Char: I am owned by Gail Carson Levine, and my beautiful and contrary wife Ella. Amethystdolphin does not own me, rather I own her…
A/N: I'm sorry,,, I know I haven't updated in forever…but school work was horrible and my teachers are pushing us so much… and interms are due to come out Tuesday. I am so going to die… Well the story est ici. (Been practicing my French)
Waking up a couple days later, he felt rather sad. Ella was leaving, the rumor had spread through the court as fast as wildfire and it was confirmed. She was leaving for an extended period of time till she was deemed "ladylike," and wouldn't wear green at her mother's funeral, nor rip her dress getting into a carriage, or so the rumors went. He stretched, wondering where he should go for the day. He had today off, and it was a well deserved rest from his studying. Stupid masters always crammed as much knowledge as they could into him, until they finally knew no more. Urgh! Ah well, he could go to the old castle and try to look for the secret passageway that led to somewhere, he knew not, or he could go to the Kyrrian Library and look up some of the new titles that were just released. He really wanted to check out the book, "The Snowball Effect" by Buffett. Wait a moment…didn't the menagerie keeper, Simon say that there was a couple of new creatures coming today? He really should go visit the menagerie, and see them. The menagerie was humongous and there were all sorts of creatures there. He simply adored the centaurs. They looked…almost… human, and they were kind and simple creatures who loved you for your food. He'd go and see them. Getting dressed, he rushed to the dining hall and grabbed a couple of the apples that were in the great gold urn that was resting on the huge mahogany table. He rushed out before anybody could yell at him for not eating breakfast properly, like a "prince" should, and ran hurriedly to the place.
Arriving very out of breath, he panted and looked around. Heading towards the centaurs, he saw from afar, a brunette near them trying to…talk to them?? But wait…was that not Ella herself? What in tarnation was she doing here? Was she not supposed to be heading towards her finishing school right now? Hurrying towards her, he saw that she was trying to feed them her cheese?? Oh for heavens sake, he grabbed an apple out of his pocket and held it out to her, "Here." She turned, saw him and smiled. Taking it from him, she threw it with remarkable aim to the one she seemed to like best, saying "I always expect them to say thank you, or how dare you stare." Char started, and automatically replied, "they aren't smart enough to talk, see how blank their eyes are…" He pointed, then cringed inwardly. She probably already knew that by now. That was one of the basest common knowledge in the kingdom. Must he act like a complete fool? He turned away, sighing, and she surprised him into a laugh the next moment, saying "If they had words, they wouldn't think of anything to say." Oh, her mother's wit was quite visible in her too. His liking of her grew. Most lasses would have replied demurely that his highness was so educated and knowledgeable, even if he had said that the sky was green and that blue and green were mixed up. He glanced at her, she was gazing out towards the parrots and Simon, who was handling a couple on his arms and hands.
Slowly ambling towards Simon, they found him quite bothered by a parrot who was garbling something very distinctly NOT Kyrrian, and who looked like he wanted to strangle it. When Simon saw him, he bowed, and Ella fidgeted uncomfortably. The parrot squawked something "Fwthootor…nadanadanadanada" which sounded like gargling water to him yet Ella repeated word for word, the string of words. Very impressed, he turned to her and tried too, yet his strong Kyrrian accent made everybody burst out laughing. Simon did not know what it meant, and they made their way towards the orgre in captivity.
A/N: Sorry this is a filler…I meant to write til the ogre part but I had huge test for Cultural Studies and French that I think I failed… So constructive criticism please. Love you guys…My dolphin loves you too…