Sandry was still sitting in the box. She had been sitting there for
at least 20 minutes. *He saw me naked. Briar Moss saw me naked* She thought
a bit more *Well maybe not naked but pretty damn close. Oh cat dirt!!* She
slammed her fists against the sides of the huge box *Cat dirt cat dirt cat
dirt!!* This kept up for about 10 more minutes then Sandry sighed and
slipped on a random dress. She then moved to her bed and fell on it face
down. "Cat Dirt" she said, only through the pillow it sounded like "Mhm
mfmm."
'Daja' she called miserably
'What?' Daja asked
'Will you please come to my room?'
'Why don't you come up here?'
'Please.' Sandry sounded so desperate, Daja had to give in
'Ok, I'm coming.'
When Daja entered Sandry's room she was surprised to find it such a mess, Sandry is usually a very neat person. She was even more surprised to find her face down on her bed. Very un-Sandry like behavior. Daja sat at the end of it.
"Spill." She said
Sandry's head shot up and whipped around to Daja, she looked scared but only for a second. Her eyes watered a bit and she flung herself on Daja.
"Oh Daja I'm so humiliated! I'll never be able to look Briar in the eye again! Never! Our whole friendship is ruined!" Sandry sobbed into the other girl's shoulder
"Whoa Sandry," Daja said gently "Slow down." She pushed Sandry away from her and looked her in the eye "Tell me exactly what happened."
Sandry sniffed "Well, I put on this dress but I didn't think the colour was right so I pulled it off and put on another one, but I didn't like that one either. So I took it off and climbed into the box." She motioned to the box in the middle of the room "I was looking for just the right dress, you know how important first impressions are to me, and then Briar came in. I didn't hear him though; I was too wrapped up in the dresses. So I guess he saw all the dresses flying out of the box and then…and then…. then…."
"Yes what happened?" Daja prodded
"He…he…he looked in the box!" Sandry wailed, "He saw me!! In my underclothes!" she fell against Daja again sobbing
Daja just sat there with her mouth hanging open "Briar." She finally managed "Saw you. In your underclothes."
"Yes!" Sandry cried
"Oh you poor thing."
"Well," she sniffed "What am I to do about it?"
"I really have no idea."
"Daja you're not helping!"
"Oh I think you're making this too big of a deal."
"It is a big deal!"
"I'm sure he doesn't want to remember it any more than you do."
"He thinks I'm ugly?!!?"
"No Sandry that's not what I said! I think…I think you should just pretend nothing happened."
"Oh alright, I guess that sounds best." Sandry said calming down a bit
"Want me to talk to Briar for you?"
"No."
*
*Ok* Briar thought *So you just saw one of your foster sisters naked.* He was pacing about in the garden, the plants sensed his uneasiness and stretched to comfort him *It wasn't naked!* he screamed back at himself *She had some clothes on. Still… Oh come on! You knew this was going to happen! You live in a house full of girls!!* He ran a hand though his short hair, trying to calm himself *It wasn't that big of a deal. It's not like you like her or anything.* He stopped pacing *Right?* The plants curled around his legs *Right.* he confirmed and then started to turn the but plants didn't let him. He fell down in the dirt. *So much for new clothes.* He gently pushed the plants away with his magic and started towards the cottage *Just act like nothing happened* he told himself *Nothing happened*
*
Kel, Neal, Faleron, and Cleon were walking slowly towards the throne room, very slowly. They were all wrapped up in their own thoughts so there was a kind of uneasy silence around them. This was driving Neal crazy. That's what he was thinking about, how this silence would be the end of him. *Can anyone die from lack of communication?* he wondered absently *Is this what normal people do? Wallow in silence just because the king calls you to the throne room, where young knights usually are only called in for drastic reasons?* after this his thoughts began to match the others'. *Oh Gods! What have we done?! Is he going to have us beheaded? Can he even do that? Oh Gods…we're so screwed.*
Soon, despite their best efforts, they had arrived at the throne room door. They all exchanged looks of 'You open the door, I'm not going to do it.' And they probably would have continued doing this for as long as possible but Kel, being the sensible person she is, sighed and said,
"Fine, you bunch of pansies! I'll open the door! Honestly, to think at you're knights…" She received grateful looks for the most part and couldn't help but smile. Then her eyes rested on Neal. *What is that look? Since when did Neal look at me like I was some little puppy? Oh my Gods…is he drooling? Did he lose all his brain cells or something? All right Kel don't stare, just forget it and open the door.* She continued to stare *Just open the freaking door.* she shook her head clear and turned the knob. The door slowly creaked open revealing a kind of living room type setting. There was a generous amount of sunlight and what looked to be two fluffy couches. *Huh, go figure* Kel thought with a shrug.
Just then King Jon appeared and smiled, ushering them in the room. "Please, sit down. Comfortable? Good. Very well. Right then, down to business." The knights shifted uncomfortably in their seats "As you know the four special mages and their teacher are coming here for a stay while we have the Immortal, um, situation at hand." His eyes filled with worry for a moment, before smiling and giving them their sparkle again "Well they are from quite a different land, and they won't know anyone here. I'd very much appreciate it if you would show them around. Oh you know, help them settle. Do you feel up to it?"
"Yes. We'd be honored to show around the new mages." Said Cleon not even a second after King Jon had stopped talking. Kel rolled her eyes as the rest of the knights nodded eagerly.
King Jon smiled again "Good. Very well. They should be arriving here, oh about midday. I'd like you all to meet them at the palace gates. See to it that they have a wonderful time. I'll talk to you at a later time. Goodbye." With that he turned around and looked out the window as if his guests had disappeared. The four got up and almost ran to the door. Once they were in the hall Cleon sighed happily.
"We get to show the girls around."
" We'll see to it they have a wonderful time. Right guys?" Faleron said, not really waiting for a response "I can't wait to meet the three of them."
"There are four of them." Kel said, slightly annoyed "Three girls and a boy. Remember?"
"Oh right, right." Faleron said absently, he had already begun to daydream, and we won't get into that.
Kel laughed "I won't even ask." She then turned to Neal "So Neal, what do you think the girls will be like?"
*What? Is she talking to me?* Neal thought to himself as he returned her gaze, she was obviously waiting for an answer. *What did she ask me? Oh gods, what were we talking about? Oh never mind. Just say something. Ask her what she said.* Neal just stood there *Well say something. Just talk. Say something. Anything. Open your mouth and let sound come out. Say something god damn it!*
"Um, I think that, uh, man life's a bitch isn't it?" he forced a smile, Kel looked at him like he had just grown five more heads and they were being eaten by gigantic flying mice. *That's what I said? What kind of a jackass am I anyway? Where the hell did I hear that? That's not an answer to any question! She thinks I've lost my mind. I have lost my mind. 'Life's a bitch.' Someone shoot me. Get your arrows. Shoot me right now. Please someone kill me. Anyone? I hate you fate.*
"Yeah," Kel said grinning, "Life's a pretty big bitch."
*Oh gods I love you.*
A/N: That was a fun chapter to write. I should write me chapters like this. Sorry if ne one is OOC cuz this is my story and I can bend them ne way I damn well please. Aside from that I love all you people who review. I worship you. So where should I go with this story? Think I should drop the main plot entirely? Just go on with amusing scenes and stick to a the weird crushes and how they turn out? Well tell me! Tell me now! NOW!! Love you all!!
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'Daja' she called miserably
'What?' Daja asked
'Will you please come to my room?'
'Why don't you come up here?'
'Please.' Sandry sounded so desperate, Daja had to give in
'Ok, I'm coming.'
When Daja entered Sandry's room she was surprised to find it such a mess, Sandry is usually a very neat person. She was even more surprised to find her face down on her bed. Very un-Sandry like behavior. Daja sat at the end of it.
"Spill." She said
Sandry's head shot up and whipped around to Daja, she looked scared but only for a second. Her eyes watered a bit and she flung herself on Daja.
"Oh Daja I'm so humiliated! I'll never be able to look Briar in the eye again! Never! Our whole friendship is ruined!" Sandry sobbed into the other girl's shoulder
"Whoa Sandry," Daja said gently "Slow down." She pushed Sandry away from her and looked her in the eye "Tell me exactly what happened."
Sandry sniffed "Well, I put on this dress but I didn't think the colour was right so I pulled it off and put on another one, but I didn't like that one either. So I took it off and climbed into the box." She motioned to the box in the middle of the room "I was looking for just the right dress, you know how important first impressions are to me, and then Briar came in. I didn't hear him though; I was too wrapped up in the dresses. So I guess he saw all the dresses flying out of the box and then…and then…. then…."
"Yes what happened?" Daja prodded
"He…he…he looked in the box!" Sandry wailed, "He saw me!! In my underclothes!" she fell against Daja again sobbing
Daja just sat there with her mouth hanging open "Briar." She finally managed "Saw you. In your underclothes."
"Yes!" Sandry cried
"Oh you poor thing."
"Well," she sniffed "What am I to do about it?"
"I really have no idea."
"Daja you're not helping!"
"Oh I think you're making this too big of a deal."
"It is a big deal!"
"I'm sure he doesn't want to remember it any more than you do."
"He thinks I'm ugly?!!?"
"No Sandry that's not what I said! I think…I think you should just pretend nothing happened."
"Oh alright, I guess that sounds best." Sandry said calming down a bit
"Want me to talk to Briar for you?"
"No."
*
*Ok* Briar thought *So you just saw one of your foster sisters naked.* He was pacing about in the garden, the plants sensed his uneasiness and stretched to comfort him *It wasn't naked!* he screamed back at himself *She had some clothes on. Still… Oh come on! You knew this was going to happen! You live in a house full of girls!!* He ran a hand though his short hair, trying to calm himself *It wasn't that big of a deal. It's not like you like her or anything.* He stopped pacing *Right?* The plants curled around his legs *Right.* he confirmed and then started to turn the but plants didn't let him. He fell down in the dirt. *So much for new clothes.* He gently pushed the plants away with his magic and started towards the cottage *Just act like nothing happened* he told himself *Nothing happened*
*
Kel, Neal, Faleron, and Cleon were walking slowly towards the throne room, very slowly. They were all wrapped up in their own thoughts so there was a kind of uneasy silence around them. This was driving Neal crazy. That's what he was thinking about, how this silence would be the end of him. *Can anyone die from lack of communication?* he wondered absently *Is this what normal people do? Wallow in silence just because the king calls you to the throne room, where young knights usually are only called in for drastic reasons?* after this his thoughts began to match the others'. *Oh Gods! What have we done?! Is he going to have us beheaded? Can he even do that? Oh Gods…we're so screwed.*
Soon, despite their best efforts, they had arrived at the throne room door. They all exchanged looks of 'You open the door, I'm not going to do it.' And they probably would have continued doing this for as long as possible but Kel, being the sensible person she is, sighed and said,
"Fine, you bunch of pansies! I'll open the door! Honestly, to think at you're knights…" She received grateful looks for the most part and couldn't help but smile. Then her eyes rested on Neal. *What is that look? Since when did Neal look at me like I was some little puppy? Oh my Gods…is he drooling? Did he lose all his brain cells or something? All right Kel don't stare, just forget it and open the door.* She continued to stare *Just open the freaking door.* she shook her head clear and turned the knob. The door slowly creaked open revealing a kind of living room type setting. There was a generous amount of sunlight and what looked to be two fluffy couches. *Huh, go figure* Kel thought with a shrug.
Just then King Jon appeared and smiled, ushering them in the room. "Please, sit down. Comfortable? Good. Very well. Right then, down to business." The knights shifted uncomfortably in their seats "As you know the four special mages and their teacher are coming here for a stay while we have the Immortal, um, situation at hand." His eyes filled with worry for a moment, before smiling and giving them their sparkle again "Well they are from quite a different land, and they won't know anyone here. I'd very much appreciate it if you would show them around. Oh you know, help them settle. Do you feel up to it?"
"Yes. We'd be honored to show around the new mages." Said Cleon not even a second after King Jon had stopped talking. Kel rolled her eyes as the rest of the knights nodded eagerly.
King Jon smiled again "Good. Very well. They should be arriving here, oh about midday. I'd like you all to meet them at the palace gates. See to it that they have a wonderful time. I'll talk to you at a later time. Goodbye." With that he turned around and looked out the window as if his guests had disappeared. The four got up and almost ran to the door. Once they were in the hall Cleon sighed happily.
"We get to show the girls around."
" We'll see to it they have a wonderful time. Right guys?" Faleron said, not really waiting for a response "I can't wait to meet the three of them."
"There are four of them." Kel said, slightly annoyed "Three girls and a boy. Remember?"
"Oh right, right." Faleron said absently, he had already begun to daydream, and we won't get into that.
Kel laughed "I won't even ask." She then turned to Neal "So Neal, what do you think the girls will be like?"
*What? Is she talking to me?* Neal thought to himself as he returned her gaze, she was obviously waiting for an answer. *What did she ask me? Oh gods, what were we talking about? Oh never mind. Just say something. Ask her what she said.* Neal just stood there *Well say something. Just talk. Say something. Anything. Open your mouth and let sound come out. Say something god damn it!*
"Um, I think that, uh, man life's a bitch isn't it?" he forced a smile, Kel looked at him like he had just grown five more heads and they were being eaten by gigantic flying mice. *That's what I said? What kind of a jackass am I anyway? Where the hell did I hear that? That's not an answer to any question! She thinks I've lost my mind. I have lost my mind. 'Life's a bitch.' Someone shoot me. Get your arrows. Shoot me right now. Please someone kill me. Anyone? I hate you fate.*
"Yeah," Kel said grinning, "Life's a pretty big bitch."
*Oh gods I love you.*
A/N: That was a fun chapter to write. I should write me chapters like this. Sorry if ne one is OOC cuz this is my story and I can bend them ne way I damn well please. Aside from that I love all you people who review. I worship you. So where should I go with this story? Think I should drop the main plot entirely? Just go on with amusing scenes and stick to a the weird crushes and how they turn out? Well tell me! Tell me now! NOW!! Love you all!!
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