In the library somewhere…
Hunter walked with the strange boy with a strange background and strange company before meeting with his cousin, brothers, and friends.
The young Golden Guard knew what he was dealing with while he was prepared if that were the case. The child, this boy… has his own agenda in coming here and Hunter could surmise what it was. Truly, this boy was not normal, not a true witch at all. Hunter shares that similarity as his birth as well as the birth of his brothers and sisters were not ones to be considered normal himself, birthed from the fruit of a tree. Very mythical and quite beautiful. That is why Hunter always had that lingering smell of fruit, tree moss and fresh rain, the scent of life itself as his uncle calls it.
But little Pip, he has the scent of a graveyard, rot, decay, and yet moss and compost, the scent of death, and it could only come from one ritual he knows of… that spell.
"So… your mistress has been rather busy since her little, shall we say, departure from my island." Hunter coldly addressed the child who chuckled at his words.
"You can say her parole was quite invigorating for her and it had been a long time since she's seen her family… witches of the isle can be so cruel to her," Pip responded, trying to pull the façade of a normal child witch.
"Parol, well, I wouldn't say that. More like a violent escape."
Pip then frowned.
"Why did the Blood Nun send you here? Who are you, really?" Hunter questioned the boy while grasping his shirt and peering into his unnatural red eyes.
"Impudent fool! Great Sister Demona has come to purge the filth of Wild Magic to the deepest depths of the seas!" Pip snarled as he used a charm of blood magic to try and kill Hunter.
But Hunter had Flapjack as he was able to evade the attack.
"As expected from another one of the clones from that accursed mistake of a tree," Pip grumbled while Hunter was behind him.
"Clone? Bah, I am Hunter Wulf Wittebane, Son of the Fallen Her Caleb Wittebane, Nephew of the Emperor of the Boiling Isles, and Youngest Witch to be made Golden Guard. I am no Grimwalker but birthed by the Grimwalker Tree!" Hunter proudly proclaimed while holding his staff, "And what are you?"
"I am Philip Mockingbird, Nephew of the great Heroine Demona and Spymaster of the Blood Crusaders." Pip declared.
"Spymaster, that's a laugh! More so you even consider her a hero considering all the evils she's wrought to this world." Hunter scoffed at the boy.
"How about this then? How about we settle this debate with a duel!"
"Very well!"
The two then clashed as sirens went off for the entire isle under the sea!
In the Throne Room…
"They're here… Great Astaroth the Bishop of Titans, they're here…" The queen muttered in horror.
"There is no time to panic! We must rally our forces! Blue, find my children and class and get them to safety!" Belos ordered his Palisman.
"As you wish."
She then turned into her bell swan form and flew to rescue the children.
"We need to find the Blood Crusaders now before they collect whatever they need."
At the Gift Shop…
Alarms were ringing as everyone was escorted into a panic room.
"Woah, what's going on?" Luz questioned the employees who looked battle-ready.
"Bood Crusaders, they're here!" One of them squeaked as the others tried to shush them, to prevent a panic!
"Wait, where is our brother Hunter!" William voiced his concerns.
"And Pip! They're all alone in the library!" Gus shouted too while they were all still being shoved into the panic room!
"We'll go and find them, everyone else needs to stay in here!"
A few of the staff then rushed to find some Blood Crusaders and the missing prince with his friend.
At the Library…
Many things were on fire while the pair were in a duel to the death, unaware that Blueberry Parfait was about to enter.
Both were disheveled and injured.
"Disgusting Wild witch. You think you can interfere with the will of the Archivists?" Pip sneered with venom in his voice, "To dare stand with the monsters of the Titans?"
"Wild Witch, please. My uncle's form of magic is much more civil than the Blood Nun's."
The two were about to clash once again but then were stopped by Blue.
"So, Demona has decided to play her hand here? And used you as the diversion?" Blue growled at the little boy.
"Diversion?"
BOOM!
"What was that?" Hunter gasped in horror while falling from the tremors of the explosion!
"The sound of the doors of the Temple of Astaroth's doors being blown off," Pip smirked before teleporting.
"Did you hear that, Emperor Belos?"
"Yes, I and the Queen of the Undersea Isles are already on the way."
"Then I will leave the rest to you."
Blue then gathered up the weakened boy into her arms to allow him to rest while Flapjack was on her shoulder, "Try to save your strength for the return home. You fought spectacularly."
"Sorry…" Hunter muttered.
"Don't be, your uncle and I were very proud on the way you fought and now, the rest will be up to him." The Palisman in the form of a woman breathed and then left the library, just after putting out the flame.