"Who could that be?" Anne asked annoyed, she her fork halfway to her mouth.
"I'll get it." Mana said jumping up out of her chair. Tia looked watched her go.
"I wonder who she's waiting for, I mean I don't even think he knows you guys are in." Tia said. Lina looked at the two girls confused.
"Who?" She asked.
Tia was about to answer her but it got answered by Mana yelling his name. "GGGGRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEGGGGGGGGGG!!!!" Anne rolled her eyes. Tia put her face in her hands, Lina and Zelgadiss stared blankly at the two.
"Who's Greg?" Zel whispered to Lina. Lina's looked at him.
"How should I know, I only met the girl yesterday." She whispered back.
"I just thought you might know that's all." He replied. Just then Mana came through the door, her arm linked through a tall guy's arm. He was about a head taller than she was and with short black hair and blue eyes. He wore a white shirt and blue jean shorts on his feet had on black thongs.
"Guys guess what, Greg's here!" Mana said.
"Really? We couldn't tell. Mana you only just screamed his name for the whole neighberhood to hear." Tia pointed out.
Mana rolled her eyes. "Greg do you want to eat?" Tia asked. "We have plenty."
"Sure," Greg said pulling up a chair, while Mana and Anne got him a plate, fork,cup and bowl. "Mmmm smells good. Who made it?"
"Well I made the noodles, Anne and me made the sauce and Lina made the salad and Tia made the garlic bread." Mana said.
"Okay. Hey Tia hows Luke?"Greg asked with a half smile.
Tia smiled a little. "He's okay, He said that he was going to be here in about two days so be ready to put him up for awhile."
"Sure thing, and Anne,"he said looking at her. "How's your guy...whats his name tall, handsome..."
"Brandon?" Anne said looking up from her plate her fork half way to her mouth. "He's doing fine, he went to see his parents in Nevada."
When Greg was sitting and talking with the girls Lina leand over to whisper to Zelgadiss."Hey Zel, do have any idea how were going to get back? You know we can't stay here forever."
"I know that...But I just..."Zel stammered.
"You don't know if you want to go back in fear that you'll be what you were before you came here. Right?" Lina finished for him. Zel nodded.
"But I know we need to go back. We are supposed to go to Gourry's and Shilphiel's wedding." Zel said taking a bite of his salad.
"I know that too. So how in the name of Cephied did he send us here? He was an evil mage, but even then he couldn't have known about this place. Besides all he did was raise his hand so it had to be a spell he knew quite well. Also he does have a reputation for sending his enemies to other places so there never seen again. Only if there lucky enough to find there way back hardly anyone believes them."Lina said thoughtfully.
Anne was sitting closer to Lina so she heard quite a bit of what was said. She turned around and looked confusedly at Lina and Zelgadiss.
"Evil mage, spell, Cephied?! What in heavens name are you talking about?" Lina looked at her plate.
"Well...uh..." She stammered.
"Lina didn't you tell them where you were from?" Zel asked.
"No, did you?"
"No but this is a strange world and you can't really tell how the people here would take such things." He told her.
"Well why don't you think I didn't tell them."Lina cried.
"Hold it!"Tia said putting up her hand. "I want you to tell me who you are and where you come from. The truth, now."
Lina sighed and looked at Zel. "Well as you can probably already tell me and Zelgadiss are not from your world. My name is Lina Inverse,fifteen years old" Well I was the last time I checked which was...oh...around 200years ago... ",Sorceress supreme and bandit killer." Lina decided to leave out the part about the dragon spooker thing. If these people didn't know about it then she wasn't going to tell them.
"My name is Zelgadiss Greywords, I special in shamanistic magic and am swordsman. My age is of no concern of yours. I'm here because I travel with Lina." Zelgadiss said.
"He sounds so serious." Greg whispered to Mana.
Mana giggled, Tia cleared her throat. "You say you come from another world? And you can do magic? Can you show us?" Tia asked, bringing her left hand up to rest her chin on.
"I don't think so," said Lina. "We don't know if our magic doesn't work here and besides I don't think we would know what to do if it did work." Lina replied.
"Well, I think we should go do something tonight." Anne said changing the subject.
"That's a good idea." Mana said, "I think we should go miniature golfing?"
"All right then, let's clean off the table, clean up the kitchen and be off then."Tia said getting up and taking her plate in the kitchen.
"Is it okay with you two or do you want to do something else?" Greg asked Lina and Zel. Zel looked at Lina, Lina shrugged her shoulders. "I take that as you don't care," Greg concluded.
"Actually we really don't know what you do for fun here,so we really can't say what we want to do." Zel said.
"That's all right. Golfing really isn't that hard. Especially miniature golfing. I mean even Mana can do it." Tia said smiling at Mana who sat by Greg glaring at her. "So are we ready?"
"Sure are, let us be off!"Anne said picking up her keys off of the table by the door. "Um...I don't have room in my truck for everyone..."
"It's okay Anne, Me and Zelgadiss here, can follow you in my car." Greg said giving Zel a friendly thump on the back. "Is that okay with you?"
"Sure. But what is miniature golfing?" Zel asked.
"Don't worry about it. You'll find out when we get there." Tia said putting her sandals on.
"Well let's be off then." Mana said opening the door and waiting for the rest to follow.
"So are you and Lina going out?" Greg asked Zel as they followed the dark green truck down the road.
"What do you mean, 'going out'?" Zel asked looking out the window.
"I mean are you two going to gether."
"No. We just travel together." Was the reply. "Are you and Mana 'going out'?" Zel added looking at Greg.
Greg gave him a half smile. "Yea I guess you could say that. So, are you two really from another world and you know magic as well?"
"Yes that would be correct." Zel said turning back to watch the scenery go by.
Greg, as you could see was making remarkable progress by now. This guy is so closed up. He commented to himself. "So how'd you two meet?" He asked watching the road.
"I...we were both going after the same person, to destroy him before he resurrected the Dark Lord and destroyed the world. We helped each other and finally we defeated him...or, well at least Lina did. She beat him by using the Giga Slave using the legendary Sword of Light. Which belongs to a friend of ours." Zel replied calmly.
"Riiight."Greg said a little confused.
"Oh man I am beat!" Anne yawnd. "A day driving then off to the beach and then golfing, is bound to one tired." As she was walking past the phone it began to ring. "Ah bah! I got it!" She told the others she picked up the receiver,"hello..? Oh hi Brandon... Yeah we got in around one thirty so...Thursday? You mean this Thursday..? No, next Thursday, I got it...sure why not that way you could meet Lina and Zelgadiss...No Zel-gad-iss... Yep that's right...I know it's a weird name but hey...Okay see ya later...buy..."Anne hung up and tuned around all but bumping into Mana who had come around the corner just then.
"So, who was it?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh, it was Brandon. He called to say that his parent's are coming out here next Thursday and wondered if he could come spend the day with us." Anne responded.
"You mean come spend the day with you."Mana said and ran down the hall to their room and slammed the door.
Lina sat on her bed trying to think of how she could get Zelgadiss and herself home. Then she heard the sound of running feet and then a door slam then someone shouting at another person to 'open the door or she'll be sorry.' It sounded a lot like Anne so it had to be Mana she was chasing down the hallway 'cause they were the only ones sharing a room.
Goodness you would almost think they were sisters. Lina sighed. Then someone knocked on her door.
"Come in,"she said. The door opened to let in Zelgadiss.
"What you doing?" He asked.
"I'm trying to think of how we can get back. I don't know if there is any time difference between our world and there's."Lina said pointing to one part of her bed to the other to indicate the two worlds.
"I know what you mean. I've been trying to think of the same thing." Zel said sitting down in the chair that was at the desk by the bed. "But the thing I don't get is the same question that is puzzling the both of us. How do we reverse a spell if we don't even know what kind of spell he used in the first place?"
A soft knock was heard on the door then it opened. And Tia poked her head in.
"Oh, I didn't know anyone else was in hear. Sorry, but I think we all better get some sleep Anne wants to to some things tomorrow and...well, you might want to be rested, 'cause if I know Anne it will involve quite a bit of running around." Tia said.
"Sure, g'night Lina." Zel said as he walked past Tia.
"G'night Zel." Lina turned around and turned off the lamp that was lighting her room. "G'night Tia."
"Night Lina" Tia said as she closed the door. Tia stood just outside of Lina's room for awhile. Then went to go talk to Mana and Anne. When she opened the door Mana was laying on her stomach and drawing while Anne lay on her back reading a book. "You guys going to bed soon?"
"Huh...sure" Anne replied not looking up from her book.
"All right then. See ya in the morning." Tia said and turned out the light.
"HEY!!!" Mana and Anne cried together. Tia turned the light back on just as a pillow hit her in the head.
"What was that for!" Tia cried piking the pillow up.
"That was for turning off the light you dipstick!" Anne retorted.
Then the pillow came back and hit her in the face.