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Chapter 4

Our food arrives and I hardly noticed Michael ordering it for me. It's a small soup full of little chunks of meat wrapped in something dough-like, roots, chives, and all sorts of other things. It tastes just as amazing as my drink.

"If you start to get full, please don't try to eat the whole thing. I'd rather you not eat it all than get sick. We can always get you more if you're still hungry too."

I nodded before picking up the "soup spoon" that Michael showed me. I eat the entire soup and it's absolutely delicious.

"It's only lunch so there's only the meal and a dessert if you want one. Would you like a dessert? I think I know one you'll really like."

"I'd love one, please." I smile at him.

When the servant comes around to collect our plates, another comes and asks if any of us would like a dessert. Everyone at our table orders one. Michael orders me a strawberry shortcake. It's soft and moist and tastes sweet. I love it. There's little dollops of cream and strawberry flavored sauce drizzled on top. I nod along with the conversation. Happily chewing on the spongy pastry.

Once lunch has finished, Pasha's little sister leaves us. Xander, Michael, Pasha and I get back into a glass box. This one has more buttons. Xander presses the one marked 5.

"You don't have an official schedule until tomorrow. If you want to wander around you can. Or you can follow me around if you'd like." Michael explains.

"I'm gonna try to find my way around." I smile.

"Here, take this then." He wraps a watch around my wrist, but there's a screen where the clock should be, "If you press these buttons," He turns it on and shows me how to press the tiny buttons on the screen, "You can call me if you get lost."

I nod and the glass box arrives on floor 5. The boys get out and wave. I decide to see the top floor. I'm disappointed to find only one floor above this one. I hit the number 6 button anyway just to see. I start to walk down the hallway when several girls walk past me.

"You guys are so stupid. The library's on floor 12, the royal quarters are in the Lexing Wing on the 11th!" One of the girls says to the others.

There's at least twelve floors. I follow the 4 girls to another box in what I think is the center of the castle. I squeeze in with them. They've already hit the button for the twelfth floor. I look out of the glass box and see a beautiful, massive garden in the center of the castle. It's full of beautiful flowers, luscious lime green grass, a small pond in the corner, benches and pathways. There's waterfalls surrounding the glass boxes on each wall of the square courtyard. It's stunning.

The box eventually is cut off from the view of the courtyard. About 3 floors later we're in the center of a massive glass room. The floor is a shiny marble, while every wall and ceiling is made of glass. The center of the room, right behind the four elevators that go through the courtyard, has a glass railing around it. The floor there is missing and the shouts of people below float up into the room. The ceiling above the center section is cut out too, allowing lot's of sun into the courtyard. There's at least 100 large bookshelves on the side of the room on the other side of the center. To my left is several desks with large screens on them. To my write is several bean bags and other comfortable looking chairs. Behind me are several tables and chairs with several people sitting, drinking what I think are coffees, and making clicking sounds on screens or writing in notebooks. There's a small cafe area with a couple servants making delicious smelling drinks and handing them out. It looked sweet and simple, yet extravagant too.

I make my way over to the bookshelves and read the spines of the books. I decide to learn about Onekmont and make my way over to the history section. For our poor education in Vex, I still learned to read and write pretty well. I pick out three books. The first is called, "Onekan kings". The second is called, "The History of a Great Kingdom". The third is called, "A History of Onekmont". There's an older looking woman in the same aisle as me. On my way over to her I grab a fourth book called, "The Leidan Castle".