The Legend of Mordecai : The Star Warrior (3)

Chapter 6: Return of EclipseMoon

      "Oh! I almost forgot!" Angel exclaims quickly, stopping in her tracks. Mordecai tilts his head, "What's wrong?" Angel turns her attention towards him with a smile, "Your dad and other uncle dropped a possession of yours off.  I'll take you to it."
      The Starlight wolf runs ahead, with Astral howling on top of her head. Dust sighs and pads along and Mordecai slowly walks behind him. I wonder what it could be?
      The Moonlight catches up with them and stands in the doorway. He looks up and stares in shock. Angel presses her paw on to the purple aura surrounding the sword, deactivating it. She steps back, making sure Mordecai had his chance to come into the room.
      The Moonlight wolf runs into the room. He places his paws on the purple cushion that the sword laid on. EsclipeMoon!
      "How...why...what?!" Mordecai blurts out. He didn't know what to say. His beloved sword was back. He was reunited with it at last!
      Astral butts in, "Angel said your dad and his brother came by. I guess they decided to bring it here and wait" she sighs with annoyance. The violet wolf nods in agreement. "My Uncles which I think if you have a mom with a sister...then a dad with a brother would be your cousin's uncles...brought it here. I assume they guessed you would be here sooner or later." Mordecai ponders for a moment. How did they know I would be here? Did they know? The reason for Shade and Marcai leaving the sword was a question on its own.
      "Hey! You guys can like so epic sword fights and stuff now!" The black fruit bat beams. "Nice thinking, Astral Plane." Dust chimes in. Astral stares at him for a moment. "Is that now my very own nickname?" She asks while narrowing her large bat eyes. The silver mitt ferret nods, "Yes, yes indeed." "Fair enough, Snake of Cats." Astral replies, squinting her eyes at him.
      Angel shakes her head at them. "You guys are dorks you know that? Anyway, training with our swords sounds like a good idea. Are you up for it?" Mordecai smiles back, "Of course I am."
      Angel runs around the room, "Yes, yes, yes, yes! I get to train my cousin!" She screams in glee. Mordecai shakes his head and gives her a awkward smile. "That's nice and all but, did we forget about your parents?" He questions. Angel stops and looks up with wide eyes. "Oh yeah. Of course. I'll go see if they're up. Wait here, okay?" Angel, bolts out of the room.
      Dust sits there akwardly. "Sooo, how was sleeping for you?" He asks, eyeing Mordecai. Mordecai stares blankly then laughs. "Oh...sleeping was great. On the windowsill. The weirdest place to sleep." Dust snorts with laughter "Dude, you were pressed up against the window! You looked like you were failing at breaking through an invisible wall. Your face was pressed up against it and all!" Mordecai laughs hysterically, "Did I really look like that?!" Dust nods, "Yes! It was the funniest thing I've seen from you. Picture this, 'The all powerful and magical Moonlight Prince sleeping on the job'!"
      Angel bursts back into the room, panting. "Yeah, they're awake. Let's go so you can tell them." "Tell them wha-" Mordecai pauses then realizes, "oh...how I got here you mean?" The violet Starlight wolf nods her head, "Yeah they really want to know. Let's go."

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       Shade stares at the egg in wonder. How did this get here in the first place? He could tell it was a hybrid. A FeatherStorm dragon and what?
      Arkoh comes up behind him, "This is the egg that was given to us. We don't know exactly why yet." He states, staring at the vast white and fiery orange egg. Shade closes in on the egg but, doesn't get any closer then two steps. "It's fascinating. Who are the parents? Do you know?" He asks, his eyes lighting up as he watches the egg.  Arkoh shakes his head "No, not exactly. The one was a FeatherStorm dragon and the other dragon was one that I have never seen before." Arkoh replies. Could the...the FeatherStorm dragon be...wait no, could it? Shade's mind was racing. The first dragon could just be random but, at the same time it could be someone they knew. He just had to ask him.

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       "Tell us!" King Cosmic exclaims. Mordecai takes a deep breath then begins.

      "I was just on my merry way...with Dust, to begin my journey on finding the Tidalfall Kingdom. Next thing you know, I'm knocked out by a pirate, the captain. He was a fox to be exact."

      Cosmic gasps, "You were abducted by pirates! Go on!" He urges. Angel and Star shake their heads, laughing.

      Mordecai continues, "Anyway, that happen extremely quick. He was like ultra swift when striking. I then wake up on his ship. I was somewhat shocked at first but, Princess Aura of the Lightfeather Kingdom had informed me before I left."

      Astral interrupts, "Waittt! Who's that?" She asks outloud. Dust sighs, "He just told you. She's the Lightfeather Kingdom's ruler" he answers back. The black furred fruit bat frowns, "I wasn't sure at first! Just asking...not you though!" She exclaims.

      Mordecai sighs then continues again, "His name was Scarder and boy was he odd. His crew wasn't as large as I had predicted but, they were fine to be around. There was a monkey named, Morton, he was a loud mouth but strong and understandable. Then there was a seagull named, Gullian, he was smart and reliable. Finally there was a bunny who I had seen at Wolgon City as a shopkeeper. Her name was Angie. Cute as could be but, trustworthy."
      "Oh that's just wonderful! I hope you can see them again" Queen Star empathizes him. Her voice was sweet as could be. Something Mordecai never experienced besides Sala. It was pleasant and warm. "Yeah...Angie...she was a doll." Dust sighs, staring up at the ceiling dreamingly. Mordecai shakes his head and frowns, "You still haven't got over her?!" He questions in annoyance. "What?! I can't bask in memories?" The ferret protests. Mordecai let out a heavy sigh, "I'm going to continue once again."
       "So, we sailed and stuff. Then another crew came along, SkullRuns was their name. They're a rival of Scarder's crew and quite annoying if you ask me. They start a fight and I ended it by unleashing my mighty dragon form and scaring the life out of the other crew. They may never come back, who knows. After that we stopped at an island to rest. Dust and Angie discovered a weird amulet which, I gladly took. We leave the next day and encounter the most bizarre thing you could imagine. A type of unknown magic parted the water beneath us."

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    Mordecai explains the rest of the story and everyone but, Dust, stares in awe. "That sounds...amazing!" King Cosmic shouts in excitement. "Yes, that was simply a one of a kind story. I'm glad that Angel found you." The Starlight Queen smiles, glancing up at her daughter with pride. Angel turns her head, avoiding any eyes upon her. "Thanks, mom, you didn't have to say that. I was just doing my duty."
      "Hey! Wait a second. What are you exactly? You are a princess, correct?" The silver mitt ferret asks in suspicion. Astral chimes in, "She's the leader of the royal army/guard, too. Pretty busy and unique. A reallllly tight schedule." Angel nods in agreement. "Yeah, I'm not sitting on my butt all day doing nothing. I'm fighting with and for my kingdom." That's what I want to do but, for everyone. Mordecai admired his cousin for everything he knew about her. He had the same goal. At the same time it was different. He wanted to fight and protect all of Anzellix. He wanted to at least try.

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      Catherine stares at the pair of shackles. Excitement tingles in her paws. This is what she needed for the dark magic to work.
      A dark hyena enters the room, heckling madly. "Oh! Lookie here! This ought to shut that pup up. He won't know what hit him!" "Precisely, Hin" the dark feline agrees, "we must be cautious when striking. The Moon-Birth is now located in the Starlight Kingdom. When the time is right, we will unleash the fury of Darkmoon. They will learn what true fear is."