“Okay, so. Wha’ are we gonna do?” Tumble came to her and slapped her face. “Ye little girl! Ye know what we’re gonna do! Don’t ye know about the annual sword ceremony?” Adiela shook her head and rubbed her cheek. “Well, it’s this ceremony where everyone in the village comes to a ball at the kings palace. There is food and desserts and whiskey. Then-” “Oh, I’m sorry.” Adiela said. “But I don’t drink whiskey!” She yelled sternly. Tumble gave her a slick smile. “Well, now that yer gonna be on the hunt, you’ll have to drink it!” He gave her another slap. “Okay, tell me more.” Tumble cleared his throat. “Well, after the ball, the kings servants blow their trumpets and you and the thirty-nine other hunters come riding in on horses, and at the end are presented with swords.” Tumble smiled proudly. “Hmph. Well, I guess we’ll be practicing riding into the palace?” “Yep. And you’ll be needin’ these!” Tumble said as he handed her some armer for Hooves. “Maybe you wanna die, but yer horsie needs protection.” He teasingly laughed. “Hmph. Yeah, yeah but what about the practicing? I ain’t got all day, ye know!” As she said it, she knew she did have the whole day, but she wanted to sound annoyed. “Rub yer cheek and drink some whiskey, an’ I’ll tell ye.” Tumble threw her, her leather pouch which he had emptied and filled with whiskey. Adiela rolled her eyes. She wanted to impress him and make him stop the laughing, so she held onto the pouch tight and drank the whole darn thing down. The drink burned her throat and her eyes teared up, but she managed to drink it down. She burped and didn’t mind saying ‘excuse me’. Adiela handed Tumble the pouch back. She casually took her sleeve and wiped off the remainings of whiskey. She slickly smiled. “Didn’t think I could drink the whole darn thingy, didja?” Tumble shook his head. “Would you-would you like another?” He held up his pouch. “Nah, I wanna practice. So where were we? Oh yah, I’m supposed to put these on Hooves, that righ’? I’ll just be back.” She took out her armer and handed it to Tumble. Then she went out of his cave and untied Hooves. She whinnied and galloped into the cave. When Tumble saw her, he nearly fainted. “Ye didn’t tell me ye had a unicorn!!”
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