Aleene's Life

Chpt. 28 (Quill Refuses)

Pregnancy Tracker: Aleene is 8 months pregnant [Third Trimester]: Turquoise is 8 and a half months pregnant [Third Trimester]: Maggie is 4 months pregnant [Second Trimester]:

*The Next Morning*

Belle was sleeping, dreaming about her and Spectrum. "So, do you like music?", she asked. "No. Pretty annoying.", Spectrum admitted. "Oh. That's okay, everyone has their own opinions. What about... nature? It's pretty to look at, and has been confirmed to slow your heart rate to a healthy level!", Imbelles questioned. Spectrum shook his head. "Ugh, I hate nature. The allergies, the stupid birds always waking me up, the bugs, it's all just so... inconvenient.", he groaned, and Imbelles decided that maybe asking him what he thought about rain wouldn't be the best idea either. "How about... fruit? What's your favorite fruit? I like mangoes!", Imbelles chirped, and Spectrum made a face of disgust. "Eww, mangoes? They're so nasty! All slimy and hard to peel. Not to mention that you can't bite through the skin because it'll give you a poison ivy rash!", he complained, and Imbelles sighed sadly. Maybe he wasn't so 'perfect' after all.

Suddenly, a crash was heard, as well as screaming. When Imbelles and Spectrum ran out of the room, everyone was dead. Bodies strewn across the floor, blood coating the walls, and the tension so thick you could cut it with a knife. Imbelles turned to Spectrum to ask him what to do, but he was gone. She looked down and screeched when she saw his body on the floor. A loud, deep laugh rang through the building. Imbelles turned to it, and saw Amon holding a lighter, laughing. She realized what was happening, and dashed towards the door, but then Amon clicked the lighter, and its flame licked the air teasingly. Amon shoved Imbelles back, and then as he ran out the door, he tossed the lighter in her direction. The lighter lit up the floor around her, a ring of fire surrounding her. Then, the blood painting the area began to jump to life, waving in the wind, and then the blood turned into crimson fire, burning her home to the ground. Imbelles fell to her knees and sobbed as the flames consumed her.

"Belle...", a voice rang out. Imbelles stopped crying, and the flames backed away from her. "Belle? Come on, it's time to wake up...", the voice repeated. Imbelles was confused, never had her name been called in such a kind tone. "Belle? Blue Belle?", it called, and Imbelles smiled. The flames disappeared, and her home turned into Aleene's Happy Hut. Then, she woke up.

Goldy was gently shaking Belle awake. Aleene wanted her up before everyone else so that she could introduce Belle to everyone as they entered the dining room. Belle opened her eyes, and smiled when she saw him. "Are you okay, Blue Belle?", Goldy asked, and she nodded. "Yeah, I just had a really bad dream, though. But you woke me up, so that's good.", she sighed. "Well I'm glad to help. Aleene says you need to get dressed, she wants to introduce you to everyone before they all wake up, which is at 7:30, sharp. Trust me, you want to be out of the this room and the hallway connecting it to the others before then. The alarm clocks are very loud.", Goldy warned, and Belle nodded, waited until he left, and then got dressed. She only had certain t-shirts, pants, shorts and undergarments for clothes, Aleene wouldn't let her take anything inappropriate. Which Belle could understand, there was kids here after all, and it's a restaurant targeted for kids, even if adults love to come here as well. Belle got dressed in cerulean t-shirt, black leggings, and a purple bracelet. She didn't have any makeup that would look good with the outfit, so she didn't wear any. She didn't really like wearing it, anyway. 

She left the room, and looked at the clock on the wall. 7:05 AM. Belle made her way to the dining room, where she found Aleene talking with Goldy. Aleene smiled when she saw her, and waved her over. "Hey Belle. Here, we made you some breakfast! I know its not very good. Trust me, we both ate some food we cooked as well before you got here. Warning, we're terrible cooks. My sister is much better, and so are Aloe and Onix.", Aleene apologized, and Belle took a bite of the scrambled egg. Her face scrunched up a little bit, but smoothed out after a couple of chews. "It's not that bad. Just a bit of acquired taste.", Belle said, and Aleene raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? Whenever anyone else eats our food, they absolutely hate it. Even Quill isn't afraid to say it's bad.", the cat asked, and Belle nodded. "It could be better, but it's edible. And I'm hungry, so I don't really care too much.", Belle smiled, and gobbled up the rest of the eggs, toast, and ham. And then she washed it all down with... burnt juice? "You don't want to know. Trust me.", Goldy frowned, and Aleene pulled a bit at her shirt collar awkwardly.