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CH 7: We need to talk. (Part 1)

"UGH! THIS DRESS IS SO ITCHY!" Ashlie said, tugging at the hem of her red and gold dress. "Four hours of 'Oh, sit like a princess!' 'Keep your back straight!' 'No, that's the salad fork, not the steak fork!' And now this?"
"Heh. Seems like choosing to be a princess was a mis-steak on your part," Tommy smirked. He had chosen the Guard option, and was leaning on the wall, grinning at his friends' discomfort.
Ashlie glared daggers at him. "NOT. NOW." Tommy's eyes widened and he backed off.
"How am I supposed to be able to run in this? This is awful," Cory added. "What is the use of all these frills?"
"I think you guys look nice," Jon shyly butted in. As he hadn't made his decision yet, he still had time before his outfit was made, and he was hanging around in his regular clothes.
"I liked my old dress better," Uni said, twirling in the heavy skirt, disappointed when it didn't billow around him. "It felt much nicer. And this is so different."
"I don't really see the problem," Nick said to all of them. "This is only for when we're in public, right? So we can keep wearing whatever around the castle."
"Dude. Nick. How am I supposed to wear this," Cory gestured to his clothes, "When I'm trying to practice archery?"
"Sorry to tell this to you, Cory," Dawn said, wincing, "But you aren't supposed to go riding any more. There's an archery course inside the castle, but that's all you can use now."
Cory's eyes widened in shock. "No. No no no no no. Just great. That crummy old course became easy years ago! Can't they at least make the targets move or something?" Dawn started to talk, but Cory cut him off. "Let me guess. It's too dangerous." Dawn nodded, biting his lip. Cory groaned.
"And what about mom?" Ashlie added.
"Yeah," Nick said, scrunching up his eyebrows. "We can't just let whoever killed her get away with it."
"She did so much for us," Ashlie said, her eyes watering a bit. "We can't just accept that she's dead and move on."
Uni nodded, then widened his eyes at the faint sound of footsteps. He quickly shushed everyone else and waved as the tailor came in. As he talked to them, Uni whispered to everyone else, "We'll talk more later."

"Hey. Hey Cor." Cory heard a voice drift through... the wall? He looked at his internal clock. 11:48. Huh. No one was supposed to be out of their rooms right now.
"Cory. Do you hear me?" The voice came through again. It seemed familiar...
"T-dog?" Cory asked.
"Hey Carl."
"Tommy, where are you? And-" Cory stopped to think for a moment. "How did you even get out of your room?
The vent door on the ceiling above Cory's sofa opened up, and Tommy tumbled out, making a perfect landing on the couch. "I've been working on mapping the system for a while now," He mused quietly to himself. "Looks like it finally came in handy."
Cory stared, shocked. Tommy looked back over at him and grinned. "What is it, Carl? Awestruck by my presence?" He flipped his nonexistent hair.
Cory sighed and put his head in his hands. "What now, Tommy?"
"We never got to finish our little chat after the tailor came in. I figured now would be as good a time as ever to use my little system," He looked up at the vent he came out of, "And give us some time to keep talking."
Cory nodded. "But what about-" he gestured his head towards the door, and the guards who could be woken up at any moment.
"Don't worry, I've got it covered. I'll lead you to the place and get the others." Tommy said. He boosted himself off the couch and into the vents. "You coming?"
"Yep." Cory pushed himself up. "You'll lead me to where?"
"You'll see."

AN: AAAAUGH This looked so much longer when I first typed it! At least I have a plan for next chapter. I felt like this would be a good place to end it off. Why is this so short? It's kind of plaguing me, sorry.
Anyways, if you ever feel like something I wrote doesn't seem like something someone would say, or you can't picture their voice saying it, tell me and I will try to fix it, or pay more attention to them in the future.
We are coming up on some exciting times! I hope you guys enjoy what I've prepared!
-Helena!! ;D

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