The King's Remorse

All Twelve Constellations... And Lupus?

"Get what?" Illusions flicker in front of Ky as he listens to his brother.

"Follow me. I can find the spawning point for the new Midnight Wolves."

"What do you get?" Phoenix's words become harsher as he repeats himself.

"The illusions. I'm still figuring out why, but you need them to find the spawning point. I think it's some safeguard. Something with the power they hold. Maybe they're weaker when the power rolls over to the new Midnight Wolf. A time where they're vulnerable to more than simply the Midnight Tear. I don't know. That's the thing when there's only a new one every, like, hundred years. Or even more. So much to know. So much fascinating information. But what is it with the illusions. How to find the exact location." Ky's eyes glow with excitement.

He stumbles back a few steps, illusions still flying past him, some morphing together to form new ones and others barely remaining for even a second. He watches every one of them but dismissing nearly all of them.

"How's this gonna help? Seems like a waste of time."

"No, look. I think Ky's right. Something about the illusions. I might not remember much, but something looks odd." Ice's eyes narrow as he examines Ky's illusions.

"Arcane," I realize. "That rabbit. The riddle Clap figured out. You weren't there, Ice. But that was an illusion, right?"

"So basically the Midnight Wolves just create illusions, like you do, Ky?"

"No. Theirs are so much more powerful. Mine really just make the people think they're somewhere else. Other people, except Wolf, can see them, if they so choose to do so. Not everyone else can see the illusion. Something with their minds. But Midnight Wolves? They can completely alter the surrounding environment with their illusions, make a single illusion affect so many people. I don't even know half of it. The constellations... Each Midnight Wolf has a different set of constellations. If I'm remembering right, they can, like, animate them. Yet another illusion. My illusion powers are nothing compared to what a Midnight Wolf can do."

"Now I really wish I could remember."

"You didn't forget a whole lot with Arcane," Phoenix mutters.

"Um, excuse me, Phoenix?" Ky stops the illusions he was weaving to gasp at his brother.

"What? He was a complete coward! Hopefully the new Midnight Wolf is less of a pansy."

"Arcane was not a pansy!" Ky snarls. "Sure, he barely used his powers after he accidentally killed Freedom -something he never intended to do-, but he was never a pansy. The Midnight Tear? That... that was an incredibly heroic thing to do. Don't you dare say he's a coward."

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Just figure out where this spawning point is." Phoenix rolls his eyes as Ky shoots him a vicious glare.

I watch Ky as he resumes his illusions. What he's looking for I have no idea. Some flaw, maybe? Something that clearly belongs to Midnight Wolves? I've no clue. Ky's eyes are narrowed as he focuses intently on the illusions, eyes flickering across them. He watches each and every one of them before looking up and scanning the surrounding landscape. Realization flashes across Ky's eyes, and he starts trotting off to the left. His pace quickly rises to a sprint, and I accelerate to keep up. Phoenix remains at Ky's shoulder, moving at an easy lope.

"Come on, Ice. You got this." I look back over my shoulder, and Ice gives me a small smile.

Has Ky figured out where the spawning point is? If he did... Well, how'd he do it? What did he see in those illusions? Or was it just that he knows so much about the Midnight Wolves?