Trollex and Roxie's Story

Chapter 10: Trollex

 I smiled and dove into the water after Roxie. I liked how energetic she can be, but yet be so shy too. 

I felt the cold water flow though my gills. It felt really good since the Lonesome Flats area was very dry.

I looked over at Roxie, who was swimming around in the water. Her yellow and hot pink hair flowed behind her as she continued to swim. She looked back at me with sparkling teal eyes and smiled.

I smiled back at her. 

The two of us swam for a bit and decided we should get some rest, it was night. We did have a really long day after all. 

We swam around a bit to find some big enough rocks that we could rest on. They were kind of hard, but it would have to do.

I lied down on the rough surface and tried to get comfortable. I tossed and turned, not being able to fall asleep.

I looked over on my left side to see Roxie sleeping on another rock. She was facing the other way, but I could see she was also having a hard time falling asleep. 

I smiled at a thought and got up. 

I swam over to her bed and laid down next to her. Immediately she turned over and hugged my chest. I was a bit shocked from how quickly she reacted, but I pulled her closer and wrapped fins around her, allowing me to pull her in closer. 

She smiled when I placed my hands lightly on her back, which made me smile too. I closed my eyes and soon enough was in a deep slumber.

The next morning, I was the first to wake up. I flickered my eyes open and looked down at Roxie, who had her face snuggled against my chest and she was still wrapped in my fins. 

I closed my eyes again, loving the feeling.

I opened my eyes again once I felt Roxie's eyes blinking open. 

She back away from my chest and blushed a bit. "Good morning." I said, giggling a bit at her reaction of waking up in my arms. 

"Goo-good morning." She said, stumbling on her words, still in shock of the position we were in.

I decided to hug her closer, so she knew it was okay. She smiled slightly, still blushing, and hugged me closer too.

We sat like this for a minute or so, but the I decided to break the silence. "We should get a move on if we want to get to Vibe City." Roxie sat up and nodded.

The two of us got up and turned the opposite ways. I started to blush a little, but it was light enough that you couldn't notice it.

Roxie grabbed the bag she brought and we were off...again.

We swam up to the surface as Roxie got the map that Trollzart gave us. "I think it's just at the right of this river." She said. We both turned our heads, hoping to see something other than sand. 

No luck.

We both got out of the water and started to walk on our fins. "That's odd..." Roxie said as I peeked at the map. "It looks like they live right around here..." 

Just then I noticed multi colored lights hitting the ground. I looked up and my ears went down. "Um, Roxie..." I said, nudging her.

She looked up from the map to me, then once she noticed I was looking up, she looked up too.

I looked down at the map, then back up quickly. "They live in a UFO!?" I said in questioning shock.

But I couldn't get a response, because a clear bubble appears around me. Roxie was also in a separate one that lifted the two of us off the ground.