Cardigan felt like crying. She couldn't find Lily anywhere! Hadn't her friend just been here?? She didn't know. Plus, her face felt like it was on fire, and she was pretty sure something was broken! It kinda hurt to cry. If only the train hadn't broken down. If only there wasn't all the ministry people around. If only they didn't have to use portkeys. If only... It could go on forever. She had lots of things she could say about this trainride. It made her want to repeatedly bang her head on the wall, but that would make everything worse. WAYYYY worse. The last thing she needed right now was more pain. Same for everyone, really. She just, needed to find somebody who could help her. Quickly.

NO. James-y was crying now. Alice stretched out a hand to pat his head, though she couldn't understand why he was crying. She had a broken leg, and she wasn't crying. Maybe it was just because James was much more sensitive than her? Or maybe she was a robot? Whatever. She still didn't like it when he cried. "I know. But it'll be better if you and Annie.. I mean, Anya.. get into a carriage and she can take you to the Healer." She knew Alec was plopped down next to her and that he probably didn't like seeing James leaning on Anya with his arms wrapped around her.. but it was necessary. She doubted Jake would like to handle the task of taking the sobbing James up to the Healer..

Though she figured that he would dislike it more if Anya handled that part.



Was.. was Alec wobbling? His knees looked shaky. He needed some bandages. "If you ask Melanie," she said, motioning to her friend, ".. or Kurumi, they could probably heal that right up for you. I'd do it.. but I can't exactly reach my wand.." Without screaming, that was. And she wouldn't really like to burst her friend's eardrums with an earsplitting scream at the mo'. "Uhm.. yeah.. I have a broken leg.." she said quietly, wincing at the words. It was easier to pretend that it wasn't true when she wasn't repeating it forty times. "But I'll be fine.. I think." At least Alec was here now, yeah? Good thing. Alice could use a normal friend who wasn't worried. Even though she also loved her crazily worried friends.

Like Melanie.



"No, no, I AM fine," she said, waving away Melanie's concern. Her friend was probably more worried that Alice was, but she didn't want her to be. She didn't like it when Mel was scared, 'cause SHE was the mature one. But Melanie seemed to be enjoying the presence of the cat. He was absolutely adorable. What was his name, Peanut? no, no, it was.. Walnut, she thought. Alice was very fond of cats. Especially pretty ones like Kurumi's. "You're a pretty kitty, aren't you?" she asked, cooing and rubbing the ickle think behind it's ears. She pulled the cat down next to her and pet it repeatedly. This one was as pretty as Penelope's.

OHYAY. Kurumi was offering her more cookies! Alice gingerly took one and popped it into her mouth. Mhmm. She would break her leg a thousand more times if it meant more of her Hogwarts Momma's cookies. But if she said something like that, Kurumi would probably have a panic!blush!attack, so she decided to keep her mouth shut. "My leg's not getting chopped off? I'm not going to die?!" YAY. Finally. SOME good news. "Awesome. I like my leg. And my life." Very much, thank you. Take a note of that, God, please do.

And then.. Kurumi was bandaging her legs? The bandage was made for support and was rather right. Alice couldn't help but let out a teeny cry of pain. "OOWWWWW." Okay. So. Not very teeny. But it did hurt quite a bit. And it was very awkward. Especially when Kurumi and Jake picked her up and stole her away from Alec and Melanie and James and Anya and Penelope. She especially wanted her Princess right now. "MELANNIE. NUUU." She grabbed onto Melanie's hand and dragged her alongside of the awkward group shuffle over to the Groundskeeper, only releasing her when they reached him. Kurumi was holding her under one arm, Jake under the other, and her legs were dangling awkwardly. Kurumi took her over to the Groundskeeper.. and.. wow, this was embarrassing. Most of the school was here and could probably see her hoisted up in the air.

She really hoped her friends couldn't see this.



Ahh. A stretcher. So Alice could lie down? YAY. She wanted a good long nap. She definitely needed to block everything out.. the scariness of the dark, abandoned train and the portkeys and the broken leg and the creepy wombat that belonged to the Groundskeeper. But she couldn't do that just yet. The man had conjured an odd looking device that looked like it was supposed to fit on a foot. And.. what?! Kurumi-cookie was supposed to PUT that on her?!

"Uhm.. what is that thing? Is it gonna hurt?" Was this the treatment Headmaster Redhead was talking about?! Was that device going to cut her open and dissect her insides?! NUUU. She wasn't going to be dissected. She had promised herself. "It looks creepy. I don't wanna put it on. Is it safe? Are you sure I'm supposed to?" She looked at Kurumi, her eyes wide and questioning. She wasn't going to put it on unless Kurumi said it was okay.

Hops had planned on making it to the Platform a bit earlier to meet the train full of students and his fellow Board of Governors but had gotten a little held up at the Broomsticks because of a few over-indulged patrons asking for another round. But now that the pub was locked up, Harold Lagerty was now at the Platform and....kids were bleeding and such.

Great.

"What in Merlin's Beard is going on here?" He walked into the crowd of kids, pets and luggage and came up to the only adult he could see. The groundskeeper, the sign said, it seemed however that things were beginning to be taken care of.

So to the carriages? "Older students why don't we go ahead and begin making our way to the carriages, right? A nice warm dinner will hit the spot right?" And butterbeer that he had sent up that afternoon to wash it down.

:: Ganymede sighed, "It's an old bag. I guess that was just that last straw for it." She played with the frayed part. "I understand what you mean by getting controversial. I listened to the game at home since we have a subscription for QNL (Quidditch National League) radio and ended up throwing my dinner plate through a window. My parents weren't too pleased." She laughed at the thought of her chicken and peas all over the patio with broken glass, then the look on her Father and Mother's faces.

"I can't wait to fly a broom." It was an invitation to talk more about things quidditch and flying. ::

Smiling she took the wombat that was offered, and took the stick that was given to her as well. Wombats were officially adorable, she thought giggling a bit as she held the wombat as best as she could stroking its fur a bit like she did while she was holding her cat... only the wombat was a tad bigger than her cat!

"You're just soooo adorable aren't you?" Annie asked the wombat, not feeling too self conscious about speaking to her... it could've been a lot stranger... like if she started randomly talking to herself! While cuddling the cute little wombat in her arms, and trying her best to ignore the headache that really wasn't being helped by the giggling that she'd done before she noticed someone else who she hadn't met before but he'd also been called over by the Groundskeeper so she figured he must also be a first year.

"Hi, I'm Angel... who are you?" she suddenly asked, feeling the need to speak to someone possibly her age, and not a wombat... yes, that might make her look a bit saner!

THANKYOURONNIE.

Now Adam and Ameliah were alone again and he could ask her with out risk of embarrasment. "So uh..." he was suddenly aware that he and Ameliah were holding each other, and he swallowed. "I was wondering... d'you... wanna, like... go out?" GULP.

"Oh, yes. I am quite alright. Um, well apart from which way to the boats?" Robert asked, wanting to get out of the way of the people popping onto the platform all over the place. He was just fine, having travelled via portkey a lot as a young boy in a wizarding family.

"Hello Angel. I am Robert. Are you a first year too?" Robert smiled at the girl. He always found it hard to talk to people, and he was trying to make an effort to be friendlier. "Is that your Wombat? What an unusual choice in pet"

Juliet has never been took care like this by a schoolmate, because she's not much of an accident-prone. The only time you would see her trip is... occasionally, like this. So it's definitely a nice feeling to have someone offer a helping hand. She liked it. Her head was still resting on his shoulder when he replied about how he wanted to help but then he'll end up blowing it. Quickly, Juliet's head turned to him. Her eyes widened but then a smirk was found on her lips.

Blow up???? That's not good but at the same time it sounds really hilarious, well to her. She let out a small laugh but then seeing as he looked serious about it, Juliet immediately stopped and covered her mouth with her free hand "Oh, you were serious..." she looked down as she bit her lower lip. Smooth Juliet.

Let's go to those black horses that are pulling the carriages

Black horses? Juliet cocked her head to the side as she stared at the empty carriage. Her eyes flickered as she looked at Daichi. "Uhmm, thestral..." she whispered, enough for him to hear it "You can see them" he did but she didn't. Which only meant one thing and one thing only, he saw someone died already. Intrigued by this, however, Juliet is not going to ask him though. This topic may be personal to him and completely private. So instead, Juliet just nodded her head and smiled at Daichi.



Juliet took a few steps with Daichi hoping with one leg, when all of a sudden a girl came up to Daichi and even mentioned his name. Juliet looked at the girl and then glanced back at Daichi. A girlfriend, perhaps? Daichi never really mentioned about having one... not that it has to be mentioned at a first meeting or two but--

WAIT! If this is really his girlfriend then... 0_______________________0.

Juliet then swiftly took her arm off Daichi, the one for support that is. And fixed herself as the girl introduced herself as Indy. Smiling at her Juliet waved her hand "I'm Juliet".

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"Thank goodness!" Emmanuelle exclaimed, glad that, yes he could help her. 'Cause she knew she that if didn't get fixed soon, it would heal all wrong and then she'd have a hump on her nose. Not that she was an extremely vain person execpt about her shoes, but she didn't want that.

Keeping incredibly still as instructed, Em waited for the spell to hit. When it did, it hurt a bit, but not too bad. Nothing she couldn't handle. Reaching up, to feel her nose, she realized that, yep, it had indeed worked. "Thank you!" she exclaimed again, hugging the prefect briefly before hurrying off to find a carriage.

"There..." Gideon stated as the spell went to work and her nose appeared to be all fixed. "Yer wel--" He started to say as she thanked him, a bit taken back by the hug. "--come," the prefect finished as she rambled off towards the carriages on her own obviously no longer needing assistance. One good deed done.

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Her chastising of the young Hufflepuff was interrupted as another one appeared and hit the ground rather harder than she ought. Vivi leaned over to check on the girl, who was up and on her feet like a trooper.

"All right there?"



The next one to land too hard, though... he was older and a boy and had a badge. She had absolutely no pity for him. Not because she didn't know how it hurt to land like that, but because he was scowly-faced and ignoring the injured around him.

And meanwhile she was playing babysitter to an uninjured boy and his cat. Ugh.

"You should help. That's what you do when you see people who need assistance, you know?"

Free once more, Gideon moved to return to Genevieve and the other two. Everything seemed okay as he approached however his fellow seventh year was calling out another boy for not helping. The Slytherin captain. Well of course...the groundskeeper had already called out Sierra and Kennedy for being too absorbed to assist their fellow students, why shouldn't the last piece of the trio do the same? And to think one was the head boy.

"Anything going on?" he asked looking between one and the other almost as if not hearing the exchange. "The name of the game is helping students...injured and not...to carriages." The prefect motioning as he moved to where there were still thestral-drawn carriages waiting

Gideon finally looked back to the blonde with nothing against her seeing as she was being helpful and not even a leader, completely new to the school.
"As for debt...take it up with Selina."

Then the proprietor he reconized from last term made an appearance and instructed students, especially the older ones.That's right he was one of the governors as well. "Doing just that Mr. Lagerty," Gideon said remembering the man's name from what had happened. "Ye heard the man..." he added, returned to leading his group of injured students where they needed to go.

Alexa looked up and saw another girl coming towards her. "Oh..ummm, yes I think I'm fine." She looked herself over to make sure she was really fine. Then she looked at the girl knowing she should ask the girl the same question, "Did you fall or am I just the dumb one that can't land from a port key?" Trying to smile she looked again around at all the confusion. Shaking her head, "Does stuff like this always happen? Do you know where we are suppose to be going?"

.....nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, ground!

FINALLY! Her feet had touched the ground as her knees buckled slightly in the process, leaving that empty space she was treading a while ago.

Meh.

Bye-bye frizbee.

Meh.

Where are you going Davinci? The cat had somehow escaped her grasp and had jumped off to the ground, sniffing the ground. "Davinci, you're....a cat not...a....a dog." Beezus uttered, a hand clutching her pounding head.

It was a good thing knowing she was already on land. The only side effect was that she was so dizzy, vision clouded, and completely befuddled by every moving creature around her. So this is how a Portkey ride felt like, huh? Yeah, preferred floo powder...and brooms. With a sigh and a somewhat obstructed sight, she took a step towards the carriages. Okaaaay, she wasn't about to faint or anything, it seems. But she needed to take it one step at a time.

More sighing. What has she gotten herself into?

Step.

Step.

Step. Step. Step.

He smiled as she giggled at what he had said regarding her talking about an older student she knew who conducted a perfect landing "Yeah we are! " ok so they were still going along with that belief that they would be Ravenclaws.. well it was fun to do that! he chuckled as she gave him a wink. He nodded "Yeah exactly! Imagine how popular we would be.. people amazed that kids as young as us can conduct a perfect landed from a portkey " he chuckled

He then listened as he heard that there was a giant squid in the lake.. he was sure there had to be more.. but he wasnt telling. He would have to mention this to Alexa when they had gotten inside. He smiled as he heard a whole load of questions come from her as she was impatient to hear about the squid. He saw Alexa introduce herself to a girl that was standing behind him and said hi to him. Who were the rest of these people? nice way of talking about them.. not! He listened as Alexa introduced them "Or you can call me DJ whichever you prefer" he said.. yup couldnt forget that part! He listened as the two talked about bags and quidditch

Ameliah smiled at Ronnie and gave her back the >AMAZING< kitten. "Yeah, go and find it!" she agreed and watched her go.

She was suprised at what Adam asked. "Um." It seemed the only thing she could say for a while. After she recovered from the shock, Ameliah grinned. "Of course!" Adam was really great and sweet, so why not?

Dylan continued his livid march towards the carriages. Charlotte still on his shoulder and his mind a million miles away. More specially...on what he'd just heard uttered from that girl's mouth.

She'd been WORRIED about Rich. WORRIED!

...The rational side of his brain obviously thought of the possibly that it was innocent...and that he was making something out of nothing. A girl and guy could sit together and just be friends. He knew. BUT...the Slytherin also knew his best mate...and KNEW how he was with girls. So, the rational side was being shushed at the moment.

...Huh...

Being pulled from his thoughts by a feminine voice, Dylan whirled around, spying a girl he'd never seen before. She was asking for his assistance...Did she NOT see he was DISTRAUGHT here? He wanted to be left alone with his spider. *EYES*

Quickly bringing fingers up to pinch the bridge of his nose, he slowly approached her. "Yes, yes. I suppose I should." His tone suggested that he thought otherwise, though.

She'd been eyeing his badge. Gah. Of course...

BLAST YOU, POSITION OF POWER...

Oh. Gryffindor-Wonder.

Dylan turned his attention briefly towards the Prefect before rolling his eyes dramatically. He was NOT in the mood.

"Calm down, Gilly."

"Ooohhh..." And that was just as understandable as the train ruining it. This actually gave her a bit more hope. She was beginning to think that just maybe her stuff hadn't been destroyed; even better.

Lex let out a laugh when the girl mentioned throwing her her dinner plate through the window. Oddly enough that sounded exactly like something she would have done. It was certainly a very logical thing to do and well..everyone would have done the same thing...right? So then this girl wasn't half bad and maybe it would end up being a pleasure to meet her.

Lex's face lit up at the mention of a broom and flying. "I knooooow!!! It's so unfair that first years can't have their own brooms but that doesn't mean I'm not looking forward to Flying classes--it's going to be so cool in the air! Plus it will help me get better for Quidditch." Yeah she wanted to try out for the team...but only when she got a little better. "Do you think you'll try out for you team--what house do you wanna be in by the way?"

Pao was startled as the man at the center of their first year group began to speak. Groundskeeper, eh? It was good to start making a mental list of the staff members. The sooner he learned their names the better. Gibbins, the man had told another student.

Gazing around, he noticed that the Groundskeeper had a point. People were bleeding and bruised. Wow, that train didn't halt THAT fast.. Some people must just have terrible balance or something. This coming from one of the clumsiest people on earth.

Oh he was shiny. Sebastian wasn't too sure about that but he was happy to take her compliment. It was nice having the kids like him. "Yeah I guess it does." Well she was new and he was new so yeah they were kinda the same. Only he was about thirty years older than her.

"I like your thinking."

Sebastian didn't get angry often. Okay he never got angry but seeing some of these older students, wearing badges no less, just walk on by and not help out, well that made him bristle just a little.

"OI YOU!" he called out, his eyes narrowing at the arrogrant young man. "GET BACK HERE AND HELP OUT YOUR FELLOW STUDENTS." If you want the perks of wearing the badge then you need to take the responsibility that comes with it also.

And Sebastian had also noted the other Slytherin badge holder that had landed on the platform only moments earlier. He was definitely talking to the Headmistress about this.

It was a good thing Sebastian was a very patient man otherwise he might have lost it by now. "It's not going to hurt. It's just going to keep your leg still that's all." He could understand why she would be scared especially if she had never seen the muggle contraption before. "Calm down. Take a few deep breaths and relax. It won't hurt I promise you, but if you don't want to wear it then that's up to you."


He didn't blame the kid for wanting to get out of there. Sebastian was feeling the same way. "We'll head on out in a minute." When they got this fiasco sorted.

Kurumi slowly lowered Alice to the ground, giving the other girl a reassuring smile as she did so. "She is going to be just fine," Kurumi nodded before giving Walnut a quick glance and nodding her head towards the other girl who was standing there. Walnut could be mean...but he wasn't heartless.

Nodding her head a little more obviously at her cat, the feline understood this silent signal (surprise!) and waddled his stubby legged self over to the girl and began to rub up against her leg again - putting on a show that he actually cared about her concern. "I think he wants to comfort you," Kurumi said softly.

Her attention was back on the Groundskeeper when he spoke and her heart somewhat sunk. HE didn't know what to do either? Or, well, he did but didn't. "Yes, I think I can sir," she nodded as she accepted it from him and turning her attention back to Alice.

Only to see Milton scampering off in the distance... "OI!" Kurumi shouted, taking a note from Selina. "Milton, grab some students before you take off!"

He DID have a badge on after all - even if the word didn't start with a P.

Now that Alice was on the stretcher, Kurumi held the splint over her leg and was just about to slip it on her and tie it securely when Alice began to panic slightly. Offering yet another cookie, Kurumi began to talk while she worked. She needed to get this on and fast. "It's not going to hurt. You might feel a little uncomfortable at first, but this is going to help keep your leg from getting worse. They are made to keep you stable to decrease pain and prevent further injury. I've worn one loads of times," Kurumi explained, splint on her leg now and her fingers moving quickly over the ties. "Kendo injuries and mostly on my arms and wrists. You've outdone me." Lame joke, but she needed to keep Alice distracted while she tied all these ties.

Tightening the last one to hold the splint in place, Kurumi slowly removed her hand. "How does that feel?"
And then Kurumi's attention was elsewhere when one of the Hogsmeade shopkeepers arrived. What was going on? Did moderate chaos count as an answer? "We all just arrived by portkey, sir. The Hogwarts Express...broke down." Or something. Kurumi really wasn't sure what happened. Was anyone? What happened to Mr. Shifty?

At his next request, Kurumi looked back at Alice. "Alice, you are going to be fine. The Groundskeeper will look after you. I'm going to take Melanie towards the carriages now and we will see you at the feast." Kurumi's eyes somewhat bore into the young lioness in attempt to show her her sincerity.

Which was also when she offered her hand towards the other girl, the one Walnut had HOPEFULLY been distracting during all this.

"I'm fine," Amelia assured him quietly, tightening her grip slightly. She knew that she should pull herself upright and see if she could help any other students who were injured, but she figured that clinging to Isaac for a little before doing that would be alright.

"But, you know, I think I really do hate trains," she informed him, giggling slightly hysterically. She'd hated having to be on the train before the lights had gone out and it had jolted to a stop. After that had happened though, and with the mass of confused students her thoughts about train travel weren't exactly high. Neither was her opinion on portkeys. She was lucky she hadn't done anything to her ankle, although, if she was looking at it, it did seem slightly swollen. Maybe she should poke it to see? But that would require bending down, and letting go of Isaac. So yeah, she wasn't going to check.

"How about you? Are you okay? And your friend?" she asked after a few minutes of simply staring at what seemed to be swelling. Because she was worried about Isaac, she knew that. And while she didn't really know the girl he'd been talking too as she walked up behind him she'd heard enough of the conversation to know they were friends, and that she was obviously hurt somehow.

Ariana Stood and rubbed her ribs which she hurt on the train when she was thrown forward from the stop "Faye?" she called for the little girl she was with as her ribs seemed to hurt more.. 'traveling by portkey was a bad idea.' she looked around to see if she saw anyone she knew

"I'm handling it," Vivi told him, her tone short and her gaze never leaving the Hufflepuff currently on the ground and now the Slytherin she was scolding. She didn't need checking up on, either.

"The Slytherin gentleman was just offering to help, and the Hufflepuff on the ground was going to apologize for being a faker. And then we were all going to skip off to the carriages like the end of some terribly old-fashioned Muggle movie. I believe there will be a singing number, if you stick around."

Too much sarcasm? Yes. She dialed it back and smiled at Gideon, albeit faintly. "That's sad, though, Gert. I don't want to check in with Selina when I'm trying to deal with you. You have to ask permission to play with others?"

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Dylan continued his livid march towards the carriages. Charlotte still on his shoulder and his mind a million miles away. More specially...on what he'd just heard uttered from that girl's mouth.

She'd been WORRIED about Rich. WORRIED!

...The rational side of his brain obviously thought of the possibly that it was innocent...and that he was making something out of nothing. A girl and guy could sit together and just be friends. He knew. BUT...the Slytherin also knew his best mate...and KNEW how he was with girls. So, the rational side was being shushed at the moment.

...Huh...

Being pulled from his thoughts by a feminine voice, Dylan whirled around, spying a girl he'd never seen before. She was asking for his assistance...Did she NOT see he was DISTRAUGHT here? He wanted to be left alone with his spider. *EYES*

Quickly bringing fingers up to pinch the bridge of his nose, he slowly approached her. "Yes, yes. I suppose I should." His tone suggested that he thought otherwise, though.

She'd been eyeing his badge. Gah. Of course...

BLAST YOU, POSITION OF POWER...

"You're lucky," Vivi looked away from him, her hands on her hips like a queen surveying her kingdom. "The gent over there is bawling someone with a badge out for not helping. We just saved your bacon."

So now HE owed her too. It was nice to have so many people beholden to her so soon in the term. Meant things to come should be easier than normal. Vickers, Gert, and now this badged Slytherin.

"You're now a credit to your house. No one else stopped."

Annie found that Robert reminded her of her brother a bit with the way he responded but she wouldn't tell him that... That would just be strange! So grinning at him she replied to the first question. "Nice to meet you too, and yeah I'm one too!"

Giggling at the idea that the wombat was hers she shook her head. "Nup, it's the groundskeepers... He asked me to take care of her, she didnt like the noise" she tried to explain... Though now she did want a wombat!!!

Ariella was thankful Alexa introduced the lot of them to the newcomer as Ari was a bit distracted as she tried to give an equal amount of attention to Pepper the dog as she did to her friends...

She listened intently as she talked about quidditch, something Ariella was extremely excited about! She turned toward...actually, she didn't catch her name, "I'm sorry! I don't believe I caught your name.." She felt really bad about it...

PAUSE.

.... Was he talking to him?

Milton turned around and saw a rather angry man with some kids YELLING at him. BAH. HE JUST WANTED FOOD, DANG IT. Milton sighed dramatically and dragged his feet back over to the crowd of whiny, lonesome children that were SO overreacting. SIGH.



And then SHE decided he needed to be yelled at TOO. "I KNOW, I KNOW, I'M GOING, YOU DIDN'T EVEN GIVE ME COOKIES!" Which meant she didn't deserve to yell at him. SO THERE.



Milton's hunger was making his patience wear VERY thin. It was obvious that he did not want to help anyone to the carriages, but he didn't really want to get yelled again either. So he found the nearest student that was actually normal (as far as he knew) and approached her. "Beezus, right? You okay?" She certainly didn't LOOK it. It kind of looked like she was going to topple over any minute.

Alice was saying she was fine. Was the girl unaware of the fact that she was the one sitting on the ground with a broken leg?! How could Queen Alice say she was fine?! Melanie’s eyes just widened. ”But you’re not!” she protested. And she was pretty sure someone else would back her up on this. A broken leg was definitely not fine. Ever. A person was fine when they were all completely in one piece with nothing broken or bruised. She bit her lip, watching Alice pet the cat and then winced when she heard Alice let out that cry of pain or something.

Because it sounded really painful. Melanie was just going to stand there and wait but Alice had grabbed her hand. Gripping Alice’s hand, she followed, trying to keep up and not run into anyone as Alice was being carried over to the man.

There was a stretcher and a splint. That was never good. It was like… going to the hospital or something. Didn’t the man know some spells or something that could heal Alice? But it relaxed Melanie when the elder girl said that Alice would be fine. And the cat was rubbing against her leg again. The cat was definitely calming Melanie down a lot though… It was fuzzy… in a way. Like her teddy bear buried at the bottom of her bag. Melanie winced again though, when she watched the girl put the splint on Alice.

Alice was going to be fine. Queen Alice would definitely be fine, right? Of course. It was a broken leg… broken legs healed and no one would have to carry the younger girl to the castle. Wait – what? They would see her at the feast? Wasn’t Alice coming with them? Melanie bit her lip and looked at the elder’s girl outstretched hand.

“I’ll see you at the feast, Queen Alice, be careful,” Melanie said, pulling her blanket out of her bag and covering the younger girl. “Be warm, it might get cold,” she added. Because she didn’t want Queen Alice to catch a cold AND have a broken leg. Melanie took the girl’s hand and glanced at the blonde, then looked at the cat. “Let’s go kitty,” she said to the cat.