Chapter 10
To say King Kirby was upset was an understatement. He was downright furious. His daughter, his child, his life had left the castle without one word to him taking that stable boy with her. To be honest the king most likely would have never noticed what with this war going on and all had it not been for a letter he received only a short moment ago buy the carrier pigeon Pet. It was a message from Usagi stating that within his two day journey he discovered the princess and the boy had been following him. Seeing that they were running out of time he could not send them back on their own and simply ended up taking them with him. The king began to pace back and forth wondering what to do when an idea struck him. Grabbing a piece of paper he began to write a letter to his caption. Once finished he turned his attention back to the humanoid pigeon. "Take this to your master. Deliver it as quickly as you had delivered this message to me. I want Usagi to receive this message as soon as possible." Giving a salute Pet took the message and began his journey back to whence he came. The king began to pace back and forth thought of his daughter plagued his mind.
Irma was once again in the 'laboratory' (as Michelangelo had named it) of Donatello searching for whatever invention she was meant to complete. It had now been six days since her escape from the Oroku castle and she had made no progress what so ever. She had been looking day in and day out hoping for some sort of clue that her husband had left but nothing was found. Frustrated and annoyed she decided it would be best to go outside and get some fresh air. Sitting underneath a tree in the garden she couldn't help but think about everything that had happened to her. Life in the Kingdome, being beaten and held prisoner, getting married to some stranger whom she still does not know what he looks like, and finally in a strange way being rescued and brought here. Her thoughts constantly went out to Donatello. How was he? Was he still alive? Did he escape or is he…" shaking her head she tried to clear her thoughts from such a depressing question and instead began to wonder about her friend April. Oh how she missed the princess. She could always tell her anything and just let it all out when she needed someone to vent to about her problems. Everything had just been so frustrating lately that she simply wanted to scream. Irma knew Mikey or Master Splinter would be more than willing to listen to her but what she wanted right now was girl talk. Giving a huff Irma stood up and began to walk, once again thinking about her problems. Unfortunately the young maid was so caught up in her problems that she had not been paying attention to where she was going or how long she had walked until she bumped into something and fell to the ground. "You alright there sugar cube?" looking up the maid was meet with a pair of golden eyes looking questioning at her. Said eyes belonged to a beautiful lizard girl with long sandy brown curly hair that seemed to be in a pony tail and a pink head band. She was warring working clothes that seemed to complement her body and she held a bucket full of water in one hand while extending the other to help the maid up. Blushing from embarrassment Irma gave a thankful nod for the help. "I-I'm so sorry miss I was lost in thought and I wasn't looking to where I was going."
"It's all right sugar cube no harm done. Names Mona Lisa by the way but I prefer to go by Mona."
"Nice to meet you Mona my names Irma."
"Well Irma I have never seen you around here, where you from?" The maid gave a pause at that as she began to notice her surroundings. She was in the middle of what looked like a camp. Fidgeting the girl looked back at the lizard. "Um truth be told I don't have a clue. I think I'm lost." Mona only gave a smile. "That's alright I'm sure we can find your home. Think you can give me any detail as to where you live?" Irma brightened at that. "Well I don't know where my home is but have you ever heard of the Hamato clan?" the other gave a nod allowing the human girl to continue. "Well that's actually where I live." Mona's eyes grew wide at hearing that. "You mean you LIVE there? Wow and I thought only Hamato's were allowed in there." Confused Irma had asked her why that was. "Well you see Irma the Hamato's are known for being hostile to anyone who isn't the King or that bear the name Hamato. You must be extremely important if they are actually letting you live there."
"Um a-actually I'm not important at all; I'm just married to one of them."
"What! No way, when did that happen?"
"Oh well it's a long story and I wouldn't want to bother you with it."
"Oh please sugar cube I can tell it's something that you need to get off your chest so go right ahead. I'll be more than happy to lend an ear."
Irma still nervous and a little embarrassed tried not to spill everything that had happened to her, but something about this Mona girl that made her feel at ease and everything just sort of slipped and for the maid it felt good to let it all out, buy the time she was done she realized she was sitting on a rock. The pore girl was so stressed while telling her tail Mona had slowly brought her to a place to sit. "That's quite the story Mrs. Hamato. It's almost hard to believe. Almost." The young maid gave and embarrassed shake. "No please just call me Irma. I don't feel right being called Mrs. Hamato yet." Mona gave a sympathetic nod. They both sat in comfortable silence thinking about what had just been said between the two until a white object tackled the lizard girl startling the maid. "Alopex get your fluffy rear off of me!" the new stranger complied and stood up reveling to Irma that it was a humanized snow fox. The stranger was white all over except for their face which had a purple design around her eyes and a large ragged scarf around her neck. She was defiantly shorter than the maid and looked to be about 14 or possibly younger. The fox gave a questioning look at the made then back to Mona. "This is Irma. She is a friend so don't hurt her got it?"The fox gave a slow nod. Mona gave a sigh then looked at Irma. "Irma this is Alopex. She is usually quiet and won't talk to you unless she thinks you're a friend. Don't mind her though she's harmless…kind of." Irma now feeling a little brave stood in front of Alopex and gave her hand. "I-it's nice to meet you Alopex." The little fox gave a strange look at the girl before slowly and carefully she put her nose in Irma's palm. Mona couldn't help but give a cooing "Aww" at the sight causing Irma to look up questioningly. "You have no idea how rare it is to see her warm up to someone like that. It took me weeks before she warmed up to me and I'm the only one she hangs out with in this camp. Usually she bites the hands that try to befriend her. You truly are something special if she can warm up to you like that sugar cube." There was defiantly something about this girl that made her special and as the sun began to set Mona couldn't help but feel glad to have been a part of this girl's story.
YES! FINALY! Introducing Mona Lisa and Alopex! I love these two! I am so happy to have finally put them in the plot! JOY! please coment what you think?