River rat chapter seven:

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Hey I've had nothing but time so I've been getting quite a few chapters written up but not loaded (half term holiday.)

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Darres and Ishtar walked towards the pub where the party was to be held. Ishtar was wearing a black dress that was tight at the top but loose down the bottom so it puffed out like a ra ra skirt. Darres was wearing black trouser and a turquoise tunic that Yuugin let him borrow. Darres entered the building first. It was a quart pub usually but the partygoers seemed to be fair competition to Ishtar or Darres on 'who can make the biggest ass of them selves while drunk.'

Yuugin found out how to let Darres be himself for the night so he didn't have to spy on them. Darres stuck close to Ishtar as she walked around looking for Sharley. Suddenly she turned and saw that Darres wasn't with her any more. She saw him talking to a girl who looked just like Selen. The girl made her very angry, she stormed over and politely took Darres away.

"What was that about?" He asked.

"Who do you think you are? If the princess can't even keep her male friend happy for one night they'll think I'm stupid or something."

"Keep me happy?" Darres asked just to clarify what she meant. She scowled at him then dragged him to the drinks to get them both a pint. She passed one to Darres then spotted the Selen girl approaching.

"Hey Darres." She said sweetly. "I haven't gotten to catch up with you. I haven't seen you sense back at the river, I was getting worried that you weren't coming back to travel with us to the next city." Fleur knew that Ishtar would be annoyed by her presence; it was all part of the plan.

"Oh, um... Well I've been busy, I got my old job back." He smiled a bit uneasily; even he could tell Ishtar was pissed off.

"So you must be princess Ishtar." Fleur bowed then smiled so sickeningly up at Ishtar.

"Yeah, I'm sorry but Darres never told me of you." Ishtar said in a 'ha ha you don't matter' sort of sarcasm.

"Oh, I didn't think he would. My name is Fleur. I'm the daughter of the River Rat's leader."

"Sharley has a kid!" Ishtar asked sounding very surprised.

"No silly," Fleur laughed, "Sharley represents us but she isn't our leader, did she tell you she was? What a kidder." She covered her mouth as she laughed but when she was done she rested it down on Darres's hip. Ishtar looked at her and scowled.

"Darres. We must speak to Sharley about this." She grabbed Darres and pulled him to the other side of the bar. Fleur watched and smiled.

'All according to plan' she thought as she went to mingle with some other of the 'river rats.' The door of the pub opened and Sharley walked in she scanned the room and smiled. She saw the princess and headed over towards her then noticed that Fleur wasn't with them. Before approaching she grabbed Fleur from the bar and pulled her over to the princess and her bodyguard. Ishtar noticed their approach and smiled. Sharley said hello in the most polite manor she could manage with out bursting out laughing or throwing up.

"So how are you enjoying your selves?" She asked Ishtar and Darres. Darres was about to answer when Fleur grabbed him and pulled him away. Ishtar didn't notice because Sharley was distracting her by introducing her to every commoner in the pub. Ishtar sighed and looked behind her hoping to see Darres just as bored as she was. He wasn't there.

"Um excuse me, Sharley? Did you see which way my guard went?" Ishtar used the tone she could last remember using with Laphiji asking where Duzell had gone.

"No sorry, oh actually. Maybe he went out back with Fleur. She told me about when they met a few days ago, she seems quite taken by him and he by her. She told me he quite literally was lost for words." Sharley smiled in a Yuugin style that she'd picked up from being in Zi Alda as Diaage. (Did I spell that right?)

"What! That bitch!" Ishtar shouted, the bar went silent and all eyes were on Ishtar. She didn't so much as blush she ran out of the back door and froze... From what she could see Fleur and Darres were kissing, she was shattered she stepped back wards in tears and ran back to the palace, she'd tried not to cry but it hurt. She didn't stop when she ran past Yuugin, Jill and Krai. She didn't stop running until she got to her room she opened it and ran strait in to her doctor's arms. Duzell had been up worrying about Ishtar sense she'd told him not even to follow her to the pub. He felt Ishtar crying in his arms, he felt so sorry for her, he wasn't sure what to do about it. She was crying, he didn't even know why but he felt unable to help her.

To be continued

Um... it is a bit short and different, sorta. Well not really, soz if it isn't as good as any past ones, I'm really pissed off right now because my half term was ruined by some one breaking a promise to me and causing me to sulk and moan for the rest of the day, I just happened to have a good idea at the time so I wrote it down. Please review for me!