Chapter 9 : The Birthday
After a few days, Rhine was finally back to normal. She was quiet but did smiled when El cracks up some jokes to cheer her up. Then...
A few months later....
It was September at last. Rhine had long awaited for this arrival of this month. Why? Because....It's gonna be her birthday!
Rhine is to be 15 by the end of the month and Rhine was very excited.
"Kazu...Do you know why she's always excited this few weeks?" El popped a question to Kazu while they were out to get some groceries in the city.
Kazu shook her head, and didn't know the reason.
"Well, it's her upcoming birthday! She's 15 by the end of this month!" El replied.
Kazu was surprised, and she had an idea. "Why don't we discuss this with Selena and Xan? We can give her a surprise party!"
El agreed excitedly. As soon as they got the stuff they wanted, they walked home and asked Selena and Xan for some suggestions.
"A surprise birthday party huh? Sounds like a great idea!" Xan said. Selena agreed and soon they were planning everything.
They were planning this in the living room when they heard the main door open.
Rhine just came home from training in Glast Heim with her party members, Szeto, Elaine, Kaede, Ultima, Nicot and Simon. Hosanna was supposed to tag along, but he had to help his guildmate to gain more experience. Hosanna was the leader of the Dragon Clan guild, and he was quite respected. Szeto is the leader of BloodyCross, and his guild was beginning to become a respected guild. Elaine and Kaede were acolytes, and the whole party is helping both of them to become Priests. It seems Nicot was in the same party with them even before he was a hunter. He was lucky that he found the party as everyone helped each other to get their dream job.
"Quick! Hide all the papers! She's coming in!" El cried.
All of them quickly hid their stuff that has to do with the party away, and got out of the room. El tripped and fell hard on the floor while the rest giggled. Rhine was standing right in front of the room.
"Well, what's all the commotion going on here?" Rhine was surprised.
The rest gave their excuses and they were relieved when Rhine walked back to her room.
"Phew!" They exclaimed.
Kazu pulled El up and he brushed away the dust on his clothing.
The plannings continued until it was a week before Rhine's birthday. Kazu and El had to send some invitations to her close friends, including her party members. Rhine's childhood friend, Sum was invited too. Rhine's guild members were also invited.
Selena and Xan on the other hand, had to get the food stuff ready.
The day that has been long awaited...
It was Rhine's birthday today. Rhine woke up and she was jumping up and down as she was very excited. She ran downstairs for breakfast. To her surprise, none of them wished her "Happy Birthday" and she thought they forgotten about her birthday. She ate her breakfast sadly and walked back up to her room to get ready to train with her party members again.
"We're sorry, Rhine. We can't train with you today...We have other important stuff to do.." The whole party including Hosanna claimed.
"It's alright, then. Bye.." Rhine walked away sullenly.
She walked to the park and wondered why no one remembered her birthday. She was quite disappointed..Then...
"Hey Rhine! Long time no see!!"
Rhine was startled. She quickly looked to where the voice came from. To her surprise, it was her childhood friend, Sum. Sum was a friend of hers when they were young, and Sum migrated to Alberta. Sum used to be a strong and yet a smart mage, and now, she looks so cool in her Wizard uniform. She's a senior wizard now, and no one dares to mess with her..
"Oh hi !! How are ya?! "Rhine greeted.
"Oh, I'm fine, thank you. How bout ya?"
"Same here. Hey, what brings you here?"
"Well.. just say I had to attend some conference in Geffen, but I dropped by here to meet you and El. Anyway, how has he been lately? Still the same handsome man?" Sum giggled.
"Haha...his "charms" actually attracted his crush to him! Haha..." Rhine replied and laughed.
Soon, they walked off together and chatted about what has been going on lately until Rhine reached her doorstep. As she opened the door......
"SURPRISE!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHINE!!"
Rhine was very shocked to see that many people were in the house and Sum just smiled as a sign that she knew it from the beginning. Her guild members, the leader, Almighty, dUPPA , Evrea, Vicki, Zanza, Forger, CutePriest and her wizard brother, X-Stream, Scorpy-Ken, Jess, and Stewie gave her gifts while Kazu pulled her to the table. On the table, it was a big cake with "Happy Birthday Rhine!!" words on it.
Everyone started singing a birthday song. Then after the song was sung, Rhine held her hands to her chest and made a wish and blew the candle lights off. After that, the cake was served.
"Oh my! You have loads of gifts!" Kazu exclaimed.
Rhine just sniggered. When it was night, all the guests left.
Rhine was just too excited that she really wanted to open the gifts. At night, she opened all the gifts together with Selena, Xan, El and Kazu. She received like, some cute helms, dolls... and some other stuff that girls would like. It took quite a while that all her prezzies were opened. So after opening the gifts, it was time to sleep. El was already yawning away since he was up very early in the morning to prepare the surprise party. Rhine gave him a hug, to thank him. She hugged the rest, and they headed to bed.
Rhine rested her head on her comfy pillow, and closed her eyes. Soon, she was already sound asleep.
Then, a cloaked man entered the room from the open window. The mysterious man stood next to Rhine, and placed something on the table by the bed. It was wrapped in nice shiny paper, and had a ribbon on it. The cloaked man then went out through the window.
The next morning...
"Erm...Kazu...did u put this on my table last night?" Rhine asked.
"Erm...I don't remember leaving anything there...Since I've already given it to you..." Kazu replied.
Rhine was holding the wrapped gift which she took from the table when she woke up. Rhine was surprised at first, and thought it was a gift from Kazu. She realized that there was a small card there, and the writing isn't Kazu's.
Rhine opened it and it was a box. She opened it and it was a necklace. The necklace had tiny seashells and it looked very nice. Selena walked in the room...
"Oh, that necklace is nice.. Seashells from the shores of Comodo... Where did you get it?"
Rhine replied, "Well... I don't really know actually... It so happen it was "there" when I woke up.."
Kazu and Selena looked at each other. It sounded really, really strange...
Rhine wore it around her neck and it really fit her. The colours of the shell were pinkish, blue, greenish...and had a tinge of other colours, too.
Wherever she went, she was always wearing it. Her guild members and her party thought it was rather nice, too.
Till now, Rhine's still wondering who left the gift on the table. Who could it be?
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JaN: Hey ya! I hope u guys enjoyed it! To u guys' info, Evan left cuz he had to join a guild, and it's headquarters were so far away that he had to leave. On Rhine's case though, she had a guild, and it was basically, everywhere. So her mates wouldn't abandon her even if she were to be in someplace else...
After a few days, Rhine was finally back to normal. She was quiet but did smiled when El cracks up some jokes to cheer her up. Then...
A few months later....
It was September at last. Rhine had long awaited for this arrival of this month. Why? Because....It's gonna be her birthday!
Rhine is to be 15 by the end of the month and Rhine was very excited.
"Kazu...Do you know why she's always excited this few weeks?" El popped a question to Kazu while they were out to get some groceries in the city.
Kazu shook her head, and didn't know the reason.
"Well, it's her upcoming birthday! She's 15 by the end of this month!" El replied.
Kazu was surprised, and she had an idea. "Why don't we discuss this with Selena and Xan? We can give her a surprise party!"
El agreed excitedly. As soon as they got the stuff they wanted, they walked home and asked Selena and Xan for some suggestions.
"A surprise birthday party huh? Sounds like a great idea!" Xan said. Selena agreed and soon they were planning everything.
They were planning this in the living room when they heard the main door open.
Rhine just came home from training in Glast Heim with her party members, Szeto, Elaine, Kaede, Ultima, Nicot and Simon. Hosanna was supposed to tag along, but he had to help his guildmate to gain more experience. Hosanna was the leader of the Dragon Clan guild, and he was quite respected. Szeto is the leader of BloodyCross, and his guild was beginning to become a respected guild. Elaine and Kaede were acolytes, and the whole party is helping both of them to become Priests. It seems Nicot was in the same party with them even before he was a hunter. He was lucky that he found the party as everyone helped each other to get their dream job.
"Quick! Hide all the papers! She's coming in!" El cried.
All of them quickly hid their stuff that has to do with the party away, and got out of the room. El tripped and fell hard on the floor while the rest giggled. Rhine was standing right in front of the room.
"Well, what's all the commotion going on here?" Rhine was surprised.
The rest gave their excuses and they were relieved when Rhine walked back to her room.
"Phew!" They exclaimed.
Kazu pulled El up and he brushed away the dust on his clothing.
The plannings continued until it was a week before Rhine's birthday. Kazu and El had to send some invitations to her close friends, including her party members. Rhine's childhood friend, Sum was invited too. Rhine's guild members were also invited.
Selena and Xan on the other hand, had to get the food stuff ready.
The day that has been long awaited...
It was Rhine's birthday today. Rhine woke up and she was jumping up and down as she was very excited. She ran downstairs for breakfast. To her surprise, none of them wished her "Happy Birthday" and she thought they forgotten about her birthday. She ate her breakfast sadly and walked back up to her room to get ready to train with her party members again.
"We're sorry, Rhine. We can't train with you today...We have other important stuff to do.." The whole party including Hosanna claimed.
"It's alright, then. Bye.." Rhine walked away sullenly.
She walked to the park and wondered why no one remembered her birthday. She was quite disappointed..Then...
"Hey Rhine! Long time no see!!"
Rhine was startled. She quickly looked to where the voice came from. To her surprise, it was her childhood friend, Sum. Sum was a friend of hers when they were young, and Sum migrated to Alberta. Sum used to be a strong and yet a smart mage, and now, she looks so cool in her Wizard uniform. She's a senior wizard now, and no one dares to mess with her..
"Oh hi !! How are ya?! "Rhine greeted.
"Oh, I'm fine, thank you. How bout ya?"
"Same here. Hey, what brings you here?"
"Well.. just say I had to attend some conference in Geffen, but I dropped by here to meet you and El. Anyway, how has he been lately? Still the same handsome man?" Sum giggled.
"Haha...his "charms" actually attracted his crush to him! Haha..." Rhine replied and laughed.
Soon, they walked off together and chatted about what has been going on lately until Rhine reached her doorstep. As she opened the door......
"SURPRISE!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RHINE!!"
Rhine was very shocked to see that many people were in the house and Sum just smiled as a sign that she knew it from the beginning. Her guild members, the leader, Almighty, dUPPA , Evrea, Vicki, Zanza, Forger, CutePriest and her wizard brother, X-Stream, Scorpy-Ken, Jess, and Stewie gave her gifts while Kazu pulled her to the table. On the table, it was a big cake with "Happy Birthday Rhine!!" words on it.
Everyone started singing a birthday song. Then after the song was sung, Rhine held her hands to her chest and made a wish and blew the candle lights off. After that, the cake was served.
"Oh my! You have loads of gifts!" Kazu exclaimed.
Rhine just sniggered. When it was night, all the guests left.
Rhine was just too excited that she really wanted to open the gifts. At night, she opened all the gifts together with Selena, Xan, El and Kazu. She received like, some cute helms, dolls... and some other stuff that girls would like. It took quite a while that all her prezzies were opened. So after opening the gifts, it was time to sleep. El was already yawning away since he was up very early in the morning to prepare the surprise party. Rhine gave him a hug, to thank him. She hugged the rest, and they headed to bed.
Rhine rested her head on her comfy pillow, and closed her eyes. Soon, she was already sound asleep.
Then, a cloaked man entered the room from the open window. The mysterious man stood next to Rhine, and placed something on the table by the bed. It was wrapped in nice shiny paper, and had a ribbon on it. The cloaked man then went out through the window.
The next morning...
"Erm...Kazu...did u put this on my table last night?" Rhine asked.
"Erm...I don't remember leaving anything there...Since I've already given it to you..." Kazu replied.
Rhine was holding the wrapped gift which she took from the table when she woke up. Rhine was surprised at first, and thought it was a gift from Kazu. She realized that there was a small card there, and the writing isn't Kazu's.
Rhine opened it and it was a box. She opened it and it was a necklace. The necklace had tiny seashells and it looked very nice. Selena walked in the room...
"Oh, that necklace is nice.. Seashells from the shores of Comodo... Where did you get it?"
Rhine replied, "Well... I don't really know actually... It so happen it was "there" when I woke up.."
Kazu and Selena looked at each other. It sounded really, really strange...
Rhine wore it around her neck and it really fit her. The colours of the shell were pinkish, blue, greenish...and had a tinge of other colours, too.
Wherever she went, she was always wearing it. Her guild members and her party thought it was rather nice, too.
Till now, Rhine's still wondering who left the gift on the table. Who could it be?
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JaN: Hey ya! I hope u guys enjoyed it! To u guys' info, Evan left cuz he had to join a guild, and it's headquarters were so far away that he had to leave. On Rhine's case though, she had a guild, and it was basically, everywhere. So her mates wouldn't abandon her even if she were to be in someplace else...