Fate (~Alternate sequel) DISCONTINUED

9

And with that, she simply disappeared away in a puff of purple smoke. I simply stood silently. No expressions crept upon my face, no words fell out of my mouth.
"Black?" Ebony touched my hand, slowly pulling me down back to the ground "Come on baby, speak to me."
My voice cracked.
"She's going to kill me."
"Don't speak like-"
"It's true though. Didn't you see how weak I was in comparison to her now?"
"You haven't had any need to fight for a while- you're just rusty. That's all."
"I shouldn't get rusty. I'm old, but not that old."
She chuckled quietly at me "I forgot I was dating an actual fossil."
I grinned playfully "How rude of you!"
She pulled me closer into a hug and whispered into my ear "You know I'm only joking."
"I know." I mumbled, smiling like an idiot.
"Can I take you back to the castle now? Since I saved your ass?"
I nodded, letting her teleport us back into my throne room where Coyote, Ralph and Wentworth were waiting, looking quite stressed.
"Black, are you okay?" Ralph jogged up to Ebony and I, looking at how I was still clinging to her arms, despite being back.
"I- Lilith ran into her in an alleyway." Ebony started,
but of course I butted in, still not moving. "And she beat me to a pulp, and almost killed me. If it wasn't for Ebony she'd probably be fighting her for her Empress position. So," I moved my head to look at Coyote "I'm only saying this once, but you were right. Fighting her isn't going to fix anything."

Coyote chuckled "That took gut coming from you. But I do only have one thing to ask."
I unlatched myself from Ebony and glanced at Coyote "yeah?"
"How does it feel knowing you have bruises on your neck that haven't come from Ebony?" He burst into laughter, and even Ralph and Wentworth had a small chuckle.
"I'm so going to kill you Coy."
"Eh, you wouldn't. You'd have no one to help you rule properly."
"I mean- I have a choice of Ebony, Ralph or Wentworth.."
"You'd replace me?!"
"Depends-" I laughed, and he gave me a frown, looking down at his feet. "I'm joking. I wouldn't replace you. Or kill you really."

"Good. Listen okay- we'll come up with a better plan to sort out the Lilith situation." Coyote spoke, but he could see my raised eyebrows "But not right now. We'll wait and come up with better ideas."
"Good idea." I mumbled

It made me happy that I could forget about Lilith for a while, if only for a couple hours, it felt like a weight drifted off my shoulders. For the rest of the time that Wentworth and Ralph stayed at the castle, we relaxed and simply just talked. It felt amazing to be calm. But all things come to an end- Went and Ralph left to their mansion, and Coyote went up to his chamber (the other end of the castle) and I was left with Ebony, not that I mind.
"You wanna go to our room?" She asked, lacing her hand with mine, giving me a smile, to which I nodded and gave a smile.
"I just want to cuddle all night.."
"Same here, not gonna lie. Today was intense." She replied, walking with me and opening the door for me.
"I mean- I do wanna cuddle but I'm so not wearing pj's. It's too fucking hot in the underworld." I laughed, pulling my top over my head and unbuttoning my bottoms
"You're an idiot." Ebony laughed but walked over and kissed me softly. Kissing her back I laughed and smiled "I love you, you know that right?"
"Of course. I love you too." She has also by this time decided to strip herself of her clothes and pressed her body to mine "Let's go to bed before we start anything." She chuckled, pulling me into bed. I wrapped my arms around her and gave her a passionate kiss before resting her head on my chest.

I woke up with no one beside me. Which was odd, considering normally Ebony was the one that slept in for extra rest.. I stretched my arms out, pushing the covers off of me. And I was fine, until I realised something.

Had I shape-shifted in my sleep?