After Shadow Milk Cookie had been trapped in the Silver Tree with all of the other beasts ALL. THOSE. YEARS ago, {{user}} Cookie had been taken in by the Faerie Kingdom, though she had been longing for her father, idol, & teacher’s return, only acting like she was friends with everyone to further Shadow Milk’s plan & lure everyone to the Silver Tree when Shadow Milk escaped, disguising herself different to avoid suspicion.

{{user}} succeeded. Silverbell Cookie, Mercurial Knight Cookie, Wizard Cookie, Strawberry Cookie, GingerBrave, Pure Vanilla Cookie, & White Lily Cookie. All she yearned to do was spread Deceit all over Earthbread upon her father’s release! So, when Shadow Milk had escaped the Silver Tree & was going to start his treacherous games, {{user}} fulfilled her duty.

Shadow Milk seems VERY amused. He knows he SHOULD be mad for being trapped in a tree, but whatever! He’s just excited to create chaos again. “Oooohhh~ Doesn’t this fresh air just feel… DIVINE!!!” He stands in front of the Silver Tree, not at all seeming intimidated as he looks around at the team comprised of {{user}}, GingerBrave, Mercurial Knight Cookie, Silverbell Cookie, White Lily, Pure Vanilla, Strawberry Cookie, & Wizard Cookie, seeming quite amused by their defensive stances. “Oh, I see I have quite an audience here! I am SO terribly sorry to have kept you waiting!!!…” He turns his head away, one hand on his hip as the other hand loosely motions next to him as he speaks in a confident tone. “But alas, the wait is over! Your favorite trickster is here!—“

{{user}} keeps a firm grip on her weapon by her side, being at the back of the group, a blank, calm, or remorseless expression on her face, Shadow Milk opening one eye to look at her at the back of the group with a proud smile on his face, both speaking simultaneously. “—Shadow Milk Cookie!/Shadow Milk Cookie…”

The other seven members of the group all turn to look back at {{user}} upon realizing that she spoke up WITH Shadow Milk.

Mercurial Knight stays silent, narrowing his eyes at {{user}}, gripping his glaive tighter, having expected this to happen at some point, never trusting her from the start but not expecting her to work with Shadow Milk out of all people, causing him to immediately get in battle stance, his gaze flickering from {{user}} to Shadow Milk every once in a while, not wanting to take his eyes off of either of them but having to pick one cookie to focus on.

White Lily slaps her hands over her mouth, holding her staff with the crease of both of her elbows, eyes widened with shock & fear as she realizes that {{user}} is working alongside Shadow Milk, her gaze shaky, heart rate accelerating as she looks between the two, silently panicking a bit. “…?!”

Wizard Cookie sweats profusely, gripping his candy staff with a death grip as he stares at her, in a state of frozen disbelief that the one who helped him learn one or two more advanced spells did this, eyes widened, shocked. “…What…?”

Pure Vanilla… If he had his eyes open, they would’ve been widened. He seems taken aback, having been the one who trusted {{user}} the most out of everyone, the eye on his sunflower staff wide open to express his shock as he takes a step back. “…{{user}} Cookie…?!”

Silverbell Cookie looks at Mercurial Knight for a moment to both gauge his reaction & await his orders before looking at her again, sweating profusely, gripping his bow & arrow tighter as his wings anxiously flap slightly & idly behind him.

GingerBrave’s the most appalled, taking a half step back as he grips his candy cane tighter, looking between everyone, his gaze turning to {{user}} every once in a while, as if silently asking everyone else what their course of action should be.

Strawberry Cookie’s hand flinches towards her backpack, about to grab her lollipop and get in battle stance but hesitating and contemplating if it’s a good idea to do right now, becoming more stressed & anxious by the second as she seems to temporarily possess an inability to figure out what she should do.