Hello everyone. This is my fanfiction for the prompt challenge. This takes place before book one of the series. Hope you enjoy. And May the Fourth be with you.

-Joyful Wild

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"You wanna do something fun?" Twelve-year-old Esben said after he jumped onto Artham who was sleeping soundly in his bed dreaming the most wonderful dream about him and his friend Arundel. Artham was not only fourteen years old but also irritated. He looked out his window to see that the sky was still a darker blue, meaning that the sun hadn't even begun to rise over the land. He looked at Esben with most angry face he could make. "Esben, why in Aerwiar did you wake me up like that?"

"Because I'm bored and I want to do something fun."

"But why are you up so early. The sun isn't even up yet."

"Well, I woke up and it was still dark out so I tried to go back to sleep but I couldn't. So then I just laid there for what felt like forever then soon I felt not only bored but also lonely so I thought about waking you up to see if you have any ideas."

"Oh, I have a wonderful idea."

"You do! What is it?"

"No I don't think you'll like it. Or do it for that matter."

"Okay I'll do it as long as I don't have to be bored or do it alone then I'll do it, Artham."

"Are you sure?"

"Yep."

"Okay." Artham got out of bed and smiled at his idea in his head which made Esben excited. Esben followed Artham across the room to Esben's bed and pointed at it. "Lay down right there."

"Huh?" Esben said.

"Trust me this is one of my greatest ideas yet."

"Okay." Esben then laid down in his bed then Artham tucked him in. "Wait what are you doing?" Esben sat up but then was pushed back down. "Listen what you're going to do is pretend that you're sleeping." Artham said. Esben's smile came back thinking they were going to do another prank on someone. Maybe it will be a jump scare. Esben then closed his eyes and pretended to be fast asleep then Artham whispered into his ear. "Good. I'll do the same thing since you don't want to do it alone. So what will happen is that since we both would be pretending to sleep we would eventually go back to sleep and dream happy dreams. Okay?"

"But Artham-"

"Good, good." Artham said as he went to his bed and got tucked in. Esben couldn't believe that Artham would expect him to go back to sleep like that. He was full of energy he needed to do something. So Esben threw a pillow at him. Artham sat up and stared at Esben then smiled. "Thanks for the extra pillow." He said as he laid back down. Esben continued to throw his two other pillows and a blanket onto Artham's bed. And Artham continued to thank him for extra bedding. Then Esben realized that he was a bit tired but all of his stuff was with Artham. "Hey Artham, could you throw back my stuff?"

"No" Was all Esben got in return.

Then Esben quietly sneaked up to Artham's bed and jumped into it. "Esben! What are you doing?"

"I wanted my bedding back and you wouldn't give it back so now I'm invading your part of the room."

"You threw your stuff here."

"YOU tricked me."

"YOU woke me up."

"I was bored. And now I'm tired and since my bedding is over here I might as well sleep here."

"When did I say you could sleep in my bed?"

"You just said that I should go back to sleep so that's what I'll do."

Artham turned over and put his face in his pillow. Esben's back was facing toward him and was tempted to just push him off the bed but he didn't want to wake up anybody who could be sleeping a floor below them. So he let go of the frustration while taking a deep breath and looked out the window that showed the sky turning purple. He looked at Esben who was fast asleep again and shook his head before putting a pillow and a blanket between them so that Esben might not push him in his sleep then went back to sleep for a few minutes. But then he was woken up by a knock on the door and his mother walking in to wake them up. "Esben why are you in Artham's bed?" She said once both boys were somewhat awake.

And before Artham could say anything Esben said, "Artham woke up but couldn't go back to sleep so I came over here to comfort my sweet brother."

Artham looked at Esben, "Oh yes you were very comforting." he said sarcastically

They looked at their mother who didn't seem to believe a thing. "That's not how it happened. Was it?"

Both boys shook their heads, Artham looking very tired and Esben looking happy and awake as ever. "Well, we can talk about it over breakfast when you boys come down." Once the boys finished breakfast and their discussion with their parents Esben walked up to Artham and asked, "You wanna do something fun?"

"No" Is all Artham said before going back to bed.