sceptre of the garden
I own no one her save for our sleepwalker
It was another quiet night, all was well including Vexen who was taking a break from experiments. They were still slightly annoyed from the previous night, while Lexaeus and Zexion had semi laughed about it. At least Saix was the only other one to really know about it besides Xigbar. Their guest had been quiet the rest of the night, and some of the dusks had crept in to cuddle them that night.
Right now it was getting late, and Lexaeus was with invader working on a somewhat difficult jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle in question was a ten thousand piece one, they had made some progress on it. Invader was started to lean forward, and caught herself a few times. Lexaeus was just watching them, it kinda reminded him of Zexion when he was younger. She was rather adamant on finishing a good part of it this night. Progress had slowed due to a rather confusing part at the moment.
"Why dont you call it a night?" Said Zexion walking in.
"I am not that tired." Invader remarked her head drooping.
"You are nearly sleeping on the table." lexaeus noted.
"Very well." Invader replied in a haze of sorts.
"Come on we have a nice comfy bed waiting for you." Zexion said catching her when she nearly toppled.
Lexaeus knelt down picking them up, they were asleep by the time they stood up. That nearly made him laugh a little, and it was also rather cute.
"I kinda miss that." Zexion chimed in.
"Do you want me to tuck you in as well?" Lexaeus teased picking him up.
"I was being nostalgic." Protested Zexion, crossing his arms.
Lexaeus carried them both off to the guest room, setting invader down first. He then carried Zexion over to another bed, and set them down. Zexion was hardly annoyed, and watched Lexaeus drape a few blankets over Invader. She buried herself in them, quickly setting in.
"How in the world are they capable of sleeping while being buried like that?" Zexion questioned.
"Perhaps the weight of it is comforting." Lexaeus chimed in.
The two of them left, hours later Invader got up in her sleep and wandered about. They silently walked though the halls, till they got to the gardens. Once there they kept running along the paths, and looking for something. They were in a rather distraught manner as they walked along. Marluixa eventually took notice of someone in the gardens. Looking at the clock it was about one in the morning, who in the would besides Vexen would be awake at this hour. It certainly was not him, as he dare not barge in without asking first.
"Where is it,why does it elude me." Came a softly crying voice.
Well that at least ruled out a dusk, in the garden. The footsteps sounded light, so it was either Roxas, Xion, or their guest. Perhaps they were just wandering about, then he heard a slight crash. That got him out of bed and into the gardens at once. They hoped none of his prized plants had been trampled in the process. The potential damage that could be done infuriated them, they would hate to have anything happen to his beloved plants.
"Who could it be at this hour." He grumbled.
Arriving there their guest had opened the shed and a few tools had fallen out, they were frantically going though it. Not wanting to scare them they just stood there, till they returned to pick up the tools.
"What are you doing here?" Marluxia said puzzled.
"It still eludes me." They remark sadly.
"What eludes you." He questioned now really confused.
"The Scepter the garden." Was the reply.
"Why are you looking for it?" Marluxia questioned greatly confused at that remark.
"I am questing for it, I know not where to find it." She replied softly.
Marluxia realized then that they were sleepwalking, and that explained things. On a hunch he decided to summon his scythe to see if hat would help. She lit right up and hurried over to him.
"It no longer eludes me thank you." She called hugging them.
Looking around thankfully nothing in the garden was trampled.
"Back to bed with you." He said taking a hold of her hand.
Along the way they ran into Xigbar, who often wandered about this time of night.
"Sleepwalking again?" He mused. "What did she do this time?"
"They said the Scepter of the garden kept eluding them" Marluxia exclaimed.
"The what now?" He remarked puzzled.
"Your guess is as good as mine." Marluxia noted.
"There you are." Remarked Zexion. "She was working on a hard puzzle earlier."
Invader woke up and saw a very confused Marluxia, while Xigbar had a rather highly amused look to his face.
"Was I sleepwalking again?" She asked.
"Yes." Was the reply from Xigbar.
"What did I do now?" She said alarmed.
"Just got into the garden shed, and that is all." Marluxia sighed.
"You know I might have to start taping these antics." Xigbar mused.
"I knew getting you a camera was a bad idea." Invader remarked not pleased.
"Either way back to the guest room with you." Zexion spoke up.
The two of them headed off, while Marluxia wandered to the kitchen to make himself some tea. They really hoped this was not becoming a trend of sorts. Although they now had an idea of sorts, to possibly fuel more antics.
The end