I sighed throwing the red and brown mushrooms back into the satchel. I looked over to Teep and nodded to him walking over to where he was stationed by a tree. "I think we have everything that Zoey sent us out here to get." He cocked his head to the side and pointed down on the ground. I turned around and noticed a rose there. "Zoey didn't ask for flowers Teep she asked for mushrooms." I said throwing the satchel over my shoulder. Once again the green dinosaur pointed at the flower. "Right, I was... yeah." I said flustered.
Today was going to be the day that I was going to tell Zoey how I felt about her. I was planning on bringing her out to the lake where she first fell. "Don't you think that is a bit cheesy dude?"
He threw his head back as if he was laughing. I could almost hear a gurgling like noise resembling a laugh. He walked over to the flower pointing to it.
I grumbled walking over to it. Reaching down I picked the rose from the ground, "there happy." He nodded and began to walk back towards Blackrock Stronghold. I tucked the delicate flower's stem into my back pocket, throwing my shirt and cape over the petals.
Teep waited for me smiling as I walked over to him. I rolled my eyes and we set off back to home. It was nice to be away for the day even if we could still see the top of our home. We passed by the dogs hut and I gave both Ghost Jr and Willow a pat on the head. Teep walked over to feed the Mooshrooms Daisy, Sally, and Nilsey Jr.
I punched the button to open our door calling for Zoey at the same time. I heard her yell saying that she was in the Magic Room for some reason. Zoey is not really a fan of being in the Magic Room when I am not generally there. She is either down in B.A.R.R.Y Labs or in the Kitchen.
Poking my head in the door I saw her fumbling with her new Philosophers Stone.
"Everything okay there?" I asked walking over to her.
"Yeah I just don't get why this ring isn't being made." She scrunched her face trying a new combination of materials. Sadly they failed and all flew out at her. She gave a small yelp and I couldn't help but smile. She whacked me on the shoulder a few times, "Don't laugh it is so easy for you!"
"What ring are you trying to make and what items do you already have?" I asked setting the bag down on a table nearby.
"The Zero Ring. I have the metal band, the four snow blocks and four snow balls." She said shrugging to me.
"Two." I crossed my arms.
"Huh?"
"You need two snowballs and two dark matter. Every ring needs dark matter." I said giving her two pieces of dark matter from my inventory.
She took them and sighed, "See I'm not as good at this as you." She messed around with items before the Stone spit out a white and blue ring at her. "Yes!" She threw her arms up in the air giggling.
"See, you can do this. You were almost right even without my help." I pointed back the the tan bag with my thumb, "Teep and I got the mushrooms that you wanted."
"Thanks Ryth!" She walked over to the satchel sliding the ring on her middle finger. "Um, Ryth, why do they call it dark matter?"
I stared at her wide eyed, "Why do you wanna know that?"
"Just curious. Why don't they call it something else?"
I sighed, "Well back in the day people used to make dark matter using dark magic. They would gather up the shadows from the area condensing it into the physical, well, matter."
"Makes sense." She shrugged.
"Now my question to you," I could feel the eyes of a certain Dinosaur bore into my back. "Why do you need a Zero Ring?" The creak of the door behind me made me turn my head, there was no Teep.
"Umm, I wanted to have snow for outside..." She paused her voice was low and almost nonexistent.
"Zoey, you know you aren't the best at lying right?" I asked walking over to her.
She was wriggling, "I..." Her voice trailed off.
"What? You need to speak up." I said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I want to feel like... like... Gilbert." She said lowering her head.
"You want to feel like a suicidal snow golem?" I asked chuckling.
"No." She turned quickly around startling me. "I want to have Gilbert back, there will never be a snow golem like him, so why not be one?" She asked rubbing her arms.
I smirked, though she couldn't see it, "I'm sure Gilbert was noble in his final moments. If you want to be like him then do it."
She grinned at me grabbing a pumpkin from her inventory and shoving it on her head. I took a few steps back laughing. "Not exactly what I meant but sure." She shuffled around me creating snow in her tracks. I looked over to the window noticing the sun getting ready to begin to set.
I walked out the door to receive a slap on the back of my head by a certain green Teepasaurus-rex. "Ow, dude! I know, I was planning on asking her soon, not out of the blue! Trust me I have a plan." He growled and walked off following the white snow that was left in Zoey's aftermath.
I walked into the kitchen and sat at our oak table taking the rose out from my back pocket. Reaching into my Alcehmical bag I pulled out a quill, ink and a piece of paper.
I wrote: Zoey tonight please meet me by the lake. I have something rather important to talk to you about, and no it can't wait. ~Rythian
I sighed placing the rose on top of the now folded letter. I stood up and walked out of the castle making sure that I could not see Zoey. Looking around I began the short trek up to the lake. I nodded to Paul who was in Teep's Tower. He just stared at me with those blank yellow eyes, I shivered. Paul was always a very creepy entity to me.
Once I reached the lake the sun was just about to begin setting. I searched in my Alchemical bag for the Iron Band I made to her as sort of a promise ring. I was also wearing one on my left ring finger. Footsteps were running in the distance. Slowly I could see the firey red hair of my apprentice, Zoey.
She was smiling and waving to me, "Hey Ryth!" I grinned.
"Hey Zoey!" I waved back to her still sliding the ring to my other hand. I noticed something red in her hand, the rose.
"I read your letter, what is it?" She asked slightly out of breath.
"Remember when we were talking on the computers?" I asked her.
"Yeah, when I was worried about the Nuke but then it turned out to be a dud?" She asked still holding the rose in her hand.
"Right, remember how I wanted to ask you something but then you got that error thing?" I asked fumbling with the ring in my hand.
"Yeah? What were you going to say anyway?"
"I was going to say,' I miss you', but that didn't seem right so I deleted it. Then I put, 'I need you' but once again that didn't seem right. I wanted to put something that truely expresses how I feel for you. I mean you're crazy, but your my kind of crazy."
She blinked at me.
"Why can't I say this..." I sighed dropping my head. "I wanted to say, 'I love you.'" I said quietly.
I looked up and Zoey had her hand on her mouth, tears welling in her golden eyes.
"What?! Zoey, what is it?" I asked. She lunged at me. Her arms wrapped around my back.
"I love you too dumby." She said laughing. I hugged her back, we stayed like that for a while. Eventually I broke away from her holding out the Iron Band.
"As a promise ring." I said. She took it from me and slid it on her finger. She hugged me once again and held my hand. I smiled, she actually likes me back. We began to walk back to Blackrock, however, there was something nagging on me, like this is not going to be this perfect for long.
A.N: Wow, this was fun to write. I really hope you all like this. I actually got this idea from a dream I had this past night. It stuck with my for this long I said I and gonna write about that. So BANG here ya' go. If you care to know in my dream it wasn't Yogscast but me and my friends.