Note: When I sat down to do another shuffle thingee, I decided to go with whoever had the most songs on my iTunes, until I realized that wouldn't work. (76 songs by Bear McCreary, 75 of them instrumental.) Second place? Over sixty 1-minute songs from that most purely 1980s of cartoons: Jem and the Holograms. *forehead slap* I swear, I had no idea!

I went with it, although I stopped at 5 this time, because it is hard to write a viable drabble in 58 seconds.

Anyway. The show's music is still fun, and the videos are a hoot, so if you've got a minute, go find 'em on YouTube. :)

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1. "It Depends On The Mood I'm In"

Deryn looks over the contents of her wardrobe carefully.

Should she wear the nice linen dress, the pretty blue muslin dress… or the trousers?

"What do you think?" she asks Alek.

"I suppose that depends," he says, "on how many people you want to outrage today."

She looks back at her choices.

"Trousers," she decides.

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2. "Only The Beginning"

Deryn glances down at her feet, then out at the wide horizon. The war's over, they've won, and she's bound for home… and so is Alek. After everything they've been through together – blisters, it's more than most people experience in a lifetime. Daft as she is, though, she can't help but want more.

She holds out her hand to shake farewell, saying sadly, "I suppose this is the end, then."

Alek takes her hand, but for once there's no sadness in his eyes. He smiles. "I disagree."

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3. "Believe In Yourself"

"There's a barking good moral to this story, you know."

"It takes a real woman to wear trousers?"

"No, Dummkopf!"

"Ah, well. I'm afraid I don't know what it could be, then."

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4. "Jealousy"

He doesn't realize just how much trouble he's in until he watches her laugh at another man's joke.

The bitter fire that springs up - out of nowhere it seems - takes him completely by surprise, but the longer he watches, the more he's inclined to give in to it.

He wonders if perhaps he could get away with challenging the idiot to a duel.

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5. "Who Is He Kissing?"

She breaks off the kiss and stares at him.

"What?" he asks, breathing hard. "What, Deryn?"

She doesn't know whether to be horrified or to laugh. Perhaps both, all at once. "Aye, good, you remember who I am."

He pushes a hand through his hair and looks completely confused. "What are you talking about?"

"You just called me Dylan, that's what!"