Hi everyone! I don't know if I can post Friday so happy Early Christmas with a Wednesday post! XD I'm supposed to have exams today but I'm at the hospital, so I took the chance XD...don't worry I'm fine. I don't need any more hospital trips after the first time XP...
Anyway, in this chapter we have the boys' perspective of the girls...In particular one of them who has a crush on a cute little dragon trainer...and you probably wouldn't have suspected this ghost...
Alright before we go on with the story I curtsey towards the Guest who guessed January. Indeed January is my birth month. Go Capricorns! XD And in reference to the last chapter...I will reveal Winky's crush pretty late in the chapters...but I did majorly hint who she likes in RCPL part 1-3, and All You Can Eat...
Pinky: One way or another, I will find out which brother my friend is crushing on...*shivers in disgust*
Blinky: I bet you anything it's Clyde...
Inky: *mockingly* Yeah, he's so sweet and adorable...
Winky: *giggles* He is, but you'd be so surprised to find my true love...
Pinky: Whatever just start the story
Girls
Inky, Blinky, and Clyde were lingering at the fire pools, when the girls greeted them.
"Hey, you three." Pinky greeted casually. "Winky and I are going to hang out for the day, and as you know there is a dragon egg that needs watching..."
Blinky groaned. "Let me guess, your Uppityness, you want us to watch it until you get back."
Pinky smiled. "You know me so well." She purred before floating off.
Winky stayed for a while longer. "If you don't want to it's fine, I could ask Finkle to do it...well I would, but that would mean losing my job..."
Inky shrugged. "Eh, don't worry about it, it's just an egg. How much trouble could it be?"
Winky blushed. "That's very nice of you to give up your free time to do this for us. Pinky does insist I go with her after all-"
"Winky! Hurry up or we'll be late!" The pink ghost called.
"-thanks..." The purple ghost bid her friends goodbye before leaving.
Blinky gave Inky an 'are-you-kidding-me?' look. "What?" Inky questioned.
Blinky rolled his eyes. "You always give into whatever Winky asks, no matter how ridiculous it is."
Inky snorted. "Not always!"
Clyde chuckled. "What about the time she asked you to help her scrub Fuzzy's scales?"
"Or when she asked you to hold her hand while she ventured in the 'dark and scary' tunnels?" Blinky smirked.
Inky turned red. "Hey! That's what friends do for each other! And I didn't mind holding her hand, either!"
Blinky and Clyde laughed as they started away towards the Canyon. "I bet he didn't..." Blinky muttered to Clyde.
Inky growled and grudgingly followed his older brothers.
Fuzzy the dragon blinked as the three ghosts asked to about the egg.
"Oh wait, they don't understand Paclish do they?" Blinky moaned smacking his forehead. "Clyde, do one of those nine languages include dragon?"
Clyde smiled. "Funny you should ask that..." He cleared his throat and began speaking the well-known dragon language. Fuzzy looked slightly disturbed.
"Uh, what did you say to him?" Blinky asked, backing away slowly.
"I asked him if we could assist him in egg-sitting." Clyde explained. "It seems as if he doesn't want to give it up."
"Then our work here is done." Inky said hurriedly.
"Not so fast, Inky. Winky specifically asked for us to do this." Blinky argued.
"Aw, come on. Winky didn't say the egg's dad was gonna be here." Inky argued.
The two went back and forth, as Clyde and Fuzzy watched them. The orange ghost turned back to the dragon and translated what the two were arguing about. The dragon stretched his wings tiredly and slapped his tail down before flying off.
Clyde smiled and grabbed the egg, returning to his to brothers.
"-I'm so gonna knock your he-Oh you got the egg." The two younger ghosts ceased their fighting and turned to the eldest.
"Cool. So what do we do with it?" Inky asked.
"Winky explained that dragon eggs need to remain in a heated environment at all times." Clyde explained.
Blinky smiled. "And I know just where to put it." The red ghost took the egg from his brother's grasp. "Alright big guy, open up."
Clyde happily extended his tongue, and Blinky carefully placed the egg on the center of it.
Drawing his tongue back in, Clyde hummed. "Hmm, what a fascinating flavor."
"Don't swallow it!" Inky yelped.
Clyde's eyes widened as he felt around for the egg. "It's still there." He reassured.
The three decided after their 'hard work', they'd head over to Ogle's for a quick bite.
"Looks like the girls have already made it." Blinky pointed out. Indeed, the girls were sitting together at the counter sharing their meal.
"Hey girls, how's your day out been going?" Inky asked, taking a seat next to Winky. His brothers snickered silently, earning them a warning glare from the youngest.
Winky smiled at the blue ghost causing him to blush uncontrollably. She probably won't notice you're face is heating up like the lava pool! He growled at himself. Get it together!
"Uh, where's the egg?" Winky asked.
Blinky playfully elbowed Clyde. "Clyde's got it covered."
The orange ghost extended his tongue revealing the red-hot speckled egg. Winky looked slightly disturbed. "Please...don't ingest my dragon's baby, or else she will ingest me."
Blinky shrugged. "Aw come on, we've got your back."
"Yeah, you should trust us more." Inky added playfully to get over his embarrassment.
"I do it's just...wait what about Lucky?!"
"What about him?" Inky asked. Oh man, I can't believe we forgot about that dragon!
"I forgot about my clumsiest dragon! He's always getting into trouble! I need to go make sure he's okay!"
Blinky shook his head. "No way, you just sit there, and we boys will handle him for you."
Winky looked unsure. "I dunno Blinky. It's enough trouble to ask you to watch the egg, but my Lucky?"
Inky rolled his eyes. "Don't worry an ounce of your pretty little slime, Winky. We'll make sure your unlucky dragon lives up to his name." Did I really just say that?! Great, now Blinky and Clyde are gonna torture me for sure! At least she's smiling about it.
With that said, the three left Ogle's and back towards the dragon dens. Inky braced himself for the brutal taunts from his older brothers.
Blinky was the first to burst into laughter. "'Don't worry an ounce of your pretty little slime'? Someone call the doctor, because I think Inky's looooovesick!"
Clyde eased on his taunting. "I knew it from the start, Inky and Winky were meant for each other, almost like fate. A romantic novel is just waiting to be lived out between you two."
This caused Blinky to nearly fall over from laughter.
"Haha, very funny," Inky groaned, "yeah I have a little crush on Winky, big deal."
Blinky wiped away an invisible tear. "Well, at least you're brave enough to admit it." He pat his brother lightly on the back who in turn smiled. "If only you'd tell her that."
Inky rolled his eyes. "As if, but now can we focus on the dragons? I think if we keep talking about this, I'll turn into an over heated pacmato."
As the trio made their way into the dragon training area. Two recognizable dragons along with five others were practicing flight formations. In the front was Inferno, leading her fellow dragons over their heads in flight.
Two dragon trainers approached the three. "What are you non-trainers doing here?" A red ghost asked.
Blinky was the first to answer. "Winky asked us to look out for Lucky."
A blue ghost crossed his arms and huffed. "Well, he's in my formation. And I made sure it was impossible for that klutz to not mess this one up!"
As the dragons landed, one particular dragon landed nearly perfectly.
"See he's fine. I knew this particular formation couldn't possibly fail!"
As the blue ghost said this, the nearly perfect dragon sneezed-fired burning three dragons in front of him.
Blinky smirked. "I guess your formation wasn't as perfect as you thought."
Inky chuckled. "Everyone knows that Lucky has to go on the left in any formation. He's allergic to dragon shedding."
"And to properly rid of a dragon's shedding one must thoroughly scrub their scales twice a day." Clyde concluded.
The blue ghost streamed. "If she wants her stupid dragon, she can have him!" With that he glided over to the injured dragons who felt most of Lucky's fire.
The red ghost smiled. "Wow, I never seen Rookie so angry. Winky has definitely proved to earn her spot if you even know that."
Inky turned his gaze towards the blue ghost. "That's Rookie?"
The red ghost nodded. "Yeah, he's been after the Head Dragon Trainer spot since he started, which was way before Winky even came to the Nether World!" She snorted with laughter. "The look on his face when she get the job!"
As the red ghost left to join her co-worker, Lucky and Inferno joined the brothers.
"Hey Lucky, how was flight training?" Inky asked.
The clumsy pressed his wings tightly against his body in embarrassment. Inferno rolled her eye and lowered her head to ground level where the ghosts stood.
"Uh?" Blinky turned to Inky. "What's she doing?"
Inky laughed to himself. "Duh, she's offering us a lift back to the Canyons. Winky and I always ride on Inferno's snout back." Inky smacked his forehead when he realized what he just said.
His brothers exploded in laughter as the dragons brought back her head. "Oh that's the sweetest thing ever!" Blinky cooed. "Inky and Winky sitting in a tree (or in your case, a dragon!) K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"
"First comes love..." Clyde went on.
"Then comes marriage!" Blinky chanted.
"Then comes an egg in a dragon carriage!" The two chorused.
Inky rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah, Winky and me..." He smiled at the thought remembering when they first met. Of course he hadn't fallen for her then, because it would've been really weird...
Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde were together as usual attempting to find something new in the Nether World as usual.
"Is it just me or does it get hotter down here everyday?" Pinky complained from the group. "Lord B really needs to invest in a giant fan or something."
"Maybe one day it'll snow just for you, Pinky." Inky replied sarcastically.
Blinky rolled his eyes, but decided not to comment.
"Oh Pinky, don't cry. Inky didn't mean to hurt your feelings." Clyde ghost put in fully concerned.
"I'm not crying Clyde, but that is a good point. Where is that crying coming from?" Pinky looked around for the source and her siblings did the same.
Clyde was the first to spot a purple ghost on the ledge trying to lift herself up but failing to do so. She continued to cry as she fearfully clung to life on the ledge.
The orange ghost floated towards the cliff edge where the source was to be found. "Hello?" He called out to the ghost.
The purple ghost tried her best to hide from view but was too late as Clyde spotted her. "Hello there." He smiled.
The purple ghost ceased her crying and looked at him unsurely. "Hi..." She meekly replied.
"Uh, what are you doing?" Pinky asked from behind Clyde.
"I...fell..." The purple ghost shyly explained.
"You do know you're a ghost right? So you can fly back up here..." Inky rolled his eyes.
"I...I don't know how..."
"You must be new." The red ghost concluded. "Well, let us help you up then we'll teach you how to fly."
The purple ghost tried to edge away from the ghosts but didn't have enough room to edge away and slipped from the rock. Inky panicked and reacted fast. He grabbed the smaller ghost and saved her from falling to her doom. "Geez, you're really not fond of sticking around are you?"
Pinky glared at her brother and helped him back up with the smaller ghost still in his grasp.
"Inky don't be so mean! She's obviously not completely over the fact that she was stripped of her body too!"
The purple ghost looked down. "I need to get back up to Pac-World."
Blinky shook his head. "No way we can get back up there. The portal has been sealed off for good. So we're stuck down here..."
"Forever..." The four ghost chorused sadly.
The purple ghost looked at them pitifully. "I'm sure there is a way, I'll just have to find it to get back...I have to! My mother is up there..." She looked up at the dark underground sky. "...waiting for me..."
Pinky smiled. "You won't be alone when you do so."
Inky looked at her skeptically. "She won't?" Pinky elbowed him, hard. "No she won't. Because we're gonna help out our new friend."
Inky shivered. Definitely not my favorite ghost then... He muttered in his head.
"Inky! Stop looking starstruck for a second, and help us out!"
Blinky's harsh tone snapped the blue ghost back into reality; before him lied out a chaotic scene of three squabbling dragons.
"Fuzzy, Inferno, and Lucky have been at it for five minutes! How could you zone out at a time like this!" Blinky snapped.
"Well, sooorrrry. How was I supposed to know they'd start arguing like maniacs?!"
Clyde came between the two. "Now is not the time for us argue, we must stick to our word and take care of the dragons. Look!" He pointed towards the egg that was peacefully resting on a roasting dormant geyser (A/N: They placed the egg there earlier while Inky was spaced out). "If they keep fighting like this, their giant movements are going to knock that egg off it's resting spot or even worse, into the mini volcano."
Inky nodded. "You're right, but how are we gonna calm them down?"
"A song...Dragons get really sleepy when you sing them lullabies!" Blinky answered.
"Then we must sing them to sleep." Clyde added.
Inky and Blinky exchanged looks. "Well, I'm not singing it!" They chorused.
Clyde sighed and shook his head. "Then I guess I will, but what words could possibly rock three angry dragons to sleep?"
Blinky sighed. "Alright fine..." He cleared his throat and made a pain-filled face.
"Go to sleep,
You little creeps.
It's time for you to rest now.
I know you're tired,
So do it now,
Or Winky could get fired..."
The dragons stopped their fighting and turned their attention to Blinky. The red ghost looked at his brothers for help.
Inky groaned as he added on to the song.
"Uh, I know you're angry,
And maybe hungry?
But you should get some rest,
Because you know that it's for the best.
Lie your head down,
And close your eyes.
And imagine you're...uh flying in the skies?"
He shrugged and turned to Clyde.
"Inferno, Fuzzy, and Lucky too.
You know what you must do.
Close your eyes, and say goodbye.
As we must go.
Don't you worry,
We will meet again,
But until then..."
The three ghost backed out of the caves as the three dragons finally crashed out in the cave peacefully.
The three let out a long-held breath. "If the girls asks, Blinky came up with the song, and Clyde sang."
Blinky gave his brother a skeptical look. "And you'll tell her you did nothing?"
Inky shrugged. "What you got a better idea?"
Blinky smirked. "What telling her you sang a cute little lullaby for her dragons? Oh I bet she'd be all over you for that!"
Clyde and Blinky snickered.
Inky rolled his eyes and floated away. "Come on, lets go find the girls and let them know the job's all done."
"Alright Winky we put your dragons to sleep and the egg is with its mother." Blinky announced completely exhausted.
Winky looked surprised. "How did you get them to sleep without singing to them?"
Inky smirked. "We're actually not that bad at coming up with lullabies."
Blinky rolled his eyes. "You mean I'm not bad at coming up with lullabies."
"I sang them..." Clyde offered.
Winky giggled. "Aww, that's so sweet, Clyde."
Inky rolled his eyes. "No way I was gonna sing those lame lyrics."
Winky giggled. "That's too bad, I bet you would've sounded really nice."
Inky laughed and tried to hide his widespread blush. "Oh geez..."
Winky turned to Blinky. "So I guess your genius plans have yet to fail me. Thank you, boys."
Blinky beamed. "You're welcome."
"I'll be more than willing to do it again some time!" Clyde chirped. "Unless Inky would like that chance instead."
The older boys engaged in laughter while Inky glared at them, turning very red.
"I don't get it..." Pinky addressed.
"I don't think we ever will..." Winky stated.
Lawl...:3 Anyhow, I think Inky's crush on Winky may or may not be one-sided. I haven't fully decided who should be shipped with who. I'm still trying to figure out how Mavis (which is her name by the way...not Meibus...) and Glooky will one into play...If you my audience have any specific ships you'd like to read, I will be more than happily oblige to fulfilling them...Exception being Betrayus...I have plans for him :3
I don't think I left anything out...so prepare for Untie or Die part 2, Poison Part 2, and Raphadelia's: The Ghost Who Stole Pacmas, ON CHRISTMAS XD!
~'Delia