Monster high

What is going on?!

Daniels POV

I slowly woke up to a beeping noise, I groaned when I moved to try and be more comfortable. My head hurt so much, it felt like it was exploding and there was a burning sensation on my back. I tried to remember what happened when I heard a soft deep voice choke out my name, it sounded so familiar.

I opened my eyes but winced at the light, I opened one eye and then the other to immediately hear and feel my heartbeat quicken at the sight of my older brother. Tears sprung free and I wanted to hug and scream at him at the same time.

I hadn't seen him in about two years when he just up and left for college and never returned. He smiled wearily of my reaction but I just wanted him close for as long as I could. I guess he understood and hugged me sideways and mumbled an apology.

Tate suddenly growled as he heard someone across the room ask for the nurse. It sounded like.. Nathan? I asked Tate to move the screen and there he was, all bruised and miserable. He looked like absolute shit. What had happened?! I just remember our argument and then me running away from him. After that I fell down a steep hill slope and I vaguely remember being picked up, but I can't remember who.. 

Don't tell me that it was Nathan? No he wouldn't. The world is his toybox and I'm just another thing to play with. He would never stick his neck out for anyone. But if that's so, then why does he look so remorseful and why would he be in here all bruised up? My brain couldn't handle all the thinking and the throbbing pain shot through my head again making me cringe.

"Oh gods, Daniel. A-are you okay? Please I should have never done th-those things.. or hurt you, I was just. I just... ", the room fell silent until I heard a very angry voice and a scraping of a chair.

"You little shit! What the fuck did you do to my baby brother?! You better talk. Fast.", Tate stalked over to Nathan who looked sincerely scared of my brother. 

Just to clear up a common misunderstanding, mermaids are sweet and gentle. They won't get mad ever, they will try to look at things your way and forgive you if you just apologize. Yes there is the occasional playing around, which may have led to a few sunken ships in the past, but that was never done with malicious intend.. I digress.

The merman on the other hand, who are equally beautiful to the mermaids are not nearly as forgiving, quite the opposite. Most merman have incredibly short tempers and are always up for a fight. Looking at Tate now I knew his patience was snapping and my breathing sped up.

Just as I tried to calm them down I heard a commotion outside the infirmary doors and the nurse, who was bustling around trying to keep Tate from adding to her workload by beating the crap out of Nathan, looked even more frazzled when someone screamed for her assistance because somebody was dying? What was going on here?! I felt all the confusion and fuzz getting the better of me and I was hit by a dizzy spell just as I saw two dark figures sneaking/sprinting into the infirmary. I caught a glimpse of blue hair and lots of pink.

"Honor, Ollie? W-what-", I was once again cut short when the nurse threw the doors open and was waving her wand to carry what looked like an unconscious Cuan. Was he okay? What is going on here, seriously?!

Just as I wanted to ask what was going on to Ollie I noticed that he had disappeared, as well as Honor. I looked towards a bed when I heard hushed voices and all of the sudden Honer shot out from underneath it and sprinted towards the nurses office and locked her in.

I was so confused, then he suddenly turned to me with a face full of childish joy, he practically beamed at me and chirped out a greeting. I was just so frazzled that I just asked what he was doing here.

"Coming to watch the smack down of a certain asshole who tried to indirectly kill you.", he said while pointing at Nathan. 

"So, the hottie is...?", he said while sitting on my bed, I was trying to comprehend the situation or at least answer my friend.

"Uhm... M-my brother?", I stuttered out.

"Oh no way!" he sat sideways and blatantly planted his feet on the bed next to mine, he had pretty long legs now that I think of it..

"This I've got to see.", he said with a grin when I suddenly heard a bonking on the door of the nurses office.

"Honor, d-did you just lock the nurse in her o-office?", I asked softly, I didn't want to look pathetic but that was kind of mean against the woman who was trying to patch me up again.

"I believe I did.", he looked over his shoulder at the locked door.

"And I must say, I'm very proud of it.", he sounded so cheerful and I couldn't help but smile a bit at his cheery attitude, he was the happiest I'd seen him since, well, since the whole Nathan thing. Which reminds me, who hurt him?

"How are you feeling?", he suddenly asked on a more serious tone.

I started playing with my sheets and looked down, I knew I felt like shit and probably looked it as well, the truth was that I didn't even know what was wrong with me or what had happened after I blacked out, I just knew everything hurt. I didn't really want to talk right now and I guess he noticed since he turned his attention back to the "smack down", his words not mine.

I looked over as well and immediately noticed my brother's anger, Nathy looked like a scared puppy and I could pretty much feel Tate's hate radiate of his being. My breath was sucked away as my heart rate spiked and I couldn't even answer when Honer asked how angry my big brother was.

I was seriously fearing Nathan's well being as my brother tensed up even more and I couldn't get any oxygen in my lungs and started to panic, Honer quickly stood up after nodding at me and walked over to my brother and Nathan.

As they started talking to each other Oliver and Cuan helped me calm down and at least breath again. They both tried to distract me from the possible violent scene unfolding in front of me, while telling me everything would all be alright. After a few minutes I could actually start breathing again and calmed down while Honor effectively blocked Tate from murdering Nate.

They all suddenly looked over and I could see Tate's eyes soften as he took my features in. He turned around, nodded to Honor and stalked back over to me. Ollie scrambled to get out of the way as Tate sat in his chair and started softly reassuring me that everything was okay and that he wasn't as mad anymore.

I relaxed a bit when I suddenly heard Honer giggling, it sounded so adorable and when I looked over to what he was doing but he was just staring at the nurses office, of course the nurse was still locked up there! Tate looked over as well and grinned his stupid lopsided smile. He was watching Honor and I had a sneaking suspicion that my big brother might end up liking my best friend.

I smiled softly, about dang time you liked someone idiot, I thought. He looked back as if he knew what I was thinking but I suddenly felt really tired and closed my eyes, he quickly grabbed my hand telling me I'll be fine and to rest.

I took his advice and sleep crept over me as I suddenly heard Honer say something about running and then multiple doors slamming, they must have let the nurse out. Haha I love my friends.