Chapter 12: Breakfast with the Mayoral Family

After spending a long night without any dream, Kyle woke up hearing knocking on the door. Still half asleep, he stretched and rubbed his eyes, and tried to remember where he was. He turned around, recognizing the bedroom in which he had been brought the prior night, and noticed that Ike was still peacefully sleeping in the bed in front of him.

"Poor Ike", Kyle thought. "He has gone through many horrible things when Dad forced him to troll in order to not be blamed, and he had to cross the whole Canadian Nation to find me and witness in my favor. He better rest now."

The knocking continued. "Come inside" said the red-haired boy. The door opened, and Reality came inside the room, sporting a dark blue and black Gothic outfit; on his face rested a calm expression. "You are awake, I see. I brought you and Ike some cleaner clothing, for today. Is Ike…?" Reality asked.

"He yet has to wake up, yes. Lord Ferguson, I… I still haven't thanked you and Calypso for saving me yesterday. I will always be grateful for this." Kyle answered, bowing his head forward in respect. "Is Alveera-I mean… Truth awake yet?"

"She is standing outside the door, and so are your friends Stan, Kenny, and Butters. Although I believe that the latter would rather stay with my brother rather than with me." Both could remember perfectly the #ShamlessAmerica accident that had happened years ago. "I believe you are now wondering how can I be still alive, after you saw mw dying hanged in front of your entire town. I will just tell you a secret: no matter how many times I am killed by those who proclaim that their unfounded theories are true, I always come back stronger." As he was saying so, he undid some of the buttons of his shirt, revealing part of the chest. Almost in the middle, there were signs of what appeared to be fatal gunshots. "Touch these wounds, and believe, my boy. These wounds are from the last time I died, about 2 months ago."

Kyle reached, and felt the borders of the lacerated skin, and shivered. Reality was right, again. He then heard the voice of Ike, who had meanwhile woken up. "Good morning, Kyle! Good morning, Mister Reality!" he greeted them cheerfully.

After Reality had helped Ike getting off the bed, the two Broflovski brothers went to the bathroom nearby and proceeded to wash their faces and comb their hair; after doing so, they returned to the bedroom, and wore their new clothing. Kyle wore a long-sleeved, white shirt, dark green pants, a bronze vest, gray, knee-high socks, black Oxford shoes, and a tie of the same shade of green of his eyes. Ike wore a white, starched chemise, dark blue pants that arrived at his knees with a pair of suspenders, a light blue knitted sweater, navy stockings and low-heeled, dark brown T-bar sandals.

Both the Broflovski brothers exited the room, and just like Reality had told them, Truth and their friends were standing outside, all of them were well-dressed, including Kenny, who had ditched his orange parka in favor of more elegant clothing, and had his blond hair well-combed. "Good morning, guys! You look so elegant!" Kyle exclaimed. "And so do you and Ike. Come with me, the others are downstairs in the Great Hall, waiting for us to start breakfast." Truth answered, and led her friends into the Palace's hallways, until they reached a massive wooden door decorated with inlays. Soon, Terrance, Phillip, Sally, the Queef Sisters and every other kid that had come with Kyle into Imaginationland arrived in front of the door, dressed in Victorian-style, daywear. Truth knocked at the door, and it opened, revealing a room with frescoed walls, high ceilings, and crystal chandeliers. Across the rooms, there were located many long tables with 15 seats each, and at the other part of the room, in front of a wall covered in glass windows, there stood a long table at which the Mayor's family was sitting.

In the exact middle of the table's length, there sat Calypso, next to her daughter Tethys, and surrounded by her whole family. Whole? Probably not, because although some chairs were filled by members of the Mayoral family, others were empty. Going left to right, there were: 3 empty chairs (one of which was bigger than the others), a young Albino woman dressed in pastel tones, Minerva, dressed in red and coal clothing, a fourth empty seat, Lilith dressed in a black and purple Gothic Lolita dress, Lady Caoimhe in a green Victorian dress with the starched collar, Tethys, Calypso, a fifth empty seat, the former Mayor of Imaginationland, Reality, Truth's seat, 2 more empty seats, a chubby boy of about 10 who was a miniature copy of Lord Fantasy, a girl of about the same age of Minerva, but with brown, smooth hair and a dark green winter dress, a young woman with red hair held in a braid who had pearl earrings on her pointed ears, and finally, a last empty chair. From the windows behind the Mayor's family, the kids could see that during the night it had snowed so much that the gardens outside were covered in a thick layer of snow.

Calypso stood up: "Greetings to you, inhabitants of the Real World and Guests of the Ferguson Family! In a matter of minutes, you may begin eating breakfast, but for now, I would like to ask Kyle, Ike, Sir Stoot, Sir Argyle, their wives, and Sally to come to sit next to us." The kid and the Canadians obeyed, and proceeded to sit. Ike and Kyle sat between Truth and the chubby, curly boy; Sally sat next to the girl with the pearl earrings, and seeing her natural gracefulness and soft smile, the child thought that the girl was actually a mermaid. The remaining 4 Canadians sat near the Albino girl, and soon after, the children of South Park sat at the tables. Calypso clapped twice, and the tables filled themselves with trays full of cakes and pastries, bowls full of winter fruits, and teapots full of hot tea. Never, in their whole lives, they would have expected such abundance on food.

At the Mayor's table, Kyle met Truth's cousins. "Kyle and Ike, may I present you my only biologically male cousin, Ronwan, lastborn of my Aunt and Uncle." The chubby boy reminded Kyle of his cousin Kyle Schwartz, but far more funnier. "Sally is sitting next to Lystra. Her sister Ondyne is spending the Christmas Holidays with her boyfriend, Quartz V of the Noble House Goldhead." "Hi! You must be Kyle and Ike, are you? Nice to meet you!" greeted them Ronwan.

"Next to Lilith, there's Venus. Did you know that she just turned 18? Between her and Minerva there's Yvette's seat; she went to Merrytree Fortress while it was still night, and will return this evening. The Canadians are sitting at Galatea, Apollonia, Raphaela and Gabriella's places; they all got married and will return on December the 24th for the Christmas Eve Dinner and Grand Ball, at which the most influent families in the whole Imaginationland and near kingdoms will take part. You must all come, it will be fun!" In that moment, the door opened, and a servant announced: "Lady Mayor, your husband Lord Adrian Rainmond has returned sooner from his journey and is now arrived at the Palace." Calypso jumped from her seat in joy, and ran to the door. "Bring me to him, Nelson." She demanded. Nelson nodded, and led the Mayor outside the Great Hall. A few minutes after, Calypso returned with a tall man with dark blond hair that arrived to his shoulders, blue eyes, and a cleft chin. He was wearing a dark blue, baroque-style coat, a white shirt with strings, and had a sword at his belt; as soon as he and Calypso came inside the Hall, Tethys ran to her father exclaiming: "Daddy Adri! You're back soon!" and started laughing merrily as her father swooped her up and started kissing her cheeks.

While watching them, Kyle could only think a simple thought: "I wish that I had a father who loved and respected me, Ike and Mom, just like Lord Adrian respects his wife and child." Reality realized that Kyle was not feeling happy anymore, and gave him the permission to leave, and asked Nelson to show the Mayoral Library to the boy.

Guys! Sorry it took me so long! I hope this was worth the wait!