[hr][hr][center][img]https://s2.postimg.cc/9u4ekd45l/darke.png[/img][hr][img]https://s22.postimg.cc/yraatuhc1/monty-python-witch.gif[/img][hr][@Nallore][@BlueSky44][@FantasyChic][@mnkee][@LadyRunic][@Dragoknighte][@KazAlkemi][/center][hr][hr][center][h3][color=10A133][b]Present Day - The Castle: December 21st, 12,507 - 1:15 PM [/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]	Valda's eyes flared and she looked at Atkin. She didn't really know what she was doing, but she definitely did [i]not[/i] appreciate having someone scream at her for suggestions everyone else was making. Just because she agreed with Puck that the Young Army could benefit the Castle didn't mean that she wanted to kill someone! [color=8882be]"Let me think!"[/color] Valda snapped at Atkin. [color=8882be]"Everyone keeps telling me what to do and assuming that I'm just going to go along with whatever the last person said, but I have a brain and I intend to use it..."[/color]

	Puck fell silent and Jadis raised an eyebrow, with the siblings exchanging a glance. "But sweet Valda, he's a Port Witch...No one would miss him and he deserves to die for his sins," Jadis said softly. Her lips then curled with displeasure as she heard what Malekith said. She knew the only reason she and her Coven could safely walk the Castle and the Palace was because Valda allowed them to do so. "And we provided her with family - while you and your [b]Darke[/b] ways would surely turn poor sweet Luna's life to ruin...."

	[color=#9B30FF]"Not the Stranger Chamber - something is happening at Wizard Tower..."[/color] Arya said quietly. [color=#9B30FF]"The dungeons here would be more appropriate and can suitably contain a [b]Darke[/b] witch."[/color] She wasn't sure how much Valda knew about the options she had for Malekith, but there was no question in Arya's mind that they couldn't just let him go free. The dungeons at least would keep him from leaving, as they were enchanted with an ancient [b]Magyk[/b] that slowly drained the abilities of all of those imprisoned in them. 

	[color=8882be]"Fine, throw him in the dungeons,"[/color] Valda decided. She looked at 526. [color=8882be]"Deputy Hunter, right? You can interrogate him. Find out everything he knows about my sister...Hurt him if you have to,"[/color] Valda then added, feeling a streak of sibling protectiveness. She didn't know Myrus and Luna very well, but they were her siblings. 

	Asha gave Lyra a small smile. "Thank you for your concern," she whispered, before she caught something impossible out of the corner of her eye. There was a gigantic red dragon in the air, breathing down fire at the now rapidly scattering spectators. Anyone the guards had been trying to keep from leaving was able to quickly sleep away, as the entire Castle seemed to pick up and run for their lives. "A dragon...I haven't seen one ever in my life," Asha whispered, her eyes wide. "It's sad it's merely an illusion..."

	Arya could see the soft eddies of [b]Darke Magyk[/b] around the illusion and her mind snapped back to Malekith. It must have been the Port Witch Coven attempting to do something to keep him from escaping. She completely missed Myrus stand up stiffly and then walk over to the small group of witches, his gaze unseeing. [color=7bcdc8]"Take us inside,"[/color] Nera commanded him, before gesturing towards the Palace wall that Fleur had indicated. Myrus just nodded, walking with the small group. 

	[color=ff0000]"Take my hand,"[/color] he said softly, and once everyone was holding onto him, he walked through the wall and they were all able to go with him. On the inside, they found themselves in the Palace kitchens. [color=7bcdc8]"Go back to your sister,"[/color] Nera instructed. [color=7bcdc8]"If Malekith attempts to betray us, kill him."[/color] Myrus just nodded before he seemingly walked through the wall, going back up to the stage where Valda was silently. 

	Rowland had led Cuyler up with him to the stage, exchanging a worried look with Arya. However, something about Myrus unsettled him. He was [b]Sensing[/b] that some sort of [b]Magyk[/b] had surrounded the boy. "Are you quite alright?" Rowland inquired. [color=ff0000]"No...Someone kidnapped my sister...again..."[/color] Myrus mumbled, looking like he was about to cry. 

	And inside the Palace, in Lyra's room, the dragon egg began to hatch...