A/N- and back again! Lol…

Moon Child is okay now. I know this cos she stole a pair of my pants yesterday XD. Good ol' Moony.

Right, you better be appreciative of this chapter; even more than usual. 'Why?' you ask. Well, as normal, I wrote this chapter on my laptop, whilst lying down. Very comfortable so I can be bothered to write longer chapters. Only today, it's been hard. No, my bed hasn't been taken away (Thank God!) but… I wrote this, with a cat sleeping on my bum- I am not kidding. My cat decided that my derriere was nice and cushy so she chose to have a nap on my Gluteus Maximus. Joy.

So most of this chapter was hampered by not being able to move so much in fear of waking dear old Cuddles and earning claw marks on my best feature XD.

'Animal speaking'

'Animal thinking'

Normal thinking

"Speaking"

"Another language"


"Hey, Kai! Old buddy, old pal!"

Kai turned around to regard Tyson. "What?"

"Have you seen Ray? We were going to get some ice cream, and I know how much Ray likes ice cream and-"

"No."

"No, what?" Tyson asked. "'No, he can't go out and get ice cream' or 'No, I haven't seen him'?"

"Both."

Kai turned back around and continued down the corridor. Cha'tima regarded Tyson with mahogany eyes for a second or two before following Kai.

"Sourpuss!" Tyson called.

Kai ignored the shout and stalked around the corner.

'Strange human…' Cha'tima thought as he followed Kai. 'I hope it doesn't rub off on Ayashe…'

Mahogany eyes blinked at something outside the window. Cha'tima reared up on his hind legs and placed his front paws upon the windowsill. His wet nose and breathing left condensation on the glass, blocking out some of the view.

"What is it?"

Cha'tima looked over at Kai. 'Ayashe.'

Kai also looked out the window and froze. On the flat roof of the hotel, sat Moon Child. Her fluffy, dark grey back was to them and she stared out at the glittering sea before her.

Kai opened up the window and Moon Child immediately looked over her shoulder to see who it was. Hazel eyes softened when she saw Kai and Cha'tima.

Kai, as silently as he could along the gravel, walked over to Tala's wolf, Cha'tima padding quietly behind.

Without a sound, both human and wolf sat beside the lunar-named female.

'What is wrong, Ayashe?' Cha'tima asked.

'…It is coming…'

'What is?'

'The Thunderer…'

Cha'tima looked at his mate sharply. 'We must warn Tala.'


Unbeknownst about the danger, the redhead-wolf was sleeping peacefully, curled up with the cat-Ray who in turn was curled up against the unicorn-Oliver. Bryan sat beside the three animals, reading a thick novel. Traci sat across from the two, twiddling her thumbs.

Suddenly the door to the hotel suite opened and Enrique walked in. He looked out of breath. Upon sighting Traci, he raced over to her and clasped the blind-girl's knees.

"Traci, I just want to let you know that you are the most beautiful girl in the whole world and if I weren't gay, I'd so marry you in a flash!"

Traci and Bryan paused, the Falcon peering over his book with what seemed like a bored look.

"You know, Ms Johnson," Bryan began nonchalantly, turning back to his book, "if I were you, my reply would be something like this, "What the fuck have you done now, wanker?"… but then of course, I myself am not you – neither am I a girl, for that matter."

Nearby, a certain wolf cub fell off the couch with wolfish barks of laughter.

Traci turned back to where she guessed Enrique was, smiling because of the Falcon. "Bryan is right, you know. What have you done now… wanker?"

"Why would he be?" Enrique asked, almost in a panic. "C-Can't I compliment a girl?" He turned to Bryan. "Hey dude, could I, by chance, talk to you outside?"

Bryan thought about it. "No."

"Bryan, this is serious," Enrique said in Italian, "it's about Michael. He's still a stupid bird, but he's even more stupid because he's flirting with a bunch of girls!"

Bryan lowered the book and sighed. "Fine… But how the hell does a bird flirt? I've heard of wooing a girl, but cooing one…?"

Enrique blinked. "Uh, you speak Italian? I just took a chance with it…"

"I've had too much spare time in my life…" Bryan muttered. "Johnson, look after the others, will you? And for God's sake, Tala, shut the fuck up!"

Tala quietened to snickers and jumped back onto the couch, icy eyes on Bryan with mischievousness.

Bryan followed the Italian out the door and continued to do so until Enrique stopped behind a corner. The blonde jabbed his thumb in the direction of another corridor adjacent to them and Bryan peered around it.

There, in the center of the hallway, was a group of girls. And on one of the girl's shoulder was a yellow and gold eagle.

The girl gasped and pulled a piece of paper from beneath the eagle's foot. "Look what it wrote!" She shrieked. "'I'm Michael Parker's pet bird but he's looking for another'!"

The girls all screamed and jumped around.

"Will you take us to him?" One asked.

The eagle nodded. More screams were heard…

Bryan sighed and turned back to Enrique. "I'm so glad Johnson isn't here to hear or see this…"


Back in the hotel room, Traci sighed sadly. Oliver slowly trotted over from his couch to hers and sat next to her. He looked up at her with sparkling purple eyes and he placed a hoof on her leg.

'It'll be okay.' He reassured, but all Traci heard was jabbling noises and neighs.

Traci laughed and grabbed the Unicorn, hugging him against her chest.

"Young one…"

Traci gasped and hugged Oliver tighter in fear of the voice. "Wh-Who's there?"

"Do not fear, my child…"

Traci trembled, desperately wanting to have her sight back. "M-Mom?"

"Darling, take away those wrappings from your eyes."

Traci placed Oliver back on the couch and, with shaking hands, began to unwrap the cloth. When the bandages fell into her lap, she slowly opened her eyes, squinting against the light. But slowly, fuzzy shapes crept into her vision.

She gasped. "I can see!"

"Yes child." The voice said, but no one was present in the room. Tala, Ray and Oliver all had their animalistic ears up, listening to the disembodied voice. "I wish I did not have to do this to you, my daughter, but you must follow my voice…"

"But… what do you mean?"

"Just follow…"

Traci stood up and raced out the room as the voice faded. "Where are you?" She called.

"Follow…"

She did so, racing down the corridors and down staircases until she froze.

She was in the corridor with the girls and the eagle-Michael.

The girls squealed. "You are such a cute birdy-wirdy! I just wanna take you home and snuggle you forever!"

Traci glared and clenched her fists in anger. How dare these girls do that to her boyfriend? Eagle or not, she cared!

At the other end, Bryan frowned. "Traci's there…" he murmured. "I think… she can see again… but this is not good…" He blinked. "Wait, why the fuck am I caring all of a sudden? This is all Ray's fault…"

The same girl giggled and waved the piece of paper around. Michael still gripped the biro in his beak.

"Listen to this!" She crowed.

"Oh fuck…" Enrique cursed.

"This bird is so sweet!" She shrieked again. "He said, 'I wouldn't mind that, honey'!"

All anger fled Traci, letting go to sadness. Her heart broke. Right there and then. To put it within a pun: her heart had fallen off the wall of security and happiness and all the king's horses and all the king's men would never be able to put this heart back together again…

She did the only thing she could think of:

She turned right around and ran away, bare feet and tears thudding against the carpet flooring.


0.0 deary me... what have i done now -.-'''

In the wise words of Troublesome Aries-
Break it, buy it.
Read it, review it.

I think they're rather wise... and so true...