The Chronicles of Edwin, Ch. 3 "Humorous Happenings"

Edwin lay in his bed thinking about things he had done over the last few days.

He spent most of Friday studying and goofing off with his scryver.  Then it came time to pick his brothers up from the academy.  That night would be the Senior Ball for the varsity students there.  Michail was part of the graduating class and had a fancy suit waiting at home with all the trimmings.  Edwin had to admit, his brother had grown into one handsome fellow, whether the girls at the academy noticed or not.  Edwin took his brothers home.

Donovan ran off to play as usual and Michail went straight to his room to clean up and get his fancy new duds on.  Edwin joked that Michail should wear his mail and sword and the boy nearly did.  Their mother quickly stopped that and helped make sure Michail was looking his finest.  Then it was time for the family chauffeur to drive once more.  Edwin dropped his brother off at the ball then stood around observing old schoolmates and such all looking their finest.  It was quite an event.

But Edwin did not stay long, he had other plans.  Soon enough he was off to his friends dormitory at the university.  Apparently he arrived sooner than expected, because nobody was there.  Then again, Edwin was used to this.  These friends in particular were not the most punctual and were apt to act on a whim. It was not too long till he spotted them running down the road.  They had apparently upset a couple of rather unpleasant  witches that attended the university.

Gordon was running and trying to cover a gaping hole in his breeches.  It looked like one of the witches had got him with a small fireball.  Tiglits head was swollen and orange, rather like a pumpkin.  Edwin was in tears about to bust a gut when he decided he'd help them.  Quickly he cast a basic smokescreen spell, grabbed his palls, threw them in a dumpster and hopped in after them.  The stupid witches ran by screaming hysterically.

"Are they gone?" whispered Gordon.  Edwin checked and nodded.  The three of them climbed out of the dumpster.  Gordon was brushing trash off his shirt, "Thanks for the our Ed, but in a dumpster?  Really?  Not cool man."

"And what would you have had me done lunk-head?  It's a wonder they didn't check the dumpster.  What on this green earth did you guys do?"  Edwin retorted.

Tiglits shook his head and pointed at Gordon, "Don't look at me, he's the one that can't shut his mouth."

Gordon got rather animated, "C'mon, how was I supposed to know they'd chase us?  You didn't exactly try to stop me did you Tigs?"

Edwin gave a stern stare and Tiglets muttered, "...Gordon said 'you won't'"  To this Edwin and Gordon burst out laughing.  The number of stupid things Tiglits has done after someone said 'you won't' is quite staggering.

"What exactly did you guys do then?  Or do I want to know?"  Edwin said.

Gordon explained.  They had been eating a late dinner at a local restaurant with one other friend, Owen, when these two witches came in.  They immediately came and started flirting with them and acting crazy, as per usual.  They're not exactly lookers, in fact, Gordon swears one of them is a dude.  So the three of them come up with a plan of escape while the girls are distracted by a particularly good looking waiter.

Gordon just happens to have a few stink bombs which he gives to Tiglets.  They dare Tigs to throw them and simultaneously pull out the seats from under the witches.  So, he does.  As a bonus, the waiter tripped and spilled tea all over the girls.  The trio paused to admire their work, then dashed outside.  The witches seemed to recover much faster than expected and came screaming out of the building.  Owen was a bit too slow and got turned into a pig.  Then the chase ensued from there.

Edwin had a hard time keeping a straight face through all of this.  His friends were... unique.  "So, is Owen going to be okay?"  he asked.

"It was a temporary spell" Gordon said pointing at Tgilits head as it morphed back to normal.  "Owen should be back to normal soon.  Let's go inside and see who else is coming."

The plan was to meet up with whoever was still available and go see a scryver show that had just come out.  Gordon made some calls but most people were asleep or busy so the group was smaller than anticipated.  Not a bad thing, with only five, they all fit on Edwin's jeed.  The final party consisted of Edwin, Gordon, Tiglits, Owne, and a rather attractive girl Edwin didn't know named Myra.  They were a lively group, it didn't take long for everyone to settle in and open up.  Had someone walked by the room they would have thought there was a nitrous oxide gas leak.

Time came to go to the movie so they headed over.  Edwin wasn't familiar with this part of town and made a wrong turn, but things worked out and they got to the show way early.  The ticket salesman was a hoot.  Flirted with Myra and made wisecracks at everyone, he was sarcastic, but not completely overboard.  The gang all laughed anyway.  They then stood there outside the theater waiting for the doors to open.

The movie was late in starting, so when the lights dimmed and the scryver started up a loud cheer went up from the audience.  The show was great, action packed and a joke at every turn.  Gordon commented later that he would have to get a personal copy just so he could catch all the lines he missed from everyone laughing so hard.

After the show the group went to a cook out that was being held nearby.  They hung out late into the night before Myra said she was getting sleepy and they decided it was time to head back.  Edwin dropped everybody off and headed home.  It was unfortunate Myra had a boyfriend, she was really cool and Edwin found her unfortunately attractive.  That night was full of good memories.

Saturday came, Edwin took his little brother Donovan to piano practice that morning then came home and crashed.  He did not realized staying up so late the previous night would take that much out of him.  He had plans to attend yet another party that afternoon.  But, as fate would have it, he slept till the sun was setting and completely missed the party.  Edwin was devastated, but kind of glad he got the sleep.

That was pretty much it for Saturday, Edwin was only awake for maybe six hour at max.  Sunday he got up early to get ready for Church.  He loved going to his Church.  The pastors were so smart.  It was like school, but no notes or homework, so to speak.  How could anyone not like that?!  Edwin went and enjoyed the services and talking with his friends.  Some of the things said really plucked at his heart stings.  Edwin was very emotional for a guy, and several times during the service he fought back tears.  God was so amazing, it is hard to describe adequately all that went through Edwin's mind then.  So much love, failure, grace, and mercy.

Edwin went straight home after Church and studied in his room.

The next day Edwin took his last two final exams and felt pretty good about them.  He was especially proud of the grade he got on his final project, A+.  Since then Edwin had just been taking his brothers where ever they needed to be and sitting at home.  The one real highlight of these boring days was when the faeries would visit.  They would visit and sit on his shoulders and just talk about who knows what.  It was nice not to feel alone.

Edwin continued to review the things that happened in his life as he drifted to sleep.  He saw the smiling faces of his brothers when he surprised them with an ice cream treat, his mom beaming with pride as he showed her his project, and his dad passing gas in the kitchen.  Things weren't all as bad as he sometimes let on, he thought as he floated away like a log in a gently flowing stream.