⚠️Warning: Mentions of blood and death. If affected, please read with caution.⚠️

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{•Ricky•}

I sat on the top of the building with Laura and another Salem werewolf, Angelo.

"Its become a blood bath in Eternity's Gate," Laura frowned. "Everything around it, however, is silence..... Its very uncomfortable...."

Members of The Obsidian Chronicle took to the roofs and alleys to document the wars. We also started using Mishka, Pepper and Horus as means of hidden communication with everyone, along with my own little companion, Fester, and my cat, Dexter.

"I just hope everyone is okay...." I said. "Including our princess...."

She nodded quietly. "Me too," she said, looking over.

"So then... Its true what they say... That she's the Lost Heir of Obsidian...?" Angelo asked curiously.

"Yeah.... A child of Warhol, Lieseil, and unfortunately Visigoth blood as well....." Ricky explained.

"Add to that, betrothed to a Blackwell," Laura said. "Its a lot of power she as, even without her engagement.... Its no wonder her family was so desperate to hide her from everyone....."

"Damn," Angelo said. "What, you think she's evil or something?"

"Of course not...... The principessa is more like her mother and father than her evil grandparents," Laura said.

Angelo nodded as I looked over.

"Plus need I remind you.... She was the one who sent Alexander to his grave with her own two hands......"she said.

Angelo's eyes widen a little.

"So I definitely put my money on Princess Dream Rosalind......" Laura assured.

I pursed my lips and sighed as I tried to take a look through our radio monitors and equipment, as well as the crystal ball the High Priestess gave us all, when Angelo suddenly turned his head.

"Hey.... What's that?" Angelo asked, making us turn.

I furrowed my brows and looked over as we walked over, seeing something rising to the sky in the distance.

"Let me see," Laura asked as I gave her the binoculars we had.

"What if its an attack?" Angelo asked as she looked through the binoculars, his crystal blue eyes turning yellow in warning.

"Wait, is.... Is that coming from Wismont Island?" I asked, trying to get a better look.

Laura looked through the binoculars, before slowly pulling back, her eyes wide.

"Oh my god....." she said. "Ricky.... Start writing....."

***

{•Narrator•}

Everyone charged forward across the courtyard of Eternity's Gate towards the Rebels that charged towards them.

Lynette and Remington ran alongside each other, Lynette shooting arrows at oncoming Rebels. Remington held his armor on, but had his sword and claws to fight back and also protect his mate as they tried to reach Lilith.

Lynette took out another Rebel, turning him to dust while Remington cut down a few others.

That's when they saw Brandon and Dylan rushing over, and suddenly taking our grappling hook guns and shooting them forward to a building nearby before swinging up over to where they were trying to escape with Tania.

How is she even in this realm?! They must have gone to Earth at some point just to kidnap her and use her against me!!

Lynette quickly shook away her thoughts and took a bow and aimed at one of the captors before shooting him right in the neck, turning him to dust.

Tania screamed and shielded herself as sparkling dust exploded everywhere from Lynette's arrow, the other guard stopping before Brandon swung down and kicked him down as he got distracted.

Dylan then landed near her and took hold of her arm.

"Hang on," he said, then shot his grappling hook up as she clung to the strange young man and they both were propelled upwards to the ceiling, Brandon close behind them, landing on the ceiling.

She stumbled a bit as Dylan helped steady her.

"We got to get her out of here," Brandon said, pointing at Tania.

"Wait, what about Lynette!?! she shouted, still confused by her surroundings and the ordeal.

"Do not worry, little Earth maiden," Brandon assured. "The princess is in good hands. Right now, however, we need to get you somewhere safe."

"Princess!? What are you talking about!?" she said, freaking out.

Dylan let out a loud whistle and next thing she knew, one of the large humanoid wolves jumped up, making her scream in shock.

"Get her somewhere safe, Max," Brandon said as he pulled Tania towards it.

"No no no no, what are you doing!?!" she exclaimed.

"Max can take you back to Warhol Manor for safety," Dylan explained.

"No, I am not leaving until someone tells me where I am and what is even going on here!!!" she shouted.

"Look here, sweetheart, you were kidnapped most likely for leverage against your friend for her crown and throne," Brandon snapped sternly.

Tania's eyes widen in shock. "Crown and throne? W-What...?"

"Now, unless you happen to have skills in archery, sword fighting, throwing a spear, or possess any sort of combat or magical skill, by all means you can stay and join this battle," Brandon said. "However, since you don't, and we have orders from the princess to get you to safety, you'll be hidden at the heavily guarded manor with your new pet wolf here!!"

Max growled in annoyance at Brandon as he then grabbed Tania's waist and hoisted her up onto the wolf's back, making her yelp.

"Get her to Andrew and Ashton back at the manor, Max..." Dylan said. "They'll know what to do."

Max snorted once with a nod as Tania clung to him on his back.

"Giddy-up, fiddo!!" Brandon shouted, earning another snarl from Max as he took off at high speed over the roofs of the buildings, Tania screaming and holding on for dear life.

"You could have handled that so much better," Dylan scolded his older brother.

"What? She was panicking, what else was I supposed to do?" He scoffed with an eyeroll as they got their grappling hook shooters and jumped over the ledge of the building to join the fight below.

Gunfire, explosions, collapsing rubble, and metal clashing against metal, as well as shouts, horses neighing, and screams echoed across the courtyard.

A bloody battlefield.... Council vs. Rebels.... Good vs. Evil......

TJ casted spells against oncoming opponents while Victoria and other soldiers fought and took down all Rebels.

Alister tasked Leda to fight with him and destroy the reversal poison, Leda helping to guard him as they fought oncoming Rebels. They both managed to take down rebels on horsebacks and get an upperhand.

The blessed armor that they wore protected everyone from any poisoned weapons, but weapons that weren't laced in poison still did cause some slight injury to a few.

Lynette shot another arrow before quickly putting her bow away in her quiver and then taking out her Flintlock revolver and her sword as she and Remington rushed forward.

All of a sudden something landed nearby and exploded in flames, knocking them both back.

Sebastian gasped as a small grenade exploded in flames, separating Remington from Lynette as they were both blasted backwards a few feet away from each other.

As soon as Remington hit the ground, a guard came and was about take him down with a spear, making him shield himself with his arms.

"NO!!!" Sebastian shouted, quickly slicing his hand with my blade, letting the veins slither out before swinging his arm at the oncoming guard.

Just as the guard was about to impale the Blackwell brother, multiple bloody whip-like veins came towards him and sliced him into pieces.

Blood from the slaughtered rebel splattered all over Remington as he shielded himself, the spear that almost killed him falling near him as then hands helped him stand.

He looked over as his brother held him close, hand on the side of his face.

"Are you okay?!" he asked.

"I'm fine," Remington said as he panted, looking around. "But where's Lynette!?"

Lynette was thrown back when the grenade was detonated, landing on her side.

She lost grip of her pistol, as well as her hat and mask, but managed to still have hold of her sword.

She groaned as she sat up, her ears ringing as she processed what had happened.

Just as her vision cleared and she got her hearing back, she then gasped as she saw a familiar black haired woman coming at her with a sword.

Lilith screamed as she swung her sword, but Lynette ducked back as the blade almost met with her neck and head, then swung her leg and kicked Lilith's ankle, knocking her down, before quickly taking her sword and standing up.

"Think again!!" Lynette snapped.

Lilith growled and stood up, screeching as she swung her sword down at Lynette, who managed to blocked it as our swords clashed.

She then saw the necklace around her neck with Remington's fangs hanging in it.

(Picture: Example of the pendant Lilith wears that contains Remington's vampire fangs)

Lynette held back emotion as she remembered the times that little gold framed orb mocked her while she hung on a hook, bleeding and bruised.

"I need to try and get it away from her..." Lynette thought.

"You are nothing but a pathetic orphan bastard," Lilith snarled at her granddaughter.

Lynette grunt and swung her foot up, kicking her square in the chest and knocking her down.

"I found out everything you did!!" Lynette snarled at her. "The shipwreck, Amadeus, what Prophet's task really was...."

She shouted she got back up, trying to strike her down.

"You RUINED my life!!!" Lynette screamed, swinging her sword at Lilith, who managed to block all the hits.

Lilith grunted as she then blocked another hit before she swung and punched me across the face.

Lynette then screamed and managed to grab her throat after swinging her sword, tackling Lilith to the ground.

"You're gonna pay for everything you've done to me and my family!!!" she screamed, feeling her blood boil at the thought of everything this woman has done.

It shouldn't even be possible to have that much blood on one's hands...

Lilith struggled in Lynette's grasp before managing to punch her across the face. She then kicked her stomach hard, making Lynette yelp and sending her flying off her landing a fair distance away.

Lynette grunted as she hit the ground, losing her sword as she tasted her blood.

"Ha! Clearly no one properly taught you enough on fighting!" Lilith snapped in amusement. "Just like your damned to hell father.... Impulsive, angry and stubborn as a bull!"

Lynette groaned before smirked up at her as she slowly stood up.

"Y-You.... You're forgetting one very important trait I got from my father...." she grunted, holding her side.

Lilith furrowed her brows as then Lynette looked up at her.

"That I am so much smarter than you..." Lynette smirked at her grandmother, and held up something in her gloved hand.

Lilith froze as she saw the pendant with the fangs inside in Lynette's hand, looking down around her neck to see it was gone.

"The Blackwell Dynasty also send their regards.... Grandmother...." Lynette smirked, holding the necklace in her closed fist.

All of a sudden a loud growl snarled and in an instant, a large figure came and instantly snatched Lynette up, running off with her as she quickly latched onto his back.

"NOOOOOOO!!!!" Lilith snarled as they ran off across the courtyard and through the marble archway.

***

{•Lynette•}

I clung to Chris's back as he pounced at high speed through the archways and alleys into the cobblestone streets, the pendant clutched tightly in my fist.

I shut my eyes nervously as I gripped his fur harder, making him yelp at me as he sped tgrough the buildings.

"Well, I'm sorry, but I never rode on a werewolf's back before!!" I shouted anxiously at him, .

I am arguing with a werewolf while riding on his back in the middle of a war in another realm.... Hard to believe I'm still not dreaming any of this right now....

"We gotta find Aldous and give him his fangs back!!" I said to him.

He snarled in response as he went faster, and then stopped for a moment to sniff the air before he kept going.

We then got back to Eternity's Gate to see the fight continuing.

Aldous stuck with Sebastian as they fought guards, Sebastian using his whip.

"ALDOUS!!!" I screamed out.

He and Sebastian turned towards us as Chris then ran full speed and then jumping over high above them and letting me toss the necklace down to Remington.

I watched as he caught it in his hands as Chris took some guards out, me still on his back.

It wasn't long before I suddenly felt a strong red flash and a loud snarl, making us both stop and turn to see Sebastian holding the potion bottle Genevieve gave us  taking a step back as he watched Remington with wide eyes, everyone else turning towards their direction.

Remington had a strange red aura around him, and his eyes glowed a bright red, hair blonde once again instead of being half black, half blonde.

His lips were pulled back in a snarl that revealed his fangs, back where they rightfully belonged.

I smiled victoriously as he then proceeded to take down more guards, Sebastian right behind him, getting more of his blood whips out.

Chris then took off into a run through another marble archway, taking some guards down with his teeth or claws, before we were in an alley nearby.

Chris skid to a stop nearby and carefully let me down on the ground, shifting back to his human form.

"Owww..." he groaned, rubbing the back of his neck in pain

"Sorry," I said, feeling bad.

"Its okay..." he said, shaking it off as I took a deep breath.

"Thank you...." I nodded at him, making him look over.

"Thank me when we have your grandmother in a cell," he assured, then motioned to follow.

"Right. Let's go! They still need us," I said, about to run, before he stopped me.

"Wait... I feel its fair that you know, before we go out there," he said. "I made a promise to your mate."

I furrowed my brows as I listened.

"Michael and I.... We promised that if anything were to happen to the Blackwell Dynasty tonight, that we take you to Salem or to Transylvania with either of us," he said.

I froze in shock at what he told me, then shook my head. "Bullshit... I-I'm not going anywhere... I'm not leaving Obsidian, not again!!"

"You living is what keeps Obsidian from being wiped out.... You are their future queen, and despite retreating being a final resort, sometimes its the only way to have even a single chance at living to see a victory....." he said.

My eyes widen at his words.

"I have a feeling Lord and Lady Lieseil knew that, hence why it was better sending you away than risking your life here when things were bleak....." he said.

I frowned and pursed my lips.

"Look at it this way... Aldous has his powers back, so it looks like there truly is a chance that it won't come to you needing an escape from death...." he said. "Nonetheless, I made my vow, and will be sure that you are reunited with your mate."

I gulped and nodded my head. "Okay...."

He nodded. "Now let's get that victory."

I nodded, getting my bow and loading it with an arrow before we both rushed out towards the courtyard, into the fight again.

***

{•Shy•}

I was seeing red as I watched the Rebel struggle to crawl away, his dead comrades around him.

I walked over and kicked his side, making him roll over as he whimpered in fear.

"Duchess, please..... M-Mercy....." he begged. "Mercy.... MERCY!!!"

I scoffed as I knelt down to him.

"Where was your mercy when you tortured and slaughtered the innocents of this empire?" I mumbled.

He panted in fear as he held his hands up in surrender, trembling in fear.

That's when I bought my dagger down into his neck, finishing him.

I sighed and pulled it out as he choked on his blood before going still.

"What's the damage, Billie?" I asked as I walked over, cleaning her dagger.

"Thankfully no casualties on our side, and we managed to capture and arrest 8 Rebels who surrendered, milady," she said, covered in dirt and blood. "However....."

Shy looked up as she put her dagger away. "What?"

She frowned and looked over, making me follow her line of sight to see...

"Damiano...." I gasped, rushing over as I see Hermes and Jay with him, tears in her eyes.

He was on the ground, bleeding from his side and looking weak, blood dripping from his lips. His skin was flushed, and covered in sweat.

"One of them was coming for Jay, and he pushed her aside and took the hit.... Bastard broke past part of his armor, just below his arm," Hermes said. "The poison is already in his bloodstream, and he.... He's already getting a heartbeat and fever....."

Jay whimpered and gripped to Damiano's hand.

My eyes widen in horror as I knelt down to him.

He coughed and looked up at me. "They came from behind..... B-Blitz attacking a a young girl..... V-Vigliacchi......" he said. (C-Cowards).

"I-I should have been faster...." Jay mumbled in tears.

"Stop it.... This is not your fault..... Or your's, Damiano....." I said sternly to them, wiping away Jay's tears.

"Can't you change him back, Duchess?" Hermes asked me.

"It could be possible..... Right?" Jay asked me.

I pused my lips. "I'm not sure.... We'll have to see how his body responds to a change after exposure..." I said. "However, right now we need to get him to Warhol Manor, take care of him there, and contact his coven."

Damiano grunted as he tried to move.

"Stay still, Governer," Hermes said.

"He wont die... Will he, Duchess?" Storm asked worriedly as she approached and stood next to Billie.

"No... He'll only turn back to human, the point of this poison was for an easier kill, but he'll survive..... Only thing is, he'll still be very weak," I said.

Everyone seemed relieved, knowing he will be okay.

All of a sudden....

Arff!!

I turned and saw out of a small tunnel in the wall, Mishka emerged, with a carrier on her back.

"Mishka!" I gasped, rushing over to the poodle, who sat for me as I reached into her message carrier.

I opened the note and read it aloud.

"Queen is injured, but not exposed. No word from Alan's group. Eternity's Gate is in smoke. Aldous obtained fangs. Strange sighting from Wismont. In the name of the Void, Bryce," I said. "Oh no, Alan......."

"The Queen is injured?" Hermes asked in shock.

"Not like Damiano," I said. "Aldous has his fangs again, but Alan and his team has gone missing, and something else is happening by Wismont Island," I explained.

"Oh my god, my little sister was in Lord Alan's group," Storm said in shock and worry.

"Jay, you take him back to the manor, along with anyone else injured, and take care of him as best as you can, at least until we come back with the High Priestess," Hermes ordered, reaching into his pocket and then handing her a pouch full of transport powder. "Andrew and Ashton will be waiting there for you. Austin, you go with her, and take the prisoners as well, lock them in the dungeons."

She nodded. "Yes, Lord Hermes."

"Of course," Austin said with a bow before getting the prisoners ready.

I walked over as Jay composed herself, then reached over and held her cheek, having her look at me.

"You be careful, Little Jay... You hear me?" I said.

She nodded. "Yes, milady."

I nodded as then Damiano stopped me.

"Victoria..... S-She will be my successor, as governess...... At-At least until I am well enough again...." he said.

I nodded. "I will send word....." I assured him as Hermes and Jay helped him stand.

"All she wants is to go back to school..... Please duchessa..... Make that happen after tonight....." Damiano pleaded, looking at Jay, who looked worriedly at the governor who sacrificed himself for her.

I nodded. "You know I will..." I assured.

He nodded as I then turned towards the others.

"Billie, Storm, you'll both be with me. We have to go to the Academy and find Emerson and his group," I said, then turn to the others. "Send word to Sebastian, and-"

"There us no need, Duchess Shy..." a voice suddenly said, making us all jump and turn towards it, our weapons drawn before facing a young woman dressed in black, standing at the doorway of the lobby we were in, hands folded in front of her and standing up straight.

(Picture: Ivy)

"State yourself.... Who are you?" I asked sternly.

Mishka growled a bit before suddenly stopping and sniffing at her, looking at her curiously.

I furrowed my brows and looked back at the young woman, everyone keeping their weapons held towards her in defense.

Damiano had pulled Jay closer behind him, as if protecting her, despite barely being able to stand, Hermes standing in front of both of them.

"My name is Ivy.... My master had sent me.... You all might be familiar with him?" she asked, showing me the pin on her jacket with a familiar emblem.

Our eyes widen as we looked at her before she spoke with a calm smile.

"Fear not.... We made sure to bring reinforcements to help all of you...."

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Picture: Remington 🖤🩸

**So, Ivy (who's last name I don't know) is currently on tour with Palaye Royale, I believe as their merch girl if I am correct. If I am wrong, please let me know so that I'm up to date eitherway, please. 🌻

Also, what do you think will happen next? 🤔

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Cher "Dark Lady"

♡~ sapphire.