Chapter 206 - Old Ways

"Mylady, the cries have stopped. Maybe it's over."

".....You can never stop crying. Your tears have only taken out the soundeffects provided by the mouth. We may not verbally hear their cries, but even tears falling from the eye to stop dry skin, is still considered as such. The cries are silent…..but they will start up again. Get ready."

"We can't stay in this forest any longer. Homes from afar may be in danger but we still have ours. Stop looking in the sky for her return, because she won't be back anytime soon. She's off to fight a war, and we too, can fight with her. Let's tell Ambrielle that the fight is won but we must now ready the troops not for battle...but for war!!!"

"Ambrielle, are you certain? We can't just burn the forest down. What about the people who take shelter?"

"What about them? We can't just stand here all day, can we? They may have fought and cried, but who knows how many are in there, let alone if they plot forces to join and take over. When Abby left, she left me in charge and told me to defend using any means necessary. We've waited long enough and can wait no more.

Ready the Archers. Prepare the fires!!!"

"Is everyone ok? I'm truly sorry for the way I…."

"GET DOWN!!!!!"

"Pszzzzzzszzzzllllllle!!!!!"

"She's burning the tree!!!!"

"AGAIN!!!!!!"

"Out of the way. Move."

"Aaaaaaaaghhh.....Aaaaaaghhh…"

"Stop running. Stop and roll.. Stop and…"

"Aaaaaaaaagh….yaaaaaaaaghhh."

"Don't panic. Everyone, I can….."

"FIRE!!!!!!"

"Out of the way, Abby. Our best bet is to split up. If just one of her flame arrows hit us, then we're dead. Now move."

"WAIT, LET ME TALK TO HER. SHE DOESN'T MEAN TO DO AS SHE DOES. SHE IS JUST…"

"No more. She struck first. We're just defending.

TROOPS, ON THE PROWL. LEAN BEHIND ME."

"Give them a volley."

"Aaaaaghhh...*stick…..stick…..stick*"

"Push forward. PUSH FORWARD. SHE WILL PAY FOR BURNING HER FOREST."

"Girls…wait… Guys….Guys..she….."

"Here they come."

"Ambrielle, it's working. We've smoked them out. Wait…..oh no…Oh no."

"Did I say you could leave? Stand your ground. Their forces may look bigger than ours but we're stationary…..they are not.

Archers…..hit them again."

"SHIELDS UP!!!!!"

"Aaaaaaghhh."

"Fred. Fred!!!"

"It burns…It burns.

"Hold on. Let me.."

"Wait, Rachel, don't touch….**fizzsszzz*

*Few….few…..fewwww*

"Abby, protect us? You protected your own. Now protect us."

"Ambrielle, look. Wolf and Abby are helping them advance. Why? Are we no longer Wolf's family?"

"...We never were in the first place. We were just a home he grew up in. The Deadroses are his true family, and if that means them fight me…..he'll defend his own."

"This may just be his home and not his family, but it is his home nonetheless. So if I have to fight my brother to prove that….then I will."

"Who are you?"

"Woo…woo…woo. Get that pointy stick out of my face won't you? I'm here to help?"

"Why would you help us? You don't even know us? Help your brother."

"Let's just….*zirrroooop* There we go.

I may not know anything about the people of Dreamworld, and yes, have talked Swift how to get into Dreamworld, but once I learned that this is where Wolf was born…he may not care for his home, but I do. Without a past…..you have nothing."

"Abby, stop standing there? Help us….or help them. Make up your mind. You can't help both."

"Maybe I can."

"Tyran, what are you saying?"

"Cease your fire.

CEASE YOUR FIRE."

"CEASE FIRE!!!!"

"What do you have in mind?"

"Abby….what…what….what's happening? They've stopped shooting at us?"

"Wolf is king of this world, correct?"

"....Go on."

"I know people don't believe in Old ways anymore, but I was grounded upon them. When one king takes over another king, then the others people become slaves to the next."

"...Release your swords, gentlemen.

Tyran, what makes this world any different than the others that you don't want a battle?"

"Ambrielle, you're young, dumb, and arrogant, but I'll let it slide because you're cute."

"Umm...I…"

"It's ok. No need to thank me. Wolf nor Abby are in the wrong. They both have become attached to the outside world and seek to help it. They've done so for a while, but now with this being their biggest test of faith and trust, they are stuck. If I too was raised in a world that later kicked me out, I also would seek vengeance on them once I got strong enough. What evil parents they were.

Wolf…..never did that, nor is he doing that now. He can't pick both, and Abby can't pick both, but although Wolf and Abby have lost their home they grew up on and pay no attention to it, I know just how much a home means. No matter how dark your parents were, you can judge their intentions all you want, but you wouldn't be you without them. Please, Wolf would probably plead with you to cease all together, but once an attack starts, someone has to die to end it."

"Why is he looking at me?"

"Wolf, get back here. Stay with your family."

"...They are my...."

*PHEEEEEUU...BOOOM*

"Tyran, what are you doing? Why did you…."

"I pleaded with her."

"What? Aah. Whaaa…why is your face sad?"

".....Wolf, I know that you won't give up on your family, but Dreamworld is also what gave you. You can't turn on them."

"I'm not…I….I….I'm not. I'm defending my people."

"Dreamworld is not your people?"

"They are, but….so are...I don't want to. I just."

"I know. I know. That's why I made the choice for you?"

"...What are you talking about?"

"You'll no longer have to decide between who to protect."

"How? Ty, I don't understand. What did you do?"

"...The only thing I could do. Since the first arrows have already been thrown…..someone has to die to end it."

"You're making no sense. The only way two sides would stop fighting is if two warriors from each side, preferably the king and king, fight each other in a duel, but Swift is not a king, and I'm the only...….no!!! No!!.....Noo!!!

I won't do it."

"You must, brother. That is the only way. You may be the king of Dreamworld, but I am the king of our birth, here now to take over your world.

Fight me, brother.

FIGHT ME!!!!"

"...No….I won't do it. I won't do it. I just got you back, I'm not going to lose you now."

"You have to, little brother. Stop backing away from me.

If you don't fight me, then the battle will pick back up and many more innocents will die. You don't want that, do you?"

"But you'll die, Ty. You're all I have. Shadows dead, moms dead, Nights dead….all my siblings are dead...no…no…no!!!! I won't bury you too."

"Ha…Wolf, although I may have saved your whole race, that doesn't mean I'm going to lay down on the ground so that you can walk over me. The way I see it, I own my planets, you own yours, and right now, if you accept…..you're just another king standing in my way."

"Oh….Oh!!! I thought that…."

"That's the problem, little brother. You think. Now..."

"Ouch!! What was that for? Help me up."

"You have two options right now. Help yourself up, or; if you take my hand then I'll see that as a sign of your acceptance. Come on. Everybodies watching. Just take my hand."

"Move….Move."

"Wolf, don't make a scene. You're a king, are you not? Now act like one. Take my hand."

"But I….I…Huuuuh.

You're right."

"Adiranevere!!!"

"Yes Ma'am."

"Ambrielle, you know this unicorn?"

"Take these two too their rings"

"Gentlemen, if you'll please follow me through this portal."

"You ready, brother?"

"Don't worry, Ty. I may have a new fam, but I have not forgotten myself."

"Better not or else this bout will be easier than I thought."

"Wait…wait…..*zirooooom*

"Ambrielle, where did you take them?"

"I'm glad you asked. Come with me at the entrance to the Beast's lair, and we shall watch the whole thing from above."

"Here, you're gonna need this."

"Take that spear away."

"But…"

"I said take it away. These people came for the truth, and that is what they're going to get. No more hiding."

"Hey baby, can you take my shirt off and then hold onto it? I'm gonna be back for it later."

"HOTSHOT TYRAN THINKS HE'S ALL THAT? HOPE YOU'RE NOT AS BIG AS YOUR MOUTH!!!"

"I back up what I say and that is all.

You know something, Wolf? If you stayed with us then when you were old enough to get marooned on a planet, the final test would be for father to send his goons after you at the end of the year. Just a little visual to show him if you really have improved over a year.....OR JUST HID IN A HOLE IN THE GROUND HOPING TO PASS THE YEARS AWAY.

Well, I'm here to say that this is your final test. Beat me and when you claim my planets, people will sing your praises, or stay with a sorry excuse for a..."

"PHOOM!!!!"

"....So that's how you're going to do this?"

"I don't want to do this any more than you, but if I have to; I'm not holding back."

*Tick…tick…..phoom….Phoom*

"Stay within the fire circle."

"Tisssszzzzz"

"Ambrielle, what are you doing? Why are you placing that necklace on the ground?"

"Just watch."

*Cli….click*

"What the? How is this possible? I can see them all clearly....through the soil. This isn't…..I'm still standing on…."

"Nafion, a.k.a 'See through dirt'. The soil and everything is still there as you can see, but now we can see everything under it as well."

"Wh…wh….why haven't you ever."

"We only do this for fights that take place down in Nowhere….or whenever Nightmaster is too lazy to physically go to Nowhere but still wants to keep tabs on them so he uses this stuff to spy on them. That's why….."

"When you're down in Nowhere, and look up….you can still see the sun shining down. There is no way you could see the sun if soil was in the way. But I still….."

"No more questions. The match is starting."

(Ps, Nafion is a true thing that Scientists use to mimic dirt. Grass and plants are none the wiser and still grow in it because Nafion has the same makeup as dirt, but clearer. not clear all the way, but just clearer. They use Nafion to help see roots and other stuff happening beneath the soil. Think of an Aquarium floor where you see fish swimming beneath your feet. Think of that, but as soil. Now just imagine that even though Scientists use a few pieces of Naf in order to experiment, Night was able to create a whole world on top of it. Basically, all of Dreamworld just has to pluck off the top layer of grass and then they'll be able to look down into an invisible glass panel where they can see the roots of the grass, plus also people in Nowhere. Helps Nightmaster spy on people of Nowhere without having to physically go down to them. I mean, people told Ceasar the coliseum could never be a thing and that you could never harness a body of water that you control at will but look. He made it possible. Who's to say that Nightmaster making a world of see-through dirt is also impossible? Maybe it is possible!!! Anyways, hope you all have a great day.)