Written by Monica

"Oh jeez…. Hehe, here," Draco said, and aimed her staff at Hebi, a jet stream of cold water hitting Hebi in the face, although it also put out the fire.

"Moons, could you take care of Hebi? I'm gonna go real quick to the village, tell 'em that they don't need to worry about that yell they heard…." XD And with that, still laughing, Draco departed on Emerald, leaving a somewhat amused Moons with a very pissed off Hebi.

Hebi turned around and headed towards the house, muttering to herself, dripping water on the way.

"When she gets back, she is SO going feel my wrath!! And it shall be with a vengeance!!"

All of a sudden, a small notebook materialized next to Hebi. Moons wasn't surprised; she knew it was Hebi's notebook of points for using good vocabulary. So far, Hebi had gotten 25 points.

Hebi, forgetting her anger at Draco, eagerly grabbed the notebook and added two more points. "YESH!! Now I have 27 points!!" exclaimed Hebi happily. She continued on towards the house, now humming happily rather than muttering angrily. Moons followed, smiling at how fast Hebi's anger diminished.

"I'ma go take a shower; may as well, now that Draco's gotten me wet…" said Hebi, as the two walked through the front door.

"Okay, I'll just clean up the water puddles you've left behind…" Moons indicated with her hands the trail of water made by Hebi.

-sweat drop by Hebi-

"Oh… umm… hehe, oops." '

Moons laughed and nudged Hebi. "Don't worry about it, it'll keep me busy for a while. Now go to the bathroom before you leave anymore water puddles around!"

As Hebi walked away to take a shower, Moons went over to the closet to grab a mop. She then began to mop up all the puddles.

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Draco meanwhile, was just leaving with Emerald, having explained the loud yell made by Hebi to the villagers.

She mounted Emerald and took off towards the house. I hope Hebi's not still mad at me Draco thought. It might not go well for me…. XD

Emerald soon landed in front of the house. Draco dismounted, and approached the house somewhat cautiously. She came upon the front door and opened it slowly, half-expecting Hebi to leap out at her from behind the door.

What she found was Moons, standing very still, in the middle of the living room. She had a mop in one hand, and was staring at the roof with a concentrated look on her face, her ears pointing at the roof.

Draco entered the house. "Umm, Moons? What are you doing, exactly?" she asked.

"I'm just listening… I thought I heard something coming from the roof." Moons shrugged and turned to Draco. "Guess it went away. So, how'd it go at the village?"

"Pretty well, I guess. All I did was tell them that there was nothing to be alarmed about from Hebi's yell, that it just came from us training. Why are you holding a mop? I thought the cleaning was done already."

Moons seemed to remember that she was holding a mop, and went to put it away. "Oh, I was just cleaning up after Hebi, what with all the water you sprayed on her being dripped all over the place."

"Oh yeah…" replied Draco. "She's not still mad, is she…?"

"Nah, I'm not mad anymore. It kinda wore off," Hebi spoke up, having just come out of the bathroom, now with dry clothes.

Draco seemed a bit relieved; Moons suddenly came up with an idea. "Hey, how about we do some REAL training now? We could sharpen our skills at our weapons and what-not. What do you say?" Moons had a twinkle in her eyes, and her tail was wagging; she was obviously excited about the idea of training.

Hebi thought about it, then said "Sure, why not? We could always use the extra training. And besides," Hebi added, looking somewhat evilly at Draco. "I never got you back for that fireball… hehehehehe."

"Bring it on!" challenged Draco, smiling. "Come on, we can go train at the Dragonian Training Field, it's awesome!"

Hebi hesitated a bit, and asked "Umm, can we eat first? I'm a bit hungry…" –looks shy-

Moons laughed and said "Come to the think of it, it's been a while since we ate. Sure why not!"

And so Moons headed off to the kitchen to see what they could eat. Hebi followed cheerfully, telling Draco, "Come on! Let's eat!!"

Draco thought she wasn't that hungry, until she heard her stomach growl. "Aww, what the heck? Food!!" And so she ran to the kitchen after Moons and Hebi. Moons was raiding the fridge, while Hebi and Draco brought down plates and cups from the cabinets.

Pretty soon they were enjoying a meal of leftover chicken found in the fridge. Moons offered to take a plate of chicken to Emerald, so he could eat also. While the three were eating, Moons kept participating less and less in the conversation, and soon began to sit quietly, her ears swiveling back and forth. Draco and Hebi soon noticed this, and they stopped talking too.

"Hey Moons, you hear something?" Hebi asked.

"Is it the same noise as before?" Draco asked at the same time.

Moons glanced at them, replying "yea, I think so…."

Hebi looked confused, and Draco told her of Moons having heard something while mopping.

"What kind of noise is it?" Hebi asked.

Moons looked over at them now, although her ears were still turning, listening.

"It's like, some kind of scratching noise… one minute it's there, and the next it stops…."

Draco shrugged. "It could just be rats. We'll figure that out later. Let's go train now! I'm ready to kick butt!!"

Hebi grinned. "You wish!"

Hebi and Draco headed out the door, while Moons quickly put the plates in the sink and followed them. As she reached the door, she hesitated slightly, and just before closing it, whispered to herself, "Let's hope the ONLY thing I'm hearing is rats…."