Lil heard chatting and laughing. Everyone on the other side seemed very happy but she, on the other hand, was not on the mood to be happy - after what William told her, she had become depressed with her thoughts jumbled up. Fairly new, she saw that her body was shaking with nerves spilling from each of the mountains that built up on her. She shook it off, waiting for one of the boys to enter.
James and William looked at eachother, not knowing how to introduce the 'sleeping' girl to everyone else. Both pairs of eyes had a concerned look, which concluded into them both sighing at the same time. Suddenly, James brightened up and started to mumble something to William's ear.
"I can hear you. Do you think it will work?" Lil was unamused about the whole situation. This made the boys jump back in surprise. Shokingly, the both asked how she heard them.
Sighing, she told them, "First, William, I already told you, but for the benefit for, ummm, James was it? Basically, my sences are sharper than most people, I can see, hear smell way better than an average person." She lifted her shoulders and left them to drop instantly.
James hand touched his chin lightly, thinking of what to say about the plan and finally decided to look up. He told them that he was going to go in first and say that he has someone to introduce, then William will enter with Lil behind him.
"From there, we will see how everything will roll out." He finished, waiting for a response from either one of them. "Well?"
Without realizing it, both the boy and girl nodded simultaneously. As if reading each other's minds. Lil had no intentions of causing a huge commotion over herself so she thought that James' idea was very good, at least she hoped. She glanced at William who was staring out across him, lost in his thoughts. She sighed, not knowing how to react to his distant thoughts, she nudged him hard in his side.
"Oww! What was that for? Idiot..." He hissed at Lil angry. Her response, however, was smug and answered him that he should stay in the zone. William faced Lil directly and was about to start to argue with her but got interrupted by James.
"Idiot, are we not suppose to be going in for breakfast right now?" he held William's shoulder hard, making him sigh in anger. His eyes started to send bullets at Lil in the form of attack, but she deflected them easily. Both were attacking each other with their own thoughts. James sighed and opened the door, catching their attention straight away.
The light flooded the corridor with laughter and chatter, shadows were seen to walk by the door. It sent shivers down Lil's spine, as she thought of the awkwardness between everyone she will have.
"Here we go then." William listened though the door of what James was saying to know when to come in. His tense posture gave Lil another run down her spine.
"William... Is there anything I should know about anyone before I go in?" her whisper travelled a few centimeters to the black-haired boys ears. He was surprised by what she asked him, causing his eyebrows to raise. His body turned to the other behind him and looked shocked. His response was silence.
Lil could see the surprise in his deep blue eyes, it mesmerized her. She couldn't take her eyes away from them. She felt like diving into them, and never returning back up, his emotions were bottled in, she felt his anger, happiness, frustration and sadness. Her body shook a little, returning her to the real world from her fantasies. He spoke at last, relieving her of the stress she was wrapped in.
"Well, the girl with the black-purple hair, she is quite snappy and she knows how to fight back in an argument. I'm sure she'll like ya though, pretty much the same, you and her. The smallest girl with the pink and turquoise highlights is the sweet one, if she sees a candy in your hand, run. Now, the boys... Well you have James, but you already know him. There is another boy with black hair and blue eyes, but he looks like his father honestly. You will see the difference..."he paused to think about who else there is. "Oh ye, you also have a read-headed dude who loves to talk about the body, so that is annoying. Rather than that, no one else and not much to talk about, after all we get along with each other." He finally finished and went through the doors, leaving Lil standing by herself.
She took a breath in and entered as well to see a full table of people.
Simple yet elegant, the dining room was beautifully set with a few vases and paintings on the walls, the table was long but comfortable, with neatly set plates in front of each tired set of chairs. The food that was prepared was placed in the middle of the table for everyone to easily take their serving. Happily enveloping the room, the beautiful aroma danced around everyone and filled the place with smiles.
Lil was sweating. She saw people she never met before, stressing her out more then before, but she stood up straighter than before, causing her to gulp. Everyone looked happy and calm when she entered, some turned serious but not leading anyone on.
"This is Lil, the girl that was brought in yesterday with her mother." James introduces her to every one, leading their eyes to her innocent face with two red circles on each cheek. A ball of worry rolled down her body, causing her to smile nervously, no words escaping her. Along train of sweat fell down her face, she was never this worried before in her life.
Someone stood up from the table, on the opposite side of the room. A man with a superior posture smiled at Lil, his black short hair stood out from his pale skin. Deeper than the ocean, his blue eyes complimented his gentle face. His presence comforted Lil a lot, yet she was not sure from where she recognized the man. She shrugged in her mind, not wanting to be rude to anyone.
"I guess you are the girl everyone has been talking about for the past few hours. You seem well rested. I understand that you would like to talk about your situation, but how about after breakfast?" Lil nodded in agreement, not wanting to get on anyone's bad side.
"Everyone should introduce themselves, after all she will be staying with us for a while right?" James proposed with a brilliant smile, which calmed the tension in the room.
James introduced himself properly to Lil, which lead her to smile gently at him. After woods, a boy that looked almost alike to the man with black hair introduced himself as 'Be' and the eldest of the "children" in the room. Lil raised her eyebrow in confusion, why Be would need to state his age. His pitch, black hair was accompanied with blue eyes and a sharp face, each detail was outlined and perfect. _Almost like a prince of a fairytale, huh_ Lil thought to herself.
Then, the girl with the Smokey purple and black hair started to mumble to herself, in a very low noise. However, as quiet as she could have been, Lil heard every word she said and felt bad - having the same impression of her as William did.
"Why should I introduce myself, like she is only staying here for a few days anyways. Right? She doesn't need to know me, as long as we don't talk to each other, we are fine." she snapped at Lil, making her flinch back at the insult. Lil looked down on the floor, feeling attacked and embarrassed - she knows that it won't be a 'few' days.
"Do not be rude, she was through a lot, plus you might become friends, you know cause you are - " James started to explain before being cut off. "Girls, is that what you think, she isn't even one of us!" Once again, Lil took a deep breath in, feeling guilty for changing everyone's life in one night.
"Please be quiet and just say your name, gee. Listen you will get along with her, give her a chance at least!" A voice behind the blonde intervened before the argument was carried on in the room. She turned her head to find William taking her side, surprising Lil more than she thought. His gaze caught hers and immediately turned away.
"Isabelle, sorry for that. Just don't talk to me and we will be fine, 'k?" Isabelle finally gave her name to Lil, who was uncomfortably standing at the entrance of the room.
After the weird commotion with Isabelle, the ginger-haired man (who looked like he was in his let 30's) came forward towards Lil, examining her body. Lil's cheeks flushed as she saw the man was looking at her.
"Well, I guess that you are healed completely now. My name is Henry, I am basically the doctor for this 'castle'. Yet I travel so much that I am rarely here." He shrugged to himself and stared at my confused face.
"Me, Me now! My name is Flagella but everyone calls me Flaggy, I am 5 years old! I am definately the cutest out of everyone here!" her smile was from ear to ear, her gentle cheecks shown true emotions of the girls with the pink highlights in her hair.
"My, you are the cutest for sure. Maybe you can teach me how to be as cute as you, I am getting kinda jealous here." Lil came back with a comeback to Flaggy, she smiled and told her hat she will gladly teach her. Both of the girls grinned at each other happily and gave a high five.
Last, was the man who was talking earlier to Lil. He told her that his name was Andymion, and that he is the head of the place, he leads the lessons and gives out the orders. He smiled at her, being very kind to her and giving the best hospitality he could. Then he invited everyone to have breakfast, and everyone agreed and sat down.
Lil realized that everyone has their own specific seat and didn't know where to sit, so she stood confused looking at where she would be okay to sit.
"Sit here, its empty." Be invited her to sit next to him. She obeyed as she had no other choice - in her head- and sat down next to the boy. She looked at the food and realized how hungry she actually was. She looked at everyone and saw that they were taking the freshly prepared food from the plates in front of them all. Be offered her a sandwich, which she accepted as she could here her stomach growling for anything to come down to it.
Before long, Lil was flooded with questions from everyone. About her, her family, where she was from, her age. Everything. She considered all the questions and quickly came up with an answer.
" My name is Lily, but you can call me Lil - everyone does. I am 15, I enjoy studying and learning. I was in a few sports teams and I would always help out wherever I am." Lil informed everyone, forcing a smile on her. Then she was asked a question from William about her hobbies.
"Everyone has one, like Izzy here, she loves to annoy the hell out of everyone. Or James with his violin." He started to pick on everybody but was interrupted by the boy next to Lil.
"Just like you whining about every single little detail about everyone but yourself, because you are 'perfect'. Gee, give it a break. I am pretty sure we want a positive image to Lil, don't we." Be finished all conversations and got back to eating.
"So, can I ask you a question Be?" Lil asks quietly the black-haired boy next to her. His surprise was seen on his face and he turned to meet her gaze, his eyes staring at her, searching for any clues about her. He nodded. Lil took the courage and asked him if he was related to Andymion, as the looked very similar and gave off a similar vibe. Be was confusion quickly turned into an impressed grin. Explaining vaguely, Lil found out that it was a father and son relationship. They were close ever since his mother was gone.
"She had to do something for the council, and now, for over 15 years, she still has not come back. I know that I won't see her, but I would like to know that then being uninformed." Be finished, looking directly at his father with sorrow in his eyes. Andymion returned his son's gaze and told him that he will meet her, not sure when - but one day.
"I can relate in a way. I never remember meeting my dad. My mum said that he was fighting a war to make the world safer for me to live in. She did write to him, but lately I have not seen her write any. I was always happy when she would read out some parts of the letter to me, about how he cannot wait to see me... It made my day just that much brighter." Lil quickly realized that someone was missing.
"Where's my mum!?" She asked.