He looked over at me with a surprised and confused look.
"I saw Marshall in the woods one day. He told me not to tell anyone but I think I'm safe telling you." Rocky nodded.
"Me too. I see him everywhere. In the Lookout driveway speeding across the pavement in his red vehicle. Other times, he's tripping over the air and slamming into me as his warm body covers mine as we land tied together in some sort of puzzle. I see him swimming in the water or telling Skye he loves her. I watch as I try to avoid the water but he ends up spraying me anyhow. I do see him." I shook my head.
"No I mean for real."
"Firefly."
"Not just imagining their existence like I do with my mom. I actually touched him."
"Firefly."
"I held him and he left marks on the earth and if he's alive then maybe my mom is too?"
"Firefly! There gone. D.E.A.D. Dead. There is no way for them to be alive still. I watched them get buried. I felt for their pulse. They are dead. Now if you excuse me, I have a truck to fix." He turned away from me and went back to his project. I nodded and walked away.
'I don't want my parents to be dead. I want to believe that they are alive. So what if Rocky said they aren't? If I choose to believe they are alive, then they are alive.'
"Who am I kidding?" I said aloud. "Their dead and there's nothing I can do to bring them back."
"What if we're not dead though?" I heard in my head I turned around and saw no one.
"Hello?" I said looking back and forth.
"Why did you do that!?" I heard in a forced whisper.
"She's clearly ready!" I heard in a feminine whisper.
"No stop this!"
"We have to tell her now!"
"No we don't. All you did was tell her something in her head. For all she knows it could have been her imagination!"
"Except that she can't hear us because of the sound barrier."
"She can hear us!"
"No she can't!"
"Yes she can!"
"No she can't!"
"Yes she can!"
"No she can't!"
"Yes I can." I whispered as I felt 2 sets of eyes on me.
"Now look what you've done!" I heard the voice scream.
"I'm not the one who forgot to put up the barrier!"
"You can do it just as well as I can!"
"But I'm not the one who wanted it up now was I?"
"GRRRR"
"Well it's too late now might as well tell her."
"Fine but remember, it was your idea."
"Hello Firefly." I heard from behind me. I turned around as my purple eyes were met with pink.
"But you- you're the- with the-" Blackness
"Firefly?" I heard as my eyes slowly opened.
"Are you okay?" I looked up to see blue eyes.
"Dad?"
"And mom." I heard as I turned towards the owner of the voice. She had cream coloured fur pink eyes and the sweetest smile I'd ever seen.
"M-mom?" She smiled and nodded. I fainted again.
"No- Firefly? Comon' wake up." My eyes slowly opened again.
"Are you okay?" I nodded and rose to my feet.
"So you're my mom?" The female pup nodded. I sighed and looked at the ground.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure." She replied happily. I lunged at her.
"Where have you been!? If you were alive why weren't you a part of my life? You know how hard it was to look at all the other pups playing with their moms and knowing that your mom will never be back!? You deserted me! Why? Was it worth it? You got to sit back and watch me struggle to deal with all the pain inside of me! I hate you!" I threw a punch at her muzzle as her eyes began to glow. Her pink irises overwhelmed the white and black until her whole eye was pink. She pushed me off of her and onto my back beside her. I felt her hot breath against my neck as her teeth dug into my collar. I suddenly felt the ground beneath me go missing as I was lifted into the air. The ground below became further and further away as we flew higher and higher until the spotted pup shaking his head at us became undefinable.
After a minute of flying I felt a jerk in my collar as I was thrown straight up. After suspending for a few moments at optimal height, I began to fall. I looked up at my mother but what I saw was no pup. In front of me, flew a golden dragon about the size of a great dane. Its head was pointing up as it showed off its fully extended wings which let the light of the sun behind it make it glow. The beast had white claws on its feet, fire spewing out of its mouth, and glowing pink eyes. I didn't scream. The dragon stopped breathing fire and looked at me its form becoming smaller and smaller as I fell toward earth.
I went through a cloud as darkness and condensation covered my body. I exited the cloud and right behind me the golden shape burst through, ripping the cloud to pieces with its wings. Its bright eyes met my purple ones. It flapped once, going up about a foot, before wrapping its body with its wings, diving at me, spinning like a bit on a drill. At the last second, it stopped spinning and caught me but my scruff. It kept diving though, going faster and faster, cleaning its eyes with its transparent eyelids. I looked down as the earth became closer and closer.
I squeezed my eyes shut as as voice entered my head.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you." I opened my eyes as the earth pulled the opposite direction from me I looked at the flying reptile as it smile ad at me. It tossed me up and I landed on its back, grabbing onto the edge where the wings connected with her body. She flew up and then dove back down in a mid-air backflip. She flew silently over Adventure Bay with the sound of flapping filling my ears. After a few moments, she turned and flew back to the Lookout. She landed softly on the pavement and I hopped down. Her scales turned to fur as she began to shrink in size. A quiver went up my spine as my mother, now a dog again, put a paw on my shoulder. I pulled her into an embrace.
"I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry! I don't hate you, I love you."
"I love you too."
"Okay we're good. Now can we please get back on topic?" I looked over at Marshall who had an irritated look on his face.
"What topic?" I asked looking back and forth between my parents.
"Why don't you tell her Skye since you're the one who thought it was such a good idea to tell her of our existence."
"What is it?" I asked with worry as Skye closed her eyes and dropped her head. Her eyelids opened burning bright pink. She walked up to me and placed a single paw on my head. She smiled apologetically and slammed my head to the pavement.
