"Faster, Garnet!" I roared, taking flight.

"Alright. Try to keep up, Emerald!" the red eyed dragon roared, racing in front of me. I stared at Garnetfor a while before flying after her.

It wasn't long before Amethyst appeared beside me. "Emerald's got a girlfriend! Emerald's got a girlfriend!" I clawed at her. I honestly had no idea who was more annoying. Amethyst or Mikey. My anger was short lived, though. Judging by where the moon
was, 5:00 was fast approaching. Leo would be awake soon.

I got to the lairat five minutes after. I thought I was home free when "Raph? Where have you been?" Great. Fearless was up. I had to think of something fast.

"Kicking purple dragon butt!" I hated lying to my older brother, but right now, it was the only thing that could protect me. Protect the dragons. Protect Garnet. After thinking about it, I realized that it was partially true. I had kicked Citrine's
butt ina race. The more I thought about what happened, the more Garnet came to mind.

"Raph. You have that look again"

"What look?"

"Oh, you know what look. Who is she?"

"Fine. Her name is Garnet. She's the most beautiful girl in the world"

"Aw! Raphie and Garnet sitting in a-"

"MIKEY!"

When April came, she held her laptop tight against her body. "Hey guys. You have got to see this!"We all crowded around her. I hoped that,whatever it was, it wasn't a dragon.

"What is it?" Donnie asked.

"This" She pressedthe play button on the screen, and my hope was torn to pieces. There, in the middle of the screen, was a dark blue dragon with black eyes. Onyx.

"Slow down, Emerald!" she roared.

"No! I wanna try to catch up with Garnet!" the other dragon roared, coming on screen. I gasped. The other dragon was me! I had let myself get caught on video.

"Give it up, Emerald! You know she's the fastest!"

"Garnet might be the fastest, but I'm a close second" the me in the video roared, and took off a few seconds before the video ended.

"Is there any way you could tell what they were saying, April?"

"Sorry, Donnie. I don't have the programming skills to-"

"Say no more! I'll have this translated by tonight!"

Once I was sure Leo and Master Splinter were asleep, I snuck out with true ninja steath. Or so I thought. "Raph? Where are you going?" I facepalmed. I had forgotten that Donnie was still up.

"Hey, Donnie. You know the dragon in the video April showed us? The red and green one?" My immediate younger brother nodded. "That's me." I cocked my head. "You can pick your jaw up off the floor, now"

"So you know what the dragons in the video were saying?"

"Yes. The other dragon in the video is Onyx. We were talking about another dragon. The girl I have a crush on, Garnet. But don't call her Garnet. Especially around Leo. He knows I like a girl named Garnet, and if he knows there's a dragon named Garnet,
he's smart enough to draw conclusions"

"So, what am I supposed to call her instead?"

"How about...Ruby. Now, I have to go lecture Onyx about being more careful. And Citrine wanted a rematch after I kicked her butt when we raced last night"

"Are all of your names names of gemstones?"

"As dragons, yes. As people, no. Can we please talk about this tomorrow?"

"Alright"

"You should have been more careful!" I roared at Onyx.

"You were the one who flew ahead trying to fly next to your girlfriend, Garnet!"

Garnet looked back and forth between me and Onyx. "Girlfriend? Where did you get that idea?"

"Well, I..um" I started, "I...really like you, Garnet. You're the most beautiful dragon I've ever seen. I love you"

"Well, I may or may not have a crush on a dragon who may or may not have green eyes"

"Would this dragon alsohave red and green scales?"

Onyx did the dragon equivalent of a facepalm. "Oh for crying out loud, Emerald! Garnet has a crush on YOU! BOTH OF YOU JUST KISS ALREADY!"