American Dragon: Haley Long (Season Two)
Chapter/Episode 7: Cousin Crazies
A big, blue chair was in the middle of a rather small room. The only other things in the room were some posters advertising good dental hygiene and a tray of needles and other dentistry tools. Moments later, the dentist entered, followed by a woman of a bout twenty-two years of age. She had braided red hair, that with the braid, went down to the heels of her feet. The woman wore a black tank-top and a black mini-skirt.
"So Beebe, what tooth has been bothering you?" the dentist asked as he took a needle off of the tray.
"Um..." Beebe could feel her heart sink as she slowly sat down in the chair. "...Two teeth hurt, actually..."
"Oh, well we'll just take a look then..." the doctor slowly approached her with the needle, and Beebe could feel herself trying to press herself deeper into the chair as the dentist got closer. Beebe squeezed her eyes shut as she felt the tip of the needle touch her gums, but before the dentist could inject the Novocain into her, he jumped in surprise and pulled the needle away from her as a crash could be heard.
"What in the world was that?" the dentist demanded, walking out of the room. Beebe turned her head and slowly got out of the chair walking over to the exit of the room, just as a woman wearing a blue cloak was thrown into the room. Beebe gasped and was forced to duck as a pink dragon flew into the room.
"Come on, Haley!" The thief grinned as she reached for her belt and pulled out her futuristic gun. "Don't you understand? I'd happily leave you alone if you'd just give me that Hourglass..."
"Not a chance..." Haley growled, and she blasted a fireball at the thief. The thief quickly jumped over Haley, and as Haley heard the whirring of the gun, she quickly flew over to the other side of the room and picked up four needles off of the tray. Haley quickly threw one at the thief just as she was about to fire.
The thief hissed in pain as the needle went into her arm, but she nonetheless tried to fire her weapon. However, that was when the Novocain started to take effect; the thief slowly started to lower her arm, and she tried to reach with her other arm, but Haley threw another needle into her other arm. Grinning, Haley threw the two last needles into the thief's legs. The thief looked up from her legs and she scowled at Haley before her legs finally failed and she fell face-first onto the floor.
As the thief fell to the floor, Haley's grin faded as she noticed Beebe, cowering against the wall. Quickly reverting to her human form, Haley rushed over to the young woman and kneeled down. "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Haley apologized. "Are you okay?"
"I...I'm...I'm fine..." Beebe managed.
"Are you sure?" Haley asked, secretly looking her over to make sure that she was okay. Although the young woman appeared to have no injuries, she still offered: "Oh, I'm so sorry! Listen, let me take you to get some help..."
"No, I'm fine..." Beebe was finally getting some of her courage back. "...And, I shouldn't go. I need to get home. If I don't my boyfriend will get mad, and..."
"Please..." Haley cut her off. "...If you go home, and there is something wrong, and something happens to you, I don't know how I'd forgive myself. Please..."
Beebe just looked into Haley's face; her eyes. Finally, Beebe could only bring herself to nod. "Alright..."
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On the Island of Draco, Beebe sat on one of the beds in the infirmary while Fred Nerk stood over her and Haley stood at her side. Nerk sighed as he stepped away from Beebe, pulling out a tongue depressor. "Well..." He said, but before he could continue, the doors to the infirmary opened, and Councilor Ulixes stepped in, followed closely by Greggy.
Ulixes had an extremely angered look on her face as she looked from Beebe to Haley, and then back to Beebe. "What is the meaning of this, Dragon Long?" She demanded. "Since when are humans supposed to be getting annual check-ups here?" This got a cruel chuckle out of Greggy.
"No, you don't understand, Councilor..." Haley explained, stepping closer to the two Council members. "I was fighting that woman, and..."
"You were fighting her in a public area?" Ulixes cut her off, her voice raising.
"Well-" Haley tried, but Ulixes cut her off.
"Dragon Long, quite frankly I do not know how you were not kicked out of the Order after that little stunt with the mob..." Ulixes growled. "...But you got lucky. That is all there is to it. However, your irresponsibility is really getting on my nerves..."
"Well, what was she supposed to do?" Nerk asked. "Not do her job?"
Ulixes glanced at Nerk, a scowl on her face. "Dragon Long..." she finally said. "I want to talk to you." Then, she turned to Greggy. "I want you to go get Councilor Jennings. She can fly this woman home..." Then, crossing her arms, she added: "It's been too long since she has done anything of importance for the Magical World..."
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Holly's quarters were pitch black, as no lights were on. Holly was at her desk, hunched over, her face not visible. A knock at her door could be heard a few moments later, and Holly groaned as she lifted her head off of the desk. Groaning, Holly turned her head to the door as the knocking continued. "Come in..." Holly muttered, and the next moment, the door opened, and Greggy stepped in, a wide smile on his face. "What do you want?" Holly asked, slowly standing up. "Did you finally tell the Council that I was the one who let Jake and Rose go?"
"Oh, no..." Greggy's smile widened.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Holly growled. "Stop trying to torture me! Why won't you just tell them? I'm sure that you would be happy to see me get kicked off the Council..."
"Oh, I have my own reasons for not telling them, Councilor..." Greggy leaned sideways, his elbow touching the door frame. "You see, you never know when you can do me a great, big favor..."
"I don't think so..." Holly growled. "...I'll tell them myself before I submit to your will..."
"I wouldn't do that if I were you..." Greggy's smile widened even more, proving to Holly that it was possible. "...I would believe that they would be so angry with you that they would do more than simply kick you out. You wouldn't want that, would you?" When Holly stayed silent after hearing this, Greggy decided to continue: "If you don't want to let your dear old dead brother down, you'll do everything I tell you. Now, come on. Councilor Ulixes wants you..."
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Haley could feel herself backing up towards the wall as Councilor Ulixes lectured her. "You're lucky that you didn't hurt anyone, Dragon Long. If you had hurt someone, do you know how bad that would have made us look? We're already getting enough pressure from the humans as it is!"
"Okay, Councilor..." Nerk stepped up. "I think that's enough. Dragon Long gets the point..."
Just as Nerk said this, the door opened once again, and Greggy walked in, followed closely by Holly. "Aw, Councilor..." Ulixes quickly stepped away from Haley and walked over to Holly. "I have an assignment for you. I need you to fly this woman home. I'd have another do it, but..."
"I get it..." Holly replied, and she started to walk over to the bed that Beebe was sitting on, only to gasp. "Beebe?" She asked.
Beebe just stared at Holly for a moment. Cocking her head to look at Holly in a different angle, her eyes finally widened. "Holly?" She asked. "Is that you? You're one of them?"
"You're not?" Holly asked.
"No..." Beebe replied.
"You two know each other?" Nerk asked.
"Of course we do..." Holly replied, turning around and putting her hand on Beebe's shoulder as she faced Nerk, Ulixes, Greggy and Haley. "...She's my cousin..."
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"Your cousin?" Haley asked, completely shocked.
To Haley's surprise, Holly nodded. "Yes..." She said. "...Beebe used to live in New York when we both kids. Then, when I was about eight, and when Beebe was about five, her mother moved her away. Since we're cousins, I just assumed that you had powers...I mean, your mother was a dragon..."
"No..." Beebe replied, a confused look on her face. "No she wasn't. She never showed me that she was a dragon..."
"Never?" Holly asked. "Well, maybe you could ask her sometime soon..."
"No, I can't..." Beebe looked down at the floor. "...I can't. She's dead. She died only a week after we moved away. I...I don't get it. If she was a dragon, how come I'm not one?"
"Well..." Haley spoke up again. "...My mother's powers skipped her generation. Maybe your powers skipped..."
"So..." Beebe looked up from the floor and turned her head to Holly. "...What you're saying...is that...I have magical blood...?"
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The next morning, Haley yawned as she passed through the doors of her college. Haley immediately made her way to the library, and as she entered, she found Leah sitting at one of the table, her head down. "Hey..." Haley said, tapping Leah on the head as she sat down right next to her.
Haley could hear an angry groan coming from Leah as she brought her head up, and Haley tried to fight the urge to run away as Leah glared at her. "What do you want?" Leah asked. "I was sleeping..."
"Are you okay?" Haley asked.
"No!" Leah barked. "No, I'm not! I haven't been sleeping well for the past few nights. I'm so tired, but I'm still having some trouble sleeping...even here..."
"Why can't you sleep?"
"There's been a lot on my mind..." Leah grumbled, and she looked away from Haley, just as the door opened, and Haley could see that Destiny was walking inside. To Haley's surprise, Leah gasped, and she quickly got up. "I'll see you later, Haley..." Then, before Haley could say anything, Leah walked right by Destiny as Destiny stopped right in front of Haley.
"What's going on with her?" Haley asked.
"Don't ask..." Destiny shrugged off her question in a snappy tone as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper, which she unfolded and set it down on the table for Haley to see. "I found this in the hallway..." Destiny said; like Leah, she seemed annoyed. Haley looked down at the piece of paper, and she could see herself in her high school senior picture, only instead of the purple graduation cap, she was wearing a scribbled dunce cap.
"I'm sure it's just meant to be mean..." Haley sighed, crumpling it up.
"No..." Destiny replied, reaching for her pocket again. "...There are several of them around the school. Some of them even show you in your dragon form. Shouldn't you consider this a problem?"
"I don't know..." Haley sighed, putting the crumpled up piece of paper into her pocket. "Should I?"
"Why don't you decide for yourself?" Destiny replied, pulling about nine more pieces of paper out of her pocket. After placing them on the table, Destiny turned and walked out of the library. Once Destiny was gone, Haley looking down at the folded pieces of paper.
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Holly groaned as she lifted her head away from her desk when she heard a creaking sound in her room. It was completely dark in her room, except for a small sliver of light that was coming through a crack in her door. "Beebe?" Holly asked, slowly getting up from her chair. Pulling open her door, Holly walked down the hall before she pushed open the door to the hall and she stepped out into the cool night air.
After a few moments of walking across the grass, Holly finally found Beebe sitting over the edge of the island. "What are you doing out of bed?" Holly asked as Beebe turned around. "Why don't you come back inside?"
"Oh..." Beebe slowly stood up and walked back over to her cousin. "...I was just thinking..."
"About what?"
"About..." Beebe put her hand on Holly's shoulder. "...About how nice it would be to be a dragon..."
"Oh..." Holly released a nervous chuckle. "...It's not all it's cracked up to be..."
"If I had dragon powers..." Beebe started to follow Holly as the Dragon Council member started to walk back to the building. "...I wouldn't have to put up with a lot of the things that I have to put up with now. My boyfriend, for one."
"Trust me..." Holly said, grabbing onto the door and opening it for her cousin. "...It can be cool, but at the end of the day, I think most of us would prefer to be normal boys and girls, men and women..." Beebe walked into the hallway, and Holly quickly followed her. "...TJ's dead..." She finally said. "He died over nine years ago. If it wasn't for our dragon powers, he'd still be alive..."
"Do you really believe that?" Beebe asked, stopping at the door to Holly's quarters. "Do you really believe that?"
"Yeah..." Holly said as she pushed open her door, walking in. "I do..." She added as Beebe followed her inside.
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That night, as Holly slept at her desk, Beebe slept in her cousin's bed. Beebe tossed and turned on the bed, groaning repeatedly. Finally, Beebe sat up in the bed, and she slowly got off the bed. Sighing, she walked over to the door, just standing in place...
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Haley groaned as she walked through the doors of her school. When she looked around the school hall, she was surprised to find that there was a large group of students standing in the middle of the hall. To Haley's surprise, Destiny was standing in the back. Haley made her way over to Destiny and asked: "What's going on?"
"Why don't you look for yourself?" Destiny replied, gesturing Haley to cut through the crowd.
Haley looked at the crowd of students before she decided to take Destiny's advice. Haley pushed through all of the students before she came to the front; looking up, Haley gasped as she looked. There was a banner hanging from the ceiling. On the banner, Haley was in her pink dragon form, using her tail to pick her nose. "What the...?" Haley stammered.
"Think it's a problem now?" Haley suddenly turned around when she heard Destiny's voice. Destiny was standing right by her side, her arms were crossed and she was staring intently at Haley.
"Someone's just trying to mess with me..." Haley replied.
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Holly walked in to the Main Hall the next morning, seeing Councilor Ulixes, Greggy, Councilor Callum and Nerk all sitting at the table eating breakfast. "Good morning, Councilor..." Callum said as he looked up and locked eyes with Holly.
"Good morning..." Holly replied slowly, walking over to the table. "Have any of you seen my cousin?"
"You mean you didn't take her home?" Ulixes growled.
"Not yet..." Holly answered. "I will very soon, though. I was just wondering if any of you have seen her..."
"No..." Ulixes replied quickly, looking back down at her food.
"Oh..." Holly muttered, but she nonetheless looked at Callum, who simply shook his head, Greggy, who just smiled at her. "How about you, Fred?" Holly asked.
"I..." Nerk answered after a moment. "...I...I did. She walked by here earlier this morning. I think she's just walking around the island..."
"Thanks..." Holly smiled slightly, before she turned and walked out of the Main Hall.
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"Beebe?" Holly walked into her quarters, closing the door before she looked around the room. "Beebe, are you in her?" She asked, although she could see that her cousin was not inside. "Hmm..." Holly said to herself, and she turned around and was about to walk out of the room, but before she could open the door, it was pushed open as Beebe walked into the room, and Holly could see Fred Nerk standing a couple feet away.
"Thanks for the walk back..." Beebe said, a small smile on her face as she walked over to the bed and sat down.
"Holly..." Holly turned her attention away from her cousin when she heard Nerk's vouice, and Holly looked at him. "...Do you think I could have a word with you?"
"Sure..." Holly replied. "You want to sit down?"
"I meant privately..." Nerk sighed. "...Without your cousin hearing us. Can we go outside?" Surprised, Holly simply nodded and followed Nerk out of the room. "Please close the door..." Nerk told her, and Holly reached behind herself and pulled the door closed. "Holly..." Nerk finally said. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that you have reunited with your long lost cousin, but..."
"But what?"
"...But..." Nerk paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and then continued: "...I agree with Councilor Ulixes. I think she needs to go..."
"What?" Holly asked, surprised. However, after the shock wore off, Holly scowled, and added in an annoyed tone: "Why?"
"I don't know..." Nerk looked at the ground. "...I just don't feel like she belongs here. She's...kind of freaking me out."
"How?" Holly put her hands on her hips, glaring at Nerk.
"Well..." Nerk froze for a second, then continued. "You see, I found her watching a bunch of dragons in training. See...the way she was looking at them-"
"That doesn't mean anything!" Holly snapped. "I'm sure she's just in awe. I mean, she just found out that her cousin is a dragon! Why are you being like this, Fred? Why are you being like Councilor Ulixes?"
"I'm just saying..." Nerk tried to say. "I'm just saying...that I...don't trust her..."
"Why not?"
"Because..." Nerk growled, now starting to lose his temper. "...I just told you! The way she looks at the other dragons! It's like she envies them! It's like she wants their..."
"Fred, just..." Holly cut her off, turning around. "I've heard enough. Leave me alone..." Then, she pushed her door open, walked in and closed the door, leaving Nerk alone.
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Haley tried to avoid all of the pictures of her as she walked down the hallway. There were pictures of her all over: there were some of her in dragon form, and there were some of her in human form. There were some of her wearing a dunce cap, there were some where she had a blank expression on her face, and there were some were even some of her on her back, biting her toe nails.
Haley started to have a problem with what was going on around the campus. At first, she had decided that she didn't want it to get to her, but now it was becoming harder and harder to keep it from bugging her.
Finally, Haley made it to her destination: the library. However, to her surprise, there was another picture of her in dragon form. Her tongue was hanging out, and there was droll dripping from her mouth. Growling, Haley ripped the picture from the door and pushed open the door. Growling to herself, Haley walked over to one of the tables, only to gasp in surprise when she saw that scribbled on all of the tables were more pictures of her...
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Once Holly had closed her door behind her, she put her hands up to her head, her fists clenching down on her hair. Gritting her teeth, Holly growled to herself, and once she had released all of her frustration, she looked at her cousin, who was now sitting at her desk, drawing something. "What are you doing?" Holly asked, walking over to the desk.
"Oh, this?" Beebe didn't bother looking up. "...It's...it's nothing..."
By this time, Holly was right behind her cousin, and she could not help but to look down at the drawing. Beebe was drawing what looked like a machine. It had a rectangular shape, and it had a large cannon-shaped thing sticking out of the front.
"What is this?" Holly asked.
"Oh..." Beebe shrugged casually. "...It's just a machine that will strip a dragon of their powers..."
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Holly just stared at her cousin after those words left her mouth. "Oh, that's cool!" Holly smiled. "Good luck with that! I'd like to see you do that. That'd be so cool!" As she spoke, Holly turned around and started to walk over to her bed, but she suddenly came to a screeching halt once the words hit her. "Wait..." Holly slowly turned around, as Beebe stood up. "Did you just say...?"
"Yeah..." Beebe shrugged. "I mean, we were talking about it the other night, and you said that you didn't want to be a dragon..."
"That's not what I-"
"You said that most you would prefer to be normal..." Beebe continued, an eager look on her face. "...And I told you that I thought it would be cool to be a dragon. This works out for both of us..." As she said this, her expression turned dark. "You'd do this...for me, right Holly?"
"I...NO!" Holly was absolutely shocked, and she felt herself making her way to the door. "Beebe, that's insane! I'm not giving you my dragon powers! Beebe, what are you thinking?" As she spoke, she could feel herself morphing, and within seconds, she was towering over Beebe in her purple dragon form.
To Holly's surprise, she could see that Nerk had been right. Beebe's face glowed with awe and wonder as she spoke: "I thought you would want to help me out..."
"Beebe..."
"No matter..." The wonder had now left Beebe's face, and it was now replaced with a look of disappointment. "...I've decided that I want your powers, Holly. You're going to give them to me...forced or otherwise..."
Holly watched as Beebe kneeled down, her hand going down into her shoe. Within seconds, Beebe had shot up, there was a snapping sort of the noise, and the next thing Holly knew, she was roaring with pain as she felt something pierce her wing. As she fell onto her knees, she could see that there was a switch-blade in her wing.
"See ya, cousin!" Beebe grinned, rushing passed Holly, who could only turn her head as she pulled the door open and ran outside...
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Destiny sighed as she walked in to one of her classrooms. To her surprise, she found that the only other person in the classroom was Leah, who was leaning against the chalkboard, her arms crossed. "Leah..." Destiny tried. "...It was an accident. You know I don't have those kinds of feelings for you..."
"Do I really know that?" Leah asked. "I think that's exactly the problem..."
"What?"
"I can't get that moment out of my head..." Leah lowered her arms and sighed. "...I haven't been able to sleep since it happened..."
"You don't have feelings for me..."
"Honestly, I don't know that anymore..." Leah replied, slowly walking over to Destiny. "...I can't sleep, I can't get that moment out of my head! What else could it mean?"
"I haven't been able to stop thinking about it, either..." Destiny shrugged. "That doesn't mean..."
"Or does it?" Leah countered. "Look, I need to go..." Then, she walked off, forcing Destiny to turn around and watch her as she left the classroom, a shocked look on her face.
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Haley could not stop looking at the design of her that was scratched into the wood of the table that she was sitting at. "Who's doing this?" Haley growled, burying her face in her hands just as the door to the library opened, and Leah stepped inside. Leah quickly closed the door behind her before she turned around, seeing Haley alone.
"Haley..." Leah sighed, a smile of relief making its way onto her face. "Haley, I'm so glad to see you! I need to talk to you!" As she spoke, she pulled out a chair next to Haley and sat down. "Haley, please. Let me talk to you..."
"Leah..." Haley muttered, not removing her head from her hands.
"No, Haley..." Leah cut her off. "I need to talk to you." She paused for a moment, but then decided to blurt it out. "Haley, I think I like Destiny! I mean, like her...you know...like...date-like..."
Sighing, Haley lifted her head, just staring at the wall. After a moment, she spoke: "Leah, I can't handle this right now..."
"What do you mean?" Leah asked, a look of shock on her face. However, then it dawned on her and she scowled. "Oh...I get it..." Leah continued as she slowly stood up. "...You can't accept it! You can't accept the fact that I think I like Destiny! Well, I learned to accept you as a dragon!"
"Leah..." Haley tried, her eyes were wide, and she was looking at her friend. "Leah, that's not..."
"No!" Leah barked. "No! You know what? Forget it! Don't talk to me anymore!"
"Leah..." Haley tried, but it was too late. Leah stormed over to the door and walked out, slamming the door behind her. Now alone, Haley let loose a loud groan before burying her head in her hands again.
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Beebe was panting by the time she entered the Main Hall. As the doors closed behind her, Beebe looked around the room, and she could see that the only one in the room was Fred Nerk. "Yes, Beebe?" He growled. "What can I do for you?"
"Oh..." Beebe chuckled nervously as she walked over to the large table that he was sitting at. "...I was just wondering if you could take me home. Holly said she thinks I should go home..."
"Why can't Holly do that?" Nerk asked, his eyes widening.
"Well..." Beebe thought up an explanation quickly. "...Holly's tired. She needs her rest..."
"Uh-huh..." Nerk nodded slowly, standing up and walking over to the young woman. "...And, uh...do you mind if we go see her first?"
"Oh..." Beebe could feel the sweat forming on her forehead. "...I don't think that would be wise. She's very tired. If you could just drop me off at a hardware store. I can make it back to my house on my own..."
"Which hardware store?" Nerk asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, umm..." Beebe slowly put her foot behind her, slowly moving to the door. "...It doesn't really matter..." That was when Beebe too her chance; she turned and tried to run for the door, but before she could even make it five feet, she grunted and came to a screeching halt as she felt someone grabbing on to her wrist. Turning her head back, she could see that Nerk had transformed into his dragon form, and he was now clutching her wrist.
"Let go of me!" Beebe shouted, trying to pull her wrist free, but this only made Nerk tighten his grip.
"We're going to see Holly..." Nerk growled.
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Holly hissed in pain as she made it to her feet. Bringing her claws to the handle of the blade lodged in her wing, Holly clutched it; squeezing her eyes shut and gritting her teeth, she prepared to yank it out, but before she could, she heard the door creaking as it slowly opened.
Releasing the handle from her grip, Holly turned around and could see Nerk standing in the doorway, Beebe's wrist in his grasp. "Holly, what happened to you?" Nerk asked.
It took awhile for Holly to respond, but when she did, it was a fierce growl: "Why don't you ask my cousin?"
If Nerk was surprised, he hid it well. Nerk simply turned his head to Beebe, who now had sweat pouring down her face. Giving three hard yanks, she tried to free her wrist, but to no avail.
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Leah sighed as she walked through the hall. She continued walking until she gasped, feeling a hand on her shoulder. Slowly turning around, she could see that Destiny was standing behind her. "Where did you go?" She asked. "Are you okay?"
"I don't know anymore..." Leah sighed. "I don't know about anything anymore..."
"So..." Destiny rocked back and forth on her feet. "...Are you still mad at me? I mean-"
"No..." Leah said quietly, then repeated in a louder tone: "No, I'm not mad at you..."
"Good..." Destiny stopped rocking. "...Because...I thought about what you said before. About how I don't know how I feel. You're right. I don't know how I feel about this..."
"Well..." Leah said after a moment's pause. "...There may be a way that we can both...you know...find out..."
Destiny looked like she was about to say something, but before she could, both girls turned when they heard a voice: "Leah!" Haley was several feet down the hall, and she was waving Leah over. "Leah, I need to talk to you!"
Destiny could hear Leah growling with anger, and she found herself looking at Leah when she said: "I need to go. I'll see you later, Destiny..." Then, without another word, Leah turned and walked away.
"No, Leah!" Haley then rushed up to Destiny, calling for Leah. "Leah, please! I need to talk to you! Please! I was just-Leah!"
Destiny watched as Leah ignored Haley's shouts, and disappeared into the crowds of students. "Haley..." Destiny couldn't help but ask, turning her head in Haley's direction. "What did you do to anger her so much?"
To Destiny's surprise, Haley's face was buried in her hands, so her voice was muffled, but Destiny could hear it nonetheless: "I was stupid. I was too worried about my problems to listen to her..."
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Back on the Island of Draco, Haley was now on her stomach on a hospital bed as Fred Nerk wrapped a bandage around her wing. "You won't be able to fly for at least three weeks..." Nerk told her. "Also, it will cause you pain to go back to your human form, so I think it would be best if you stayed like this..."
"Great..." Holly muttered, burying her face in the pillow. "...Just great...What am I supposed to do now?"
"Just..." Nerk suggested. "...Take it easy..."
"Fun..." Holly replied sarcastically as she lifted her head away from the pillow. Then, she sighed: "Why is it that everyone in my family is either taken away from me...or evil?"
"I honestly don't know about that..." Nerk said, just as he heard the doors open. Turning around, Nerk could see that Councilor Ulixes had entered the room. She was holding Beebe's piece of paper in her hands.
"Councilor Jennings' cousin is now enjoying her new cell..." Ulixes grinned cruelly. "As for this..." She lifted up the piece of paper. "...That machine...will never come to be..."
"What was it, anyway?" Nerk asked.
"It doesn't matter..." Ulixes answered quickly, her dragon head appearing in a bright light as her hands crumpled up the piece of paper. Then, Councilor Ulixes threw the piece of paper into the air and released a torrent of fire, which consumed the crumpled piece of paper.
As the flaming piece of paper touched the floor, Ulixes's head reverted back to normal, and without another word, she turned and walked out of the room.
Curious, Nerk walked over to the piece of paper, kneeling down just in time to see the flame die out, leaving only several pieces of ash.
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A/N: So, please tell me: How was that? Please review!