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Ash, Eric, Toni and I all helped prepare the bouquets and hanging flowers for the summit. The flowers were all beautiful pastels of pink, blue and purple with dark green accents to pop. "I blame you." Ash groaned as he wrapped the green ribbon on his 10th clear vase "Rightfully so." I nodded my head feeling bad for dragging Ash and Eric into this. "I'm just glad you're okay. I was worried something happened on mount Ignis that no one wanted to tell me about." Eric chimed in. "No way, little dude. Everything went great there. I got my dragon now. She's super powerful too. Wanna see something cool?" I smiled at him eagerly. He's such a cute kid. His eyes widened with excitement as he nodded his head. A big grin crossed his face. I placed my index finger on a leaf of the flower focusing on the ice magic that Yukina blessed me with. I turned the leaf into ice so pure that you could see through it. Eric's dark blue eyes could be seen through the leaf. "That's awesome!" He shouted as
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The wind howled wildly around me, carrying an eerily coldness with it. My heart sped with adrenaline, feeling like something evil was nearby. I looked around trying to get my senses together. It felt like I had been dropped into a nightmare. The tall trees were the only familiar thing. They looked like the ones in our kingdom, but I know I'm not there. I wandered down the path a little more till I came to a clearing. I could see Ash's back, his broad shoulders looking even larger. His hair was blowing around in this crazy wind. Levi was beside him, he was almost as tall as Ash sitting next to him. They were speaking but the wind was so loud it made it hard to hear. "Ash!" I yelled his name, but he couldn't hear me. I approached them carefully, the wind almost pushing me at times with its force. The closer I got the better I could hear them. "It's breaking Ash. We can't control it." I heard Levi yell at him. I could see more of the clearing now. In the distance was Ash's dragon.
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It felt like I hadn't slept last night. I slept after Levi sent me out, but I was drained emotionally. I guess it was my turn to put on a facade, even though I knew what was happening with Ash. Ash didn't want to ask me for help and I can't have him mad at Levi for calling me there. 'I'll keep a close ear on his thoughts. If I feel him getting too upset, I'll let you know.' Talia comforted me. 'Thank you' "Good morning, sleepy head. We need to get ready for school." Ash's grin was the first thing I saw this morning, and I had to fight hard not to cry. This is going to be harder than Ash makes it look. "Do I have to?" I hid my face in the pillow, trying to wipe away the mist that had formed in my eyes. "Yes. Come on. I'm sure Toni is looking forward to seeing you." He poked me and I peaked my face out. "Yeah I do want to see him too." I could use a tight embrace from him right now. I sighed and got off his bed, heading to my room. "Hey Ash?" I stopped in front of our adjoining
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1st-3rd period flew by and Toni was now walking me hand in hand to 4th period. I remembered Ash's warning from last night. Can't be alone with Josh today. I don't want whatever is going to ruin our friendship to happen if I can avoid it. Now I just have to avoid Dex and Josh. My joy for art is being stolen by these two today. "I'll meet you outside for lunch. You got this. Don't stress. I'll be here no matter what happens." He squeezed my hand before letting me go. He was telling me that even if Dex managed to do something to me he would still be here with me. He wouldn't leave me for it. I reluctantly went inside the room. Josh and Dex were already at their stations. Both their eyes flew to me the moment I entered. They both took in the jacket I was wearing. "I told you she had a guy." Dex smiled at Josh. "Whatever." Josh muttered. 'I thought she was different. Such a cliche.' Josh's thoughts shot me like an arrow. What's his problem? "Hey." I greeted him as I grabbed my art su
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Fuck! If I get suspended then Ash will know something happened. He'll get mad and I'm not supposed to let that happen. My first day in trying to keep him safe and I fucked it up. Why am I still such a fucking failure? Tears started to stream down my face as I walked toward the principal's office. I could feel Dex approach me from behind, but I didn't care. I was too upset with myself to care right now. What am I going to do? How can I keep this from Ash? "Hey." Dex's hand wrapped around my bicep and turned me towards him. His stupid smirk fell when he saw my tears. "Oh come on. You're not actually upset that you got in trouble." He sighed. "No. I've got bigger things going on in my life. Being suspended will only make those things worse." I couldn't help the tears that continued to slip from my eyes relentlessly. "Woah, calm down." He seemed different suddenly. Like my crying was making him uncomfortable. "What if I just get the principal to give you detention instead?" He offered
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Toni and I had spent the rest of our free period attached to one another. We would go between hugging and holding to kissing and licking. We made sure to stay out of view of other students and teachers. Toni seemed to be the only thing keeping me grounded right now. His gentleness and caring heart were making me fall deeper in love with him. His crooked smile only filled me with more desire and hunger. He is exactly what I need right now. The moon goddess seems to really know what she's doing when she picks mates. The rest of school was pretty eventless. 8th period came and we had new seating arrangements, which was great and not so great at the same time. I didn't have to sit with Josh, but I lost being able to sit by Toni. I was now sitting with Ash and a girl I had never met before. She was shy and quiet. Her dark hair fell over her face covering her glasses. She seemed sweet though. Toni was with Rachel and Micheal. My poor mate. Josh ended up with Leti and another male from th
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Detention ended finally and I met up with Toni right after. His hair was still damp from showering after football practice. His scent hit me strong, causing me to inhale deeply as he approached. "How was it?" He asked as he wrapped his arm around my waist. "Not too bad. Dex was annoying, but he didn't do anything bad." I locked my wrists behind his head. I could feel the warmth from his chest. His face leaned down towards me and he gave me a quick soft kiss. He tasted better than he smelled, which was already amazing. "Good. I don't want to have to get into another fight." He winked at me, sending the butterflies fluttering in my stomach. How am I supposed to think of anything else around him? "I need to get home quickly." I pouted. I know I need to train and help and watch Ash, but being in Toni's arms made me want to forget all of it. "Come on. I'll drive you to the pack lands and you can portal the rest of the way." Toni led me to his car, opening the passenger door for me.
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I was able to give Levi and Brontus some energy to help them last night. I looked at the barrier and it didn't seem any worse than the day before so that's good I guess. I'm still worried about it though. I quickly left Ash's mind, not wanting him to know I was there. I was pretty tired when we woke up. Ash had to drag me out of bed. Giving his beasts energy had left me kind of drained. I also didn't sleep well, which didn't help matters. I dressed lazy today, not trying to impress anyone. I still had Toni's letterman jacket and I put it on again. I'll have to give it back to him soon. It's already starting to lose his scent. "You're such a sleepy head. Hurry up before you make us late." Ash pounded on the bathroom as I braided my hair to the side. "I'm coming, calm your tits." I yelled back. "Okay, let's go." I opened the bathroom, almost getting hit by his fist. He was about to bang on the bathroom door again. "Phew. That was close." Ash let out a breath lowering his arm. We qu
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