𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭

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A train was chugging leaving Russia. The whistle blows.

In a room, Ralph was writing in a journal and he tickles Copper with the feather. Jack puts up a suitcase and goes to sit down by Ralph but Copper barks at him.

"Hmm." Jack hums, rolling his eyes, as N/N glared at him slightly. "Oh, the animal gets the window seat." He sits down by N/N as she leans back.

She starts to play with her necklace.

"Stop fiddling with that thing." Jack demands, annoyed. "Sit up straight."

N/N glared at him and sinks deeper in her seat, crossing her arms and glaring at him.

"Remember, you're a Grand Duchess."

"How is it that you know what Grand Duchesses do or don't do?" She asks, raising an eyebrow.

"I make it my business to know." Jack replies, smirking at her.

"Oh." She says, turning to her necklace.

"Look, N/N, I'm just trying to help, all right?" Jack says.

"Hmm." Ralph says, looking from his book to the couple.

"Jack?" N/N asks, sitting a little bit up.

"Mm-hmm?"

"Do you really think I'm royalty?" She asks, curious.

"You know I do." Jack answers, sounding offended.

"Then stop bossing me around." She says, glaring at him.

They both fall back on the cushion.

"She certainly had a mind of her own." Ralph comments.

"Yeah, I hate that in a woman." Jack shakes his head. When he wasn't looking, N/N stuck her tongue at him and put it back in when he looks at her.

Ralph takes a out a white piece of paper and on it was a column for Jack and N/N. Jack had 3 and N/N had 25.

The train whistle blows once again.

Jack sits in front of N/N, who was reading a book. It was just the two of them. He clears his throat.

"Look, I think we got off on the wrong foot." Jack states.

"Well, I think we did too." N/N agrees, looking away from her book at him then lifts the book back up.

"Okay." Jack nods.

"But I appreciate your apology." N/N nods her head before looking back at him.

"Apology?" Jack asks, confused. "Who said anything about an apology? I was just saying that we-" N/N cuts him off.

"Please, don't talk anymore, okay?" She asks, slightly annoyed. "It's only gonna upset me." She puts away her book.

"Fine. I'll be quiet." Jack states. "I'll be quiet if you will."

"All right, I'll be quiet." N/N agrees, putting her feet on his cushion.

"Fine."

"Fine."

"Fine."

"You think you're gonna miss it?" She asks, breaking the short silence.

"Miss what, your talking?" Jack says, smart.

"No. Russia." She states, rolling her eyes.

"Nope." Jack answer, looking down at his hands.

"But it was your home." N/N tells him, slightly confused.

"It was a place I once lived. End of story." Jack snaps, annoyance in his voice.

"Well, then you must plan on making Paris your true home." N/N suggests.

"What is it with you and homes?" Jack exclaims, kicking his feet up on her cushion.

N/N stands up, slightly agitated. "Well, for one thing, its something every normal person wants," She goes to walk but Jack won't move his legs. "And for another thing, its a thing where you-" She trails off.

"What?" Jack asks.

"Oh just forget it." She climbs on top of the cushion and lands on the ground

"Fine." Jack says.

The door opens and Ralph comes in with Copper and N/N gasps, grateful.

"Oh, thank goodness its you." N/N sighs in relief. "Just please remove him from my sight." She points to Jack.

"What have you done to her?" Ralph accusingly questions to Jack.

"Me?" Jack asks in disbelief, facing them. "Its her!" He points to N/N.

"Hah!" N/N exclaims throwing her arms in the air and walking out the small room closing the door behind her and walking off.

"Oh, no." Ralph mocks, holding Tod close to his face. "An unspoken attraction?"

Jack gasps and faces Ralph in disbelief. "Attraction?" He asks in disbelief. "For that little brat? Have you lost your mind!?"

"I was only asking a simple question." Ralph defends himself.

"Attraction!" Jack steps out of the small room and walks off on the opposite direction of N/N. "Ridiculous."

Flying through the forest were the shadows, growling as they fly behind the train. Some of the shadows go in the front of the train, making it heat up.

Ralph was walking past a man and woman holding the traveling papers. He overheard the man say, "Last month the traveling papers were blue, but now they are red."

He looks at their traveling papers and saw red and looked back at his and saw blue. He groans. He scurried back to his room, bumping into people and he opened the door to see Jack looking through the travel papers and N/N asleep. He closed the door behind him.

"It's what I hate about this government." He states. "Everything's in red."

"Red?" Jack exclaims, standing up.

"I propose we move to the baggage car." Ralph suggests. "Quickly- before the guards come."

Jack nods and grabs some cases and hands them to Ralph.

"I propose we get off this train." Jack suggests.

Outside was the shadows and Copper barks at it. One of them comes up to the window and makes a face, causing Copprer to whine.

"Hey." Jack says, nudging N/N and she hits him in the face. "Ow!" He falls back to the cushion.

"Oh, sorry." N/N apologizes, sitting up. "I thought you were someone el-" She notices it was Jack. "Oh, it's you. Well, that's okay then."

He grabs the rest of the luggage and grabs N/N wrist. "Come on. We gotta go."

"Where are we going?" N/N asks, confused.

"I think you broke my nose." Jack sates.

N/N sighs and fixes her coat. "Men are such babies." She rolls her eyes as she follows after them.

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