Enasi sighed, taking a breath of fresh air. He took down the protective barriers, letting the natural positive energy flow around him. It felt much better than being cooped up, however he was doing it to protect Inui so it was important. He absentmindedly walked, more focused on the energies around him than the scenery. He had walked to TB plenty of times to have the trail to heart- then again, he knew the entire realm by heart. It was one of the many parts of his job. There was no negative energy around. Everything was in balance in the area. In his search, he heard a soft hissing sound. “Hm?” Turning to his side, he saw the familiar large snake resting in a bush. It stretched out to greet him and Enasi smiled and rubbed its head. “Nice to see you as well. I can’t stay though. I must see TB.” 

Once he was sure there was nothing out of the ordinary, the guardian took off in a slow jog towards the open field. The large turtle sensed his guardian from a distance and already had it’s large head out of it’s shell. “There’s been a disturbance in the balance. . .And you’ve been injured. No wonder your energy has been so low recently.” The turtle huffed, blowing a heavy gust of wind at the guardian. Instead of it knocking him backwards, it wrapped around the guardian, turning into a blanket of positive energy. The energy from the age old turtle was enough to aid the guardian in healing. In fact, he felt a lot better afterwards. Enasi bowed in thanks. Before he could begin, TB began to speak, so he sat in the somewhat tall grass. “You haven’t found the Nightmare Guardian.” It was just a statement of fact. Enasi patiently waited for him to build to his point. Ancient and wise, he was still a turtle and still a bit slow with movements and speech. “He’s not here, but there’s been a flickering negative energy...It comes and goes, but always in the same spot. I believed it to be the small minion at first until I realized it wouldn’t go in between realms like that.”

Enasi’s eyes widened a bit. “Could you possibly tell me where or who it was? I can feel the balance of the realms shifting. . .My mark is fading. . .I need all the help I can get.” 

TB nodded slowly in understanding. “The realms are weakening at this sudden state. And you are as well. It’s happened before. One guardian gets weaker and weaker and the other does the same...You may feel the pain of the other too.” There was a pause before he continued. “The energy was in your castle...I cannot tell you who. There were too many weaker, sick energies around. But, I can tell you where that energy landed in the Human realm.”

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Rasha waited in his hiding spot. His entire body was still, if he even went noticed he could’ve been mistaken as a statue. The wait was long, but Rasha remained alert. He couldn’t let this mysterious figure escape him. Not this time. The figure was crafty and silent, managing to wade through the halls, going ways that most didn’t. Rasha couldn’t follow them for long with the lack of places to hide, so as fast as he could, he rushed back to Crios. From what he could smell, there were traces of metal and...food? For some odd reason, there was a heavy lingering of the smell of pizza. He didn’t know if that’d be helpful or not, but he kept the small details in mind. “Crios!” He yelled out as he got close to the medical ward.

The doctor had been walking around the medical ward, critically analyzing everything that was out. At first the doctor on duty thought they were being inspected and got a tad bit more nervous because of it. “You’re fine. I just am looking for something. . .” The doctor sighed and watched as Crios looked around. 

“Do you need any help, sir?”

Crios shook his head, not taking his gaze off shelves and tables. He was trying to figure out if anything was out of place, if there were things taken out of where they should have been, however he didn’t find anything. Before he could continue going through one of the workspaces, his ears twitched at the sound of his name. [i]’Rasha must have found them.’[/i] In his mind he knew Fuan was to be blamed, however his heart just wouldn’t allow it. At least not until they had cemented proof. “I think it may have been somewhere else. Keep up the good work. Everything is well here.” Crios hurried out, meeting the cat half way. Rasha didn’t stop. Instead, he bolted into a U-turn and ran to where the figure had appeared from. 

“Definitely a she. I think something’s on her head though. The fabric was still able to cave in some spots of her hood. Smelled like metal and pizza oddly. She knows empty paths in the castle. I couldn’t hide to follow her so I got you.” He added a few more details he could make out. It was his quick run down before they stopped at the corner of the hall. They had to wait for the hooded figure to go through the portal again and just before it closed, Crios could hold it in place for them to follow her. 

They just had to wait. . .

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“Thank you TB. I am in your debt.”

The large turtle let out a soft chuckle. “You are my guardian. Just keep this realm safe.” Enasi bowed, walking through the portal TB had created. When he walked out, the sudden chill made him shiver slightly. There was no one around, however there were plenty of cars parked. In front of him and practically exploding with positive energy was a bright, giant sign that read [i]’Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza’[/i]. For a moment, he stared at the cartoons on the sign. “A child’s play pen?” 

Enasi spotted a girl and her father walking into the building, the former rambling on about pizza and games and how happy she was that he took her to the place. 

“L-Lord Enasi!?” The shrill squeak made the guardian whirl around, only to be facing bright, wide eyes. Rue had nearly plummeted to the ground when he saw his guardian. Harper had skidded to a halt, followed by the rest of the dreams. 

“Sir, what are you doing here?” Despite being just as shocked, Harper was less inclined to show it. As if on cue, Harper’s ears swiveled towards the sound of two more people approaching. “Crios, Rasha?! You two were supposed to be watching him. . .” Rasha’s ears flattened in guilt, right after he and Crios stood in shock, spotting the guardian. 


“We thought you went to TB.” 

“I did go to him.” Instead of answering their questions, he pushed past, looking Finn over. His hand cupped the young minion’s cheek and he frowned gently. “You’re hurt. . .” He didn’t hesitate to share some of his newly refurbished energy with the plant sibling. “Brave as you are, you shouldn’t rush into battle not at your best.” 

There was a sudden growl from atop one of the cars. Jentou gave the dreams cold stares as they paused in the middle of their pursuit. Kaila glanced at his brother, giving a look in order to silence him and then cleared his throat to get the dreams’ attention nonetheless. “We should be moving. We don’t have time to waste.” The confusion and surprise faltered amongst them and they all were once again serious. His gaze landed on the building in front of them. “There’s a lot of positive energy bundled into this one area. It explains why we couldn’t sense our guardian as easily.” It was hard to pinpoint where the negative energy was coming from, but he concentrated. 

The dream’s had a harder time depicting the negative energy, their senses naturally taking in what they knew was familiar. Enasi waited, listening and staring out into space. His hand went up to the mark on his hand again, instinctively this time. This time, there was a numbing pain he could feel going up his arm. He said nothing of it though. “He’s not in the building. . .There’s some sort of room under the building. . .I- It’s too faint up here, even for me. Just trust me.” The last part had been added more so because of the rise in negative energy near him. Jentou was still on the verge of speaking out against the dreams, but he held his tongue mainly because of Kaila. Rue gazed at his guardian’s clouded expression with concern, offering a light, comforting touch on his hand. 

[i]’Hang in there Seishu, we’re close.’[/i]