Star Ocean: Till The End Of Time Fan Fiction ❯ Dodger Huxley: Albel's First Apprentince ❯ Dodger's Feast ( Chapter 7 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Later that day, Dodger layed on the ground face down exhausted. "Get up, worm."commanded Albel. Dodger had to catch her breath for a second before replying.


"Cant I have a break now?"she asked not moving from her face down position. Albel grabbed her by the tail and lifted her off the ground.


"You dont need a break."he said coldly. "Now give me 100 more!"he threw her back onto the ground.


"Ouch!"cried Dodger as she hit the hard ground. There was nothing she could do but obey. She rolled over onto her back. She painfully rose her upper body. Then she slowly lowered it back down. "One." she did it again. "Two." again. "Three." Once more. "Fo- you know what?! Screw this!"she stood up. "You said I could eat breakfast after my morning training!" She pointed out the horizon. "Look! The sun is already going down! That means I missed breakfast and lunch! Two whole meals! I think I lost a pound or 2!"


"Good work, porky." He walked off. "Let's see if you can lose more than that next time." Dodger ran after him.


"Dont leave me! My navigation skills suck!"she whined.



Once back at the castle..."it was just horrible!"complained Dodger to Moca. Dodger sat on her bed telling Moca of her very first day of training. "He made me do 500 sit ups and push ups! And made me run a whole lot! And I had to fight several monsters all at once!"Moca was banaging Dodger's arm which had a nasty bruise on it from battling.


"Im sorry to hear that, Dodger. But did you really expect becoming a soldier would be easy?"she tightened the bandages on her. "All done." Dodger examined her arm.


"Thanks. Well, actually, no, I didnt think it'd be easy."she lowered her arm. "But I didnt expect it to be this harsh!"she crossed her arms. "That guy is a jerk....with a big head!"


"Funny you should mention that, a couple of servants came by earlier today and fixed that dent he made in the wall yesterday."said Moca closing up her first aid kit and then sliding it under her bed. There was a knock at the door.


"Come in."said both in unison. The door slowly creaked open. Woltar entered.


"Dodger Huxley."he started.


"Yes?"she curiously tilted her head to one side.


"A feast in your name is in order."he confirmed. Now Dodger's eyes were all big sparkley.


"F-f-f-f-feast?!"she licked her lips.


"Yes, and we would greatly appreciate it if you would-"but before Woltar could finish Dodger zoomed pass him like a mad man on fire.


"Alright! Now thats what Im talking about!"cheered the menodix as she raced down the hallway. "Man, Im starving! I bet Moca was in on this!"she began to speed up as she got more and more excited. Her mouth began to water as she imagined all the tastey foods that would be served at her very own feast. As she turned a corner her acceleration came to a sudden and complete stop. She fell back and landed on her butt. "oof!"she rubbed her bottom. "That hurt."she said wincing.


"Maggot! Watch where you're going!"screamed Albel getting up off of the floor.Dodger stood up and brushed herself off.


"Sorry about that."she rubbed the back of her head.


"There are limits even to stupidity."


"You callin' me stupid?!"she yelled.


"I dont see anyone else here!"he yelled back.


"Well, if you're so much better than me then how come I'm the one getting a feast in my name?"she placed her hands on her hips.


"You fool, all new soldiers in training get their own feast!"Dodger blinked.


"Oh..well anyway, Im starving so Im gonna go eat! Hmph!"she walked down the hall to find the dining room.


"Just dont eat the whole feast, porky."he said under his breath. A flying rock made contact with his face.




"Wow! Look at all the delicious foods!"thought Dodger sitting at the large dining room table. Other soldiers sat at the table as well. The king of Airiglyph was standing at the end of the table saying a few words about their new soldier in training. But Dodger wasnt paying much attention. She was just eyeing all the dishes on the big table.


"And with that let us feast upon the food before us!"finished the king. That part Dodger actually heard. The first thing she wanted was some meat. So she reached over the table and snatched a drum stick off the turkey. She had to hurry because it seemed that the other soldiers were very hungry too. Food was disappearing fast. Dodger quickly got herself some mashed potatoes, stuffing, greens, sweet potatoes, slice of ham, a piece of steak(Wow! Thats this is what I call a feast! Wish I was there! Steak, ham, and turkey?!). She just needed one more thing to make her plate completed. Bread. There sat a single untouched dinner roll. And it was all hers. She reached over for it at the same time someone else's hand did. Albel's. Both froze. They stared each other down.


"Uh Oh."said Moca. Both grabbed for the dinner roll and began fighting over it.


"Give it here, you worm!"yelled Albel.


"It's mine, pube head!"yelled back Dodger. Some of the other soldiers snickered while watching this little confrontation. The quarrel over the dinner roll continued until it accidently slipped out their grasp. It rolled off the table and fell on the floor. Just at the right time, Coconut happened to hop up. He spotted the roll and happily ate it.


"Look at that you did!"


"What I did?! This is my feast!"


"I dont care! That roll was mine!"


"Oh I'll give ya a roll alright! I'll roll my foot up your-"


"Dodger!"interupted Moca.