So, I got the idea for this Homestuck AU when I started wondering, "What if the events of homestuck never happened?" That train of thought lead to humanised trolls and then everyone was about ten years older. So, now all the trolls are human, the beta session characters are around 26 years old, and the alpha session characters are about 29.

Anyway, here's one of my OTP'S, AraFef.

Disclaimer: No. Disclaimers are bullshit and you know it. If I did own homestuck, I wouldn't be writing fanfiction, now would I?

Warnings: Yuri, femslash, inaccurate knowledge of American terminology.

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Feferi Piexes was enamoured with the sea. Ever since she was young, shad only had eyes for the ocean. It didn't matter what her older sisters thought, or what her parents wanted. As the youngest of three, she was free to do what she wanted anyway. So, when her parents took her on a trip to the local aquarium, she knew that she was going to be working there one day. When she got her parents to agree to letting her volunteer on her sixteenth birthday, she nearly died from joy. Ten years later, she was head of the marine biology department and had befriended just about every animal there. She understood them better than she did humans, which is the reason this whole thing started.

The aquarium had received a rescue orca from a university research expedition, and though the aquarium doctors said it was healthy, she felt that something was wrong. The poor young whale didn't eat nearly enough, and would always swim away from the rest of the orcas in the tank. However, Feferi couldn't convince her coworkers that anything was wrong.

She asked her friend, Jade, over coffee.

"I'm just so worried about her, Jade! I know it's not really your field, but you're the only one who believes me. What should I do?"

"Well, I can't really help, but I know someone who can. She's an old friend of mine from Uni, before I met you. She's a vet now, so if anyone can find out what's wrong, it's her."

"No offense, Miss Harley, but I really don't think a VET can help an orca."

"That's just it! She's not your traditional vet. She works specifically with non-domestic animals. Ever heard of Aradia Megido?"

"You know her?! She saved that baby panda at the San Francisco zoo a few years back!"

"Yep! She's a real sweetheart when you get to know her. I'm sure she'd be happy to talk a look at the orca for you, no questions asked. Here, I'll give you her card."

After a few minutes of digging around in her satchel, the raven-haired young woman produced a dark red business card with 'Aradia Megido, Speciality Veterinarian' inscribed across it's surface. At the bottom of the card was a phone number.

After seeing off her friend at the door, Feferi walked into her flat, running her thumb across the glossy surface of the card. Heaving a sigh, she picked up her phone and dialed the number written at the bottom of it.

"Let's hope this works."

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Well? How'd I do? Aradia's story will be told next chapter, so don't worry.