Katherine
The rest of the day passed in a more conventional fashion, then school finished for the day I went to my locker to put away my books from my last class. I knew I should probably use them to start studying, but honestly, I was too distracted to really concentrate on thronework. So, I closed my locker and went to walk away when I almost ran into someone.
"I'm so sorry." I said quickly before I realised who was in front of me. "Antonio?"
"Oh, it's you again." He smiled brightly. "Hola!"
"Hola." I chuckled. "Where are you off to?"
"I was just... Um... Well it doesn't matter. What are you up to at the moment?"
"Nothing special." I shrugged.
"Oh... Right. Well I guess I should be going."
"Ok, I guess I'll see you around."
"Yeah, see you."
"Bye." I smiled at him, then kept walking.
After that encounter I decided to go back to my dorm room where I found that Felicia was on her mirrorphone talking to her parents. I smiled and gave her a little wave, she waved back, then I left again, deciding to give her some privacy.
Once back outside I sighed and leaned against the closed door of my dorm. What should I do now? Most of my friends were probably busy, I didn't feel like studying, and now I couldn't hang around in my dorm, so what was there to do?
Eventually my feet just decided to start walking. Where I was going I didn't care, just so long as I wasn't standing in one place feeling bored.
I walked away from all of the dormitories and through a number of hallways, passing many students who were talking and laughing as they went to their dorms or on their way to hang out with their friends. There were plenty of faces that I recognised, but most of them didn't pay much attention to me, too busy to really noticed who was just walking by. One person waved to me though, Ashlynn. I smiled at waved back, though neither one of us really stopped to chat. It looked like she had somewhere to be, but it was nice of her to notice me.
When I finally stopped walking I was outside. It was nice out there, peaceful, so I took a seat on the grass and sighed, feeling a little more content. That was when I realised that I should call my family and tell them about how school was going. Since I had forgotten to do it last night- whoops!
So, I pulled out my mirrorphone and dialled my home number, then put it on speaker and laid my phone on the grass.
"Hello?" My mother's voice answered.
"Hola Mama!" I greeted cheerfully.
"Katherine! How are you? You were meant to call us last night, remember?"
"I know, I know, I'm sorry. I just got so caught up with everything. Anyway, I'm fine. Good, in fact. You'll never guess who my roommate is this year."
"Who?"
"Felicia!"
"Shrek and Fiona's daughter? That's wonderful, kitten. Now I understand why you didn't call us last night." She chuckled.
"Um.. Yeah. I am sorry about that."
"It's alright, I'm just glad that you're having a good time. So, how is Felicia?"
"She's fabelous, and she says her parents are good too."
"I'm pleased to hear that. I'll have to call Fiona and say hello, it really has been too long since we spoke."
"Well you'll have to wait a little while, I saw that Felicia was on the phone to her parents a little while ago, and they're probably still talking."
"That's alright, I can wait, after all I'm talking to you right now. How are your other friends?"
"Raven and Maddie are both good. Except Raven is disappointed because she was supposed to be rooming with Maddie this year, but Apple White decided to interfere and asked the Headmaster if she could room with Raven because she's such a big part of her story." I rolled my eyes. "And can you believe this: today she asked me to try and convince Raven to follow her destiny because I'm her friend and she thinks she'll listen to me. Why can't Apple just accept that Raven doesn't want to be the next Evil Queen and move on?"
"Her family is steeped in tradition, dear, she has a lot of expectations resting on her shoulders. I'm not saying that what she's doing is right, but maybe she feels pressured to do it."
"Yeah, well, it's still wrong." I huffed. "Anyway, I saw Kitty yesterday, she seems fine, and I saw Ashlynn yesterday, we talked for a bit, then we passed each other in the halls this afternoon and waved to each other. So she seems to be ok. Oh! And guess what happened in Damsel-in-distressing today."
"What?"
"Right in the middle of class a sword flew through the window!" I exclaimed and heard my mother gasp on the other end of the phone. "Don't worry no one got hurt."
"Well that's a relief. Who's sword was it?"
"Some guy name Antonio."
"Oh I see, did you meet him?"
"Yes, when he came to get it back. He was nice, but he didn't hang around for long. He looked pretty embarrassed."
"Did he get into trouble?"
"Not exactly, or at least not from Madam Maid Marian. He probably got into trouble from whichever teacher was in charge of the class he was supposed to be in at the time."
"Well I should hope so, he could have hurt someone."
"Meh. He didn't hurt anyone and it made the class more interesting."
She chuckled, "I suppose that's the important thing then."
"So where's Papa?"
"He's out at the moment, unfortunately, but there are two people that would love to talk to you."
"Hey Kat!" The excited voices of Isabella and Daniel came through the mirrorphone.
"Hey guys, miss me yet?"
"Nah. We'd never miss you." Daniel replied with a laugh, though I knew he was just kidding.
"Oh I see, then maybe I won't bring you any presents when I come home again."
There was a gasp, "You wouldn't do that!"
"Would you?" Isabella asked.
"That depends, how much do you miss me?" I smirked as I waited for their answer.
"Lots and lots!" They both shouted.
"Ok, ok, well I miss you too, so I'll be sure to bring you each a present when I come back."
"Yay!" They cheered.
I chuckled, they could be pretty cute when they wanted to be. "Have you two been good for Mama and Papa?"
"Yep!"
"Have you been good at school?" Daniel asked.
"Of course."
"Good because if we're not allowed to get into trouble then neither are you."
"I wouldn't dream of it."
The mirrorphone call lasted quite awhile until eventually I had to say goodbye.
"I'm sorry, but I have to go now. Dinner will be ready in the Castleteria soon and I don't want to be late."
"Aw ok. Bye Kat!" Isabella said.
"Bye Kat." Daniel sighed.
"Bye guys." I heard them run off then Mama spoke.
"Goodbye Kat, take care. Don't forget to call again soon."
"I will Mama, I promise. Say hello to Papa for me."
"I will. Goodbye kitten."
"Bye Mama." Then with that I hung up.
I missed them.
Female Narrator
After the call Katherine headed back inside to go and have dinner with her friends, though her mind dwelled on her family back home. She had promised to stay out of trouble, but little did she know that today's small misadventure was only the beginning of things to come.
-/-/-
Dun dun duh! What do you think of my ominous ending? Was it any good?
What adventures do you think lay in store for our young heroine? Keep reading the next chapters to find out!
I really hope that you guys liked this chapter, I'm sorry that it wasn't a little more exciting, but I wanted Kat to call home and just check in with her family since it made for a nice little recap of some of what has happened so far. Anyway, let me know what you think and be sure to tell me if there's something specific you'd like to see in future chapters!
- Lexa