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Chapter 8-Tobias
I was flying in the air looking for Ax. The others were on the ground. Ax had run into a large area of trees. I swooped down and saw him run into a clearing by what looked like a lake. The lake was somewhat of a circle and it was a slightly more green than our water. I was guessing that was normal.
He's over to your left guys I yelled down to my friends who had entered the forest and were 20 feet away from where Ax was. I saw Godiva running towards them.
Slow down everyone, Godiva is trying to catch up.
They slowed down enough for Godiva to catch up and Rachel sat down on the ground. The others stopped and I swooped towards them. I landed in the tree that Rachel had her back leaning against, it had a brown trunk and neon yellow leaves. I looked at my surroundings. Most of the trees around me had brown trunks; a few had dark orange like trunks. Most of the leaves were neon yellow, purple, blue, and some green. The grass was red with patches of green.
"I should probably go talk to him" Godiva said beginning to walk over to Ax.
Wait. Maybe be I should go talk to him first, make sure he is okay and all.
"Are you his shorm"?
Yeah.
"Okay". She nodded.
I morphed to human and walked over to Ax. He had his main eyes closed and was slightly swaying back and forth. It reminded me of the time we had to save the Iskroot. I shook my head to get rid of the memory.
"Hey Ax-man. Are you okay"?
No, Tobias. I am not okay he answered stiffly.
"It wasn't your fault" I told him softly. His main eyes opened and he looked at me with them.
I could have hurt her. Penar was right. It was my fault. I was reckless. I should have taken his blow and settled the matter later. I shook my head.
"It wasn't you fault. Penar made a move after Godiva told you two to stop. You were just trying to protect yourself. She understands that and she's not mad at you".
What kind of Prince am I, Tobias? It is a Prince's job to protect the princess, not hurt her. I was foolish to fight Penar when Princess Godiva was around. It was a risk, I took that risk. Look what happened because of that.
"Ax-man, it wasn't your…" he cut me off.
Yes it was. Nothing you can say can change my mind of that. He turned away from me and sighed. His stalk eyes dropped a little and his tail sunk an inch.
I walked back into the forest and demorphed. I went back to the perch on the tree Rachel was sitting under. She gave me a slight smile.
"I am going to go talk to him" Godiva said getting up from her spot on the ground.
I don't think you should I said cautiously.
"I don't care if I should or not. Someone needs to knock some sense into him".
She walked out of the forest and to the lake. She paused a moment before approaching Ax. She walked up to him and gently laid her hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked at her. She smiled and he frowned. He began to turn away.
"Aximili, it wasn't your fault. And anyway, it does not matter. I morphed my arm and there is no longer pain. It didn't really hurt anyway. I mean, I only yelped because it startled me" she looked at him expectedly.
I hurt you Princess Godiva. Whether I meant to or not does not matter. He turned his back to her. I saw her getting angry.
"Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, stop it. I know it was an accident and it wasn't that big of a deal at any rate. I have gotten worse cuts before".
Ax said nothing. I knew it was just Andalite pride that kept him from speaking. That and the fact that he had hurt the one he cared deeply about.
"He's going down. Tobias, will you relay a message for me, in private though speak" Marco asked.
"What could you say that would help Ax with Godiva" Rachel asked skeptically.
"More than you know" Marco muttered. "Tobias, tell Ax to stop using his head and start using his heart. His head will just get him into more trouble".
Ax, Marco says to stop using your head and start using your heart.
"Just completely do the opposite of what your head says", Marco added.
Do the opposite of what your head says, no matter what it is. It's hard to believe, but I think Marco is right.
"I have to agree with Tobias. This might be the only time in your life that you were right, Marco" Rachel admitted.
"Wow, Xena complimented me. I could get used to this".
"Don't".
I turned my attention back to Ax and Godiva. Godiva was standing there with her hands on her hips. I could tell Ax was wondering what to do. Godiva threw her hands up in the air and turned to walk away.
"You know what, I don't even…" Ax grabbed her arm and cut her off.
Please stay he asked. I could tell he was taking Marco's advice.
"Why" she asked.
He began to morph to human. We were all surprised, Godiva the most. When he was done, she looked him up and down and smiled. It was a good thing he had morphed his spandex, but I'm not sure if Godiva would have cared if he didn't. She obviously liked his morph.
"Because, I want you to" Ax answered lovingly.
"Alright" Godiva answered. I was amazed Ax hadn't played with his words.
They both leaned in and their lips met. Ax's hands slipped around Godiva's waist and Godiva out her hands around Ax's neck. They parted one minute later. Ax pulled Godiva closer to him and Godiva rested her head on his shoulder. When they parted, Ax took Godiva's hand and they walked off.
Thanks you Tobias. Thanks, Marco.
No problem, Ax-man. Good luck.
I looked down at Rachel. She smiled up at me. Everyone was silent for a moment. I hopped off the tree branch and demorphed. I sat next to Rachel and took her hand; she gave my hand a squeeze.
"Everyone, you can relax and have fun. Let's meet back at the palace say, about two hours from now". Jake and Marco walked off together talking and Marco attempting to make Jake laugh.
I got up and pulled Rachel up with me. We walked around until we were out of the forest. We didn't talk, just walked. I saw a tree in the middle of a wide blue and red grass plain. Some Andalites were running around, some were tail fighting, and some were talking. I took Rachel to the tree and we sat down. I let go of her hand and put my arm around her shoulder. She laid her head on my chest and we sat there snuggling. After a while she looked up at me and smiled. I lightly kissed her forehead.
"I love you, Rachel".
"I love you too, Tobias".
"I was thinking, now that the war is over," I didn't know how to ask this. "Maybe we could, you know, go out"?
"So what are you asking me"? She looked at me innocently. I knew she was anything but innocent. She wanted me to ask her straight forward.
"Will you be my sweetheart" I asked.
"Yes, Tobias. I will be your 'sweetheart'".
I leaned forward and kissed her. We kissed for about three minutes straight. I pulled back and we both breathed more heavily. I looked at her eyes. They were beautiful eyes. I reached my hand up to her face and gently stroked it. We both leaned in again. This time the kiss became more fervent and loving. She lightly opened her mouth and I slid my tongue in. You might think I would have wanted to go everywhere, explore every part of her mouth. I didn't want to do that. I opened my mouth slightly and she slid her tongue in the same way. We were both cautious. Our tongues lightly intertwined and we parted. We were both breathing heavily. We had been kissing for five minutes. I could see a few Andalites looking at us. Rachel saw them too. We both turned towards each other and laughed. I stood up and scooped her up in my arms. I spun her around in a circle and lightly set her down. She gave a lighthearted laugh. I saw Ax and Godiva walking together, five feet away from us. Ax was still in human morph. He stopped and so did Godiva. She looked at him questioningly.
"I know you may think I am foolish for saying this. I know you may think me a fool and that it is too early to know, but Princess Godiva-Adel- Lithium, I love you. I love you with all my heart. Ever since I saw you back on the Dome ship, I knew I loved you".
"I do not think you a fool, Prince Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, I think, no, I know you are wise. I love you too. I loved you ever since our eyes met on the Dome ship named after your brother. If you are a fool, then I too am a fool".
"Godiva, will you be my harayona"? I had no clue what it meant to be a harayona.
"Yes, Aximili" she answered smiling. "I will be your harayona. I will be your girlfriend".
I saw him lean in towards Godiva and their lips met. Rachel was watching them too. When the two parted, Ax began to demorph and the two went their separate ways. I don't know why, I guess she had to go somewhere. Yet ever so often they would look back at each other and they would smile. I demorphed and flew up to Rachel's shoulder.
How about you go talk to Ax-man and see what's going on? I need to go talk to Godiva.
"Alright" she answered.
I flew towards Godiva and Rachel ran to catch up with Ax.
Godiva I called. She looked up towards me and waved. Can you stop for a minute?
She stopped walking and held out an arm for me to land on.
I don't want to hurt you.
She began to morph the arm to, what looked like, Hork-Bajir skin. I landed on her arm. It didn't seem to bother her.
"Is something wrong"?
No, but I have a question for you. Actually, more like a favor I need to ask.
"What is it"?
I want to get Rachel an engagement ring.
"You proposed to her," she asked excitedly.
No, but I want to. Maybe Ax will propose to you soon, you being his harayona and all I joked. She smiled, but didn't blush.
"Yes, finally I am his Godiva". We both paused for a moment.
"So, what kind of ring do you want her to have"?
I want her to have her birthstone in the shape of a heart surrounded by little red and white diamonds on a gold band.
"I think I can get you that, but I don't know what her birthstone is. Or her ring size, but I suppose I could figure that out".
I want to pay for the ring myself, how much will it cost?
"Seeing as how red and white diamonds are abundant on our world and seeing as how my mom brought back enough gold from earth to last her a lifetime, it should cost around $300. Unless her birthstone is very rare, then it might cost more. But I think you could work off $300 in about five days. If you work at the palace, I could convince my father to pay you eight or ten dollars an hour. So you could get $300 in five or six days". I was relieved.
Good. How long has it been since you and Ax left the rest of us?
"Almost two hours".
I have to go meet Jake. Are you going to come?
"No, I want to visit Treeownik and tell Aximil's parents they can come see him at the palace whenever they please".
Alright. I flew towards the palace. As I was flying, something occurred to me, Ax's parents were my grandparents. I was going to meet my grandparents. I gained some altitude and soared higher, the Andalite home world had some nice thermals. I couldn't wait to meet my grandparents. All I could hope was that they like me.
A/N-I hope you all liked it-please r/r-It might be a little while before I get the next chapter out-its going to be longer than usual with four very interesting surprises
Chapter 8-Tobias
I was flying in the air looking for Ax. The others were on the ground. Ax had run into a large area of trees. I swooped down and saw him run into a clearing by what looked like a lake. The lake was somewhat of a circle and it was a slightly more green than our water. I was guessing that was normal.
He's over to your left guys I yelled down to my friends who had entered the forest and were 20 feet away from where Ax was. I saw Godiva running towards them.
Slow down everyone, Godiva is trying to catch up.
They slowed down enough for Godiva to catch up and Rachel sat down on the ground. The others stopped and I swooped towards them. I landed in the tree that Rachel had her back leaning against, it had a brown trunk and neon yellow leaves. I looked at my surroundings. Most of the trees around me had brown trunks; a few had dark orange like trunks. Most of the leaves were neon yellow, purple, blue, and some green. The grass was red with patches of green.
"I should probably go talk to him" Godiva said beginning to walk over to Ax.
Wait. Maybe be I should go talk to him first, make sure he is okay and all.
"Are you his shorm"?
Yeah.
"Okay". She nodded.
I morphed to human and walked over to Ax. He had his main eyes closed and was slightly swaying back and forth. It reminded me of the time we had to save the Iskroot. I shook my head to get rid of the memory.
"Hey Ax-man. Are you okay"?
No, Tobias. I am not okay he answered stiffly.
"It wasn't your fault" I told him softly. His main eyes opened and he looked at me with them.
I could have hurt her. Penar was right. It was my fault. I was reckless. I should have taken his blow and settled the matter later. I shook my head.
"It wasn't you fault. Penar made a move after Godiva told you two to stop. You were just trying to protect yourself. She understands that and she's not mad at you".
What kind of Prince am I, Tobias? It is a Prince's job to protect the princess, not hurt her. I was foolish to fight Penar when Princess Godiva was around. It was a risk, I took that risk. Look what happened because of that.
"Ax-man, it wasn't your…" he cut me off.
Yes it was. Nothing you can say can change my mind of that. He turned away from me and sighed. His stalk eyes dropped a little and his tail sunk an inch.
I walked back into the forest and demorphed. I went back to the perch on the tree Rachel was sitting under. She gave me a slight smile.
"I am going to go talk to him" Godiva said getting up from her spot on the ground.
I don't think you should I said cautiously.
"I don't care if I should or not. Someone needs to knock some sense into him".
She walked out of the forest and to the lake. She paused a moment before approaching Ax. She walked up to him and gently laid her hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked at her. She smiled and he frowned. He began to turn away.
"Aximili, it wasn't your fault. And anyway, it does not matter. I morphed my arm and there is no longer pain. It didn't really hurt anyway. I mean, I only yelped because it startled me" she looked at him expectedly.
I hurt you Princess Godiva. Whether I meant to or not does not matter. He turned his back to her. I saw her getting angry.
"Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, stop it. I know it was an accident and it wasn't that big of a deal at any rate. I have gotten worse cuts before".
Ax said nothing. I knew it was just Andalite pride that kept him from speaking. That and the fact that he had hurt the one he cared deeply about.
"He's going down. Tobias, will you relay a message for me, in private though speak" Marco asked.
"What could you say that would help Ax with Godiva" Rachel asked skeptically.
"More than you know" Marco muttered. "Tobias, tell Ax to stop using his head and start using his heart. His head will just get him into more trouble".
Ax, Marco says to stop using your head and start using your heart.
"Just completely do the opposite of what your head says", Marco added.
Do the opposite of what your head says, no matter what it is. It's hard to believe, but I think Marco is right.
"I have to agree with Tobias. This might be the only time in your life that you were right, Marco" Rachel admitted.
"Wow, Xena complimented me. I could get used to this".
"Don't".
I turned my attention back to Ax and Godiva. Godiva was standing there with her hands on her hips. I could tell Ax was wondering what to do. Godiva threw her hands up in the air and turned to walk away.
"You know what, I don't even…" Ax grabbed her arm and cut her off.
Please stay he asked. I could tell he was taking Marco's advice.
"Why" she asked.
He began to morph to human. We were all surprised, Godiva the most. When he was done, she looked him up and down and smiled. It was a good thing he had morphed his spandex, but I'm not sure if Godiva would have cared if he didn't. She obviously liked his morph.
"Because, I want you to" Ax answered lovingly.
"Alright" Godiva answered. I was amazed Ax hadn't played with his words.
They both leaned in and their lips met. Ax's hands slipped around Godiva's waist and Godiva out her hands around Ax's neck. They parted one minute later. Ax pulled Godiva closer to him and Godiva rested her head on his shoulder. When they parted, Ax took Godiva's hand and they walked off.
Thanks you Tobias. Thanks, Marco.
No problem, Ax-man. Good luck.
I looked down at Rachel. She smiled up at me. Everyone was silent for a moment. I hopped off the tree branch and demorphed. I sat next to Rachel and took her hand; she gave my hand a squeeze.
"Everyone, you can relax and have fun. Let's meet back at the palace say, about two hours from now". Jake and Marco walked off together talking and Marco attempting to make Jake laugh.
I got up and pulled Rachel up with me. We walked around until we were out of the forest. We didn't talk, just walked. I saw a tree in the middle of a wide blue and red grass plain. Some Andalites were running around, some were tail fighting, and some were talking. I took Rachel to the tree and we sat down. I let go of her hand and put my arm around her shoulder. She laid her head on my chest and we sat there snuggling. After a while she looked up at me and smiled. I lightly kissed her forehead.
"I love you, Rachel".
"I love you too, Tobias".
"I was thinking, now that the war is over," I didn't know how to ask this. "Maybe we could, you know, go out"?
"So what are you asking me"? She looked at me innocently. I knew she was anything but innocent. She wanted me to ask her straight forward.
"Will you be my sweetheart" I asked.
"Yes, Tobias. I will be your 'sweetheart'".
I leaned forward and kissed her. We kissed for about three minutes straight. I pulled back and we both breathed more heavily. I looked at her eyes. They were beautiful eyes. I reached my hand up to her face and gently stroked it. We both leaned in again. This time the kiss became more fervent and loving. She lightly opened her mouth and I slid my tongue in. You might think I would have wanted to go everywhere, explore every part of her mouth. I didn't want to do that. I opened my mouth slightly and she slid her tongue in the same way. We were both cautious. Our tongues lightly intertwined and we parted. We were both breathing heavily. We had been kissing for five minutes. I could see a few Andalites looking at us. Rachel saw them too. We both turned towards each other and laughed. I stood up and scooped her up in my arms. I spun her around in a circle and lightly set her down. She gave a lighthearted laugh. I saw Ax and Godiva walking together, five feet away from us. Ax was still in human morph. He stopped and so did Godiva. She looked at him questioningly.
"I know you may think I am foolish for saying this. I know you may think me a fool and that it is too early to know, but Princess Godiva-Adel- Lithium, I love you. I love you with all my heart. Ever since I saw you back on the Dome ship, I knew I loved you".
"I do not think you a fool, Prince Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill, I think, no, I know you are wise. I love you too. I loved you ever since our eyes met on the Dome ship named after your brother. If you are a fool, then I too am a fool".
"Godiva, will you be my harayona"? I had no clue what it meant to be a harayona.
"Yes, Aximili" she answered smiling. "I will be your harayona. I will be your girlfriend".
I saw him lean in towards Godiva and their lips met. Rachel was watching them too. When the two parted, Ax began to demorph and the two went their separate ways. I don't know why, I guess she had to go somewhere. Yet ever so often they would look back at each other and they would smile. I demorphed and flew up to Rachel's shoulder.
How about you go talk to Ax-man and see what's going on? I need to go talk to Godiva.
"Alright" she answered.
I flew towards Godiva and Rachel ran to catch up with Ax.
Godiva I called. She looked up towards me and waved. Can you stop for a minute?
She stopped walking and held out an arm for me to land on.
I don't want to hurt you.
She began to morph the arm to, what looked like, Hork-Bajir skin. I landed on her arm. It didn't seem to bother her.
"Is something wrong"?
No, but I have a question for you. Actually, more like a favor I need to ask.
"What is it"?
I want to get Rachel an engagement ring.
"You proposed to her," she asked excitedly.
No, but I want to. Maybe Ax will propose to you soon, you being his harayona and all I joked. She smiled, but didn't blush.
"Yes, finally I am his Godiva". We both paused for a moment.
"So, what kind of ring do you want her to have"?
I want her to have her birthstone in the shape of a heart surrounded by little red and white diamonds on a gold band.
"I think I can get you that, but I don't know what her birthstone is. Or her ring size, but I suppose I could figure that out".
I want to pay for the ring myself, how much will it cost?
"Seeing as how red and white diamonds are abundant on our world and seeing as how my mom brought back enough gold from earth to last her a lifetime, it should cost around $300. Unless her birthstone is very rare, then it might cost more. But I think you could work off $300 in about five days. If you work at the palace, I could convince my father to pay you eight or ten dollars an hour. So you could get $300 in five or six days". I was relieved.
Good. How long has it been since you and Ax left the rest of us?
"Almost two hours".
I have to go meet Jake. Are you going to come?
"No, I want to visit Treeownik and tell Aximil's parents they can come see him at the palace whenever they please".
Alright. I flew towards the palace. As I was flying, something occurred to me, Ax's parents were my grandparents. I was going to meet my grandparents. I gained some altitude and soared higher, the Andalite home world had some nice thermals. I couldn't wait to meet my grandparents. All I could hope was that they like me.
A/N-I hope you all liked it-please r/r-It might be a little while before I get the next chapter out-its going to be longer than usual with four very interesting surprises