Golden Bells
By PommyStarChild
                                                            Chapter 1: the Proposal

It had all started on a quiet evening, nothing much going on. Sukura was reading poetry, Madison was designing doll's dresses for her mom's ever-thriving toy company, Li and Eriol were arguing over something, and Kero and Suppy were fighting over the remote. Nothing much going on, like I said. Snore.

That is, until the telephone rang.

Sukura picked it up. "Hello? Oh, hi Dad. Yeah, they're here. Do you wanna speak to them? OK, which one first? Alright." She pressed speakerphone and said, "Li! Eriol! My dad wants to talk to you two." The two stopped fighting and walked over. "Hello? Professor Avalon?" Li (kinda) stuttered. "Hello, boys," Sukura's dad replied. "I know that both of you are very interested in Egyptology, and my team of archeologists and I are off to Egypt for 3 or 4 weeks, and we have room for two more. Would you like to join?"

When he said that, the room instantly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Madison stopped sketching, Sukura stopped reading, and the two Guardians of the Sun stopped fighting between video games and the History channel. "Umm.. we'd love to come, Professor. Hold on one second," They turned to the others and asked, "OK with you?"

"YES!" said Kero.

"As long as I go with you," was Suppy's answer.

"OK, I guess.." said Madison.

"Well, if you want to go, I have no objections. And Kero, please stop that," came Sukura's reply. Kero was doing a Saturday Night Fever dance.

"OK, it's fine with everyone, when do you want us to leave?"

After receiving instruction, Li hung up. Eriol turned to them and said, "In 2 weeks, on Wednesday, we're gonna go to Egypt for at most 4 weeks. And Kero, you are really grossing me out."

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