Serna stared open mouthed at the two of them together and exclaimed, "Hey, Laz, you're in the wrong room!"

The kurori rubbed her eyes and yawned. Normally she would of joined the shield maiden but she was too tired to care at the moment. The bed and its fluffy embrace called to her on the opposite side of the room. Letting go of Serna's hand, she trotted over to the bed climbed up on it and fell asleep.

Lazheros remained asleep, his arm wrapped around the elementalist seemingly oblivious to a little girl's protest of why he was in Alyson's bed and not sleeping in his own bed in the other room with Irzen. The elementalist however, heard them come in and opened her eyes. Realizing that Serna was still standing there she whispered, "Go to sleep, Serna."

"I will," The Shield Maiden agreed, "But he's in the wrong room."

"I'm too tired to argue with you. It's late, we're all tired and it doesn't matter, Serna. Go to sleep." Alyson told her.

"But he's still in the wrong room," Serna hissed back to Alyson.

The elementalist sat up and moved to the edge of the bed looking at the shield maiden, "Please to go sleep."

"I will, I will," Serna reassured Alyson, "But he's in the wrong room."

The elementalist got up from the bed and ushered the shield maiden over to the bed where the kurori was asleep. "Caliaphy has no problem with us sleeping together, so why do you?"

"I don't have a problem with you two sleeping together either, Alyson, I honestly I don't." Serna admitted before she insisted, "It's just that--he's in the wrong room."

Alyson was annoyed now, "So what, go to sleep. Better yet, go sleep in the other room, if it bothers you much."

"It doesn't bother me," Serna confessed, "But he's still in the wrong room."

During their whispered conversation, the bronze man had opened his eyes watching them. He himself got up from the bed and had walked over standing at the end of the bed silently.

"EEEEPPP!" Serna squeaked suddenly noticing the Bronze Man up on his feet and staring at her.

Alyson turned to see him there and went back over to her bed while Lazheros simply waved his hand in front of the shield maiden, "Sleep child. Sleep."

Serna hit the bed in a blissful sleep next to Caliaphy and Lazheros turned around and rejoined Alyson.

******

All of them slept peacefully for several hours as the morning suns crested the eastern skyline blanketing the Mallorn Palace in its soft embrace. The elementalist and the bronze man awoke to the sound of one very annoying kurori giggling ever so softly.

"Awwww! That's so CUTE! The Bronze Man and Alyson together! So when will you two get HOT and BUSY?" Caliaphy cooed.

The elementalist's eyes snapped open suddenly, "Caliaphy. I remember everything we did when I was younger and all the trouble you got us into and you left me hanging every...single....time."

"Huh?" The kurori waved her off, "You remember? Nah! You forgot everything we did when you went back to Earth."

Alyson had gotten up from the bed and steadily pushed the kurori towards the door. There was a predatory look in her eyes as she eyed Caliaphy with long over due payback.

"She doesn't remember," The kurori glanced back to Lazheros who was awake and dressed smiling at her, "does she, Bronze Man??"

"She remembers everything now, Caliaphy." Lazheros said quietly.

The realization hit Caliaphy like a ton of bricks as she backed up to the door, opened it and bolted suddenly, "Oh man!"

Alyson took off after the kurori leaving Lazheros and the sleeping Shield maiden behind.

Out in the halls of the Mallorn Palace, the kurori flew through over, under, and around every possible corner to avoid getting caught by the elementalist who was now hot on her heels with her own magic.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"CALIAPHY! I WILL GET YOU!!!"

"What in the Realm is all that racket?" Irzen walked out of the baths completely clean with a rosy smell about him. The Drow literally spent the entire night sleeping in the baths.

First, the Swordsman saw Caliaphy zip past him.

Irzen stopped and gave the departing Fairy a quizzical look.

Next, the Swordsman saw Alyson storm past him running after Caliaphy.

Then Irzen stopped for a second time, gave another quizzical look and then shook his head, "Nah!"

The Swordsman promptly turned around, marched back into the baths and closed the door behind him.

******

"Good morning!" Serna woke with a yawn as she stretched her arms before a sudden realization hit her, "Wait a minute! You zapped me! You zapped me to sleep!"

The Shield Maiden leapt to the floor and placed her hands on her hips, "That's wrong! Explain yourself, Laz!"

"Zapped you?" He turned in her direction placing a small dragon figurine back into his backpack. "Nonsense, child. I merely waved you goodnight."

He paused for a moment chuckling at the sounds of the kurori scrambling to find any sort of relief from Alyson.

"You did not!" Serna stamped her foot, "You zapped me to sleep when you waved your hand in front of my face. Explain yourself! Now!"