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Roseate: Chapter 4

Roseate's hands began to glow a lighter shade of blue. Aerrow panicked.

"What are you doing!?" He went between her and Piper a bit, and Roseate lowered her glowing hands.Radarr growled behind Aerrow.

"Aerrow." Her voice was light. "I know you don't trust me yet, but feel this." Roseate placed her hand on his head where he had banged it. A light tickle sensation came over him, and the feeling shrunk just as soon as she removed her hand. "I can heal. Not well, but good enough."

"Wow." Aerrow felt the back of his head, the bruise gone.

"Now, Piper, you fractured your arm. I won't be able to completely heal it, but after I'm done, it will only be a sprain. Man... You guys took a beating." Roseate's cold hands skimmed Piper's arm, engulfing it in blue light.

Piper was silent, but smiling from Roseate to Aerrow.

"Piper you got to lower your heart rate. Blood is flowing too fast for me to reach every bone." Roseate said after taking a calming breath.

"Ok, Rose." Piper said, making Roseate smile. Aerrow decided to help and relaxed for Piper's sake. Piper breathed in deep, her breath fogging with Aerrow's.

The light faded as Roseate finished, temperature rising again from its chilly state.

"How did you do that?" Junko asked as Rose wiped some sweat from her forehead.

"Uh...I took classes." She answered quickly. Too quickly... Aerrow thought.

"Hey ROSE!!" A little voice called over the trees. Aerrow and Piper got up, Stork, Finn, and Junko surrounding them, all befuddled. Two boys were cruising over the trees with flying...surfboards. Radarr squawked in all the confusion.

Rose ginned wide. "Jay-Jay!! Down here! It's the Storm Hawks!" She called. Heron was on the back of the second board, a brown haired boy going a bit slower due to the big dog's weight.

The littlest boy, his golden hair shining in the sun, cheered as he twisted down to the ground, another board under his arm. Aerrow thought the little boy reminded him of himself as a kid.

"Jay-Jay, you're such a show off." Roseate shook her head.

"Like dad himself!" Jay-Jay only beamed; navy eyes bright with youth. The second boy landed behind him, Heron bolting to Rose's side.

Roseate turned back to the Storm Hawks. "Everyone, this is Jay-Jay-" She caught a sky board in her hand that was thrown by him. "And Yuro. They're my brothers."

The two boys stood in front of their sister. Stiff as boards, they held their sky boards in their left hands, saluting with their right arm.

"Reporting for duty sir!" They shouted in unison.

"Alright, cool it privates." She said. They relaxed from their army position. "We have guests. One's hurt. I need you to direct them to our home. Can you handle that privates?!"

"Yeah!"

"I can't hear you!"

"SIR, YES, SIR!!" They shouted.

The Storm Hawks chuckled, the boys leaving their sister to come to them. The two boys whispered among themselves; then looked up to Finn and Aerrow, who were closest.

"Are you guys really Sky Knights?" Jay-Jay asked.

"Well, Aerrow is. But I'm a sharpshooter!" Finn decided to strike a pose for the boys.

"Whoa...I wanna be a sharpshooter!" Yuro's eyes went wide with excitment. "Shu...BOOM!! I got you!" The brown mop of hair shone as the boy practiced with an imaginary bow and arrow.

"Piper! I'll take you back on my sky board. The boys gotta take the trail." Roseate let Piper climb on. "If you want, you can sit on the back. It doesn't mess up the board."

"Ok! Hey, on the way to your house, can you show me anywhere with crystals?" Piper asked; eager to get a head start. Roseate only shook her head.

"Let's just get your arm into a sling so Aerrow doesn't worry his pretty little head off." She laughed. "But we'll see lots in the air, so don't worry. Heron!"

The dog perked its floppy ears. "Watch the boys, ok?" A loud bark was her answer. The purple and white sky board lifted off the ground, and latches secured Rose's feet to the surface. "Don't worry Aerrow! She'll be fine!" Rose called one last time, the red head keeping his eyes locked on Piper as the sky board disappeared above the trees.

"Dude... You are so crushing on Piper." Finn smirked.

"Am not!" Aerrow turned away from the blonde, pride hiding his red face from the rest of the team. Junko and Finn laughed.

"Well, this is perfect... we're trapped in an uncharted Terra, and our only protection is two little monsters..." Stork ended all the laughter.

"Would it kill him to be positive?" Yuro asked Finn.

"Probably." guessed Finn.

"Ok, Storm Hawks! Let go!" Jay-Jay stuck his head high, wanting to impress his favorite squadron. Aerrow smiled, remembering his own childhood.

"Lead the way, future sky knight." Aerrow gave the boy a little nudge, and he beamed, and the rest of the group followed. Heron walked away from the Condor last, the wreckage leaving a scar on the hillside.

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"This place is beautiful, Rose." Piper was in awe. Rose smiled.

"Yeah, I've lived here all my life with my parents and brothers. I'm the only girl here my age. Except for you, Piper."

"How many different crystals are here?" The dark haired girl looked up from her sitting position to Roseate.

Rose shrugged. "Not sure. But we got lots. Green ones, purple ones, a couple orange ones, and tons of blue ones. I know a couple, but not many."

"I'm a crystal specialist; I could take a look, if you want." Piper offered.

"If the boys let you into the garage." Rose chuckled. "They run the garage, and I look after the house and monitor the Terra. We're always afraid that Cyclonia will find us. But if they do, I have a memory crystal to wipe their memories as they head off."

"You have a memory crystal?! Then you must also have a solar crystal too!" Piper looked hopeful.

"No... I don't think we got any of those in any cavern or waterfall. But what do I know...you're the specialist." Roseate grinned.

"Hey! I think I see Aerrow and the guys!" Piper shouted out. "AERROW!!! FINN!! HEY!"

A small figure with red hair and another with blonde waved back, along with a little boy with gold hair.

"Aerrow really cares about you." Rose said, her blue eyes turning back to the destination.

"Well, we've known each other since we were babies... so he's like...my best friend. Along with Finn, but I met him when I was six." Pipers orange eyes kept looking where they saw him last until his figure disappeared.

"Hmm... I used to have a friend named Rachelle...but her family moved when I was nine. It was just her family and mine living here. Then her father decided not to wait for the Cyclonians to come, and moved somewhere safe." Rose recalled, frowning for a while in silence. Piper didn't know what to say.

"What about your parents?" Piper finally asked.

"My parents left a year ago." Rose murmured.

"Why?"

"Their squadron was on a secret mission at the start of the war against Cyclonia. It was so secret; our parents couldn't even tell us. They've been gone for a year, but haven't sent a letter in almost five months. I- I don't even know if they're alive." Roseate finished, the wind whipping her brown hair behind her.

Piper held her arm steady as the sky board jerked a bit. "Aerrow lost his parents when he was twelve."

"He must have been crushed...I keep hoping for the best, but hope can only last so long...Its almost worn me out." Roseate landed in front of the home, the latches unlocking for her.

Piper put a sympathetic hand on the girls shoulder. "I'm sure your parents are ok. Hey, can you teach me to see auras?" Piper asked to change the subject.

"I can't." Rose shrugged.

"Hmm?"

"I can't see auras. Or feel them. I lied." Rose looked away.

"Roseate? Why would you lie?" Piper was taken aback.

"To seem freaky. I wanted to also seem powerful. I wasn't sure if you guys were the real things or just Cyclonians in cloaking crystals."

"But you knew what Aerrow was thinking!"

"Not really. I can't read minds, but Aerrow is bad at keeping his face stone still."

The two girls laughed.