Okay, you people gotta review. I AM SERIOUS. No joke. Yeah, I know I haven't updated in forever…sorry. But the show must go on. IT MUST!!! And I shall continue it…darn, I still got Romeo and Juliet in my head. Ugh. (Fyi, I just added another chapter to my other story so…I'm still in the Middle Ages…or something like that.) I dunno. Anyways, this is a looooooooooooooooooong author's note, so I thought I'd say, you know, please review. If you read this, review!! JUST HIT THE BUTTON AND TYPE!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, JUST WRITE!!! Okay, how about I post the best review at the end of the next chapter and ultimately congratulate that person and give them a hypothetical gold star. Huh??? How about them apples!?!?!? Geeze, just REVIEW!!!!! And so we go. - Pendragon. Doesn't belong to moi. Neither does anything in this story except Sasha. Yeah, isn't that depressing? Tell me about it…(how about in the review box?!?!?!?!) *big smile*

Sasha POV (like always)

I saw them enter.

The avians.

Dan, duh, duuuh…play the evil music.

Actually, they didn't look evil, like the beings we were forced to imagine as little children.

They just looked like…normal people.

Okay, okay, normal people with golden hair and eyes and an over-guarded expression.

But still, people.

It sorta surprised me.

And sorta didn't.

So, anyways, I saw them enter.

First I saw the current Tuuli Thea with a strict face and a proud manner.

Hmmm…I didn't really like her.

In fact, I still don't.

Then I saw guards…nothing special except an overprotective one hovering near the next Shardae with a curious expression on his face.

His face wasn't completely a mask; it was more see-through.

I could seeing his caring for the future Shardae.

At least someone has feelings here.

Then…I saw Danica, Danica Shardae.

Well.

Well, well, well.

She was NOT what I expected to put it in short.

I was expecting someone like her mother, someone proud and disdainful and mean and cruel and mean and uncaring and mean and someone I just plain didn't like.

Well…I was wrong.

Dead wrong.

Okay, I'm not dead, it's just the expression.

This was a hawk that had dignity, yet humility and caring at the same time.

She was even shy.

Did NOT see that coming.

Yeah, I could tell she was definitely shy, when Zane looked at her.

Hehehehe, she blushed.

That makes me chuckle.

But. It tells me she DOES have feelings.

And she's not heartless, so I know we have a chance with her.

Unlike her wretched mother.

The talk was about to start, the formalities had been made.

Then…the unavoidable question.

Tuuli Thea spoke up, "Dear Disa, do you mind me asking why there is a non-serpiente on the serpiente side of this matter? I do not recall requesting a servant or referee for this meeting."

She said this all the while staring at yours truly, who's still sitting on the floor next to Zane.

I raised my eyebrow and stared at her.

She just gave me a disdainful stare back.

Ugh, I really do NOT like this lady.

The Disa responded after watching our little staring contest amusedly for a few seconds, "Nacola, it seems Sasha, as you were referring to, is part of the Cobriana family you are dealing with. So, naturally she is involved too. We had already discussed this matter before you arrived."

Nacola indignantly spat back, cracking her mask of emotionless a little, "But she is not even serpiente! She holds no right to being at this meeting in the first place! I demand that she leave these settings at once! This 'treaty' involves only the parties at war…not others watching!"

I cleared my throat and the angry hawk and everyone else in the room focused on me.

"Excuse me, Nacola, but I am as much a part in this war as you are. Do you want to know how many of your people I have slain with my claws? Do you want to know how many times I have been shot by one of your 'poisoned' arrows? Because I CAN assure you that both of those numbers are very great, and I am serpiente in every aspect except my blood. And I intend to keep it that way."

At the end of my speech, my fingers sharpened into claws to prove my point, to show how involved I was in this mess.

The Disa growled at me and said politely, "That is quite enough Sasha. Thank you for your input. Now, we are all on the same page, let us talk freely now."

Nacola glared at me and I could of sworn she whispered something like 'abmomination' to one of her guards.

Figures.

Then…we started talking…for real now.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't pay as close attention as I should have.

Mainly, I just studied body language the whole time to see if we were really getting anywhere.

I summarized that with the original rulers, no, but with the future rulers, yes.

Didn't know how that would turn out.

Then I tuned in for a few seconds and heard the Disa's words, "…Zane Cobriana, take Danica Shardae as your mate. Danica Shardae, have Zane Cobriana as your Alistair."

And then all in hell broke loose.

To this statement and everyone's fierce denial of its workings, I did the thing that I thought was most appropriate.

I laughed.

In fact, I laughed my head off.

So hard, I was literally rolling on the floor while everybody else was freaking out.

Danica saw me clutching my sides laughing hysterically, and her shocked expression slowly turned into a small smile.

Zane looked down at me (since I had rolled into his feet) and looked at me like I was crazy.

That made me laugh harder.

Then, finally, all the excitement and shouting stopped.

Even me, unfortunately.

And we all went to bed like the good visitors we were.

As if.

Since rooms were limited, I shared a room with Zane since everybody else paired off.

As soon as we entered the brightly colored room, I flopped onto the bed and chuckled into my soft, white pillow.

He, too, collapsed onto the bed, but just started staring at me like he had before.

I turned sideways to meet his stare, "What??"

He raised his eyebrows and said mockly, "What? Oh, I don't know, it's just that my sister is going crazy by laughing at everything. I just don't know what's wrong with her."

I laughed again.

He sat up on his bed and stared at me more, "No really, what ARE you laughing at?"

I grinned and promptly replied, "Oh, just about everything. The solution and all. You know, the freak out and how everyone was taking it. It was pure insanity."

He rolled his eyes, "It was insanity. That solution. How could that be the ONLY choice?? Can't we just make a regular treaty or something?? And besides, even if this 'solution' was going to work, none of those avians would allow it!"

I rolled my eyes right back at him, "Hey, you were the one that said you would sacrifice everything. That includes your singular state."

He just snorted at me.

I continued, "AND, a normal treaty wouldn't work, because its been tried again and again, and it DOESN'T work. So this is pretty much your only option, as if you would consider it."

He turned over to face me, "What makes you think I wouldn't consider it?"

"Well," I said, "You were pretty much making a scene at the option in the first place, so I thought that you were opposed to it. And so you wouldn't try it."

He replied thoughtfully, "I still don't like it, but…I could be willing to give it a try."

I raised both my eyebrows up at him, "Are you serious???"

He smirked at me, "Yeesssssss."

I, still in disbelief, asked him again, "You would really take Danica Shardae as your Naga?? And make her queen of all the serpiente?? And you, you would be her Alistair to the avians?? Would you really do it, Zany?? Because this is definitely NOT a game!"

He just nodded at me and said, "I'm dead serious, Sash."

I stared at the ceiling in shock…

And I continued tonelessly, "You know, the avians will never allow this. I mean, Danica would consider it, but Nacola…no. There is no way in the universe that she would agree to this deal, and she's the one in power."

Zane nodded again, "I know. And that's why I'm going to deal with Danica, not Nacola."

I blinked and turned to face my brother, "What???"

He smiled and said, "You heard me, I'm going to discuss this with the future Tuuli Thea, not the current one. In fact," he said looking at his watch, "I'm going to make a visit to her room right now."

I just stared at him.

And blurted out, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?? YOU COULD GET KILLED??"

This time he grinned at me and looked at me amusedly, "They'll only kill me if I get caught, little sis, and I have no intention of doing that. Now, I must go. Farewell, my beloved sister!"

He then, dramatically, shifted into his cobra form and slithered underneath the door and into the hallway.

I rolled my eyes at his exit and stared at the ceiling again.

Would this solution really work?