"Okay then...." said Fog, trying not to act suspicious. As quick as
a flash, he pushed her in. He quickly conjured some ice creatures
to chase DD around the room, they wouldn't cause harm but it was
hilarious to watch. "Oh my gosh! Your face when I pushed you! Oh
my...!" Fog said, rolling on his back, laughing so hard. Tears ran
down his face from laughter and he grinned from ear to ear. "Oh my
gosh," he whispered, still laughing.
DD yelped as she was pushed into the water. She tumbled through the
fluid before righting herself, following the bubbles to locate the
top from the bottom of the room. She flinched at the sight of the
ice creatures but relaxed when they didn't attack her. She glared
at Fog from the center of the room, cheeks puffed up to both make
her irritation seen and to keep from taking in water. She carefully
swam out of the room, hitting the floor on her knees as she quickly
started breathing again. Her cheeks now red from both holding her
breath and embarrassment, she grabbed her pigtails, loosely wound
them together, and whipped the excess water out and at Fog, getting
him right in the face.
Fog stopped laughing for a moment but then sight of DD's red face
set him off again. "Y-your face! " Fog exclaimed, struggling
to breathe. He caught the water thet she threw at him in his palm,
turned it to snow and blew it in her face. Fog chuckled again. "I'm
going to lunch, see you there!" he said and walked to the hall.
DD watched as Fog went away, shaking the snow off of herself. She
grimaced as she laughed at her, entertained by her
misfortune and lack of control in the situation. Her grimace
deepened as she reflected on the moment. She shook her head. "No
use crying over spilt milk..." she thought before squigying the
rest of the water from her pigtails and heading down the hall,
through the common room, and out into the castle corridors. Time to
explore!
Fog sat down at a table and the only thing there was a golden
plate. He frowned, where was the food? "Oh come on! I really wanted
to eat noodles..." he said sadly and as he uttered those words,
noodles appeared on his plate, fresh and steaming. Sauce appeared
as well and he gasped. He was amazed. He scooped up the noodles
with a pair of chopsticks that suddenly appeared and ate heartily.
Sakura and Jackie headed to lunch. After all, they were hungry.
Then they saw Rose. They decided to introduce themselves to her.
"Hello, Miss!" Sakura said welcoming her. "Hello!" Jackie said.
"Hello girls! My name is Rose Velvet. It's nice to meet you!" She
smiled. " It's nice to meet you too! " Sakura and Jackie both said
at the same time, then giggling. After they told each other their
names, they headed for lunch.
When DD sat down at a table, ...alone..., she felt confused as to
the lack of food. She looked around to figure out how everyone else
was receiving food. Her mind quickly filled in the gaps. She
requested a simple meal of shrimp-and-chive pot stickers, udon
noodle soup, and green tea. It appeared in front of her. She
daintily took the chopsticks provided and began it eat, finding the
food adequate to her likings.
Lin walked in quietly, not looking or talking to anyone. She tucked
her head under her green hood and went straight to her common room.
It felt just like home. It was full of plants and trees, the floor
was mud and dirt. It looked exactly just like the forest. Lin
quickly unpacked and left the common room, not bothering to meet
her house mate. She walked to the hall, sat down on her own and
whispered "Raw meat,". It appeared on her plate and her teeth
suddenly grew sharp and her eyes black. Lin panicked slightly, she
withdrew a flask of some sort of liquid. She drank it quickly, and
she stopped transforming. She breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes
were still devoid of colour and her teeth still razor-sharp but she
couldn't change that. Trying not to draw attentions to herself, she
ate her raw meat quietly.
The girls say down together. Jackie asked for chicken with iced
tea, Sakura asked for salad with water, and Rose asked for pizza
with soda. They ate their food and chatted. "So, do you guys have
any powers of some sort?" Jackie began. "I can see through the
future, past, and present!" Rose said. "That's cool!" Sakura said.
"I can summon glowing butterflies, and I am the daughter of
Aphrodite!" Jackie looked at Sakura and blushed. "That's cool!"
Jackie said. They talked and laughed.
Then, Rose turned around to see a girl in a hoodie eating...raw
meat?! She was confused on why out of all the foods, she chose
that. "Why are you eating raw meat?!" Rose said, out loud, and
everyone heard.
DD turned her head at the sound of commotion. Processing the words
the girl, Rose Velvet she realized, she turned her head and saw
that someone was, indeed, eating raw meat. She was shocked of
course, but not too worried. This was likely another student and
thus had powers that the others, and possibly themselves, probably
didn't understand or have control of. Though she did take notice of
the person's, the girl's, sharpened teeth. "Quite
interesting~" She winced at the thought, but continued to
observe the scene.
Lin stood up suddenly, a furious expression etched on her porcelain
face. Under her hood, her mouth was contorted into a snarl so
vicious, anyone who saw it would be spooked immediately. Her black
eyes turned to glare at Rose. Tucking her chair in slowly, Lin
growled quietly. The ears under her hood twitched and her ivory
fangs glinted menacingly. She walked away quickly, and upset,
hoping that no one else noticed.
Rose felt a shiver down her spine when Lin gave her the death
stare. She decided to follow her, to apologize for her rudeness.
She saw Lin, and approached her, gulping heavily. "E-excuse me.."
She said, worryingly.
Lin ignored Rose and walked quickly to the Earth house, where she
lay angrily on a pile of leaves and twigs. She was furious with
Rose and a wolf's hatred never dies. Lin started to sob quietly,
thick pearly tears ran down her pale face. The colour slowly gushed
into her eyes, leaving one green and one brown. They like to change
colour, her eyes, one of the only things that she liked of
herself.
Fog watched angrily at what happened. Rose shouldn't have said
that, it was rude. He felt sorry for Lin and wanted to comfort her,
but those eyes scared him. He too left quickly and walked to his
dorm room, began to read a book and waited for DD.
DD watched the two girls leave the cafeteria. She winced.
Hopefully... She squashed the thought, turning back and finishing
her meal. As she got up to leave, her eyes caught sight of
something that the meat eating girl's table. A strange flask,
likely filled with some sort of fluid... She adjusted her course to
go by the table, pocketing the flask as she went by. She headed in
the direction the girl and Rose had gone, watching as the girl
ignored the other and entered the House Earth dorms before
returning to her own dorms.
Jackie and Sakura rushed to Rose angrily. "Are you crazy?! Why
would you say that?!" Jackie said at Rose. "That was very rude of
you, Miss Rose." Sakura said, disappointed with Rose. "I-i'm sorry!
I-i didn't mean to, it just came out!" Rose said sadly. "Whatever.
Let's go, Sakura." Jackie said angrily, as Sakura and her walked
away. Rose ran in her dorm, locked the door and cried. "First day,
and I ruined everything.." she sobbed.
Lin realised with a sudden jolt that her flask was gone. She raced
back to the the hall, checked where she was and it wasn't there!
Lin growled angrily, and ran back to her common room, panicking
slightly. She couldn't help it, she let out a howl that no one but
people with the ears of a beast could hear.
Fog's ears suddenly perked up. It sounded like a howl. "Hey, DD.
Did you hear that?" He asked, confused. It was either a wolf or
something more...
Turning her head, DD was quiet for a moment, listening for whatever
Fog had heard. Nothing. She shook her head and replied, "Hear what?
There was no noise." She began to wonder about the importance of
the flask and its contents. What was the truth about that strange
girl?
"Huh, you didn't hear it? It was a howl or something. Must've been
the Forest." He said. Fog was about to continue his book when he
hesitated. DD was holding something, something that looked
familiar. "Hey, DD....isn't that Lin's?" He asked, pointing to the
flask.
Lin's ears were superb at hearing, as soon as she heard Fog talk
about her flask, she was at their common room in an instant. She
was overcome with fury. "Who did you say took my flask?" Lin asked
Fog, carefully and angrily, giving DD the death stare with her now
two blood red eyes.
Rose put her hands over her head, and sobbed. "I blew it! Stupid
mouth! Always saying stupid stuff!" She cried angrily at herself.
Jackie and Sakura were talking to each other, until they heard
Rose's cries. Jackie and Sakura didn't want to go in, because what
she said was rude. But then again, they felt bad, and walked in to
see books on the floor, and a blanket over Rose as she cried. "Uh,
Rose..?" Jackie said. "Please go away...I don't want to see anyone
at the moment.." she said weakly. Jackie and Sakura looked at each
other and frowned. "We'll leave you alone.." Sakura said, as the
two girls left. Rose cried even harder, as her body glowed pink.
Fog left quickly at Lin's words. He saw Lin stare angrily at DD and
gulped. This girl was scary . He walked past Rose's Common
room and heard her crying. He felt bad. Fog also heard other voices
comforting her and he felt a twinge of guilt. He should've done
that. "Oh well," he muttered to himself and peered in the common
room, curious to see what the other girls looked like.