Spiral: hey people, I'm going to change my name to darkbirdie after this chapter comes out, cause I use that name for a lot of things, and it's getting tough to remember what my username is, so just make sure you remember that . . .
Switch- Chapter Four
Back with Rath, Thatz and Rune
The Dragon Lord stared at the three small creatures before him. "Nothing seems to be wrong with them." Said Lykouleon after a while of staring.
"But they were flying badly, and when they landed, they could've knocked the castle over!" said Cesia, arguing not over the fact that she really thought they were sick, just arguing for the sake of arguing because she was angry with a certain black and white haired dragon knight. She picked up the fire dragon and threw him into the air. "Watch!"
"Holy crap!" yelled Rath as he neared the coming floor. 'Okay, just calm down and focus energy into the wings. . .' he thought as he went over flying instructions in his head. He shakily flew up in the air and landed with a thud back on top of Lykouleon's desk. He looked up at the Dragon Lord, hoping that his flight would prove true and not false.
But the young Lord didn't show any sign of concern. "They're probably just tired from killing all those demons." He said, leaning back in his chair and combing his fingers through short locks of blonde hair. "A little rest and some food is all they need. Take them to Cernozura. She'll give you some food for them."
"Okay. . ." mumbled Cesia, gathering up the small dragons once again and heading towards the door.
Thatz smiled happily and cheered. "FOOD!"
a few minutes later
"food. . ." mumbled Thatz, glumly. He stared at the tray the female chamberlain had set in front of him. "This is dragon food!"
"Well, if you haven't noticed already, we ARE dragons, Thatz," said Rune, in that annoying matter-of-fact tone.
"I don't care! I ain't eating this trash!" complained Thatz, scooting the tray away from him. "Hey, let's go sneak into the dining room! We can get some real food from our dragons!"
"I wonder what they're saying. . ." said Cesia to Cernozura, observing the flying lizards motioning to each other and making weird squawks.
"We run on three. . .One. . .two. . .THREE!"
The trio dashed underneath the startled fortune teller and head chamberlain. They headed towards the double doors that lead to the dinging room.
"What in the name of Dusis is going on!" shouted Cesia, making a mad dash towards the door to block the three. She blocked it well and shot out her hands to grab the crazy animals.
"Fly up! Fly up!" yelled Thatz, unsteadily floating up to the highest shelf possible. He was soon joined by his companions.
"Hey! I'm getting pretty good at this!" said Rath, flapping his wings rapidly. "Watch me!"
"Rath, don't!" yelled Rune at his chaotic friend.
But, the fire dragon knight was never one to take orders. Instead, he flew straight at the demon witch and started going in mad circles around her head.
And then. . .Cesia snapped. That was it, today was bad enough without stupid little lizards making fun of her and flying in circles around her head.
"ENOUGH!" she yelled, grabbing a cloth from a nearby sink. She threw the rag at the darting red speck, causing it to crash into a wall and slump to the ground. Tying the ends of the rag together, Cesia formed a sack out of the cloth and tossed the squirming lump over to Cernozura, who was looking rather shocked at the state of her kitchen.
"One down and two stupid lizards to go," hissed Cesia, pinpointing her next targets on the shelf.
Thatz stuck his tongue out at the girl and jeered. "Ha! She won't be able to reach us up. . ."
The wind witch floated up to the shelf.
". . .here? . . . CRAP."
Cesia slammed a jar down on him.
"DOUBLE crap. . ."
Thatz, trapped inside the jar, sighed sadly and took his capturement like a man-er, dragon? Cesia screwed the lid on tight and sent it down to Cernozura.
"One more dragon to goOoOoOo. . ." she sang evilly, looking around for the missing blue amphibian.
A loud crash was heard behind her. She quickly around to see the object of her evil desires in the midst of many fallen pots and pans, rubbing his head with his claws.
"Got you!" exclaimed Cesia, as she came face to face with the small dragon.
But Rune simply smiled. (if having your fangs bared was considered a smile) He opened his jaw wide and gathered the moisture in the air around him, forming a bright blue ball of liquid in his mouth, then released it with all the energy he had. "Unlike them, I learned how to use my powers." Said Rune arrogantly to himself.
But the time for gloating was still over as a piece of hard metal was slammed down upon his head like there was no tomorrow. And before he had time to say 'what the hell!', he fell to the floor, unconscious and dazed.
"Thanks Cernozura," said Cesia, drenched from head to toe and looking grumpy.
The Chamberlain smiled as she brought the pan up from the water dragon's head. "I just thought I'd try hitting it from behind," she said, smiling.
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Meanwhile, in the Dining Room, Lord Lykouleon, Lady Raseleane, and the dragon officers stared at the great two double doors that lead to the kitchen.
"What is all the ruckus coming from!" yelled Alfeegi, short fuse already setting aflame.
"ENOUGH!"
A shout rang throughout the dining hall, causing some of its inhabitants to jump in their seats.
"Um. . .Cesia. . ." started the Dragon Lord, sweatdropping slightly at all the noises.
"CRASH!"
"CRACK!"
"BOOM!"
And more sound effects of impending doom sounded as the onlookers wondered what in the world was going on behind those doors.
"Is everything all right in there?"
Cesia's drenched head poked out of the doors. "Everything is just fine, my lord!" she answered, a sour smile on her face. You could tell she was more angry than happy. She quickly returned to the kitchen, followed by the sounds of more crashing and breaking.
"Well, I guess-"
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, YOU STUPID LIZARD! STAY STILL!"
"Nevermind. . ." sighed Lykouleon, sweatdropping still and turning back to his meal. His thoughts of breaking pans and pots was soon disturbed by loud sounds of eating.
To him, it seemed that the Fire and Earth dragon knights were scarfing down as much food as they possible could. But to the Dragons themselves, they were just eating the best meal in their lives. Water looked at his companions in complete and utter disgust. Even so, he too was eating a lot, just in a more mannerly way.
The officers and royal pair stared at the knights.
"My, my. You three must be very hungry," giggled Raseleane, smiling.
"Have more manners!" yelled Alfeegi, several veins popping on his head.
"This food is so yummy!" cheered Fire in joy, biting into a leg of chicken.
"I know but. . ." Ruwalk stared at the three, not knowing to be stunned or disgusted, "You've eaten food like this before. . .why is it so special today?"
Fire and Earth stared each other, nodded in agreement, and slowed their eating. Their masters would not be eating like this ((all though I highly disagree with Thatz's eating)) and slowed their intake of food.
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The three knights sulked glumly. They tried desperately to free themselves from the devilish devices around their necks but then sighed in loss when the leashes denied their freedom. The demon witch had attached leashes to all three of them and had securely tied the ends to the bed pole of the bed in Rath's room.
"What am I, a dog!" shouted Rath, sinking his sharp teeth into the hard material. ((well, actually. . . . ))
"I refuse to be treaded like an animal!" yelled Rune, sobbing and shouting at the same time.
"I want food. . ." cried Thatz, yearning for a non-existing meal.
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"I wonder where our masters are. . ." mumbled Water, walking down the hallway with his fellow dragons-in-knights.
"Ah, I'm sure they're fine," said Thatz, arms crossed behind his head as he continued walking while looking at the ceiling. "Hey, I just realized. . .I dunno where master's room is. . ."
Water stopped in his tracks. "Now that I think about it. . .I don't either. . .Fire?"
The fire dragon sighed, but smiled. "Fine, I guess since I know where my master's room is, you can sleep on the floor or something," he said, leading the way to Rath's room.
He opened the door and let Water and Earth enter before him.
"snort-BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
Fire turned to see Earth rolling on the floor, laughing his heart out and pointing frantically to the bottom-left bed pole of the fire dragon knight's bed.
"Mmph." Fire covered his mouth, trying desperately not to break out into a hysterical laugh. "Hehe. . .what happened to you guys?"
"SHT UP!" shouted Rath angrily, "It's not funny!"
"Cesia brought us up here after hand-feeding us your crappy dragon food!" Thatz slumped to the floor, rubbing his upset stomach. "I can't believe you guys actually like that stuff. . ."
The three dragons each helped their mini-forms undo the devices around their necks.
"Looks like you could use some hands with opposable thumbs," said Water, unclipping the collar from around his master's neck.
"Thank you," said Rune gratefully, rubbing his hurting neck.
"Your human food is good!" said Earth cheerfully while doing the same for his master.
"I ate a lot!"
"You should sneak us some next time!" said That furiously, "I can't stand eating dragon food again!"
"Seems like master had fun," snickered Fire, throwing Rath's collar to the ground.
"Shut up already!" snapped Rath, quite tired of the dragon's comments.
"Why should I! I'm bigger than you now!" snapped Fire back.
"So! I'm still the REAL fire dragon knight!"
"I'M the master NOW!"
"PROVE IT!"
"FINE!"
Fire drew out his master's sword from the sheath on his waist.
"Fire! Into the sword!" he shouted, holding up the sword.
"WAIT! NO!" yelped Rath in a frenzy as he was sucked into the tip of the sword, making his voice fade away.
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Spiral: I'll continue just as soon as I figure out what the inside of a sword looks like. . .it's fairly hard to imagine what it looks like. Ooh, I know! If you review, include a description of what you think the inside of a sword looks like! If I like one of them, I'll use it! okay, the "MAKE UP THE INSIDE OF A SWORD" contest officially begins!