A/N I own nothing of value to you people. Which means that I do not own
these characters, Tamora Pierce does.

* = Actions

[ ]= Comentary



Survivor of the Strongest Tortallan


Me: Rise and shine!

Lion Pride: *groan*

Pearl of my Heart: *groan*

Me: Today is war!

Roger, Ozorne: *perk up* We're ready!

Everyone else: *groan*

*30 minutes later*

Me: Everybody up?

All: Yes.

Me: The first war is what I would like to call "Paintball Wars".

Neal: What's a paintball?

Owen: A jolly ball of paint?

Me: All that but jolly. Everyone will get paintball gun that shoots, well, paint
balls. Then, you will try to shoot a person on the opposite team. If you shoot
a person and they go down, you must run after them and take them as your
prisoner to your village and lock them up. Any questions?

*Ozorne and Roger raise hands*

Me: Yes?

Ozorne: Can we kill anybody?

Roger: Yeah, that's my question too.

Me: NO killing of the contestants.

Roger: Crap!

Ozorne: Damn!

Me: Anyone else?

Daine: Yes, can we shoot the people on our own team? *gestures to Roger
and Ozorne*

Roger, Ozorne: *look up*

Roger: Huh?

Me: No, because then it wouldn't be fair.

Delia: Do we like have to play? I might get like dirty. (A/N Don't you just love
the valley girl?)

Thayet: Do we?

Me: *grins evilly* Yes.

Delia: Like crap!

Faithful: How do I hold the paintball gun?

Cloud: Yeah.

Me: Ummmmm, uhhh, I don't know. Deal with it!

Me: Here are you paintball guns. *paintball guns materialize* You must plan
an attack.

*Everyone grabs paintball gun*

Me: Ready? *Tortallans nod* Go!

[Lion Pride heads into the forest while Pearl of My Heart stare at each other.]

Ozorne: So, uhhh, did anyone understand that?

George: Uhhhhhhh......

Numair: Isn't it obvious? I thought you of all people, Ozorne, would understand
the concept.

Ozorne: What is the concept then, O'Genius one?

Numair: Simple. We take these guns and shoot Lion Pride, but only them, and we
take them prisoner at our camp.

*Pause*

Ozorne: Okay!

Roger: Move out!

Cleon: Hey! That's my line!

Roger: Fine.

Cleon: Alright, troops, move out!

Kel: *to Daine* We're in for a lot of work.

Daine: Yeah. We have to put up with this for who knows how long.

Kel: We better stick together.

[Lion Pride, Alanna settled herself in a tree, waiting for an unexpecting victim
to walk past. Delia was nestled in a thorny bush that kept poking her while
she did her nails. Thayet had stopped at the latrine for a #2. Jonathan hid in
a bush and had to keep brushing the twigs out of his hair that Owen put there.
Neal held his breath while he lay in a pond waiting for someone to appear.]

George: *in the bush*

*Scream is heard*

*Jonathan runs out, screaming*

Jonathan: *screaming* Get me away from devil boy! *Owen chases after him*

George: You stole my girl!!!

Jonathan: What????

George: Die!!! *shoots Jonathan with paintballs*

Jonathan: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! *jumps and dodges paintballs* Alanna, save me!

Alanna: *jumps from tree* I'm coming, Jonny-poo!

George: See?! *shoots Jonathan more*

Alanna: Die, George! *shoots him with paintballs*

George: *screaming* May day, may day! We've been hit! I repeat, we've been hit!

Jonathan: *standing up, paintball gun in hand* I hope you're on the Crooked God's good
side.

*Alanna & Jonathan shoot George with paintballs*






The war will be continued in the next chapter. Cliffhanger!!!


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