Chapter XII

Rest

Amber, Nix and Gale were released from the hospital the following day. Gale’s leg and arm made swift recoveries thanks to the doctors. Her limbs were not broken, but had stable fractures. Zecora, potion maker who lived in the forest made the trip and helped Gale’s bones heal. She still had to avoid using them in a strenuous way for a few days.

Amber’s bruises had slowly started to heal, but her hands were still wrapped in gauze. Nix had a small concussion and a few remaining bruises on her face. Cerulean and Sunset met them outside the hospital and walked back to the guild. “Freedom!” Amber said with her arms raised.

“How are you feeling?” Sunset asked.

“Better than I was.” The fox girl said as she looked down at her hands. A loud grumble came from the girl’s stomach. Cerulean chuckled at the noises.

“Let’s get something to eat, my treat.” The ice mage said before Gale spoke up.

“Where is my armor?” She asked as she crossed her arms.

“I was going to get it after I ate. If I have to lug those things back then I’ll do it on a full stomach.” A growl then came from the dragoness’ stomach.

“You heard nothing.” She said as she narrowed her eyes. The group headed back to the guild and sat down before they ordered some breakfast. As their food arrived Amber looked at her bandaged hands and groaned.

“How am I supposed to eat like this?” She whined as she laid her head on the table.

“I could get you a dog bowl.” Nix stated with a smirk.

“Bite me shrimp.” She then turned towards Cerulean. “Can you feed me?” She asked in a sweet tone.

“Am I your wet nurse now?” He said as he took a bite from his eggs.

“Perhaps you should look into it.” Cerulean turned his head and grimaced as he saw the blonde prince. “Since you seem adept at failing even the simplest of jobs.”

“Go away Blueblood, I’m in no mood to deal with you. So kindly piss off.” He made shooing motion is if he were a child. Blueblood grit his teeth and his blue eyes narrowed on the man. He was about to say more but then he caught Gale glaring at him sharply with her orange eyes. He opted for a loud humph and stormed out of the guild.

“Seriously, why does Luna let him work here?” Amber asked as Cerulean held up a spoonful of eggs for her. She happily ate the eggs fed to her.

“Better to keep him on short leash than to have him walk around Canterlot with the royal family’s name attached to everything he does.” Gale said as she took a bite of her sausage. “Not that he actually works, he just hires people to do jobs he’s signed on for.”

“In the North if we have someone like that then we knock them out, strip them and leave them in the cold for a few hours.” Gale chuckled darkly at his words.

“Now that is something I’d pay to see.” She finished her meal and left to reclaim her armor with Cerulean in tow. Sunset and the other two girls headed back to the home to rest a bit. It was around mid day when Cerulean returned with Gale who was wearing her armor.

“So why do you wear that stuff anyway?” He gestured to the hardened steel plates. “From what I’ve heard your people’s scales are as tough as a dragon’s.” Gale looked down at her black scaled forearm.

“They are strong but not as,” She paused as she thought of the correct word. “durable? Is that the right word?” He nodded. “They also don’t cover all of my body.” She pulled the top of her shirt back to show her dark skinned shoulder. He noticed there was a scar running down her shoulder. Cerulean’s gaze then shifted to the symbol on the armor’s front.

“What does that symbol mean?” She looked down and her right hand touched the tattoo around her right eye that matched the symbol on her front. “It must have some significance for you to have a tattoo of it.” He gestured to above his own right eye.

“Complicated.” She stated flatly and Cerulean took the cue to drop the topic. The woman stopped in front of the guild hall. “Despite the complications, you and the others did good job.” She said in her heavy draconian accent.

She stuck out an armored hand to him. He took it in his and shook it. “If you need help, you know where to find me.” He nodded before he turned and started to make his way back to his home. An idea came to him as he came across the library. He walked inside the large tree house and looked at the large books before he approached the desk in the middle of the room and rang the bell on the desk.

“Coming!” Twilight called out from upstairs. The indigo haired mage came down from upstairs with a smile on her face. “Hello Cerulean, did you need something?”

“I was wondering if you sold any spell books.” He said as she got to the bottom of the staircase. Twilight searched through the ones she knew of in her head.

“We have a few basic ones. Anything you were looking for in particular?” He nodded.

“Fire magic, I’m thinking about upgrading my arsenal a bit.” Twilight waved her hand and called for fire tomes. A medium sized leather bound book flew into her hands. Cerulean read the title to himself. ‘A Beginner’s Guide to Pyromancy.’

“This thing wouldn’t happen to have fire proofing spells would it?” Twilight chuckled at the question.

“Chapter one,” He paid and thanked her for the book and made his way back to his home, praying it was still in one piece. Thankfully the house was still standing. As he walked inside he saw Sunset sitting on the couch reading with her pet phoenix sitting on it’s perch beside her. She looked up to see him and smiled.

“Hey Cerulean, did you get the armor?” He nodded and went into the kitchen to see a large crate addressed to him on the floor. “Ditzy and a few others came by to drop that off.” He looked at the tag and smiled as he saw it was from his home. He pulled out one of his axes and pried the lid off. The wood splintered and Amber came downstairs with an annoyed look on her face.

“What’s with the noise?” Cerulean ignored her and popped the lid off to see it full of hay. He rifled around and found a letter in familiar handwriting.

Cerulean, since you’ve found a place of residence I figured it’d be safe to send this. I sent you that cloak of yours in case it gets cold along with something to help take the edge off.

-Silver Frost

P.S. Don’t tell your mother.

He set the letter aside and continued to dig until he felt something soft. He brushed the hay aside and saw a patch of pristine white fur and fabric. He pulled out a white fur cloak and set it on the table. He opened the front to show a dark wooden case in a familiar shape.

“What’s that?” He rifled through the wooden crate and his eyes widened as he felt something hard but cold to the touch. He pulled out a small chest and opened the lid to see a block of ice with a bottle frozen inside.

“This is my dad’s special brew of vodka.” He chuckled. Amber’s eyes widened and smiled. “This stuff could give the griffonians a run for their money.”

“Hit me up!” Amber yelled.

“Nope,” Cerulean said as he put the block of ice back inside the insulated box.

“Why not? I can hold my liquor.” She pouted.

“Because it will literally melt your liver if you didn’t grow up drinking it and you’re on meds from the hospital. Even I know mixing them is a very bad idea.” He said as he closed the lid of the chest and locked it. The man then brought the chest up to his room and put the coat inside the closet. He still had the book in hand and went back down to the living room.

“Up and at ‘em Sunny,” Sunset turned her head to the man and raised an eyebrow. “you and I are gonna go through the entire house and fire proof everything in here.” She was about to protest but felt Amber looking at her and her guilt won out. Cerulean handed her the book and they started first with the kitchen and then moved to the living room, then to the rest of their rooms. They put a double enchantment in Sunset’s room before heading to the basement where the alchemist resided.

Cerulean knocked on the door a few times before calling out to the short recluse. “Nix, you down there?” No response came and the two went down the wooden steps and came upon a living area. There was a carpet in the middle of the stone cold floor and a bookshelf against the far wall that was filled with different tomes and books with leather bound spines. Beside the bookshelf was a desk with several beakers and glass jars filled with liquid accompanied by a small tripod and several mortars and pestles.

As soon as the two took a step inside, the floor seemed to give way from under their feet and their bodies were swallowed up by the ground to their necks. Sunset let out a loud shriek as she felt the floor swallow her body. Cerulean cursed and looked around frantically. As he scanned the room he could make out some shuffling in the far corner of the cellar and saw a pair of familiar pink eyes peering out from the darkness.

“What the hell are you two doing down here?” Nix snapped as she covered herself in a blanket and walked over to her two trapped roommates.

“We were fireproofing the house in case match stick here has another episode.” Sunset cast a dark glare at Cerulean. “It’s the truth.” He said as he attempted to shrug.

“So you came down here without asking?” Nix said through grit teeth.

“We knocked and got no answer so we figured you were out.” Sunset said as she looked up at the alchemist. She tried to wiggle free from the ground but she couldn’t even move a finger. “What is this?”

“A little trap I designed for intruders.” She smirked. “You two make good guinea pigs, I wasn’t sure if it’d trap or crush someone.” Cerulean grunted at the words.

“Can you just let us out so we can finish up?” Nix carefully bent down and put one hand on the ground in front of them. There was a small tremor and the two could feel the earth around them loosen. Cerulean managed to wrench a hand free and pulled himself out before helping the fire mage out of her hole. The two dusted themselves off and looked around the room.

“Hurry up and get going. I want to get back to sleep.” She said clutching the blanket to her form. A question wormed it’s way into the archer’s mind.

“Nix, are you naked right now?” Even in the faint light from the candle on the desk Cerulean could just make out the sign of blushing cheeks across her face.

“Just hurry up and get out.” Cerulean turned his head as Sunset started enchanting the bookcase and desk.

“Where did you get all these books?” Sunset asked as she carefully read the titles.

“Whole bunch of places.” She said in a flippant tone. Sunset dropped the question, seeing she wasn’t going to get anything useful out of her. The two finished up and made their way out of the room and back up to the main floor where amber was lounging on the couch.

“All right, now that that’s taken care of, let’s find a place for you to practice.” He left the house with Lapis on his shoulders and Sunset trailing behind. Cerulean surveyed the streets and buildings. He soon made his way out of town and headed towards the forest.

“Wait, we’re going in there?” She pointed to the eerie rows of trees.

“Yes, barely anyone comes in here and I’d rather have you burn some trees than a building.” He continued down the trail until they approached a clearing with a pond in the middle. “Okay so what’s the extent of your control?” He asked as he stood in front of the pond.

“I can use plenty of spells with ease.” She snapped her fingers and a small ball of fire appeared in her palm. The fire ball grew in size and Sunset quickly threw it at the pond. The ball hit the water and immediately exploded and a large cloud of steam rose from the water. Cerulean looked at her with a blank expression on his face and Sunset felt her cheeks blush in embarrassment.

“Clearly you’re a master at control.” He said as Lapis jumped off his shoulder and started to explore the clearing. Sunset furrowed her brow and crossed her arms. “We’re going to start with the basics.” He held up the spell book and went to the first chapter.

Cerulean then found a few dry twigs and stuck them in the ground in front of the pond. “Try lighting them, without turning them to ash.” Sunset rolled her eyes and focused on the twig in the middle. She closed her eyes and imagined small flames on the tips of the branches as she extended her hand. She breathed in and out as she gathered her magic.

She flicked her wrist and opened her eyes just in time to see three large pillars of fire encircle the twigs and the area around them. She gulped and quickly tried to extinguish the flames with another spell but the flames just seemed to eat up the magic and spread. As she tried again a massive wave of water came rushing from the small pond and easily smothered the flames. The kinetic force from the wave also engulfed the sorceress as fell and felt the water seep into her clothes completely saturating her. As the water slowly drained back into the pond Sunset let out a gasp and spat some of the water out.

Cerulean looked at the spot where the twigs once stood. Despite being dunked with a torrent of water the ground was still hot and steam rose from the blackened earth. Sunset parted her soaking wet hair and grunted as she made her way over to him, her boots sloshing as if she were wading through mud.

“What was that for?” She asked as her form started to shiver.

“To prevent you from turning this place into a crater.” He bit back a laugh at seeing her soaking wet form. “Admittedly I may have gone overboard.”

“No kidding,” She said as she crossed her arms. Cerulean cracked his knuckles and charged his magic in his finger tips. Sunset shivered as she felt his magic wash over her and pull the moister from her clothing. A ball of pure water seeped from the cloth around her. He pulled his arm back and the sphere of water dropped back into the pond.

Her clothes were still damp but were drier than a few seconds ago. She snapped her fingers and steam started to rise from her clothing to get the last bit of moisture out of the cloth. “To be honest I’d be a lot better if I still had my staff.” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a bright red crystal. Cerulean recognized it as the crystal that once was at the top of her staff.

“I managed to salvage this from the wreck.” She said as she palmed it in her hands.

“How did that manage to survive your flames?” Sunset shrugged as she looked at it. There wasn’t a scorch mark on the red surface. “Maybe you should get the staff replaced and then train with it?”

“I know how to use a staff.” She said as she pocketed the gem. He gave her a frank look and walked over to some fallen branches and used one of his axes to trim the smaller branches off until he came up with two long sticks. He took off his coat and axes before tossing her one of the long poles.

“Let’s see then.” He said as he leaned against it. Sunset looked at him with a blank expression on her face.

“I can’t just stick the gem on any stick of wood and use it. I have to attune it and there are several enchantments I must make. Not to mention the quality of the wood has to be extremely durable.” She held up the makeshift staff. “This will just burst into flames if I try to cast a spell with it.” He stared at her blankly.

“I wasn’t talking about magic.” Sunset blinked as she looked at the sticks and then back to the man. She took off her cloak and walked up to him with the staff in her hands. Lapis jumped up on the rock in the center of the pond and watched the two as the sun hit her blue scales. Cerulean took a stance with the makeshift staff.

Sunset held it out so three quarters of it was in front of her. “Do you honestly know how to use that?”

“Yes,” She said in a bored tone. “stick them with the pointy end.” Cerulean threw his head back and let out a loud laugh. Sunset grumbled and charged at him with the stick. Cerulean batted the stick end away with his own.

The next thing Sunset felt was her back hitting the ground as he feet were swept out from under her. Cerulean shook his head and walked up to her prone body. “Ow,” She groaned.

“Clearly you have a lot to learn in all manner of things.” He said as he offered her a hand up. She took it and got to her feet. The next few hours were spent by Cerulean showing Sunset the proper way to hold the staff and defend against attackers. He took a step back and cracked his neck.

“I think we should call it a day.” He said as he rubbed his shoulders. “Neither of us are fully healed and it’s getting late.” She looked up to see that the sky had started to turn a bright orange as the sun started to set. He retrieved his cloak and put it over his shoulders before Lapis jumped back onto his shoulder and sunset retrieved her cloak from the ground.

“How do you know how to use a staff?”

“I learned how to hunt with more than just a bow.” He shrugged. “Although I prefer to take things out from a distance.” He said as he pulled out his axes and put them back in bow form.

“How do you even string that thing?” Cerulean ran his magic through his palm and the runes on the handles started to glow. A string of pure magic formed from each end of the axe blade and met in the center. As he pulled back on the string an arrow made of ice formed. He let the arrow fly into the trunk of a nearby tree.

The arrow started to crack and it soon broke apart into frost that melted in the warm sun. Sunset looked at the impacted area and could see some ice left over from the arrow. “If you can make arrows than why do you have a quiver of them back at the house?”

“Because making arrows takes magic. I prefer to make my arrows beforehand.” He said as they continued down the path.

“Why not use a gun?” She was well aware that spell guns could hold several different types of spell rounds and were significantly more powerful than a bow and arrow. Cerulean let out a sigh.

“As soon as you fire it your position is given away and once all of your ammunition is spent you need to reload.” He shot several arrows in rapid succession on the same tree. “I prefer to be quick and quiet.”

“You certainly have some skills.” He felt some pride at the compliment.

“Pay attention and you might learn something.” Sunset furrowed her brows at the man as he continued to walk along the path. She discretely wiggled her fingers and a large tree root shot up from the ground just in time to catch Cerulean’s foot. He let out a startled yelp as he lost his footing and fell off the path into a gully that ran along the path’s side.

“Good lesson, now I now know how to fall with grace such as yours.” Sunset heard a huffing sound and saw Lapis spread her lips showing her knife like teeth. She couldn’t be positive, but Sunset got the notion that Lapis was smiling at her. A few grumbles signaled the man climbing up out of the ditch. Cerulean dusted him self off and looked at the two with a blank expression.

“Very funny Sunny, of course you realize I’m gonna have to get you back for this.” He said as he gave her a smile showing all of his white teeth. “What goes around comes around dear.” He turned on his heel and continued back down the path towards the edge of the town. Sunset quietly giggled to herself as they exited the forest.

The two made it to the house and headed to their rooms to wash up from the training session. As Cerulean peeled his clothes off his he saw several bright blue flower petals fall to the floor. He assumed it was from the bush he fell in when Sunset tripped him. He brushed the rest of the petals off his skin and changed clothes. The rest of the night was spent in relative peace and they all drifted back to their rooms for a night’s rest.

The next morning Sunset was awoken by a loud scream that seemed to pierce through the walls. She flew out of bed and looked out into the hallway looking for the source of the scream. A door opened to show Amber with bed head, her fox ears laying flat against her head and her tired eyes locked onto Sunset. “What was that about?” Her tone thick with irritation.

“That wasn’t me, I thought it was you.” Sunset said as she heard heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. A pink robed Nix emerged with a similar irritated look on her face.

“The next time one of you has a night terror can you please be kind enough to be quiet about it?” She hissed.

“It wasn’t us short stack.” Amber said as she rubbed her eyes. Sunset was about to speak up, but was interrupted by the sound of someone knocking on their front door. Sunset walked downstairs and opened the door to see Gale wearing a grey shirt and pants.

“What was noise? It sounded like a Wyvern’s screech.” She said as she made her way inside to see the other two women standing in the stair well. “Please tell me you did not just see spider or tiny mouse.” She cast her orange eyes onto Sunset.

“It wasn’t any of us.” She responded with a heavy sigh. Gale looked to the other two who just gave her a blank stare. A low screeching sound came from the top of the steps. Amber turned to see Lapis screeching at the group before bounding back to the archer’s room.

“What’d she say?” Amber asked looking to the draconian.

“She wants us to follow her,” She paused for a moment. “and I think she was laughing.” Sunset followed the dragon with the other three behind her. As she neared the door it slammed shut. The fire mage knocked on the door.

“Cerulean, are you okay?” She called out.

“Sunset did your magic go rampant again?” A shrill voice yelled out.

“No, at least I don’t think so.” Amber let out a loud groan and kicked the wooden door near the lock. The wood splintered and the door swung inward. Another high pitched scream echoed through the house as the door was kicked in. Amber looked on the bed and saw a form wrapped in the blankets.

“Get out!” A hoarse voice said. Amber frowned and ripped the blankets from around the figure. Her eyes widened and she collapsed to the ground as she laughed. The other three women walked in to see a thin female figure with blue hair sitting on the bed.

Nix was soon bent forwards struggling to keep upright as she laughed. “It’s not funny!” The woman yelled as she rose to her feet.

“I can’t breathe!” Amber wheezed out as she clawed at her stomach. The woman’s face was bright red and the air started to become chilly around her form.

“Cerulean?” Sunset asked as she bit back a laugh. The woman’s only response was taking the covers and wrapping them around her form again. She pointed an accusatory finger at Sunset.

“If you’re behind this then I swear I’ll give you an up close and personal lesson on skinning.” Sunset felt the blood drain from her face and took a half step behind Gale who was studying the situation with a quizzical eye. She turned her head towards the pyro mage.

“I swear I didn’t do it!” Sunset protested. “I wouldn’t even know how. Age and body morphing spells are way above my level.”

“How did this happen?” Gale said as she examined his change.

“I just woke up like this.” Cerulean said as he came out from the blankets. His once short blue hair now stretched to the middle of his shoulder blades. His shoulders were far less broad, his hips were wider and a pair of breasts were pressing against his shirt that now exposed a sliver of his lean stomach.

“I have never seen magic like this.” Gale said as she inspected his changed body. She extended a finger and poked his stomach making him flinch. He gave her an indignant look. “It is not illusion.”

“Want to make a full cavity search while you’re at it?” Gale frowned at his remark and hissed showing her enlarged canines. Cerulean didn’t flinch as he felt cold fury filling his chest. Sunset slowly stepped between the two oping to diffuse the situation.

“Let’s all just calm down.” She started before turning to Cerulean. “Let’s go through what happened yesterday, maybe there’s something there.” Cerulean recounted the events of yesterday to the group.

“You said you fell into a bush yesterday?” Gale inquired.

“More like a flower bed that I hope wasn’t Zecora’s.” Cerulean walked over to the waste pan and showed them the blue petals. Gale hissed and took several steps back as she yelled something in draconian and pointed at the petals. “What?”

“That is poison joke.” She said as she pointed a finger at the trash can. “It’s a weed that grows in the forest. If you touch it then it will,” She paused as she thought of the right word. “alter you in some way.” Cerulean stared at Sunset with cold fury brewing behind his eyes.

“I didn’t know you’d fall on some weird magic weed.” She said innocently.

“We’ll discuss this later.” He said as he looked back to the dark scaled warrior. “Please tell me there is a cure.” Gale tiled her head to the side and thought.

“Yes, but I don’t know it.” He hung his head and groaned. “but I know someone who does.” His eyes filled with hope. “Twilight Sparkle has dealt with this plant before, surely she knows the cure.”

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s find her.” He said as he leaned forwards and his back cracked. “Seriously, how do you girls deal with these things?” He gestured to his chest and gave Amber a knowing look. The brown haired girl simply shrugged.

“You get use to it.” Cerulean groaned and ushered the girls out of his room while he changed. The other three went back to their rooms and did the same. Lapis had claimed a spot on Cerulean’s bed and didn’t look like she would be willing to move any time soon. Cerulean came back down wearing a plain blue tunic and white pants. Despite his efforts, his chest made the shirt expose a portion of his stomach. He struggled to pull his shirt down, but he was scared of ruining it.

“Not so easy is it?” Gale said wit a smirk.

“I’m in no mood for sass.” He was so annoyed by his situation that he didn’t hear Amber sneak up behind him. The brawler looped her hands under his arms and gave his breasts a few quick squeezes. Cerulean let out another shriek as he was fondled by the woman. His elbow went back into her ribs and Amber let go.

Cerulean whirled with ice forming in his hand as Amber rubbed her stomach. “What was that for?” He said as Nix came back up from the basement and Sunset form the second floor.

“Wanted to see how they felt.” Amber shrugged. “Not bad, but mine are better.” He didn’t even dignify that with a response. He grabbed his cloak that he made sure covered his head and front.

“Let’s just find Sparkle so I can get my body back.” Sunset gulped at the thought of the indigo mage.

“I think I’ll stay,” Cerulean gripped her by her collar and ice slowly started to creep along the back of her neck.

“You tripped me into that damn weed bed, you’re fixing this.” He said as frost came from his breath. Sunset nodded and begrudgingly followed him.

“Oh I’m not missing this.” Nix said as she followed Gale. The group made their way through the town without incident, apart from Amber whipping Cerulean’s backside with her tail. He caught the appendage and started to freeze it before Amber ripped it from his grasp. They entered the guild and Cerulean creeped along the walls attempting to stay out of sight from the few guild members that were chatting.

Twilight was at her usual post at the front desk a book in her hand and the other taking notes on a piece of parchment. She stopped her motions as she saw Gale approaching. “Hello Gale, how are you feeling?”

“Better,” She said as she rolled her shoulders. “but Red Heart is fussy as mother hen.” Cerulean cleared his throat to speed things along. Gale narrowed her orange eyes at him. “We need your help.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow at the warrior. “It is a delicate matter.” Twilight nodded and gestured Gale and Cerulean to the back room. After she closed the door Twilight turned to face the two. “You still have antidote for poison joke yes?”

Cerulean pulled his hood back and Twilight’s eyes widened as she looked at the woman’s delicate face. “Cerulean?” He nodded. Twilight put a hand over mouth to prevent a torrent of laughter from bursting out. He let out a snarl and the air around him grew cold. “I can say I’ve never seen that reaction to poison joke before.”

“Please tell me you have the cure. If anyone else sees me like this then I’ll never hear the end of it.” He crossed his arms in front of his chest. Twilight nodded and motioned for them to wait out in the main hall while she went through the books they had at the guild’s library. Cerulean took a seat at the farthest table away from the front and decided to order some breakfast.

Across the way, Amber grinned wickedly as she approached Comet, Carmel and Thunderlane. The three men stopped talking as the brawler approached them. “Hey guys did you hear the news?” The three looked at one another and shook their heads. “There’s a new girl in the guild today.” Their eyebrows rose and a smile spread on the dark flyer’s face.

“Who?” Amber pointed to the gender bent archer who was quietly eating at the far table. “Is she cute? She’s got her hood up.” Carmel stated.

“Oh yeah, she’s cute.”

“What kind of measurements are we talking here?” Carmel and Comet turned to look at the flyer. “What?”

“Flitter and Cloud are gonna be angry.” Comet chastised.

“I’m just looking. Nothing wrong with that.” Amber held both he hands out and made squeezing motions as if she was groping something.

“I’d say a solid C cup and her tush is the perfect blend of firmness and cushion.” She said as she looked at the archer.

“You know this how?” Amber on gave them a wry grin. Her smile faltered as three familiar flyers approached the blue cloaked person. Cerulean didn’t look up as three familiar feathered annoyances came up to him.

“You new around here?” Endzone said with a cocky grin. Cerulean didn’t answer as he continued to eat. The grey winged flyer frowned. “Hey I’m talking to you.”

“Piss off, I’m eating.” He grumbled. Endzone reached out and grabbed his forearm. Before he could react Cerulean broke the hold and his slender fingers curled around the flyer’s groin making him gasp loudly. He set down his fork and looked up at the incapacitated flyer. “Interrupt my meal again and it will be the worst mistake of your life,”

His teal eyes flashed down to his hand. “Or the smallest in your case.” The other two flyers were about to jump in but froze as Gale snarled at them. “Understand?” endzone let out a wheeze that Cerulean only could assume meant yes. Gale then marched over to the group.

“We have what we need. Let’s go.” She said as she glared at the men. Cerulean let go of the flyer who dropped to his knees and gasped for air.

“Good idea, my hand cramps up whenever I hold something smaller than three inches anyway.” He flexed his fingers and followed the draconian back to where Twilight was waiting with a book.

“I don’t have the potion itself, but it’s easy to make.” Cerulean took the book and opened it up to the marked page. “You just need to mix the ingredients and soak in it.” He thanked her for the help and walked over to where Nix and the others were sitting, making sure to keep his hood up as Caramel, Thunder and Comet slowly backed away.

He opened the book and looked over the ingredients he needed. He grunted in frustration as he looked at the list. Cerulean was familiar with some basic herb lore, but he didn’t know what or even where to look for these plants. Nix took the book from him and glanced at the page. She let out an unimpressed laugh at the page.

“This couldn’t be more easy.” She said with a shake of her head.

“You know how to make this?” Amber asked as she crooned over her shoulder.

“Please, a child could make this. I have all the ingredients on my desk and I could make it in my sleep,” Her eyes flashed as she saw the pleading look on Cerulean’s face. “for a price of course.” He furrowed his brow and made a pouting face.

“How much?”

“Two-hundred bits would cover it.” Cerulean’s eyes widened at the price and his jaw dropped.

“I don’t have that kind of money.” Rather he would have it if their last job had gone according to plan. Nix just shrugged and closed the book.

“I work in favors too.” A shiver ran through his spine as the thought of being indebted to the greedy alchemist wormed it’s way into his mind.

“How about I cover your share of next month’s rent?” Nix tilted her head to the side and started calculating in her mind. She leaned from side to side and gave him a nod.

“Deal.” With the deal struck Nix and Cerulean went back to the house to cook up the cure from her lab. Two hours later Cerulean entered the bathroom with the vial of bright green liquid. He pulled his clothes off and was about to step into the bathtub when he caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror. He had to admit that he did look attractive.

He quickly pushed the thoughts aside as he filled the bathtub and poured the concoction into the warm water before stepping inside. Within minutes, he felt the potion working as he felt his hips and shoulders return to their normal size. His hair also receded to it’s proper length and all of his reproductive parts were back to normal. The archer would have to pay sunset back ten fold for this. He submerged his head into the water and thought dark, mischievous thoughts.

Author's Note

WOW it's been some time since I updated this one. Hope you enjoyed it.