I'm back! (In a creepy voice) I told you I'd be back! (Lightning cracks as I do an evil laugh) Mwahaha–*cough! Cough!* 0_0…that totally just killed the moment…anyway, "I Can't Be Perfect" is back! Jo and Livy have made it to the castle! Their 'bout to meet all who live inside…
One more thing 'fore we start the story. To some people who're questioning. No, Clumsy and Brainy have not made up yet, but that wouldn't prevent Clumsy from warning Brainy of Azrael–despite the fight, their still brothers. And yes, I know of Nanny Smurf. The reason being is Jo and Livy has never met her and I was pointing out from their view.
The girls gazed around as they entered the castle. They dismounted Bayard as Johan brought the stallion over to the near stables along with Peewit and Biquette. The girls, however, were wide–eyed. They admired the scenery that surrounded them.
"Come now," a voice broke out, startling the two friends. It was only Johan who'd tapped Livy's shoulder. He smiled, "Let's go, the King will want to meet you as soon as he can."
"And before supper for sure!" Peewit said, his tongue hanging from his mouth while placing two hands on his endless growling stomach. The teens walked through the castle's doors and were amazed at how much bigger the castle looked on the inside. They weren't even paying attention to the point where Johan and Peewit were guiding the dazed girls. Johan led them over to the throne room.
"And I was like nuh uh, and he was all like uh huh, and I was like 'don't pull that on me' and he was like, uh huh and–" a guard named Phillip was saying to his partner Robert. The two were patrolling the throne room. Phillip was cut off when someone cleared their throat. It also woke up Robert who was almost asleep by Phillip's pointless story.
"What? Huh?" Robert asked, waking up. "Oh, hello Johan,"
Johan looked at the two guards. "Hello, may I see the King?"
"You don't have to ask Johan," Robert replied, opening the door to allow the teen to pass.
"Yeah," Phillip agreed, "you know the King is always happy to see you!"
Johan smiled as he walked through the opened door, leading the girls, followed by Peewit. Peewit crossed his arms at the guards. "So now this castle has favourites, eh?" Peewit said dramatically, slightly offended by how the guards were telling Johan that he had access to almost anything – when Peewit himself was told to never enter more rooms then he can count. The guards watched as the jester entered the room and slammed the door behind him.
"What's up with him?" Robert asked Phillip. Phillip shrugged, "He's just being difficult. Anyway, I was like–" Phillip couldn't finish as Robert slapped Phillip's helmet causing it to close on Phillip. "Okay," Phillip said through the armour, "I get it. You don't have to tell me twice."
"No, apparently, I have to tell you more than that!" Robert said angrily, walking away from Phillip and the throne room's door. "Uh, Robert!" Phillip cried, trying to take off the armour's helmet. "Robert! The helmet is stuck! Robert? Why do I get the feeling he left?"
"And then you must learn the proper way to sew and then we'll move on to how you're supposed to walk straightly down the steps of any stairs."
"Yes Dame Barbra."
Inside the throne room, the King was watching as Dame Barbra instructed his niece, Savina. Savina was walking, arms folded neatly on her sides. As she walked, she had to balance a book on her head, suddenly, the King outburst, "Johan!"
Johan smiled as the King motioned for him to come over. Savina happily smiled, forgetting about her lesson causing the book to fall – and on Dame Barbra's foot. "Ow!" she cried, "Savina!" Savina saw the mess she made. "I'm sorry Dame Barbra."
"Savina, a proper princess is never to forget her duties!" Dame Barbra stated. Jo snickered. The King welcomed Johan into the room. "Johan, so glad to see you," the King said as Johan walked over. Peewit huffed and crossed his arms once more, "Johan, always Johan!"
The King smiled to the jester, "You too Peewit." Then the King noticed the girls. He grinned and gestured to them. "My, my, who do we have here?" The King studied the girls. They seemed friendly enough.
"Hi, I'm Livy." Livy waved.
"Waz'up? I'm Jo." Jo stated.
Dame Barbra snorted. Jo looked over at the woman. "Jo, that's a boy's name. You are a girl. I believe so." Jo turned to face the woman. "It's short for Joannie like Livy is short for Olivia."
Dame Barbra refused the girl's explanation. She placed her hands on her hips and said, "I will certainly not address you to that! I will address you by the names your parents have given you; the names people will learn you by. Miss Olivia and Miss Joannie," Dame Barbra looked at the girls and gave them a stare.
The King cleared his throat, standing up to walk over to the teen girls. "Hello young ladies. What are your last names?"
"McCrae,"
"Ashton,"
"Where are your families?" The girls fell silent when the King asked them this. "Good heavens Johan, you and Joannie sure do look alike." This gave Johan an idea. He smiled and put an arm around his "twin".
"Sire, Jo is my cousin. It's been years since I've seen her. Last time I saw her, I was not even eight. We met out in the forest earlier today and Peewit and I offered for them to come with us to the castle." The lie was almost true.
Livy caught on with Johan's story. "Yes sire. See, I know Johan through Jo and after hearing Johan lived in the castle, we wanted to know if we could too."
The King thought this over, stroking his white fluffed beard. "Hmmm," he said as he thought, "Are your parents aware of this?"
"Y-yes…they are." Jo stated.
"Where do you live?"
"We come from a small village…really small!" Jo said, thinking of the Smurf's Village they were at not too long ago. "Seeing that my, uh, cousin is working for the King, well, it seemed like a good opportunity."
The King smiled pleasingly. It seemed he was buying the story. "Well then, of course you girls may stay! I can find something for you two."
The girls squealed and hugged each other. They were going to stay at a castle! It was amazing! Way better than where the girls originally came from. Peewit and Johan also seemed pleased of the King's choice. Even Savina was grinning. The only person who wasn't so thrilled was Dame Barbra – probably of the rocky start she had with them.
"Oh girls," the King said.
"Yeah?" the two replied.
"Maybe you can tell us of your village at dinner. I'm curious on what you're wearing and what waz'up means." The girls looked down at their outfits, and then everyone else's in the rooms. They really did stand out. "Uh," Livy stuttered, "our village does things differently."
Dame Barbra came over to the girls. "Don't worry sire, I'll gladly prepare these girls for dinner." The King agreed and sat in his throne. The boys watched as Dame Barbra took away the girls.
It was almost dinner and the boys went to go get the girls. It had been half-an-hour. The two went upstairs and knocked on the bathroom door. They heard yelling from inside and a loud thud! The door opened to show Dame Barbra standing there, her hair messed up from under her white cloak and also soaked from the water she had in a bucket. Peewit tried to shield his laughter. Johan however was surprised.
"My word Dame Barbra, playing in the water?"
Dame Barbra stiffened. "It was your cousin Miss Joannie!"
"What did she do that for?" Peewit asked.
"I just tried to get her into a dress and she attacked me like a wild animal!" Dame Barbra somewhat fixed her hair before walking off to fix herself up properly. Johan knocked on the door once more, "Uh, girls?"
Livy came up to the door, wearing a lovely purple dress with a belt much like Tuffy Smurf. She wore hot pink tights beneath and her golden heart shaped locket laid neatly on her chest. Her hair draped around her shoulders. "Hey guys! Do y'all like my outfit?"
Johan was dazed, she looked beautiful. Peewit chuckled at his friend's face, "I think Johan likes it a lot!" Livy grinned that the boys liked her outfit as much as she did. "Jo!" Livy called back into the room, "The guys're here!"
"I'M NOT COMING OUT!" Jo shouted from inside the room.
"Geez, it can't be that bad." Peewit said.
The door opened again and Jo stood there in a pink puffed dress, her hair in a cloak much like Dame Barbra's. Jo was scowling like she was ready to kill. Peewit slapped both hands over his mouth and made a funny squeak. The three looked at the jester. He noticed the glares and answered, "I promised myself I wouldn't laugh."
"When did ya promise that?" Jo asked.
"When I saw you a second ago," Peewit snickered.
"I may look proper right now, but at least high heels're good for something!" Jo threatened causing the jester to hide behind Johan. Johan chuckled. "Come Jo, I think I may have something more suitable for you." In less than five minutes, Jo was enjoying her new look. She was wearing a plum colored long sleeved t-shirt, under a blue tunic, a black belt around the waist, with white tights and brown ankle high boots. "Now this is me." Jo said happily, admiring her new look. Peewit smiled too. Jo did look nice in those colours.
The girls walked downstairs, lead to the Dining Hall by Johan and Peewit. The doors opened and the King happily greeted the teens. Johan and Peewit took seats beside the King and Savina and so did the girls.
"You girls look lovely," the King said, complementing the girls. "Thank you," the girls replied together.
"You know," Peewit began, "it's creepy how you two do that."
"We know," they replied together, then looking down at their plates. Everyone began to eat silently. During the meal, Livy decided to introduce herself with the beautiful girl sitting across from her and next to Dame Barbra – Jo's new victim.
"Hi," Livy said.
"Hello Livy," Savina said.
"Savina, a proper princess does not address anyone but by their real names." Dame Barbra instructed the young girl. "Yes Dame Barbra," Savina replied. A clink was heard as Jo dropped her spoon from her soup.
"Dudette! You're a princess?" Jo asked, amazed. Dame Barbra turned away from Jo's choice of words. Everyone else seemed confused by the term "dudette" too. Savina giggled, "Yes, the King is my uncle."
"Wow," was all Livy could say. She was eating dinner with a King and a Princess in a castle with her new friends, a jester and a squire. How the day turned around for her and Jo was shocking. Less than 6 hours ago, Livy and Jo were in Jo's kitchen having lunch – hard to believe.
Dame Barbra stood up and claimed she was done her meal. She motioned for Savina to follow since it was time for her next lesson.
Brainy was doing the last of his chores before it was time to blow out the candle and go to bed. He was just writing the last few lines of his next book of quotations. Finally, he was done. Placing down the quill beside his new work, Brainy tapped in the page in his book, and then closed the title to admire his newly crafted book. He signed the cover.
The young Smurf smiled, "Ah, my new book." He admired, lifting it into his arms. "It's smurftastic, simply smurfy. I bet Papa would like to smurf it. I'll go and smurf him the first copy!" Brainy walked over to his door and stepped outside, making his way over to Papa's.
Arriving at the elder's mushroom, Brainy tucked his book under one arm so he could open the door to allow himself in. Suddenly, the knob moved. Brainy withdrew his hand to see who was coming out. Surely, Brainy was surprised when Clumsy opened the door.
"Clumsy?" Brainy said. He hadn't realized he said it aloud. The klutzy Smurf noticed Brainy and moved out of the way so he could walk by. Clumsy began to make his way down the path.
"Clumsy," Brainy called. Clumsy turned around to face the spectacled Smurf. "Why were you at Papa's?" Brainy realized it was a stupid question once he said it. He wasn't the only Smurf who visited him. He was their Papa after all.
"I smurfed my wrist in the cage," Clumsy replied, lifting his arm to show a bandage hugging around his wrist. Brainy said nothing after that – nothing about the injury anyway. "Uh, well…you should go smurf home and rest it. As Papa Smurf always says…" Brainy trailed off. He wasn't sure what to say for once. Clumsy shrugged and turned around to head home.
"Clumsy," Brainy said for the third time within those minutes.
"Yeah?" Clumsy asked.
"Thanks for smurfing me about Azrael today. That cat would've smurfed me."
Clumsy nodded. "We're still brothers, Brainy." Now it was Brainy's turn to nod. The two were silent after that. Brainy turned to go show Papa his new book when Clumsy left the scene.
"And this is your room." The King said. The Good King had just given Jo and Livy their own rooms – right across from Johan and Peewit's. The girls loved their rooms and thanked the King for his kindness and hospitality. "Good night," the King said since the four teens were lingering in the hall. The teens waved to the King as he left.
"Goodnight guys," Livy said as she made her way into her room. Livy walked into her room and closed the door. She sighed happily to her new room. For the first time in years, she could go to sleep without worrying about her uncle. She could finally have a peaceful night.
Jo walked into her room and closed the door. She examined her room, looking it over. "Hmmm," she thought to herself, placing a hand on her chin for a dramatic touch. "It's too neat. Time to Jo-It-Up,"
Peewit lay down in his bed, strumming the guitar's strings that lay on the ground next to him. The off-tune music got him tired as he yawned. Tomorrow was defiantly gonna be different. Now with Jo and Livy here, Peewit knew it be much more fun! He smiled as he began to drift off to sleep, thinking on the jokes Jo can help him pull now since she too, was a "rebel". How the two will drive Dame Barbra up the wall!
Johan, too, was getting prepared for bed. He pulled back the covers and climbed in. He was tired. After a long day like today, he sure needed some rest. He thought tomorrow he could do some archery. He'll show the girls and maybe impress one. He beamed. He'd only known the girls since this afternoon but she had the greenest eyes he'd ever seen.
Alright everyone, that's all for this chappie. As you can tell, fluffiness is on the way! :D Who doesn't love fluffiness?
As I say goodbye, remember to:
Livy: Hug a duck!
Jo: Bath a squirrel!
Peewit: Eat a ham!
Johan: And review!
B'bye for now! I promise to have the next chapter up ASAICSO!
Clumsy: Uh, what does that smurf?
As Soon As I Can Smurf One! ^_^
