A Cygnus Day Off

Chapter One: Embarrassed for Life

Author's note: AHHHHHHHHHHHH! I completely forgot to update in…over FIVE MONTHS. I'm so sorry to my readers who were eagerly looking forward to reading Corruption. Well, for new readers out there, this is my second fanfic so far. I think I've slightly improved my writing skills so have fun reading!

-Ereve: Knights Chamber-

Hawkeye, snoring in his deep slumber was suddenly awoken by a certain hyper Blaze Wizard.

"Wakey wakey Hawkie." Oz chirped. Hawkeye moaned, "Five more minutes..."

After that party above the Dark Lord's headquarters last night, it wasn't surprising that the Thunder Breaking didn't bother to get up.

"GET UP HAWKIE! THIS IS LIKE, AN EMERGENCY!" Oz was now looming over the ginger-haired man and screaming in his ear. The word 'emergency' immediately got Hawkeye pushing off the heavy layers of silk blankets thinking of the frail Empress Cygnus. Hawkeye didn't care about how Oz managed to get in his chambers (probably teleported inside), but as he ran outside in the cold crisp air, he was hoping the Empress was okay.

-Ereve: Main Hall-

"What's taking Oz and Hawkeye so long?" Neinheart impatiently tapped his foot on the wet grass, looking at his imaginary watch.

"Hawkeye's probably too busy catching up on his beauty sleep", Eckhart smirked underneath his black and white mask. Mihile looked up to where Eckhart was residing, in his favorite tree. He sighed, 'Whatever Oz and Hawkeye are doing, they better hurry before Miss Cygnus comes back from her meeting with the Victorian instructors.'

"Anyways…what now?" Eckhart sniffed, hoping that either the Dawn Warrior or overprotective servant had any ideas on how to kill the time. Mihile glanced at the marble table next to him. It held a pack a playing cards and various monster drops. He couldn't help but form a possibly illegal idea in his mind (Technically, illegal in Ereve)

"Eckhart and Mister Neinhart, would you like to be enlightened with poker?"

-Ereve: Forest-

"…And it is top priority that we stop this 'unknown trouble' from causing any more damage to Kerning City." The Dark Lord ended his long-winded speech, taking a deep breath. The meeting consisted of six people; Dances with Balrog, Athena Pierce, Grendel the Really Old, Kyrin, The Dark Lord, and Empress Cygnus. All of them sat in silence, brewing over the possibly dangerous catastrophe. Finally, Athena spoke, but not with words of sincerity.

"It is your responsibility to look over the city, don't you have agents to spy on this 'unknown trouble'? When you mean 'unknown troubles', you don't even know what you're dealing with, do you? What I've heard so far, they've been only playing petty little pranks on you so far. If you're going to report an insignificant thing to a meeting, you should do it without presuming we're going to help you with it. Besides, I have problems of my own I have to deal with."

Empress Cygnus winced at the harsh words being spoken in the holy grounds of Ereve. Kyrin didn't even react, she was more concentrated on being bored out of her mind. Grendel sighed so softly that even the slightest breeze would've carried it away. The Dark Lord clenched his fist before standing up and slamming it on the table. Some of the Instructors jumped at the violent gesture.

"Oh, and what's so important about your dilemma that you'd push my issues aside? I haven't even told you about how far these pranks have gone. They've made the monsters around Kerning City disappear for a week. Beginner thieves have had to go so far as to hunt monsters all the way in Perion! You haven't even heard the worst. They summoned high leveled monsters into a potion shop, destroying the building and severely injuring several people inside the shop. The potion seller was killed in that! If you still think that's a minor issue, let me hear about how holocaustic your problem is."

Athena was about to retort right back when Dances with Balrog raised both his hands to silence the bickering Job Instructors. They both fell silent. Jin (aka the Dark Lord) gave a deadly glare at Athena before settling down in his chair. The Archer Instructor just crossed her arms as her sharp eyes averted to the ground.

The Warrior Instructor began in such a loud manner that Kyrin actually bothered to look up to find out who was talking, "Shame on you Athena, shame on you Jin!"

The Thief Instructor flinched as he spoke his real name. Dances with Balrog only did that when an earful of yelling was to be expected by him.

"Have you no respect of where and who you're sitting by? This is Ereve, home of peace and light. Yet both of you are thinking of starting a conflict within this tranquil area! And with whom sitting right next to you guys? Empress Cygnus! Where is your pride? You know we don't have time for squabbling with one another. We're only here to discuss any important information regarding the Black Magician. So if you two have any other fits in the future, do it outside of Ereve." And with that, Dances with Balrog stood up to leave. Everyone was blown back with that speech. Balrog never participated in any of the meetings yet alone say one word. 'So why now?' Everybody but the Warrior Instructor thought.

"Wait", Grendel turned to Dances with Balrog, "There are two unknown presence nearby." Automatically, all the Victorian Instructors surrounded Empress Cygnus, taking out their respective weapons. A rustling came from the bushes. Then a head popped out with flaming orange hair as Hawkeye fell face down onto the clearing. Oz pushed aside a tree branch taking notice of the tense horde of Victorians and the Empress.

"Crap, Empress you ok-" Hawkeye started picking himself up from the ground. Unfortunately for him, this wasn't the wisest time to interrupt a meeting. Suddenly everyone but Oz was staring at him strangely. Hawkeye looked down on himself.

There he was, wearing pink pajamas with mushroom patterns, in front of every Victorian Instructor. Kyrin began to laugh hysterically, holding her stomach so it wouldn't burst open with even more laughter. Dances with Balrog rubbed his temples together before slowly walking away muttering, "should've called in sick". The Dark Lord shook out of his pure shock before gently patting Hawkeye on the shoulder whispering, "I'll treat you to a Maple Float."

Grendel the Really Old chuckled for a couple of seconds with sparkling eyes before using Magic Door and stepping into it along with Athena. Before the door completely closed though, Athena turned her head and smirked, "Those are some manly pajamas."

'I really should've stayed in bed', Hawkeye face palmed himself before plunging himself in self pity.