Thane
“Starr!” I yell my eighteen-year-old sister’s name while running into the courtyard. Lyric is right by my side, just where I like her.
The Royal Knight flags flap against the flagpoles in the wind. The courtyard is full of people all standing around Starr. Tristan is in front of Starr, trying to wipe what looks like green goo from her hair.
“What is the meaning of this?” I bellow, causing everyone but Lyric and my siblings to bow in submission.
“Look what they did to me!” Starr screams, shoulders shaking. “I’m gonna kill them!”
“Tristan, explain.”
“Thorin and Tane pranked Starr. They must have rigged up the bucket earlier. We were walking back from school. We reached the courtyard, and when Starr stepped under,” Tristan above us. “This happened.”
I look up at the flagpole just
