![]() Don't worry, Moon, you'll see."Īs Moon geared up to reply, she realized that Kinkajou was already back to sleep. Moon was about to decline, but reminded herself that Kinkajou had just been thrown on to a tree and needed support from her friends who hadn't left her. "Um, on the floor, of course! There isn't anywhere else to go." "Well, it's getting late, so I was wondering if you might want to come sleep in the hospital with me." "Hey, Moon?" Kinkajou asked once Mayfly had left. "Yes, you do seem like that kind of dragon." Mayfly replied, rolling her eyes. "Where would you ever get that idea from? Why would I ever do that? Do I seem like that kind of dragon-" "I'm going to check on more patients, so you have to make sure Kinkajou doesn't get out of bed or do something else like that." Mayfly said, confronting Moon. It seems like forever since I've seen Winter, too. That's what it felt like when I was captured by the NightWings." Don't you think? Isn't it funny how when you aren't with your friends it seems like it has been forever? I think it's weird how that happens. "You've only been out for a couple hours." Moon laughed, silently relieved that Kinkajou was her regular, happy self. " MOON!" Kinkajou cried, craning her neck in Moon's direction. She was covered in bandages and looked battered. Mayfly, the MudWing doctor was busy scribbling on a scroll, so Moon ran straight past her to Kinkajou's bed. Maybe Kinkajou's laughter and easy-going personality could help mend the shattered remnants of her heart back together. "It'll All Work Out Someday"Īs soon as she reached the clinic, her hopes soared higher than she could ever fly. Last time I flew I was with Winter, carrying Kinkajou here, Moon thought, then scolded herself. She spread her sore wings and lifted up into the sky. Breathlessly, he reported "Kinkajou has woken up."Īll of the built up negativity in Moon shot out as quickly as it had come. Meerkat, the nurse, barreled around the flowers until he reached Moon. "We all grew attached to him, but we can all tell that maybe you two felt something more-" "I'm talking about Winter" he said, asking the worst possible question. Qibli's eyes snaked to the ground, and his earring caught the fading light. But instead, she whispered "I'll be fine when Kinkajou wakes up. No, and I might never be again, Moon thought. Qibli nodded and started to amble away, but turned and asked, "Moon, are you all right?" Edging away slowly, she whispered "I'm going to go check on Kinkajou." She grew self-conscious that they were standing awfully close together. Moon wanted to say something comforting to him, but couldn't. I couldn't lose another one of my friends today." Qibli's voice trailed off. "Moon!" came a kind, familiar voice from behind her. Her brain still couldn't think straight since his departure. How long has it been since he left, Moon wondered. She hadn't been conscious for hours, and Moon couldn't shake the feeling that she might never wake again. Somewhere inside the clinic, nestled under a blanket, was her best friend, Kinkajou. Moon paced around the prim gardens of the clinic. But after what he'd said to her, she had realized the hard truth: Winter didn't, and would never feel anything for her. She had known that the spark between them could never ignite, but still had hoped that maybe he felt something for her in return. Not with the hatred brewing between the IceWings and Nightwings for two thousand years. It would never have worked between us anyway, Moon chided herself. In Moonwatcher's five years of experience, she had never known something as strongly as what she felt now: That she would never again let anyone hurt her like Winter had.
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