Part 2: Dream meets Zee
Xelqued woke up the next morning with a knocking at his quarter's door.
"Xel! Get up you bum, we're gonna be late for class again!" Xel jumped up and looked at his V-shaped clock. Yes, he was going to be late. He mad a dash for the door and it opened to reveal a young green Gelert. She just sat there, looking very tired.
"Dream! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" DarkDigitalDream shrugged.
"Didn't really feel like it. Lets get a move on, you promised me you'd show me this thing!" That took a minute to register into Xelqued's brain.
"You woke me up early on a Saturday?!"
Dream gave a triumphant grin. "You need to keep a calendar, my abnormal friend. Now lets get moving, you promised!" She waved a paw in his face. "But, I shoulda' guessed you'd break a promise. Alien Aisha can't be trusted…"
Xelqued snorted. "Alright, let's go. But you can't tell anyone I let you see her, understand me? It'll ruin everything. I won't get to talk with her, and then I might be dismembered." To be dismembered as an Alien Aisha meant that you would be disowned, apart and alone from your people.
"Alright, alright, fine, fine. So tell me again, what is this thing?" Dream asked as they started walking toward the corridor.
"She, it's a she. She doesn't have any real name, everyone calls her Experiment Z, so I just call her Zee. She's so weird looking! She has long ears and a really long tail and-"
"And you think having a long tail and long ears is WEIRD?!" Dream shook her head, letting her long ears fly around, and then wagged her tail.
"No, it's different from yours. Yours are cool, her's are just sort of… weird."
"Have you ever seen yourself? Nothing's weird, pal, nothing."
Xelqued looked around a few times, turning through different corridors. "She's in here somewhere…." Finally, he came upon a completely silent room, which he entered. There, sleeping on top of air (Probably on a log or in a tree) was Zee. She was curled up into a ball and barely recognizable because she was covered with her ears. Her tail twitched lightly as they entered. Dream stared at her, stunned.
"Whoa."
"Didn't I tell you she looked weird?"
"I was just gonna say she looks cool…"
Zee opened one eye and looked up. When she saw Xelqued, she wagged her tail lightly, but her ears perked up suspiciously when she saw Dream. She waved a paw and yawned, showing off her little teeth. Xelqued carefully opened the door and began to make his way inside, motioning for Dream to follow him.
"Morning, Zee."
"Hiya Xel. What'r you doin' back so soon, get in trouble again?"
"No, not really. I wanted you to meet my friend, Dream."
Dream took a step forward and let out a paw for Zee to shake, but Zee did nothing. She just studied Dream as she had done Xelqued the day before. Finally, to break the tension, Xelqued pulled a mirror out from behind his back.
"I brought you something."
Zee stared at it for a second. "What IS that?"
"It's a mirror. You use it to look at yourself."
Zee snorted. "Aha. Whoever made it must be very self-centered."
Xelqued blinked. "I'm not really sure. But I asked you about it before, remember? Now you can see what you look like."
Zee took the mirror lightly and looked into it for a few seconds, then she exploded in laughter. "That isn't me! That's a baby!"
"Actually, it sort of is you. Look…" Xelqued sat down next to Zee and held up the mirror, now it showed both their faces. Zee waved at her reflection, which waved back.
"That thing is really weird." Zee finally decided.
Dream watched her. "Where did you come from?"
Zee turned and jumped, as if she was seeing Dream for the first time. "I don't know."
Dream raised an eyebrow at the rather jumpy pet.
Zee grinned at her and pointed to Xelqued. "Do you get in as much trouble as this guy does?"
Dream looked at Xelqued and began snickering. "Are you crazy? He's lucky he hasn't been dismembered yet."
Xelqued frowned. "Lucky? The Commander is lucky to have ME."
Zee began giggling. "Old four ears…"
Dream grinned at Xelqued. "Xel, I like this girl. She's very-" But she didn't get to finish, because about then Xelqued heard a very light bell going off, signaling someone to come and feed Zee.
Xelqued grabbed one of Dream's paws. "We gotta go Zee, we'll come talk to you later!" He ran off.
"Bye bye, Xellie!"
A minute or so later, Dream wrenched her paw from Xelqued's grasp. "What was that for? I wanted to talk to her, she's cool."
"Keep your voice down!" Xelqued hissed. "We aren't supposed to be in this branch, y'know. Someone's coming any minute now to get Zee her breakfast; if we got caught in there we'd be knee-hauled by the Commander!"
About then, they heard the pat, pat, pat, pat of someone coming down the hall. Xelqued looked back and forth franticly, visions of being knee- hauled coming to mind. Dream poked him and pointed to a long coat hanging up.
"Uh… Xel? Let's have a costume party."
Vertunax came walking into the hall suddenly and stopped solid when she saw a very strange shape. An Alien Aisha in a long coat? How odd! The Aisha nodded to her and began walking down the hall in the opposite direction. She watched it go. Something about it confused her, perhaps it was how its tail was so very long, how its head was yellow, but its body was green. Or maybe the way it was walking, every few seconds she heard it whispering to itself that it wasn't walking the right way. She shrugged it off and went to feed Experiment Z.
Xelqued woke up the next morning with a knocking at his quarter's door.
"Xel! Get up you bum, we're gonna be late for class again!" Xel jumped up and looked at his V-shaped clock. Yes, he was going to be late. He mad a dash for the door and it opened to reveal a young green Gelert. She just sat there, looking very tired.
"Dream! Why didn't you wake me up earlier?!" DarkDigitalDream shrugged.
"Didn't really feel like it. Lets get a move on, you promised me you'd show me this thing!" That took a minute to register into Xelqued's brain.
"You woke me up early on a Saturday?!"
Dream gave a triumphant grin. "You need to keep a calendar, my abnormal friend. Now lets get moving, you promised!" She waved a paw in his face. "But, I shoulda' guessed you'd break a promise. Alien Aisha can't be trusted…"
Xelqued snorted. "Alright, let's go. But you can't tell anyone I let you see her, understand me? It'll ruin everything. I won't get to talk with her, and then I might be dismembered." To be dismembered as an Alien Aisha meant that you would be disowned, apart and alone from your people.
"Alright, alright, fine, fine. So tell me again, what is this thing?" Dream asked as they started walking toward the corridor.
"She, it's a she. She doesn't have any real name, everyone calls her Experiment Z, so I just call her Zee. She's so weird looking! She has long ears and a really long tail and-"
"And you think having a long tail and long ears is WEIRD?!" Dream shook her head, letting her long ears fly around, and then wagged her tail.
"No, it's different from yours. Yours are cool, her's are just sort of… weird."
"Have you ever seen yourself? Nothing's weird, pal, nothing."
Xelqued looked around a few times, turning through different corridors. "She's in here somewhere…." Finally, he came upon a completely silent room, which he entered. There, sleeping on top of air (Probably on a log or in a tree) was Zee. She was curled up into a ball and barely recognizable because she was covered with her ears. Her tail twitched lightly as they entered. Dream stared at her, stunned.
"Whoa."
"Didn't I tell you she looked weird?"
"I was just gonna say she looks cool…"
Zee opened one eye and looked up. When she saw Xelqued, she wagged her tail lightly, but her ears perked up suspiciously when she saw Dream. She waved a paw and yawned, showing off her little teeth. Xelqued carefully opened the door and began to make his way inside, motioning for Dream to follow him.
"Morning, Zee."
"Hiya Xel. What'r you doin' back so soon, get in trouble again?"
"No, not really. I wanted you to meet my friend, Dream."
Dream took a step forward and let out a paw for Zee to shake, but Zee did nothing. She just studied Dream as she had done Xelqued the day before. Finally, to break the tension, Xelqued pulled a mirror out from behind his back.
"I brought you something."
Zee stared at it for a second. "What IS that?"
"It's a mirror. You use it to look at yourself."
Zee snorted. "Aha. Whoever made it must be very self-centered."
Xelqued blinked. "I'm not really sure. But I asked you about it before, remember? Now you can see what you look like."
Zee took the mirror lightly and looked into it for a few seconds, then she exploded in laughter. "That isn't me! That's a baby!"
"Actually, it sort of is you. Look…" Xelqued sat down next to Zee and held up the mirror, now it showed both their faces. Zee waved at her reflection, which waved back.
"That thing is really weird." Zee finally decided.
Dream watched her. "Where did you come from?"
Zee turned and jumped, as if she was seeing Dream for the first time. "I don't know."
Dream raised an eyebrow at the rather jumpy pet.
Zee grinned at her and pointed to Xelqued. "Do you get in as much trouble as this guy does?"
Dream looked at Xelqued and began snickering. "Are you crazy? He's lucky he hasn't been dismembered yet."
Xelqued frowned. "Lucky? The Commander is lucky to have ME."
Zee began giggling. "Old four ears…"
Dream grinned at Xelqued. "Xel, I like this girl. She's very-" But she didn't get to finish, because about then Xelqued heard a very light bell going off, signaling someone to come and feed Zee.
Xelqued grabbed one of Dream's paws. "We gotta go Zee, we'll come talk to you later!" He ran off.
"Bye bye, Xellie!"
A minute or so later, Dream wrenched her paw from Xelqued's grasp. "What was that for? I wanted to talk to her, she's cool."
"Keep your voice down!" Xelqued hissed. "We aren't supposed to be in this branch, y'know. Someone's coming any minute now to get Zee her breakfast; if we got caught in there we'd be knee-hauled by the Commander!"
About then, they heard the pat, pat, pat, pat of someone coming down the hall. Xelqued looked back and forth franticly, visions of being knee- hauled coming to mind. Dream poked him and pointed to a long coat hanging up.
"Uh… Xel? Let's have a costume party."
Vertunax came walking into the hall suddenly and stopped solid when she saw a very strange shape. An Alien Aisha in a long coat? How odd! The Aisha nodded to her and began walking down the hall in the opposite direction. She watched it go. Something about it confused her, perhaps it was how its tail was so very long, how its head was yellow, but its body was green. Or maybe the way it was walking, every few seconds she heard it whispering to itself that it wasn't walking the right way. She shrugged it off and went to feed Experiment Z.
