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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: I'll keep this note brief since the last one took up so much of the chapter. I'm kind of glad things are cooling off in the fandom. I didn't need that extra stress of trying to convince the world that it's fine that Darling likes who she likes. Sure, DarlingXChase would have been adorbs, but what can you do?
KCL: I try to answer your questions! I do! Actually, I have short-term memory loss. Like, really bad. Not Dory from Finding Nemo level bad, but bad enough that I can forget things about five seconds after I read them. To answer your question, before Dragon Games, Darling was going to be in a story featuring her and Chase (with Neb and Lizzie as a side pairing). However, instead, I'm pairing Darling with an OC yet to be introduced. However, the plots of the story I had planned originally are still in motion, just with a few different twists. (So Neb and Lizzie will still be a side pairing.)
Also, for those interested, I recently updated Kingdom Hearts: Raven's Story. It's slow going, but once the plot picks up off the ground, it'll be great!
Prompt 63: Stolen
Kitty had been having a terrible day.
She had entered her dorm room and collapsed on the bed, not even bothering saying hi to Maddie. She flunked several of her tests, Alistair was busy doing whatever it was boys did in their spare time, and she was in massive pain from her teleportation attempts.
"Someone looks like they've had a terrible hula dance," Maddie giggled from her side of the room.
"One of those days," Kitty sighed, then winced as the burns began to act up again.
"Well, you want something to cheer you up? Sven and I went on our first official 'date'!" Maddie giggled.
Kitty offered Maddie a smile. "How'd it go? You know how Sven can get if things are lovey dovey," Kitty said.
Maddie giggled in memory. "Well… he may or may not have… accidently… set the Musty Muffin on fire," she giggled. Kitty's eyes widened and Maddie simply burst out laughing. "Muffin's ok, she got things taken care of before it got out of hand. But you should have been there! It was hilarious!"
Kitty shook her head, wincing at the pain it caused. "Only Sven can inadvertently set something on fire because of love," she said.
"I know! Isn't he the best boyfriend ever?"
Kitty laughed and sighed. She carefully brought her hand up to open her locket, smiling in memory of Alistair. That's what she needed. She just needed to think of her boyfriend and everything would be alright.
Only… the locket wasn't around her neck.
"Huh?" Kitty said and looked down. Sure enough, the locket was gone. "But… but… I never take it off!" Kitty said, looking around her desperately.
"What don't you take off?" Maddie asked, confused how the conversation went from her and Sven to something completely different.
"My locket! It's always around my neck!" she said, frantically looking around.
"No it's not," Maddie said. "It's not around your neck right now silly!"
Kitty scowled. "Now's not the time to tease," she said. "I need that locket… Alistair gave it to me. If he sees me without wearing it…"
"I doubt he'll flip out," Maddie said.
"HE'LL FLIP OUT!" Kitty said in panic. Maddie rolled her eyes but sighed. However, after a moment of paused and secretly conversing with the author in her head, she offered Kitty a smile.
"I know where it is."
"Huh?"
"The locket. Ben said it was wear you fell earlier, but someone went and picked it up when you were gone."
Kitty's eyes widened. "Who has it?" Kitty asked urgently.
Maddie was silently for a few seconds. "Neb," Maddie said. "Of course Neb has it. He only does things to effect the plot if it benefits him. Classic Neb."
Kitty didn't really listen. She was on her feet and heading for the door. "Do you know where Neb is?" she asked.
"Nope. But I'll help you look," Maddie said, joining Kitty at the door.
"Thanks," Kitty smiled gratefully. She then paused for a moment. "Hang on… isn't Ben just Neb spelled backwards?"
"Nope! It's Dancing Queen!" Maddie giggled.
Kitty paused, then shrugged. Just Maddie being mad. Like there was this magically author named Ben. Kitty had more important things to worry about then non-existent fairy tales.
BN: Yeah, because I'm the fairy tale here. You're one to talk. *rolls his eyes* Anyway, this chapter was basically to set a few things up for later. The main thing is Kitty's worry about her locket and what Alistair would think if she wasn't wearing it. Personally, this for me is something I've seen many times, both in fandoms and real life, and I kind of wanted to address this for a long time. So, as the arc continues, so will my life lessons!
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