Her New Life

Chapter 18: Does the Moon Shine Like It Does Here?

"I'm not a child! I'm a fully formed and serum induced adult!" I huff indignantly. After a half an hour of training, Zander enters the training room

His eyebrows perk up when he sees me, "So this is where you spend most of your time."

I nod and continue a series of punches, jabs, and uppercuts on the punching bag.

"I didn't even know we had one of these." Zander remarks.

"Maybe you should use it sometime."I tease, glancing at his thin body.

He glares at me, obviously displeased at the joke, "I bet I could beat you in a foot race!"

I smirk, amused, before returning to my workout. I turn to Zander who seems to be waiting for my full attention, "What do you need?"

"Well! Since you asked! Dr.Z actually has a special mission for you. Would you like to hear it?' He asks.

I shake my head, "Not unless I get confirmation from the Ancients that this special mission is safe and something that I should do and not just some hare-brained mission for Dr. Z's own gain."

Zander sighs in defeat and exits the training room. I make a mental note to notify the Ancients about the request. I continue my training until it's dinner time, I let Majung into his chibi form and we go to eat dinner. Naomi and Guava made a meatloaf for all of us and it was delicious. The dinos got to have some as well and they seemed to enjoy it, even Majung was happy. After dinner almost everyone went to bed, I stayed up to finish cleaning. Majung also stayed with me.

I stare out into the forest behind my house as I wash dishes, the moon shone through the trees. It's light dusted the grass in my backyard. The star shone to accompany the moon while airplanes buzzed through the sky imitating the stars.

"Hey, Majung. Was the night sky this beautiful in the Cretatous period?" I keep my eyes focused on the night sky in front of me, I don't expect him to answer since he never does. I just admire the view.

'Yes, it was. Maybe even more." I hear from a disembodied voice. I look around me and notice that I'm surrounded by a baby blue light. At that moment my heart soars because this is the first time that Majung has talked to me, that he's done more than acknowledge my presence. I beam at him and I'm almost sure that I shine so bright that I rival the sun. He looks back at me, there's a hint of a smile on his snout before he returns to looking out the window.

"I wish I could've seen it." I say, as I finish up the last dish. We sneak up the stairs quietly and enter my room. The door clicks softly behind us and I get ready for bed. After I finish brushing my teeth, I walk to my bed and see Majung settling into his dog bed.

"You can sleep on the bed if you want. I don't mind." I remark, hoping that he'll accept the invitation. He just nods in acknowledgment before setting his head down and falling into a deep slumber. I sigh as I turn off the lights, however, I don't go to sleep disappointed. I go to sleep happy that at least we're making progress.