"Wolfgirl, you can sleep on that bed. I'll pick this one."
"What happened to 'The Bed or the couch? Why didn't you just buy single rooms like a normal person? What would you have even used the second bed for?"
*Tick…tick..tick*
"What was that?"
"Nothing. Go to bed."
"What are you hiding behind your..."
*Whoooooshhh*
"It's nothing. See."
"When you said I should have talked sooner, it didn't sound like nothing. What's up?
*Squish….squish*
Soft base. Very….."
"You wouldn't understand, Wolfgirl. Whenever I call, you are away."
"That's not true. Hit me."
"It's Natysh."
"The IceCream candy lady? You know she positioned Dragons all around the Harbor, protecting us from the Beasts. The Animals are too scared to take the trek and cross, but Beasts on the other hand could care less. Out of all of us, they are the only ones for four days a year who trek to the other fourteen Kingdoms, reminding them of who they are."
"What do they do after that?"
"I don't know.
….Trek back?"
"And what about the attacks?"
"You mean the attention pleasures?"
"I don't think their form of play is the same as ours."
"They don't talk."
" ' Sometimes when people say hi, it sounds like they're trying to scare you, but not in their tongue. If we want to know someone better, we should figure out how they communicate in their own.'"
"What did you say?"
" 'Trust me. Go over there and introduce yourself.'"
"Don't you dare say what I think you're saying. You told me yourself, 'I need to rest', and then I said, 'I am too scared to walk in the dark alone.'"
" '"Just be yourself. Remember, use all the things we've talked about. Get to know her. Right now she feels lonely. Cheer her up.'"
"Ummmm, Ruby. Are you ok?"
" 'Maybe we misunderstood.' "
"You mean, we definitely misunderstood. What do we do? It's not like we can just follow them. I'm tired, and whether you like it or not, so are you."
"But they aren't. Imagine waking up to a spiked Lion drooling saliva over you. Can't speak, can't talk; but you know what they say just the same. Some of them return back with people, others don't. Nobody even remembers how to get back to the Kingdom, so; it's either follow the 'Rescuers' or stay with the Takers."
"Man, I know I shouldn't have come."
"I'm not a man."
"I know. You're a…..
*Knock, Knock, Knock.
Thrill seeker."
"Is everything ok in there, girls? Just making my rounds helping everyone fall asleep. Need anything?"
"WE'RE GOOD. Just....."
"No need to come in. We're not going to bed."
"Wolfgirl."
"I mean....We're going to bed. Forget we said the word not. No need to come in and check on us."
"Wolfgirl, shh."
"Ookay. Goodnight, Ladies."
"Night, Sage and Rain."
"Night boys."
*Phuurrrruuueaaaaam*
*......Tish*
"Girls?
........Girls?
Where'd they go?"
"....Now, all we have to do is find an Animal and..."
"Like that one?"
"Bears…..come on. Follow those Beasts."
"Where do you think they lead?"
"I don't know, but I am ashamed of you."
"Me?"
"Not you.....just all of you. You never leave anyone behind."
"They left us."
"Once a brother, always a brother."
"Ruby, I have to tell you something about them and the reason why we don't visit them."
"And that is?"
"........The Fourteen Kingdoms......…are now the Fourteen seats...…of the Supreme Court.
One word, and they could make a law that bans us from ever crossing. One touch on this side of the water, and we'll be gunned down."
"Being scared is no excuse...…..
*Phueee..paaaaphuueee…..paaaaphueeeee*
Even for me."