Figured I'd give you guys another short chapter since it's been a long time. I'll try and get out another update soon since as everyone knows the climax is coming! Anyway hope you like the beginning of this one ;)
Adeline retired to her room once back in the palace. Exhausted from the day's events. She sighed. What had she done!? Why had she interfered when Kogyoku decided to take a swing at Sinbad? It was as if she hadn't been in control of her body. She had stepped in before she even really had too much time to think about it. She was glad that she had, as she had made what seemed a bosom friendship with the girl, but she was so confused.
"Ugh!" She nearly screamed then fell face first into her bed. "Why, why, why?" She said punching the bed with every word. Then she sighed and rolled onto her back.
"What'd the bed do to you?" An amused voice called.
She sat up quickly. Blushing when she saw Sinbad leaning in her open doorway.
"Nothing." She said and looked away. Trying to will the blush to quickly fade from her cheeks.
He slowly walked towards her and sat on the end of her bed. Then spoke without really looking at her.
"I don't exactly know what happened at the docks today between you and the princess of Kou." Then he turned towards her and smirked slightly. "But whatever it was thanks for interfering. That could have been embarrassing by the state of the princess." He shuddered slightly at the end. Obviously picturing himself getting grazed by that sword.
"I have no idea what you're talking about," She lied somewhat. Looking indifferently towards him. "That was for my benefit not yours. I was simply annoyed and the welcoming committee was taking too long." She narrowed her eyes at him for good measure.
He stared at her for a second his eyebrows raised. Then started laughing. "Oh," he said while laughing more than was necessary, she thought. "So that's all that was, was it?" He smirked. "I guess I was just thinking of myself, believing you had done it for me."
She blushed full red and started sputtering excuses. "I-I ha-have no idea," She started. But he just kept laughing at her falling backwards onto the bed at this point. She angrily threw the pillow behind her at his head and then buried her face in the rest of the multitude of pillows. Adeline couldn't look even glance at him. She was so annoyed!
Finally, after a few minutes he stopped laughing turning serious again. She felt him inch a little closer to her and hesitate. He seemed unsure of what to do with himself for once. Adeline felt her heart rate increase dramatically with his presence so close. She knew if she looked up her cheeks would still be dark red. After a few seconds of feeling like almost screaming because of what his close proximity was doing to her, he finally spoke.
"Adeline, really though," He bent down and whispered in her ear. "Thank you." A tingle wormed down her spine at that. She couldn't take it anymore. Without really realizing what she was doing, she slowly turned around to face him. He was looking gently down at her. His eyes were filled with a gentle kindness. And before she could protest, he leaned down and brushed the hair off her forehead. She closed her eyes not sure what to expect as he was only a few inches from her face now. Adeline felt his hot breathe on her face. Her body felt like it was on fire. Every part of her was hypersensitive to everything around her. Suddenly, there was a soft, warmth touch to her forehead which lingered for a few seconds before reluctantly pulling away. She opened her eyes, every felt rather hazy but was clear at the same time. Adeline felt her blush stay at a mild tone as she looked up into Sinbad's eyes. He gave her a small smirk before standing and leaving the room.
Adeline was in a complete daze by this point. She laid staring up at the ceiling not particularly seeing but at the same time seeing everything. Without even knowing she had, she drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
The next morning, Adeline woke up with a start. Had everything that happened last night really been real? It seemed impossible that anything like that had ever happened. There's no way…She thought. I must have fallen asleep and been dreaming. There's no reason for him to have done that. With that resolve, she decided to pretend it never happened.
With a big gruff shove of the covers on top of her, Adeline got up to get ready for the day. Quickly getting dressed and downing a morning snack to satisfy her till lunch. Just as she was getting on her shoes, Morgiana came bursting into her room.
"Will you come with me to the workshop!?" She quickly burst out. Almost tripping over her feet in her rush.
Adeline stood stunned for a second before melting and quickly saying, "Of course, Morgiana." She smiled back at the girl. "I'm not doing anything let's go!" Then she ran forward and grabbed her hand pulling her forward. Morgiana smiled behind her overjoyed her only girl friend was coming with her on such a momentous occasion for her.
When they got the workshop, they stood staring in awe at all the jewelry and other magnificent gem pieces on display. The worker had gone into the backroom to get Morgiana's all new and improved metal vessel. They were more than happy to wait while they tried on all the different necklaces and rings open for customers to put on in the shop.
They admired themselves when they put on a simple but magnificent piece. And they laughed at each other when they put on an overly gaudy piece. After a few minutes, the sales clerk came back with her items in a majestic box. When Morgiana asked for how much it was, he said not to worry about it. It was a gift from Sinbad he had said.
They walked out of the store. Morgiana was beaming after seeing the finished product and hearing the history of the stone inlaid in the shackles.
"Let's go show Alibaba and Aladdin!" Adeline said. Tugging on Morgiana's arm. She laughed and nodded at her. Eyes alight with happiness.
They raced back up to the palace courtyard in the back of the castle, used for their training sessions. They found the boys washing off their sweat in the fountain nearby and rushed towards them. After seeing Morgiana and Adeline, they waved them over.
Aladdin was practically bouncing towards Morgiana. "Are they finished?" He asked. To which she nodded.
"Awesome!" Alibaba shouted coming up behind him.
They all sat in a circle surrounding Morgiana as she presented her newly refurbished chains. She told them of the history of how the gem was supposedly to be used widely in the dark continent.
An excited exclamation of, "Show us what you can do with them!" From Aladdin…was how the three ended up in a tangle of chains after Morgiana tried to do a demonstration.
"I'm sorry," Morgiana cried rushing to them. "I'm sorry!"
The three of them sat up and slowly tried to untangle themselves. Morgiana came to help.
"Won't this just hinder you in battle if you wear them on your legs?" Adeline asked.
"Yeah," Alibaba agreed. "Why not wear them on your arms instead?" Alibaba suggested.
"I guess since I don't really know how to use them yet," She said humbly staring at them. "They're just pretty ornaments."
"Why don't you try thinking of how you want to use them?" Aladdin suggested to her. "It's like what Yam told me. First you got to decided what you really want to do. I'm sure it's the same with the household vessel's too."
"What I want to do?" Morgiana thought. Then looked up at them determinedly. "I just want enough power to protect all of you." She stated.
"You already are!" Adeline told her.
"I know you've already saved and helped me loads of time." Alibaba told her. "You were the only one who could have hurled me into the air when I was battling that Magi."
"You also pushed me out of the way too back then!" Aladdin reassured her. "With you around it's like we have wings!" He excitedly waved his hands around.
"Wings…" Morgiana thought. We all looked at her for a second wondering exactly what she was thinking.
"Hey, hold on…" Alibaba looked suspiciously at her. "What were you just imagining?"
Before she could answer though, a voice broke in…
Was going to write more but decided to end it there for now as it gets intense pretty much right after this part. Anyway hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading everyone!