Budding Romance
"I'm really glad she finally got home," Day said, as they stepped out of the cottage. She stretched her arms over her head, and yawned. "It's a nice day, isn't it?"
"Can we go explore now?" Soda asked, looking up at Day.
"Way to break the mood, kid," Day laughed. Soda looked confused. That made Day laughed harder. "Yeah, we can go exploring now." Soda grinned, and grabbed Day's hand again.
Meanwhile, Fizz was pulling on Night's hand. "What is it?" Night asked, looking down at the child. When Night leaned down, Grundy had to grab onto a lank of her hair, lest he fall off. Of course, he didn't really mind this, as her hair was quite silky.
"I hafta pee!" Fizz said. Night laughed.
"Uh, Day," she said. Day turned to face her. "We have a little problem over here."
"What is it?" Day asked.
"Fizz needs a toile-tree." Night was trying to keep a straight face.
"Oh. Well…umm…isn't there one over there somewhere?" Day pointed in a random direction.
"I have no idea!" Night said. "Why don't we just bring one here?"
"Good plan!" Day said. "Let's do it." Then they both lifted an arm, and suddenly a tree appeared.
"Wow!" Soda and Fizz said, staring at the tree. "How'd you do that?"
"That's their talent," Grundy explained.
Fizz looked pensive. "Summoning trees? That's a weird talent."
Day and Night laughed, while Grundy looked flustered. "No," Day said. "My talent is moving animate objects, and Night's is moving inanimate objects. When we work together, we can move just about anything." The twins' eyes widened, and they looked up at the girls, opened mouthed.
"Wow," they said. Day and Night smiled.
Raven was having a similar reaction to the twins. "I did not know that your talent was so similar to Nights'," he said, looking at Day. "Two such strong talents, paired up with…" now he glanced back and forth between the two of them, "two such beautiful women." This, of course, caused Day and Night to blush considerably. Grundy could only assume that it was because their outfits were supposed to give them power over Raven, but had instead given him more power over them, and now they were embarrassed.
"Thank you," the both muttered lamely.
"I still hafta go!" Fizz suddenly yelped. Grundy was beginning to realize how good small children were at ruining moods.
"Just use the toile-tree," Day said, composing herself. "It's right there."
"I can't go when people are watching!" Fizz whined. Day rolled her eyes and looked at Night.
"I'll get you a curtain," Night said. Suddenly, there was a pink curtain around the toile-tree.
"I can't use that!" Fizz said. "I'm a boy!"
Sighing, Night raised her arm. A blue curtain appeared around the tree. "Thanks!" Fizz said, running to the tree. He came back a moment later. "Ok, let's go!" He grabbed Night's hand. Grundy was impressed. So far, the children seemed to be very well behaved.
The six of them started walking. Since they had nowhere to go in particular, they just meandered around. The twins had let go of the girls' hands, and were running around. They were staying close, though, so it was ok.
After walking through the woods for about an hour or so, the twins started to get restless. Day and Night were getting bored, too.
"I can only take so much of these trees," Day said. "I missed Xanth, but this is just too much of one thing." She stuck her tongue out.
"And these flowers just aren't so interesting anymore," Night added.
"We're hungry!" the twins whined. Grundy got a lightbulb.
"Why don't we have a picnic?" he suggested. That brought him smiles from all parties. He grinned back, pleased.
"What a great idea, Grundy!" Day exclaimed.
"Yeah, can't believe it came from you!" Night teased. Everyone laughed, including Grundy, who couldn't help but be caught up in the lighthearted mood.
Night cleared a spot out in the forest, and laid down a blanket. Then, she brought food, (crackers, cheese, something they called "Oreos," a few flavours of tsoda popka, and oranges), and a bunch of pillows. It wasn't an overly healthy meal, but it wasn't composed of junk food, either.
The twins dug in greedily, devouring almost every morsel that Night had conjured. Laughing, she lifted her arm, and the bowls were all refilled. The twins ate a little more, then stopped.
"We're full," Soda groaned.
"Well, that's what happens when you eat so much!" Day said in a motherly tone. Grundy was surprised. Then she softened, a little. "Why don't you go lay down on those pillows?" Nodding, the twins flopped down. A few minutes later, they were asleep.
"Remember when we were like that?" Day asked, looking at the sleeping twins.
Night laughed. "I think we were worse!"
"I believe it!" Grundy said. Day and Night laughed, hard. Night took Grundy off of her shoulder, and settling down, the "adults" ate the rest of the food.
"These 'oreos' are good!" Grundy commented.
"I agree," said Raven. The girls smiled.
"Glad you think so!" Day said. Then she turned to Night, and patted her stomach. "Are you as uncomfortable as I am?" she asked. Night nodded. "Outfit change?" Again, Night nodded. "I was thinking…" she said, then leaned in close to Night, and whispered something that Grundy couldn't hear.
"Hey, I think that'd work!" Night said. "Good idea!" Day smiled. "But, just in case…" and suddenly, she and Day were surrounded by a curtain. Raven and Grundy sat outside of it, perplexed. A moment later, the girls stepped out.
Day was wearing a pale blue dress, which had cloud designs on it. It had the same sort of straps as her shirt, and it ended just above her knees. Somehow, it still managed to show off a curve here, and some skin there, Grundy noticed with dismay. She had a new pair of runners on, but these ones were loosely laced, almost falling off of her feet. Grundy smirked. This was odd footwear to go with a dress, but on these two, it didn't seem so weird.
Night, or course, looked exactly like Day, only, exactly opposite. Her dress was dark blue, and had stars decorating it. Her shoes, too, were extremely loose. Both had thrown their hair back, but some was escaping, tumbling down their backs. Grundy sighed.
"Metria would say those dresses are décolleté," he commented.
"What?" Day and Night asked confusedly, their faces scrunching up cutely.
"Low cut, revealing, small…"
Day and Night laughed. "She wouldn't say that! She'd say they're too big!" Grundy sighed. He just couldn't win with these two.
Raven, obviously, did not share Grundy's notion. He was staring at the girls, apparently in awe. Day decided not to waste this opportunity of power. She stepped up to Raven, and smiled at him.
"Do you like my outfit?" she asked demurely, winking at him. Raven nodded dumbly. Day laughed. She looked at Night and smiled. Night gave her the thumbs up. The girls had finally gotten control over Raven!
Raven shook his head. He appeared to be in shock. Grundy could understand why- the first time a girl had given him that look, he had freaked out. It was almost as potent as seeing a girl's panties!
But Raven wasn't about to let Day take total control of the situation like that. Regaining consciousness, he smiled at Day. "You look beautiful," he said. This caused her to blush, but having once gotten power, she wasn't easily relenting.
"Thank you," she said. The blush, of course, only caused her to look even more maidenly, which wasn't a good thing for Raven. Of course, he wasn't going to relent so easily, either.
"Your hair," he said, reaching down, and gently brushing back a piece that had fallen into Day's eye, "…so silky," he murmured. Day gulped. It appeared Raven was making ground.
"I-" she started to say, but was cut off, as Raven brought his lips down on hers. And that was the end of it. Raven had control. Day absolutely melted.
"Oh no!" Night suddenly exclaimed. "In Xanth, you really can melt!" It was true. Day, in fact, was turning into a puddle of mush, as she melted in Raven's embrace. "Quick, stop kissing her!" Night said worriedly. Raven complied. "What to do, what to do…?" Night muttered.
At that moment, the twins woke up. And threw a pillow at Night. It hit her on her bottom. "Hey!" she said irritably, turning to face them. Then, she got a light bulb. "That's it! Soda, quick!- solidify Day!" Soda, having just woken up, was too tired to question. She pursed her lips, and looked at Day.
Slowly, Day's body became more solid. First her toes tingled, then her legs, then some more of her legs, and eventually, the rest of her body. "Oh!" she gasped, wiggling her fingers. "Thank you, Soda!" she said, smiling at the girl. Blinking, Soda nodded.
"You're welcome," she said.
Day turned back to Raven, and immediately blushed. "Perhaps I should not do that again," Raven said, a cloud of disappointment coming over his face.
Day grinned wickedly. She had found an opening to take back control. "If you don't, I will!" she said. Then she threw her arms around Raven's neck, and pulled his lips to hers. Raven, stunned, did not respond immediately. But as soon as he realized what was happening, he put his arms around Day, and pulled her close.
"Ahem," Grundy said, gesturing at the two wide eyed children. "You two are dangerously close to being in violation of the Adult Conspiracy." But the two were too deeply engrossed in each other to hear him. Night, not knowing what the Adult Conspiracy was, but taking a good guess, quickly used her talent to put blindfolds over the children's eyes.
"Aww, nuts!" came the resounding response. The twins, however, quickly recovered, and tore the blindfolds off. Those were promptly replaced by new blindfolds. This cycle continued for a few moments, until Raven and Day finally broke apart.
"It's about time!" Night exclaimed. "That was a whopper of a kiss!" Day blushed deep red, and Raven chuckled. Then Night turned to Grundy. "Hey, G-man," she said, "what's the Adult Conspiracy?"
Grundy shook his head, still stunned. "Uhh- oh, it's the conspiracy that all adults partake in, to keep all interesting facts away from small children," he answered. Then he did a double take. "In fact, as you two are only 16, you're still considered children!" Day and Night laughed.
"The rules are a little different in Mundania," Night said. "I think we're an exception to the rule." Grundy shrugged, letting this go for now.
"Can we go home now?" Fizz asked, his hair a huge mess. "We've had enough adventuring for now." Night laughed.
"Yeah, we can go home," she said. Then she smiled at the kids. She picked up Grundy, careful not to forget him, then said, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" and took off towards the cottage. Lost in a fit of giggles, Soda and Fizz trampled after her. Smiling down at Day, Raven took her hand, and the two followed the others, at a slower pace…
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"I'm really glad she finally got home," Day said, as they stepped out of the cottage. She stretched her arms over her head, and yawned. "It's a nice day, isn't it?"
"Can we go explore now?" Soda asked, looking up at Day.
"Way to break the mood, kid," Day laughed. Soda looked confused. That made Day laughed harder. "Yeah, we can go exploring now." Soda grinned, and grabbed Day's hand again.
Meanwhile, Fizz was pulling on Night's hand. "What is it?" Night asked, looking down at the child. When Night leaned down, Grundy had to grab onto a lank of her hair, lest he fall off. Of course, he didn't really mind this, as her hair was quite silky.
"I hafta pee!" Fizz said. Night laughed.
"Uh, Day," she said. Day turned to face her. "We have a little problem over here."
"What is it?" Day asked.
"Fizz needs a toile-tree." Night was trying to keep a straight face.
"Oh. Well…umm…isn't there one over there somewhere?" Day pointed in a random direction.
"I have no idea!" Night said. "Why don't we just bring one here?"
"Good plan!" Day said. "Let's do it." Then they both lifted an arm, and suddenly a tree appeared.
"Wow!" Soda and Fizz said, staring at the tree. "How'd you do that?"
"That's their talent," Grundy explained.
Fizz looked pensive. "Summoning trees? That's a weird talent."
Day and Night laughed, while Grundy looked flustered. "No," Day said. "My talent is moving animate objects, and Night's is moving inanimate objects. When we work together, we can move just about anything." The twins' eyes widened, and they looked up at the girls, opened mouthed.
"Wow," they said. Day and Night smiled.
Raven was having a similar reaction to the twins. "I did not know that your talent was so similar to Nights'," he said, looking at Day. "Two such strong talents, paired up with…" now he glanced back and forth between the two of them, "two such beautiful women." This, of course, caused Day and Night to blush considerably. Grundy could only assume that it was because their outfits were supposed to give them power over Raven, but had instead given him more power over them, and now they were embarrassed.
"Thank you," the both muttered lamely.
"I still hafta go!" Fizz suddenly yelped. Grundy was beginning to realize how good small children were at ruining moods.
"Just use the toile-tree," Day said, composing herself. "It's right there."
"I can't go when people are watching!" Fizz whined. Day rolled her eyes and looked at Night.
"I'll get you a curtain," Night said. Suddenly, there was a pink curtain around the toile-tree.
"I can't use that!" Fizz said. "I'm a boy!"
Sighing, Night raised her arm. A blue curtain appeared around the tree. "Thanks!" Fizz said, running to the tree. He came back a moment later. "Ok, let's go!" He grabbed Night's hand. Grundy was impressed. So far, the children seemed to be very well behaved.
The six of them started walking. Since they had nowhere to go in particular, they just meandered around. The twins had let go of the girls' hands, and were running around. They were staying close, though, so it was ok.
After walking through the woods for about an hour or so, the twins started to get restless. Day and Night were getting bored, too.
"I can only take so much of these trees," Day said. "I missed Xanth, but this is just too much of one thing." She stuck her tongue out.
"And these flowers just aren't so interesting anymore," Night added.
"We're hungry!" the twins whined. Grundy got a lightbulb.
"Why don't we have a picnic?" he suggested. That brought him smiles from all parties. He grinned back, pleased.
"What a great idea, Grundy!" Day exclaimed.
"Yeah, can't believe it came from you!" Night teased. Everyone laughed, including Grundy, who couldn't help but be caught up in the lighthearted mood.
Night cleared a spot out in the forest, and laid down a blanket. Then, she brought food, (crackers, cheese, something they called "Oreos," a few flavours of tsoda popka, and oranges), and a bunch of pillows. It wasn't an overly healthy meal, but it wasn't composed of junk food, either.
The twins dug in greedily, devouring almost every morsel that Night had conjured. Laughing, she lifted her arm, and the bowls were all refilled. The twins ate a little more, then stopped.
"We're full," Soda groaned.
"Well, that's what happens when you eat so much!" Day said in a motherly tone. Grundy was surprised. Then she softened, a little. "Why don't you go lay down on those pillows?" Nodding, the twins flopped down. A few minutes later, they were asleep.
"Remember when we were like that?" Day asked, looking at the sleeping twins.
Night laughed. "I think we were worse!"
"I believe it!" Grundy said. Day and Night laughed, hard. Night took Grundy off of her shoulder, and settling down, the "adults" ate the rest of the food.
"These 'oreos' are good!" Grundy commented.
"I agree," said Raven. The girls smiled.
"Glad you think so!" Day said. Then she turned to Night, and patted her stomach. "Are you as uncomfortable as I am?" she asked. Night nodded. "Outfit change?" Again, Night nodded. "I was thinking…" she said, then leaned in close to Night, and whispered something that Grundy couldn't hear.
"Hey, I think that'd work!" Night said. "Good idea!" Day smiled. "But, just in case…" and suddenly, she and Day were surrounded by a curtain. Raven and Grundy sat outside of it, perplexed. A moment later, the girls stepped out.
Day was wearing a pale blue dress, which had cloud designs on it. It had the same sort of straps as her shirt, and it ended just above her knees. Somehow, it still managed to show off a curve here, and some skin there, Grundy noticed with dismay. She had a new pair of runners on, but these ones were loosely laced, almost falling off of her feet. Grundy smirked. This was odd footwear to go with a dress, but on these two, it didn't seem so weird.
Night, or course, looked exactly like Day, only, exactly opposite. Her dress was dark blue, and had stars decorating it. Her shoes, too, were extremely loose. Both had thrown their hair back, but some was escaping, tumbling down their backs. Grundy sighed.
"Metria would say those dresses are décolleté," he commented.
"What?" Day and Night asked confusedly, their faces scrunching up cutely.
"Low cut, revealing, small…"
Day and Night laughed. "She wouldn't say that! She'd say they're too big!" Grundy sighed. He just couldn't win with these two.
Raven, obviously, did not share Grundy's notion. He was staring at the girls, apparently in awe. Day decided not to waste this opportunity of power. She stepped up to Raven, and smiled at him.
"Do you like my outfit?" she asked demurely, winking at him. Raven nodded dumbly. Day laughed. She looked at Night and smiled. Night gave her the thumbs up. The girls had finally gotten control over Raven!
Raven shook his head. He appeared to be in shock. Grundy could understand why- the first time a girl had given him that look, he had freaked out. It was almost as potent as seeing a girl's panties!
But Raven wasn't about to let Day take total control of the situation like that. Regaining consciousness, he smiled at Day. "You look beautiful," he said. This caused her to blush, but having once gotten power, she wasn't easily relenting.
"Thank you," she said. The blush, of course, only caused her to look even more maidenly, which wasn't a good thing for Raven. Of course, he wasn't going to relent so easily, either.
"Your hair," he said, reaching down, and gently brushing back a piece that had fallen into Day's eye, "…so silky," he murmured. Day gulped. It appeared Raven was making ground.
"I-" she started to say, but was cut off, as Raven brought his lips down on hers. And that was the end of it. Raven had control. Day absolutely melted.
"Oh no!" Night suddenly exclaimed. "In Xanth, you really can melt!" It was true. Day, in fact, was turning into a puddle of mush, as she melted in Raven's embrace. "Quick, stop kissing her!" Night said worriedly. Raven complied. "What to do, what to do…?" Night muttered.
At that moment, the twins woke up. And threw a pillow at Night. It hit her on her bottom. "Hey!" she said irritably, turning to face them. Then, she got a light bulb. "That's it! Soda, quick!- solidify Day!" Soda, having just woken up, was too tired to question. She pursed her lips, and looked at Day.
Slowly, Day's body became more solid. First her toes tingled, then her legs, then some more of her legs, and eventually, the rest of her body. "Oh!" she gasped, wiggling her fingers. "Thank you, Soda!" she said, smiling at the girl. Blinking, Soda nodded.
"You're welcome," she said.
Day turned back to Raven, and immediately blushed. "Perhaps I should not do that again," Raven said, a cloud of disappointment coming over his face.
Day grinned wickedly. She had found an opening to take back control. "If you don't, I will!" she said. Then she threw her arms around Raven's neck, and pulled his lips to hers. Raven, stunned, did not respond immediately. But as soon as he realized what was happening, he put his arms around Day, and pulled her close.
"Ahem," Grundy said, gesturing at the two wide eyed children. "You two are dangerously close to being in violation of the Adult Conspiracy." But the two were too deeply engrossed in each other to hear him. Night, not knowing what the Adult Conspiracy was, but taking a good guess, quickly used her talent to put blindfolds over the children's eyes.
"Aww, nuts!" came the resounding response. The twins, however, quickly recovered, and tore the blindfolds off. Those were promptly replaced by new blindfolds. This cycle continued for a few moments, until Raven and Day finally broke apart.
"It's about time!" Night exclaimed. "That was a whopper of a kiss!" Day blushed deep red, and Raven chuckled. Then Night turned to Grundy. "Hey, G-man," she said, "what's the Adult Conspiracy?"
Grundy shook his head, still stunned. "Uhh- oh, it's the conspiracy that all adults partake in, to keep all interesting facts away from small children," he answered. Then he did a double take. "In fact, as you two are only 16, you're still considered children!" Day and Night laughed.
"The rules are a little different in Mundania," Night said. "I think we're an exception to the rule." Grundy shrugged, letting this go for now.
"Can we go home now?" Fizz asked, his hair a huge mess. "We've had enough adventuring for now." Night laughed.
"Yeah, we can go home," she said. Then she smiled at the kids. She picked up Grundy, careful not to forget him, then said, "Last one there is a rotten egg!" and took off towards the cottage. Lost in a fit of giggles, Soda and Fizz trampled after her. Smiling down at Day, Raven took her hand, and the two followed the others, at a slower pace…
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