Good Morning my amazing follower population. How are you this fine evening? So because this is so late I was supposed to post something special. But I misplaced my notebook so I will have to go back and see what I wrote previously and start there. So when I write it I will post it to this chapter.
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~~Chapter 6~~
Once the bodies were cleared from the hallways we returned to the main hall. Chatter buzzed in the hall like bees. Despite having to get up extremely early and fight for their lives they seemed like they were on a sugar high. Eventually they would crash and I would be there to laugh with my brothers.
"So what's going to happen now?" Sting asked.
"Everything might return to something similar to what it used to be." I answered.
"Come on. That's report to Dad." When we walked in it looked as if dad and uncle Zeref were arguing about something. When they saw us they stopped the conversation.
"How did it go?" Dad asked.
"They killed a few ours." I replied.
"How many?"
"Five, including King." Rogue added.
"King's dead?" Uncle Zeref sent Dad a look.
"Fine, Zeref. By the way, I completely resent this idea."
"What idea?"
"I'll announce it. The guild needs to know." We nodded and followed them out to the main hall. We took a seat at the couch we just left and watched as dad addressed the guild from the stage we used during parties.
"Sabertooth, I have an announcement." The guild members stopped talking and looked to the stage.
"With the recent attack on our guild I have received some troubling information. Due to our powerful magic, other dark guild have deemed it necessary to kill our most powerful members. This includes myself." Yells of outrage rang out from the members. They called out insults about the dark guild and praised Sabertooth. Dad waited a second before continuing.
"The top priority on their list: me and my children. Second: my family. Which includes all of you. Third, is my blood family scattered throughout the country." I bolted out of my seat. No. I won't let this happen. I will prevent anyone from harming my family. I will not let Arceous's words come true.
"Zeref and I have already come to a conclusion." Dad yelled over the screams and protests of the quieted down before he spoke.
"We will be splitting up my children and sending them to other guilds and anyone who feels safer within another guild is free to join them without our usual farewell. I highly recommend that some of you transfer to another guild for the time being." The guild was silent. Not a soul moved, not a soul spoke. The shock was too great for the guild to handle normally. Unable to stand anymore I fell back on the couch and slumping in my chair. I couldn't leave, not now. Not after everything we've been through. My throat was dry and I felt as if I was going to vomit. I could feel my heart breaking and I don't know what to do about it. I heard a poof beside me and a hand reach out to me. I looked to see who was trying to comfort me.
"Princess?" It was Loke. "What's wrong?"
"H–he's sending us away." Tears blurred my vision. "He's m–making us leave Sabertooth, Loke." I launch myself into his arms and cry into his shoulder.
"It's alright, Princess."
"It's not! It's not, Loke! It's not alright! I don't want to leave." I whispered at the end. As if my tears had awakened my brothers, they got up and stomped over to our father.
"Bring her along, Loke. We need to find out what is going on." Silver told Loke. He nodded in acknowledgement before slowly leading me to dad's office. Meanwhile, the rest of the guild finally decided on how they felt. Around half were beyond outrage and the other half were beyond depressed. They fell to the floor, their bodies no heavy to hold themselves up.
By the time Loke and I got to dad's office most of my siblings were there. They all stood along the wall or in the chairs. I joined my twins on the couch with Loke. As I sat down the conversation started.
"Why weren't we consulted on this matter, dad?" Silver asked.
"It wasn't your choice to make."
"Why the hell wasn't it?"
"You wouldn't have agreed to it."
"You got that right," Max said.
"So you're just going to send us away because we got into a fight? That's cool man. I mean dad," Winter stated.
"It is because you got into a fight. It's because of what the fight was about."
"You mean the whole being on the kill list thing?"
"Yes."
"Dad. Will be fine. Look we're fine. We're all here. Nobody's going anywhere." I hiccuped and silent tears stream down my face. A puff of smoke appeared and Arceous stepped from it. He gently pick me up, took my place, and set me on his lap. Loke remained next to him and Arceous whispered words of comfort and rub circles on my back. Loke rubbed my shoulders as he listened to the conversation.
"No. You're–" Sting started.
"Where's King?" Kitten asked. I hiccuped again and buried my face into Arceous's chest. Dragons always made me feel better. People always tell me that they are horrible, bloodthirsty creatures. I always refuse to believe it. They were fierce, gentle, loving, loyal animals. They're possessive and overprotective, sure, but that only meant that you are precious to them. No matter what I refused to see dragons in any other way.
"He's dead." Rogue said.
"What?" Mousy asked.
"He's been murdered by a dark guild."
"How do you know?" Max asked.
"We saw his body. He died in our arms."
"You found him alive and you let him die?!"
"Of course we try to save him!"
"How do I know that! How do we know that! For all we know you could've killed him! Or her!" She gestured to me.
"Look at her! She's about to break down if not broken already. Does she look like she could've killed him?!"
"Yes! She's pretending! For all we know she could have killed him then went crazy from guilt!" A lot slap a coat around the room. Arceous slowly retracted his hand and the whole room looked shocked. I now sat on the Loke's lap and stared at the scene with peers still leaking from my eyes.
"How dare you? How dare you think such despicable things against her? You know she wouldn't kill him. When I came from the spirit world she was trying to leave so she could murder those who dare harm her brother. You know what would happen if she killed them in that state? I'll show you." He disappeared and the second later reappeared with a smile child by his side.
She wore a blue sundress, white flats and a unicorn necklace hung loosely around her neck. Two blue pigtails sprouted from the side of her head and blue bangs covered her forehead. It was a pale blue, lighter than the sky and she had piercing purple eyes.
"This is Katie. Some may know her, others may not. Katie show them what would happen if we didn't stop her." She cast a spell to which I didn't pay attention to.
A screen appeared in the center of the room, a soft yellow glow emanating from it. I knew what would have happened. How much blood flow, how many bodies would pile up. The numbers swirled around my head. Screaming from the screen filled the room, followed by the gasps of the family. Who knew I had so much evil inside me? With the right push, what kind of monster what I become? However, based on how they were scooting closer to me I don't think Arceous showing the more I think he showing them. I'm so confused right now. What's going on?
"Thank you, Katie."
~~Loke's POV~~
"... She would have murdered everyone involved. Losing King, then the thought of leaving him, and the guild has shaken her mental state. She can hardly follow along with the current conversation."
"Prove it." He disappeared and reappeared the little girl by his side.
"This is Katie. Another spirit. Katie, show them how stable our princess is." She nodded and a large yellow screen appeared. It's soft yellow glow seemed to sue their agitated auras. Then the screen played. At first it was normal, the screen showed the room in that exact moment.
"See? She's–," at that moment the people faded and she looked in her hand dripping in blood.
"Do you know what his life would have been like if you lived? "A female voice that wasn't her own voiced over.
"It's because he went there to protect him. You weren't even close. You should've been faster. Smarter. You should've found them sooner, before his death." She blinked and everything was normal.
"You monster! You murder! How could you kill my brother!" Mousy screamed.
"She may not have killed him, she is a monster. Did you see the massacre she caused? And to be sent away besides? No way, no how. She should be locked up." Max said.
"How could you say that! She's our sister! She's not even a dragon slayer. How could she have that type of evil inside of her?" Kitten protested.
"It could be a demon you know." The voice came back but this time it blended with the other voices. "There could be a demon locked up deep down inside. But it could also be a dragon. I mean come on! Isn't it weird how her twin brothers are Dragon Slayers but other isn't? Or is she possessed? Could some other person be pulling the strings behind the scenes? So many possibilities. Which would be preferred? A demon, a dragon, a monster, a human possession or something completely different?" The screen went black and everyone looked at Lucy.
She had her head buried into my chest and held the fabric of my suit jacket in her fists. She started sobbing as the screen started playing again. She was walking down down a hallway cleaning and laughing with her brothers when a pile of bodies came into view. One of the symbols and stood out and names and faces appeared as she identified their bodies, Galleant, Kim, Red, Ryan. Finally a large purple symbol stood out and there lay King. She applied pressure to his wound and King woke.
"King! What happened!"
"Ambushed...surrounded...fought...stood no chance."
"We won, King."
"Listen. Fight...not won...Tell...dad to...separate...Only way..to...keep you...safe..."
"What about you?"
"Dying...No...stopping...You must...live..." His body grew limp and she grew hysterical trying to to wake him until her twins pulled her away. They tried to convince her of his death but it wasn't until she felt the heat leave his body that his face joined the others. Arceous decided that was enough and nodded to Katie. She waved her hand and the screen dissipated. Seconds later Katie faded as well. The door creaked open and everyone turned to see the exceeds slowly walk into the room.
"L–Lector?"
"F–Froshe?
"What did you do to her?"
"A–Aniston. W–what do you mean?"
"What?" Sting asked.
"What. Did. You. Do. To. Her?" Aniston said slowly.
"We didn't do anything."
"I'll see about that." She climbed onto my lap while I sat next to Arceous.
"Princess? Princess. It's me. It's me, Aniston. I'm home. Can you talk to me? Can you talk to your best friend?"
"A–Aniston? It's–it's really you?"
"Yeah. It's me. Do you want to tell me what's going on?"
"Dead. He's dead. Leaving. My fault."
"Arceous?"
"King's dead and we're separating. Her mind's unstable from his death and the other."
"The other...you mean the forest?"
"Yeah."
"We need to get her stable. Any ideas?"
"No. But it needs to happen soon before it becomes permanent."
"Alright. I'll have to do something unorthodox."
"We watched the replay on what happened with Katie. She knows what needs to happen."
"Good. Loke, Arceous, don't hate me for what I'm about to do." We nodded.
"Princess? Can you hear me?" She nodded. Aniston then slapped her across the face as hard as her soft paw could. Everyone in the room jumped.
"Then I need you to snap out of it! You need to be in control! We need you to be strong! you can't be those things if you're broken." She finished softly.
"You know what needs to be done. Right? Without bloodshed?"
"Yeah." She said, her tears stopping.
"Then dry those tears and become the example everyone needs you to be. I won't willingly leave you and you need to know that you aren't alone."
"Yeah, ok. Thank you, Aniston."
"Anything for you, Princess."
She smiled and stood from my lap. "So, father. Where are you going to send us?"
So if you don't know what was up with the italics then I'll tell you. When I first wrote it the italics was the first attempt. Well, I hated it as part of the story so what I did was I made that event happen in her mind. I also had the rest of the chapter in third person so I just made it Loke's POV to make it flow better. I'll post the second special at a later date. Also, some of you may or may not have guessed the final triplet's identity. Her identity will be revealed soon enough. So don't worry. Til next time.
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