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Chapter 1: Two Sandwiches and a Horse
Nimona
Nimona has been teasing Ballister about his new date with Ambrosius for a week now, ever since it was planned. They were to: go on a walk in the woods. As friends. To clear everything up. “Uh-huh" was Nimona’s first response when Ballister told her. “Totally just as -friends-.” She had to make sure he knew the definition of “friends” to see if he got mixed up with “enemies” or “nemesis”.
Now they were on their way to the woods and Ballister kept resisting her on coming but she wanted to defend her boss if Goldenboy tried anything. So she made her boss look like a knight in shining armor. Nimona changed her body to look like a shire, bigger than any other knight's horse she had ever seen. They walked into the opening of a field where Ambrosius was said to meet. They would have a picnic and Nimona was “Not to make any rash decisions.” She wasn’t. She wanted her boss to feel like he has friends and people to go to that isn’t a-
Ambrosius showed up with a blanket and got out some sandwiches he made at home. The kingdom has been eerily quiet since the incident she caused. It feels like a ghost town, heh get it? Because there are a lot of ghosts now… ok. Ambrosius was trying to understand her. He was trying to not flinch and to see her as a person. Who are they kidding? After what I caused, I would never even make the effort to do that. I guess he’s a little of a good guy- he still hurt boss and no good person does that.
The two of them ate together and talked about Evil Larry. They talked about what happened in the past couple months, with all the accusations and everything. They were laughing. Nimona just played with some grass and chased a bird as a happy dog. She loved running around and smelling the wilderness as an animal. It felt refreshing, humans felt … weak.
After they finished Nimona turned into her shire body and let Ambrosius on even though she hated it. Goldenboy made Ballister walk. WALK! The nerve. They walked around creeks and bends in the path. Nimona felt the small animals moving around them and the vibrations in the ground with her hooves. The birds sang their songs and it smelled of wildflowers from the bushes. A squirrel ran up a tree in an attempt to get to safety from three giants coming towards it. She saw a bird pluck a worm out of the ground in ease. I always wanted to do that.
But still she couldn’t help but feel as if they were getting followed.
I’m probably just imagining things. Yup. I’m paranoid. It’s just an animal. Even if it was something- I can fight it off easily.
I want to eat a worm. I want to turn into a dragon and see if I breathe FIRE. That’s so cool! Ok focus. Don’t let this guy fall off I guess. I don’t know why he matters but I guess we can have a man on the inside of the Institution. Yes! That’s why we need to do good today. I hate this guy.