He was still, practically holding his breath.

The real question was, were they here because of him, or did they have no idea he was here at all?

He wanted to go out and tackle them, figure out who they are, but one wrong mood and no doubt they would have the upper hand, he barely even knew what he was up against after all and he prayed his arm did nothing during this whole ordeal. "Her" must've come through a portal or something, they definitely didn't fly in and walking in never would've worked. Though what mattered was why they were in Nora's room of all places, if they were after more artifacts, nora's room was sure not the place to look.

And yet, they were here.

If they were in the wrong room they could easily leave but it was clear this had been the place they were always intending to to break inside.

He stared intently at them, his nose twitching under the dusty bed as he forced himself not to make a sound or even move at all.

At one point he almost sneezed, lousy cobwebs, but the being didn't seem to be paying attention, focused on whatever task they were trying to accomplish as they moved towards nora's closet, then bookshelf, and wandered around the room. Judas could only see their feet mostly but there was no doubt this person was trying hard to conceal their identity, whoever they were, they didn't even speak, not even one grunt in frustration at their efforts going nowhere.

Then Judas slapped his hand over his face just to avoid another possible sneeze.

However, a slap was not exactly much quieter.

They turned towards the bed and he almost swallowed his tongue being quiet, fearing for his life, what were they even doing up there? God he hoped the high commission would hurry up and catch them right now but who knows how long it might be, sometimes they were right on the mark, other times they were lazy. What if she found him and by the time they got here, it'd be too late? Oh god, his parents would freak, sky would freak, nora would blame herself.

However, to his surprise, the person stopped at the foot of the bed, and he heard them do something from above. He didn't have enough time to really think about it though as he heard some noises, people running up the stairs and the masked being left as quickly as they entered so they didn't get discovered. Judas felt a sigh of relief knowing they didn't find him, but now they were gone to who knows where and he still knew very little about them.

Judas still didn't move, he refused to as the noises got louder.

If he got caught, he would be in SERIOUS trouble.

And that didn't even mean just being accused of breaking in or being accused of being the masked thief, it would just not look good in general to either king or queen spiderbite if they found a boy under their daughter's bed in the evening. It was soon confirmed it was the guards who had been running up the stairs in a panic, as they burst through the door, no doubt doing a whole search of the castle, he could hear them talking, something about the royal family being in their safe zone and to alert both the lucitors and butterfly's that there had been another sighting.

They were looking around the room, checking the closet and for a moment judas thought they would check under the bed, but lucked out as another guard ran inside to tell the others she had been spotted again.

Judas watched the room clear out, the guards running around to another part of the castle and leaving judas alone to catch his breath and think about everything that happened. Judas finally got the chance to crawl out of the bed, brushing off cobwebs and looking around the room, nothing had been touched it seemed so...why was the masked being even here at all? There was no way they didn't come here for a reason right? He turned around and faced towards the bed, and that's when he stepped backwards, just realizing what had happened.

He could hear more noises outside of nora's room.

He needed to go, now, before he got caught.

And with a snap of his fingers, he was gone, right into Sky's messy room.

He didn't even consider she might be there, he just needed to get out of there and back to her as soon as possible, and lucky for him, sky was just closing the window behind her as he magicked his way in, jumping and panting as judas gave her a heart attack. But she calmed down quickly, noticing judas looked as freaked out as she did, and if judas looked this freaked out after doing something as normal as seeing nora, that only meant bad things could be happening.

"Judas...are you ok?".

"I-I could be WAY better...uh...you?".

"Judas...uh...we found something...katrina and I.".

"Well, something found me!".

"Wha-".

"And they took Nora's BOOK!".

Sky froze, lips parted and processing the information judas just gave her, nora needed that book to work on her cures for judas, and now it was gone? She blinked at him and pulled at her hair, "Was it...is it who we think it probably was?". He nodded, still panicked, "She didn't see me, I promise...but...I had to get out of there as soon as possible and...any minute now your mom is about to be informed, all nora's hard work sky, all of it, and they just took it!".

"Well guess what WE found? Loki...loki's been controlled, that's why he never confronted angel or kept acting funny, he's being used for some reason!", Now it was judas's turn to look surprised and a little panicked. "Wait, you found loki...where?", he put his hands on her shoulders and looked into her eyes, "You must've found katrina...so...where was loki?". Sky sighed, eyeing towards the door, expecting her mom to burst in any second to alert her.

"He was in the woods, wearing dark clothing, his eyes were glowing all freaky like, apparently he's been doing it for awhile now and scaring people out of the woods, I went after him and then...he stopped, he just looked at me and gave up and I don't know why...and loki has no idea he was even under control...", gears were running in the boy's head, "Mind control...but...oh geez...that's...that's concerning...so many...so many people we know...".

"Could have been under mind control or could be in the future? Yeah...that kinda freaks me out as well...you should've seen him judas, his eyes were glowing and he was barely emoting, it was so...unnatural... and he could've stabbed me with his horn if he hadn't stopped.". Judas pulled his friend into a hug, fast, "Well lucky me you didn't get stabbed with a horn, thank god you're ok...I was so worried when I saw her enter, I just knew it meant nothing but trouble...".

Shy hugged him in return, head pushing into his chest, "You're so freaking tall...". He let out a weak laugh but the scares they both had seemed to ease a little bit, though it didn't last much longer when sky let got from him and pulled at her hair once again in panic, "I can't believe they robbed ANOTHER kingdom? What would they even want with nora's medical book? Actually, nevermind, here's a less stupid question, why did they even know that book was valuable?".

"I'm not sure...nora is kinda a private person...".

"Maybe they were planning to steal a different book and got this one instead?", they looked between each other when the door slammed open, Queen Janna was at the door. She was unfazed by judas being here and for once she looked anxious, "Sky, jude, you both better come with me...the spiderbites have been well...well actually they had a sighting and we better not split up, your parents are gonna FREAK, c'mon...we're calling a family meeting..".

They were dragged out by their arms not even a second later.

"What about-".

"Star's calling your parents already...they'll be here soon with everyone else...".

"Everyone else?"

And the door was shut behind them as they were carried off into a heavily guarded room. Judas looked into the faces of luna and galexia, one more happy to see him then the other, no doubt his parents would be on their way as star barged in with some mewni associates and on the phone with...her mother? She must have already called him parents and seemed Moon got wind of the situation enough to talk about it with Star, even thought she was retired in another dimension.

Geez.

Though something about being locked in a room with the same people because of an attack was sounding familiar. All that was missing was basically the rest of his family, well, except relicor, relicor would be fine on his own.

Deja Vu

However, it was changing more as more as guards piled into the small living room, jackie included, making Luna tense and peak Judas's curiosity as finally got to see her for himself after so long. But the woman had no time for formalities, already heavily armed and with scissors at her disposal, forcing star to get off her compact to talk to her briefly, much to the boy's disappointment he couldn't hear what they were talking about under their breath as jackie and a few of her toughest guards went through a portal judas could only assume was to the spiderbite kingdom.

Sky poked him, getting his attention as he noticed his parents had just arrived, along with his brothers, celeste and sunny. However, it became clear they were not the only ones Star had called, as much to his surprise other royals came in one by one, King Rich Pidegon, Queen Ponyhead, and so on and so forth, representatives of every kingdom making their way in, and that's when King Arachford made his way in. Considering there was only one from each kingdom it seemed the others were under guard at home, it was quite unnerving, Sky rarely ever saw all the kingdoms represented together in one place outside of parties.

This had to be a big deal.

Star finished talking to her mother, looking towards all the kids in the room and pulling them aside in the corner, "We need to have a talk and i'm afraid you'll have to sit this one out, the room right through that door over there is also being guarded heavily, I want all of you to stay there while all of us talk...ok? We're waiting to hear word on the safety of the spiderbites and we'll tell you the details after we all speak to each other.". Sky grumbled, "Seriously? What about me and judas? Why aren't we allowed to hear?".

"You just aren't sky, c'mon just...join the others...", she was giving her a rather fake looking smile and sky never felt more treated like a child as star seemingly apologized for her daughter's behavior to the other guests with her eyes, judas pulling sky away and into the other room as star happily closed the door behind them to talk with the royals who showed up. Sky looked more then unhappy to have been forced out of what was clearly an important conversation she wanted to hear.

"It'd be pointless to protest, you know she'd force us in here anyway...", Judas seemed mad, but, more accepting of this then sky was.

"But-".

"We'll listen in just fine..", Luna crossed her arms, glancing to Celeste and landon and making them divert their eyes from her rather strangely. However, Mason raised his hand as if in school, he was still so innocent, so unaware. "Wait, but that's rude! You can't spy on them!", luna glared at mason, and judas intervened, "Mason, we just want to know what they're talking about, I promise, it's for no other reason then that, we're all just scared and we want more information right now.".

"Judas..".

He tuned to see Landon, who wasn't really looking at him in the face, "Landon?". Landon looked more then embarrassed to be caving in, especially since he was mostly doing this because of his mom but here he was anyway, he could feel celeste glaring at him. He wasn't planning on just talking to judas about his dumb inferiority complex or anything, just to make things up with his brother and get things back to normal between them. At least so he didn't have to spend so much effort trying to ignore him, and his brother didn't have to keep giving him that puppy look he gave when he felt guilty.

"You ok?", yeah, that was a dumb way to try and make things up with his older brother but judas only gaped at him for a few seconds before his lips parted in a smile, his brother finally talking to him after what felt like forever. "Yeah, of course, are you ok? Does the bow work well? I had it custom made...", landon grumbled, of course judas had the thing custom made, why wouldn't he? "Yeah, it works fine or whatever...", things still didn't seem entirely alright between them, but most of the tension had dropped and judas held up a second before hugging his brother.

"You talked to mom...didn't you?".

"What gave it away?"

Judas let go of his brother, "If anyone were to convince you of anything, it would be mom...they did help us through most of our other fights...". It was pretty hard to argue against that, landon sighing, "I'm still mad...ok?". Judas didn't fight him on that, nodding, "Honestly, i'd be more surprised if you weren't the least bit mad with me anymore, but I...I can't be upset about it...I think...I think i'd be upset too, If i were in your shoes...considering sometimes I feel like...our parents were never perfect...".

"Isn't this the part where you give me a speech on how nobody can be perfect?", he was making fun and still sounded grumpy but judas was still smiling, "Yeah, but you've heard that time and time again, I think you know it by heart...". The pink demon mumbled, "Let's just skip to the end, giving mason the seeds was wrong, but you were kinda also at fault, i was kinda stupid to yell at you since not everything is your fault but yada yada...can we have dinner go back to normal?".

"If by normal you mean, our parents flirting and our grandparents arguing with them about what is best for me? Sure, normal...", they exchanged small chuckles, this conflict was not over, but...at least they were talking again. Landon mumbled under his breath, eyes unfocused, "Hey...uh...mom was wondering about letting bernard...come over? for dinner? And hanging out? And I uh...well i'd prefer if we didn't fight and he felt welcomed to the family...".

"Oh, you want us to work things out so bernard would feel more comfortable huh?", he was giving him a smirk landon didn't like as he coughed into his hand, "Quiet...look, i don't...normally bring people over so...i don't want my family to freak him out or anything...like i know so far he thinks it's cool but, look you've seen our family. So i just want us to...not embarrass me or make him feel uncomfortable...ok?".

The older boy understood, nodding, "Hey it's fine, as long as our grandparents don't go overboard, i think he'll have fun...if he can't respect your culture and your lifestyle, then i'm sure there will be plenty of other guys who will understand how special you are...", he wanted to huff at judas calling him "Special", but he didn't. His brother looked over to Luna, who was already at the door alongside sky and then to sunny, who was actually talking to celeste of all people.

Then his eyes wandered to mason as he took landon's arm, "Hey, how about...me and mason help you out? You always carry your violin...you mind if, we see or hear any of your songs? You don't have to but...luna is taking care of things fine and...I think tonight i don't mind some time with my little brothers...". Landon seemed surprised, but also embarrassed as his family rarely asked about listening to his music and he rarely liked sharing it. He shifted his feet in front of him before making a small nod.

"You don't have to though...you kinda make it sound like you're doing it cause you feel bad".

"Yeah, maybe a little, but...I think right now with everything happening, I want to see what you've been working on and do something less stressful and fun. C'mon, tonight, let's just talk about you for a bit...I think mason would appreciate having us all talk together again.". His mind was still worried and he was hoping and praying nora was ok, but until further word, he needed to get his head back together and take a break. Though he instinctively could feel him touching his compact, wanting to call nora but knowing full well that wasn't possible.

Landon thought for a moment, and actually accepted, bumping judas as his brother followed him from behind, "Just...don't laugh...ok?". Judas nodded and they moved ahead to see mason, who jumped up to hug both of them, judas patting his soft head and sighing, "I'm glad you're both ok...". They took a seat against the wall as time moved on and the three troubled brothers chilled together, something they hadn't felt they'd done in a very long time.

Meanwhile Celeste was already at work, at least, in trying to talk to Sunny as best as possible.

Sunny telling her anything wasn't the problem, rather, it was Celeste herself asking her. She wasn't exactly approachable or welcoming back home, she only seemed to have one friend in general overall and even then she was sure she didn't make them with her "Winning personality". Writing down stuff to say as practice was kinda helpful but she always felt her resting face was...particularly threatening and would get her nowhere in this matter.

Sunny herself was watching Lexi draw, because of course she was, it always figured the two brightest people in the room would be the ones who got along more.

Galexia was drawing three people this time, not that it was important to Celeste, they didn't look familiar though Sunny seemed to think otherwise. Smiling and whispering to the older girl as Celeste managed an awkward cough, at least it would count as some way of getting sunny to look at her so they could properly converse. Sunny blinked at Celeste and she felt embarrassed all of a sudden, trying to find anything to say in order to keep sunny's attention.

"Uh...who are those people galexia's drawing?".

Well, that was something.

7 more words then she'd normally get out of her system.

Sunny however, smiled at her question, as if more then happy to talk about galexia's weird doodles, "Oh? She's just drawing all her friends back home...see that one with the hair in their face? That's alex, and these are their new siblings, Nichole and Lukas...lexi says their fun!". Celeste glanced over them, taking some notes and snorting, "New siblings? what is going on back home for you?". Galexia ignored her though, doodling more, so Sunny explained, "Alex's dad is marrying their parents, it's cute! Lexi misses them though...you miss your friends and family back home?".

"Uh...yeah...sure...", she answered perhaps a little too rudely.

Wow she was bad at this.

"What are they like? I hope everyone's still nice back home? I don't know how much has changed in your world...", She was being rather sweet and Celeste had the feeling if she chose to say nothing Sunny would respectfully accept that. She shrugged though, despite that not really being a helpful answer, and sunny didn't ask further. "Well, i miss my friends at home too, i bet yours and your parents miss you so much too, maybe they'll throw you a nice party when you get back.".

When she got back, Sunny seemed sure they would someday.

"No, I really doubt that...", she said in the most dismal and dismissive voice she could, which caught sunny off guard, "Of course they would! You're their daughter, as soon as you get home they're gonna give you the BIGGEST hug in the multiverse and they'll never want to let you go. When I sometimes got lost in the castle when i was little that's what my own parents did, I know I would miss you if you suddenly dissapeared like that for so long...".

"You? Miss me?", sunny nodded, "Of course i'd miss you, you're my sister, and luna, and sky, and lexi. You're all not like...my SISTER sister, but you're still like my family, i wouldn't want anything to happen to you like my little brother.". Celeste was about to retort but she had a feeling sunny actually meant what she was saying, "Well, life back in your home, it's not the same in my home...ok? It's not that simple that "Oh our mom ended up with someone else", other things...happen.".

"Yeah of course they do...but...i'm sure they miss you Celeste, don't be so hard on yourself...", she was trying to give the older girl the brightest smile she'd seen but Celeste cut her off, she needed to get back on track, "Anyways...what's up with your powers? With the whole...crazy mewberty thing?". It was probably not the best time to bring this up out of the blue, and judging by sunny's look she seemed utterly confused why celeste would even bring it up right now at all.

It wasn't relevant and well...a little pushy.

And Celeste caught on fast, trying to recover.

"Sorry they didn't uh...talk about it with me, judas and sky...I mean i was sorta in the middle of that mess and I have questions...", that seemed to make Sunny feel more comfortable, shrugging, "I don't know actually...never have, I've always been that way. It used to be bad...y'know, sometimes when you're young you can't help your magic and it was like that for me...but i've gotten better and everyone says i'm just gifted back home...I guess this is one of those moments...".

"You really don't know?".

Darn

"Nope, sometimes we don't know why we're the way we are but...we deal with it..., i'll...figure it out...eventually. ", she sighed to herself and crossed her legs together, huffing. "In the meantime, i'll make sure never to scare you like that again...hopefully, i seem to have kinda attacked a lot of people since i first got here...". She looked over to Celeste's disguised "Wand", her eyes lingering on it before looking up, "Hey, that...healing spell you did, for judas...could you...tell me how you did it?".

"You want to know...about my spells?".

"Yeah, you seem really good with healing spells and well...storm spells, like when you zapped that guy?! You made those spells yourself right? Is it cool if we exchange spells? I could tell you about some of mine and you could tell me yours?", she was being rather friendly still to someone so bitter and celeste was considering telling her more, but she felt the chains that usually strangled her tighten and she didn't answer, remaining silent to sunny.

"it's ok...maybe later?", she was way too nice compared to someone like luna, the heck.

"Fine..".

They remained quiet as Sunny diverted her attention more to Galexia and her art, Celeste glancing over time and time again, so much for helping luna or gathering info, though then again, maybe she was happy sunny was most likely no criminal and luna had nothing on her. She sat in silence, lost in her own thoughts, the last place she'd like to be in most cases but with landon talking to his brothers and luna being the last person she wanted to speak to, she found herself in silence.

Until she felt a tap on her shoulder, turning around to see sunny offer her a crayon and paper.

"Would you like to draw with us?".

Her eyes lingered on the crayons, and back to the smiling demon girl who was handing them over, she was being rather stingy but she eventually reluctantly grabbed both items. Sunny laughed and Celeste actually felt her lips form a small smile as the three started drawing together. She doubted her stuff was any good compared to what the others were doing, but it seemed the other didn't really care overall, the three talking among themselves.

Meanwhile Luna was listening very...closely, Sky alongside her much to her dislike. It was actually fairly clear Star was smart enough to use magic to soundproof the doors, but if anyone knew how to counter it, it of course had to be luna, who was taking notes on everything she could hear as sky failed to hear anything behind the door. Luna shushing her so she could hear more properly, focused on finding out anything she could about the other kingdoms.

With mason distracted, it was easier to sneak magic around him without him noticing.

Why Sky was even bothering while luna was doing everything by herself she didn't really know, she was honestly wasting her time. But she also didn't want to feel "Useless" either considering her mom didn't consider her important enough to know what they were planning for mewni. She thought for a moment then remembered bernard, oh yeah, they did something like this before didn't they? If only her compact was as thin as those earth phones he was using.

Dammit

Still, there had to be something she could do.

She pulled out her wand, and on instinct luna glanced up at it, and away from what she was doing, though whatever was on her mind she shook off to remain focused. "If you plan to blast open that door so help me sky butterfly, this is important...". Sky gave her a look , "Not that...I was thinking making something like...the all-seeing eye?". Luna looked at her gravely. "They might notice that one, this is more subtle, you're not screwing up this one sky...".

"It would work..".

"And it would be stupid...".

"I think I could do it...".

"Don't bother..."

"I should be able to help-".

Luna placed her hand forcibly on sky's pushing the wand away, "Don't help, don't get me wrong sky, i don't think you're...useless, but the last thing we need right now is to get caught. Let me do my job, this is the work i was trained to do...this isn't time for your creative thinking, now is time to shut up and focus. Don't forget, if you get caught doing anything suspicious you might lose that wand and be under high suspect, so do me a favor and stay quiet...".

"C'mon, i can do it, you heard what she said about me-".

"If you want to be useful, be useful in ways that don't risk jeopardizing others, play to your strengths and help that way. This is my turf right now and i'm not having you risk blowing our cover over your mommy issues, if you want to be helpful, i suggest thinking about our next step in tracking this guy down..."., she glared at sky one more time before getting back to work.

Geez, she had issues.

She marched off, but this wasn't going to stop her. If only she had angel here, he had a pretty good sense of hearing, didn't he? Great, now she was wishing angel was here to help in some fashion, but as she looked around the room, he wasn't the only monster she could ask for help. She signaled to Sunny, who finally got her attention and blinked at her, before apologizing to her sisters and walking over to Sky, she was hiding behind a sofa, trying to stay quiet so luna wasn't listening.

"Sky? Is everything ok?".

"I can't hear what's happening behind the door, that's what! I need a clever way of doing so and not being caught! Apparently the seeing eye is too much, i need advice and well, i know you're really great with all kinda of spells.". Sunny blinked at her, "Sky, you don't have to...i mean luna's taking care of it...". She was trying to clam sky down and stop her from doing anything irrational but Sky was clearly mad, mad and looking to get involved one way or another.

"So? I want to help...i should do something...".

"Is this about what mom said to you? Just now? Sky it's ok, you don't have to force yourself to help...", the blunette scoffed and puffed up her cheeks, looking away. "I'm not "Forcing myself", i'm just...I want to hear what's happening...maybe i could freeze time...yeah, like last time, oh but...then i can't really hear them talk can i?". Sunny pouted,"Sky, remember when judas talked to you about...what galexia can do? You might take things too far and get us all in trouble...".

"But i can do this, i can-".

"No one's saying you can't, they're saying it's not a good time...", sky grumbled, "Look, you wouldn't get it, back home your parents love you, you can do all kinda of things and your family doesn't see you as some sort of disappointment, she thinks i'm not important enough to know, or understand, like she's way better then me...when she isn't..". Sunny reached out to Sky, patting her shoulder, "They didn't let judas in, isn't he next in line?".

"Yeah...".

"If they won't let him in, then i think it's just an adult matter, not because of you...".

There was silence between them and Sky huffed, pulling at her hat, "She's just so...ugh, i just need to know what's happening...". Sunny was trying to comfort her, even as she tried to think of multiple outcomes in her head, calling melaine? A spell? She could try using her scissors? But her ideas died fast, her huddling up into a ball. "Look i'm just...I know i should be doing more, but i keep pushing myself back and everything feels like it's against me right now."

"Sky, it's not like anyone else here is doing better then you, look at everyone here! We're all trying our best to figure out what's happening but...we're all still kids, we're still trying to figure stuff out and we all do stupid things sometimes...w-we can't just go to a place and figure out the solution. We have magical powers but that doesn't mean we can do everything easily, you're not doing any worse then the rest of us." Sky was about to argue again when sunny shushed her.

Since when was a 14 year old girl more mature then she was?

"I think it's great you want to feel more involved, and do more, and prove yourself...but you know...you can't do everything on your own, we're here to help for a reason, you don't need to do everything yourself. Some things your good at, some things i'm good at, and some things judas is good at, like that...besides, there's no harm in not being able to do something. Maybe you need some time away from your mom, so you can stop worrying what she thinks of you anyway..".

"She's the queen, and i'm the next queen, it's like...if she thinks i'm not good enough, what is mewni gonna think about me? They already compare me to her and every other queen as being incompetent, i only just now started getting better with spellcasting and even then my wand is still wonky...it's like, am i even getting better? Or am i gonna end up like dirhhennia? Should i go do something so i can get better? I just don't want to feel...useless...".

"You're not useless, you're just better suited to handled different things then the rest of us, sky was thinking it over and as she did so she could hear luna finish scrawling, looking over to the rest of the group trapped in the room and sighing. "It seems this attack has frightened every kingdom worse then before, Queen Butterfly, she plans to magically enchant every kingdom, security will be even tighter and the hunt for the masked freak is gone up with the price...we might have the assassins league after them at this rate...".

"They put a bounty on them?", judas stood up, "How much? How bad is it?".

"It's more then enough...they're desperate...someone like this could kill them in their sleep if they wanted to, they don't know what to do...no one seems to be able to find them...", she flipped through her notes, "No word from the spiderbites but it's presumed their safe still, whatever she was there for...it wasn't for any of them.". Judas felt a lump in his throat, knowing what she came for but not being able to say it without having to explain why he knew in the first place.

Why did they want it so badly, nora's specifically?

"D-Do they know why they were there?".

"Not yet, but considering their track record...they came to steal something...".

"But they never stole anything from butterfly castle", Sky chipped in, "There was nothing reported and they left as soon as they were spotted by us, so what about that?". There was silence among the group, all thinking and all keeping a close eye on mason. She had a point, either they were to assume a few things about that, either Her didn't find what she had been looking for and gave up, she did find it and Queen Butterfly and every other royal and superior never mentioned it, or she was here for something else.

Then a thought came to Sky in that moment.

"Judas...angel was there, that day, wasn't he?".

For a moment judas was wondering why sky was asking about angel, then it clicked and he nodded, "Yeah, yeah he was...and he said he had no idea why he was there too, and i didn't entirely believe him at the time because it didn't make sense but...". Their eyes met and they knew exactly what the other was thinking of, there had been nothing on angel of course, so he clearly hadn't been used to take anything, but he had to have been there for a reason.

As if they didn't need more reason to talk to him.

Just then the door opened, Marco stepping out and clapping their hands together at the group of worried and wary teens, "Alright, meeting's finally over, we're sorry but this has become a stressful time for all of us, we're worried we'll have to cancel judas's coronation at this rate. Star's...star's going to take some drastic measures in order to solve this problem...she's even calling her mom for assistance and...god if she has to call her mom that's never good news...".

"What's going to happen? To us?", judas's first question of the matter, of course he was worried what would happen to everyone, when the kingdoms were on high alert it had a toll on everyone, including them. At best they were just restricted, at worst they never allowed to do anything or see anyone. He was met with a sigh from his mother, who leaned against the door, "Well, we're not staying in the safe room this time, thankfully, but there's no telling what'll happen...".

Before he could ask further Marco persisted, "The last thing we'd ever want to do is prevent you from living the happy and carefree lives we know you deserve, but we also want you safe and if we put you in danger we'd never forgive ourselves...we're at a loss judas...we aren't a fan of going either direction. Everyone on mewni is out looking for this guy and yet they keep slipping under our radar, they're like nothing we've ever seen! And we've caught some crazy characters...".

"If they're outsmarting us this easily...they have to know our systems, what we would do...", judas mumbled, "Maybe instead of coming to them, we need to get them to come to us. Set a trap? We're getting nowhere just trying to find them, they know how to keep out of sight, so...maybe we need to force them out of hiding?". Marco blinked at him, with keen interest to his idea, "Judas, we have considered it , but we don't even know what exactly they want, they don't seem to want money and they have yet to attack any of us...".

"Then maybe we need to figure out what they want, maybe we've been thinking about this all wrong, instead of trying to figure out who they are, maybe we just need to figure out what they're after...".

Judas was treading on thin ice to almost telling his mom that they were after the masked guy, but luckily Marco seemed more focused on his idea then what it meant. "Well, until we actually know what they're after, that plan will have to be set aside...everyone's going home, we're waiting on updates from the spiderbites, and we'll all be eating dinner in our rooms tonight. If any of you boys wish to sleep with me and your father, feel free to let us know...".

Mason raised his hand, "I want to...".

Marco smiled.


It was a very sleepless night.

No one could rest, no one wanted to leave their rooms in fear of what could happen, sky didn't even mind as she sat in her bed, texting judas. They did this a lot over the years, ever since they got compacts they would text each other at night before going to bed till that habit died out, there was something nice about doing it again and talking so they could vent out their frustrations and worries. Though their paranoia was obvious, even sky had a nightlight on in the corner of her room so she could see better.

the thought of the masked creep standing in the corner in the dark gave her chills.

something was clear though, they needed to talk to Angel more then ever, there was something off and they needed to question him. Though now things were more complicated and how they would even go about asking the boy was a mystery itself. After how bad things were getting, would his parents even allow angel to take lessons with her anymore? Would Star even allow him to come to the castle anymore? It wasn't entirely like her to deny the wish of a sick spider queen but it was a good excuse to keep the troubled boy off the premises.

Judas: You know, when angel first took classes with you, you told me you were worried he was up to something. Having him be under control? That doesn't entirely help.

Sky: Look, i told him despite how better he was it didn't mean he was changed, it didn't mean he was forgiven from his mistakes...it didn't mean i believed he wasn't up to anything. But it's weirder if you think of him being mindcontrolled

Judas: She could know everything Sky, angel or loki or anyone could tell her anything!

Sky: Well, they don't know squat about nora's book! Or heck, your defense system, they don't exactly go inside our castles all that much.

Judas: Touche

Sky: It feels weird to feel THIS bad for angel y'know?

Judas: You know me, i always felt bad for him, even if he goes overboard he makes some good points...and it's hard to fight against how he feels about solaria, and the mistreatment of monsters. He thinks he's doing the right thing and it's hard to argue that...when it's his species who were the victims..

Sky: Yeah i know, i know, it just...his life kinda sucks tbh, it's like both our parents are embarrassed by us all the time, i mean he's kinda dumb in his methods and everything but it still sucks

She could feel Judas smiling on the other side of the screen from that last text.

Judas: Sky, you got upset whenever you hurt him too badly during fights, you even sent him home and wanted him to be safe...you care about him more then you like to mention.

Sky: Don't mock me, i'm not a jerk, i don't want him to be hurt.

Judas: Anyways we'll talk to him, i promise

Well that was obvious enough, if they didn't talk to him any investigation they had going on would come to another screeching halt. She had to admire the boy's determination, even when he was frustrated and upset and out of mind he was always still determined to do what he wanted to do. She could tell however, despite his confidence he was still nervous, the encounter he had in nora's room seemed to have spooked him quite a bit. Reminded her of when he was younger and got scared a lot, if things were a little different she'd probably hug him.

It was scary enough seeing Her the first time.

It would be way scarier alone, in the dark, trying your best not to even so much as breathe in Her's presence.

Nora had to be freaking out herself, she was going to be devastated when she found out about her book being stolen like that, especially since it was years of notes and research and was important to helping judas's condition. She spent so long not being able to do much but work on her research and treatments and it was gone with the wind, not to mention there was NO way Judas would be able to meet up with her after this whole incident had gone down.

The spiderbites were paranoid about her safety as it, imagine how they'd be after their castle and daughter's room had been broken into.

Sky: Hey?

Judas: Yes?

Sky: Luna, we still haven't talked to her about the Eclipsa stuff...or even the nora stuff, you think we should tell her?

It was a few minutes before he answered.

Judas: I really don't know what would happen if we did

Sky: She's not being entirely honest with us either, is she?

Judas: No, I don't think she is either...I mean, i'm sure some things are truthful but...I think she has some stuff she doesn't want to tell us about. I saw how she reacted to her mother, maybe we need to keep a close eye on our allies as much as our enemies

Sky: Eclipsa wanted us to "Give her a break", you think that means anything?

Judas: Knowing her, yes, but i'm not sure how to go about it

Sky: I dunno, invite her out? Do something cool? I mean, i dunno what Eclipsa is trying to get us to do but...

Judas: Uh, like a date?

Sky: Dude, not like a date...just like...i dunno, maybe eclipsa thinks if we get her to stop thinking like a general, we might get a better understanding of her? No offense dude, but somehow i can't imagine her going on dates with anyone, you'd have to be crazy to even try.

Judas: I was joking but... you have a point, about getting a better understanding of her. You know, she never has any...fun, the sleepover? She told me she never did stuff like it, she just studied and focused on being queen.

Sky snorted, yeah that sounded like Luna, refusing to do much else besides focus on missions or work or being the best. Though it did sound like a boring childhood, even when sky got hurt or got into stupid or bad situations, there was a level or thrill to it, even if she wasn't looking to get into trouble. Spending time with the Lucitor Princes, dealing with her mom's dumb pranks, and just playing video games and making her hats was just something that felt...nice.

Gave her sometime to not think about the pressures of being royalty, of being compared.

Apparently Luna didn't have any of that, her mind was on her work, like a robot. She spent so much time focusing on being the best queen and knowing all the ins and outs she became still and dull and mean. Did she even have hobbies? Sky bit at her lips, what was Eclipsa even trying to get them to do? Like why would luna, of anyone, even want to "Take a break", the only breaks she took was lunch breaks and even those she spent trying to do research and checking the paper for any signs of Her.

She was not going to just "Hang out", she needed a reason to spend time with the two of them, something that was worth her actual time. Sky sighed and considered it, was it even worth it? Especially since they didn't know why Eclipsa suggested it to them? The gears turned in her head turned and she knew judas was waiting for a response still, she was going to have to respond to him so they could figure things out and head to bed so they could meet up tomorrow.

Grumbling, she sent her response.

Sky: Tell her to meet in exchange for information we have...

Judas: Which information?

Sky: The book or loki, take your pick, if she'll meet with us out for anything, you know it'll be for useful info.

Judas: What exactly does Eclipsa think this will even do? Are we even sure we can...trust her on this?

Sky: We don't have anything better right now and maybe we can pry something out of her?

Judas: Wait, what are you hoping to pry out of her?

Sky: She's not being honest with us, so maybe she knows something we don't.


"Sky, this is not a good time...", Star scrambled at her desk, piling paperwork and checking her compact constantly for messages. "Whatever it is you should ask your mother instead, mewni is in panic, jackie is out still, i have several meetings today to get to, and many more...whatever it is i'm sure you can talk to her.". Sky shook her head though, crossing her arms, "I uh...I don't think so look, it's about angel...". Star looked up at her for a moment before continuing.

"Angel? Sweetie if he's causing problems again, you know what to do...don't get me involved with that boy, i have enough to deal with.", she opened a book and started scanning through in, in a rush, she was lucky she hadn't torn off a page by accident. "It's not that, it's more like, since everything is...how it is...we were thinking about...inviting him...over? Me and judas?", star broke her moment of concentration again to give star a look.

"Wait, you're inviting that boy over? Sky, this isn't the time for slumber parties, if a kid gets in danger under my roof i'm more then toast, unless he's here for lessons i don't want that boy anywhere near this castle. He's a hassle enough as is to deal with..", sky crossed her arms, " are we still having lessons? I wasn't sure if we were...".Star shook her head, "Yes, lessons will continue as normal, though eclipsa will have to do a little magic herself to keep you both better protected.".

"Look, it's...important...".

"Can't be anymore important then what i'm dealing with right now Skyler, you're allowed to invite judas and his brothers here as you please but right now i'm not inviting any other kids inside besides the ones already taking residence here, not melaine, not loki, not even angel...". She scrambled to check her compact again, "Still no word from the spiderbites and jackie and i'm worried, jackie's our best guard and she took her best team with her...i hope she's ok...".

"Mom-".

"No butts, this is not the time for pleasantries and you know it! I don't want you getting involved in this skyler...yesterday we had another attack and we can't keep ignoring this, if our allies get hurt and we aren't protecting them then this entire kingdom might as well fall apart! It's not the time to talk about meeting up with boys or fooling around! You need to take this seriously, you're going to be queen someday and you need to be ready for it.".

"I am taking this seriously! I mean, that's how i'm getting along with angel so y'know, no more fights?".

"Sky, that's not what i mean...".

Sky felt herself clutch her wand tighter.

"Mom, look, i'm just trying to-".

"Sky, this is not the time, you are not getting involved in this mess, you're not ready and i refuse to let you...", she was getting sterner and sky could sense her magic turning green again, she forced herself to calm down so she didn't make another scene, though her anger lingered. "Ugh, fine...I'll go talk to mom...whatever...", Star sighed and went back to work as the grumpy girl left her office, closing the door behind her, her mom was stressed, she got it.

But she didn't have to be nasty about it.

Then again it was foolish of her to think she'd get this so easily, she knew her mother better then that.

Angel was not exactly in her mom's good graces

And right now, there was no way she could make him.

She wandered down the halls, hands in her pockets and her mind in though when she knocked into one of the last people she was interested in talking to right now. Luna, who had clearly been marching around and not paying much attention to where she'd been going, she brushed herself off after sky bumped into her and gave her a look," Oh, sky...you're here, have you seen Celeste by any chance? I need to speak with her and i can't find her anywhere...".

"Well, she can't exactly go far...unless she's well...", luna huffed, "Sneaking out? Hmm, i wouldn't even know where to look if she was, maybe when jackie returns i can ask to go out on watch, give me a good excuse as any to look around, now is not the time to go running off...everyone's paranoid as is.". She seemed stressed, more then usual, sky biting her lip and tempted to ask, "You...worried about your mother?". Her blonde companions sighed, "Queen Butterfly will be fine...eventually, once she manages to calm everyone down...".

"No, i meant Jackie", this peaked Luna's attention a little, "Well, in this reality she's become my chief, I have faith in her...". She was looking off to the side, "It's a rather surreal experience, Queen Butterfly seems to be similar enough but seeing my other mom like this...well it's different that's for sure. Never really thought i'd become my own mother's teacher's pet someday. Though i will say, it is nice in some ways from stuff i deal with back home...".

"Really? Like what?"

"You know i'm not going to answer that, we have a target and it's them you need info on, not me. You're a clever girl sky, but you need to pick your fights better when you actually start them...sometimes, it's best to not get involved at all", did everything luna said have to sound like some kind of threat or was that just how she sounded?. "Besides, you know better, the more you know about all these other worlds, the more you'll compare them, and the more you compare them...well, it won't do you any good.".

"I was just asking to know because you seemed upset about it, i don't need to know your life story...".

"Then you don't need to know, this is my concern and when i return home, it won't matter anymore..." she crossed her arms, "You need to step back Sky, get back to doing the work you need to do and leave the rest of us to handle what we need to do. You do not need to be so concerned about what me or any of us are doing or are dealing with.". The princess snorted at her though, "Why not? Because you don't have any friends back home to care about?".

Now luna seemed personally offended.

"You don't seem to-".

"No, YOU don't seem to get it, when people ask how you're doing, they're trying to be comforting, not invasive. Are you really that cold? That you think people asking to help are jerks or even being nice to someone is "Too much", people aren't just below you...or statues that obey every command, if you get we all have things going on why can't you be so understanding? You don't know how to have fun and you're not very friendly to anyone! How the heck are you related to someone like my mom!?".

Oh, that one definitely hit a cord with Luna, her eye twitching, responding quickly without thinking for once.

"Oh enough with your lecturing of me ashton, this is the kinda person i HAVE to be whether you understand that or not!".

"Ashton?".

Luna froze, "We're done for now sky, no more questions...i have things to take care of...and you should do the same.". She said nothing else as she walked away, slightly embarrassed at her outburst and composing herself as she headed out as fast as she could. Gears were turning in Sky's head and she'd probably chase after her and question her further if she didn't know any better then to mess with Luna too much, though her being mad with Sky was going to make talking to her difficult.

Looks like that would be up to judas moreso.

She might have gone too hard on her due to how mad she was with her mom and maybe was kinda mean back there, a lump of guilt in her throat as she saw where luna headed to. She made a mental note to maybe apologize to her later on for being a dumb angsty teen but right now they had other things to focus on.

She just hoped Eclipsa wasn't leading them on.


Celeste was kinda thankful about Landon showing her his little private booth in his weird "Coffee house" hangout, it was nice and private and was sure better then waiting in her room to get scolded by Luna. Landon himself was on the couch, lying down , pulling off his boot to pull out some of his money. "Maybe while we're here we can eat something, or drink something...y'know...before my parents find me and lock me in my room as some kind of protection...".

"They got any smoothies here?", she said grumpily, staring out the window onto the stage, and landon replied. "I think so...maybe i can get some donuts or something as well...", he looked through his money and watched as celeste gloomily continued to look out the window, "You doing ok? Like, you don't gotta beat yourself up over the sunny thing that much, she didn't have anything, you'll find something else probably...besides...i kinda don't want sunny under suspect anyway...".

"How come? You've never shown to like her all that much...", celeste wasn't looking at him still but landon shrugged, "She reminds me of mason...a little, me and judas fight and junk sometimes and...mason was sorta the link between us you could say...i mean, jude is a pain sometimes...but...i don't like yelling at him in front of mason...". He closed his eyes, "He's our little brother...he's...happy and free and doing whatever he wants, he's smart for his age...".

He went back to counting his money, glancing back to the girl, "He's just a kid and he can be a pain, but he's so...innocent, doesn't have all the baggage we do...and well...he likes sunny, considering the fact he doesn't have a lot of friends i kinda wouldn't like finding out his friend slash sister was evil or something...". Celeste seemed to get it, crossing her arms and leaning against the window more, now finally facing her half brother in a clear mood.

"You care more then you let on huh?".

"I'm not exactly the best at social skills, if that wasn't obvious already, talking to people can be...uncomfortable. Plus being me...y'know...the prince everyone forgets? That kinda stuff makes you want to stop talking to people...", honestly his most stable relationship was still with his mother, the only person he felt like he could talk to about most of the things going on with his life, and he couldn't say that meant he was somehow "cured" of any of his problems.

Bernard was a friend who made him feel important compared to his brothers, and he didn't seem to mind his awkwardness or any of the problems landon hated about himself. He actually felt like he wanted to speak to someone for once in his life outside of his own mother. Isolating himself from his family for so long to sit in his room and keep to himself made him unsocial and starved for more attention, and he knew it. He could now just...talk to someone, even if he was scared to screw it up somehow.

Though just thinking about it made him remember Celeste seemed to lack in many friends as well, even here. "You seem to get along well with your mom...like..really well...they...got you to calm down..", he almost expected a playful mock for it but it seemed more like an observation. "We're just close...they kinda are used to our fits and well...I guess it provides me some relief...". She didn't really say much else, keeping quiet and landon continued, "I hate hurting them and they hate hurting me...it's hard to be...well...me...when they talk to me...".

"I can tell...".

"I'm mad, i still am...i guess i've just...calmed down a little more...and feel better...that they know..", even in his voice he sounded sad and not incredibly confident but at the very least he felt relief to a degree to have let it all out. Celeste's silence told him she was lost in thought about something, and despite his urges he kept his mouth shut. Speaking to someone outside of the room to order their food and drinks before returning and plopping himself down in a seat next to celeste.

"You know...if you gotta talk...you could tell me, i won't...be a jerk about it...".

"It's nothing i feel like talking about...".

He was quiet, looking out to the stage to see an act getting ready to perform, a demon band, who were excitably talking among themselves and laughing. "Judas and mason listened to my music...they actually kinda liked it...". He went silent, resting his head on his arms and sighing, "Sunny wants to go on stage and perform...I wish i had her confidence...playing in front of crowds is different then playing among your friends and family who you feel is obliged to like it...".

"Well, your stuff is good, you're passionate about it...you have a hobby you love and want to do something with...so...you just kinda need to go forward or something and perform...", he sighed, eyes closing, "I want to but...it's hard to get over how much you think your art sucks...it's a creator thing...you just like...compare your stuff and worry and...yeah...". He pressed his face into his seat, groaning, "Catching some criminal isn't the same thing as...walking on stage...".

"Well no, it really isn't unless you plan on catching the guy at a live performance...".

"I wrote a song...for bernard...", he admitted, sounding kinda guilty, like he stole a cookie from a cookie jar. "He doesn't know, i just...wrote a song based on...how he moves, how fun he is, and nice...". He smiled into the fabric a bit before looking up and exposing his red face, "look, i know it's stupid, especially since we finally just became real friends not even that long ago...and i don't wanna screw it up with...feelings or anything, I just...got inspired...".

"Oh, we're talking about your crush again?", she snorted, but her face eased, "Look, we're gonna eat and then probably get sent back to the castle and get locked up inside it forever anyway. You might as well talk about it here, the castle might be full of bugs everywhere when we get back, wouldn't want anyone to record it...". She was kidding of course but then again, who really knew at this point, luna would probably bug it if she was tempted enough and had some bugs to use.

"I dunno...".

"Look, just tell me, why do you like him, like...go deep or something...".

"It's hard to explain, i guess he just...makes me feel more confident in myself...cause he seems almost always seems so confident...", he was thinking about it a little longer then when he talked about it before, as if not really fully knowing himself and trying to figure it out. "He likes music too, i mean...not in general like most people, he actually knows how to construct it...says his dad is a music teacher. He even thinks i'm funny, no one thinks i'm funny...".

"Does he do anything weird..?".

"What?"

"Does he do anything weird ? like, let's be real if they do weird junk and you're still attracted to them that's a good sign if any..".

"Well, he's trying to learn how to swallow objects and bring them back up...also he loves piercings, like, a lot, he wants a nose piercing soon...he already may of gone overboard with the tongue piercing though..." , this seemed to make landon laugh, chuckling to himself. "I just want to be careful...that this all, won't scare him off...and me...going after that criminal...what if i got him hurt? He'd never want to hang out with me again after that...".

"You're worrying too much maybe...you keep freaking out he doesn't like you, but you told me he literally saw your carriage pop out of the middle of the street, if he was really scared of your family he would've run at this point.".

"Says the girl worrying about luna...", he retorted, "You're not one to talk about any of that Celeste...". But he was met with a punch to the shoulder, "I don't care what luna thinks, i don't really care that badly sunny didn't turn out to be evil or something, maybe bummed i wasted my time trying to get info that didn't exist, but...it's...more...something else...". Landon nodded, "I'm assuming your parents...", her silence was enough of an answer for him. "Well, if we're breaking that contract already, you can talk about it...I won't tell my brothers or anything...", she turned away and grumbled.

"It's not fair...".

"What's not fair?".

"It's not fair...that your parents are so happy together, that they love you and talk to you and respect you and want to be better for you...they can't even keep their hands off of each other and you're close with your mom and ugh...", she pulled on her hair, the band finally started to play below them, almost in time with celeste's current burst of anger. "Like, look at them, your family just seems so...happy and perfect and complete and...ugh it sucks..".

"Wow...thanks...".

"It only sucks because...ugh...I just...i hate talking about it...", she mumbled into her arm and landon heard their order arrive, heading over to pick it up and take it back to celeste, a strawberry smoothie handed over to her as he sipped on his wildberry one, grabbing a chocolate donut from the box. "I guess your relationship with your parents is kinda complicated? Welcome to the club...look, having these lovey parents isn't always great...even judas agrees...sometimes we worry they focus more on each other then well...us..".

"So? They're still together...and happy...".

"I think I get what happened...i'm uh...sorry about your parents...".

"You wouldn't get it...", she grabbed a powdered donut, chewing on it rather aggressively, "Your family isn't perfect but it's so...complete, you all like to do things together and you're loyal to your family and you seem to work things out and talk things out...my family didn't talk things out, one day it was happy and sweet and the next...they didn't even talk to me about it, before it happened. It was like my opinion in it didn't even matter to them...".

"Oh...that...that sucks...", minutes passed by, the two eating and drinking in silence as the band continued to play. Landon's eyes trying to keep away from celeste to focus on anything else so he didn't make her feel any worse then she already did. Looking below he could spot a lot of familiar demons, some servants from the castle, even the guy celeste zapped last time they arrived here together. No one of note, he knew his parents didn't usually come here and they were much too busy now to go see a performance.

He was almost scared to leave, who knew what would happen by the time they got home, would they have trackers now? Would their parents force them to live on earth? God he was already worried about what could happen to his family, would they even let bernard come over at this point? He really wanted to take his mind off this, sit alone and make music but he didn't want to leave celeste's side either considering how upset she still was.

His eyes went back to focusing on the boring demon people, back to being his unsocial loser self as he tried to take his mind off his worries and pain.

However, someone he did spot that got his attention was a small girl around mason's age sitting alone at a table off in the corner. He swore she seemed familiar but he couldn't pinpoint exactly why, she was reading a book and keeping to herself. Landon normally wouldn't pay someone like her any mind, but he couldn't help it with the scene that followed. First the girl's glass of water broke, glass on the floor and earning the attention of the waiter, who looked rather mad.

Then the girl, sitting up, fell out of her chair and into the waiter, knocking him over.

Before pulling herself up, and then falling backwards again to knock the entire table she had been sitting at over. As if things couldn't get worse, the band had stopped playing their current song, the entire crowd and them turning around to see the girl pick up her stuff and run out as fast as possible. Celeste had noticed her too, though adding to her bad luck, landon noticed the girl had dropped something on her way out. He really didn't want to leave his private booth.

But he'd been there before, embarrassed and humiliated.

He got up, celeste watching him leave before she could ask what he was doing, seeing him through the window as he picked up whatever was dropped before heading out of the building. Celeste waited a few minuted, debating whether she should follow him out, but he quickly returned, item still in hand. "She's gone, couldn't find her but...we should find her...whoever she is..", Celeste raised an eyebrow, as if he was crazy, "Uh? Why? Is what she lost that important?".

He held up the object, a piece of paper to be exact.

On one side was a drawing of sky's wand, with all kinds of descriptions of it's parts and how it functioned, on the other side were notes written in some ancient language Landon sure couldn't speak or understand. He almost seemed happy she lost it, looking at celeste with more confidence. Celeste took one look at the symbols and understood, "That's...low mewman...only the butterfly family knows how to write in low mewman...what...that's...".

"It's not something an average demon should have...she must've gotten this from someone else, but why? It's clearly from someone in the butterfly family...or at least it belonged to the butterfly kingdom...but also, sky's wand, why...why would she have this?".

"Well, unlucky for her...lucky for us...though also convenient...".

"Maybe a little but...it should lead us somewhere right? I mean, that demon having her hands on something like this? Something has to be fishy...".

Celeste snatched the paper from him, "Well, just keep an eye out, if we step into any traps because of this i'm gonna be mad.". She scanned over the back, huffing and going over it a few times, "Whoever wrote this stuff on the back kinda seems lame, it's scrawl about dumb secret things...". Landon took it back from her, looking at it again, "Hold on...wait...you don't think this is from...wait...". Celeste raised an eyebrow then looked back over both sides of the paper.

"The magic book of spells?".

They exchanged looks.

"This is from sky's chapter...isn't it? This is her handwriting...".

There was another moment of silent exchange.

"Seems like we finally have a possible lead...to helping us out...we need to go find that girl".

"But how would you even track her down?".

He smiled.

"Lucy...".