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Sky And The Forces Of The Multiverse, Chapter 29

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"Judas?", Nora sat up in the gardens the next day, the concern in her voice was obvious as she spotted the tall young man, Judas looked stressed alright, in fact she wasn't sure he actually slept that night at all. His dark hair was messier then usual and all of his eyes were struggling to stay awake, but despite his appearance he headed towards her anyway. Nora's brows furrowing and wishing she had the time to make something that would help him feel a little better. Judas himself headed over and put his hands in his pockets, struggling to keep himself from toppling over as he tried to figure out how best to word this, he was so messed up he wasn't even doing he regular exercise or focusing on his coronation. He smiled at nora, trying to laugh off his current state but she didn't smile back, meeting him with shy and sad light green eyes. "Nora....thanks for meeting with me...listen....You're trying to help angel's mother...has.....she moved since you've been down there together...?".

"No, she's not supposed to be able to....judas...is everything ok? I-If it's about me helping angel instead of you i'm still working with the notes you gave me from your dad, his mom is just.....so...we don't know much time she might have...so i've had to put so much focus into her...I don't mean to-". But he shook his head, "No no, it's ok...I'm not mad about that, i've been dealing with waiting for cures for 17 years, a little more time can't hurt as long as...something else doesn't happen...". He took a deep breath, "Nora....we're worried she's...the masked person....". Nora raised an eyebrow at that, before her face shifted and she became instantly scared, "But...that would mean...angel and his father would know she wasn't sick and doing this and...". Judas nodded, putting his hands carefully on her shoulders, "Angel's spells returning, angel's weirdness lately...globgor sighting her around their kingdom, the fact they're a magic user, that they paused when they saw me...because angel's parents love me....the fact they targeted the three of us's kingdoms specifically! Sky brought this up to me a few nights ago and I can't let it go....especially if she's staying right inside the castle..". Nora was wordless, completely still in fact. "Nora i'm not trying to scare you....but.....i'm worried and i want help....we need definitive proof if we're to know for sure...", nora tugged at her slimy hair in response and took a seat on the nearest bench, processing the whole thing,"I-I wanted to help because I almost lost my mom...and now i'm being told his mom might have been the reason I almost lost her...". Judas suddenly felt a little guilty, maybe he should've gone easier on nora about something like this. Though Sky didn't exactly make this idea easier on him either. "I just...I can't sleep with the idea she could just....hurt you or sky...it's unsettling for me and....I can't be sure without more evidence...". Nora seemed to understand just fine, but she was at a loss for words, though she did seem to manage to pitch out something. "But...if she's not sick....why would she take my book? That book was all my medical research and everything...but she has no use for it if she's just fine right?". She did have a good point, seems there was a little more they had to be missing in terms of what they were up to, the demon clamping his hands together and hoping for everyone's sakes his arm didn't get any ideas. "I think we should confront angel about it...". "Confront him?". "Me, you and Sky, together....angel sucks at lying so we should hopefully get an answer from him but...I think we need to talk to him and see what he knows. We know her's been around his kingdom, there's something fishy with him regardless....we just...if something's happening we need to ask him sooner then later...i don't think....I don't think he wants to be apart it if he is...but....she has attacked all of our kingdoms, we should be the ones to confront him about this...". "You're suggesting going up to him and asking him to spill? Maybe you should talk to your parents about it first-". "I wish that was an option but if we told our parents, and we turned out wrong...we'd be in serious trouble on many different accounts....at least in this case if we confirm it with angel we don't have that risk and if we are on as good terms with him as we feel we might have an easier time getting him to talk...", he wasn't wrong, accusing a sickly queen of not being sick and robbing kingdoms, not to mention using her own son for this to plan out is pretty heavy. "So.....how exactly are you going to do it....judas....are you sure you're ok?". His shoulders sagged, hands wiping over his face, "No...I don't think so...I think everything is getting to me more then it used to...my dad told me what happened to me, then I hear from landon something....important, and now i'm being told my friends could be at risk? I can't help it, there's so much being thrown at me and i'm trying to be cool about it but instead i feel like i'm on the urge of falling apart.". Nora placed a hand on his shoulder carefully, "Judas...". "I'm supposed to be a leader and to handle everything maturely and right now i'm just....i don't know who to trust....I just know i want to make sure no one gets hurt...", he instinctively touched his right arm, "I-I've been thinking too much about how my arm....attacked that suit or armor...there were...bite marks....i've never seen my arm bite anything before....but it bit it....somehow....". Was he...shivering? He desperately tried to calm down as nora pat his backside. "Judas....maybe me and sky should talk to angel, or bring sunny....you don't have to-". "I....Sky wanted me to spend some freetime resting and relaxing...but....how can i relax with this...step back from my friends being in possible danger? I'm having a hard time relaxing nora, i can't just step away and take a break...there's always so much going on and it always puts more and more on my shoulders...", she removed her hand off him as he continued, "You have expectations from your parents and your own set of issues but you didn't have to worry about your arm attacking you or the risk of your friends not being as trustworthy as you thought...these things are just....really important to me...". "Judas...". "And i'm not trying to hurt you with that! It's just a situation i don't think is easy to solve for me...it's pretty hard to find someone who knows how i feel...". Nora sighed before leaning against him, head on his shoulder and she almost felt tempted to move it straight away, but judas seemed perfectly content with this. "I'm sorry nora....there's so much happening and I'm a little out of sorts but...I'm not backing down...we have a hunch and it's a good hunch....we should take advantage of it and at least question angel. If he knows more then he's letting on like Sky said he was, then we owe it to confirm that for sure...especially now...". "But we've spent so much time with him recently and nothing...he acts like he normally does....doesn't he? It could be a false lead judas..like the ones pointing to sky". Her green eyes blinked up at him and as she peeled away from his shoulder she felt embarrassed at the residue from her hair now coating his neck and shoulder, not that the demon minded. "Well as far him acting normally, We kinda think he is.....but recently he's been a little more sickly then he used to be, there's something up he's not telling us...but...we need to do something...". "Angel is more open...?". "Angel kinda never feels the need to usually lie to anyone, he usually kinda is open about how he feels on anything and everything, he kinda says how he feels to your face and means it. Then again, we can't speak as experts on him...it's just how he's always been around us...", she nodded before standing up, making the demon wonder if he said anything wrong. "Maybe then...this could all be a coincidence? Her might've been around his kingdom but it doesn't mean she knows angel, angel could be sick but maybe he's really sick....angel's species might be getting their magic back but maybe it's the doing of the high commission or something...". "It all feels like too many coincidences for it to not have some merit....we gotta try nora, don't you wanna know for sure who attacked your parents? I don't think it'd be easy to sleep in the same room with her if you weren't sure...", he stood up as well and nora turned to face him, "Ok....I'll help....but....just be careful, you might make him upset...his mom seems to just...mean a lot to him...". He nodded, giving her a reassuring pat on his shoulder and looking around the garden, "We'll try...". She faced towards the ground, her shoulders sagging, "Judas....whatever's wrong with your arm, I promise you...i'll figure it out....". Shy hesitated, before quickly pulling him in for a quick hug, much to judas's surprise, though he seemed more relieved by it then anything else, "You won't have to deal with this much longer...I promise...". - "Oh, why Luna, it's good to see you!", eclipsa smiled as she finished cleaning up her tower, the blonde crossing her arms as she entered. "I hear you're becoming quite the knight of this universe aren't you? I mean i don't think you were intending to draw this much attention to yourself but at least you're doing a good job-", but luna grumbled, "I'm here to talk about that necklace you gave me when i passed out that day, it repents dark magic....right?". "Well of course, I mean,well more specifically it wards off magic from controlling a specific something or someone but-". "You KNEW something about that and said nothing, why?". Eclipsa paused at that, fully facing the teen and twiddling her finger together, "Dear it's not something against you, believe me...but it was something better left off not saying. When people around here think of that kinda magic, they tend to point fingers towards me, so i thought it was better left as something me and globgor handled ourselves untill we have enough evidence to prove it hadn't come from me, besides...we don't trust the commission to not point fingers without evidence...regardless of if they're supposibly changed or not." "But you knew what we were doing and still said nothing...". "Says the one who was under the impression it was my fault...". Luna gave her a stern look, but eclipsa still smiled. "Dear....come now, you're not exactly the easiest person for anyone to get along with, even back where you come from it seems...". oh right, eclipsa has seen into her thoughts before, any and all privacy she had with the others was completely lost on this woman as the blond hugged her shoulders. "You....didn't spill anything to the rest of them did you? I value my privacy and i would prefer if the others didn't know me from head to toe...it's already bad enough i spilled to sky about ashton..". "And you didn't wipe her memory? I thought you were all about that?", was eclipsa mocking her now? She was wasn't she? She had that kinda voice, almost as if she took great joy out of the girl's stress and misery. And boy was luna not happy about it, having a slight edge over the others made her life so much easier, even back home no one went into her mind and learned her most personal traits, but eclipsa? She never felt so peeved with anyone since she arrived here. "Look i was too caught off guard i didn't even think about it, though pulling my wand out in public wasn't a good idea either..."., she took a seat on eclipsa's sofa, still not impressed, "As long as she doesn't look too much further into it hopefully she'll forget, judas's knack for being well....judas might keep her away.". Eclipsa was still smiling, taking a seat in front of her and clapping her hands together, "You two seem to open up well to each other....don't you?". "He's got a good head on his shoulders, we seem to connect easier in most places then with a lot of the others, celeste and landon are frustrating, galexia doesn't listen, sunny is....nevermind, judas is the only one i've been able to properly work with....". The former queen snorted, "Frustrated to have been seemingly outmatched by someone younger then you? Oh come now, even in your timeline it seems star was still a master of magic at a young age...". "I've been practicing endlessly and preparing to become queen since i first came into this world, it took me years to master so much of the magic I do, and this silly younger girl is able to do better then me and i just don't understand it...she's not like my mom, she's....much stronger it feels like...", Eclipsa shrugged and relaxed in her sofa, sighing, "Being the perfect queen isn't all it's cracked up to be dear, you seem to really strive for perfection but well...seems perfection has made things harder for you...". "Not back home, back home i'm well respected and a top fighter...". "Judging from the outburst at sky, doesn't sound like it.....not to mention you and your moms....". "That's none of your concern...", she was starting to lose her temper now if she hadn't before. "No but, honestly you probably should open up and talk about it...because seems like it's making this mission for you more difficult, hard to stay in the shadows when you want so badly to impress your own mother you are the most recognizable knight on her team.", luna stood up, "Don't talk to me about my mother...you wouldn't understand, I did everything back home to impress my parents, i promised them to be the best queen they'd ever see and reach measures no queen has done before..". "Perhaps, but did you ever consider that maybe your mothers just wanted you to be a child, their daughter, just a little longer....?". Luna froze. "Dear, you push yourself too hard for their love...when they never needed you to push so much in the first place...they just wanted you to be with them. You're too stiff, you seem to turn everyone away, your parents, ashton...". She gave her a knowing glare, "You lie to the others, you say mean things, it's no wonder everyone's having a hard time with you....sweetie, this isn't your timeline, I know this is far out of your comfort zone but you can't expect to be in charge and control everyone like back home...". "You are not from my timeline, don't pretend to know me...". "I'm not pretending, seeing into your mind just kinda.....makes it easier to understand a person, sweetie, my mother was like you...strict and strong....but she was also loving and caring despite everything she was and...", she looked off to the side, "..did...". The blonde was still mad but her shoulders eased, "I can't be vulnerable like that, back home they need me back there and i can't imagine what a mess it might be without me around to help...". "You care sweetie...as much as you try not to..". "I care because it affects me, I...I need to get back home and this entire situation and these people are not making that easy on me....I've never had this much trouble in my entire life, and i spent a year practically tracking down two teenage thieves who lived in the woods and had no magical powers whatsoever!", She threw her hands up in the air and sighed before summoning her strange wand from it's disguise. "This is no joking matter to me eclipsa, I do truly need to go home...". "And i don't doubt that, but you seem utterly miserable being here, these girls technically are your sisters, no telling if you'll see them again when you hopefully return....and i kinda think they wish you'd get to know them before that happens...". the older girl tossed the wand in her hand, flipping it with ease, "You're trying to guilt me eclipsa, c'mon now, you don't think in my dimension we don't know about you...or that you like to get in people's heads....do what you want them to do?". "Yes, it's called helping you become a better sociable person, luna you don't just want allies...you want friends...you need friends out here, people you trust like judas. Dear, I only care so much because i've had to deal with the responsibility of being queen before and how tough it made my social life, being pressured into marriage, not being with who i loved...having the world turned against me. You're going to lose the trust of everyone whose ever cared about you and it won't be pretty....the tensions you have at home are already bad enough.". "No, stay out of my business...do not mention my parents, ashton, any of them to me again....", she pointed her wand threateningly at the old queen, her gaze was stone cold and most of those who had seen it would trembled at their feet, eclipsa was not one of those though. If anything she seemed disappointed with a sigh, "Well, if that's how you feel, luna dear....just be careful, at the very least think about your actions from now on, i'm sure you're trying not to have another slip up aren't you...". Luna growled. "Oh and for the record, that boy is a looker, i hope things work out between you two", she winked as luna put down her wand and have her a grossed out looking face before practically storming off, only stopping at the door as her wand transformed back into it's ring disguise. "Whatever is happening here, someone is using some dark magic, we need to take serious action if that's the case, especially if something like this happens again anytime soon...", she glanced at eclipsa with her shiny blue eyes, her gaze sharp enough to pierce through a heart. "I always get my target and i always complete my mission....this is my objective and i have to focus on it, there is no point in getting too attached to people i won't see again when i have people back home who need me, you tried...but let me be and do me a favor...when someone almost gets possessed, tell us that's what almost happened!". She headed out fast, leaving the queen to watch her her direction and sigh to herself at the girl's stubbornness. "You tried boo..."., globgor lifted up eclipsa's hat and looked off to where luna left, "I don't think you can parent every single one of these girls, that one especially seems too much of a pain to deal with. I don't think you'll be able to convince her much of anything....". Though the queen didn't seem to mind as much, "Give her some time, she might get it eventually, just between you and me though, i think she's my favorite of sky's new sisters...she's fun.". "You think she'll do anything irrational?". "Oh yeah, we should make sure she doesn't do anything awful...she hasn't gone off the rails so far but if she does....well we don't need meteora situation...". The couple exchanged looks before smiling, knowing exactly what the other was thinking. - "Hello Fae...", The small demon turned her head away from her work to see the appearance of celeste landon and....a small demon girl who was practically standing on her tippy toes from how giddy she was. Celeste growled as she looked around the stable, watching for any onlookers as landon stepped forward and sighed, "Sunny wanted to come and talk to you herself, we were going to get an update by ourselves but she's...kinda convincing...". Fae's eye traveled to focusing just on the excitable demon girl, who chilled herself down and placed her hands on her hips. "I'm always just happy to meet new people! Plus you seem really cool!". Fae's pretty neutral expression didn't change, a horseshoe falling down nearby during the awkward silence. Landon just decided to step in and get to the real meat of the situation however, "Anyways we wanted to talk more about the note you got asking for advice....is there anything you can remember about it?". "Actually we just came to see if you've heard anything through that grapevine of yours...", the prince mumbled, "Sunny was the one content to know more about the note despite me saying it might be a lost cause, celeste did suggest time travel but the likelyhood father time lets us use that wheel is minimum since the last time he used it led a thief down there and made things WAY worse. So yeah, look, just let us know if you found anything out and i guess if you wanna help sunny...". "What brought this up?", her eye directly looking at the girl about her age. Sunny stepped forward, nervously messing with her hands, "Well, i mean, you mentioned to them about what was on it, but we- I was hoping you maybe knew what it was made from or what it looked like because well...we got a few suspects and we kinda wanna narrow it down, the note is just kinda too good of a clue to overlook...". She gave the girl a sweet smile that fae snorted at, "It's been awhile since i saw it, the paper was just...kinda parchment...could be from anywhere...and i don't remember the handwriting all that much...it was fancy looking i guess...". "You guess?", the brunette stepped forward, next to sunny, "C'mon, you found a huge chunk of evidence, we kinda need you to remember something about it if we're going to get anywhere with any of this, we've been in circles long enough. Like sunny spent hours hanging out with that creepy spider prince to investigate him or something and found nothing, you say you're super unlucky but so much of what we could use just drops into your lap". The mention of the spider boy made the demon turn back to sunny, "The spider prince? Prince Angelus?". "Is there another one?". "Everyone in the underworld always mentions how much of a trouble maker he has been for years, why is he suddenly hanging out with you all? He's pretty much banned almost everywhere and doesn't queen butterfly hate him or something?", the blonde quickly intervened, trying to explain, "There's a lot going on up on the surface but angel's really not that bad i promise, he just needs help, look it's uh....there's a bit of a target on his back kinda and-". "Oh so you all think he did it." "Well...". Fae stood up, brushing off her dress, "I mean, that kinda makes sense but you all have also told me the culprit has amazing magic skills, knows about the tunnels probably, has the power to posses others, and all kinda of nonsense...does someone like that prince seem able to do all that? Like doesn't he know one spell? If you ask me the culprit sounds more like a demon then anything. Everytime i hear things on him I hear about how useless he is and how he's just a pain overall, like why would anyone suspect him of anything?". "We sorta have someone who saw her around his kingdom?". "Yeah but people have seen them everywhere, the woods, mewni, the underworld....what if they stole from the arachfords? You guys seem so eager to convict the dude, i mean, he's a pain but like....isn't everyone you know a suspect kinda? You need more solid proof, like if you wanna know the truth, dig it out of him or something, that's what my family tends to do...if we demons accused everyone for every random thing and decided they were the culprit the underworld would be in more destruction then it is...". "Is this because-". Fae gave landon a dirty look, "Look, i get blamed a lot, usually because it's easy to blame the girl with bad luck on anything bad that happens, which is an easy out for anyone trying to get out of a situation. Oh, did you break something expensive, it was clearly because of me! I'm sorry i don't have the note to help you out but maybe if you guys are suspicious you should go to his kingdom yourselves somehow, or like...find out if he's hiding anything? Like his family doesn't have the gulls to go after you, Queen and King Lucitor would destroy them on the spot". "Well it is a common idea that maybe they're working with someone and not on their own, i mean, we did see him and that lady in the same room before, so he'd most likely have to have a partner, but that would still mean he was responsible for a lot of this so....well it's kinda the same thing.", fae looked between the three of them and sighed, "Fair enough, but honestly who in their right mind would use him as an ally? He seems too wishy washy honestly...especially considering he isn't allowed anywhere...". She quickly snapped her fingers and sighed as a notepad appeared in them before shoving it in the prince's hands, "Here, write some ideas down, maybe it'll help you brainstorm or something....like write down a list of suspects, what you know and don't know, or just burst in on the dude and get answers...i dunno. Like if you were asking for any updates on anything i don't know anything else so...yeah...", she started heading off, leaving the three in the dust as she got back to work as sunny reassured them with a grin and followed the girl through the stables on her own. The blue demon ignoring her entirely. "Hey I uh....i get it if there's not much you can tell us about the note, i'm sorry if we're pushing you...truthfully we just need help. Everyone's paranoid and you've been kinda a big help and we just want to know what's going on...", the demon stopped in her tracks, "I personally don't really care about that spider prince, but people like us monsters are pretty easy targets to blame when something happens or goes wrong. I'm 13 and every time i go to the butterfly kingdom it's super weird half the time because no one's still used to accepting monsters all the way...not even half monsters". "It's not everyone...", sunny mumbled, "It's only a small few from what I've seen, and i promise it's not because of anything like that. We just want to get down to the bottom of things and...truth be told being in a universe that's different from my own, even slightly....it's weird. I think angel is cool, he needs help, i'm not trying to accuse him but we need to know for certain if he's actually on our side or not, I want to help prove if he's innocent or not....it's just the kinda stuff I do at home. Is there anything useful you could tell us to help? Anything at all...?". "Ugh, i dunno, maybe you should just convince him to tell you what's going on? I'm sure he's not that hard to convince.". "Well, what would you recommend? I know him ok but not so well....he has a hard time opening up..". "A truth potion?" "We don't have a truth potion on standby, but it's a good idea....!". Fae grumbled but she turned around and her orange eye stared at the floor before heading to the demon, "His mom is sick right? I mean if the guy has any serious motivation and doesn't actually want to hurt the lucitors and butterflys, and didn't actually hurt the spiderbites....maybe you should give him what he wants? Like, i know it's complicated, with a disease that no one has been able to find a cure for....and i'm not like a medial expert or anything but doesn't Prince Mason have a fantastical garden full of plants of all shapes and sizes? Everyone in the underworld talks about it and the plants in it, maybe it's possible something in there could help? I've seen medicine made from demon plants cure a lot of folks down here, my mom works in the medical bay herself...". "You think it would help?". "Well i mean, it's something, if you got a cure then maybe he'd spill...like bribery..but with a dying mom involved...demons do stuff like that all the time, or you can be vanilla and just cure her and see what happens...if you know your target your best bet is to sorta have something you can use against them, it's how my family's been able to keep ourselves out of any more serious trouble. If that's all he wants, and he took a medical book so he could be using it to cure her...then there you go...". "Uh well, that's a good idea fae....though the bribing thing sounds a little...messed up and maybe we should go about it the second route instead if i'm being honest, but yeah maybe we should shift our focus into helping his mother, like nora's doing!". It wasn't a bad idea, angel wasn't a bad person after all so appealing to his wants and preventing him from wanting to cause trouble was a safe way to help, not to mention bring the kingdoms together after such a mess. That made fae freeze, "Wait....the spiderbite princess.....is helping the archford family? Aren't they like...bitter rivals or something? Or did Queen Butterfly make them sign some kinda peace treaty recently? Hope it's not an arranged marriage deal because the last time we had something that serious one of our own got killed....", sunny laughed awkwardly as she tried to explain carefully, "No no, she just wants to help, work things out, but with this info maybe we can figure out a cure sooner! If we can figure out a cure we'd be in his good graces, and the whole kingdom's! Then we can figure out how angel possibly got us here!". "I mean, i'm not an expert, it'd still take time...but....i guess it's an idea, if you got a spiderbite on the job and access to a number of potential materials for a cure you might be able to do something...don't quote me on it though i'm just making suggestions right now...especially since there's not much else i can help with. If you want my advice about knowing for sure it's him, get him to trust you or bribe him, he doesn't sound like he could turn that down...". "I just never thought about mason's plants that way, everyone thinks his garden is impressive but so many demons seem to hate going there so much there don't really get as familiar with the plants, and a lot have special properties right? Maybe we've been too busy focusing on convicting and investigating angel when we should've been focusing on helping him, my mom always says during these times it's better to have more friends then enemies...I mean it's still a longshot, curing a fatal illness? It could be a lot of time being put on something when there's a simpler way of handling it, all we want is to prove if he's involved, but then again if we found a way to help...I'd want to help...". Then fae shifted, turning around as some boxes fell nearby and she suddenly seemed more down and upset then before as the boxes revealed someone behind them. Sunny's three eyes widened at seeing who was behind them as some other workers nearby rushed over, "Prince Mason! Are you ok dear?". The sheepish young boy looked embarrassed beyond belief at being discovered, fixing his hat and almost trying to hid himself behind his giant wings as he awkwardly waved to fae. Fae gave him a not so amused look. "Prince mason...". The servants started to brush the boy off as he quickly tried to explain himself, "Sorry Fae, i wanted to come see you later but then i couldn't just wait and then i heard you talking about my plants and I was super curious and uh....Hi?". Sunny blinked at Mason and then back to fae, processing the situation before smiling and waving to mason, "You uh....you two know each other? You never mentioned you knew mason personally, i thought you hadn't properly been in contact with any of the princes before landon....". "After prince mason got punished and wasn't allowed in his garden till further notice, he went down here to see the skeleton horses...apparently his brothers are so busy he's been talking more and more to me about....whatever.....he...won't seem to leave me alone...". Mason got out of the hands of the workers who quickly shuffled away from fae as the prince approached the two girls, "Sunny! What are you doing down here? Are you here to see the horses too?!". He looked as enthusiastic as usual, even if he was a little embarrassed. "Oh! Um....not exactly, I actually came down here to see fae, I didn't know you both knew each other! Uh sorry....but that's pretty cool!", she had not been expecting this at all, mason knew fae? He came down here where he could easily listen in on their conversations with her? Sunny hadn't even seen Mason too much lately outside of dinner these days, a side effect of everything going down, so this was the last thing she'd been expecting today. Mason seemed to read the room a little though, noticing the girls looking rather....anxious. His expression drastically changed, his wings faltering and his smile fading, "Oh uh....i'm sorry, I'm interrupting something right? You guys look upset with me?". His sad expression made sunny react quick, trying to ease him before something went wrong. "Oh no no no, sorry, we're not upset with you, I'm just surprised to see you....I didn't know you were coming here!". She started to head off by sunny grabbed her arm. "Hold on....mason, you know a lot about the plants in your garden, have any of them been used for healing? As in, has anyone used them for purposes besides food?", mason only took a moment to process this, "What? No, not a lot of people down here even bother to get invested in plants, considering we can barely grow any that aren't already native to the underworld, all the plants i keep were always looked after by me, until now that is...i've never tried stuff like that with them...then again, no one was invested...". "Angel's mom, she has memory issues, she can barely move, she's lacking strength, are any of your plants good for helping with any of that?". The boy blinked at her though, "I'm only 13, I don't know a lot about how healing and bodies and stuff work...just about the complexities and and knowledge of plant based life all over mewni and other various dimensions!". The blue demon blinked at him enthusiastically, "Ok, you're both hopeless, mason go talk to nora...the spiderbite princess, maybe your weird plant knowledge might help her studies and find a cure sooner, if her family's on board...and then sunny can use it to cure the queen only after bribing info out of angel, got it? got it.". "Wait...bribe angel...? Why are we bribing angel?". Oops Sunny tensed before quickly stepping in front of fae to dismiss her words, "What? No no no, we're trying to help him....it's nothing like that i promise. We just want to help him, that's all...". Mason tilted his head though, "Bribing him with his mother's life sounds.....awful, like it's his mama, why would you even want to bribe him in the first place?". Seems like maybe they didn't update fae on everything as much as they should, and it only got worse as landon and celeste started heading over themselves. Maybe hanging around a bad luck demon WAS a bad idea. "Landon?". "Mason?". "W-what are you doing here....?". "I like coming down here....you and judas have been so busy with other people and i lost access to my garden i went looking for something else to do....so i come down here now to play with and see the horses...but uh....are you guys...going to hurt someone? What's this about bribing angel?". Landon quickly shoved his notebook away and celeste looked like she was silently panicking, "What? No no...", he shot a look at the girls, wondering what they said in front of the small boy. Sunny stepped in, "Mason, no it's cool, we just know fae as well and we all came here to ask for advice. Fae was just messing around...". Mason seemed a little skeptic though, slightly backing up in steps, "Is that why you've been isolating yourself from me so much? To go after angel....or are you and judas fighting again? Every time you fight with each other you wander off and separate and is this what you do? Does judas know you're doing this?". "Mason...calm down...". "Why would you wanna hurt someone's family....or does family not mean anything to you?". "Mason, wait, no....look we're not trying to hurt anyone...". The boy sniffled and landon immediately broke through the crowd to approach his brother, "Mason, no no...c'mon....i don't know what they said but...that's not true....c'mon...please look at me..". Judas was way better at talking to their younger brother when a fight happened or any tragedy in the family happened at all, but this was all up to landon this time. Guess with everything happening, with bernard, and the investigating and the disputes, they really hadn't spent a lot of time with mason. Landon and Judas were kinda sorta working together, something typically strange for them, and for once mason was the one on the outs. Landon shot the rest of the group a look and they quickly backed away as he attempted to handle the situation as best as he could without making it worse. He went back to facing his brother, "Hey hey, we're not gonna hurt anyone I promise...and I'm not.....I'm sorry i haven't been spending much time with you...after you lost your garden I guess i should've taken into consideration about trying to kinda cheer you up... instead of ignoring you mostly outside of dinner...". Mason was still sniffling though, prompting landon to say something else. Though before he got a chance, mason was heading out of the stable through another exit, a trail of tears following him. Landon only panicked for a moment before quickly following the boy, with the boy's wings, he had an edge over landon. They left dust in their wake, almost blinding the demon who went after him. If he didn't catch up and find him Mason could spill what he and judas had been up to, or even make their already strained relationship even worse. The servants still working in the stables almost seemed to panic as they saw the boys pass by. Getting out of their way as landon tried to catch up with his little brother, calling out to him as he followed him out to the warm depths of the underworld. "Mason? C'mon, wait up....let's just talk!", but mason didn't stop, his wings were picking up more speed and lifting him further and further into the air and despite landon's attempts to fly with fire, mason was faster. It didn't take long for the boy to fly away, sending a moment of panic for the boy, thought as if luck was finally on his side, something green fell down next to him. He knew that pom pom anywhere, mason's favorite hat, he wore it everywhere. The gears turned in his head and he immediately teleported where he needed to be, startling a giant shape who had previously been sleeping in the room, still gripping the hat. Lucy immediately stood up to the boy who held out the green fabrics for her to sniff. "Hey girl, I'm sorry i'm not here to give you treats this time, but we gotta find mason....fast..the underworld is crazy out there and who knows what could happen to him if he doesn't know where he's going...", her three heads looked at him sympathetically before sniffing the green hat, the dog whimpering at it. "It's gonna be ok girl, we just need to find him, and who better then the best tracker on mewni?", he reached out to pet one of her heads and she quickly licked his face in affection with one of her large tongues. "Ew lucy....", he smooched her head before making his way up on her back, "Alright girl, we gotta find mason...quickly...". And quick as the wind the dog was, practically bounding it's way outside as landon watched her nose go, before pulling out his compact. He ran out on the girls back there and boy when he saw them again he was probably going to get mad at their carelessness around his younger brother but maybe for now it's better they know why he entirely vanished from the stable. One text to celeste and bumpy ride later he found himself in the outskirts, far out to where mason was allowed to actually be. He must really be that upset if he flew all the way near mount boom, their volcano. Not that he was close enough to risk being in danger, but still. He was crouched over, still processing the information when landon got off the cerberus, mason didn't even react to him. Not even when landon walked over behind him, and not when landon put the boy's favorite hat back on. He must've expected this from landon. Landon was a bit of a shut in and a bit weird when it came to most of his family, but he wasn't the type to just abandon them and risk them getting hurt either. Of course he would go after mason, find him, and talk to him. Though despite knowing he would mason didn't try to run any further, in fact he seemed to give in more then anything. Landon was more then relieved right now but mason was not coming back to their castle unless he talked to him and sorted this mess out. "Mason, don't do that again, you had me worried! You could've been hurt!", though his voice quickly changed pace, this was his little brother and he should be a bit more gentle with the kid. Rubbing his face and looking for the right words, "I-I meant what i said back there, ok? Look, i get it....judas is the better brother...he's always trying to make everyone happy if he can...I-I should've been there for you too during all this...I know I kinda suck but I didn't mean to hurt you or anything....I...". He scratched his head, tussling his dark pink locks. "This is all probably too much for you to deal with, even in the past our family has never been well....this worried about our future, and look, maybe we should've told you things were a little different behind the scenes then it looked...we're just worried ok? Nothing's gone right for any of us much these days......I wish you didn't stumbled upon this like this....we would've preferred to talk about this with you and....I know you would've preferred we did as well", mason's ear twitched, implying he was listening rather well. He still said nothing though, only making landon's stomach sink, had he really hurt his brother that bad? He felt himself start to shake and whimper, "Mason i'm sorry........". His eyes closed and he waited, hoping for his brother to respond, not even noticing as mason finally turned around and stood up, "I'm sorry, I was just mad....I should've let you explain...I've just been.....you know how you always feel like no one cares about you and you're always alone? I've never felt like this before but....it just feels like...". "Mason....it's complicated with everything happening, but...it's ok....i promise...". Mason wiped his tears, his wings settling, "You sure?" "Look, me and judas may or may not be busy these days with things and we aren't trying to ignore you...it's just...these are things we don't think you're ready to be involved in....we promise it's not as bad as you think", mason blinked, "Is this more about you crushing on bernard and not wanting me involved? Cause judas talked about that with me already...". Landon turned red, "Ok, at this point who doesn't know I like him? Is it really that obvious i like him or-". Only to make his brother laugh, his wings flapping open, "It's that obvious." But then mason bit his lip, "Wait, but fae and sunny were talking about angel...do you also have a crush on-". "No.", landon was quick to snip that one in the butt, but happy to see his brother was returning back to normal. "Does judas have a crush on-? Wait...no...does sky? but wait.....they mentioned nora too...", the older boy huffed, "I'm not invested in their romantic lives so i don't know but look mason....i'm not....I don't hate judas and i don't hate spending time with our family...it's just...complicated...look, i'm taking care of things and I promise when it's over we'll make things up to you ok? We'll do a game night or something...just...I'm sorry it got to this point with you...". He pulled the smaller boy in for a hug, which was a lot harder with the giant wings but he still managed. Yeah, now he thought about it, when was the last time they hugged like this? Feels like forever honestly? Landon never seemed much for hugs, but mason relished in them. They always seemed to put the boy at ease and calm him down, he could feel his heartbeat slow down and his breath fully go back to normal, landon felt a incredible relief. "Do you guys really wanna cure angel's mother?". The question made him shut down, so much for that relief. Landon felt himself freeze as he held his brother, "Uh...well...uh..". Mason still mumbling into his brother's shirt, "I don't know a lot about healing but maybe i could help out, i know my garden better then anyone...and...I'd like to go back inside it again soon....maybe there is something there I could use....or someone else can use...". Curing angel's mother? Hurting someone? What in the heck were those girls talking about when mason stepped in? "We'll get back to you on that...just...if you wanna hang out talk to me or jude....ok?". "Ok....". He was still hugging his brother, nuzzling against him. "Have you really been coming down to the stables since you lost access to your garden?", the boy nodded, holding his brother tighter, "I don't know what to do with myself without it, sometimes i play games but games aren't fun when everyone is busy...you and judas are busy, our parents are busy, the girls all seem busy...so i met fae and she's a good listener! And since she's all by herself, that means i can talk to her without others listening in or overcrowding me...it's just....I like having someone my age to talk to...". He wiped away his tears and removed himself from his brother, "I'm not sure she likes me though....". Landon watched his face fall again, and to be fair, fae didn't seem like she was the best with social skills in the slightest, if you didn't count them in terms of getting demon gossip. "I just didn't want to feel alone, i'm sorry.....", he was giving him some serious puppy dog eyes right now if only to adds more to landon's guilt, "Mason, c'mon, you're the most likable of all of us...you're adorable and accomplished the most at a young age, you're cool. She's missing out if she doesn't like you...". "Am I doing something wrong landon? Am I turning people away now that i don't have my garden anymore?". "No, c'mon mase, you're more then your garden....you're our little brother, you're fun at games, you wear that silly hat all the time just to play with the pom on top. You're not turning people away, everyone's just had so much happening.", mason twiddled with his fingers, "You guys don't think I should be involved.....I want to be with you....I don't wanna be.....ignored.". Geez, he wished judas was here to help, or better yet, he wished they hadn't practically told mason they were working on some secret mission at all. Telling THAT to judas would be pretty uncomfortable. "Mason, it's....we want to keep you safe....we don't want you to get hurt and you could...this is something you have to stay out of ok?", though the small boy persisted, "But you guys are doing it, if you guys want help, I should be able to help shouldn't i?". Mason turned away, "Whatever it is you're doing, you sound like you could use help....and...what are you really doing? Why are you guys putting yourselves in more danger?". Landon sighed and mason's eyes widened, "Wait..are you....are you trying to catch the scary flying person?". "Mason...". "That's why you wanted to listen in to Queen Butterfly's royal meeting when...the spiderbites were in danger...and you think...angel's the scary flying person...". Seems mason had been paying a lot more attention to all the stuff going on then landon or judas had previously thought. "No no, we...we he's a guess but...". Mason stood there in shock, his mind clearly now processing this new information and sliding the puzzle pieces together and things suddenly made more sense. He almost looked broken and his face was in a permanent surprised look. "Mase It's.....we think we can maybe catch them ok? We're all sorta kinda looking for clues and picking out suspects, we kinda maybe even at one point used the all seeing eye but that didn't end up sorta working...". This didn't seem to ease mason's worries. "Mason.....look, it's ok, we're ok...we just wanna help...". "I wanna help...". "What?". Mason turned around, "I wanna help..."., landon felt his heart drop, "W-what? Mason, no no no, we promised to keep you out of this! You shouldn't even know about it! Look, just stay quiet about the situation and don't get involved, It's better we don't risk putting you in anymore danger...". Mason shook his head, "That meanie ruined our fun sleepover and scared my family and brothers! I wanna help you catch them! I can keep this a secret, I wanna be with you two!". "Mason...". "I'm not a cute little kid landon! Everyone treats me like a baby but i can help too! We're all supposed to stick together and take care of each other right? I won't put myself in danger but....can i please help you? At least let me try..."., it didn't take much longer as the boy caved, "Alright, alright...but judas won't be happy, and please, whatever it was they were talking about, don't take it seriously, truth is, we don't know what we're doing, we swap notes and we just...investigate...". "Why don't you just make a truth potion for angel?". "Hmm?". "Y'know, slip some into his drink? I have all kinds of ingredients for that in my garden! That way, you can guarantee full blown honesty! No lying from a truth potion, mom's used it before on criminals in the past so no reason we shouldn't be allowed to use one!" Now that they thought about it, why hadn't they tried that before? "Wait mason, you had the ingredients to making a truth potion in your garden and never said anything about it before now?!", mason simply shrugged, "What would i have used it for? I think only mom has used it and knows about it, they like to get food and potion stuff from there sometimes, even if i'm not always ok with it....". Landon snorted, "I'm sorry I doubted you...that really could help us out! We should make one! That way we no longer have to worry about our suspects lying to us!". "You didn't take any of mom's stash?". "You think i wanna get grounded again?". "Fair point.". "Mason....", Landon said, sighing, "Welcome to the team..". Mason smiled and reached out to grab Landon's hand, shaking it. "This is going to be so cool! We're gonna be super heroes who catch the bad guy! We're gonna take this guy down and show them what for!", he started doing fighting moves and landon sighed,"I really don't know why those girls were talking about curing the queen though, we're not experts, we're a bunch of teenagers! We can't cure uncurable illnesses! Well, I guess nora could or something but-". "They wanted me to work with nora!". "They did?", mason nodded, "That's the thing about the spiderbites, they live in an environment surrounded by some of the best plants to be used for medicine! that's why they have some of the best rates in curing their sick, minus the whole "Spider bite" thing, but the slime monsters have helped a lot with that kinda stuff! I-I don't actually know a whole lot about medical stuff but maybe if i showed nora all the stuff and she got her family to help-". "Wait wait wait....why do you want to cure her? Like no offence but his mom being sick has little to do with our investigation and should be left to the professionals...and what about the truth potion?", mason excitably grabbed onto his brother's arms and shook him, "Landon lissssteeeennnnnn, we're gonna go make ourselves a truth potion and then you can weed out the suspects! But maybe, maybe! We could save a life! Imagine that? We save their queen!". "But-". "Landon, all we're doing is finding things to help, the spiderbites can try to cure her! Please landon! Maybe if we can do this, our parents might...they might trust me again to look after my plants...". Landon didn't seem so optimistic about that but it was hard to deny mason's expression right now, especially with his grip."Mason, we....don't be so hard on yourself if there's nothing you can do ok?",mason let him go and ushered him to come with him as he went over to lucy. "C'mon....we have no time to waste if we want to get started!". "Get started?". "Yeah, didn't I make it clear?", he said happily, his wings fluttering eagerly, "We're breaking into my garden tonight".

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