Reunion of Comrades
King Jon and Queen Daenerys looked up when a small boy of perhaps six appeared from another path to speak to them. After a moment where they whispered to each other, the monarchs took their leave, nodding graciously to Mimi and Matt who, with the exception of Lyanna and their Digimon, were left to fend for themselves in their strange surroundings. Tarisha and Raena trailing after the little boy who went back down the path he'd come from.
"One problem," Matt said when the five of them were alone, glancing up at the tree house. Mimi followed his gaze.
"What's that?" She asked, looking up at the three dome shaped buildings for anything amiss and finding naught but the obvious fifty feet from the ground situation.
"How do we get to our rooms?" Lyanna smiled and walked over to the flowers climbing up to the house and around the branches.
"Why, we take the stairs." She said, and with two quick steps, appeared to be standing on air.
"What…!" Matt and Mimi walked over to the base of the trees and saw the steps to the spiraling staircase Lyanna was standing on completely sheathed in flowers.
"That's what those were!" Mimi exclaimed loudly her thoughts bursting from her mouth before she could stop them. Lyanna's eyes sparkled with amusement though refrained from saying anything as she led the way around the tree and up through the boards to a walkway similar to a deck surrounding all the floors of the guesthouse.
"Here you go," she announced, gesturing around the first floor. "I'll have to leave you now, but Chloethia will be along shortly with your friends." With that as a farewell, she disappeared back down the staircase. They stood at the opening, both gazing over the deck that was furnished in cushions and small, knee high tables.
"Come on!" Mimi said, pulling him along by the hand as she headed for the door leading into the guesthouse. "Lets see what's inside!"
Together, they stepped through the door into a room half obscured by a staircase Mimi assumed led to the second and third floors; the only furniture visible was a circular table with short, wooden legs supporting its broad surface. As they entered further, two chairs, four cushions, and a large comfortable looking couch gradually came into their line of sight, perfectly illuminated from the sunlight that filtered through the glass that made up the ceiling. Mimi released his hand and set out to explore the rooms, weaving between the large pillows sprawled around the room in strategic positions to the two doors on the opposite side of where they'd entered.
"Matt, come look at this!" She said, peaking into one of the doors. Following the path she'd taken, he came up behind her to gaze over her shoulder into the room beyond. There was a bed, large and semicircle shaped with a red comforter and pillows. The gigantic fur rug that was spread across the floor was dyed a blood red and the thin material that hung by the window was only a slightly lighter color, the whole room was illuminated by the same skylight that was in the common room.
Mimi spun away from the door and ran to the next one, behaving like a child in her eager exploration. Matt, picking up her enthusiasm followed after her and looked into the room which turned out to be identical to the other with the exception that it was purple. No pictures hung on the rounded walls, though there was a chest and at the end of the half moon bed and a table with a small, lantern like lamp beside it on the opposite side of the window.
Turning and, as if reading each other's thoughts, crossing the room, they made their way up the stairs side by side, taking them two at a time. Reaching the second floor, they came to a kind of hallway with led to three doors. Without looking at each other, they headed for the two doors on the same side, each choosing their own as if by agreement. Mimi's opened into a room which was a twin to the other two except for it's deep blue color. Closing the door after seeing that, she moved next to Matt to find out if his was different. It wasn't, except that it was green.
"They're all different colors." She said, looking up at Matt, noticing for the first time that he stood almost two inches taller than her. "I like this one." Palmon, who along with Gabumon had followed them up the stairs and were also looking at the rooms, nodded her agreement. Matt looked down at her.
"What's wrong with the other ones?"
"Nothing really, I just like this color better."
"I thought you would like the purple. What color was the other room?"
"Blue."
"I'll take that one then."
"Shouldn't we wait until the others get here so we can choose fairly?" Matt smiled and moved to check the other room.
"First come first serve. Come on, lets see what this is." They turned the knob, creaking the door open enough to peer into the room side by side, surprised to see a spacious bathroom. The floor was cream and darker cream circled tiles, the walls were a gentle, Navaho White that curved with the dome shaped structure. A toilet, or something that strongly resembled one, sat in a corner off to the right just under a small open window with cream colored curtains that stirred gently in a breath of breeze. Beside the toilet was a huge shower with three heads, all positioned to spray water into the center. A bath tub the size of a child's swimming pool sat beside the shower, a closer look discovered that there was four seats carved into the smooth surface. A skylight that served as the entire roof for the two buildings so far washed the room in a flood of brightness that was only gentled because the room wasn't really white but a combination of light and dark creams, sconces were spread along the walls for night time use of the room.
"Cool." Matt said, looking it over approvingly before shutting the door. Glancing back to the stair case, they saw that it went to the third and final building and Matt took a step towards it. "Well, we came this far, might as well see-"
"Blien! Hello! Anyone home!" A woman called in a singsong voice from the porch. Matt and Mimi looked at each other before racing down the steps to see if it was the mentioned Chloethia with the their two friends.
*****
Sora, feeling naked and exposed in the light purple dress that hung on her as if it didn't exist, molding itself to her figure weightlessly; stood outside the house with the strange woman that had brought her to this even stranger place. She kept her arms crossed modestly over her chest as if the dress were transparent, though it didn't show anything; as she waited for someone to admit them inside. The woman, Chloethia, had said that this house was theirs so why couldn't they just go in and make themselves comfortable? It wasn't like whichever two of their friends had managed to end up here along with them would mind since they would be sharing the house anyway. But she didn't voice her thoughts, content at the moment not to say anything to the fiery haired girl with pointed ears and menacing green eyes. Tai, however, had no such contentment.
"Why can't we just go in?" He demanded, crossing his arms and staring sullenly at the door. "You said this place was as good as ours, so why can't we just go in and make ourselves at home? Why do we have to wait for whoever's in there to get their lazy-" He broke off as the door swung inward.
*****
"SORA!" Mimi squealed and jumped onto her friend, tears pouring from her eyes as she hugged her about the neck so hard Matt thought it was a surprise she wasn't choking her. Sora seemed to be crying too as she wrapped her arms around Mimi in response. "I've missed you so MUCH Sora, you don't even know!" Pulling away, she noticed the dress her friends was wearing, dark purple with light purple trim and the little heart that had been on her crest stitched across the top; and pointed at it in admiration. "Where'd you get that dress? Oh, Sora, it's so pretty! I want one!" That was when the red haired girl that had remained silent through the exchange spoke up.
"There is one exactly like it in the chest in the green room. Just as there is blue clothes identical to Tai's in the blue room." Mimi glanced over at Tai to see what his clothes looked like and noted that he didn't look bad in red, but blue was more his color. His clothes were a red vest that reached just below his knees with gold trim and outlined fire and pants that were loose at the top and tight around the ankles, reminding her of the clothes Aladdin wore in the Disney cartoon.
"I'll be by early on the morrow to wake you to break your night fast. Be ready when the sun rises." Chloethia left with that and Mimi was coming to the conclusion that no one actually said goodbye around the strange vale. Just say something to close a conversation and leave. Yep, that was the way to do.
"Well, come on in, it's your house too. You have to tell me how you guys got here!"