Hello peoples. Hmmm...none of my reviews were very helpful in the area of "should I write longer or more chapters?" so I just decided to do more chapters. I just was giving you guys the choice because a few of my lovely reviewers have constantly been bemoaning the fact that I write short chappies...not that I luv any of you guys less for that...lol
Anyhoo, thanks so much to EVERYONE!!!!! I know my story is annoying, and I know my latest chapters have been really crappy, but that doesn't matter...I hope...
Okey-doodle, then...let's get this show on the road!
Chapter Fifteen: Mud
They were on the road. It had taken Kel only a few hours after the unicorn incident to get herself and Dom on the road.
For the past hour she had (as the dream had parcially predicted) been trying to convince Dom to go back—with no success whatsoever. For the most part he ignored her, but when she actually made a good point, he shut her up like only he could.
This was one such instance.
"Dom, you have to go back...please?" she pleaded fruitlessly, gazing pitifully at the side of his head with puppy-dog eyes.
He didn't even glance at her and murmered, "Hmmm..." an obvious sign he wasn't listening.
She pouted moodily at the back of Peachblossom's mane. The first time she had actually pleaded with someone in years (usually she thought it was below her for people could so often be moved with simple reason) and he was ignoring her.
Apparently sensing that she was going to explode some time in the not-so-distant future, Dom kicked his blue-gray gelding a little ahead of her. She intensified her glare at the back of his head, inwardly seething.
Once more she trotted Peachblossom along-side him and started to speak, "I can do this by myself, the Crown needs you back home..."
Dom muttered sleepily, "You don't say."
Kel's eyes narrowed and she continued in the same tone, "Your horse has turned purple."
He nodded and sighed heavily as he had been for the past hour, mumbling something that probably resembled "You don't say" in some discreet fashion.
If Kel had been in the mood, she probably would have realized how humorous the situation was, but at that moment she was about ready to breathe fire.
"Oh Dom, I'm going to dye your hair hot pink, feed you saddle leather, tie you to a boulder, and sink you naked to the bottom of the next lake we come to."
Dom, who was now tracing little swirly patterns on his saddle with a finger and staring off into space, mumbled, "That's nice."
With that, the knight pulled her glaive out from its sheath-like constraint she used while riding and knocked the sergeant off his horse with the iron-shod butt of it. The unfortunate young man tumbled gracelessly into a mud puddle and sprawled their in a filthy heap, rubbing his head and staring at Kel in a dazed manner.
She let out a mirthless laugh and barked out in triumph, "Now that I see I have your attention, would you please consider going back to the palace?"
Dom's only reply was to moan and fall back in the mud. Kel blinked in concern. Had she hurt him? What if the fall had injured him badly? Oh, if only she would have thought before she acted!
Alarmed, Kel jumped off her roan (who snorted at her, wishing the unicorns weren't romping in the forest by the side of the trail, so he could kick them) and rushed to Dom's side. "Dom...are you all right?" she asked, voice full of worry. When he only shifted slightly and moaned again, she started to panic, and lowered an arm to him, hoping we would be able to grab it so she could pull him to his feet. "Oh Dom, I'm so sorr—"
She didn't get to finish because Dom, "recovering" quickly, darted out an arm, grabbed hers, and tugged her on top of him.
Realizing Dom's trickery, Kel began to splutter something indignantly when Dom stopped her, his lips over hers.
At first Kel struggled, still furious at him for his treachery, but eventually her anger was quenched and all she could do was relax in his arms as the kiss went on.
With a burst of speed, Dom flipped Kel over so she was lying in the mud, and pinned her down with his body, laying on top of her. Although she was strong enough to shove him off of her, he had the element of surprise, and she was temporarily breathless. Dom propped up his elbows on either side of her head and rested his chin on both his hands.
Grinning devilishly, he nuzzled her forehead and whispered huskily, "No, I think I'll stay with you, thanks.
Peachblossom, who was getting more and more irritated by the second, finally decided to break up this beautiful picture with a few well-placed kicks which sent Dom sprawling once more.
With a laugh, Kel stood up and glanced at the hapless Dom. As he struggled to get up, Kel grinned in a sickly-sweet manner and shoved him back in the mud before jumping onto Peachblossom and cantering ahead, leaving Dom once-more dazed, sitting in a pile of muck.
Hmmm...more fluff...yay! go me! I guess that chapter was slightly pointless, so before you murder me in my sleep in a way involving lots and lots of paperclips, let me assure you that I'll get back to the plot soon...next chapter most likely...
Toodles!
—Fanta
