ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo“Quatre, wake up... wake up Quatre. Quatre don't make me get Shenlong to give you a french kiss.” said an annoyed voice. Quatre woke straight up and out of bed.” You have your birthday today... We leave for the docks in two hours... Don't go back to sleep Prince.”
“Wufei! You know I don't want to go on that dang ship just to unveil that stupid statue that Rashid got made for me! AND PRINCE MY BUTT! You are a Prince too. As well as Trowa and Heero!” he yelled at the closing door. He sighed. Today was going to be a lo-ng day. He glanced longingly at his bed, but knew the moment he laid back down that dog would be up in his face trying to tango with his tongue, so he got dressed in a white open shirt and black comfortable pants, as well as comfortable yet sturdy shoes. He ran a comb through his short blond hair. He took one last look at himself in the mirror before he ordered three people, who were going to be VERY unhappy, to come aboard the ship with him. if he was going to suffer, he wasn't going to do it alone.
The party was going surprising well and Quatre was enjoying himself, a bit. When Rashid called everyone to gather at the starboard of the ship. Quatre REALLY didn't want to be there now. As soon as everyone was gathered, Rashid made an announcement.
“Today as we all know is Prince Quatre's twentieth Birthday. As most of you know Quatre has always been a kind and loving Prince, since he was toddling around. One of the best heirs this country has ever had. Well to commemorate his birthday the Maganac Corps. offered to build something for him. I suggested a statue and the idea hit it off with them. They asked me, as their leader to unveil it on the ship tonight.” he reached down to untie a knot and pulled the covering off the statue. It only looked vaguely like him... The only thing that looked like him was the head... The other looked like if they based it off some sort of drawing of a warrior or something. “Happy Birthday Prince Quatre!” Rashid shouted, as others joined in.
Quatre quickly left the deck an went to find his friends. When he found them, Heero was already trying to plot the destruction of the statue, while trying to figure a way to save the head...They all liked the head. When Quatre joined in, it quickly became, lets see who can plot the best way to destroy it period. The discussion was only paused briefly to look at the fireworks that just started. Quatre thought they looked like red weeping willows, and quickly got the others to see how he saw that.
Shenlong had been running free while on the ship and Wufei saw her suddenly dart over to an area and stay there for moments, wagging her tail rapidly. Wufei decided to save whatever poor animal Shenlong had found and called her over to him. Only to have Shenlong quickly jump on Quatre to make him fall over and try to kiss him, preferably in the mouth and not on his face. They heard laughter that was sweet sounding but decided that it was most likely one of the people on the ship.
Finally the group was relaxed and having a great time, when a sudden CRACK was heard and then a loud BOOM followed by the sound of the main mast splintering and catching fire. part of the mast crashed on to deck and shattered the railing as well as most of the deck boards. Everybody scrambled for the rowboats. Wufei, Quatre, Heero and Trowa all stayed back to make sure everyone got off safe. They were about to head into the last boat when on of the guests saw Shenlong near the wheel. Quatre and Wufei fought Heero and Trowa over getting the dog by saying they were smaller and thus much fast than the two taller Princes. Heero and Trowa dived into the water after they saw that Wufei and Quatre had thrown Shenlong onto the the lower deck and seen Shenlong jump off herself.
Right after Trowa and Heero jumped off, there was a loud explosions of fireworks. and Quatre and Wufei were nowhere to be seen. They searched the water for what seemed like forever, but never found a sign of either one of them, when Rashid pulled them both fighting forms into his rowboat and rowed them all back home.
It was quite a surprise when they got there that there was a cloister of nuns sitting on the docks. They told a story that they were heading out for their chores when they saw two males laying on the beach. They don't know how the two got there, but there were large grooves in the sand, which suggested that somebody dragged them out of the water. But there wasn't a soul around to see who had done it.
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They felt like they were being pulled, or guided. Quatre had the feeling of cruising on the water. He didn't have enough strength to open his eyes to see what was pulling him. But the body was warm against him and he was freezing. Wufei kept feeling like he was sinking and that somebody kept pulling him up. He was grateful to whoever kept saving him from being sunk, but he knew that he could swim as well as a rock.
When Quatre felt the warming sand beneath him he gave a sigh in relief. The sand was warmer than the body was, but he couldn't help but feel like he was missing something amazing. When Wufei felt the warm sand beneath him he also gave a sigh in relief, sand didn't make him feel like a falling rock. When they heard the two voices humming, they knew they could engrave it in their minds forever. If they ever heard the singing voices again they would recognize. It was the song they sang that made then give in to their weariness and fall into the dreamless sleep if only for moments. But something made them wake up again. The music was gone and a splash was heard and many frivolous voices came chattering upon them.
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When the two Princes awoke they saw a glimpse of a girl before they passed out again. When they awoke again, they found themselves at Quatre's Palace, tucked safe and sound in their beds.
Trowa was sitting on Wufei's bed and was actually asleep, holding on to his hand. Wufei saw that his lover had fallen asleep and the slightest movement from his hand would wake up the tall prince. Wufei just watched his face. It wasn't often that he got to watch his lover as he slept, but then again his had was asleep and he had an overwhelming urge to move it and wake it up, which he did.
Trowa muttered in his sleep and clutched the hand harder, opening one eye to make sure his lover was still there. He saw that he was awake and Wufei was smiling at him.
“Hey.” Trowa said lovingly
“Hey, yourself my Prince.” Wufei said with the same amount of love in his voice. “You know what...You need to sleep in more... I rarely ever get to watch your face as you sleep, but you watch mine all the time.” he added in a whine. This caused Trowa to laugh and hug his oriental lover.
“What happened?” Wufei decided to ask.
“The Ship was struck by lightning. Everybody was off except Heero, You, Quatre, and me. Somebody noticed that Shenlong was still near the wheel. You and Quatre fought me and Heero over it by saying that you two were lighter and faster than the both of us. We gave in. We saw Shenlong jump off the ship. But before you two could get off, the fire had reached the fireworks. The ship was decimated and we couldn't find either of you two. Rashid pulled me and Heero out of the water. We didn;t want to stop loking for the two of you and Rashid had seen our streangth start to fail.
When we reached the shore some nuns found the two of you on the shore. We don't know HOW you got to shore before we did. There was no current that could get you there that fast, and you were pulled up and away from the tide line.” He explained “You have both been out for three days. I was really starting to worry.”
“How is Quatre and Heero?” Wufei asked suddenly sitting up, and getting a bit dizzy from the sudden blood rush.
“Heero is fine... Quatre still hasn't woken up.” Trow replied a bit concerned for his fair-haired friend. He held his Lover lightly letting him become used to being elevated before he released him again.
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Heero had decided that since Wufei had somebody to look after him when he woke up, that Quatre needed one too. Heero decided that he could read while looking after his friend. He was in the middle of a rather exciting part of the book he was reading. The stoic character of the book was right about to do battle with the masked fighter, when Quatre woke up. Heero mentally glared at the younger Prince but marked his place int the book and went to reassure his friend.
“Heero? Wh-” Quatre tried to say but realized that his mouth was as dry and wood. Heero gave him a cup of water that had been at his bed side.
“The ship blew up.” Heero explained. Heero told Quatre how they had found him and Wufei. He also told him that he was pulled above the tide line.
“Heero did you find the person who dragged us up?” Quatre heard himself ask.
“No. Nobody saw who did it.” was the brief answer that he received.
Who could have saved us? I remember hearing the most beautiful song. Wait. There was two voices. A sweet soprano and a baritone... A fisherman's couple maybe? I remember being cold but at the same time warm. I remember the feel of rushing water against my chest. I-I can't remember much else. - WAIT! A remember a silhouette of a person! Who could it have been!? Quatre thought to himeself. Pushing his memory to remember.
“Heero, there were two people... A soprano and a baritone. They sang to us. It was a most lovely song... and I remember being pulled in the water... But that is it.” Quatre's wearisome voice called out as he decided it was best time for another nap.
Well that is certainly something new. Trowa came by earlier and didn't say anything like that...But I doubt that owa pushed Wufei for anything that He remembered...I ... I shall stow it away for later use.Heero decided to himself