"I can't believe you're here."

"I can't believe he said yes."

"I can't believe this house!"

The trio were standing outside Connor's house at the top of a cliff where many people stood inside and out. There was loud disco music coming from inside and every color was flashing. For Scarlet it was her first big party.

"Come on! Let's find Connor!" Garnet grabbed Scarlet and tried to run off with her. Of course this failed due to the fact that Scarlet was stronger than Garnet. She stayed put until Garnet turned around and realised her mistake of even trying."You gotta talk to him at some point tonight."

Scarlet noticeably blushed before saying,"I will! When I find the time."

"Well you better find it soon cause you know a lot of other girls are at this party."

"Oh,she's right Scarlet. I heard from Victor,who heard from Tom,who was in the same room as Gary,who overheard that like four other girls liked Connor."

The girls sat there for a second staring at Finn until someone tapped Scarlet on the shoulder. The young half breed turned around to see the hazel eyed party host,"Hey guys glad you could make it."

Scarlet opened her mouth to speak but she couldn't form words. It felt like there was a lump in her throat. Garnet gave her an encouraging shove and said,"You know Connor,Scarlet's never been here. Maybe you should show her around?" Scarlet couldn't deny all she could do was awkwardly smile.

"Well sure just follow me." Connor took her orange-ish hand and she almost froze up. As Connor lead Scarlet away into his house Garnet and Finn fist bumped with joy.

The pair walked past the number of people in the front door. He lead her through till they got to the punch bowl where he picked up drinks for them."So I've always wondered do you speak?"

Scarlet took a huge slip and cleared her throat before answering,"Yeah,I just don't talk much. I'm uh...kinda introverted."

"I'm sorry. For awhile I thought you couldn't speak."

"No it's not something to apologize for." There was a small silence before she asked,"So,who are your parents?"

"Sarah and Bart Groven."

"Really?"

"Yeah,I'm adopted and they were gone for the weekend so...had a party."

"Not scared of getting caught?"

"Not really. I think they know but,they really don't care too much. All they ask is that I don't get locked up. Kinda wished cared a little more but...life's not fair like that. Enough about me though. How about you? What's your family like?"

"My families...different. I live with my brother,my mother gave birth to me before she died,and my father...I don't know."

"Wow! Is it tough?"

"Well depends on how you see tough. Then again I've lived through it my whole life."

"At least you're not all depressed about it."

All of a sudden a girl came running up to them in a panic,"Connor! I saw this thing in the pool! I think it's a snake!"

"Oh God! I'm sorry we've got some of those around here." He stood up before saying,"I'll be back Scarlet! Just stay right there!" Then he ran off outside with the girl.

'I talked! I talked to him! Oh my gosh I can talk to him! This is great!' With all her excitement she accidently broke the cup in her hands with ease.'Better go wash this off. Ugh...but he asked me to stay here! I'm sure a little trip to the bathroom won't hurt anyone.'

She then sprinted to the bathroom so she could quickly wash her hands. To her surprise there was a line for the bathroom that stretched down the hallway."Ah man!" She said as she was about to turn around and go back.

Someone grabbed her on her shoulder before she could leave. Scarlet looked to see a man with jet black hair,an old,roughed up shirt,and some black,ripped jeans. His face was solid and unamused. What surprised her the most was how looked more like a thirty year old than a teenager."What's the hurry?" He asked in his deep,alluring voice.

"I've a got a friend to get back to so if you wouldn't mind." Scarlet pulled his hand off of her before he again caught her this time by the collar. This actually stopped her,something no one but Duncan could really do.

"The line is going pretty fast. Why not just wait?"

'Who is this guy?' She thought before leaning on the wall next to him. Scarlet was constantly scanning him trying to see his every move. He seemed as if to have no way of expressing real emotion. Not even his eyes could tell her anything about him.

"What's your name?"

"Scarlet,why do you ask?"

"I have a daughter of that name."

'Woah who talks like that anymore? And who does he remind me of?' Then she remembered something that her brother told her when she was little.

"Hey Duncan where's our mommy and daddy?"

"What would make you ask that?"

"This kid in my class was out today for bring your daughter to work day and her daddy took her."

"Oh well...Scarlet that's a long story. How about you ask that tomorrow morning?"

"But I like stories. This one can be a bedtime story."

"Ok...um a long time ago there was a woman and a dragon. The dragon wanted to destroy the kingdom because him and the other humans weren't good friends. Before he could destroy the city the woman saw him and stopped him. He took her away to his and there they feel in love. While they were in love they had a son but the love was short lived."

"I thought you said that true love always wins?"

"You might not understand this now but there's a difference between being in love and actually loving someone. Anyways back to the story. The two feel out of love and went there separate ways. The woman took care of the son until he was sixteen and his father,the dragon,came back. He wanted him to be king of all the dragons but the son didn't want to do this. The dragon still trained his son though to become a warrior. It was through the son that the woman and dragon fell in love again. Through this love they had a daughter but the mother died giving birth to her. This left only the son to take care of his sister because the dragon decided to go on another journey."

"...Oh! I get it!"

"You do?"

"Nuh-huh the woman was our mommy and the dragon was our daddy."

"Wow...you're smarter than I thought."

"But Duncan where did the dragon go?"

"I don't Scarlet,I don't know."

'Oh my gosh...could he be him? No! That can't be…'

"Is something wrong?" He asked with little concern.

"I uh...I just remembered my curfew. I gotta-"

"Then let me take you home." He forcefully grabbed her wrist.

"Let...me...go! I don't wanna hurt you!"

"I highly doubt you can."

Scarlet took her other hand and punched him in the face as hard as she could. To her surprise his face didn't move and her hand was in pain.'The one time I need my strength to be up!' She looked back up and saw the side of his face she punched. It had turned red,scaly,and his dark eye turned into a bright yellow one. The skin and eye quickly reverted back to what they were before and suddenly Scarlet was actually scared.

"You can walk outside with me or we can do this all night."

It didn't even take a minute for the stranger to know her answer. He started pulling her away with him through the house. His hands were hot and his grip was suffocating. They walked on until they got outside and far away enough to where no one could hear.

Scarlet pulled her hand from his before demanding to know,"Who are you?!"

He gave a low chuckle before saying,"You already who I am. I can see it in your eyes."

"Don't play games with me? What are you a peddler? A rapist? Are trying to-"

"You have your mothers eyes."

"What?"

"Her eyes you have them."

"You're kidding me right?"

"And we named you Scarlet because we could see you're fiery red personality."

Scarlet began to slowly back up,"If you are who you say you are then how do you know about naming? You left right after my mother died."

"So you do know who I am?"

Scarlet gulped before asking,"Are you Belloc,King of the Kaiju and my father?"

He closed his eyes and began to change again. His tan skin was reverting back to red scales,horns began to grow on the side of his head,his nails grew long and black,a tail began to grow,and when he opened his eyes they were a bright yellow. Scarlet backed up even farther as he came closer to her."Scarlet...stop moving."

"And why would I do that? You're just going to take me away and make me princess or some-AH!" Scarlet's foot slipped of the cliff and she could feel her body falling back until there was a jolt.

She looked up to the kaiju grasping her arm. He pulled her up with such force the she swung into the air and onto his back. He locked her legs in his arms saying,"You were a princess the moment you were conceived. The only thing left to achieve is queen."

He backed a little before jumping the cliff himself. In midair it was only natural for any reasonable person to think,'This guy's crazy!' That's exactly what went through her head. He landed with ease and grace as if he'd done so many times before."Where are you taking me?"

"Home." He started to run into darkness with his youngest to accompany him.

It had started again.