Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-35775904-20190222213128/@comment-37150451-20190303060517

I'm sorry everyone, this is so long. And I'm sorry DSL, this is so cringey. And yep, I'm still on the battle.

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Isla

“How about we play a bit of soccer?” I smirked. The man Inferno was holding down looked up at me in terror. “You want to tell me first?” I asked, crouching in front of him.

“Still…not…telling…” he stammered. He closed his eyes, ready for whatever torture I’m going to do to him.

“ARGH!” I yelled in frustration, standing up and crossing my arms angrily. This dude isn’t telling me ''anything! ''ANYTHING! “We’ll just play a bit of soccer then!”

The Harn looked at me in confusion again. “Oh…” I muttered. “I just heard it from some crazy, random, sport loving dude. He said some peeps just played a sport called soccer. Never heard of it. Pretty fascinating—”

Inferno interrupted me with a growl of impatience. “Oh right, sorry,” I mumbled. “''Back on track! My kind of torture treatment is playing these kind of weird, sports we never heard of, on you!” ''

“How is that even torture?!” the Harn snapped. I grinned evilly. Inferno hopped off the Harn and lazily walked away. I aimed to kick at his stomach, imagining I was about to kick a ball (which is the Harn) into a goal. I took a deep breath and—

Huh, let’s go back a little bit first.

(Backwards before this)

“I’M ON TOP OF THE WOORRLLDD!!!” I shouted at the top of my lungs, looking over The Hidden World.

Oops, too far back.

(Backwards before that)

“Who is the big, handsome dragon, and alpha of all?” I slapped my hands on my knees, and started acting like an owner to a pup, like I do with every single dragon I meet. The Bewilderbeast Katina and I were with just growled in annoyance. “You are!” I cheered. “You are! Yes you are! Yes you are!”

The Bewilderbeast growled again, and started walking away in boredom. “Hey!” I called. “I’m complimenting you! That’s rude! I am a Guardian, mate! I’m one of the people protecting you! Better show some respect, you big beast!”

“You know, Isla, I don’t think Proteus likes you,” Katina teased me, smirking.

“Oh no, he does,” I joked. “He just loves us so much but doesn’t show it. Wait, Proteus?”

Katina shrugged. “Aidan calls him that.”

“Oh…PROTEUS IS A GREAT NAME, PROTEUS!” I called to Proteus, and started running to him, who was further away from us. “COME BACK HERE! WE ARE BEING NICE!”

“Instead of being nice to him,” Katina pointed out. “I think you are scaring him. Come on, Proteus!” she called to him. “Time to go kick some butt!”

Then, surprisingly, Proteus sat back up and walked over to us, with an excited look on his face. “OK,” I mumbled. “Now that’s just unfair…”

Katina smirked again, same with Proteus, who had blew a bit of snow on me. “Argh!” I yelped, spitting out a bit of snow. “I don’t understand…” I said in a joking sad voice. “No fair…”

I have been starting to forget about what happened between Michael and I. Just because I ‘saved’ him, it doesn’t mean anything! I’m still pretty angry with him, but then not angry with him at the same time…if that makes sense. I’ve been thinking a lot about what had happened, so I thought, ‘Hey, why not just forget all about it and return to your normal joking self?’ Well here I am.

But there is still that part of me that will never forget it…

Hours later, Katina, ‘the big Bewilderbeast named Proteus who is mean to me’, and I, were ready. Ready to kick some Harn butt. Ready for revenge. Ready for anyone, for anything.

Katina and I split up. I head off to free innocent people and dragons. I came across a cage with a family in it. They looked thirsty, sick and scared. I felt so sad for them.

More reasons to add on the “Why We Hate Harns’ List”.

“Hey,” I said slowly. “It’s OK—”

“NO!” a man in there screeched. “GET AWAY FROM MY FAMILY! DON’T KILL US LIKE YOU DID WITH MY DAUGHTER!”

Another wave of guilt passed me. The Harns’ killed this mans daughter? Argh!

“Listen!” I snapped. The man stopped shouting. “I’m not here to kill you and your family! I’m here to free you! I’m a Guardian!”

“W-what…” one of the females in the cage stammered. “What’s a… ‘Guardian’?”

I gasped in disbelief. ''The Harns’ had captured so many people for so long, that they don’t even remember who and what Guardians are. ''

“Never mind that,” I whispered. “I’m going to get you out of here.” The family looked at me in hope. I opened the cage with a key I stole from a guard (which happened some time ago…). The family ran out, running for their lives. Before, however, the man stopped by me.

“Thank you,” he said. He looked so happy he could’ve cried. “Thank you so much. But please, we don’t know where our twelve year old daughter and seven year old daughter is. Their names are Ruby and Alita. But we know that these men have got them. Please, find them…please…”

“Don’t worry,” I placed my hand on his shoulder. “I’ll find Alita and Ruby.” The man nodded and ran after the rest of his family.

After rescuing more people and dragons, Proteus fired at their base.

Now…the part I’ve been waiting for…

Torture time…

(Fast-forward after this)

“I’m not telling you anything!” the Harn I captured spat at me. I wiped off the spit he spat on me off my face in disgust.

“Yes you are!” I snapped angrily.

“No!”

“How about we play a bit of soccer?” I smirked. The man Inferno was holding down looked up at me in terror. “You want to tell me first?” I asked, crouching in front of him.

“Still…not…telling…” he stammered. He closed his eyes, ready for whatever torture I’m going to do to him.

“ARGH!” I yelled in frustration, standing up and crossing my arms angrily. This dude isn’t telling me ''anything! ''ANYTHING! “We’ll just play a bit of soccer then!”

The Harn looked at me in confusion again. “Oh…” I muttered. “I just heard it from some crazy, random, sport loving dude. He said some peeps just played a sport called soccer. Never heard of it. Pretty fascinating—”

Inferno interrupted me with a growl of impatience. “Oh right, sorry,” I mumbled. “''Back on track! My kind of torture treatment is playing these kind of weird, sports we never heard of, on you!” ''

“How is that even torture?!” the Harn snapped. I grinned evilly. Inferno hopped off the Harn and lazily walked away. I aimed to kick at his stomach, imagining I was about to kick a ball (which is the Harn) into a goal. I took a deep breath and—

I kicked him in the stomach as if he was a soccer ball. Inferno roared in a cheering kind of way, as if he was watching a game of soccer. I pointed at Inferno, indicating that Inferno was the soccer goal. “Going downtown, baby!”

Before I could kick him again, the Harn interrupted me, “We’ve got no downtown…” he said, to stall.

“Ugh…just…whatever!” I said. I kicked him in the stomach again, and he shouted out in pain. “You going to tell me information now!?”

“NO!”

“ARGH!” I kicked him again, and we got closer to the soccer goal (Inferno). I dodged nothing, imagining they were my components in the game of ‘soccer’. “Dodge this and dodge that!” I said joyfully. I’ll admit it, it was fun. I started acting like a commentator. “And Isla Anderson gets closer to the goal! Is she going to score, or is she not?”

Now I was a metre away from Inferno, the goal, along with my soccer ball, the Harn. “Now Isla is at the goal!” I panted. “And she—”

“SCORES!!!” Someone interrupted me from my commentating and ‘soccer playing’. It surprised me, which made me kick the Harn but miss the goal.

“Who was that!?” I demanded, looking around.

I heard clapping, and I heard it coming from behind me. I whipped around and saw someone in black armour, with dragon scales on it. The guy in the armour had a helmet on, but I could easily tell it was Michael.

“Oh…” Michael mumbled. “Turns out you didn’t score…but congratulations on nearly scoring.”

“You scared me, idiot!” I snapped at him.

“Oh really?” Michael said cheerfully. “That was the whole plan!”

“Ugh…Why are you here?! I’m fine, you know! I don’t need saving, especially from you!” I added angrily.

“I figured that out…” Michael rolled his eyes. “But I come here every night. Couldn’t miss this.”

I paused. “You—you come here every night?”

“Somehow, yes,” answered Michael. “Just to try and free some people and dragons, though it is hard, just me.”

And then it hit me again. The part of me that admires Michael for how he cares so much for strangers and wastes his sleeping time every night just to come here and try to save people and dragons.

No, no, no. You don’t admire him, Isla!

“Is that just an excuse!?”

“Not at all.”

“Well then, go somewhere else! I’m doing perfectly fine here with my torture!”

“Really?” Michael laughed. “And that torture is playing soccer?”

“I…” I was lost for words. “I’m being…creative…with my torture!”

“Sure looks like it,” Michael said. “Though I’m not sure if it’s working or ever will.”

“It is working!” I snapped. “Isn’t that right, you Harn?” I turned to the Harn I was torturing.

But he wasn’t there.

I gasped. What?! My Harn to torture for information is gone?! He ran away! HOW!? I looked at Michael and then back at where the Harn was last time. I continued doing this a few more times, with my jaw open wide.

Michael clapped again. “And congratulations on losing that Harn.” He winked at me.

“Inferno! You were supposed to guard him!” I yelled, whipping around to face Inferno, only to see him sleeping in boredom. He woke up, startled, saw Michael, and ran to him in joy.

“Hey, big guy!” Michael said happily, patting Inferno under the chin. “Don’t worry,” he whispered to him. “Shades somewhere around here.” Inferno jumped around excitedly, and ran away, looking for Shade. “Good luck winning her heart!” Michael called after him.

I couldn’t help it. I stifled a laugh. “Wow,” Michael admitted. “That made my day.”

I stopped laughing in embarrassment. “S-shut up…” I mumbled. “Listen, just because I saved you—”

“It doesn’t mean anything,” Michael finished for me. “Full stop, the end. I’m just here to see if everything is going alright. Plus, I have to go save some people.” He shrugged and started walking away. In suspicion, I couldn’t help but follow him. Michael calmly walked around a corner. I peered around the corner. Huh, weird. I couldn’t see Michael anywhere. Where did he ''go? ''

“Aww. You do care!” Michael voice said from behind me. I jumped in surprised and turned around, seeing Michael behind me. I slapped him on the cheek, which I’ll admit, it hurt. Since he had a helmet on. I gasped in pain, inspecting my fingers.

Michael had no reaction though, but he just calmly fixed his helmet which had nearly fallen off. “Wow,” he said sarcastically. “That hurt.”

“Ugh, I regret teaching you…” I joked. Michael just laughed and walked past me. I followed him reluctantly.

“Now this is just weird,” Michael said. “You hate me but you follow me.”

“I’m looking for people called Alita and Ruby!” I snapped at him.

He stopped. “Huh, same. A man asked me to look for him.”

“Well I could do that! You can go now and do stuff!”

“Stuff as in saving these kids.”

“I give up,” I groaned. We both walked looking for Ruby and Alita. After a few more minutes I threw my hands in the air in defeat. “Where are they?!”

I turned around, only to see Michael opening a cage with two young girls in there. Must be Ruby and Alita. “Great job,” Michael grinned. “You walked right past them.”

“Whatever…” I rolled my eyes. “Just let me do it!”

Michael threw his hands in the air innocently, and I snatched the key away from him. The younger girl in there started squealing, and the older girl threw a rock at me. “OW!” I yelled. “I’m freeing you!”

“You look like you’ve got it under control,” Michael smirked.

After a few minutes of trying to open the cage, I managed to get it open. Michael just watched in amusement.

Then suddenly, the older girl leaped at me, and started slapping my face. “OW!” I yelled angrily. “I’M TRYING TO HELP YOU!” I pushed the girl away from me.

“You know,” Michael pointed out calmly. “They remind me of you—OUCH!” In a sudden, the girl that was attacking me jumped at Michael, trying to crack his fingers. “What did we do to earn this pain!?”

I laughed. “Haha, sucked in—HOLY THOR!” I yelped in surprise. The younger girl had exited the cage and wrapped herself around my leg. “I’m not your toy, kid!”

The older girl who was ‘attacking’ Michael pushed him to the ground and started screaming in his face. Michael threw his hands over his ears. “This was supposed to be stealthy!”

“Yeah, well, they always start that way—” I said, but I got interrupted by the girl.

“Mama!” she yelled. My eyes widened.

“Oh, no, no, no! I’m not your mother! You have another mother! No, no, no!” I said in panic.

Michael managed to pick up the older girl and inspect her. “Huh,” he said. “You are a rebel, aren’t ya? Just like Isla…” he muttered.

“Any help here?!” I yelled at him, trying to untangle the girl off my leg.

“Oh right…” Michael thought for a moment. “Uh, don’t bite your mother!”

“I’m not her mother!” I snapped at him.

“Mama!” the girl squealed.

“NOT HELPING!” I shouted.

“OK, OK, fine!” Michael said. “Who wants ice-cream!?”

Now that made the girl biting my leg stop, walk over to Michael and hug him. “I want ice-cream, dada!” she said.

“Oh, no, no I’m not your—” Michael said, but got interrupted by the older girl he was holding, who had slapped him. “You hurt me more than Isla, girl!” Michael whined.

Suddenly, a person emerged from the shadows, a Harn, and he swung his sword at Michael and the kids. Michael managed to duck, which looked hard. The little girl started squealing and the older girl Michael was holding started fighting to get away. Michael dodged another swipe and another, and started throwing the girl he was holding around so she wouldn’t get hurt by the Harn. Michael tried to kick the Harn, but he couldn’t, because the little girl was still hugging him.

I decided to help. I grabbed the girls off Michael and tried to keep them still. Michael nodded at me thankfully and started battling the Harn. I wanted to help because I (secretly) didn’t want Michael to get hurt, but I couldn’t because of these kids. Michael dodged another swipe from the Harn, but however, after that, the Harn managed to cut Michael on his shoulder. Michael yelled in pain and dodge another swipe. He ducked and pushed the Harn down to the ground, snatched the sword off him, and knocked him out.

I nodded approvingly. “You are ready,” I admitted. Michael looked at me in hope.

“Thanks to you,” he said.

I smiled at him, and then felt a sudden urge to say, “I’m sorry. Let’s be friends again.” But I just couldn’t.

“Are you OK?” I asked worriedly, peering at his shoulder.

“Oh…” Michael scratched his neck. “Just a cut.”

“A big cut though.”

“A big cut you shouldn’t worry about,” Michael assured me.

“Fine. Do…do you mind if you bring these two back home?” I asked him, pointing to the sisters. “I have to go back to the others.”

“Of course,” Michael thankfully said. “I owe them ice-cream.” He winked at me. Holding hands with the younger girl, and having to drag the older girl, he and the sisters left.

I heard Inferno approach me, with an excited and sad face on at the same time. “So,” I smirked. “You abandoned me with fishbone and savage sisters just for Midnight—I mean Shade?”

Inferno looked down in embarrassment. “How was it?” I asked curiously.

Inferno whimpered. “I’m guessing you got rejected?” I laughed. Inferno sadly nodded. “You’ll get there one day,” I said.

Inferno shrugged. I giggled and hopped on him, flying back to the others.

………………

Back at the clubhouse felt good. It smells better than the Harns’ base. And there was a bed I could flop on and sleep on for a few hundred years.

A lot of things been happening lately. One of them was…

AUD CAME BACK!

I was so happy. Finally! Aud came back from that hospital with that filthy nurse! As soon as she came back, I immediately took her training and filled her in A LOT OF STUFF! And also about Rita and Vix…mwhaha…

Then Rita did a speech about being a team. I was impressed.

We had to tell each other things that has been happening in our lives, which included me telling everyone about what happened with Michael and I. Oh, Aud…she looked so sad and disappointed after that…

And Kate and I had a chat. Apparently she got mad at Aidan, and I couldn’t stand watching her like this, so I gave her advice and we both had a fly together. Very fun.

And now I was in my room alone. Wondering where Inferno was. He went out for a flight, and hasn’t been back in a while. Huh, as if on cue, Inferno entered my room, panting excitedly. “What is it, buddy?” I asked curiously. I noticed Inferno had something around his neck, so I took it off him. It was a letter, and on the front it said, “To Isla, the one you never mess with.” I took a deep breath before opening it.

It said:

I’m sorry…

'''Let me start this letter by saying I never, ever, ever meant to hurt you. It's the lest last thing I would ever want to do to you.'''

'''With lots of courage, I am filling this white sheet of paper with black ink as to let you know that I apologize for disappointing you. I know I let you down. I hate to let anyone down, and most of all, you, the love of my life the one who changed my life forever in a good way. I’m really sorry. '''

'''I hate Valen Tines. For many reasons. Such as, the one that hurt me the most, being the reason why we are no longer friends. I would never be with Valen, and not you. She tricked me, and succeeded. '''

'''I could never forgive myself. I know you pushed me away for me to be safer, but I don’t care if I’m safe or not. I just want to be with you. And to keep YOU safe!'''

I’ve caused you pain…

'''I made you cry. I hurt you…'''

I made you angry…

For that, I hate myself.

Please forgive me…

-From the one person who got loads of scars from two little girls we saved and had to give them ice-cream,

Michael

'''P:S: I was going to give you this a while ago. Please take it. It is a reminder of how much I care for you…'''

In the letter, was a charm. A diamond charm. The one Valen stole. The one that Michael gave to me.

A tear escaped my eye. Now I believe him. I trust him again. I felt guilty as ever.

But I still don’t know if I should go to Michael and be friends with him again.