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A/N - Heya! Thank you so much too all who reviewed. They're starting to greatly outnumber the chapters. Yay!
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"Where the hell were you?" said Gustav looking up as Rebecca waltzed through the from door with a basket full of apples.
"Just browsing." said the girl cheerfully.
"Well you should have told me, something might have happened to you."
"Oh dear, were you worried about me?" said Rebecca and grinned evilly.
"No! It's just that you don't know how things are done around here and you might have run into some trouble." said Gustav.
"Like what, getting run over by a hay cart?" said Rebecca sarcastically "In case you haven't noticed, I do know my history. Now, if you suddenly appeared in the twenty-first century you'd probably wet your girlie little pantaloons."
"Fine, I'm sorry." said Gustav bitterly "So what did you get up to anyway?"
"Ah y'know, had look round, bought some apples, threw some of them at a guy with a beard, the usual sort of thing."
"YOU DID WHAT!" cried Gustav in a blind panic "To who?"
"I didn't quite catch the name. Pepe something, oh yeah, Pepe Le Pieu." said Rebecca and laughed.
Gustav's face froze with horror. "Not Pierre Le Pieu? Dirty old bugger? Looks like a pirate?"
"Yeah, that's him."
"Oh no!"
"What?" said Rebecca incredulously.
"You just upset the wealthiest man in the kingdom, that's what!" Gustav shouted. "Do you have any idea what that man can do! He could have you tortured or killed or sold off to the Americas!"
At that moment, Leonardo chose to make an entrance muttering "Hello, what's all this shouting,
we'll have no trouble here."
"Our new charge just happened to piss off Pierre Le Pieu." said Gustav tersely.
"What a frightfully good alliteration, so raw and full of anger. Do you do haikus?" said the old man happily.
"Weren't you even listening to what I said?" cried Gustav.
"Yes, yes, I heard you. And I say it's about bloody time someone showed him what for. Well done, my dear."
"See, he likes me." said Rebecca smugly "And he's a genius."
"He's not a genius, he's a retarded old git!" Gustav grumbled.
"If I am, then I've certainly taught you well, oh diligent apprentice." Leonardo retorted.
Rebecca sighed as once again the insults poured back and forth.
"Cretin!"
"Philistine!"
"Bitch!"
"Queen!"
"Mary!"
"Nancy boy!"
"Hirsute Hypochondriac!"
"Oooooh that's low!"
Rebecca stepped in. "OK guys. Why don't we just kiss and make up before the Spanish Inquisition show up and cart you off for those blatant homosexual allegations."
"I'm sorry." said the two men in unison.
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Meanwhile, a few craggy hills away in a dark and threatening looking castle, Pierre Le Pieu was brooding. He'd been doing that a lot these days, ever since the prince married in fact. Of course he hadn't really suffered any particular heartbreak after he lost Daniel, but his pride had been severely wounded. Luckily no one in the Royal court had found out that he had been beaten by a girl but that was hardly the point. A man of his standing should not have allowed himself to be pelted with fruit. He should not have received the pelting from some impudent child in a badly fitting dress. And he should no, repeat, should not have enjoyed it and admired said child's moxie. He didn't even know what moxie was!
Nevertheless, the girl was out of line and should be arrested for her conduct. But then again she was only young. After all, his sisters beat him up when they were her age, and so did the chamber maids... and the kitchen maids... and the scullery maids...well all women actually. No, prison would be too harsh on a girl like that. The best solution would be to find her himself, do something impressive with a sword and scare her a bit so she wouldn't cross him again.
"That's decided then!" he said out loud to no one in particular. "I'll find the girl myself and give her the fright of her life. I'll show her who wears the pantaloons around here! Mwahahahaha! Oh lord! I'm talking to myself again, I really am going insane!"
