Chapter 41

Hungry

I was surprised when I realized that I was now able to think without Shadow and Star hearing. I was even more surprised by how easy it was to do. I could now choose what I wanted them to hear, and keep the rest to myself.

It sure came in handy when I caught myself thinking about him. I found myself hating him more and more as the days passed. He was so full of himself! He walked around like he was the boss of everything, dragging Shadow along with him. I will be doing Shadow a favor by getting rid of him, even if she does not agree in the beginning. I could always convince her, or even more amusing, kidnap her until she is brainwashed enough to agree with me. I laughed at the thought of actually being able to kidnap Shadow let alone brainwash her, she was too stubborn.

It had been a few weeks since I had 'gone missing', and things where on there way to getting back to normal. Well sort of normal. I mean we are still living on a cliff in the middle of nowhere. But at least here we have the freedom to have as many helpings as we please…

"Nova, do you have anymore chocolate?" Nudge asked as she walked over. Her and Nudges newest hairdo had been a huge hit. Nudge wanted to have the same one every day until they found a better one. She was thinking of selling her and Stars design when we got back, if we got back.

"No." I lied quickly.

"You know, you're not very good at lying. I mean, I know you'r a year old and all, but you could do a little better than that." Nudge complained lightly.

"What I mean is I have no chocolate for you." I clarified as she pouted.

"Awe come on, just a little?" she begged.

"No."

"Pleeaasseee!"

"No."

"Please, please, PLEASE!" she squealed.

"Fine." I groaned in defeat. I got up grumbling to myself and walked over to my backpack. "Here." I growled, thrusting a chocolate bar at her. "But that's the last one."

"Yay!" she screamed jumping up and down, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

I dodged her as she attempted to hug me to death and walked of grumbling.

'That was… nice.' Shadow thought reluctantly.

'She wouldn't stop pestering me.' I thought groaning.

"Serves him right." I heard Star grumble from somewhere in the tree's.

Star had been mad at me ever since I had gotten back. Every time she looked at me she was glaring. I could tell she was thinking about me a lot, though she had mastered not letting us hear her thoughts. I could tell she didn't trust me one bit, not anymore.

"Nova? Earth to Nova!" Shadow said while waving her hands in front of my face.

"Oh, ah, sorry. Did you ask me something?"

"I was wondering if you wanted to go for a fly, the others are busy."

I gaped at her for a second, totally surprised by her request.

"Never mind, I'll go by myself." she growled, turning around.

"Wait!" I cried, grabbing my hand, "I'll go!"

She sat there for a moment, she seemed to be weighing her pro's and con's. Finally she sighed in defeat, "Okay, let's go."
We flew for awhile in silence. After a while Shadow circled down and landed in the forest, sitting cross legged on the grass.

I landed next to her on the uneven floor and ended up on my face. Apparently it wasn't as easy as Shadow made it look.

"You alright?" I asked as she put her head in her hands.

"Yea, just, just one sec." she breathed.

"Shadow?"

"One sec." she growled.

I sat there for a moment, staring at her. Finally she sighed and looked up, "Come on, why don't we head back."

"Why? What was that?"

"Nothing, okay. Lets just go." she lashed out, taking off into the air.

I sighed and took off after her. We flew straight back to the cliff and Shadow left into the tree's right when we got there. I gave up looking for her after a while and went back to camp.

'I thought you guys went for a fly.' Star thought.

'Yea, umm, Shadow decided to come back early… do you know why?' I asked.

'Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to her thoughts… weren't you?'

'No. I was to distracted by her sudden-' I started to think, "Oh! I know why!" I said startled by my realization.

I walked over to Star, knowing Shadow wouldn't like it if we, umm, discussed this in our minds.

"What is it? You said Shadow was suddenly distracted?" Star asked.

"She was, umm, hungry." I said carefully, but Star got the point. She nodded slowly and turned around to grab something.

It was an old leather journal that was super thick. Like generations of people writing in it everyday and many more to come thick. It was as thick as a dictionary.

"What's that?" I asked.

"My jounal, actually, it's called the journal of the night. It's been passed down through my family for as long as I can remember. Whenever it runs out of pages, more just appear." she explained as she scribbled something down in it. She closed it with a snap and put it back in her bag.

I wanted to know what she wrote, but I decided not to ask.

"Hey, why don't we get some lunch? The rest of the flock have already had there's, but I wanted to wait for you guys."

"Umm, sure." I agreed, "Hey, do you know if Nudge snuck any of my chocolate?"

"No, she was over by the lake the whole time you were gone." Star confirmed.

I laughed and walked with her to the food clearing, that's where the food always appeared now. For lunch today was spaghetti, meatballs, and milk. Yumm, yumm, yumm.

(end of chapter 41)