Homesick

| 22 | A New Knight

"Hey Ivory, Valeth, what's up?" Dapha asked with a wide smile.

"Dapha! You're here!" Ivory cheered, clapping her hands. "Wait, where's Keziah?"

"I have no idea, I went to the bathroom and when I came out he was gone." Dapha explained leaning on the couch where they were sitting on.

"That's not good. We have to find him before he does something stupid!" Ivory exclaimed jumping out of her seat.

"You're not his babysitter, who cares if he does something dumb." Valeth said, clearly annoyed.

"Heartless!" Ivory yelled. "He's in an unstable state right now."

"When is he not?" Valeth mumbled under his breath.

Dapha shot a glare at Valeth as she smacked the back of his head. "Hey!" Valeth exclaimed, holding his head. "Fine babysit him, I don't care."

"It's almost time for breakfast, we should really find him." Ivory intervened. "Breakfast is one of the most important meals of the day."

"Maybe he's in my bedroom? But that would make no sense." Dapha muttered, putting her finger to her chin.

"Go find him." Ivory ushered, pushing Dapha away. "Make sure he's not hurt or anything."

"Okay, fine." She sighed, walking away from the group.

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Dapha walked all around the mansion but couldn't find him anywhere. "How could a boy get so far in such little time?" She asked herself.

Then suddenly from behind her she felt a poke. She turned around and met eyes with Keziah. "Keziah, finally where have you been?" She asked. "And why are your hands wet?"

"No where." He said quietly. "I had to wash my hands, they got dirty."

Dapha skeptically stared at Keziah. She looked down at his shirt and noticed a red spot that wasn't there before. "Ohh I see," She said with a sly smile. "You were in the dinning hall weren't you! Eating up my sister food, damn it, I should've checked there first."

"The dinning hall?" He repeated, tilting his head in confusion.

"That red spot on your shirt is a dead giveaway, that must mean we're having something strawberries or cherries aren't we?" Dapha squealed, her eyes lighting up with excitement.

Keziah looked down at his shirt. His expression completely shift to disgust as he tried to rub it off. "Gross, It got on me." He muttered.

"No need to be ashamed." Dapha said patting Keziah's shoulders. "I'm a messy eater as-well, but hopefully you didn't eat too much, I'm hungry too." Dapha grinned, grabbing Keziah's arm and dragging him to the dinning hall.

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Once they made it to the dinning hall Dapha noticed that Valeth and Ivory were already sitting at the table.

"Eating without me? You guys cruel." Dapha huffed, walking towards the large dinning table.

"Why do you think so little of me?" Ivory asked, motioning to the untouched food on the table. "We were waiting for you guys!"

"Really? You're too kind." Dapha smiled eagerly staring at the food platter. "Wait what?" She muttered, staring at the dishes on the table. There were Blueberry muffins, omelettes, and pancakes. "Odd, I thought there would be strawberry jelly."