Chapter Seven
Questions...
Zatanna sighed as she looked up from her book and into the eyes of a gold dragon. Ever sense she found out she was able to hear them, they had started taking turns asking her different questions ranging from how their partners were doing to her world. Apparently now it was Alexander's turn. Realizing she wasn't going to be able to finish the page she had been stuck on for the past fifteen minutes, she marked her page before closing the book as she said, "Hi Alex. What do you need?" "How come you are in here in the library reading and not outside with the others?" the golden dragon asked.
"Probably because this is the first chance I've had to try and finish this book in the past month," she replied. "Please tell me it's not Twilight," he said raising an eyebrow. She laughed a little and said, "Trust me, it's not. But what do you have against those books beside the whole sparkling vampire thing?" "I've read ever vampire book that is in the library here," he replied calmly, "Vampires are not supposed to sparkle and act like creepers around teenage girls." "Yeah, he does at like a creeper," she said after a few seconds thought. "And don't get me started on the werewolves," he said as M'gann walked up.
"Hey Zee, can I ask you a question?" the Martian asked. "Depends on the question," Alexander said before lying down. "Sure. What's up?" Zatanna said looking at her friend. "I think something is wrong with Emma," M'gann said before sitting next to the magician, "I ran into her a little bit ago and she seemed like she was hiding something." "I know what she's hiding," Alexander softly hummed before closing his eyes. "Did you try asking her about it?" Zatanna asked giving the golden dragon a quick glance.
"Zee, you know better than anyone about her hiding something. Remember you're surprise party?" M'gann asked. Zatanna smiled a little as she said, "How can I not remember that? It was so cute watching her trying not to tell me what was going on." "Ok. You're definitely telling me about that later," Alexander said with a slight smile. "Well, she was acting exactly like that," M'gann said calmly, "I was just wondering if you might know what's wrong." "I will explain to the best of my abilities later. For now, tell her that some of the rooms have pictures of her mom in them and she doesn't want anyone to see her cry," Alexander explained.
"I have a feeling that she is trying not to cry in front of us," Zatanna said with a slight smile, "Stop and think, some of the rooms probably have pictures of her and her mom." "Oh! I never thought about that," M'gann said a little surprised, "Any idea on how to cheer her up?" "Convince Taylor to throw her in the lake," Alexander said with a slight chuckle, "She loves to swim and doesn't get to that often." "Why don't you see if Emma and Taylor want to go swimming?" Zatanna asked. "Oh, good idea," M'gann said before flying from the room.
The magician wanted a few seconds before looking at the golden dragon and asked, "Ok, what's really going on?" "Michelle has a surprise for you all and asked that Emma not tell anyone," he said looking at her, "Your surprise party?" "She would stutter on certain words and sign rapidly as she talked. It was so cute to watch," she replied. "Don't let her hear you call her that," he said with a slight chuckle. "I hope you don't mind me asking this, but what was her mom like?" she asked. He was quiet as he looked at a picture on the wall for a few seconds before saying, "Gwen loved her family as much as she loved life, but never sugar coated anything."
Zatanna looked towards the picture to see a woman with long brown hair holding a smile child as he said, "In a way, she was kind of like you and Artemis rolled into one person." She got up from her seat and walked over to it as she asked, "Is this her mom?" He slowly nodded and said, "Gwendolyn Robyn Pendragon. That was taken when Emma was a year old." "She's beautiful," she said looking back at him. "Like her kids, Gwen had a white dragon named Guinevere," he said as they heard the doors open. They looked over to see Howler enter the room. "Hey, are you looking for something?" Zatanna asked.
"Hey," he said walking over, "You ok, Zee? You look like you've been crying." The magician wiped her eyes before saying, "I'm fine. Alex was showed me a photo of your mom." "Hopefully it was one of her and Emma." he said glancing at the golden dragon. "The photos of you and Gwen are in the area of books that you like," Alexander said looking at the lantern, "This is your sister's area." "Is that so?" she asked smiling, "And where are the ones he likes?"
Howler gave her a quick kiss before saying, "Later. I got asked to come find you for dinner's about ready." "Ok, but you are showing me your section before the night is over," she said smiling. "Deal," he said before they walked towards the exit.