Sleep was sweet. So sweet. I loved it like it was my only escape from anything. Slasher had stared to bring Rue around more and more, giving me more time to do just that. Sleep.

It gets boring when the only one who knows you're intelligent isn't paying attention to you anymore.

"It's staring at me Slasher. Make it stop!" Rue's voice was so unpredictable adorable. I noticed she had a strange accent now, making me feel weird listening to her talk.

"She's staring because she's a human. She's curious." She glanced at me a smirk on her face as I looked at her, a slight look on my face that told her no.

I stood up and walked over, scritching behind Slashers crest, making her practically melt, and right behind Rue's ear and then went into the kitchen to get them some food. I grabbed some French fries that Wench had made for a snack, and gave it to the little one's outside the door. Slasher ate some, and Rue ate some as well.

They continued drawing and I snuck up behind Rue, a smile on my face. Her pinkish aura surrounded me and I was lifted off the floor and dropped face first into my bed a few feet away. A loud and whiney grunt was heard as I jumped up.

Slasher jumped down and giggled, and we were readying ourselves for another wrestling match. Medallion walked in and watched in horror as Slasher tackled me and began trying to pin my arms. I grabbed him her back paws and swung her in a circle and gently dropped her on the couch. Rue squeaked as I darted past. I pulled on my clothes as quickly as I could and ran outside, and climbed a tree. Slasher was a weak flyer, so that means I won almost automatically.

"AW NO FAIIIIR!" She swiped at my low hanging feet with her front claws, and I stuck my tounge out at her.

Now when Talon decided to join in on our little wrestling matches, it was even funnier when I beat him.

Talon swooped down and grabbed my arms in his grasp and poked and prodded. at the fabric f my coat, trying to get me to squirm and squawk.

"Thaat's right, squirm!" His laughter was maniacal as he set me down. I ran, needless to say, and he swooped at me, going to slash at my head, and I dodged, a loud yelp emanating.
I ran back towards the inn, kicking off my boots and tearing off my coat. I dove into the kitchen, and grabbed a frying pan from the cupboard. Talon was flying through to come and grab me, and at the very last second I held up the frying pan, and a loud gong silenced everything in the inn for a few minutes, and I opened my eye's to see the pan had molded Talons face, leaving a dent in it with his beak wide open in fear. He was on the ground, stars hovering around his head with little birds chirping away. I shood them off, and covered my mouth to keep from laughing. These Griffons were so so massive, and to see Talon stretched out on the floor in front of me with his body twitching slightly, made him a not so scary sight.

A leash was clipped to my collar and I was yanked up the stairs by Medallion, and I yelped as he did so. His eye's seemed a little red. I could already feel my bruise staring to form around my esophagus, making me tear up.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!" His voice boomed as I was thrown into the corner- rather painfully -by his magic aura.

I held my throat under my collar and sniffled, and Slasher peeked through the door.

=Slasher, don't watch! Don't loo-=

Before I could finish, a loud snap hit my side...

He had just whipped me...

With my own leash...

A loud cry came from me and I felt something warm dribble down my cheek.

"YOU CANNOT BE THAT STU-"

Slasher tackled him screaming, and I saw her rage for a second time. She was trying to gauge his skin, going mainly for his eyes. I picked her up off him and started chittering to her. Her rage died down, and her crest stayed fluffed defensively.

She traced the scars on either side of my jaw, and I sniffled quietly. She traced the new cut, and I flinched. She pressed her forehead to mine and her beak was down turned as she cried.

Medallion acted as if he had just woken up from a trance, and I saw his eyes go wide.

A black, disgusting oozy mess swarmed out the window, leaving no trail other than a screaming feeling in my chest.

"Creater forgive me, what happened to her?!" Slasher looked at him, a look of anger on her face. I chittered to her.

=Slasher... That wasn't him, it was something inside him. It possessed him, it came oozing out while you weren't looking!=

Her crest fluffed in realization, and she sniffled.

"Something possessed you... And made you attack Mikros." She was crying again, and Medallions ears splayed back. He ran over to us, and I hugged him. He cried with Slasher, and I nearly teared up as well.

The dinner bell rang and I sniffled away the pain in my cheek, standing up and carrying them both on my back. It destroyed my spine, but anything to make Slasher and Medallion feel better.

I set them down and Medallion tried to regain his composure, but failed to in time for Wench to see and giggle. I pat his head and he sat at the table. Slasher pleaded and begged her mother to let me eat at the table with them, and finally they let me, as long as I wore a bib, and my response was quick. I sat in a chair next to Slasher, and Slasher looked at me surprised. They all did.

"She's got... A lot of key words." Slasher explained with a nervous smile, and Wench rolled her eyes and sat down with Medallion close to her side, her size making him look smaller than he actually was. I noticed she had something in a bag over her chest.

Tonight for dinner was...

Salad

Steak

Peas

Mashed potatoes and...

corn.

OH GOD YES!! OH PLEASE YES GIVE ME!

Slasher rationed out my meal for me and I stared at it with the same look Talon gives me every day before dinner.

"Mikros, dinner." She pointed at the food, and I picked up an extra fork, and began eating the corn.

Everyone was eating in silence, staring at me eat my steak with expert delicacy. Slasher smiled nervously as she ate.

Half way through the meal, Medallion nervously cleared his throat.

"Excuse me everyone. Me and your mother have an announcement to make..." He clinked his glass and out of respect, I set my fork down to watch him intently.

Wench eyed every one of her children, and eye'd me last as I took a drink of water before speaking.

"Medallion and I have decided to... To get married."

I choked on my water, and Claws wings fluffed out and Talons crest fluffed up. Slasher had no other reaction other than eating.

"And..." Slasher spoke.

Wench glared at her with a small glimmer of amusement.

"We have a hatchling on the way. Medallion used his magic to... Fertilize it." Her face went dark as her wing fluffed out and revealed the egg on her chest held in the bag. Medallions face was red.

I have a secret that could top it, that I'm going to have to reveal soon before they get suspicious.

"The wedding's tomorrow."

I should have known. Please don't say you bought-

"And we got Mikros a special dress!"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Author's Note

She doesn't like dresses.