Chapter 17 Summer Sun Celebration
“Well, well what’s this, little Jax stealing from my kitchen again?” spoke a dirty yellow stallion with a short gray beard, “That’s the fourth time this week, getting a little daring are we?” He said standing over the green stallion. “You wait right there…” the old stallion walked just around the corner and returned with a saddle back, dropping it in front of Jax. “There, that should help.”
The old stallion could see the confusion in Jax eye’s, “well you couldn’t carry everything last time could you? There was still some left on the table before, this should do the trick.” The old stallion walked away picking up pots and pans that had been knocked over. “Be more careful next time little one, you don’t want to be found like that again. Good thing you were caught by an old stallion that has a tendency to forget things almost right after they happen, but I I hope you don’t when you wake up….”
Jax eyes shot wide open and sat up in bed as if launched up, something had set off his senses, and it was coming down the hall fast, too fast for him to do nothing more than stand firm and be ready. The door swung open slamming against and even cracking the crystal wall, and in came…. Pinkie Pie?
“JAX!!!!” The pink mare shouted, “Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!....” she continued to should bouncing in every direction and of every surface imaginable in the room.
For a moment the stallion just sat there watching the crazy pink bouncy ball of a mare jump around, questioning how she can bounce off every part of her body in such a way. “Pinkie…” Jax said calmly sticking out a hoof to stop her from jumping on his bed.
“Yeeeeeesss?” Pinkie asked smiling, somehow suspended I mid are only an inch away from her friend ds hoof.
“I’m awake.”
“Oh, good!” Pinkie then lands on her feet and zips over to the small desk on the other side of the room grabbing Jax cloak and saddle bag only to return and throw it on him. “OK, let’s go!” grabbing his hoof Pinkie Pie speeds out leaving nothing but a blur of the two ponies fur color.
Meanwhile, at the train station Twilight is once again on the tips of her hooves unable to stand still looking back and forth at the train station. “Come on where are they, we’re late as it is.”
“Calm down darling, has Pinkie Pie ever let us down before?” Rarity said trying to calm her twitchy friend.
“Might have helped if we actually let Jax know what we were doing this time around.” Apple Jack added.
“Or if we had gotten up on time, Twilight”
“Oh don’t you give me that Rainbow Dash, I’ve but up the past two days with the final preparations for Princess Celestia, excuse me if I overslept for once.” Twilight said almost stumbling from weak knees and lack of sleep. “And you’re one to talk about sleeping too much; you can’t go one day without a three-hour nap.”
“True,” The blue mare agreed, “But I’m fast enough that I can sleep all day and still get where I need to be on time,” Rainbow stated proudly boasting about her speed once again. “And for the record, my style of flying takes way more out of you then reading does. Let’s see you pull a sonic rain boom and stay away the rest of the day.”
“I thought you said you would stop calling me that,” Twilight rubbed her temples feeling a head ace coming, “I swear Dash sometimes I wonder why I-”
Twilight stops mid-sentence, shocked by the pink streak that rushes past her, “We’re here!” cried Pinkie Pie standing with a very confused Jax in the train. Just as everypony takes a sigh of relief the train doors slam shut almost on Pinkies nose.
The light panic of her friends is drowned out by the sound of the train coming to life and making its way down the tracks. In seconds, the train has fully left the station.
“So they’re just going to meet us or-”
“Wait for it,” Pinkie said cutting off Jax.
In a bright flash of purple light Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Flutter Shy, Rarity, Apple Jack, and spike all appeared falling everywhere in the train car. Groaning and disoriented they mares try to get back on their feet.
“She’s never done that into a moving train before has she?” Jax asked to which pinkie shook her head no. “Right, so who wants to tell me why I had a crazy Pinkie mare that defies physics drag me out of bed this week.”
“Sorry about that sugar cube…” Apple Jack said as she struggled to her feet eyes looking in two different directions until she shook her head. “We’ve all been so use to having it just being the seven of us we forgot to tell you what we had planned this week for the Summer Sun Celebration.”
“The what?”
“Oh umm, looks like we also forget you’re a foreigner.”
“You remember don’t you…” Twilight said pulling the Book of the Two Sisters from her saddle bag, “When Nightmare Moon was banished.”
Jax thinks for a moment and remembers a passage of the book, “Oh that’s right, the day Celestia had to banish luna.”
“And the day she returned, and we helped her go back to being Princess Luna.” Flutter Shy said hanging upside down from the overhead baggage area with her tail tangled in the bars.
“So it’s more a day of remembrance then one of victory?” Jax asked.
“Yeah I guess it is,” twilight conformed.
“Then one question, Pinkie,” The pink mare looked at him as he raised his cloak, “Why did you grab my saddle bag?” Pinkie shrugged not really knowing why.
“Wait, that’s really your cutie mark?” Rainbow Dahs asked looking at the blue feather crossed over a sword on Jax flank.
“Yes…” Jax said confused again, now with everypony staring, “… what?”
“Sorry darling but I don’t think any of us have actually seen your cutie mark,” Rarity said, “What does it mean? The sword and feather?”
“I ah…” Jax let his cloak down covering himself, “I don’t know…” he said looking away.
“Oh yeah,” Twilight said, “you didn’t even know what a cutie make was called before you came to Equestria.”
“You didn’t know what a cutie mark was called?” spike asked.
“Not really,” Jax said watching the many confused looks around him, “this is going to be a long day…” he thought to himself.
Hours pass and Jax finds himself where he began, in Canterlot walking through the halls to the throne room with the same six mares he met two months ago. The artwork that lined the walls was no less breathtaking than before, the smell of incents and lavender as strong as ever. The towering doors creaked open to the massive purl white thrown room where the Princesses of night, day and love were waiting.
Without a word Cadence and Twilight ran to each other in a warm embrace only to part and perform the oddest dance Jax had ever seen about sunshine and lady bugs.
“Jax,” Luna call’s walking up to the stallion, “It’s nice to see you again,” She said smiling.
Jax bows his head, “You two Princess Luan.”
Celestia welcomed her former student and walked with her and Cadence to join the others. “It’s good to see you all again, and Jax, I’m glad you’ll be participating in the event today.”
“My pleasure your majesty,” Jax said playing around, acting like he was a peasant, “Just look for me in the back row with the guards.”
Celestia and Luna then looked at each other and then back at Jax, “Won’t you be joining us on stage when Celestia raises the sun?” Luna asks.
“Why would I-”
“Actually…” Twilight said cutting of Jax, “We were talking via letter the other day about how you helped on the beach when you first got here.”
“And how you stopped those spy’s in Manhatten,” Luna added.
“And stopping violence in Griffonstone last week,” Celestia added
“So we were thinking that you could say a few words to everypony when Celestia raises the sun.” Twilight smiles awkwardly as Luna and Celestia realize Twilight forgot to tell him.
“Umm… No,” Jax said.
“Oh come on, I know you don’t like crowds but it would mean a lot, and you’ve done so much and-”
“No”
“But you can meet the wander-bolts and foreign dignitaries and-”
“Foreign dignitaries?” Jax asked, “I’m sorry Twilight but no, I just don’t feel comfortable with this, it’s not like I did anything special, I mean anyone of you could have done any of that.”
“But we didn’t, you did,” Cadence said, “No matter how little you think you did, you helped Equestrian royalty and the kingdom of Griffonstone, And for that you deserve something.”
Jax looked over the Princesses each smiling, Twilight clasping her hooves together. The idea of being on stage was almost frightening to him, but with all the kindness Jax had been shown, he sighed and said, “Fine.”
Twilight hugged him and then turned to her friends, “Alright everypony, we’ve got the whole day to get ready, so let’s get to work.”
With that said the girls all spread out tending to tasks befitting their talents, calling on Jax to lend a hoof whenever needed. Rarity called him to carry a crate of decorations for the ballroom where a small formal gathering would be held tomorrow night. Guard’s mouths were gaped as he walks by easily carrying the crate twice his size, all the while Rarity was not in the least surprised. Later Jax was called to help Apple Jack and Pinkie Pie in prospering what ingredients would be needed for both the morning and night’s meal. Rainbow Dash and Flutter Shy asked for help setting up the course the Wanderbolts would be performing on. Near the end of the day, Jax helped Cadence carry Twilight to bed who had spent the day looking over the final preparations and was then found sleeping in the hall, using her checklist as a pillow.
“Dose she always mumbles equations when she sleeps?” Jax asked
“No, normal she recites passages from Star Swirled the Bearded books,” Cadence responded while she used her magic to tuck in her sister in law.
The two left the room closing the door slowly to not cause anymore than a whisper when it latched shut. The two walked down the hall as the night came alive with Luna’s starry night and crescent moon.
“It’s great that you will be joining us on stage in the celebration, from what I’ve heard you’ve earned it.”
“I have to say I don’t really feel the same,” Jax told the princess, “I mean it’s like I said before, anypony could have done what I did, I’m sure if I hadn’t said anything Twilight or Apple Jack would have come up with a similar idea, and I shudder to think what Rainbow Dash and Discord would have done after what happen to Flutter Shy.”
“That may be true, but you were the first who saw what almost happen to Flutter Shy, and apparently saw the trouble makers the whole time. And what about in Manehatten, can you really say that everything would have been alright without you?”
“Those sphinx weren’t going to hurt the girl, the just wanted those gem’s, they would have taken them and left.”
“Maybe, but then we could have had an international problem on our hooves, but then you show up, fight them off and explain the situation, and in another language no less.”
“Ha, the way you say it I sound like a big deal…”
“Where did you learn to speak Arabic anyway?”
“Just something I picked up…” Jax turned away from Cadence as they walked.
“Why do you do that?” she asked with slight concern?
“Do what?”
“Act so distant, so closed off, you know we’re all friends here, even Shining Armor is OK with you living with his little sister.” Cadence stopped and put a hoof on Jax's shoulder, “If you’d like to talk about it, you can with me, I won’t tell anyone.”
Jax looked it to mares eyes and saw nothing but true compassion emphasized only by her gentle smile. “I…. it’s just….”
“Does it have to do with your nightmares? The ones you talked about before?” Cadence saw she was close to the mark as the stallion's eyes narrowed and he retreated his hoof closest to her. “You know, Luna can enter dreams, maybe she can go into yours and-”
“NO!”
Jax retreated further back now out of Cadence’s reach, his head lowered slightly as if cowering before her. What nearly broke the mare’s heart was the look in his eyes. Twilight spoke before about the deadly crimson gaze that made the griffons shiver in fear. Those same eyes were now overflowing with a fear she had not seen since her dear sister-in-law was a filly afraid of the dark. “OK, OK, We don’t have to do that, just forget I said anything.”
“I…I’m sorry, I just…” Jax shook his head trying to clear his mind and regain his composer. Even with his thick fur, the princess could tell he was starting to sweat. “I’m sorry I overreacted…” He looked at Cadence looking more concerned than ever, “I… I just don’t like to talk about my past, and to have someone see it-”
“No, it’s OK, forget I said anything…” Cadence took a step forward and placed her hoof on his shoulder again. Jax looked at her hoof and then her as if confused. “But my offer still stands,” she said removing her hoof, “If you ever want to talk, just write me a letter, and I’m sure Shining Armor would tell you the same.
“I sure would,” Said the stallion in question as he walked around the corner, “What would I tell him?” he asked revealing he did not hear much
of anything.
“Nothing honey, I’ll tell you later,” Cadence said strolling up and kissing her beloved on the check. “So are you all set for tomorrow.
“Of course, I am,” the white stallion said bringing a hoof to his chest, “even got done early, I’m heading to the front gate to greet some of the guests right now, would you like to join us, Jax?”
“No thanks, I should really be getting some sleep.”
“Then I guess we will see you in the morning, sleep tight.”
The three parted ways for the night with Jax heading to bed, while Cadence walked with her husband to the front gates.
“Well, did you tell him?” Shining Armor asked his wife in a whispered voice.
“Yes,” she responded
“What did he say?”
“He said no but…”
“Cadence…?” Shining Armor saw Cadence make a look as if guilty of something, “What happen…?”
She looked him in the eye, “It’s not what he said, Shining…” She paused for a moment, “when I told him what Luna could do, he wasn’t just hesitant… he was terrified…”
Shining Armor jerked his head around to see the green stallion turn the corner on the other end of the hall, “I don’t understand, what happen to that guy?”
“I can’t believe I did that,” Jax said to himself as he sat in his guest room in front of the wall, lightly tapping his head on the wall repeatedly. “Of all the times I almost messed up, this was the worst.” He sat there for some time in his self-loathing until his mind tracked back to what Cadence said about Princess Luna. “Enter dreams huh? That’s a new one… I’ll have to watch out for that.” Jax rested his head on the wall and looked at his hoof, “To have to tell somepony about it all would be bad enough, but for them to see it… It’s hard to say it… but I’m really enjoying living here… I don’t want them to know.”
Jax let his body go limp and fell to the ground lying on the cold floor as if planning to sleep there. For a moment he could feel a stillness fall over him, not a sound could be heard except his own heart that began to slow as his breath became slow, steady, and relaxed. Sleep began to take hold and the castle came alive as more sounds became a symphony, lulling the stallion closer to dreamland. Muffled voices could be heard coming from the room just under his, the wind made the doors to the balcony click every so often, the sound of clanking metal and hoof steps from guards passing in the hall. Years of travel had given Jax more than he could ever tell in one sitting. The things he learned, the places he’d been, but in the entire world, he had never found anything as relaxing or as enjoyable, as laying down, and enjoying whatever silence he could find.
Another set of hooves’ pass by the door, these ones light and quick, “most likely a maid,” Jax thought until he heard them double back and pass his door again. Once more the sound of hooves passed his door from the same pony, this time, closer to his door, and again, this time, stopping for a moment at the door before pacing again.
Jax leapt to his hooves and ran to his saddle back reaching inside never taking his eyes off the door. “No I shouldn’t” he heard mumbled from the other side of the door, “But I might forget in the morning.” A mare’s voice, timid and worried by the sound of it, perhaps Flutter Shy needing some help with a last minute task?
Jax looked at his hoof in his saddle bag and pulled it out face-hoofing himself, “Why in Ancients name would I have reached for that? It’s broken.” He pulls himself together and walks to the door just as the suspected mare stopped in front of it again. Pulling the door open Jax expects to find the yellow mare with her wings shaking scared to ask for help on what will most likely be a simple task for him. But instead, he found a dark blue mare frozen in place looking Jax in the eye like a deer in headlights. “Princess Luna?”
“Oh, um, Jax, I was just, uh, seeing if the room was to your liking…” The princess returned to her usual composer, displaying power and authority.
“Oh… thanks,” Jax uttered as he noticed her eye twitch, “Yeah it's fine, Just as I left it when your sister first brought me here.”
Lunas composer fell away again as her eyes widened and her ears dropped down, “oh…” was all she could think to say.
Jax fought back the urge to laugh, “Good night your majesty, see you in the morning,”
“Wait!” said Luna just before the door shut. Jax looked back and saw the princess extending her hoof holding a small pink gemstone. “This is for you…” The green stallion tilted his head a little confused. “The metal on your cloak bares the chines symbol of fire, and your ankle bands have some form of middle-eastern language on them.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I assumed you collected them in your travels, so I thought you would want something special from Equestria,” Jax finally realized the princess was trying to give him a gift, he looked over the smooth surface of the stone and noticed how the light pink was practically glowing. “Oh you must be wondering what's so special about a gemstone,” Luna said feeling that Jax was uninterested or did not like his gift.
She moved her hoof and the stone out of the light from the door and into the shadows. Jax watched in awe as the light pink stone began to glow a deep blue bright enough to illuminate the wall. “Celestia and I call it the Sisters stone; we came across one many years's ago. We don’t really know why but it changes color like this in the light and shadows. I figured it would be a nice souvenir, to remind you of your time here if you ever choose to go traveling again.”
“I just got an idea,”
Luna looked at Jax smiling as he looked at the stone. He reached up and took Luna’s hoof in his own moving her so the Gem was half in the light and half in the shadows making the pink and blue split evenly down the middle. “Yes, it can change in portions too.” Luna said doing her best not to smile too much and keep her composer.
“Wait for it…” Jax used the tip of his hoof to twirl the stone around until it was spinning like a top in Luna’s hoof. The Gem changed color rapidly until it was moving faster than it could change. Shades of blue could be seen in the light as well as pink in the dark. Luna was now awe struck as well as the whole stone began to emanate a brilliant lavender purple glowing brighter than before.
“I’ve never seen it do that,” Luna said as she watched the stone come to a slow and return to a light pink and deep blue.
“I didn’t think it would actually work,” Jax placed his hoof on the stone as it came to a full stop, “But why give me a gift? This isn’t for anything that happen in Griffonstone or Maneehatten is it.”
“No”
“Did Cadence tell you to do this?”
“What? No, I just…” Luna looked away, “I talked with my sister, about when I was banished.” Jax's ears perked up and he leaned in, Luna had his full attention. “She was almost crying as soon as I brought it up, most of the conversation was just her saying how sorry she was, and the other half was me saying how it was not her fault. Then when we finally calmed down, she sang me her lullaby…”
“That’s wonderful Luna,” looking back Luna found herself looking at crimson eyes that offered nothing but comfort and understanding, a look she had only ever seen from her sister. She pushed the stone into Jax hoof hinting for him to take it, never once taking her eyes of his.
“Well… good night…” She said as Jax took the gem and she turned to leave keeping her gaze locked with his for as long as she could. Jax was the first to break the connection when he went back into his guest room and shut the door. Luna then stopped in her tracks and shook her head, “what was that?”
“Well that was nice, glad she and her sister had that talk,” Jax looked up from the stone and saw his saddle bag knocked over with a strange object lying on the floor. “What? Oh, when I reached in, damn she could have seen that.” He placed the gem in a small pocket on the side of his saddle bag and looked over the item that fell out. A metal device as long as his four legs with leather straps, he reached over and hit a small switch on the side. There was a click and the device jumped for a moment sounding as if something was jammed inside. “Really going to have to fix this one of these days, can’t wait until I go back after all.”
The next day Jax found himself standing with Twilight on stage before a mass of ponies, Celestia saw early on how worried Jax was about being on stage and was kind enough to skip the part where he would speak. The stallion practically lept off the stage moved behind it disappearing from view. He took a breath to slow the pace of his wrapped heartbeat, bringing it to a slower, calmer rhythm. “OK, that’s over, just need to get through tonight’s party and we can all go home,” He told himself hoping he could get through the day unnoticed. Jax stayed tucked away in his room most of the day when he finally snuck away, all the while everypony wondered where he was.
“So no one has seen him since this morning?” Flutter Shy asked her friends.
“No sign of him anywhere.” Rainbow Dash said in response.
“Must have gone back to his room or something, maybe even back to ponyville.” Apple Jack suggested.
“You don’t think he would miss the party do you?” Pinkie asked
“I doubt he would go that far Apple Jack, and I’m sure he will be there,” Twilight said, “but I still can’t believe he was such a mess on stage.”
“Why I could never get up on stage like that,” Flutter Shy said shuttering at the thought.
“I’m with Twilight on this one,” Apple Jax added, “the stallion walked right up to just as many griffons and told then what’s what like it was nothing, but he couldn’t even say a few words on stage to ponies who actually wanted to hear what he had to say?”
“It does seem strange,” Rarity said in agreement, “in Griffonstone he seemed so confident, but this morning he looked like Flutter Shy at one of Pinkies parties, oh no offence darling.”
“None taken”
The day went on and night fell as the party began, Jax crept his way into the ballroom trying to go unnoticed, it worked at first.
“Hey Jax,” Rainbow Dash snuck up behind him, “What took you so long?” Rainbow asked but did not give him a chance to answer, “Oh, come on you got to meet these guys,” she said pulling him. “Check it out; this is Spit Fire and Soarin, two of the best Wonderbolts.”
“Hi,” said Jax.
“This is the guy I was telling you about, just popped up out of nowhere one day and started living with Twilight.”
“That’s not how it happen Rainbow…”
“Nice to meet you, Jax,” Spit Fire said as they shook hooves, “Rainbow here tells me you’re pretty fast on your hooves.”
“No more than any other pony really.”
“Sure, well too bad you’re not a pegasus, speed like that is how Dash her got in our reserves so easily.” Dash smiled at Spit Fires praise.
“Thanks but I’m really not that fast, but I am kind of hungry so, I’ll see you guys later.” Jax turned away and left.
“You sure that’s the right guy Rainbow?”
“Trust me Soarin, he’s fast, just doesn’t like crowds is all.”
Jax moved through the crowd of ponies keeping his head low hoping no pony sees him. The space began to close around him and the air became thin, his cloak started to feel heavier with every step he took. Through the mass of ponies he spotted a door leading outside to the garden, at that moment, nothing seemed so amazing.
“Jax,” the stallion flinched as he heard his name called again, this time by his purple host, “are you enjoying yourself?”
The turned forcing convincing smile, “It’s a nice party,” he forced himself to say.
“Can’t go wrong when Pinkie Pie helps,” for a moment the green stallion felt more relaxed, Twilight being there made it easier to ignore the rest of the ponies. In his mind, it was just him and a friend.
“Oh you should come meet these ponies,” Twilight said reminding him that they were in fact at the party, “They’re from Scotland.”
“Scotland?” Jax said as his heart started to beat faster.
“Yes, it’s the recently appointed king actually,” She said as she tried to find the pony in question again in the crowd.
“The king?” he responded trying to hide the slight panic in his voice.
“Yeah, Celestia invited him as a show of good faith between our two countries, she also wanted him to know that Equestria is willing to lend a hand if needed since they just finished a civil….Jax?” looking back Jax was nowhere to be found.
Outside on in the garden Jax struggled to catch his breath, his heart beating so fast it felt more like a constant presser in his chest rather than an erythematic beat. “Son of a…, why would he be? What if she is too? Crap did she see me at all? No, if she did I would have taken a blow to the head more than once by now.” Hidden behind the bushes, Jax sat slowing his heartbeat once again when calmed he peered through the leaves back at the party. “Haven’t been to a gathering like this in a while, would have been nice to try something to eat in there, no way o can go back now.” He looked away and down at his cloak, “Really need to get a new one of these for times like this… no, it would take more than a new cloak to stop anypony from spotting me. Maybe Zecora has a spell I can use?”
“Jax?” The sudden call of his name sent Jax flying upward in panic, disappearing into the trees. “Is… everything alright?”
A moment later Jax realized he knew this voice, soft but with authority, looking down he found the lunar princess looking up at his with her head tilted. “Oh, Princess Luna?” He jumped down landing, without making a sound, by the princess. “Sorry about that, you umm, spooked me.”
“Spooked you? I haven’t seen anypony jump like that since I first saw Flutter Shy on Nightmare Night.”
Yeah well…” the stallion scratched the back of his head embraced, “the crowds have me on edge.”
“Yes I just heard from Twilight Sparkle, she said you disappeared moments ago when she tried to introduce you to somepony.”
“Yeah… when she mentioned meeting someone I felt like I needed some air.”
Luna looked Jax over and saw the sweat starting to form on his brow, and how he was trying to keep his breath controlled so not to look panicked. “My, you must hate crowds more than Flutter Shy.”
“Yeah I guess so…”
“So…” There was a long moment of silence as Jax calmed himself and Luna tried to think of anything to say. “Are you going to rejoin the party?” As soon as the words left her mouth the princess face-hoofed herself internally.
“No, I think I’ll just stay out here and admire your work.” The stallion said as he walked over to a nearby bench and took a seat.
“Right, I’m sure you would find it more enjoyable to… wait what?” Luna’s head jerked around to find Jax sitting and looking up at the stars just as he said. At this moment she remembered her talk with him before, and how he would always stay up and watch the night sky.
Even after her return, Luna never saw anypony watch the night sky other than astronomers, to see a pony do so right in front of her made her feel exposed in a way as if he was looking at her instead of the sky.
“Luan, you OK?” Lost in thought, she didn’t notice Jax turn to her until she heard his voice. Her eyes were now locked with his, frozen for what seemed like forever, the light of the moon through the trees gave the illusion of fire dancing in his eyes and captivated her to no end. The trance was finally broken when he blinked.
“Oh, yes, I’m fine…” she lied as her cheeks became a light pink, “Just a little… lost in thought…” She smiled hoping she still looked, at least, half as regal as usual. Jax smiled and returned his attention to the stars, causing Luna to feel watched again.
“Jax?” she called getting his attention, returning those blazing eyes to her, “I would… like to join you…” She forced herself to say.
“Oh, well sure, no reason you shouldn’t.”
Those words were all she needed; joining the green stallion on the bench, Luna felt lighter for some reason though she could not understand why. Among the garden the rest of the world seemed to disappear, the sound from the ballroom faded away, the cold of the marble bench did not exist, and even the wind that rustled the trees could not touch her at that moment as she looked into the sky.
As far as Luna could tell anymore, she and Jax were to only two ponies for miles. She could not explain the feeling, or describe it, but as she flicked her tail around and felt it land on Jax tail by mistake, she knew whatever this feeling was, she was enjoying it.