Locked In a Castle

Now, before I begin my next chapter, I would much appreciate it if you gave me some more pairings... 4 at most, and you can choose what it is, so long as it is NOT Yuri or Yaoi, and 2 of them must have Nailah or Micaiah. Thats really all the new news. Once I have the rest of my pairings my chapters will be longer, much longer! And you won't have to suffer through all these tedious Authors' notes.

Disclaimer: I do not own any part of Fire Emblem, or Nintendo. (Apart from my game)

Ilyana was sulking. Her room-mate had to be Zihark. Why of all the people, why him?! "Curse that oversized hand." Ilyana muttered under her breath. She was stuck in a tour, and she was bored. Bored, bored, and bored. There was nothing to do. "How can this stupid castle be so big?! Wah!"

"And this is the T.V. room." Master Hand was saying. "Of course, outside of this castle you don't have electricity, or robots. So you will have to get used to it whence you leave the castle. You will leave the castle in 20weeks. It will give you all enough time to at least know each other's names. Now, as you can see, I don't have a room, so I'm going to go back to my realm. It only takes a couple of hours when you float at a few hundred miles an hour. Now, if any of you leave before the 20 weeks are up, than I shall personally, ah, break your neck." Said Master Hand, nicely.

"So, in other words, we can't leave until you say we can?" Asked Zihark.

"That just about sums it up. Oh, and your, err, how would I put it, counsellor, is my dear brother; Crazy Hand. Now, I'll be leaving very early tomorrow morning, so by the time you wake up I'll be gone. My brother is quite, energetic when he's awake. Tomorrow he will be, so watch out at breakfast. Good-Bye, all my new friends..." Said Master Hand, as he floated down the hall, "all of your rooms are on the second and third level. Good luck in surviving."

"Surviving? What's that supposed to mean? C'mon! Somebody answer my question!" Shouted Zihark, franticly.

"Oh, go to bed Zihark, we're all tired..." Yawned Sanaki.

"I would, but I have no place to sleep tonight... "

"Why not? I thought we all got rooms..."

"We did. But my supposed 'girlfriend' is really quite mad at me. In fact, she's probably locked the door by now."

"Zihark! Fine, I'll talk to her." Murmured Sanaki, already half asleep. "You go sleep in my room tonight, I'll switch with you for one night."

"Oh, thank you, Empress."

"Don't mention it..."

"So, this is our room?" Asked Oscar.

"Yes... I think it is... Wow..." Marvelled Nolan. The two men looked into their 400sq ft bedroom. "Well, actually, I think this is our room, not just where we sleep. I think that we're supposed to stay in it most of the time."

"But that doesn't make sense... There's sitting rooms and T.V rooms everywhere. I think Master Hand just wanted us to be very comfortable." Reasoned Oscar.

"I guess so... So, who gets which bed?" Asked Nolan.

"Well, there's a queen sized bed and king sized bed... Which one of us is more Kingly... Or would make a better king?"

"Oh, me obviously. I'm very good-willed. Bragged Nolan.

There was a very long pause.

"I'll fight you for it." Said Oscar, in a matter-of-fact voice.

"Heck no! You would destroy me! Have it, I don't care!"

Bang! A shock ran through the whole house, jolting everyone awake! "What was that?!" Asked Mia, jolting awake from her wonderful dream.

"EVERYONE! EVERYONE AwAkE!" Screeched Crazy Hand, Banging a Gong.

"What are you doing Master Hand?" Asked Mia, drowsily, still groggy.

"I'm NoT MaStEr HaNd! I'M cRaZy HaNd! HiS bRotHeR! Oh, do you want me to stop screeching in the hideous way?"

"... Yes... Yes please..."

"It's breakfast time kiddies! Wheeheee! Get down to the mess hall before it gets cold! And it's also Finger Gong day! Everyone get out your Chinese Gongs! Wheeheehee!" Screeched Crazy Hand, floating down the hall.

Mia looked at Nailah, "how can it be breakfast time already? It's just past dawn..."

"I wish I knew... But, we may as well get there first, we want the best food, don't we?"

"Ok, you go first and I'll follow..."

"Hey, Ike, who was that guy? You know the Hand people, tell me!" Said Edward, enthusiastically.

"Are you sure that you really want to know? Asked Ike.

"Yes! Tell me, tell me, tell me!"

The two of them were down at the Mess Hall, being the first few there; they had managed to get some bacon, glorious bacon. And coffee.

"Ok... Well, that guy is called Crazy Hand, and although he is Master Hand's brother,he's more like his slave. I think that Master just like's to keep him around."

"Awwww... So boring... I was hoping to would be more interesting. Anyway, I'm off to join Mia, See ya round, Ike." Edward happily bounded off toward Mia.

"If Edwards gone then that means he left his food here! Ahah! Ohhhh." Ike looked miserably at Edward's plate, already clear. A serving robot came over and whisked it away. "Damn... Why can't there ever be food left on it... No matter how much I take, I'm always hungry for more..."

"Thanks, Nolan! Getting down last was a great idea!"

"Sorry... I had no idea there was hardly any food left, I thought that-" Another serving robot instantly filled up the buffet. "I thought that it was a really good idea!" Exclaimed Nolan. "I told you it would work out fine!"

"Ok, you win this one, but next time this happens I'll be having your head!"

"Alright, Zihark. I talked to Ilyana, she says if you take back what you said, than she'll take you back. How about it?"

"Great, great! Sure, tell her I've taken it all back! All of it!"

"Great! So your going to take her back?!"

"Yes, sure, why not? I like her, I just wasn't sure she liked me! Great, thanks Sanaki, you can have your room back now!"

"That was the news I was hoping for! You go tell her that you have taken it all back!"

"Ilyana, I'm sorry I was a heartless moron, I take back what I said!"

"Zihark... Do you really mean that? Oh, come here." Much to Zihark's dislike, Ilyana hugged him right there in the mess hall. Very embarrassing.

"Errr, Ilyana, do you think you could let me go now?"

That's all for this chapter! Like I said, I want 4 good pairings, none of them Yuri, or Yaoi, and two of them hafts include Micaiah, and Nailah.

See ya round,

EarthBeret, Resident N.A.G.