//------------------------------// // Chapter XXX: Argument of Dragons // Story: KINGDOM HEARTS: Dark Order // by OliverSparkle //------------------------------// After a few more hours of going around the Dragon Lands searching for any Unversed, the four decided to stop searching and rest for awhile before heading back to the others. Spike was sitting on Xion’s lap while showing her how to sew a homemade blanket, with a needle and thread he had in his backpack he brought on the journey. Axel and Roxas was sitting on a rock, near the two lovebirds, while looking up into the sky letting the two have time together alone. Roxas looked at Axel before saying, “Hey Axel, when Strelitzia said that Lightning Twister had used the darkness, do you think it had something to do with the darkness Vanitas tempted in his heart?” “I don’t really know, Roxas,” answered Axel politely as he looked back at his friend, “But I am willing to believe that someone must have made him use the darkness if he did. When we first met the kid, he was a sweet young lad. I hardly doubt he would use something that can be so dangerous and evil not even I could have handled.” “Yeah, you’re right,” replied Roxas with a smile, “Besides, it’s not like Lightning is somehow part of The Storm Pony mystery. And even if he is, we will do our best to save him while also saving this world and Kingdom Hearts. Right?” Axel let out a chuckle before giving Roxas a gentle pat on the back while saying, “We sure will, Roxas. Now that we’re no longer members of the Organization and back together again, there’s no way we’re gonna let the darkness continue on no matter how many times it returns.” Roxas let out a chuckle of his own. “True.” He then suddenly remembered what he did after hearing about Xion not coming back during his time in the Organization as he said, “Hey uh, remember what I did and said to you back in the Organization when you said Xion isn’t coming back?” “Already forgiven you,” Axel said with a friendly smile. “Thank you.” Roxas and Axel continued to look up into the sky with happy smiles on their faces. Spike was almost finishing showing Xion how to sew a homemade blanket as he carefully pulled the needle to where he can clearly see the thread that needs cutting off to make it the perfect blanket. “And once that’s all done, you gently pull the last remaining thread and carefully bite it off.” Spike carefully bit the last piece of thread off the blanket and placed it, along with the needle, in his backpack before showing Xion the finished homemade blanket which was pink with Purple Hearts on it, “And, voila!” Xion looked at the blanket in amazed before gently taking the blanket from Spike. “Aww, Spike, it looks so wonderful and beautiful. And so soft too.” Spike smiled at his new girlfriend before saying, “Keep it. Consider it as a gift from me. It’ll also help you remind you of me when you go back to your world once this is all over and for when you wanna come back to Equestria again.” Xion gave Spike a happy smile as she gently wrapped her arms around the baby dragon and hugged him with the blanket still in her hands. “Oh thank you, Spike. This is the most beautiful gift I have ever gotten.” Spike said nothing and hugged her back. Axel and Roxas saw what was going on with the two and smiled at the cute sight. “Guess I should have brought some more ice cream,” joked Axel which Roxas chuckled in return. However, just after a few more seconds of the two happy moments, they heard arguing voices going on in a far distance from them. “Hey, do you guys hear that?” Asked Axel. “Yeah,” replied Spike, “It sounds like Smolder and Garble are, arguing? That’s not like them to argue.” “What do you think they’re arguing about?” Xion asked curiously. “Not sure, Xion,” answered Axel, “But we better check it out and see if we can solve the problem.” The four got up and started making their way to where Smolder and Garble were arguing at. They found Smolder and Garble arguing near a small lava pool with a large rock mountain next to it. And sitting on the ground near Smolder, but also away from the lava pool, was poor Lightning Twister looking at the two dragons sadly with the sore dragon claw slap mark on his cheek still. Just then, Riku and Mickey entered the scene along with Ember, the Young Five, Fizzlepop Berrytwist and Garble’s three friends as they’ve heard the arguing too. “So you decided to slap him instead of leaving him be when I left to get a treat for him and me?!” Smolder asked angrily. “Well I thought he was controlling you to love him with some sort of love potion I’ve heard about!” Replied the red dragon angrily. “Why would you even think that?! He would never do such a thing after everything he’s been through and refuses to be a bad pony like Cozy Glow is! And I truly love him!” “But why would you fall in love with him?!” He asked, “What happened to that dragon I introduced to you when I was teaching you how to be a dragon?!” “Because that dragon told me that he hates cute things which made me furious and upset since my secret is liking cute things, so there’s no WAY I would love a dragon that hates things that considered to be somecreature’s secret!” Smolder walked towards Lightning and checked on him as she gently placed a claw on his shoulder while carefully rubbing his poor cheek. “And that slap you did would make Fluttershy angry if she was here right now,” said Smolder while Garble angrily said, “Yet you refuse to take the teachings seriously on most lessons!” Garble turned round and walked a bit while letting out an annoyed sigh and said, “You’re being so much like Mother.” That Garble shouldn’t have said, because Smolder angrily stomped her right foot before glaring at Garble and walked towards him. “Do not compare me to Mother!” “I didn’t compare you, Smolder,” Garble said quickly, “I said you were acting like her.” “You’re exactly like Father,” replied Smolder as a mocking comeback, “Everything you say or do is completely wrong and wouldn’t fit into the dragon ways if Ember and her father said they were.” Garble was shocked by this. Smolder said that his brother was exactly like their own father, especially after leaving them during their molt day. “First of all, I love Mother and Father when we weren’t allowed to do that! Secondly, you can’t say stuffs like that even without our parents about!” “Just repeating what you just said,” said Smolder mockingly. “How dare you say something like that to me! Especially now we’re allowed to love things when Ember became the Dragon Lord and after the egg hatching day!” “Well you should have thought twice before slapping Lightning in the face while thinking that he was making me love him which he would NEVER do!” Smolder crossed her arms while staring crossly at her brother, “And I thought you were happy for me having a boyfriend!” “Well I thought your boyfriend was a dragon that also lived in Ponyville, not a stupid little crybaby pony!” Smolder let out a gasp of shock. She couldn’t believe Garble would call Lightning Twister a crybaby. Everyone else, who was watching, had shock looks on their faces, even Ember, after hearing that. The orange dragon worriedly looked at the little colt and saw he had tears rolling down his face. Lightning quickly flew away before Smolder could reach him. “Lightning! Wait!” But it was too late. Lightning was flying far away in the Dragon Lands and wasn’t able to hear his girlfriend calling to him. Smolder sadly watched Lightning fly away before glaring very angrily back at Garble and said, “How dare you call him a crybaby! I can’t believe you would say something like that!” “But he is a crybaby after what I’ve seen!” “You mean after you slapped him in the face?!” Smolder pointed out. “Without even telling me your boyfriend’s a pony the first time?! You’re my sister, Smolder, and you should know to listen to me when I’m showing you how to be a dragon!” Just then, they heard Xion’s voice as they looked at her. “Smolder, why are you letting him talk to you like that?” Smolder looked at her with a small shock look on her face. Xion turned to the other three dragons while saying, “In fact, why do any of you let him talk to you like that?” Fume, Clump and Spear looked down in shame as one of them rubbed their arm in guilt while Xion continued on, “He’s not even the Dragon Lord of you. The only thing he’s good at is not only poem making but also treating you like he owns you and having you do what he wants you to do.” Garble glared at Xion. “I should know. Xemnas did it to me, Roxas and Axel when we were in the Organization.” “Don’t listen to her!” Garble ordered before crossing his arms while grinning and saying, “She’s not even a dragon!” “She may not be a dragon, Garble,” said Spike making Garble look at the baby dragon, “But she does make a good point. Before you and I became actual friends, I didn’t like how you kept calling me a crybaby every time we meet and since I’m now growing up.” “Yeah, I’ll admit, that was pretty harsh,” Clump said looking at Spear as he then nodded his head while saying, “Oh yeah.” “Oh come on!” Garble turned to his three friends, “You guys were in it too!” “Still not too late to regret doing it, Garble,” said Fume while looking crossly at him, “And we already have and moved on.” “And speaking of harsh,” began Spear, “Let’s talk about the day we lava surfed a few years back. I selected the shield looking surfing rock and you stole it from me. You even once said that dragons are “not” allowed to fall in love with other creatures.” Everyone, including Ember, let out a gasp of shock after hearing Spear say that Garble once said that dragons can’t love other creatures only dragons. The red dragon looked around nervously before turning back to Spear as the purple dragon then said, “My and Lightning’s feelings, exactly. You should be happy for your sister having a boyfriend.” Garble began to sweat and smile nervously while saying, “I have a sense of humour like Spike’s pink pony friend he talked about! Alright? I was joking!” He turned to Smolder Who was giving him a not amused look with her arms crossed once more, “Come on, sis! You believe me, right?” But really, she didn’t. “And what makes you believe we can’t love other creatures in Equestria?” Smolder asked before placing her fists on her sides and lifting her chin up while staring crossly at her brother. “Because dragons are not allowed to love other creatures!” He answered angrily, “Everydragon knows that!” “No, YOU know that,” replied Smolder making Garble worried, “I believe we CAN love other creatures. So does every other dragon, Twilight, Spike, Fluttershy, and maybe Ember!” Smolder turned round and walked away a bit, “And I thought you were happy for me after telling you I have a boyfriend now.” “But why do you love him?” Asked Garble. Smolder angrily turned round to look at him while shouting, “BECAUSE HE’S CUTE AND I LIKE CUTE THINGS!!” That made Garble step back a bit in fear. “I’m not afraid to let out my secret anymore, Gar-Gar. Especially with other dragons now. And whatever you’re trying to tell me about being a dragon, I can figure it out for myself since I’m a big girl now.” She began to fly in mid air, “Lightning’s a very adorable pony and he’s lucky to have me as his special somedragon.” Smolder was about to fly off, but was stopped by Garble’s last question. “Where are you going?” “TO FIND LIGHTNING TWISTER!! IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?!?!” Shouted Smolder before flying away in search of her boyfriend. Garble looked down in shame before looking at Clump, Fume and Spear who were staring at him with not amused looks on their faces with their arms crossed. “Guys?” “She’s right, Garble,” said Clump, “Since we understand that friendship can also be a dragon’s thing, we’re not afraid to share our secrets around or be kind to others. And therefore, we’re gonna go help her find the poor kid no matter how long it takes.” The two other dragons nodded before they all flew off to find the kid. Garble watched them fly away before looking at the Keyblade Masters and wielders, Spike, Fizzlepop and the Young Five who were giving him a cross look before Axel walked up to him. “Garble,” he began crossly, “I never wanted to do this in my life, but how could you tell your own sister she can’t fall in love with Lightning?” “You think I should have been more honest with her?” He asked, but Axel wasn’t having it. “She stuck up for you, whenever someone’s giving you a bad time, and you told her that dragons can’t love anyone else that isn’t a dragon? YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF!!” Garble was now scared of Axel as he began to shake in fear. “My friend, Xion, is in love with Spike! You’re gonna tell him he can’t love her like you own him?!” Garble shook his head while shaking a bit in fear. “Good. Now we’re gonna go find the poor kid, because the darkness wants him and we’re not gonna let them have him! And while we’re doing that, you can start thinking about what you have done and said!” With that being said, Axel walked off to find poor Lightning Twister with the others following behind him leaving Garble to watch them walk away. Garble looked down in shame again and was about to leave, but was stopped by Ember landing hardly on the ground while glaring angrily at the red dragon making him more scared than ever. “Don’t you dare think about leaving, Garble!” Ember said furiously, “You’re going to go find Lightning Twister with me! And when we find him, you better say you’re sorry!” Garble nervously nodded in understood while saying, “Yes, Princess Ember. Sorry, Princess Ember.” The two dragons flew off in mid air and started flying around the Dragon Lands in search for Lightning Twister. “Lightning!” Ember tried calling out to him in a friendly and worried tone, “Lightning! Come out come out wherever you are!” Unknown to them all, Xocarl was hiding behind the large rock mountain with an evil grin on her face and heard everything that was going on. “Hmm...now I wonder where that colt could be at,” she thought to herself as a dark corridor appeared around her and disappeared taking the Nodragon along.