Switched (JoQueen AU)

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*insert something to say here because idk what to put*

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They all stayed in the castle for the rest of the day. And for the entire day, Joker ignored Emerald. He spent the rest of the day in a room across the one that Emerald was in, only leaving the room when he smelt the curry that the chefs were making.

Spade noticed this and confronted him, but he avoided the question. Spade shrugged it off and just left him alone as well.

After what seemed like centuries for the icy blue haired boy, night came and they all parted ways once again.

Joker walked into his room and threw himself onto his bed. He snuggled into his pillow. "Finally... No more stress... No more thinking about her..."

Suddenly, the airship shook. Joker fell off his bed, his pillow following right after and hitting his head.

He then heard Hachi screaming. Joker quickly got up and ran out of the room. And that's when he saw them.

Emerald was juggling every fragile thing she could find in the living room. So far, she was juggling a picture frame, a glass cup, and a glass sculpture of a swan Hachi had bought not so long ago.

Hachi was yelling at her to put them down. He was mostly worried about the swan sculpture, though.

"It's fine, Hachi. I won't break them." She assured him. Joker glared at her. He hated how she sounded so much like Queen.

Not long after that, Emerald finally noticed Joker. She stuck his tongue at him and continued juggling the fragile items.

Joker opened his mouth to yell at Emerald but was cut off by Silver Heart.

"Queen! Put those down!" He frantically yelled. "You could drop those and get hurt."

Emerald stopped juggling and turned to the silver magician. "But grandpa! I wasn't going to drop it, I promise!" She whined in a fake sad voice.

Silver Heart shook his head. "Please just put those down... I really don't want you to get hurt after the incident back at the castle."

"Fine..." She calmly placed the glass items back on the table she got it from.

"Good. Now Hachi, do you have any strawberries? We've run out of them back at home and we don't really have the time to go into town and buy any."

Hachi nodded. "We have some strawberry plants in the garden. I can go harvest some." He was about to walk out of the room but Silver Heart stopped him.

"Can you take Queen with you please?" He looked over to Emerald, who was now seated quietly on the couch. "She could help you out in the garden."

"Sure!" Hachi motions for Emerald to follow, and surprisingly enough for Joker, she obediently does so.

Once they are out of the room, Silver Heart turns to Joker.

"Can I ask you a favor?"

Joker nodded, unsure of where this was going.

"Can Queen stay here for a few days?"

"What?! Why?!" Joker shouted unintentionally. He didn't want to deal with Emerald for even a minute, much less a few days.

"Well, Queen's been acting weird since we arrived at the house. She walked into her room and locked it the moment we arrived, and when I asked her to open the door, she screamed something about being too busy and leaving her alone."