//------------------------------// // My fate protects me. // Story: Isaac's Box // by dragenfire68 //------------------------------// When Twilight cast the spell to locate her children, it was not just Isaac who was tethered, because A line of Light extended from Eden and Eve, which stopped the children. "what is that we didn't pick up any items that do that," Samson said, waving a hand through the purple tether. "Its twilight, she has come to find Isaac," Eden said, his form allowing for his manipulation of the tether since he started with the soul and sacred heart. With that revelation, they decided to wait, and wait, every so often they would check the open doorway for monsters that got tired of waiting for them, but they were unassaulted until a spot of light appeared in the dense gloom, its purity reminded them of the angels, or worst Angel Isaac, they prepared for the worst until a familiar voice called out. "EDEN, EVE?" The voice called, causing Both children to run towards the Light until they ran into Twilight, who hugged them, while Celestia smiled at the display, she dispelled the tethers that led to them. "She followed us down here, even amidst the blood, dirt, and feces, she still followed us," Samson said, the others coming forward. Soon the Tether to Isaac turned Ice blue, and in turn, a tidal wave of tears started running down Twilights face, Twilight stared into space, lost in the feeling. "Twilight, you got to come back, if he is feeling like that, HE WILL BE WILLING TO DIE!!!" Eve shouted the last part holding Twilights shoulders, causing her to snap out of it, she still felt lost, she was nowhere near Issac to help him, so she did the only thing that she could, she called for her lost child, in an instant, the Blue tether that bound them turned Pure purple, and it shot back towards Isaac, faster then the eye could see, right into his chest as the Angel shot, a blast erupted that shook the entire Chest. "I'm alive, How am I Alive?" Isaac said the dust and rubble clouding his vision until it was blown away by the wing flaps of the Angel, in front of him was A solid Shield that was a perfect copy if Twilights cutie mark and the tether that connected him to Twilight was now circling him, like the holy mantle, and he understood, for the first time in his life, a mother's love protects him, meanwhile, Twilight stared at the purple Tether, thoroughly relieved that Isaac is Alive. "So that's what a mother's love looks like, never thought I'd survive to see it," Eve said, examining the Tether before Twilight pulled her and Eden into a hug, all of them were going to leave this hell, she silently promised while they hugged her back. "Come, let us catch up too Isaac, I doubt that he will move now that he's safe, and then we'll find Shining after," Celestia said. They all nodded as they followed the trail until they reached the boss room, and down they jumped, It didn't take long for them to find The boss room, and a closed angel room, with Shining waiting in the center of the room, everyone immediately were on edge, Shining for his part knew that they were behind him, but he didn't have the heart to turn around and face them. "Care to explain why?" Twilight asked coldly. "Wait, Turn, and let us see your eyes," Eve asked. Shining sighed and turned, the cold looks on the faces of Celestia and Twilight almost forced him to look at the floor instead of meeting Eve's eyes, which had a searching look to them, they bored into his eyes, before she finally blinked and looked at the others. "It wasn't shining that Hurt us, it was wrath, he must have escaped when we fought the first wave of monsters because his current eyes do not match the eyes that we saw in the caves below the palace," Eve concluded. "right you are girly, the stupid brute is completely loyal to the cycle, but for some of us, we want more," A sleazy voice echo behind them, they turned to see who it was, standing in the doorway was super greed. "Greed, bit far from your shop aren't you?" "Well, this crap fest gets boring after a few millennia, and well I'm greed, I want more than this and outside is more." "Fine, say we believe that where is your pet, Ultra greed?" "He's busy help a few of your friends hold the portal out of here, Turns out that your escape pissed off something down here in the chest." "Well, fill us in, what did we piss off?" "something down here called the witness, pissed it off right good, doesn't like that its 'Toys' got out, By the way, I know that your no longer tied to this place, now that your soul sheets exist outside of here." "Alright again, say we believe any of this, what do you gain by escaping or helping us escape?" "for starters, my freedom, next I get to see something outside of this hellhole." Eve nods, before she goes far away from Greed and huddles with the other children, Twilight and Celestia sit with Shining armor, digesting the news that for a second time, he has been mind-controlled, Twilight is deep in thought, imagining how she is gonna explain what she has learned down here. "I don't believe him, he always has an angle, this time is no different," Samson whispered. "Well, He isn't spewing coins, nor has he spawn those annoying bouncing things that cause us to drop coins," Maggy said. "You both make good points, and your both right, but if he is working an angle, at least it's in our favor," Eve said, nodding. "Look, whether or not his angle is for or against us, we can't just let greed run rampant in Equestria." Cain reasoned. "We'll see what Isaac decides, whenever he gets out of the angel he's currently stuck in," Eve said, as she relayed the decision to the others, Greed threw down some logs he got from the fires and with Celestia's help they had a blazing fire going, where they wait in silence.