Written by @numberjacksoctonauts
Slow, sluggish steps crunched on the hot sand. The beating sun shone relentlessly over the vast beach. Kwazii kept his ears pricked for something... ANY sort of movement at all.
Come on... come on... there has to be... wait! What was...
A flash of white and blue peaking out from a cave. "Please don't let it be a trick!" He said under his breath.
That bottle trick had a very silm chance of working. Who knows WHERE it could have ended up?
But anything was worth a try. And... oh, Kwazii... that sharp minded pirate would do anything once. But... was hoping for his best friend a dream too far off now?
Oh, great, now Barnacles was hearing things.
Wait... that voice... it sounded too close to be his imagination. "K-Kwazii...?" Shakily, he rose to his paws, and raced out as fast as he could. "Kwazii, is that-?!"
"BARNACLES!" The cat threw his arms around the polar bear. "Oh... oh thank the seven seas!"
"KWAZII!" Tears streamed down his eyes as he hugged him... not too tightly, for fear of his strength crushing him. "Oh, Kwazii... am I glad to see you..."
Both stayed wrapped in their hug for what seemed like forever, crying into each other. Over a year... now able to let out a proper sigh of relief. Now able to release their bottled up sadness. And able to laugh together, once again...