Reminder: Bolded words are people speaking dragon tongue. And enjoy the chapter! Lots of good stuff happens... 😉

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Seto woke up to hearing his window open, he looks over at it, seeing it open. He stood up, staring at it. He felt something, something unstable and it was overwhelming him to the point it was nauseating. He turned back to grab a book only to grab clawed in the face.

"Ngh!" Seto yelped as he stumbled back, his hand over his right eyes as blood trailed down his cheek. Seto's eyes widen, lowering his bloodied hand. "T-Ty? What..What are you--Ah!" Seto felt the air get knocked out of his lungs as Ty punched him in the stomach. Seto grabbed Ty's wrist, his eyes glowed a dark purple aura. "T-Ty. I'm sorry." Seto mumbled a few words, Ty goes flying backwards and into the wall. Seto's arm goes around his stomach and he leaned against the wall for support. Seto coughed, his felt dizzy, but he was still recovering from his screw up earlier. Ty jumps at Seto, Seto moves out-of-the-way, stumbling against the wall again. "Ty! I'm not gonna fight you!" Ty smirks right before he lunges at Seto again.

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As soon as Statilia woke up, her entire body was sore and stiff from sleeping on the ground. She sat herself up, rubbing her eyes. She looked around, seeing Adam sitting at the opening of the cave, looking out. She looks at the put out fire.

"I thought we were leaving at dawn." She said. Adam chuckles.

"I'm not that cruel." He said. She smiles a little, relieved at that. She gets up, moving down beside him.

"Why did you let me come along when the letter asked for you to be alone?" Statilia asks him. Adam looks at her. He shrugs his shoulders.

"I don't know, I wanted to talk to anyway. And you wouldn't have told me as much stuff as you did last night if we were at the base. Plus, to make the guys feel better." Sky said. She smiles a little.

"They are only looking out for you."

"I know. I know. But they go overboard sometimes. They forget that I can protect myself." Sky said. Statilia looks away from him, she gets up, walking out of the cave.

"Can you?" She asks.

"What?"

"Can you protect yourself? I'm very new to the Sky Army, I've never actually seen any of you till I can here and never heard of anything but rumors." She said. He raises an eyebrow at her.

"No offense, but you must have lived under a rock if you haven't heard of the army that is in charge of Astina's security," Adam said. She smiles a little. Adam gets up. "I can protect myself, Statilia. We all can, it's an unspoken rule of the Sky Army. And even if you can't, we teach you how to. Why are you asking?" She puts her hands on her hips, smiling at him.

"I want to know what kind of leader I'm serving. I've seen many leaders come and go, but you are...interesting. Although all I have heard of you is rumors, stories. But no one seems to know where you came from. Where did you come from?" She asks. Adam looks away from her, hesitating.

"I should ask you that, you talk as if you've never even heard of Astina," Adam said. She shifts uncomfortably, catching Adam's eye. Adam crosses his arms. "Where are you from, Statilia? You claim to know Tyler. But how do you know him?"

"First of all, that isn't his real name. His real name is Tobias." Statilia snapped. She settles herself, looking away from him. 'If I let my anger out now, it would be tragic. And I kind of like Adam.' She thought. She looks at Sky. "Look, I'm sorry. But I can't lose Ty, not again. I have a lot of people depending on me to bring Tobias back home, and I don't plan on letting the Sky Army get in my way. Commander, Ty does not belong here. You have to have known that, and if what happened to him is what happened to his room and headset. Then I have to take him back home." Adam looks away from her, staring at the ground. 'Tobias, I gave Tyler his name when I first met him since he couldn't remember his real name. It's nice knowing his real name, but it feels weird.' Adam thought.

"Commander!" He heard Statilia shout right before a sword goes on his throat. He grabs their wrist, seeing the Verane crest on the soldier's cape.

"I got summoned by the King, you have someone who I want back," Adam said.

"We are aware of that letter, but you have a recruit with you--"

"You think I would have come alone? I know how you Veranians are." Adam said. Sky looks at Statilia, they let go of her and the sword lowers from his throat.

"We'll escort you into Verane." One of them said. Statilia looks at them.

"We can do that--"

"Statilia," Adam said. She looks at him. "Verane and the Sky Army have never been on good terms. They would never trust me in their territory alone. Or in it at all. So don't." Adam and Statilia get on their horses, following their escorts.

When they got there, Statilia was amazed. Although she remained content with it. She looked over at Adam. 'I feel like I may have pushed too many of his buttons. There goes any chance of becoming friends with him.' She thought. They got out to the palace courtyard, getting off their horses, Adam grabs her horse's reins. She looks at him.

"Listen, when we walk inside, leave it to me. He will do everything in his power to make me look bad, so all we are here for is to get Ty back. That's it. Don't bring anything up if he does speak to you, he will twist your words. And if he gets me off topic, just move it along. Got it?" Adam asks. Statilia stared at him for a few moments.

"How about you just do the talking?" She asks. Adam nods.

"That works too," Adam said. They went inside, inside it seemed like any old place. The red carpet leading to the throne, pillars on both sides to hold up the ceiling and the King sitting on the throne. Adam crosses his arms at the King. "Where's Ty?" The King sighs. Statilia stays behind Adam but looking around at the stain glass windows.

"I do not appreciate your disrespect, Adam." The King said.

"I'm not here to argue, I'm here to get Ty and be on my way," Adam said. The King stands, his eyes fixate on Statilia.

"My summons letter said only you. Who's this girl? Your girlfriend, sister? Ugly cousin?" The King asks. Statilia looked at him. Adam puts his arm in front of her as she moved forward. Statilia looks at Adam and then at the floor, taking a step back. Adam lowers his arm back down to his side.

"King Fredrick, where is my General?" Adam asks. The King chuckles.

"Locked up in an undisclosed location. I admire you, Commander, you have good leadership skills and aren't afraid to do what needs to be done. But trusting you is something I'm surprised anyone does." King Fredrick said.

"Trust....you are housing almost the entire dark arts population and you allow slave trade and auctions to happen. Trust is something this Kingdom lacks greatly." Adam said. Statilia looks at him.

"Adam, not now," Statilia said. The King chuckles. Adam crosses his arms at the King.

"Are you going to give us, Ty, or not?" Adam asks. The King sits back down, looking at Statilia again. He raises an eyebrow up at her and looks back at the Commander.

"I see. You can have Tyler back when I feel like giving him up." The King said. Adam's hands ball into fists, Statilia grabs Adam's wrist. Adam calms down.

"That's not what you said in your letter," Adam said. The King shrugs his shoulders.

"You're both dismissed. Get out of Verane before I have you killed." The King said. Statilia moves in front of Adam.

"We aren't leaving without him. What will it take to get him back?" Statilia asks. The King stands up, walking down to them. The King looks at Adam. Statilia moves in between them. "And don't you dare say you want the Commander because that is an automatic never gonna happen."

"Commander, you are aware of what I want." The King said. Statilia looks at Sky. Sky narrows his eyes at the King, only to soften.

"I want to see Ty before we talk about that," Adam said.

"Why?"

"Like I would ever trust your word. I want to see him." Adam said. The King turns from them, sitting back upon his throne.

"Why must you make this difficult?" The King asks. Adam moves in front of Statilia, staring daggers at the King.

"Because I'm talking to you, there's a reason to why Verane and the Sky Army will never have a good relationship. You better give him back to us, or else." Adam said. The King laughs. He leans forwards, staring straight at Sky.

"The reason your army is powerful is that damn light sorcerer--"

"His name is Seto." Adam snapped.

"Seto...yes...him." The King said. Adam narrows his eyes. 'I don't like how he said that. I have a bad feeling, I've had a bad feeling since that letter came in.' Adam thought. The King smiles. "It isn't a matter of how, but a matter of can. For example, Ty is already at the base."

"What?" Adam asks.

"The question being....can you get there fast enough before he starts a massacre. That massacre starting with...Seto..So I would hurry, Commander." The King said. Adam was gonna run out with Statilia, but once he turned around, guards were in his way. The King chuckles. "Why would you leave?"

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"Seto!" Jerome yelled as Seto gets thrown across the room. Seto sinks to the floor, his body was sore and beaten up. But he stood back up, especially since Ty grabbed him by his throat and off the floor. Seto grabs Ty's wrists. Seto grits his teeth, his eyes change. They change from their brown color to a dark purple. Seto looks at Ty's eyes, his hands glow a dark aura, Ty growls at Seto. Gravity pushes down on him, Seto kick's Ty in the stomach, making him go flying backwards and crash into the ground. Seto falls on his hands and knees taking a deep breath as he touched his neck. Mitch runs in front of Seto, drawing back an arrow as Ty got up. Mitch takes aim at Ty.

"Ty, I don't want to shoot you but I will if I have to," Mitch said. Mitch's eyes look over at Jerome, Jerome nods and Mitch looks back at Ty.

"Move, archer, I have my orders," Ty spoke in a different language, confusing them. Seto's eyes widen in shock. Seto looks at Ty. 'That's not Ty anymore, that's someone else who looks like Ty.' Seto thought. Ty turns to Mitch. Seto's hands ball into fists. 'This isn't any normal mutation, this is ancient magic, dark magic and I have to do something to lift it or Ty could kill someone.' Seto thought to himself. Seto got up the instant Ty lunged at Mitch and him. Seto pushed Mitch out of his way, he let Ty sink his claws into his shoulders. Seto put his hand on Ty's stomach and grabbed his shoulder. He mumbled a few words under his breath, Ty's once strong grip started to loosen. Seto felt as if his arms were burning. 'Good thing I'm wearing sleeves.' Seto thought. Ty's claws slowly retract, his discolored eyes returning and his posture turning sluggish. Ty's eyes drop, his knees shaking under his weight as Seto finished the spell. When Seto did finish the spell, the world had seemed to spin around him. Seto froze, overwhelmed, the throbbing pain made him almost vomit in the hope it would stop. His eyes squeezed shut, Ty looking at Seto. But Ty was in his own pain, his wounds not being treated or his illness making him as pale as a ghost. Seto gasped all a sudden, he let go of Ty, his head in his hands. 'Oh Notch, I haven't done a spell like that in ages, the side effects, they're too much. But I can't pass out if I do I might....I...I can't take it....' Seto thought.

"I-I'm sorry g-guys," Seto mumbled making the guys look at Seto with wide eyes. Seto felt as if he would pass out in any moment, gravity was pushing down on him till his knees finally gave, he was unconscious before he even hit the floor. Ty collapsed too, but he whimpered, panting heavily as Mitch and Jerome went to them. Mitch went to Seto, shaking him.

"Seto! Seto, what did you do to yourself?!" Mitch asks. Jerome sits Ty up, he felt Ty's burning forehead.

"You're burning up. Lay down." Jerome said as he pushed Ty to lay down. Jerome gets up, he ran outside to get help for Seto and Ty. Luckily they were able to keep the fight in one house, that house belonging to Jerome, Mitch, Seto, and Ian. Ian comes down the steps.

"Crap, what happened? Did Seto--" Mitch shook Seto, no response.

"Something's wrong. He won't wake up." Mitch said. Jerome comes back with a doctor. The doctor was shocked at the scene but recovered when he saw Seto and Ty. Jason and Quentin came as well. Jerome grabs Jason and Ian, pulling them aside as the doctor went to Ty and Seto.

"Guys, Ty is here. Adam and Statilia went to Verane--"

"Adam and Statilia are where?" Ty asks hearing. They look at Ty.

"Contact Cassandra." The doctor said urgently. They look at him. The doctor is beside Seto, Seto remained motionless, his breathing was shallow and uneven. His skin was turning ghostly pale and was cold to the touch. The doctor looks at Jerome and them. "Contact her now!"