Party Time

By Amy Benton

Chapter 1: Party Planning

"I am going out to have a look around Zenith," Riven said while the others had just finished breakfast.

Bloom jumped up and walked over to him.

"Can I come with you?" she asked batting her eyelashes at him.

"No, I want to go all by myself," Riven replied leaving quickly, he climbed on his motorbike and took off.

"You know what?" Bloom asked the others, who just shrugged at her, "I am going to go too. Techna, where's the mall?"

"Over by the museum, it's so big you can't miss it."

"Later."

Bloom ran out the door and was gone.

"Is there a beach?" Lalya asked while she put away her plate.

"Yes, we are known for the best water surfers in the whole realm."

"Sweet, I bet I can beat your records. Bye."

She too had left with her beach bag.

Techna's mom came into the room and said, "I am going out, honey for two days."

"Okay, bye mom," Techna called then she added, "Have fun!"

"I guess it just you and me, Techna," Flora said after everyone else has left.

"Do you know what this means?" Techna asked Flora with a twinkle in her eyes.

"WHOLE CASTLE TO OURSELVES!" they screamed together and started to laugh.

"So what do you want to do first?" Flora asked after she finished laughing.

"Let's go mattress surfing!" Techna cried as she ran to a room to get some mattresses.

Afterwards she came out with two big mattresses and she handed one to Flora. Then she got out a slide and put it in between the stairwells. Both of them ran to the top of the slide.

"Watch this, Flora," Techna said, "Look! I am surfing backwards."

"Ohhh, excellent!"

"Your turn. Try to go backwards!"

"Okay, here I go."

Flora tried to go backwards, but ended up on her back. She laughed at her own mistake.

"Opps-sey-daisy."

"Hey, let's call Lalya. I'm sure she would love to join us."

Techna took out her cell phone and dial Lalya's number, but the answering machine went on:

"Lalya is not available right now, so please leave your name number, and I'll get back to you soon. Beep!"

"Lalya, this is urgent pick up!" Techna cried frantically.

"Whas-up Tee," Lalya said as she answered the phone, "Is everything alright?"

"Yes, come back. We have the castle all too ourselves."

"But you said it was urgent…" Lalya was interrupted by Techna's voice on the other end.

"We're mattress surfing," Techna tempted Lalya.

"Alright, I will be there in a couple of minutes. See you, bye."

"Bye."

Techna hanged up the phone and smiled at Flora.

"She's coming."

"We should have an all girls' party."

"Great idea, I will call up some of my friends."

Techna got on the phone again, calling her friends and after ten minutes she was done.

"Flora, go to the kitchen and bring out some snacks and drinks. It's going to be a wild party."

"We should have an all-nighter and whoever falls asleep first will have to do whatever the winner says."

"Awesome, I can't wait for tonight."