Sometimes, Anarchy Is Best ~~ Shadows

''You know, people call us evil, the villains, but really, anarchy can be quite noble.''

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In a cut-off continent of monsters that come in every way, shape, and form, it's not so surprising some of the humans have evolved to have some animalistic features, passed down through their very DNA. Like if you're a bat hybrid, you might be blind, but have amazing hearing and the unique ability to echolocate. Or if you're a fox hybrid, you have fox ears and tail, and are eternally called a furry.

Rune was a happy kid, raised by her father to one day take over the nation that was so clearly better than all the others. That was, until her uncle mysteriously disappeared, leaving his location with her and only her. And then, only two years later, an election is rigged by her brother, putting Rune's father not only out of office, but out of a home as Carson chases him and the previous vice president, Rune's other uncle, out and she gets imprisoned and tortured for another two years for information she can't give.

Alastair was a terrible leader, and he knew it. No matter how he was reassured by his friends, he knew he'd never be Dio. More than anything, he wanted his mentor back. His days are spent trying to protect and hide the only people on this earth he cares for, including his best friends, Ewe and Gray, and Archer, the only person he'd ever gone against direct orders for. They were everything to him, and if he dared fail in his single purpose of protecting them, he didn't know if he'd be able to live with himself.

So when things fall into place all at once, Rune needing protection and Alastair being the only one who can provide it, it forces a plan into motion that Alastair had been avoiding. A plan that risked everything, and forced memories and secrets alike to be unearthed and brought to the surface in a mess of chaos and betrayal and confusion that none of them were sure they could handle.

But hey, no one dies with no regrets.