Ice brought them to his home as the dark aura attempted to follow. It stopped at the edge of the path near the Almia Castle and hummed. He smiled as he unlocked the door and let them in. Wendy blinked.

"It won't come up here?"

"Did the last one? Nope. We'll make it." Marcus set Cedar on a blanket on the ground near the fire as Ice hummed. "Besides, Crawford doesn't know how to get here. He wasn't here last time we gathered here." Seafoam gulped.

"Last time we were surrounded by psychopaths." Ice paused.

"You sorta still are... just minus a large portion of them. There's still one more." Cedar winced in his sleep, indicating that he could hear him. Ice froze upon the gesture, getting a soft laugh from Lapis. "H-hush!" Lapis smiled weakly.

"Ice... you make it way too easy." Ice gulped as Cedar relaxed. Rednal frowned as he eyed the resting VK. Why did something not feel right?

"Hush, Lapis. You should be resting."

"Rest is for the weak." Ice narrowed his eyes as he made his way over. Lapis panicked. "Wait wait wait, we can talk about this!"

"I'm sure we can, Lapis Go Bog Bellwether." Lapis gulped at his full name. It wasn't common to hear it come out, but it stung when it did. "Go to bed or I get your mom on the phone." Lapis whimpered as he pulled a blanket over his head. A soft noise escaped him, though it was unclear what he said. Ice huffed. "Now that that's out of the way..." Scarlet sighed at that.

"Do you normally get that violent?" Ice paused.

"No... but when you have to wrestle with the most uncooperative person on the planet? It's a must."

Scarlet hummed, knowing he was right. She was constantly knocking Lapis out to get him to sleep and Spenser had to trip him to get him to rest. They had to restrain him from doing too dangerous of things and wouldn't let him do certain things until he ate. It got worse depending on the need.

"Touche..." Wendy raised an eyebrow at that.

"Why are you agreeing with him?"

"Because he's right. I mean... everyone in the Fiore Sector fights with Lapis about his needs. It's no surprise that others do the same. I'm actually glad there's someone that can do it a little cleaner than me because I usually would have to have a scream off." Ice chuckled.

"I know that sadly there'll be at least one if we're not careful. But let's hope I can avoid that one." Rednal paused before clearing his throat.

"I'm not the only one that thinks Cedar's playing something, right?" They looked at him as Ice huffed.

"Oh no. I know he's playing something. I'm waiting to see if he's done." They paused as a noise filled the air.

"You're a bastard, you know that, Ice?"

"Yes. You done?" Cedar's body vanished as a ghostly screen appeared.

"I still win."

"No... because I caught you red handed. Where are you really?"

"None of your concern."

"Cedar, I have your mom on speed dial for a reason. Where are you?" Cedar huffed.

"When I said none of your concern, I mean it. Where I am will show who stands where. I ain't letting a bunch of inexperienced people walk into a battle they can't even start. So stay in your icy home and I'll do my job." Ice growled.

"Cedar, this isn't your fight."

"Then come get it from my cold dead hands."

"Give me a location."

"I'm already in the fight. So you're a little late."

"And you call me a bastard?"

"Next time, expose me before I walk in. I've already made my way to the room I need to be in. Play your cards wisely next time."

"Cedar-" The ghostly screen vanished, getting a hiss out of him. "Bloody son of a..." Ice huffed as he looked at the ground. "He does realize that Lapis is the only real VK in this building, right?" Scarlet paused.

"Wait... but aren't you-" He shook his head.

"My parents are more towards Lightwings. But they wanted to be with the Villains to show that Villains and Lightwings can be together. So I was raised in that community. I'm more towards LK then VK." Wendy hummed as he glanced at Lapis, who was asleep with a gentle huff filling the air. He went over and placed his hand on his forehead. Lapis relaxed as the cold aura calmed the heat. Wendy hummed.

"Then why play the villain here?"

"Crepe's fault. He joined first and coaxed me into it." Wendy scoffed.

"Lies."

"Oh I wish." She paused. Did she hear him right? "Honestly, that job was not for me. I'm better at helping. Like I do here in the mountains. I go out to see if there are any pokemon or people that need help, bring them inside and help them recover. That's what I do. Not go out and make lives miserable." He sighed. "But everyone else wanted to get into the community while the chance was open and Crepe opened the chance to me. I really only took it to help him out. I didn't want to get into the community down south. I'm better off up here." Wendy hummed.

"You make no sense." Ice frowned.

"I hope no one was offended by Cedar's words." Marcus hummed.

"They were accurate for me. I'm inexperienced in my line of skills." Seafoam huffed.

"But the rest of us aren't. He'll get at least a smack for that." She looked up at Ice as an idea hit her. "Ice, you're good at magic, right?" Marcus shot a glance of panic at her as Ice nodded.

"For the most part. Cedar would be a better option..."

"I mean in like... good magic. Not psychopath-like magic." He paused as Marcus hissed.

"Seafoam!"

"What? You need the help, man." Marcus went red as he looked away.

"So? I can figure it out." Ice raised an eyebrow.

"Sure... you're shaking."

"Don't side with her!" Sven and Admiral chuckled at the little exchange as Lapis shifted. Wendy frowned.

"You all are confusing me! Stop it!" Marcus hummed.

"Yeah, Seafoam!" She chuckled lightly.

"Says the guy who has no idea what he's doing." Marcus looked away. "While Lapis is the only real VK, Wendy... you seem to be the only regular person here."

"What does that mean?!" Renal sighed as he pulled out his feather. It flashed lightly in its four parental colors. Wendy fell silent at the sight.

"LKs. My parents are Rapunzel, Flynn, Anna, and Kristoff, meaning I would be a Lightwing Nytt omslag. Joel is Snow White, Admiral is Ariel, Spenser is Alice and Peter, Sven is Cinderella, Barlow is Moana, Scarlet is Merida, Luana is Mulan, Seafoam is Tinkerbell, and Marcus is Three Good Fairies as a Lightwing Nytt omslag as well. I quit now." The group busted out laughing as he slumped back in his chair. Ice gulped.

"At least that got cleared up now." She frowned.

"I still haven't gotten all the VKs either. I only got 2 VKs and 2 halves of VKs' parents." Ice gulped.

"Oh yeah... you only got Crepe and Arctic fully, Bluealle and Dijon partially, right?" Wendy nodded. "Sorry... I thought we got everyone. I'm Elsa and Jack Frost while Lapis is Bellwether and Chernabog." Wendy hummed as Lapis murmured something under his breath.

"Now we're cleared up..." Marcus gulped.

"What do we do?" Ice hummed.

"I say we focus more on skills. Cedar's already going to try and attack. It's no use trying to get to him now."

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Sorry for the short chapter. But at least we're moving forward. Next will be our first real fight. Enjoy and have a great day. Mlm out.