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" Fire in the hole" The cry came loud and clear as a large green water balloon went sailing through the air towards Tai and Melvin.

From behind one of the few Trees on the ground Gil peeked out and groaned. Del was no longer in sight and his water bomb was headed right towards two strangers instead of his sister. Ducking back behind the tree Gil hoped no one had seen him.

A few feet away under the picnic table Del was curled up trying not to laugh, her brother had taken to long to launch and she was no longer in the splash zone. Of course it'd be amusing to see what happen if that pair got hit.

Gil sucked in deep breath as the girl had tried to catch his balloon. That was silly. Hadn't she seen t.v didn't she know that ' fire in the hole' meant an explosion was coming. He resisted the urge to laugh when it burst on the older boy. The look on his face clearly said he had not seen the fun in situation. Even though everyone else in the whole world was throwing balloons he wasn't expecting to get hit.

With a sigh he came out from behind the tree " Time Out Del" he called to his hidden sibling as he walked towards the newcomers. " Hi How come you guy's didn't duck. Don't you watch t.v"

Gil Just stared at Tai. how could she not watch T.v It taught you things, you had to watch it. There were even things to learn on it that you couldn't watch until you were older.

When the wet boy spoke up he green eyes widened. He knew that tone and that it didn't mean anything good. Still he had to defend himself " Yes but I yelled Fire in the hole,. you're supposed to duck when you hear that." In his perpherial vision Gil spotted Del heading over.

The part dolphin girl did not look amused but her glares were not aimed at her brother. instead the boy in s the stuff clothes was the object of her ire. " Watch your tone with my brother, in case you've missed it the whole of Gaia in engaged in water warefare, just becuase you aren't dressed for the occasion is no reason to get pissy." Del was younger than the boy before her but not worried. She'd had battle lessons at d-corp and Echo was only a yell for help away if things got rough. This boy might be big but a bronze dragon he was not.

Gil sighed, he just wanted to have fun like everyone else and things had been going well even if Del was winning the fighting having hit both Hazard and fade with balloon leaving him alone on his team.

Del rolled her eyes but said nothing. At least one of the two was inclined to accept that they were in the wrong.

Gil just shook his head " That's sad, Kids are supposed to get dirty and have fun" he said firmly." His guardian had always insisted be allowed to play as he wished as long as it was safe. To get yelled at for having fun was just not right.

Still he looked at them and gave a small smile " I'm sorry, we won't throw any more balloons while you're here." he peered closer at them " Who are you? I'm Gil and my sister there is Del, she has dragons." He grinned and fussed with the goggles that were set up on his head flattening his dark green hair. it was nice to have a something he could boast about to new people. not everyone had dragons even on Gaia. " Oh and have you met Dori yet?"

Gil grinned glad that the fighting was over. " It's Nice to meet you too." Well as long as he stayed happy it would be nice.

Quickly Gil turned his attention to Tai and grabbed her hand with his. " Hi Tai that's a neat name . Dori is Dorian he lives with Christian over that way" Gil, pointed in the direction of one of the buildings on the compound. " Dori is really cool and you should meet him sometimes."

As far as Gil was concerned Tai should pay attention to him Del was closer to Melvin's age so they should talk together that's how the world worked. you talked to people your same age and size.

Del smiled and nodded at he girl her brother was holding onto. Echo is my dragon but he's lazyish at this time of day, unless I need him and yell for him he'll probably sleep on the porch all day." looking up at he sky she laughed a bit " well at least it's sunny and you'll dry soon. I"m sorry about what happened." The last words were directed to Melvin who still seemed a bit upset.

Del laughed softly " I'd ask but I'm not sure I want to know." Del was used to odd stuff happening as well but not so much unfortunate expect for the time her house had disappeared. " Do you want to go sit at the table while you dry" She inquired nodding towards the wooden picnic table.


Gil was not even remotely bothered by all the questions, it gave him a chance to talk and show off what he knew> We can't see Dori Know he's not home and He lives with Christian in a different building but I have slept in his house once which is like living there for a little while." he paused briefly to suck in a deep breath before continuing." I live in the house there " he pointed to one of the bugger but less fancy places." I like living here becuase I get to see Dori a lot Del is my sister, Malen is my guardian he's on the porch with Echo. I like to play games especially games with balls and the little dragons. " he peered closer at Tai " What do you like to play?"


He fussed with his goggles again before asking more questions " Hey I have to go to school soon do you have to go? I like to learn things from the t.v but i don;t know how you learn at school unless it's like lots of t.v , do you think there's t.v at school? What sort of stuff do you want to learn?"

Del walked alongside Melvin as she answered his questions oblivious to the boys discomfort " Who me? Nah I'm just his older sister I'm reliable enough to be left alone with him though same as how my older sister lets me babysit her kids." Del was proud of her position in her family, sure she wished her body would reflect her mental age and experience but she could live with it.


Gil drummed his fingers against his legs as he thought before answering the questions" Our house is sorta big but mostly not. I think it would be cool to live in a big place. but what would you need servants for?" Gil didn't understand the need for anyone to do anything for you unless you couldn't do it yourself, like how he couldn't cook or drive.

Green eyes sparked with excitement as he continued to talk and tell all he knew "Dragons are awesome, they are very smart even if they can't speak English. Echo is big, bigger than me sort of. Hazard and Fade are the size of my hands but more fun than Echo and like me better." Gil supposed this could be becuase Echo was sort of bonded to Del but Hazard and fade while they liked her had no such alliance.

"Hazard and fade can fly and I think i saw fade breath fire once but I was sleepy so I'm not sure. Echo can fly but he can't really carry anyone yet he's too small. Oh and even though he's yellow right now he's actually a bronze dragon. The yellow just means he's still little. He can't breath fire but he will have a special breath weapon when he's older."

" I have to go to a private school but still there will be other kids there. I have to wear a uniform though" Gil grumbled a bit at this. He liked choosing his own clothes. " Sometime adults are fussy I don't think you could do stuff wrong all the time." Here Gil tried to be reassuring, as far as he could tell there wasn't anything wrong with Tai.

" Sleepovers are fun and all of them are supposed to be different. " Gil shrugged. " I've only been to one but it was really cool"