Chapter 12: A Morning

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I heard someone walking down the staircase. I looked up to see Scarlet, seemingly hiding something behind her back. When she saw me, she bared a look of surprise.

Scarlet: "Oh, Beth, good morning. I thought I would be the first one up."

Mahale: "What are you hiding?"

She sighed.

Scarlet: "No time for greetings I suppose..."

Scarlet: "It's nothing to concern yourself with."

First Hikari, now Scarlet. Why does nobody trust me here?

Mahale: "Right..."

Sol: "G'morning Scarlet!"

Scarlet: "Oh... good morning. Are you making breakfast?"

Sol: "Yup! All by myself!"

Scarlet: "How thoughtful of you."

As I expected, Scarlet stared at Sol, and looked amazed at Sol's cooking skills.

Mahale: "Showoff."

Sol responded with a cheerful grin.

I heard another person slowly making their way downstairs. It was Luna.

Mahale: "Oh, hello Luna. Did you sleep well?"

Luna just looked at me fearfully. She was clearly still getting over the events of yesterday. After a few seconds, she looked towards the ground, and sat on a chair across from me.

Mahale: "Well... if you need anything, I'm here."

Luna's voice was so quiet, it's a miracle I even heard her.

Luna: "...Thank you."

After a while, more and more people came flooding downstairs into the living room, until everyone except for Zero, Artemis, Apollo, and Cerulean were here. After a short period of greetings and other pleasantries, a loud voice came echoing from the dining hall.

Sol: "FOOD'S READY!!"

We decided that we might as well start eating, after all, there weren't many other things we could do. After the 8 of us entered the dining hall, we were greeted by a plethora of food on a long table with 8 seats for each side. Most of us just stared in amazement.

Catty: "Syo... much... food... nya..."

Catty was drooling.

Sol: "Please sit down and help yourselves!"

As we all started to take our seats, I instinctively sat down next to Marine.

Marine: "Hm?"

I brought my voice to a whisper.

Mahale: "We need to talk about what happened at the kingdom."

Marine: "Kingdom? What are you talking about?"

Mahale: "Do you... not remember?"

Marine just looked at me, confused.

Marine: "No...?"

If Marine didn't remember, that means that anything I say about it will go completely over his head.

Mahale: "Nevermind. It was probably just a weird dream."

Marine: "...Ok then."

With that, we all begun eating our food. It was the best food I've ever had, well, it probably was. I didn't really remember much so I MIGHT'VE eaten something better, but I doubt it.

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