Three best friends, gazing at the jet black empty sky, without a care in the world. The night was serene, so peaceful. Although there aren't any stars, the moon seemed to be brighter, it seemed to be sweeter than on any other night. This was the life...

Alexis stroked her loyal falcon as she lay on the evergreen grass of Payon. She was a young hunter, a petite frame completed with short dark brown hair. She always kept half her hair tied up in a tight ponytail with a bright red ribbon. If it weren't for her bow and arrows, she would had looked completely innocent. Beside her was Saura. Unlike Alexis, she had a strong build with short, funky blue, boyish hair that matches so well with her blacksmith outfit. People often had mistaken her for a guy, a really handsome guy. Well, who could blame them, she does both look and behave like a guy. And then there was the ever so whacky alchemist. Her deep blue, short hair emphasized her lively and cheerful look. Cady was always the one cracking jokes in the group, sometimes at the wrong time. She rested her feet on top of her cart as she lay down beside Alexis and Saura. She did not care if there was some peeping tom trying to look under her short skirt.

"So sad there isn't any stars..." Playing with Alexis skirt, just figiting with it, Cady sighed. "Hey, if the sky was full of stars. There wouldn't be such a beautiful moon." Alexis smacked Cady's itchy fingers, giving her that ' what do you think you are doing?' stare. It was late into the night already, yet they didn't even bother to think what would happen if they slept there on the field. And sleep there they did...

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" Alex... stop licking my feet..." Saura mummbled in her half-asleep state.

"Wha???? Who? I ain't licking anyone's feet... Especially yours, they are nasty..."

In confussion, Saura and Alexis raised their heads to see which sicko dared to lick Saura's icky feet. It was a pink, blobbery, squishy, bouncy, poke-able, erm thing... The two girls immediately jumped up on their feet, followed by a small scream from Alexis and a long 'Awwww'.

"How cute! A poring ! I want to poke it!" As Alexis poked the poring, Saura had a mischievious look on her face. " What are you thinking? I don't like that look!" Saura grapped the sweet, innocent creature and placed it on the sleeping Cady. Even with the poring bouncing on her face, Cady managed to still snore away. Alexis and Saura could not contain their amusement, they ended up rolling on the floor, drowned with their laughter.

Alexis picked up leaves and sticks and dumped it on Cady's upper body for sheer entertainment. They started piling up whatever they could find on Cady. Soon, buried under the junk they found, Cady had totally disapeared! Well the poring was smart enough to jump off and bounce away. Suddenly in the midst of their laughter, a faint scream was heard from under the mountain. Sleeping Beauty had awoken! And very angry she was. Removing the twigs and leaves out of her hair, she picked up a branch and chased the two around Payon.

"Argh!!!! How could you do that to me!?!?" The morning peace was broken. The unlucky villagers who was nearby stared as Cady threw pebbles at her friends.