A Warm Feeling~ ch.5 * WOW!!! 5 CHAPTERS OF MY AWFUL, STUPID STORY! _ AND I'M WRITING NiGHTS' NAME PROPERLY NOW *
NiGHTS had been thinking for awhile. He and Reala were close to their destination now, and there was a question rising in NiGHTS' mind. "Reala, why did you try to give me a fair warning?" he blurted. "That didn't seem like you at all..."
Reala looked at him, and his mouth twisted into one of those sickening icy grins. "You think I wanted to help you?" He started to laugh a little bit, then it turned to the point where he'd bent over, laughing uncontrollably. NiGHTS looked at him in surprise. "What do you find so funny?"
"NiGHTS," Reala said, managing to control the laughter. "Im laughing at how you think that I would play fair with you. You, and your little 'feelings' in there..." He pointed to NiGHTS' chest. "What happened to you? You used to make such a good partner. I'm begining to wonder if too much time in Spring Valley...that is, when it was your dream...made you go completely mushy. What did you do? Spend too much time with Nightopians?!" He smiled again with that painted grin.
NiGHTS crossed his arms. He didn't feel upset though...kind of playful. He'd almost missed Reala's company over the time, even if Reala were cold and cruel. NiGHTS had been that way once too, and they'd been friends. But time had melted those days away. NiGHTS' heart was no longer icy. Something made him miss Reala's company a little, even if Reala wasn't much of 'company'.
"Well," NiGHTS said smartly. "At least I'm not dressed like a checker-board!" He smiled. Reala stared at him skeptically."Yes, well, you're the one who turned himself into a bob-sled and slid down that hill in Frozen Bell, knocking Clawz out of the way!" he cried. NiGHTS laughed and gave Reala a shove. "Well you told me to!" he managed to say through the laughter. Reala's cold blue eyes sparkled with a look of slight ammusement. He was clearly beginning to enjoy himself.
"NiGHTS," he began. "I owe you a shove down a hill!" He smiled in a non-cruel or icy way for the first time in months. He chuckled and pushed NiGHTS away. "But I'd rather just..."
"REALA!" Wizeman's voice boomed through Reala's mind. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!! GET NiGHTS TO THE IDEYA PALACES RIGHT NOW!"
Reala's grin became that cold glare. He floated regally before NiGHTS. "NiGHTS," he said, his voice returning to that unwaivering tone it always was. "We have to get going. You're being punished for not listening, if you don't recall. But then again, those stupid little 'feelings' in you probably deluded you again." He started to fly off. NiGHTS sighed and went after him. "Afew seconds ago, you were starting to have fun," he said. "Now...you're cold and cruel-looking again." He paused. "Please, Reala...Can't we just be friends? I know you're capable of being nice..."
Reala looked back at him. There was apparently a part of himself desperatly wanting to say 'Why not?' but the cruelty overcame it. "Never," he said. "Now get going! Come on!"
NiGHTS sighed. "I knew I'd never change you, Reala...I knew it," he thought sadly, and flew after Reala.
NiGHTS had been thinking for awhile. He and Reala were close to their destination now, and there was a question rising in NiGHTS' mind. "Reala, why did you try to give me a fair warning?" he blurted. "That didn't seem like you at all..."
Reala looked at him, and his mouth twisted into one of those sickening icy grins. "You think I wanted to help you?" He started to laugh a little bit, then it turned to the point where he'd bent over, laughing uncontrollably. NiGHTS looked at him in surprise. "What do you find so funny?"
"NiGHTS," Reala said, managing to control the laughter. "Im laughing at how you think that I would play fair with you. You, and your little 'feelings' in there..." He pointed to NiGHTS' chest. "What happened to you? You used to make such a good partner. I'm begining to wonder if too much time in Spring Valley...that is, when it was your dream...made you go completely mushy. What did you do? Spend too much time with Nightopians?!" He smiled again with that painted grin.
NiGHTS crossed his arms. He didn't feel upset though...kind of playful. He'd almost missed Reala's company over the time, even if Reala were cold and cruel. NiGHTS had been that way once too, and they'd been friends. But time had melted those days away. NiGHTS' heart was no longer icy. Something made him miss Reala's company a little, even if Reala wasn't much of 'company'.
"Well," NiGHTS said smartly. "At least I'm not dressed like a checker-board!" He smiled. Reala stared at him skeptically."Yes, well, you're the one who turned himself into a bob-sled and slid down that hill in Frozen Bell, knocking Clawz out of the way!" he cried. NiGHTS laughed and gave Reala a shove. "Well you told me to!" he managed to say through the laughter. Reala's cold blue eyes sparkled with a look of slight ammusement. He was clearly beginning to enjoy himself.
"NiGHTS," he began. "I owe you a shove down a hill!" He smiled in a non-cruel or icy way for the first time in months. He chuckled and pushed NiGHTS away. "But I'd rather just..."
"REALA!" Wizeman's voice boomed through Reala's mind. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!! GET NiGHTS TO THE IDEYA PALACES RIGHT NOW!"
Reala's grin became that cold glare. He floated regally before NiGHTS. "NiGHTS," he said, his voice returning to that unwaivering tone it always was. "We have to get going. You're being punished for not listening, if you don't recall. But then again, those stupid little 'feelings' in you probably deluded you again." He started to fly off. NiGHTS sighed and went after him. "Afew seconds ago, you were starting to have fun," he said. "Now...you're cold and cruel-looking again." He paused. "Please, Reala...Can't we just be friends? I know you're capable of being nice..."
Reala looked back at him. There was apparently a part of himself desperatly wanting to say 'Why not?' but the cruelty overcame it. "Never," he said. "Now get going! Come on!"
NiGHTS sighed. "I knew I'd never change you, Reala...I knew it," he thought sadly, and flew after Reala.