Chapter 13. Perspective.

'I can't believe it!' Raven kicked herself as she was dragged by her captor, 'I was beaten by a Void Knight and I didn't even realize it until now!' Raven struggled to break free from the ethereal, emerald-green chains that bounded her to her new master as she was dragged by his two minions to his study in the castle with him at the lead. 'Of course, It had to be Void Knight, a master of all forms of magic and hunter of Chaos. What's worse is that he is trying to bring order to the realm. I should have sensed him earlier, as beings have a unique scent to them. Now that I am bounded to him, the scent of Twilight is all that I smell near him. He practically reeks of it!'

Raven said in her head, but little did she know, Winter was listening on her self-abuse, learning a thing or two about himself that he didn't know about.

'Of course, it had to be a Void Knight. I wonder who is his sigil. The one to give him the title of Knight. I can tell that he is not as powerful as the Alicorn or even me, but what he lacks in raw power he makes up for in creativity of the Void tongue. His sigil must have given him all the knowledge about the Void tongue with a soul spell. Whoever that was, I want to kill him.'

I sighed as she continued to go on and on about the many ways she wants to kill me and Dexter, my so-called sigil. Out of boredom as we walked into the master chamber with a brand new king-sized, four poster bed made out of fur. There was a desk in one corner of the room where I had a few empty books and some magic ink to make more Tomes for later. I sat on the bed and watched as Tom and Yoko left the room, leaving me and the livid Necromancer.

I watched as she tried to break free, only to be clotheslined when she got to far away from me without my permission. It was funny at first, the way she tried to swear with a lot more, "W's"

"F'wor f'wuck sakes! Let me go,!" she shouted at me. I gave her an evil smirk. "I don't think Deus Ex Machina would like me to do that,"

She froze in place near the door while I listened in to her internal thoughts.

'Deus...Deus! The god of the Void! The ruler of Space and Time! That Deus! That...That's impossible! The Deus line from what Elder Lich King Burakkusanshain told me, never made a Knight! Who the hell is he?!'

"You know, I can hear you just fine. The link allows me to read you thoughts and to answer your question. I made babies with my Deus."

"..."

Her jaw dropped as her mind repeated the words,"Who, What, When, Where, Why, How?!" In her head. I continued as this was rather amusing.

"I don't remember what I did for her to do the nasty, but what I do remember was that she dropped off Azura at my door a few months later. Thank Luna she didn't have her powers. If she did, I probably would be dead by now."

"..."

And she fainted.

I chuckled and dragged her unconscious body onto the bed and went to my desk to begin writing the spells I would need for me to view my memories.

Steampunk walked through the busy harbor of Manehatten to her brother's place at the University. She finished her job to the White Claws without a problem and was going to be paid again for getting copies of the other scrolls that are in her brother's care. She wondered how much she was going to get paid. The last job gave her enough money to live the high life for a long while, but she wasn't one of those hoity-toity snobs with sticks up their asses. No. she was a ship master first and foremost. She was born on the sea and she will die on the sea.

She walked passed a fancy gate that leads into the archeology wing of the University early in the morning. She made sure she wasn't followed by the wrong ponies. She didn't want anything to happen to her brother, though, his beliefs nad hers were the same. She didn't like how the Griffins were being treated in the world. Steam was happy that she was doing something to bring true equality to Equestria and she was not going to stop until she dies or until the goal is reached.

She walked into the wing and quickly found the room that she was looking for. Inside the room was a minefield of books, coffee cups, scrolls and it was dark. In one corner of the room was her brother, slumped over a desk, staring at a few scrolls in front of him. She liked the chaos that was Lexicon, despite his docile nature, the brown stallion with a short, dirty-red mane, could destroy a room in a matter of minutes.

"Hey big bro!" she chirped as she tip-hoofed around the mess until she got to her brother and planted a long kiss on his lips. "Hey sis," he smiled, enjoying her incestual affection. "Need something?" he asked.

"Yeah, I just finished a job about number 10 and they have a translator. They already read and translated the others and need yours to finish the map," Steam said cryptically. The earth pony raised a brow. "I am guessing they want a copy and not the real one to keep the reds from knowing?" Lexi asked.

"Yeah, I also only have a week to get it to the blues, as they will be leaving Appleloosa to Vanhoover."

"Damn, so soon?" he grunted. "I have heard the hammer dropped but that time frame is, at least, doable."

"So how long?" Steam asked as she leaned over the desk and spread her legs open for her brother to see. He got out of his chair and mounted her.

"It should take a couple of hours, of course, after a quicky for my cute little sister."

"Than make it a long quicky," she bit her lip as her brother began to nibble her ear. "I don't want to walk for a while," she purred.

I sat at my desk, happy with my new tome that I made. Once I have some free time, I will use Soulhearth to view my memories to see what the hell is missing, but for now. I have a problem. Gilda and Gloria returned with a bunch of stuff for me to read. From stolen cash to names of supporters, I realized how bad the White Claw was dug in.

If Celestia, from what I could tell—If she were to get her hooves on these books and scrolls, she would kill every single pony on the lists. Hell, half of her supreme council is supporting the White Claws! I know she has the ability to see the Griffins that attack her. The reaction time to the train heist a week and a couple of days ago was discovered in a matter of hours, and the White Claws lost one-fourth of their power in Equestria. These guys don't fucking realize how impossible it is to fight her directly.

What's more disturbing was the fact that they have information that Fluttershy; tortures, rapes, and cooks Griffins for her animals! The sweet, innocent mare is a monster here, and I thought Twilight was bad! I can't fathom what the other Element bearers are. Learning that Rainbow Dash worked in a factory that ground up children to make rainbows was just as disturbing, but Celestia covered that up.

I broke my desk when I learned that Rainbow Dash killed children and enjoyed it. I don't know what Celestia was doing to the bearers, but one thing is for certain. If she is using a MindRend spell to influence her ponies to hate Griffins. I won't kill her. I will make her a true immortal and set her ablaze in a pit of Hell Fire!

Aside from looking over the structure of the White Claws, I got Gilda and Gloria to go about their days in sleeper mode to keep an eye out for bad blood that may or may not find themselves in the town. Thankfully, I didn't have to make up a story as to why they were there. Thank you Gason, for giving them the order to wait and spy on the Sun Tyrant in Griffinstone.

Back to the pain at hand. Tom stood in front of me with a straight face beside my desk wanting to ask a question. I could tell was because he was in sleeper mode and I told him to patrol the halls while I read the stuff that Gilda gave me. I yawned and turned to him to see what he wants.

"What is it, Tom?" I asked.

He shuffled in place before speaking. "My King, I would like to ask you for permission to pursue Yoko as a mate."

"W-What?" I said as I stared at him like he just asked me for permission to masturbate in front of me.

"I would like to ask you..." I stopped him as I heard him clearly the first time. "I know what you are asking, it's just, why do you need permission?" I asked.

"I am asking because you are the Master of the Solstice house while I am just your servant. In tradition, it is customary for a servant to ask his Lord to court a Hen of his choice in case our Lord already has taken her for his own," he explained. After which, my brain decided it didn't want to work anymore.

'Note to self; Check the properties of the HiveWill spell as sleeper mode shouldn't let him know he is a servant.'

"First, let me ask you this: Are you aware of the spell that was cast on you?" I asked

"Yes, my King. I have seen the error of my ways. I have realized that you are the true King of the Griffins. Gason says he has the power to take down the Sun Tyrant but in truth, he doesn't. I know that you will succeed because I know Gason will fail."

'That's not disturbing,' I thought.

"Does Yoko know?"

"No, my King. I believe that I have to be willing to go under this spell to know that it was used. I was ready to follow the true King if he should arise. That may have been a part of it."

"So, if I were to release you, would you stay?" I asked as I turned on a lie detector spell.

"Of course my Lord," he said, causing my spell to tell me that he wasn't lying. On the plus side, I can have another spot to use if I need it. I might as well release him for now.

"Dimitte Deus Meus," I said, releasing him from the spell. He gave me a confused look. "Why did you release me, my Lord?"

"Simple, I only have a few spots for people to be under the spell. Since you are being loyal to me of you own free will, it is pointless to have it placed on you. So, for your original question, you have my permission to court Yoko. Don't worry about it being forced, but if you get rejected, don't come crying to me," I said.

"Thank you, my King," he said with a bow and walked out of the room. The door closed with a quiet click and I turned to the bed.

"Well, that was weird. I wonder how Raven will react when she wakes up beside me?" I said out loud as I jumped out of the chair and curled up around Raven under the blankets.

'Ten Bits says she will freak out,' I chuckled internally.