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Qibli

Qibli woke up to someone poking his shoulder. He groaned and rolled over. "Thorn, I don't wanna get up… can't I just have five more minutes?" He heard soft laughter, and he bolted up as his mind translated the voice. "Moon?" He asked, rubbing sleep from his eyes and feeling very self-conscious in only his shorts. Moon quickly looked away, and Qibli could hear her laugh again.

"Qibli," she whispered with her back turned, "put on a shirt. I need to talk to you." She quickly left the room, leaving Qibli sitting up in bed with no idea what was going on. He sighed quietly and reached into his trunk, pulling out a random tshirt he saw was grey, and dropped it over his head.

Exiting the boy's room with a yawn, he saw Moon pacing in the main room, and he plopped himself down on a couch.

"I don't know if you know this," Qibli said around a yawn, "but I'm not a morning person." Moon laughed again, but there was a tinge of worry in her voice. Qibli rushed himself on getting awake; bouncing his legs and wiggling his fingers.

"What did you wanna talk about?" Qibli said as she turned around in her pacing, his voice much more awake now.

"Ohhh kay, well first off, this is gonna sound totally crazy, and I don't expect you to believe me first off, but I need you to just… trust me," she said, sitting down beside him.

"Yeah, well, you already sound crazy, and besides, I know crazy: nothing can top some of the things I've seen," Qibli said teasingly, but inside he was a little concerned. What was going on?

An itch scratched at the back of his mind, but try as he might, he just couldn't reach it. He knew it was probably what was coming, but he couldn't… grab it. Whatever the case, he thought, I'll be ready….

Moon glanced at him sideways, and took a deep breath, releasing it in a sigh. "I can read minds, and I also get glimpses of the future." Qibli stared at her in shock. Well, yeah he had known she could do it, but WAIT WHAT THE GIRL I LIKE CAN READ MY MIND?!

He immediately shut down his thinking process and thought about one thing. At first his mind scrambled, but finally he just settled on a clip from a show he had been watching the other day.

A fact that is little known to people, emu's have two sets of eyelids; one to keep out dust when they're in the desert. They also have a digestive system close to chickens': they don't have teeth, so they swallow pebbles to help grind their food, making it easier for them to digest tough foods.

"Umm, Qibli, emus are interesting, but I was going to say something else before you um, think anything else." Qibli directed his gaze to the tv, boring holes into it. He bit the inside of his cheek; a bad habit he had picked up as a dragonet.

"I had a vision the first day, and… well, I just forgot about it. Thinking nothing of it, I woke up early this morning… really early… and for some reason came over to the door. I saw a note had been slid under the door, and I picked it up. I thought it was going to have a name on it for someone; you know, a card from a parent or friend or something. When I flipped it over, it had my name written on it. I thought my mom had sent me a letter. I could easily see her doing it, so I opened it and read through it." Moon's eyes got wide and a little frightened, and she pulled a piece of paper out of her pocket with shaking hands.

"Just… just read it." Qibli wondered why he should. I mean, she had been spying on his thoughts this whole time, so why should he help her with anything?

A second too late, he remembered she could hear him. He glanced over, and saw her eyes flash with hurt.

"I couldn't help it, Qibli. Please… I thought if anyone could understand it, you could." With a mental sigh, Qibli took the paper and unfolded it. It had a message written in smooth black lettering, and it looked very un-menacing. Until he read it.

Hello, Moonwatcher. We have reason to believe you had a vision a few weeks ago, on the first day of college. We would like to help you… so to speak… "figure out," the whole thing. We have a few instructions for your prophecy. That's right; not just any old vision was the one you had. Now, we suggest you find someone to help you with this before you even start. Maybe multiple someones.

We will quickly jot down the prophecy for you, just to jog your memory.

An evil comes to shatter the sky,

An evil comes to scorch the land,

Unless together; friends united,

The school apart will not stand.

Be prepared for Rain,

For Ice and Sand and Night,

An evil to arise,

For all to end in fight.

A mystery to keep hidden,

Lies to be heard,

End with a secret,

A single word.

We know specifically what some of these things mean. We will be here the whole time, helping you solve this prophecy. To start out with, we can reassure you that you can stop your school from falling. We know also, that the Rain, Ice, Sand, and Night are probably you and your friends. We are aware that leaves out the Sea; Turtle; but we believe you could let him tag along if you had to.

We know the "evil to arise" is a group of dragons that call themselves the Reign of Dark, and they are getting more dangerous as time goes by. They have committed several murders, and we have reason to believe they are coming after your mother next. We have put her in a safe place; don't worry about her.

We have no other knowledge of this prophecy. But we do have a lead. In the Ice kingdom, there is a dragon by the name of Shard. Shard is a very informational dragon, and we believe he can help you. All you have to do is say the right code, and we have sent him instructions to help you. You might be wondering how to find him. Go to the Square of Glittering. Find the shop called "Knicknacks." Browse for a few minutes, and stop at a shelf that has CDs. The owner will come out and ask if you want to learn about the history of every one of the CDs. Any normal person would say no. You say yes, and he leads you into a back room where Shard will be waiting. Complicated, but effective.

The code is simple though. "Shard… rhymes with card." He will give you information you will need to go to the next place. He refused to give it to us, which is why you have to go through him first. We apologize for the inconvenience.

A little additional info is in place to be given to you. The leader of ROD has a small file. We are going to give you the info in this file, in case it will help you.

Name: Lightning

Gender: Male

Family: None traceable

That is all it is. We know almost nothing about him. We do know his second-in-command is named Rage, and he is a Sky. He has a sister, Peak, who might be willing to help you. But no one knows where she is. She vanished from the systems three years ago. We do have reason to believe she's alive though.

The luck of all Pyrrhia be with you, Moonwatcher.

"Oh geez," Qibli breathed, his eyes glued to the words on the small slip of paper that held so much information.

"And now I have no idea what to do, because it's not like I can just pack up and leave college, but I can't just let the school crumble and possibly have the world end, so I need your help figuring out what's next." Moon held her breath, obviously waiting for his reaction, and he did react. With carefully measured silence.

"Qibli, please!" Moon placed her hand on his arm, eyes pleading. He glanced down at her hand, not meeting her gaze, and she realized what she was doing. She took her hand away and dropped it in her lap, eyes now roaming anywhere but Qibli. He sighed.

"Ok, ok, Moon, I'll help. You don't have to ask," he said, a teasing edge to his voice. She laughed a little and leaned her head back all the way, resting it on the back of the couch.

"Thanks; you're the best," she said, flashing him a smile, and he watched as she quickly looked away, probably embarrassed by his thoughts.

Not that they're weird, or anything, he thought, scrambling to make up for the things he thought. Moon just grinned at the wall before turning back to him.

"Not at all," she said as if giving a promise or an oath, her lips twitching as she tried not to smile.

"So who do we tell next?" Qibli asked, attempting (and succeeding) to distract Moon from his thoughts he was trying wildly to suppress. Moon bit her lip, probably thinking about who they would tell next.

Qibli went through his own thought process. If they told Kinkajou first, she'd probably get over-excited and pass out or scream it to the whole campus; which would end in disaster either way. If they told Winter first, he would get jealous on the inside because Moon didn't tell him first, but wave it off as if he didn't care. He would probably reject the idea and stay firmly here, not parting with his precious credit-card. Turtle would freak out and immediately say no before he could even think it over, and would regret it a little because he didn't help his friends; but then again, in the long-run he'd be happy he didn't go, because he would think he would've just gotten in the way. After that he'd probably just be relieved it was over, and try to go back to his normal college life.

Hmmm, he thought, and tapped his foot on the carpet as he continued his evaluation. If Winter didn't know Moon had told Qibli first, he wouldn't be jealous, but he would still probably say no and stick up his nose, since he was Winter…

But none of the others even had a chance of working. Kinkajou was, like before, too excited, and Turtle was scared to death of his own shadow. No way would he cross the continent to help some people he barely knew.

"Good point," Moon said in response to his thoughts, and Qibli raised his eyebrows at her. She flushed and looked away.

"Sorry, I'll stop, it's just your thoughts are so fast and organized and complex and interesting-" she cut herself off and slid her gaze farther down, face going even more flushed. "Sorry. I'm done now." Qibli almost laughed.

"It's ok. So Winter next? I can just go back into my bed and pretend to be asleep and you can figure out the rest?" Moon pursed her lips and thought about it. Finally, she nodded.

"Welp, I guess I'll dive under those sheets again." Qibli put his hands on his knees to help him stand and walked back towards the boy's room. Before he could get far, however, Moon placed her hand gently on his arm before pulling back and blushing.

"Sorry, just… thanks for not hating me." Qibli nodded, and almost groaned when her face flashed with shock.

I thought it, sub-consciously, didn't I? He thought. Moon nodded, and Qibli felt the urge to slam his head into the wall. Instead of doing anything, he let his mind play a flashback of his conversation with Coati, him and his buddy figuring it out.

"You did a good job of hiding it," Moon said aloud, and locked her eyes on the floor. Her glasses fell down a little, and she blushed furiously as she pushed them back up her nose. They slipped down again though, and she sighed, face still bright red.

Find a way to get me when you're done, Qibli thought, almost liking the way he could communicate with her now: through his thought process. She nodded, and Qibli quietly opened up the boy's door, slipping into his bed with only a little squeak from his matress. His head fell on the pillow and he evened out his breathing, eyes fluttering closed.

The door opened again minutes later, and he heard Moon slowly make her way to Winter's bed. The reaction though, was way different than what Qibli had done.

"Moon? What are you doing in here?" Winter hissed, the words coming out loudly; so loud, Umber stirred in his sleep and moved his arm from slung over the head of his bed to where it was on his chest, like he was giving himself a little pat for doing something well.

"Umm," she said, stammering out a sentence as best she could. "I-I need t-to talk to you." Winter snorted, but flung back his covers, sitting up and crossing his arms over his grey t-shirt-ed chest. And no, Qibli couldn't see it; but Winter wore the same shirt to bed every night, so it was literally a 99% chance that was what he was wearing.

"What?" He asked crossly, trying hard to keep up his airy performance. Moon shuffled her feet and paused, probably looking at all of the "sleeping" boys. Winter made no sound for a moment, then sighed. Qibli heard footsteps exit the room, and once they were gone, he let himself relax; going through a little thing his middle-school drama teacher had taught them.

He tightened the muscles in his feet for ten seconds, then loosened them for fifteen. He moved to his calf muscles next; tighten for ten seconds, loose for fifteen. He kept going up; knees, thighs, hamstrings, abs, chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck, and stopped after jaw.

Qibli opened his eyes and was suddenly really bored of waiting. He rubbed his cover between two of his fingers, and tried to let that calm him down. He knew it had only been a few minutes when Winter threw open the door and Qibli slammed his eyes shut, immediately falling back into the same even breaths of sleep.

"What the heck Moon!" Winter said loudly; too loudly. Coati shifted in the spare bed he was sleeping in, before blinking a few times and sitting up, blurry gaze taking in Winter and Moon and jaw hanging open at the Night in the room.

Get him out of here! I can take care of Coati, Qibli thought hurriedly, and Moon instantly came farther into the room, grabbing Winter's arm and literally dragging him out of the boys room. Coati blinked a few more times after the door closed, and turned to Qibli who was now sitting up as well.

"Should I ask?" Coati asked around a yawn.

"Nope," Qibli said, motioning for Coati to grab his stuff. "But we do need to get you out of here."

Coati grabbed his phone and earbuds, and everything else he had brought with him. "And why do I need to get out of here?" He asked as Qibli ushered him to the door.

"Put your earbuds in and turn them all the way up," was Qibli's only reply, and while Coati looked at him weird, he was still too sleep-tired to argue, so he pressed them into his ears and cranked up the volume on his phone. Qibli braced himself before opening the door, walking out of the hallway to find Winter glaring at the ground and Moon trying to talk to him.

"I'm so sorry I never tol-" she cut herself off and looked at the two Sands as they came into the room, Coati with his music blaring inside his earbuds and Qibli looking very shocked.

"Told what?" Qibli asked, earning a glare from Winter and a look from Moon.

"Nothing," Winter snapped, and looked back at the floor. Qibli gave him an odd look and then looked at Moon, but she just pursed her lips and looked away. Qibli escorted Coati to the door and into the hallway, where he waved to his friend and shut the door on his form retreating to the stairs.

When Qibli came back inside the dorm, he caught Moon in another sentence; just as she wanted, he figured.

"-eading minds isn't my fault!" She said in a whisper-yell, trying to avoid waking anyone else up. Her head snapped up as Qibli entered the room, as did Winter's.

"Great, just tell the whole dorm, would ya Moon?" Winter hissed as Qibli's eyes went wide and he displayed a look of shock. His eyes darted from the Ice to the Night.

"You… You can read my mind?" Qibli whispered, and Moon looked at Winter in exasperation.

"Now we have to tell him. Geez Winter, just go wake everyone so we can tell everyone!" She must have known what that would do, because Winter flinched and looked down in defeat. Moon turned to Qibli and did the whole thing again; the explanation, the thousand apologies, and the note.

Winter and Qibli just stared at her for a few minutes as she wrapped the last of it up. Finally Qibli made an attempt at humor.

"Who wants to tell Kinkajou?" He asked, and Winter glared at him while Moon cast him a grateful glance.

Somewhere else along the time-skip era…

"You can read my mind?" Kinkajou repeated in wonder and then squealed. "That is so cool! Wait, what am I thinking now?" She scrunched up her nose and closed her eyes before Moon giggled.

"Your thinking about Fandoms where Qibli and Winter are, y'know, together. And if this adventure is gonna be told in the future. That's where the fanfictions came in for the guys." Qibli and Winter share a disgusted look, causing both girls to bust out laughing.

"Screw Fandom," Qibli muttered under his breath, making Kinkajou laugh more.

"So let's go!" Kinkajou cried, bouncing on her toes. Qibli grinned at her, and suddenly liked the bundle of child-energy a lot more than he had ten seconds ago.

"What do we tell everyone though?" Moon asked, her voice tinged with worry. Kinkajou's hair turned a bright shade of orange before dimming down to a red-head color. "Who cares what we tell them? We're going on vacation!" Qibli nodded his agreement, and Moon looked to Winter for his opinion. Winter held up a hand.

"I never even agreed to help. What makes you assume I'm coming?" Moon's face fell a little, and she poked her light blue sock into the carpet.

"I mean, I just though," she floundered, finally finishing the sentence with; "I though that if I asked, you would tag along, maybe." Winter's face lost it's wall for a second and became indecisive; torn between staying at school and being royal against not wanting to turn Moon down.

His wall was back immediately though, the change lost in an instant flicker. "Fine," he huffed, and looked like he almost regretted it.

"Are we gonna tell Turtle?" Kinkajou cut in, looking back and forth from all of them. Moon looked thoughtful before she shook her head.

"No, but I have something to ask him. Wait right here guys. Actually… start packing what you need." She flashed a little smile at Winter before she popped into the boys room. "And bring that shiny gold Visa card," she said playfully, and the door shut after her into the room.

Qibli watched as Winter fingered his pocket, and figured it must be inside. The Sand promptly ran into the blue-haired Ice, and when Winter scowled deeply at Qibli, the taller boy gave a smile before flipping the card over in his hand, leaving it face up in his palm.

As Winter snatched the Visa back, Qibli tossed a quick; "Watch what you do," before moving to the kitchen and scouring the cabinets for pack-able food. He pulled out a few boxes of poptarts before deciding that it wasn't worth it, and he leaned against the counter; wondering what Moon could possibly be asking Turtle.

Oh well, he thought, and when a grin spread over his face, he didn't try to hide his thoughts os tormenting Winter all the way to the Ice Kingdom