-1Wings of Tragedy
By: Eiki-chan
Chapter 2
Outside the hanger Don Wei was waiting. As always he had a stern expression on his face. No one would ever be able to tell that this man had once been a caring husband and father to a young girl.
Don Wei looked at Molly but decided not to say anything. It was a good choice fact being they almost always ended up in an argument with each other.
Molly boarded the Arrow along with Jordan and they began the test flight. It seemed everything was going smoothly until suddenly the controls started to malfunction. The source of the problem was unknown as Molly tried to regain control.
Suddenly Molly realized she herd something as she was struggling to keep the Arrow in the air. It was some sort of screeching noise…
Finally Molly was able to land the arrow safely on the ground. The noise had stopped but Don Wei did not look happy.
"Molly what was that!" He shouted as Molly got out of the Arrow.
"I don't know the controls started to go crazy!"
Without warning a screeching noise pierced the air causing everyone to cover their ears.
"What the hell is that!" Jordan yelled.
All of a sudden a large shadow overcast the area. Molly and the others looked up to see a giant Moth like creature flying above them.
Jordan looked over at Molly, "What is that one of your prince charming's pets?"
Jordan received a kick in the leg for his comment as Molly looked at the giant moth.
"I wonder…" Molly thought.
"SHAZA!" Someone yelled.
Molly turned to see Jazmere running down the path.
Naturally though Jazmere had forgotten to look where she was going…Jazmere suddenly knocked over Don Wei.
Jazmere turned her head back, "Sorry old man!"
The Earth team started to burst out laughing at Jazmere's apology.
"Shaza you bad girl!" Jazmere yelled. "Get down here this minute!"
The giant moth slowly made its way down eventually landing on the soft green grass. Jazmere walked over and gently stroked the creature.
"So is this uhh…yours?" Molly asked walking over to Jazmere.
Jazmere turned her head, "Yes Shaza here is what I use to race, unfortunately she escaped my planets hanger."
"Why was it screeching?"
"Screeching?" Jazmere thought for a moment before she hit herself on the head.
"Oopsy, I forgot to feed her! She's probably angry that's why she was probably screeching."
Jordan walked up to them, "What does something this big eat?"
"Your not very small you tell me." Jazmere said petting Shaza.
Molly had trouble containing her laughter. Jordan walked away knowing his comments would probably earn him another kick in the leg.
Molly turned back to Jazmere, "So what does she eat?"
Jazmere pointed to the ground, "She mainly feeds off of grass…she can feed off other things but I'd rather not discuss that…"
Molly smiled trusting Jazmere. Suddenly something caught Jazmere's attention as a grin spread across her face.
"Prince Aikka!" She yelled.
Molly's face went red as she turned to see Prince Aikka walking down the path. In an instance though she almost started laughing. Jazmere had nearly knocked him over as she gave him a hug.
Prince Aikka patted Jazmere's head, "I see you are doing well Lady Jazmere."
Jazmere's eye twitched slightly, "NO LADY DON'T CALL ME LADY IT'S JUST JAZMERE!"
Prince Aikka smiled and then looked up noticing Molly.
"Um uh hello Prince Aikka." Molly said nervously.
Prince Aikka smiled at her, making Molly blush.
"You guys know each other." Jazmere asked.
Prince Aikka smiled, "Yes.."
But before Prince Aikka could finish Jazmere's curiosity showed itself.
"Do you guys like each other?"
This time both of them became red in the face.
"We are merely friends." Prince Aikka said unable to look at Molly.
Jazmere had a grin on her face. The two feathery antenna started to move.
"Really because from what I can tell…OWW Oww Oww!"
Prince Aikka had pulled one of the antenna on Jazmere's head.
"Never pull my antenna!" Jazmere said rubbing her head.
Prince Aikka's face was red, he already knew Jazmere was able to detect a person's emotional waves using her antenna.
"Um anyways Jazmere how do you know the Prince?" Molly asked quickly trying to change the subject.
"The Nourasian's are good friends with the Mirl." Jazmere said stroking her antenna.
"Like you couldn't tell from the giant bugs…" Jordan said sitting nearby.
Molly glared at Jordan.
"Lady Jazmere it is almost time for the race!" Someone called.
Everyone looked up to see a young man standing in the distance. Jazmere turned, her eye twitching…
"What did I tell you about calling me 'Lady'?
The man became nervouse, "But my Lady…"
"ARRG!" Jazmere suddenly yelled running towards the man…
Molly and Prince Aikka stood watching as Jazmere chased him around the field. They both started to laugh at the strange sight. Suddenly Jazmere caught up with the man and tackled him causing a cloud of dust to arise. When the dust had settled Jazmere was sitting on the mans back…
"Hey you guys want to come and watch the race!" She shouted.
Within moments Molly and Prince Aikka were atop Shaza, Jazmere carefully guiding Shaza.
Molly looked up at the sky…it had become strangely dark.
"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Molly thought to herself.
They soon reached the stone stadium and Jazmere let them off.
"I'll see you after the race!" She said as she waved goodbye.
She entered with Shaza into the racing circle. Suddenly it became deathly silent as a large stone like creature made its way to the circle.
"W-What is that?" Molly asked.
"Kruzeq…" Prince Aikka said.
"Kruzeq?"
"They are people who ride those stone creatures very little is known about them."
"But how can that creature race?" Molly thought to herself.
Molly soon realized she had started to tremble. Any moment the signal to start would launch the race into motion.
Jazmere looked up at Prince Aikka and Molly. With her always cheerful smile she waved up to them.
The signal to start was fired and the race began…
To be continued…