A/N: Back again. I want to finish the second chap before school starts tomorrow. Oh and Happy Chinese New Year!
Chapter 1: Work?
"I'm so tired… We have been traveling since last night, why don't we take a break?" complained Eriol.
"Shut up! We have to get as far as we can away from the castle!" said Syaoran who was still wide awake. His phoenix Frost is snoozing on his shoulders while Eriol's dragon, Sapphire, was taking a nap in front of Eriol.
Since last night's escape, they have been traveling south. So far, they have passed the town and now riding through the farmlands.
"By the way, isn't this the place where farm animals are breed? Are there dragons around?" asked Eriol.
"And you call yourself a dragon owner…. Dragon farms are high up on the mountains, like those over there," Syaoran stated pointing towards a cluster of mountains.
Eriol shot back, "Oh? And I suppose you know what animals are breed here O smart one?"
(A/N: By the way, this isn't Eriol's kingdom, so, he doesn't know the place as well as Syaoran. He was just visiting him for a few weeks in Syaoran's kingdom)
Syaoran smirked, "Of course! There are normal farms for sheep, goats and pigs. However, there are unique ones for more special creatures like phoenixes, hippogriffs, unicorns and Marlets. There are many more though."
Eriol then replied, "You don't need to show off, I was just asking because I did not manage to get the medicine for Sapphire's flu. He's still sneezing you know."
Syaoran then turned his head towards Eriol, "We'll stop by a Dragon farm on the mountains. I'm sure they will have some. Besides, I do not want any more accidents to happen again because of your sick dragon's flu."
Sapphire, who had just woken up, could only grunt in response.
Then suddenly, Sapphire shot up and darted towards one of the farm houses.
"Sapphire! Come back here!"
The two sprinted their horses towards Sapphire, who was flying towards a shiny object.
The two then realized it was a carriage.
The carriage was slivery gold and decorated with various kinds of Gemstones. It was definitely custom-made for it was more beautiful then the castle carriages.
Sapphire hovered in the air while admiring the biggest gemstone on the carriage, an emerald.
Eriol chuckled," Now I see why Sapphire is so excited. Dragons are attracted to gemstones you know."
Syaoran then pondered," Why is this carriage doing here anyway? Could it belong to one of the folks here? How in the world did they afford this?"
Sapphire then felt a tingling sensation. It is coming up to his nose……….. ACKCHOO!
Syaoran panicked," Sapphire! Why did you do that for?"
The carriage was now on fire. The horses, which Syaoran and Eriol were riding on, went berserk when they saw the fire. They immediately threw their riders off their backs and sped towards the forest.
"Great! There goes our ride."
"Excuse me! In case you haven't notice! We are in serious trouble here!"
Frost, who was awoken by the horses' neighs, saw the commotion and sent a blast of ice towards the flaming carriage.
After the carriage was fully encased in ice, the ice cracked and caused the carriage to break into pieces, together with all the gemstones.
Syaoran and Eriol could only sweatdrop at the destroyed once piece-of-art. Whoever owned this isn't going to be happy….
"OH MY GOD! What in the world happened?"
Syaoran turned and saw a shocked young woman staring at the rumble.
The woman had beautiful purple locks that reached her waist. She had pale skin and astonishing amethyst eyes. She had the right curves at the right places and rosy cheeks. She was dressed in a pale yellow sundress that reached her knees. Eriol could only gape at her beauty.
Syaoran however, was a different story. He was trying to find a way to get out of this sticky mess.
"Look…. It isn't what you think…"
"Tomoyo? What happened?" Another voice came from inside the house that seemed to be addressing the young woman, who was recognized as "Tomoyo".
Another woman walked out of the house. This time, it was Syaoran who was stumped.
A young woman, maybe around the same age as Syaoran, walked out from the cottage. In Syaoran's opinion, this woman is far more beautiful than the other one he just saw.
The young lady had auburn hair that reached her shoulders. The hair framed her delicate face beautifully. She had sparkling emerald jade eyes and a curvy body. She also had a star necklace around her neck. She was wearing a pale pink dress with white sandals.
Eriol, who was the first to overcome his shock tried to use his charm to "charm" his way into asking the ladies for forgiveness.
"You see Mademoiselles, my dragon had recently caught the flu and "sneeze" fire onto your carriage………. I am sure that you two beautiful ladies would forgive me and my companion here?"
"Don't try to flatter us! Trust me, it doesn't work on me. SO you are the ones that fried my mum's birthday present to Sakura?
"Birthday Present? Why would someone give a carriage as a birthday present? "Asked Syaoran
"You obviously are not from around here! Sakura is a Unicorn breeder! That carriage was custom-made and ridiculously expensive"
Sakura went towards Tomoyo, "Calm down Tomoyo! I'm sure they didn't mean it. Right Flame?"
A golden-red phoenix settled on its mistress shoulder, cawing in agreement. Its eyes were a shade of sparkling red, just like burning fire. Its beak is bright orange and its tail is in the shades of different colours of red.
For our ice phoenix, it was love at first sight. But for Flame, I wish I could say the same….
Tomoyo then turned her attention towards Eriol, "And you! How could you let your dragon be so sick? Don't you have Dragon Flu medicine?"
Eriol was offended," Excuse Me? But if I wasn't busy escapi- mhrffff!"
Syaoran had covered Eriol's mouth in fear of leaking out their secret.
"Hehehe! Don't mind him! He's sprouting nonsense."
"Well, unless you have gold to repay for our carriage……" Tomoyo started, obviously still angry.
Syaoran replied, "Oh yes, wait a minu…" Then he realized," their gold was in the backpack attached to the horses. God knows where they are now.
"Oh! Our gold seems to have ran away….. We are terribly sorry for the mess we had caused."
"Well sorry doesn't help the situation. You guys just to have to work for us to pay us back!"
Eriol and Syaoran could only say one word in response, "Work?"
POV of Sakura
Oh Great! Tomoyo's at it again. The guy with brown hair seems kind of cute though… Wait a minute…. What am I thinking?
I shook out of my thoughts and smiled," Why don't we discuss this in the house? It would be more comfortable."
Tomoyo huffed and went back into the cottage. I sighed, boy, I don't think I have ever seen her this angry.
The two and their pets trailed behind us; the brown-haired one seemed to be very angry at the one with the glasses. But he seemed he couldn't care less and was in fact staring at Tomoyo.
Normal POV
Once everyone was seated, Syaoran asked," What are your names?"
Sakura replied," My name is Sakura Kinimoto. I'm a Unicorn breeder. This is Tomoyo Daidouji, my cousin. She's a Dragon breeder. Although she seems to be more of a seamstress to me……"
Syaoran then introduced himself and Eriol, with fake names of course "My name is Xiao Lang, and this is Eli, my cousin."
Eriol noticed Syaoran's plan and finally spoke," Although I would prefer calling him my cute little cousin…"
"Hey! Stop calling me that!"
Tomoyo, who was STILL fuming," Ok! Ok! Now we know each other. That carriage was worth 5000 pieces of gold! How are you going to repay that?"
Everyone, including Sakura shouted in unison," 5000?"
Tomoyo then said, "Of course? What do you think?"
Sakura then argued with Tomoyo, "You told me it was 1000 gold! Not 5000!"
Tomoyo ignored Sakura and stated, "To compensate for the carriage, you guys will have to work for us on our farms. One of you will work for me while the other works for Sakura. Each of you will earn 25 pieces of gold each day. SO, you will have to work for us for one hundred days! Any complains? By the way, it will be manual labour" (A/N: I'm cruel aren't I?)
Syaoran and Eriol sighed and shook their head. So much for adventure……………
To think! Two wealthy princes reduced to labour workers!
To Be Continued
A/N: There done! How was is? Please review! On! Here are the character info!
Sakura
16 years old
Unicorn Breeder
Likes to ride
Phoenix: Flame
Relatives: Dead (Tomoyo: Cousin)
Syaoran
17 years old
Prince
Likes to have adventure
Phoenix: Frost
Relatives: 4 sisters Mother / Father Dead
Tomoyo
16 years old
Dragon breeder
Likes to sew
Dragon: Amethyst
Relatives: Mother (Sakura: Cousin)
Eriol
17 years old
Prince
Likes to read
Dragon: Sapphire
Relatives: Yelan and her family (Aunt and cousins)
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