"Evanesco"
by gatogirl1
Aerrow had to press himself against the corridor wall to avoid getting trampled by a gleeful Finn and a rampaging Piper in close pursuit. His attention easily diverted from the dry mission report he had yet to file away in his hands, he turned and followed in his crewmates' wake. He trailed them through the ship to the bridge easily enough- if the maze of upturned boxes and spilled supplies hadn't been enough of a clue, then echoes of Piper's enraged shouting and Finn's laughing taunts would have sufficed to mark their route.
Aerrow entered the bridge to join the rest of his bemused and attentive team watching the end of yet another spat between their friends.
From the looks of it, Finn had stolen a magazine and was dancing just out of reach. Piper had cornered Finn up against the glass windows, but Finn was smart enough to use the bulky helm as a cover between them.
Realizing he had the full attention of his audience, Finn continued riling up Piper. "And what do we have here?" Finn grandly exclaimed in mock surprise. "Is Piper, our very own geeky crystal scientist Piper, a closet reader of GURL-E Magazine?" He waved the stolen item tantalizingly close to her attacking fingers.
"F-i-n-n..." Piper ground out.
"Oo! Oo! And look! The pages are bent because she's been reading this one section so much! Shall we see what interests our fair crew member so much?" The magazine fell open to the middle, the paper dog-earred and worn.
Aerrow, Radarr, Stork and Junko stood quietly to the side, expressions varying from eyerolls to amused interest.
"Why, lookee here!" Finn hooted as he darted away from the growling girl. "She's bookmarked one of those romancy-girly-dorktastic type stories..." Fluttering his eyelashes at his audience, he swooned with a hand to his brow and began to read. "The girl was practically a slave..."
"FINN! Give it back!" she grabbed for the magazine in his upraised hand.
He sidestepped her desperate lunge and kept reading "But what no one knew was that the Goblin King had fallen in love with her and had given her certain powers. And so one night..."
Piper's persistance paid off. She snagged a side of the magazine while Finn was really getting into his melodrama. However, the combined tug and his grip on the cover left Piper staring wide-eyed at a handful of ripped pages falling to the deck. Finn sheepishly looked down at his own handful of the ripped mag, then drew back at the pissed glare she was giving him. He gulped nervously a few times and glanced helplessly at his still amused crewmates, then drew himself to his full height to bluff his way out of yet another mess.
"Oh come on, who reads junk like that anyway?" Finn crossed his arms defensively. "Goblins and magic powers, why are all girls stupid enough to swoon over dorky things like...that...?"
His words trailed off as Piper towered over Finn, fury blazing across her face.
"Ooo Finn, you...you jerk! Sometimes, I just wish the goblins would come and take YOU away…like right now!"
And then Finn vanished, leaving behind only a plume of sparkling dust and a chorus of goblin snickering.
Notes: I haven't written anything in forever; I'd forgotten how much fun it is. ^_^
"Storm Hawks" are cool. But they're not mine. Neither are David Bowe's "Labyrinth" pants.
Evanesco- Harry Potter fans unite!