Sapphire: Where are we going again?
Ruby: The Bat office.
Sapphire: Um... Why?
Ruby: Me and Grandma thought it would be a good idea to try and send out messages to our other cousins.
Midnight: Wait... You have MORE cousins?!
Sapphire: Of course! Me and Ruby are the most distantly related, but did you really think Topaz, Onyx and Diamond were all the cousins we had?
Midnight: Uh... maybe?
Ruby: ... Anyway. The others don't know about the upcoming war, and they need to be prepared.
Midnight: Do you know what they're preparing for?
Ruby: Not really... but I think it would be at least polite to warn them.
The gang walked into a small building with hundreds of bats. A green lion appeared from the back room.
Maxwell (green lion): Good morning, kids. What can old Maxwell do for you?
Ruby: Do you have three fast bats on hand? We need to get these delivered as soon as possible!
Maxwell: I believe so... what's the hurry?
Ruby: Important business.
Maxwell: If you say so. Just give me a moment, if you will.
The old lion whistled a shrill note. A few moments later, three young hyper bats were flying around his head. Ruby dug into her bag and pull out three letters.
Maxwell: Where are they heading?
Ruby: One to SandWing, one to Shadow Forest, and one to RavenEye mountain.
Maxwell: As you wish.
The three bats (who were listening carefully), picked up their letters, and flew out a small bat hole and into the daylight.
Maxwell: ... Anything else you needed?
Ruby: No thanks.
Maxwell: We hope to see you soon, then!
Ruby, Sapphire and Midnight went back outside, and headed back towards Grandma's house.
Sapphire: ... Wait a minute, we're supposed to be at school!
Midnight: Who cares about learning random knowledge now? A war is coming in three days!
Sapphire: My mum will be furious if she finds out I've been missing classes, though... I'm pretty sure the teachers will inform her about that.
Ruby: I think she would be even more upset so if she found out you're spending time with Vampires.
Sapphire: Good point.
They arrived at Grandma's house, and went indoors for something to eat. Topaz could be seen sitting at the table, drinking a strange fiery liquid.
Midnight: Hi Topaz... what's with the drink?
Sapphire: ... Smells like coffee!
Topaz: What's coffee?
Sapphire: A drink that was made to keep you awake and hyper for hours.
Topaz: Sounds terrible.
Sapphire: It is. It's meant for grown ups, but I managed to take a sip while my mum wasn't looking...
Topaz: ...
Sapphire: ... What?
Topaz: I'm starting to see why your mum wants to keep you in her sight.
Sapphire: Hey! I did learn my lesson! Don't drink anything dark and chocolaty until you're an adult.
Topaz: ... Liquthera.
Sapphire: ... I have no idea what that means, so I'm just going to ignore you.
Ruby: Ok, so... who wants a snack?
Midnight: What do you have?
Ruby: Let me check the kitchen.
Ruby got up and walked into the next room. Topaz took a sip of her drink.
Midnight: ... Seriously, though. What are you drinking?
Topaz: A strong brew that Grandma made for me.
Midnight: And... what does it do?
Topaz: She says it makes you stay awake for a few hours.
Sapphire: Why do you need to stay awake?
Topaz: Reading books.
Sapphire: Wow. Usually Ruby is the one who reads.
Ruby: (in kitchen) I READ ADVENTURE STORIES.
Sapphire: SAME THING IN MY BOOK.
Topaz: ...
Sapphire: Anyway... what were you reading about?
Topaz: UnMythic History.
Midnight: We have books about that?
Topaz: Well... a few... but mostly we just borrow them from the UnMythics.
Ruby came in, holding a tray of sandwiches.
Ruby: Would you spare a few minutes telling us about what you found out?
Topaz sighs and takes a sandwich from Ruby.
Topaz: Fine. But this might take a while.
Topaz took a deep breath and began telling them what she had read.
12:30 = CLASS 23: UNMYTHIC HISTORY
ReplyDeleteClass is now, kids! Listen to Proffeser Topaz as she begins the lesson...