Ch.19 The Eggsaster - part.1

After Ruby and Midnight finish their training lesson, Midnight heads towards the M.O.S.T. club while Ruby heads on home to Grandma with Fang. Grandma meets Ruby on the steps.

Ruby: Hi Grandma!

Grandma: Good evening, Ruby. Enjoyed Sapphire's party?

Ruby: More then I'd expected! I thought we would just... I don't know, do something else instead of doing what we did!

Grandma: That's nice to hear... and training went well?

Ruby: Fairly well. Jack quiet as ever and Melody just as chatty!

Grandma: ... Ruby, would you mind coming with me to the Night Markets? I know you're probably tired from the party and training, but this won't take more than fifteen minutes!

Ruby: Sure. Let me just toss Fang on the table and I'll be right with you.

Grandma waited outside for Ruby while she dropped Fang on the table and dashed back to her. They both head together towards the Village center.

Ruby: Probably just as well Fang isn't coming with us... he ate a lot of sandwiches at Sapphire's party, he passed out on the way here... So why are we going to the Night Markets?

Grandma: I needed a few more ingredients for a new potion I'm making... since this is an experiment, I also needed to get a few milkberries just in case something goes wrong.

Ruby: ... Grandma?

Grandma: Yes, Ruby?

Ruby: I've been wondering... do we know who killed Sapphire's dad, or is it a mystery to everyone - not just the UnMythics?

Grandma thought for a moment before answering to Ruby.

Grandma: ... We know it was a friend of Sapphire's father, but we don't know who he really was... whether he was a potion maker, bat carer, or even a messenger for the Vampire Lord, we just don't know.

Ruby: ... Well, what DO we know?

Grandma: We know he used a poisonous powder called Sweetivy, mostly used by thieves, hunters, and doctors. Thieves use it for drinks, hunters use it for baiting traps, and doctors use it for medicine. But if an UnMythic uses it on themselves, they'll get really sick before dying. Sad, but true.

Ruby: So... he must've put some Sweetivy in Sapphire's dads food... but why?

Grandma: Unfortunately, we don't know that either. Whether it was for revenge, a command from his boss, or he just hated him. We just don't know.

Ruby: ...

Grandma: ... Keep Vampires close, and UnMythics closer...

Ruby: What did that come from?

Grandma: A famous Vampire poet in the great war.

After Ruby and Grandma finished shopping, they return home and into Grandma's potion lab. Everything seemed to be alright except one thing..

Ruby looked around the room in puzzlement.

Ruby: ... Where's the Dragon egg?

Ruby walked over to the place where the Dragon egg was suppose to be.

Grandma: ... I believe we've been robbed.

Ruby: ROBBED?!

Grandma: Yes. By the looks of things, the only thing taken was the Dragon egg.  This could be a disaster!

Ruby: But why would anyone rob from you? Your practically a living Vampire legend that everyone knows!

Grandma: Every Vampire knows, you mean.

Ruby: But why would the UnMythics steal from us? They KNOW we're more powerful then they are! If they took it...

Grandma: We shouldn't jump to conclusions.

Ruby: Fine... we'll file the UnMythics under suspicion.

Grandma: Well... the thief population has been rising dramatically for the past few days... maybe Midnight knows something?

Ruby: Midnight would never tell anyone about the Dragon egg! Or steal it, at that matter!

Grandma: I didn't say that... I'm just suggesting he might know something from the disappearance of the egg, that's all. And I believe you should get to bed, Ruby... You're starting to get angry at nothing.

Ruby: ... Yeah... I'll go to bed... good thing there is no school tomorrow.

Grandma: How come?

Ruby: I don't know! UnMythics are strange like that, I guess... They tell you to go to school, then after a while they tell you to take a day off.

And so saying so, Ruby headed up towards her room to bed. She fell asleep in the next few seconds.