Gordon and the Gargoyles

by jrechani16

After loosing her parents to an unknown murderer, her pet frog being killed by bullies, and moving in with Elisa Maza, A 7 year old girl named Peyton is surprised to bare whiteness the gargoyles coming alive and befriending them and eventually become a part of her family. Follow Peyton on all of her adventures as the newest (& youngest) member of the Manhattan Clan.

5. Gordon and the Gargoyles Chapter 1

Gordon and the Gargoyles

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Chapter 1: New Friends and New Beginnings

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8:38 P.M.

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A lot has happened to Peyton over the course of a month and a half. First her parents died, then Elisa took her in and now her beloved pet frog that she had for the past four years was now hopping along in that great big pond on the sky. She still went to school and whatnot but she still missed the people that she cared about the most in her life, so, on this clear, cloudless mid-evening, she walked up to the world's largest skyscraper that she saw for the past three years she was here since she moved to the Big Apple when she was just four years old and went inside to have a look around.

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Now, David Xanatos was not the one to welcome visitors since he had brought some kind of ancient castle up to his skyscraper apartment, but, seeing that Peyton needed somewhere private to think about all that had happened to her the past months, he let her in. (Well, Owen did anyway)

So, Peyton walked over to the lower balcony of the large and ancient castle, the construction guys were just leaving after they had finished up putting on the remaining pieces together.

She rested her arms on the side of the balcony where she saw the first few stars of the night appear in the sky and then opened up the heart shaped pendant of her locket. It had a recent picture of her with her parents before she got her beige framed glasses. She looked at the photographs and then back at the star.

Peyton had watched Pinocchio a few times before when she was younger and remembered some points during the film that if you wished upon a star, your dreams would come true.

"I'll give it a shot, " she thought. "But heck knows what a wish might do."

She looked up at the colorful sky and sighed.

"I wish…I wish…." Peyton began as she tightened up her fists and squinted her eyes shut as she tried to think of her wish.

Peyton then looked up at the star one more time and said to it, "I just wish I had some really cool friends who would love me for the way I am and will always care about me no matter what!"

She stared at the sky again for a good twenty seconds.

*rumbling*

Strange circular thunder clouds were forming over the castle and lightning was flashing harshly as it began to rain.

"Oh, great.." Peyton thought to herself. "What's next a zombie invasion?"

She started to make her way to the staircases from which she came from until..

*cracking*

She froze in her spot.

The cracking began to get louder and more faster.

Peyton walked back outside, not caring about the rain. It then stopped suddenly and rocks fell to the spot Peyton was on (luckily she got out of way on time).

Peyton looked up to something large at the top turret of the castle.

It was a giant lavender figure with large bat like wings and black flowing hair.

It let out a loud roar as the creature stretched its wings and arms and the rain began to grow harder and lightning struck harder.

Peyton backed away but heard more cracking and roaring coming from the balcony in which she stood at.

She turtled around and gasped at the sight, her cerulean blue eyes went wide and her jaw lowered.

They're were gargoyles!

Real living, breathing gargoyles.

Peyton read about gargoyles countless times before, but she never actually saw them in real life.

One gargoyle had light brown skin and a scar on his right eye, the second one she saw was red with a white mohawk, the third was little and had olive green skin, the fourth she saw was a fat one with aquamarine skin and the fifth was a beast like creature with navy blue skin.

Peyton backed off a little to give them space but as she saw the giant lavender skinned one fly down to great the other five, Peyton hid at the entrance to the staircases from which she came.

They looked so big compared to her small seven year old body.

"Were awake.." said the lavender skinned gargoyle smiling wide. "We're alive! We're together again!"

The other five gargoyles greeted each other with hugs and the little olive green one was scratching the giant beast like creature.

Peyton held her breath as she pulled out her Polaroid camera and snapped a few pictures of the creatures as they looked confused and shocked at the New York skyline before she rushed down the staircase and out of Xanatos's building.

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12:30 P.M.

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"I saw them! One was a giant lavender one that looked like he could easily swallow you whole, the other had a giant scar on his eye, the red one right there has a beak like a toucan, the fourth one looked kind of fat and there was a little green one to! Oh! And there was a dark blue dog like one! He had no wings on his back like the others did but still! I saw them with my own eyes! Those are real, live, actual gargoyles!"

Maddison, Carol, and Annabelle looked at the large polaroid picture that Peyton had given to them as she told the three girls her story on the edge of the sandbox.

The three girls just starred at the picture in disbelief.

"Are you sure this is not one of your crazy and stupid made up stories that you wrote for English class Gordon?" Maddison asked the olive skinned seven year old in a rude voice.

Behind her, Carol made the 'coo-coo' sign to Annabelle, remarking that Peyton was crazy, causing Annabelle to giggle.

"I'm not crazy!" Peyton remarked. "Those are real living, breathing gargoyles! I saw them on Mr. Xanatos's new castle!"

"Gordon," Maddison started.

Peyton looked up with hopes that Maddison would believe her…but instead, the dirty blonde seven year old just ripped the polaroid picture in half with a wicked grin on her face and threw the torn up picture on the grass near the jungle gym on the school's playground, much to Peyton's shock.

"I knew you were crazy, but I never thought you'd be this crazy.." Maddison told her with a devilish grin as she crossed her arms.

"Yeah.." Carol and Annabelle said in unison, crossing their arms to.

Peyton felt crestfallen.

"Now, get out of our sight!" Maddison commanded harshly and pointed to the torn up photograph. "And no more dumb stories about those stupid gargoyle creatures…go on now, GET OUTTA HERE!"

Peyton waked away to pick up her picture with a sad expression.

"But I did see real gargoyles yesterday…" Peyton thought to herself. "Why won't they believe me? Why?"

Maddison was about to walk off to basketball court to pick up a skipping rope till she spotted Peyton's golden locket around her neck.

She then got an idea.

Maddison quietly creeped up behind Peyton and snatched her locket from her neck.

"Oooh! What's this?"

Peyton turned around to see her locket in Maddison's hand.

"It's mine!" Peyton cried. "Give it back!"

Maddison looked at Peyton with her signature devilish grin and said, "Hold up Lamedon..I just wanna look at it."

She opened the pendant to see the picture of Peyton with her mom and dad.

Maddison scoffed in disgust. "What is this thing? A dumb locket? I mean really, who wears lockets anymore?"

"Give it back to me Maddison!" Peyton said to her.

"Actually Gordon.." Maddison said to Peyton. "I think I'll keep this a little while longer.."

"NO!" Peyton cried. She leaped onto Maddison in an effort to get her locket back but Maddison was quicker, she put Peyton in a head lock and held her arms back. "GIVE IT BACK!", she cried.

Carol and Annabelle were cheering for Maddison.

One of the kindergarteners looked up from his toy truck and looked at the four seven year olds. He gasped and called out to the other kids who were in different grade levels, "THERE'S A FIST FIGHT GOING ON NEAR THE JUNGLE GYM BY THE BASKETBALL COURT!"

The other kids cheered and rushed over to the fight.

"Just admit it Gordon!" yelled Maddison, "Your just a stupid and gross alien that came from Jupiter!"

"I am not an alien!" Peyton yelled back at her.

Maddison got a tight headlock on her, Peyton tried to get out of her grasp and around her were the other kids chanting, "Fight, Fight, Fight, Fight.."

Peyton looked all around her as she tried to get out of Maddison's tight grasp and the chanting got louder and faster.

She has had enough.

The olive skinned seven year old stepped on Maddison's foot really hard causing her to let Peyton go and pin her down to the grass, she held on to Maddison's arms hard.

All the school kids cheered for Peyton but Carol and Annabelle kept encouraging Maddison to get back up at beat the crap out of Peyton.

"I SAID GIVE IT BACK!" Peyton yelled at her.

Maddison only looked at her with disgust and said, "No wonder your mom and dad aren't alive anymore…..they're disgusted about have a girl like you around…..You're just plain crazy…."

Peyton looked crestfallen and shocked at the same time…..and that's when she snapped.

Peyton leaped onto Maddison again and the seven year old blondie screamed with terror as Peyton's fists came crashing down onto her face, Carol and Annabelle screamed to as they tried to get Peyton off of their friend.

The other kids around them hollered and cheered for the awesome fight that was going on between the four girls…that is until one of the first graders saw someone coming out of the building, gasped in horror and rushed to the fight scene where he yelled out, "PRINCIPAL!"

The other children gasped in shock and screamed, they started running around all over the place as they got into their positions. (Peyton, Maddison, Carol and Annabelle were way to busy fighting to notice).

"IT'S THE PRINCIPAL!" a kindergartener screamed.

"SHE'S COMING THIS WAY!" a second grader hollered.

"GET INTO POSITIONS!" a third grader called.

"I'M GONNA PUKE!" a first grader yelled.

While all of that was going on, Carol and Annabelle were still trying to get Peyton off of Maddison.

The kindergarteners, the first graders, the second graders, the third graders, the fourth graders and the fifth graders were standing in rows (the kindergarteners, first and second graders in one row and the third, fourth and fifth graders in the second row across from the first row) as the principal was coming towards the doors that lead to the playground.

One of the first graders, however, saw the four girls fighting.

"Guys!" she cried. "Knock it off, she's coming!"

Carol and Annabelle gasped and stopped dead in their tracks.

Peyton and Maddison on the other hand were still fighting.

"Maddie.." Annabelle called, "Get up! The principal-"

Maddison interrupted her.

"Not now Annabelle!" she grunted. "I'm working on something!...Get OFFA ME!"

"B-B-But Maddison.." Carol stammered.

The other children were now starting to warn Maddison and Peyton.

Peyton growled…now she was starting to get really mad, her face was turning red like a tomato.

"Maddison!" Carol and Annabelle called out.

Maddison gave them a face meaning that she got an idea on getting Peyton into trouble with the principal.

Carol and Annabelle nodded before rushing to the chalk boxes that were covered with chalk dusk and got some on their hands and placed them on their arms.

One of the third graders whispered to his friend, "Do you think she's gonna say-?"

The other third grader started, "I don't-"

Soon, the doors flew open and a voice called out, "What is going on out here?"

Soon Peyton snapped her head around and yelled out to the person by the doors something that she would regret saying.

".. #%!$&#^!"

The other children gasped in shock.

Peyton turned her head back to Maddison, Carol and Annabelle, who also had shocked looks on their faces.

Her angered face turned into a socked one, her eyes went wide and her pupils shrunk as she then realized what she said and who she said it to…..her principal Mrs. Rosa.

"Uh oh…" one kindergartener said.

A fourth grader waved goodbye to Peyton as Mrs. Rosa came walking down the row of students.

Now, Mrs. Rosa was the most strictest, meanest, and most unfair and unreasonable principal at Peyton's elementary school. She had the most palest skin anyone has ever seen, her dark orange hair was in a neatly fixed bun and she had neatly waxed eyebrows, she wore dark pink lipstick on her lips and mascara that was black as the pale night sky with silver earrings on her ears. Her dark mahogany eyes easily gave children nightmares with just a quick look deep into them, she had short dark blue acrylic nails on her fingertips and she had the body of a female swimsuit model. She wore a dark maroon long sleeved vest with matching pants, inside her vest was a white V-neck shirt, on her feet were black short heeled shoes.

All the kids in Peyton's elementary school feared Mrs. Rosa, and that was a good thing….for her anyway. She looked at the two rows of children before coming to a halt at where Peyton, Maddison, Carol and Annabelle were standing.

Peyton gulped, a chill was rushing down her spine.

"…Peyton Elizabeth Gordon…" Mrs. Rosa said in a soft yet angry tone. "What on EARTH…did you just say to me?"

"Um…" Peyton stammered. "…It's not what you think it is Mrs. Rosa ma'am?"

Mrs. Rosa crossed her arms and kept that angry glare at Peyton who stood with her arms behind her back.

"Oh geez…" she thought to herself.

Maddison and her friends looked at Mrs. Rosa with fake crestfallen looks on their faces.

Maddison fake cried, "WAHHHH! MRS. ROSA MA'AM! PEYTON WAS BEATING ME UP AND SHE SLAPPED ME REALLY HARD!" she showed Mrs. Rosa the 'slap mark' on her hand (it was red chalk dust that she put on her arm, Carol and Annabelle did the same to themselves).

"LOOK AT OUR ARMS!" Carol and Annabelle fake cried in unison as they showed Mrs. Rosa the 'slap marks' on their arms to.

All three seven years olds began to 'cry' from their so called wounds.

Peyton looked in shock and disbelief. Sure, she fought them, but she didn't remember slapping them hard.

Mrs. Rosa tended to the girls and sent them off to the school nurse's office to calm down before she snapped an angry glare at Peyton, who shrunk down in fear a bit.

"In my office…." Mrs. Rosa demanded softly but harshly as she pointed to the school building.

"B-B-But I-I didn't-"

Peyton's stammering was interrupted.

"IN MY OFFICE NOW!" Mrs. Rosa commanded harshly.

Peyton backed away a bit before picked up her locket and walked to the school building, feeling crestfallen at herself .

Maddison, Carol and Annabelle shot their devilish grins as they saw Maddison walk into the principal's office down the hall.

Maddison looked at her arm and saw teeth marks on it.

"Ew," she said. "I think she bit me.."

"Ewwwww…." Carol and Annabelle said in disgust.

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12:52 P.M.

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Peyton sat in front of the principal's desk on what she and the other students liked to call 'The Chair'. The chair was a small white plastic chair with red legs, green arms and yellow lining. It was both small and uncomfortable. She saw many students sit there before when she was walking down the halls to her classroom and she never actually sat there before….until today.

Peyton shrunk down in fear a bit as she looked into Mrs. Rosa's dark mahogany eyes.

There was a long silence that lasted for about forty five minutes as the olive skinned seven year old was fumbling with her beige framed glasses.

Then, Peyton got the courage to speak.

"M-M-Mrs. Rosa…" Peyton began stammering. "I-I know you think I slapped them but…it wasn't my-"

Peyton was stopped by Mrs. Rosa.

"Ms. Gordon.." she began. "….I've known you for two years straight and you've always been an extraordinary student but your mind always got completely out of hand…and now I overheard you saying something about gargoyles in New York City…"

Peyton said, "W-Well yeah, I-I saw them last night at-"

She was interrupted again.

"You LIE!" Mrs. Rosa said in a harsh tone. "Ever since you've attended this school, it's been one make believe thing after another! And now I caught you fighting Ms. Collins and her friends! You know this is a violation of the school code!"

"Well," Peyton said getting up from the chair. "Maddison was the one who took my-"

Mrs. Rosa once again interrupted.

"You know the school code! Ms. Gordon!" snapped Mrs. Rosa. "And now you're telling me another lie saying that there are gargoyles in New York City?!"

"I'm not lying!" Peyton cried to her, her eyes were glistening with forming tears.

"Ms. Gordon, we are done talking about this!" Mrs. Rosa said.

"Trust me!" Peyton said.

"ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENCE MS. GORDON!" Mrs. Rosa yelled. "YOU STOP THIS MAKE BELIEVE BUISSNESS NOW!"

Peyton shrunk a little but still stood her ground.

"Well.." Peyton said, starting to talk back. "Maybe if you were a bit more reasonable with everyone in the school, then maybe you would still BELIEVE ME!"

"How dare you talk back to me! You know this is impolite, especially for a girl like you!" Mrs. Rosa said in shock and anger. "That's it! I'll telephone Ms. Maza this instant and then you will-"

"NO!"

There was a fifteen minute silence between them.

Mrs. Rosa slowly turned around to face Peyton, who had tight fists locked on her sides and an angry scowl on her face.

"….What did you say Ms. Gordon?" asked Mrs. Rosa.

"….I said no.." Peyton said lowly and angry.

"Do you not understand on how much trouble you are getting yourself into?" Mrs. Rosa asked, her voice was enraged.

"I don't care!" Peyton yelled at her with a stomp of her foot. "Maddison started the-"

"What do you mean by you don't care?" Mrs. Rosa snapped crossing her arms. "You're making yourself a nuisance of this entire school!"

"JUST LISTEN TO ME!" Peyton yelled at the principal, scrunching up her fists. "FOR JUST ONCE IN YOUR EVIL LITTLE LIFE AT LEAST JUST LISTEN!"

"I AM THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS SCHOOL!" Mrs. Rosa shouted. "YOU LISTEN TO ME!"

Peyton groaned, "This is so UNFAIR!"

Mrs. Rosa scoffed.

"Unfair?!"

Peyton ranted, "YOUR NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ME OR THE OTHER STUDENTS! YOUR ALWAYS GOING AROUND TELLING OTHER PEOPLE ABOUT BEING PERFECT WHEN EVERYONE KNOWS THAT NOBODY'S EVER PERFECT AND YOUR ALWAYS TELLING OTHER PEOPLE INCLUDING ME ABOUT STUPID SCHOOL CONDUCTS ON WHAT THEY CAN'T AND CAN DO AND TRYING TO MAKE THEM ACT LIKE YOU! Well, I'M NOT gonna act like you do!"

Mrs. Rosa scoffed again and crossed her arms as she told Peyton, "Oh, you're acting like a child.."

"And you're a BEAST!" Peyton said backing away next to the large dark wooden desk and picking up the plastic chair she was sitting on before. "That's what the heck you are! And you know something?!"

Mrs. Rosa gasped.

"Ms. Gordon!" she yelled.

Peyton was steaming in anger.

"I'll never be or act like you….." Peyton said angrily.

"No!" Mrs. Rosa cried. "Stop that!"

"I would rather DIE THAN BE IN THIS SCHOOL WITH A PERSON LIKE YOU!" Peyton yelled.

As she yelled, she smashed the plastic chair against the desk, causing the legs and arms of the chair to break apart. Mrs. Rosa gasped in horror. Peyton on the other hand, kept the same angry look on her face, her cerulean blue eyes narrowed with anger and her chest was puffed up a bit and her fists were all scrunched up and she held a piece of the chair in her left hand, she looked at Mrs. Rosa with glistening eyes.

Mrs. Rosa's shocked looked turned into an angry one as she marched towards the olive skinned seven year old. Peyton's angry scowl turned into a scared look as the principal marched towards her.

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Peyton looked down in fear as a giant crimson looking beast with scary cat like mahogany eyes marched towards her. It's large shadow loomed over her in red lumminated room. It let out a roar and spat out fire as Peyton slowly backed away from the beast using the piece of the plastic chair as her only use of defense but the beast swiped it away with its large and sharp dark blue claws and violently picked up Peyton by her arms, its claws piercing deep into her arms.

She let out a scream in pain.

"Ms. Gordon…You are a proper young lady at this elementary school!" the crimson beast roared at her face.

"N-No." Peyton whimpered. "W-Wait a-"

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Peyton tried not to scream in pain again as Mrs. Rosa yelled at her face.

"W-Wait a min-"

Mrs. Rosa yelled at her again, Peyton tried not to cry.

"And I EXPECT YOU TO ACT LIKE ONE!" Mrs. Rosa yelled at the olive skinned second grader.

*slap*

*yelp*

Peyton fell to the ground as Mrs. Rosa slapped her, her giant shadow loomed over Peyton again.

Peyton took shaky breaths and tears were pouring down her eyes. She trembled in her spot and a giant slap mark was on her right freckled cheek.

"I expect you in the detention room every day after school till five o'clock for the rest of the school year!" Mrs. Rosa demanded.

"B-But ma'am!" Peyton said with a crack in her voice as she got up from the floor. "Y-You don't understand! Maddison started-"

She was interrupted again.

"ENOUGH WITH WHO STARTED WHAT !" Mrs. Rosa yelled. "YOU ARE GOING TO DO NOTHING BUT OBEY ME! YOU ARE TO STAY IN THE DETENTION ROOM EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL DAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR! NO EXCEPTIONS! NO EXCUSES! NO ANYTHING WHAT SO EVER!"

Peyton was even more crestfallen than before.

As she went to the door to go to the detention room she said in a crackly voice, "My parents are both dead Mrs. Rosa…if my mom and dad were still alive I KNOW they didn't want THIS!"

Peyton gathered her stuff and headed to the detention room.

Mrs. Rosa was following behind her.

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2:54 P.M.

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It was her first time behind bars.

Peyton sat in a desk with her ankle chained to the desk leg. She wore a green and white striped ragged prisoner uniform and dry tear stains were on her face.

She looked out the window to see the other kids rushing to the school buses or playing outside as another school day came to a close.

Peyton then heard Mrs. Rosa calling Derick on the phone explaining him her own version of what happened between her and Maddison.

Peyton heard every word Mrs. Rosa said about her.

A nuisance..

A disgrace to this school..

An insolent brat…

Peyton just wanted to lay her head down on the desk and cry but she had lines to write that were on the chalkboard, she had to write 'I will not be a nuisance to this elementary school' a hundred and sixty times front AND back.

The poor olive skinned second grader laid her chin down on the desk as she just stared at the board that was in front of her cell as she completed her lines.

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5:15 P.M.

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The sound of footsteps caught Peyton's attention.

She looked up to see Derick walk in the room, he saw the state that Peyton was in.

"Derick?" Peyton said.

"Pey.." he started. "Mrs. Rosa told me everything. What hap-"

Peyton interrupted him.

"It's not what you think it was." Peyton cried. "I got into a fight with Maddison cause she took my locket from me and she started the fight not me! And I didn't wanna curse at her but…she made me…"

"I know your principal's story isn't true.." said Derick as he pulled her into a hug. "I tried reasoning with her but-"

"She doesn't listen?"

Derick looked down at Peyton who was wiping her tears away.

"Yeah.." he replied. "She doesn't listen at all."

Mrs. Rosa entered the room at gave a nasty glare at Peyton who stood with a neutral look on her face.

"Y'know," started Derick. "You gotta a lot of nerve to speak to a kid like that Rosa.."

"Mr. Maza, in my school children must be faced with harsh consequences and behaviors!" Mrs. Rosa explained to Derick. "It is the way!"

"It's not the way!" argued Derick. "Kids need to treated with compassion and a much more gentler approach…Not like this.."

"Mr. Maza, I've already gave Ms. Gordon a suitable punishment for her crimes." replied Mrs. Rosa.

Peyton then spoke up, but in a low voice and her back turned to the principal.

"I agree with Derick Mrs. Rosa.." Peyton said in a low voice. "I shouldn't be treated like this….because…that's not right…"

"What did you just say to me?" Mrs. Rosa questioned. "Say it louder and to my face young lady….."

Peyton felt her anger boiling up, her fists tightened up again and her face was turning red and her eyes were glistening with tears.

"Well?" Mrs. Rosa questioned again. "Get on with it Ms. Gordon! Say it again!"

She snapped again.

"I said because….."

The olive skinned seven year old quickly turned around and looked at Mrs. Rosa with a boiling angry face and stamped her foot hard on the ground.

"THAT'S NOT RIGHT!"

She yelled so loud, she thought the whole school house would hear her.

Derick silently cheered for Peyton while Mrs. Rosa's shocked face once again became an angry one again.

"Ms. Gordon!" she yelled. "I have tolerated your antics and behavior for the last time! I want you out of my school! You…are EXPELLED!"

"What?!" Derick asked in shock.

"What?!" Peyton asked on the verge of crying. "You're kidding!"

"I mean it Ms. Gordon! Gather your things and just leave! I don't care where you end up!" Mrs. Rosa commanded.

Peyton couldn't believe it….she was being expelled from the school she came to know and love…all because her rude principal thought she started the fight. She thought Maddison was innocent instead of her.

Tears were beginning to pour down her face.

"No…" she said in a quiet voice. "No…"

Peyton couldn't take much more of this. She grabbed her bags and ran out of the school building.

"Peyton!"

The seven year old could hear Derick calling her but she ignored it as she took off running as she cried like she never cried before.

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7:35 P.M.

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Peyton stayed at the castle for a long time, crying till she couldn't cry anymore.

She couldn't believe it….she got in trouble and expelled from her school in one day. Nobody believed her about the story of how she found the gargoyles and then her own principal didn't believe her about who started the fight and got her expelled. Poor Peyton felt like the most miserable child on earth right now.

She looked at the stars above in the sky again…they sure were sparkling tonight.

"Why…" she said to the star. "Why couldn't you help me just this one little time? I just really wish I had some friends who would except and believe me!...I should of known not to wish on some little star for some advice on anything…"

Peyton kept looking up at the stars.

As she kept looking, she heard low growling coming from the darkness of the castle.

"Huh?" she asked softly with slight confusion.

Peyton turned around slowly only to find two glowing pupil-less eyes, the figure in the darkness soon revealed itself to be the giant dark blue beast like gargoyle creature ready to pounce and attack her.

Peyton's look changed from confused to surprised and scared at the same time. She screamed before she started running up the staircase to the highest turret of the castle, the beast like gargoyle was running close behind.

She hid behind a wall as she panted and tried to catch her breath but she heard slow footsteps coming up the staircases, she held her breath as she tried not to scream again as she heard the footsteps coming towards her.

Peyton slowly poked her head out to see the figure coming up the steps.

She suddenly realized who it was, with a breath of relief of course.

"Elisa!" she called out.

Elisa shined her flashlight at Peyton.

"Peyton, there you are!" she exclaimed. "Where've you been all day? Derick called me and told me everything…"

"E-Elisa…I-I'm sorry I-"

Elisa interrupted her and spoke to her in a kind voice, just as a mother would speak to her child.

"Derick told me that Maddison started the fight, not you." said Elisa. "Your principal's kinda-"

"Hard to reason with?" Peyton said.

"Yep…." replied Elisa.

They looked at the view, the city was glowing tonight.

As they looked at the view, they heard more footsteps coming up the staircase, Elisa gently grabbed Peyton by the wrist and pulled her to a wall as she took out her gun and pointed it at the entrance to the staircase. Peyton got in a fighting stance behind her.

"Alright pal!" Elisa said. "C'mon let me see it, nice and easy."

The dark blue beast like gargoyle came up, snarling and growling lowly at Elisa and Peyton.

Elisa gasped before pointing her gun at the dark blue beast, preparing to shoot, but a giant hand snatched the gun from Elisa's hand and smashed it to pieces.

Peyton's eyes and jaw went wide and she trembled in her spot, her back went against the wall at the giant gargoyle before her. It was the same light purple gargoyle that she saw the previous night. Its large shadow loomed over the small seven year old girl and she looked straight into the creatures dark brown eyes.

Elisa and Peyton backed away from the giant gargoyle a bit, but they both lost their balance, the giant purple gargoyle tried to grab them by their ankles but they fell off the building.

Peyton's heart raced and she began to sweat with anxiety as she and Elisa were falling.

The giant gargoyle swopped down the castle and glided down to catch them, he caught them both his large arms.

He glided them back to safety on a ledge of a building.

Peyton looked at the large creature that saved them both from falling to death.

"OK…" Elisa told the gargoyle. "OK, just take it easy.."

"What were you doing in my castle?" the creature questioned Elisa and Peyton.

Peyton was startled.

The creature could talk?!

"W-Who…who are you?" Peyton asked the giant gargoyle in a frightened tone.

"My kind have no names.." the creature told her. "But you humans call me Goliath.."

"O-OK..G-Goliath.." replied Peyton.

"Wait, your kind?" Elisa questioned. "You mean there's more than of you?"

Goliath sighed with his mouth closed and replied, "Barely.."

The large purple gargoyle began to climb back up before Elisa stopped him.

"Wait.." Elisa called out softly.

Goliath stopped in his tracks.

"Don't go…Uh, look, we need to either get back down to the street or back up to the castle." she explained.

"That shouldn't be too hard Elisa.." said Peyton. "I mean, he can fly so he can just easily fly us back up to th-"

Goliath interrupted Peyton.

"I can't fly.." explained Goliath. "I can only glide on currents of wind…there aren't any strong enough to lift us back up.."

"S-So that means were…um…kinda stuck up here?" Peyton asked, still kind of frightened of the creature.

Goliath grabbed Elisa by the shoulder and placed her on his back and then he grabbed Peyton by the arm and placed her on his chest, Peyton held onto his neck gently so she wouldn't choke him.

"Hold on.." Goliath said to the girls as he began to climb up back to the castle with his large talons.

Elisa looked down as Goliath climbed up higher, she squinted her eyes shut.

Peyton did the same, she gasped softly and closed her eyes tightly as she held onto Goliath's neck for dear life.

"Don't look down!" Elisa told Peyton.

"Why the heck would I wanna look down now?!" Peyton said as she hid herself in Goliath's chest.

Goliath looked at Elisa and Peyton holding on for their lives and told them, "Trust me.."

"I don't believe this.." Elisa murmured to herself.

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A couple of hours later, Goliath finally made it back up to the castle with Elisa and Peyton.

Both of them tried to catch their breaths.

*growling* *snarling*

Peyton gasped as she saw the giant dark blue beast (again) growling at her.

"That's him!" exclaimed Peyton. "That's the giant dog thing that tried to kill me.."

"He won't hurt you.." said Goliath as he petted the dark blue beast like creature on the head. "Now, once again, what are you two doing here? And please, try not to fall of the building this time.."

Goliath, Peyton and Elisa spent many hours talking to each other.

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"So a thousand years ago, you were betrayed by the one human you've ever trusted in your life?" Peyton asked as Goliath finished telling her his story.

"Indeed.." he replied to the seven year old.

"Does anyone else know about you?" Elisa asked him.

"Only the man called Xanatos." said Goliath. "He brought us here."

The giant beast like creature came up to Peyton and sniffed her.

"Um…is your dog friendly Goliath?" Peyton asked nervously.

Goliath raised a brow in confusion.

"We're not allowed to have dogs in Elisa's apartment.."

The giant beast like creature then started to warm up to the seven year old, he licked her hand and panted happily.

"Hey.." Peyton said as she came to a realization. "I like dogs.."

Peyton gently scratched the beast like creature on the neck, he panted with pure delight.

Goliath looked confused. What did she mean by dogs?

"Sit boy." she commanded.

The creature sat as he continued to pant happily.

"Hey look Elisa! He's trained!" Peyton said with a smile.

She commanded again, "Shake."

The creature placed its talon on Peyton's hand and she shook it gently.

As the seven year old kept bonding with the creature, Elisa suddenly saw four more gargoyles surround her and Peyton. The old one with the scar on his eye, the red one with the mohawk on his head, the fat aquamarine one and the little olive green one.

"Good boy." Peyton praised the beast like creature.

She commanded again, "Speak."

"Who's the wee lass Goliath?"

Peyton yelped a bit, she looked to her side and saw the old gargoyle examining the seven year old girl with his one light brown orb and his scarred right eye.

Elisa looked around as the three younger gargoyles were examining her, "Uh, this can't be happening."

The red one came closer to Elisa and narrowed his green eyes as he sniffed her a bit, "Are these new friends Goliath?"

Elisa turned away from the red gargoyle and back to Goliath, startled. "Boy I hope so."

"Me to." said Peyton as the older gargoyle looked at her.

"This is Elisa Maza, a…detective?" Goliath questioned as he introduced her.

"Second class, MYPD." Elisa stated matter-of-factly as she pulled out her badge.

The old one with pale brown skin asked, "What exactly does a, detective do, lass?"

"Well, when someone does something wrong…I find out who and arrest them." Elisa explained.

"Yeah, and she also uses clues to link to the person who committed the crime." added Peyton.

"Who says what's wrong?" Goliath questioned.

"Well.." Elisa stated. "We have a justice system, laws penalties, assaults. What the people decide."

"You mean the humans decide." Goliath corrected, he looked at the view, the sun was beginning to rise. "You two have to go, now."

Peyton took a step towards him as he walked to the edge of the terrace, "Wait! Um, Goliath, will I see you again? I'd like to know loads more about you! Look, you saved me and Elisa's lives, so we both kinda owe you a lot. We can help you understand a lot about the city and how it works. Please Goliath?"

The lavender skinned gargoyle looked at the olive skinned seven year old who had pleading eyes.

Goliath sighed, "I suppose if we are to defend the castle, we'll need to be prepared for whatever's out there. Very well."

Elisa smiled a bit and so did Peyton.

"Good," said Elisa. "Tomorrow's my day off. I can meet you in the afternoon at-"

"After dark." Goliath said as he cut her off.

"Why am I not surprised?" Elisa said in a halfway amused voice. "OK, here after dark. I'll bring Peyton along to."

"No. Not here, over there, on that rooftop." Goliath said pointing to a rooftop that could be seen from the castle.

"How come we can't meet you here at the castle?" Peyton asked.

Goliath turned the question back to the little girl, "Why were you two sneaking into the castle?"

"A good detective trusts no one." Elisa answered for Peyton as she turned her head away.

"That's one thing we both have in common." said Goliath.

Elisa took Peyton's hand and walked out of the castle as the sun began to rise.

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11:15 A.M.

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Peyton thought that being expelled from school wasn't such a bad thing after all.

She got to sleep in a bit late, make her own breakfast , watch all the morning cartoons on the TV that she never got to watch whilst she was in class and play Mario Bros for a bit on her video game system.

It was kinda relaxing actually.

Elisa on the other hand, was on the phone with Mrs. Rosa as she tried to let Peyton back in her school, she was having no luck what so ever.

But it was halfway before the lunch hour that Elisa screamed at the principal through the phone and hung up immediately.

Peyton was just preparing the table for lunch when she heard Elisa sigh with frustration, not at her obviously, but at that unreasonable principal of hers.

"Elisa?" Peyton called in a calm voice.

Elisa turned to Peyton who had a concerned look on her face.

"I'm OK Peyton.." Elisa told her. "Really…..I'm sorry but-"

"It's OK.." Peyton said, cutting her off. "I heard everything.

Elisa softly smiled at the seven year old.

Peyton smiled back at her, showing her chipped front tooth and her gapped mouth.

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6:34 P.M.

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Elisa and Peyton stood on the rooftop and waited for Goliath to show up.

Peyton now carried a Mighty Morphin Power Rangers themed backpack on her back.

"Hello?" Peyton called to the giant lavender gargoyle. "Goliath? You here?"

She heard footsteps walking towards them.

"Goliath? Goliath is that you?"

The lavender gargoyle stepped out of his hiding place, causing Peyton to become startled a bit but relaxed afterwards.

"Goliath, there you are!" Peyton exclaimed with a small smile.

"Why were you doing hiding back there?" Elisa asked Goliath.

"I wanted to make sure that you two were alone." he replied.

"Not to worry.." Elisa said with a hint of sarcasm. "You look like you can handle a whole swat team."

Peyton stifled a giggle at that comment.

Suddenly, another figure swooped down to where Elisa, Peyton and Goliath were standing. It was the old gargoyle with pale brown skin and the scar on his right eye.

"What are you doing here?" Goliath asked the old gargoyle.

"Just making sure you didn't get ambushed." replied the old gargoyle.

Elisa said to them, "You guys are paranoid even for New York."

Peyton asked the old gargoyle, "Are you gonna come with us to explore the city….Mister….um….what's your name anyway? I forgot to ask."

"Must you humans name everything?" the old gargoyle asked the little girl. "Nothing's real to you till you've named it, giving it limits."

"It's not like that.." said Elisa trying to find the right words. "It's just that..well uh….things need names."

"Does the sky need a name?" asked the old gargoyle pointing to the sky.

Peyton looked up and told him, "No, I don't remember the sky having a name other than just 'the sky'."

The pale skinned gargoyle looked at the Hudson River from the rooftop and asked while pointing to it, "Does the river?"

Peyton looked at the river.

"Oh!" she exclaimed. "That's Hudson River, the bus passes by there on my way to school all the time."

The old gargoyle looked at Goliath who let out a smirk, he sighed and then told Peyton, "Fine then wee lass, then I will be the Hudson as well."

"Awesome!" exclaimed Peyton. "Hudson it is!"

"I don't know how we're gonna keep people from noticing you." said Elisa.

"Simple." replied Goliath. "We'll stay on the rooftops."

Peyton then said to Goliath, "That's easy for you guys cause you have those giant bat wings stuck on you but what about me and Elisa?"

Goliath picked up Peyton and placed her on his back and then carried Elisa bridal style.

"Well that answers that question." said Elisa.

Goliath smiled at Elisa and Peyton while the newly named Hudson just stood there.

Goliath cleared his throat and said, "Let's be off. Are you coming….Hudson?"

Hudson looked down at the city streets, the sound of sirens could be heard from an incoming firetruck.

"I think not." replied Hudson. "This new world is too big, too bright, too loud. Now that I know that you're alright, I'll return to guard the castle."

"OK…" said Peyton. "But..I'll see you and the others again right?"

Hudson smiled at the little girl and nodded his head before he glided off the building.

"Well," said Elisa. "Looks like it's just you, Peyton and me. What do you wanna see?"

"The dangers that threaten me and my kind." replied Goliath.

Elisa let out a little laugh and said, "Lighten up will you? You're starting to bring me down and I'm a cop."

Peyton giggled a bit.

Goliath looked at Peyton and told her, "Hold on."

With that, Goliath opened his wings and swooped off the building and glided off into the night.

Peyton held onto Goliath but was amazed at how small the city was from so very high. They saw everything. Times Square, the Twin Towers, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, the World Trade Center, Hudson River, Broadway, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Central Park, they saw it all.

A couple of hours later, Goliath landed on the rooftop of a building and gently placed Elisa down while Peyton slide down his back and onto her feet.

"What do you think so far?" Elisa asked Goliath.

"Do you like?" added Peyton.

"Such amazing changes men have made in the world while we slept." Goliath said with amazement.

"It's great right?" Peyton asked Goliath with a smile.

"Stone streets….Finer than those the Romans built." Goliath said amazed. "Towers of glass and iron.."

"Those are called roads." explained Peyton. "There made of concrete. I guess that's how the city got 'the concrete jungle' as its nick name. And those are called skyscrapers…they're really tall buildings that stand way up high, maybe even to the clouds."

Goliath smiled a bit at the little girl.

"Yeah, I'm used to it but I guess it's pretty impressive to an…out of towner." said Elisa.

"I see no walls to guard this city." said Goliath. "How do you protect it from invaders?"

"Well our biggest worries aren't from the outside." explained Elisa. "They're from the inside."

"That I am all too familiar with." Goliath said to Elisa.

"Me to." said Peyton.

She then spotted an old building by a clock tower.

"Oh, you see that building over there Goliath?" asked Peyton pointing to it. "That's the New York Public Library."

"You have a library in this city?" he asked Peyton.

"Sure do!" replied Peyton. "I try to go every week to get a new book or two."

"I see you enjoy reading." Goliath said with a smirk.

"I love to read!" she told Goliath.

"What books have you read?" Goliath asked. "Surely some suitable for your age level."

"Well, not exactly. I read some that are above my age level." explained Peyton.

"Like what?" the purple gargoyle asked.

"Well," started Peyton. "I've read Pride and Prejudice, Lord of the Rings, The Invisible Man, The Hobbit, War and Peace, The Secret Garden, Treasure Island, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which is one of my favorites, Tom Sawyer, The Three Musketeers, The Jungle Book, The Art of War, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde, some Edgar Allen Poe stories, The Time Machine, The Prince and the Pauper, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Gulliver's Travels, Oliver Twist and…The Cat in the Hat."

Goliath raised a brow at that last one. Cat in the Hat?

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5:25 A.M.

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Goliath, Peyton, and Elisa were walking across Central Park in the early hours of the morning, way before the sun began to rise. They just got there after they busted some goons.

Elisa broke the silence and told Goliath, "We're probably the only people in the park who won't have to worry about muggers."

"This world is just as savage as the one I remember." replied Goliath.

"Your judging it the way humans have judged you." Elisa said to the large gargoyle. "I mean sure the city shows an ugly face sometimes but there's more to it than that. There's beauty here, mom's that sing to their kids, the way my mom used to."

As they came to a stop, Peyton saw a family walking towards the exit to the park. There was a mom, a dad, a little boy about Peyton's age and a girl who was probably a lot younger than she was. The girl was laughing as her father carried her on his shoulders and the boy was holding his mother's hand as they smiled at one another. She began to feel sad because of the fact that she would never see her mom and dad again and won't have any more of those happy times where her and her family were laughing and playing with each other, she sighed quietly.

Goliath noticed that Peyton was a bit unhappy as she saw the family walk out of the park.

"Are you…alright?" Goliath asked trying not to make Peyton feel worse.

"Hm? Oh, um, yea….I-I'm OK." said Peyton trying not to show her sadness to Goliath.

"You seem unhappy for som-"

Goliath's question was interrupted due to him hearing some rustling in the bushes.

"Goliath? What is it?" Elisa asked.

Suddenly, Goliath was hit on the shoulder by a dark. The giant gargoyle let out a roar in pain.

"Goliath!" Peyton called out as she tried to rush to the giant creature.

Soon, some commandos came from out of the trees and bushes and surrounded Peyton, Goliath and Elisa.

Elisa rushed to pull out her gun but one commando kicked it out of Elisa's hand, then another commando grabbed Elisa's arms and held onto them tight.

Peyton rushed to Elisa to help but one commando grabbed Peyton by the wrist.

"Hey!" Peyton exclaimed. "Let me go!"

Goliath on the other hand was having a tough time getting all the commandos off him. Soon, within an instant, the giant gargoyle fell asleep and the commando's gently set him down on the floor.

"Goliath!" Peyton called out. She then saw the dark on his shoulder.

A tranquilizer dart.

A commando pulled out his gun from his pocket.

"What do you want?" Elisa asked him while she was struggling to get out of the commando's grasp.

"Just tying up loose ends." the commando said as he pointed his gun at the sedated gargoyle.

Peyton gasped as she saw the gun being pointed at Goliath.

"NO!" she exclaimed and tried to get out of the other commando's grasp on her wrist.

"Don't you worry about a thing little girl.." said the commando that was holding her wrist tight. "We'll take good care of the beast for ya."

"Once your outta the way, we'll hunt down those other ones like you." the commando told Goliath as the other commandos held him down.

"I…I won't let you!" Goliath said as he tried to not get the effects of the tranquilizer and struggle in the commando's grasp.

"What makes you think you have a choice?" the commando questioned the gargoyle.

Elisa stepped on the commando's foot and elbowed him on the stomach and the back.

Peyton bite the other commando's arm and she kicked her ankle and rushed to Elisa. Elisa then rammed into the other commando causing his gun to fall into the bushes.

Elisa tumbled over and Peyton helped her up.

"Goliath!" Peyton called out again.

The giant gargoyle threw the other commando's off of him into the bushes. Soon, another commando was firing her gun at Goliath, he took Elisa and Peyton in his strong arms and rushed away to safety away from the gun shots, the commandos were on their tail.

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6:11 A.M.

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Elisa and Peyton helped Goliath walk under the bridge but the giant beast weakly fell on his knees.

"What is wrong with me?" asked Goliath weakly.

"It's a tranquilizer dart." Peyton told the purple gargoyle.

Elisa pulled the tranquilizer dart from Goliath's shoulder but then the olive skinned seven year old noticed something else on the giant gargoyle's arm.

"Elisa," Peyton said. "What's that circle thing on Goliath's arm?"

"It's a radio transmitter." Elisa said to Peyton as she took it off. "And this is how they found us."

Goliath took the radio transmitter in his hand and asked, "Some form of magic that lead to us?"

He gave it back to Elisa.

"That's one way of putting it." she said. "Look, some kind of manufactures logo."

Elisa showed the transmitter to Goliath. It was red with a picture of a black beetle on it.

"But how did this….transmitter, get on me?" asked Goliath.

"Good question." replied Elisa.

Peyton felt something sniffing the pocket of her cerulean blue shirt that she wore over her teal leggings. It was stray dog sniffing into her pocket.

"Hey, how'd you get in there?" Peyton asked the dog.

The dog only panted at her.

It was looking for food.

Peyton then looked into her front left pocket and found a wrapped item inside. She unwrapped the foil and saw the hot dog that she got for dinner the other night.

"Oh, you like this?" Peyton asked the dog again as she held the sausage of her hot dog in front of the dog. "Fetch."

She threw the sausage at the dog and it happily took it.

Elisa placed the radio transmitter on the dog.

"Go on now." Elisa told the dog. "Go."

The dog ran off and out of the park.

"There." said Elisa. "I'd let him chase Rover instead of us."

Elisa and Peyton helped Goliath up and slowly continued to walk.

"C'mon, let's get out of here before something happens." said Elisa.

They slowly walked out of the bridge and back outside to the park.

The dark black star dotted sky was starting to become dark blue. It was almost morning and Goliath began to notice.

"To late.." said Goliath weekly. "I'll never make it back….before sunrise."

"What? Wait, what happens at sunrise Goliath?" Peyton asked with worry. "What's going on?"

"You'll see.." said Goliath as he made a pose that was almost similar to 'The Thinker' statue.

The morning sun began to rise over the city and Peyton witnessed as Goliath began to turn to stone.

She gasped.

Elisa saw the commando's coming towards her and Peyton.

"Goliath we gotta move." said Elisa in a whisper. But she saw Goliath as a stone statue sitting on the grass.

"Goliath?" Elisa called to him. "Goliath!"

Peyton saw the commandos coming towards them.

"Elisa! They're coming!" Peyton yell-whispered.

Elisa looked back at the commandos and back at Peyton and Goliath who was now stone statue.

"Peyton. No matter what happens, stay with Goliath at all times." Elisa told Peyton.

"What? B-But what about you?" Peyton asked, worried that she might lose her to.

"I'll be OK." Elisa told Peyton. "Just stay here.."

Peyton nodded and hugged Goliath's stone arm.

Elisa ran out of her hiding place and ran off away from Peyton and the stoned Goliath.

Peyton remained hidden in her spot with Goliath.

She waited half the morning for her but then she heard footsteps coming her way Peyton gasped softly and turned around to find a commando grabbing her by the collar of her shirt.

Peyton screamed and yelled out, "Let me go!"

"Now take it easy kid.." said the commando as she held onto Peyton's shirt and pointed her gun at Goliath. "We'll take care of the beast for ya, just hold onto me nice and still."

Peyton gasped and yanked her hair and punched her in the nose.

"I said leave me and Elisa alone!" she yelled.

The commando rammed into Peyton but for a seven year old, she was quicker. She summersaulted and did a back flip before she kicked the commando on the lower jaw causing her to drop her gun. Bullets firing everywhere but Peyton ducked and covered her head so she wouldn't get shot. Once the gun was out of ammo, the commando tried to go for Peyton again but she grabbed her wrist tight and stepped on her foot hard before she threw the commando on the side, knocking her unconscious.

Picking up the gun, Peyton threw it into the pond before she took her slingshot and some rocks out of her backpack and fired the rocks at the other commandos.

She wiped her forehead and cleaned the lenses out of her glasses before heading back to her spot where she was hiding from with Goliath to wait for Elisa.

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12:30 P.M.

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As the morning turned into afternoon, Elisa eventually returned and so they decided to spend the day at the park guarding Goliath, which wasn't all that bad.

Peyton taught herself how to ride a bike and eventually she was riding throughout the whole park within a few hours of well-deserved practice and their breakfast and lunch consisted of pretzels, lemonade, ice cream cones and hot dogs.

It wasn't bad for Peyton and Elisa watched her from time to time.

A few minutes after eating, they sat in the shade next to the stone statue of Goliath. They soon heard footsteps coming towards them, Elisa shot up quickly from her spot with Peyton in a fighting stance behind her.

Turns out, the footsteps were coming from a tracker that was running across the park.

He turned to the stone statue and said, "I've ran this path for five years now, I've never noticed that statue before."

"Yeah, this park is just full of surprises." replied Elisa.

The tracker ran off.

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6:45 P.M.

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Peyton fell asleep in the grass not too long ago while she was reading Journey to the Center of the Earth.

Elisa slept as well, her arms were covering her head.

The sun was setting on the city as the afternoon was turning into evening.

*crackling*

Elisa and Peyton woke up to the sound of cracking coming from the stone statue of Goliath. They turned to the statue only to find that Goliath was coming out of his statue like form almost like a newborn butterfly was hatching out of its chrysalis, rocks flew everywhere but the girls managed to get out of the way in time. Goliath stretched his giant wings and arms out as he awoken.

"Goliath!" Peyton called out, she rushed to the giant gargoyle. "Your OK."

"Of course." he replied to the tiny girl next to him.

"That sedative seemed to worn off." said Elisa as she placed a hand on his arm.

"Sleep rejuvenates us." explained Goliath. "You two stayed with me, throughout the entire day?"

"Well, somebody had to make sure those comic book rejects didn't find you." said Elisa.

Peyton giggled at that remark.

"Thank you." said Goliath. "It is very possible that, you two saved my life."

He held out his talon to Elisa and she took it. He then looked at Peyton, she looked so small compared to his large body, she thought he was the size of Godzilla or something like that. Goliath knelt down to Peyton's level and held out his left talon and Peyton held out her right hand and he took it in his.

"So now were even." Elisa said.

"I must return they'll be worried about me." Goliath said as he broke the short silence.

"I understand." Elisa said to the giant gargoyle. "So, um, later tonight?"

Goliath smiled and nodded at Elisa.

"Also, I'll need to bring the girl with me, she needs to be…properly introduced to the others." said Goliath.

Elisa looked at Peyton who looked at her back.

She sighed and said, "Alright, just be careful with her."

"I will guard this…magnificent child with my life Elisa." Goliath said.

Peyton looked up at Goliath and blushed a bit.

"He thinks I'm magnificent?" thought Peyton. "Wow.."

Peyton followed the giant beast under a tree.

"You really think that about me?" Peyton asked Goliath.

"Of course I do." Goliath replied. "What is your name child? I forgot to ask about that."

"Peyton." Peyton replied. "I'm Peyton."

"Beautiful." said Goliath. "Now, climb on my back. We'll have a long trip ahead of us back to the castle."

Peyton climbed on top of Goliath's back and held onto his neck. She then asked, "I'm not too heavy for you?"

"You heard Elisa, I look like I can handle a whole one of those, swat teams that roam around here." replied Goliath.

Peyton giggled a little.

Soon, Goliath spread out his big wings and flew off.

Peyton gasped a bit and held on a bit tighter to his neck, the purple gargoyle looked at Peyton with a smile and looked back at the sky in front of him.

"Trust me." he said, just as he said the night they met.

"I-I'll try Goliath." said Peyton as she held on for dear life.

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9:20 P.M.

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A few hours of flying later, they finally arrived back at the castle. The other gargoyles were smiling with relief.

Peyton could hear the little green gargoyle call out, "Hey, it's the little girl that he spoke with two nights ago!"

Goliath landed on the terrace of the castle and Peyton slide down his back.

The red gargoyle was the first to speak, "We were worried about you."

"What happened?" asked the aquamarine fat gargoyle.

Goliath frowned, "It appears we have enemies."

The three younger gargoyles looked at the little girl behind Goliath's wing.

Goliath showed Peyton to the other five gargoyles.

"This is Peyton." Goliath introduced. "She is girl that is living with Elisa. She is seven years old and a, um, second grader?"

"Yep, that's right Goliath." Peyton told him. Goliath placed his talons on her shoulders.

The beast like creature saw Peyton and placed his giant talon paws on Peyton's chest.

She laughed and said, "Hi boy!"

The dark blue beast barked happily and licked her face.

"I missed you to." Peyton said and petted his head.

"Given what happened, I wish you have accompanied us last night Hudson." Goliath said in thought.

The three younger gargoyles looked at the old gargoyle in surprise.

"Hudson?" the red one asked.

"Aye, it's my name. And what would you make of it?" Hudson asked in a way that could be seen as threatening.

"It's a fine name." said the fat aquamarine gargoyle as he took a step back.

"Hudson…I-I like it." the little olive green gargoyle nodded.

The red gargoyle brightened, "We should all choose names to. Names that suit our new lives here."

Goliath gave a slightly mischievous grin, "Oh, and what might they be?"

"Uhm…." the red one said, placing his claw on his head thinking of a name. "Brooklyn. I'm Brooklyn!"

"Broadway." the aquamarine fat one declared.

The little olive green one pointed to himself, "L-Lexington! Do you like it?"

"They're cool guys!" Peyton told the trio. "What do you think Goliath?"

Goliath and Hudson looked at each other.

The purple one nodded, "They're all fine names. I guess he'll need one as well now." He finished pointing to the dark blue gargoyle beast.

The newly named Brooklyn pounded his fist into the palm of his other hand, "Oh, I got the perfect name for him. From now on, your Bronx."

The newly named Bronx grumbled and turned and walked away from Brooklyn to Peyton.

The olive skinned seven year old laughed, "I think he likes the name, um, Brooklyn."

The little green gargoyle now known as Lexington laughed and said, "Me to."

The dark blue gargoyle beast came up to Peyton and panted happily at the girl.

"You like that name Bronx?" she asked the beast.

Bronx gently pinned Peyton down and started licking her face, she couldn't help but laugh

"Hey! That tickles!" Peyton exclaimed.

Bronx kept licking her face.

Peyton laughed like she never laughed before.

"B-Bronx!" she exclaimed through laughter. "Down boy!"

Bronx eventually got off and panted happily at Peyton as she pulled herself up.

Lexington chuckled and said, "I think he likes you Peyton."

Soon, a cough caught their attention as Owen came into the light.

"Oh, hi Mr. Brunette." said Peyton in a nice tone.

Owen just stared down at her and turned to Goliath, "Xanatos wants to see you Goliath."

They watch him leave and Peyton asked, "What do you think he wants with him?"

"I have no idea wee lass." Hudson shrugged.

Peyton put down her backpack and knelt down to scratch Bronx.

The younger gargoyles looked into Peyton's backpack while she was giving Bronx a belly rub.

Lexington took out Peyton's polaroid camera.

"What do you suppose this thing does?" he asked the other two younger gargoyles.

He pressed a button that caused the camera to flash and a picture popped out.

Peyton looked at Lex and the others.

"Oh, that's my camera." said Peyton. "I use it to take pictures."

"Of what?" Brooklyn asked.

"Anything." Peyton replied. "Plants, animals, buildings."

Broadway took out a video camera out of Peyton's backpack.

"Wow, what's this thing Peyton?" he asked.

"That's my video camera." she explained. "I use that camera to make videos."

"Videos?" Lexington asked.

"Yeah, here let me show you." said Peyton.

Peyton grabbed the video camera and turned it on.

"Does the red thing on top mean its rolling?" asked Brooklyn.

"Yep." replied Peyton. "Now, all you gotta do is say something to it."

Broadway went up to the camera and said, "Hi camera! I'm Broadway!...Why isn't it talking back? I said hi."

Peyton giggled and said, "Camera's don't talk back Broadway."

"How come?" he asked.

"I don't know." Peyton replied

Peyton then saw flash coming from her camera. She turned off the video camera and walked over to Brooklyn and Lexington.

"Aw, my pictures keep coming out like this." whined Lexington as he showed Peyton the picture of his left deep ocean blue eye.

"That's because you're putting the camera to close to yourself." explained Peyton. "Here, you just put the camera away from your face and then you'll get a full picture of yourselves."

Peyton held the camera away from her face.

"OK, Brooklyn you stay on my right and Lexington you stay on my left." she said.

They both got in between Peyton.

"OK and smile!" Peyton told them.

Peyton then pressed a button on the top left corner and with a snap, the picture was taken and it popped out in less than 5 seconds.

"See?" said Peyton. "Now you got a picture of all three of us."

"Ohhh….Cool!" exclaimed Lexington.

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9:40 P.M.

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Soon enough Goliath came out with another gargoyle in front of him.

This gargoyle was a female gargoyle with pale blue skin, and a shock of red hair. Her olive green eyes were glowing in the night. She wore a gold tiara, a pair of earrings, an armband, an anklet as decorative jewelry and a halter top that hung off of one shoulder.

Once the five other gargoyles saw the female gargoyle, Hudson cried out, "Lass!"

"You!" the younger trio cried as they ran over.

"Is it really you?" Lexington asked.

"How did you?-" Broadway started.

The female gargoyle answered, "I'll answer all of your questions later, it's just wonderful to see you all again."

Peyton looked at the female gargoyle scratching Bronx.

"Who's that gargoyle with Bronx and Goliath, Hudson?" Peyton asked.

"That wee lass is Goliath's so called, Angel of the Night." Hudson explained.

"Why is she called his Angel of the Night?" Peyton asked again.

Hudson tried to explain it to her.

"We've also gained a new ally!" said Brooklyn to the female gargoyle.

"And who might that be?" she asked.

The female gargoyle looked at Peyton who walked up towards her.

"You?" the female gargoyle questioned. "You are a nothing but a mere child."

"This is Peyton." Broadway introduced. "She's a second grader, likes dogs and has a video camera! Isn't she great?!"

Peyton let out a light smile at her.

The female gargoyle just looked at her before turning to Goliath. She then told him, "My love, I must ask you a favor of you."

Goliath smiled, "Anything."

"Xanatos has told me that one of the disks were stolen from him."

Goliath nodded, "He wants our help in retrieving them."

"Yes," she nodded while reaching for his claw. "And I think we should help him out of gratitude for uniting us, if nothing else."

"I agree. And perhaps by helping him we can rid ourselves of the humans who hunted us. Besides with you by my side I can do anything."

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10:05 P.M.

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The gargoyles stood in a semicircle around a large screen in Xanatos's office, Peyton sat down in a lotus position next to Bronx and she scratched behind his ears from time to time. An hour later the debriefing finally came to an end, "I've explained each fortress's strengths and weaknesses and what I think is best plan of attack. Only your speed and strength can stand against their defenses."

"We'll take the air fortress." Goliath stated, turning to face Xanatos. Then turning to the trio and Peyton he said, "You four will breech the tower."

"Cool!" Brooklyn smiled.

"What?" Goliath asked.

"It's a new word we learned last night." explained Broadway.

"It indicates a positive response." added Lexington.

Peyton nodded.

"Er..Hudson," Goliath called to the pale brown skinned gargoyle. "The underground basement is yours. But, uh, take Bronx with you."

Hudson's slightly smug face quickly turned into a scowl, "I'm perfectly capable of-"

"Take him with you." Goliath insisted, "He needs the exercise."

Hudson glared at Bronx and Bronx returned it with a grumble.

Goliath continued, "Be careful, all of you. Humans are much more dangerous in these time."

Hudson nodded before walking out, "Come on then."

They all followed suit except for Xanatos, who stayed at his desk.

Peyton went to follow Brooklyn and the other two younger gargoyles when she felt a tug on the back of her skirt. The olive skinned seven year old looked back to find Bronx behind her, he was whining and whimpering.

Peyton knelt down to his level,"Awww..I know you wanna come with me Bronx but, you heard Goliath, you gotta go with Hudson to the underground fortress. Don't worry, I'll be OK I promise."

Peyton kissed his forehead and scratched under his neck, "Hey, maybe when I come over tomorrow night I'll teach you to play fetch. How's that sound?"

Bronx licked her face in response with happy panting.

She giggled, "Good boy Bronx."

Peyton scratched his head before heading off with the trio.

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10:27 P.M.

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Brooklyn and Lexington made got to the terrace of the castle first with Broadway behind them with Peyton on his back.

"Let's go!" Brooklyn exclaims as he jumps off and the other two follow behind.

Peyton held onto Broadway's neck as they flew. The little girl looked down at the world below her. She felt like everyone below her were ants.

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Ants roamed around the city streets of the large ant colony. Some were talking, some were crossing the streets and some were driving little cars and other vehicles made of walnuts, twigs and rocks.

Peyton looked down at all the little ants below her as she flew on the large aquamarine colored bumblebee's back following the little olive green colored bumblebee and the older red colored bumblebee to the hive that was farther away from their own hive.

(Author's Note: Again, parts of the story that are like the one your reading now are scenes from Peyton's imagination)

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The trio and Peyton soon reached the tower and landed on its ledge, the little girl slide off of Broadway's back.

"The magic in this century is so…so…so.." Lexington tried to find the perfect word to describe the time when Brooklyn gave him a suggestion.

"Cool?"

"Exactly."

"We need a way in," Brooklyn said as he looked for a door or a window.

Peyton helped him out but notices something behind Broadway.

She takes a look.

"Brooklyn! Over here, I found a door!" the seven year old. "Behind Broadway!"

Broadway turned around and notices the door.

Brooklyn looks at the door.

"Nice work kid!" Brooklyn praised.

Peyton giggled.

"Ok, I think I can pick the lock to get it open so we can get inside." said Peyton. "All I'm gonna need is either a paper clip or a hair clip. Luckily, I have some of those in my backpack."

"Or we could just rip the door like Broadway's doing." suggested Lexington.

"Rip the door?" asked Peyton in confusion.

The two gargoyles and Peyton heard the sound of cracking coming from the door, they turn around only to find Broadway ripping out the door and throwing it over the edge.

All Peyton could say was, "…Woah….Cool.."

Taking out her Ninja Turtles themed flashlight, Peyton shone it over the area.

"The coast looks completely clear." said Peyton.

Brooklyn climbed down the ladder with the other two gargoyles and Peyton following behind him.

They soon spotted an elevator.

"Xanatos did say that the disk was four flours down." said Peyton.

Brooklyn pushed the door open apart and Broadway looked down. "Woah, these elevators aren't like the ones in the castle."

Lexington inspects it, "Not enough room to glide down."

Peyton looked at the hanging ropes in the middle and suggests, "Hey, maybe we can use the ropes in the middle, like a firemen's pole."

"That's actually not a bad idea Peyton." Lexington said, taking interest in Peyton's idea.

Peyton grabbed onto the ropes with Brooklyn next to her, then Lexington and Broadway hold onto the ropes and slide down behind them. Brooklyn counts the floors as they slide. Then, when they finally made it to the fourth floor, Brooklyn grabs the door and pulls it apart.

"This is easy. We'll have that disk and be back home in time for supper," Broadway happily as he notices how there is no alarm.

Peyton soon hears the sound of guns getting ready through the doors.

"Uh, guys," she started. "Maybe we shouldn't-" .

Brooklyn slide the doors open only to find guns being pointed at the four and men in yellow uniforms ready to shoot.

"Broadway.." Peyton started again, "Better make that-"

"Late supper?" Broadway asked, finishing her sentence for her.

"Yep."

The four just stared at the men with yellow suits.

"Sorry, wrong floor," Brooklyn shrugs his shoulder. The men started to fire at the four. Brooklyn grabbed Peyton's hand and pulled her away from their range.

"Now what?" Broadway asked.

"Climb up!" Peyton exclaimed. "Now!"

The four climb up to the third floor. This time, Broadway opened the doors and not a moment too soon. The men have gone to the elevator door on the fourth floor and started shooting them. The four of them threw themselves into the hallway.

"Now what Brooklyn?" Lexington asked, rubbing his head. The alarms begin to go off. The four began to look around and saw the same hallway from below the floor.

Getting an idea, Broadway punched a huge hole on the floor in the center of the room. Below, the lights go out as the four jumped down to the fourth floor. The back-up generator starts to kick in as the humans gasped in fear and surprise at the trio. Brooklyn rushes to a man and lifts him in the air.

"Where's the disk?" he asks in a threatening voice, his green eyes glowed white to show that he was serious. The man shakily points to a machine behind the four.

Peyton walked over to the machine to inspect it.

The seven year old came to a series of buttons.

"Which one should I press?" she thought.

Peyton then said to herself in a low tone, "My mother told me to pick the very best one."

She pointed to the second button on the left and pushed it. The disk popped out.

"Woah." Peyton said in a low voice before exclaiming to the trio, "Guys! I-I did it, I got the disk!"

"Good work Pey.." praised Broadway as Peyton let out a smile.

Suddenly, the door opens and a men with the same yellow uniform are there.

Peyton gasped as they saw them but rushed to help Brooklyn out by shutting the door. The men from the other side tried to open the door but Peyton whispers an idea through Brooklyn's fin like ear, agreeing to the idea Brooklyn grabbed a skinny pipe and tied a pretzel knot on the door knob while Peyton held on to the door, preventing them from coming in.

"I think it's time to go!" Brooklyn grunts as more effort is being put into the other side.

"I got an idea!" said Peyton spying the window. "Broadway, fly me up to that window."

Broadway glided up to the large window and Peyton grabbed from her backpack the following items: a rocket that she saved from the 4th of July, a box of matches and some green duct tape.

She tapped the rocket to the window using two large straps and then lighted the end of the rocket.

Broadway then flew her back down to the ground, they hide behind the back of the machine and covered their ears and squinted their eyes shut. Peyton yelled out loud, "HIT THE DEEEEECCCCCCCKKK!"

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*BOOM!*

The side of the tower exploded.

Coughing as the dust cleared Brooklyn told the other two gargoyles and Peyton, "Let's get outta here."

Placing the disk in her backpack, Peyton climbed on Broadway's back and together the three gargoyles flew out of the building.

"We did it!" exclaimed Lexington.

"Yeah, now let's head back to the castle." Brooklyn says as they glided back.

"Hey Peyton." Brooklyn called out. "Thanks.."

"Sure!" Peyton said in a nice tone. "What are friends for!"

"We're friends?" Lexington asked.

"Of course!" Peyton replied. "All of us are! Why wouldn't we be?"

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10:55 P.M.

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Goliath and his mate later landed at the castle and the female gargoyle handed Xanatos the disk. He took it with a broad smile, "My friends, you have my profound thanks. Rest assured, that the knowledge of these disks will be put to beneficial use to humans and Gargoyles alike."

With that Xanatos left.

Bronx saw Peyton and immediately rushed over to her, pounced on her and licked her face again.

Peyton laughed as Bronx was licking her, "I-I'm happy your OK to!"

Bronx panted happily and Peyton sat up and scratched behind his ears, causing him to howl with pleasure and his foot to pound happily as Peyton scratched his ears. The dark blue gargoyle beast then flopped onto his back and rolled at bit while panting.

"Um? Do you want me to scratch your belly?" Peyton asked the gargoyle beast. "Is that what it is?"

The olive skinned seven year old gently rubbed Bronx's belly and made her way up to scratching it.

Bronx seemed to enjoy it seeing that he was kicking his back right leg with pleasure.

He let out another howl in pleasure as Peyton gave him a belly rub.

She giggled as Bronx laid his head on her lap and nuzzled her stomach.

Peyton looked up at Goliath and heard him finishing, "…upon an entire world. Doesn't Xanatos, as well as Peyton, proved that there are good humans as well as bad?"

The purple gargoyle turned, but the female gargoyle got in his way, "Can you forgive the humans for what they did to our kind?"

"The ones who were responsible for that have been dead for a thousand years." Goliath said, as he tried to reason with her.

The female gargoyle's olive green eyes narrowed as she became more furious, "Then their descendants shall pay! I will have blood for blood!"

Goliath frowned sadly at the female gargoyle, "You said the centuries changed me…they have changed you too. You've become hard, unforgiving. You are not as I remember. I am going to see my friend now."

His words hit the female gargoyle as her face fell, "So be it."

With that, he glided deeper into the city.

"What did she mean by blood for blood?" Peyton thought. "And why does the lady gargoyle look like she's gonna kill me? Why is she staring at me? What's with the outfit? Is she an alien from another planet in space or something? Is she a spy or a secret agent? Does she know karate? What's going on?"

Hudson then turned to Peyton and asked, "Are you alright wee lass?"

"Yeah," she replied. "But, I'm just getting a weird feeling about something."

"What about lass?" Hudson asked again.

"Something about the gargoyle Goliath's mates with." replied Peyton. "Something about her…makes me suspicious. She's hiding something from us."

"What makes you so sure somethings not right about her?" Hudson asked.

"Not sure." replied Peyton as she petted Bronx's head. "But…I think she's up to something with Mr. Xanatos and Goliath."

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Outside in the tower, the trio waits for Goliath to come back and having not eaten any dinner since the previous night, Peyton joined Broadway in eating from the mountain of food that was before him while Lexington was typing away on a laptop and Brooklyn was looking over the city wearing a pair of sunglasses.

"Y'know, I think I'm gonna like this century." Brooklyn states.

"Yeah, we had a little trouble adjusting at first but I think everything's gonna be fine now." Broadway added as he ate his food.

Peyton was slurping a frozen hot chocolate she ordered from Dunkin' Donuts and Broadway was slurping down a Mountain Dew.

They looked at each other and realized they were slurping their drinks at the same time. They stopped slurping for a while and stared at one another in a shortened silence that was ended by their laughter.

"Y'know these are great Peyton." said Broadway "I knew the food here was good but I never expected the food here to taste THIS good."

"Mmm..You should see my Uncle Eric's deli." said Peyton as she was eating a piece of mongolian beef. "They make the best sandwiches and wraps over there. I'll bring you a sub for you to try tomorrow night if you want Broadway."

"Sound's great with me."

Broadway was just about to gulp down a chopstick full of butter noodles but dropped it when a laser is shot at him.

"Woah!" he exclaimed.

Down in the courtyard five Goliath-like gargoyles made of steel stand along Xanatos, Owen and the female gargoyle.

"Attack," Xanatos orders to the steel gargoyles. They obeyed and spread out their wings and flew into the air towards the trio and Peyton.

"What are they?!" Peyton asked out loud as she and the trio looked at the steel gargoyles in surprise.

One of the steel gargoyles took out its built in laser and shoots it at the trio and Peyton. Lexington managed to get out of the way on time but Broadway, Brooklyn and Peyton don't. Brooklyn glided away to safety as he carried Peyton bridal style but Broadway shakily glides away. Broadway then grabbed the edge to prevent his fall but the rock couldn't hold his weight and the fat aquamarine gargoyle fell into the rubble of rock.

"Broadway!" Peyton cried.

Then, another steel gargoyle locked on Lexington and shoots him, causing the little gargoyle to get knocked unconscious and falling into the busy streets of Manhattan.

"Lex!" Peyton exclaimed.

Brooklyn then catches Lexington as he landed on the red gargoyles back.

Peyton checked Lexington's wrist and felt a heart beating, "He's OK."

Brooklyn sighed in relief and tried to fly but couldn't support the weight. Behind the three, another steel gargoyle got ready to shoot Brooklyn.

Suddenly, and just in the nick of time to, Goliath tackled the steel gargoyle into the tower wall. The gargoyle explodes.

Goliath made his way to Brooklyn, Peyton, and the unconscious Lexington. "Give him to me," he said as he held his claws out. Brooklyn slides Lexington off his back and he falls into the giant gargoyle's arms.

"He's still got a pulse Goliath." Peyton told him.

He nods and flies off to where Broadway had crashed and gently sets Lexington down next to Broadway.

"See? Told you that something smelled fishy here!" said Peyton to Brooklyn.

"You weren't kidding one second Pey.." replied Brooklyn.

Hudson and Bronx came out of the tower. "What's all the noise?" Hudson asks as he looks around the castle grounds.

He sees a steel gargoyle aiming at him and Bronx. They jump out of the way when the gargoyle shoots at them. Bronx goes after the steel gargoyle and grabs his tail. The steel gargoyle drops to the ground and starts aiming at Bronx but he dodges every shot. Hudson sees the giant gargoyle beast in trouble and jumps off the ledge. He roars as he pulls out his sword and cuts the steel gargoyles face in half.

"Never a dull moment is there boy?" Hudson asks the giant gargoyle like dog as he petted his head and ran off to destroy more steel gargoyles.

Meanwhile, Goliath dodges the lasers that another steel gargoyle shoots at him. Goliath flips in the air and gets on the back of the gargoyle. He sees another steel gargoyle going his way. Thinking quickly, he directs the steel gargoyle to crash into each other. He jumps off quickly just as the steel gargoyles into each other and explode.

The debris fell onto Xanatos, Owen and the female gargoyle. They run for cover as Goliath lands on the ruined top of the tower.

"Hmm, it seems my steel clan isn't performing as well as I hoped," Xanatos examines the damage of the steel clan.

"There's only one robot left," says the female gargoyle. She wants Xanatos to do something. Now.

"I think it's up to us, my dear," Xanatos shrugs as he walks off with Owen and the pale skinned female gargoyle following him.

Lexington and Broadway soon start to wake up.

"What's going on?" Lexington asked as he rubs his head.

"I don't know." replied Broadway. "But's it's not over yet."

The two gargoyles saw the last steel gargoyle aiming at them but they dodged every shot thrown at them.

Up in the tower, Brooklyn lands next to Goliath and he gently sets Peyton down. They soon see the last gargoyle coming back and getting ready to aim at the four gargoyles down below.

"Quickly!" Goliath waves at Peyton and Brooklyn over to help him push off the wall.

She may be seven years old, but Peyton managed to help Brooklyn push the wall over and they managed to drop the wall on the steel gargoyle as he came near.

The steel gargoyle crashes on the floor and explodes.

"And they say the middle ages were barbaric." Hudson says as he sees that the battle is over.

"We won, dude!" Brooklyn exclaims as he sees that they were able to get the last gargoyle.

"Heck yeah we did!" Peyton added as she and Brooklyn high-fived.

"Dude? Heck?" Goliath asks, surprised of the new language.

"You haven't won anything, fools!" The female gargoyle says as she aimed a bazooka at them below. Xanatos was next to her, aiming a laser gun at the rest of the gargoyles. The female gargoyle fires and the missile destroys some of the tower. Goliath held Peyton in his arms and then he and Brooklyn jumped off in time; Goliath and Peyton on the ledge and Brooklyn landed in front of the other gargoyles.

"What are you doing?!" Goliath asks as he got up and set Peyton down. The rest of the gargoyles help Brooklyn up.

"Hold it," Xanatos aims at the gargoyles, not hesitating to fire. "Let's let them play out their little drama, shall we."

Peyton's cerulean blue eyes narrowed as she stood by Goliath, taking out her NERF gun and aiming it at the female gargoyle.

"Goliath, you're a fool. But then you always were, weren't you?" The female gargoyle kept her aim at Goliath and Peyton. "If you had only taken the clan from the castle that night, the plan was perfect."

"Plan?" Goliath shakes the debris that is left of him.

"It would have succeeded!" the female gargoyle kept talking.

"What plan?" Goliath asks, confused on what she is walking about along with the rest of the clan.

"I made a bargain with the captain. I was to get us all out of the castle so that the Vikings could sack it." the female gargoyle explained the tragedy that happened a thousand years ago.

"What?!" Goliath couldn't believe that she would do something like that. Something that destroyed their whole clan!

"It would've worked. And after the humans were gone, we would have had the castle all to ourselves. But you ruined it! You had to protect the humans," she said the last part with a tint of venom. "You made us stay at the castle when we should've been you," she accused Goliath. "When the Vikings attacked, the captain said he'd protect us. But I didn't trust him because I don't trust anyone."

"But why did you do it?!" Goliath asks in frustration.

"You can ask me that? After how they treated us? They had to pay. All humanity has to pay for what they did to our kind," The female gargoyle continues.

"That's not right!"

The female gargoyle looked at Peyton.

"What did you say to me child?" she asked in a threatening tone.

"I said that's not right! Not all humans are bad! There are good humans to! Like Goliath said, there are good humans as well as bad ones!" Peyton said. She continued. "When I first met these guys, I didn't know what to think about them! I thought they were gonna eat me alive and use my skeleton as pigeon bait but…but when I got to know them they made me feel like there was hope for me again…" Peyton looked at the other gargoyles down below and Goliath, "…They're my best friends…I wouldn't trade them for the whole world."

The female gargoyle just glared at Peyton, seeing the so called fury in her eyes.

"Insolent little brat." she scoffed as she kept her aim at Goliath and the little girl.

"No, Peyton makes a point." said Goliath. "There is good and evil in all of us. Human and Gargoyle alike. You should know that more than anyone," The purple gargoyle speaks wisely. "Don't you see? None of this would've happened if it weren't for you," Goliath accusingly points at her.

"Don't say that! Goliath this is your last chance. Humanity is a poison that must be purged from this planet," the female gargoyle starts to walk towards the giant gargoyle. "Together we can create a new world for our kind. You trusted me once. You loved me once." The female gargoyle said in a sweet voice that can fool anyone. "We have found each other after a thousand years of solitude. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Goliath tries to hold back his tears. He doesn't answer her, the one who killed his family and broke his heart.

"Goliath please." Peyton softly pleaded. "Don't do it."

"And what would you know about all of this?" The female gargoyle questioned. "How do you relate to them."

"Because…." Peyton started. "My mom and dad are both dead! OK?! MY PARENTS ARE BOTH DEAD! THEY WERE HANGED AND SHOT TO DEATH AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE KILLER IS!" The seven year old then exclaimed. "These guys are like family to me! I can't lose them like I lost my mom and dad….and you know what?! I'll never join you and Mr. Xanatos! Your just like my principal! Hard and unforgiving! I'd rather DIE THAN JOIN YOU!"

The female gargoyle and the little girl stood silently for a few seconds.

"Very well," The female gargoyle said, breaking the silence as she got the bazooka ready. "If you are not my ally then you are my enemy," She fires the bazooka. Goliath grabs Peyton and jumps out of the way and the missile hits the tower down. She then walked up to Goliath and Peyton, pointing the bazooka at Goliath's chest. "I have a name to Goliath. The humans gave it to me long ago. You should know it before you and the little ignorant brat die…..I am…Demona….Goodbye Goliath," The female gargoyle now known as Demona got ready to fire but Elisa got there not a minute to soon and runs into her.

Demona fires at the tower causing the rocks to crash in the ledge they stood on. Rocks began to fall and one of them hits on Xanatos, knocking him unconscious. Demona and Elisa begin to plummet down.

Suddenly, Peyton felt some crackling under her legs and she to, began to plummet down as well but managed to grab onto the ledge of a turret.

"GOLIATH!" Peyton called out. "HUDSON, BROOKLYN, LEXINGTON, BROADWAY, BRONX, ANYONE HELP MEE!"

The other gargoyles rushed to the side of the castle to see the little girl dangling on for life.

Peyton tried to climb back up but the ledge was to weak and was crackling fast.

After grabbing Elisa, Goliath saw Peyton holding onto the turret ledge.

"Peyton, I'm coming!" Goliath called out as he glided down to the castle turret.

"Pull lads!" Hudson called as he, Bronx and the trio were trying to pull Peyton back up to safety.

Goliath rushed over to help them.

The six gargoyles managed to pull Peyton over to the turret but it was still breaking apart and about the fall.

"PEYTON! JUMP!" Brooklyn exclaimed.

Peyton leaped into Goliath's arms as the turret began to topple over and fall off the building. Goliath flew Peyton over to safety to where Elisa was.

Goliath looked over to edge to see Demona, far from reach. Frustrated, Goliath let out a loud cry in tragedy then walked over to Xanatos who was just starting to wake up.

"She wanted me to destroy humanity. I think I'll start with you," Goliath says, holding Xanatos over the edge.

"Go ahead. Without me, you'd still be gathering moss," he taunted. Goliath growls and is about to let him go when Elisa stops him.

"Goliath, No! Don't do this."

"Give me one good reason not to drop him," Goliath shakes Xanatos, showing that he would actually drop him.

"Because if you do, you're the came as Demona." Elisa reasons with him.

"She's right, lad," Hudson walks up behind Elisa. "Is that what you want?"

"No," Goliath growls and throws Xanatos to Elisa's and Hudson's feet.

"David Xanatos, your under arrest for holding stolen properties. Anything you say will be held against you in the court of law," Elisa cuffs Xanatos and takes him to the police car below.

Meawhile, Goliath and Hudson walks to the trio and Bronx with Peyton in between them.

"Peyton!" Brooklyn called out.

"Your OK!" Broadway exclaimed.

"Your alive!" Lexington said.

Peyton ran up to the trio and they all gathered in a group hug with their wings closed together.

"Lass, did you really mean those things about us?" Hudson asked.

"Of course I did Hudson." Peyton answered. "I wouldn't trade you guys for the world. Your my best friends."

The gargoyles smiled at the little girl.

Goliath knelt down to her level and placed a claw on her shoulder, "Peyton, we've been talking and…we need to ask you something…..would you like to be the newest….and quite youngest, member of our clan?"

Peyton's eyes went wide and her jaw opened up a bit.

Really?! They wanted her to be their friends and a member of their clan?!

Goliath saw the little girl's face and then said, "If it's too much for you then-"

Peyton then leaped into Goliath's arms and wrapped her arms around him.

"Yes!" she said with a crack in her voice. Tears were forming in her eyes but she didn't care if she had her glasses on, "Yes. I'd love that so much Goliath."

Goliath then wrapped his arms around her and closed his wings in an embrace.

Bronx happily whimpered and rushed to Peyton, he pounced on her and licked her face as she laughed.

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6:15 A.M.

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The night was turning into day and the gargoyles began to take their places on the castle turrets.

Peyton and Elisa stood with Goliath on the top of the highest turret of the castle.

Goliath stood on the edge, looking at the city above.

"You did the right thing lad." Hudson said.

"Do you think she survived?" asked Goliath.

"If she did, we'll know for sure I imagine." replied Hudson.

Goliath looked at him with a frown till Peyton came over and hugged his arm.

The gargoyle smiled at the seven year old.

Peyton looked down at the trio from the bottom turret. She heard Brooklyn finish,"…sunglasses?"

Bronx ran over a moment later with the sunglasses in his mouth, Brooklyn took them, "Thanks Bronx."

Brooklyn put on the sunglasses and smiled before the lenses shattered, the smile instantly died.

Broadway held his stomach and said, "Wish I had time for a snack."

"You just ate!" cried Lexington.

"Yeah I know. Chinese food, it was good too. But for some reason 'bout an hour later I was hungry again." he explained.

Peyton giggled.

On the top, Goliath smiled at her and Elisa.

"It's nice to know that I have at least two human friends in this new world." smiled Goliath.

"And I hope you have more. Lots more." said Elisa. "But weather you do or not, I'll always be your friend Goliath."

"And I'll be a great member of this clan Goliath." swore Peyton. "You won't regret it, not one bit."

"You already are.." Goliath smiled.

Peyton smiled and hugged his arm again.

"I'll be here tomorrow night. The same time." Peyton said.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." said Goliath.

"Good." said Elisa. "Maybe we'll catch a Giants game."

"Giants?" Goliath asked.

The sun rose and he and the other gargoyles turned to stone.

Elisa laughed and said, "I wonder if this city's ready for you guys."

"It is Elisa and I know it." said Peyton as she hugged Goliath's arm.

Peyton smiled as she saw the sun rise, because for the first time in her life, she had something that she always wanted. New friends and a new beginning.

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(WOW! Finally its done! Sry for keeping you all waiting on the first chapter of my 1st gargoyles fanfiction.

Now that school is out for the summer, I'll have plenty of time to write. Anyways, Read, Review and no hateful comments plz!)