Dance With Flame Princess

Muttering a small series of incantations you approach Flame Princess, currently burning at 360 degrees, the others have given her a wide berth as she dances solo style.

Your skin goes blue and all you feel is a perfect room temperature as you close in.

“Flame Princess? Care for a dance?” Turning to the source of the noise you spot a look of recognition in her eye as she makes room for you to dance with her.

You step forward trying your recollection to find any instance in which you read a book about dancing but none of those seem applicable here.

So you do what you’ve seen other people do during these kinds of events, you sway from side to side and shuffle your arms.

You both spin around each other occasionally coming into contact before splitting apart, you see her flame grow brighter and you can only assume she grows hotter until eventually she’s burnt out, literally and metaphorically.

She pants and gives you a small nod to follow as you both move away from the dance floor to a empty table.

“Sick moves dude, hey your the one who worked out that portal thing with slime kingdom right?”

“Yeah, yeah well it was wizard city effort that made it all possible” you say rubbing the back of your neck softly.

“Cool, well you all did the flame kingdom a massive favor, trade with the slime kingdom is huge for us” she says, expounding all the benefits both financial and political.

“Hey you know, if you ever need a favor, like on the council I could vouch for you, stuff like that” she says the corner of her mouth peeking upwards in a half smile.

Internally you fist pump but you’ve learned that, in these scenarios it’s best to keep these things to yourself.

Instead you merely nod your head and say “you’d be doing us a great service”

“Nice, it’s only fair that I-“ She’s cut off as the large doors leading deeper into castle swing open and clad in her royal attire, princess Bubblegum strides forth.

“Greetings friends, I thank you all for joining me this evening, I look forward to speaking with you all”

And with that you return to your own table, trying to catch your wind as you thumb through your journal writing down “Learn How 2 Dance”

You feel a hand on your shoulder and you slam your journal shut with a thunderous clap.

“Oh, sorry I didn’t mean to startle you….” You turn and find PB who’s recoiled her hand slightly.

“Oh hey….. hi…. Sorry I just didn’t hear you coming…” you say a little bit embarrassed.

“Can… we talk…? Alone…?” She glances around as if to check if anyone else is watching.

“Oh uh… yeah, for sure….” You say grabbing your bag and following her back the way she came.

“I…. Have been a serious dink to you…. To all wizards, really…. And um…. Well I wanted to apologize for the whole…. Ambush… thing…”

You both walk through the expansive hallways as you talk.

“It’s…. Alright…. Just don’t do it again…?”

“Well um… I must confess that an apology isn’t the only reason for this conversation…. I…. Wanted to ask for a favor…. Well… technically a few favors… or um…. Maybe like one very very long lasting favor….”

“It’s occurred to me that magic isn’t just misunderstood scientific principles it’s more like it’s own field of science that can be studied and therefore understood”

She stops in her tracks and turns to you now “So I guess what I’m asking is….. Could I….. experiment on you…? Please…?”