Return To The Past: Mamoru's Journey
Chapter 15 – A Day in the Life (part 2)
Author's Notes: Sorry for the wait. MAJOR WRITER'S BLOCK!!! Anyways, here's the rest of chapter 15. Tell me what you think. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!!
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"Endy?" Blinking, Mamoru pulled himself out of his mind looking curiously around him. He was in a bedroom – a child's bedroom. He had taken his shoes off at some point he noticed, and the soft golden carpet felt good beneath his bare feet. The walls were covered with red and blue-stripped wallpaper with golden roses lined within the strips.
A pair of bunk beds sat against the back wall between two protruding red cushion window seats. The top bunk had a protective railing to keep its owner from rolling off. The sheets were blue with knights on the front of it. The bottom bunk had golden sheets with red roses all over it. Underneath, there was a 3rd pull out bed that typically went unused since Terry preferred to sleep next to his big brother.
On one side of the room were 2 desks sitting side-by-side which were typically used for tutoring work, coloring, and various attempted and failed art projects. A decent sized bookshelf was stocked full of various children's books. Also in the room were a tall lamp, a little rocking horse, and some kind of an intercom-thing up on the wall.
"Endy?" Mamoru looked up – or down rather – at the one who had called him. "Watsa matter, Onii-sama?" Terry asked looking up at his eldest brother curiously.
"Huh? Oh. Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking."
"Tinking?" Terry blinked for a moment pondering this until something else distracted his attention. "Hel me up, Endy!!" Terry cried out putting his hands over the little rocking horse.
Grinning, Mamoru helped his baby brother up onto the horse. He watched Terry as he rocked happily back and forth on the horse. It would have been nice to have a brother like Terry around in the 20th century. He certainly wouldn't have been as lonely. "Ouch!" Mamo cried out as a flying toy conked him on the head.
"There is nothing to play with." David complained. Going over to the closet, Mamoru gapped. There were enough toys in there to satisfy 10 little boys. Mamoru frowned – but those were all baby toys. He didn't want to play with baby toys. Surely, there was SOMETHING else they could do. Pulling himself away from the piles of toys, David sat down and sulked. "There's nothin' ta do." He whined. Mamo racked his brain for an idea. What to do – what to do?
Suddenly, it came to him. They were in the middle of a huge castle with about a bazillion plus rooms and gardens – not to mention baka Kunzite-sama and gullible Jadeite were around somewhere – and the only thing stopping them was a flimsy baby gate. "I've got it!!" Mamo Endy announced proudly.
Looking up from the closet where he was busy pouting, David starred at his older brother. "Oh, yeah. What?!" He demanded to know. Terry looked up curiously from his rocking horse to see what was going on.
Mamo grinned. "We can go exploring!!"
"Sploring?" David blinked. When had Endy learned so many big words?
"Ploring!!" Terry declared immediately agreeing with his older brother. What else was new?
Mamo rolled his eyes. "That's EX-ploring. I mean we can go and find all the fun places in the rest of the castle that Mommy and Daddy won't tell us about."
"Really? Cool!" David declared excitedly. Anything Mommy and Daddy wouldn't tell them had to be cool, right? "Let's go sploring!"
Now wanting to get left behind, Terry jumped down from his rocking horse. "Me go!" He declared. "Me go wif Endy an Dabid, hai?"
"Hai. Come on Terry." Mamoru called to his baby brother. Stopping before the doorway, Mamoru glared at the intrusive baby gate. Popping his thumb in his mouth, Terry looked up at his two older brothers. Exchanging a look, Mamo and David walked up to the gate expertly tripping the lock to let themselves out of the bedroom. His thumb still in his mouth, Terry toddled out of the room after his two older brothers.
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Once out of the room, Mamoru led the way down the long winding corridors of the golden castle. He had no idea where they were but with so much energy building up inside him, the large hallways were a welcome sight. Grinning wildly, he walked up next to his younger brother, David, and shoved him. "YOUR IT!!" He yelled running off down a random hallway. Pulling his thumb out of his mouth, Terry ran off after his brother.
David glared. "Hey, no fair!! I'M GONNA GET YOU ENDY-CHAN!!" Without much effort David caught up with Terry hitting him on the back. "TERRY'S IT!!" He yelled running off.
"Endy! Dabid!!" Terry called trying desperately to catch up with his much faster older brothers. Blindly, the three brothers raced down various stairwells and winding hallways. On the bottom floor they found a swinging down that looked promising. Consulting each other with a look, Mamo Endy and David pushed on the door hiding in the room beyond. Terry, who was still trying to catch up with the two older ones, got to the door right as it was swinging back. "Waahh!!" Terry cried out as the door hit him throwing him back onto his rear. Sniffling, Terry hide his face in his hands.
"Uh, oh." David and Mamo Endy exchanged a worried look. If Mommy or Ayah found out Terry was hurt, they'd get a time out for sure. Mamo Endy went over to his baby brother. "You ok, Terry-chan?" He questioned hopefully.
Taking his hands down from his face, Terry grinned grabbing hold of his older brother's legs. "Hai. ENDY IT!!" He giggled. Getting up as fast as his two-year-old legs would carry him, Terry disappeared past the swinging door. Laughing, David ran in after him.
Mamo Endy blinked for a moment. His baby brother dared play a prank on him? He was the master of pranks. Mamo Endy narrowed his eyes. "You'd better run, Terry no baka!! Your gonna pay for that!!!"
Running through the swinging door after his brothers, Mamo Endy found himself in the largest kitchen he'd even seen – and not just because he was a little kid. There were at least 3 different refrigerators, a good number of stovetops, and various other appliances.
"Watz this place, Onii-sama?" Terry questioned curiously.
"It's a kitchen." Mamo Endy told him quite uninterested. What fun was a kitchen? All their meals were brought to them. "It's where they keep dinner."
"Oh."
"Uh, huh." David rolled his eyes. "That's boring. I think it's a icer – uh, icer –"
"Ice rink?" Mamo Endy questioned with a raised eyebrow. "Naw, its not. There ain't no water."
"Uh, huh!!" David replied defensively. "They – they just ain't filled it up yet." Looking around for a way to back his claim, David spotted a bucket of water left by one of the maids assigned to mop the floors before dinner was started. Grinning, he went over to it. "See? Help me tip it over Endy."
Mamo Endy, who had now become curious as to how his brother planned to turn a kitchen into an ice rink, helped his brother tip the bucket over. Water splashed out of the bucket and shapelessly onto the marble floor. Laughing, Mamo Endy and David found another bucket tipping it over as well. Popping his thumb back into his mouth, Terry looked down at his feet, which were now standing in soapy water.
"It's not enough." Mamo Endy replied looking around. There had to be a way to perfect his younger brother's plan. He was the older (and smarter) one after all. "I know." His brothers watched curiously as Mamo Endy climbed up onto the counter. (Don't ask me how he made it up there.) Standing up, he found the nearest sink he could get it.
Ah, ha. That was it. Beside the cold water faucet, was a little water-gun- thing. Turning on the cold water – ice rinks were supposed to be cold after all – he pulled out the water gun. Pointing it at the floor, he pulled back the trigger releasing a stream of water onto the already soaked floor. He watched as the floor filled up with water – watched it until he was satisfied. "There." Letting go of the little water gun, Mamo climbed back onto the floor. "Now, it's a ice rink."
David grinned hyperly. "Watch this, Endy!!" Backing up onto the (very small) dry area of the floor, David got a running start onto the slippery surface and went skidding across the floor landing on his rear end at the opposite side of the kitchen. "WEEEEEE!!!!!"
"Cool!! Let me try!!!" Mamo Endy declared. Backing up, he too went skidding across the kitchen only to crash into the cabinets at the other side of the kitchen. "ACK!!!" David and Mamo Endy laughed and continued taking turns skidding across the wet kitchen floor.
Looking down at his feet, Terry grinned excitedly. His feet were all wet and soapy. Wanting to join in the fun his two older brothers were having, he started jumping up a down splashing the water with his feet – that is until he slipped landing on his bottom on the hard floor. Blinking for a moment, he continued splashing the water with his hands.
"DAVID!! ENDYMION!!!!"
"WEEEEE!!!!!!" Making one last running start, Mamo Endy skidded across the floor – right into a pair of adult male legs. Uh, oh. Looking up, Mamo Endy found himself looking into the stern eyes of his father, mother, uncle, and Ayah. Correction – BIG uh, oh.
"What do you think you're doing in here?!" His mother questioned. "Look at this mess!!" Gulping, Mamo Endy and David looked around. Water was everywhere – the floor, the cabinets, the counter, the walls – everywhere.
"I only left them for about 5 minutes." Ayah replied. "They were supposed to stay in the bedroom."
"I know for a fact Terry isn't old enough to operate that gate." King Sol replied. "Endymion. David. Get over here – NOW!!" Full name combined with "that tone" – definitely a bad sign. Mamo Endy scrambled to his feet and was soon after joined by his brother David who quickly scooted up next to him. Calmly, King Sol continued. "I want an explanation, and it better be good – or you two are looking at a pair of sore bottoms."
Mamo Endy and David exchanged a worried look. David was fresh out of ideas, so it was up to Mamo Endy to come up with something. "Um –" He looked around desperately for inspiration. His eyes lit on Terry who continued splashing in the water as if nothing had happened. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. "Uh – Terry had an accident!!" He replied without so much as thinking about what he was saying before it popped out.
King Sol got a perplexed look on his face. The entire group turned to look at Terry. Stopping his play, he looked up at his two brothers, down at water, and back up at the adults. Terry grinned innocently. "Go potty!!" He declared still smiling. The adults looked from Terry to the enormous quantity of water drenching the kitchen.
Unable to stay serious at that point, Prince Terrance cracked up. "Damn Sol. That son of yours must have one big bladder." Sol looked once again from the mess to his two-year-old angel splashing innocently in the middle of it all and joined in his brothers laughter.
Terra sighed. "I don't know how you boys manage to cause so much trouble in so short a time."
Regaining his composure, Sol tried once again to become stern with his rambunctious boys. "Nice try, but if you think that's going to get you two out of trouble –"
"Aw, come on Onii-san." Prince Terrance replied still tickled. "You've got to at least give them points for creativity."
Sol sighed in defeat. What could he do? There wasn't really any harm done. "All right. Let us get you cleaned up. The three of you will serve Time Out in my office before Ayah takes you outside to run off some of that energy."
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Chapter 15 – A Day in the Life (part 2)
Author's Notes: Sorry for the wait. MAJOR WRITER'S BLOCK!!! Anyways, here's the rest of chapter 15. Tell me what you think. REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!!!!
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"Endy?" Blinking, Mamoru pulled himself out of his mind looking curiously around him. He was in a bedroom – a child's bedroom. He had taken his shoes off at some point he noticed, and the soft golden carpet felt good beneath his bare feet. The walls were covered with red and blue-stripped wallpaper with golden roses lined within the strips.
A pair of bunk beds sat against the back wall between two protruding red cushion window seats. The top bunk had a protective railing to keep its owner from rolling off. The sheets were blue with knights on the front of it. The bottom bunk had golden sheets with red roses all over it. Underneath, there was a 3rd pull out bed that typically went unused since Terry preferred to sleep next to his big brother.
On one side of the room were 2 desks sitting side-by-side which were typically used for tutoring work, coloring, and various attempted and failed art projects. A decent sized bookshelf was stocked full of various children's books. Also in the room were a tall lamp, a little rocking horse, and some kind of an intercom-thing up on the wall.
"Endy?" Mamoru looked up – or down rather – at the one who had called him. "Watsa matter, Onii-sama?" Terry asked looking up at his eldest brother curiously.
"Huh? Oh. Nothing's wrong. I was just thinking."
"Tinking?" Terry blinked for a moment pondering this until something else distracted his attention. "Hel me up, Endy!!" Terry cried out putting his hands over the little rocking horse.
Grinning, Mamoru helped his baby brother up onto the horse. He watched Terry as he rocked happily back and forth on the horse. It would have been nice to have a brother like Terry around in the 20th century. He certainly wouldn't have been as lonely. "Ouch!" Mamo cried out as a flying toy conked him on the head.
"There is nothing to play with." David complained. Going over to the closet, Mamoru gapped. There were enough toys in there to satisfy 10 little boys. Mamoru frowned – but those were all baby toys. He didn't want to play with baby toys. Surely, there was SOMETHING else they could do. Pulling himself away from the piles of toys, David sat down and sulked. "There's nothin' ta do." He whined. Mamo racked his brain for an idea. What to do – what to do?
Suddenly, it came to him. They were in the middle of a huge castle with about a bazillion plus rooms and gardens – not to mention baka Kunzite-sama and gullible Jadeite were around somewhere – and the only thing stopping them was a flimsy baby gate. "I've got it!!" Mamo Endy announced proudly.
Looking up from the closet where he was busy pouting, David starred at his older brother. "Oh, yeah. What?!" He demanded to know. Terry looked up curiously from his rocking horse to see what was going on.
Mamo grinned. "We can go exploring!!"
"Sploring?" David blinked. When had Endy learned so many big words?
"Ploring!!" Terry declared immediately agreeing with his older brother. What else was new?
Mamo rolled his eyes. "That's EX-ploring. I mean we can go and find all the fun places in the rest of the castle that Mommy and Daddy won't tell us about."
"Really? Cool!" David declared excitedly. Anything Mommy and Daddy wouldn't tell them had to be cool, right? "Let's go sploring!"
Now wanting to get left behind, Terry jumped down from his rocking horse. "Me go!" He declared. "Me go wif Endy an Dabid, hai?"
"Hai. Come on Terry." Mamoru called to his baby brother. Stopping before the doorway, Mamoru glared at the intrusive baby gate. Popping his thumb in his mouth, Terry looked up at his two older brothers. Exchanging a look, Mamo and David walked up to the gate expertly tripping the lock to let themselves out of the bedroom. His thumb still in his mouth, Terry toddled out of the room after his two older brothers.
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Once out of the room, Mamoru led the way down the long winding corridors of the golden castle. He had no idea where they were but with so much energy building up inside him, the large hallways were a welcome sight. Grinning wildly, he walked up next to his younger brother, David, and shoved him. "YOUR IT!!" He yelled running off down a random hallway. Pulling his thumb out of his mouth, Terry ran off after his brother.
David glared. "Hey, no fair!! I'M GONNA GET YOU ENDY-CHAN!!" Without much effort David caught up with Terry hitting him on the back. "TERRY'S IT!!" He yelled running off.
"Endy! Dabid!!" Terry called trying desperately to catch up with his much faster older brothers. Blindly, the three brothers raced down various stairwells and winding hallways. On the bottom floor they found a swinging down that looked promising. Consulting each other with a look, Mamo Endy and David pushed on the door hiding in the room beyond. Terry, who was still trying to catch up with the two older ones, got to the door right as it was swinging back. "Waahh!!" Terry cried out as the door hit him throwing him back onto his rear. Sniffling, Terry hide his face in his hands.
"Uh, oh." David and Mamo Endy exchanged a worried look. If Mommy or Ayah found out Terry was hurt, they'd get a time out for sure. Mamo Endy went over to his baby brother. "You ok, Terry-chan?" He questioned hopefully.
Taking his hands down from his face, Terry grinned grabbing hold of his older brother's legs. "Hai. ENDY IT!!" He giggled. Getting up as fast as his two-year-old legs would carry him, Terry disappeared past the swinging door. Laughing, David ran in after him.
Mamo Endy blinked for a moment. His baby brother dared play a prank on him? He was the master of pranks. Mamo Endy narrowed his eyes. "You'd better run, Terry no baka!! Your gonna pay for that!!!"
Running through the swinging door after his brothers, Mamo Endy found himself in the largest kitchen he'd even seen – and not just because he was a little kid. There were at least 3 different refrigerators, a good number of stovetops, and various other appliances.
"Watz this place, Onii-sama?" Terry questioned curiously.
"It's a kitchen." Mamo Endy told him quite uninterested. What fun was a kitchen? All their meals were brought to them. "It's where they keep dinner."
"Oh."
"Uh, huh." David rolled his eyes. "That's boring. I think it's a icer – uh, icer –"
"Ice rink?" Mamo Endy questioned with a raised eyebrow. "Naw, its not. There ain't no water."
"Uh, huh!!" David replied defensively. "They – they just ain't filled it up yet." Looking around for a way to back his claim, David spotted a bucket of water left by one of the maids assigned to mop the floors before dinner was started. Grinning, he went over to it. "See? Help me tip it over Endy."
Mamo Endy, who had now become curious as to how his brother planned to turn a kitchen into an ice rink, helped his brother tip the bucket over. Water splashed out of the bucket and shapelessly onto the marble floor. Laughing, Mamo Endy and David found another bucket tipping it over as well. Popping his thumb back into his mouth, Terry looked down at his feet, which were now standing in soapy water.
"It's not enough." Mamo Endy replied looking around. There had to be a way to perfect his younger brother's plan. He was the older (and smarter) one after all. "I know." His brothers watched curiously as Mamo Endy climbed up onto the counter. (Don't ask me how he made it up there.) Standing up, he found the nearest sink he could get it.
Ah, ha. That was it. Beside the cold water faucet, was a little water-gun- thing. Turning on the cold water – ice rinks were supposed to be cold after all – he pulled out the water gun. Pointing it at the floor, he pulled back the trigger releasing a stream of water onto the already soaked floor. He watched as the floor filled up with water – watched it until he was satisfied. "There." Letting go of the little water gun, Mamo climbed back onto the floor. "Now, it's a ice rink."
David grinned hyperly. "Watch this, Endy!!" Backing up onto the (very small) dry area of the floor, David got a running start onto the slippery surface and went skidding across the floor landing on his rear end at the opposite side of the kitchen. "WEEEEEE!!!!!"
"Cool!! Let me try!!!" Mamo Endy declared. Backing up, he too went skidding across the kitchen only to crash into the cabinets at the other side of the kitchen. "ACK!!!" David and Mamo Endy laughed and continued taking turns skidding across the wet kitchen floor.
Looking down at his feet, Terry grinned excitedly. His feet were all wet and soapy. Wanting to join in the fun his two older brothers were having, he started jumping up a down splashing the water with his feet – that is until he slipped landing on his bottom on the hard floor. Blinking for a moment, he continued splashing the water with his hands.
"DAVID!! ENDYMION!!!!"
"WEEEEE!!!!!!" Making one last running start, Mamo Endy skidded across the floor – right into a pair of adult male legs. Uh, oh. Looking up, Mamo Endy found himself looking into the stern eyes of his father, mother, uncle, and Ayah. Correction – BIG uh, oh.
"What do you think you're doing in here?!" His mother questioned. "Look at this mess!!" Gulping, Mamo Endy and David looked around. Water was everywhere – the floor, the cabinets, the counter, the walls – everywhere.
"I only left them for about 5 minutes." Ayah replied. "They were supposed to stay in the bedroom."
"I know for a fact Terry isn't old enough to operate that gate." King Sol replied. "Endymion. David. Get over here – NOW!!" Full name combined with "that tone" – definitely a bad sign. Mamo Endy scrambled to his feet and was soon after joined by his brother David who quickly scooted up next to him. Calmly, King Sol continued. "I want an explanation, and it better be good – or you two are looking at a pair of sore bottoms."
Mamo Endy and David exchanged a worried look. David was fresh out of ideas, so it was up to Mamo Endy to come up with something. "Um –" He looked around desperately for inspiration. His eyes lit on Terry who continued splashing in the water as if nothing had happened. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. "Uh – Terry had an accident!!" He replied without so much as thinking about what he was saying before it popped out.
King Sol got a perplexed look on his face. The entire group turned to look at Terry. Stopping his play, he looked up at his two brothers, down at water, and back up at the adults. Terry grinned innocently. "Go potty!!" He declared still smiling. The adults looked from Terry to the enormous quantity of water drenching the kitchen.
Unable to stay serious at that point, Prince Terrance cracked up. "Damn Sol. That son of yours must have one big bladder." Sol looked once again from the mess to his two-year-old angel splashing innocently in the middle of it all and joined in his brothers laughter.
Terra sighed. "I don't know how you boys manage to cause so much trouble in so short a time."
Regaining his composure, Sol tried once again to become stern with his rambunctious boys. "Nice try, but if you think that's going to get you two out of trouble –"
"Aw, come on Onii-san." Prince Terrance replied still tickled. "You've got to at least give them points for creativity."
Sol sighed in defeat. What could he do? There wasn't really any harm done. "All right. Let us get you cleaned up. The three of you will serve Time Out in my office before Ayah takes you outside to run off some of that energy."
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