Junsuisa
Chapter 3: Friendships Forged, Alliances Made
Hey people! I would like to thank Selene T for reviewing! You gave me
the inspiration to continue!
I just baby-sat the worst kids in the world! I got bit by the
dog, smacked by the remote a few dozen times because the little girl kept
screaming and throwing it, and the boy scratched my arms up! The kids from
hell! And now because the dog knocked me into a picture and it broke I'm
not getting paid! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Sorry I just had to let that out... Now on with the fic!
"Mommy!!" Keleios screamed as she entered the castle with her
entourage. She ran ahead looking every where for her mother. 'Umph!' Keleios
looked up from where she lay on the floor. "Mommy!" Her mother had transported
to be right in front of her daughter, not knowing the war path she was
on. Keleios leapt up and hugged her mother around her legs.
"What is it that you want?" She asked, kneeling down next to
the small child.
"Mommy, we found this girl in the woods! She appeared in a big
BRIGHT flash of light!" The hyper child shrieked.
Elwine looked up to the adults behind the child, one eyebrow
raised. Magda nodded and the guard carrying the girl stepped forward. Elwine
got up and moved towards the little girl, Keleios following at her heals.
Elwine's eyebrow got even higher at the sight of the child. She looked
familiar... But some where had she seen someone like her before. Her thin
eyebrows drew together in confusion. It was almost annoying her that she
couldn't place where she had seen her before, but Elwine the Gentle does
not get annoyed. She lifted one hand and gently brushed stray strands of
hair away from the child's face. Elwine looked down when she felt something
tugging on her dress. Keleios questioning eyes looked up at her mother.
"Take the child to one of the guest rooms, the blue one, and
make sure she is comfortable." Elwine ordered, pointing down the stone
corridor leading to the blue room. "Magda come with me." With that Elwine
walked away, Magda rushing to catch up.
"Mommy, what do I do?" Keleios yelled.
"You may find your sister and tell her what has taken place,
then wait in the blue room with the girl." Elwine called back. "I will
be there after I have conversed with Magda."
Keleios smiled and skipped off in search of Methia. She drew
in a large breath and screamed, "METHIA!"
A few corridors over a slumbering golden hair child twitched
before settling back into the comfy blue bed, blissfully unaware of the
goings on around her.
Keleios waited for a few seconds, before drawing in another
breath. "What?" asked a polite voice from behind her. Startled, Keleios
started coughing on her breath. Small hands patted her on the back till
she relearned how to breathe.
"DON'T DO THAT!" She screamed at the girl, who was shaking with
barely suppressed laughter. It was not polite to laugh at someone.
"Sorry, sister, but you did call for me." The girl, whom we
now know as Methia, said.
Keleios decided not to answer and just said, "Follow me." And
walked away.
"It's not polite to walk away from a person before explaining
where you are taking them." Methia said, always wanting to please her mother.
Keleios let out an exasperated sigh.
She turned back, quickly said, "WearegoingtoseethegirlIfoundintheforest,whoappearedwhileIwashidingfromMagda,inabrightflashoflight,"
and grabbed Methia's hand dragging her all the way to the blue room.
Much to her annoyance, Methia complained about how improper
this was all the way. Keleios ignored her for the most part, her mind focussed
on the object that was in her pocket. She put her hand, the hand that wasn't
holding Methia, into the pocket and felt the object. The cool silver slid
through her fingers in almost a caressing movement. The rigid etchings
stood out against the palm of her hand, firm and real. Keleios didn't know
why but she felt drawn to the cross. It was almost like it was a treasured
piece of jewelry she had loved and lost, but now had found it again. But
the thing is Keleios hadn't had any jewelry in her life, not that she had
be given any, but she wouldn't wear any unless it protected her in some
magical way.
Her thought drew back to the present when Methia tugged on her
arm particularly hard. "Ow!" Keleios said, letting go of her sister.
"What are we doing in front of the blue room?" Methia asked,
cradling her wrist where Keleios had gripped her.
"I already told you, I found a girl in the forest, can't you
hear?" Keleios said, shaking her head at her sister.
Methia said nothing but gave Keleios a dirty look (As dirty
as she could for a polite three year old!).
Keleios turned and opened the large wooden door slowly. She
turned back slowly, a finger to her mouth to indicate to her sister to
be quiet. Methia decided not to argue. Keleios tip toed over to the large
blue bed. A fluffy down comforter covered the girl so much that all that
was showing was a bit of gold hair.
Keleios moved closer to the bed while Methia stopped by the
door. Keleios lifted one hand and pulled back the sheets a bit to reveal
the girl snoring. Keleios giggled softly at the funny picture the girl
made, sprawled out over the bed. She was wearing a white summer dress like
nothing Keleios had ever seen. The material was feather light and white
as a pearl.
She was reaching out to touch her when Methia said, "Don't..."
in an almost inaudible whisper. Well, Keleios never listened to her sister
anyway. She touched the girls face lightly, no response. Methia relaxed
slightly. Keleios shook her shoulder but still no response. Methia relaxed
more. Keleios pinched the girls closed so she couldn't breath. Methia tensed
again. She moved across the room to stop her sister but she was to late.
The strange girl woke up, bolting into the upright position, sputtering
and heaving big, gigantic breaths.
"REI-CHAN, YAMETE!" The girl screamed, eyes still closed.
She brought her hands and rubbed her eyes. "Nani yo! Doushite sore o shi
mashita ka?"
"What did she say?" Whispered Methia. Keleios jumped. She had
been so transfixed on what the strange girl was saying she didn't even
notice that her sister had moved up beside her. Keleios shook her head
indicating to her sister that she had no clue as to what the girl was saying.
They both took a step back when the girls strange eyes focussed
on them.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The shriek bounced through out the castle,
echoed by two more. Keleios and Methia shrieked after the girl, startled
by her out burst.
The girl stopped screaming and two seconds later so did the
twins.
"Doko desu ka?" the girl asked calmly. Methia's eyes rolled
back in her head and she slumped to the floor. She had passed out.
"Um..." Keleios began, sort of freaked out by the girl, "Who
are you?"
The girl regarded her curiously before opening her mouth to
speak.
BANG!
The door of the room came bursting open with guards pouring
in the small opening. The girl jumped of the bed and behind Keleios, as
if she were the only safe person in the room.
"Move away from the princess." One guard said menacingly.
The girl eeped and ducked further behind Keleios. The more the
guards ordered and threatened, the more the girl cowered behind her, glancing
at their swords. Suddenly Keleios could hear her mothers voice at the door,
commanding the guards to move. They parted like water and Elwine burst
out. She quickly surveyed the scene. Methia, fainted, on the floor, Keleios,
still standing, by the far wall, and the golden haired girl, frightened
and hiding behind Keleios.
"Put your swords away." She said with a wave of her hand.
"But, M-"
"Do as I say."
They did.
"Now leave me with my daughters."
"But the child attacked Princess Methia-"
She stopped the man with one hand held up. "She did not, I can
assure you, now leave before I loose my temper." Now NOBODY had ever seen
Elwine the Gentle loose her temper and I bet that they never wanted to,
so they left, and might I add, in a hurry.
Elwine turned to face her daughter and the unknown child. "Come
here, child, I won't hurt you." She said soothingly.
Keleios felt the child peek around her before popping her head
back.
"Mommy, I don't think she speaks the same language as us. She
said some weird stuff earlier." Keleios said, trying to be helpful.
"Thank you, honey..." Elwine said, in the same sweet voice.
"Dare desu ka? Doko desu ka?"
Keleios jumped when the girl spoke. The girl gave a little scream
and jumped away from Keleios. Keleios whirled and came face to face with
wide blue eyes. This time neither screamed or jumped, just stared. Keleios
stared into her strange blue eyes, seeing many fleeting emotions. Anger,
surprise, embarrassment, curiosity, fear, confusion. They kept on speeding
around her eyes, mixing into a jumble of mass confusion.
"Konnichi wa..." the girl said lightly.
"Hello.." Keleios almost whispered. She raised one hand and
waved at the girl. The girl smiled and waved back. Silence covered the
room, making Keleios want to burst out and scream just to break the silence.
The girl seemed to think the same since her face was scrunched up in trying
not to laugh or scream. Keleios let out a tiny giggle at the funny expression
on her face. She giggled back.
"Onamae wa desu ka?" the child asked. Keleios gave her an confused
expression.
"I don't un-der-sta-nd." She said slowly, pronouciating each
syllable..
The girl gave her a weird look and said, "Watashi wa wakarimasen.
Watashi wa Nihongo ga hanasemasu."
Elwine sighed. This was getting nowhere fast. She muttered a
few words and the room filled with magic.
"Nani was that?!" The girl yelled, jumping as the cool fingers
of magic whirled around her. She didn't notice that her speech had changed
languages.
"Hello, child, do you understand me?" Elwine asked kneeling
down so that she would be the same height as the child.
Her eyes widened when she realized that she could understand
the adult. "Who are you?" She said, then added in a suspicious tone, "And
how come I can suddenly understand you? And how come I am not speaking
my language! How can I understand myself?!" The girl was almost hysterical.
Elwine laughed and told the child, "I am Elwine the Gentle,
and I have cast a language spell so we may understand you, but I fear that
it is only temporary and only for this room, so if you would be so kind
as to tell us your name and where you are from."
The girl started fiddling with her dress, "Well, my name is
Rabbit." She looked startled. "I said my name is Rabbit. My name is Ra-bb-it..."
The child looked confused. She tried to say her name and it wasn't coming
out. When she tried to pronounce U-sa-gi all that came out was Ra-bb-it.
"I can't say my name!"
"Oh dear." Elwine said, "Your name must mean rabbit in your
language. Calm down, honey, I can fix it. I would like to introduce you
to my daughter Keleios." Keleios jumped when she heard her name. She had
been staring transfixed at the scene before, but she hadn't been listening.
"Keleios, I would like it if you could play with our guest while I go and
find another spell for her. Oh, and try to wake up your sister." She called
before disappearing out the door completely.
"Um... Hi." Keleios said, waving a little.
"Hi!" The girl said, suddenly more happy, no longer hysterical.
"Do you want to help me wake up my sister?" Keleios found herself
saying. She didn't want an awkward silence so she just spoke with out thinking.
The girl nodded happily. "I am the expert at waking people up,
because everybody always had to wake me up!" The girl was being very friendly.
Keleios motioned her over to where her sister lay.
"What do you think we should do to her?"
"Maybe the same thing you did to me." She said with a pointed
glance.
Keleios flushed slightly and muttered, "Sorry..."
"It's okay!" She said in an bouncy manner. "I'm used to it!
My friend used to do that when ever I was asleep."
Keleios smiled back. "Okay, let's wake her up."
The girl smiled an evil smile. She rubbed her hands together
and said, "I'm going to need some whip cream, warm water, a semi permanent
marker, chocolate sauce, honey, a feather..."
And so the begins a blooming friendship and the birth of the
trouble maker queens.
I know boring, boring, but soon stuff will happen... I promise! Okay
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