most of the time it did it's own thing, but sometimes, judas could swear it arrived in sync with his emotions. He took a breathe, it was so unlike him to get so mad, but it was clear he still wasn't too happy with luna as is. "I'm fine...sorry, i'm just a bit worried...", nora looked to the floor, "It's ok, I get worried all the time...".

He started walking more around the castle, asking guards about luna and checking any room he could. Nora stayed close by to him, to the point in which she wrapped an arm around one of his just to stay close for now, glancing at the boy every once in awhile. Time passed and judas spoke to her softly, "I know you want to say something, go ahead...". She brushed some hair from her face and mumbled, "You know, i hope you don't mind me saying but...maybe my family could help...with...your arm...".

Judas looked at her with a questioning glance, "It's just, my family are healers and i know the curse is part of your dna so it can't be removed normally but...maybe you need...a different kind of cure...as in...a medical one?". Judas turned his head, "Maybe nora, but I'm not sure, i know you have good intentions, but we've even tried purifying me in the magic dimension, my parents could've lost their minds trying to cure me...I just don't know if i'm worth so much effort for you to cure...it might be a lost cause by this point.".

"You're not a lost cause!", she suddenly said louder then usual, making judas stop in his tracks.

"You're just...", she said quieter, "You shouldn't give up on curing yourself, we'd be happy to help you! I-I uh...i still remember when the high commission forced you to wear that giant capsel around your arm and how miserable you were till your parents forced them to let you take it off. You just...it makes you miserable and well...i think you shouldn't give up on trying to remove it. I just...I don't think you should feel scared of yourself anymore...".

"Nora...".

"Your a cool person judas...I want to help you...".

He smiled sweetly, flashing his fangs, "You really don't have to do this for me...you know? You might never cure me...my family making so much effort to help me is one thing, but you doing it? When i know you have so much else to worry about?". He was being way too bashful about the whole thing, and he knew it, but he wasn't wrong was he? This girl was normally forced to stay away from him and had her own perosnally issues and she was going to dedicate time to him?

"I know, but I just think...If i can help, what's the harm in trying? Just let me try, as uh...a thank you...for talking to me...?", she wasn't going to take no as an answer was she? The demon gave in, he really couldn't tear her down anyway, "Alright, I mean, it's a good excuse as any to hang out...right?". Nora nodded, "I'm not big on healing personally, but...if i told my parents i was working on my own patients, they might give me a bit of freedom to well...spend some time with you and sky...".

"Nora, never thought you'd be so sneaky...".

She laughed, only to have the moment interrupted by a loud crash in another room. Judas's pointed ears twitched and he pulled nora along as he rushed to find the source of the noise. It might not be luna but it was worth a shot to make sure at the very least. The door to the room, which judas immediately recognized as one of the storage rooms, was wide open. He turned to nora behind him and motioned for her to be quiet before he stepped forward and his flame grew to show the source of the crash.

The room was indeed a supply closet, seemingly for the kitchen in fact, though clear in the midst of everything was a pink shape.

"Angel?".

Among crates of corn and supplies, was a very disoriented spider prince, dressed in matching pjs and looking as though he had just gotten out of bed. Nora squeaked as she saw him and tried to hide behind judas as he stood in astonishment. What in the heck was angel doing here in the middle of the night? Was this another attempt to protest against the queen or was he in here for other reasons? Either way judas mumbled before kicking floor with his heel, a flame shooting out and waking the prince fully up with a push, and a scream.

"Angelus Sebastian Arachford! What are you doing in here?!", judas put a hand on his hip as the spider prince's drowsy eyes figured out who was in front of him, rubbing his head as his long light pink locks , and his red pupils examined his surroundings. "P-prince Lucitor?", then he blinked again as he noticed the smaller figure behind the boy, "Princess spiderbite...what...what are you...". He looked around the room again before blinking in confusion, "Wait, where am I?".

"Butterfly castle, you're in a storage room...".

Angel looked up to the older boy, embarrassed and very puzzled. "I-I don't remember entering this place...". Judas didn't seem so convinced though, crossing his arms as nora turned on the light switch of the room, "Angel, look, i get it, you have every right to be mad about what happened to your people, but sky and her mom are not at fault for what their ancestors did, and they can't just make it up to you, I don't know how many times we have to tell you stop till you actually stop.".

"Wait, no, judas...look, this time, it wasn't me. I don't...", the spider boy stood up, his giant spider legs helping lift him up onto his two normal ones, judas seemed slightly taken aback at the boy using his first name for once before it changed back , "Look, the last time i was here was the compact thing, I promise. But tonight, I was asleep in my bed and...wait, what are you two doing here, in your...sleepwear?.". Judas's unimpressed expression hadn't changed, "Sky was having a sleepover, we're invited.". Angel swallowed whatever spit he had left sitting in his mouth, still looking very uncomfortable with his current situation.

"Oh...".

The boy was frozen on the spot, as if he had no idea what to say or do.

"Angel, look, whatever you were doing, show me it, and you can go home...or i'll have to make you, your choice".

"Do not threaten me prince lucitor, if i was up to something i wouldn't deny it and you know it...".

That was...true.

Nonetheless, Judas persisted.

"That still doesn't explain why you're here...".

"Prince Lucitor, i'm being entirely serious, I-I don't remember being here...I...I an't explain why i'm here but I have nothing to hide.", he stopped and sighed, dead silence between the royals before angel finished his sentence, "Never mind, It doesn't matter much, does it? You're not going to believe me are you?". Judas unfolded his arms, "Angel, I know you intend to do good, but you've never given me a reason to not think you're always up to something. C'mon, out of the storage closet, we need to tell queen butterfly so she can inform your parents.", angel didn't put up fight, red-faced as he passed judas, still lost in thought.

"Stay in front of me, and stay close..".

"Fine, as you wish...", he said bitterly.

Angel was not exactly a good actor, so judas was a bit suspicious as he closed the door behind him, but there was no reason for angel to be in here unless he arrived here himself. Though then again, why he looked like he just rolled out of bed was peculiar. Lucky angel wasn't really fighting him, but at the same time angel knew better then to pick a fight with a monster who was more powerful then him. The prince was silent as they moved allong and his hands stayed behind his back to show he wasn't up to anything with them. Being cautious, Judas pulled out his compact to text his friends as angel walked forward, turning around and watching him before turning his back to him.

"I'm sorry..".

Judas looked to him briefly in confusion, "Hm?".

"For taking your compact."

As judas recalled his father had forced the spider prince to apologize the last time he had seen him, so angel now wanted to make a genuine apology since he was here? Or was he trying to seem sympathetic to judas because he got caught? Judas finished his text and put the compact back in his pocket. Nora was still hiding behind judas and it was more then clear she wasn't particularly happy to see angel, and judas reassured her as he spoke to the other prince.

"Angel, if you're trying to-".

"No, it was...disrespectful as a prince to steal from a fellow royal as i did. If anything i am at least honorable to my fellow monsters.", he paused before stopping in his tracks and turning around to the demon, "And, you stayed by for my mother...that was...kind of you. It's appreciated.". For a second he looked sad, but nodded and turned around and continued to walk. Judas eyeing him with come curiosity, "Your mother really cares about you you kn-".

"Where's princess butterfly?", angel interrupted, ruining the moment as judas sighed and followed along, making sure the prince didn't run. Honestly, he should bind his arms with a spell, but at the same time, angel was still harmless and it would go against judas's virtues himself when he told sky to not lay a finger on the prince. Nonetheless, he still was being cautions as he spoke to him, nora still hiding behind the tall boy as though pretending she wasn't there.

"She's searching for someone, not that it's your concern..", Angel's nose twitched as a result, "I can smell her on you...". Judas made a face at him, knowing what angel was trying to accuse, "don't even imply anything, we hang out all the time...", he went back to focusing on the prince to make sure he didn't get away when a lightbulb suddenly went off as he heard the prince continue to sniff. "Wait a second, angel!". The prince seemed a bit startled now, as the taller boy walked forward to him and started looking him straight in the eyes.

"W-what? What's the problem now?"

" No it's...I know we want to take you to the queens but, I think we could use your help actually. It may not be the best of times, but, if you truly want to prove yourself to me, then help me find Luna, i'm sure you remember her from last time.". The prince gaped at him before processing what he said and he thought for a moment, "You refuse to believe me unless i help you? Pardon?". He still looked mad and confused, arms crossing in front of him and his long legs folding into his back.

"I'll hear you out and i'll accept your apology, if you can help me find her. The sooner we find her, the sooner we can wrap why you're here and i'll at least know you want to make this up to me. I know we don't always get along, nor do you and sky, but...i would be grateful if you could help us, your species has an impressive sense of smell and well...we don't.". Angel's four eyes blinked at him and he seemed to be considering it. Angel kinda did some crummy things for his cause that only made things worse for everyone, including his own people, but the boy was not heartless when it came to judas or sky.

Probably because despite them thinking he was silly they still saw him as a person to a degree and angel saw them that way in return.

"Angel?".

"Fine, just for you...".

Judas could agree to that, and he nodded to nora, who still looked anxious around the other prince.

"C'mon, let's find my brother, he has the perfect object for you to get a wiff on.".


"So my current theory is the girls-".

"SHHH mel, it's not time for that, someone could listen in".

"Right right sorry...".

Sky waved her wand frantically, it failing to light up the way as per usual. Honestly, the thing not working after moments were she used it WELL were always more painful. Her lessons, seems to have improvements, and she liked her new cloudy, but sometimes she swore this WAND. So she could summon cloudy and she could narwhal blast kinda sorta, but she can't even summon a proper light to help her get through her own home? This looked really pathetic.

At least melaine was doing fine with her own little flashlight, even if it didn't give off much light.

Honestly she considered going to find eclipsa to ask but with luna's phone being inside the castle it felt better to assume she was still inside the main building somewhere. Though honestly who really knew at this point, and nonetheless, sky could REALLY use a light in here. She could hear guards snickering at her failure as she walked, asking them bluntly for help as they shrugged and did nothing. If kelly were here they might feel more inclined to help but boy did the whole guard situation shift when jackie left.

But no, of course kelly had to have gone to the meeting her mom was at, just her luck.

At least mel was having fun.

She could get "Annoying" perhaps but she was just excited to be apart of a world like this and it would be unfair to say she wasn't right in feeling that way. Getting picked on at school felt less worse when she knew there was a real magical world out there, proving her theories and speculations about the world as possibly true. Being on sky's "Missions" was harder when she was on earth and heck knows her mom sure wouldn't let the girl go on any of them if she knew.

Though it was nice to have a friend who knew earth stuff, more then judas did.

And mel at least always made sky happy at least, even now as she reached into a nightshirt pocket to pull out-

"Is that another tiny flashlight?"

Melaine nodded, "Well, it's supposed to go on a keychain but i didn't have a proper keychain to use cause my keychains ALREADY are loaded with stuff so I decided to carry it naturally but i guess that's weird is it?". Sky blinked at her in disbelief but shook her head, "No no no, but uh...why didn't you mention you had one sooner?". Mel shrugged sheepishly, "I just kinda wanted to see you do magic and use your wand, cause it's so SO cool to watch.".

Typical mel.

"Well, hand it here, we need to see where we're going a bit better if we wanna find luna..." the girl handed over the second flashlight and sky pointed it around as they moved on, "So sorry about all the kids coming over, the place is a bit crowded and well, you don't really know everyone too well so...". But the human looked delighted, "Oh no, they're cool, I started talking to luna about my stuff and she started arguing against it but she didn't even fully think i was crazy!".

"Well, that's nice at least, i mean, luna comes up with a LOT of ideas herself, so no wonder you'd kinda like her.", i mean, who better to put together then the girls who were always thinking outside of the box? Even if luna was probably more grounded in her ideas. "You think she thinks i'm cool?!", sky bit her lip as she checked another room, "Eh, don't keep your hopes up mel, luna seems to not really get along with anyone. I mean, even celeste sorta seems to think landon's cool and hangs out with people but luna kinda seems to like being on her own...".

"Really?".

"Honestly, since she's been here, I've never really seen her willingly choose to just...hang out with someone, she only goes cause she thinks it's gonna be important somehow or needs to justify why she goes anywhere with anyone. it's...weird...it's like she's unable to just...want to spend time with anyone.", the princess was just kinda rambling about luna now, which was maybe a bit inappropriate considering the situation. But at the same time she couldn't help it.

"I mean, judas and her can sorta get along, but it's probably just because they're the same age and well...she's obsessed with being queen and stuff. Except, well, i guess when she crosses the line or something. Then again, Judas is willing to put up with a lot before he gets tired of someone.", the blunette waved it off with her free hand, "You can try to be friends with her mel, just keep in mind she'll probably end up ignoring you, she's kinda like that...".

Mel seemed to understand though her excitement never left her face, as per usual. Sky could suppose if anything mel found making more alien friends to be more beneficial considering how much she loved anything out of the ordinarily anyway. Just as long as she didn't get up to anything dangerous, sometimes having a friend who was WAY too into going on dangerous missions or frequently wanted to be part of the action was a bit of a scary thing.

"so...in any of those scary movies you've seen? Do they have any useful tips when running around castles in the night looking for someone?", mel shook her head, "Not unless you wanna run into the killer! Can't you get the guards or your moms to help?". Sky shinned the light down another hallway, "My moms actually kinda sorta had an important meeting tonight, they're checking up on us later, but they kinda have to meet up with the commission...".

Her words implied the meeting had something to do with all the recent chaos, the break-in in the underworld a bit after what happened to the archives could easily be tied together, even luna thought of that, sky could only imagine they were flipping out.

Did luna sneak off to witness the meeting?

Sky was about to ponder more on it, but then she saw something move in front of her, starling her and causing her to drop her flashlight. She pulled out her wand on instinct, holding it out in front of her and breating heavily. Normally she had judas, and he was FAR braver then she was, but that wasn't the case here. If there was a real threat, she'd have to take care of it herself, and her wand might not even work at all considering it was selective about when it did.

Maybe she should've reconsidered the teams a bit more, or brought her tazer, which she hadn't carried with her since the angel incident.

However, that didn't bother mel.

"WE GOT YOU RED-HANDED, COME OUT AND GET US!".

"MEL!".

The human turned around and looked at her, "What?".

But much to Sky's horror, the strange person she saw actually busted out the door, sending them backwards and starting the girls. Sky felt her head hurt and she held her wand up in front of her as her vision cleared to get a look of the subject in front of her. The figure seemed to be tall and...hovering? Sky froze for a moment at the sight of them, dark and hooded in a large and poofy dress with marks on them, though the part that really stood out was the mask they wore.

It was a doll mask, with a little lipstick and a bit of a crack on the top of the head.

The figure glared at sky, only for a moment, before swiftly turning away at the sound of someone coming.

"SKY?"

It was judas.

The purple demon rushed over, four figures following behind him as the doll character glared at them for only a moment, before vanishing from the hallway in a rush, disappearing in a portal . The kids all looked stunned, staring where the figure left off and judas quickly helped sky up from the ground, nora helping up melaine. "Sky, we didn't find luna but...seems you girls found someone VERY interesting instead. Who...who was that?". Sky caught her breath, "I-I have no idea...I saw them and they...they looked at me...and then left..".

"We gotta get your parents...now...".

"What about luna?".

"Well...we have a plan for that...we uh...have a guest...", he motioned to the group, nora was there, and it seems judas had also run into landon and bernard, but there was another guest there and sky's expression turned sour. Not that angel looked happy to see her either, he in fact looked incredibly annoyed as well. "What is he doing here?". Judas stood between them as he put his hands up, "Long story, but that's not important right now, you need to get your moms and tell them someone broke into the castle...".

"Is that the weird spiderboy you like to complain about?", melaine said, pointing to angel and making him fluster. Bernard snorted in laughter before angel gave him a dirty look and the boy coughed and looked off to the corner, trying to avoid the spider child's long legs. Judas, taking command of the situation, spoke before things got weirder. "Sky, we'll discuss this later, go get your moms, and landon, get out parents as well, we need them...heka might be able to figure out who used those scissors...".

Sky, still annoyed, but willing, compromised, "Fine, after we do so, let's meet up...mel, you and nora could go inform the other kids that some creep was running around. I'm sure bernie here is prolly gonna follow landon...". Angel, still flustered, spoke up though, "Look, i'm here to help or whatever...it's...I don't know how i got here...!". Sky rolled her eyes, "Yeah, right whatever...just don't let him out of your sight jude, I'll meet up with you in a bit..".

She turned around and walked away, melaine turning to nora, and before nora could say anything or even protest about being send back to the other kids, mel took her hand and started racing off, "MEET YOU ALL UP FOR THEORIES LATER!". Judas could spot nora looking back at him from the corner of her eye as she was dragged off and landon sighed, "I was literally just at the underworld and now i have to go back? Can't I just...text them?".

"Landon, it's date night.", the older brother gave landon a knowing look as the words left his lips.

Landon's expression immediately shifted from normal annoyance to flustered annoyance as he handed the compact to judas, "Oh geez...right...ugh, c'mon bernard, let's go, just...make sure to knock before entering any rooms.". They left quickly and judas turned to angel, "They'll all be back soon, and then you'll have to explain yourself, but for now, i want you to get a good whiff off this to find luna. Hopefully whoever that was...didn't...well...hurt her or anything..".

"Seems princess spiderbite still doesn't like me..."., angel muttered under his breath, taking the compact from the demon, "Hmm...". Judas pushed the boy forward, "That's because you keep making her feel uncomfortable every time she's around, seems to be a running theme with you...". The spider scoffed, holding the compact up to his nose and taking a whiff of the thing, judas eyeing him curiously but turned his head when two of the prince's eyes glanced at him.

"Hmm...", he sniffed the air next and walked around the area for a bit, his head turning from side to side and his legs creeping as he moved. Then he stopped in his tracks and turned to judas, "C'mon, let's...go...", judas grabbed the boy's hand and moved him along faster towards the direction of angel's nose, asking him to continue directing him as the prince blushed furiously and tried to get out of the demon's grip. But judas had a firm one and angel found them stuck together as they finally made it to the spot.

"Wait...this is luna's bedroom...".

Judas finally let go of angel's hand and gave him a questioning look as he knocked on the door, "Luna?", he grabbed the handle and made angel come with him as he opened up to the familiar guest room. There, outstretched on the bed, was a blonde who was tangled in her covers, passed out. Judas gaped at her as the other monster stood next to him, "Prince Lucitor, if you imply that I walk up and kiss her to wake her up just know she has a high chance of passing back out doing that...".

"Can't you just...force that stuff back?".

The prince licked his lips, "Sometimes, you try having venom, it's harder then it looks to store this kinda stuff.".

"Fair enough...".

"Regardless, no kiss please, let's just try to wake her up first...if it's worse, we get her to the hospital wing fast.."

Judas stepped forward and shook sky lightly, she tried to go back to sleep but then found herself to be woken up. Her pretty blue eyes looked upon the red ones of her visitors and she rubbed them before sitting up frantically, "Judas, wh-...WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!". To be fair to luna, waking up to find two guys in your room and hovering over you would scare him just as much as it would her. Judas was just glad she didn't pull out a weapon on them.

"Where WERE you!?"

Answering her with a question was probably not the best idea, but since she was the one they wet out looking for, it only felt right she explain herself. She blinked at him and then realized whey had been looking for her, "I-I...wait, how long was I asleep?". Her demon friend crossed his arms, skeptic, "No idea, but you've been gone for hours according to us, c'mon, we're rejoining the group and talk to them about...well what ever is currently happening. What happened? We were all getting worried? Why are you in here?".

"I-I don't remember...I was talking with that weird girl and then...hm...I-I actually don't remember what happened...That's...not right"., she rubbed her head and took a good look at the prince next to the purple demon, "Hm, i don't believe we invited this fellow to the sleepover...unless sky is up to something.". A purple hand reached out and touched angel's shoulder to relax him, "we'll explain more once we meet up with sky again, but for now we need to take you back, trust me, he's not the most important thing to worry about right now."

"Should i be concerned the least important thing is one of sky's least favorite people being here?".

The spider prince glared but turned his head, looking a bit saddened.

"Very...c'mon, we need to move."


"We're not going to have to go back into the safe room, right?"

"Hopefully no".

The kids huddled together behind Queen butterfly, arms crossed as the magical high commission was on scene, interviewing judas and sky respectively. Sky interrupting a meeting as important as the one surrounding the mysterious attacks would've made star mad if it weren't for the fact she ran in yelling that some "Creep" had been inside the castle before vanishing. Sky wouldn't admit she may have been trying to listen into the meeting slightly before she burst in, but luckily this time they weren't talking about her.

At least to her knowledge.

The commission looked mad though, hekapoo interviewing sky and omnitraxus talking to judas, rhombulus was already out helping search the castle and the royal families could only pray he didn't accidentally crystallize everyone during his search. Angel was under guard by Janna, and lucky for everyone, he didn't move a muscle while being put in the corner like a disobedient child. Tom and Marco were checking on all the kids one by one to make sure they were safe and even eclipsa showed up in her nightwear, actually worried and trying to speak to the king of the underworld about the incident.

"A doll faced creature?"

"Doll mask, long dress, has magical scissors apparently...yeah?", sky eyed to judas, who was probably giving a better case on what happened then she was.

"They never spoke, no idea if it were male or female or mewman or monster, as soon as it saw me, it darted into a portal and that was that. it was dressed in dark clothing, minus the mask, which had a crack in it strangely enough.". Judas was remaining calm and thankful everyone arrived fast as they could to fix the issue immediately, though it kinda sucked that the sleepover was cut short as it was. Not to mention what would happen when nora's parents found out about this.

Finally get her a night out and this happens, so much for this night doing good for her.

And that was without considering the reaction of bernard and melaine's parents, who let their kids run off to a magical world.

"did they steal anything, did you see them do anything dangerous?".

"We don't know anything besides that they were there, they didn't seem to be carrying anything though unless it was small enough to hide on them." A guard next to Omni was writing down the infor judas was presenting and omni did not look satisfied to learn how little judas knew about the person. Though the wheels were turning in judas's head about the figure, so they were worthy enough to have dimensional scissors? Or did they steal them?

Hekapoo walked away from sky, grumbling to herself, "Who does this masked weirdo think they are? Breaking into wherever they want, taking whatever they want? What will they target next?". She took out a pair of scissors and looked to the queens, "I need to head out, maybe we can still catch them...I need to call some friends though, star? How soon is jackie getting back?". The blonde sighed, "She wasn't supposed to be back for a few months but...she might end up returning soon if we're in danger. Kelly is in the armory, she wanted to check for stolen items, you can talk to her about any arrangements..".

Hekapoo nodded as she vanished through the portal, marco watching her leave. They were probably considering going with her to help, but sighed and instead walked forward and pulled their oldest son into a hug, hands running through his dark hair and holding them close. "I'm glad you're ok, to think what could've happened if that...whoever they were...did anything to you..". Judas hugged marco back fondly, omni seeing this as his cue to leave, "Queen butterfly, i don't encourage leaving those children alone, I need to do some searching myself for the culprit, we'll contact you at a later time...".

He vanished just as quickly, and sky sighed in relief as she watched the hugging pile of lucitors grow bigger as tom pulled their other two sons in and embraced. At least with the underworld scare their kids weren't too close to the action, there was no telling what could've happened if the stranger hadn't left on their own terms. Though sky secretly felt a pang of victory knowing with judas and the rest as witnesses, the commission, and mostly hekapoo couldn't suspect her as the culprit this time.

Luna seemed lost in thought herself, leaning against a wall, her ear being talked out by melaine. Though luna seemed more distracted then anything, not even really looking at the human girl. The room in itself looked less cheery then it was, not even sunny's smiles really removed the current worry among everyone. Bernard seemed to be trying card tricks to make people feel better but even so it didn't seem to do much as landon, mason, and judas joined the other kids and the adults in the room started talking.

Nora looked the most sad then anyone, knowing full well her parents would freak about this, and judas wrapping an arm around her didn't make her feel better. "Nora, our folks will talk to your parents, promise, things will work out...". But she shook her head, "Judas it was so difficult to get them to let me go, Queen butterfly had to strongarm them...and now...what'll happen? That...that...person, what if they come after us? What if it's too dangerous to go anywhere?".

"Nora...".

"it's true...judas...people on mewni are paranoid about everything! Imagine what will happen when they find out about this!?"

Judas shushed her, trying to comfort her as sunny took a seat on nora's other side to also help.

And sky's attention swerved to angel, sitting in a corner and facing away from her.

Seeing her opportunity, she walked to him, hands on her hips.

"So...what were you doing in the castle...?", angel turned his head to her, without his normal ponytail his long hair was able to hide his face under his light hair all the better. "I don't know...", he said, rather sternly, "I just...was there...". Sky of course, didn't seem as though she bought that for an instant, "Right, like you were "Just there" all the other times we found you creeping around. Like c'mon, can you seriously blame us for not believing you...it really wasn't THAT long ago since we had to deal with you...".

"I apologized to judas...".

"And-?"

He was silent.

"You know angel, pick a side...do you like us, are we just pawns in your way?".

"I could say the same to you...", he blew some of his light hair out of his face, "You zap me, ignore me, scream at me, do nothing but think low of me, and yet you care if i'm hurt...how my mother's doing, if i get home or not. You and judas both...like you're my parents...you treat me like you're my parents at least". , he turned his body fully around, "Do you have ANY idea how many problems the queens of mewni can solve with a flick of their wand, with any of their contacts? You all sit and laugh at me, but you don't get it. You can travel back in time, you can magically create food, you keep all the magic to yourselves from the other creatures of mewni.".

He glared at her, all four eyes upon her, "You have the power to save everyone and yet, your mother doesn't even bother trying. Why should we all suffer when you can save us with the flick of a wand? Save everyone I care about...". Sky thought for a moment, the boy looking as though he would cry, before judas walked up behind her and spoke, "Because things aren't that simple as you're making it out to be. Have you even MET father time? That guy is...well, he's not entirely fun to work with. And no one, not even Queen Butterfly, can do everything you want...there are risks to meddling with time, with alternate worlds...to giving everyone that kinda magic..".

The prince eyed judas , sighing, "Maybe you're right, but maybe it's worth the risk to prevent people from starving or losing family or...being cursed", he glanced to judas's right arm and turned himself around,"...at least i'm taking risks. Not sitting around and pretending no one is suffering...if that makes me a pest, then so be it. But being against what you deem to be acceptable does not mean for any reason i should..."Hate you"...you two know as well as anyone what it means to be seen as nothing but a "Freak" to your peers. I see no reason...to be another one of those kinda imbeciles...when I don't want you to suffer either. ".

He turned his back to them , legs folding on his back, "Someone needs to do something, SAY something...you two being between that won't stop me from doing what's right...".

Sky was about to say something but judas tugged on her arm, "Leave it...c'mon...".

They walked away from the prince, joining the others in silence.

"So...was that angel's odd way of saying he cares about us..?".

Judas chuckled to himself for a second , "Yeah, yeah I guess it was...real charmer, that guy...".

They exchanged a smile for a moment, before it suddenly got replaced with sad looks at the sight of their families speaking and mason hiding in his wings as Bernard , sunny, and lexi tried to cheer him up.

"What are we going to do?"

The demon hummed sadly before biting his lip.

"Only one thing we can do, we're gonna find that masked person...".