* Slayer's Dinner Plans and Sinyster's Dinner Arrival:

After Malice had left Sinyster's room and flew to land up on the highest tower he was met by Slayer who was standing in the doorway of the staircase, as if he had been waiting for him. "Your Majesty." Malice said while giving a light bow of his head to Slayer. He walked up to where Slayer stood and the two stared at each other for a minute, both not saying anything.

Slayer broke the silence first, "So i had a little change of plans on how things are gonna be at dinner tonight." Slayer said to Malice. A smile coming to his lips when he finished saying this and Without another word Slayer turned and started walking down the stairs, Malice following right behind him.

They walked to Slayer's study and once inside Slayer closed the door behind Malice and walked to the left side of the room to where the cabinets were, he went to the middle one opening it to show a display of various different bottles of liquor inside. After looking briefly at the bottles, Slayer grabbed the one he wanted and closed the cabinet doors, he then walked over to his desk walking around to take a seat behind it.

"Come sit", Slayer said to Malice. He then snapped his fingers and had two glasses appear for him to start filling with the brown liquor. Malice took a seat in front of where Slayer was sitting at the desk and took the glass when Slayer handed it to him.

"Thank you for the drink, Your Majesty." Malice said while lightly bowing his head to Slayer. Slayer than took a big drink from the glass before leaning back in his chair to look at Malice with a slight smile on his face.

"So I have decided to make the dinner plans for tonight, a little bigger for our guests and decided to invite a few others to join us."

"Why the big dinner plans, Your Majesty?" Malice asked Slayer in true curiosity. "How do you know Sinyster will come? Vishious has not returned, as you're well aware. Do you think because of his absence she might decide not to attend the dinner?" Malice asked. His expression he held on his face looked as if he was thinking hard about something.

And after a brief moment he asked,

"Do you think he went back to his own realm,, Sir?" Malice wondered because it had been hours since Vishious had left the Palace.

"I can't say for sure but if I had to guess, I would think so. Tell me did Sinyster happen to say anything to you about why she's here with Vishious?" Slayer asked Malice. He wasn't a patient person and wanted answers, quickly.

Malice should have guessed that Slayer would've known that he had went and seen Sinyster but he was still caught off guard by the unexpected question and he was not wanting it to appear as if he was trying to be sneaky or withholding anything from Slayer, he cleared his throat before saying, " I didn't get anything from her yet that's of any use. But it does seem she dropped her guard a little with me and is thinking of me as someone she might be able to trust." He let Slayer know, " i will know more tomorrow when I meet up with her, I can tell you that it is obvious that Vishious does have something over Sinyster to have her to work for him." Malice said what little he had found out from talking to Sinyster just a little bit ago.

Slayer's eyes darkened and the smile he had fell. He knew that Vishious was using Sinyster for something but he couldn't think of what it could possibly be that Vishious needed from her.

He could only suspect that it had something to do with her black magic and if that was the case, then Vishious was up to something that could very well turn to be catastrophic.

Slayer figured that Vishious wouldn't be back tonight because of the Realms time dimensions being completely different. He knew Vishious would return though and that his visit in Damns Hollow was not yet over because of what he had learned in regards to Malice.

Slayer knew that he had to take advantage of Vishious leaving the Palace, this was probably the only chance he really had to find out what was going on with his sister; and for him to possibly be able to find out if she knew anything about what Vishious wanted and was up to.

Sadly he knew that time wasn't on his side in this but he had to try and make the most out of the little time he was given.

This would also be the time that he would find out if he and his sister were allies or enemies now.

He didn't reply to what he was just told by Malice and instead decided to change the subject.

"Tonight we'll be having Commander Beast, Commander Anguish, General Gruesome and General Grievance coming to join us for dinner tonight. So I look forward to introducing them and them finally meeting my little sister. " Slayer said this in a way that had Malice wonder what he was planning to do tonight.

" What's the approach that you're planning to use, Sir?" Malice asked.

"I'm gonna use this opportunity to try and get Sinyster on our side, but if she decides to stay with Vishious than I'll unfortunately have no other choice but to throw her in the dungeon for being found out as a spy." Slayer said in a eerily calm voice. As much as he did care for her, Slayer knew that if she was going to stay loyal to Vishious than she was a threat and to let her roam around freely would be too risky; he wasn't going to take that chance.

"What is it you would like me to do, Sir?" Malice asked. He lightly bowed his head to Slayer as he said this. He looked at Slayer with a serious look on his face, a look that told Slayer he would do whatever it was that he had planned tonight.

"I want you to keep being friendly and comforting to my sister, she has obviously taken a liking to you. I hope you are OK with that?" Slayer asked Malice at the end because he knew that Malice was attracted to his sister. The last thing he wanted was to use Malice like this but it was the only thing he could think of.

"Your Majesty, don't disrespect me please by asking me such a question. I will do whatever it is that you want me to do, and I won't let you down. " Malice answered Slayer's question in a offensive tone.

"I didn't mean for it to come out as if I questioned your loyalty or trust, but I don't like having it seem like I'm using you for this. " Slayer said to Malice, his voice held clear annoyance in it. Slayer didn't like how things seemed to be set in a way that no matter what approach he decided to take, he had to use someone to be able to figure out what his brother was up to. He didn't like how Vishious' arrival had brought a unnerving factor into his life.

A heavy sigh left Slayer as he raked his hand over the top of his head and down his ponytail, bringing his hair to rest over his shoulder and lay over one side of his chest. Slayer than looked back at Malice before saying, "Let's head down to the dining room and welcome our dinner guests. If nothing else dinner tonight should be interesting."

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Once Sinyster was ready to meet everyone for dinner, Loree and her stepped out of the room and started to walk in the corridor. Unlike earlier, when the corridors were empty, more people were walking back and forth now.

Sinyster didn't miss the looks that she was getting from those she passed, for no one new of this guest who was walking towards the dining room. And having a maid that they all knew, accompanying her. Only walking a couple steps behind this mystery guest, as they walked down the corridor, had many of the servants and other maids in the palace confused. They couldn't remember a woman coming here for a visit.

Sinyster was trying hard to not turn around and return back to her room. She could feel the anxiety building up and the fear of not knowing how Slayer would act when he saw her, made her want to just run and hide. She was slowly loosing her courage to go through with this and her steps started to slow down the closer she got to where the dininghall was.

Noticing how they had slowed down to a very slow pace, Loree asked in a quiet voice, "MiLady, is everything ok?"

Startled by the sudden interruption of her mental conflict that she was having, Sinyster stopped walking and this only had the maid run into her.

"I'm so sorry, MiLady I didn't mean to run into you." Loree apologized bowing her head quickly as she spoke.

"It was my fault for stopping abruptly like that, I'm not so sure about going to dinner like this anymore." Sinyster confessed her uncertainty. Loree could clearly hear In Sinyster's voice the nervousness and dread. Not knowing why Sinyster suddenly became anxious about going to dinner without hiding behind the cloak, Loree asked, "MiLady, may I ask you something?" she wasn't sure if it would be ok to ask any questions, as she was just a mere maid.

"Yes, you may talk freely." Sinyster said in a very quiet voice, not wanting anyone to possibly hear them talking.

"MiLady, does His Majesty know you?" Loree asked, hoping that she wasn't overstepping.

Sinyster turned to look at the maid and for a second the maid felt as if she had said something that she shouldn't have and took a quick step back.

Sinyster had come to think of the maid as someone she could talk to and didn't want to lose the only friendly person who she had met. She decided she had to tell the maid some things about her situation here and quickly.

Sinyster grabbing the startled maid by the wrist led her to the closest pillar for them to go behind to avoid anyone from seeing them if they were to be walking by. She let go of the maids wrist, telling she had frightened the maid by her actions.

Sinyster placed her finger in front of her lips, letting the maid know to be quiet. Loree nodded letting her know that she understood and wasn't going to do anything to draw attention to them. Sinyster looked around quickly, making sure no one was near before saying, " Yes, His Majesty and I know each other but we haven't seen or talked to each other in many, many years. He doesn't know that it is me who has accompanied Vishious here and might be upset once he finds out." Sinyster said this just above a whisper, so that the maid had to really concentrate so she heard what Sinyster said.

"Why would finding out who Vishious brought with him upset His Majesty?", Loree asked. The maid couldn't hide her confusion and curiosity about Sinyster's and His Majesty's relationship.

"Because well you see.... I - I'm His Majesty's.... I -i'm His little sister." Sinyster said this and couldn't hide the sound of awkwardness and shame she felt from her voice. Loree's eyes suddenly turned wide upon hearing this and she didn't know what to say or how to act to this, she would have never even thought that His Majesty had a sister.

Sinyster stood there staring at the maid waiting for some kind of response and could feel the anxiety build up even more with the stretched out silence.

"I'm not sure what to say, MiLady?" Loree answered. She was surprised to be talked to like this and wasn't used to being treated like this by someone who was of higher status.

She didn't want to discourage the lady who had openly talked with her when she was just a mere maid and had been nice and kind since the beginning. "I don't know anything of His Majesty's and Your relationship with each other but considering how you wanted to attend dinner like this, not wanting to hide behind the cloak makes me believe you don't want His Majesty to not know you're here and want to see Him. Otherwise, you wouldn't be nervous." Loree said this in a soft supportive voice and offered an encouraging smile to Sinyster. "So, I think that you're making the right choice in going to dinner without wearing the cloak. I believe that His Majesty will be surprised and happy to see His little sister again."

Sinyster appreciated having the maid with her, " Thank you, Loree." Sinyster said and quickly hugged Loree for a brief second.

"Let's get you to the dininghall, so you can enjoy dinner tonight with your brother, MiLady." Loree said smiling. Sinyster nodded and returned the smile to the maid before she turned to continue heading towards the dininghall.

When they finally approached the huge double doors made of dark wood, the two guards who stood at the front of them bowed and then pulled open the doors for both of them to step inside. Sinyster took a deep breath before exhaling it.

She took a step inside the dininghall, which was followed by another and then the next one. But the more steps she took, the more her legs shook. Her eyes had been looking down at the floor watching where she was walking to avoid looking at anyone for a bit so she could calm her nerves.