Here's Chapter Twelve for you. There's one more chapter and then they will be coming as I write them. So be patient. lol.
Phoenix from the Flames-2: Lol. I loved writing that What bit. And like above, there was twelve, but I've finished the thirteenth, so both will be put up now.
Enjoy...
Chapter Twelve: REALLY Bad Joke
Morning came and the group had met up after eating breakfast; all except Kai. Tala and Brian looked around, wondering where he could have gone. Tala was about to go look for him but a bright and cheerful Elve stood in his way.
Tala narrowed his eyes. "What. I was just about to look for you." He glared as the Elve giggled. "Where's Kai?"
The Elve composed himself and grabbed Tala's hand, which Tala immediately pushed away, and started leading the group towards his house. "Actually I know quite well where he is. He's enjoying one of our most hilarious jokes."
Tyson raised an eyebrow. "Kai? Enjoy a joke? This I gotta see."
They came to the house and Mariah sighed. "We're all not going to fit in there so just hurry up and grab Kai. We'll meet you where we were yesterday."
Tyson nodded and looked to Max. "Come on Max. You, me, Tala and Brian will get Kai." Before Max could answer he was shoved inside by an eager What with Tala, Brain and Tyson soon following.
Looking around the room they couldn't see Kai. "Where is he Elf?"
"Must I remind you. We are Elve's not Elf's." What huffed in amused annoyance, mumbling to himself. "Humans...they're fine to keep as pets, but they ask too many questions. None of them even funny anyhow." Tala quirked an eyebrow at Brian mouthing, 'Pets?'.
What had unlatched a door and led them inside. "Here he is."
The four stared at Kai amused. "You said he was enjoying one of your best jokes...must be some joke if he fell asleep."
What looked to Tala and smiled. "Exactly!"
Tyson and Max looked to each other and covered their laughs. Brian stood looking at the Elve like he was crazy, and Tala looked about ready to kill the Elve. Instead, he walked over to Kai and shook him. "Kai. Wake up."
Nothing Happened.
"Kai! WAKE UP!"
Still, nothing happened.
"KAI, WILL YOU QUIT WITH THIS AND JUST BLOODY WAKE UP BEFORE I KNOCK YOUR STUPID HEAD IN!"
There was a small laugh, which grew and grew, until What was rolling on the ground in fits of laughter. "WHAT IS SO FUNNY?" Brian quickly stepped infront of Tala, to stop him from trying to kill the little creature.
What got up, still laughing, and looked to the four teens. "Don't you get it? The joke is that he fell asleep." He pointed to a flower lying discarded on the ground. "That flower sends anyone who smells it to sleep! It's our best prank we have!"
Brian glared daggers at What. "And how do you wake him up?"
What just laughed. "We can't. Don't you see the genius of it all? He falls asleep, and can't wake up. It's our best joke!"
Even Max and Tyson were starting to get annoyed at the chirpy fellow. "Kai can't stay asleep. Does it wear off or something?"
"Nup."
"Forever?"
"Yep."
"Never gonna..."
"Nup."
"Not even..."
"Nup."
Brian picked the Elve up off the ground and slammed him into the wall. "You had better tell me right now that this is one of your stupid little jokes. Cause if Kai doesn't wake up then I will personally send you to sleep. Permanently!"
For once there was no smile on What's face. "I think you have a very bad attitude. We don't like people with bad attitudes. You may leave our village now."
Brian raised his fist to punch the Elve but felt someone grab it. He turned to Tyson and raised an annoyed eyebrow. Tyson gulped, but spoke to him sternly. "Let's just leave. If there's no cure here, then there might be one elsewhere." He leant in closer and whispered so only Brian and Max could hear. "Besides, these little guys are kinda freakin' me out."
Brian dropped What to the ground with a thunk and moved to pick Kai up. Then all five left the building, walking to where the group was waiting. They entered the group carrying the sleeping Kai.
Max walked over with a cheeky grin. "Guess what."
"What."
"We just got ourselves kicked out of the village!"
There was a small "Yes" from Michael as everyone looked at Max curiously. "Brian threatened What, so now we gotta go."
Tyson chirped in a lot happier. "Good thing we didn't unpack. Lets hurry up and grab our stuff so we can..." He was interrupted by Ian who had been staring at the unconscious Kai since they had arrived. "Why isn't Kai awake?"
Brian just turned around and walked off. Tala looked at Ian and glared. "We'll tell you when you have your things packed and we're away from all the little lawn gnomes hopping around like they think they're bloody..."
"Alright. Let's go grab our things."
Everyone hurried to pack their things and then made their way out of the village quickly. After one hour of searching they found the circular path, and from there, were able to find their way around the rockpile, and on their way to the Faerie Kingdom.
The trip there was silent as Tala began to explain what the Elve had told him, the group's mood having changed dramatically into sullen, sadness. Kai was their friend and he couldn't stay asleep forever. But what could they do? What said that there was no cure, so how were they to help Kai?
The sun had slowly began to set and with it, their hopes of finding a solution to their problem. Realisation had hit them, as they tried to think of as many possible ways to heal Kai from his endless sleep. But none came to mind. To most, it was hopeless. But to just a few, they kept that tiny inkling of hope tight in their hearts. They weren't going to let their Prince stay like this. Tala and Brian held their heads high as they looked to where their Prince lay.
The group had been able to take a wagon with them, the only thing that the Elves would let them take, but it was too small to hold all of them. The only thing that it held was the sleeping Kai, layed out on a bed of straw. Being drawn by one of their horses, the wagon slowly rocked back and forth along the hard, rough road.
It had been silent for the entire trip of the day. No one daring to break the thoughts that loomed in their minds. Looking up to the sky, Emily noticed that it had begun to get dark. Turning to view her group of friends, she realised why no one had noticed. They all held their heads low, looking at the ground. She let out a small laugh and stopped walking.
" Guys? It's getting dark." Quite a few looked towards the sky, and the group began to stop. "Maybe… I don't know." She paused for a while, and saw that all eyes were on her. "It's just that, well, Kai is asleep. That's all it is. It's not like he's going to die, right?"
Enrique nodded his head and sighed, "An endless sleep means just what it says. Endless. But it doesn't mean that they will die from not eating, and stuff. In an endless sleep you don't really need to eat. All you do is breath and sleep." He laughed sheepishly and looked to where Kai lay. "Atleast that's one good thing. He may never wake up, but he'll always be dreaming."
Tala growled and glared at the Faerie Prince. "Aren't Faeries supposed to know magic?" Enrique looked over and nodded. "Then why can't you heal him? Snap him out of it?"
Enrique looked down at the ground. "We've never encountered something like this before. And before you ask…yes, I've already tried. My magic won't work on him."
Tala swore in Russian before glaring back at the ground…I was supposed to be watching him. The Prince was in my charge. And what happens? He gets spelled by some stupid little lawn ornaments come alive…I'm gonna get into sooo much trouble for this… He looked over to Kai and growled again, before turning back to the group. "We'll stop here then. There's no use going on. Set up camp."
Despite his bossiness no one bothered to argue with him. They mechanically started to set up the camp. Tying the horses to the trees, unpacking bags or trying to get a fire started.
The night was pleasantly warm, but that didn't help lift the sadness that had settled over the group.
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