Krazy Kitty: Hello and welcome to the show!!
Fiona_da_fox: Right, weirdo. What-ever.
Krazy Kitty: *strange voice* Why don't you ... come up to the lab, and ... see ... what's on the slab ...?
Panda: *stares*
Krazy Kitty: *same voice* It will make you shiver with antici ... pation.
Panda + Fiona_da_fox: Are you okay?
Krazy Kitty: *something's with this voice here* And I can remove the core ... but not the SYMPTOMS!
Fiona_da_fox: It's gotta be the Rocky Horror Picture Show, it's gotta be.
Krazy Kitty: *normal voice* By, of course, reading the new chapter in the fic!
Panda: Yeah, I would say so.
Krazy Kitty: And, Fi, you're right, it is the RHPS ... I love that movie ... although it is a bit freaky ... *starts doing a strange dance that you would recognize if you've ever seen the RHPS and singing in either a really high voice (RHV) or a scary announcer-dude voice (SA-D)* (SA-D) It's just a ... jump ... to the left. (RVH) And a step to the riiiiiight ...
Fiona_da_fox + Panda: Oh my gawd ... not again!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Disclaimer: We don't own anything ... haha ... but Krazy Kitty wishes she owned the Rocky Horror Picture Show ... and, of course, we all wish we could own our favourite characters from anything ...
Enemaldae
By Krazy Kitty, Fiona_da_fox and Panda
Chapter One: Paradise (by Krazy Kitty)
A mischievous gleam arose in a small girl's eyes as she got an idea. Whispering something to the boy next to her, he looked unsure, but eventually nodded.
Pahan Niko told me 'n Pasco to leave them alone, right? So we will. We'll just sneak in quickly 'n quietly, 'n sneak back out again. After all, it's for a good cause. See, me 'n Pasco wanna get some string so we can try to make one of those circly-things that Pahan Briar 'n Pahan Sandry do. Just for fun, Evvumeimei Dingzai thought.
"So we'll just creep in real quiet-like, slip past 'em, get string from Pahan Lark's workshop, 'n get back out again real quick. Got it, Pasco?"
"Yeah, uh-huh," Pasco confirmed. "I got it. But are you sure this is such a good idea, Ev?"
"Of course it is! Coming from me, could it be anything else?" Evvy struck a pose as Pasco laughed.
"Well c'mon then, let's go! I'm going first—just follow my lead," said Evvy.
Daja started. She had nothing to do in the spell-making right now, and a movement at the doorway startled her. She watched as the door swung silently open, and two small figures slipped quietly in. Evvy and Pasco!
She wanted to laugh, but that would only disrupt the spell, and besides, she didn't want to get them in trouble. So she settled for a wink before turning back to Tries, Briar, Sandry and Niko.
Oh, oh, Evvy thought, Pahan Daja saw us! She shot a warning glance back at Pasco as if to say; be more careful!
Evvy stopped so suddenly Pasco almost knocked her over as he slammed into her back.
"Ssshhh!" she hissed at him. "Look at this!"
He looked. Everyone was gathered around a shallow plate of water, except Daja was a little bit back behind everyone. Then, Daja stepped forward, and threw a fine dust into the air above the plate.
Not thinking, Evvy took a deep breath, and some of the powder floated up towards her, and went up her nose. She tried really, really hard, but—
She sneezed.
"AAAAACHOOOOO!"
Sandrilene fa Toren was so deep in the spell that it physically hurt when the spell was disrupted. It felt like someone tore her heart out, ripped her stomach out, felt like—
There were strong arms around her waist, holding her up, and a familiar voice whispering something in her ear. She took a few, deep, shuddering breaths.
"Wh-what?" she whispered.
Briar asked again, "I said, are you okay, San?"
"Yes—yes, yes I'm fine."
"You sure?"
"Of course!" said Sandry indignantly. "If I say I'm okay, then I'm okay, alright? I should know how I feel!"
Briar laughed. "That's my Sandry,'' he told her. "Always arguing."
She snorted.
Someone coughed VERY forcedly. "AHEM."
Briar and Sandry realized the precarious positions they were in: Briar hadn't let his grip on her waist (which he had taken to make sure she didn't fall) go, so she had turned in his arms to face him. Blushing furiously, they untangled themselves from each other, and looked away, acting as if it hadn't happened, despite their red faces.
But it left Sandry wondering ... he had said, "My Sandry." What did it mean? Was it just a friendly thing, or did it imply something more?
Tris rubbed her aching head. This must be how Briar had felt when he hit the tree earlier that day. Luckily, Rosethorn had had some poultice of some kind that reduced the swelling—and the pain, so Briar said. It made Tris want to go over to him and kiss him senseless, telling him it was all right, she knew how it felt, it was okay, he wasn't alone. But, she thought it would be a good idea with everyone here, watching, so she restrained herself.
Looking around, she realized something else.
"Uh, guys ..."
"What, Tris, what now?" asked a very cross Briar. How had he let his feelings take control over his mind like that around Sandry?, he wondered. Wait—feelings?
"Look around, look around, look around," said a very nervous Tris. "Oh, what are we going to do, what are we going to do ..."
Evvy cleared her throat, calling attention to Pasco and herself. "Hello, hello, hel-lo! Pahan Briar, I'd expect you to figure this one out ... or maybe you're too wrapped up in your pahan"—she nodded at Sandry—"here to notice that WE'RE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE NOW!"
"AND NIKO, LARK AND ROSETHORN AREN'T HERE EITHER!" Everyone was surprised at Pasco's outburst. He had been somewhat in awe of Evvy before this, so he had been rather quiet, as a rule (which had scared Sandry considerably).
"What?" he asked, seeing everyone staring at him. "I do have a voice, you know."
Sandry nodded fervently. "Oh yes," she told him. "You have a voice. We know," she told him wryly, "we heard ..."
Krazy Kitty: Okay, now for the solemn ritual all fanfic writers must obey ...
Panda: *prostrates herself* All hail the Almighty Undetermined!
Krazy Kitty: Umm ... *looks worried* Panda ... ? Not THAT ritual ...
Panda: Oh, okay. *gets up off the ground*
Fiona_da_fox: It's an inside joke, don't ask ... it's got to do with social studies at school (and the iceman) ... but whatever.
Krazy Kitty: Right. What I MEANT was; it's time for the *drumroll* THANK YOU'S!! Here they are:
Krazy Kitty- oh no wait that's me ... nevermind.
Moon*wolf- we're really sorry we haven't got around to reading your story yet ... school is 'H-E-double-hockey-sticks,' as some say. We'll do it soon, we swear! And know what? *giggles* we liked that part too.
Lady Sandrilene- you slacker you!! You didn't sign in! ah, well, whatever. Umm, Sandry had the dream because it was Tris originally, but then the whole story sounded like it was gonna be T/B, so we changed it. And besides, it's kinda cool that we got to put our 'pinion on how Tris felt when Shriek left. We didn't know that they were outta character, really! We didn't know that Sandry was being cranky, we swear! And anyways, on the whole 'Tris' thing, they have grown up, ya know. People change. And we'll read your story soon, too ... see Moon*wolf's thanks for the reason why we haven't yet.
morgaine- we didn't mean to make fun. We're really and truly sorry for that. Thank you so much for forgiving us, and we didn't know Tris was OOC ... but 'member, this is them in the future ... we mean, people do change!
Hayden's Super Hobbit- Holy—okay, we're not even going to continue that line of thought. We just can't believe that you're reading our story!! WE LOVE A CIRCLE DISTORTED!!!!! (Or, at least, Krazy Kitty and Panda do—we don't think Fiona_da_fox's ever read a TM fic ... poor, deprived child, eh?) How can you say it's not going so good, huh? If it wasn't, would we love it??
StarJade- ... so, does that mean that you like this fic even if it's S/B?
Muslima- thanks a lot! We updated as soon as possible!
Dark Empress- thanks so much! And we will, don't worry ... *winks*
lilleehunee- thank you for the compliment ... we figure that this'd be pretty hard to understand if you haven't read those books ... so get down to the library!! (Krazy Kitty: by the way, which tortall books to you like the most ... just wondering, of course!)
FlyPaper- thankies for the review, and now we have 10 reviews!! Yay!!
Krazy Kitty: so, remember to ... REVIEW!!! The button's right down here ...
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