Author note: Loome speaking: Okay, this will be our fanfic from now on... We wil delete the other fanfic, because we don't really wrote it together, and this fanfic we write together^^ So it's better for our joint account;) And I lost inspiration for it anyway... I maybe will upload it again in the future... MAYBE... Back to the fanfic: It starts after Nene's defeat:) So after they defeated Nene, but Zola will stay with them:D It will also be in the first person singular, so it's a new thing for both of us^^
Arielle speaking: Hi! Well, yup. Like Loome said, this will be our fanfic from now on... It will have a few chapters;)
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How could I
Where's your sword
'Well, Nene is finally defeated...' I looked beside me. My friends Shu, Jiro, Kluke, Marumaro and Bouquet looked happy but also exhausted; which wasn't really surprising since the battle against Nene had been hard work.
At least we would go to Logic City now to celebrate. Although I wasn't a huge fan of celebrations (I was never one and I guess and I will never be one) I looked forward to the festival, but more for the children than for myself.
And at least we wouldn't have to walk to the city...
We were in a quite comfortable carriage like the other people with us, mainly the ones from the battle but also a few inhabitants of the villages near to were the final fight had been.
The sound of a loud grumble brought me back to reality; My whole body tensed up, expecting a beast or at least something really monstrous- unitl I heard one of my young comrades.
"I'm starving, maro!" The 'maro' in the end seemed to make everything perfect, the doubtless fair rage, the blame in his eyes... I had to pull myself together not to laugh; my whole face hurted because I didn't permitted at least a little smile to me.
My other comrades laughed of course.
If someone else would have seen the laughing children, he would have thought that it seemed ridiculous to laugh so much about this little sentence; but I wasn't this someone...
I could feel that they just laughed to prove that everything was over now, to ease the tension; and I would have sworn that they felt at least as relieved as me.
And that was a bloody lot.
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When we finally arrived at the castle, nobody seemed to think that we maybe could need a break, or at least five minutes just for us. It was obvious for them that we didn't wanted anything but our medals- and of course the long speech about what heros we were, how brave and everything...
'Yeah, brave is the right word.' I thought sarcastically. 'It's the right word for people who didn't eat anything in the past 12 hours and, not really worth to be mentioned, didn't slept either... I mean, what could one ask for which is better than a very long as well as a very boring speech?'
At this moment, Marumaro jumped up from his chair. He said- no, he shouted, shouting fitts better- "I can't take this anymore!"
A part of me wanted to congratulate Marumaro for putting so much truth in only one sentence, but the other part was just shocked about his behaviour. In the room was a dead silence, but Marumaro just continued. "I mean, how can anything be so boring?" He sounded in despair and the fighter-part of me nodded in agreement.
But even I felt sorry for the unknown minister who had hold the speech when Manomaro meant, "I'd rather be fighting Nene!"
But he couldn't add something more, despite his mouth has already opened to say the next destructive words, because Legolas lunged at him like a wild turned animal.
Of course nobody could reproach him; Legolas had for sure just tried to protect Manomaro for... Yeah, for what actually? From driving insane?
Well, no matter what it was, at least the speech was over.
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After the rough failed speech we were finally allowed to check out the castle
It was a beautiful castle, even if it wasn't as majestic as Jibral Castle had been.
The inside of it was elegant with well designed and expensive looking funiture; the outside was white and seemed to glow in the sunlight, the roof was in pale blue... All in all, it looked like a myth castle.
When we all went back to our quartiers in the evening, there was already a delightful buffet waiting for us.
After we all had taken the food we wanted, I looked around; Shu and Marumaro were eating pig like they themselves were pigs either. I threw a glance at Jiro, Kluke and Bouquet; the girls seemed happy and were talking with each other cheerfully, but Jiro was eating his food calmly, seeming to ignore the others...
I looked up; Legolas entered the room with a tray of more food in his hands; it seemed like he have already realized that Marumaro and Shu have eaten everything and of course needed more.
'Here they go again.' My sarcasm seemed to be in a good mood today; he told me all those things which better should be left unsaid.
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At around 6 pm we were all sitting in the comfortable couches in one of the small guests living rooms of the castle.
Everything was silent, until Shu sighed deeply. But it wasn't a 'I can no longer do or take that'-sigh; it was a relived one which seemed to say 'Finally'.
When everyone looked at him, he said, "He's finally defeated... Can you believe it?" He asked while looking at Kluke.
She shook her head, but showed a small smile. "Its hard to believe it but the world is finally in peace... That's all that matters."
Everyone nodded, expect Marumaro who said, "What shall we do now, maro?"
Bouquet shrugged her shoulders and yawned, saying, "I don't know, but I feel like sleeping would be a good idea for now." She looked at her friends. "What about-" But she was interrupted by a certain knight master who entered the room.
"Oh, hi, Konrad." Shu greeted him.
Konrad gave him a smile. "Are you ready to see your rooms?" He asked.
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"Well, here they are." He said while pointing at a door on the left, "The boys room is there..." He explained and then pointed on the right, "And the girls room is there."
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The bedroom looked really nice; the wallpaper was red and festooned with different designs.
The bathroom looked elegant and had a big bath.
"Erm..." It was Kluke. "This is really strange..." She said while pointing at the beds. And really: I hadn't realized that the beds were all different colored...
The one close to the window was blue with a hint of turquoise; the one in the middle was amaranth pink and the one close to the door was amethyst purple.
I stared at the beds for a few more moments, until Konrad entered the room.
"Were you expecting us here...?" I asked curiously.
He asked, "You're talking about the colors, aren't you?" Then he chuckled.
I nodded and noticed from the corner of my eyes that Kluke and Bouquet did the same.
"I thought it are your favorite colors, am I wrong?"
We all shook our heads. Konrad smiled and then he hurried out of the room.
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While we all were busy with unwrapping our bags, Bouquet said, "Don't you think our room is amazing? I mean, we even have a flat screen TV right in front of our beds so we can watch something before we go to bed!" She sounded overjoyed.
Kluke and I both nodded.
And then we heard angry voices seeming to come from the hallway.
I opened the door, Bouquet and Kluke were following me as fast as they could.
Shu and Jiro were arguing and Marumaro seemed like he was trying to stop them.
Bouquet and I sighed, but Kluke walked over to them, looking enraged.
"Would you guys cut it out finally? We just defeated Nene, why can't you just be happy, at least for one night?"
Jiro looked at Shu as if he was every bad thing in the world- or even something worse- and if it was impossible to live peacefully together with a person like that, but Shu said, "Good idea, Jiro! We could watch TV until we go to sleep!
Jiro sighed annoyed but he followed Shu and Marumaro into their room.
He exclamed and he immediatly jumped on the couch that was the closes to the flat screen TV, followed by Marumaro that sat beside him. I heared Jiro growl in annoyance...I think that was normal right now. As I made my way towards one of the couches, Shu turned on the TV and was looking through the channels.
"How about the Simpsons?" We heard Shu asking the other boys.
"Nope, how about the Cupcake Master, maro?" Marumaro asked hopefully.
"You really like that show, don't you?" Shu asked him and Marumaro nodded.
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"Bouquet! I hope you are almost done with preparing yourself for bed by now! You are in there now for about 20 minutes! ! !" Kluke shouted while standing in front of the bathroom and tapping impatiently with her foot.
"I'm done now!" Bouquet shouted and left the bathroom she had blocked for about half an hour now. She was wearing a light blue pjama dress with some fancy designs printed on it. Kluke was about to say something about the shortness of her nightwear, but then she just entered the bathroom to change her clothes for night as well.
I looked at the watch next to my bed; it was about 9:30 pm now.
Suddenly I felt like someone was starring at me. I turned around to find myself face to face with Bouquet who had a horrible eager look on her face which made me immediately know that something bad would happen soon- very soon.
She asked, "Do you have a pyjama?"
Zola shook her head and sighed. "The only thing I do is taking my sheath off before going to bed."
"What's a sheath?" She asked and I pointed at my sword case attached to my belt; Bouquet was about to say something, but then she turned around to see Kluke coming out of the bathroom; she was wearing a pink pjama.
"Shall we play truth or dare?" Bouquet suddenly asked.
"Why should we play that?" The auburn haired girl asked and looked at her warily.
"It's not like we have anything else to do, have we?" Bouquet meant and I and Kluke sighed and exchanged glances; then we said unisono, "Fine."
"Okay. Who wanna start?" Kluke asked and Bouquet put her hand up.
"I start!" She said and pointed at Kluke. "Kluke! Truth or dare?"
"Truth..." Kluke muttered under her breath.
"Do you like Shu? !" She asked and Kluke turned red.
"Erm... What?" Kluke tried desperately to get more time.
"DO YOU LIKE SHU? ? !" I blocked my ears because of her loudness.
"NO, I DON'T! ! !" Kluke suddendly shouted back and Bouquet frowned surprised.
"You know, Kluke, this is a game where we can't lie. You have to be honest." She said and Kluke sighed.
"Well, a little... But only because-
"OH MY GOSH! ! ! KLUKE LIKES SH-"
"BOUQUET ,QUIET!" Kluke shouted and covered Bouquet's mouth with her hand. I couldn't help it and chuckled a little bit. The situation was just too funny.
"Okay... Let's continue... Kluke, it's your turn!" Bouquet told her; Kluke looked revengefully.
"Truth or dare?" She asked with a mean grin.
"Hum..." Bouquet seemed to think about it; she threw a short glance at Kluke who probably expected her to say 'dare'.
"Truth." She said and Kluke sighed dissapointed.
"Okay. I think all of us are going to choose 'truth'..." Bouquet said. " So, instead of playing 'Truth or Dare', how about playing 'Truth or Truth'? What do you think, Zola?" She asked me.
"Sure..." I answered a little bit confused.
"Okay, Bouquet! Do you like..." Kluke had to stop because she started to laugh and Bouquet frowned.
"What is it? ! Tell me!" She said and shake Kluke a little bit.
"Do you like... Marumaro?" She asked and Bouquet's face filled with anger.
"WHAT? ? ! ! ARE YOU CRAZY, KLUKE? !" Kluke chuckled hefty at the sight of Bouquet's outrage.
After Bouquet calmed down, she asked me, "Okay, Zola! Truth or Truth?"
"Truth." I said while raising my eyebrows up.
"Hmm... Let's see... I got it! What's the weirdest dream you ever have had?" Bouquet asked; Kluke facepalmed and I sighed uncomfortably. Bouquet was starring at me, grinning widely.
"... Do I have to tell?" I asked her.
Kluke and Bouqet seemed impressed or at least the glances they exchanged were.
"Say it! You have to!" They said in unision and I sighed once more, shrugging my shoulders.
"I once dreamed that I was making pancakes..." I hesitated for a moment to make the tension longer for them. "... With a monkey."
The both looked at me speechless; then they exchanged surprised glances and, suddenly, bursted out in to laughter.
"Oh my gosh! Hahaha! Zola! That is the weirdest dream I've ever heared of!" Bouquet said, trying to breath normally.
"I agree with Bouquet! I thought that you always have serious dreams, but it seems like it isn't so! Hahaha!" Kluke added.
The door opened with a loud 'Bang' and Shu, Marumaro and Jiro entered the room.
"Why are you girls laughing? What is it?" Shu asked them; Kluke and Bouquet laughed even more, not able to, or not in the mood to be serious.
"Do you wanna know what the weirdest dream Zola ever had have is?" Bouquet asked them cheerfully.
The boys looked surprised but nodded.
"She once dreamed that she was making pancakes with a monkey! ! !" Kluke explained and nearly fell out of her bed out of laughing.
But before the boys could say anything- or laugh at least- I hurried to say, "Well, boys, it's late now and you have to go to bed!"
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I woke up when I heard strange sounds coming from the hallway.
Throwing a short glance at the clock- 12:00- I strained my ears. But now everything was all quiet; there wasn't even a hint of a sound. I frowned; was I hearing things?
I sighed and got up; I couldn't help it, I had to find out if there really wasn't anything. And after all, I wasn't insane and I never imaginated things which weren't there.
It was pitch-dark in the hallway; actually everything seemed normal.
I went into another hallway and nearly fell over two shapes lying on the floor.
'Soldiers.' I thought; they seemed to be dead.
My whole body tensed up; how stupid, how incredible idiotic, was I to let my sword lying on my desk after trying to find out something about strange sounds? I turned around.
Something hit my head and a blazing pain flashed through my body.
A small smile appeared on the face of my attacker; my eyes widened when I recognized who it was.
"Where's your sword, Zola?"
And then everything grew dark.
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Arielle speaking: We are girls! We could take flames ;)... Why would there be flames anyways... Anyways... Cliffhanger!XD (Next chapter is not Zola's POV...;))
Loome speaking: If I wouldn't have said it already thousand times, I would add that I love cliffhangers;) Please review, critique is welcome:D