Chapter 11

Nightmares filled the castle for days. They danced in and around the heads of everyone who could bear to sleep. Even the servants were worried. Only Cake and Blue knew what was going on and it seemed they were so wound up with their personal problems to fix it. Choco was now glued to Blues side, and you heard no complaints from him. Mint now had a slight waddle and her bump was becoming apparent, Ryou was never more then 3 meters away from her, his blue eyes full of affection and pride. Ichigo and Dren were making preparations for the wedding, exchanging loved-up looks and blowing kisses. Pudding and Tart were now constantly kissing and hugging, never parting hands, Lettuce and Pie were still in that little bubble that was created just after you got married, their eyes could only see each other. Every one was in a blissful world of their own, except one. Cake spent most of the day in her private quarters, thinking up ways to kill Blue, only coming down for meals. But all there nights were still haunted by the same dream - Each night they arrived in a big city. The streets were paved with chocolate and the building were lollies. They would enjoy themselves, staring in wonder at the sugar incrusted architecture. But soon a shadow would fall on the city. And they would run.

"We need to kick this plan up a notch!" Announced Gum at their tri-weekly meetings. "I fare, little brother, you are correct." Said his brother. "When do we attack?"

"As soon as we know where there defences are, Choco has failed to complete this simple task."

"I did the best I could! I doubt you could do any better!" Choco shouted, staring daggers at the eldest of the gathering. He sniffed and continued. "Lolly is doing a fantastic job with the dreams, but we need to get her inside the castle."

"You must be thicker then Gum." Choco mumbled, she suddenly found she couldn't move, her limbs had frozen up. 'That's not FUNNY!' she screamed in her head, before sighing mentally 'Lolly, will you tell big brother I'm sorry?' There was a beat of silence before Lolly's sweet, childlike voice floated out "She says she's sorry."

"I thought she would be, I hope she has learnt her lesson." The eldest clicked his fingers and Choco fell to the floor, momentarily forgetting how to support her own weight. "Don't you EVER do that again!" Choco screeched, leaping to her feet and bounding towards her brother. "DON'T INSULT ME THEN!" he roared back.

Everything carried on as normal. One night there was the same tension at the dinner table. Choco herd a familiar voice from behind her, "More tea?" She spun around to see her sisters' innocent face. "Ah, everyone," Blue began, "This is our new maid, Rosetta." The convenient thing about having a telepathic sister is you can have privet conversations in public. 'Rosetta?'

'You broke the first rule of acting: you never play yourself. Besides I thought it was pretty.'

'What are you doing here?'

'Helping you!'

'I don't need help!'

'Well you've been here almost three weeks and what have you accomplished?'

'The King trusts me!'

'That wasn't your mission!' With that Choco left the table. "More tea anyone?"

Blue put Choco on his desk and began kissing her neck, but she wasn't in the mood. "What's wrong sweetie?" He asked in-between kisses. "Oh, nothing…" She hadn't realised he'd noticed, "… It's just… I miss my family and that Rosetta girl reminded me of my little sister. She died when she was young."

"Oh… I'm sorry." Blue let this grip around her waist loosen. "You know what I've realised, I haven't left this castle since I came! Maybe you could give me a tour tomorrow?"

"Yes, why not?" He kissed her and let her float down from the desk. 'You perform much better with a prompter, big sister.'

'Would you please be quite?'

"This is the best view of the city." Blue mused at the top of a hill. "It's… beautiful." Choco sighed. Without him noticing she took a picture of it. She needed to know what the city looked like from all angles. He walked down the hill and she followed. He held her hands so she wouldn't fall. She giggled as he slipped and fell down. "It's not funny," he laughed, "I'm old!"

"Not really…"

"Old enough to be your farther." She cringed at this thought and they continued. She took pictures all around the city, which Blue never noticed. "Having fun, Chocolate?"

"Yup… but I could be having more fun…" They were walking through a wood at the time. "Where?" She looked around. "Anywhere." Blue raised an eyebrow. "I don't think so, let's just go home and do it there."

"Fine…" She pouted and he kissed her on the head. He ran his fingers through her pitch black hair and then down and across her body. She slapped away his hand when she felt it squeeze her bum. He laughed at they continued walking home.

"Got the pictures, sis?" Gum asked that night. She through them across to him. Her sibling flicked through them silently. "Ah, this is wonderful," began the eldest, "Not a single missile launch pad or anything else in sight!" He laughed in delight. A flash of fury ran across Choco's eyes, "Why are we doing this again?" Her siblings looked around at her in disgust. "Need I remind you little sister? They destroyed our homes and massacred our people!" Gum punched the stone wall next to him, making it crumble, "Is it really that hard to remember, big sis?!" Choco shock her head. They were silent for a moment. "You're right… when do we attack big brother?"

"Soon."