Hey guys. Sorry again for taking so long on this one. Went on a holiday to Queensland for like, a month. Went horse riding and camping and playing music and stuff. so yeah. This ones a lot shorter because I really just wanted to get a chapter up to tell you guys I'm not dead or anything. I'm sorry Buck hasn't gone on his huge adventure to try get over the Canine Mountains yet, but I'm working on it, k? Also if anyone wanted to do some fan art for me that would be cool, because I want to see what others see my characters like. I've done my own drawings, the best one of Jess, but the one of Sasha needing to be completely redone. Ok, hope you guys enjoy this interesting and funny chapter. Well, I hope it's funny and interesting.
Levi stared at the night sky, the stars twinkling and shimmering against the dark blue sky. He thought of his friend below ground, how the guy was probably having a great time, relaxing in the night air or fighting a dinosaur, (for he obviously had no idea about the fight between Buck and Regal) and he wished he could see him again. Why don't you? You know how to get there. True, but right now, you've got to crack the code. The code of why that female would not tell of her past.
Iesha.
She still wouldn't talk about what happened to her, however much he prodded. He didn't want to get too serious about it, in case she would start hating him. It had been a month since he'd met her, and just couldn't get her out of his head. Tomorrow he would find her again. It was getting easier to make her smile and laugh. He hoped that soon…soon she would finally except him as a friend and tell him about her past.
Buck glared at Regal, who glared right back. They'd both made sure that they had stood as far from the other as they could. Lucy was in the center, staring back and forth to both of them. The fight had been last night, and in the morning, Lucy had gone and dragged Buck from the tree at the stream, then had dragged Regal from his tunnel. Now, they both had to stand…in the same room! The thought could make Buck shiver in disgust. Having to breathe the same air, and be in the same proximity as Regal was almost unbearable.
Almost.
"Alright." Lucy said sternly. "You two had better get this sorted out here and now! Or so help me I will throw you both off a cliff!" Dwain, Steve and Trevor were standing nearby, making sure Buck and Regal didn't launch at each other.
"Come on guys, we don't want trouble, just both reseal the deal." Trevor said.
"Yeah, otherwise you'll never be off each others backs." Dwain added. Buck shrugged and said,
"Fine. I ain' startin' any fights."
"You hypocrite!" Regal said, but at the sound of knuckles cracking, he saw Steve getting ready to pound either the red male or the brown. Buck knew Steve would do it, just to calm the fire, even if it meant hurting Buck himself. Regal growled but said,
"Fine."
"Now shake paws!" Lucy commanded.
"What!?" Both males yelled, immediately jumping away from each other.
"Do it!" she yelled, louder. Regal scowled and Buck wrinkled his nose, but eventually both of them walked just close enough to extend their paws, and…shake paws. This is even worse than falling into dino dung! Buck thought to himself, then he pulled back his paw after the shake was done. And trust me, Buck knew what it was like to fall into dino dung.
Don't ask how.
"Now that that's over with, no more fighting!" Lucy said. Buck almost flinched at how mad she was.
"Fine." Regal mumbled,
"Fine." Buck growled. Neither of them moved, they just glared at each other.
"Guys. Deals over. Lets. Go. Have. Fun." Dwain said it slowly, just mockingly making sure they understood.
"Fine." Regal repeated.
"Fine." Buck said again. Regal was the first to leave, putting his arm around Lucy first and leading her out. She smiled at Regal and said, just as they were leaving,
"This is why I love you."
So Regal glanced back at Buck just long enough to sneer.
After they were out of earshot and sight, Buck turned quickly and threw his knife straight across the room and into the wall. It struck and stayed there, embedded deep into it. He was breathing heavily, then knelt on the ground with his head in his paws, trying to calm himself. Fury burnt through his veins, burning, absolute, dangerous, Fury, hatred, anger…every dangerous feeling you could have surged in him. The anger about the poor dinosaur Regal had tortured, threatening to hurt Lucy, cheating on Lucy, trying to kill Buck, killing Jai…every memory of everything bad Regal had done ever came up, and Buck bared his teeth and clenched his jaw, closing his eye.
Why? Lucy…why him?!
Jess and Sasha had arrived just fast enough to see Regal sneer at Buck, then saw Buck turn and throw his knife, kneel on the ground and stay there, silent. Jess thought she saw a shimmering tear hit the ground, but it never happened again, plus, Buck would never cry in front of them. She must have imagined it. He was too tough to let Regal get to him this badly. Still, Sasha looked at Jess, then walked over to him. She knelt beside him, and put a paw on his shoulder. Everyone stayed silent for a few more minutes, before Trevor said,
"Come on guys. We all hate Regal, but it can't get in the way of our fun."
"Trevor's right. Let's hit the Stream!" Everyone but Buck gave cries of excitement, but still…he smiled.
They invited friends, friends of friends, and then the friends of friends of friends, and so on. Everyone that had some sort of connection whatsoever was invited to the biggest party the Stream would ever see! They used sap-water as the alcohol, and gathered heaps and heaps of fruit. They brought out a big log, carried by heaps of weasels, and put all the fruit on it. They built up a huge pile of wood to burn. It took them all day to gather everything they needed. Tying vines to the very edges of branches that hung over the water, catching fireflies to put in trees to light it up, hanging small bundles of dries leaves and sticks covered in sap, to set fire to set as lights as well. Clearing the sand of any sticks or small rocks. They still had about two hours left of daylight to play in the water. They leaped, splashed, threw sand, and tackled each other into the water. All up, over two hundred and fifty weasels, ferrets, minks, martins, and one otter were hanging around the stream. Shouts and laughter carried high to the roof of the world. Buck eventually forgot about the morning and its occurrences. Naturally Regal and his gang hadn't been invited to the party. Buck felt bad about Lucy not knowing about the party, but nobody here wanted Regal making the party into a stupid one, so he wasn't feeling as bad. While Buck was there though, he noticed the amount of females that would give him a 'come over here' kind of look, but he strangely didn't mind. Maybe he should get himself a girlfriend, meet someone and try to forget about another certain weaselette. She loved Regal, so why not Buck just give up and go on a date for a change. It would be fun, he might even meet a girl he really, really liked. Buck jumped around in the water, and saw a group running his way, so he stuck out his foot, and tripped up a female he actually recognized.
"Hey Buck." She said, standing.
"Anna." Buck said, trying to hold back an astonished look, "I didn' know I' was you." Her coat had gone from a darkish brown to a lighter version, and her face had changed since they were kids.
"I haven't seen you since..." she pouted when she realized the last time she'd seen him.
Since Jai died.
"Yeah well, how's things?" Buck asked, changing subject dramatically fast.
"They're alright. Your dino world's great by the way."
"You don' have t' tell me tha'." Buck said, laughing. She laughed as well.
"Hey, just to let you know," Anna said, then she leaned in closer and said in a whisper, "There's heaps of girls that like you at this party." Buck groaned and said,
"You don' have t' tell me tha' either. You can' believe the looks they give me!" Anna laughed and said,
"I feel sorry for you. You getting all the attention, while some guys don't get a second glance."
"I'm jus' amazingly wonderful, that's why." Buck said. Anna looked down at her paws and said,
"Jai was too." It was quiet, but Buck heard it.
"'E was better than me!" Buck said, being casual, "'e was a better comedian." Pouting, he added, "'e had a better throw than me, too."
"He wasn't as fast."
"Yeah, but 'e was stronger." Buck said.
"True."
"Ya still miss 'im?"
"Do you?" that was his answer. He missed Jai a lot, so Anna obviously did too.
"Well, see ya 'round." Just as Buck was about to walk off, he was tackled fast and strongly, both bodies flying through the air and landing with a huge splash in the water. Buck got up, laughing, then laughed even harder when the head of Trevor popped out of the water. Buck and Trevor wrestled for a bit, trying to strangle the other. Buck tripped his friend up in the end, and sent him splashing into the water. Trevor grabbed Buck's ankle underwater and yanked, making Buck slip into the water. They came up again, and Buck punched his friend lightly in the stomach, making Trevor flinch, but not double up, then Buck ran off. Trevor in hot pursuit. Buck was faster, and reached a group where Steve, Dwain, Sasha, Jess and a couple of others were. He hid behind Jess and said,
"Ssh. Pretend I'm no' 'ere."
"In your dreams," Jess said, and pushed him strongly into the stream. Buck came up and yelled in complete sarcasm,
"its grea' knowin' how much of a friend ya are, Jess."
"You know you love Me." she said, turning away to talk to the others.
"Hey, I heard that!" Trevor yelled, coming after Buck.
"Hey, she was kiddin'! I had no part in tha'" Buck yelled, but was still laughing, and so was Trevor, but that didn't stop him chasing Buck further up the stream. Someone with steel-grey fur tripped Buck as he went past, so Trevor got an opening and launched right at Buck, sending him back into water. Buck came up and laughed.
"Soaked yet?" Adrian asked, looking down at Buck.
"Ya cheeky bugger." Buck said, standing. He was panting from the excitement and running. Trevor was even more tired, so gave up and walked back to the others. "How dya ge' away from Regal's gang?"
"Easy, I told them I was going to bed early."
"I'm glad ya came, but stay away from th' tree sap, or I'll tell ya mother." Buck said, meaning it.
"BUT!"
"No but's. Tha' stuff'll ge' ya drunk, an' you're too young." Buck said sternly, cutting the teenager off from his complaint. Adrian sagged and mumbled,
"Damn."
"Oi."
"Ok, I'll stay away from it."
"Promise?" Adrian hesitated. "Adrian!"
"Ok, OK, I promise." He said, and Buck nodded.
"Good, now go an' have fun." Adrian's ears perked an' he said,
"No problem."
So it really was that easy for Buck to forget about things? Regal had seen the party, Lucy under his arm. He'd tried walking out to the stream, saying, 'hey, Whattup?' Everyone had stopped and stared, no…glared at Regal. No-one moved, no one spoke, and eventually he had turned away with Lucy and walked off, hearing the party continue after. Regal had only just managed to see a single blue eye in the crowd. So Buck was getting all his buddies together and splitting the village into three types of people. The ones that hate Regal, the ones that hate Buck, and the ones that didn't give a crap. Now Regal was just with Lucy, in the healing shack. His paw traveled down her back as they made out, Regal getting a bit more excited that Lucy would allow, he knew. After he got more and more excited going further and further, she stopped him.
"Regal, come on. It's been an interesting day. Can we just go to sleep now?" Lucy asked, her paw spread on his chest and head snuggled into his chest, her breath from her words sending shocks up his spine.
"You can go to sleep. I gotta go check on the raptors. I'll see ya tomorrow." He said, and kissed her on the forehead.
"Ok, love you, bye." She said quietly, laying down in a sleeping position on her bed.
"Love you too, bye." Regal walked out, annoyance creeping into him. Why does she always stop me? He left the burrow, and checked to see if anyone was around, before he ran down a side canyon. The party at the stream was still on at this time of night, so a lot of the village was gone, and others were sleeping or getting drunk at the pub chamber. He reached a plank of bark that covered the entrance to a burrow. He stayed in the shadows, and knocked on the plank. Well, if Lucy's stopping me, Tiffany won't. He smiled as the door opened and revealed a great looking weaselette. She looked at him and smiled.
"Regal, what a surprise."
"Tiffany, you and I both know you're lying. May I come in?" He asked, stepping close.
"You know you can." She answered, turning and letting him follow her in.
