Ascot



SLAP!


I was hit on the cheek. It hurt.

I knew who it was, too. A Magic Knight, one that Zargato had told me to kill. I really didn't want to, actually, but my monsters would be let into the palace if I did, so I was most obliged. I still didn't want to kill her, though.

My cheek stung.

The girl was tall, with long blue hair that reached down her back. I suppose that she was pretty, but she was older than I was, so I really wouldn't know. Besides, she wasn't all that pretty right then, because she was extremely angry. Her eyes were narrowed viciously at me, and her hand was still raised from when she had slapped me.

I bet that my face was red from that. It still hurt.

She was very angry at me, I knew that. I suppose that she didn't like it when I told my monster friends to hurt her friends, but that wasn't my fault. I was simply trying to get her to stop attacking my friends! It was simply an exchange as far as I was concerned: Her friends for my friends.

Why did my face still hurt? Shouldn't the pain be gone by now?

She's yelling at me now. She's saying that I'm horrible and that I treat my friends like dirt – or, at least, that's how I'm interpreting it. I don't treat my friends poorly, do I? I just want them to be able to stay in the castle with me... I want people to be kind to them, and not be so scared whenever they see them.

I want to put my hand up to my cheek to make the pain stop, but won't that seem childish?

The girl is mad, but so am I, I suppose. Well, no, not mad, really... upset. Confused. What did I do to make her so angry? Sure, her friends... but they've hurt my friends constantly! Isn't it payback?

Why, oh why does my cheek still sting?

Where's Caldina, anyway? That's why I came here in the first place; to look for Caldina. What if... what if these girls killed her?! Why isn't she here? I'm getting worried, and the blue-haired girl is still yelling at me... screaming... I'm so confused... why is this Magic Knight so upset? And where is Caldina?

Oh, what the heck... I hold my hand to my face. The pain still doesn't stop.

Caldina, where are you? Why aren't you here?

Why is this girl so angry with me?

...I'm so confused...

The pain still won't stop. But it doesn't seem to be coming from my cheek anymore.

Because it isn't from the slap.

The pain is coming from my heart, I think. But why does my heart hurt? Is it because I'm upset? Or maybe because I'm worried about Caldina... yeah, that's probably it...

The girl is angry with me. Her friends are too, I think. Caldina is missing, and my monster friends are simply standing there.

...I'm so confused...







A/N: Uhm.... ah.... well, this was my first attempt at Magic Knight Rayearth fanfiction! ^^ Oh, I love my little Ascot-kun so much! (ain't he adorable?) Anyways, this is basically a really strange way of describing what I thought was going on in Ascot's head when he was slapped by Umi in the first season of Rayearth. ^^; I hope I didn't screw it up too much (I've only seen that episode once, so things may be a bit off.) Ja! Kyra-chan / Ascot no miko.