Chapter 6 is here! On with the chapter!
Chapter 6
*Jonathan's POV*
"So only two of the Guardians remain, right?" I asked Joanna as we arrived at Rainbow Canyon.
"Yes." Joanna said. "Banette and Dina are the last two."
"Shouldn't be too hard to find two more people…" I mumbled.
"Banette is actually not human." Joanna explained. "She has the ability to transform into a human, but she's actually half dragon, half cat. Her human form has dragon wings similar to mine."
I raised an eyebrow. "And just how did that happen?" I asked.
"Don't ask me…" Joanna sighed.
"Is that her?" I asked, pointing to a girl on top of one of the cliffs. A closer look revealed that she was wearing a Guardian outfit, confirming my suspicions about who she was. She also had a robotic right arm and black wings on her back.
"Something's wrong." Joanna said. "To be able to fly away, she needs to have her wings spread already at that altitude. She looks like she's going to jump, and if she does, she won't make it."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Either she's going to pull a crazy stunt, she miscalculated the distance, or she's trying to kill herself." Joanna said. "We better hope it's not the third one."
"Should we stop her?" Argis asked.
Just then, Banette fell forward off of the cliff, not even trying to save herself.
"Yes, go!" Joanna shouted. I spread my wings and took off, using a brief lightning dash to speed up. I saw Argis and Joanna flying next to me, and I sped up to catch her. Argis stopped and created a column of air below Banette to slow her fall while me and Joanna flew over to her, grabbed her arms, and flew back to the others.
"Why…?" she asked. "Why did you save me…?"
"You are Banette the Earth Guardian, right?" Joanna asked.
"Wait… Joanna?!" Banette shouted. She then jumped up and hugged Joanna, much to our surprise. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be protecting our home?"
"I screwed up a spell and was sent here with no way back…" Joanna said. "We need to find Dina and get back there."
"Dina is at my friend Selena's house." Banette said. "Let's go get her."
"Quick question…" I said. "Why were you trying to kill yourself?"
"Personal issues…" she replied. "It's none of your concern…"
"Oh, this is Jonathan, the Lightning Guardian, by the way…" Joanna said with a strange look on her face. It almost looked like she was ashamed about forgetting to introduce me, but I knew there was more to it.
"Is something wrong, Joanna?" I asked.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"You just… nevermind, let's go." I said.
"I just what?" she asked.
"You looked a little embarrassed… I was wondering why is all." I said with a sigh.
"Don't worry about it." she said. "I'm fine."
"But then why am I the only one you introduced to her?" I asked.
"Sorry…" she said with a slight blush that quickly faded before introducing Banette to Kelli, Argis, and Lacunae.
"We'll have to get Dina tomorrow…" Banette said after looking at her phone. "She just left without telling Selena where she was going."
"It's getting late anyways." Joanna said. "We should head home."
"Where are Kelli, Lacunae, Argis and Banette going to stay?" I asked. "There's only the two rooms…"
"Well, I'll stay at Selena's." Banette said. "I can probably take one of the others with me too if you want."
"One of us can sleep on the couch, but even if we do that, we'll still be unable to have a place for one of us." I said.
"What if two of us stayed in the same room?" Joanna asked.
"That might work…" I said. "But who would be willing to do that?"
"I'd prefer to sleep on the couch, personally…" Argis said.
"I'll go with Banette." Lacunae said.
"I guess I'll go with the other three." Kelli said. "Now we just need to figure out who will be together…"
"Um… I have an idea…" Joanna said nervously with a very slight blush.
"Um… I think I know what your plan is, and I don't know if it's the best idea…" I said.
"What do you think my idea was?" Joanna asked.
"For the two of us to be together for the night…" I said, also starting to blush at the thought.
She was silent for a moment, her blush intensifying, then she spoke up again. "Yes…" she said. "That was my idea…"
"Erm… There's only one bed in each room…" I said.
"I am aware of this." Joanna replied. "But two of us will have to sleep in the same bed, and although I don't really care for the idea too much, but we don't have too much of a choice…"
"Fine…" I said. "Let's go."
With that, Banette took Lacunae to her home, Kelli, Argis, Joanna and I went to my house, and we all went to our rooms for the night. Argis slept on the couch, Kelli slept in the guest room, and me and Joanna slept in my room. It was quite awkward for obvious reasons. Sleeping in the same bed as a girl you barely know is quite embarrassing.
It's just one night… It can't be too bad… I thought over and over to calm myself down. It eventually worked and I fell asleep, Joanna having done so about a minute before me.
That's chapter 6! Keep reading and reviewing!