28 | Night Falls

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  "BEN!"

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  "BEN!"

    The VK's walked the halls of the castle searching and calling out for Ben, but they had no look. Fortunately, Dude could sniff him out. "Ben, could be asleep anywhere." Willow said, groaning slightly.

    "Or turned to stone." said Hannah. Mal was quick to wrap a hand around Hannah's head to cover her mouth before she could say anything else. Willow was growing more worried by the second. He better not be hurt. "Ben!" Willow shouted.

    "I got a scent. Very pungent cologne." Dude says, sitting at the end of the hallway, "Easy to track. Follow me, people."

    "That's great, Dude." Jay encouraged.

    "FYI, I give great cuddles, too." Dude added and everyone knitted their eyebrows together. "Really? I never had a pet growing up." Gil spoke up, "Well, except for the elk head in Dad's man cave but that wasn't . . ."

    "Hold up." Uma stopped everyone from walking. Willow looked over and there she saw it. Claw marks dragged along the left side of the hall wall. "What's this?" Uma asks, referring to the picture that was cut in half. Willow's mouth dropped as Carlos stepped forward and pointed at the wall, "Any chance this was already there?"

    "Oh, no," she whispers.

    "And follow me!" Dude calls out. He leads them into a room full of armored knights, used for decoration. In the middle of the room was a platform. "Ben!" Willow called out, but nothing. "Ben!" they walked further into the room. Evie turned to Celia and Hannah, telling them both to stay close to the door.

Harry runs his fingers along the blade of the sword one of the knights held. "I can feel you looking," Harry says, musically, to Jay who was definitely looking at Harry, trying to keep a close eye on him so he didn't do anything stupid. Jay stepped closer, "Good."

Gil crouched down and pet Dude, "So you can track, cuddle, and talk," he turns to Carlos, "Hey, do you think his puppies would be able to talk, too?" Carlos laughed and gently slapped Gil's arm, "Alright, man. He's taken. You want a dog? Adopt a rescue."

Dude laughed, "Talking puppies. That's crazy."

Evie stepped up onto the platform as Mal, Willow, and Uma walked around her. "I bet you lost some sleep thinking about me on the loose?" Uma chuckled.

"Nah, phoenixs don't really lose sleep," Willow replied and then stopped, tilting her head, "I wonder what fried octopus tastes like? I had raw and oh, my gosh," Willow makes a gagging noise, referring to when she bit Uma at the Royal Cotillion, "Nasty."

Uma laughs as Evie steps in between them, "Okay, let's not do this here."

"We're celebrating our differences." Uma turns her head toward Evie and says. Little did they know, Audrey watched them through the orb on the scepter. Suddenly, a knight turned toward the VK's and Harry noticed. He leaned into Uma, "Uhm, I believe we are being challenged," he says.

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