Yes, I am finally updating this!
Nino: You have an awfully strange sense of time, then. It hasn't been THAT long.
Yeah, well, it's been longer than usual. I guess I was just lacking inspiration. And I just finished taking finals last week.
Nino: coughLAZYcough
Hmph...anyways, thanks to everyone who reviewed. I don't feel like personally responding to reviews today, so I'll just get started with Chapter Nine.
Chapter Nine
Pent flagged down a taxi-carriage and asked to be driven to the main village of Pherae. Unfortunately, the driver recognized him.
"Hey, you're Lord Pent, aren't you??" the driver cried excitedly. "Wow, I can't believe you're riding in MY carriage!! Could you please give me an autograph??"
"Well..." Pent sighed, feeling a bit annoyed, "I suppose. Do you have a pen?"
The drive nodded vehemently and handed him a pen and a menu from a pizza place.
"Just sign on the back," he told Pent. "Wow, I just can't believe this!! I'm meeting the Mage General of Etruria!! My girlfriend won't believe it, either!!"
"Pent raised his eyebrows. "Um, alright then...'To...a Very Good Driver of Carriages – Lord Pent'." He handed the menu back to the driver.
"Wow, thanks a bunch!!" cried the overly-excited driver. "We're actually quite close to my house...um, would it be alright if we just pulled over for a sec so you could meet my girlfriend?"
Pent sighed. If he refused, it would hurt his reputation as an outgoing and kind Mage General.
"Sure," he agreed reluctantly.
So Pent got a little sidetracked.
"So, what do you think we should do about Kent and Sain?" asked Ally, sipping her lemonade. She, Lyn, and Fiora had just finished eating lunch at Café Pherae, a restaurant Lady Eleanora had recommended. "Have we chosen to believe them yet?"
"I don't know why, but...I think they're telling the truth," confessed Fiora. "After thinking it over, it seems to me that there is no other explanation. If there was some kind of drug involved, it would have worn off. And I don't see what Sain would get out of forcing Kent to act like him. Or what Kent would get out of it, even. Someone else had to have done something to them."
"I have to agree," said Lyn, nodding. "For the same reasons. Now we need to plan our next move. Should we try to find a way to switch them back, or try and discover who did that to them in the first place?"
"Well, I'm occupied with this orange banana thing," Ally told them. "I'll try to help you think of a plan, but there isn't much else I can do."
"Hmm...I wonder if the orange bananas being stolen and the situation with Kent and Sain are connected?" wondered Fiora. "I mean, those two things did happen around the same time..."
"You're right," agreed Ally. "But I questioned both Kent, (or it may have been Sain, since he was acting like him) and he didn't go anywhere near the kitchen this morning. I didn't speak to Sain...or Kent, whoever...about the bananas..."
"I suppose the logical move would be to find the two of them and discuss this whole situation. We didn't get a chance before, because they kept evading us," Lyn said. "How about it? Fiora and I will head back to the Castle and track them down, and you can do your detective work, Ally."
"Alright," Ally replied. "But first, can we go get some ice cream? I have a craving for some mint chocolate chip..."
Kent kept almost falling asleep. Canas's books were so boring it wasn't funny. And none of them had anything to do with people switching bodies. He dropped the 38th book he had picked up in the pile of failures.
"Find anything, Sain?" called Canas, who was still wide awake.
"Nope," Kent replied, picking up the next book. Then he read the title – 'Soul Switching: A High Form of Magick'. "Actually, maybe."
"Oh, well, that's good," Canas said. "I'm hungry, so I'm going to the kitchen to dig up something to eat. Just put everything back before you leave!"
"Alright," Kent agreed, but not really listening. He was already absorbed into the book. Finally, he came to a page that caught his eye –
"Soul Switching is a spell primarily performed by old crones who have nothing else better to do with their time. The spell, obviously, switches two peoples' souls. They must spend time in one another's bodies until the spell caster decides that they want to remove the spell. Or, the spell can also be removed by creating and taking the following potion."
Mix together: 3 cups of water, two tablespoons of sugar, and one orange
banana.
Stir well.
Kent grabbed the book and for the door. He didn't know where Sain was at the moment, but he was going to find him, and fast. He ran down the hallway, and found Sain lurking outside of Hector's room.
"Sain, look!" he cried, shoving the book at Sain.
"I'm looking, I'm looking," he said, and read the page. "No way!!! Orange bananas???"
Kent was pale. "Do you think...the reason Serra stole the bananas...was to keep us from switching back??"
"NO!" cried Sain. "Serra would do no such thing. And how would she learn an advanced spell? She's only a cleric."
"Well...who could have performed the spell, then?" Kent wondered aloud. "It said the spell was practiced by old crones...I don't know any old crones, do you?"
"Nope, can't think of any," Sain said. "Maybe it's someone we DON'T know."
"Why would someone we don't know do this to us?" asked Kent. "It makes no sense..."
"Well, it doesn't matter," Sain shrugged. "On your date tonight, ask Serra for one of her bananas. I'll gather the other ingredients, and we can get back into our normal bodies by sunset!"
"Are you sure she'll give me one?" Kent inquired. "I mean, she seemed to like them a lot..."
"Just stare straight into her eyes when you say it," Sain said dreamily. "Make her think you love her. She'll give you the bananas without a fight!!"
Kent just stared at Sain and muttered, "I can't believe I'm doing this..."
Kent and Sain went to the kitchen and gathered the water and sugar for the potion. Now all they needed was the banana, which they couldn't get until later. So they decided to find a way to waste time.
It wasn't long before they ran into Fiora and Lyn, who had just returned from town. It was around 2 in the afternoon.
"There you two are!!" cried Fiora. "We need to talk – now."
Sain gulped and Kent felt himself go pale for about the tenth time that day.
"We're not mad at you," Lyn assured them. "Let's sit down somewhere."
Feeling a bit better, the two cavaliers sat on a sofa opposite the two girls.
"Wh-what is this about?" asked Sain nervously.
"Well, first of all, I know that both of you have been acting a bit strangely today, according to others," Lyn began. "And then I heard that both of you claimed that you had switched bodies...?"
The two cavaliers nodded embarrassedly.
"We've decided to believe you," Fiora said, cutting to the chase. "There is no other explanation."
"Y-you believe us??" cried Kent. "Oh...that is such a relief!!"
"We will try to help you switch back, but we don't exactly know how," Fiora continued.
Kent and Sain exchanged glances. "We do," said Sain, and showed the two girls the book. They read the page slowly.
"Who could have done this type of spell??" cried Lyn. "And why?"
"We have been asking ourselves the same questions, milady," sighed Kent. "And come to no conclusion."
"We decided to just leave it a mystery and use the potion the change back," shrugged Sain. "We have everything except for the orange banana."
"The bananas were stolen!" Fiora realized. "I knew that had to be connected!!"
"Well, it's not REALLY connected," Sain said. "Serra was the one that stole the bananas. Kent's gonna get one off of her on their date tonight."
"Sain!!" hissed Kent.
"Serra stole the bananas??" cried Lyn at the same time Fiora remarked, "You're going on a date with SERRA??"
"It's a long story," Kent told them, his face turning red. "Serra did not cast this spell on us – she is too much of an amateur to pull something this big off. The spell is supposedly practiced by old crones, but we couldn't think of any."
"Old crones..." muttered Fiora.
"Wait!!" cried Lyn. "I might know who did it!!"
"Who??" everyone else asked.
"Last night, Florina and I were walking to our room," she explained. "We saw an old woman outside. And I don't know for sure...but it looked like Hannah, our former fortune teller!"
They all gaped at her.
"Hannah???" cried Sain. "That old hag did this to us???"
"Didn't she leave the army in Nabata?" asked Kent.
"Why would she do this?" wondered Fiora.
"I don't know," Lyn responded. "But I'm going to find out."
Serra finally hopped out of the bath tub. She had been in there for over an hour, and resembled a prune. She knew her skin would go back to normal in a while, so she didn't care. She was very clean, and she had used her Mango Scented Etrurian Bath Soap and Strawberry Scented Etrurian Two-in- One Shampoo and Conditioner, so she also smelled good. It would make her even more irresistible than she already was.
As she was looking through her trunk for a suitable outfit, she absentmindedly grabbed for another orange banana. She had lost count of how many of them she had eaten at this point. Oh well. It wasn't like they were unhealthy or anything. As she grabbed for the banana, she realized something – this was the last banana she had left!
"I'll save it for later," she announced to herself. She put it down and tried to ignore it. The temptation was great, but Serra knew she would regret it if she ate it now.
"I must resist," she told herself, and went to do her makeup.
End of Chapter Nine
Ok, pretty stupid ending. I know this chapter is kinda boring, but it gets better soon. We are nearing the Exciting Climax – including Kent and Serra's date! Yay.
Nino: Please review.
Nino: You have an awfully strange sense of time, then. It hasn't been THAT long.
Yeah, well, it's been longer than usual. I guess I was just lacking inspiration. And I just finished taking finals last week.
Nino: coughLAZYcough
Hmph...anyways, thanks to everyone who reviewed. I don't feel like personally responding to reviews today, so I'll just get started with Chapter Nine.
Chapter Nine
Pent flagged down a taxi-carriage and asked to be driven to the main village of Pherae. Unfortunately, the driver recognized him.
"Hey, you're Lord Pent, aren't you??" the driver cried excitedly. "Wow, I can't believe you're riding in MY carriage!! Could you please give me an autograph??"
"Well..." Pent sighed, feeling a bit annoyed, "I suppose. Do you have a pen?"
The drive nodded vehemently and handed him a pen and a menu from a pizza place.
"Just sign on the back," he told Pent. "Wow, I just can't believe this!! I'm meeting the Mage General of Etruria!! My girlfriend won't believe it, either!!"
"Pent raised his eyebrows. "Um, alright then...'To...a Very Good Driver of Carriages – Lord Pent'." He handed the menu back to the driver.
"Wow, thanks a bunch!!" cried the overly-excited driver. "We're actually quite close to my house...um, would it be alright if we just pulled over for a sec so you could meet my girlfriend?"
Pent sighed. If he refused, it would hurt his reputation as an outgoing and kind Mage General.
"Sure," he agreed reluctantly.
So Pent got a little sidetracked.
"So, what do you think we should do about Kent and Sain?" asked Ally, sipping her lemonade. She, Lyn, and Fiora had just finished eating lunch at Café Pherae, a restaurant Lady Eleanora had recommended. "Have we chosen to believe them yet?"
"I don't know why, but...I think they're telling the truth," confessed Fiora. "After thinking it over, it seems to me that there is no other explanation. If there was some kind of drug involved, it would have worn off. And I don't see what Sain would get out of forcing Kent to act like him. Or what Kent would get out of it, even. Someone else had to have done something to them."
"I have to agree," said Lyn, nodding. "For the same reasons. Now we need to plan our next move. Should we try to find a way to switch them back, or try and discover who did that to them in the first place?"
"Well, I'm occupied with this orange banana thing," Ally told them. "I'll try to help you think of a plan, but there isn't much else I can do."
"Hmm...I wonder if the orange bananas being stolen and the situation with Kent and Sain are connected?" wondered Fiora. "I mean, those two things did happen around the same time..."
"You're right," agreed Ally. "But I questioned both Kent, (or it may have been Sain, since he was acting like him) and he didn't go anywhere near the kitchen this morning. I didn't speak to Sain...or Kent, whoever...about the bananas..."
"I suppose the logical move would be to find the two of them and discuss this whole situation. We didn't get a chance before, because they kept evading us," Lyn said. "How about it? Fiora and I will head back to the Castle and track them down, and you can do your detective work, Ally."
"Alright," Ally replied. "But first, can we go get some ice cream? I have a craving for some mint chocolate chip..."
Kent kept almost falling asleep. Canas's books were so boring it wasn't funny. And none of them had anything to do with people switching bodies. He dropped the 38th book he had picked up in the pile of failures.
"Find anything, Sain?" called Canas, who was still wide awake.
"Nope," Kent replied, picking up the next book. Then he read the title – 'Soul Switching: A High Form of Magick'. "Actually, maybe."
"Oh, well, that's good," Canas said. "I'm hungry, so I'm going to the kitchen to dig up something to eat. Just put everything back before you leave!"
"Alright," Kent agreed, but not really listening. He was already absorbed into the book. Finally, he came to a page that caught his eye –
"Soul Switching is a spell primarily performed by old crones who have nothing else better to do with their time. The spell, obviously, switches two peoples' souls. They must spend time in one another's bodies until the spell caster decides that they want to remove the spell. Or, the spell can also be removed by creating and taking the following potion."
Mix together: 3 cups of water, two tablespoons of sugar, and one orange
banana.
Stir well.
Kent grabbed the book and for the door. He didn't know where Sain was at the moment, but he was going to find him, and fast. He ran down the hallway, and found Sain lurking outside of Hector's room.
"Sain, look!" he cried, shoving the book at Sain.
"I'm looking, I'm looking," he said, and read the page. "No way!!! Orange bananas???"
Kent was pale. "Do you think...the reason Serra stole the bananas...was to keep us from switching back??"
"NO!" cried Sain. "Serra would do no such thing. And how would she learn an advanced spell? She's only a cleric."
"Well...who could have performed the spell, then?" Kent wondered aloud. "It said the spell was practiced by old crones...I don't know any old crones, do you?"
"Nope, can't think of any," Sain said. "Maybe it's someone we DON'T know."
"Why would someone we don't know do this to us?" asked Kent. "It makes no sense..."
"Well, it doesn't matter," Sain shrugged. "On your date tonight, ask Serra for one of her bananas. I'll gather the other ingredients, and we can get back into our normal bodies by sunset!"
"Are you sure she'll give me one?" Kent inquired. "I mean, she seemed to like them a lot..."
"Just stare straight into her eyes when you say it," Sain said dreamily. "Make her think you love her. She'll give you the bananas without a fight!!"
Kent just stared at Sain and muttered, "I can't believe I'm doing this..."
Kent and Sain went to the kitchen and gathered the water and sugar for the potion. Now all they needed was the banana, which they couldn't get until later. So they decided to find a way to waste time.
It wasn't long before they ran into Fiora and Lyn, who had just returned from town. It was around 2 in the afternoon.
"There you two are!!" cried Fiora. "We need to talk – now."
Sain gulped and Kent felt himself go pale for about the tenth time that day.
"We're not mad at you," Lyn assured them. "Let's sit down somewhere."
Feeling a bit better, the two cavaliers sat on a sofa opposite the two girls.
"Wh-what is this about?" asked Sain nervously.
"Well, first of all, I know that both of you have been acting a bit strangely today, according to others," Lyn began. "And then I heard that both of you claimed that you had switched bodies...?"
The two cavaliers nodded embarrassedly.
"We've decided to believe you," Fiora said, cutting to the chase. "There is no other explanation."
"Y-you believe us??" cried Kent. "Oh...that is such a relief!!"
"We will try to help you switch back, but we don't exactly know how," Fiora continued.
Kent and Sain exchanged glances. "We do," said Sain, and showed the two girls the book. They read the page slowly.
"Who could have done this type of spell??" cried Lyn. "And why?"
"We have been asking ourselves the same questions, milady," sighed Kent. "And come to no conclusion."
"We decided to just leave it a mystery and use the potion the change back," shrugged Sain. "We have everything except for the orange banana."
"The bananas were stolen!" Fiora realized. "I knew that had to be connected!!"
"Well, it's not REALLY connected," Sain said. "Serra was the one that stole the bananas. Kent's gonna get one off of her on their date tonight."
"Sain!!" hissed Kent.
"Serra stole the bananas??" cried Lyn at the same time Fiora remarked, "You're going on a date with SERRA??"
"It's a long story," Kent told them, his face turning red. "Serra did not cast this spell on us – she is too much of an amateur to pull something this big off. The spell is supposedly practiced by old crones, but we couldn't think of any."
"Old crones..." muttered Fiora.
"Wait!!" cried Lyn. "I might know who did it!!"
"Who??" everyone else asked.
"Last night, Florina and I were walking to our room," she explained. "We saw an old woman outside. And I don't know for sure...but it looked like Hannah, our former fortune teller!"
They all gaped at her.
"Hannah???" cried Sain. "That old hag did this to us???"
"Didn't she leave the army in Nabata?" asked Kent.
"Why would she do this?" wondered Fiora.
"I don't know," Lyn responded. "But I'm going to find out."
Serra finally hopped out of the bath tub. She had been in there for over an hour, and resembled a prune. She knew her skin would go back to normal in a while, so she didn't care. She was very clean, and she had used her Mango Scented Etrurian Bath Soap and Strawberry Scented Etrurian Two-in- One Shampoo and Conditioner, so she also smelled good. It would make her even more irresistible than she already was.
As she was looking through her trunk for a suitable outfit, she absentmindedly grabbed for another orange banana. She had lost count of how many of them she had eaten at this point. Oh well. It wasn't like they were unhealthy or anything. As she grabbed for the banana, she realized something – this was the last banana she had left!
"I'll save it for later," she announced to herself. She put it down and tried to ignore it. The temptation was great, but Serra knew she would regret it if she ate it now.
"I must resist," she told herself, and went to do her makeup.
End of Chapter Nine
Ok, pretty stupid ending. I know this chapter is kinda boring, but it gets better soon. We are nearing the Exciting Climax – including Kent and Serra's date! Yay.
Nino: Please review.