Next Chapter! Woo! This would have been up sooner but I almost broke my hand in a snowboarding accident so it was a little painful to type, but I endured to pain and suffered just so you guys could get the next chapter! I'm such a good person…anyway enjoy. B T Dubbs this is another filler chapter. Sorry :(
Brady POV
I was lying in my bed staring at the ceiling preparing myself to get up. It was really taking a lot of time for me to get up but it was a Sunday and I was going to be working with Mason all day. He was preparing me for my week of guard duty. I have to admit I was excited, I was finally going to be putting all my training and hard work into action. Even though the most I would possibly have to face would be a Waka Waka bug.
"BRADY!" I heard my name yelled from the hallway and knew Mikayla would be in here any second to try and wake me up. I got up, grabbed clothes then went into the bathroom. I went through my daily routine and went back out into my room. When I got there Mikayla was already standing there.
"Oh there you are, my dad is waiting for you." She said when she saw me. I nodded and ran my hand through my hair to get rid of my bed head.
"Okay thanks" I said. She smiled and left the room. I grabbed some shoes and slipped them on before following her out. Mason was standing in the throne room waiting for me.
"Hey Mason" I said when I got closer to him.
"My King" he greeted me, "Before we start I have something for you, if you would follow me."
"Okay lead the way" I replied. He nodded and began walking and I followed behind him quickly. After a few minutes of walking we made it to the armory. Mason greeted the guard at the door and we made our way inside. My mouth fell open after I had a good look. There were weapons everywhere. I didn't even know it was possible to have this many dangerous weapons in one room. Mason made his way over towards what looked like a closet. I quickly closed my mouth and followed him over. Once I got over to him he opened the closet.
"King Brady, before your dad passed he had these made for you and your brother." He said. I looked around him into the closet. There were two sets of those weird leather things Mason wore, but they were more kingly. There were also two leather belts with an attached sheath. Then to top it all off there were two swords, each one looked like the family sword we had to share the time we tried fight camp. I reached up and grabbed one of the swords carefully and looked it up and down.
"Your father made two so you and Boomer wouldn't have to fight over the family sword" Mason explained as I turned the sword around in my hand. I looked closer at the blade to see it was engraved. The first step towards Greatness. I flipped it over after I had gotten really confused and found the rest of the phrase. Is believing in yourself. I smiled to myself and tested the sword. I spun it around a few times and tried a few attacks. It felt good, perfect weight, perfect balance, it was just perfect. I looked back at Mason and he was smiling down at me.
"You like it?" He asked. I nodded.
"I love it" I told him. I put the sword back and picked up the belt and leather straps. I put them all on over my black shirt and cargo shorts, and then I grabbed the sword and slid it into the sheath.
"Ready?" I asked Mason. He smiled as he nodded and gestured towards the door. I took the lead and walked out of the armory, with Mason following close behind.
"So today I will just be taking you on the route you and Mikayla will be taking this week" Mason explained as we walked out of the throne room into the court yard.
"Okay leggo!" I said excitedly. Mason laughed and led the way.
Once we finally got back to the castle it was practically dark out. Mason had showed me the route we would take all week, it wasn't a long route but every five minutes he would stop and explain how important this was and how thankful he was I was helping him out. I mean I love Mason but that it was just ridiculous and annoying. I trudged into the throne room and fell onto the couch groaning.
"Rough day?" Boomer asked as he walked into the room. I nodded my head without lifting it and he laughed at me.
"Are you sure you're up for this week?" he asked. This time I lifted my head and looked over at him.
"Yeah, it wasn't a bad route, it was Mason, I'll be with Mikayla during the week and she probably won't be telling me how thankful she is every five minutes." I responded.
"Yeah she probably won't be talking to you at all" he said. I glared at him.
"Listen…we have been having some very in depth conversations these past few days okay." I said feeling very offended.
"Sorry, I have no idea what I'm going to do without you or Mikayla in the castle, who am I gonna bother?" he asked. I felt kind of bad for him.
"Hang with Lanny and his fish." I suggested. He looked at me with a disgusted look and we both started to laugh.
"Yeah never mind, maybe you should start reading the Great Book. It really helped me. You will understand the island so much better if you read it." I proposed. He looked thoughtful and I could tell he was really considering it.
"Maybe I will" he said as he got up.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
"Dinner" he replied simply. I groaned again and dropped my head into the cushion.
Monday came faster than I expected and I was being woken up at an ungodly hour in the morning.
"Go away" I mumbled throwing a pillow over my head to block out the sound. Suddenly the sheets were being pulled out from under me and I was falling to the ground.
"Okay I'm up." I said from the floor. I got to my feet and saw Mikayla standing there.
"Come on! I want to start early." She said crossing her arms. I looked at her in disbelief.
"Why do you want to start early?" I asked picking myself up off the floor.
"So we can take our break earlier" she said. I just nodded and grabbed some clothes.
"Be right out." I told her as I walked into the bathroom. I finished and walked back out to my room. I opened my closet and put on the gear I had gotten from Mason yesterday, and then turned to Mikayla.
"Let's go" I said motioning to the door. She walked out and I trailed behind her.
"Banana!" I yelled as we passed the kitchen. A banana came flying through the door and I caught it. Mikayla shook her head at me, but she was laughing so I knew she wasn't mad. I opened the banana and began eating it.
"So when is our break?" I asked trying to start a conversation.
"Brady, we haven't even been out here for five minutes and you already want a break?" she asked.
"No I don't want a break I was just wondering when it was. Your dad didn't tell me we got one." I explained.
"Oh well since we got out here early we should be able to go on break around noon, then that overlaps with the other shift so we don't have to patrol until after dinner." She tried explaining the whole concept to me but I got lost. Instead of telling her that I just nodded and acted like I knew what she was talking about.
"Okay sounds good." I said. We began our patrol route and it was ridiculously boring. There was nothing out at 8 in the morning; the entire island is still asleep.
"Is it always this desolate?" I asked.
"Basically, nothing is really out this early. I don't know why we have to be, but daddy is all about caution." She replied.
"Aren't you the one that wanted to come out this early?" I rebuffed.
"Well yeah but it is only fifteen minutes early. It is still this deserted until about 9:30" she said clearly offended. I laughed
"I'm just kidding" I said, "But really, I'm bored" She sighed when I said the second part.
"Brady!" She said.
"What? Can't we play a game while we work? It's not like it will distract us from anything going on right now…because there is absolutely nothing going on right now." I said.
"Okay fine, what game?" she asked. I smiled and internally fist pumped at the victory.
"How about I spy?"
"No" she instantly answered.
"Um okay what about rock, paper, and scissors?" I asked. She gave me the 'are you serious look', "I'll take that as a no." She was being very difficult.
"Okay how about 20 questions?" I asked hopefully. She seemed to give this some thought then nodded.
"Okay fine" she agreed. I did another internal fist pump.
"Okay do you want to play where you think of something and the other has to guess what it is or where you just ask the other person questions about themselves?" I questioned.
"Just ask questions about each other" she said.
"Do you want to go first?"
"Nah you can" she said. I nodded and began thinking of a question.
Mikayla POV
I can't believe I just agreed to play 20 questions with Brady. Now he was going to know even more about me, which creeped me out. He was currently thinking of a question to ask and it was taking him an awfully long time. I looked over at him and he seemed to be deep in thought still.
"Got it! What is your favorite color?" he asked. It took him that long to come up with that question? I shook of that thought and thought about my answer.
"Purple…what about you?" I decided to ask him the same question since I didn't know the answer.
"Dark blue or purple" he answered. Huh he liked purple to weird. "What is your favorite animal?"
"Hmm I like dolphins, what about you?" I asked the same question again.
"You can't keep asking the same question as me" he said.
"But I don't know the answers! Isn't that why you chose what questions to ask?" I said.
"Okay fine fair enough, and it's an eagle" he answered. We continued to ask each other random questions and I was actually having fun with it. Like his biggest fear was sharks and bears, I could have fun with that. We were making our way back to the castle continuing to ask each other questions and laughing uncontrollably at some of the answers.
Okay…if you…if you were going stuck on a deserted island…with no life forms…what is one thing you would take with you?" Brady asked between laughter.
"Can I bring a boat to get off the island?" I asked seriously. He thought about for a second.
"I guess you could…well that's a bummer" he said and began laughing again. We were now in the courtyard.
"Okay what did you want to be when you grew up?" I asked him once our laughter died down again.
"A rock star or a superhero." He answered easily. I should have known that. "What about you?"
"I kind of wanted to be a singer too or a professional surfer." I told him. I was beginning to get more and more honest as this game went on. We walked into the throne room for our break when he asked one more question.
"If you were to die tomorrow, what would you do today?" he said as he sat on the couch. I stayed standing and thought about an answer, but I couldn't figure one out.
"I don't really know." I answered honestly.
"Most people don't." he said. I nodded and went to find my dad to tell him we were back. My mind continued to think back to Brady's question. What would I do?
Once again I am sorry for the uneventful chapter. Don't worry though the next chapter is action packed! Review por favor!