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He slammed the door and lent against it breathing hard like he had been running. Fast.
He looked up at them.
"Oh joy now I have to deal with the babies!" he moaned but then immediately covered his mouth trying to stop anything else from slipping out
"Oh gods it's happing again, why can't the stupid kids just drop dead?" again he covered his mouth and went very red
"Niko that was NOT called for"! Asked a sharp voice from outside, it was Rosethorn.
"Not now you old bag I'm trying not to-" yet again words slipped out when they were plainly not meant to.
The four pupils could not help but laugh at Niko's hapless condition.
"Niko please stop this" Lark said to him close to tears.
"He must have had a drink or two"! Scorned Rosethorn
"I haven't you ungrateful old bat"!
Niko looked up at them with his usual calm expiration but when he talked he said very unnikoish things.
"Children go upstairs" said Niko "Rosethorn Lark come here I need to talk to you NOW"!
Once they all got out of earshot they couldn't hold it in any longer, all of them were on the floor splitting there sides with laughter
"Did - did y' see Rosethorn's face?" Briar asked between laughs
"Yeah!" giggled Tris "I thought she would skin him then and there!"
Daja wiped a tear of joy off her cheek "That has to be the best idea I have ever had"
They all agreed and then started the laughing fit right from the top again.
It was Sandry who stopped first "Hey, I don't think the spell worked properly. Something's gone wrong"
"Don't be stupid" replied Briar "Didn't you see him? He told us just what he thought of us, he told us the truth"
"No" said Tris "Sandry is right, he told us what he was thinking but no one asked him a question"
"So what has happened then" asked Briar
"He" Daja lowered her voice "He can only speak his mind"
"What do we do?" asked Sandry
"Well" speculated Briar "From my point of view it looks like this, Niko can only tell the truth or if he can lie he will tell us though, so by the looks of it, we and the rest of the world can read his mind, which isn't really bad at all"
"Let's find out what they are talking about"
The four crept to the top of the stair case and strained there ears to find out what is was the teachers were on about
"Niko, lets go over this again" said Rosethorn "You can't stop saying what you think, so just don't say anything"
Niko popped like a well dressed balloon "FOR THE LAST TIME YOU OLD HAG, I CANT STOP! EVERY TIME I THINK SOMETHING I CANT STOP MY SELF FROM SAYING IT SO DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO D'YOU HERE ME?"
Daja smiled to herself dinner would be fun.
He slammed the door and lent against it breathing hard like he had been running. Fast.
He looked up at them.
"Oh joy now I have to deal with the babies!" he moaned but then immediately covered his mouth trying to stop anything else from slipping out
"Oh gods it's happing again, why can't the stupid kids just drop dead?" again he covered his mouth and went very red
"Niko that was NOT called for"! Asked a sharp voice from outside, it was Rosethorn.
"Not now you old bag I'm trying not to-" yet again words slipped out when they were plainly not meant to.
The four pupils could not help but laugh at Niko's hapless condition.
"Niko please stop this" Lark said to him close to tears.
"He must have had a drink or two"! Scorned Rosethorn
"I haven't you ungrateful old bat"!
Niko looked up at them with his usual calm expiration but when he talked he said very unnikoish things.
"Children go upstairs" said Niko "Rosethorn Lark come here I need to talk to you NOW"!
Once they all got out of earshot they couldn't hold it in any longer, all of them were on the floor splitting there sides with laughter
"Did - did y' see Rosethorn's face?" Briar asked between laughs
"Yeah!" giggled Tris "I thought she would skin him then and there!"
Daja wiped a tear of joy off her cheek "That has to be the best idea I have ever had"
They all agreed and then started the laughing fit right from the top again.
It was Sandry who stopped first "Hey, I don't think the spell worked properly. Something's gone wrong"
"Don't be stupid" replied Briar "Didn't you see him? He told us just what he thought of us, he told us the truth"
"No" said Tris "Sandry is right, he told us what he was thinking but no one asked him a question"
"So what has happened then" asked Briar
"He" Daja lowered her voice "He can only speak his mind"
"What do we do?" asked Sandry
"Well" speculated Briar "From my point of view it looks like this, Niko can only tell the truth or if he can lie he will tell us though, so by the looks of it, we and the rest of the world can read his mind, which isn't really bad at all"
"Let's find out what they are talking about"
The four crept to the top of the stair case and strained there ears to find out what is was the teachers were on about
"Niko, lets go over this again" said Rosethorn "You can't stop saying what you think, so just don't say anything"
Niko popped like a well dressed balloon "FOR THE LAST TIME YOU OLD HAG, I CANT STOP! EVERY TIME I THINK SOMETHING I CANT STOP MY SELF FROM SAYING IT SO DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT TO DO D'YOU HERE ME?"
Daja smiled to herself dinner would be fun.
