"Where were you? We were worried sick."
"I got...lost!!!"
"Are you found?"
"Yes.
Quick, get inside."
"How long were you 'lost'? This car is heated to the bone as if no scratch occurred."
".....That's why it's called a Healer!!!"
"Just turn the lights on and get us out of here."
"Ooookaa…..aghhhhhhhhh!!!!! It's Adelheid."
"OPEN THE DOORS!!! OPEN THE DOORS!!!"
"What is she trying to say? I don't read….."
"OPEN....THE...DOOR!!!"
"Shadow, open the door."
"Thank you. NOW DRIVE!!!!"
"Adelheid, what's wrong? Where's Summer? Are you hurt?"
"Just step on it. I'll explain while you drive."
"I'll just fly. It'll be faster."
"NOOO!!! The more we can stay on the ground, the better."
"Adelheid, where is Summer? Who killed her?"
"...The Trees!!!"
"Trees? Trees aren't...."
"Mruuaaaaaaahh!!! *Boom*"
"There's too many of them. They are on all sides. Wait, is that...."
"DRIVE!!!! DRIVE!!!! DRIVE!!!!!"
"Willow?"
*Vrooom*
"Watch the feet!!!"
"Hard right!!"
*Vroom."
"I'm more worried about their hands that are reaching. They could pick up our car like it's a toy.
So, what happened, Adelheid? How did Willow...become Willow?"
"GO FASTER!!!"
"Listen, I didn't ask for the backseat driver's advice. You know what, make yourself useful."
"Star, it will do no good. I already tried cutting them up. They just grow back. You will never be able to kill them entirely."
"Then this is the perfect job for Wolf.
Wolf, you up for it? It's not called killing if they can't die. It's just defending. Get them off our back."
"Yes ma'am. Shadow, you're with me."
"Now, Adelheid. Tell me what exactly happened."
"It is kinda hard to explain. I think Night had his last spur of goodwill and sent Willow to help 'parent' us. The thing is Willow scolded us on how bad we acted, before she was able to tell us now what we should do about our circumstances. I didn't let her get that far and she snapped when I started speaking back. From there she went on strike and her resentment of us only grew physically and otherwise. It was my fault she died."
"Adelheid, don't say that. That's not true."
"It is true. She was running ahead of me and every once in a while, she had to look back to make sure I was keeping up. She turned around at me one last time not looking where she was going and...snatch!! They took her.
I tried to…."
*VROOM*
"Slow down on the clutch, their, Speedy.
As I was saying, I tried to help her, but she told me not too. She told me if I flew up to free her, I would be spotted."
"I'm sorry."
"I watched her blood drip down between his fingertips...and did nothing."
"Where are they going?"
"Huh?"
"I asked, 'Where are they going? Willow told them to march!! She didn't tell them to attack you. She just said march with me. Why?"
"I don't know. I was more focused on the now and not the later."
"If we can figure out where they are going then we can gauge how to help?"
"Help?
Help?
Willow's friends just killed Summer like she was a Squishy. All our hard work…. gone in a snap. What help is there to give?"
"Uhhhhh…..where? Where? Where's the baby? I gave her to Willow to hold onto. If Night wanted her to parent us, then where did she put the baby? I told her not to give it to anyone up there, so where? Surely, whoever she gave it to, she gave it to them intending for them to give it back. With Nightmaster slowly sinking back into his dark ways, he's not going to welcome any of us like he used to. Now, if we want something.... we're gonna have to take it. Since no one has given her the chance to parent, and you didn't help when you didn't even let her give her advice…..she now believes she can be a better parent than anybody."
"She's taking her army and is using them to get her son back!!!"
"WOLF!!!!!
SHADOW!!!!!
STOP FIGHTING AND GET IN HERE. I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE GOING, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY DO!!"
"What do you mean? They weren't dying. We tried everything we could. Nothing helped stop their advance."
"I told you we couldn't...never mind. They're trying to reach Dreamworld, but since Willow has lived most of her life underneath the Dream, I don't think they know where they are truly going. They aim to free Summer's son, and we need to help."
"Help destroy Dreamworld and everyone in it? Star, I told you. My killing days are over."
"If it comes down to it and we have to kill the whole world in order to get to him...…we won't."
"But what if they attack us?"
"Then we defend, but only defend."
"What about Nightmaster? What if he attacks us?"
"....I said no one's going to die, and I mean it."
"Welcome home sir. How was your trip downwards? Did everything go smoothly?"
"Where's the baby, Sofia?"
"Ouch!!! You pushed me."
"SOFIA, WHERE'S KEEGAN?
They're coming for him, and no one is going to stand in their way of accomplishing just that. I want this place on lockdown A.S.A.P!!!! Call everyone to their posts?"
"My king, who do I call? Must I call the villagers?"
"CALL MY LEGION!!!"
"There is no Legion. As you left, so did they. Why must you protect a dying world?"
"If we truly are dying, then what are you doing dying with it? Your other sisters followed Shadow. Do you not love your brother?"
"I do, honestly, but why can't I love both?"
"Maybe you can, Sofia. Maybe you can."
"Sire, we have returned."
"Why so few of you?"
"They stopped our advance and attacked. Summer was bearing most of the force. I've seen them on the horizon. Your sons are leading the charge. The very car you built for healing; they are driving for destruction. Behind them follow Willow and her trees. They're here for the kid."
"I know."
"What should we do? I can scrounge up the remaining survivors, and we can build a wall."
"There is no need. I promised you all a seat among my stars, but I fear there will be no world left for you to populate. Instead of fighting for a promise that may never happen; go back to the mansion. The girls already promised you that.....and they never break a promise."
"With all due respect sir, there is no earthly reward that will satisfy us. We already await our Mansion in Heaven."
"Is that all?"
"Well."
"Out with it."
"You did destroy our world in your efforts to keep up with times, so we have no world to go back to."
"That's not true. You do have a world."
"Not a safe one. Your Emotionless minions have desecrated our fields."
"My minions!!! Bring them here."
"They won't make it in time."
"Then leave."
"Sir."
"I said leave. There is no use building your home on rocky soil."
Look who approaches!!! They are my sisters!!!!"
"What are they doing down? Without them...Nightmaster has no one."
"Wait, where's Sofia?"
"She stayed behind."
"Loyal to a fault. She always was."
"And she always will be."
"May we catch a ride?"
"The plan doesn't change."
"Sir, our sensors are picking them up just outside our barriers.
They've crossed!!!!! What do we do now?"
"Let them come."
"HALT!!! You're not allowed beyond this point. I said HALT!!! No one is allowed behind this...aaaaaghhhh!!!!"
"ATTACK!!!!!"
"DEFEND THIS KEEP!!! Nobody gets past this keep...alive!!!"
"Wolf, take the car around back. The rest of us will fight."
"Those that can fly, do so. Summer, Abby, help your brother.
Genie, find a weakness in their structure so we can get in. Adelheid and I will attack from above. Willow, take your army and go around back. Shadow and the others, charge forward. There may be more of them, but they can't defend all sides. BREAK!!!"
"Sir, they're trying to block us in."
"Ruaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! Booom!!!!"
"HOLD THE LINE. NOBODY GETS PAST HERE."
"Summer would've been great just about now. She would not hesitate in burning them."
"Roaaarrr!!"
"Take that as you don't care?"
"FIRE SPEARS!!!! SHOOT THEIR LEAVES. AIM HIGH, MISS LOW."
"Willow, protect your…..
It's ok. They can't hurt us."
'They're still advancing. Our attacks are of no use. Their trunks are what are getting water. Without them, they can't heal."
"....You heard the man. Shoot there….aaagh!!"
"SPEARS OF PRAYER, READY?
FIRE!!!!!"
"I'll cut them off."
"Wolf, come in. How is that portal coming?"
"I can't find the door anywhere. I've looked up and down the structure but nothing."
"Brother, not all portals look like an average door."
"I know that."
"Do you? Look for a loose pebble or different colored rock. It won't be obvious, but I promise that it is there. Keep searching. I'm coming over to help."
"Ouch!!! Stupid arrow got me. I'm going in."
"Star, stay behind the blockade. You can't go in on your own."
"Who's to stop me
SHIELD OF FAITH!!!!"
"She's going into Deadmans zone. What do we do?"
"Sire, look."
"Hold your fire? Shoot the girl!!!"
"Come on. She's distracting them for us."
"Look out!!!!"
"Nooooo!! Oak!! Oak!! You can't fall. If I had any water to give, then I would."
"GET DOWN!!! AAAGH!!!"
"Nightmaster, they are breaching. The trees are picking up boulders and throwing them at the wall knocking the men down."
"The wall will stand. It has to."
"Sir, it's a distraction. They're concentrating our manpower focused on them while they look for a backdoor. We need to get you out of here."
"Where is there to go? Do you not see the fires ranging from heaven? Judgement day is here and I'm the one on trial."
"There he is. I can see Nightmaster."
"I got this."
"Adelheid, wait!!"
"I'm the Helper, remember. Let me help."
"You can't face him alone."
"I wasn't asking."
"Nightmaster, we need to go. Our army is weakening and Adelheid is flying up here."
"Go!!"
"Nightmaster, you may not care about your world anymore, but I do."
"Shadow, who is that flying towards Adelheid to challenge her? She looks like a wolf, but it is hard to tell from this position."
"It's Sofia. She would die for father."
"Out of my way…..wolf!! This is not your fight."
"I can't let you proceed, Adelheid."
"If you won't move, then I'll make you move!!!
WINGS OF SPEARS.....ATTACK!!!"
"Shadow, isn't that Sofia fighting Adelheid? Should we go up and….."
"No. You couldn't stop her even if you wanted to."
"Wolfpack, come in. Wolfpack, come in."
"What is it, Wolf?"
"I think I found the portal in. It's on the east side and not the west like Shadow had first said. You're gonna have to hurry though."
"Why? It's not like doors move."
"That is exactly what they do."
"We're on our way!!!"
"What about Sofia, Shadow? We can't just leave her to die at the hands of Adelheid. Look at her. She's no match. Adelheid is eating her alive. Her loyalty is too a lost cause."
"I told you, you can't save her even if you wanted to. God was the only one that gave her wings and not any of you. Now come on."
"There has to be a way. Their just has to."
"I told you. She cannot be...."
"I'll do it!!!"
"Star, you can't fly, either."
"I'll find a way. Take the girls to the portal and meet me there."
"But."
"No buts. Just go."
"Come on girls. You heard her."
"Willow, can you fling me up there?"
"Who do you want to hit?"
"Can you shoot me straight between the two? I'll grab Sofia and end this."
"Climb on, but hurry. Adelheid has taken out her fire sword and is attacking. The chances of you getting stabbed by her sword are too great."
"It's ok."
"Star, you don't understand. If she stabs you...then I'll never see you again."
"I know."
"No!! No you don't. You'll die, but who knows which Legion you'll end up in. I can't do it."
"Willow, I was put on this earth to be a Hopegiver. These past few days I've been failing, but if I can do this one thing then Nightmaster will see that I've changed. He will see that we are not here to end him."
"OUCH!!!"
"I said, out of my way!!!"
"Please.
The others need me, and I need them. I've been away too long. It's time to go back.
Thank you.
Don't squish me too tight."
"Just say when."
"ADELHEID, STOP. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I was just being loyal. ADELHEID, NOOOOOO!!!!"
"NOW!!!!"
*PHOOOM!!!!*
"I'm coming for you Sofia!!!!"
"Shadow, stop. Look up. What is she doing?"
"She's bringing hope."
"She's not going to make it. She's not going to make it."
"Nightmaster, wait. Turn around. What is Star doing?"
"...She's saving the world."
"Star, what are you doing here?"
"Sofia, I got you."
"Watch out."
"Aaaaaaghhhhh!!!"
"Star, why are you getting between us? My sword wasn't meant for…oh no. What have I done?"
"HURRY, THE DOORS CLOSING. SHADOW, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?"
"Girls, get inside. I have to…."
"I SEE HER!!!"
"She's dropping too fast!!!"
"None of us can fly. What do we do? Wait, Wolf, where are you going?"
"SHE'S MY SISTER TOO.
SOFIA, I'M COMING."
*VROOM*
"Come on car. Show me how fast you can go."
"Aaaaaaaaghhhhhhhh!!!!!!"
"I can't watch. I can't."
"Wait, he's getting out of the car."
"Sofia, you're going to have to fly towards me."
"I can't. Adelheid broke both my wings."
"You have to try. This car doesn't go any faster."
"I'm dropping too fast."
"Uhh….I….uh….I'll come for you."
"Wolf, you can't fly, and the car can't fly itself."
"Neither can you."
"What's happening now?"
"...He jumped."
"I got you, Sofia. Hang onto me tight. Whatever you do, just look into my eyes. It's going to be ok, little sister."
"I'm scared."
"It's ok to be scared. You want to know a secret? Even I'm scared."
*BOOM*
"BROTHER!!! BROTHER!!! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"ACHH!! ACHH!!!"
"Here, grab my hand."
"I can't reach."
"You're going to have to jump out of the hole. I'll catch you."
"I'm here. I'm here. Where's my brother? Where's Wolf?"
"I got you. One…two…heave."
"Sofia, where is my brother?"
"....He...he….he softened my fall."
"Don't cry, Sofia. It's ok. You're safe now. You're safe."
"Out of the way. Let me see him for myself."
"There is not much to identify him."
"Phiinph!! Wolf, open your eyes. Please. Show me that you're alive."
"What's his status?"
"Phiinph!!!"
"I asked, 'What's his status? Is he breathing?"
".....He's dead!!!"
"Noo!! Noo!! Noo!!! He can't be dead. He just can't be. We never even got the chance to know him."
"Shadow!!!"
"What's he doing?"
"Brother, Adalyn is who brought us together. She loved us when no one else would, but she has made a mistake. This cross doesn't belong to me. It never has. *Buirp.
Here, I think she meant to give this cross to you."
"You coming Shadow? The door's closing."
"I'm coming. Help me up."
"I got you."
"Where did Adelheid go?"
"She went to find Nightmaster."
"COME ON. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER THE DOOR WILL STAY OPEN. WHERE IS WOLF?"
"WE'RE COMING. I'LL TELL YOU INSIDE."
*Zroom*
"WELCOME TO DREAMWORLD, FOLKS. Hope you like your stay."
(This marks the end of this section. Hope you like it, and I know I killed a lot of people; so, who knows what the final battle/50 pages will look like, but we'll figure that out. *Huge virtual hug*)