I kiss Winter on the cheek as I summon my two familiars. I see a purple blob appear to my left as a massive six legged cat lands at the end of my bed. They look confused for a moment until they look at Winter holding me, and then they see the massive hole in my side, the missing eye, and the missing arm. Slime Winter meows as he jumps on my head and purrs, trying to comfort me while Blossom gently tries to crawl onto the bed and licks me with her lava hit tongue.
I smile as I whisper to Winter, who has yet to let go, "Can you let go for a moment, I want to hug you properly." She acts like she didn't hear me for a moment before nodding and kissing. She steps back, confusion and worry gleaming in her eyes.
I swipe away the box of text while I begin to use 'Shadow Morph.' "I have this ability but I haven't told you guys or anyone about it...." shadows suddenly are pulled from all across the room as they begin to converge on my stump called an arm. "....I have the ability to heal myself, and it's much faster than light magic...." The mass of foggy black slowly forms a hand and begins to seemingly begin condensing into a harder mass.
".....and this is how I have had no fatal injuries. I will reveal this to no one except you guys, it's one of my greatest trump cards and I only use it in certain scenarios. I still have a plethora of trump cards, but this is one of my most important ones, so keep it a secret please." And suddenly, the shadow disperses, the bandages unravel around my stump as I flex a newly grown arm.
Jack stares at me with shock as Winter happily smiles, "That's fantastic!" Suddenly, she assumes a grumpy tone. "But don't go hurting yourself willy nilly, ok? It still hurts me to see you in pain."
I giggle at how cute she looks and nod, "I promise I won't." And as I say that, the bandage over my eye unravels, showing a purple eye, perfectly unharmed. The bandages unravel on my abdomen as the once gaping hole hasn't even left a mark. I move the blanket aside just to be cover in a massive amount of white fur. I look over to see Blossom now a massive ball of fluff as she crawls onto my lap, nearly covering me in her fur.
I sigh as I raise up my arm and rub the purple slimes head as he purrs in delight. I look over at Winter, her white tail and ears perked up, "I am not going to be able to move for a while with these two, so I am stuck here for a while."
'Granted, I could chuck Slime Winter and Blossom with one arm but I just don't have the heart, and they were stuck in their tattoos for over a week so I don't want to put them back.'
I see Winter nod as she walks over to the bed and crawls in beside me, laying on my chest as she covers her lower half in a blanket. Her large mounds rest against my chest as her tail swishes back and forth. A smile forms back on her face as I wrap my arm around her, giving her the comfort she hasn't felt all week.
Jack breaks from his stupor as he looks at me with wide eyes. 'Your so cool brother!' He repeats in his mind as he sits on the chair beside me and says, "By the way brother, I kept these safe for you while you were unconscious." He holds out his hand and is holding 2 rings, a gold one with an orange crystal, and a cobalt blue one with a cyan crystal in it.
I swiftly grab them and put them on as I look through them quickly and smile as I see the large, human-sized core in one of them. I nod towards Jack as I say, "Thanks Jack."
Jack calls me brother when we are alone as he feels I am one to him, we have risked life and death together as well as us living together constantly so a bond formed between us.
I feel Winter's breathing slow as she falls asleep in my arms, showing how tired she really was. Slime Winter and Blossom show the same reaction as they fall asleep around me. I look over at Jack who now has a serious look on his face, "I need to talk with you about why support didn't arrive."
My face becomes equally serious as the atmosphere in the room changes, causing Winter's tail to shiver a bit as she shifts slightly, but she stops when she feels my embrace on her.
"I had forgotten about that, what caused that delay, I nearly killed myself twice finishing that monster." I say with a serious tone.
He looks at me and sighs, "Me and Dreag were going to ask the king for permission when he denied it for no reason, we asked why and he said that it was for you to unlock your divine beast form." Jacks face looks sad as a tear forms, "I thought you were dead, I thought you were going to die, me and Winter were able to get you back to the kingdom in time before your wounds got even worse....."
He slams his fist on a small table to his left as it cracks in half from his strength, "And when you arrived, my father refused to get you a healer, saying this could serve as motivation to get stronger and unlock it! He said that when a divine beast unlocks their form, any previous wounds on their body heal instantly as they ascend to a higher being!"
His eyes flow with tears as anger and sadness conflict on his face, "I couldn't bare to see you like that! I begged Dreag to go against my father's orders and he agreed, saying that he would.....but he was charged with going against the kings orders and locked in our divine dungeon!"
Hatred burns in my eyes as every single word passes from his lips. I look at him as I use 'Intimidating Glare,' freezing him in place.
"Calm down, and make sure the king doesn't know of my awakening. I need this quiet as I am going to give him a surprise of his own."
'He likes seeing things under pressure, let's see how he is under pressure!'