Chapter Eleven: Chased Away Once More
Eucalyptus fell, he heard Comet yell his name an saw her dive towards him, only to be stopped by Amethyst. He tried to flap his wings, but to no avail, it was useless. He plummeted and saw Comet clawing and biting Amethyst, then Comet yelped in pain and flapped away from Amethyst...her left wing shredded but strangy starting to heal over again. Eucalyptus clenched his claws in a fist of rage and flipped around, diving at the ground.
He shot a beam of nuclear energy at the ground, this propelled him upwards and stopped the fall. To his own shock confusion he felt his injuries heal. The wounds closing up as fast as they had been inflicted.
Before he could even flap his his wings he suddenly felt his wing get scorched again and talons landed on his back. Amethyst bit down on his spines and ripped back, this prompted an instinct to focus more energy to his spines than to his mouth.
Eucalyptus Flapped his wings and roared in anguish. His spines glowed bright blue and kept growing brighter...until, FWOOSH! His spines shot bright blue streams of blue energy, he felt Amethyst flap off as he did and once more that healing factor took effect. Once again not caring about whatever it as, he spread his wings letting the air catch him. Eucalyptus then turned towards his adversary, snarling.
" You are one serious problem. ", Amethyst said, " but I can take care of that. ". A ball of energy, red as a flame, formed in her claws. She launched it at Eucalyptus as he dove out of the way, the ball then exploded beside him and he felt burning sensations all over his wings, black smoke clouded the area and he dove to the ground to get away from the sky, Amethyst followed.
Landing in the clearing he was at the day before, he watched as Amethyst landed a few lengths away. The two stared each other down while circling and snarling. Suddenly Agate landed on his sister and tore her horns out of her skull, blood spraying everywhere as he did. Amethyst screamed and bucked as he did this.
" COME ON, LET'S FLY! ", ignoring the fight Eucalyptus took off into the sky the other already there waiting on them. The flew without another word westward, towards the sea.
" Whats ith the insta-healin? ", he asked. Comet replied, her wing hd fully healed over.
" Just the joys of a Nucleotide I guess! ".
" Oh..neat! ", Eucalyptus said s the flew easterd.
Not a word was said on the flight until Eucalyptus broke the silence,
" So, ", he said, " where to now? ". Agate simply sighed in response.
" I don't know, any ideas Comet? ", He asked.
" No, how about you sis? ", Comet answered.
" None that I can think of right now. ", Night replied, Polar growled loudly in frustration.
" I wish your sister never hatched! " he said, Agate nodded at Polar.
" Here, Here. ".
" How did she even find us? ", Scorpion asked.
" I don't know, maybe she sensed Eucalyptus's little Atomic breath freakout! ", Trench yelled. Alligator suddenly popped up beside Eucalyptus, giving him a little scare.
" Sorry! ", Alligator said. Eucalyptus closed his eyes and sighed, he opened them again.
" It's fine, I suppose i'm still a little jumpy. ", he replied with a smile. Alligator smiled back and turned his attention to Trench.
" What about Pantalia? ", Alligator asked, " We could go there. ". Agates face wavered a bit, showing a hints of worry, concern, curiosity, and...a little bit of hope. He snorted a shook his snout.
" No, we all know that place doesn't exist! ", Agate said.
What in the world are they talking about?, he thought.
There talking about a continent across the western sea!, Comet replied. Eucalyptus arched his brow in confusion.
There's one across the sea!?, he thought back, meanwhile everyone else was insisting that it wasn't real.
" Stop believing in fairytales Alligator, it simply isn't real! ", Scorpion shouted. Alligator retorted with a,
" How do you know? ", and pretty soon everyone else was arguing with him, Trench however seemed more on his side, balancing his comments out.
Hopelessly in love I tell you!, Comet thought.
Like us!, Comet smiled and rolled her eyes.
Yes we are Eucy.
So about this continent?, Eucalyptus asked. Comet smiled,
I'm glad that your mindreading is improving by a lot. After she had thought this Eucalyptus just began to realize that it had been improving. He had never really noticed or relied on it, but in his opinion he never really saw a need for it.
Huh, interesting, anyway, He pressed on.
Oh yes right. There's an old legend about three tribes...I think it's called " The Legend of the Hive. " but I'm not really sure. Eucalyptus was even more curious now. What would they look like, tribes that he had never seen. Eucalyptus thought and thought until….wait a minute, something was forming in his brain….what the?
Oh, that's your foresight speaking there., Comet thought. Before Eucalyptus could answer a vision of sorts filled his mind. The tribes...were beautiful and strange looking, words came with the visions, the words Hivewing, Leafwing, and Silkwing came to him. He was in awe of these tribes.
Wow!, he heard Comet think as she too saw it. The Hivewings looked like giant dragon wasps, with four wings instead of two that even looked like wasp wings. Their scales where like a mix between a Icewing and Nightwing in appearance, but their color was a mix of reds, yellows, blacks and oranges.
The Silkwings looked like giant butterflies. With four wings and scales in appearance of a nightwing, there colors ranged from blues to yellows, they were in a sense beautiful. They had antenna on their heads and silk producing glands on their wrists.
The Leafwings too where pretty, having spines like those of a seawing and green and brown scales that looked similar in appearance to a nightwings and seawings. Their wings were shaped like leaves but unlike the other tribes, they only had two.
These are…...amazing!, Eucalyptus thought. Comet didn't respond as the vision faded back out of his mind, in fact the reason she didn't respond was because she was telling the others.
" Guys, it's true, Pantalia does exist, west of the sandwing kingdom. Eucalyptus just foresaw it! ", Comet said as his ears became tooned into the sounds of the worlds again.
" Really? ", Alligator perked up, " See, they foresaw it, now believe it! ". Trench looked at Eucalyptus,
" Is it true? ", she asked.
" Where is it? ", Polar chimed in.
" Can we get there? ", Scorpion said. Eucalyptus looked back at all of them.
" Yes, Westward across the sea, and Yes! ", Eucalyptus answered in order. Alligator did a little flip in the air.
" Yahoo! I told you I was right! ", Alligator cheered doing flips in the air.
" Agate can we land now? I'm a little tired. ", Scorpion asked as soon as she saw a cave. Eucalyptus personally was tired too but was kept awake from that fight with Amethyst,
That dreaded monster!, he thought hoping that she would die from that venom filled bite he gave her.
" Of course, I believe after traveling hundreds miles were all tired. ", Agate replied.
" A hundred miles! ", Eucalyptus said, " seriously that's how much distance we've covered? ", Trench laughed.
" Yes it has been. Nucleotides do have the stamina. ", Trench replied.
" Well...theres alot I should learn. ", Eucalyptus replied.
They all dove down and landed next to another cave.
" Home for tonight, ayh. ", Polar said, " Not really that comfortable. ".
" You'll have to deal with it Polar. ", Comet said. Polar did a sort of snort laugh as they all entered the cave.
Dusk settled over the landscape, Eucalyptus was once again staring at the stars on a small hill.
" Again? ", Comet asked, " Your parents should have called you stargazer or starscape or something. ". Eucalyptus laughed in response.
" Well yes, I suppose they could have. ", He replied. Comet leaned on him smiling, Eucalyptus put his wing around her as she did, they twined their tails but as they did, they heard giggling in the background. Turning around they found the rest of the group.
" I KNEW IT, YOU TWO ARE IN LOVE! ", Scorpion said. Comet and Eucalyptus both blushed angry and embarrassed out of their minds.
" Awwww, their blushing! So cute! ", Trench said.
" Hah! ", Polar said with a hint of amusement. Agate and Alligator both fell over laughing.
" Never knew my sister could be this adorable. ", Night stated. This prompted Eucalyptus to rush at them, they all screamed and ended up laughing in the grass. Soon they all made there way to the cave and had to give a big confesion to everyone that he was in love with Comet. Soon after the embarrassing ordeal they all curled up in the cave to sleep, Comet fell asleep under Eucalyptus's wing, both of them smiling. His dreams filled with happiness despite what happened earlier.
