ryuuketsu:-is still locked in drawer-help me!!!
general zargon: shut up!!!-bangs on drawer- enjoy the chapter!!!
ryuuketsu: yeah enjoy-grumbles-
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kall-su looked longingly out the window of his room, he just couldn't get that girl out of his head!, 'maybe no one will notice that i'm gone' he thought hopefully as he stood up and looked around carefully before glowing softly and transforming into an ice dragon and then spread his tiny wings and took off in the general direction of mara's house 'i'll just stay a little while' he assured himself as he continued on.
kall looked around and finally spotted mara hanging clothes out to dry 'yes!' he thought in delight as he spotted mara's open window and looking around he snuck in without a second thought, as he settled himself on a comfortable pillow he thought to himself 'hmm, comfy, i'll just wait here for her to get back' with a tiny sigh he stared eagerly at the door.
mara hummed a quiet tune as she finished hanging clothes out to dry and started
towards her room 'i wonder how kall is doing' she thought to herself as she slowly
opened the door to her room and as she turned around after closing the door her
breath caught in her throat, for there, sitting on one of her pillows, was kall and
he was looking at her and he gave a little chirp that sounded suspiciously like 'hello'
mara was across the room in a flash as she cuddled kall "oh kall! it is you!" she cried
out.
mara finally pulled back with happy tears running down her face which kall licked away with a happy chirp "it's great to see you again" mara whispered as she hugged kall, who chirped in agreement at which mara pulled back and with a smile said "guess what? i kinda have 11 siblings but one is a bard and the other is a mercenary so we don't see them very often but this evening my father got letters from both of them saying that they were coming home for awhile!" kall gaped in horror '2 more siblings? noooo!' he thought and gave a sad chirp to which mara laughed.
kall climbed up to mara's right shoulder and wrapped his tail around her neck and sighed contently and thought 'much better, even though i have to remember 2 more names' he added as an after thought, mara smiled brightly at kall and said "come on, they should be here for dinner" kall nodded and mara walked towards the dining room and kall felt his stomach rumble at the thought of food "hungry huh?" mara asked and kall gave an answering chirp in response.
the dragon sighed happily as the delicious smells wafting from the kitchen, one of mara's sisters was a great chef if he recalled correctly, and he tightened his tail around mara's neck as she helped set the table "sorry kall" she said as she bent over again to place a plate down and he chirped as a way of saying 'your forgiven', mara's mother, gwen if he recalled right, called "the foods ready!!" kall chirped in delight at the thought of food.
by the time they had all the food out kall was close to drooling in hunger, mara
giggled and snuck a piece of chicken and gave it to kall who eagerly gobbled it up,
there was a knock at the door and mara called out "i'll get it!" she ran to the door
and opened it only to exclaim "thizuro!! kimira!!" she hugged the two people who
eagerly returned it, kall chirped in greeting from mara's shoulder.
the woman gasped as she caught sight of the dragon and reached for the sword
that hung at her hip "it's okay!! he's friendly!!" mara hurriedly said and the woman
who was obviously kimira looked distrustfully at kall who was doing his damnedest
to look harmless and cute "easy sis, if mara says he's harmless then he probably is"
the man named thizuro said soothingly.
kall sighed with relief as kimira took her hand away from her sword and with a glare at him, walked into the house followed by thizuro then mara who closed the door 'that was close' he thought as they all sat down with him sitting on mara's shoulder the tension was soon forgotten as thizuro launched into tales of his travels and soon everyone was laughing as he told of his time in a town that considered hats an insult.
mara giggled as thizuro finished his tale and kimira started on hers which kept eveyone
including kall, who despite himself found them interesting, on the edge of they're
seats "and that's what happened" kimira finished and everyone clapped and kall chirped
in agreement, dinner passed without much excitement after that and when they were
all cleaning up kimira asked "mara, where did you get that ice dragon on your shoulder"
everyone looked up curiously and kall shifted uncomfortably.
mara blushed and said "i found him in the forest" kall gave a comfirming chirp and kimira seemed to accept the answer though she still looked distrustfully at kall who looked innocent "good night everyone!" mara said and kall chirped as well 'sleepy' kall thought and spotted a comfortable pillow beside mara's which he immediately claimed with a delighted chirp and mara collapsed beside the dragon with a giggle and soon both were fast asleep.
the sunlight streaming through the window landed on the face of a sleeping dragon who stirred and slowly opened his eyes 'oh no!!' kall thought as he sat straight up with a horrified chirp as he realized that he'd stayed the whole night! 'arshes is probably starting to worry, schneider probably won't care but damnit!! i never meant to stay this long!!' he thought as mara yawned and looked to see kall sitting upright.
mara smiled sadly and said "you have to go don't you?" kall nodded sadly and mara sat
up with tears in her eyes as she smiled again though kall could clearly see it was forced
"well, at least promise you'll visit" mara said and kall nodded seriously and with a final
chirp at the young healer he took off out the window, kall was surprised when tears
blurred his eyes as he shook his head to clear it he thought 'i'll be keeping that promise'
with that thought he landed in his room and transformed back.
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general zargon: that's the chapter!!!! and here's the review response!!!
To Silver Spider:
general zargon: thanks and yes you probably will see more Bastard!! fics from me!
ryuuketsu:-still locked in sock drawer- get me out of here!!!
general zargon:-bangs on drawer- no!! R&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ryuuketsu: yeah R&R-grumbles-