Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the setting in this fic.
They belong to Tamora Pierce. I just own the lousy plot that I thought up
of one day. I find this fic VERY stupid (like all my other ones) Flames are
ALWAYS welcome. I really don't mind (yup, I'm that kinda person)
PART ONE: DIRTY MIRRORS
Alanna, Thayet, and Numair were in a room filled with mirrors. Numair, as usual, was studying some spell in a book. Alanna and Thayet looked once at Numair and then looked away. They both knew that Numair wasn't going to talk at all to them so they left him alone.
Thayet was inspecting a mirror and Alanna was sitting on the floor, half asleep when Onua walked in. She looked at Alanna and Thayet and smiled. She looked once at Numair, and then looked away. She didn't want to bother the mage, and didn't want to get him started on talking about some stupid spell again like she did last time.
"These mirrors are very dirty," said Thayet. Alanna and Onua looked at Thayet oddly, and then started inspecting the mirrors too. Numair didn't even look up.
After a while of close examination, Alanna looked at Thayet and said, "Thayet, I don't know how you do it. You're a genius!"
Thayet and Onua looked at Alanna oddly. Thayet shrugged.
"Err…"
"These mirrors definitely need some cleaning," Alanna continued.
"Alanna…"
"Come on! Let's get to it!"
Onua shook her head and said loudly, "Okay, Alanna. Let's clean the mirrors together." Thayet shot Onua a what-do-you-think-you're doing look. Onua just smiled.
A servant came in with 3 pails of water, 9 sponges *A/N Did Tortall even have sponges? * and 6 bars of soap*A/N Did Tortall have soap?!? I think they did...*
The three women quickly started washing the very dirty mirrors. Thayet watched Onua and Alanna scrubbing away the smudges and dust. She was the Queen of Tortall, and queens didn't wash mirrors and do servants work. Thayet looked at Alanna. Alanna was a noble! She shouldn't be washing mirrors either. And Onua? She was a horse mistress, not a servant.
Sighing, Thayet picked up a green sponge and dipped it in a pail with a bar of soap floating in it. Slowly, the Queen started running the sponge up and down the mirror.
As much as she tried, Thayet couldn't get the mirror any cleaner. She asked Onua what she was doing wrong. Onua just stared at Thayet and shook her head. "You're not rubbing hard enough," was all she said and she returned back to scrubbing.
Thayet looked at the mirror and gulped. Now what was she supposed to do? Picking up the sponge again, Thayet started scrubbing, harder this time.
Moving to the side a little to scrub the very top of the mirror, Thayet knocked over her pail and spilled the water on Onua. Onua yelped (the water was very cold) and jumped up, bumping back into Thayet. Thayet was knocked back into the mirror, when she heard the sound of glass shattering.
When Thayet stood up and looked at the mirror, she gasped. The mirror had broken, shards of glass all over the floor. And someone was laughing.
Alanna was rolling around on the floor, laughing her head off.
Thayet was very angry. "What's so funny?" she demanded.
Alanna just kept laughing. And laughing.
"Alanna," Onua said to the knight who was overcome with laughter.
"Alanna!" cried Thayet.
"ALANNA!" both of them yelled.
Alanna stopped laughing for a few seconds. She had to catch her breath too. Then she started laughing again.
Onua looked at the pail of very cold water and smiled. She picked it up and dumped it over Alanna's head.
Alanna immediately stopped laughing.
"Thank you Onua," said Thayet. Looking at Alanna, Thayet said to her, "Now what were you laughing about?"
"Me? I was laughing at you!"
"Why?" asked Onua.
"Because Thayet looked so funny. And now she's going to have 7 years of bad luck! HaHaHaHa!"
"What do you mean I'm going to have seven years of bad luck?" cried Thayet.
"You broke a mirror!" Alanna yelled back
"That's just a superstition!" Thayet yelled, even louder. *A/N I don't think that there's superstitions in Tortall. At least, not the breaking the mirror thing with seven years of bad luck thing*
"So? You're still going to have seven years of bad luck. And I don't!" Alanna said, making fun of Thayet.
"Oh, we'll see about that!" Thayet yelled and jumped onto Alanna, ramming her against the mirror she had cleaned.
"Ouch!" cried Alanna. The mirror shattered and also got very wet (remember, Onua dumped a pail of water on Alanna).
"HaHa!" Thayet started laughing very hard. "You've got seven years of bad luck now too!"
"Hey! That's not fair! You pushed me! That's no fair! No fair! And since you pushed me, I didn't REALLY break the mirror so…" Alanna whined.
"Quit…complaining. You…have…bad luck and you…know it!" Thayet said between laughs.
"Wait a sec! You didn't even believe in the stupid superstition thing before. You believe in it now?" cried Alanna.
"Well, yea…sorta. Not really…but I guess you could say that…"
"That means you have bad luck too just like me!" cried Alanna.
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do NOT!"
"Do TOO!"
"DO NOT!"
"DO TOO!"
"Can you two please be quiet?" called Numair from across the room. He was already very annoyed with the two (Onua had fled the room once Alanna and Thayet started arguing)
Alanna and Thayet looked at each other and smiled evilly. They walked over to Numair and Alanna tapped Numair on the shoulder. He dropped the mirror he had been holding *A/N I don't know why Numair was holding a mirror. Probably admiring his looks*
The mirror fell out of Numair's hand and onto the floor, shattering. Numair turned around to face the two women, outraged.
They were laughing so hard and so red from all the laughing that Numair immediately lost his anger and started laughing too.
"You've got…seven…years of bad…luck just…like us!" Alanna said between laughs.
"That's just a superstition!" Numair said right away.
"Maybe…it is…but right now I…don't really care…I just…need…to stop laughing!" Thayet managed to say before she fell down onto the floor laughing so hard she thought she would explode.
The door opened and Buri walked in with Raoul. The moment they saw three people laughing their heads off and three broken mirrors on the floor, they shut the door and ran away.
That only made the three laugh harder.
PART ONE: DIRTY MIRRORS
Alanna, Thayet, and Numair were in a room filled with mirrors. Numair, as usual, was studying some spell in a book. Alanna and Thayet looked once at Numair and then looked away. They both knew that Numair wasn't going to talk at all to them so they left him alone.
Thayet was inspecting a mirror and Alanna was sitting on the floor, half asleep when Onua walked in. She looked at Alanna and Thayet and smiled. She looked once at Numair, and then looked away. She didn't want to bother the mage, and didn't want to get him started on talking about some stupid spell again like she did last time.
"These mirrors are very dirty," said Thayet. Alanna and Onua looked at Thayet oddly, and then started inspecting the mirrors too. Numair didn't even look up.
After a while of close examination, Alanna looked at Thayet and said, "Thayet, I don't know how you do it. You're a genius!"
Thayet and Onua looked at Alanna oddly. Thayet shrugged.
"Err…"
"These mirrors definitely need some cleaning," Alanna continued.
"Alanna…"
"Come on! Let's get to it!"
Onua shook her head and said loudly, "Okay, Alanna. Let's clean the mirrors together." Thayet shot Onua a what-do-you-think-you're doing look. Onua just smiled.
A servant came in with 3 pails of water, 9 sponges *A/N Did Tortall even have sponges? * and 6 bars of soap*A/N Did Tortall have soap?!? I think they did...*
The three women quickly started washing the very dirty mirrors. Thayet watched Onua and Alanna scrubbing away the smudges and dust. She was the Queen of Tortall, and queens didn't wash mirrors and do servants work. Thayet looked at Alanna. Alanna was a noble! She shouldn't be washing mirrors either. And Onua? She was a horse mistress, not a servant.
Sighing, Thayet picked up a green sponge and dipped it in a pail with a bar of soap floating in it. Slowly, the Queen started running the sponge up and down the mirror.
As much as she tried, Thayet couldn't get the mirror any cleaner. She asked Onua what she was doing wrong. Onua just stared at Thayet and shook her head. "You're not rubbing hard enough," was all she said and she returned back to scrubbing.
Thayet looked at the mirror and gulped. Now what was she supposed to do? Picking up the sponge again, Thayet started scrubbing, harder this time.
Moving to the side a little to scrub the very top of the mirror, Thayet knocked over her pail and spilled the water on Onua. Onua yelped (the water was very cold) and jumped up, bumping back into Thayet. Thayet was knocked back into the mirror, when she heard the sound of glass shattering.
When Thayet stood up and looked at the mirror, she gasped. The mirror had broken, shards of glass all over the floor. And someone was laughing.
Alanna was rolling around on the floor, laughing her head off.
Thayet was very angry. "What's so funny?" she demanded.
Alanna just kept laughing. And laughing.
"Alanna," Onua said to the knight who was overcome with laughter.
"Alanna!" cried Thayet.
"ALANNA!" both of them yelled.
Alanna stopped laughing for a few seconds. She had to catch her breath too. Then she started laughing again.
Onua looked at the pail of very cold water and smiled. She picked it up and dumped it over Alanna's head.
Alanna immediately stopped laughing.
"Thank you Onua," said Thayet. Looking at Alanna, Thayet said to her, "Now what were you laughing about?"
"Me? I was laughing at you!"
"Why?" asked Onua.
"Because Thayet looked so funny. And now she's going to have 7 years of bad luck! HaHaHaHa!"
"What do you mean I'm going to have seven years of bad luck?" cried Thayet.
"You broke a mirror!" Alanna yelled back
"That's just a superstition!" Thayet yelled, even louder. *A/N I don't think that there's superstitions in Tortall. At least, not the breaking the mirror thing with seven years of bad luck thing*
"So? You're still going to have seven years of bad luck. And I don't!" Alanna said, making fun of Thayet.
"Oh, we'll see about that!" Thayet yelled and jumped onto Alanna, ramming her against the mirror she had cleaned.
"Ouch!" cried Alanna. The mirror shattered and also got very wet (remember, Onua dumped a pail of water on Alanna).
"HaHa!" Thayet started laughing very hard. "You've got seven years of bad luck now too!"
"Hey! That's not fair! You pushed me! That's no fair! No fair! And since you pushed me, I didn't REALLY break the mirror so…" Alanna whined.
"Quit…complaining. You…have…bad luck and you…know it!" Thayet said between laughs.
"Wait a sec! You didn't even believe in the stupid superstition thing before. You believe in it now?" cried Alanna.
"Well, yea…sorta. Not really…but I guess you could say that…"
"That means you have bad luck too just like me!" cried Alanna.
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do NOT!"
"Do TOO!"
"DO NOT!"
"DO TOO!"
"Can you two please be quiet?" called Numair from across the room. He was already very annoyed with the two (Onua had fled the room once Alanna and Thayet started arguing)
Alanna and Thayet looked at each other and smiled evilly. They walked over to Numair and Alanna tapped Numair on the shoulder. He dropped the mirror he had been holding *A/N I don't know why Numair was holding a mirror. Probably admiring his looks*
The mirror fell out of Numair's hand and onto the floor, shattering. Numair turned around to face the two women, outraged.
They were laughing so hard and so red from all the laughing that Numair immediately lost his anger and started laughing too.
"You've got…seven…years of bad…luck just…like us!" Alanna said between laughs.
"That's just a superstition!" Numair said right away.
"Maybe…it is…but right now I…don't really care…I just…need…to stop laughing!" Thayet managed to say before she fell down onto the floor laughing so hard she thought she would explode.
The door opened and Buri walked in with Raoul. The moment they saw three people laughing their heads off and three broken mirrors on the floor, they shut the door and ran away.
That only made the three laugh harder.