Slayers Kids Drabble
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eastofthemoonAnother fanfic that's been sitting on my computer for awhile.
Lina peeked into the bedroom. The door creaked, but to Lina’s ear it sounded like a scream. For a spilt second she was positive that Rowen was going to wake up. Remarkably, her son remained asleep. Lina sighed in relief and wrapped her robe more tightly around her. This was stupid. She was sneaking around like a burglar in the middle of the night, in her own house.
It was all Gourry’s fault. The man was so going to pay for this. When Rowen had lost his tooth earlier that morning he should have checked with her before telling that story. She had walked in just as Gourry was telling it to Rowen.
“When kids lose their teeth, they put them under their pillows when they’re sleeping.”
“Dad, why would they do that?” Rowen asked. Then his eyes widened. “Is it some kind of magic spell?”
Gourry shook his head. “No. A fairy will come to take it.”
“Why?”
“She collects teeth.”
Rowen stared long and hard at the small tooth. “She’s weird.”
Lina had nodded in agreement. At least Rowen wasn’t taking the story seriously, until Gourry said “And she leaves a copper piece in exchange.”
Lina’s jaw dropped. She was planning to jump in and quickly change the conversation, but it was too late. The damage was done when she saw Rowen grin in excitement.
“Really Dad? If I leave this tooth under my pillow she’ll leave me money?”
“Just a copper piece, but yes.”
“Wow! Gee, I wonder if I can get another tooth out before tonight?” Rowen dashed from the room, with dreams of money forming in his mind.
Lina swooped in and bonked Gourry on the head. “You jelly-fish brain! Why did you make up that story?”
Gourry rubbed his aching head. “I didn’t make it up.”
Lina snorted. “Oh please! A fairy that takes teeth? Why would a fairy want a human’s tooth? They don’t even like humans. They...”
“I know that!” Gourry replied. “It’s just an old tradition where I come from.”
Lina blinked. “Say what?”
“When a kid loses a tooth parents tell them a tooth fairy will come and leave a present or money. Then that night parents sneak in and leave the kid a present.”
“Why would they do that?” Lina asked, her eyes twitching. She couldn’t understand why anyone would bother wasting money on a tooth.
“It just for fun Lina. My Mom did it for me. Besides you don’t want to disappoint Rowen now. You saw how excited he was.”
Lina sighed, defeated. “Fine, but Gourry you do realize this means we’re going have to stay up until he falls asleep to do this.”
Gourry hugged her. “Don’t worry. I started it, so I’ll do it. You won’t have to do a thing.”
Yeah, right. Lina thought. Gourry had stayed up and Lina had gone to bed. However, when she woke up to use the bathroom she found Gourry outside Rowen’s bedroom, asleep. She shook her head and was ready to wake him up, yet to her dismay he just looked too content to wake up.
So she took the one copper piece he had been holding, draped a blanket over him and set out to get Rowen’s tooth. “It’s a curse to be kind hearted,” she thought as she tip toed her way in. Lina had to be careful to not step on the toys. The floor was covered with stuffed animals, wooden daggers and books in each direction. I have to remember to tell Rowen to clean his room. Then she stubbed her toe on Rowen’s toolbox. Lina had to bite her tongue to stop from crying aloud. He is so cleaning his room tomorrow!
As the pain faded, Lina suddenly took notice that Rowen’s desk was covered in tools, and pieces of wood and metal. I wonder what he’s working on this time? she thought. Rowen had inherited his love of magic from her, but the boy also loved to invent things. The last thing he was working was a gadget that could automatically make toast without the use of a fire or a stove. He said he was going to call it a “toaster.” Truthfully, Lina couldn’t see many people wanting to buy it, although Zelgadis seemed very interested in the idea for some reason.
Getting back to the task at hand, Lina crept to Rowen’s bed. She noticed the boy had managed to kick his blanket off himself, again. Lina’s motherly instinct took over and placed the blanket on top of him. For a brief moment, she just stared at Rowen. Kids are so cute when they’re asleep. When they’re like this it’s hard to believe they can also be masters of destruction. Lina smiled and gently slipped her hand under the pillow. Carefully and slowly, Lina moved her fingers to find the tooth. Suddenly, the tips of her fingers felt something hard.
“Gotcha!” Lina grinned in triumph. Her hand moved in further. “This is a piece of cake. I don’t know why I was so stressed out. This is...”
SNAP!
Lina’s mental victory cheer came to a screeching halt. Something very large had slammed down onto her fingers. Lina felt as if a hammer had just whacked her fingers. It took every single amount of will power for Lina to resist the urge of yanking out her hand and screaming every single curse word in her mental vocabulary. Lips trembling, Lina pulled out her hand.
To her shock, her fingers was caught in a small wooden cage. It was a similar cage to those that Gourry used to catch wild animals alive, only smaller. The thing that had used her fingers as target practice was the cage door. Lina stared down at Rowen bewildered. “Just what in Ceiphied’s name is this kid thinking?!!” She was tempted to wake the boy and demand an explanation, but the mother in her managed to hold her tongue, slip a copper piece beneath the pillow and leave without a word.
The following morning, Gourry let loose a yawn as he strolled in. “Morning Lina.”
Lina looked up from the morning paper and glared. “Morning,” she said in a tense voice.
Gourry blinked. “What’s with you?” He poured himself some coffee. “Didn’t you sleep well?”
Lina tapped her toes impatiently. “Think Gourry, wasn’t there something you were suppose to do last night?”
The swordsman swirled the coffee in his cup. “Something I was supposed...” His face paled and he cursed. “Rowen! I forgot!” He put the cup aside and began to dash out of the room. “If I hurry I might be able to get in before...”
“Relax Jelly-fish brain, I took care of it.”
Gourry slammed on the brakes and whirled around. “You did?”
Lina sighed. “I found you asleep and decided to take care of it for you.”
“Oh, well that’s a relief.” Gourry picked up his cup and sat down. “Then what’s eating you?”
Lina glared, fully tempted to pour her coffee into his lap. “Getting that tooth wasn’t easy Gourry.”
“Oh come on. It couldn’t been that...”
At that moment, Lina folded the paper and reveal her bandaged hand. Gourry could only stare in shock. “How did that...”
He found himself caught off as Rowen sleepily entered the kitchen. “Morning, Mom. Morning Dad.”
“Uh...hi,” Gourry replied, still slighting shocked. “So, did the tooth fairy come?”
He felt an icy glare from Lina as he said this.
Rowen slumped into the kitchen chair. “Yeah, she came and left me a copper piece.”
The swordsman frowned. In his experience, kids were normally ecstatic to find something left by the tooth fairy, but Rowen was acting as if he just found a dirty sock. “Um...Rowen, aren’t you glad to get the money?”
Rowen sighed. “Oh, I’m glad for the money, but my trap didn’t work.”
“Trap?” Gourry looked to Lina whose glare had just become colder. “Um...why did you have a trap.”
“I was trying to catch the tooth fairy.”
Lina’s icy glare finally broke. “The tooth fairy?” She raised an eyebrow. “What were you planning to do? Kidnap her and hold her for ransom?”
Rowen shook his head. “I just wanted to haggle with her.”
Lina exchanged surprised expressions with Gourry. “Haggle?”
“My tooth is worth way more than one copper piece.” Rowen eased back into the chair and folded his arms. “I wanted to see if I could convince her to give me a silver piece. Maybe even a gold.”
Lina’s jaw dropped. “Rowen, where on earth did you get an idea like that?”
The boy stared up. “Where? You’re always telling me and Lori that you should always try to get a better deal when selling or buying stuff.”
Lina was speechless. She turned to her husband, who was chuckling and smirking. “He gets it from you.”
Rowen drummed his fingers on the table. “Hmm...maybe I should make the trap from iron next time?”
It suddenly occurred to Lina that Rowen still had more teeth yet to come out, and who wasn’t to say he wouldn’t try the same thing when Lori started to lose her teeth? There was most likely going to be years of this. The sorceress groaned and made a mental promise to make sure it was Gourry who did it next time.
Lina peeked into the bedroom. The door creaked, but to Lina’s ear it sounded like a scream. For a spilt second she was positive that Rowen was going to wake up. Remarkably, her son remained asleep. Lina sighed in relief and wrapped her robe more tightly around her. This was stupid. She was sneaking around like a burglar in the middle of the night, in her own house.
It was all Gourry’s fault. The man was so going to pay for this. When Rowen had lost his tooth earlier that morning he should have checked with her before telling that story. She had walked in just as Gourry was telling it to Rowen.
“When kids lose their teeth, they put them under their pillows when they’re sleeping.”
“Dad, why would they do that?” Rowen asked. Then his eyes widened. “Is it some kind of magic spell?”
Gourry shook his head. “No. A fairy will come to take it.”
“Why?”
“She collects teeth.”
Rowen stared long and hard at the small tooth. “She’s weird.”
Lina had nodded in agreement. At least Rowen wasn’t taking the story seriously, until Gourry said “And she leaves a copper piece in exchange.”
Lina’s jaw dropped. She was planning to jump in and quickly change the conversation, but it was too late. The damage was done when she saw Rowen grin in excitement.
“Really Dad? If I leave this tooth under my pillow she’ll leave me money?”
“Just a copper piece, but yes.”
“Wow! Gee, I wonder if I can get another tooth out before tonight?” Rowen dashed from the room, with dreams of money forming in his mind.
Lina swooped in and bonked Gourry on the head. “You jelly-fish brain! Why did you make up that story?”
Gourry rubbed his aching head. “I didn’t make it up.”
Lina snorted. “Oh please! A fairy that takes teeth? Why would a fairy want a human’s tooth? They don’t even like humans. They...”
“I know that!” Gourry replied. “It’s just an old tradition where I come from.”
Lina blinked. “Say what?”
“When a kid loses a tooth parents tell them a tooth fairy will come and leave a present or money. Then that night parents sneak in and leave the kid a present.”
“Why would they do that?” Lina asked, her eyes twitching. She couldn’t understand why anyone would bother wasting money on a tooth.
“It just for fun Lina. My Mom did it for me. Besides you don’t want to disappoint Rowen now. You saw how excited he was.”
Lina sighed, defeated. “Fine, but Gourry you do realize this means we’re going have to stay up until he falls asleep to do this.”
Gourry hugged her. “Don’t worry. I started it, so I’ll do it. You won’t have to do a thing.”
Yeah, right. Lina thought. Gourry had stayed up and Lina had gone to bed. However, when she woke up to use the bathroom she found Gourry outside Rowen’s bedroom, asleep. She shook her head and was ready to wake him up, yet to her dismay he just looked too content to wake up.
So she took the one copper piece he had been holding, draped a blanket over him and set out to get Rowen’s tooth. “It’s a curse to be kind hearted,” she thought as she tip toed her way in. Lina had to be careful to not step on the toys. The floor was covered with stuffed animals, wooden daggers and books in each direction. I have to remember to tell Rowen to clean his room. Then she stubbed her toe on Rowen’s toolbox. Lina had to bite her tongue to stop from crying aloud. He is so cleaning his room tomorrow!
As the pain faded, Lina suddenly took notice that Rowen’s desk was covered in tools, and pieces of wood and metal. I wonder what he’s working on this time? she thought. Rowen had inherited his love of magic from her, but the boy also loved to invent things. The last thing he was working was a gadget that could automatically make toast without the use of a fire or a stove. He said he was going to call it a “toaster.” Truthfully, Lina couldn’t see many people wanting to buy it, although Zelgadis seemed very interested in the idea for some reason.
Getting back to the task at hand, Lina crept to Rowen’s bed. She noticed the boy had managed to kick his blanket off himself, again. Lina’s motherly instinct took over and placed the blanket on top of him. For a brief moment, she just stared at Rowen. Kids are so cute when they’re asleep. When they’re like this it’s hard to believe they can also be masters of destruction. Lina smiled and gently slipped her hand under the pillow. Carefully and slowly, Lina moved her fingers to find the tooth. Suddenly, the tips of her fingers felt something hard.
“Gotcha!” Lina grinned in triumph. Her hand moved in further. “This is a piece of cake. I don’t know why I was so stressed out. This is...”
SNAP!
Lina’s mental victory cheer came to a screeching halt. Something very large had slammed down onto her fingers. Lina felt as if a hammer had just whacked her fingers. It took every single amount of will power for Lina to resist the urge of yanking out her hand and screaming every single curse word in her mental vocabulary. Lips trembling, Lina pulled out her hand.
To her shock, her fingers was caught in a small wooden cage. It was a similar cage to those that Gourry used to catch wild animals alive, only smaller. The thing that had used her fingers as target practice was the cage door. Lina stared down at Rowen bewildered. “Just what in Ceiphied’s name is this kid thinking?!!” She was tempted to wake the boy and demand an explanation, but the mother in her managed to hold her tongue, slip a copper piece beneath the pillow and leave without a word.
The following morning, Gourry let loose a yawn as he strolled in. “Morning Lina.”
Lina looked up from the morning paper and glared. “Morning,” she said in a tense voice.
Gourry blinked. “What’s with you?” He poured himself some coffee. “Didn’t you sleep well?”
Lina tapped her toes impatiently. “Think Gourry, wasn’t there something you were suppose to do last night?”
The swordsman swirled the coffee in his cup. “Something I was supposed...” His face paled and he cursed. “Rowen! I forgot!” He put the cup aside and began to dash out of the room. “If I hurry I might be able to get in before...”
“Relax Jelly-fish brain, I took care of it.”
Gourry slammed on the brakes and whirled around. “You did?”
Lina sighed. “I found you asleep and decided to take care of it for you.”
“Oh, well that’s a relief.” Gourry picked up his cup and sat down. “Then what’s eating you?”
Lina glared, fully tempted to pour her coffee into his lap. “Getting that tooth wasn’t easy Gourry.”
“Oh come on. It couldn’t been that...”
At that moment, Lina folded the paper and reveal her bandaged hand. Gourry could only stare in shock. “How did that...”
He found himself caught off as Rowen sleepily entered the kitchen. “Morning, Mom. Morning Dad.”
“Uh...hi,” Gourry replied, still slighting shocked. “So, did the tooth fairy come?”
He felt an icy glare from Lina as he said this.
Rowen slumped into the kitchen chair. “Yeah, she came and left me a copper piece.”
The swordsman frowned. In his experience, kids were normally ecstatic to find something left by the tooth fairy, but Rowen was acting as if he just found a dirty sock. “Um...Rowen, aren’t you glad to get the money?”
Rowen sighed. “Oh, I’m glad for the money, but my trap didn’t work.”
“Trap?” Gourry looked to Lina whose glare had just become colder. “Um...why did you have a trap.”
“I was trying to catch the tooth fairy.”
Lina’s icy glare finally broke. “The tooth fairy?” She raised an eyebrow. “What were you planning to do? Kidnap her and hold her for ransom?”
Rowen shook his head. “I just wanted to haggle with her.”
Lina exchanged surprised expressions with Gourry. “Haggle?”
“My tooth is worth way more than one copper piece.” Rowen eased back into the chair and folded his arms. “I wanted to see if I could convince her to give me a silver piece. Maybe even a gold.”
Lina’s jaw dropped. “Rowen, where on earth did you get an idea like that?”
The boy stared up. “Where? You’re always telling me and Lori that you should always try to get a better deal when selling or buying stuff.”
Lina was speechless. She turned to her husband, who was chuckling and smirking. “He gets it from you.”
Rowen drummed his fingers on the table. “Hmm...maybe I should make the trap from iron next time?”
It suddenly occurred to Lina that Rowen still had more teeth yet to come out, and who wasn’t to say he wouldn’t try the same thing when Lori started to lose her teeth? There was most likely going to be years of this. The sorceress groaned and made a mental promise to make sure it was Gourry who did it next time.
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