The Truth

**(Diamond doesn't have a tribe yet so just imagine them as a navy blue Aerial Flyer for now/ Diamond is Non-binary/ Lobo belongs to Oakley)**

## Chapter 1

"Ruby! You got another letter!" Lobo yelled as he walked up to her room.

Ruby opened her door and snatched the letter out of his paw. She shut the door immediately but Lobo opened it and walked up to her.

"So uh.. W-We haven't hung out in a while.. s-so I was wondering if.." Lobo trailed off when he realized that she wasn't listening to him, "I'll uh.. let myself out.." Lobo started to walk away with his tail tucked in between his legs.

"Wait," Ruby stopped him. "You know Diamond, right?"

Lobo groaned. Of course. Diamond was all that Ruby would talk about. As far as Lobo knows, Diamond is Ruby's significant other. Well- he thinks. Ruby still blushes and they both still act like nothing ever happened. "Yes."

"Listen to this letter I got from them," Ruby told him.

*Dear Ruby,*

*Hope life is treating you well*

*I found a new place to live in and it's great!*

*It's a place where anyone can go to so they can feel welcome or happy when they're hated by everyone!*

*It's.... AMAZING!!!!!*

*I wanna show you so so so so badly! You gotta come see it!*

*Meet me at the King's Royal garden!*

*Bring a friend if you wanna!*

*Can't wait to see you, Love!*

*From, Diamond*

"Yuck." Lobo muttered.

"I wanted to tell you so you know where I am." Ruby explained as she put her letter by all the other ones.

"Can I come? For protection?" Lobo asked.

"Fine. But be nice to Diamond," Ruby answered as she walked out of her room.

~At The Garden~

Diamond glanced up at the full moon and smiled. They heard a snap so they turned around only to see Ruby.

"RUBY!!!!" Diamond yelled as they tackled her and attacked her with affectionate nuzzles.

"Okay, Okay, Okay, get off!" Ruby laughed as she pushed Diamond off. "Who is this?" Diamond asked as they looked at Lobo who was behind Ruby.

"I'm Lobo." Lobo said.

"Diamond. They/them and I'm delighted to meet you," Diamond said as they spread their wings and bowed as if Lobo were royalty.

"So what did you want to tell me?" Ruby asked Diamond.

"Oh yes!" Diamond said, "So you know how everyone hates me and so I ran away but some assassin was trying to kill me? Well I woke up in a infirmary and the queen looked like Pokey! She was hella kind and offered me to stay! Can you believe this?! There are so many other dragons and some are Non-Binary! Like me!!! I’ve found so many dragons who look weird, act weird and I think that you should come live at the kingdom with me!!!”

Lobo flinched. Ruby?! Live with Diamond?! In a kingdom that Pokey didn’t even allow?!?! AS IF! But... Ruby looks happy...? Does she want or o go with some random dragon?

“Oh- well- I’d have to check it out first.” Ruby said.

Oh no...

“Oh! And I met a new dragon!! You’d like him a lot! He’s cool and awesome and has a boyfriend and a Unigon and he somehow knows all about you!!” Diamond cheered in their happy voice.

“Huh? Knows about me? Who’s his boyfriend?” Asked Ruby.

“Buster is actually his mate! Isn’t that adorable? And yeah, he’s always talking about you! He’s been dying to meet you! So me, being my happy, helpful self- invited him along!” Diamond explained with a smile as if they weren’t listening to them self talk.

“Well where is he?” Lobo asked in a rather snappy tone.

“Right here”

Lobo and Ruby jumped when they realized that a dragon twice Ruby’s size was behind them.

“Oh! Sorry for the startle! Aww~ I forgot how cute you guys looked! Lobo, Ruby, it’s so nice for you to actually see me! Of course, I doubt you’re happy but oh well!” The dragon looked a volcano. He looked a rock with cracks all over. In the cracks were a lava color and his eyes were black but it somehow felt like he was staring into your soul... judging you...

“Who the hell are you?” Lobo asked the new dragon.

“You don’t remember me? You two, of all dragons- Wolf- things.” He spoke. His voice was deep and somehow echoed into your soul but it sounded so freaking familiar. He looked at Ruby. “You remember me? Right?”

“No.” Ruby replied.

“Great! I was hoping for this!” He cheered.

“Of course you know me- well you only know my voice.”

Lobo and Ruby looked at each other with fear in their eyes until the new dragon finally said:

“Hello, Ruby and Lobo. It’s nice to finally see you. I’m Pompeii.”

## Chapter 2

Ruby froze.

Pompeii….. No… please.. No…

“You-YOU’RE POMPEII!?!” Lobo screamed at the dragon.

“Yes. You must find that so hard to believe,” Pompeii barked out a laugh, “Ruby! I’ve been dying to talk to you!!!”

“Well get away from me! I never want to talk to you or see you or even think about you!!!” Ruby yelled at him. She then glanced over at his shadow which looked at her and smiled. Ruby shook her head and looked again but it was gone. “Hm..”

“Come on! Lets go to the castle already!” Diamond said as they grabbed Ruby’s tail and started to tug on it.

“We’re not going anywhere with him!” Lobo yelled as he pointed at Pompeii.

“Lobo… A word?” Ruby asked as she walked away. Lobo and Ruby walked over to a bush. “As much as I hate Pompeii… Remember when he said all that stuff about my dad not existing and stuff?”

“Yeah,”

“Maybe he knows some stuff about my dad… From the way he talked about him.. I don’t know.. I-I- just that.. You know… maybe.. We could go to the kingdom?”

Lobo looked at her and then at Pompeii who was smiling.

“But-But-” Lobo looked over at Diamond who was happily humming to themself. “Do you just want to go so you can be with Diamond?”

Ruby flinched and then looked at Diamond too. “That’s part of the reason,” She then looked down at Lobo who was looking down at his paws with a frown. “Don’t worry. Once we find my dad and who he is, then I don’t know.. Maybe we can finally go on that date you were talking about when we went to the dance,” Ruby then ruffled his fur on the top of his head as he blushed.

“That sounds good,” Lobo smiled.

Ruby and Lobo walked back to Pompeii and Diamond.

“Okay, We’ll go,” Ruby told Diamond. Diamond started to cheer and then nuzzled Ruby again.

Pompeii looked down at Lobo and Lobo looked up at Pompeii. Pompeii’s eyes were a blueish-greenish color. Suddenly a sinister smile plastered across his face as his eyes turned a purple color and Lobo could hear a distorted voice saying, “I know who she is.” Lobo then shook his head and Pompeii was back to Normal and the voice was gone.

“Perfect!” Pompeii said. He then grabbed Ruby and Diamond with his arms and then Lobo with his tail.

Suddenly everything went dark. It only lasted for a minute though. When everything went back to normal, they were in a new place. Nor Ruby or Lobo had ever been there before. It had tapestries all over with a royal red carpet.

“Well hurry up and find him! So help me if he gets out again I’m gonna kill him,” An unfamiliar voice spoke to the black dragon to her right.

“Pokey?” Ruby asked as she walked up to the dragon.

“Huh? Oh! You’re new! Welcome to my kingdom! I’m Sharp! Queen Sharp of the Changing Kingdom! Uh,, The name is a work in progress,” The new dragon greeted Ruby rather nicely. She looked like the female version of Pokey. She was a dark gray with a silver underbelly, horns and a gold barb. She had a gold crown that laid elegantly on her head. She wore a sapphire coated bracelet and a necklace which had an emerald on it. She had blue eyes and was a little bigger than Ruby.

“Sharp! This is Ruby! The one I was telling you about!” Diamond said as they pointed to Ruby.

“Oh yes! Now I remember! I know all about you! Do you know… Pokey?” Sharp asked.

“Sadly enough,” Ruby answered, “Why?”

Sharp looked down, “No reason. What about SizeSharp?”

Ruby paused so Lobo said something, “Uh.. SizeSharp died… over a decade ago..”

Sharp looked as she would start to sob hysterically. “What about the queen?”“Dead too.”

“Oh. I see. Well, I’m in the middle of trying to find Buster- POMPEII! Just the dragon I wanted to see! Have you seen Buster? I have a new magic test I need to run,” Sharp told Pompeii.

“I don’t actually. Sorry, By the way! This is Lobo. I’d figured that you would want to talk with him while I chat with Ruby.” Pompeii replied.

“I’m sorry but I’m going with Ruby,” Lobo said. “No, It’s okay. I can handle myself,” Ruby told him.

Lobo looked up at Ruby then sighed. “Okay.”

“Anyways, You’re a WingRider wolf correct? Oo! Tell me all about those!” Sharp said as she put one wing over Lobo and walked away with him.

“What about me?” Diamond asked.

“Go help Cursed look for Buster.” Pompeii ordered her.

“Good luck,” Diamond whispered to Ruby and then walked away.

“Why did you decide to come? Wanted to spend more time with me?” Pompeii joked.

“Don’t even. I know that you’re a psycho-murder dragon! I only came so you can tell me about my father,” Ruby explained, “You said that he didn’t exist.”

“He doesn’t. Your mother made him up. His name, job, reason why he left, and how he died.” Pompeii explained, “It’s actually quite pointless. She went through all this trouble just so you would never find out.”

“Who was he?”

“An assassin. Sure he killed but it was an honest living.”

“Why did Rouge do all this?”

“How am I supposed to know? She just forced me to leave one day with barely an explanation! But I had this whole plan! I was going to leave and come back the next day so I could save you from her!”

“Wait, wait, wait. Back up. You started talking in the I’s and Me’s not the He’s and Him’s,” Ruby pointed out.

“Oh yes… I knew I was to tell you one day,” Pompeii said.

“Wait..”

“The father you’re searching for doesn’t exist. I should know.” Pompeii started.

“No.. Don’t tell me..”

“Ruby.. I am Rouge’s Ex-Husband.” Pompeii started, “I’m the one you’ve been searching for all these years. I’m ***your dad***.”