Royals- a Wings of Fire story

Chapter 5

<~Hydra~>

I sit in a bed beside my cousin, Pearl, as she covers her head with her talons.

"Pearl, I know I'm not very good at this whole 'comforting' thing, but I'm a very good listener. What's wrong?" I ask her.

She rolls over onto her side & buries her face in a pillow, but I can see the blush tinting her cheeks. She sighs & curls up into a fetal position, "I... Met someone earlier..."

"Who?"

"Some idiotic HiveWing princess. She has intelligent, obsidian eyes. And... She's so graceful. She's so clumsy & bumbling! & she has these black diamond patterns... & four normal SandWing wings..." She gets a dreamy look in her eyes & starts tracing circles on her pillow. She catches herself & drags her mind back to reality. She clears her throat & continues. "She... She must be an animus or something, who enchanted me to always think about her..." she nuzzles deeper into her comfort pillow.

"What's her name?"

"Velvet..."

"Maybe we should talk to someone else about this..."

"Like who?"

"Well, I don't think either of our grandmas will be much help... What about your dad?"

"Okay... Maybe..." Pearl forces herself onto her talons & we walk through the door connecting our room to Pearl's dad's room.

The sky blue SeaWing looks at us from unpacking his things. "Oh, hi, girls. Is everything okay?"

Peal falls over dramatically & explains everything to her father.

Riptide laughs & my cousin glares at him, "What's so funny?"

He manages to stop laughing for long enough to explain, "I see you get your death glare from your mother. Let's see... How to put this... You have a crush on Velvet."

Pearl raises a brow, "I do not want to crush her! Actually, kind of the opposite!"

Riptide chuckles, "No... You know what? There's only two dragons here who are good at this type of thing. Here, follow me."

He leads us to a room with gems all over the door.

We walk inside to see a pair of dragonesses talking to each other animatedly. The HiveWing looks up when we enter. The SandWing continues talking, oblivious to our presence. The HiveWing kisses her companion, which shuts her up.

They ask us what we need, & Pearl goes through the whole thing again. The couple starts "D'aww"ing.

The SandWing smiles sweetly, "Aww... You wuv her~"

Pearl's face turns scarlet & she tries to hide it with her wing. As if the moons want to embarrass my cousin further, a sand-colored dragonet with four wings walks in from the adjoining room, saying, "SandMom, HiveMom, can I talk to you for a second?"

Pearl squeaks & tries to hide behind me, even though I'm much smaller than her.

Velvet jumps & spins around, brandishing her dangerous tail. When she sees me & Pearl, her eyes widen, but she lowers her tail, "Pearl... Hi... What are you doing in my moms' room?" She sounds nervous.

Pearl straightens up, her face painted by her signature "I'm judging you because I'm better than you" look, which she only uses when she's embarrassed, "I am seeking guidance."

Velvet raises a brow, "From these two?"

The HiveWing bats her daughter's shoulder playfully.

The SandWing speaks up, "She just came to us for relationship advise."

Velvet frowns slightly, "Oh, okay."

Pearl says, "Anyways, Hydra & I were just going! Weren't we, Coz?"

She grabs my shoulders & starts to drag me back towards our room. I start to protest, but she has this frantic look in her eyes like "I have got to get out of here!!", so I just nod & follow her.

When we get back to our room, Pearl collapses onto her bed in a fit of this weird mix between giggles & squeals.

"I can't believe I just ranted about having a crush on her to her moms!!! Just kill me now, Hydra!! She looks so perfect! I wanna hug her so bad! But I was so rude when we first met! She probably hates me!" she whines.

I just pull out a scroll & start reading.