Author's note- IMPORTANT! This story does not belong to me nor my friend. My friend Anna wrote this and she wasn't able to upload it to fanfiction cause of stuff happening so she asked me. I have a problem, you see I can be awake during the day but I can easily fall asleep however during night I'm wide awake while trying to go to sleep. I refuse to take drugs but does anyone have a suggestion. Here's Chapter 12...I think...
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Ch. 12 FOOD FIGHT!
"N-no..." She said nervously. Then she glared at him. That had been exactly what she wanted to do! The only reason she hadn't already sat down was because she thought it would have been out of line.
And it appeared that it was. Everyone at the table was looking at Ripred with obvious discomfort, but nobody spoke up. Except Luxa of course.
"I will not dine with a rat at our table!" She screamed at Vikus.
"Luxa, please-!" The lady who walked in with Vikus tried to say.
"Oh, it's useless Solovet. The girl is obviously beyond reason." Ripred groaned, with his claw already hooked on a bowl.
The woman, Solovet, gave him a fierce glare that would have made any normal person flinch. But Ripred didn't even acknowledge her anger.
Oh, here we go... Alma thought, looking at both sides of the table. This won't end well...
Luxa, who probably really was beyond reasoning with, picked up some kind of food from the table, and hurled it at Ripred.
To Alma's surprise, it didn't actually connect with him - The hungry rat caught it with his mouth - though, it was enough to make Ripred narrow his eyes in annoyance. But Luxa held her glare.
"Alright. I see how it is." Ripred growled. "I hope you like your food the same way you serve it!" And with that, his tail whipped to the contents of the bowl, and threw some at her with lightning speed.
Luxa barely managed to block with her plate. The remainder of the thrown food ended up on the table, and on the shirt of Howard who was standing next to her.
Howard looked down at his shirt in mild surprise, when Moranzo, Mira, and Rosie all started laughing at him. Howard gave Moranzo an angry glance, which was quickly replaced with a smile when he threw some kind of fish at him.
And that's when the room erupted in flying food.
Alma had to pull up a plate to keep from being hit when something from Luxa came sailing her way. While Luxa herself was busy trying to dodge an onslaught from Moranzo, Howard, and Ripred.
Rosie was thoroughly enjoying herself as well, sticking her hands in some kind of porridge, and slinging it across the table, even though it didn't go very far. Then she hopped out of her seat, ran over to Ripred... and giggled as she wiped her messy hands on his fur.
Alma looked at them both in horror, afraid of what Ripred would do. She knew from the way he was fighting in the arena that he would be able to snap her own neck in an instant. And her little sister...? She didn't even want to think about it.
But to her great relief, all Ripred did was soak his tail in some sauce, and smear it on Rosie's nose and cheeks. "There. You're covered in food too. Now go on back to your sister, pup." he muttered, pushing Rosie back to Alma.
Rosie giggled again before showing her hands to Alma. "Look! I play with food!" She squealed.
"O-oh, yes you did, huh? Now let's get you cleaned up, little girl." She said while still shielding her head with the plate.
"Yes, I do believe it would be best to leave, and prepare you for your trip home. If you would come with me." Vikus said with a sigh, walking over to her, also shielding himself with a plate.
"Oh, right! Come on, Rosie." She said, grabbing her sister's messy hand, and leading her away from the food fight, with Temp scurrying along behind.
"I apologize for you having to witness that catastrophe. I hope it does not affect your opinion of us negatively." Vikus said as soon as they reached another room.
"Oh, no. That was a tense situation. I think everyone needed a little relief." Alma said, trying not to add to the old man's worries.
"You are too kind Overlander." He said with a sigh of relief. "And now... I am sure you would like to return home. I shall arrange for my flier to take you to an opening to the Overland."
"Oh, thank you!" Alma said, ecstatic to hear that she could finally go home. "But, umm... Would it be alright if I asked to fly home with Ares?" she added meekly.
"Hmm? Ares? Are you sure?" Vikus asked, a little surprised.
"Yeah, I'm sure." Since Corona wasn't here, she felt more comfortable if she could fly with a bat that she was at least somewhat familiar with.
Vikus stared at her for a moment, seeming a bit confused. then he smiled and said "Alright. I shall send for him."
After getting some help from another Underlander, both Alma and Rosie were clean once more.
When they came out of the bathroom, with new robes, Vikus was waiting with Ares. "Will you be capable of taking her to one of the gates to the Overland?"
"I will take her as far as I am able." The bat replied, dipping his head.
"Oh, thank goodness! I, umm, wanted to fly with someone I knew. I hope you don't mind." Alma said, picking up Rosie.
"It is of no trouble" was Ares smiling?
"We should not waste any more time."
"R-Right..." Alma said as she set Rosie up on Ares's back, then began to climb on herself.
"Bye bye, Temp!" Rosie smiled at the cockroach.
Alma looked at Temp. Since she picked Rosie up from the Underland nanny, he hadn't left her side. Did cockroaches like kids or something?
"See you again, princess, see you again?" The roach said hopefully.
Princess? What the heck is that all about? Alma thought
"Yep! see you soon!"
"Yeah, sure." Alma said with a nervous laugh. Oh, we are so not coming back here. Not if mom has anything to say about it.
At Vikus's signal, Ares spread his wings, and they rose into the air. Alma turned to see Vikus getting smaller in the distance. She waved before he disappeared entirely.
After a few minutes, they reached the Fount, and the river that ran around it. Ares followed the river into a higher cave. Then Alma began to recognize her surroundings.
"This... This is the sewers!" she said, looking at the smooth, round concrete walls.
"Yes, one of the gates to the Overland is here in the man-made tunnels." Ares said. Then he landed, and nodded to a hole in the celling corked by a manhole cover. "I will not be able to go further than this. Will you be able to get home from here?"
"I'm not sure. Let me look..." Alma responded. With the bat's help, she managed to push the cover off, and found herself in the kind of public bathrooms you would find in a park. And when she opened the door to look outside, she was right.
"It's Crosswood park!" she said, taking in the Overland scenery. It was sunset already. She would have to hurry home.
"So you know where you are?" Ares called from the tunnel.
"Yeah, yeah I do! We can get home from here!" she said, running back to the hole.
Ares allowed Rosie to sit on his head so she could get out. As she hopped on to the floor, she petted him on the head, and said "Bye bat!"
"Thank you for everything, Ares." Alma said, picking up Rosie again.
The bat nodded. "It was enjoyable flying with you. Fly you high, Overlander" He said, before he ducked back into the darkness, and disappeared from her life. Or so she thought.
Oh, that must be a kind of farewell. She figured at the last moment. "Fly you high, Ares!" She shouted before he was too far away.
Rosie giggled, and said "Fly you, fly!"
Alma laughed too. "Come on, Rosie. Let's go home before our family freaks out."
