Chapter Eight: Balinor Village
"Well, here we are in Balinor Village," said Ari.
"What a dump," said Veronica. "Where are the stores?'
"How can you be talking about stores and shopping at a time like this?" asked Lincoln.
"You are beginning to get on my nerves," said a new voice.
Everyone looked around.
Sora asked, "Ari, did you say something?"
Ari shook her head. "Nope. I didn't; it was my royal Scepter." She took out the staff-like wand. It had a unicorn head on it.
"Your scepter talks?" ask Kairi.
"Yep."
"Yeah, what am I, a talking key blade!" said the Scepter
As the group of friends walked into the village, they saw unicorns and other people working.
They kelp walking until they came across a big beautiful castle.
"Well, here we are," said Chase proudly.
"I'll show you where the stables are," said Ari. She led the girls and their unicorns into the royal stables where she showed them the stalls.
"That is nice," said Danny
"I don't give a care if I get the lousiest smallest stall," said the dappled gray unicorn.
Veronica said to Ari, "Give my Danny the best stall."
After the unicorns gotten settled in the stalls, the others walked up the steps. Jessica couldn't help getting the feeling that they were being watched. Without a warning two red blurs came out of nowhere and landed on her.
The impact surprised her, as two furry pointed faces stared down at her; it was the two foxes.
One of two foxes said to Jessica, "Sorry I didn't see you there, because my mate, Basil here PUSHED me into you. I'm Dill by the way and you are-?"
"My name is Jessica," said Jessica.
"I did not push you into her; you were the one who Pushed me into her," said Basil.
"You were the one who pushed me first," said Dill.
" I did not."
"You did too."
" I did not."
"You did too."
"Will you two cut it out?" asked Ari.
At once the two foxes looked up and saw Ari.
"Princess Arianna," they said, bowing.
"We've got problems in the Forest of Ardit. There are black unicorns, but they have a symbol--a heart with an X--on their necks," said Basil.
Everyone looked at the foxes.
"Is it the Heartless?" asked Sora.
"Just let me at them, I'll scratch them, I'll bite them," said Odie, the black cat.
"Oh do shut up Odie," said Kairi.
Suddenly there were two crows.
One of the crows turned into a unicorn, but Ari knew who it was; it was Moloch and the other was Diablo.
"Alright, what do you birdbrains want?" asked Carole.
"Oh nothing much. Where's your Sunchaser, Princess?" Moloch asked Ari.
"What do want, exactly?" asked Sora, more than a little annoyed.
"Ah, yes, the key blade brat and King's lackeys; Diablo told me all about you and the Saddle Clubbe," said Moloch.
"You better get out of here before I call on Phoenix; he'll whip your butt," threatened Jessica.
"Ooh. My days are over. I'm shakin' in my hooves," said Moloch, who was faking his fear.
"Go ahead; laugh all you want, but we're going to throw you two right out of Balinor," said Jessica. "Oh, yeah. And we're gonna have you two for breakfast because you two are toast."
That really got to Moloch and Diablo.
"The brazen impudence! You brats need to be taught some respect," cawed Diablo.
"RESPECT!" said Jessica. "What's that? We haven't gotten any respect since the day we were born," she added with a loud raspberry.
"I just had enough of you," Moloch sneered at Jessica.
Before Moloch could take even one step toward Jessica, someone interfered.
"Hold it right there. If you put one scratch on this girl, I will kick your butt," said a voice who was right behind her. She saw that it was Chase.
"Well, well, Sunchaser, how's every in the Forest?" asked Moloch in a sweet, evil voice.
"Not too good from what the foxes have told me," said Chase. "It was you and your mistress's doing; and if I were you, I'd leave now."
Both Diablo and Moloch were about to leave when Diablo flew back to where Jessica was and said to her, "This is not over yet--not by a long shot." Then he flew away.
As the crow flew away, Jessica said quietly, "Whatever you say, Scarecrows."
"What did you call us?"
"Nothing, nothing."
Once the crows were gone, Sora, Ari, and the others turned to Jessica and asked, "How did you do it?"
"That was good," said Lori
"You really got to them," said Kairi
"That was sweet," said Carole.
"Did you see their faces?" asked Christine.
"What a day. I'M glad it's over," said Veronica.
Ari showed everyone to the rooms for the night.
