Hey guys! After many months of typing for this story, it's about to hit 100,000 words. I've never been so excited in my life and I never thought I would ever reach this. I want to thank everyone for reading this, showing me you were interested in this story. I especially want to thank who left positive reviews after each chapter. Instead of going on, I'm just going to go to the chapter now.
Also, sorry for not updating. Celebrations make me lazy, and I want that to stop. I was also reading another book, analyzing the texts to help my writing and detail excel.
(Galactic's POV)
I woke up to the most unexpecting manner; Waterfall was looking at me. I was at first caught off guard before I became confused. This is very awkward, a voice said in my head, you're girlfriend is staring at you while you're exposed. Her stare was going right through me, literally.
"Waterfall . . . do you mind?" I asked, and her eyelids rapidly blinked, most likely zooming her out of her focused state.
"What? Oh! Sorry!" she immediately looked away, and I saw a blush come over her face. It took her a little bit to look back at me, the blush still vibrate on her face. "It's just I heard a groan of p-and I came in-I saw you sleeping peacefully, andyoulookedcutewhileyouslept." She rambled the last part, which I didn't understand.
"And what?" I asked, wanting her to repeat the statement.
"It's nothing!" She walked out of the room, giving me a embarrassed smile before she shut the door . I tilted my head in confusion, but decided to get ready for the day. I took off the covers and quickly rushed to the bathroom so I could clean up from a good night's sleep.
After a shower and a few sprays of body spray, I exited the bathroom and entered the main room. It didn't take a single second to see Celsius standing in front of me, a few scratches here and there, but in good condition.
"Cel!" I shouted joyfully, running up to him and giving him the tightest squeeze I could muster. "You're alive!"
"Of course I am-ow! Ribs, Galactic, ribs," he gasped in pain, and I let go, giving him an apologetic expression. "It's good to see you're alive, too. I thought Water over here would end you for scaring the moons out of her."
"I almost did," Waterfall remarked, getting a small laugh of Celsius, and one came out of me, too. "But I decided a lot of dragons would be upset with me." She nudged my wing gently and I grinned at her in response to the gesture.
"Well, it's good to see you're alright," Celsius told me, looking at me up and down, "well, besides the bandages wrapped around your arm and torso. I also have a big fan here to meet you as well."
"Who did you tell," I asked with curiosity and fear; I didn't want my identity to be revealed by some talkative dragon.
"I won't tell anyone," a voice said, followed by a IceWing with massive wings come from behind Celsius. She slapped my friend with her wing and he smiled in response to the hit. "So it's really him?"
"Really who?" I asked, not having any idea what was going on. I looked at Waterfall, who rolled her eyes at me. Raising an eyebrow, she leaned in close to me ear.
"What are you popular in?" she asked, and my eyes lit up in realization. "There you go."
"Oh! Hello," I started to introduce myself, "I am Galactic also known by my alias, Galaxyplayer."
"My name is Owl," the IceWing responded, raising a claw, and I grabbed it, shaking hers with mine. "It's so nice to meet you."
"And you, too."
"I can-can't believe I'm meeting you, after all these years! You have no idea how you impacted me."
"Really?"
She scrambled to open her bag she brought with her. Opening the flap which was covering a small computer and a permanent marker. She grabbed both of the items and handed them to me. "Could I get your autograph?" I looked at her in surprise, finally understanding she was a big fan of me. It was also the first time I ever met a dragon that was so fond of me of what I do on the internet.
"I'm sure you can." Grabbing the marker and the laptop, I opened the cap and signed my alias name in cursive. Capping the marker and handing both of the items back, I saw she had a very large smile on her snout.
"Okay, moving on," Celsius moved slowly towards Owl and began to speak, getting her out of a trance. "Galactic, we're moving out of this dorm, including Starflight."
At first, I didn't think I heard him right, but he had the most serious expression on his face. He seemed to understand my confusion, he explained all the details me. "We are moving to a house so we don't get attacked by the same group of thugs that attacked us. We're going to be in the same house as Winter and his clawmate (this was the appropiate term of roommate, which no one used) for some time. It's time to get packing."
"Um . . . could I have heard this earlier?" I asked Celsius, but he frowned, not knowing how to respond.
Owl, however, quickly backed him up on his moment of silence. "The queen couldn't get a message to you, so we suspected you weren't in the dorm." I nodded, but still at dismay from the information hearing we needed to move now.
I looked at him as I pointed at the kitchen area. He nodded in response to this gesture. I excused myself from the two dragonesses and Celsius repeated the same thing. Once at the kitchen, Celsius looked at me in concern.
"What is it?" He asked me. His wings to folded neatly against his back, making him look smaller than usually. His face was radiating in the light, but the scratches and cuts on his snout, dimming it.
"I was kind of going to surprise Water by taking her to a movie she'd been waiting to go see," I told him quickly, not wanting Waterfall to somehow hear us. I secretly revealed the tickets to the movie, getting a nod of understanding from my friend. "Since you put this whole moving out thing on us, well . . ." I must've showed my disappointment, because Celsius put a claw on my back.
"I see," he responded, "make sure you come back after the movie is over." He gave a short smile before going to back to the two dragonesses, clearly having a great time talking to each other. They were in this middle of a conversation when we interrupted.
"Sorry for interrupting," I apologized before looking at Waterfall. Her beautiful deep green orbs focused on mine before I grabbed her claw and led her out the room, leaving a confused look on her snout.
(Celsius' POV)
I watched the two lovebirds walk out of the room, especially with Galactic having the biggest grin on his face. It made me smile whenever I saw the two of them together, knowing that they would be forever happy as long as their equal was right beside them.
I broke out of the gaze when Owl coughed to get my attention. Turning to her, I watched as she looked at me, waiting for me to say something.
"Okay," I started, "we're going to need the boxes we used to bring all of this stuff here in the first place. That would be the warehouse storage unit about twenty minutes away." I walked towards the door before turning back to the IceWing/SkyWing hybrid. "You coming?"
"Why wouldn't I?" Owl responded in rhetorical manner. She followed me out of the room and I looked the door. We then descended down the stairs and went out of the building, making our way to my SUV. However, what I saw was very unexpected.
My SUV was still the same white color, but it had the art of a IceWing shooting out frost breath. The IceWing's claws were extended in attack mode, making it look like it was lunging at a enemy. In the background of the IceWing was Jade Mountain itself. The colors were jade green (of course) and light brown. It really took my breath away when I saw it, staring at the piece of art for a minute straight.
"You like it?" Owl asked, smirking at me.
"Did you do this?" I asked in response, very awed at the design.
"Yes, but with the help of Clay, he was able to make the design to car size," she responded. "Do you like it?"
"I love it," I responded, turning to her. She had a blush on her cheeks, turning away in shy way. I then wrapped my wings around her and wrapped my wings around her. "Thank you." I whispered the two words in her ear, and that seemed to make her blush more.
"It's no problem," she responded. I pulled back from the hug I gave and soon I saw her digging into her pouch. After a few moments, she pulled out a piece of a folded paper. Unfolding it, Owl gave it to me and I took it without hesistation.
It showed the same design as the car. I looked at the paper closer, now seeing my name at the top of the paper. I then realized that the IceWing on the car design was suppose to be me.
"I kind of made this after we first met," Owl began to explain. "Once I got back to IceWing Kingdom, I did a little research on you and soon made this piece of work." She began to blush more in embarrassment in confessing of being interested me. I, on the other hand, found this interesting and happy. She really did like me the first time, I thought to myself, blushing as-well.
She grabbed my claw and brought me to the hood of the SUV, showing another picture of art of myself. Instead of being in attack position, I was holding a hockey stick while grinning towards anyone who would look at this. In the design, I was also wearing to stripes of jade paint on either side of my face. In front of my character was the Jade Mountain logo we wore on our helmets.
"You really didn't have to do this," I told Owl, but she waved off the statement.
"You deserve a piece of recognition for being a lifesaver," she responded, giving me a sweet smile. I went in for another hug of thanks, but she put a claw on my chest, stopping me. "If we keep doing this, we won't get that warehouse place anytime soon."
I giggled at that comment and walked to the passenger side of the car, opening the door for her. "Your majesty," I said in a genuine tone. She gratefully got in and I closed the door after her tail was inside. Walking around to the driver side of the SUV, I opened the door and got myself in.
"You know, I could get used to your chivalry," she remarked, and I gave a wide smile. I then put the key into the ignition and turned it. The car hummed to life and I pulled the SUV out of the parking lot and I made my way to the open road, heading out to get those boxes.
(Freakwave's POV)
"Okay, we need to get this song perfect," I told myself for the twelfth time in ten minutes. "If we do, then we could get recognized across Pyrrhia."
"C'mon, Wave, there is nothing to worry about," Qibli responded as he walked to the water fountain. Dipping his head down, he pushed the bar and a line of water shot up into the air. He drank from the flying stream for about five seconds before he let go of the bar, and the water stopped. "We have about two weeks until the contest submissions are due. We'll have the song perfected by the end of the week."
"I know, but let's start from the top this time. Maybe I'll have better luck remembering the lyrics from the beginning," I told the SandWing, but it was more to myself; I was seriously stressing to win this competition. "Okay, in position. One, two, thr-"
My phone rang, and I ended up cursing loudly, causing Qibli to raise an eyebrow at me. "Sorry," I apologized to him before taking the call. "This is Freakwave, Prince of the SeaWings. Well, a prince of the SeaWings."
"I know who you are, squidbrain," Tsunami's voice appeared on the otherside of the conversation. "I got someone who wants to meet you. Come to the Summer Palace."
"Can this wait? I'm kind of in the middle of making a song here," I looked at Qibli, who was analyzing his drumset. He seemed to making micro adjustments to the drums before nodding to himself.
"I believe you would like to meet this dragon," she responded. "Also, you don't have a choice."
"That's what I thought," I muttered very lowly, but Tsunami managed to hear it.
"Excuse me!"
"Oh, I thought you were going to say that," I told her quite loudly, but I already knew I was in deep trouble with my cousin. I sighed, wondering what my punishment would be to disrespecting Aunt Coral's daughter. "What time should I be there."
"Leave immediately, and by the way, I'm doing you a huge favor," she told me before hanging up. I looked at the phone, confused at what she said.
"I'm guessing you are to attend to some SeaWing things," Qibli guessed.
"Yes, what else could be this important," I asked myself rhetorically, but Qibli didn't seem to hear it.
"Well, for one, it could be the end of the world. That, for sure, is important," he told me, before realizing that it was a rhetorical question. "Oh! You, um, didn't expect an, uh, answer."
"You're fine," I told my SandWing friend and he nodded in response. "I'll be back in about two hours or more. Feel free to do pretty much anything you want."
"I'll probably spend most of my time tuning my drumset. Can't seem to find the perfect tune for this song," he told me. I nodded in understanding before heading out the door. What fun could there be at the palace now.
(* * *)
I turned off the ignition to my car at the main entrance to the Summer Palace. It's semicircle driveway was littered with turquiouse stones and saphires embedded in the concrete. For some reason, the SeaWing queens from the past wanted everything flashy, as if trying to send a message to the other tribes. Freakwave hoped not, because he did not want to be part of a war if a queen from another tribe saw envy in the riches of the SeaWings.
I tossed the keys to a guard, who was surprised by the throw and fumbled with the keys before getting a good hold of them. He then returned to his post as a guard of the mansion.
I entered the main palace entrance, it's green walls with blue lines on the upper and lower corners of the hallways and rooms. Pictures of SeaWings in battle, writing, or doing some other noble thing I couldn't understand. In one of the hallways, I saw two SeaWing dragonesses. One of them was obviously, due to her sassy posture as she looked at me. I wish I could smack that triumphant smirk off her snout, I thought darkly before walking over to her.
The other one, though, brought back a lot of memories of my childhood. My mind blew up into a serious of unexplainable questions when my eyes saw the SeaWing dragoness. It was her, the dragon I was no longer able to see after being ordered by my parents. She was from the family that rivaled from ours. She was my long time crush from years back.
It was Tempest.
She seemed a lot more serious since that last time I've seen her. Her turqiouse colored scales shined from the lights on the ceiling. They shined so bright, I began to wonder if she polished her scales right before she came here. Her eyes were solely focused on me, which I thought was a little strange. I then wondered if she any affection for me, and I shook the thought my head; any idea of liking me was most likely taken out of her through discipline from her parents.
As soon as I got to the two of the dragonesses, Tempest took a step forward. I looked into her eyes, and there I swear I saw a feeling of longing for a friendship with someone.
"You finally arrived," Tsunami said, frowning because I didn't show any attention to her. "Well, I guess I'll leave it to you two." She walked towards me, whispering "your welcome" to me before heading off toward to her quarters.
I stared a Tempest for a straight minute, and she did the same to me. I was at a loss of words of how Tsunami managed to do this, after years of seperation because our parents. Stop making this awkward, my head told me, and I agreed with my thoughts.
"Well, this is . . . very unexpecting," I finally managed to speak, my voice echoing off the walls of the empty hallway. I walked a little bit closer, this time she lunged at me.
I went to alarm for a short moment, before realizing she was embracing me in a hug. I was in shock when she squeezed me hard and I squeezed back, too. It had been too long of time separated from each other.
"I missed you," she told me, and I just embraced the words. The first words she spoke to me in years, filled with so much more than just a statement. It reflected multiple emotions I couldn't seem to understand. They were a mix of sadness, joy, pain, and gratitude. Those were the feelings I could hear from the words.
She pulled back from the hug, this time smiling more than staring. "It's really you. Moons, you grew up quite a bit, didn't you?"
"So did you, Tempest," I responded. "You're a lot more beautiful now, and mature, if I might add."
She let out a soft laugh, and so did I. "So, what have you been up to. I want to know everything since we were banned from seeing each other."
"Speaking of which, how are we meeting each other?" I asked a bit curious, and she looked down, the smile disappearing off her face.
"Well, for one, my parents were murdered," Tempest told me without hesistation. Even though she said it so fast, it was clear she didn't want to explain it.
"I'm sorry, Tempest," I told her as softly as I could, but she just shook her head.
"Don't be sorry about them," her voice was filled with anger now. "Even though their death was awful, they still did horrible things to me after we were caught." Her eyes became a dangerous glare as she seemed to go back through the dark memories. "They never forgave me for falling in love with you."
My heart jumped at that, but I decided to leave that part out for later. "Let's forget about this part for some other time. Let's talk about something else," I proposed the suggestion, and she nodded hastily, wanting to get rid of the dark thoughts.
"I know a place that will give us privacy," I told her, and she looked up at me, her eyes filled with agreement. "You still know the place?"
"Of course, how could I forget the place where we fell in love," she responded with a small smile, and I gave a larger one.
Hello readers. Just wanted to say that I start school tomorrow, but will not be attending due to a bowling tournament. So happy I'm skipping school. Anyways, I hope you I haven't angered any of you with the broken promise. To be honest, I'm kind of struggling on how to keep the story going until the end of the storyline. Hopefully ideas will come quickly enough.
I will also give information about Tempest in the next chapter. If of you guys have suggestions about the story, feel free to leave a review anytime.
Also, FINALLY REACHED 100K WORDS.