The Dragon Prince

3. Oh Great

Reina: Here's the third chapter! A bit weird for my tastes though.... Not really XD

Also, thanks for the votes!

The ride to Hoshido was interesting to say the least.

You rode with Cori, Cora, and Azura. Ryoma, Hinoka, Takumi, and Sakura rode in the other carriage ahead of you guys. What was supposed to be a quiet ride turned into a never ending chatterbox. Cora eagerly asked Cori questions about Hoshido and the world, to which Cori answered them excitedly. You could only watch them with a blank stare, as Azura had pretended to fall asleep (she kept opening her left eye to look at them). With Cori and Cora acting like they ran on caffeine (which was Jakob's fault - he gave them lattes for some dumb reason), you could understand why Azura was pretending that the world didn't exist around her.

As you began to nod off, your eyes looked downwards, where you noticed something interesting.

"Hey," you say, cutting off Cori's explanation of why Ryoma hates eating lobsters. "None of you guys are wearing shoes."

At once, you got three different responses.

"They constrain my feet," Cori whined.

"They don't allow me to climb trees easily," Cori added.

"My shoes never fit me," Azura declared.

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You are surrounded by weirdos, Lamia muttered.

Shut up Lamia.

You sigh. "Really? I can barely go outside without banging up my feet..."

Cori looked at you with a frown. "Where exactly do you live?"

"Before entering service as a maid, I actually lived in Anime Europe - it's actually sandwiched by Nohr and Hoshido. My town is called Anime London - one of the busiest towns in the state of Anime England."

"Why is everything called 'Anime?'" Azura asked.

"I don't know," you reply. "It's what our current queen has decided."

"What's her name?" Azura asks

"Her name is-" you begin, before you realize that you lost your shoes (and you forgot to put on socks). "Huh?"

"What kind of a name is Queen Huh?" Azura continues, oblivious to the fact that you lost your footwear. You look up to see Cora holding your Mary Janes.

"This shoes are ugly," Cora declared as she threw them out the window of the carriage.

"What was that for?" You yell. "Now I'm barefoot!"

"Just like us!" Cori declared happily.

You face palm. "I should have worn my knee-high boots."

"Why aren't you wearing them then?" Azura asks.

"I was cleaning them - they were knee high in dried mud."

Cori and Cora snickered, but you ignored them.

"So what's Hoshido like?" You ask.