His Spider, Shroud

ch.14 A Game Isn't Fun Until You Get A Little Dirty

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I sit on the back of a horse holding on to a cat hybrid that has taken me. He says he needs to take me to get cleaned up then he's going to have to turn me into BadBoyHalo. I'm not sure if the cat hybrid is good or bad, his eyes are a strange scarlet and I'm pretty sure he works with Bad. All I can hope is that Friend can return to the castle to get help.

We reach a cottage just outside one of the main towns of Badlands and the cat helps me down from the horse. He then leads me inside to a quaint kitchen. Sitting at a small two person table is a man with bright red hair and sparkly emerald eyes. He stands up abruptly and hurries over to us.

"What happened! Who is this?" He asks the cat.

"I found him on the edge of the Lands, looks pretty bad so I thought we could help him before I take him to Bad."

"Alright, whats your name?" He turns and asks me, "I'm Velvet and this is Ant." He gestures to the cat and himself.

"Wilbur." I shakily respond. Velvet's eyes perk up but ant just shrugs, they probably recognize my name.

"Well Wilbur, lets get you fixed up!" Velvet gives me a soft smile before he leads me to a bathroom where he takes out a first aid kit.

After they finish cleaning my wounds and bandaging me up they lead me to a couch in the living room.

"Thank you." I smile at the both of them.

"No problem! Would you like a cup of tea?" Velvet asks.

"Yes please." I respond, so the man gets up and makes his way into the kitchen.

"So," Ant starts, "Are you Prince Wilbur?"

"Yes." I look down but I can still see the cats excitement.

"What are you doing in the Badlands? To be honest with you its probably not very safe for you here."

"Yes I know. I was just making my way through to get back to my own Kingdom."

"Then why were you walking, and all banged up?" He questions.

"An enderman attacked me, scaring off my horse." At this the hybrids eyebrows perk up.

"You killed an enderman by yourself!"

"Not exactly, a strange boy helped me out but he ran off quickly after."

"Do you remember what he looks like" the cat quireys.

"Umm, he was half black, half white, also very tall." I explain. Ant just looks shocked and he nods, but before I can ask if he knows him Velvet walks back in and hands me a mug of steaming lemon tea.

"Ant, are you going to take Wilbur to Bad?" The red haired man asks worried.

"Im afraid so, it would be illegal if we didn't." Velvet rolls his eyes but seems to understand. Living in the Pandora Empire means you have to follow a lot of strict rules and if you don't bad things happen.

So we finish our drinks, say our goodbyes, then we set off on Ant's horse to Bad's palace.

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The palace is more of a mansion then a castle but its still grand. The finishes are golden and there are mighty spewing fountains out in the front. Ant leads me to the front door then pulls on a lion knocker. After three knocks the demon opens the door with a grumpy look on his face.