Chapter Twenty One: The Party

Later that night...

The Ballroom where all parties in the castle were held was filled to the brim with guests dressed in brilliant party clothes. Huge chandeliers hung overhead lighting the room, while a jazz band serenaded the guests. There was tables of food and drink, the dance floor was filled with swaying couples and the clear glass walls showed the loveliness of the night, the stars and moons glittering.

Cielle was welcoming guests entering the ballroom. She was standing in the entryway flashing everybody a smile, "Welcome. Queen Abigail is pleased to have you! Welcome!" she said. The guests all nodded to her and walked on it.

"Cielle," a familiar voice said.

Cielle turned to see Antauri and the rest of the Hyper force standing in front of her.

"An-Antauri...I thought you all would have left," Cielle said.

"And miss a party with food! No way!" Otto said as he rushed in past Cielle.

"Otto wait!" Nova called as she and Sparx ran after him. Chiro came up in crutches with his rib cage wrapped in a medical wrap.

"Chiro!" Cielle said. "Are you feeling better? Did they take good care of you?" she asked.

"Yeah, don't worry about it Cielle, you found me the best doctor here!" Chiro said with a smile.

Cielle smiled back, "Good, I was worried about you."

"Don't worry I'm fine," Chiro said as he wobbled his way into the party.

Cielle looked up at Antauri who was looking at her with soft eyes. "Hi," she said simply.

"Hi," Antauri said back.

Gibson cleared his throat, "I'm going to make sure Chiro get's around without trouble," he said as he left the two of them alone.

"Otto! Otto!" Kirei yelled as she waved her little pink hand above her head.

"Ooh, there you are Kirei! I was looking for you!" Otto said with a big smile on his face.

"See my pretty bow!" Kirei said turning around and around pointing to the yellow bow on her tail.

"Whoa, your making me dizzy," Otto said.

"Hey watch it! Be Careful! Can't you see I'm on crutches!" snapped Chiro as random people kept bumping into him while he wobbled along.

"Chiro! Chiro!" Gibson called searching for his crippled leader.

"So Nova...um...ya wanna dance?" Sparx asked Nova.

Nova gave him a stern look. Sparx smiled nervously and began to scoot away.

"I'm kidding!" Nova said as she grabbed him by the arm. "Just be careful of my shoulder ok?" she asked him. Sparx looked down at her shoulder that was now in a neat and tidy sling.

"Don't worry I'll be extra careful," Sparx said as he led her out onto the dance floor. You'd think Nova and Sparx would look out of place dancing among the people of Tohruu but they fit in quite well amongst the tiger people, blob people, occasional human, and many other assortments.

"Ah! Gibson help me!" Chiro yelled as he was being squished against the wall by a crowd of people passing him. Gibson sighed, rolled his eyes and walked over to help Chiro.

Queen Abigail entered the room, her hair up in a bun with a few curly hairs hanging down by her ears, and she was wearing a tradition blue princess dress with white gloves and the whole shebang.

"Let's try not to crush the crippled alright?" Abigail asked as she gently pushed her guest aside.

"Thanks, but I'm not crippled, I'll be better in no time," Chiro said.

"Of course you will," Abigail said with a smile. "Your little blue monkey friend is looking for you."

"Yeah, thanks," Chiro said as he wobbled away.

Abigail sighed and glided across the room where Kirei and Otto were dancing. Though it seemed Kirei was merely twirling around like a hyper little girl. "Kirei!" Abigail said.

Kirei stopped twirling and faced the Queen with a serious face. "What is it Queen?" she asked.

Abigail laughed, "Your so silly Kirei."

"I am?" Kirei asked.

Abigail sighed, "I was wondering if you could go fetch Cielle for me, I'd like to speak with her."

"Sure no prob, Otto I'll be right back!" Kirei said as she skipped away.

"Unh..." Otto stammered. "You look lovely tonight your highness!" he said as he got down on his knees and bowed to her.

Queen Abigail laughed," Please you don't have to bow to me, stand up!"

Otto obeyed the Queen and stood up with a smile. "Of all people I should be bowing down to you. Without you and your friends, well we probably would all still be living in fear of Princess Tsuki!"

"Cielle!" a soft little voice said. It was Suki who was now dressed in a pink evening gown with Ryo alongside her in a black suit.

"Suki, Ryo?" Cielle asked.

"We can take it from here," Suki said.

"Yeah you go enjoy the party," Ryo said with a smile.

"Unh...alright," Cielle said. Cielle was about to walk in when she felt someone pull her back. It was Antauri who had gently grabbed her arm.

"Come with me," he told her.

to be continued...

L'arc en Ciel7: OMG! How many more chapters are there going to be like a million!

Snowkat: No stupid! And why do you care?

L'arc en Ciel7: Because I want the story to end already!

Snowkat: Why you don't like it? Have you been lieing to me this whole time?

L'arc en Ciel7: No! I like it! You know what's funny?

Snowkat: What?

L'arc en Ciel7: Chiro on cruthces reminds me of when you were on cruthes, all wobbly and all getting squished aganist stuff...what did we used to call you...oh yeah! Wobbafett!

Snowkat: ...

L'arc en Ciel7: What?

Snowkat: Like Omi-gosh that's cowabunga dude!

L'arc en Ciel7: Huh?

Snowkat: That's what I always say when people ask to be to mimic how my friends in California sounded like!

L'arc en Ciel7: I thought you said they didn't talk like that...I mean you don't talk like that so why should they?

Snowkat: Exactly...

L'arc en Ciel7: OH! I get it, just like how people thing we all say Ya'll and own ranches and junk?

Snowkat: Yes exactly!

L'arc en Ciel7: Wow I feel so smart!