_______*unknown.*_______
A loud gasp for air, followed by the opening of two silver eyes, were the only sounds to fill the void of silence.
The owner of the eyes breathed quickly before standing up, a young looking unicorn mare with a white and gray mane, and dull white fur, she cleared her throat in an attempt to wet it, it felt drier than sand and it hurt to breathe.
The mare lit her horn and looked around, she was in a cave, that much she knew, but the vines and moss growing all over made it difficult to tell from first glance, she started to walk forward, her legs weak from lack of use, she winced every so often as she walked.
But she was determined, and she kept on moving regardless of the pain.
_______*Ponyville, three days after Fang's visit.*________
Lyaroa sighed in relief as she laid back on the roof of her house, she smiled as the sun shined on her.
Ever since Fang had knocked some sense into her, Lyaroa had felt immensely better, she no longer had the nervous twitch or urge to use it up, in fact she felt better than ever.
She watched as Pegasi flew through the sky, going about their day or just enjoying a flight, as she watched, Lyaroa felt a familiar urge, one that she hadn't had since she was Umbrea.
Lyaroa frowned as she thought on that particular subject, just yesterday she had visited Nightmare in Alabaster, Shade seemed happy to see her again, but they didn't talk for long.
Nightmare had dragged her to another room which Lyaroa soundproofed, and then they talked, the first topic was Umbrea's return, but Lyaroa had explained a problem that arose.
Because of the circumstances that Umbrea was subjected to, she currently didn't have the power to revive her, and probably wouldn't for a long time.
Nightmare had been very vocal about that, to the point where she had actually asked Shade if she could stay for a while longer so she could cool off from yelling at the Sentinel.
Lyaroa had then explained the situation to Roxanne, who, while upset that Nightmare wasn't returning right now, was happy that her sister was alright.
With a sigh, Lyaroa closed her eyes, the warm rays of the sun shined on her. 'Skitter's gone off to who knows where, Fang's living his life with his family and girlfriend, Estalli is.......adjusting, somewhat, Roxanne is out with Firefly, Nightmare won't talk to me, man, i really need a hobby.' She thought as she materialized her headphones and music player.
Before she could put the headphones on and play a song though, she heard a voice in her earpiece. "Hey uh, Lyaroa, you have a visitor." Came a familiar British voice.
"Thanks Wheatly." Lyaroa replied before she teleported inside.
The day after Fang kicked her ass, Lyaroa had brought Wheatly back, she had also upgraded his systems, making him her personal artificial intelligence, he stated that it was much better than floating endlessly in space.
Lyaroa walked to the front door as a knock came from it, she turned the knob and opened the door, revealing Spark. "Oh, hey little buddy." She said.
Spark looked......disturbed, he looked up at Lyaroa and spoke. "Mom......can I talk to you?" He asked.
Lyaroa blinked in surprise, she knew that Spark viewed her like that......but he had never called her that, except when it was incredibly important, she nodded and let him in. "Of course." She said, after the dragon walked in, she closed the door.
Spark followed Lyaroa as she guided him to the living room, he sat down on the couch and Lyaroa sat down next to him.
Lyaroa looked at Spark who took a deep breath before speaking. "I um.....I need to tell you something." He said. "You aren't going to like it." He added quietly.
"What is it Spark?" Lyaroa asked with a calm tone.
Spark shook and his hands clenched. "It......its Fang." He started, he visibly shook. "He was talking to Estalli." He continued.
Lyaroa didn't see the harm in that, she reasoned that the two must have talked often. "What's wrong with that?" She asked.
"Fang used his temporal manipulation to get them into the basement, and he said he soundproofed it." Spark replied.
Lyaroa thought on this for a while before putting two and two together. "And you were there when they uh.......did it?" She asked catiously.
Spark looked at Lyaroa with a perplexed expression. "When they talked? yes." He replied.
'Well, that's out I guess.' Lyaroa thought, she then waited as Spark continued. "They were talking about..." He shivered.
Lyaroa blinked, she recognized the expression on Spark's face, it was that of fear. "What were they talking about?" She asked quietly.
Spark looked at Lyaroa his eyes were frozen in fear. "Galesh." He stated.
In an instant, Lyaroa frowned and she looked off into the distance. "Im certain it was nothing." She muttered.
After some silence, the next words Spark said made Lyaroa freeze. "They were talking about getting you to talk to her, and from the sound of it, Fang talked to her personally." The young dragon said.
Lyaroa was silent for a while as she stared at the floor, but after a few minutes, she lifted her head and her eyes glowed with anger. "Spark, thank you for telling me this, I need to have a talk with your father." She then teleported away, leaving Spark alone in the house
Spark felt immense worry, on one hand, he wanted to stop Lyaroa from doing anything drastic, but on the other, he knew that he wouldn't be able to stop her if she got mad enough.
He closed his eyes and clenched his fists as he grit his teeth, he simply hoped in his mind that no one would do anything they would regret.
______*meanwhile*______
Lyaroa spotted Fang with Apache and Trixie, normally she would avoid interrupting this kind of outing, but this was a special case.
She walked over to Fang who saw her and her angry expression, he sighed and the others looked confused.
Lyaroa walked right up to Fang and grabbed his arm. "We need to talk, NOW!" She snapped before teleporting him away.
Fang recoiled as he ended up in a dimly lit room with two brown armchairs and a lit fireplace, he looked at Lyaroa whose eyes showed just how furious she was. "What exactly did you want to talk to me abou-"
"Why are you talking to that butcher?" Lyaroa asked flatly, cutting him off.
Fang blinked in surprise as Lyaroa glared, after a minute, he spoke. "It wasn't......intentional." He started slowly.
When he saw that this only made Lyaroa angrier, feeling the intense power radiating from her, he cut to the chase. "She wants to talk to you and thought I would be her best bet." He quickly stated.
Lyaroa growled. "I don't care what she wants, that butcher can burn for all I care, she never should have been a mother of she's just going to send them to be tortured." She said with barely contained anger. "No mother should abandon her children like that." She added.
"Like mother like daughter it would seem." Fang stated in reply.
Lyaroa froze in place, she shivered as she stared at Fang in shock. "What?" She asked.
Fang crossed his arms. "Galesh told me all about it, how you have two children of your own, and yet you didn't tell any of us? or even introduce us?" He said.
Lyaroa felt her now clenched fists trembling, when she spoke, she did so with a furious yet quiet tone. "Be careful Fang, you are on VERY thin ice right now." She warned.
"And I didn't want to get pulled into your family drama, but here I am, so get this shit settled already, and stop pulling us into it." Fang said as he glared directly at Lyaroa.
The Sentinel said nothing as she snapped her fingers, sending Fang back to Trixie and Apache, she paced back and forth before teleporting out.
______*A few days later, Galesh's ship.*______
Galesh was currently on the bridge looking down on Equis, listening to her computer list off the report on her healing. "Your true form is currently at fifty percent madam, it will be some time until you can safely transform." The computer said.
The computer had just begun to continue speaking when the telltale ring sounded off. "Madam, you are recieving a transmission from lady Estalli." It stated.
"Patch it through." Galesh said, she looked forward and saw Estalli appear on a screen in front of her, but she was in a different place than usual. "Estalli, what can I do for you?" She asked.
Estalli seemed to be both relieved and stressed at the same time. "Mother, it's Lyaroa." She started.
"What about her?" Galesh asked curiously.
Estalli took a quick breath before speaking. "She knows Mother, she knows I have been talking to you, and she knows about you talking to Fang." She explained.
Galesh raised an eyebrow, she hadn't expected this, but she remained calm. "And? what else?" She asked.
"She said she will talk to you, but there are some conditions." Estalli replied.
Galesh motioned for Estalli to continue. "She will only talk to you in a place of her choosing, and she says that you have to land the ship, also, she wants to talk to you......with me and Roxanne present." She stated.
As she considered her options, Galesh sighed. "When?" She asked.
"I don't know, I'm supposed to message you when it's time." Estalli said.
Galesh crossed her arms. "Are you being threatened?" She asked quietly.
Estalli shook her head. "No......she's pissed, but Roxanne calmed her down, barely." She replied before looking off to something off screen. "I have to go, be safe Mother." She said before cutting the transmission.
Galesh looked down at floor in thought as the computer spoke. "Madam, as much as I know you want to speak with your wayward daughter, I do not think it wise to go." It said.
The Sentinel sighed. "I'm not going to get another chance, and I hate to admit it, but this is one trap I will willingly walk into." She replied as she walked out of the bridge.
"Don't you think you should at least recover more?" The computer asked.
Galesh walked into the main room and headed down a corridor. "Computer......activate the pods." She ordered as she entered a chamber with four glass pods in a circle, they had metal surrounding the base and many deactivated lights.
The pods hummed to life as the lights came on. "Madam, why do you need these pods? they are of no use to you." The computer asked.
Galesh stepped into one of the pods and the door closed, water began to fill the pod. "Don't be so sure computer." She said as she closed her eyes just as the water covered her head.
______*Later, Ponyville.*______
Roxanne sighed happily as she laid on the couch, she had a comfy blanket over her, soft music played from her music player and went through her headphones, she had been stressed with everything going on lately, so this was a nice change of pace.
Roxanne closed her eyes as she listened to her music, and as she did, she failed to notice someone creeping up on her.
In a few moments, Roxanne felt a hand place itself on her shoulder and her eyes shot open, she looked up at the owner of the hand and sighed. "Can you not freak me out right now Lyaroa? I'm jumpy enough." She said as she stopped her music and took off the headphones and shifted her position.
Lyaroa smiled as she hopped over the couch....and onto the now expanded section of the couch, which was now the size of a king size bed. "Maybe I can help you out?.....make you less jumpy?" She offered as she laid next to her girlfriend.
Roxanne looked at Lyaroa who had a suggestive expression. "Maybe later........I'm just a little freaked out about your.......um, Galesh, coming into our home." She said.
Lyaroa simply moved closer and pulled Roxanne into a hug. "Eh, cuddle now, worry later." She said as she nuzzled Roxanne's arm.
In reply, the fox simply sighed and returned the hug, seeing no way out of it, they simply laid there, silent in each other's arms.
The peace was not to last however, as Wheatly moved along his rail. "Visitor." He said calmly.
Roxanne sighed and slowly got up regardless of Lyaroa's complaints, she walked to the front door and shifted to her Pegasus form, she opened the door and greeted the person who knocked.
"Hello, how can......I....." Roxanne trailed off as she stared,
Right in front of her, was a very familiar unicorn, her white and gray mane, silver eyes, dull white fur, and cutie mark were very telling. "Oh.....I'm sorry, I thought." The unicorn turned to go and leave.
Roxanne pulled herself out of her stupor and spoke. "Dark?.....is that really you?" She asked.
Darkestlight, the unicorn, turned around and looked at the Pegasus. "Rox?" She asked out of bewilderment.
Roxanne looked around and then shifted to her fox form when no one was looking. "It's really you." The unicorn said as she walked closer.
Roxanne smiled and then moved forward, she picked up Darkestlight and pulled her into a deep hug, laughing as she did so. "You have no idea how good it is to see you again!" The fox stated happily.
Dark winced. "Rox....I-I need to breathe." She said.
Roxanne quickly put Dark down. "Sorry, but it's been crazy here, a lot of stress, um.....come on in." She said.
Dark nodded and walked inside the house, she looked around and noticed how different it was compared to before. "Hey Migraine! Look who it is!" Roxanne said.
From the expanded couch bed, Lyaroa sat up and saw Dark, she grinned. "How are you Dark?" The Sentinel asked.
"I've been better......but thanks." Dark replied.
Lyaroa took a breath and leaned on the arm rest of the couch, she then looked Dark over.
The unicorn looked like she had seen better days, her mane was dirty and unkempt, her fur was covered in dust and dirt, and she looked very tired and hungry. "As good as it is to see you Dark, I think you need to clean up before we can talk." Lyaroa stated gesturing to the mares dirty fur and mane.
"Go on up to the bathroom, I'll make sure there's food and drink down here for you." Lyaora added as she looked at Roxanne.
Dark nodded. "Thanks." She said before heading upstairs for a much needed shower.
Lyaora stood up and walked to the kitchen. "Migraine, are you just going to ignore this?" Roxanne asked as she walked over and leaned on the counter.
The Sentinel paused for a brief second before continuing to make Dark some food. "I'm not ignoring anything, I would just prefer to have some fun before my talk with Galesh." She stated.
Roxanne gave Lyaroa a disbelieving look. 'She seems too......happy, last time Galesh was here she was traumatized for weeks.'
"What's really going on in your head Lyaroa? I understand not wanting to think about this right now, but outright ignoring it and acting like nothing will happen? that's not how you think." Roxanne observed.
Lyaroa worked at a slower pace as the fox talked. "Last time she was here, you weren't yourself for weeks, you were jumping at your own shadow, you never went outside, only teleported, and wouldn't really talk to anyone." She sighed and softened her gaze. "At least promise me that you won't do anything stupid." She said.
The Sentinel turned and looked at the fox, her eyes were strained and her expression was tired. "You know I can't promise that Roxanne, I have no idea why she wants to talk this time, so I can't make any promises." She said before returning to cooking.
Roxanne opened her mouth to speak, but soon closed it, she sighed and walked to the couch to lay down.
After a while, Dark walked down the stairs, looking much better than she did when she arrived, her fur and mane were clean and she looked refreshed overall.
Lyaroa ringed the bell on the counter that she only just made. "Now serving!" She called out.
Dark looked over at Roxanne who simply shrugged, she looked over at Lyaroa who simply chuckled as she dismissed the bell and teleported the food to the table. "Go ahead and eat, we can catch up afterwards." The Sentinel said before walking to the Living area, she sat down in the chair next to the now normal couch.
After a couple of minutes, Dark walked over and sat down on the sofa across from Lyaroa. "Well, first things first.....how are you Dark?" The Sentinel asked.
"Before or after I came here?" Dark wondered.
Roxanne gave a half shrug. "Before?" She offered.
"I was happy, I had Syrin and Ralkon, life in the Empire was peaceful, far from perfect, but it was our home, things took a turn for the worse however, when King Sombra's daughter went missing." Dark explained.
The unicorn stretched a little bit. "We remembered that Sombra was going to banish the Empire, and I tried to get Ralkon to leave with us, but he refused to leave." She sighed. "He chose to stay behind to help our people to survive, as for Syrin? well.......I don't know what happened to her." She admitted.
Roxanne raised an eyebrow as did Lyaroa. "What do you mean by that?" Lyaroa asked curiously.
Dark looked at the Sentinel. "We were about to get out of the Empire when we were discovered by a pack of Wendigos, they were highly resistant to our magic, and we had no choice but to run, we managed to get to the edge of the mountains when we were surrounded." She explained. "The last thing I remember is getting ready to fight before i got knocked out, after that, I woke up in a cave and managed to make my way here." She said.
Roxanne blinked. "Why? you had no way of guaranteeing that we would be here, so why make the long journey?" She wondered.
Dark sighed to herself. "I tried to go home......but the Empire was gone, so I came here, knowing that some day, Twilight and the others would go the Empire, but when I got here, I decided to try my luck." She replied. "And here we are, and I need a favor." She asked, looking at Lyaroa.
Lyaroa shook her head. "I'm not bringing the Empire back, i won't damage this timeline more than we already have." She stated firmly.
"You don't have to." Dark said calmly. "You once said that anyone who traveled through worlds gets a unique mark, Syrin went through numerous worlds before you helped her, and Ralkon has visited an alternate dimension once or twice." She stated.
Lyaroa took a deep breath and then sighed. "Ugh.........fine!" She said, standing up, she crossed her arms. "If I find them and they want to stay, don't blame me." She muttered.
The Sentinel vanished and Dark looked at her friend. "Lyaroa seems......different." She said.
Roxanne nodded. "Yea, you missed a lot around here, namely, Lyaroa's mother showed up." She stated.
Dark blinked in surprise and leaned back. "Wow.......I bet that was some reunion." She said.
"She tried to kill us all and take Lyaroa back to the Forge to face justice for killing Huralo.......Lyaroa's father." Roxanne explained.
Dark shook her head. "Yea, a lot to catch up on." She mumbled.
Just as Dark finished talking, Lyaroa teleported into the room, lying right next to Roxanne and the suddenly larger couch, she had her hands behind her head and looked relaxed. "Where are they?" Dark asked.
"Syrin is asleep in the infirmary, she was badly hurt and unconscious, but she's healing up nicely, I was able to find Ralkon, but he said something about 'meeting us when the time was right' or whatever." Lyaroa stated.
Dark narrowed her eyes at the Sentinel. "Where?-" She was cut off as she was teleported away.
Roxanne sighed and laid down next to Lyaroa. "She's going to kill you for that." She said.
Lyaroa grinned and looked at Roxanne. "No she won't, she might use me for a punching bag, but she won't kill me." She replied before shifting to her side. "Now.......can we have some fun? or am I going to go to bed bored tonight?" She gave the fox a fake pout.
Roxanne rolled her eyes and pulled the Sentinel in, she wrapped her arms around her girlfriend. "This will have to do for now Migraine." She muttered.
Lyaroa said nothing, instead she simply cuddled closer. "Later then." She said with a small smile.
______*A few days later, Galesh's ship, 3:00 PM*______
Galesh grumbled as she sipped from her mug. "Is my real body ready yet?" She asked out of aggravation.
"No madam, your usage of the pods has drained much of the regenerative process, your body is still only at fifty percent." The computer stated.
Galesh muttered something under her breath and then spoke louder. "I don't know how Lyaroa does it, having a digestive tract is nothing more than a nuisance........why did you give this body one anyway?" She asked after complaining.
"Eating replenishes the body." The computer stated cryptically.
Galesh was about to respond when she hear a familiar beeping. "Transmission from lady Estalli." The computer said.
"Patch it through." Galesh ordered, and just as quickly, Estalli appeared on screen in a dimly lit room. "Is it time Estalli?" She asked.
Estalli nodded, she was in her Sentinel form currently. "It is, just teleport to me, she's waiting." She said.
Galesh took a deep breath and stood up. "Computer, cloak the ship and take us down, land next to Lyaroa's house." She ordered.
"Of course......madam councilwoman." The computer replied as Galesh teleported.
______*Ponyville, Lyaroa's house.*_______
Galesh had teleported into a dimly lit room with little decorations, all that was in the room were two armchairs, a lit fireplace, and three other people.
Estalli was floating at one side of the fireplace, Roxanne was leaning against the wall on the other side, and Lyaroa was kneeling in front of the fireplace. "This is my personal quiet room." Lyaroa said, her tone was unreadable. "I come here when I need to think or just want some silence, it's warded, sealed, protected and trapped, no one comes in here without my say so." She explained as she stood up.
"No one will bother us in here, I've made sure of it.......Estalli and Roxanne are here to make sure we don't kill eachother, specifically to make sure that I don't kill you." Lyaroa stated before turning to look at Galesh, her eyes burned with hatred and resentment.
Lyaroa walked over to a chair and sat down, Galesh did the same. "As much as I hate to admit it, it is nice to see you outside of your Sentinel body, feels liberating doesnt it?" Lyaroa asked.
Galesh crossed her arms. "No, it's annoying, having to take care of this body is nothing more than a nuisance." She replied.
Lyaroa took a silent breath and spoke. "Before we start actually talking, I want to make it perfectly clear, i am not returning to the Forge, and I never will." She stated firmly before looking at the fire.
"I......I know." Galesh said after a minute, surprising Lyaroa for a split second.
Lyaroa glanced at Galesh. "Why did you stay here? you could have easily left." She asked.
"I stayed for my daughters." Galesh said.
Lyaroa narrowed her eyes at the older Sentinel. "You lost the right to call yourself my mother when you left me with those monsters." She stated. "And since when do YOU have a conscience?" She asked out of hostility.
At this Galesh's eyes hardened and she gave off an aura of anger. "I hated that day Lyaroa......ever since that day I felt like my heart was ripped apart, I have done everything I can to prevent the Sentinel's from going after you, but their patience wears thin." She stated as she glared. "My conscience? the only thing it's told me to do ever since that day has been to free you, bring you home." She added.
Lyaroa huffed. "Like I believe you, your actions caused me to be tortured for thousands of years, and when I broke out, you caused dads death by refusing to lower your stupid barrier." She countered. "And as for the Sentinel's? they sent YOU to get me, I doubt that's doing much." She said before looking back at the fire.
"Do you really think I was the only one looking for you?......the Hunters have been searching for a long time now." Galesh stated, and when she saw that Lyaroa didn't seem to care, she opened her mouth to speak but was cut off. "There's nothing you can say to make me listen to your lies Galesh, so either attack me, or leave and stop wasting my time." To these words, Galesh sighed and spoke.
The next words however, made Lyaroa shake in anger. "Your father wasn't who you thought he was." She stated.
Lyaroa glared daggers at Galesh. "Dad was a good man." She said, anger clear in her voice.
"YOUR FATHER WAS A BASTARD!" Galesh snapped as she stood up from the chair, her golden eyes became red for a brief second before she took a deep breath and sat back down. "Huralo was a good man on the outside, but inside? he had a deep seated hatred for people like us........Empaths." She explained.
Lyaroa immediately stood up. "We're not talking about this." She said as she started to walk to the door.
"Yes you are." Came Roxanne's voice as a firewall appeared at the door, startling the Sentinel.
Everyone looked at Roxanne whose right hand was on fire. "Sit back down Lyaroa, Galesh never explained her side of the story........and I for one intend to hear this, so sit down, shut up and listen." The fox ordered.
At this outburst, Galesh had expected Lyaroa to do something to Roxanne, or maybe just teleport out, instead she did the unexpected, she did as the fox said, and sat back down without complaint.
Galesh waited until everyone was listening before continuing. "Huralo's family could trace their legacy one million years back, no Empaths.....they are staunch believers that we are nothing more than defects, so when we married, he had no idea what I truly was." She explained.
"In fact, he never found out that I was an Empath until you discovered it for yourself, before that, as you remember, we were happy." Galesh stated. [1]
Lyaroa scoffed. "Are you seriously suggesting that dad hated me?......your lying." She said, her tone was one of impatience and barely contained anger.
"Bullshit." Galesh countered. "I KNOW you can tell if I'm lying, your father wouldn't dare say anything about it to you, or I would have killed him myself." Galesh continued. "That is what the arguments were about, he was beyond furious about not being told that I was an Empath, and you being born completely marred his bloodline." She said.
"Was that a serious thing?" Roxanne asked curiously.
Lyaroa huffed and leaned forward. "Sadly, yes, bloodlines were an important symbol of power and respect, an old philosophy but one that some families still hold onto." She looked at Galesh.
The older Sentinel then spoke. "As time went on, Huralo grew increasingly hostile, but whenever Lyaroa was present, he kept it hidden, for some reason, he believed it better punishment to make her hate me, than to outright leave." Galesh sighed and looked at her daughter. "One day however, he grew tired of the charade and forced me to take you to the Swordwraiths, who had been seeking to indoctrinate you ever since you were born." She explained.
Lyaroa narrowed her eyes. "And why didnt you just hide me somewhere? it would have been better than what you did." She asked.
Galesh bit her lip for a moment, before opening her mouth to speak. "He was friends with the grandmaster, and if you weren't with them when i returned home.........he would have killed Anseri." She stated, she then looked at the fireplace and watched it in silence.
The room was silent for several minutes, no one seemed willing to speak at first, eventually.....Roxanne spoke. "So why did you try to stop Lyaroa? when she was running away that is?" She asked.
Galesh looked at the fox. "Huralo.......became more deranged as time went on, I was personally unable to leave him and take my family elsewhere, because of subsection four of law thirteen." She stated.
"No member of the council is allowed to seperate from their Soulmate nor harm them until death." Estalli muttered.
Galesh looked back into the fire. "This law was put into place after my predecessor was discovered to be abusing many laws in order to gain power over all the rest." She explained.
Lyaroa said nothing and instead leaned back into her chair. "What will happen? should I refuse to go with you?" She wondered.
Galesh seemed reluctant to answer, but the pained look in her eyes said volumes, she took a deep breath and spoke. "The Sentinel government can't let your murder of the grandmaster of the Swordwraiths and many senior members go unpunished." She stated. "If I fail to bring you home and the Hunters fail......the Sentinel army will come after you, then? not even your temporal manipulation will be able to save you." She finished.
Lyaroa rolled her eyes. "I can't do that anymore, or did your 'superior' senses not realize that?" She mocked.
Galesh looked at Lyaroa as if she had done something stupid. "Where did that power go?" She asked immediately.
This time, Estalli answered. "Isn't is obvious mother? she transferred the power to Fang, he may not understand how to use it perfectly, but he has a better understanding of it than the few Sentinel's I've met that have that power." She said.
Galesh shook her head in disbelief as she sat back in the chair. "What were you thinking? giving a mortal the power to control time?" She asked.
"Better than an immortal." Lyaroa countered. "Besides, I wouldn't have trusted it to anyone else.......now though." She went silent as she stared at the slowly dying fire.
Another few minutes passed and Lyaroa put more wood in the fireplace, helping it to keep going, she then sat back down, the room became silent again.
Roxanne was once again, the one who broke the silence. "What was that orb thing you used on Lyaroa?" She asked.
Galesh looked at the fox. "Everything she sacrificed, her power, her memories." She answered. "I needed her to have her powers back, it was in an attempt to buy time, sadly, with my failure, the Hunters will be intensifying their search, in the worst case scenario, they will go to the Sentinel army for assistance." She explained.
Lyaroa stood up and crossed her arms. "Look, we talked, now get out of my house, before I lost my patience." She said before teleporting out.
Roxanne sighed and walked to the door. "Hold on." Galesh said.
Galesh stood up as the fox turned around, Estalli had already left. "What is it?" Roxanne asked.
"Tell me Roxanne, you have a strong bond with my daughter, correct?" Galesh asked.
The fox hesitated, but nodded anyway. "Have you seen her heart?" The Sentinel asked.
"Why?" Roxanne asked catiously.
Galesh walked a little closer, but kept her distance. "Contrary to what Lyaroa believes, I do care about what happens to her, and I am curious as to her health, like most beings, you can tell the state of a Sentinel's health by the condition of their heart." She explained, for once, her eyes weren't cold or annoyed, they were simply calm.
Roxanne raised an eyebrow, she sighed and spoke. "I've only seen it once, and that was when she was about to die from Fang's sword." She said, at Galesh's confused expression, she held up a hand. "I....might explain some other time." She said.
"Anyway, when I saw it.......I felt so many emotions flood my mind, it was exhilarating, sorry, off track." She paused to collect her thoughts for a second when she saw Galesh growing impatient.
"The heart itself was a myriad of different colors, red and blue, pink and black, yellow, it was beautiful." She stated.
Galesh seemed to be in deep thought for a second before shaking her head. "Nevermind, I should go before Lyaroa kills me for staying too long." She immediately teleported out.
Roxanne sighed and walked out of the room, she then headed for the living room, deep in thought.
She walked slowly and eventually reached the living room, where she spotted Syrin and Darkestlight talking to eachother about something, they seemed happy all things considered, the fox smiled at the sight and walked to the stairs.
As Roxanne walked upstairs, she thought on recent events, and how much her life had changed since her days at Freddy's, she wondered how things would have gone if Shade or Golden had been here, or if they had never erased their memories.
But most of all, she worried, she worried about the future they faced now that the Sentinel's were out hunting them, no...hunting Lyaroa, not them.
'If the Sentinel's try to take Lyaroa by force, what will Galesh do? what will Estalli do?.......what will WE do?' She worried.
Roxanne soon entered her and Lyaroa's room, she walked to the bed and sat down, she laid back and held one arm over her eyes while resting the other on her stomach.
"Concerned?" Lyaroa's voice asked.
Roxanne moved her arm and looked over at Lyaroa, the sentinel was sitting by her pillows and looking at her with a tired expression. "Worried about the future." She then covered her eyes again.
"You kill a few people, and an entire species is out to get you, how rude." Lyaroa joked.
Roxanne didn't even feel up to scolding Lyaroa at this point, she just sighed and after a few minutes, she spoke. "Migraine?" She asked.
"Yea?" The Sentinel asked.
Roxanne looked over at Lyaroa. "Hey.......you up for some fun? I'm in the mood." She offered.
Lyaroa grinned and sealed the room. "Hell yes." She muttered.