ORIGIN - Coming home.

Morgan finally sat down, heaving gently, having made the whole trip from Pisces to here. She set Simon's stone down and took a moment to breathe before finally calling out to her brothers.

"Charles!! Pumpkin!", she cried, "I need you!"

She hoped they heard. She was so tired she felt like passing out at this point... she just needed Simon safe in the hands (or rather, claws) of people she trusted.

@Pumpkin @Charles

Charles was up perched on the wall, roosting for the time being. He felt better when he wasn't on the ground, when he was on a small little ledge because then things couldn't creep up on him and, if anybody did try to climb up, he had a fast exit. It also gave him a nice vantage point of the places that he rested, making it easier to put his damaged mind at peace.

Morgan's call immediately caused him to flinch, for no other reason then a break in the silence causing his heart to skip a beat, thinking for a second the darkness is back it took Morgan its using her to get to us but then he calmed a moment later at the sight of her. He would be able to tell by sight if she was only a puppet of hungry, evil shadow.

He spread his wings and fluttered down from the ledge, landing in front of her and hopping forward, tilting his head. "Hey, Morgan," he chirped, trying to sound positive - it was his new way of coping, now, with loneliness and absence of most of his family - force himself to be happy. Not just look or sound happy but actually feel it.

But when his eyes glanced down at the stone at her feet, no force in the world would be able to stop that miniscule joy from slipping away, to be replaced immediately by apprehension and, oddly enough, fear. "Morgan..." he asked quietly, "what is that?"

@Morganite

he had been cleaning up his feathers to the best of the ability and horribly tired from using his magic so much. he loved his children, despite not having hatched yet, but it was alot to make them.

he chirped in delight as morgan once again came to visit, flying down along with charles to see her.

"hey, morgan, whats-" he chriped, but stopped at the sight of the stone in her claws. his throat closed up.

"s-..." he began, trailing off before he could finish the rest.

Simon.

@Morganite

Morgan sniffled and set the stone down, sitting heavily, "... Sora came by. She told me she wanted to give it to me, only instead, she took it to her den. Held it right under my nose and then stole him away again. So I stole him back."
She wiped her face and looked to the two of them, "She'll come for him. She might take him, she might attack- but I know she's coming for me. She's not the same person we knew, she's... vengeful, angry. Don't give the stone to her. Keep him safe."
The badger stood and nudged it closer before bringing the two in for a hug, "But I need to go... I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I-I don't know when I'll be back."
'If I'll be back,' she thought.

@Pumpkin @Charles

Charles stared at the stone in front of them, his mouth dry. That was Simon's stone. Simon. That had come from Hydra. Someone had went back into Hydra and had gotten his stone.

He couldn't help it. It was right there the stone that had once given his brother life. His shy, quiet little brother whom he often tried to inspire with imaginitive tales of the outside world. He leaned forward, gently nudging the stone and whispered, "Hey, little brother." But then his throat closed up and he found himself unable to say anything more.

He swallowed heavily and looked back up, eyes wide. Morganite had told him that Sora had left them, that she'd been angry and stubborn and she hadn't been able to persuade her otherwise, but he hadn't expect it to get this bad. That Morgan was actually scared she'd attack them over this. But...he trusted her. And Pumpkin. So he gratefully accepted her hug, opening a wing to try and give her a comforting pat back, for whatever she needed to do, and then pulled the stone close. "We'll keep him safe." He glanced at Pumpkin, hoping that he could help, that he could put aside any anger towards him to protect this precious little gem. Because right now there was nothing in the world more important.

He looked up at Morganite, worried. "But...where are you going? What are you gonna do?" A wave of fear passed through him and up his throat. She's coming back. She's coming back. She's coming back.

@Pumpkin