Pipit
The rage exploded inside me like a volcano. Instinctively, I charged toward Fledge like a bull attacking a matador. He sidestepped and I ran past him. I stopped my charging just before I ran over the edge. I turned backwards and ran toward him again. I stopped in front of him and punched. He dodged and as he was recovering, I kicked him in the shin. He cried out in agony and fell to the ground, holding his leg. I tried to attack when he was lying on the ground, vulnerable, but Gaepora and Parrow grabbed my arms and pulled me away from him. When I had finally composed myself, I walked over to Fledge.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"We had nowhere else to go." Fledge answered, calmly, like he knew I would agree to let him stay.
I didn't want to play into his game. He knew I would let him in out of the kindness of my heart. I didn't want him to think he won.
"I'm really sorry I caused that whole revolution thing," he said. He laughed nervously. "You don't usually hear somebody apologize about that."
I just stared at him angrily. He had caused the revolution. He had caused everybody to leave. I consider myself a very forgivable person. But I just couldn't forgive him for this.
"Umm...could we… stay here…with you?" Fledge asked. I could tell he was acting. He must have figured out that I didn't believe that sham he was trying to pull. Now, he was trying to act nervous, like he didn't think we'd let him stay. I could see through his act, though. Since the Nine started, he had become tougher and an evil mastermind. Something was going on with him.
"No," I said.
"What?" Fledge asked.
"NO!" I said as I pushed him to the ground. Gaepora and Parrow grabbed and dragged me away from him again. I was yelling, trying to shake them off. I wanted to kill that boy, trying to trick me like that. I finally stopped screaming. I cooled down a bit. Everybody was standing there, looking a bit embarrassed by my fit of rage. Groose motioned for us to get in a huddle. Groose, Gaepora, Beedle, Cawlin, Karane, Strich, Oolo and I were in the huddle.
Gaepora said, "I think we should let them stay here with us."
"But, they left us!" I argued.
"Pipit," Karane said to me, "We can't hold a grudge against them forever!"
"She's right," Cawlin agreed, followed by Strich with a simple, "Yep."
"They could be good for business," said Beedle.
"No," I protested angrily, "I'm not sharing an island with those jerks!"
"Okay," Groose calmly stated, "We need to end this argument peacefully. We'll take a vote. I think we should let them stay."
"I agree."
"As do I."
"Me too."
"Me three."
"Also."
"There," Groose told me in a very matter of fact voice, "Everyone except for you agreed they should stay."
"What about Oolo?" Cawlin asked.
We all turned to where Oolo was standing. He was a bush.
"Okay," Groose said, "We have agreed to let you guys stay."
Parrow, Orielle, and Gondo all screamed and hugged each other with glee. Fledge just stood there with a sly grin on his face. He knew exactly how this would go. He knew that we would let him stay. He was much more manipulative than he was before. And I didn't like the new Fledge.
I didn't like him one bit.
