MHW:IB ; The Search For The Sapphire Hunter!

14. The Harsh Consequence

Borealis was wandering around Seliana, looking for Tinker, even yelling her name loudly.

"Tinker?!TINKER?!!?!" She yelled, looking around but she was nowhere in sight. She sighs as she continued walking.

"Where is she?" Borealis asked herself looking around once more before sighing again. People whispered as they walked by her, wondering if she is the Sapphire Hunter or not. Someone, however, tapped her shoulder. She turned to look and saw Zay.

"Hello, Sapphire Hunter. Or should I say...Borealis?" Zay said.

"Who the heck are you?!" She yelled, backing up.

"Ah right, you don't know me. My name is Zay and I'm friends with your partner!" Zay introduced himself.

"No, you aren't. There's no way you can be friends with someone like her!" Borealis denied.

"Ah, feisty now aren't we? I'm telling the truth, dummy!" Zay teased.

"No, you're not."

"Yeah, I am."

"No. You. Are. Not."

"Oh do I have to copy you and rephrase my sentence a bit? Yes. I. Am. You. Dummy." Zay said.

"You're getting on my nerves, blue head." She said.

"What the heck did you just say?!" Zay yelled, his hair turning red. Borealis was shocked about what just happened.

"Look, you can be the Sapphire Hunter and boss me around all I want but BLUE head?! Now that's just UTTERLY disgusting!" Zay yelled, the red flaring up and slightly glowing.

"Uh-."

"Oh, what's that? Another insult? Well, NO can DO!" Zay yelled, his accent slowly transitioning to wyverian. And then he proceeds to speak in wyverian his hair now waving aggressively. Borealis just stares in shock at how he just casually but angrily goes from English to wyverian with no stopping in between. All of a sudden, Zay calms down, the stress between his eyebrows calming and his hair returning to its kinda neat navy blue colour.

"Sorry, that happens when I get a tad bit worked up," Zay said.

"I-it's okay, I'm just confused on how you just- never mind." She said.

"Anyways, lookin' for Tink?" Zay asked.

"Yes, I am. Do you know where she is?" Borealis asked.

"Yeah, she's sulking in her room with her butterflies," Zay said.

"That's....not helpful at all." Borealis said.

"I know. But seriously, she is."

"Alright, I guess I'll see you then?" Borealis said before walking away. She walked back to the rooms and wandered around for a bit before finding the right one.

"If I remember correctly, it should be....this one?" she said before knocking.

"Coming!" A voice said. She could hear footsteps shuffle towards the door before hearing the doorknob click. The door opened and it indeed was Tinker.

"Do you need any-." She stopped speaking when she looked up to see who it was. She stared at Borealis.

"Hey, Tink. How long has it been?" Borealis asked. Tinker just stared.

"....Tinker?" She asked. Tinker stared before staggering forward and hugging her. Borealis was going to say something but didn't and simply just hugged her back. She looked at her back and realised she wasn't showing her wings.

"Oh Tink, you don't have to hide them. I'm right here!" She coaxed. Tinker sighed and rattling could be heard before wings sprung out, the feathers regrowing back to replace the damaged ones.

"There's the Tinker I know!" Borealis said, smiling. Tinker chuckled before unhugging her.

"I'm just..glad that you're back." Tinker said, smiling. Borealis chuckled, smiling also. Out of the blue, screaming was heard before a roar roared.

"What...was that?" Tinker asked. Borealis thought for a bit before realising; Razor. She grabbed Tinker's hand before running out to where the sound came from.

"What's happening?!" Tinker asked in a frantic tone.

"Razor. He's prolly gone to find me." Borealis replied. More roaring could be heard before painful screeches. Then, an idea sprung inside her mind.

"Tinker, fly me over to the sound." She said.

"But, people will see me!" Tinker said.

"We don't have much time. It's now or never!" Borealis said. Tinker thought for a bit before grabbing Borealis and flying up into the air. She then flew up until the entirety of Seliana could be seen. Borealis panicked at first but kept her composure and looked around. Her eyes spotted Razor, deeply injured by hunters surrounding him.