Halwright.

"So what was the crazy fight about, and why were you using god magic?" Lario asked Ben as he levitated a pod into place in Kyra's workroom.

"Kyra got poisoned by the current witch supreme and the incubus faction leader, I don't know why they try though, instead of using their magic for something productive they're always poking others." The witch snickers and so does Carter who was in the room.

"So what are we going to do about Vastorway Academy, they have attacked us, are we going to retaliate or what?" Carter asked Ben who only sighed.

"Carter remember that Vastorway is home to all the eleven royal house descendants just like us, although we're the outcasts and they are the nobles and royals, they're pretty much as strong as us if not more, so retaliation without reason won't work, let's just lay low and go about our lives." Carter nods.

"You're right, it useless unless they actually attack us again, in the open." The wendigo asserted and Ben nods. "I need to go, I left my boyfriend with a fae I'm having a hard time forgiving." Ben walked out of Kyra's workroom into the lounge of the penthouse.

He didn't bother with telling Kyra he was going since the witch was nowhere to be found again. He walked toward the door and out with a book in hand. The vampires moved out of the way for him as he passed.

When he reached the pavement outside the vampire dorm he smiled looking around the place he had come to love. He spots Alarion and walked toward him, the witch wanted to talk about Alarion's brother Mael and why he was attacking the school.

Students bowed and moved out of the way when Ben passed walking toward Alarion, it wasn't because his aura was released it was because they saw him as a supreme. "Shade summoner, how are you?" Ben wasn't surprised Alarion knew about the other creatures he could summon from shadows.

"I see I'm not the only one who did my research." The witch shot back making the angel narrow his eyes on him. "Care to take a walk with me then Benny, it's been eons since we met, you're a completely different person now and given that we only met once or thrice." Ben rolled his eyes and took the angel's hand.

Everyone around them gasped at the action but murmured lowly to themselves. "What happened with Mael, he wasn't like this before." Ben knew his former lover had not been so cold and devoid.

"You left him that's one." Alarion exclaimed making Ben scoff. "You know why obviously." The witch wasn't naive he knew Mael would tell his brother everything.

"Indeed,  after you left he changed drastically it seems you were his sanity, he wanted the crown but our father refused at first, when I tried to talk some sense into him it came off as a challenge, I told our father again who agreed with Mael that I had challenged him, he forced us to fight but I refused, so our father wanted to teach me a lesson, he wanted to beat me himself." The angel sighed as did Ben.

He had asked Vision of what had happened with the angel royal house, what he was told he didn't want to believe but it as true, Alarion fought his father to the death, and his father died, Mael pinned the blame on him but the nobles saw this as a mercy killing since the current King Michael was not mentally stable.

"I assume you know the rest." The angel spoke and Ben nods. "Why didn't I remember you when you came Benjamin?" Alarion asks. "A spell I cast intent on removing the memory of my powers, it was stronger than I expected and it wiped my existence from all those who knew me besides my family. Kaiser is to be king, I didn't want it." The angel laughs audibly.

"Only you could go to those lengths just to avoid something." Ben laughed as well knowing it was true but now the witch was different.

"His intent is not only focused on me now, it's all of Halwright." Alarion exclaims and Ben frowns. "Why, it was an accident he should know that, Halwright is innocent." Ben argued looking at the students they passed.

"True, but can you truly believe that Halwright is safe with or without the threat of Mael, he's not the only one who hates this place, others as well and they're all waiting to see him succeed in killing us." Ben knew Alarion was right that's why he had to find a way to get all eleven faction leaders to work together.

"Alarion why do you and my mate fight?" Alarion scoffed at the mention of Hayes, his hair much like Ben was blown to the side by the wind as silence engulfed the two walking down the path of Halwrights study park.

"I guess he and I never really liked each other without reason, demons and angels are naturally  enemies since Michael and Lucifer never got along all that great." Ben understood but he needed to get them both to stop this idiotic feud.

"No more fighting then." Alarion raised a questioning brow. "You heard me, no more fighting, there isn't a need for it therefore no more fighting, you were my friend Alarion, and your brother is my ex who isn't too happy I was mated to a demon." They both chuckle as the students all looked at them with baffled expressions.

"Fine fine, you were always the persuasive one." Ben slightly jumped up in happiness and hugged Alarion. "Thank you Alarion." The two hugged for a moment longer until a throat was cleared. "Devin hi." Ben smiled toward the phantom.

"Trying to steal my mate, Benjamin?" Devin poked and the witch rolled his eyes. "Never, we only took a walk and I might have ended a feud." The phantom kissed Alarion deeply and pulled apart from him to smile toward Ben and the angel.

"I'm happy about that, thanks, Ben." Devin of the ghosts spoke with a smile toward the witch who only nodded. "See you at the great hall for dinner with everyone, Alarion come this time." The angel nods toward Ben who smiled and vanished.

"I'm surprised you knew Ben." Devin spoke up as the two walked back to the school building. "I did, long story at that, Benjamin Roman Syre is many things my dear." Both chuckled.

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Ben appeared in the demon dorm and began to walk upstairs slowly, each demon he passed would bow and move out the way for him in respect.

"Master you must come to the Neo realm immediately." It was a neo beast that had appeared in front of Ben. "What's wrong OL?" He asked but without reply. Ben's hands glowed a faint gold as a black portal appeared in front of him.

He walked through to the Neo realm, all manner of beasts were there, large beasts to small ones. Ben had allowed technology into the realm but it was still for beasts therefore the geology had not changed all that much.

The beasts saw him and waved, others kneeled, whilst others bowed. He knew all his soldiers, all four hundred of them, Ben still questioned why OL was leading him to the nursery.

"Master Benjamin, you're as lovely as the first ray of Rah's light." Verity complimented the witch who blushed a little. Seeing this the beast chuckled. "Stop that Verity." Ben pouted and hugged the beast.

"Why have I been summoned?" He asks Verity. "To see this." Vision was the one to reply opening the door to the nursery which had been closed for a long time, birthing pods lined the walls and middle of the huge room. "I thought none would be born." Drac appeared in front of Ben with a grin, holding a little baby beast within his arms.

"He's beautiful, how did this happen." The Neo beasts were supposed to be barren since the one with access to them was male and had no magical reserve to help the beasts fertility.

"It happened when you received the second gift, and used the first one." Verity replied as the witch remembered his second curse and using his first one to heal Kyra. "Plus you're submissive to master Hayes." Vision mumbled lowly yet Ben heard him.

"I heard you Vision, but I'm not mad, this is great, you'll have kids." Ben gushed excitedly cradling the baby neo in his arms. "That's right, everyone is so happy." Ben smiled toward his beasts cooing the baby in his arms.

"I'm happy too, I wish I could stay a little longer today, but tomorrow I promise I will be back, so we can upgrade the pods and extend the nursery to accommodate every neo." Vision, Verity, Drac, and OL all nodded to Ben.

A black portal opened as the neo baby is taken from the witch's arms. "See you soon." The witch waved and walked through the portal to find himself in the penthouse.

"Where have you been." Hayes asks standing beside Ben. "The neo realm, I had to see the newborns." Hayes nods. "I think I need to learn more about the neo." The demon asserted.

"We'll go tomorrow, right now let's go have dinner." Hayes kisses Ben leaving him panting for air. "Alrighty then."

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LMJ