Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing.

Kevin Eubarks~

"So, you really not telling us what this is about?" Horne asked as he and his wolf friend walked behind the pony butler. The miniature horse was walking forwards with sure steps and a formal and composed expression on his face as he guided the two mammals across the hallways. "Nothing? Not telling us why old dark horse wants to talk to us?"

The pony resigned himself to remain silent. He had apparently grown tired of answering to the hybrid's questions. He simply continued guiding them across the mansion in direction to the double doors that guided to the office of Yahya Manechester.

"Master Yahya." The pony said as he walked inside. Yahya was sitting on his desk, drinking from a glass of fine bourbon as the pony made his way inside and made his presence known by speaking.

"I'm sorry it too so long." The smaller equine said as he bowed his head. "It took us longer than expected to locate Misters Horne and Ogami."

Yahya took another sip of the bourbon on his glass, before he spoke:

"Thank you, Barnaby. I'll take it from here. You can go now."

The pony acknowledged the order by bowing, and then he left, closing the door behind himself and leaving the horse alone with the hybrid and the wolf.

"Nice fella, ain't he?" Horne said, turning to look at the horse. "You know, all of your servants are pretty nice. Where do you get all of them, by the way? There is a butler/maid university somewhere on this city we don't know about?"

Yahya didn't answered. He just continued sitting on his chair, softly moving his glass of bourbon, causing the cubes of ice in it to click softly, apparently deep in thought and completely ignoring the hybrid's words.

The silence felt pretty heavy. At least for the wolf.

"Yahya-sama?" Legoshi asked, and the horse, once more, didn't answered. So, once more, Horne was the one talking:

"Ooookaaay? So, what can we help you with, boss?"

Yahya said nothing still.

"What, you need our advice in some kind of magic subject?" Horne asked. "What, did your guys on the Beastar Corps crossed paths with something they shouldn't? Well, hoping they walked away with all of their limbs intact? Or, would you like us to try and track someone for you? We can do that with Legoshi's bugs. This wolf can use a cicada to find a lost ant in the middle of a giant insectarium! Or maybe you need us to cast a curse at someone? I can certainly do that for you. All you need to do is give me the name of the target and I'll have them writhing in pain at your hooves."

Yahya was silent for another moment, before he spoke:

"I already figured you two out."

They both blinked as they looked at the horse.

"Excuse me?"

"I know you two are frauds." Yahya said to the two of them, as he took another sip of his glass of bourbon. Even though he was pointing his muzzle to another direction, is wide field of vision allowed to clearly see the two. He could clearly see the panicked expression forming on the wolf's face as he heard those words.

Horne, on the other hoof:

"I'm sorry, 'frauds'?" The hybrid said, looking at the horse with an expression that made the impression that he felt offended. "Are you really calling two mages like us frauds? What, you want a demonstration of our magecraft?"

"I don't doubt you two are mages." Yahya said to the two. He turned his muzzle in their direction. This was a thing that Yahya did when he wanted to make sure that his conversations were effective. Turn his muzzle in direction to the person he was talking with so they knew that he was talking to them and no one else.

"But I know that you two are not who you claim to be."

The panicked expression on the wolf's face increased. He looked at the hybrid, like someone who was desperately, and silently, asking for instructions on how to proceed now.

The hybrid had his eyes on Yahya, and he crossed his arms as he eyed the horse with the same austerious look that Yahya himself had.

"What are you getting at, Manechester?" He said, glaring at the horse, and that was when Yahya got up.

"Since you asked, Horne, I'll tell you." Yahya said to the two of them. "I had you two investigated."

A whimper escaped the wolf's throat, as his ears were flat against his skull and his tail tucked between his legs. All the while, the hybrid by his side continued with that indifferent expression as he looked back at the horse.

"You..." The hybrid said, "Had us investigated?"

"You think I couldn't because you are mages and I am not?" Yahya asked, walking around his desk and then making his way to the two of them with slow, deliberate steps.

"Well, you should never underestimate a mammal with my resolve, that's all I'm telling you." Yahya said to the hybrid, before adding:

"Although, I had to admit that having someone close by who had contact with the world of mages did helped having you two exposed."

"Oh?" Horne asked, "You talking about one of the other mages of the house? Was it Josh? If it was, I'll kind of feel betrayed since he and I had a very intimate evening yesterday. Was it one of his siblings? Or was it the tiger?"

"It was Clawden." Yahya said to the hybrid, and this made him stop talking. However, right after he let out a scoffing noise.

"And what that guy could possibly know about us?"

"Nothing, as it turned out." Yahya said to him, and the hybrid smirked. "And that was exactly what was suspicious. The fact that he didn't knew anything about two mammals who claimed to be skilled mercenaries. It would be expected that he would have at least heard your names before."

"Maybe he is just not very in pace with the news." Horne said to the horse, still with an attitude that was nearly one of disinterest. "You can't conclude we are fakes only because a single guy says it."

"True." Yahya said to the hybrid. "That was why I went after the opinions of others."

"As it turns out, while most mages seem to think little of those who do not have magecraft, some of them are willing to talk, even to give information to non-mages who ask them." Yahya said to the two of them, "If they have the... proper motivation."

None of the two mages said anything to the horse, who then continued:

"Mister Clawde proved to be quite cooperative. He gave me a list of names of mages and mammals related to mages who could be willing to answer a few questions with a little incentive. As soon as I had this list, I put some of my employees to go and talk to those individuals. They have been doing it since this morning, and they have come back with results."

"As it turns out." Yahya glared at the two of them. "None of them seems to be able to find any information about a duo of freelancers being one of them a gazelle and the other a wolf. They certainly don't seem to have or be able to find any information on the incidents you two have claimed to have been a part of. All of that is a little contradictory to how you two have claimed to be so good at your job."

"We are like spies." Horne said to the horse. "We work better without anyone knowing who we are, even other mages. We manage to leave our names out of the works we do enough that other mages don't hear about us. The fact that the guys who your people talked with were not able to find anything on us is enough proof of how good we are."

"Or that we have lied to us since day one." Yahya said, and he approached the hybrid. "You have been looking into our eyes and lying right to our faces about the skills you had."

The hybrid looked back at the horse, his expression glacial-cold.

"Do you have proof?" Horne asked him, and the horse looked at him. For nearly ten seconds, they looked deep into each other's eyes, nearly as if they were doing a staring contest.

Then, Yahya shifted his face and now he was pointing it at the wolf standing by Horne's side. His eyes were focus on the canine, but he could still see the hybrid on the corner of his vision, and he was looking at the wolf with a worried expression. The wolf, on his end, could only stare back at those dark eyes as his ears were flat and his tail tuck between his legs.

It was as if Ogami was the poor little lamb being size by the lion for dinner.

It lasted for ten seconds, before the wolf finally cracked.

"G-GOMEN'NASAI!" The wolf cried out as he fell to his knees and lowered his head to deep his forehead slammed into the ground. As he did so, he started spilling words on Nipponese to the horse, who could only understood half of it due to the way the wolf was talking it all in a fast pace.

"Ogami!" Yahya said in a loud voice, causing the wolf to whimper as he went silent. "Calm down, get to your feet and explain. In English, if you will."

The wolf took two minutes to calm down, and then he was up to his feet, his muzzle pointing down as he looked at his own feet and then explained to the horse.

Yahya was right. They were not experienced freelancers who did all kinds of job around the world. As a matter of fact, those two were not even freelancers at all!

"We are also not as good as we told." The wolf confessed as the hybrid by his side had an exasperated expression on his face as he looked to the ceiling, as he apparently couldn't believe how weak his wolf friend was. "We know a lot about magecraft since we have been taught since we were children, but we are not capable of casting advanced spells yet, and we certainly don't know any high thaumaturgy. I'm also not very good with bounded fields. I can place some that allow to detect movement and invasion, but I don't know any that can actually repel invaders. Also, I never can make them to come out right, they always come out sketchy and easy to notice. I think I don't have talent for spatial magecraft..."

Yahya had an indifferent expression as he looked at the wolf, who refused to look him in the eyes. However, the body language of the wolf gave Yahya reasons to believe that he was being honest with it. The way the hybrid was reacting also told him that everything that his wolf partner was saying was pretty much spot-on.

"And yet, you have claimed to be professionals with a great deal of knowledge in magecraft and all matters related to it, capable of fighting high-level wizards and to know how to break any curse, and that any house under your protection could never be broke into by any mage, unless they were an archmage." Yahya said, looking at the wolf, who seemed like he dwarfed with each word the horse said, to the point where Yahya might as well be a giant in front of that meek little puppy. "So, at the risk of asking the obvious, why would you two go as far as to lie to us and pretend to be so much more skilled as mages than you truly are?"

Yahya looked at the wolf as he said that, and so did the hybrid, who was silently begging the wolf to not say anything stupid, and then he said, in a very meek voice:

"For the money..."

Yahya looked at the wolf as he spoke that. It didn't seemed that the canine was lying. Yahya himself didn't believed him to be lying.

It was clear that the wolf had already admitted defeat, and he did it surprisingly fast. Yahya had long noticed that, mentally, the wolf was clearly the weakest one of the duo. The easiest one to make break with a little pressure.

That was a common practice in most investigations when you had two suspects who were accomplices. You just found out which one of them was the weakest and then you started making pressure until he cracked and spilled the beans, turning himself and the other mammal in.

It was a bit too easy for Yahya's taste. He almost felt like it was suspicious...

"So, you were just trying to swindle money out of us." Yahya said to the wolf. "You are nothing but a pair of scammers."

The wolf whimpered as he heard those words, lowering his head even more, as if it was even possible. It nearly seemed like he was going to cry.

"Hey, leave him alone." Horne said, and Yahya turned his face in his direction, only to let the hybrid know that he was addressing him currently, since he could see the hybrid's angry expression as well as the wolf's pitiful one.

"I assume that coming here to try and fool us for our money have been your idea, Mr. Horne?" Yahya asked the hybrid. "I'm assuming you are the brains on this duo, after all."

Yahya then reached out for his pocket, and pulled something that was familiar to the hybrid.

"Hey, those are mine!"

"I'm sure they are." Yahya said to him, as he showed both the two cards and the plastic bag full of suspicious weed.

"I had those IDs checked and, as I expected, both of them are pretty crude falsifications. We were able to track down to the forger who made them and confirm that they were made under your request and paid in cash." Yahya said to the hybrid. "You and Ogami dropped them back on the living room. I found the catnip while going through your belongings. Now, ignoring the fact that you brought controlled substances to my house, the fact that you went so far as to get fake IDs so you and your friend could sneak your way into our house, as poorly made as they are, certainly leads me to think that you might be the real mastermind of this all. Is that correct, Horne?"

A few moments of silence as the hybrid glared at Yahya with a cold indifference, until Legoshi spoke:

"I-it was my idea."

Yahya turned his face to the wolf, letting the canine know that now he had his full attention. The wolf still seemed like he didn't wanted to be there, but he managed to find it in him to look up and look Yahya in the eye.

"I was the one who decided to come here to see you." The wolf said, and his choice of words certainly did caught Yahya's attention.

"By 'you', you mean my family?" The horse asked, and the wolf said:

"I mean I came to see you, Yahya-sama."

Yahya had a raised eyebrow, and he told the wolf to continue. The canine still seemed shy and awkward, but he continued like the horse instructed him.

"I heard your name from a relative of mine." The wolf said to the horse, "I-it was from my ojichan... my grandpa. He told me he knew you when you were both younger. He spoke a lot about you. I researched your name and found out you had a lot of money so I... I thought I could come to see you and ask for a little bit."

The wolf was fumbling with his claws as he said that, while Yahya continued to look at him, taking a sip from his glass of bourbon, only to find out it was empty, the ice clinking on the bottom of the empty recipient as it slowly melted.

"I planned to return the money at some point, as if it was a loan." The wolf continued, "It would take a while, but I was sure I could return the money... one day."

"So, your plan was to come here and ask me to borrow you money?" Yahya asked the wolf, to what the canine nodded. "And how did that turned into lying to my son and making him think you two were professional mages who were offering your services for an exorbitant price in cash?"

The wolf flinched, and he looked down again.

"It was my idea." Horne said, and Yahya was now facing him. The hybrid was glaring at the horse.

"I thought it would not work if a strange wolf came out of nowhere claiming to be the grandson of an old friend and asking you to borrow him money. I would slam the door on his face if it was with me." The hybrid said, "I kept trying to get him to change his mind while we were on the plane coming to Zootopia. I finally convinced him before he could just come to your house and knock on your door."

Yahya remained silent as he looked at the hybrid and listened to his explanation, all the while keeping an eye on the wolf who still had his face down in shame.

"Then, I heard through the grapevine that the Manechester family was looking for some help regarding a matter that maybe involved mages, so I thought: 'hey, this could be a good chance'." The hybrid concluded. "We could earn the money by working for you guys. I mean, whatever problem you needed could not be so hard to solve, right?"

Yahya looked at the hybrid as he concluded his reasoning. After a few seconds, he turned and walked back to his desk. He was aiming for the bottle of bourbon in it.

"So, you two went from asking for a loan from a stranger to scamming a wealthy family." Yahya said, his tone making it clear he was unimpressed. "That's quite the step you two gave. If it was up or down, I still haven't decided."

Even though he had his back turned to them, the position of his eyes on the sides of his head allowed him to still have them on his field of vision, as long as neither of them moved into his blind spot. The hybrid still had his arms crossed over his chest as he glared daggers at the horse, and the wolf still looked much like Yahya remembered Adrian did when he caught him lying about passing his biology classes.

"Gomen nasai..." The wolf said meekly, and Yahya picked the bottle, removed and cork and refueled his glass with fresh bourbon.

"What did you even needed the money for?" Yahya asked, "Did you had a particular intention for it, or you just thought it was good to have some extra money at hoof in case you needed?"

There was a silence after this, before Ogami spoke:

"It is for grandpa."

The wolf rose his head, and he stepped forward, as if to get closer to the horse to say what he wanted next.

"Yahya-sama, I'm terribly sorry for lying to you and tricking you. I really am." The wolf said, as he bowed his head to the horse, who kept his back turned to him as he finished filling his glass, "It was wrong from my part, and I'm really sorry for it... But I really, really need the money."

"Mr. Ogami..." Yahya said, picking up his glass and shaking it very slightly, allowing the water that melted from the ice cubes to dilute into the alcoholic beverage. "I really, really hope you are not about to ask me to just give you money."

"I'll pay you back!" The wolf said, desperation clear on his voice and features. "I promise, I'll work every day and I'll gather the money to pay you back one day, no matter how many years it takes!"

The wolf knew that saying something like that was not exactly convincing, did he? Especially after what he and his partner had pulled on the past weeks.

"Please, I really need it! It is to help my grandpa! You two used to be friends." The wolf said, and the horse then took a sip of his bourbon, letting the familiar taste dance on is buds before he swallowed, and then he asked:

"And who, if I may ask, would be that grandpa of yours who claims to have been my friend, Mr. Ogami? You haven't told me yet."

Yahya was honestly asking, once the name "Ogami" was certainly one that didn't rang any bells to him. He also didn't remembered ever being in Nippon, where the wolf certainly seemed to be from. So he wanted to know where this grandpa the wolf claimed to have knew him from.

However, he was not ready for what Legoshi said next:

"His name is Gosha Drachenwolf. He said you used to call him 'sassy wolfy'. He also said you two worked together when you-"

Legoshi didn't had the chance to finish this thought, for Yahya, with fast and strong steps, closed the distance between the two of them and grasped Legoshi by the neck.

The wolf gasped as he was suddenly gripped by the windpipe by a hooved hand who lifted him from the ground. His eyes were wide as he looked in the horse's.

Yahya's face, who had been a mask of indifference until this point, now morphed into an expression of pure equine rage. His nostrils flared as he snorted, his warm breath right into the wolf's face.

Yahya nearly seemed like he was ready to murder the younger, smaller wolf.

Horne noticed it too, and he immediately spring into action. He reached out under his clothes and pulled his dagger from his belt. At the same time, he reached out for a small statue on a pedestal, one of the few items on that office that could be anything close to decoration, and caused it to morph into a second dagger, which he held into his other hoof as he glared at the horse.

"Drop him!" Horne warned him, glaring at the Horne with murderous intent.

"Drop him right now or I'll gouge your fucking heart out and eat it!"

Legoshi's legs kicked, the wolf gasped as he tried to suck air as the hoof closed around his windpipe, letting out weak whimpers as Yahya glared at him with absolute hatred.

Then, the horse let him go.

The wolf fell on his knees, gasping and massaging his neck. He then looked up, and saw Yahya towering over him, looking down at him as if he was filth.

"Get out." The horse said, his voice dripping with barely-contained rage. "Both of you, pick up whatever belongings you have and leave this house. I want you two out of here today! Get out now! OUT!"

The wolf, whimpering, was quick to obey, scrambling to his feet and rushing out. On his way out, he stopped and turned around, bowing and apologizing once more, only for Yahya to once more yell him to "GET OUT", and cause him to rush out. The hybrid remained there for a few more moments, and Yahya glared at him as well.

"The same applies to you, Horne." Yahya said, "Get your things and leave this house. The sooner the better. I don't need a pair of lying scammers under my roof."

Horne looked at him for a few moments, before putting both his daggers down and walking out of the office.

As soon as they were both gone, Yahya turned around and walked to his desk. He leaned over it, using both of his hooves to sustain himself as he took deep breaths.

He was lying... Yahya said to himself. Of course he was lying. He has to be lying.

He snorted once more, his tail swishing behind him in frustration.

As they walked out of the office, Legoshi was looking down at the ground, however, he suddenly perked as the cicada on his pocket started going mad.

"Melon!" The wolf said, turning to the hybrid, who had an unamused expression on his face as he walked by his side. "Melon, there is someone approaching the mansion, they are five-"

"Ignore it." Melon said to the wolf, "It's not our problem anymore."

As this happened between Yahya and the two mages, the rest of the people on the house were completely unaware of it all.

Angus was still plotting his next steps as a mage, and he didn't seemed interested in pretty much anyone on the mansion other than Ben. Carolyn was drinking, like usual. Adrian was somewhere sulking, as he tried to come to terms with everything happening inside of his own house.

Everyone seemed like they had something to do as, they waited for the night and for the consequent games that would come during the night.

"You should post another video." Blackson sad to Gazelle, while the popstar sat by the side of Tyson on the table. "This time you can appeal to the feelings of the public. Try telling them not to come to conclusions too fast, and that you will do the same."

"Do the same?" Gazelle asked, looking at the blackbuck, "Que diablos is that supposed to mean?"

Blackson was soon apologizing to her for the poor choice of words, and that he was simply telling her that her next video should try and remember people that they should not judge others before knowing all the facts, and that they should wait for a deeper investigation before taking any conclusions on the matter.

Just on that moment, Chandler made his way into the room they were. By his side, was Judy, and the bunny and the horse were discussing a few things regarding the game. No, Judy was not asking for any extra clues, Chandler was just asking how much she was enjoying the game they were doing so far, despite all of the unfortunate events that had been happening into the mansion during that week, including the attempts against the lives of some of them. Chandler, on his end, was glad that the bunny was enjoying herself so far.

"Just wait until the end." Chandler said to her as she walked by his side. "It will be memorable."

"Simon, are you out of your mind!?"

The horse and bunny both jumped back as they heard Gazelle voice screaming, followed by the sound of a pair of hooves slamming into a table.

Gazelle was standing by the table as she glared daggers at her manager.

"If I say that it would be the same as saying that I actually think the boys did it and you know I don't!" Gazelle said to her manager, who shrunk on his chair as the popstar towered over him. "I rather post another video telling all of the malparidos to mind their own business instead of that! I can't believe you can even suggest for me to just toss the boys under the bus to benefit my own image! I would never do that! I thought you knew me better after being my manager for the last two years!"

The expression of outrage on the gazelle's face was enough to get the blackbuck let out a sound that was very much like whimpering, and even Tyson was feeling a little intimidated. He knew from experience how Maria could be when she was mad. More intimidating than any predator he knew, himself and his brothers included.

Even Judy and Chandler were feeling the tension on the room, and they both looked at each other, before they silently made their way out of the room, while Gazelle continued to berate her manager.

On their way out, someone else caught to them.

"Carrots!" Nick said, as he rushed to talk to Judy. The bunny soon was looking his way, and she was telling Nick that they should go somewhere else, as she looked over her shoulder and saw that Gazelle still seemed like she had a lot to say to her manager for the stupid suggestion he made.

"Yes, we should go somewhere else." Nick said to her, "You and me, so we can talk in private."

Judy looked at the fox in surprise.

"I have been thinking a lot lately and..." Nick said, he hesitated for a moment, looking down, and then, by taking a deep breath, as if to steel himself:

"There is a thing I need to talk to you about, Judy."

The way Nick said that told Judy it was truly serious, as well as the fact that he actually called her by her name. Whatever Nick wanted to talk with her, the fox seemed to consider it to be of the utmost importance.

Even Chandler, who was also making his way out of the room when he stopped to look at Nick as he spoke to his bunny partner, could see it.

"Master Chandler?" Said a voice, and everyone turned to see one of the servants in there, an alpaca wearing a butler uniform. He had a worried expression as he looked at the horse.

"Do you know where I could find Master Adrian? Or Master Yahya?"

"Uh? Oh, I don't know where Dad is, and Grandpa said he would be on his office for a while. Why, what happened?"

"Well, you see..." the alpaca said, "There some strange mammals at the door, all of them demanding to come inside right now."

"Strange mammals?" Chandler asked, and the cops now were paying attention as well. "What kind of strange mammals?"

"Well... they keep demanding to go inside because 'they know they are there'. One of the women is yelling a lot about 'getting those two idiots'." The butler said, "They seem to be quite keen on getting into the house, and they actually seem a bit pushy. I'm afraid they might force their way inside any moment now."

Judy and Nick shared a look at this.

With all things that happened on the last few days, you can't blame them for being apprehensive about a group of mammals wanting to force their way into the mansion. That could mean more trouble than they already had.

Were Horne and Ogami aware that someone was breaking into the house? They should be, considering the protections they had around the place.

Where they on their way there already? Were they informing the others about this at that very moment? Nick and Judy were working under the assumption that they were.

However, just in case, the cops themselves would act as well.

However, they would not be going alone.

They thought about looking for Ben and his siblings and asking for their help. However, considering what they just heard, they were afraid that this would take too long. According to the alpaca, the five mammals who were on the front were insistent in getting into the house, and they would be very soon, if they hadn't already.

So, their solution was...

"Yoh, Tigereye!" Nick said, causing Tyson and the two horned animals on the table with him to look his way.

"How are you fighting other mages?"

In a matter of minutes, Tyson was going along with the two cops, who sent Chandler, Gazelle, and Blackson were all send inside of the mansion, being told to get to a safe place inside of the house and to let other mages they found knew what was happening and to meet up with them if they could.

Judy and Nick had their dart-guns on their paws, and Tyson was going by their side. He used the water from the flower vase on the table to create a sickle of water on his hand, similar to the blade of a praying mantis, as he walked by the side of the cops, with the alpaca coming right by them.

Soon, they were arriving on the main living room by the entrance. And the mammals who were trying to come inside were already in there. And the first one of them was...

"Mrs. Clawhauser?" Judy said, right after yelling "ZPD, don't' move!" to the five of them, and then she was surprised for seeing Ben's mother among the five.

"Oh, officers." Caitlin Clawhauser said to the bunny and fox. "Fancy meeting you two here."

She was quite friendly, as she was back when they met. Needless to say, Nick and Judy were pretty surprised for seeing her in there, and she explained to them that she was "just showing them the way", as she pointed at the four other mammals who came with her.

The first of them was a cheetah, which looked pretty similar to Caitlin, albeit a little shorter. She had the same shade of fur on her body, and her eyes were of a blue coloration, as it was possible to see behind her glasses with big lenses and pink frame. Her nose was black and her muzzle was of a shade of cream. She was wearing a pink pullover with a yellow heart on the front, and a long pair of pink skirts.

Right next to her was the one who was probably the tallest of all of the four mammals with Caitlin. He was the tallest wolf Judy and Nick ever saw, standi g nearly as tall as Yahya himself. He had a long muzzle, with sharp features, and a pair of angular eyes with yellow irises. His fur was of a greenish-brown coloration, with his undermuzzle and the fur down his neck being of a greenish shade of cream. He was wearing a long trench coat over his body, resulting in most of his body concealed beneath it. He had long jeans pants, and he was even wearing brown shoes on his feet, what was strange because very few mammals actually wore shoes. He was carrying a black poster transport tube with himself, the strap over his shoulder as the cylinder rested on his back.

Right by his side was a gazelle. She had brownish-golden, white and black fur on her body. Her eyes were of a deep hazelnut coloration and they didn't looked like the most friendly as she looked at the two cops with a serious expression as she saw that they were holding dart guns, which were pointed at them just a few moments ago. However, she was not openly hostile to the two of them. If anything, she looked cautiously weary of the two, like a person who is not willing to fight but ready to if there was the need. Her horns were short and curved, and they were of a brown so dark it verged on being black. She was wearing a beige dress with a skirt line that ended just above her knees.

And, right by the gazelle's side, was the last member of this group. He was rather muscular and tall for a leopard. Not as tall as the wolf, but still tall, as he was a whole head above the gazelle standing by his side, and his sleeveless shirt allowed to see his muscular arms as he held that folded carpet over his shoulder. He had long brown pants. His fur was pretty much what you imagine when you think of a leopard, no news there. His expression was nearly the one of a statue, showing a cold indifference as he looked down at the cops with his chartreuse-colored eyes, which then went to the tiger with them.

For a long moment, they all looked at each other, and then the gazelle asked:

"Have you seem a wolf with bluish fur?" She was looking at the cops as she asked that. "Or a hybrid of gazelle and leopard?"

"What, Melon and his wolfy friend?" Nick was the one who answered. "Haven't seen them since this morning, but I'm pretty sure they are still in the house."

"Good, so they are actually here." The gazelle said, "I'll definitely be able to kick both their tails before dragging them back home."

"I'm sorry, but who are you?" Judy asked the gazelle. "And what is your connection with Ogami and Horne?"

The gazelle looked at the bunny for a few seconds, before bowing her head slightly.

"I'm sorry." She said, sounding honest as she apologizing for barging in, but saying that she was "worried about those two idiots".

"My name is Lumia Horne, of the Horne clan." She said, and then she gestured to the leopard by her side. "This is my husband, Tibor. Melor is our son."

"And Legoshi is my grandson." The wolf said to the cops, who were both rather surprised.

The wolf was Ogami's grandfather? Like, for real? He looked to be on his thirties! However, considering what they had learned so far, appearance was not a reliable way of telling a mage's age. I mean, Yahya Manechester looked on his twenties, and he was on his mid-seventies, and he was not even a mage himself.

And, of course, there was the other cheetah girl, who introduced herself as well. This was also a surprise for the two cops.

After the introductions, and the explanation that they were in there to "make sure the boys were not doing anything stupid", Judy and Nick and Tyson were all taking the five newcomers into the house, with they all taking in how big this house was, and how many works of art they had inside.

"A little too much, don't you think?" Lumia asked as she walked by the side of her husband, only thinking of what she was going to do once she found those two...

"Horne and Ogami are leaving?" Chandler asked his grandfather, and Yahya nodded at his son. He had just explained to his grandson that he had decided to kick the two out of the house because he found out they tricked them.

He decided to tell his grandson as soon as he found him. It was better to allow his grandson to know from now that there would be two less participants on his game, so he could adjust his game accordingly so there would be no problems for what he had planned for the next few days.

He said it as soon as he laid eyes on his son when he and Gazelle and her manager came through the door, thinking he should just let his grandson know about the subject. However, as soon as he said that, his son was not as upset about the matter as he thought he was would be.

Because he had something much more important to tell his grandfather.

"There are invaders on the house?" Yahya asked, immediately in alert as his son explained to him what their butler had told him, and telling him about how Hopps and Wilde had both went with Tigereye to assess the problem and try and dealing with it.

"They told me to talk to other mages on the house and let them know if they could help." Chandler said. "I know you had your reasons to fire and kick out those two, but maybe they can just deal with this last thing before going?"

Yahya agreed that his grandson had a point.

Up until now, they had problems with deal with the invasion of a single mage. Now there were, apparently, five of them breaking their way into the house. Of course that they would need all the help they could get. That was why he turned his attention to the butler that came with him and instructed him to look for the other mages of the house and ask them to come immediately.

"And call the security personnel as well!" Yahya said, and the butler obeyed immediately, rushing back in the hallway to look for the help that Yahya requested, while Yahya said to the three to stay safe while he went to join the others.

However, just when he was about to go, the alpaca butler came forward, standing before Yahya. The horse noticed how calm he seemed, although a bit nervous, for some reason, and then he bowed his head to Yahya as he stepped out of the way, allowing the mammals that were coming behind him to walk forward.

"Officers." Yahya said to Hopps and Wilde, who were coming with a tiger coming by their side. "What happened? I heard about-"

Yahya's words trailed on his throat.

Yahya forgot what he was about to say to the two. His entire mind felt like it had went blank when he caught sight of the five mammals that were coming right behind them.

However, his attention was not on the two cheetahs, on the gazelle or the leopard.

All of his attention was on the wolf coming along with them, wearing a long trench coat and carrying that tube on his back. A wolf who looked back at him with wide eyes in surprise. A wolf that he thought he would never see again.

All his attention was in Gosha Drachenwolf.

For a long moment, they looked at each other. Drachenwolf with surprised, and Yahya looking like he just saw a ghost.

"Gosha...?" Yahya said, looking at the wolf as if he could not believe that it was actually him standing before him.

The wolf looked at him for a few more seconds, before his expression changed from surprise to a form of sadness, before he opened what seemed to be an awkward smile.

"Hey, Yahya." He said, in a friendly tone. "Is been a long time, hasn't it?"

Yahya looked at the wolf for a few more seconds, before his expression also changed. However, unlike the wolf, he was not smiling. Instead, his expression slowly changed to one of anger. Of outrage.

Of pure, unadulterated rage.

Gosha noticed that change, but he didn't had time to react properly, as Yahya suddenly neighed really hard and charged.

Gosha reacted by pure instinct, bending backwards as Yahya's hooved foot missed his muzzle by less than an inch. He just barely avoided being kick in the skull by the hoof of a very angry-looking Yahya.

"What the heck!?" Nick said.

"Grandpa!" Chandler said, shocked at what just happened.

Yahya, however, ignored them, and neighed again as he once more tried to kick the wolf. This time the wolf was prepared, and he parred it with both of his arms. The impact made nearly everyone who was watching flinch, but the wolf was, somehow, able to push the horse back, sending him reeling several feet back.

As Yahya recovered, Lumia Horne reacted.

"Hey, what's the big idea!?" She demanded, as she got ready to fight. By her side, her husband dropped the carpet he had been bringing to the ground and growled as he was ready to do the same.

However, the wolf stopped both of them.

"No!" He yelled at the two, holding a paw on their direction, what made the two stop on their tracks. However, Yahya didn't stopped.

He tried to kick the wolf in the head again, and Drachenwolf dodged it just in time.

For the next minutes, Yahya continued attacking the wolf, ignoring everyone's cries at him to stop, while the wolf did nothing but dodge and parry the blows of the horse, never once trying to fight back.

In one occasion, Yahya kicked him hard as the wolf blocked it with both his arms. The kick was so hard that the big wolf was send back flying, and he literally crashed through a pair of doors.

As the wolf got up, he had to quickly roll out of the way as the horse brought down a hoof on the ground where the wolf had been just a second ago, cracking the expensive hardwood floor with how hard he slammed his foot down.

And he continued attacking the wolf, charging and punching and kicking the canine, who dodged and blocked his blows. All the while, the animals who were watching it tried to get them to stop, but Yahya ignored all of their calls as it seemed that the only thing that existed to him now was the wolf.

Some of them thought of maybe trying to hold Yahya bag, but when they saw him shattering a huge tablet of stone with a single punch, they decided against it. Chandler certainly didn't felt like trying to get in between his grandpa and that wolf. He never saw Yahya as mad as he looked at that very moment, and he was scary enough when he was not angry.

As for those who were not scared, they were not interfering because the wolf told them not to, as he avoided all of the blows the horse threw his way. None of which caused any real damage to the wolf (at least none that was immediately visible, despite how strong those blows looked), but they did caused a serious damage to the room around them, and the room that the wolf had been sent crashing into was particularly full of works of art from Adrian's collection. Mostly sculptures and vases.

As the altercation continued, some people came, as they had heard from the butler that there were invaders on the house, and they were lured in there by the sounds of the fight, which were reaching pretty deep into the mansion. Yahya's neighs alone could be hear all from the other side of the house.

As soon as they saw the fight going on, all of them stopped and stared. Even Euphemia had a shocked expression on her face, as she, much like Chandler, never saw Yahya looking so furious before.

The battle raged for a few more minutes, before Yahya slowly started to stop. His movements were losing momentum, as his expression of rage was slowly coming back to normal. Yahya was not tired. He could keep going for much longer, since he was a horse, one of the species of mammals with the most stamina around. However, as the battle continued, it was as if Yahya was suddenly asking himself why he was even fighting.

This caused him to stop over the course of the next two minutes. Until he finally landed a punch on the wolf's face.

The wolf stumbled back from this punch but, like all of the other blows Yahya threw his way, this punch looked like it didn't made any real damage. Yahya himself seemed like he didn't put much strength on that punch.

After this, they just looked at each other. For a long moment, neither of them said a word, before the wolf walked to him and asked:

"You done yet?"

Yahya's answer was to punch him again. This time, much harder. The wolf nearly went to the ground, and he let out a pained sound as it seemed that that punch had actually caused some damage.

The wolf straightened himself, and he and Yahya once more looked at each other, before the horse said:

"Yeah... I'm done... for now."

Then, the two of them just stood there looking at each other, while the rest of the mammals looked at them from the door, some of them not daring to even speak.

Lumia Horne, however:

"So, you two done breaking the house while you try to break each other?"

The two mammals looked on the gazelle's way, who looked at them with an expression that was nearly annoyed, her arms crossed over her chest, as she looked at the two of them.

Meanwhile, other animals were arriving.

This time it were Adrian and his wife, meaning that practically everyone was there (or almost). And they both wanted to know what was happening, as they heard the commotion. However, Adrian's complaints about the noise where forgotten once he saw what has been done to his room.

"My Roarmanian busts! My Greek amphoras! The Felynician stone tablets!"

Adrian was in despair seeing the state of his precious collection. Meanwhile, Yahya looked at his son with an expression of indifference, until Adrian recovered enough to demand to know what had happened, while the rest of the family, including Angus, looked at the dark horse with expectation.

Yahya then gestured to the wolf by his side.

"This is Gosha Drachenwolf." Yahya said to them, "I never spoke about him, but he is an old friend of mine. We used to be partners, over fifty years ago."

While the Manechester family was focused on their patriarch, and on the wolf by their side, Josh Clawhauser made his way to the place, and he was wanting to know what happened as well, as he heard something about someone breaking into the mansion.

That was when he saw his relatives in there.

"Mom! Penny! Hey, girls!" He said, as he hugged both of them, and asked what they were doing there.

"Helping Penny and her friends find their way to this mansion here." Caitlyn said to her son, while Penny said:

"I came with Instructor Horne. When she said they were coming to Zootopia, I decided to come along with them. You know, to see all of you guys. Especially Ben..."

Josh focused on Penny for a few moments, before turning his attention to the newcomers, as he realized that their name was "Horne". He soon confirmed that they were, indeed, related to the Horne he knew, as they were both his parents.

"Oh, hi!" Josh said, happy has he shook the hands of both the gazelle and the leopard, saying that he was glad for knowing Melor's parents, as this was important to "the relationship". This caused both of them to look at the cheetah with raised eyebrows.

However, before anything else could be said, Ben arrived, with Marcy coming right by his side.

"Guys! Is everything okay? I heard about in...vaders..."

Ben's voice trailed as he caught sight of his mother in there. And of the female cheetah who had come with them.

The cheetah seemed frozen in place in surprise and shock. His eyes wide as he looked at the cheetah, who looked back at him through the lenses of her glasses.

"Penny?" He asked, seemingly as if he didn't believed that she was in there.

"Hi, Ben." The cheetah said, as she smiled at him.

Ben could look positively shocked for seeing the female cheetah. However, Penelope Clawhauser certainly looked very happy for seeing her older brother again.

And this completes this chapter. Sorry if the ending seemed rushed, I might have to send my computer for repairs soon, and I wanted to end this chapter and another story in which I am working on by the weekend, so it might be a little sloppy at the ending.

Anyways, I introduced new key characters for future chapters in this one: Melon's parents and Legoshi's grandfather. Bellow

WARNING BEASTARS SPOILERS BELLOW

Before you all get mad that Melon's parents got their species swapped, I am well aware of it. It is called "creative license", so sorry if this upsets you, die-hard Beastars fans. Also, for those who are upset about me making Gosha a wolf when he is a Komodo dragon on the canon, once more I did it with creative license. I do, however, have plans regarding Gosha, as you will see in future chapters.

Anyways, I might take a small break from posting chapters for this story for a while to focus on other things, and also because I might have to send my computer for repairs soon. So, for those who follow this story, I thank you for your patience and I see you when I post again.

'Til next time.