1 Author's Note ~ Enjoy, Happy Easter~
~Stella, feel free to write your story, you should! I would love to read it! Please write it, I'm sure it's great, okay well best wishes~
Nosedive woke up finding his self unable to continue to sleep. He shifted in his sheets and the tumbled out of bed.
He walked into the kitchen, tired and stressed out. His brother was gone, and most likely not coming back. Nosedive felt so alone, no one there for him this time. He was living with a bunch of strangers, sure they all knew each other but they weren't his family, or his friend friends. They weren't his age and they didn't understand him.
Nosedive didn't want to think about it, think about anything. So he told himself lies, telling himself that it was going to be okay and it was no big deal. For once he believed his lies and was able to defeat reality.
Although Nosedive ached terribly he did not start crying or getting upset, however he did continue to plan to give it to Phil. Phil is never going to hear the end of this.
Nosedive walked over in the dark kitchen to the fridge and pulled out a beer bottle, and a cigar. He wasn't addicted but used them as a rare treat, or whenever he needed to calm himself. He didn't plan on getting drunk but just planned on getting more relaxed. Nosedive gazed out the window.
Duke being a light sleeper had heard the ruckus, although it wasn't much. He walked into the kitchen and found the teenager drinking smoking out of a window and gazing up at the moon.
"Dive what are you doing up, and when did you start smoking and drinking", asked Duke.
"Couldn't sleep."
"You didn't answer my other question, when did you start smoking and drinking."
"I just do it when I'm upset okay?"
'What is this kid doing to himself', thought Duke, "We are all going through the same thing he is. We're not doing stupid things! What are we supposed to do with a teenager that can't handle his emotions in times of difficulty? His brother would kill him if he saw him now.'
"Nosedive", than Duke stopped. 'His brother', thought Duke, 'What was I thinking? Nosedive is losing his brother, and so much more than that, be more compassionate! Do something!'
Duke walked over and pulled two items out of the cabinet.
"Want to take a walk?"
"Really? Now?"
"Yeah", said Duke as he walked over to Nosedive.
He took the beer out of his hand and replaced with it a water bottle. He took the cigar out and substituted a lollipop. Nosedive made no gesture of the transition; just continued to drink and then eat the lollipop.
"Nah I'm okay", said Nosedive. "It's too cold out."
"Well than back to bed for you", said Duke.
"Ah come on", pleaded Nosedive. "I already tried that, it's not helping."
Duke sighed. "You want to come in my room, and watch T.V.?"
After a brief hesitation, "Okay", said Nosedive.
Finally after a few cartoons Nosedive felt better and wandered back into his room.
The next day was a nightmare. Phil was being sent back home, which did not bring any happiness to Nosedive who blamed Phil for everything. No signs of WildWing were being heard, and no signs of his body floating around somewhere either. Mallory was snapping at everyone for everything. Canard was touchy and needed comfort which he found in Grin. Nosedive stayed in his room the entire time, refusing to leave to eat, or drink. Duke served him his meals in bed, and practically made him eat them. Grin, Duke, and Tanya were busy playing mentors to the world.
They had received so many fan calls it was sickening. Klegghorn had actually called and wished them best of luck, especially to Nosedive.
Nosedive by far had the most things going on, and was not responding well to company. Duke was able to get brief conversations out of him, but that was pretty much it. Nosedive and Canard would not go near each other in fear of pain and agony, but most of all harsh reality.
It was nighttime; Mallory had called it quits early, along with Canard. Nosedive however was still finding trouble in sleeping, although no one knew that for he had not communicated, or implied that to them.
Tanya, Grin, and Duke were exhausted after playing mentor the entire day. However they're sleep was soon interrupted by screaming.
It was Nosedive that was clear. However it was short, and it was over. So they all left him alone, by Nosedive did not enjoy the loneliness possessed by the room, and desperately needed a shoulder to cry on.
He wandered out into the hall and then into Duke's room.
"Nosedive", asked Duke. "That you?
"Yeah. Move over", said Nosedive.
"What?"
"Move!"
"Okay, now what?"
Nosedive scooted into his bed.
"Sleep."
"You staying with me tonight?"
"Yeah."
"Anything wrong?"
"Yeah you won't shut up."
"Okay one more question, why you come in here?"
"Can't sleep, didn't like being alone."
"Oh okay, good night."
"Bout time, night."
Duke was somewhat surprised at the whole arrangement, but mostly flattered that the teenager trusted him so. This was WildWing's job, not his but WildWing wasn't here and it was up to someone to fill in for him. Duke was grateful when Nosedive expressed his feelings of trust towards Duke.
Immediately Nosedive was sleeping once more, but Duke stayed awake watching him.
"You got one heck of a brother, WildWing", said Duke, "Wherever you are, you don't have to worry about this kid, no sire not with us right here. It would help though if you were alive, I hope you are. We all do more than you could ever tell. But that's life right? Well don't you worry about Nosedive here, we'll take good care of him."
With that said to no one, Duke drifted off to sleep too.
~Next Morning~
"Where is he", cried Tanya.
Duke awoke and heard scampering around and Tanya screaming. Soon the ruckus was brought into his room, as Tanya burst through the door.
"Nosedive is", she stopped, and sighed, "Right here everyone, stop looking Duke has him."
"Okay", chorused the others.
"What is that all about", asked Duke.
"We thought Nosedive took off or something."
Nosedive stirred.
"Nope."
"What happened, why is he in here?"
"Didn't want to be alone."
"Oh! Well that's making progress for you!"
Nosedive stirred once more and woke up.
"Hey Nosedive", said Tanya.
"Hi", yawned Nosedive. "Where am I?"
"My room", said Duke from behind him. Nosedive spun around at the voice of another person. "Remember?"
"Oh yeah."
"You okay", asked Tanya.
"Yeah, what just because I came in here? I just didn't want to be alone in the dark. Okay I mean without Wing its dark, and lonely and dark and"
"Nosedive calm down", said Duke preventing Nosedive from a breakdown. "It's okay no ones upset, I'm kind of glad you came in, now come you want to go get something to eat?"
In the distance the phone rang, which was soon answered by Canard.
"Yeah okay", said Nosedive.
They walked into the kitchen, and turned on the news. On the T.V. they were showing the plane falling into the water, and than talking about WildWing. Duke quickly shut it off.
"You don't need to see that", said Duke.
Canard walked in, his eyes were red.
"Guys", he choked, "Everyone in the living room, now."
They all met in the living shortly where they found Canard very close to tears. His voice despite his emotions was now strong and steady.
"I just received a phone call from Phil", said Canard, "They found WildWing's body."
The ducks immediately went to celebrate, but Canard stopped them.
"NO", he said, "You didn't hear me. I said they found his body, I didn't say he was", his voice drifted off, "Apparently WildWing had a head injury and drowned. He's dead."
The ducks registered the words of their captain. Then they looked to their youngest member.
"NO", screamed Nosedive, "This isn't supposed to happen!"
Nosedive ran off into another room, screaming, and crying hysterically.
The other ducks looked down aching for themselves, each other, Canard, but mostly Nosedive. It was Grin who broke the deadly silence.
"Someone needs to comfort both Canard, and Nosedive."
"I'm fine", said Canard, "I'll get over this."
"But with our help, you will have a faster recovery", said Grin. "My little friend however is going to have harder problems dealing with this. We need to be there for him. But also Phil, for it was he who feels most guilty. He is the indirect reason WildWing is dead, therefore he shall be going through the guilt trip too. We all need to be there for each other as well, we are team and we will pull through this hardships."
The ducks nodded, and agreed.
~Stella, feel free to write your story, you should! I would love to read it! Please write it, I'm sure it's great, okay well best wishes~
Nosedive woke up finding his self unable to continue to sleep. He shifted in his sheets and the tumbled out of bed.
He walked into the kitchen, tired and stressed out. His brother was gone, and most likely not coming back. Nosedive felt so alone, no one there for him this time. He was living with a bunch of strangers, sure they all knew each other but they weren't his family, or his friend friends. They weren't his age and they didn't understand him.
Nosedive didn't want to think about it, think about anything. So he told himself lies, telling himself that it was going to be okay and it was no big deal. For once he believed his lies and was able to defeat reality.
Although Nosedive ached terribly he did not start crying or getting upset, however he did continue to plan to give it to Phil. Phil is never going to hear the end of this.
Nosedive walked over in the dark kitchen to the fridge and pulled out a beer bottle, and a cigar. He wasn't addicted but used them as a rare treat, or whenever he needed to calm himself. He didn't plan on getting drunk but just planned on getting more relaxed. Nosedive gazed out the window.
Duke being a light sleeper had heard the ruckus, although it wasn't much. He walked into the kitchen and found the teenager drinking smoking out of a window and gazing up at the moon.
"Dive what are you doing up, and when did you start smoking and drinking", asked Duke.
"Couldn't sleep."
"You didn't answer my other question, when did you start smoking and drinking."
"I just do it when I'm upset okay?"
'What is this kid doing to himself', thought Duke, "We are all going through the same thing he is. We're not doing stupid things! What are we supposed to do with a teenager that can't handle his emotions in times of difficulty? His brother would kill him if he saw him now.'
"Nosedive", than Duke stopped. 'His brother', thought Duke, 'What was I thinking? Nosedive is losing his brother, and so much more than that, be more compassionate! Do something!'
Duke walked over and pulled two items out of the cabinet.
"Want to take a walk?"
"Really? Now?"
"Yeah", said Duke as he walked over to Nosedive.
He took the beer out of his hand and replaced with it a water bottle. He took the cigar out and substituted a lollipop. Nosedive made no gesture of the transition; just continued to drink and then eat the lollipop.
"Nah I'm okay", said Nosedive. "It's too cold out."
"Well than back to bed for you", said Duke.
"Ah come on", pleaded Nosedive. "I already tried that, it's not helping."
Duke sighed. "You want to come in my room, and watch T.V.?"
After a brief hesitation, "Okay", said Nosedive.
Finally after a few cartoons Nosedive felt better and wandered back into his room.
The next day was a nightmare. Phil was being sent back home, which did not bring any happiness to Nosedive who blamed Phil for everything. No signs of WildWing were being heard, and no signs of his body floating around somewhere either. Mallory was snapping at everyone for everything. Canard was touchy and needed comfort which he found in Grin. Nosedive stayed in his room the entire time, refusing to leave to eat, or drink. Duke served him his meals in bed, and practically made him eat them. Grin, Duke, and Tanya were busy playing mentors to the world.
They had received so many fan calls it was sickening. Klegghorn had actually called and wished them best of luck, especially to Nosedive.
Nosedive by far had the most things going on, and was not responding well to company. Duke was able to get brief conversations out of him, but that was pretty much it. Nosedive and Canard would not go near each other in fear of pain and agony, but most of all harsh reality.
It was nighttime; Mallory had called it quits early, along with Canard. Nosedive however was still finding trouble in sleeping, although no one knew that for he had not communicated, or implied that to them.
Tanya, Grin, and Duke were exhausted after playing mentor the entire day. However they're sleep was soon interrupted by screaming.
It was Nosedive that was clear. However it was short, and it was over. So they all left him alone, by Nosedive did not enjoy the loneliness possessed by the room, and desperately needed a shoulder to cry on.
He wandered out into the hall and then into Duke's room.
"Nosedive", asked Duke. "That you?
"Yeah. Move over", said Nosedive.
"What?"
"Move!"
"Okay, now what?"
Nosedive scooted into his bed.
"Sleep."
"You staying with me tonight?"
"Yeah."
"Anything wrong?"
"Yeah you won't shut up."
"Okay one more question, why you come in here?"
"Can't sleep, didn't like being alone."
"Oh okay, good night."
"Bout time, night."
Duke was somewhat surprised at the whole arrangement, but mostly flattered that the teenager trusted him so. This was WildWing's job, not his but WildWing wasn't here and it was up to someone to fill in for him. Duke was grateful when Nosedive expressed his feelings of trust towards Duke.
Immediately Nosedive was sleeping once more, but Duke stayed awake watching him.
"You got one heck of a brother, WildWing", said Duke, "Wherever you are, you don't have to worry about this kid, no sire not with us right here. It would help though if you were alive, I hope you are. We all do more than you could ever tell. But that's life right? Well don't you worry about Nosedive here, we'll take good care of him."
With that said to no one, Duke drifted off to sleep too.
~Next Morning~
"Where is he", cried Tanya.
Duke awoke and heard scampering around and Tanya screaming. Soon the ruckus was brought into his room, as Tanya burst through the door.
"Nosedive is", she stopped, and sighed, "Right here everyone, stop looking Duke has him."
"Okay", chorused the others.
"What is that all about", asked Duke.
"We thought Nosedive took off or something."
Nosedive stirred.
"Nope."
"What happened, why is he in here?"
"Didn't want to be alone."
"Oh! Well that's making progress for you!"
Nosedive stirred once more and woke up.
"Hey Nosedive", said Tanya.
"Hi", yawned Nosedive. "Where am I?"
"My room", said Duke from behind him. Nosedive spun around at the voice of another person. "Remember?"
"Oh yeah."
"You okay", asked Tanya.
"Yeah, what just because I came in here? I just didn't want to be alone in the dark. Okay I mean without Wing its dark, and lonely and dark and"
"Nosedive calm down", said Duke preventing Nosedive from a breakdown. "It's okay no ones upset, I'm kind of glad you came in, now come you want to go get something to eat?"
In the distance the phone rang, which was soon answered by Canard.
"Yeah okay", said Nosedive.
They walked into the kitchen, and turned on the news. On the T.V. they were showing the plane falling into the water, and than talking about WildWing. Duke quickly shut it off.
"You don't need to see that", said Duke.
Canard walked in, his eyes were red.
"Guys", he choked, "Everyone in the living room, now."
They all met in the living shortly where they found Canard very close to tears. His voice despite his emotions was now strong and steady.
"I just received a phone call from Phil", said Canard, "They found WildWing's body."
The ducks immediately went to celebrate, but Canard stopped them.
"NO", he said, "You didn't hear me. I said they found his body, I didn't say he was", his voice drifted off, "Apparently WildWing had a head injury and drowned. He's dead."
The ducks registered the words of their captain. Then they looked to their youngest member.
"NO", screamed Nosedive, "This isn't supposed to happen!"
Nosedive ran off into another room, screaming, and crying hysterically.
The other ducks looked down aching for themselves, each other, Canard, but mostly Nosedive. It was Grin who broke the deadly silence.
"Someone needs to comfort both Canard, and Nosedive."
"I'm fine", said Canard, "I'll get over this."
"But with our help, you will have a faster recovery", said Grin. "My little friend however is going to have harder problems dealing with this. We need to be there for him. But also Phil, for it was he who feels most guilty. He is the indirect reason WildWing is dead, therefore he shall be going through the guilt trip too. We all need to be there for each other as well, we are team and we will pull through this hardships."
The ducks nodded, and agreed.