Where love rules [COMPLETED]

Chapter 36: SWITCH

-Moonwatcher-

Does Winter hate her? Why? 

Moon shook her head. 

There are more important things to think about, right now.

To whisper about.

Darkstalker growled at Qibli. Qibli tried to calm him down. 

"If...if I was alive I would have killed you long ago!"Darkstalker bellowed angrily. 

"Wait, what?" Moon asked shocked.

So was Qibli he backed up and twinged his tail with hers.

"If I was...-"Darkstalker stopped himself with a frown. His face quickly turned to sternness. His teeth were making weird sounds. Darkstalker shook his green-grey wings. 

He shot an awful look at her with his brilliant grey eyes. 

"That is none of your business," Darkstalker said in a low and menacing voice. He bent down and stared into Moon's eyes.

He smelled strange. Like fresh dirt mixed with a forest leaves after the rain. 

What he had just said, Moon thought, that was true?

"It was a lie!" Darkstalker growled looking away.

That was the truth. He lied, he's dead? What! Moon thought stunned making sure to use Qibli's trick.

"I am alive!" the giant cried holding his head in his talons, sounding as if he was trying to convince himself.

Qibli had his 'I have an idea' face on. 

Without even turning around Moon knew Winter had his signature annoyed frown: blue eyes narrowed, one eyebrow raised and wings awkwardly placed, in a movement between wide open wings and folded back comfortably.

Qibli started to check Darkstalker out. Examining everything about the giant hybrid. His eyes darted from wing to snout.

Without a word he leaped and snatched a scale on Darkstalker tail. He held it up with a victory smile. The scale was darker a deeper grey, different from all his other light green-grey coloured scales.

No one said a thing.

Moon thought they were doomed for good. She tried to reach out to Qibli and hold his talon, but Darkstalker started to glow. 

Glow very brightly. His expression scared Moon he had a look of despair which turned to triumph. A goofy smile on his face and shining eyes.

"You were way too naive, dear little dragonets," he said before disappearing in a cloud of grey smoke.

Moon froze in fear. What did he mean, she thought mind filled with anxiety, what is happening?

Moon heard Qibli started to cough. He started to chock increasing. 

She started to make her way to the sandwing by the sounds of chocking Qibli was making.

He looked at her with a smile and then everything changed about him.  His scales turned darker and his horns twisted. His back spine changed to darkened green. His eyes shot open and he smiled at her. Not his kind, funny smile, but a crazy, mad smile. 

His eyes looked insane. Moon backed away scared. The smoke dissipated revealing where Darkstalker was. Was.

A dragon was lying on the ground. Barely breathing. 

A skinny dragon with freckled scales. He was wiry and narrow-shouldered, with pale, sand-coloured scales. 

A sandwing Moon knew fair well. Someone she's loved, someone who meant too much for her and her other half. 

Qibli.

"QIBLI!" she cried rushing to him.

She turned him on his back. He looked very sick. His face was pale and beaded with sweat.

"Qibli?" Moon asked again.

A cold laugh resonated. The smoke dissipated completely. Moon turned to the sound.

Where Qibli was standing and choking, stood Darkstalker?

He was barely taller than herself. His wings had a line of light yellow going all the way up to his snout. One of his talons had sand-coloured scales and his eyes weren't entirely grey.

"I told you, you are too naive," Darkstalker started, "As I take his life away, I wouldn't be dead, anymore, I would be unbeatable,"

"What?" Moon asked.

"Tsst, always so ignorant, you have to understand that you aren't special without your mindreading, you are just another low ranked nightwing. As I take away this sand dragon's life, my powers grow. When I am fully myself again I can start conquering the world," he said confidently, raising his chin in defiance.   

"What did you do to him?" Kinkajou cried with a high panicked voice. 

"Just switched our life forces. Since he was very much alive and I was just a spirit: I decided to switch, so he's in the process of turning into a spirit and me in the process of turning alive. Simple as that, isn't it?" Darkstalker explained waving his hand in annoyance.

"You WHAT!" Moon cried in shock and fear.

"Yeah, don't worry he'll die someday, just be patient," Darkstalker growled angrily.

Moon didn't know what to say, she could feel anger boil in her heart, she could have clawed that monster's ugly face. She's never been so angry before. 

There's always a way through, Moon thought fighting back tears. She was not going to seem weak in front of this murderer. 

Sorry for the long update. Hope everyone enjoys this chapter.

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