NOTE: Fanfiction is being stupid on me...*is super pissed*
I found out that college takes up a lot of my free time. So because of that, and because I was damn curious, I decided to make a Twitter account. I'll probably post when chapters will be up or ideas I have, etc. I've heard a couple of authors who do that and so I wanted to give it a shot.
Anyways...enjoy!
Chapter 3. Enter the Queen of Hearts
The five boys stared curiously at the intruder of the fight: a girl. She looked about the same age Matt and Tai were, and wore a light blue dress with black rain boots. In her eyes you could see great spirit and ferocity shining brightly from her. Her small hands were placed firmly on their hips and her eyebrows furrowed, completely disapproved. The three older boys watched as the younger child walked up to them and glared.
"I order you to leave those boys alone!" she growled like an irritated Chihuahua.
"Who made you the boss of us?" the shorter boy from Bobby's group asked.
"I am the queen of this play ground," she stated matter of factly. Bobby looked at his friends and laughed at the girl. "How dare you laugh at your queen?"
"You're not a queen!" the third boy jeered at her. "You're just a dorky little girl!"
"Yeah! Go play with your dollies or something," Bobby giggled.
"Leave her alone you guys!" Matt said to them. Bobby looked at Matt.
"Shut up pip-squeak," he scoffed and flicked him on the nose.
"You're a big bully!" Tai shouted and tried to attack the leader. Bobby extended his arm so that Tai couldn't get any closer. "Come on! Fight like a man you wimp!" The little girl gave the two boys an odd look then looked up at Bobby.
"If you don't leave them alone," she growled. "I'll scream." That caught the boys attention.
"You wouldn't," Bobby glared.
"I am the queen, I can do what I want!" the girl smirked.
"You're not a queen," Bobby rolled his eyes. "You're just a little girl who can't do anything." At that, the intruder looked at each boy, took a deep breath and-
All of the boys covered their ears to the high pitch scream that came out of her. Bobby and his posse quickly left the scene while Tai and Matt stayed and covered their ears the best they could. Matt opened one eye to look at Tai who looked like he was in just as much pain as he was. Finally, a nearby jogger came over to the group of children.
"Little girl!" she panted as she gently shook the screaming girl. She stopped screaming and looked around, then up at the jogging lady. "Are you ok? Did these boys hurt you?" The girl looked at the two boys.
"No," she smiled sweetly. "Sorry, I saw a big bug and it scared me! I'm sorry to have bothered you." The jogger nodded, eyed the two boys one last time, then took off again. The girl watched her leave and then turned to the two boys. "And that's what you get if you don't listen to the queen!"
"Thanks so much for getting rid of those bullies!" Tai grinned.
"Yeah," Matt nodded. "Thanks!"
"It was nothing," she smiled. "What are your names?"
"I'm Matt," the blonde smiled, then pointed to his friend. "And this is my best friend Tai."
"My name is Mimi," Mimi said as she curtsied. "But when I'm on this playground, I am known as 'Queen Mimi.'"
"Wow, I've never been around a queen before," Matt smiled in awe. Mimi smiled and straightened herself up as to bask in the attention. She looked almost like the queens he'd see in his story books!
"Well, thanks again Tee-tee," Tai said as he took his friend's hand and started leading him away.
"It's Mimi!" she huffed. "Where are you going?"
"We need to go now." Matt was about to question where they were going, but he was soon distracted by a grumpy face Tai had on.
"Wait, don't leave me alone!" Mimi gasped and followed the boys.
"We need to go home."
"I wanted to play with you guys."
"It's just me and Matt as friends! We don't need you in our group."
"Fine!" Mimi huffed and folded her arms. "I was going to make you guys my honicarry members of my kingdom, but I guess I'll just find someone else." The two boys stopped.
"What's a honicarry member?" Matt asked. Mimi smiled.
"Since I am Queen of this playground," she explained. "I get to choose who is good enough to join me as my helpers to rule with me. You two are very good and so I decided to let you guys be with me. See? You'd be honicarry members!" The two boys looked at each other.
"What would we be as honicarry members?" Tai asked, still not convinced.
"Well…" Mimi thought for a moment. "You were really brave Tai…so I think you'd be…the knight in shining armor!"
"That sounds great!" Matt smiled and looked at his friend. Tai blinked in surprise and then looked down bashfully.
"And with you Matt," she continued. "All queens and kings have a hair to their throne."
"Don't we all have hair though?" Tai asked touching his own wild mane.
"These hairs are different," Mimi shook her head. "They are the ones who start ruling when something happens to the king or queen…like if they get sick." She looked back at the blonde. "So Matt, I think I'll make you my prince so then you can be the hair to the kingdom!" Matt smiled at the title. "So, how does that sound you guys?" Then more sincerely, she added, "Would you guys let me play with you if I let you guys become honicarry members?"
"We'd play with you even if you didn't make us honicarry members," Matt spoke for the both of them. Tai shot him a slightly displeased look. Mimi grinned widely and then hugged both of the boys.
"Thanks!" she chirped. Then she ran off, picked up a random stick near a tree, and raced back. More serious, she continued saying, "Now, please get on one knee." The boys did as they were told.
"As queen of this playground," she said in her most queen like voice. "I hereby make you a honicarry member of my kingdom. From now on, you Matt will be known as: 'Prince Matt of the playground.'" Mimi tapped Matt with the stick on his left shoulder first and then right as she spoke his name. Matt looked at his friend and smiled. Tai looked very happy for him.
"And to you Tai," Mimi continued and turned to Tai. "I hereby make you a honicarry member too. From now on, you will be known as: 'Sir Tai the brave, knight of the round playground.'"
"But the playground isn't round," Tai spoke.
"Who's the queen here? You or me?"
"Sorry."
"As I was saying, you are now 'Sir Tai the brave.'" Mimi tapped the stick the same way she had done earlier with Matt. She paused, then tapped him a little harder on the head with the stick. "That was for questioning your queen!" Tai put on a grumpy face and rubbed his head. Matt silently giggled at what had just happened. "Sir Tai and Prince Matt, you may now stand." They did so. "From now on, we shall be known as members of the…the…" Mimi turned to her new honicarry members. "What should the name of our kingdom be?" They all thought for a moment.
"How about the kingdom of purple monkeys?" Tai suggested.
"Not purple monkeys," Matt shook his head. "Monkeys scare me."
"What about the kingdom of pink?" Mimi asked. The two boys gave her a funny look. They all thought for a moment.
"Maybe we can think of something later," Matt sighed.
"Ok," Mimi agreed. "For now, we shall be the rulers of the kingdom!" The three children stood tall, being the official court of…whatever their kingdom's name was. Tai and Matt stole a glance at each other. The blonde felt his heart get really happy when Tai smiled at him. Suddenly, Mimi let out a surprised squeak. "I felt something wet on me!" Matt looked up and was rewarded with a small water droplet on his face. Soon, more and more water started falling from the sky.
"It's raining!" Tai gasped. Matt watched as the two quickly ran under the jungle gym for protection of the rain. The blonde looked up at the rain and smiled. Matt looked at the closest puddle he could see, ran over and splashed in it.
"Sir Tai!" Mimi called out. Matt looked over at his two friends. "An evil water monster has taken the prince prisoner!"
"Help!" Prince Matt played along. Sir Tai perked up to his friend's "cries for help" and he quickly charged out of the shelter of the jungle gym. He jumped into the puddle and created a large splash.
"Take that you bad monster!" the brunette growled as he jumped again. Matt giggled and started creating splashes with his friend. Soon they were both drenched. Tai smiled at his friend, then looked to the queen. "Come on Queen Mimi! The monster is dead now and you can come out!"
"No way!" she shouted at them. "I'll get my hair and dress wet! You two find me an umbrella or something." The brunette folded his arms over his chest.
"What if we don't come back?" Tai grinned mischievously. Mimi stood quietly for a moment, then quickly ran out from under the jungle gym.
"I'm getting so wet!" she laughed as she quickly ran to her friends. She jumped into a nearby puddle and splashed the two boys. The three ran around in the rain, splashing and imagining themselves as the titles they were given. After deciding they had killed off all the bad monsters, they stood in a small circle.
"We should play again tomorrow," Matt said.
"Yes we should," Mimi nodded, then shivered. "I'm getting cold, so I'm going home. Good-bye Tai! Good-bye Matt!" The two boys waved to the cheerful girl, who helped them out earlier, and then started off to go to their own homes. They chatted excitedly about their adventures until finally, they ended up in front of Matt's door.
"I guess you have to go now," Tai frowned. Matt frowned too. He didn't want Tai to leave…he wished Tai could be with him longer.
"Do you want to stay for a while?" Matt suggested his thoughts. The brunette was quiet for a moment, thinking about the offer.
"I think my mom and dad will be worried about me," he sighed. Matt felt sad and nodded. Tai smiled and hugged his friend. The blonde hugged back and he felt really funny inside. He liked hugging Tai. As Tai pulled back, Matt felt something soft and wet press against his cheek. Matt blushed as he soon realized, from Tai's proud smile, that he had just been kissed on the cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow Matt!" Matt waved numbly as Tai started off to his own home. The blonde stared a while longer, then walked into the apartment.
"Matt!" his mother gasped as he walked through the door. "Why are you so wet?" Matt explained how when he went to play, he found Tai and Mimi and how they started playing in the rain. He decided to leave out the part of the bullies…he didn't want her to worry. His mother made him get out of his clothes and into his P.J.'s. She wrapped him in a blanket and told him how if he played in the rain how sick he could get. Matt had a bit of a hard time staying focused however.
The young blonde didn't understand…but something told him that Tai was something more to him than just a friend. Matt loved being around him. He always made him feel happy and safe. Not only that, but his heart would get happy too. The blonde smiled and snuggled down into the blanket. He let out a happy sigh.
"Matt we're you listening to me?" his mother asked. Matt looked up at her and blinked. She sighed and then returned to the kitchen. Matt shrugged and went back to thinking about the boy who made him feel so strange…and yet so happy as well.
Aw, so cute. ^_^ If anyone has a suggestion for the name of their Kingdom, please let me know. I was going to call it "Kingdom Hearts" and then I was like: "Ha ha! No..."
One more small personal note...I love drawing Taito pictures and want to share them. However, I don't want to use DA and I don't know any other site on line. If anyone knows a good art site that is similar to deviant art/DA, please let me know. :)
So what do you think? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Wonder how the hell Mimi is going to be affecting them so much? Flames are no bueno and will be used for marshmallow roasts.
Until next time!