Author's note: Ok, I know I haven't posted in a little while-
Ashlynn: Shame on you Ar!
Aralyn: Ash, don't interrupt. As I was saying, I hit a bit of writer's block so I've been hacking away at that so I could keep you guys updated.
Ashlynn: Now we're going to the fair! I want funnel cake!
Peewit: What's funnel cake?
Ashlynn: *gasp* Peewit! YOU. HAVE. NOT. LIVED. *grabs Peewit's hand* FUNNEL CAKE HERE WE COME!
Aralyn: *facepalm* Ok, I do not own the smurfs or any of their characters or settings, they all belong to Peyo.
Johan: The only things she owns is herself, Ashlynn, and her own original plot for this chapter.
Aralyn: Thank you Johan, and now onto the show!
Medieval and Modern Times
(E)
"Ok I got all our tickets, who's ready?" Ashlynn asked excitedly.
Everyone grabbed their ticket and proceeded to enter through the entrance to the fair.
"You guys go ahead," Aralyn instructed as she made a turn to go in the opposite direction, "There's something I want to check out first."
"Alright, we'll save you a spot in line for the Ferris wheel." Ashlynn waved as she led the rest of the group towards the giant metal wheel that was slowly spinning at the other end of the fair grounds.
"Excuse me sir?" Aralyn asked the man seated at the table next to the karaoke stage, "Are there still openings for tonight's contest?"
"Yes," the man confirmed as he flipped through the pages on his clipboard, "We have a few openings left, see if there's any you like."
Scanning the page Aralyn was grateful to find that the final slot for the contest had yet to be filled, "I would like to reserve that final time slot if it's not too much trouble."
"No trouble at all. Now who will be singing?"
"Two friends of mine, their names are Ashlynn and Gerard."
"Good, and what song will they be singing?"
Aralyn leaned over and whispered the song to him, her grin getting even wider.
Writing down the information, the man gave Aralyn a knowing smile, "I see, a surprise duet, hmm?"
Aralyn merely smiled in thanks as she hurried to join everyone in line for the Ferris wheel.
"Over here Ar!" Ashlynn waved over the heads of people in line behind them, "You find what you were looking for?"
"Yeah, I was hoping they would have funnel cake." She half lied, partly wanting to go buy some of the yummy looking, powdered sugar covered, and deep fried pastry right then and there.
"After we do some rides Ar," Ashlynn giggled, "None of us want to get sick by eating and then going on some of these rides."
Splitting into two groups the six teens got in two separate carts. The first one held Savina, Johan, and Aralyn, leaving Peewit with Ashlynn and Gerard.
"Whoa! Look how high up we are!" Peewit grinned as he looked out over the edge of the cart.
"Peewit," Ashlynn scolded as she made her little friend sit in his seat, "Sit down! It's not safe to lean over the edge like that, you could fall."
Fortunately Peewit did not try that little stunt again, and neither did anyone in the other cart.
"Which ride now?" Savina asked.
"We could make this a bit more interesting." Aralyn suggested, "Hey Ash, do they have a Rock 'n Roll?"
"Sure they do! I love that ride, it's this way!" Ashlynn darted through the different rides, leading them to the one Aralyn had asked about.
It was circular and spun in a circle like a merry go round, but the carts people sat in rolled around on their sides like wheels, swaying back and forth, even up-side down.
Only two were allowed per cart so Aralyn paired up with Johan, Peewit joined Savina, and Ashlynn led Gerard over to their cart. "You don't happen to get motion sick, do you Gerard?" she asked innocently as they were both secured to their seats.
The machinery spun slowly at first, gaining speed as it kept going, then the cart moved and swayed, flipping around in a full circle, and then back down again. Ashlynn was laughing at the top of her lungs, obviously enjoying the ride, and Gerard found that her laughter was extremely contagious and soon he was laughing almost as hard as she was.
When the ride finally stopped Gerard had to help hold Ashlynn up, as she tried to walk down the stairs on her own, her legs keeping her up as well as if they had been made of jelly. She was still giggling when the others joined them, "Can we do that again?"
"Easy there Ash, you can barely stand right now." Aralyn laughed at how the level of effect Ashlynn's dizziness impaired her walking. "How about we ride the merry go round instead?"
That's how it went for most of the rest of the evening, rides that would spin them silly, followed by rides that were more on the slower side, and repeat.
As the sun was setting they all grabbed a table and started eating their fair food meal, consisting of all manner of things deep fried, grilled, and who knows what.
"It's almost time for the karaoke contest to start." Ashlynn commented, looking down at her watch, "You guys want to watch it?"
Reaching a unanimous vote the six teens made their way towards the stage, which already had quite a crowd around it waiting for the show to begin. Ashlynn was on one end, Aralyn right next to her, and Peewit was on the other end next to Gerard. Aralyn snuck a look at Peewit, telling him to wait for her to give the signal. Once things were in motion they would have to act quickly.
(S)
Ashlynn was sleeping quite soundly, in fact she didn't even hear the approaching footsteps. She heard nothing until,
"ASHLYNN!"
With a scream Ashlynn woke up and fell to the floor in surprise.
Looking up she saw a familiar face giggling at her, "Peewit! That's not funny!" she pouted crossing her arms. Peewit might as well not have heard her, he just kept laughing as Gerard and Clockwork came up behind him. "Ashlynn, are you alright?" Gerard asked as he helped her to her feet.
"I'd be better if someone hadn't purposely tried to give me a heart attack." She glared at Peewit as his fit of laughter died down.
"Sorry, but it just seemed like too good an opportunity to pass up."
"I'll take that as an apology then." Ashlynn said as she made a move to leave
"But Ash," Peewit blurted out, causing Ashlynn to stop and turn back around, "why were you sleeping on Gerard's throne?"
Ashlynn blushed slightly as she shrugged her shoulders, "I was tired and I didn't feel like walking all the way to my room. Besides Gerard wasn't using it, it's no big deal alright?"
"Peewit didn't you say you had something important to deliver?" Gerard asked, changing the subject.
"Oh right!" Peewit reached into his satchel and pulled out two sealed letters, "The King asked me to give you these."
Gerard and Ashlynn took the note that had their name on it and opened both of them at the same time.
"So uncle is holding a Christmas party at his castle." Gerard noted, reading the invitation.
"But, why'd he invite me?" Ashlynn asked.
"Well" Peewit smiled, "We, Johan Aralyn, Savina, and myself, told him a bit about you. We all agreed that we would like you to come, and the King wanted to meet you too, so everything turned out like so."
"In that case, I'd be delighted to attend, it sounds like fun." Ashlynn smiled.
"So both of you will be coming?" Peewit asked, waiting for an answer so he could report back to the King.
"Scree! Cheer cheep!" Clockwork piped up.
"The three of us will be coming." Gerard corrected with a laugh, "We'll be there, and you can count on it."
"Great! Oh yeah, Ash, Aralyn wanted me to give this to you." Peewit added holding out a small scrap of parchment, "She said you'd know what she meant by it."
Ashlynn unfolded the parchment, and read the five words that had been written on it.
"What does she mean by that?" Gerard looked confused as he read the small message.
"It means that these going to be a duet at the Christmas party." Ashlynn smiled, Aralyn knew her too well. "Have a safe trip Peewit, and don't forget to tell Aralyn that I agree to her request."
Peewit waved goodbye as he left, soon a little dot on the horizon, and then he was gone from sight.
"What do you mean request?" Gerard continued to interrogate Ashlynn, "There are only five words on the scrap of parchment, and in no way do they form a question of any sort."
Ashlynn smiled as she patted Gerard's head, "Don't you worry your little head about it. All will be revealed in due time, all in due time you're highness." Before she skipped out of the room and down the hall.
(E)
Aralyn motioned to Peewit as the second to last song of the night started up, now their plan was in full motion.
"Ashlynn, quick come with me!" Aralyn ordered as she grabbed Ashlynn's hand and dragged her around the crowd. Ashlynn was about to open her mouth in protest but Aralyn quickly shut her down, "No questions just come on!"
As the current song finished Aralyn shoved a microphone into Ashlynn's hand and pushed her out on stage before Ashlynn could connect the dots.
When the music started Ashlynn blushed as she turned her head to see Aralyn giving her thumbs up before pointing to the other side of the stage. Ashlynn looked over and her blush got even darker when she saw Peewit pushing Gerard on stage too.
Had this been any other situation Ashlynn would have just put the mic down and left the stage, but everyone watching expected a song so taking a deep breath she sang,
"Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
Caught up in this moment
Caught up in your smile…"
Gerard was just as flustered, and if it wasn't expected of him he would have walked right off that stage, but Ashlynn had already started singing, so that left him with no other choice.
"I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no it's never felt so right
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight
No I don't want to say goodnight
I know it's time to leave,
but you'll be in my dreams
Tonight
Tonight
Tonight
Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No I don't want to mess this thing up
I don't want to push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright,
oh whoa,
let's do this right,
with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight…
Kiss goodnight…"
As the music ended, the both of them where so red it wasn't even funny, and the whole crowd burst into applause as Ashlynn and Gerard made their escape.
Aralyn, Peewit, Johan, and Savina were waiting for them at the base of the stairs, Peewit and Aralyn looking quite pleased with themselves. "Whoa, Ash, you can't go anywhere yet." Aralyn grinned as she captured Ashlynn in a hug, preventing her from getting away.
"Ar let me go!"
"No, not until they announce who the winner is."
After a few minutes the karaoke announcer stepped up to the mic, ready to relay the judge's decision to the waiting crowd and eager participants. "The judges have made their choice and by a unanimous vote they have selected tonight's winner, or shall I say, winners. Would Miss Ashlynn and Mister Gerard please come forward to receive their trophy?"
Once again Ashlynn and Gerard found themselves pushed on stage and the crowd cheered even louder than before as they accepted the little prize they had unintentionally won.
Everyone was quiet for the rest of the night, especially Ashlynn and Gerard, who refused to even make eye contact with each other. On the ride back home Aralyn and Peewit exchanged worried glances, this wasn't what they had hoped for, instead of bringing them together, their plan only seemed to cause Ashlynn and Gerard to avoid each other.
Getting home Ashlynn gave a quick goodnight before closing herself in her room and sunk down on her bed, her head in her hands. 'Why did they have to go and do that?' she sobbed silently to herself, 'He looked so embarrassed to be singing with me. He didn't think of me like that and now our friendship is going to be ruined all because of that song.'
Little did anyone know, but Gerard was right across the hall, berating himself in a similar manner, 'Great, she hates me now, she was so embarrassed to sing that song with me that she won't even look at me now.' Letting out a frustrated sigh he ran his fingers through his hair, 'What do I do?' he hung his head in defeat, he didn't have a clue.
Aralyn: * barricading a door to a small fortress* Need to hide, need to hide, need to hide!
Ashlynn + Gerard: *sulking on opposite sides of the fortress*
*loud screams and shouts are heard from the other side of the wall*
Aralyn: Oh no, the fangirls, they found us! *stands with her back to the door, trying to keep the fangirls from forcing their way in* Guys a bit of help here?
Ashlynn + Gerard: *no response, both still sulking*
Aralyn: Ash, can you lend me a hand here? PLEASE!?
Ashlynn: *throws a disembodied buzz lightyear arm at Aralyn*
Aralyn: Ha ha ha, this is serious Ash!
That's it for now, the song that Ashlynn and Gerard did was Just a Kiss by Lady Antebellum. Please don't kill me, I will update soon...ish. Have a smurfy week you guys!
