The Moonlings: The Ancient Fortress

Chapter 5

She woke up the next morning in a river, with a furry black body on top of her. "Crotir!" she hisses. "Got uf mu!" She pushed her head through the water and shoved her sleeping brother into the river. He woke with a start and yelped. Just then Ember rocketed out and yelled "Misty! Why did you do that?" "It was Crater, not me!" Misty answered. "No it wasn't!" said Crater, remerging from the water. "Ember!" said Maple, scrambling out onto the riverbank "Is this your idea of a prank!?" A giggle erupted from a bush. "AQUA!!!!!" they all yelled at once. Aqua and Titania spilled out of the bush onto their backs. "You little brats are going to be in so much trouble when I tell Willa about this!" Bellowed Maple as she stomped into the forest in the direction of the camp. They all followed her. "Hey, I could have let you drown down there!" Aqua shouted as she flew after them. When they got back to the camp, they went to eat breakfast (cold leftover slightly burnt moosh pancakes) and flew to the meeting hall. There the humans announced that they would be helping rebuild the village. They gathered up supplies and left for the village. Some of the moonlings were nervous that the humans wanted to destroy them. Some thought that this was a sign of a lifelong feud coming to an end. Willa was constantly breaking up fights and arguments. As they approached the blackened village, Misty felt a pang of sorrow. She had grown up in this... this amazing place only to have it stolen from her. She could tell many others were feeling the same way. The humans didn't know what to do. Some tried to comfort the moonlings. They (no offense) weren't very good at it. Well, it's hard to tell someone's actual skill level when they talk in a different language. Aqua look like she thought it was funny. It was kind of funny. A human would walk up and say something in human language and the moonling would stare at them weirdly. As they got closer to the village Aqua, Titania and Ember zoomed ahead. As Misty emergent to the blackened clearing where the village used to be, she saw the tricks that her siblings were doing. Aqua and Ember were lifting Titania into the air and throwing her while they did a backflip. They would catch Titania and repeat it. It was even more fun than watching humans try to comfort the moonlings. The first step in trying to rebuild the village was simple. The humans would plant a seed and the earth moonlings used their powers to make them grow up superfast to reform the trees of the area. They managed to finish the trees and took a small lunch break. Some moonlings quickly flew back to grab food and supplies for building. They ate in a small clearing nearby. They had lookouts pointed nearby, both moonling and human, to keep an eye on the village. One of them came running back saying, "Fire! It's on fire! The village is on fire!" There was panic everywhere. The humans started picking up supplies and throwing them to the moonlings in the air. The flying moonlings started picking up humans and flightless moonlings to get out of there quicker. They all ran back to the village. By the time they got there, it was dark. They quickly gathered and made sure everyone was there. They talked and decided that, since everybody was exhausted and nobody knew what happened, they would sleep for tonight and figure it out in the morning. Misty fell asleep, this time on a patch of moss on the ground, so she could not fall. That night she dreamed of burning villages and burning stars and a lot of burning things.