I hate WPS!

They did not only FORCE me to restart my tablet every time I use their app, but because of them, I lost valuable data.

Hope Polaris isn't like them.

Anyway; I was hoping they would keep the dragon.

Oh well. Still sticking to my story.

And considering they didn't keep the dragon, this is an alternate to the last chapter.

This happened after Proxima is purified, the Queen and King are returned to flesh and bone, and Necrafa is purified back into Nessira.


Who knew being a mother would turn out to be dangerous?

At least they got Arkayna back, but the mystery of Runeford still remains. How could one baby dragon grant such power to the Dragon Mage, and almost turned her into a dragon in the first place?

Arkayna didn't want to say good-bye to Runeford. The little dragon felt the same way, but they knew it was best if she lived with the other dragons. That's why they contacted the Dragon King.

When the Dragon King Valmarr and his fellow dragons saw Runeford, their faces were filled with so much shock that they bowed before the little dragon.

To everyone's surprise, Runeford turned out to be the child of the Mystical Dragon, one of the most powerful Mystical Beasts that protected the realm thousands of years ago.

As it turned out, the Mysticons were chosen not only to protect the realm, but to raise the next heirs of the Mystical Beasts.

To the Astromancers' dismay, the reason why the Beasts didn't choose them was because they lacked the heart to do so.

Well... One of them had the heart, but she alone wasn't enough to raise and nurture all 4 baby Beasts.

Now here they are; The Mysticons, the Astromancers, the Royal Family, and the Pink Skulls on a quest to find the other three eggs that were scattered all over Gemina.

Their first stop; Zarya's old home, which was destroyed by a tyrannical parrot.

Zarya never thought she'd come back here, twice.

The last time she came back here was when Proxima brought Captain Kaos back from the dead. He kidnapped her sister and brought her to the ruined village she was raised in as leverage for her to hand over one of the keys that will open a very powerful chest.

Come to think of it, before they left, Zarya felt something was calling for her... But she shrugged it off as a moment of nostalgia.

Now here she is once again. With her family.

"They must have been good-hearted people." Queen Goodfey joined her daughter as she stared at her ruined old home.

"They were." Zarya replied, reminiscing about her adopted family.

"It would have been a blessing to meet them and expressing my gratitude." The Queen mused.

"They would love that." Zarya replied, not taking her eyes off the horizon.

"At least they'd be proud of you becoming a mother." Queen Goodfey smiled.

"Yeah...?" Zarya's eyes widened in surprise before she shook her head, "Caretaker, Mom. Caretaker. And maybe tamer."

"Oh come on." Kitty teased, "You'd make a great mommy."

"Tamer." Zarya insisted, "Sure I'd be getting an awesome new partner, (briefly shift to jealous Choko and jealous Archer) but there is no way am I ending up like that."

Everyone turned to Arkayna.

"Gawayne!" Arkayna searched for her stepbrother. She held Runeford on one arm while her other hand held onto a sailor outfit about the same size as Gawayne, "You said you were going to be an amazing uncle!"

"Other than dress-up!" Gawayne realized his mistake when he got out of his hiding place. He desperately clung to the floor as he was dragged by his stepsister.

"You two are twins." Emerald pointed out.

"Twins don't always think alike." Zarya countered, making everyone mutter in agreement, "And when I find my Beast, there's no way I'm going to go, 'Aww'."


"Still think he's a wise teacher?" Zarya asked Nova Terron sarcastically after they, along with her parents, stepbrother, Nessira, Proxima, Kitty and Choko, were separated from the others and were trapped inside the caverns thanks to the Alphamancers' attack.

"I'm sorry!" Nova Terron apologized, again.

They're never going to let it go.

"Are you guys okay?" Arkayna called from the other side of the rock barrier that separated her from her family.

"We're fine." Queen Goodfey assured, "Since we're here, we might as well search for the egg."

"You do that, and we'll find a way to get you out." Arkayna confirmed.

Zarya's group followed the path before them until they came across three entrances; One would lead them to where the egg is, the other two would...you know.

Nessira summoned a ball of light which flew around before it entered the center entrance and disappeared.

"When in doubt, follow the light." Kitty mused as they approached the center.

Not there...

Zarya stopped when she heard that voice in her head. When Kitty took one step inside the entrance, she grabbed her arm and pulled her back just before a rain of sharp rocks pelted the ground.

"That, never happened before." Nessira remarked with shock. Her tracking spells never ever point them to the wrong way before.

The voice echoed once more in Zarya's head, telling her to go to the left entrance.

From there, the group followed the path until they came across a large cavern.

In the center, separated from where the group was standing, were two large spiky rocks; One on the ceiling, and one on the ground. In the middle, hovering between the two spikes, was the egg of the Mystical Wolf.

"Wait." Nova Terron stopped Zarya before she could take a step forward. He magically summoned a helmet and a shield for himself before giving the Ranger a thumbs up.

Runeford doesn't bite that much.

But maybe hers will.

Zarya took one step forward, only for the ground beneath her feet to break, causing her to fall to the abyss below, much to the worry of her family and friends.

To everyone's relief, she landed on a large rock that levitated her around the spikes.

This must be what Arkayna felt when she first touched Runeford's egg. Zarya couldn't take her eyes off the egg as is began to glow in a bright, blue light. The same light that was emitting from Zarya's eyes.

The light from the egg grew until it enveloped the entire cavern in its glow, forcing everyone except Zarya to cover their eyes.

After a few seconds, the light died down. Zarya blinked when the glow in her eyes disappeared. Once she regained her sight, she realized the egg was gone.

In it's place, was a blue wolf cub.


"I'm sorry, Little One."

Those were the last words she heard. The last voice she heard.

She never heard another voice for the last thousand years ever since.

It was just her. Only her. In a world filled with darkness. Only darkness.

Then one day, she heard her. The first voice she heard in years.

She was looking, for HER!

FINALLY! After all these years...?!

Oh no! She's going the wrong way!

She managed to save her in time and lead her to the right path. The closer she got, the more she was excited to finally meet her, her mommy!

Suddenly, a spark of light appeared in her dark world. It grew and grew.

Finally, she was free...!

The moment she opened her eyes, there she was.

Her mommy.

Zarya was caught by surprise when the wolf cub tackled her...which led them to fall to the abyss again.

"Please let there be another rock." Darius hoped.

There wasn't another rock...

Instead, Zarya was levitated in front of them. The Mysticon Ranger was surrounded in blue light, clutching the wolf cub in her arms.

Turns out; The cub's the one levitating her. Then she just dropped her on the ground.

Couldn't she just let her down gently? Zarya's annoyance disappeared when the cub happily licked her, causing her to break in laughter. Moments later, she locked eyes with the baby Beast.

Those, cute... big... adorable...

No. She swore to herself she wouldn't say IT...! She... WON'T...!

"Aww."

"Ha!" Kitty teased, one hand pointed at her friend, the other holding on to her spellpad, its camera facing Zarya.

"Oh no." Zarya groaned. She said IT, "Please don't glyph my sister."

She felt her spellpad vibrating. She opened it, revealing a glyph from her sister, which included a picture of her being licked by the wolf cub, and a message; "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... x) ...Aww."

"Great." Zarya rolled her eyes, "I'm still not going mommy. Or play dress-up."

"Thank you." Gawayne wiped his brow in relief.

"You were happy for the first 5 minutes." Proxima pointed out.

"First 5 minutes." Gawayne emphasized, "Then she wanted me to wear a tutu."


Being a mother stinks.

Well... Not all the time...

But it is annoying.

At some point.

This is confusing!

She tried to resist, but Zarya couldn't help but act serious in one minute, then fuss over her Beast like a mother in another. Sometimes, she would groan before resuming her mixed-up routine.

"This is so confusing." She sighed in annoyance before gushing at the wolf cub's, who she named "Howlette", eyes, "Aww! Look at her precious little eyes! Make it stop!"

"We'd be delighted."

Tazma suddenly appeared out of nowhere along with two other Alphamancers, "Hand over the cub."

Howlette growled at Tazma while Zarya held her protectively, "Keep your shady tendrils off my baby! Er... Puppy. Cubby. Wolfy?"

Tazma just rolled her eyes as she commanded her shadows to grab Howlette.

Zarya struggles to pull her wolf away from the shadows, but lost to the shadows in the end.

With the Mystical Wolf in their possession, the Alphamancers blasted the ceiling, causing it to fall on the group while they teleported back to their Master.

Little do they know, they just unleashed the wrath of a mother.


These guys never give up do they?

Just as they found another way to free their comrades, the group were attacked once more by the Alphamancers.

Runeford nudged his snout on his mommy's face, catching her attention. He wanted to fight too.

Before Arkayna could comply, Tazma and her two companions suddenly appeared before Alpha Galaga... And presented a wolf cub before him.

Howlette wiggled angrily in her captor's hands as the leader of the Alphamancers reached for her.

But before he could, his hand was zapped by a blue bolt of energy, and so was Tazma's, causing her to drop Howlette in the process.

A blue blur grabbed Howlette. It stopped, revealing Zarya, her beastly-modified eyes glaring at the Alphamancers.

Her eyes weren't the only thing that changed; Her hair was pulled up to resemble wolf's ears. Blue lightning marks appeared on the bare areas of her arms. Her gloves and boots also had white lightning marks on them. On her cape was an emblem of a wolf.

"Sorry we're late. We...?" Nessira appeared with the others, and was surprised to find Bane on the ground, tied up.

"How could you have let yourself get captured?" Proxima asked in disbelief.

"I just want to point the fact that it wasn't the Alphamancers." Bane glared at Gandobi and Quazala who gave Nessira sheepish waves.

"We, might have overreacted a little bit when you defeated the unbeatable Unbeatabeast." Gandobi admitted.

"What?!" Nova Terron grabbed Bane by the collar, "Spill or we cut your fingers off!"

How could Bane defeat the most powerful monster in the game?

"Nova!" Nessira scolded.

"Just get me out of here!" Bane demanded.

"No one messes with my baby." Zarya growled at Alpha Galaga.

"Aww!" The Pink Skulls gushed. Mommy Zarya.

Tazma sent her shadows to bind Zarya. Unfortunately for her, the Ranger slashed her way out, thanks to the new energy wolf claws that came with her upgrade.

"Howlette," Zarya turned to her wolf, "Time to howl!"

Zarya and Howlette howled together as Zarya unleashed her Wolf Bracer to the sky. Howlette jumped inside the Wolf Bracer as it filled her with its power, transforming her into a giant wolf.

The Alphamancers stopped, gazing with shock and surprise at the giant wolf before them. Some of them tried to trap Howlette in a magical net, but the Wolf Beast tore it apart with a powerful thunderous roar, sending most of the Alphamancers far away.

"Guess we should lend a claw too." Arkayna raised her bracer to the sky, "Unleash the Dragon!"

The green dragon made of pure magical energy surrounded both Arkayna and Runeford.

Arkayna's hair was pulled up to resemble flames. Green wings sprouted from her back. Green scale patterns appeared on her gloves and boots. When she opened her eyes, they were now beastly.

Meanwhile, Runeford grew into a giant dragon, about a foot taller than Howlette.

With a mighty flap of their wings, Arkayna and Runeford took to the skies. Arkayna countered any attacking Alphamancer with a flick of her dragon whip. Meanwhile, Runeford blasted them away with his magical breathe.

Galaga knew his forces had no chances in defeating 2 Mystical Beasts, so he ordered his Alphamancers to retreat.

Next time, the next Beast will be theirs.

With the Alphamancers gone, Arkayna, Zarya and their Beasts powered down.

The Astromancers turned to Bane, eager to know the secret in defeating the most powerful monster in the game.

"One button on the left, then the big one on the right." Bane spoke bluntly.

"Which left?" Gandobi asked desperately.

"The one the cyclops spilled cheese on." Bane replied with annoyance.

Zarya resisted the urge to laugh as Howlette licked her, but failed. When she saw the amused looks the others were giving her, she sighed in defeat, "I'm a mommy."

When Nova Terron approached her, she went wolf, got on all fours, and barked at him before chasing him, thinking he wanted to take her baby away

Nova screamed and ran in terror. It didn't help when Arkayna went dragon and joined her sister in the chase.