I pushed the puppet by my hand, he rolled from his chair to the ground and was spinning above the puppets used as decoration. Some are kings, some are peasants and some are background nuisance even if they are made of the same fabric, life distribution of roles is strange. Father says that we were born nobles by luck, and this position isn't a privilege but a responsibility to help the people and gain admiration by our well doings, what defines a person's worth is his heart and not a title.
I hid the plate under my hand and started to enjoy a biscuit slowly. They were crunchy munchies flavoured by vanilla, creating satisfaction from the first bite, they were as sweet as her. Everything my sister makes is delicious, I was thinking of the incoming time when I will start teasing her by little bullying of her general housekeeping skills, but now I will enjoy the leisure of being a tolerable siscon.
Living this confortable life with my family, I'm lucky being born among them and I have the responsibility to carry on our peace that is why I need to get stronger in the outside walls.
"Hmmm, this is some bewitching craft Leila! Great work". She was making our tea cups slowly, in joyful hamming she was enjoying the process of mixing the aromas then straining the tea. She was slow but her movements were precise, totally concentrated on her task that she forgot I was there talking to her. Well, we all know from who she got it from.
Finishing the biscuit while contemplating her, (Sisters grow fast), The puppy man got up and jumped on my face. He covered the nice view by his stomach fur and pulled my hair violently.
''Awe, awe, awe!'' I grabbed him by my hand to remove him but he hooked by his leg's fangs on my cheek skin and was trying to rip my hair off , it was more painful trying to budge him. I got up from my seat and started shaking my hair while spinning, an instinctive defence reflex that ignored the fact puppets can't get dizzy and he's more stubborn to be shaken off.
He rolled to the back of my neck and pull again my hair, it was the needed momentum to fall as a stick by dizziness. *DFe*, if it weren't for the puppets on the ground absorbing the shock off my head I would've been dead, isn't this an explicit attempt of killing!
He sat on my face ''The biscuuuuuits!'' and carried on scratching it. He seemed as an enraged dog, what happened to the 'violence isn't the answer', this is some berserk of gluttony shit.
I puled him up from my face, his scratching was annoying tickles. He kept on scratching the air and throwing random punches ''My Leila's biscuits... the biscuits...''.
His barking was annoying, I don't want my sister to turn around to this scenery. ''Stop!'' he kept kicking and trying to get out of my grip ''I said stop! If you want them you can get them, just calm down''
He stopped his arbitrary mouvements and looked at me in confusion ''What?''
''What!?''
''I thought I heard you say I can simply take them''
I got up, sat down cross legged on the ground and put him beside me ''Yeah, you can have them''. He stared at me suspiciously ''You can totally...seriously...have them, just stop this child's play''
''Hmm..'' he tidied his clothes ''It's weird to not fight to death for those fine bakes.. But I guess I will take you on your offer''.
He jumped towards the plate with his tongue out and one dotted black eyes ''Let's enjoy our meaal..''. I dashed and tossed him to the side while he was mid air.
''Never turn your back to your enemy in a death match''
He landed on the piano playing some random notes, I ate hastily a biscuit and grabbed another between my two fingers.
My sister finished preparing the tea and presented it on a platter with side bone cookies. ''I know you like playing my piano brother, but let's ...'' She lift the platter when the tea tried to spill, she got her composure back ''enjoy some tea first''.
She looked at me biting on a biscuit dumbly by my incisives '' it was puppy man showing me how he is better actually''
He got up on his feet, his steps rose some sounds and he straighten his vest. I turned toward him licking the biscuit in an evil manner, he flinched and spoke behind his frustration ''I would only embarrass my self competing with you on playing piano, I was merely enjoying pressing keys''
My sister put the platter on the table ''Yeah, puppy man has little cute paws, he cannot reach by his fingers to play well'' ''Besides, brother is a pianist prodigy''
''Hahahe, my little Leila knows how to make me blush''
''I mean it, brother is amaaazing'' she lift her arms indicating grandiose.
''OOOh stoop'' I waved my hand in a girly manner ''You are flattering me''. I swallowed the biscuit ''But you didn't stand witness to the melodies your bakery makes inside my mind. This is some bewitching craft Leila, good job''
She put her hands on the waist proudly ''Hmph, Leila is also amazing''
''Leila is the most amazing girl in the world yeah'' puppy man climbed to his chair ''so I'm thirsty to taste her tea''
''Yeah, absolutly'' I sat on the pillow waiting for her to distribute the cups.
She put the bone cookies on the centre and sat down on her place. We took a sip of the warming heart tea *Hmmm!*, while being refreshed by a cold night breeze coming out the window.
''As I tought, sisters tea is the best''
''hhhh, bro your eyes are shining''
''Oh, this!'' I pointed to my eyes shining as a cyan lantern in a lime light ''This is for drinking tea, it's just my technique activating randomly when my mind is in ease''
''They look beautiful'' she giggles
I took another sip ''Oh, yeah'' and searched in the inside pocket of my vest. I got out the package and slid it on the table to her, and I put the remaining biscuit in front of the puppy ''this is a gift for you''. His ears wiggled and he took it hastily to munch it, she stayed put staring at the package in anticipation.
''You can open it ''
''is it fine!''
''Yeah of course, but after we finish the tea, I want to show you something''
''That's not fair!'' she pout
''I'm not gonna ruin the precious tea you made in my selfishness to hastily show you my gift''
''But you already showed it to meee''
''Haa! Nah, it's packaged isn't it!''
''That's not faiiiir''
''Leila, be a good girl and listen to your brother. Noble ladies must be patient'' puppy man elaborated. Paying a small bribe was worth it.
She lowered her face inside her cup tea, ''Okeeeey'' she answered in a let down voice.
''A,A,Aae! Slowly, elegantly sip it. Enjoy the squeezer of your hardwork'' I remark as she tried to chug it down in one draft. ''Mentioning it, what did Carl say about your bakery and tea practice''
She put the cup down after she water drunk more than half of it. ''he said'' she put her hand under her chin mimicking him ''good, very good, I would give it an eight''. She put her hand on her cheeks in joy ''AAAh, Leila was very happy getting praised''
I sip some of the tea in unease of hearing a man making her happy.''An eight!'' I mumbled before I took another sip. ''An eight out of ten!'' I shouted then I chugged half of the remaining tea in a loud voice. I slammed the cup lightly on the table, *Tahe!* got out in a content. ''By my little cream moustache'' I lift my index up like preparing to dance ''I declare this is an eleven!''
She took out a cute laugh. ''Brother you are weird''
''No, I'm being happy''
''Uncle Carl always says you are like a baby''
''And he is neglecting his duty to change my pads!'' I slammed the table slightly by the side of my fist ''This is a matter in need for lowering his wage''
''Yeah, you stink'' puppy man added.
''Shut up puppy''
''You wanna cry''
''Yeah, I'm crying. Waaaah, momy dogs are scary''
''shshh, shhh, I'm sorry I was kidding, don't tell mom'' he acted as if he was panicking.
''Nnah'' I replied in childish voice ''Villain people who bully children don't deserve forgiveness, I'm calling mommyy!''
He got on the table, grabbed a cookie and walked towards me. ''See, see, see. Bone cookies the favorites. If you don't tell mom I will give it to you''
''Nah, it's your favorites not mine. Besides there is plenty on the plate there''
''You are right, but does those do this?'' he played with it on the air ''Totototote, here goes the aeroplaaane.Wheeee'' he drenched it on the tea for lubrification. ''The plane survived a crash, but we need to go back'' he was flying it all over the place.
I opened my mouth. ''To the airoport, wheeee!'' he fed it to me.
''Namnamnanam'' I chew it loudly without using teeth and sipped from the tea ''Hmhm, aight we have a deal''
Sister was laughing throughout the play. He turned ,grabbed another cookie and walked towards her.
''Here is an aeroplaaaaane!'' he repeated the same process with her.
''What? There was another plane!''I exclamed
''All of them are'' he responded
''I got scaa'' I took a cookie and flew it in and out the dark pond ''med''. ''Voooo, an other plane wants to set off'''
She opened her mouth instinctively and ate it ''Namnamnamnam''
I was backing of when she stated ''Leila wants to be a pilote too''.She drenched the cookie I gave her, I already grabbed two earlier, and she did the same move for my mouth to be the airport.
When I sat on my place and puppy man was walking back to his, sister and I nodded to each other.
''Hey! Puppy!''
We throw each a cookie to his direction. ''rahe, rahe'' he snatched them one after another from the air, those two were fairly true aeroplanes and they got crushed by a dog monster. How scared were the sugar grain passengers!
We all laughed deeply from our hearts. That was enjoyable.
I finished what remained of drops from the black elixir, won't deny that I asked for green tea but this is her always doing more. Green tea is like tea feathers boiled in liquide freeze then finely wormed adding two types of herbs, but this, this is the extravagant luxurious aromatic type black tea. Not that I'm complaining, in the contrary, it makes me flying happy realizing someone did his best to show me affection.
I wiped my little moustache by a napkin, then reached for the water bottle cause I was feeling thirsty. I refrained from pouring a glass when I realized drinking would wash off the after-taste.
I returned to my spot, my sister finished her tea and was stealing glances towards the package.
''You can open it now, as promised''
''Yaaaaay!''. She started unwrapping her gift in excitement, I was happy watching her ripping the camouflage. She reached the box, opened it and took out the armlet.
''OOOh'' she lift it to the sky by two hands and stared to the bird chasing the crescent in oscillations. ''An ornament in my favorite coulor! Thank you brother'' she stared at me in appreciation, I nodded in satisfaction.
She wore it on her wrist and I got up when I spotted she wore it wrong.''But it's big'' she lowered her hand and it inevitably fell down ''Did you mesure by your wrist size?'' ''Bro, hhhhh, my arm is mush skinnier than you''
I was on her side, '' Who do you take me for!'', and grabbed the fallen item.
''I take brother for brother''
''You calling me dumb!''
''No, how dare I. But you can do such a thing''
''Yeah, you can totally do such a thing'' puppy man added.
''Yeah, I can tottaly do such a thing'' I circled the armlet between her shoulder and upper arm ''Cause that's how you are meant to wear it. My wrist is approximately the same contour size''
''OOOh, Leila didn't know you can wear a bracelet in such way''
''Cause it's not a bracelet'' I checked it out ''Well, it does look like a bracelet, but it's an armlet meant to be worn here''. I locked it ''See, perfect fit''
''He ate the crescent!'' she giggled looking at the bird.
I took the ring out of my pocket and displayed it on my finger. ''Look! We match''
She checked her armlet ''That's so cool''. She stayed admiring it ''This a cool gift, I will wear it to dad's ceremony''
My nose lengthened by cockiness ''Ask me!''
''Hmmm'' She stared dumbly before asking ''So what is it?''
''It's a magic item for your creation and materialisation magic''
''OOOh'' her eyes sparkled more than before. ''So how does it work? How does it!''
''You already can create small glass fournitures'' I got to her back and lift her arm ''But when wearing that... let me show you something''
My eyes shined as before ''Open for me your materialisation gate''
She closed her eyes and concentrated in letting me in to her magic circling mind.
''Alright, materialisation magic, parasite craft, mind distortion. Materialise!'' I can use her magic now however I want, but I must respect the level of techniques her mind can witstand.
By her magic, a labyrinth of a playing ground was set inside the room around us. We were inside the crystal walls.
''Hooo!'' she was surprised.''This is more than what Leila could normally accomplish''
''It's all by using your magic and your level. You can actually mimic it anytime''
I went towards a wall ''Check the chocolate''
She checked the box ''It's empty. No brother did you eat it all!''
''Nah, it's scattered around the arena. Who finds more in a 45 minutes notice wins'' I fazed through the wall ''Let the battle begin!''
''Wh..what..That's not fair!'' she called out.
I get out my face and gazed upon her ''I advise for wining, to enjoy''. I went back in,''And fazing isn't allowed!'' I informed behind the walls.
''Ooooh! Found one'' I stated as I shortly went in.
''That's not fair'' She said frustrated.
She got in the game, stumbled on the bonus first chocolate to collect. She carried on playing various types of little games where the prize was the chocolate. She went on paths with swings and slides to stumble on others. She crawled in tubes and jumped in trampolines to reach some.
Some games required us to team work to overcome while others were competitions.
And fastly, two minutes remained.
''Leila, how much did you find?''
''Eight!'' she showed me the eight wrappers of the chocolate she ate.
''So it's a tie!'' I showed her that I also collected eight .
''Ties aren't good. I don't want a half victory'' She pout. She is very competitive and likes the praise she gets from wining.
''There is another one, in the end of this path'' I indicated.
We two looked towards the chocolate ball inside a prize pan guarded by a dire path of traps, obstacles, frriendly fire, swinging ropes and moving ground.
''Well, that must be hard for you'' I told her with an evil laugh before dashing to the arena.
The difficulty was as trying to snatch a treasure from an ancient temple. Sister was nowhere seen behind me, did she give up! But it's weird not hearing 'that's not fair'.
After hardly overcoming the challenge, I finally stood before the glass. I wasn't allowed to buff my physic by witchcraft.
''What! It's empty!'' There was nothing in there.
''You searching for this? Brother!'' Her voice said behind my back.
She was playing by the brown sweet in her fingers before eating it.
''How?''
''I took the stairs'' she pointed to her left. There were stairs coming out a safe path next to the one I took.
I kneeled ''Noooooo, my observation skiiils!''
''Work smarter, not harder'' she teased.
I approached her acting down, I grabbed her hand as she backed off in confusion. ''And we have a winner!'' I lift her arm up in victory. What was set by magic scattered in lights, the room went back to it's original state as if there were nothing here. That's why I chose materialisation, creation is permanent.
She lift her other arm up, ''Yes, Leila is a wineeeeer! Yaaaay!'' she silly jumped on her place.
''So, what does the winner wish for?''
''Hmmm,... A quiet dance with puppymaaaan, with brother playing pianooo''
''As you wish my lady'' I bowed as a servent.
Puppy man collected four chocolates so he was in last place, but why does he have the leisure to dance with her! I'm not envious, I'm not, I'm the only one who can play piano well after all.
I sat in front of the black and white fingers playing ground. ''Prepare, to closely enjoy a prodigy's fine compose''
I played a calm music, the chandeliers light calmed down and the ground was reflecting a short gentlemen dancing with a beauty. Her bouffant gown deformed before turning to a dress, while puppy man levitated to match her height comfortably. The table and the puppet moved back , while a carpet, small pillows and lanterns were set on their place. That was all my witchcraft.
Witchcraft isn't a usless ability but it is regarded badly by the public. It is a distortion like black magic, wish is regarded evil by the priests, thus I can't show my abilities, no matter how strong I am, I'm deemed useless as I can't display magic.
When I got the rhythms, I let them play automaticaly. Suitably to also dance with sister.
We got tired eventually.We rested on the spot I've set under the gleam of a full moon. We were giggling and smiling to each other, then we stayed contemplating the white night sky.That was fulfilling as the moon.
They say the moon is the sun's sister, they meet once in every eclipse to hug each other. But they can't reach their arms to wrap around the other, all they can do is play by their shadows.
''Leila, you want me to narrate you a story!''
''Yeah'' she replies in a sleepy voice '' A bedtime story would be awesome''
''As the legend says, from the creation of the moon by the earth's cheese, a mouse ruled all of it. An entire glob for a mouse to wonder in, rule and eat whoever much he wanted.''
''That's why there is holes on the moon, he ate so much cheese!''
''Yeah he ate so much cheese''. She laughed on my statement
I resumed ''It was enjoyable, building his castle from cheese and eating furniture, swimming in a pool of cheese, all around was his favorite food. However the mouse felt lonely, being king with no people, being in a table with no one to share food with, the joy was turning to dull boredom and loneliness.
He, in a night while looking at earth from his palace, saw a little girl looking back to the sky. ''Do you want some cheese?'' he asks. The girl nods and he throw down a piece. The girl smiled as she tasted it ''This is the best cheese I ever had''
He felt a warm feeling in his heart, sharing with someone was nice. And in every night the moon pass her mansion, they will exchange cheese and some fruit. And like that mouse found a friend and tasted other types of food than his favorit. Even if it's pleasant to be monotonous, it is exciting to try new things"
''Yes, I want cheese mister mouse'' She mumbles in her sleep.
I changed her dress to pyjamas by craft.I got up and carried her slowly to her bed, while the room was tidied up on it's own. I put her comfortably under the sheets then gave her a forehead kiss. 'Goodnight''
''Thank you brother'' her eyes were half open then she fall soundly asleep.
I smiled tenderly to her before I quitted her room to go to lay awake in mine.