Chapter Seven
The girl with the nice smile, Anna, that was her name, came up the stairs grinning. Brom had spent the last few moments wondering what was going on, and his conclusion was that, sadly, it was his fault. Of course he had now decided that transporting his friends to a new world had been a good thing, he quite liked it here. Even if Morzan seemed to hate it and Oromis spent most of his time looking awkward. It was a nice change. Well, Oromis was a nice change. Morzan hadn't actually changed much; he pretty much seemed to hate everything.
"Well, I think all of us are getting tired... I guess we should get some rest" said Anna, looking very much awake.
"I'm not tired" piped up Brom.
"Now Brom" Oromis glanced at him "It's very late... well, I think it is. Anna has been kind enough to offer us a bed for the night, it would be rude to keep her up any later"
Brom sighed. He really didn't want to go to bed, it had only gotten dark a couple of hours ago. "Can't we stay up just a little longer... I'm thirsty!" It was a lame excuse, but it just might work.
"Ok" said Anna, giving up. "Would you like tea, hot chocolate..?"
Brom stared at her blankly.
"What is hot chocolate?" he said curiuosly.
"Eeeer... how about I get you some and you can see what it is" Anna answered.
"Oh yes!" exclaimed Brom. Oromis lifted his left eyebrow.
"Please" Brom added hastily. Anna nodded and went into the kitchen. When she came back she was carrying a steaming mug ofsomthing brown. She handed it to Brom.
"Would you like something?" she said turning to Oromis.
"No thank you. Can I ask you a question?" Oromis said cautiusly.
Anna looked terrified. Brom wondered if Oromis was going to ask her if she really was in love with him. Brom didn't understand it; How could she be in love with a character from a book. Her sarcastic friend (Celia) had used some sort of word for it... Fangirlism. Brom had read the diccionary six times, but he had never stumbled on a word like that before, though he rather liked it...
"Go ahead" Anna answered after taking a very un-subtle deep breath.
"How does that light work?" Oromis asked gesturing at the glowing thing stuck to the cieling "You just pressed a switch and it started glowing, how does that work?"
Anna looked relieved. "Thank goodness I pay atention in Technology" she muttered under her breath, and then she said "As soon as I touch that switch, I let in a flow of electricity, like energy, sort of, imagine it as lightening if it helps, through a little wire, that's a metal string, covered in rubber... which I can't really compare with anything much, except maybe the chicken you get at school dinners" she smiled at some sort of private joke "which creates energy that creates light, and well...voila!"
Brom didn't understand a word of what she had said. Oromis apparently, had understood a little.
"Right, and how does that brick with buttons on that Celia was talking through work?" Oromis asked.
Anna groaned. Brom thought that she probably didn't pay that much atention in technology.
"Well... it, eeer, sends signals from one mobile to the other, and well... You should just Google it!"
Oromis looked at her strangely. "And... What's Google?"
"Arg! Google is a part of the internet that is like a book, you, sort of, ask it questions and it gives you the answers" Anna answered, looking a bit stressed, Brom thought.
"And what is the internet?" asked Oromis.
"That is something very complicated that everybody uses but hardly anyone understands" Anna answered.
"But surely..." Oromis started to say.
Oromis, stop being annoying! Glaedr said interrupting them with a projected thought You know how annoying quickfire questions can be! I mean you complain about Brom all the time...
"Sorry" said Oromis, ashamed.
Brom sniffed; he had taken Glaedr's comment rather personally.
Suddenly something wet brushed against his hand.
"Aaaaaaah! What is that?"
Anna smiled. "That's Peggy!"
Brom looked down. A small black and white dog with baggy ears, a cut off tail and big, brown eyes was licking his hand. It was adorable!
"Wow! Is it yours?" Brom asked. Anna nodded.
"Is it a he or a she?" He said, unable to stop the flow of questions.
"She" said Anna.
"How old is she?"
"Almost six human years"
"Where did you get her?"
"I found her on the street"
"Where? What street?"
"The main street in the little village I used to live in"
"You used to live somewhere else?"
"Yes, I lived in the mountains"
"How many places have you lived in?"
"Five"
"How many different countries?"
"Two, Spain and England"
"When did you move to Spain?"
"When I was six. Can you please stop asking-"
"Which do you like best?"
"I like both countries the same, but Brom-"
"If you had a dragon, what color would you want it to be?
"Si-silver" Anna blushed slightly
"What's your favourite color?"
"Blue. Brom can you please-"
"Wha-"
"BROM!"
Brom turned to look at Oromis. "What?"
"That is enough!" said Oromis sharply "Now it really is time for bed!"
"BUT I'M NOT TIRED!"
Author's note: XD Brom is hyper! Hope you all liked this chapter, I wrote it while I should have been studying, so I hope it was at least half decent! P-p-p-leaaase review!
PS.- Thanks for all the reviews so far =)
