After working through the night, and then the excitement of the morning,
they were all looking forward to lunch.  Cleaning up thier partners was
hard work.  They were all hungry.

        So when they went into lunch and were refused, they were confused
to say the least.  then Realee came over to them...and the look on her
face was enough to tell Allora that they were in for trouble.

<snip form Barbs>

There were some mumbles of disbelief and others saying she couldn't make
them do the work. Realee just smiled in a sweet turn of her lips that
would
have rivaled her daughter at her worst.

"Oh and any of you who think I'm kidding... ask your dragons," she
informed
them. "I'm sure by now they have all heard from Viktroy and will tell you
what the price is if you decide to call my bluff."

She could see by the grimaces on the young peoples face that they had
followed her advice.

<end Snip>

        <But why are you getting in troble for us?>  Fluffy asked
concerned for his soul mate.

        <Because love, we should have made sure that this never happened.
 Don't worry...I have been in worse trouble before.  I will be with my
friends, and I know how to clean.>  Allora chucked sending him an image
of her cleaning him twice in one day.

        Her thought had the desired effect on her soulmate, Fluffy sent
her waves of love and happiness.  <Now I suggest you stay in the
barracks...why don't you take a nap?  And I will get done here as soon as
I can.>  She paused in her thought, <Keep Shadow with you please.>

        <You aren't mad at Shadow.. are you?>

        <Ofcouse not!  He was just helping you this morning.  I am proud
of the lot of you, that was a wonderful thing you all did helping
Regenta.>

        Just as they were getting final instructions, Mari came in. She
tried to get them a repreave...but Realee was adamant.

<Snip from Barbs>
"Well, fine then.  You can join your friends.  If they would of paid
attention to their dragons then the problem still wouldn't have
occurred."
Realee said.  "But yes, you definately belong in there with them.  And if
you're going to be in the kitchen,  I guess I can take the night off.  I
haven't had one of those in awhile.  I'll be back later to check to see
how
things are going."
<END SNIP>
<Snip from Diannes>
Realee got up and walked out through the kitchen to the back door.  Mari
was upset that her friends were being punished for something she felt was
her fault.  She got up slowly from the table.

"I told you it didn't pay to be such a goody two shoes, Marialla.  Even a
Queen rider is in trouble."  Norin said as she laughed.

Mari tried to ignore her.  The punishment wasn't really punishment to
her.
She would get to work in the kitchen, which she loved.  But she hated the
fact that her friends were being punished when she felt it wasn't their
faults.

"I'm sorry," Mari said as she entered the kitchen.  "I tried.  I know
it's not your fault, it's mine."

"Hey, that's alright, Mari." said Allora,  "We'll just have to have fun
while we work.  You have to admit.  Our dragons work well together. Maybe
someday it will be constuctive work and not destructive."

They all laughed.

Jason walked over to the door and looked out.  "Hey we're lucky to be
inside right now anyway.  It's snowing.  Looks pretty heavy. "

"Well it doesn't really surprize me." Mari said.  "I could feel it in the
air this morning.  The way the wind whipped across the cliff edge.  It
just felt like snow was on the way."

"Hey you guys, enough with the weather talk.  I'm sure we can find
something a little more interesting to talk about."  Said Allora, trying
to liven up the party a bit.

<end Snip>

        "I don't want to leave those trouble hounds alone too long."
Allora smiled.

        "You don't need to worry about that," Jason responded, "Troy is
watching the kids... I have no doubt they will behave for the time it
tkes us to get this done."

        Allora roared with laughter...she could just picture the kids
getting Troy into trouble next.  She shared the joke with her friends as
soon as she caught her breath.

        Even the kitchen workers smiled at the image.

        Allora took charge.  She had Mari explain what was needed for the
evening meal, and asked her to make sure things were done to Realee's
satisfaction, since she was the most familiar with the womans standards.

        They all chose a job to do...Allora took the worst one...after
all, Fluffy was the leader of this group, it was only fair.  He lead them 
in the messing up, and she lead them in the cleaning up.

	When you were all working together and there was enough of you, 
the work didn't seem half as bad.  allora told them stories of the 
trouble she had gotten into as a young girl in a Warren.  She had them 
all laughing, and giggling, even the kitchen staff.  She had told them to 
take a seat and relax, if they saw anything wrong they should point it 
out, but the trainies were there to make up for the extra work that had 
been caused this morning.

	That was good enough for the tired workers.  They would be happy 
to take the time off, and still make sure these trainies didn't wreck the 
kitchen.  They even loosened up enough to share in the laughter.

	Realee was passing through the dining hall when she noticed Norin 
at the door of the Kitchen...she also heard the laughter.  She walked up 
quietly behind the girl, and just as Norin was about to enter the 
kitchen, Realee stopped her.

	"If you so much as open that door, you will join them."  She said 
sternly.  "This is none of your concern, I will handle anything from here 
on out."

	Norin turn red with anger, but left the Dining hall.  Realee 
opened the door to the kitchen, she certainly did not expect the sight 
she beheld.

	The kitchen workers were sitting at the table in the kitchen, 
laughing at something that Jason had said.  but what startled her the 
most was the sight of the kitchen itself.  It was almost completely 
spotless!

	They must have really been working hard to get that far in the 
job, but they were not off the hook that easily.  She backed out of the 
kitchen, she would see just how long they could keep this up.  But it was 
good to see that the riders could work together as well as the dragons 
could...that boded well for the Warren.

	For their sake they had better turn out an edible meal for 
Supper, or heads would roll.  It was all well and good for them to get 
the job done, and have a little fun...but they had to learn that there 
were some places that certain standards had to be met.

~~~~~~~~~

	Meanwhile at the barracks...

	<Hey Fluffy, Reggie, I think the sky is falling...come see.>  
Starfire callled to his friends.

	Fluffy and Regenta went outside to see what Starfire was all 
excited about.  The rest of their little group followed, as well as 
Allesha.

	<It can't be big enough for the sky.  Maybe it is those Bedsheets 
that T'rell and Flerrion were talking about.>  Fluffy responded, looking 
up.

	<Yeah!  That is what he said he was going to clean up.  and when 
Mari claens the Bedsheets they are white like this is.>  Regenta agreed.

	They sat there on the slight rise in front of the barracks and 
watched the snow fall on  and around them.  A long time passed as they 
just watched the snow fall.  this was the longest that this group had 
stayed out of trouble...but it couldn't last for much longer.

	Allesha turned around to look at the others, she lost her balance 
and slid down the hill.

	<Whoa what is happening??!>  she exclaimed with a start.  But 
before she got to the bottom of the rise, she was laughing.  <Hey this is 
FUN!>

	Reggie reached over and nudge Fluffy, sending him down the hill, 
but this also upset her balance, soon she was following him.  Soon all of 
the little dragons were sliding down the hill.

	Regenta noticed the patterns that her wings made in the snow, so 
she started to see what shapes she could make...as she was going this, 
she was flipping snow on any dragonette that happened to be near her.

	Fluffy reached down and scooped some of the white fluffy stuff 
into his fore claws, he tossed it at Starfire, who thought he could catch 
it in his mouth.  It caught him square in the chest, and splattered.  
They all joined in the new game, and pretty soon were covered in melting 
snow, and mud.

	<We had better NOT go to the big hall, that was how our riders 
got into trouble the last time...I think we should go back to the 
barracks.>  Regenta said when they were tired.

~~~~~~

submitted by Allora and Fluffy

Tag Barb and Dianne

and yes I know I just made a mess of the barracks again...but hey, at 
least it wasn't the kitchen. :)