"A plus performance, right?" I chuckle.

Guards run forward. I let out a breath. I throw my dagger out. I watch as it slams into their heads- cutting them off. Not bad. I've still got the touch. I look around the room. Silence has fallen. Everyone is giving me really uneasy looks. I grip my head. Did my brothers take a memory from me? Was I never meant to drink the pomegranate? Did I do something wrong? Most likely yes. I always manage to get myself in the worst kind of trouble but that is what makes it fun. However, nothing felt devilishly fun. There's this unwarming feeling I can't shake.

"Anway... on to business, I need something called the Eye of Chaos." I say turning to Queen Meghan.

"What? Why?" Meghan asks.

"I don't know. Some kind of world devouring prophecy or something." I shrug.

What is even this deal about this dumb prophecy. I don't follow. It seems pointless to me. Well, I haven't heard the prophecy for some time. I remember each word, however. I remember what it says about me. Little one with a heart black as coal or something along those lines. Huh... maybe I don't remember all those words. I guess the pomegranate juice didn't entirely leave my system. 

"Puck, please, remember." Ash says.

"Remember what ice boy?" I ask.

"Us. Your friends." Queen Meghan walks forward.

"Friends? No one in their right mind would consider Goodfellow has friends." I say.

I turn.

"Except you Mabe, still love you." I point.

"The pleasure is all mine, Robin." Mabe nods.

"Listen, they are manipulating you." Ash says.

"I am the King of Manipulation my friend." I say.

"And you are also the King of Slowness." I hear.

Great. Just great. I let out a breath. I know that voice. Has no one ever had enough faith in me? Shadows swarm around the world. The candles all get blown out. Ice forms around the walls and the room. I turn and I roll my eyes.

"Patience where's thin little brother. You had one job." Hades says.

"Can't rush these things." I shrug.

Hades grabs my neck suddenly. I wince. His fingernails cut my skin and I feel blood leaking out.

"Watch your words little brother." Hades hisses.

"Okay, okay, okay." I say.

"You're too soft." Hades says.

"I had it handled!" I yelp gripping my bleeding neck.

Hades looks at Queen Meghan.

"You have a choice here, give us the eye or someone's going to die." Hades says.