Summary-After Jack has recruited Morgan he invites her to Begin Eatery for her welcoming lunch.
Disclaimer- I don't own Radiata Stories.
KNOCK, KNOCK! Comes two loud bangs from my front door.
"Coming…" I respond.
"Hurry up!" comes a girl's voice from behind my door.
"Who could that be?" I murmur.
"It's Lily, I have an invite for you," she replies. Lily? It's been awhile since I've seen her. When I open the door she shoves a letter in my face.
"What is this?" I ask taking the letter.
"It's an invite, Jack wants you to come to Begin Eatery," she says. She stares at me with her blank eyes, they're somewhat intimidating. Her arms are crossed and she looks extremely bored. I know she doesn't want to be her.
"Um, ok, do you want to come inside for a bit?" I ask. It's a daring move; I mean she is known as Vice (a.k.a White Princess).
"…………" she looks like she wants to leave, "Sure."
"Cool, come on in," I say standing aside so she can walk in, "want some tea?"
"Sure," she says blankly. Lily always seems to be in a daze, I'm surprised she's even here.
"So, what have you been up to recently?" I ask her while preparing the tea.
"Training," she answers blankly again.
"With who?" I ask bringing over the tea.
"A guy…"
"Don't tell me…Elmo?" I say surprised.
"No…" she answers again. I try guessing again, but she continues to answer 'no'. So I continue asking her if it was anyone in Void Community, which she answered, again, with 'no'.
"Is it…Jack?" I question, he's the last person I think she'd train with. But her eyes light up.
"Yup, we've been training together for quite awhile," she smiles. Wow! That's the first time I've ever seen her smile!
"How long have you been training together?" I wonder.
"Well…about two weeks, but recently he's been stopping our training at around 11:00 and then he goes somewhere, it's weird," she says going into a daze again. Everyday…at 11:00? Wait a minute…He's been coming to me these last few days at 11:00!
"Maybe he's got a girlfriend," I joke.
"That better not be the case!" she yells. It makes me jump back, scared.
"I was…just kidding."
"Oh, sorry I didn't mean to yell," she apologizes.
"Do you like Jack?" I laugh.
"N-no, I just don't like the fact that he would skip our training for a girl," she blushes. Well…I guess the White Princess has feelings too.
"What time did Jack want us to come to Begin Eatery?" I ask.
"Holy! Right now!" she yells. Then she takes my hand and sprints out the door. People stare at us as we sprint through Path to the Beast Pit, Blue Town of Water and Wisdom, Path of Insanity and Fanaticism, White Town of Stars and Faith, Path of Swords and Wisdom, Yellow Town of the Sun and Glory, then finally we were in front of the Begin Eatery.
"Whew, we're here," I pant.
"Are you coming?" Lily asks me as she opens the door to the restaurant.
"Yeah," I smile as I walked through the door.
"Hello Morgan it's been a long time," Yuri greets me.
"Yeah, how long has it been…a month maybe two?" I laugh.
"I don't know, anyways Jack and everyone else are upstairs," she says before going to the backroom to make food.
"Well I'm going up," Lily says walking up the stairs.
"Morgan, what are you doing here?" Dimitri asks me as I start walking towards the stairs.
"I'm here for lunch," I tell him.
"I have something I need to tell you…" Dimitri says before his sentence trails off.
"And that would be?" I ask him.
"Well, actually I-"
"Morgan! You're here!" Jack yells from the stairs.
"Jack!" I smile then ask, "What's going on?"
"Come up here!" he urges me.
"Alright, Dimitri, I'll see you later," I say waving goodbye to him.
"Alrigh-" I hear him trying to answer me, but the noise from the second story drowns out his words.
I walk up the stairs with Jack and to my surprise there is a giant banner on the wall saying 'Welcome Morgan!'
"What's going on?" I ask Jack bewildered.
"You're inauguration, silly," Jack laughs.
I see Daniel, Aldo, Lily, Lulu, Adina, and Elena drinking and eating…party favors?
"Oh, crud, I forgot something at my house, so I gotta leave for a bit," Jack says before he sprints out of the front door.
I see Daniel approach me with two cups of fruit punch.
"Hello Morgan," he says offering me a drink; I take it so I don't offend him.
"Hi, Daniel," I say to him while taking a sip of the drink.
"So, Morgan, you've only grown more beautiful since the last time I've seen you," he winks at me.
"Uhm…" things were getting a bit uncomfortable…
"Hey Morgan, you should try this cake…" Lily called me blankly.
"Oh, I should really go try that," I tell Daniel.
"I will be waiting for you then darling," he smiled at me.
I walk towards Lily. That situation just now…was disgusting! I must make note to never speak to Daniel for the rest of my life.
"Where's the cake?" I ask her.
"What cake?" she asks me back.
"……you mean……you called me over here for no reason?" I ask her again.
"Well, I figure you'd need help, getting hit on by Daniel…well, I feel kinda bad for you," she says stoic.
"Good point, thanks for the save," I tell her. She looks away…and I start to think that Lily is only social if you get her drunk.
"Adina, do you think we should go to Lady Anastasia?" Elena said worried. She was sitting at the table behind us and she seemed miserable.
"Lady Anastasia told us to come to this party because she couldn't make it," Adina answers. I guess those two must really like Anastasia, I think it's getting a little unhealthy. So I walk over to them and say:
"Hey Adina, Elena, how's Nalshay?" Their brother has been really sick, in the four years that I've known him; I don't think he has ever left the hospital.
"Nalshay is fine," Adina answers rudely. I don't know why but Adina is really mean to everyone, with the exception of Elena and Anastasia, "Oh, but he does want to know when you're going to visit him, he says he wants to hear your stories."
"Is that so?" Nalshay seems to enjoy the stories I tell him, even if half the time I talk about failed experiments.
"Well if Nalshay wants stories, why doesn't he just get his operation and then he can go out and go on an adventure or something!" Elena butts in. She gets really touchy about her brother, but I think she does care for him.
"Save me!" Lulu yelps coming over with her cat, Pooch. To be honest…her cat looks like it was swallowed by a shredder.
"From what?" Elena asks her.
"From that!" she answers pointing to something behind her.
"From…the…flowers?" I ask her.
"No from-"
"Hello ladies!" Daniel says walking towards us.
"Oh…," I sigh I don't wanna…be hit on by this weirdo again…
"I need to go to the bathroom," Elena says getting up from her chair.
"Me too," Adina says getting up as well.
"Oh wait up my beautiful ladies!" Daniel says running after them.
"I want to see what happens," Lulu giggles walking towards Daniel and the twins.
"Morgan! There you are!" Jack yells running up the stairs.
"I don't get it, did I go somewhere?" I ask him confused.
"Naw, I just thought you left, good thing you didn't, and I have something for you!" he smiles at me.
"You shouldn't have! I already owe you like…43,000 dagols!" I yell at him. Seriously…I don't want to owe this guy any more money…
"But…I wanted to!" he tells me all happy like. Then he holds out his hands. I take the gift so he doesn't get all butt hurt, to my surprise, it's a ribbon…that say's Acht Squad on it.
"What is this?" I ask him.
"It's the official Acht Squad band!" he says happily, "Lily and Aldo have one too!"
"Is…that so?" this band looks like it is made out gold! I can't believe he made one for Lily and Aldo too! How much money does this guy have?
"Welcome to the party," Lily says putting her arm up so I can see her band. Hers looks like it was made out of silver!
"I've read about magic before, seems interesting," Aldo says to me. His band…he doesn't have one.
"Welcome to the team!" the three of them yell at me. Somehow…I feel like I can really fit into this group…of strange, antisocial people.
Author Comments- I wanted to do a scene where everyone is eating. Lily and Aldo are in Jack's actual party. Daniel, Lulu, Adina, and Elena are all joining in on the party.
Second Chapter! Yay! I'll upload the next one soon!
