Weirdness

Disclaimer: I do not own any characters, or places, that you recognize.

Thanks to all of my reviewers!

A/N. This is going to be a fun one! This goes out to my evil twin, and while her family may be made up (she has two sisters and loving parents), I am going to try and keep her personality as real as possible. Thanks and enjoy!

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As Elizabeth walked inside the castle, Cassie followed her inside. Everyone looked confused as to why a horse would just walk into a castle like that. Shouldn't she go into the stables or something? When Elizabeth realized that no one was following her she turned back around and motioned for them to come inside. Not knowing what to do everyone stayed on their horses and rode up the walkway and into the castle. Christine and Elizabeth were standing next to a large wooden door in the middle of the dark hallway. Christine spoke up once everyone was inside the hall.

"Hello everyone, I am Christine of Brambia, welcome to my home. The stables are through this door; everything is already set out so it is easy enough for you to take care of your horses. After your horses are taken care we will meet back here and I will show everyone around. Sound good? Good." She threw open the door and Cassie practically dragged Elizabeth into the stables.

As everyone followed Elizabeth, lots of mouths were dropping as they got a look inside. There really was a stable in the castle! This one had fifty stalls in it, twenty-five on each side, but there were only five horses in the stable at the moment. And all five were poking their heads out over the stall doors, looking on very interested in all the hoop-lah. They were all different; the first one was a Palmetto, a huge and pretty stallion. The second was a dainty little pinto mare. Her most distinguishing feature was a white stripe that went down from her right ear to the very tip of her muzzle. The horse directly across from the mare was a giant Clydesdale, gorgeous but comical in contrast to the little mare. The last two were down towards the end, and were making quite a lot of noise so they wouldn't be forgotten. One could have passed for Cassie's twin, which makes sense, because they really are twins. The last one was a gray pony, almost a pure white. If unicorns did exist, this gelding would have been one.

While the stable was fairly clean, it still had that musky old stable smell. Many people were surprised by the smell, because there was no hint of it outside the door. 'Must be some sort of spell.' Kel mused. All around her, people were placing their mounts in stalls and taking off their saddles. Kel walked Peachblossom down towards the end of the stable. Elizabeth was settling Cassie in the stall next to her twin. Kel decided to house Peachblossom across from Cassie. As Kel began unclipping Peachblossom's gear, she tried to strike up a conversion.

"It seems like she's pretty used to this place." Kel remarked, referring to Cassie. Elizabeth smiled.

"Yeah, the friends I was staying with happened to own a boat, and they would travel up here a lot. This is actually the place where I found Cassie."

"Really?" Kel asked, and indicated that Mary go on.

"Yup. I guess it was the second time I met Christine, and we hated each other. I believe she actually bit me. So we were sent outside to cool off and settle our differences. To make a very, very, long story short, we had gotten into a yelling match when we heard this weird noise, so we stop to investigate. We found these two, only a few days old, tied to a tree. Of course we untied them and took them back with us, and we've been friends ever since."

"Awww, that must be the cutest thing I have ever heard. I love stories like that." Kel cooed (in all seriousness of course).

"You do?" Elizabeth asked, surprised. "I would have thought that you hated that kind of stuff."

"Well, don't tell the guys," Kel winked, "but I actually do. I try to hide it though; because otherwise I'd be called 'girly.' And we can't have that now, can we?" Elizabeth shook her head. "All right, let's get going. I hope your friend has dinner for all of us. I am getting really hungry." The two made sure their horses were comfortable, then walked back to meet everyone in the hall.

Once everyone was gathered, Christine again stood in front. She tried to speak, but she couldn't be heard over the loud noise. So she raised two fingers to her mouth and let out a piercing whistle.

"Thank you. Alright, let's get started." Christine and Elizabeth started walking. Christine pointed down the hall to the servant's quarters, than up the stairs.

"Do you want to see your rooms now or later?" Christine asked as they past the stairs.

"Later." Raul told her.

"Okay." Christine shrugged. "Let's continue on then." The group passed by multiple rooms, all with different uses. One was filled with fur, all skinned and hunted by Christine's father. Another was filled with toys, of all kinds. Everyone kind of lingered by that room, nearly green with envy. Only Kel was the one who noted that nearly all the toys in that room were for boys. There was only one doll, and her hair was limp and tangled, her body bore many tears and she was missing one eye. 'Looks like boys play here, lots of boys.' She thought, walking away.

The group walked into a large lobby room, with another set of stairs going up on the opposite side. Across the hall they could see the dining room all set up for dinner. Many in the group smiled at the prospect of a good dinner. They began to cross over but stopped as Christine held up her hand.

"Oh no, their back." She said with a grimace, and then put her head in her hands.

"Who's back?" Neal asked.

"My brothers. All of them." She replied. At that moment, lots of feet were heard, pattering from upstairs. A wave of boys, from two to 10, flowed down the little stairs. Some even started to slide down the banister. Elizabeth and Christine rolled their eyes, then rushed foreword when the two year old attempted to slide down the banister. He scrambled his way on, then quickly lost his balance and fell, dragging another young one with him. The two girls ran to catch them. Christine just managed to catch the older toddler, while the younger one landed safe in Elizabeth's arms. He gave a giggle and a kiss, then pushed his way out of her embrace to chase his older brothers. Within seconds, they were gone, but the sound they made could still be heard.

"What in Mithros' name was that!?" Shouted one warrior. "Where did they even come from?" Christine looked bashful.

"They're my brothers. They were over in the town, terrorizing the locals. I had hoped that they would stay there until everyone was gone but… no such luck. So. . . . on to dinner!" Christine said, trying to distract them from her brothers. They all filed into the dining room. While the room was very grandiose, the smells of delicious food made the place much homier. Christine sat down in the seat usually reserved for the head of the household. Most of the men passed it off as to the fact that she was the oldest sibling there, but Kel noticed the habit with which she had placed herself. Sitting at the head of the table was no one time thing for Christine.

'Hmmmm.' Kel thought until she became distracted by the pots and pans coming from the kitchen. 'I'll investigate later.'

A/N: Okay, I know this took a really long time and I am really sorry. Blame my evil twin! She wouldn't edit it for the longest time! (he he, that's what u get Christine.)