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The sun rose in the horizon, casting a pink tint over the sky. The morning dew dripped from the mint leafs as they swirl in the air after each strike of a certain cookie’s sword.
Raspberry Cookie sucked in a quick breath as she sliced up the messy bush off the castle garden into a perfect shape. Back and forth, just like she had been taught. As soon as she finished the first bush she turned to the second, as if it were a deadly opponent, and started the same song and dance.
She softly hummed as she flashed her winning smile and sliced again and again. With her experience she made quick work of the second bush, trimming it to design. But as she spins to the next bush, something stopped her.
A high pitched scream.
“Aaahhhh!!!!” A familiar voice yelled before Raspberry cookie stopped her sword in it’s tracks. The cookie that had let out the scream was Princess cookie, who was ducking behind Knight cookie, both shaking. As if Raspberry could have accidentally hit them, she made no mistake in the art of sword fighting.
“Geez Raspberry!!! Are you trying to kill us?!?” Princess cookie whined.
“If I wanted to kill you too, you both would be crumbled by now.” Raspberry cookie replied.
Knight cookie gulped, sweat pooling on his face. Princess cookie’s face turned from angry to happy in a flash. She giggled as she rested her hand on Knight cookie’s shoulder and pulled herself up.
“…sorry for the spook, though…” Raspberry muttered before asking.
“Why are you two out here so early?”
“Well, I saw you out here and I wanted to chat, but mister “my duty is to protect you” just had to follow!!” Princess cookie answered, giving her knight a mischievous side eye. Raspberry cookie rolled her eyes at the obvious flirty looks and continued the conversation.
“Well if he’s worried for your safety, I am more the capable of protecting you from a short while.”
Knight cookie gave Raspberry cookie an anxious look before Princess gain his attention with the squeeze of his shoulder.
“Oh, You’re so right!!” Princess turned to knight cookie with a smile.
“I’ll be fine. Go on, take a break!! I’ll be safe with Raspberry right here!!”
“Uhhh… I don’t know-“ the Knight muttered before the Princess cut him off.
“Trust me!!!” She said, eyes shining. Knight cookie sighed and nodded.
“Ok, my Princess”
Princess cookie squeaked before kissing him on the cheek and sending him away. Raspberry gagged at the action before Princess turned to her.
The two sat down at the nearby table and chatted, switching between topics faster then Raspberry could catch up. By the time she caught up, Princess cookie through her another question.
“Sooo, any new music you’ve been listening to?”
Raspberry cookie thought hard about the question.
“Not really. Just the same old same old (which was nothing),” She answered, giving Princess a sparkling in her wide gumdrop eyes.
“Are you open to suggestions?!?”
Raspberry hesitated before nodding, readying herself for whatever Princess gave her.
“There is this new rising artist I found recently!!! She did a show with Rockstar Cookie recently and now she’s all I listen to!!” The Princess reached into her dress pocket and pulling out a CD. Raspberry couldn’t get a good look at it but she did see a colorful cookie with a waffle cone guitar.
“Her name is Parfait cookie!!!” She handed the CD case to Raspberry. Raspberry cookie looked at the case as Princess cookie went on and on about all she knew about her.
Raspberry listened to her as she stared down into the cookie’s eyes. The Pop-star was posing for the camera with a cheerful smile on her face, hand mid way through a song and silly doodles all over the picture. Raspberry noticed that she was looking a little too long at the cover before she whipped her head up to look as Princess cookie while she was talking.
“- her songs are so much fun!!! And the lyrics!!! So good.” Princess stopped before smile even wider, she tapped the table excitedly.
Raspberry tried to hand the CD back, expecting that the Princess was just showing her the CD case. Princess cookie stopped her hand half way and gave her a look.
“Keep it. I think you would really like her music,”
Raspberry looked down to the case, staring into the eyes of the pop star cookie again. She caught her self again and began to thank the princess.
“Thank you… uhh I’ll be sure to tell you my thoughts.” Raspberry grinned, but deep down, she didn’t know what to think. She didn’t really know what music she liked and was kinda… nervous at the idea of trying a new album. Raspberry cookie never got nervous, so this was kinda weird. But before she knew it, Princess cookie changed the subject again and Raspberry had to drop the feelings to continue talking with her.
She put the CD in her pocket and smile a bit before comment on whatever Princess cookie was going on about.
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Later that night, Raspberry was pacing around her room. She had just finished her book, polished her sword, and cleaned up her small room. She was searching for something else to do. That was until she spotted the CD in her outfit’s pocket.
She grabbed it and looked at the CD, she shrugged and took out the CD and turned to the unused music player in the corner of her desk. Raspberry cookie popped it into the machine and turn it on. As the first song begins to play, she sat down and laid her hand on the desk.
“Every day you wake up and you try to do the best that you can”
Holy Crap. Raspberry candy heart skipped a beat. Her voice was amazing!!
“Some days the recipe just won't turn out the way that you plan”
It almost felt like Parfait cookie was talking to her.
“Never let it get you down, everything can turn around, Just take life one scoop at a time”
Raspberry cookie stared at the CD player and rested her head in her hands. Princess cookie was right, and the song just barely started.
“The party is over with confetti scattered all on the floor
The concert ended and you wish the band had played just one more
Never let it leave you hurt, that is not your just dessert
Life is more than toppings and frosting”
Raspberry relaxed, the song flowing through her room like a lazy river. Wow, was all she could thing, was all music like this. Had she been depriving herself of this feeling all her life.
Listening to the song gave her goosebumps. Raspberry cookie needed to hear this, she had been needing to hear this message for a while.
For a few minutes she relish in the song, she felt crazy for how excited she felt each time the pop star had a guitar solo, or how the lyrics actually made her feel something.
After the song ended, she paused the machine and took a breath. Raspberry just found her new favorite artist, she knew that!! She smiled as she pressed the play button and leaned back in her chair, relaxing for the first time in a while.
And she stayed there till the whole album was finished.