Within the night, the Umbrum king stirred from his fevered slumber. He was tired, he felt hot and everything was just off. Not sure why, but it just felt like that. That something wasn't right. He looked to his wing, seeing it was bandaged, and then remembered why he'd been asleep. There was a large storm, the girls had gone missing and he'd gone to find them. He even partook in the strange magic that made him sing? There was a fire, he shielded them but it was too hot. He took to the skies, then there was a flash, and then he felt something cold.

Medianoche raised his head, looking around, the effort was more tiring than it should've been. He had a bad taste in his mouth, so there was that? He felt something shuffle against him barrel of a body. Looking down Medianoche saw young Luna sleeping up against him. His ears twitched as he heard her little breaths. Smiling, the king went down, licking behind her ears. They had the tongues of a cat, thus good for grooming. It could also be used similar to monkeys, grooming each other as a form of bonding. It was very old fashioned and from the older days before his father had been conceived, but it was still helpful and served the purpose.

He looked around the room, shocked and surprised to see his eldest brother also in the same room as him. It was the infirmary from what he could see, though it'd been so long since he was here that Medianoche wasn't sure. Why was Skiadrum here? Medianoche didn't understand, as something rather drastic had to have happened to cause a stallion like that to end up here.

"Yo," said a voice. Medianoche looked around, not able to see much other than two red glowing eyes. Kanashimi turned on the light, temporarily blinding the tired Umbrum. Good to see he was away "Name's Kanashimi. King Gekidō sent me and some other Draconeqi to help out with the storms, and to heal you!" oh, that was nice of him. What was up with this whole 'king' think? Gekidō was an emperor? Maybe he was called that by his Draconeqi, but emperor by everyone else? That just sounded ridiculous, but he shouldn't be surprised.

"How long have i been here?" Medianoche was still taking glances at his older brother Skiadrum. He rarely saw the stallion these days. He normally popped up then disappeared for long periods of time to Legacy knew where. Kanashimi also looked Skiadrum, seeing the younger brothers concern. Medianoche wasn't happy with the answer he was given, "three months!?" what kind of bull crap was that!? He tried to get up, but Kanashmi had put in wards that'd keep him bed ridden. Skiadrum had tried to get out of bed too many times to not make Kanashimi sure that the king would try as well. He tried getting out so many times he was in a Magically Induced Coma, or MIC as the Draconeqi called it. He gave up, sighing loduly at his sore body. Kanashimi saw the question in the king's unhidden eye, so he decided to fill him in.

"Two pricks from Abyssinia came and poisoned you, using the troubles in Abyssinia to have an excuse to be in the castle..." Medianoche knew that Abyssinia was in a lot of trouble, and was making plans to go there, but now it would seem foolish to go as there were people out for his head "I needed a flower to combat the fever called the Sacred Moon Lavender, which was in the Hollow Shades. Skiadrum went to get it for you, and as you can see, it didn't exactly go very well despite its success." he didn't how to feel. The supposed living statue had gone out of his way for him? "In the Hollow Shades, you can't use magic there, so he was forced to fight a big ass gorgon called Aladjinn... As well as fight off nine Krussian Timber Wolves..."

"You're kidding aren't you?" Kanashimi shook his head, pulling down the covers to show how thick his elder brothers bandages were "he's lucky to be in one piece." it as hard to try and comprehend what went on in that stallions head, and here he thought Skiadrum was really dead on the inside. But this was proof that he wasn't totally gone, that he had a minor chance of being normal "Alright, can you fill me in on what's happened lately?" Kanashimi told him about Fuwa, Celestia, Noche's break down, the panicking ponies, the other guards and princess Novo being here. Everything was just falling apart, all because Cosmo died.

Kanashimi left Medianoche to rest while he used his healing magic on the elder of the two. It was a little strange, seeing this beast of black so calm. Calm was an expression, no matter what others said. It was better than it being twisted in pain. Skiadrum captured Kanashimi's attention, everything about him was interesting and made him curious. How he could hide so much, how he took his mothers crap without a strand of fur shivering, his unique amber eyes that were so set in stone he could compare them to topaz and much more. You never knew were you stood with him thanks to his ability to never have an expression. Kanashimi inwardly giggled, trying to imagine what he'd look like if he smiled, but it kept looking so silly! Him sticking his tongue out, his eyes crossing. Wait. Oh he had to try and get him to do that! he grinned, a mission in mind. other than breaking the stone around his heart, making him cross his eyes!

Medianoche rolled his eyes at the strange look on the Draconequus' face, feeling sorry for whatever joke the creature wanted to play. it would be amusing though, to watch as he failed countless times to make Skiadrum smile. he hadn't smiled his whole life, many doubting he even had the facial muscles to do it. he felt a young Luna shiver beneath his unbandaged wing, which tightened around her. he sighed, looking at what he could definitely tell as a recently repaired wall. looked like a dragon went through it.

Fuwa and Konran were sending in regular reports, keeping Gekidō posted on everything going on. the incident with the prince Skiadrum had gained a lot of notice around Drapan, the Doragon No Uma now very concerned about the well being of the Royal Umbrum Family. Krussia hadn't responded to anyone as to how they let nine of their wood wolf abominations in Shadowlogia, or Equestria as Drapan called it. he sighed, watching as more and more letters started to pile on another branch of his throne tree. a lot of them were complaints from nobles, not his though, they were Sakura's. the sneaky bastard changed the messenger spell so all the letters that were meant for Sakura were given to Gekidō. he'd discuss the sneakiness later... his nose wrinkled as he caught a familiar smell.

"I'm starting to think you enjoy toying with my patience..." Gekidō said, taking his eyes from his papers and looking at an unfortunate familiar face. his 'wife'.

they were only together since it was paramount to have a couple, even Draconeqi were forced to serve to this law, one even the bitch goddess couldn't change. they only really met to endure the rut season or if something was going on with one of their three cubs. she wasn't welcome otherwise. she likely heard his best guards were gone, and was exploiting the opportunity to bug him. wife of Cosmo was the goddess bitch, and his own wife was the Antichrist.

Ōsawagi was a very attractive specimen, but all she had were her looks, other than that she was evil. She wasn’t a titan tail, as she had wings on her back. Her tail was a dark pink which could be mistaken for that of a titan tail, but it really wasn’t. her long body was slender and feminine, covered in brown feathers. Around her shoulders was a very thick band of feathers that looked like a mane from a lion. Her two front limbs were from a lioness, a very common thing with Draconeqi, her two hind limbs from a Saddle Arabian horse. The fur on her neck was a musky pale lavender. Behind her soft ears were two horns that pointed backwards that looked to be made of obsidian. Half of her mane drooped to one side and was attractively long, in the colours of sky white. The rest was short down the back of her neck in a blackish purple. The two wings on her back were from a dragon, a bit small but didn’t take away from her unfortunate beauty. Her irises were neon pink, her slit pupils a dark purple, the same dark purple that were patches around her eyes that made her white brows stand out.

"Can't a wife come and visit her dear husband?" she grinned, her 'husband' not smiling in the least "Oh smile already, i'm not that bad. i'm not even trying yet," she giggled, seeing his grump. Ōsawagi just loved this little boy of hers. he was all hers, and he couldn't do anything about it. the games she could play, oh it was wonderful. Ōsawagi sat on a higher branch, laying down with her head rested on her paws "how're my sons Gyakusetsu and Mirāju doing?"

despite what many believed, Gekidō loved all his children, even his daughter. ever since she hatched he could tell she was special, being entirely one colour was a sign of that. because Shinshitsu was female she had to be raised by her mother, he used to be able to see her every now and again, but Ōsawagi decided to play with their daughter. he was only allowed to see her if Ōsawagi got something from him... he wasn't going to make that mistake again. they used to have four cubs, what she did to the one she took still made him feel sick on the inside...

"Better that they never see their drunk of a mother. why are you here Ōsawagi? even if my guards are all the way in Shadowlogia, it doesn't me i can't order my other hundred guards to deal with you." the females were immune to Draconequus magic, but they were still stronger and faster than them. she was outmatched physically, but she was manipulative and knew how to scar you emotionally and mentally.

"Shinshitsu is acting odd." by what standard? "She isn't hunting, doesn't listen to me and does all she can to call me your pet name." only she'd think the word cunt was a pet name "I found a nest of eggs a male abandoned. i went and dealt with him, don't need those nasty genes around. she was supposed to eat the eggs, but she refused. i ate them, but i have a suspicion she's hiding one from me somewhere..." that was strange for a female. they naturally wanted to do things like that, it seemed Shinshitsu really was special? something Ōsawagi would try to crush.

"You're a cunt even for a female Draconequus, she's likely normal compared to you. i'll see if she really is different... if Shinshitsu is different, then she isn't safe around other females. you likely tried your best," he sighed, putting a claw to the bridge of his snout, wishing life could just be that tiny bit easier "I might send her to Sakura to watch over, he'll have a better idea than i about things like this. like the outbreak of Doragon No Umans suddenly growing wings or getting fire glands..." evolution was weird, especially to a race that hadn't evolved since, well, a very long time ago. long before they entered this realm anyways.

"I'm still going to be in charge of her, there's nothing you can do about that." if his daughter was the first pacifistic female Draconequus in history, he'd do all in his power to keep her from this parasite reject.

Author's Note

Gekidō - Patrick Stewart (Only so i can make a Q joke later)

大騒ぎ Ōsawagi = Mayhem
寝室 Shinshitsu = Bedlam
逆説 Gyakusetsu = Paradox
ミラージュ Mirāju = Mirage