“More tea sir Sandbar?” Ocellus asked, holding the tea pot. “Why of course M’lady” Sandbar responded holding his tea cup up while Ocellus filled it with more tea.
“Bleh” Gallus said making a disgusted face “Why all the fancy talk?” He asked rolling his eyes knowing the answer already. “Because it makes it feel more formal bird brain” Smolder retorted. Gallus rolled his eyes again and went back to drinking his tea. “Yona likes tea party”. “Silverstream likes tea parties too!” Silverstream said pulling Yona in for a hug.
“I got to admit this is pretty nice.” Sandbar said “Wouldn’t you agree Gallus?”
Gallus looked up to see Sandbar giving him one of his ‘you can't say no’ smirks. As Gallus was about to say something he saw Smolder having fun out of the corner of his eye and just decided to agree to not make her feel bad as he knew it was pretty hard for her to tell them the month before. “I guess” he mumbled looking away. “Hey Cell could I get some more tea” he said holding his tea cup up.
“Depends, what do you say” Ocellus said giving him a look. “Fine” He responded rolling his eyes “May I please have some tea?” As Ocellus tilted the Tea Pot to fill his cup he looked over to Smolder who had her arms wrapped around her stomach like she was in pain. As he was about to ask what was wrong the clock in the room made a loud ding letting them know it was 3pm.
“Oh shoot” Sandbar said jumping up “I completely forgot I have to go with my parents to the Crystal Empire for the weekend”. “OOOO CAN I COME TOO” Silverstream shouted. “Im sure my parents will let you if I ask” Sandbar said looking at her. Turning to Smolder he said “This was really fun but I need to get going if I want to catch the train and if Silvers coming she’ll need to come with me to see my parents.
“Oh ok have fun!” Smolder said smiling at him.
“Oh and me and Yona decided to take the tutoring class for Twilight'' Ocellus said as Sandbar and Silverstream started to leave.
“Really? I mean I knew you were getting tutoring Ocellus but you too Yona?” Smolder said looking from Ocellus to Yona.
“Yona not very good in Professor Twilights class so Ocellus convinced Yona to go to tutoring” Yona said in a ‘I really don't want to’ voice.
“Oh well that's cool. I was getting ready to clean up anyways.” Smolder said getting up.
“Why don't I help you?” Gallus said getting up as well. “I don't really have anything to do and it doesn't seem right to leave you to clean up by yourself”.
“Aww is that your way of saying you want to spend time with me” Smolder teased while smirking at him. “I'm joking” she said before he got mad “If you wanna help that's fine but there isn't really much to help with”.
“Well whatever I can do is fine” Gallus responded ignoring her previous comment.
As Ocellus and Yona took their dresses off they grabbed their books and stared heading towards the door. “Bye” they shouted to Gallus and Smolder. “See you later” Gallus and Smolder responded back.
As Smolder and Gallus were cleaning Gallus kept looking up at Smolder to see that she was shaking, even with the dress still on. He didn't say anything but he did notice that each time he looked up it was getting more and more noticeable.
“Sooo” Gallus started “That was a little fun, even for a Griffon” he said smirking at her.
“What's wrong?” Gallus’s smirk faded at the question. Before he could answer Smolder blurted out “You never say that any of the tea parties are fun” Smolder said laughing obviously joking.
“Well I said it this time” Gallus said crossing his arms as his smile returned. Watching her he started to get really worried. Smolder’s shaking was really starting to get bad. “Are you alright?” He blurted “I mean your shaking really bad”.
The room was quiet for a bit as Smolder stopped what she was doing. “Yeah I’m fine.” She said obviously lying “I always get like this, well, not this bad but I do shake from time to time. It normally passes after some time”. Smiling at him she turned back around to get back to what she was doing.
Gallus didn't want to make her mad so he decided not to ask her anymore questions about it. As they started to finish Smolder walked with Gallus up to the door to let him out. “Thanks for helping me clean up” she said as she opened the door. “Shut the door on your way out” she said walking back into the room.
Gallus had stopped for a second to think if he should stay with her or not to see if she was alright. He turned around to see her walking up to her closet. “Are you sure you’re going to be alright? I can stay if you want me to.” He blurted out. Gallus waited for a response only to notice that she had stopped moving. Next thing he knew she started falling backwards. He flew over as fast as he could to catch her and lay her down. When he did he noticed she had passed out and he started trying to wake her up.
“Smolder!” He shouted, grabbing her shoulders and shaking her. “Wake up!” He shouted again as he was so close to being right on top of her. As Smolder started to open her eyes she started looking around. Her vision was blurry and she could hardly hear Gallus asking her if she was okay.
“Huh” was all she could get out as she was trying to focus her vision on Gallus “What happened?” She asked.
“You passed out. Are you alright do you need me to get you anyt-” Gallus tried asking as she started to squeeze his arm. She was obviously in pain.
Without saying anything he pulled her up into a sitting position and started to undress her. Before she was able to stop him she was naked. Embarrassed, she tried to cover her breast with her wings. “Where’s your fabric pieces?” Gallus asked while still trying to hold her up. “By my bed” she mumbled, still embarrassed.
“Lay down” Gallus said as he was trying to set her back down.
“I can sit up on my own” she snapped. She tried sitting up shooing him away but the second he let go she fell back as she was not able to hold her body weight up. As she started to get more and more red she tried covering her face with her arms.
“Why do I have to be so weak” She muttered to herself.
Gallus still heard and responded “You’re not weak Smolder”. He flew over to the side of her bed where her fabric pieces were and grabbed them. As he made his way back to her he pulled her back up. Moving his body directly behind her so his body could hold her up, he started to help her get dressed. Moving her arms he put her top piece on to cover her chest. While doing so he noticed her falling asleep on him.
“I know you’re tired and all but I need you to stay awake okay.” He said, trying to comfort her. After he snapped her top piece on the back he did the same thing with the bottom piece.
“There we go'' he said wrapping his arms around her stomach from the back. At first Smolder wanted to push him away in embarrassment but then she started to get a little comfortable.
“I’m fine you know” She said trying to convince Gallus she doesn't need any help “All I need is some sleep and I should be good to go”.
Gallus wasn’t having any of it “Smolder for fucks sake you cant even hold yourself up don't try to convince me you don't need help because it’s not going to work.” he said in an irritated tone. \
“But-” Smolder started as she was interrupted. “No!” Gallus shouted “Now if I have to drag you to the hospital I will but I’m not leaving until I hear a DOCTOR tell me you're alright. Now the last time I checked you're not a doctor so you telling me you’re alright isn’t going to work”.
It was quiet. Using all the strength she had in her arms Smolder pulled herself onto her side to where the left side of her face was resting on Gallus’s chest. “I’m sorry” She whispered as she started crying. As she wrapped her arms around Gallus’s neck, Gallus’s grip around her stomach grew stronger. He felt as if he could’ve sat there for days holding her but he knew he couldn’t. As he was holding onto her he started to realize that she was extremely cold, which was obviously not normal considering she was a dragon.
Smolder made a soft moan as Gallus picked her up off the ground. She was completely helpless. “Tell you what, if I take you to Twilight and she’s able to figure out what's wrong I won't make you go to the hospital.” Gallus told her remembering her fear of the hospital. “Does that sound fair?” He asked her. As she shook her head yes he carried her to the classroom that Twilight was in with the tutoring students. By the time they got to the door of the classroom Smolder was able to stand but only if she was able to hold onto Gallus.
Walking into the classroom Twilight had stopped talking mid sentence to see who it was. “Gallus, Smolder?”
(Fabric pieces - Two pieces of clothing given to dragons when they hatch to cover their privates. The fabric pieces also blend in with the dragons skin so it looks like they aren’t wearing anything)