"Who let you out?"
"I did!!!"
"Abby!! Wait, who let you out?"
"I let myself out, thank you very much. By the way, the moment your dog's left your sight, they..."
"Disobeyed my wishes and you stepped in tearing them apart?"
"Wolf, you should've seen it. She went all animalistic on them. You never told me you have a sister."
"The word is 'had', and I don't. She came into the picture long after I was blotted out."
"Well, now that you're back, maybe she can stay? Wolf, she can heal, she can kill, she can turn, she can warp, she can destroy, she can speak out, and she can….."
"Lead? By the sound of your lips, that's what you were going to say, right? Well, she may be a queen and all, but I don't see her people…..anywhere. Last, I heard, they were about to be attacked…..again."
"Brother, why are you?"
"Follow me. Swifts men I presume are pitched just outside the portal, which means all they would have to do is turn and fire. We can't sneak in that way. Is there a backdoor or something we can use?"
"I think so."
"You think so?"
"Well, I don't know if it works."
"Huh? Abby, either a portal works or it doesn't. There is no lukewarm."
"I'm just saying that there are a few small portals that led into Nowhere, but since Sixth Star broke Nowhere, I have no idea if the portals would still send us there or not."
"Could you show me a rough sketch where you think they may have been? Mom gave me a map, so I have it inside. Don't know if there have been any changes, but this is why you are here."
"Wolf, I'm sorry. They were hurting her so I…"
"It's okay. I was wrong when I thought your wolf could no longer protect you. I just hope that you didn't…."
"No. My wolf was used as a last resort, I can assure you."
"Umm…Where should I go?"
"Valentine. Oh. You can…."
"As long as you promise not to get into any more trouble, you can help with the Counsels. God says He does not remember us as our sins deserve but forgives and forgets us as far as the east is from the west. Although true, without our past, we cannot know who we are, for it is the mistakes that lead us forth and not the celebrations. Nothing good comes from obedience, but from disobedience a mind can grow."
"Abby, what are you doing? This is my kingdom and mine alone. I do not need your help."
"I know you didn't ask, but I gave it.
Valentine, go.
All you do is help the ones who seek it but never the ones who don't. It is not the ones who ask but the one who is mute.
See, you're not the only one who can speak such!!!"
"It's as if Sixth Star is here with me now."
"What?"
"Oh…oh nothing. So, can you point to me where these entrances are? Follow me to the Drawing room. It is…uhm…this way I do believe."
"You know, for someone who just got crowned, you sure know your way around the Castle. It's almost as if you've already been here before."
"Who's to say I haven't?"
"Shadow!!!"
"Haaa!! That boy searches for a crown and not a king. Although I have never physically set foot on these grounds, Blue Hood has. Shadow always wanted to walk in his father's shoes so he would naturally follow Dad on a lot of his conquering's of planets. After they conquered it, all the people they didn't kill, the ones they liked, would be transported back to Dreamworld, and that's how the population of Dreamworld would grow. Nightmaster taught him that this is what family is. We look out for each other.
Where's the first portal, so I can mark it?"
"Oh…um….here."
"Anyways, just like with Nightmaster and I, Shadow quickly figured out that Night only favored the strong to live and the weak to die. He had no sense of family. One day while he was in one of his good moods, he found me walking in the woods and at that time I was just starting my Blue Hood journey. We talked for a bit and decided that we would make our own family. Leading with force and fear is not the way ruling would be. Also, Shadow secretly wanted to rule over people that could speak there mind freely and not prisoners he had captured.
Where's the next one?"
"Uhh…down aways. Keep going. It's right…oh…here."
"Nightmasters good mood was to overtime transport his healing energy into inventions that would one day be discovered and used for good, but since he had more bad days then good, his bad side would always rule, making his good side too scared to proudly show off his skillset. So he kept them hidden. Shadow was different. Whenever good enveloped him, he would sneak down here, we would talk on how to build our family, but wouldn't get really far. The issue of weak and strong was always brought up. Shadow being Shadow thought it best that our family only be made of the strong and not the weak, but I had a better idea. I suggested we bring in anybody and everybody, make them strong, and then if they prove weak, then the streets will take them."
"Wolf, how is that any better than what father did?"
"Thankfully, although Shadow saw me as Blue Hood, he didn't know what I did. So everytime we would kick people back to the streets, I would secretly still do my best to protect them. Shadow found out, decided that I shouldn't be straining myself and thus kept the children on longer."
"What did you train them for?
Put it there."
"We trained the same way father trained us. He trained us to defend against him whenever he turned dark, so we trained others in the same fate. Shadow trained them to defend and kill, while I trained them to obey and worked for bread or else there will be consequences. Though our 'gang' of killers was the biggest in the land, we did not use them for evil deeds but just to defend. As the years grew, and our family became larger, so too did our homes quite a few times. We posed no threat but looked as such, so Shadow and I had to branch out to look for other leaders. Shoulda never asked. Hawk came in, and after working his way up the trust later, he destroyed the very family that cared for him. The only thing he did do for us was help expand. Sadly, since I tore that structure down to help feed your family, now I need to look elsewhere.
Fifteen years, Shadow and I toiled to make the grandest of families, all to be blindsided and taken away."
"Wolf, after helping my family, I promise to search for suitable land to give you and your fam."
"You think you're going to give it? No, I am going to take it."
"What was that?"
"Nothing.
After we expanded, we still kept the smaller homes and then appointed leaders to govern them. Through that, we found the Lillies.
Anyways, I was thinking we split the family into different sections and then use them to attack, here, here, and here."
"Wolf, there is no portal there!!!"
"I know, they are to provide the net if Swifts army plans to retreat. We can….."
"HELP!!! HELP!!!
LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Did you hear something?"
"Yes. I couldn't make it out, but it sounded like…."
"Lions!!"
"Wolf, where are you going? We haven't finished mapping out a plan? Who are the Lions?"
"EVERYBODY TO ARMS!!! WE CANNOT LET THEM IN. TAKE NO PRISONERS!!"
"Wolf, slow down. What's happening?"
"Topac!!!
TOPAC!!!!"
"Here, sir."
"Grab me my blue sweatshirt and bandana. Hurry!!!"
"Wolf!!"
"Sister, they're a rival gang. Hawk used to ride with them, but then power overtook him and he though he could make a better ruler then the king, so he despised their orders and was kicked out. When he was, he vowed that he would come back with an army ten times theirs. The only one that was, was ours. Not knowing his intentions, we took him. He climbed the ranks, took over, and then decided to start training my family to be offensive killers and not defensive. Fear spread and the others looked at him towards jealously and awe seeing that our once innocent Deadroses could indeed be so easily tamed to fit the master. All you have to do is promise them shelter and food, and you got them. So once they found out that Hawk died, they wanted their hand in governing us. Not knowing where our central post was, they must've followed my messengers back here. Sadly for them, they don't know I'm back."
"Here is your sweatshirt."
"Thanks, Topac."
"Seriously? You care more of your image then the fight?"
"Abby, this sweatshirt is not for me, but for you. If they found out that I was the leader, then your family would not be safe, nor would Dreamworld. They would use anything they can as leverage, and I can't put your lives in danger."
"THEY'RE IN THE 'WAY!!!"
"Hooffff….
LET'S ROLL OUT!!!!"
"Wait, brother, I want to come with you. They might not be my family, but you and Shadow told me that everybody is your family. Let me come."
"Abby, you're a Healer, not a fighter."
"But I am."
"Stay here. You'll be needed when I return.
HICHAA!!!!"
"God speed, brother. God speed!!"
"You ready sir? I fear more Lions will be on there way."
"Then let's cut them down to size before they breach."
"Yes, sir!!!"
"Aaaaaaaghhhh!!!"
"Roaaarrrr!!!!"
"Roarrrrrr!!!!!"
"Puu…pu…pu…pew*
*pu…pu…pu…pew*
"Yaaaaaaaaaaaa….*slit*
"I'm hit. I'm hit."
"Here. I got you."
"ABBY, I TOLD YOU TO STAY BACK. THIS IS NO PLACE FOR…."
'WELL, I'M HERE NOW!!!!"
"Sir, you seeing this? Looks like they got a Healer."
"A Healer? How? Who?"
".....The girl that's been in the news. I think her name is Abby."
"Deal with it."
"Yes, sir."
"Abby, look out!!!"
*BANG*
"Topac!!!!! No…no….noo. Stay with me now. Stay with me. Don't you dare close your eyes."
"I…huuu….always knew Wolf had a sister. Huuu!!! Just didn't know they were as beautiful as you."
"SISTER, WAIT!!!"
"THAT'S...…IT!!!!!!!!!!!
YOUR SOULS...ARE MINE!!!!"
"Abby, wait…wait….."
"Aaaaaaaagghhhhhhhhhhh!!!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaghhhh!!!"
"I got you. I won't let go. I won't let…"
"Noooooo!!!!!!!"
"Her pull is too strong."
"SISTER, STOP. NIGHTMASTER COULDN'T CONTROL WHOSE SOUL HE TOOK AND WHOSE HE DIDN'T. NEITHER CAN YOU.'
"MAY THE DEAD RISE,AND THE SPIRITS CONSUME. ALL THE SOULS THAT ENTER ME, SHALL ENTER YOU."
"What's happening. The ground is moving."
"Pishhh!! Hulaac!!! Hulaaacc!!!"
"THE DEAD, THEY'RE RISING UP FROM THEIR GRAVES, BUT HOW. Abby can only heal one person at a time."
"Not if she's taking our souls. Valentine…hold on!!
She's using all the souls that flow through her, to enter into the dead and make them walk.
WOLF….TAKE OVER.
ABBY, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S TIME YOU STOP."
"WHOSE TO STOP ME? I SEE YOU STRUGGLING IN THE WIND. DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT….HUUUUU!!! BROTHER….BRother!! Huu….why did you…"
"Valentine, take her to Holding."
"She's bleeding!!!"
"I had no choice. She'll recover. Now go."
"REATREAT!!!!!! RETREAT!!!!!"
"You."
"Yes, Wolf."
"Do you know where Laura lives?"
"The woman in the headlines? I think so."
"Good. Go there and ask for her tea. Abby has used too much energy."
"Wait, wouldn't the tea kill her wolf? It might make her stronger but…."
"I said go. Now hurry!!!!
EVERYBODY ELSE…..BACK INSIDE."
"What about us? Wait, where are we?"
"My sister brought you all back to life. Now I got to go tend to my family. Why don't you…um…why don't you go be with yours."
"Achh!! Achh!!!"
"Kid, I don't know what your name is or who your sister is, but let us repay the love. A few of us are doctors and nurses. I see you've all taken a fall. Let us help you then we'll be on our way."
"Where's my family? Where's my family?
AARON!!!!
SIXTH STAR!!!!
CROAK!!!!!
ANYBODY!!!"
"Woo..woo…woo. Hey there. What's your name, son?"
"My name? Uhh. My name? My name is Hopper. One minute I was dead at a table and now I walk!! Who are you? Where am I?"
"Calm down, kid. It's ok. Why don't you come inside with me and stay the night. In the morning, you can all clear your minds and then return to your family."
"MOST OF US DON'T EVEN KNOW IF OUR FAMILIES STILL WALK!!!"
"YEAAAAAAA!!!!"
"Just….just….stay here tonight, please, and then I'll figure everything out in the morning. We don't have enough rooms so you're all gonna have to double up."
"Wolf, my king. I brought forth a prisoner from the Lions. He says that….."
*PEW*
"Wolf, why did you just….why….you shot him. I said, he wanted too…*shiiearrrrt*
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Here is your fabric back."
"You disobeyed my orders, and tore my shirt. I told you that we will have no prisoners, and yet…..what do I see before me?"
"Sir, I just…"
"GET OUT!!!!!"
"My king."
"I SAID OUT.
"Wolf, I said I'm sorry. Please, can't you find it in your heart to forgive me? Where is your love? Wasn't this made to give everyone a second chance."
"I did. I gave you a second, and a third, and a fourth, and a fifth, and a sixth, and a seventh. See, God is love, yes, but He is also a Father and a King. So as such, He would have other traits that would make Him less…..likeable. If a Father beats a child, is that child no longer loved?"
"Umm….no sir. But you said…"
"I know what I said, and I know what you thought I said, but that's not what you did. Since you tore my shirt, so shall you be torn from my house.
NOW GET OUT!!!"
*Ptooo*
"I never liked it here anyways.
Out of my way."
"UMMM…I'M SORRY THAT YOU ALL HAD TO WITNESS THAT, BUT HEY!!!! LOOKS LIKE A ROOM JUST OPENED UP!!!!"
"WHAT ABOUT OUR HOMES? WHAT IF WE HAVE NONE?"
"FEAR NOT EVERYBODY. I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE MY FAMILY, AND ALL OF YOURS WILL HAVE LAND TO CALL HOME."
(This marks the end of section 3. Hope you like it. You may have seen Hopper pop up. That is good, but I don't know if most of you recognized Swift. You may have recognized him from book 1, but did you recognize that since the girls went to the past and stayed there, Swift has not yet done his journey of breaking into Dreamworld and molding with Dragon. So, this is how Swift learned where Dreamworld was and how to get in. That means Aaron and Moses' thing when they were kids is still happening, and all that. Hope it's not too confusing. Also, thanks for everything you all do, and I'm talking more than just reading my books. You know who you are. *Huge virtual hug* Hope you had a great Easter, and I'll see you in the next sections :)