Beauty that lies Within

Chapter 16 - Tagatha united?!

Tedros' dorm room was Honour Tower, room 10 and he was faced with Chaddick and Tristan, two boys who he got along with immediately.

The three boys were currently getting along swimmingly, they had just finished talking about what sports they enjoyed and they had moved onto the second topic of discussion out of the two boys only ever talked about: Girls.

"Who's the prettiest Ever girl that's caught your eye so far?" Tristan said dreamily.

"Agatha." Tedros said instantly. Chaddick and Tristan looked at each other then back at Tedros. 

"Wrong answer." Chaddick shook his head. "There's a right answer?" Tedros asked, confused.

"Beatrix!" The other two said simultaneously, almost in a 'duh' tone.

"She's so gorgeous and she got the most roses out of all the Ever girls." Tristan sighed.

"Exactly, she's barely glanced at anyone but you Tedros." Chaddick added.

"Really?" Tedros sighed. He only wished Agatha acted like Beatrix around him instead of Beatrix.

"Mate, she's ALL over you." Chaddick said. 

"I don't like her in that way." Tedros said defensively.

"Well in that case, don't set her hopes up - I see the way she looks at you, Tedros. If I ever see her crying because or over you, I will fight you." Chaddick said seriously. Tedros nodded and the pair solemnly shook on it.

Tedros smiled. Here, Beatrix was pining over him when there was a Prince like Chaddick threatening to fight him, knowing he would lose in a fight against Tedros, to protect her honour. That's when Tedros knew Chaddick was the one for Beatrix. He would stay away from her at all costs... or direct her towards Chaddick's path.

"Well, I guess I'm out before it even started!" Tristan chimed in. The boys all laughed before heartily clapping Tristan in the back, saying he'd find someone who loved him like he loved Beatrix soon enough.

**

It had been the morning after that surprisingly deep conversation that Tedros was the first to wake up. Well, to wake would suggest to fall alseep in the first place, to which Tedros ruefully remembers not a lot of that happening last night. He was nervous for his first day as the Prince of Camelot, to make an impression, to make Camelot proud... It was getting old all these same thoughts but Tedros couldn't help it, could he? It had been drilled into him his whole life, afterall and if nobody said it, they thought it.

To take his mind off things, the first thing he thought about was Agatha which was happening far too often in far too short period of time.

Almost as if the very thought had summoned her, Agatha came into the Prince's line of vision... in the vent above his head. He only saw her in a flash and that was enough to get up into the vent without any questions asked and follow her after she had made her own way a little ahead.

Yes, Tedros had followed Agatha: from the very beginning using the slides and vents, through the Gallery of Good, Honour Tower to Hansel's Haven, past the disastrous faculty glass lobby incident, he had seen the mouse help Agatha and finally... Merlin's Menagerie.

Tedros had to rely on his gut feeling to take him through the vents because he knew that if he went through the vents the same time as Agatha she would've spotted him in a heartbeat. It was a miracle he managed to somehow make his way to the Gallery of Good.

Tedros smiled as he watched a ravenous Agatha feast on sweets and he grabbed some too. Now this would never be known has common Tedros behaviour but Agatha's love for anything sweet was infectious.