Scarlett: Yay! Piper doesn't have nightmares anymore!
Me: -grins mischievously-
Scarlett: Um, are you okay?
Me: -rubs hands together evilly- Yes, of course. I'm just fine...
Scarlett: This is not good.
Me: Read this chapter everyone! I even came up with a good name for it. Beware my wrath, Piper...
Scarlett: What?! Ugh, not again!
Me: Muwahahaha! -eye twitches like Stork's-
Scarlett: Uh. . . okay. Read this PLZ so she can turn back to normal. I beg of you!
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Chapter 8: Daydreams Lead To Doom
"Finn! I'm gonna kill you!"
It was the next day...and Finn had touched Scarlett's diary. Not took, touched.
"Ahhhhh!" Finn screamed. The Amazonian teen was trying to grab hold of him with her sharp fingernails.
Piper was in her room, still asleep. Well, until she heard a loud thump. Opening her eyes, she yawned.
'Best sleep I got in a while.' She thought.
Piper pulled the covers off her and got up. She opened her door.
Out in the hallway, she saw Finn laying on the ground. Scarlett was on top of him, holding his arms around his back as if she was arresting him like a criminal.
Piper giggled. "Scarlett, what are you doing?"
Her friend looked up, angrily.
"Teaching the blondie here not to touch ANY of my stuff!"
"Dude, it's a diary! Don't have to get all angry about it. Jeez!"
Piper sighed. It really didn't surprise her to see the girl so angry.
Scarlett had anger management issues. Make her mad and you in for it, buddy!
Piper closed her door and got ready for the day.
It didn't take long before Aerrow and Junko ran down the hallway.
Junko pulled Scarlett back and Aerrow helped Finn get back to his feet.
"Dude, she attacked me, for no reason!" Finn exclaimed, pointing his finger at the angry girl.
"That is not true!" Scarlett yelled. "He-"
"Scar, just calm down," Aerrow said calmly. "Besides, we still are going to Tropica."
Scarlett stopped glaring at the blond and sighed. Junko let go of her.
"Fine, but when you're one person less on your squadrant, don't be yelling at me." Scarlett turned around and walked away. The boys stared at her until she was out of sight.
Junko was the first to say something. "What does she mean 'one less person on the the squadrant'?"
Finn gasped. "No! No no no! Aerrow, I can't stay on the Condor with her. She'll kill me!"
"Finn don't worry about it. She is not really gonna kill you."
"Yes she will." A voice said out of no where.
"Who said that?" Junko asked.
Piper walked out of her room. "I did."
Finn frowned. "How would you know?"
Piper smirked. "I was her first friend, so I know alot about her. Beware. " That was all the navigator said before leaving.
Aerrow smiled.
'At lease she's back to normal.'
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Scarlett sat on her bed, arms crossed when Piper walked in.
"Hey, are you okay?" Piper asked. Scarlett looked up.
"Yeah...but Finn better not do that again!"
The navigator snickered. "Don't worry, I already told him to beware." The teens laughed.
"So, why did you chase him? He just touched your diary."
Scarlett frowned. "Because all my secrets are in here. And even pictures...of him..." She said the last words in a whisper.
Piper nodded her head and closed the door before walking forward. "Scar, what do you see in him?" She put the emphases on 'him'.
Scarlett smiled. "Okay, get ready." She took a deep breath. "He's funny and he makes me smile and..."
Let's just say Scarlett had a HUGE list of stuff about him...
(Scarlett: No I don't! Me: Yes you do! Now PLZ shut up! Hehe...sorry, readers. Read on.)
"Uh...Scarlett?"
"Yeah?"
Piper had interrupted her from her list. (Scarlett: I do not have a list! Me: -glares- Scarlett: Ugh, fine!)
"I get it. There are so many good qualities its fascinating." Piper said sarcastically.
"You asked me!" Scarlett said and gave her a playful push. Silence filled the room.
A minute past before Scarlett asked, "I noticed you didn't have any nightmares. Did your necklace glow at all?"
Piper shook her head. "No. I think I'm okay now."
The girl squealed. "That means all we have to worry about is going to Tropica! Yay!"
Scarlett ran out the room, into the hallway. Piper smiled sadly.
'I hope there's nothing to worry about...' She thought before getting up as well.
Piper didn't notice that small, dark glow of her necklace before leaving the room.
- Piper's POV -
I was looking at the crystals in my room.
Not long, I felt slightly dizzy.
Getting up, I stumbled onto the bed.
'What's happening?'
The room spun in my eyes.
'No Piper! Don't fall for this again. Just close your eyes...'
I closed my eyes. The dizziness left.
Reopening them, I let out a horrifying gasp.
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The ship was a reck.
My door was torn down. All my stuff was destroyed.
Crystal dust was on the floors and walls.
I got up from my bed and looked at damaged.
"What happened?" I asked myself.
The ship looked as if we had...crashed.
Loud growls erupted down the corridor.
My eyes widen as I ran out the room. I grabbed my staff.
"Aerrow? Scarlett? Finn?!" I was calling out their names. No one answered. "Junko?! Stork?! RADARR?!"
No reply. I kept running.
All the doors were opened...but, no one was inside.
Broken and torn items were laying on the floor.
Pieces of metal were torn from the ship.
I looked at it in terror.
'What happened?'
- The Others -
Aerrow and the rest of the squadrant were in the main room.
Aerrow, Radarr, Finn, and Junko were playing around. Stork was steering the Condor as usual.
Scarlett was reading her book. Well, trying to.
"Hi-yah!"
"I'm going to get you!"
"Rarr!"
"Ya!"
"Hahaha!"
"Oh, you think this is funny!"
Scarlett was grinding her teeth in anger.
"Hi-yah! Ya!"
"Whoa-"
A loud thump knocked a few stuff to the ground.
"GUYS! CAN YOU GO SOMEWHERE ELSE?!" Scarlett yelled, closing her book and turning her head to them.
All of them were on the floor. They had grins on their faces, that soon turned into snickers.
The boys and Radarr laughed.
"Scar, calm down. We are just having fun." Aerrow said, getting up. Scarlett pushed him back down.
"Calm down? You want me to calm down?! I HATE when people tell me to calm down!"
The boys stared at her, flabbergasted.
"Uh...sorry?" Junko said questioningly.
This led to a long period of silence.
"Aerrow? Scarlett? Finn?!" They heard voices calling for them.
"That sounds like Piper." Finn said.
"Junko?! Stork?! RADARR?!"
Radarr's ears perked up.
"It is Piper!" Aerrow replied. "Why is she calling our names?"
"I don't know," Scarlett said. "But I'll just go see if she's okay."
Scarlett left the room, heading to her friend.
- Piper -
"Anybody?!" No one heard me.
'Where is every-'
The loud growls were approaching. Loud thumps were coming closer.
I took a step back. The figure was horrifying.
It had a golden eyes.
Just like the thing that chased me in the forest.
And it was the same creature that...that...
I jumped back and got into my fighting stance. My staff was in my hands, readied to strike.
The creature back away.
It started to growl and roar.
"Get away from me!" I yelled. The creature looked astonished.
It took another step forward.
I jumped up, flipped, and hit my staff on the beast's head.
It let out a roar of pain and knocked out unconscious to the ground.
- Boys -
"What's taking Scarlett so long?" Finn asked.
Aerrow frowned. "I don't know. Do you think we should go out and find her?"
The blond sighed. "I guess so. We have nothing else to do."
Aerrow, Finn, and Junko walked out of the main room.
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"Scarlett! Piper! Girls, where are you?!" Aerrow called.
No answer.
"Where do you think they are?" Junko asked.
"I don't know, buddy." Finn answered. "I just hope she's okay."
Aerrow smirked. "She? You do mean they, right."
Finn looked at him blankly. His cheeks turned slightly pink.
"Yeah, sure. Of course I mean - Scarlett?"
There was moan in pain.
In front of them, Scarlett was on the ground, back towards them.
"Scarlett!" The boys exclaimed in chorus.
Finn was the first to run over to her.
"Scar! Scar, do you hear me?" Finn shook her by the arms.
His only response was a moan.
Aerrow was right beside her, Radarr on his shoulder. The blue, furry co-pilot whimpered.
He saw that the side of her head was bleeding through her dark hair.
Before the skyknight could respond to that, Finn picked up the girl, bridal/princess style.
(Me: I don't know the difference, so whatever is more romantic-like.)
"Finn, do you need help?" Junko asked.
"Where's Piper?" Finn asked, ignoring what his friend said.
"I don't-"
"Ahhhh!" A scream was heard from the main room.
All of them knew who it was.
"Stork!"
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"Ahhhh!" Stork screamed. "What are you doing, Piper?! Are you crazy?! Ah!"
"Come back here!" Piper yelled. The merb kept running away from the angered girl.
Getting sick of this, Piper flipped in the air, staff twirling along with her.
She landed right in front of him and knocked him to the ground.
Stork feel on the hard, metal floor.
Piper held the end of her staff to her neck.
Lucky for Stork, the boys came in just in time.
"Piper, what are you doing?" Aerrow asked.
Everyone was astonished by what how she was acting.
"Why are you attacking Stork?" Junko asked.
Piper didn't answer.
The girl just ran towards them, staff held in her hand. "Piper, what are you-" Aerrow exclaimed, but was cut off when Piper tried to strike him in the shoulder. The three boys moved out the way just in time.
"Dude, have you lost it?!" Finn exclaimed. He still had Scarlett in his arms.
Piper eyed the sharpshooter and ran towards him.
'Just great. She's after me now.'
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I couldn't believe it. There were so much of those things were inside our ship.
I was surrounded...so I chose one that looked defenseless.
It had big, sky blue eyes. On the creature's back, it held the one I attacked earlier.
The perfect target...
I ran after him. The creature backed up. It was clearly scared.
I heard the creature let out small whimpers.
I was about to attack when one of them pounced me.
I fell on the floor. Opening my eyes, I saw the creature was above me. It held my arms in place. I struggled to move from its grasp. 'It's too strong' I thought. I let out a high-pitched, terrified scream. The creature was growling me.
I bent my head back to see my staff was right across from me.
I smirked.
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Aerrow held Piper in place.
"Piper! Piper, what's wrong with you?!"
Radarr screeched angrily, scurrying to the skyknight's side.
He saw the smirk appear on his navigator's face.
Swiftly, she head-butted him, making Aerrow back up just in time let her grab hold of her staff.
Piper jumped up, spun in the air, and raised her staff up to hit Aerrow straight in the head.
Aerrow back-flipped before the incoming strike landed on him. Radarr growled and jumped on to Piper's face, covering her eyes.
Unfortunately, she grabbed the blue, furry co-pilot and threw him forward.
Aerrow caught him.
"Piper, stop!" Junko exclaimed. The wallop ran up and grabbed her by the waist.
"Let go of me!" Piper yelled, struggling to break free.
"Finally, we got her!" Finn exclaimed happily. Scarlett started to wake up.
Her head was throbbing. "Wha-wha-what ha-happened?"
Finn let Scarlett stand up on her feet. He smirked.
"Nothing, we just caught our little attacker."
"That's good. All I did was ask her what's wrong, and she went berserk. Well, at lease nothing worse can happen."
Not the best thing to say.
Piper freed one of hands. She grabbed the staff from her other hand and sent it backwards, hitting Junko straight in the forehead.
The wallop fell back, releasing his arms and is now, unconscious.
Piper took this chance to jump over her so-called 'creatures'.
She looked back before running out the room.
"Oh," Scarlett replied. "Maybe I should have not said that?"
Finn glared at her. "Obviously."
Stork, who had fainted earlier, got up. His eye was twitching.
"What is wrong with her?!"
Aerrow sighed. "I don't know. She just started attacking for no reason. What was weird was that her necklace was glowing-"
Scarlett interrupted him by a gasp. "Glowing?! That's the problem!"
The boys stared at her blankly. " If she sees us, but doesn't know who we are, and she is attacking...maybe she's daydreaming."
"But she's awake." Finn said.
Scarlett sighed. "That's daydreaming. It's when she is awake, but she is seeing things that are not there."
Stork let out a irritated breath. "That's bad. Her daydreams are leading us to a painful doom."
Finn smirked. "Daydreams lead to doom? Wow."
"Wait a minute!" Aerrow replied after thinking. "If she is seeing things, then what if she was on a cliff but she thinks she's in a field."
Aerrow eyes widen. Scarlett gasped.
"Or instead of a cliff, what about the bay. Near the sky. Where she can fall off to her death."
Everyone's eyes were practically bulging out.
Aerrow ran to the hanger bay.
'Piper, no. Please!'
- PIPER -
I was running down to the torn down hanger bay.
Unfortunately, all the skimmers were broken.
I sighed.
'There has to be a way.'
Walking, I accidentally tripped over a box laying on the floor.
My eyes closed.
For that split second, the air was warmer.
The atmosphere changed from cold and stuffy to hot and clear.
The hard floor felt as if it was the soft grass.
I opened my eyes.
To my surprise, the area was a plain.
A tall tree shaded me from the bright sun coming through.
"What happened?" I asked myself. "I never been here before. Or seen it."
'It must be safe.'
Smiling, I walked through the grassy land.
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Aerrow ran as fast as he could to the hanger bay.
The rest of them were right behind of him.
His heart was beating fast, pumping blood in his veins.
'Piper, I'm almost there. Don't fall.'
A door was in sight.
Aerrow forced himself to run faster.
'Almost there.'
- - - - - -
Piper was surprised.
Everything was so beautiful.
There were ponds and wildlife all around her.
'It's so uniquely beautiful.' She thought.
She froze.
"No, NO!" Piper took a step back.
"Not again. I have to-"
Before Piper could continue what she was saying, her crystal necklace let out a dark glow that radiated throughout the area.
Her eyes widen. She moaned in pain.
An electrical crystal charge spread through her body.
Her skin turn pale.
Her eyes turn gray.
She looked lifeless.
Piper's body started to lean forward.
Everything she saw faded away. It turned back into the bay.
Right in front of her was the sky. No ground.
Too weak to do anything, her body fell forward.
Her eyes closed slowly.
"Piper! NO!" A voice called for her.
Warm arms were wrapped around her.
The navigator...was saved.
- - - - - -
Me: Yes, I am back to normal.
Scarlett: Good, now I can yell at you.
Me: What?! Why?
Scarlett: You let Piper hit me in the head! And knock out poor Junko!
Me: -laughs nervously- Hehe, well, uh, um, review everyone!
Scarlett: -pulls me up by shirt- Don't change the subject!
Me: -whimpers- If you hurt me, I-I'll get rid of you!
Scarlett: -puts me down- Fine, but you're in trouble next time!
Me: Of course! (not) Please review!
