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phan au pt 3

cool okay let's start

part three: striker

it's been a week since phil popped by his room and the only thing that has been on dan's mind is phil and his blue eyes.

"tell my mother im going out." he says to one of the maids.

"but your mother says you have to stay, someone from the kingdom up in the east is coming to visit." the maid looks flustered.

dan sighs, and picks up both her hands. "elle, is that right?" she nods her head, her cheeks tinted pink. "elle, let's keep this between you and me. just tell my mom im in my room drawing or whatever. i'll be back as soon as they arrive, i promise." he winks at her and leaves.

the light of the sun blinds his eyes, he winces and pulls his coat closer to his face to block the sun.

"this is why i spend my life indoors," he thinks to himself. "now where is that boy's castle."

dan slices away the branches and leaves blocking his path. he thinks about how well he is at slicing these branches yet he struggles at cutting bread in half.

soon enough, the boy reaches the castle. it looks exactly like his castle but bigger. he does a quick fringe check using the reflection on his sword before knocking on the door.

"good afternoon, young sir. how may i help you?" a well dressed man greets dan, he assumes the man is phil's butler.

"good afternoon, im looking for philip. is he here?" dan gives the man a warm smile.

"you must be dan. phil has been talking about you everyday since his last adventure. come in, he's in his room." the man gestures for dan to enter.

dan looks at the well dressed man. "it's the first time a butler ever addressed me by my first name and he even called philip phil too. what a time to be alive." he thinks to himself.

"through this door," the butler points towards the wooden double door.

dan knocks on the door before entering. every wall in phil's room is painted blue, a big king sized bed is placed in the middle of the room and a big glass window is to the left of the room, pouring in every ray of sunshine.

just then, dan feels something furry brush against his leg. "what the?" he looks down to see a furry little creature, its fur a burnt red. the creature turns its head and looks up at dan.

"cool! you've met my pet!" phil says and dan suddenly notices phil in the corner of the room.

"what is it? a cat?" dan asks, a little hesitant to pet the creature.

"it's a red panda. i found it on one of my adventures. it's name is striker!" phil smiles and picks the panda up, he waves one of its paws towards dan as if its saying hi.

"do you always go on adventures?" dan asks looking around and noticing the many many plants phil has in his room.

"occasionally. but that's because my parents aren't always home. heyy!! you should come adventuring with me sometimes! who knows, maybe we'll find one of those big furry lions on our way." he does an impression of the lion and roars.

dan chuckles and rolls his eyes. "you can't find a lion around here you idiot, this isn't a jungle."

"whatever. so dan, what are you here for?" phil rolls onto his bed and lies flat down.

"well philip, i was just interested to see your swanky castle and might i add it is very swanky." he smiles. dan decides not to tell phil that he was thinking about him for the whole week.

"thanks! i should give you a tour, it'll be fun!" phil rolls off his bed but instead of landing gently he plummets to the ground with a thud.

"philip!" dan shouts.

"im fine haha, just got a little bruised. no problemo." the boy brushes the dust off his shirt and gives dan a thumbs up. "come on let's go!"

a/n:
okay we've come to the crappy ending also this chapter is rly long why
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