Gentle notes floated out of Sunray's Pokeflute as he played a
soothing song for Angel. She smiled appreciatively at him and allowed the
clan doctor to look and prod at her.
"It'll be over soon," Sunray commented in between songs. He reached over and pat Angel's paw gently. Angel smiled at him in thanks, and then turned a sour look at the doctor.
"Watch your paws," she growled. Sunray chuckled and whispered to the distraught doctor, "She's been cranky."
Sunray grinned and shaded his eyes with his paw. Despite his troubled week, he's been enjoying himself today. He peered over the clan, smiling at the happy families crowding together, only to have his heart sore when he saw his younger sister.
"Emerald's here," Sunray proclaimed happily.
"Good!" sighed Angel. "I need another girl my age to chat with." Sunray gave her an apologetic patting.
"You're not that young, dear," he offered, hoping to cheer her up. The glare suggested otherwise and he ran off to meet Emerald.
"Hello big brother," Emerald giggled, hugging Sunray. He smiled and hugged her in a tight embrace back.
"How are you, baby sis?" he replied, trying to find the strength to lift her. Dismayed that he couldn't, he settled for wrapping his tail along her shell and escorting her to a quiet lakeside spot.
She sighed, "I'm alright, a couple of nightmares aside. I came here to make sure you're okay." Sunray grinned and pet her shell gently. "And Twilight." His happy expression fell, and he let his paw slide off her and hang listlessly at his side. She frowned and grabbed it again. "What happened between you two?"
"He's being a jerk," Sunray growled. "I don't want to talk about it." Emerald sighed, hurt, and hugged him tighter.
"What if he wasn't being a jerk?" she offered. "What if he tried to apologize?" Sunray shrugged.
"That'll never happen," he scoffed. "However, I'd accept it of course." Emerald eyed him, then dropped her gaze.
"I hope so," she sighed. He frowned and was about to protest, but she held up a paw. "I have to go. Either I, or Snow, will be back tonight." Leaning over, she gave a gentle kiss to his cheek. "Be good, bro." He sighed and gave a submitting nod.
"Be well, sis," and returned the gentle kiss. She allowed him a dazzling smile before teleporting away. He sat down and sighed, staring into the waters. It was obvious that Emerald had been giving a warning. He didn't really want to heed it. Deep down, he felt the fight was pointless, and was beginning to have second thoughts. However, his stomach gave a warning lurch when he did. The clans were both intent for blood lust to be satisfied. And there were still comments that made his blood boil furiously...
Twilight teleported behind him and responded with cautious tone, "Brother?" Sunray glanced back at Twilight, trembling. A group of attentive Squirtles already formed a circle around the display. Twilight glanced at them irritably.
"Go away," he growled. "This is between my brother and me." The Squirtles didn't move and glared back, drawing a bigger crowd. Twilight's temper waned.
"Get rid of them," he ordered. "We need to talk." Sunray's hope for peaceful forgiveness hardened and he gave Twilight an icy stare.
"Whatever you have to say," he hissed, "you can say in front of them. Or are you so proud that you need to make it a secret?" Twilight frowned. That had been his intentional plan, and now his pride burned hotly in his heart. He concentrated on Sunray, ignoring the onlookers, and was only further enraged by the coldness he was receiving.
"Forget it," he muttered. "Have a nice war." Sunray was a little surprised by the sound of despair and regret in his brother's voice, but Twilight had teleported away before he could respond. Hurt and confused feelings waged war in his heart and it was visibly making him hurt. His fellow clan members, confused, silently left their leader in his own turmoil to try to solve things within himself.
"It'll be over soon," Sunray commented in between songs. He reached over and pat Angel's paw gently. Angel smiled at him in thanks, and then turned a sour look at the doctor.
"Watch your paws," she growled. Sunray chuckled and whispered to the distraught doctor, "She's been cranky."
Sunray grinned and shaded his eyes with his paw. Despite his troubled week, he's been enjoying himself today. He peered over the clan, smiling at the happy families crowding together, only to have his heart sore when he saw his younger sister.
"Emerald's here," Sunray proclaimed happily.
"Good!" sighed Angel. "I need another girl my age to chat with." Sunray gave her an apologetic patting.
"You're not that young, dear," he offered, hoping to cheer her up. The glare suggested otherwise and he ran off to meet Emerald.
"Hello big brother," Emerald giggled, hugging Sunray. He smiled and hugged her in a tight embrace back.
"How are you, baby sis?" he replied, trying to find the strength to lift her. Dismayed that he couldn't, he settled for wrapping his tail along her shell and escorting her to a quiet lakeside spot.
She sighed, "I'm alright, a couple of nightmares aside. I came here to make sure you're okay." Sunray grinned and pet her shell gently. "And Twilight." His happy expression fell, and he let his paw slide off her and hang listlessly at his side. She frowned and grabbed it again. "What happened between you two?"
"He's being a jerk," Sunray growled. "I don't want to talk about it." Emerald sighed, hurt, and hugged him tighter.
"What if he wasn't being a jerk?" she offered. "What if he tried to apologize?" Sunray shrugged.
"That'll never happen," he scoffed. "However, I'd accept it of course." Emerald eyed him, then dropped her gaze.
"I hope so," she sighed. He frowned and was about to protest, but she held up a paw. "I have to go. Either I, or Snow, will be back tonight." Leaning over, she gave a gentle kiss to his cheek. "Be good, bro." He sighed and gave a submitting nod.
"Be well, sis," and returned the gentle kiss. She allowed him a dazzling smile before teleporting away. He sat down and sighed, staring into the waters. It was obvious that Emerald had been giving a warning. He didn't really want to heed it. Deep down, he felt the fight was pointless, and was beginning to have second thoughts. However, his stomach gave a warning lurch when he did. The clans were both intent for blood lust to be satisfied. And there were still comments that made his blood boil furiously...
Twilight teleported behind him and responded with cautious tone, "Brother?" Sunray glanced back at Twilight, trembling. A group of attentive Squirtles already formed a circle around the display. Twilight glanced at them irritably.
"Go away," he growled. "This is between my brother and me." The Squirtles didn't move and glared back, drawing a bigger crowd. Twilight's temper waned.
"Get rid of them," he ordered. "We need to talk." Sunray's hope for peaceful forgiveness hardened and he gave Twilight an icy stare.
"Whatever you have to say," he hissed, "you can say in front of them. Or are you so proud that you need to make it a secret?" Twilight frowned. That had been his intentional plan, and now his pride burned hotly in his heart. He concentrated on Sunray, ignoring the onlookers, and was only further enraged by the coldness he was receiving.
"Forget it," he muttered. "Have a nice war." Sunray was a little surprised by the sound of despair and regret in his brother's voice, but Twilight had teleported away before he could respond. Hurt and confused feelings waged war in his heart and it was visibly making him hurt. His fellow clan members, confused, silently left their leader in his own turmoil to try to solve things within himself.