The Night and Sky Collide (Partly Quinter)

Chapter 9: A familiar Moon

"Moon?" Stargazer hadn't seen her cousin, Moonwatcher, for, practically, years! She missed her dearly. "Star!" Moon ran up, and hugged her tightly. The elation in her heart was a volcano, bursting with hot lava. "Well, this quickly turned into a family reunion," Qibli said with a chuckle, "Anyone else got siblings who would like to show themselves?" Skyfire let out a small fit of laughter. Stargazer glanced at Winter, who... Was staring.. At Moon. It gave her a twinge of discomfort, which Skyfire noticed. "How about we go eat lunch now?" She said, nodding at the door. They all nodded, and spilled out the door.

Stargazer kept looking over at Winter, who was staring right at Moon with a weird, unreadable expression. I think.. I think I'm in love with Moon.. A string of thought came from Winter's mind. Oh.. OH. Stargazer didn't know what to do. She tensely watched Winter's every move. He seemed to always want to be around Moon. He seemed to have the joy of being in her presence. "Uhm-What are you guys going to eat?" Stargazer said, trying to break up a bit of the tension. Winter ignored her question. "Oh, probably just some meat on a stick." Qibli replied. Skyfire made a thinking face before she replied. "I'll probably get some roasted bird." She said.

They reached the cafeteria when the Sun was in the middle of the sky. Winter was acting even stranger. He was all... Moony-eyed around Moon. It was bothering Stargazer, and Qibli and Skyfire didn't seem the most comfortable dragons about it either. Suddenly Skyfire rooted her talons on the ground. "Alright. Winter, I have had enough! Why are you acting all creepy? It is so bothersome!" She cried. Winter frowned at her. "I am NOT being CREEPY. What am I doing that could even be creepy at ALL?" he argued. "Skyfire, it's alright. I don't mind it." Moon held Winter back so he wouldn't attack Skyfire. Skyfire looked over at Stargazer. The Nightwing facetaloned. Her expression basically said: Oh great. I don't want to deal with this. And honestly, Skyfire was guessing she had a similar expression right now.

Qibli looked tired. He looked as if it was too early (Or more of now, too late) into the day to deal with this. "Alright. Stop. Both of you." Stargazer growled. "Stop harassing each other." She looked annoyed. Winter gave Skyfire one more look, and turned to walk to a table. Qibli sighed. "Just keep me away from that Igloo." Skyfire hissed. "Alright, stop being a grumpy dragon." Stargazer said, ushering Skyfire to sit down on one of the tables. "I will stop being a grumpy dragon when WINTER stops being a CREEPY one!" She argued. They hadn't realized they were sitting on the same table as some other dragons. "Oh, hi!" A small pale Sandwing said. She was sitting with a dark purple and royal blue Rainwing. There was also the Seawing they met earlier, Cyclone, and... Airstriker.

Cyclone glanced at them, and smiled friendly. Airstriker.. Well.. He gave them a glare that would pierce holes into their scales. Eeesh. Stargazer thought. Skyfire tried not to look scared, but the looks she was giving Airstriker were undeniable. The Rainwing smiled at them. "Hi! I'm Jaguar! Who are-" before he could even finish, Airstriker growled at him to be quiet. "Jeez, I was only trying to be nice." Stargazer heard Jaguar mumble. "Why are you here?" Airstriker enquired rudely. Jeez, this guy pretty much can't understand the concept of 'Being Nice'. One of Stargazer's intrusive thoughts peeped through. She pushed the thought out of her head. "What do you think? What else would we do here? Bomb the place?" Skyfire said. Airstriker looked at her. Instead of his expression saying 'I am menacing' his expression said 'Oh. Okay'.

Qibli had been really quiet. It wasn't normal for him. Stargazer had a hunch why he was. "Anyways, sorry about Airstriker. He's in a bit of a foul mood today." Emu apologized. Airstriker huffed, letting his chin rest on Cyclone's shoulder. "No, it's alright. Skyfire is kind of in a foul mood too right now." Stargazer said, giving Skyfire a look. "It's not my fault that Winter is being CREEPY!" She protested. Stargazer and Qibli sighed at the same time. Qibli gave her a look that said 'Do we really need to go through this again?' "Just eat for three moon's sake!" Stargazer said finally. "Hmph." She said before starting to eat. (There was already food on the table so yeah). Why did today have to be the day Skyfire becomes THIS grumpy? Stargazer didn't want to have to keep an eye on Winter AND Skyfire at the same time.

As she ate, she noticed that Skyfire kept looking over at Winter and Moon's table. She heard her scowling under her breath. She didn't speak, but everyone can probably see her discomfort from Winter. Stargazer nudged her. "Can you stop looking at Winter?" She said to her, trying to sound serious but not harsh. Skyfire hissed something, but it was quite loud in the cafeteria, so she couldn't hear what she said. After a while, they all finished eating. Emu, Jaguar, Cyclone and Airstriker went somewhere else, while Stargazer, Qibli and Skyfire went towards the library.

But it felt a bit strange. Like something unknown was about to happen.It also didn't help that Winter and Moon were following them. And then... A scream.