Third Floor Common Room, Saturday Evening

[wesleynotponcy.livejournal.com]

Wesley felt a little silly, entertaining his bratty child in the common room with board games that she seemed irrationally talented at. Honestly, what nine-year-old could beat a trained and experienced Watcher at Scrabble? He was positive that she was making the words up, but every time he consulted a dictionary, all he saw was Eloise's smug little face smirking at -- sure enough -- the word in question printed right there on the page.

Smug brat.

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[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Of course they do. It's a king's duty to protect his kingdom from monsters."

Because Daventry was filled with random monsters that could only be killed by the bizarre combination of items picked up along the way of their adventures.

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

Oh, right. She was a princess. Eloise kept forgetting, which was weird because of how incredibly jealous she was.

"What kind of monsters?" she pressed. "My daddy can kill Ethros demons, you know."

[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

"My father slayed a dragon to save my aunt from being eaten," Malaxandra replied. "And then she married a fairy prince."

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

Eloise scoffed. "That only happens in stories," she protested. "Stupid stories, anyway. Mother says fairy tales like that aren't good for you."

[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

"The princess saving her husband to be?"

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

Oh. Turns out Eloise had slightly misheard the story. But sure, she was just going to go with it.

"Yes?" she tried.

[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Ohhh. I want to read those books."

[nothingbutgrey.livejournal.com]

"Well, I wouldn't have any," Eloise pointed out. "Because Mother doesn't approve."

Duh.

[daventry-vamp.livejournal.com]

"But they have a library here. Because it's a school."

Duh.