Chapter 38: Morning

Ash awoke the next morning. He expected himself to be in The Bending Tower, but quickly remembered he was still in the cave in Mt. Ice.
Ash was not completely warm, yet he wasn't completely cold. The fire was still going.
Rusty and Dust were awake, talking together. Ash stretched and walked over to his friends.
"Hello," Ash said with a nod of his head.
"Hi Ash!" Rusty smiled.
"Morning, Ash," Dust nodded.
Charlotte woke up. She stretched and looked towards the cave entrance, where Stone and Airia were sitting guard.
Dust studied Charlotte for a while. Ash got wide-eyed.
"Er..." Ash was about to say something, but words failed him. It looked like Rusty was holding back a laugh.
"Where's that Masang guy?" Rusty questioned.
"He's somewhere near the back of the cave," Ash explained. "At least, I think he's there."
"Yeah..." Rusty then looked next to Ash with round eyes. "Either that, or he's sneaking up on you about to jump."
"Wha-?" Ash felt something hop on his head.
"Gotcha!" Came a voice, unmistakably belonging to Masang.
Ash looked up at the blue bunny. "Er, do you mind?"
"Mind what?" Masang laughed. He jumped onto Dust's head, and Dust quickly snapped to reality.
"Hey, blue rabbit, get off my head," Dust said coldly.
"All rightie then," Masang nodded.
"NO!" Rusty barked. He ran towards the back of the cave.
Stone growled. "That kid is going to drive me crazy."
Masang jumped off Dust's head and onto the ground. "So, what's going on?"
"Nothing," Ash shrugged.
"Does it look like anything is going on?" Rusty rolled his eyes.
"Not really," Masang shrugged. He grabbed a carrot placed behind a rock. "Anyways, I'll be eating breakfast. See you later."
Author's Note:
About the Dust part...excuse my crazy ideas. :3