Star was quick to shout at the commission, pointing fingers at them.
"You have no business bringing that up in here!", The queen sounded furious, "My daughter was only trying to defend someone, of course the magic turned green! When someone you care about is in a life threatening situation against someone else, that would naturally trigger a lot of anger directed towards the attacker! The magic becomes green and more violent, you cannot just take from that that my daughter had those kind of intentions! It can't always be controlled!".
"Wait Star, you never mentioned sky did use magic like that to us.", Marco turned their head to their best friend, the blonde sweating, "If it's really not such a big deal and can happen without any intentions to cause that kinda harm...why have you not addressed it before now?". The makeshift courtroom sprang into loud chatter on the subject and Judas quickly took hold of sky's arm, he didn't like where this was going, and his quickly tried to defuse it.
"Hold on, this has nothing to do with the trial at hand, this is a trial focused entirely on angel himself! This has nothing to do with his accusation of treason!".
"No, but the princess herself is friends with the accused and we have reason to believe she knows more then she's letting on-".
Sky felt herself panicking.
No no no no NO.
They were so close to getting through this whole thing and...THESE idiots were about to bring her into this as someone who ALSO may of committed treason? They weren't planning to bring out the evidence of her being at all those locations were they? Because if they did her mom would be forced to explain the reason they were there was because of her investigation and if they dove any deeper, well, the other girls would be exposed in front of all these people and what had really been going on.
Get dethroned and arrested or have your magical sisters exposed and have who knows what happen to them didn't sound like solid options for Sky.
"Marco, I-I just said, it's not of much importance! All Sky had done was try and defend someone who was almost killed!", Star quickly composed herself, "I-I...I didn't want to deal with it because the last time something like that happened...". Sky looked at her feet, Right, the kingdom freaked out for a bit at her, star deciding then and now to help her learn as to prevent anything worse from happening. Figures her mom wouldn't want to talk about it to save sky from any further protest from the citizens.
"Star, doesn't every little detail matter in this kinda situation?".
"It doesn't matter anyway, that kinda magic only happens during immense feelings of negativity or anger and as far as we're aware it did not hurt the masked thief. You cannot claim my daughter had plans to kill someone under these merits, not only did she do it out of self defense for the prince, but that magic is unpredictable and unplanned. My daughter is not trained enough to control such a thing and this is slander against her! You have no evidence!".
"We have evidence...".
"You have evidence you gathered when trying to prove she had a stay in this crime somehow but even if you had a point, you have no evidence she tried to kill the masked thief, it's most likely she only intended to stop them from hurting the boy before worse could happen.", Star was glaring dagger at this point, "And she's justified in that, because the person in question was clearly dangerous and could've hurt someone else if she hadn't stepped in."
"Well, whose to say she was intending to kill the masked foe?".
"What are you claiming here...?".
Rhombulus crossed his arms.
"We're saying...what if she was the one that blasted the prince in the back instead?."
Judas stood in front of his best friend, his protective instincts kicking in quickly, "I beg your pardon? WE were there? All of us, we all saw what actually happened. Sky wasn't the one who hurt angel! She stopped him from getting hurt any further! Where the heck are you-". But they raised their hand at him, he grumbled, "Yes, and all the witnesses? Friends and family of the princess, all able to easily lie in order to protect the princess. The princess was at odds with the prince for some time now, it is entirely possible she intended to hurt him to keep him quiet.".
"That is NOT true!", Angel hissed, his legs growing more outstretched, "Where in the world are you pulling this nonsense from!? You're just accusing her of attacking me because you want to! The queens saw the masked being, they saw sky stop her from hurting me! How dare you ever assume sky would try to hurt me like this!?". Judas and Sky had never seen the prince so angry before, not in any of their fights, not in any of his screaming at the queen.
He looked so enraged his eyes were starting to glow red.
"They saw when the princess blasted at the thief, they did not see who had blasted angel the first time, all we have to go off of mainly is the testimonies. Sky herself has evidence left behind that proves she had been at every single crime scene that the enemy went to, now yes, this masked person is a thief and up to no good. But there is much reason to believe the princess is also linked to them, it's not entirely impossible for her to be working with the prince and the masked individual and a fight breaking out between them, is it?", Omni's face suddenly looked a lot more punchable to Sky.
"This is still guesswork, the witnesses here all deny any of this!".
"And they're all her friends are they not?".
Star was silent.
"We're only removing all possibilities before you can make your judgement, if sky is responsible then angel's words are put into question are they not? If he'd lie to defend the princess, who knows how much of what he stated is factual, after all, the others all appear to be close as well.". The room was talking heavily and sky didn't like the looks being thrown her way from the people in the room, judas sending a glance his parent's way to reassure to them what he said was factual.
They knew this was all bunk, but not everyone did.
"Hold off here, unless you have decisive proof sky was doing the things you say she was then this is nothing more then a theory. Are you seriously intending to harm her and angel over a theory? You have got to be kidding me here! These are teenagers here! Did you or did you not imprison eclipsa over incorrect assumptions, total fabrications, and only just to get her out of your way because she loved a monster?", Marco glared at hekapoo specifically, "There's a reason we knew you couldn't be in charge of this trial, stuff like THIS!".
"C'mon muscles, you're being defensive, if none of this really happened it should be easy to prove right?".
"That didn't stop you before...".
Tom quickly calmed the queen down, though there was noticeable smoke coming from his nose.
"Fine, you wanna get this outta the way so we can remove all possibilities, then so be it...if we're to make this final decision we should indeed remove any other possibilities, however, even if this idea were to prove angel and all these witnesses as unreliable, how does this tie into angel's treason? This trial is to discuss his betrayal and his role in all the incidents, not to mention what went down the day he was taken in. What does sky attacking him have to do directly with what this trial is talking about?", Tom crossed his arms, he looked ready to kill, even if he was keeping his anger contained as best he could.
"It's fairly simple, the prince here is being trialed for betraying the kingdom of mewni and all the people who run it, simply put...if sky had a part to play she'd be under treason as well, that's why it ties into this, think about this...if this boy as so incompetent at doing his job, someone else must've been feeding the being this info instead shouldn't they? How else would they know so much about our systems?. This boy is clearly not capable enough to know everything the others know, but the princess is, and they had already been meetings between them thanks to their classes together. Now while fine, we are technically sorta basing this off traces of evidence of the princess being at all the scenes without really knowing for sure, this princess spends regular time with the accused, has traces at every crime scene, has shown to use this magic when she's mad at anyone, her bubble charm was even used at the scene of the spiderbite attack!".
The whispers had evolved to full out discussions between the people of mewni, and sky felt her heart beat faster and her stomach twist and turn.
"You have to admit, as much as it is a theory, there's a lot of coincidences going on here, there is clearly something wrong here that the prince or princess is not telling us, there is no way the princess just happened to be at all these same locations, or everyone who saw this incident just so happened to be people they were close with and would be trusted to keep things quiet. Not to mention these two royals themselves have had ongoing conflict for ages, and here they are protecting each other all buddy buddy-".
"If sky hurt me you'd think I'd defend her? What's the story here, do we hate each other or not?! Sky would have to hate me to attack me wouldn't she?", Angel hissed further.
"We suggest two possibilities, either sky had blasted you for trying to bail out of the deal, or you two planned this together, considering the thief had yet to lay a true finger on anyone that we've seen and witnessed, it's entirely possible you felt an injury would be necessary in order to get them captured and taken down. Now not to blast you ourselves, but you have a clear attachment to the princess, and a willingness to take all fault in your crimes of today, is it out of the question you'd be willing to take the fall for her even if she had betrayed you out of loyalty or affection?". Angel hissed further, "Sky was never involved in this, I never wanted her involved in this, Sky would never have laid a finger on me if I bailed, she has nothing to gain from working with...them...".
"She does however, mewni knows her skills, they know she may never reach the peak of other queens, doesn't working with a powerful ally grant you the chance to be everything you want and more, that was why you ended up helping them correct?", the spider hissed further, "You have a clear attachment to the princess, i'd think if she did intend to hurt you i feel you wouldn't be the type to put her in danger, after all, you were clearly fine taking all the blame for what happened when you were taken in.".
"It was just me, I swear, I never saw anyone else working for her.".
"Then how could the thief possibly know what they did?".
"I don't know! They just told me they didn't need my help anymore with those aspects, like they already knew them!".
"This back and forth is getting old!", Star, stood up, her gold wings now outstretched and her six arms crossed, "Yes, it's suspicious sky has traces in all these locations, and yes, the stuff the thief knew is suspicious and understandable to worry about, but this stuff can be known by anyone within the royal famlies, someone could've even planted this against my daughter. Prince Angelus may of screwed up heavily, but my daughter wouldn't just trust someone like this for any reason, especially someone she doesn't know.".
"But what if she did know them?".
"Such as?".
"Well, who do we know that's a powerful figure that is connected to both these children, if not you Queen Butterfly, considering you had been with us during one of the invasions...then...we may need to ask eclipsa further questions.", judas leaned over to sky, grumbling, "Because they don't know about the girls or the fact we were directly involved in this, they seem to think the reasons behind are much more sinister, we might have to pull something spectacular to keep this from escalating...".
"Well, we sure ain't telling them about the girls...that's for sure...".
"Definitely not, they might not have definitive proof but they do have a strong argument you're involved in this a little more then you said you were. It's hard to deny all the coincidences are too much...you being at all the locations, the page of your book, the knowledge the thief knew, the bubble charm...", Then a lightbulb went off in judas's head and before star could say anything further towards the commission, the prince stepped forward and glared towards the commission.
"I'm sorry but, what's this about a bubble charm?".
"Hmm?".
"You mentioned something about a bubble charm, it being used on the spiderbites, and it being sky's right?", they all exchanged glances and nodded, Judas crossing his arms and raining an eyebrow at them. "Um...King and Queen Spiderbite...do you remember this being a thing?". The Slimy king and his Queen both shook their heads, "As i recall...we were all placed under a sleeping charm, I don't recall any of us ever being in...bubbles? That's simply not true.".
Actually it was, but but the point being made was that no one knew about that other then judas, sky, luna, landon, nora, fae and celeste...maybe even angel.
So why did the commission know about it?
Based on Sky's expression, the same realization hit her as well.
"Well...no...that's not...", Rhombus seemed at a lost for words, then he quickly silenced himself. If they knew about it, they'd have to know before the teens even got there, and if that were the case they'd have to explain why they didn't help the trapped mewmans and monsters they had seen and why they weren't there when they woke up. Star exchanged looks with Marco and Tom and turned back to janna, "Guards, Arrest the high commission, we clearly can't take their word seriously on this matter...they're accusing the princess on faulty evidence and faulty information".
Even Angel looked puzzled, staring at them as if they had just grown two heads.
"Hold up!", Hekapoo shouted out, stopping the guards in their tracks, "Excuse what he said, he's just being silly, but you can't ignore all these odd coincidences can you? We are asking for you and the others to take this all into consideration before you make your verdict, perhaps there isn't a solid argument that the princess attempted to cause harm to either party, but there is an argument to be made she knows more about what's happening then she's letting on, being at all the crime scenes, the fact the person knows butterfly magic, you've checked most if not all your family members to see if they squealed...no results right?".
"My daughter is not involved with this...".
"Then what is your explanation Queen Butterfly? You can't keep denying something is wrong here! You know there's something wrong here and you fail to have a reason, if someone is indeed framing her, who? Whose framing her?".
"Well maybe it's YOU!", Angel lashed out before anyone else could get a word in, "Sounds to me you're so adment to throw her under the bus as soon as you got something weird on her right? After all, were you all not at all those locations yourselves to collect evidence? You could've easily planted these things, and you know about about the queens and the kingdoms of mewni, you could know all the stuff that thing might know now. Heck, you could supply her with the crystals she used for escape!"
Angel left the room speechless, he was acting far from the apologetic dork he'd been for some time and more like how he'd been when they fought, confident and angry and passionate.
The attention directed towards the commission seemed to make the room extremely tense.
No one seemed to be sure where to point the finger but the commission certainly seemed to be getting some glares now.
"We're only simply trying to find out the truth for the safety of mewni! If the princess is truly innocent then there's no harm is there? This is only for the safety of mewni, if the princess has other intentions we should be wary of them!", Omni said, voice booming through the room. The spiderbite queen sighed from her seat, star turning to look at her, "You probably shouldn't throw them out yet, truth is it seems they lack solid proof your daughter is involved and you lack proof that counters their proof...if she really did nothing, then i suggest she takes the stand herself and explains what actually happened...we can sort this out and get back on track.".
There seemed to be a mutual agreement between the other royals, sky was innocent until proven guilty.
Sky stood in place and Judas approached her, offering her comfort, she hugged him as he whispered into her ear. "Something is definitely up with the commission, but we'll have to worry about that later, just see what you can do...ok? I'm here to help if possible". Sky nodded into his body before they separated, the angry spider prince leaning next to judas instead as sky took his place. This trial changing from angel's treason to sky's possible own treason.
"You going to be ok angel?", he glanced over to the fuming boy, who was glaring down at the commission.
"How dare they...how dare they use this to hurt her...".
Guess that was a "No".
"We're going to sort this out angel, promise...".
He closed his eyes, "This is my fault..."
"Angel, it's not your fault...they...they were doing this way before anyone knew you were involved in this...this isn't because of you...", he reached out to clam him down by angel slapped away his hand, "If i didn't fail, this wouldn't be happening right now, it wouldn't. You can't win this fully unless you admit to the truth, the whole truth...and if you admit the truth there's no telling how much worse this could get. You...You don't have enough proof to prove Sky didn't do what they're claiming without blowing everything...".
"We gotta put our heads together, if we can find a way to disprove their claims without revealing any of this we're golden, but...i'm not sure how...truth potions don't fix everything and neither does the box, even mind spying shows more how the person views it and is shaky at best...and they won't trust the testimonies of people she's friends with...we need something they can't find an excuse for, something raw that can't be tampered with whatsoever...but i'm just not...i don't know where we could get something like that from...that's asking so much...".
"Anything that involves magic can be tampered with judas...there's never a perfect answer to fixing every problem, problems will always arise...they will always find some hole in there as to how it could be faked or lied about...you'd be better off finding another approach then to find some non-existent perfect proof that'll somehow magically save the day...". The demon looked to the commission, then back to sky, Angel was right, finding some proof that would truely save sky and themselves was asking for a miracle.
But maybe, they could find a different approach to saving her...
"Skyler Butterfly, the high commission has accused you of both possible attempted murder and having relations or a connection with the prince and the masked thief, both through evidence and details presented by other witnesses...i'm assuming you think everything they're saying is not true right?", Sky nodded to the Underworld Queen, "Yeah, no kidding none of it is actually true, does anyone really think i'm THAT devious and have so much ill will towards these people...like that i would even rob from my own friend?".
She nodded towards the prince leaning against the wall.
"Do you have a reason for being at all these locations?".
"Yeah, i was in the archives because mom was gonna teach me lessons...so i kinda thought i should well, look into some of this stuff? So yeah, i went into the archives at one point...I couldn't find what I wanted cause the place was wrecked, and I went back to the castle...I really didn't get a chance to report it before those guys got there and already took those stances. So mom found out and all that, that's why I was there, didn't work out...".
Sky tended to be...a bad liar, about as bad as angel.
But considering her lies in the past, this one wasn't half bad, probably because it was a half lie instead of a full lie.
"The Lucitor Archives?".
"Judas is my friend? You don't think at some point he may of shown me around to check out the cool stuff his family owns? He shows me around, i'm good friends with their family, heck, I hang out so much in the underworld at times whose to say someone didn't walk in with some of my hair on their clothes?".
And there was the weaker lie.
"The vaults are heavily guarded and cleaned every week, a guard would've seen you go in there if you had."
"Then someone probably walked in with my hair on them, maybe even lucy since i've been into contact with her plenty of times before", even sky herself didn't seem sure with that lie, she wasn't even sure how her hair got left behind anyway considering she had basically stopped time for a short period when she entered. If a hair fell off her head it would probably float in mid-air as a result, freeze with everything and everyone else, then again she could've missed it pretty easily too.
Reading the room made it obvious her lie wasn't working for everyone either.
"So...you haven't been into the vaults extremely recently?".
"No, why would I?".
"Ok, but how would you like to explain you being assumed to have been at the spiderbite castle?"
The spiderbites shot Judas a look in his direction, "Our Daughter confessed some time ago, she let this young man in her room, supposibly to help treat his illness...his arm, she essentially...got...uncharacteristically angry towards us for never letting her speak to him sooner. Princess Butterfly here, well she argued for her as well, I imagine since these two are so bound at the hip the princess had been in her room as well at some point...maybe leaving a mark of her own...".
"Prince Lucitor was in Princess Spiderbite's...room?", there were some whispers among the group and the king of demons crossed his arms, "Judas told us this as well after the angel incident, as to explain why nora had gotten so close to them to end up with them when the prince...y'know. Nothing more occurred then him being there to helped her with her research, and it hadn't gotten too far before her book had been stolen, losing all the research she had acquired over time and the one's from his time with her".
"Was sky with them?", asked Rich Pigeon from his seat.
"According to him, maybe once or twice she had been in the girl's room...".
"Well then that really does make things seem grey doesn't it? Seems like there's not enough strong evidence still, the princess appears to just be incredibly unlucky the thief went everywhere she did or where someone may of left a hair.", The King and Queen of the Underworld were quick to speak before anyone had their doubts, "This is not something the kids had made up simply to cover for her, awhile back judas asked for more information on his arm, and even angel could atest to her having info on the boy's arm in her book when the thief stole it...would be a lot of effort for any cover up they didn't know they were going to do.".
"So this sounds like it may all be a strange stew of coincidences, but the likelihood is still...a long shot...".
Sky was starting to sweat, which probably wasn't doing her a ton of favors as someone on the stand.
"But we shouldn't ignore it either...it can happen.".
"Indeed.".
Star huffed and crossed her arms, tapping her finger against her elbow, "I know the feelings towards my daughter being the next queen have always been...mixed, but I think it's a stretch to assume she is so evil as to do this, she's done nothing like this before, especially not against mewni itself. We need to judge sky's character just as much, angel in the past did troublesome things, his actions fit him, but has sky ever been so violent before? So untrustworthy as to betray all of mewni and the kingdoms of her own friends?".
"Agreed, she'd never do something to put judas, nora, and the rest of her friends in danger...", King Kucitor closed all his eyes, "It's not like her, yes, she got angry before and produced green magic but that's never intentional from the magic user themselves, sky most likely did it from pure anger in the moment and not out of any true rage towards angel himself, only to protect her friend from being killed, therefore...it seems to me we don't have enough to convict her of anything. Seems to me if the commission wishes to put her under the lense they need better proof under their belt.".
"But-".
"But nothing, nothing has changed, you've charged her based on info that's not strong enough to prove anything, even still...I told you this before and yet you walked in the middle of court to convict my daughter of a crime! Guards, escort the commission out NOW!". The commission didn't even fight them, they walked out by choice, receiving glares on the way out as Sky let out a sigh of relief, was it really over now? Was she free of all charges and was Angel safe as well?
It felt that way and yet-
She still felt her gut wretch in pain.
The Commissions's evidence was throw to the side as not strong enough, but they certainly were given enough time to cast doubt onto the people within the room, not to mention make them worry if sky was up to anything else they weren't aware of. She was barely able to look at her angry mother, despite everything she defended her to the last core, never doubting her. She felt more then inclined to thank her on that one, and to the mewni gods for not giving the commission more to use against her.
"Well, I suppose the princess may leave the stand for now, any further investigation on her can be dealt with out of the court and saved for another day perhaps, now, on the matter of the prince...angelus arachford...may he return to the stand so we can give out out final feelings on him?". Sky watched Angel pass by her, even he seemed relieved as he took the stand, "Prince Angelus, it is perhaps time to give out verdict on the matter of your sentence...".
"Hold on, my queen...I...before you do, can you call upon one more witness...?".
The kings and queens around star looked puzzled, the accused part isn't allowed to call witnesses to the stand were they? That sounded like a recipe for disaster, was the prince trying to get himself into deeper trouble or-? "I'm sorry, but we're missing nora, the last witness who directly saw what happened, I know you have had the others come up, but nora is very important as well, she was with sky before she found where I was, I just feel like her presence is important.".
"Our daughter has no need to-".
"Hold on Penelope, I mean, he has a point, nora was with sky before this happened I believe, Eclipsa mentioned this before when she reported sky running off to find him, if we were to make sure of everything we kinda should have her out here and explain what she knows as well. And besides, she's been away for awhile from the rest of them on your orders, so you know she didn't pre-plan anything with the others, so if she's being honest then that confirms their story entirely.". The spiderbite queen still didn't seem too thrilled but she seemed outnumbered by those around her, looking to her husband who gave her a shurg.
She seemed to have no choice.
"Fine, she's in the west tower, bring her here...".
Nora was brought in with two guards behind her, her expression lifting at the sight of judas, sky and angel waiting for her. Though in fact, they seemed to feel the same way at seeing her again, she took the stand and forced herself to try and make eye contact with the Queen of Mewni though it was clear she was still having a rough time with it. She probably felt she was here for bad reasons instead of being here to help, though Star's face eased up at seeing her.
"Nora?".
Nora gulped, "Y-yes?".
"Do you know why you were called here?".
"Well I...I'm not entirely sure, Am I in trouble?".
Star looked to the girl's parents and back to her, "No...not exactly, Angel called you here in fact, he feels you should testify and we should hear from you before we wrap things up. I'll be honest, hearing an Arachford have so much respect for a Spiderbite to send them here even when they may of been almost been freed is quite interesting.". Even the seated watchers had to agree with that, Judas could spot an approving glare from Globgor himself.
"Oh...You...you want to hear from me what happened?".
"You were with my daughter before you all arrived there...right?".
"Well I...", Nora turned to look at her friends, sky nodding and Judas smiling in reassurance to her, as she nodded towards the rulers, "I was...and Ms Eclipsa saw me as well, we went to see Eclipsa, Sky wanted her help to tracking down angel's location when we realized he was missing, she was worried about him m'am...so they used the spying spell to see if they could find him and that's how we were led there and how Eclipsa knew where we were going.".
"You used the all seeing eye?".
"Both of them did...together...making it strong enough to find him...".
Star didn't know whether to be impressed, or worried her daughter had learned that spell and could do it now.
Nora timidly turned her head, noticing all the people watching her, there was a lot of pressure currently placed on the girl's shoulders, more pressure then she was used to handling right now. Nora simply rubbed at her arms as another question was brought up, "Are you aware of Sky being involved in any...questionable activities? Any indication that she has been up to anything sinister? Any bad intentions on her part? Nora do you think sky ever had intentions to harm anyone?".
She gaped at the question asked by the Jaggs Queen, just wondering exactly what had went down here, "Sky? Cause harm? Of course not, when all this happened...she was furious...furious at her, furious at angel for lying behind her back about working with the enemy...she wanted to take her down...sky wouldn't work with that thing if it was the last thing on earth. She wanted nothing more then to take her down, she wouldn't even look at angel for days...and he...he knows that...".
Angel nodded, "she's...correct.".
"Sky...sky's not like that...she and judas have gotten themselves into all kinds of trouble, sky...it's not like her to betray or go this far for anything. During that party, when she used that magic and broke the chandelier...it was scary...I-I was scared...but...". She tugged on her slimely green locks, "But she'd never intend to really hurt anyone! I know she wouldn't! When all this was happening...she wanted to help me and make me feel comfortable and...protect me...".
"Princess spiderbite? Are you...crying?".
"I-I'm sorry...It's just...I haven't seen my friends in some time and I'm not hearing you guys might...that you think...Judas and Sky are good people, they'd never do something like this...and even if sky somehow would...judas would never agree to her actions...Sky...whenever sky fought angel...well...angel told me...he never felt like they had any real malice towards each other. They never wanted to really hurt the other...they never had this...hatred...between them...sky...she cares about people...even if maybe...it's hard to mention it sometimes...".
Sky could feel angel looking at her, her head turning away.
"She'd never harm him or judas or me...she's...she's not like that...she just wants everyone safe."
The Queen and King of the Spiderbites shifted at the sight of their crying daughter, they clearly wanted to go up and comfort her but the glares now headed to their direction kept them permanently at their seats despite that. Whether Nora knew it or not, she had practically stated she had been kept away from what was essentially her best friends who she seemed to care deeply for and who meant so much to her. The poeple who were quick to comfort her despite the looks though?
Angel, Judas, Sky, and quickly enough sunny, galexia, and whether out of a need to or just not be a jerk...celeste and landon.
"I...I think we've heard enough for now...", Star sighed, "Whatever argument can be held against my daughter can be saved for another day if the high commission brings more evidence to support their argument, that is...if they aren't found in deeper trouble then before. I think it's time to vote on Angel's verdict...leaders of mewni?". Everyone seemed to give a collective nod, "Good, on the count of three, everyone will raise op the sign of their verdict...".
"3...2...1".
Angel's eyes lit up as the majority of the rulers raised the "Innocent of all charges" sigh, he seemed to have a hard time beleiving it himself. Though Star seemed relieved to finally have this mess over with, "Angel, you're freed of any major charges, however, you will be granted at least a month of community service to me and the other kingdoms once the thief has been caught and you are no longer in danger. You may not have caused any major harm intentionally, and you had good intentions, and planned to save people you cared about...but you should've been more careful...nonetheless...perhaps some service to the other kingdoms might help you and allow you time to grow...".
"T-thanks...Queen Butterfly...".
"In terms of your mother, i'm deciding to put a heavy amount of resources into saving her as soon as possible, the Spiderbites have been doing some research on her as of recent and testing some of their own medicine, but the Lucitors said their son is willing to offer up his garden for help, as maybe some of his plants hold ingredients for a cure and if she is revived...then the sooner the better before we lose her. You'll also be allowed a room here if you want, my daughter seems...fond of you...and I kinda can't let you go out there and well...risk being in danger...if not here i'm sure the lucitors are equally fine taking you in...for the time being...you're our best link to who this person might be and your safety will be of most importance...", The blonde might still be mixed on Angel, but watching her daughter pat him on the back with a smile after this mess of a trial seemed to convince her this was the right thing to do.
Thank you...", he was about to cry.
"This trial is dismissed.".
"We did it!", Judas pulled everyone into such a hug Sky was worried he'd crush them all, but everyone seemed more then relieved, even celeste and landon were kinda smiling.
Even as judas stopped hugging everyone, that didn't stop Angel from clutching onto the demon's shirt and hugging his waist, he was still crying freely and smiling. "I'm sorry I ever doubted any of you...I-I...I was expecting the worst in there...I...you convinced them...". Sunny simply smirked, "Hey, you made it easy for us, they only convicted you with a lack of information, knowing that you had no direct play in all the heists outside of accidental stuff, and that you kinda didn't directly hurt anyone or spill anything made it easy to go easy on you...".
"Yeah...it went great...".
Angel's gaze turned to Sky, realizing himself from the demon.
"Princess...uh...Sky...I um...".
"Look, I'll admit, i'm still kinda hurt...about the situation...ok? But...I'm really glad you're ok and we both made it out of there ok...".
"Y-yeah...me too.".
His face grew soft, and judas looked to sky, his face motioning to angel.
Sky sighed to herself, closing her eyes before walked over and pulling angel into a hug, a tight hug, even angel hadn't seemed to expect it. He paused for a moment, not even sure what to do with his arms before they wrapped around her, his spider legs following right after. Affection like this with people who weren't his own parents was probably still something he needed to get used to a lot more, and sky didn't typically hug just anyone anyway.
Though the hug lasted at least 10 seconds before sky pulled away, coughing and looking more to judas then angel. "God the commission almost gave me a heart attack when they came out there, I was so worried they had something to prove I really did something like that...really means a lot to me to have you all back me up out there somehow...get anyone off the scent. Though I kinda suspect it's possible after this someone might look deeper into things...I...didn't have a valid reason to be in your vault after all...".
"It's possible, but it does prove they don't have enough to convict you of this, even if there's an argument to be made that it's a possibility...however...I think we all got the impression we need to keep a closer eye on them...i'm getting a bad feeling here...". The spider coughed, crossing his arms, "For the record...I...the only person I knew they had as an accomplice was Loki...though he was under influence of magic, any other were left out entirely...".
"God if they're working with her...I swear...i'll end them for throwing me under the bus for their crimes...", the princess girt her teeth, "My mom is gonna have them removed entirely for this mess, they came in swinging and couldn't do anything...". Her friends around her quickly cooled her down as she sighed, tugged on her hat, "At least this part is over...for now, we can put our focus and energy into catching them and setting up a trap instead.".
"A trap?", Angel raised an eyebrow, "I'm not going to be the bait...am i?".
"Uh...no, we'll think of something else...".
"Kids! You did wonderful out there!".
Eclispa strolled into the the situation, an excited globgor on her shoulder, quickly jumping off to crush angel in another hug. "Good for you young man, not a lot of monsters have faced trial and made it out, in fact, 99% of them didn't. You're one lucky bug!". Angel let out a gasp as the monster let him go, "And you had the princess's support helping to boot, even if you had that you were never guaranteed to get out of the situation...I'll take this as an improvement...", his eyes gazed towards Eclipsa.
"I wasn't lucky enough to really get a trial until the one I had with Star, Rhombulus was quite quick to imprison others the commission didn't like without a trial frankly...".
"Oh I would know, they imprisoned me within a rage...".
"Didn't you...uh...eat a man?", Landon interjected, "I mean, I know the guy kinda sorta took away your daughter but...eating him probably didn't help, you'd most likely be sentenced anyway for murder.". Even Globgor had to agree, "Well...yeah that's true, though the situation was quite complicated...well...more complicated, kinda like yours.". Angel seemed about to ask why but Eclipsa interrupted, "I'll explain another time, for now, we have work to do...and well...I have to speak to sky.".
She turned herself around, facing sky, "Dear...can we talk...?".
"Why?", the bitterness was still clear in sky's voice, she sent her an icy glare and Eclipsa coughed and tried her best smile. "Look, Dear...I know you're mad with me...and you have every right to be mad with me...considering how much trust you put into me to not tell anyone the truth...but please understand...your safety is important to me...I can tolerate a lot of things dear when it came to this investigation and plan, but going into the direct line of fire like that...you could've died out there...".
"We could've handled it...".
"Yes, you and judas can handle many things, i'm not saying none of you could do it...but...you don't know what you're up against...and...if something happened...and I knew...I'd...I'd never forgive myself. Star certainly wouldn't forgive me after the last time you almost got hurt under my care.". Sky still looked reluctant but Angel stepped forward, "I-I...Eclipsa really helped us out back there...and I...It'd mean a lot to me if she could help us finish this...".
"You still exposed us to our parents...".
"I know...I wasn't happy about that...but allow me to make up for it...", Eclipsa looked to someone in the distance and once glace by sky could tell her she was looking at katrina, who was busy talking to the guards who had taken the commission from the room. "We can find them, or figure out what they want...when we capture whoever this is things can swiftly go back in order...mewni is so used to dealing with armies and normal magical threats...not...sneaky thieves who are impossible to track and know our kingdoms inside and out...".
"The commission-".
"Oh we saw...", Globgor's expression turned grave, "It seems they have more part to play in this then we thought...".
"Just...when you want to talk...you know where to find me dear...just...please...consider it.", Globgor followed Eclipsa as she gently patted Angel's head in congrats and headed on her way. More and more people were heading out already, and Nora stuck rather close to judas and sky. She didn't spot her parents though frankly that was a good thing, as Judas happily took the group to eat in the underworld for a bit, his parents following with him.
Well, if eat in the underworld they meant "Eat in the royal dining room", then yes, he did get them dinner there. But it was good dinner, roast beef server with fresh veggies, fresh buttered rolls, and served with sherbert ice cream for dessert. Angel dug into the food immediately with a smile on his face, when this was all over they had to do something about his kingdom to help with their supply of food, or at least share recipes with them if possible.
It was well earned, and nice to see Angel eat without looking miserable, plus mason was finally happy to see everyone again as he wasn't allowed to go to the trial on account of his parents not wanting him involved. Sunny whispered to him to give him updates on everything happening as he took a bite of food, worrying at all the bad parts but his face shifting to one of utter relief when he heard about the results of the situation. Judas still felt bad considering mason badly seemed to wish he had been there to help them all out, though it was still nice to see his brother looking out for them and happy for their achievement.
Even the King and Queen looked relieved.
"Um...King Lucitor? Queen Lucitor?", Nora said meekly, the couple turning their heads and smiling at the sight of the girl, "Since you uh...knew about judas sneaking out to see me...I uh...I really hope you're not mad at him, I...I told him I wanted him to come over so I could help him, and he got worried he was pressuring me when I really did want to help and I just...please don't punish him for it he never did anything to me...he just wanted help...".
"Nora...I promise...we have no intention to get on him for that...".
"Y-you don't?".
"We...we always knew your parents were unfair to you...there have been well...many times where at meetings we told them they should let you around more of the other kids but they disagreed...you're a delightful girl Nora and everytime we see you is wonderful . We only wish you could've been allowed to spend time with us more often, judas always seemed excited to see you.", she beamed at their compliments, "It's hard to get too mad at you or judas, your parents want to protect you...but it's obvious to everyone that how they do it is at the cost of your own happiness, and that you're almost dying to leave the castle at this point.".
"You're really ok he left to see me?".
"Well, sneaking out during the situation? That maybe we can be worried and mad about, but just wanting to spend time with you? Honestly, wish he told us sooner...we'd probably have helped him.", Tom snickered, "Oh god, the King and Queen would hate us for that...but...god...spending time with friends is important for anyone. During this situation we need friends and people we can rely on, and as a future leader, forming relationships with our son and other kids can only help you...".
"It was mainly his-".
"Arm? Yeah, we're aware...it's...we're always concerned about it too, but it shouldn't prevent him or you from being friends...we never let it stop judas and sky from being friends, and judas needed a best friend more then ever when he was seriously going through this, still does.". Marco reached out and patted her shoulder, her cold slimy hair brushing against their hand, she didn't flinch nor did she try to hide her face as they smiled at her softly, "You need him and he needs you...and we're happy to welcome you here anytime, thanks for caring so much about him...".
"O-oh...I-I...oh it's not problem, j-jude's great...I-I just...wanted to do something nice for him...", her face suddenly felt very warm and she felt herself laughing, "I was so w-worried you'd be mad we were hanging out cause my parents hated the idea...I...I...thanks...I...I...i'd love to have more moments like this.". Her gaze turning to sky, judas, angel, and the others who were eating and laughing, "I want more moments with them, from now on...".
"And honestly...If i had been kept from tom and star...i probably would've done the same thing, i think it's good if you're willing to take risks because you care about your friends...getting mad over it...would kinda make me a hypocrite honestly...", Nora laughed but she seemed more then thankful, her eyes wandering to gaze at the purple demon prince and the butterfly princess as they discussed the trial and the events involve under their breath.
"So angelus...i'm sure you're more then relieved huh?", marco quickly turned his gaze to the pink monster prince who was trying to make sure his legs didn't hit anyone in the face in his seat.
The prince, who had been laughing a moment ago, turned to face the royals, pulling himself together. "Well...of course, I was going to be dethroned for what happened, for awhile I was just going to accept it frankly...maybe...just live the rest of my life here or something...", his face quickly frowned before changing back into a smile, "But, you...you all actually did it...". He then transferred his gaze to the bluenette and tall demon who were playfully kicking each other under the table.
"To be fair...I'll admit, in a way i almost liked the idea of not having to go back home...and stay here...with you...but maybe...it'd be good to have the best of both?", he sounded almost hopeful, "To be able to actually be the prince i want to be...and also get to have days like this? I'd like to be able to eat...stew...and buttered rolls and...I just want more of this...". He took another bite of his food, "You guys have better food then back home honestly...er...nothing against ours it's...".
"Well you're stuck here...so I suppose you'll be eating it more often since your under protection until further notice.".
"How long do you think i'll be here...?".
"Until they're caught, simply put.".
"So...no real idea...".
"You could be here 1 month, you could be here 10 years...though...hopefully not the latter...the sooner we catch them the better.", angel nodded as his gaze turned back to his friends, who were already working on a plan between them. It caught the King's attention as Judas quickly turned to him, "We have some ideas of what we may do to get them...but...it needs some work.". The king settled down and his gaze softnened as he looked at sunny, who was still enjoying herself.
"Y'know, with this mess going down, i don't think i've properly gotten to think about the fact you're...that you're technically...".
Sunny took a good look at the king, smiling and sighing to herself, "Yes and no i guess...you're technically my dad...but the daddy I have back home deals with...different stuff, he's not exactly...like you. But...it does make me almost feel like i'm home again...". Marco's gaze even turned to celeste, who was promptly avoiding looking at them, "I guess we were eating with two new family members all along, i'm sorry to hear you're that far away from home...".
"Well, I happen to think this place is like another home...", Sunny took another sip of tea as the couple smiled genlty.
Then the door busted open.
"THOMAS!".
Tom almost choked on his food.
"DAD!".
The former king of the underworld strolled in, quick to congratulate the puzzled spider prince briefly before walking over to Tom and Marco. "I heard about the trial, did the commission really just up and attack the princesss like that ? In the middle of the trial?". He looked relieved but also incredibly mad, and Tom seemed like he was attempting to move his father to another room to talk about what happened, but Dave refused, leaving Tom no choice.
"Look, star...took care of it, and Sky made it out ok, they couldn't prove she did anything and seemed to have jumped to conclusions...".
"That's still not good Thomas...even if sky escaped that one, they've drawn more attention to her suspicious actions more then ever. You were able to prove it was all probably a lie but you know the meer idea of it will spread around mewni fast, with what happened to eclipsa...it's not a victory just yet. It's not a victory till we have the criminal and can find a reason why they knew the things they did...", he pinched his nose and closed his brilliant teal eyes.
"I...trust you tom but...i'm worried, for the kid's sakes, they have it bad enough without these rumors spreading...".
"Dad, we'll be ok, and uh...please stop sending spies to these things...you can just wait for us to speak to you...", Dave looked a little embarrassed all of a sudden, coughing into his hand and crossing his arms to get himself back in order. "I'm just concerned, I'm sorry for ruining your celebration, i know after that mess you're eager for a break but with how judas is treated by the public and sky was already seen by the public, i'm worried this victory is short-lived...".
"We know...", Judas stood up from the table, "We know it's probably short lived...but...we'll manage. At least for now Sky is safe...and so is angel...that's a good enough victory for now.". His hand rested on sky's head, the girl sighing, "But it does only mean the commission might come back with something even stronger next time to convict her...possibly, especially if she is being framed...might just go right to the arresting and ignore the trial entirely..".
He let out a deep breath, hand now resting on his friend's shoulder, "it wouldn't be the first time they convicted people based on little evidence...but we won't let them go any further then this...if we can.". The former king nodded, smiling, "You've grown so much Judas...i'm proud of you. Hopefully we can repel the rumors for a bit, and keep an eye on that commission so they don't make up any more lies in order to convict anyone...I get the feeling they might be kicked off the commission officially for this though...".
"Knowing Star...there's a high chance...she never wanted to fire them sooner because of the powers they possess and that letting them off on their own is not a great idea either. But if she does want them out...she kinda has to deal with who should take their place and well...what to do with them..and well...considering that i'm not sure she's willing to go through that mess till after this mess is finished.", The half demon king clutched his forehead, "The moment they spoke i was panicking...people cannot trust them...they go too much with their gut instincts and it's doing more harm then good...".
"I'll speak to hekapoo personally tomorrow...", marco said, sipping their tea, "I feel like I've neglected confronting her on this for kinda a long time, but we're kinda friends so...maybe i can get her to think about it and reconsider her actions...i'll be honest Tom, I love you, but i also can't help but think the high commission is genuinely trying to help...but they're doing a poor job about it. It's easy to be very mad with them now, and i'm mad too...but i think they think they're doing what's best and failing...hard.".
"Well, they did all the bad stuff they did under that idea so...yeah...you'e probably right.".
"Um...sir?".
The Mewman king's attention as then drawn to Nora, who shyly raised a hand up at him to get his attention. "Have you heard back from my parents? I haven't seen them since the trial?". Dave's eyes lit up at the sight of nora, immediately shaking her hand with both of his, "Ah, the princess whose looking out for my grandson! I want to thank you so hard for wanting to help him...I owe you...for years i've been trying to help him with his condition...you can't believe-".
"Dad...can you answer her question, please?", Tom said, sending a smile nora's way.
"Right right, sorry, got carried away there...your parents are at butterfly castle, apparently the queens wanted to talk to them personally...i'm sure after this you'll head back there with princess skyler and we'll see what happens from there.". Nora nodded softly, "You don't have to thank me so much...i was happy to help...though I had to put it on hold to help with...angel's mom sadly...plus my notes all got stolen and i had to try and gather them all back again...".
"Well, i think it's commendable how much you care about him...i owe it to help you restore what you may of lost...you need help, you need only ask...", Nora's eyes sparkled with gratitude as the former king turned back to his son and their partner, "I better get going, we can speak about this later...your mother is petting lucy right now and has a meeting with some of the guards later, we're going to call in that girl...the servant girl you mentioned was apart of jude's team?".
"Fae?".
Mason's ears perked up.
"Yes her...she lacks a huge role in this matter but i feel like we should speak to her more on what she knows...if possible.".
"Alright, just be careful with her, she's a child after all...luckily she never became involved directly despite angel's attempts but she's still young and almost being involved in something like that is bound to be scary for her.", Landon snorted into his cup, getting everyone's attention as he became red faced with embarrassment, "Actually, be more worried for yourself then her, you're more likely to get upset then she is...but she'll probably tell you that the minute you meet her anyway so...".
"You were the one who met her correct?".
"Y-yeah?".
"I'm curious landon, judas never cleared this up with me, how did you find out she had something to do with this in the first place? With so many servants stumbling around in and out, angel could've recruited anyone, how did you find out who it was?", Marco's brown eyes were warm, and landon quickly turned away. If he answered that question, he'd have to mention his hidden spot, not to mention he'd have to bring up the page they found...after they had just proven sky innocent.
Which is exactly why judas had said nothing.
It seemed harmless enough to bring up, considering it could actually be stacked in their favor as evidence of sky being framed, but what if the commission would use it against them somehow? Landon was utterly silent, Celeste along with him, unsure what to do. Landon couldn't bring himself to mention this without judas and no doubt judas didn't like to speak about it for good reason. Their silence seemed to put the couple on edge a little, the demon king's face softening.
"Boys...if we're going to get through this...we need you to trust us...i know you're not eager to work with us and had your reasons to not want us involved...but...you need us right now and we need you. If there's something you're not telling us, you need to say something...otherwise who knows what might happen.", Landon shut his eyes and Sky looked to judas, already knowing well what was troubling them. The purple demon shut his eyes tightly, fangs pricking his lip before sighing.
This was really something he didn't want to talk about, but there didn't seem to be any choice on the matter, they were going to have to bring it up. Judas seemed to be looking for sky for consent and she granted it to him, at this point there was no point in not mentioning it, especially if they were on their side. Though he could only wonder where this would lead once he spilled the beans on the matter, especially to the poeple on the team that had yet to know.
"Look it's...landon...found something, something that fae had with her, he used it to track her down, fae found it...in the spot where we confronted angel awhile back...", just talking about it made judas uncomfortable and worried, "I wasn't sure if telling you would do more harm then good...ok...I wanted to keep it between me, landon, sky, and well..celeste and fae I guess...I was worried if i said something something might...i'm sorry, ok? I didn't mean anything by it?".
"Judas...what is it...he found exactly?".
"It's a page from the book of spell's...sky's wand page exactly...".
There was slight confusion around the room, though angel's face perked up.
"The wand page? from a rather large book? With sky's wand drawn on it and everything?".
"Yeah?".
"Her pulled it out once in front of me...I saw it...you...found it?".
"Wait...you didn't mention her having a picture from the book of spells to me?", Judas quickly asked, Angel looking rather embarrassed, "I'm not that familiar with the book of spells, At the time it was just a page she had with sky's wand on it, I-I didn't know anything about it untill you just mentioned it...I thought it was something they had made themselves as part of their plans or something...I never got close enough to see what was on it.".
"Wait...she wrote out plans?" sky said, leaning on the table.
"Well, yeah...she did...but...I never saw them, I don't even know where they might be...highly likely they burned it after all of this...", there were looks shared among those at the table, all eyes on angel, "Angel, did they tell you any plans relating to sky's wand? Maybe that's why they're trying to frame her! If they do, sky loses the wand...if she loses the wand-". Then Sunny finished it for him, "-then the wand is vulnerable, especially for the high commission-", then finished by Sky"-Then those nutcases, if they are up to bad intentions, could hand it off to her if they wanted to...but...why my wand?".
"Well, your wand does have that gem...", Judas rubbed at his chin, his grandfather's brows furrowing, "Hold on...what gem?".
"Sky's gemstone...it's why i was worried to say anything...her gem is rare...peers into the multiverse basically...i was worried if it got out...people might thing it was her under that cloak and...". He silenced his tongue, knowing his grandfather had yet to know about the girl's true nature as of yet. But his parents seemed to understand well enough, "Hmm, that actually sounds like a valid theory if their intention was to get their hands on her wand, after all, directly stealing it would be sloppy and cause more problems, this would be a way of getting it without drawing attention to themselves...".
"But the wand changes for the wielder doesn't it?", landon piped up, "They grab it and it immediately would transform, seems like a lot of hassle for nothing...". That was another good point actually, everyone quick to think over their theory. Dave coughed into his hand, "Well for now, we'll worry about it tomorrow, been quite the day today, i'll see you tomorrow judas, tom? I'll be talking to the girl soon, we still seem to have quite a few mysteries to solve here...".
"If you find out anything about the commission...let us know..".
Dave nodded, petting his grandson's hair playfully on his way out.
As the door slammed behind him, tom folded his arms together, "Judas...we'll talk to you more about this tomorrow, for now, let's try to enjoy this victory on your part...prince angelus, i hope you plan to tell us every detail you can remember...anything could be crucial y'know?". The prince nodded, slightly embarrassed though his ease returned as judas offered him another roll, his face lighting up with a bite into the warm, buttery, baked good.
"So where will you be staying tonight?".
"I still want to be alongside my mother...until...she's hopefully well again...".
"Understood.".
"May I stay with him?". judas raised his hand, "I know you're being strict with everything, you have Katrina tailing me after all...but is it ok if i keep him company...? Especially since we don't know where nora will be tonight?". His parents shared a look and shared a nod, "Just for tonight...yes, you can...as long as you're guarded...alright? After this we have to check up in on Queen Star, and well...we need to speak to Jackie as well, since she went out there herself...hopefully she's alright...been a tiring time most likely...".
"She's jackie, she's got this...".
"You're not wrong, and that reminds me...".
Marco leaned forward, their arms crossed and eyes looking towards the table, "If anyone receives a call from luna, please let us know...wherever she is i hope we find her before anything may happen...not that i don't trust her...but...i don't want anyone out there alone like this..especially not any of you...". Everyone seemed to understand and Angel shot judas a look of gratitude as they continued eating, sky coughing to get the attention of the adults, "Hey uh...one more request...I...I want melaine...to come over...I...she's not a big role...but...i think she should be here?".
"Your pen pal? What for?".
"Mel saw her...during the sleepover, she's not perfect but she's really good at theories and peicing things together...I think...If i properly explain everything to her...she might be able to help deduct our next moves and who to go after...and i know...she's around my age...but...she's not in any direct danger and she really thinks out of the box...i really don't want to leave her hanging...i'd like a chance...to have her help out.". This requests seemed a little more on the fence for the couple, marco whispering in the demon's ear and tom whispering back.
A few minutes later deciding on an option.
"You can video her and talk to her though there, don't bring her here...yet. It can't hurt frankly...".
"Thank you Queen Lucitor, it means a lot to me, i promise you won't regret this...".
"Judas...angel?".
Sky creeped inside the hospital wing, in her nightgown and bat slippers, tired as all heck but pushing through it to keep herself from sleeping on the floor.
A few mounds stirring among the dark room, a smile on her lips, there those two were...hopefully she hadn't woke them.
"Sky!", came one the girl hadn't expected to hear, leaving the princess a bit surprised but pleasantly so.
"Nora?", sky paused at the voice, peering through the dark to spot her...just barely...but her slimy shape made her hard to not notice.
The green slimly girl, smiled at the blunette through the dark, judas and angel nearby and waking up, "My parents have yet to come back to ground me so i wanted to stay here...with them, what are you doing here?". Sky's motivations became clear as she took one of the empty beds close by, "Sleepover anyone? Katrina said it was cool...plus we might get a chance to talk...in the morning...". Judas snickered at her in his old shirt and sweatpants, "Ughh...sky...let us sleep...we really need it after today...".
"Yeah I know...but...I wanted to...if that was ok?", she shifted and yawned again, groggy, "I really couldn't sleep by myself anyway, kinda paranoid honestly about something bad happening...i really could just use the company at a time like this...". Judas shared his own yawn but the sight of his best friend always seemed to lighten his spirits, and yeah, after today, he'd want to be with trusted people instead of his quiet bedroom as well if possible.
"Sky...of course it's ok, please...join us tonight...but let us sleep tonight...today's been an emotional roller coaster...", Sky snickered as she laid down, "Y'know...when all this is over...i'd like to redo the sleepover thing...have all of you there...we could do dumb stuff all night.". Through the dark angel's thankful smile was clear, sky letting out a yawn and hearing the shuffled of her friends getting back to sleep for the ride that would sure be tomorrow.
They got past today, but tomorrow would be it's own beast.
"Thanks for looking out for me today guys..."., she whispered into the dark, angel's ears twitching at her words as everyone started getting back in their beds for some much needed rest.
"We weren't gonna let them take you down like that...", sky smiled, yawning, "Especially you uh...angel...you really went ham on them and it uh...thank you...". There was a silence coming from the spider, followed by a small "You're welcome...". Sky pulling the sheets over herself as she fell to sleep, her friends by her side.
