Chapter 2

" " Means talking

' ' Means thoughts

~Fast forward to morning~

The morning sunrays glided into a small opening in the soft blue curtains of a window, falling upon Mina's sleeping form. Her face contorted in discomfort, and she eventually opened her eyes only to close them again. She fell out of her computer chair, yelping slightly in pain as she covered her sore eyes.

"Curse you, bright sunshine!" Mina grumbled, glaring at the window as she rubbed her aching joints, "No more sleeping at the computer…"

She glared at the chair she had fallen out of as if it was its fault she was aching all over.

Yawning as she stretched, Mina slowly got to her feet and trudged into the small kitchen, eyes plastered onto the white and pale blue tiled floor. (Half asleep of course) The plain clock that decorated the boring white walls read 6:30 A.M. She grumbled loudly, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to secure a few more hours worth of sleep.

'Might as well get some breakfast…' She thought as her stomach growled loudly for some kind of food.

Mina opened her small refrigerator, scanning its contents hungrily, but sighed in defeat as she closed the door. She lazily sauntered over to the cabinets that lay to the right of the kitchen window, which lay directly above the kitchen's sink. Opening the oak cabinets, she revealed loads of boxes. Some were cereal; others were oatmeal, rice, pop tarts, and pretty much anything else found in boxes. She smiled as her eyes fell onto a box that read 'Life', her favorite cereal.

She quickly grabbed it, shut the cabinet door, opened the cabinet next to the previous, and pulled out a medium-sized green bowl. Setting down her things onto the small, dark brown/red table, she directed her attention back to the refrigerator. She opened the door and swiftly pulled out the milk carton from the bottom shelf of the door, then setting it onto the table as well. Mina went back to the countertops and opened one of the drawers underneath them, grabbing a spoon. She closed the drawer with her foot (I do that a lot, lol), and went back to the table. Taking a seat in a simplistic matching chair, she mixed all the contents into the bowl. She ate her breakfast in silence and was at the moment content. As soon as she finished, she placed her dirty dishes into her sink, finding herself bored.

Mina looked to the clock curiously, and found that it read 6:55. She sighed as she tried to think of something to do to pass some more time. 'No one is going to be on at this time…' She thought in despair, glaring at the direction of her laptop, which she conveniently left on.

Her expression suddenly went blank as an idea hit her like a ton of bricks, bringing a sweet smile to her soft features.

'I'll surprise Dylan and Katie!' She happily thought, already putting her idea into action.

She grabbed a mixing bowl, a few measuring tools/cups, a wooden spoon, frying pan, spatula, and the pancake mix. That's right; Mina was going to make delicious pancakes! She began mixing everything together, put the frying pan onto the burner, and waited for the pan to preheat. Once it was done, she put a glob of the pancake mix onto the sizzling metal and waited. It wasn't until she was halfway done cooking all of the batter when she heard a pair of soft footsteps sleepily sauntering into the kitchen. Mina put the finished pancakes onto a pan that was in the oven to keep them warm until she was done, and turned around. Standing in the kitchen entrance rubbing their sleepy eyes were Dylan and Katie.

"Good morning!" She said with a smile as she put what was left of the pancake batter onto the pan to cook, which on contact immediately began to sizzle.

"Morning, Mina…" Dylan said with a giant yawn, and then he stretched a little.

"Are you making pancakes?" Katie asked as she smelled their sweet aroma, already feeling hungry.

"Bingo!" Mina replied, smiling triumphantly, "Surprise!"

Dylan and Katie both smiled brightly at the thought of pancakes, and immediately sat themselves at their kitchen table, forks and knives at the ready. Mina laughed at the sight of them, and finished cooking. She turned the burner off, including the oven, and put all of the fluffy pancakes onto a large platter. She placed onto the middle of the table, and grabbed the margarine from the fridge, and the bottle of homemade syrup from the pantry. She put some of the sticky liquid into a pouring glass and heated it up in the microwave, then set it onto the table as well. Mina didn't even get a chance to sit down before the two children had begun gorging themselves with the fluffy cakes.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa… Slow down Speedos!" She said with a laugh, "You keep eating like that and you'll give yourselves a stomach ache…"

Dylan and Katie just looked at her, then continued on their merry way as if she hadn't said anything in the first place. 'I warned them,' Mina stated in her mind as she gave a mental sigh.

She was interrupted from her thoughts as she heard a groan and slight movement coming from her living room. She got up from her seat, and looked into the room. What she saw was that the male elf had woken up from being unconscious for who knows how long, and not long after, the female had woken up too. Mina carefully walked into the living room, but had already caught the elves' attention just by looking in. The male quickly, but clumsily, got to his feet, ready to defend himself when necessary.

"Whoa, calm down, tiger… I'm not going to hurt you." Mina said, trying to calm the male down by showing her arms, meaning she didn't mean any harm and was weaponless.

"Who are you?" The male asked, venom dripping from his quite masculine voice.

"I'm Mina. Mina Portune." She replied, giving an Elvin bow, which was placing your right arm across your lower torso and bending forward about forty-five degrees with your right foot extended forward as well, "And may I ask what your names are?"

"I am Princess Nuala," The female said as she slowly rose to her feet, then motioned towards the angry male, "And this is my brother, Prince Nuada."

"Sister, why did you tell that human our names?!" Nuada asked angrily, showing disgust towards Mina.

"Please excuse my brother, Miss Mina." Nuala said with an apologetic look on her soft features, "If you don't mind my asking, you are Elvin, are you not?"

(Mwahaha! Cliffhanger! XD and sorry for the really late update, I was really busy with school and just finished with finals! Thank god!)