draco mumbled to alex and she nodded, handing him her bat.
he whacked them both in the head, yet not hard enough to hurt or
knock them out, to knock some sense into them.
''it's my brother, mavis, and fallow you idiots, if it were the
griffin boy then he'd be on his griffin, not a big fluffy
lion'' he said out of annoyance.
~~~~~~
maxwell sighed and just remained silent. i just wanna get off this lion.... it's really starting to
hurt... he thought to himself.
"Ow," they both said in sync, although more annoyed than hurt. "If
he can get a griffin he sure as hell would be able to get a lion!"
Skye said, although she could clearly see the vibrant scarlet of
Fallow's hair. "Ello," said a voice behind them. Robin looked over
his shoulder to see Marshall, who looked rather out of breath
compared to Viola and Crystal. "Oh, hey," Skye mumbles, looking
over at them.
------
Tempest picked up pace until, shortly, they were right in front of
the group of Fantasies. The hefty lion slid onto his stomach,
allowing Mavis to drop down next to Robin.
crystal was sitting contently by the group while viola brushed out
her snow white fur.
''see? told you it was them on the lion'' draco said, grinning a
bit smugly since he was right.
alex sighed and took her bat back from him.
maxwell picked shadow up with ease with both arm's and slid off of
tempest, setting the poor wold down.
"Shut up," Skye mumbled in reply to Draco. "Hey, Fallow... care to
explain, uh... that?" Marshall mumbled, staring up at the lion in
awe. "An old friend of mine," Fallow replied, grinning as she
stroked the lion's paw. Tempest affectionately prodded her with his
large nose, making her laugh and shrug away.
"Alright, let's get out of here," Marshall said, a bit too eager to
leave. Skye looked back at him, pondering. "I know of an abandoned
lakehouse near here," Mavis said softly. "You've been here before?"
Fallow asked, curiously. "Yeah. We never really strayed far from
the forest where I originally met you guys."
''does the lake house have a shower... i seriously need to bathe
after that darn battle against the poor kid who succumbed to the
darkness and became a horrible creature...'' alex muttered.
viola stood up and nodded in agreement.
''s-same...'' she mumbled timidly.
''ditto'' maxwell chimed in.
draco sighed and crossed his arm's.
''me especially... i want a shower, and to bleach my entire mouth
after that whole fiasco after i was ca-'' he stopped himself before
he said anything else, already knowing he said to much.
alex looked up at draco and narrowed her eye's.
''why would you want to do that.....'' she questioned.
"If I recall, two tubs and four bedrooms... Some of us can sleep on
the couches, I guess," Mavis said, idly as if she didn't realize
what Draco had just said. She suddenly paused. "Oh, Bell," she
said, not thinking at all. The whole group just stared, silently
looking at the couple, a bit fearfully. "Sorry," Mavis said,
covering her mouth timidly as she suddenly realized what she'd
said. She shrunk into the background, hiding behind Fallow to avoid
any possible dangers.
i'm so screwed..... draco thought, looking down at alex with
a bit of a fearful look.
''and what happened between you and bell after you went missing?''
she questioned.
he gulped and started backing away a bit.
''n-nothing happened i promise, nothing happened'' he said a bit
frantically.
she spun her bat around as she walked closer to him and gritted her
teeth.
''then how come i don't believe that bullsh--?! you cheated on me
didn't you!?'' she shouted, a dark aura forming around her while
poking his chest with her bat.
''no i didn't, i love you and you alone alex, you know that'' he
said.
she started trembling and dropped her bat, tears swelling up in her
eyes.
alex bolted away from the group and used her shadow walking ability
make her disappear.
draco stood there and blinked, then looked around at the others
since they were staring.
"Search parties?" Fallow said after an awkward period of time,
looking around at the others. "Yeah, I guess so," Skye mumbled, a
few of the others agreeing. At least they don't doubt that he
didn't cheat, Mavis thought, sighing. "C'mon, Tempest," she
cooed to the lion, who she was beginning to grow quite fond of.
draco sat down and covered his face, forming a small little cloud
barrier around himself.
maxwell sighed and stroked shadow's head.
viola just remained silent and hugged crystal.
~~~~~~~~
alex reappeared out of the shadow's in a forest and stumbled,
falling to the ground and sobbing quietly.
Skye's gaze flitted around her, and she quickly created a dome of
wind (which she was getting better at). It gathered the smoke and
swirled it around to keep it captured, creating a dark grey,
tornado-like dome. She huffed, the strain showing in her face a
bit, but gradually relaxed and held her focus.
--
Tempest pulled Mavis to the side, as if knowing her intentions--and
he probably did, he was a smart creature--and tracking Alex down.
She lightly held onto a bit of his fur as he guided her, slowly.
Tempest, with absolutely no sound, sat down in a clearance. Mavis
pulled away from the beast to sit down next to Alex, holding her
knees tightly to her chest and looking to her side. Her gaze
softened. "Are you alright, Alex?" She mumbled, pausing before
adding, "you know Draco would never try to hurt you." Mavis sighed,
wanting to facepalm. I'm not very good at this 'reassuring'
thing, am I? She thought miserably to herself.
''leave me alone to sob.... i don't want anyone to stay around
me..'' she grumbled, never moving from where she was laying.
alex slightly clutched her chest and the shadow's around in the
clearing seemed to solidify for a few split second's before
becoming nothing but shadow's again. f---... do not loose yourself to the shadow's like that poor kid
in that hidden underground place did....... she thought,
gritting her teeth slightly.
"He never cheated on you," Mavis muttered softly. She sighed,
looking around hopelessly. In a distant memory, she remembered that
her father had once said Light Fantasies were, for the most part,
stronger than the Dark Fantasies. He had said that the power of a
Light Fantasy could shed away the darkness, and it could uncover
and dispel a Fantasy hiding in the shadows... No, don't. That's
an invasion of privacy, Mavis thought, the light in her hand
burning off.
Mavis sighed, her shoulders dropping. "Alex, we all care about
you... especially Draco. I can speak for everyone when I say it's a
terrible thing to see you sad." She hesitantly walked away, pained
to leave Alex behind. "Tempest," she called out nonchalantly. The
lion bounded towards her.
alex got up and gripped her own arm's as she followed.
''when we get to your house with everyone else i'm locking myself
in a room....'' she mumbled tonelessly, staring at the ground with
her face hidden by her hair.
Mavis froze momentarily in surprise, but nodded sympathetically.
She followed Tempest quickly back to the group, where Skye and
Robin were arguing (again).
''tsk.... both of you shut the hell up...'' alex grumbled, walking
over and grabbing them both by the hair.
she moved them together and made them kiss, then let them go and
went back over to stand by mavis and tempest.
Skye flinched away in disgust, her cheeks flaring. "Alex, I swear!"
She hissed with rage, but Fallow only grabbed the two by the wrists
and drew closer to Tempest. "You two shut up until we get to the
cabin," she said cheerily, leaping onto Tempest. Mavis laughed,
banging on the dome that Draco has created.