The color returned to his eyes, as did his sense, "Wha...? Charlie? Bryz? What are you...?" Dusk noticed the weapons and their terrified expressions. "Buck! I'm sorry you two, I don't know what came over me." He hugged Bryz and kissed Charlie lovingly. Then he turned to Snow, "Thanks for killing 'em all. I owe ya one." Snow blushed, "O-oh... that's alright, Dusk... you don't owe me anything." Snow approached Bryz and Charlie, "Um... N-no hard feelings?"
Charlie stood up quickly and without a word she escaped into the elevator. Her trembling bones reminding her of terrible memories once again. The doors closed and she finally relaxed.
"Where's she going?" Snow whimpered, still afraid of Bryz. Yuri nuzzled her neck, getting a playful shock back. "Thanks for trusting me.., " Dusk took off after Charlie, following her in just as the elevator descended.
Charlie walked out shaking her head of her thought. she paced in from of the elevator door thinkjng out loud to herself.
Snow blushed and left the two alone, then just sat there watching the outside. Yuri touched Bryz's Cutie Mark, "You never told me how you got your Mark?" "Charlie, wait up!" Dusk called, running up to her. "Charlie, what's the deal with you and your hatred towards Changelings? C'mon... you can tell me..." Dusk moved closer to her, "Sorry about the knife and me yelling at you... I wasn't myself, I was just so mad..."
Yuri moved closer until their lips were almost touching, "I'm all ears..." She said, licking her cheek.
Byrd kissed her, then said,"it's a long story but, It was late one night, & there was rain, & lighting, & one of the lightning strikes hit a tree, setting it to flames, I got out of bed, flew out the window to check out the fire , & lightning, they both have always fascinated me, so I went out to examine the fire, I would take my fathers lighter every now and then, set things on fire, learn how it worked... Do you want me to keep going?"
Yuri nodded her head, "Yes, please." Dusk hugged her, "Alright, I get it... you had a bad experience with the Changelings..." He looked into her eyes, studying them, "...at the Royal Wedding... and..." His eyes widened. Now he knew the basics of why she hated Changelings. "Oh... Charlie, I'm sorry..." He pulled her close, and sat there with her. "Come on, I want to show you something." He brought her to the Conning Tower top, and let her watch the sun go down. Just before it went down, however, brilliant hues and streaks of every color shot across the sky. It was beautiful. "That only happens once every 1000 years you know..."
Bryz smiles and continues with her story,"...so I would take notes in a spare notebook, I noticed that the reason that the fire was made because of a spark that was made upon opening it, I would take dry sticks, & wood, & try to start fires by making sparks, but it never worked, I was starting to lose interest in making the fire, & became more of a flyer, I started to move faster each run I had, but after about a year to a half year, I started leaving trails of electricity behind me, that would mimic the patterns of normal lightning, so saw that I was doing that, and it sparked a memory, & I regained interest in trying to start fires, so late on a different night I snuck out, and flew strait down at a tree, & lifted up really fast, the trailing lightning kept going down until it struck a tree, setting it ablaze, & the next morning I noticed I had my cutiemark." (Sorry if it was a little long.)
Charlie watched the colors, her glossy eyes reflecting them. She hadn't spoke a single word since they got up there but her eyes told the world.
(Eh, it wasn't long) Dusk smiled, and stayed silent. It was nearing winter, and the Aurora Borealis would be crossing the Millennia Display soon. Dusk didn't say a word, instead he just wrapped his arms around her and watched. Yuri smiled sadly, and looked at her own Mark. It was a heart, with a knife stabbed through the top, interlacing it like stitchwork. "I got mine when I killed my best friend... I didn't want to, but he would've slaughtered me otherwise..." She said quietly, not wanting to elaborate.
Charlie pushed thought out of her mind and allowed Dusk to touch her. -he's not going to hurt you Charlie- she thought to herself.
(Nope... but that gives me an idea...) Yuri nuzzled Bryz, "It's okay... I've gotten over it... kind of..." Just then, while Bryz wasn't looking, a Creeper -an almost undetectable, vicious, and remarkably intelligent zombie- leaped on her and squealed with joy as it started tearing into her. Snow heard the commotion, and rushed over to take it down. Dusk sat there with Charlie as the sun faded, and the Borealis emerged.
Bryz threw it off Yuri, flying it slightly, then pulled out her dire-flail, & bashes its head in,"Yuri, are you okay?"
