"You have done well my Sorcerer Hunters" Big Mama beamed down at them lovingly "and for your triumphs I reward you with rest."
"Finally, and could you pay us too? I'm starving." Carrot was whining but there was a twinkle in his eye that said he was glad to have made Big Mama happy.
Chocolate elbowed him half heartedly. "Darling, now is not the time."
"What? We've been working our butts off lately." He rubbed his side "and you have pointy elbows." At that Chocolate glared at him and started to turn a bit red with anger.
"My dear Carrot," Big Mama laughed, "of course. I want you all to have one wild night. You deserve the rest. Sometimes I feel I work you too hard. I'm sending you to a village that is known for their parties and tonight is the Festival of Stars. I want you all to have fun."
"Thank you, Big Mama," nodded Marron.
"You're welcome."
"Bye bye!" cried Dotta as she poofed them away.
The smoke cleared and the group of hunters found themselves outside a beautiful village at twilight. It was clearly decorated for a party with somber lights twinkling throughout the village. The huge dark blue banner decorated with glittering stars strung across two poles over the road into town read "The 30th Annual Festival of Stars" and below that "Come Gaze at the Sky With Us"
Already the group could see the wheels in Carrot's head turning. "Well this should be a blast. I'll see you guys later, this is my night to score. Ladies, here I come!" He was off like a shot.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking, dear sister?" said Chocolate glancing over at her sister.
"Well we certainly can't let him get into trouble from harassing all those girls can we, sis? It's never a good idea to split the party," replied Tira.
"You two can handle yourselves right?" cried Chocolate over her shoulder as she was dashing after Tira who was bolting after Carrot.
"Well how do you like that? They've gone off and left us. "Don't split the party" my butt." scoffted Gateau.
"My brother does find himself in trouble quite often." replied Marron. "At least we know Tira and Chocolate can make him behave."
"That's true. Well I'm sure we could find ourselves something to do in this village. I suggest food first." He patted the pouch on his belt that he found to be full of gold pieces. "Big Mama didn't let us down when she said she'd pay us. It'll be my treat."
"Well I certainly can't refuse if you're the one paying. I can smell the festival food from here. Do you supoose they have cake?"
Gateau returned his smile and replied, "Well they had better. Would you like to watch the fireworks, it seems that they're about to happen?"
"Yes, that would be nice." replied Marron. "Food first, though. I believe we have some time."
A/N: I had a similar idea for this story involving a completely different anime but never finished it and I'm glad I didn't because I think it's working out much better here. Thank you for reading/commenting and I promise to post more soon. :3
