//------------------------------// // Marble Kicked Me Out // Story: You're a Princess Now // by SprocketProductions //------------------------------// Wait! I can explain Wednesday! Golden yawned as he woke up, pleasantly surprised at the fact that he didn't have a raging headache. What wasn't so pleasant was that Marble had moved to the other bed that night. The heating had been fixed, so it wasn't the temperature that was the issue. Marble was still asleep, so Golden didn't bother her. Instead, he went into the bathroom and took a shower before brushing his teeth and then getting ready for the day. He was ready to tackle the problems he had to face as princess, because this time, he wasn't feeling the results of his actions. Once he stepped out of the bathroom, he was met by a very cross Marble. Golden had a feeling he knew what she was so angry about, but he decided to play dumb just in case. He didn't want to take any chances if she didn't already know. "Amendment 35, subset 3B, column 6E, line 42. If the assistant feels their royal figure of power has made a poor decision, they are allowed to prohibit them from being in the palace and making decisions until they own up to their transgressions and confirm that they'll fix their mistake." She stated, vaguely showing off her knowledge of the rules. Golden starred, "You're kicking me out?" Within a few minutes, Golden was standing outside the front door of the palace, which Marble was on the other side of. The princess was frantic to find a way back in, but had no idea where to start. Marble glared at him through the large peephole in the door, with the wooden slat slid to a position allowing for communication with those outside. Golden had started to shed tears, desperately trying to get back inside. Marble, on the other hand, simply glared at him she felt betrayed by him and she didn't feel like forgiving him until he learned his lesson. "Oh come on, Marble. The joke's over. Can we both just laugh and acknowledge that you had your fun?" Asked Golden, full of despair. Marble retorted, "It isn't a joke Golden." "Oh come on. It has to be a joke. You can't kick me out, I'm the princess." He complained. She looked through the peephole of the door, "Goodbye Golden, see you when you fess up." "But where am I supposed to go?" Pleaded the stallion as the wooden slat slid over the opening. Golden started to walk away from the palace, reluctantly. He made his way to Lily's flower shop. The stallion looked at his friend pathetically. They made silent eye contact and both felt a serious air they had never expressed before. There was obviously something wrong, but for the moment, neither dared break the silence. Lily unceremoniously raised an eyebrow, "What's up with you?" "Marble doesn't love me..." Golden wallowed in his self pity. She glared at him, "What do you think this is? Some kind of romantic comedy?" "...Yes, Lily... that's EXACTLY what this is!" Golden looked at his friend as if she was stupid, wrinkling his muzzle and narrowing his eyes. She rolled her eyes, "Well evidently, it's a little bit more well written than you thought. What kind of author makes a romance happen in less than a week?" "Well in Dream Come True it happened in one night..." Golden complained, to the disappointment of the author. She started watering her flowers, "Yeah, well in Aria, which is considered to be less well written, it's implied that the relationship was built on the internet through a lot of time." "What's an internet?" Asked Golden, curiously. Lily looked at him, "I think it's a type of letter service. I dunno much about what's beyond the fourth wall." "Wow, our story really doesn't care about immersion, does it?" Asked Golden. She paused, "We haven't had a fourth wall break since last I saw you." "Well in Marble's mini-series, she did that at least once. Twice if I'm thinking correctly. One of them was just a minor gag though." Explained Golden, insightfully. Lily sighed, "Wanna get on with the story then?" "Yeah, I do..." He confirmed. The two looked at each other awkwardly for a moment, not really knowing what to say. They just had a complete conversation about the fact that they're characters in a fanfiction. Golden wondered what the source content was like, and maybe if it made more sense than this. He cleared his throat and focused more on the current arc. The readers began to slowly realize that this segment was more created specifically to fill the author's self-enforced minimum word count and to compensate for her current lack of inspiration and essentially blow off actually writing another meaningful chapter due to things happening lately in her life. She will likely put more effort into the next chapter due to an increase in mental space. Golden spoke somberly, "She kicked me out of the palace, Lily." "She can do that?" Marveled Lily. Golden nodded, "Apparently so, if she thinks I did something wrong." "What did you do?" She asked. He replied, "On Wednesday night, I partied with the knights and got drunk..." "I thought this was an E rated story..." Lily said. Golden's eyes widened, "Oh my goodness you're right. Don't get drunk, kids!" "That was a close one." Said Lily. He laughed, "Yeah, don't want to get taken down." "Wouldn't that be like death?" She asked. He shrugged, "I have no idea." The two contemplated what being taken down would be like. Maybe they would make more progress on the current arc in the next chapter, instead of talking on and on about the fourth wall and other stories and source materials and everything OTHER than the story.