"So, I was thinking, since we have less than three days before you guys leave, I was wondering if we could so something nice together, and I mean all of us." said Ollie out of the blue and they all looked at him.
Ollie had not want to be the party pooper by ruining the fun that they were having here together, but he always had it at the back of his mind that they would be leaving soon, it felt like the space of a week was only a day, and to be honest, he really did not want them to leave, he loved having them here and he really, really did not want them to leave.
"Sure, that sounds like a great idea, what do you have in mind?" asked Annie as she smiled and a gentle wind blew causing her hair to cover her eyes as she removed her hair from her face.
"I've been thinking about camping. How about we go camping?" asked Ollie gleefully.
"That sounds like a good suggestion." said Matt as he smiled and nodded.
"I agree that is a really good suggestion, we could camp out in the forest nearby." said Annie happily.
"Oh hey, hey, hey hold up everyone hold up." called Maddie as they all turned to look at her.
"What's the matter now Maddie?" asked Matt as he sighed.
"There's no way I'm going camping, I hate camping, sleeping on the grounds, my hair gets all tangled and frizzy, there's no way I'm going camping again, we did more than enough of that while on Caligo, and I would like to not relive that experience again thank you very much." said Maddie sternly.
"Aww but come on Maddie, it wasn't that horrible, besides, we have magic now, our experience on Caligo was something totally different, you can't compare it to right now." said Annie as Matt agreed.
"Oh I can and I will, besides, I don't care, you can't convince me otherwise I'm not going." she declared seriously.
"That's fine, we'll just go without you." replied Matt in annoyance.
"No, we won't. I said that I wanted all of us to do something together, it won't count if Maddie isn't there." said Ollie as they all looked at him.
"See, the blondie agrees with him." said Maddie smugly as Ollie laughed.
"But you can't be serious dude, Maddie is going to be extremely difficult, at this point we won't even end up doing anything because I'm sure she will turn all your ideas down." said Matt as he frowned.
"That's not true, it depends on if I find the blondie's suggestion worthy of my time and inclusion." she replied haughtily.
"Forget it, we definitely aren't going to do anything." said Matt as he scoffed and Annie shook her head, she wondered why it was almost impossible for Maddie to go a full ten minutes without causing an altercation.
"It's fine... I just thought that you'll be leaving soon and we won't probably get to see each other for ages... I just wanted us to hang out one more time and make it memorable, so at least you guys leave on a happy note... I guess that I was getting ahead of myself with that." said Ollie sadly as his words made Annie and Matt look as as well.
Even Maddie was a little bit affected by his words. He was right, in a matter of a few days their lives would change drastically for the better or for the worse. She had been so comfortable here that she had forgotten about the real world and the choices and changes that came with it.
She had to admit, Ollie was a fine host and he made sure that they were so comfortable that she almost did not want to leave.
"...*sigh* Alright fine, geez, don't make me the bad guy here." said Maddie finally in the midst of the solemn silence.
"Making me feel bad with all the sad looks on your faces, you know what blondie come up with an idea that is less of camping and actually more fun and maybe, just maybe I'll reconsider." she said as Ollie's face lit up.
"Thank you Maddie." he said as he smiled.
"Don't thank me, use that pretty head of yours to think of a suitable, enjoyable activity for the four of us." said Maddie as she resisted the urge to roll her eyes and she frowned.
"I know, I got it, how about we go on a picnic tomorrow?" he asked as he smiled.
"That's a good idea." said Annie as she smiled.
"I like the sound of that." said Matt as they all looked at Maddie.
"Well the idea isn't too bad, I can deal with it..." she replied as Annie and Matt scoffed at her false bravado.
There was no way that she would get with not agreeing to another suggestion and she knew it.
"Great, so we will go on a picnic tomorrow afternoon." said Ollie as he smiled.
"Where?" asked Maddie.
"It's a surprise, I promise you, you'll love it." he said happily.
"I better, I don't want to leave your house on a bad note, this location of yours better blow me away." she said as Ollie smiled.
"Oh trust me it will." he said as he smiled and Maddie felt a drop of rain from the sky land on her forehead as she looked up.
"Oh no, it's going to rain, I'm out of here." she said with a scoff as she stood up and instantly walked back inside.
"Where is she going? It's only a light drizzle." said Ollie in confusion.
"Oh you know Maddie, she doesn't like the rain." said Annie as she laughed.
"Actually she hates it." said Matt as he laughed.
"Well this isn't considered rain is it? It's just a little shower." said Ollie.
"Maddie doesn't know little when it comes to rain, just leave her be." said Annie as she smiled and Ollie decided to do that.
...
"Adi where have you been?" asked an older looking woman dressed in the same uniform that Adi was dressed in.
"Ahh well his highness called for me and I had to go see him." she quickly explained.
"I see, and what is that you are holding?" asked the woman as she eyed the bowl of cookies suspiciously.
"Cookies!" said Adi with a smile.
"Do you want some?" she asked as the woman already took off the lid and picked out one cookie that she munched on instantly.
"Cookies from who?" asked the woman as she chewed.
"From Miss Maddie." she said as the woman's brown eyes opened wide, instantaneously spitting out the cookie from her mouth and dropping the piece in her hand to the ground.
"Goodness, save me, my lord, what in the world are you insane?!?!" asked the woman as she looked at Adi who took a step back while trying to gag from what she had just eaten.
"What? I thought you wanted a cookie." said Adi.
"Why would you ever and I mean EVER accept anything from that being called Maddie?" asked the woman as she looked extremely angry.
"Well she called me to apologize for threatening me in the morning and this was her apology, I could definitely not say no, so I had no choice." said Adi.
"Then you should have thrown it away as soon as you left, now look what you made me do? I have eaten cookies that are definitely poisoned." cried the woman.
"But they are not poisoned, she assured me that they were not, she even took one for herself blindly, besides, I was told that Annie made them and she only helped." said Adi.
"I even ate one and they taste really good." said Adi.
"I can't believe you're such a naive girl, why would you accept something from someone akin to the devil himself? Have you forgotten that she is Azazel's daughter, for all we know she could still have a grudge against every one of us and she has the Prince on her side, we can't get away with anything." said the woman as Adi frowned.
"Well I think that you are wrong, do you really think that little of our Prince? Do you think that his highness lacks the good judgement to know good people from bad?" she asked.
"I never said that, what I am saying is we should know our enemy." said the woman.
"Well as far as I know I have no enemies, maybe she's your enemy. I was just doing my job and I am going to enjoy this cookies that are definitely not poisoned." said Adi as she proceeded to walk away.
"I'm sure that one of those cookies was laced with a very dangerous potion that has made your thinking incorrect, you are definitely not in your right mind Adi!" the woman shouted.
"I am going to my room, I have completed my duties for the day." said Adi as she paid the woman's words no attention and she frowned continuing on her way.