"Night and Ice Do Not Mix" *Winterwatcher*

Chapter 20

Go back to Moon. Winter's heart screams at him. Go back to school. His mind argues.

He paced around the cave, leaving dust clouds behind him. He sighed, thinking of the time when Moon was watching the sunrise with him. We had almost been together. But, almost is never enough.

Winter suddenly came to a halt. The IceWing army should be arriving today. Sure, I left them a letter. Sort of. Winter started panicking. Then he heard singing.

Girl:
I'd like to say, we gave it a try.
I'd like to blame it all in life.
Maybe we just weren't right,
But that's a lie. That's a lie.

And we can deny it,
As much as we want.
But in time,
Our feelings will show.
'Cause sooner or later,
We'll wonder why we gave up.
But truth is, everyone knows.

Almost,
Almost is never enough
So close to being in love.
If I would have known that you wanted me.
The way I wanted you.
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart,
But right here in each other's arms.

And we almost,
We almost knew what love was.
But almost is never enough.

Boy:
If I could change the world overnight.
There'd be no such thing as goodbye.
You'd be standing right where you were.
And we'd get the chance we deserve.

Try to deny it as much as you want.
But in time our feelings will show.

Both:
'Cause sooner or later,
We'll wonder why we gave up.
The truth is everyone knows.

Almost, almost is never enough. 
We were so close to being in love.
If I would have known that you wanted me, 
The way I wanted you.
Then maybe we wouldn't be two worlds apart.
But right here in each other's arms.

And we almost, we almost knew what love was.
But almost is never enough...

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Flashback:

Winter was angry. He was soon storming through the crowd. He stopped in front of the same dragonet he saw before. There was silence as he approached her. Winter was inches away when she looked up into his eyes. Nightwing. Winter observed. He hissed slowly, exhaling a hint of deadly frostbreath into the air between them.

"You have ten seconds to give me back my scavenger. Before I slice your face off." He snarled at the Nightwing.

•~•

"Winter," Moon hissed. "Your tail."

Winter jolted out of his thoughts, blinking. "What?"

Moon was blushing, looking at her talons, avoiding his gaze. Why she acting like this?

"Your tail," she whispered.

Winter looked looked at her confused, until he looked at his tail and immediately understood. He quickly unwound his white tail from Moon's black one.

What did I do? Winter stood there, mortified at what he did, or rather what his tail did.

"Hey," Moon said. "It's okay."