Hello readers, I hope that you are liking the story so far. I'm sorry for taking so long on Chapter 19.
Guest: This is before Darkstalker, which is coming in the future. I know what I'm doing, trust me. How do you want me to spice things up? Do you want more fighting? Romance? Make sure you tell me in the reviews.
Electro blitz: If you give me the information for the OC, I'll see where I can put the character in the storyline.
(Galactic's POV)
I was in my guest bedroom, watching a show. It was a long day with meeting the other dragons and telling stories about our different adventures. I even told them about the big car crash; and they were quite shocked.
I was currently watching a show about the history of the Scorching. It was pretty interesting as I turned up the volume a bit. In the middle of the show, I heard a knock on my door.
It's like midnight, I thought, frowning, but got up to answer it anyways. Getting off the bed, I made a beeline for the door and opened it. I was a bit surprised when I saw Waterfall standing there, looking at me in the eye.
"Sorry if I woke you," she said apologetically, looking a bit embarrassed. "But I needed to talk to you about something."
"Okay... ," I responded, confused. Are things about to get weird? "Come inside." She stepped inside and I closed the door. Turning on the light, I went to my bed and sat on it. "What did you want to talk about?"
"About Silt," she answered in a serious manner. "He's trying to get you in prison or worse. It would be horrifying to me if something happened to you. Don't you think we should go after him?"
"How would I know where he is right now," I told her. "He just kills a dragon and vanishes, one bi-monthly. It would be impossible to find him before he kills another dragon. Let's just have the authorities handle it."
"I don't trust that the authorities will catch him."
"Well, maybe you don't trust them, but you have to trust me."
"Are you sure this is the right move to take?"
"Positive. Anything else you wanted to talk about?"
She looked at her claws sheepishly. "I'm not able to sleep. I've been having nightmares about something bad happening to you. I can't them out of my head, no matter how hard I try to make them go away. She shuddered after she said, as if she was in the freezing weather. "Mind if I stay for a little bit so I can get rid of the thoughts?"
"No," I responded, smiling to her. I put a claw on her shoulder and looked at her, and she looked up to return the gaze. Her beautiful emerald eyes looked through me, and I could see the gratitude in them. "I don't mind. Besides, I need some company while I'm here. It's also nice to know you care for me."
She gave me a small punch to the shoulder before hugging me. "Thank you," she said gratefully, then made her way to the bed. She laid on her back, wings folded, and watched the show I was watching. I joined her, lying on the opposite side of the bed. We watched the T.V. in silence for about half an hour before I decided to start a conversation.
"How's you break been going?" I asked her. Waterfall was startled by the sudden words and turned her head slightly to look at me.
"It's been okay," she murmured back. "It was stressful the first few days, getting everything organized. After that, it kind of got boring without being able to see you." She softly spoke the last part, but I was able to catch it.
"So you missed me?" I said, giving her a grin. Her cheeks got red when I asked her the question.
"I guess," she responded, smiling back at me.
"Well, for me" I started. "Christmas break kind of got boring without being able to see you, too." I leaned in and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, making her blush more. Then her light up scales flashed, all at once. I closed my eyes momentarily at the sudden brightness. We were now much closer to each other. I put my arm around her shoulders to make her more comfortable. She leaned into my chest as she continued to watch the show.
Then, my head filled with sudden pain, as if I had it being clawed by one hundred IceWings. With a gasp of pain, I put my claws to my head as I closed my eyes. I turned into my pillow as my mind felt like it was going to explode.
"Galactic?" I heard Waterfall ask me, worried, but her talking faded as my vision turned black. "What's wrong?" I felt her grab me, shaking me a lightly.
Everything! My head! My eyes! I tried to say it to her, but I couldn't find my voice. I them let out a cry of agony as all the sound around me went quiet, leaving me in the darkness. The last thing I heard from Waterfall was her screaming for help, running out of the room.
...
I was able to open my eyes, but the first thing I knew was that I wasn't in my room anymore. Looking around, I realized I was in a warehouse. Lights were shining strongly, making any trace of darkness disappear. A few pillars held up the building, but they looked old and out of date. The metal walls were rusted with many small gaps, showing nothing but desert and sky. Boxes were covered in dust and the floor was littered with debris. Shelves were empty, except for the few pieces of paper on each of the rows.
Where am I, was I all thought as I finally heard footsteps behind. I turned my head, only to see my old enemy. Silt was standing before, with a knife in his claw. If looks could kill, I would be a pulp of bones and blood from the way he was glaring at me. He was also smiling hysterically as he inspected the weapon.
"If it isn't the life ruiner," he announced to me, growling. "I've been waiting for this moment for a long time."
"What do you want?" I demanded, getting into a defensive position in case he decided to attack. "Why are you still holding that one day to me?"
"It's the day where my life went downhill," he answered, glowering at me. He made slow steps around me, forming a circle. "It's the day to where I became a criminal, and it was because of you."
"I didn't do anything to you," I responded. "You ruined your life because of the decisions you made!"
He growled at me as he looked behind him and nodded his head. In moments, two of his thug friends came out with the dragon I loved, Waterfall. She was in a unconscious state, with dried blood around the wound on the side of her head. I took a step forward growling, and he responded by grabbing the SeaWing princess. Taking her like a hostage, he put the knife on her throat, putting contact on the scales.
"Stop!" I yelled at him, and he smiling smugly. "Leave her out of this!"
"Oh, I will," he responded dryly. "If you're willing to trade places with her."
As he said this, I saw that Waterfall shook her head lightly and looked up slowly at me. Her eyes were filled with fear, but she mouthed to me "don't do it!". I hesistated, mainly because I knew he wouldn't keep his deal on letting her go. If I gave myself over, he would still keep Waterfall as a prisoner, and possibly to things I couldn't imagine to her. I also wanted her to be safe, far away from the place we stood. "No, I know you won't turn her over."
"Well, say goodbye to your love," he sneered as he suddenly took the knife off her neck, and stabbed her in the side. Her eyes widened in pain, unable to scream out in agony. She collapsed to the floor, breathing shallowly.
"NO!" I roared as Silt lunged for me. I felt hatred erupt into my scales as he tried to cut me open with his claws. He almost hit his target, but I was able to grab his wrist just in time before it impaled me. I turned it upwards, and he let out a cry in pain at the sudden painful move. I then kicked him in the snout, and he collapsed onto his friends, knocking them uncouscouis. I lunged in the air, with my metal claw aimed for his heart. Silt barely had time register his thoughts as I brought the metal claw down into his chest. I dug in, and his eyes went wide. He gasped for air as I dug in deeper into his chest. I didn't rip out his heart, however. After a minute of digging, I took my metal claw, which was now covered in blood, out of the wound I made. It was justice for him to die of blood loss.
Getting off the MudWing, I bolted over to where Waterfall lay. Kneeling down beside her, she looked at me with sadness filling her eyes as tears ran down her face. I took my right claw in hers to give her comfortable. I put my metal claw on the knife in her side, and slowly pulled it out. She gasped in pain, and squeezed on my metal claw.
"Stay calm," I whispered, trying to reassure her. As soon as it started, the knife was out of her side, and blood was oozing out of the wound. "Oh shit." I looked around frantically for something to put pressure on the wound. Finding a towel in a wooden box by me, I applied pressure to the blood spot. She cried out in pain as I continued to put more pressure on it.
"It's going to be alright," I reassured her, and she nodded faintly. "You're going to live." Grabbing another towel out of the box, I wrapped it around her waist tightly so the bleeding would stop. It only took a few minutes, but it did the job.
"Galactic," she rasped, coughing.
"Yes?"
"Thank you."
I smiled to her, but it soon turned into a hug. I closed my eyes as tears of joy formed. "I thought I lost you the moment you fell to the ground."
She patted my back, and I squeezed tighter. We laid there together for a long time, oblivious to anything else that was going on.
...
I woke up with a gasp, collecting all the fresh air I could. My eyes darted around the room, my room. There was no one dying, no blood, no warehouse, everything was just fine. If none of that happened? Then what was that? A vision? Millions of questions were going through my brain. I sat up in my bed, and stared at the wall in front of me. What is going on with me?
"Galactic?" I heard a voice say. I turned my head to see Celsius standing to my right, leaning against the wall. "Oh man, you're awake."
"What... happened?" I asked him.
"Well," he started, "everything was confusing at first for me, but Waterfall came running out of your room screaming for help. She said that you lost consciousness, or blacked out, she didn't know. We got a nurse in the room to see what was going on, but she didn't know either. Everyone is worried for you right now. They're waiting downstairs, trying to pass the time. Do you remember anything?"
"Not too much after I went out, but I was at this warehouse," I explained to him all the details I could remember about the stabbing, the fight with Silt, and saving Waterfall. He had a deep thinking expression as I told him all of this. After I told him the whole story, I sat there, waiting for a response from him.
"I think what that might've been," the IceWing said after a minute. "Did it feel real to you?"
"Yes," I responded, "I felt the blood when I looked and felt Waterfall's wound. It also felt real that I killed Silt."
"If you add all that stuff up," Cel started to me, and I listened intently. "Then in might've been a vision of the future."
"But I thought only NightWings born under at least one of the moons would be able see them," I responded, confused. As I pieced together the possibilities, my eyes widened. "Does that mean-"
"You were born under a full moon," Cel finished for me. I just sat there shocked. "We have to keep this to ourselves, we don't want to cause mass panic from the SeaWing Queen," Cel ordered, getting off the wall, walking to the door. "Do you want to rest some more or come downstairs?"
"I'm coming," I responded to him, and he nodded, leaving the door open as he went downstairs. I got up from the bed and went out the door, following him. As I got downstairs, I saw eleven pairs of eyes focused on me. I scanned around the room as I walked in. I stood in the middle of all the dragons that I met when we first arrived. I looked at them shyly, mainly because it was a little uncomfortable being the center of attention. Suddenly, I was tackled by a blue blur. It took me seconds to refocus as I looked down to see Waterfall wrapped around me, her head in my chest.
"I thought something horrfying happened to you," she told me, choking back a sob. "I thought I lost you."
"Hey," I said, patting her back, and she squeezed tighter. "It's okay, I'm here now."
"We're happy to see you okay, Galactic," Tsunami said a couple feet away from us. Sunny stood next to her, and nodded, smiling as wide as possible.
"We thought something horrible happened you," Seashell told me. "We all got worried, Waterfall the most." She flashed a grin at Waterfall, who gave her one right back.
"Now we got all of that out of the way," Freakwave said from the back. "Let's play a game to pass the time."
"How about truth or dare?" Graceful suggested. We all agreed to the idea (Cel and Summit muttered how stupid the game was) and Graceful decided to start it off.
"Freakwave, truth of dare?" she asked the SeaWing prince.
"I guess I can go with dare," he responded, and Graceful silently cheered to herself.
"I dare you to kiss the dragon you have a crush on."
Freakwave immediately became silent as his eyes darted around the room. As he did this, I noticed that he settled his eyes on the teal SeaWing dragoness. I grinned in amusement as he slowly went over to Seashell. She looked at him, confused, but before she could react, Freakwave leaned in and kissed her right on the snout. His cheeks became a crimson color as he went back to his spot. Seashell sat there, shocked, but then smiled lovingly at him, blushing more than the SeaWing prince. The dragonesses giggled and murmured to each other.
"Okay, my turn," Freakwave announced, looking at Summit. She then sat up, fully aware she was about to be asked the same question Graceful asked to Freakwave. "Summit, truth or dare?"
"Since SkyWings are the dominate dragon, dare," she announced, stretching her wings. I had to admit that she looked menacing, but I wasn't easily scared.
"I dare you to... ," he trailed off, thinking. After a few moments, he brightened up. "To say 'I love RainWings' after each sentence you say."
She immediately glared at the SeaWing, "I hate you, a lot. I love RainWings. Now it's my turn, I love RainWings." I muffled a laugh, but the other dragons were giggling, mostly Graceful, though.
"Tsunami," the SkyWing announced, "truth or dare? I love RainWings."
"Dare," she responded. Summit immediately smiled evilly at the SeaWing. "I got a bad feeling about this." Summit went over to the SeaWing and whispered a command in her ear. After she was finished, Tsunami looked at her with a disgusted look as the SkyWing laughed. "I'll be back."
...
Two hours passed as we continued to play the same game. As Seashell was in the middle of explaining what Starflight had to do, the mansion doorbell rang. The sound of bells filled the whole room, and Tsunami went to get it.
Tsunami said we had to wait until something arrived so she could do it, so I guessed that the "something" arrived. After half a minute, Tsunami was leading a black dragon to the room, but I knew the dragon. It was Deathbringer, and he clearly looked confused on why he was there.
"What's he doing here," Glory demanded to the SeaWing princess, who just grinned.
"To do this," Tsunami responded, then grabbed Deathbringer, and kissed him directly. Deathbringer's eyes went wide, clearly shocked on what was going on, but Glory was a completely different story. Her scales were turning from her normal green to red, a bloody, dark red. Her eyes stared murderously at Tsunami, who finally pulled away from Deathbringer. When she glanced at the furious RainWing, she bolted down the hallway, and Glory ran after her.
"I will kill you!" we heard Glory scream, making us cringe back in fear. The only one who was having any amusement at this was, of course, Summit. She was laughing her head off, and we looked at her.
"Really?" Sunny asked the SkyWing. "That dare was kind of low."
Fatespeaker nodded. "Yeah, that dare was kind of dark."
Suddenly Tsunami came in, followed by a very mad RainWing being held back by Deathbringer. Tsunami looked at Glory smugly, only to receive a glare.
"Glory, it was the dare Summit made me do," Tsunami stated to her, and the RainWing calmed down a little. "I would never take Deathy away from you." The black and pink NightWing blushed as we all chuckled.
"Hey!" Deathbringer called to her. "No one but Glory can call me that!"
"Whatever," Tsunami responded waving him off. "Now it's my turn."
"But I was in the middle of-" Seashell started, but suddenly quieted down from the look Tsunami was giving her.
"Hmmm," she thought, then slowly turned to Waterfall. "Waterfall, truth or dare?"
"I dare you to play Seven minutes in heaven with Galactic," she told her cousin, who immediately blushing. I started to blush, too, as my friends pushed me towards my girlfriend. I stumbled a little bit and almost fell, but Waterfall caught me. We gazed at each other as the others encouraged us to play the little game. I knew about the game, and I was too shy or too much of a loser in high school to play it.
"Come on, Greenie," Waterfall told me with a friendly smile. She grabbed my arm and started walking upstairs.
"Greenie?" I raised an eyebrow at her as she led the way.
"Since you have neon green scales, I think the name is cute," she said, grinning. "Mind if you I call you that."
"Not at all."
...
Our snouts were pressed together, locked in a deep kiss. My hands were around her waist and her were around my neck. We were standing in her walk in closet with the lights turned off, but it didn't matter to Waterfall, who could see in the dark.
We then pulled apart and took as much oxygen as we could from the air. I felt her breath brush over me as she gulped in more air. After a few seconds of collecting air, we pressed our mouths together again, and stayed locked for the next minute. Once it was over, I pulled away from her as she put her head on my chest.
"Waterfall?"
"Yes, Galactic?"
"Would you like to go the Christmas dance with me?"
The response I got was another kiss from her. My arms tightened around her waist. I didn't want this moment to end, but seven minutes was almost up. We continued the kiss until the timer we set on my watch beeped. We immediately broke apart, and I got one answer from me.
"I would love to."
There you go! Another chapter is finished. I blame school for keeping me from getting this done, but I get out in two weeks, so be ready for more chapters!
Thank you Electro for coming up with a better ship name for Galactic x Waterfall: Galactifall. The second 'c' is missing just in case any of you didn't catch it.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and I will see you in the next one. BYYEEE!
