Sorry for a latER update

Sorry for a latER update...I had to deal with a very very very yucky week that included news that I was in ensemble in the play, which really ticked me off and made me frustrated. I couldn't concentrate on this story. D:

Then I felt sick on Friday. But I'm better right now. DX

ANYHOW. Gustav will be speaking more Deutsch in here than usual, just cuz...I felt like it. XD; It seems like the fans of him are enjoying that. :)

With the play, though, I'll have difficulty getting on the computer. Expect updates on weekends!!

Semi-long chapter, semi-long update, possible bad cliffhanger at the end, neh. It evens out!! Enjoy! I'll have the next one up and running hopefully soon!


11

Gustav was relieved to see that Blumiere was beginning to slow up as they got closer to Timpani's old castle. He was now panting heavily; he was never good at physical education, like his other friends. His time went to playing cello and focusing on improving his English, and the last thing he needed was to exercise.

"Halt, bitte; Ich bin es müde sein das Geschlecht…!" Gustav slowed down, bending over, ready to collapse. Blumiere sat down breathing heavily as well, and Timpani leaned against him. Gustav fell over, extremely tired. "Wie viel abgewendet; how much farther?

"Not much," Timpani frowned. "Sadly. I'm not ready to face my parents after I escaped from the castle years back. They haven't even tried to find me since then."

Blumiere looked over at his wife, confused. "What do you mean? I mean, my parents have to be worried, but they haven't searched for me. Shouldn't yours be the same?"

Timpani shook her head with grief. "No. My parents didn't care much for me at all. For some reason they just don't like me one bit…"

"Maybe because dey expect you to be prim and proper and you tend to be free and open?" Gustav suggested. Timpani sighed.

"I don't know. I'm just not looking forward to this whole 'reuniting with my past home' deal," Timpani looked up at the sky and noticed the sunset. Her stomach growled. She and Blumiere would always eat a little something by now, and when she didn't eat…let's just say she would starve until "the end of time".

Blumiere caught himself laughing. Gustav, as well.

"Du bist hungrig, nein?!" Gustav laughed.

"What is so funny about that?!" Timpani demanded. "I'm hungry; aren't you??"

"Your stomach growled so loudly," Gustav sat up, smiling. "But you brought up a good point; I am just a tad in need of food. Vat about you, Blumiere, Haben sie Hunger?" Blumiere sighed with relief as his laughter died down.

"Oh, it wouldn't hurt to have dinner, but I doubt that we'll find anything soon," Blumiere glanced over at Timpani and stroked her golden hair. "Sorry, love."

"Ugh, I guess that's okay. Maybe we can find something in the castle in the middle of the night…" Timpani held her stomach, hearing it growl again.

"Your stomach has de most ferocious growl ever," Gustav shook his head, resisting laughter once more. "You are going to make me even hungrier if I keep hearing you!"

"Maybe we should head for the castle, then, Timpani," Blumiere got up. "I know it's hard, but if you're hungry, we might have a shot at asking Ettle for something to eat. That, and we need a place to stay for the night as it nears."

Gustav began to notice the sky turning a purple color as he got up and cringed. He hated being outside when it was dark out; it made him feel small and unsafe, as if he were an open target of a murderer. He would take being inside when it was dark anytime.

"Ja, dat sounds like a good idea," Gustav agreed as they started to walk. Timpani groaned.

"Fine, but don't blame me when you get attacked while we try to break in," Timpani scowled. Both boys turned around and looked at her, not believing what she just said.

"'BREAK IN'?!" Gustav and Blumiere exclaimed together. Timpani raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah! I mean, how else are you two Tribe of Darkness men going to get inside? Knock on the door and ask if you can come in for a cup of tea?" Timpani crossed her arms. "And there's the matter of me, too; I mean, seriously, it's like my parents would want me back home."

"Vell, how do ve break in?" Gustav asked.

"We'll wait until nightfall." Timpani answered.


Gustav shivered with fear as they moved along the walls of the ivory castle. It was now pitch black outside, except for the bright moon glowing, which was their only source of light. He was starting to hate the dark altogether now.

They all came to a gradual stop, as commanded by Timpani.

"This should be right below my bedroom…" Timpani looked directly up above her. Blumiere looked in the direction she was, and frowned.

"And we get up there by…?" Blumiere asked in a hushed voice. He looked to where Timpani was, but found she was gone. Blumiere looked over at an oak tree and found her sitting on a branch.

"By tree, my count and lord," Timpani winked. She began to move up into the leave-covered branches. "Hurry up, guys, I'm already half way up!"

"She sure knows how to climb her trees," Blumiere blinked.

"Verdammt, I cannot climb trees at all. My cape gets stuck and I cannot move," Gustav muttered. Blumiere smiled at his friend's comment.

"Just follow us and you'll be okay," Blumiere said, grabbing a branch and pushing himself upon it. Gustav watched as his friend went up the tree and soon out of view. He groaned as he decided to attempt to get on the first branch. He found it was even darker in the tree than outside of it, which made Gustav's heart race.

"Ack, vhere are you two?!" Gustav whispered loud enough for the others to hear.

"Right above you, don't worry!" Timpani called down. "I need something to pry the window open with; a stick or something!"

Blumiere looked down and broke off a large twig off of the oak tree and handed it up to his wife. But he heard a moan from below him.

"Gustav, are you alright?"

"Nien, I vas hanging onto dat branch, and now my cape is snagged!!" Gustav tried to keep his voice as soft as possible to avoid alarm to the entire castle. "I need light, bitte!"

Blumiere took out his staff and tapped it twice onto the trunk of the oak tree and a dim light emerged from his sapphire end of the staff. Timpani and Blumiere saw that Gustav was caught like a bug in a spider's web.

"Blumiere, dis is nothing to joke vith! Get me out of here!" Gustav demanded as he saw his condition in light.

"Okay, Gustav, I'm coming, just hang on!" Blumiere put his staff in his mouth and began to climb back down the tree to Gustav's level. He placed his staff where a branch separated from the trunk of the tree and sighed at how stuck Gustav was. "Yikes, Gustav, how did you get like this?"

"I do not know, but how is it dat you are unharmed and I am not?!" Gustav asked as Blumiere took hold of his cape and started to gently remove the twigs that were snagging it.

"No clue; maybe it just hates you," Blumiere smirked. Gustav rolled his eyes, but smiled. Gustav felt his cape let go of the tree and sighed. "There you go."

"Danke," Gustav said as Blumiere grabbed his staff and scaled up the oak tree quickly. He started to follow Blumiere, but a certain dreaded sound rang out in his ear…

Riiiiip.

"Scheiß…!! Mein Frisierumhang!!" Gustav winced. He paused, hating that his parents would completely dislike that his expensive orange cape was ripped, but decided to keep moving since he knew that Timpani and Blumiere were waiting for him. Gustav finally got to the point where he could see the window to Timpani's old room.

Something grabbed onto his hand, actually two somethings. He was yanked into an open window and fell onto the floor. Gustav looked up and saw Timpani and Blumiere now closing the window quietly.

"Ugh, now that's over with, all we need to do is find something to eat…" Timpani whispered. "Then we can stay in here to rest a little. Tomorrow we can start looking for—"

The three Heroes looked towards the door where a girl stood there, completely in shock. Everyone froze in their spot and dared not to even breathe.

"Merde."

"Verdammt."

"Shoot."