A Normal Day In Tortall, Chapter II

By Cherrio

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the characters in this story. I am not making money off them, and however much I may dream about owning the characters I never will.

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"Daine. Daine! Wake up." Daine groggily woke to a soft, barely audible knock on her door and Onua's voice raised just above a whisper. She groaned and fell off the bed with a loud thud. Half blind, Daine stumbled to the door to let a freshly bathed, alert, and wide awake Onua into her room.

Daine was more than just annoyed. "What brings you here at this unearthly hour?" she hissed. Onua grinned, and handed her a jug of water and an apple.

"It's nice to see you too," she announced, wry. "I must say, Alanna did mention your wonderful morning cheerfulness." In a more businesslike tone, she added, "We have to get the Headless Horseman's brain back before anyone notices. We're going to be in soooooo much trouble! Lord Wyldon is just going to kill us!" Daine ignored this.

"Where is Kel, may I ask?" Onua looked slightly guilty.

"She's in a coma. I believe a tall, lanky someone threw a brick at her for disrupting one of his experiments. She nearly died. Numair is under arrest for manslaughter because he claims it was an accident…come on." Onua grabbed Daine's arm and pulled her out the door.

Once at Cleon's rooms, Daine pulled Onua aside. "How are we going to do this, exactly? He'll wake up, and, and, and scream. He'll wake the whole castle. We'll be charged for murder, we'll…" Onua cut her off.

"Shush. I constructed a handy dandy time machine to travel into the future to steal novacaine from a modern dental office. Everything will be just fine." Daine shook her head.

"I'm not sure I like this plan…"

Onua snapped her fingers, and a shiny metal contraption appeared on the floor in front of them. "Climb in," she instructed. Daine failed to notice the odd gleam in her friend's eyes. With an odd rushing sound, a flash of pink light, and an evil smelling puff of green smoke later, Daine and Onua appeared in a strange city with tall buildings and neon signs flashing in the darkness of a deserted alleyway. Onua looked around. "Well, we were supposed to end up in a dentist's office, but… well, never mind. We'll just ask some people for directions. Maybe. But seeming as to how we're dressed…" She gestured to Daine's pink bunny slippers and to her own blue fluffy demented ninja pajamas. "We'll figure something out."

After an hour or two of walking, they came upon a neon sign flashing: PEABODY'S DENTAL CLINIC: DR. AUSTIN PAYNE, M.D, DR. PETER PEABODY, M.D. TEETH MAKE THE SMILE!

"Tell me we're there," Daine moaned. The time machine seemed to get heavier every step they took. Onua grinned.

"Don't worry," she commented. "We're there."

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This story is no longer classified as "humor." So don't flame me if it's not funny. Anyway, I found a plot for the story, and (hopefully) I will be updating more quickly.

Review and tell me what you think!