rebel by choice

chapter 13 ( black dragon bread )

Fiona gets up and dusts herself off. the two little girls still clinging to her dress. so these two are your sisters? asked Thorn. Fiona then nods her head but before she can answer any more question. a women voices yelling farya! fauna! where are you two!?  then the women look at Fiona. Fiona!  have you seen your two troublesome sisters? Fiona then points behind her . farya, fauna, just what do you think you doing? did I explicitly tell you two to stay where I could see you? now come out this instant! the women booms. the two girls come out from behind Fiona with their heads down.  now then what do you have to say for yourselves? the women asked with her arms crossed and a furious look on her face. we are sorry mama said the two little girls. her expression softens but only a little. just what were the two of you thinking of running off like that? do you have any idea how worried I was ? not to mention your father.farya, fauna you have to learn to do as your told. what if you had not run into your sister or I could not find you. we might have never seen you and you might have never come home. do you want that to never see your family again? no mama cried the girl running to hug her. she picks them up in her arms and hugged them tightly. here, here little ones. once the crying had stopped she set them down and patted their heads and grabbed both by the ear. now then time to go home and see what your father as to say.  she began to drag them off but then she stopped. 

  Fiona, why don't you and your friend come to the Barkey with us. your father needs tests subject for his new invention and I want to thank you for helping me find these troublesome two.  mother, that very sweet but were .. busy said Fiona. now, now dear I insisted, oh hello Diana dear, hi Mrs.flame said Diana how are your parents? she asked, their find she replied. good, im glad to hear it. oh who your new friend Fiona? oh right, mama this is Thorn. hello dear its nice to see Fiona making more friends. mom! shouts Fiona in embarrassed.

 they began to walk behind Fiona mother while she tows along the twins by their ears.  so thorn, I have never seen you around before, are you and your family passing through town? asked Fiona, mother.  yes, my family has business to attend to here. really! what sort of business? she asked. well, she looks to Fiona and Diana for help but they are as lost as she is . then Diana spoke up, her family has business at the castle. the castle?! shouted the women, my that is impressive. yes said, Thorn .

 mama! did you find them? asked a man with a worried expression. yes, papa, I  found them she said releasing their ears which were now red .  do you two have something to say to papa? yes, mama said the two little girl unison. were sorry for running off papa the two said with their best puppy dog eyes. he picked up the girls in a great big bear huge.   good now then, why don't I get you though treats I promise says the women as she disappears.  she reappears a moment later with a tray. here we are girls, fresh out of the oven. she set down the tray and sits down at the table. come, sit, eat their plenty for everyone.  everyone rushed over to the table and sits down now then let my husband tell you what everything is.  thank you, mama, we have the regular things we sell here but what I really need your opponent on is the thing we are going to be selling at the festival tomorrow.

 there are three new things first a blackberry and raspberry cupcake then a lemon and liver pie and last but not less black dragon bread. which is not really new but this will be the first year we sell it at the festival, so it has to be perfect its what made my family Barkey famous. everyone was presented with a sample of each. ok now that everyone has a sample lets dig in. mama what about us? asked farya from her seat next to her papa. do you think you deserve some after the stunt you both pull today? she asked in an indifferent voices.

 it became quiet after that, once everyone had sampled everything. they rated from worst to favorite. needless to say, the lemon and liver pie was the worst and the black dragon bread was everyone favorite. the black dragon bread was awesome! exclaimed thorn. thank you said Fiona papa. what makes it so good? asked thorn, well the recipe has been passed down ever since my great, great, great grandfather opened up the first "flame bakery". legend has it he received the recipe from a dragon. cool, how did he get it? asked Thorn wide-eyed. well a long, long time ago. papa im sure she doesn't want to hear the myth of how great grandpa finaris got the recipe from a dragon.  it's not real, he probably got lost that night and had to make up some crazed story so he could keep the Barkey open. now Fiona whether you believe the legend or not is up to you but it still apart of our family history. without your grandfather and his discovery of how to turn the bread black without burring it, who knows where our family would be today. so I want you to at less be appreciative of not only your grandfather sacrifice but of are ancestry too. yes mama said Fiona