Author's Note: Well, here it is! The first chapter of the second story in the newly formed Crossover series! Whew! That was a mouthful! Well, I do hope that you all will enjoy and let me know what you think! Oh, and sorry this first chapter is a little short, but I needed to flex my light writing muscles a bit before diving into the big chapters!

Thanks Everyone!

Dragonwing

One

Nicole Huneycutt was awoken one warm spring morning by the sound of Yoda's voice saying: "Ah, the force is strong with this one! Get up and use your talents, young Jedi!"

"I hate that alarm clock," Nicole grumbled, dragging a pillow over her dark blonde head and praying that her roommate, Rina, would hit the snooze button quickly. Unfortunately for Nicole however, Rina was in a deep sleep, having only just gone to bed a few hours before, and didn't even hear the clock. Yoda's voice resounded through the room: "Get up, lazy one! The force waits for no one!" Nicole groaned and pulled the pillow tighter around her head, praying that either Rina would turn the clock off, or that it would somehow miraculously self-combust. Yoda's voice came again: "GET UP, SAID I!"

"That's it!" The blonde threw the pillow across the room, narrowly missing the Yoda clock. She tried to throw off her blankets, but was so tangled in them that she ended up crashing to the floor. Growling in frustration, Nicole finally escaped the blankets and stalked over to the clock. Seeing on the digital screen that it was about to go off again, Nicole grabbed the clock and thrust it right next to the still sleeping Rina's ear. This time, Yoda screeched in fury and the sounds of clashing light sabers came roaring from the clock's speakers. Rina yelped and jumped up onto her feet, only to get tangled in her own blankets and came tumbling back down onto the bed.

"Jiminy freaking Cricket on a piece of toast!" Rina shouted, she'd been trying not to swear too much now that she had a new little niece that she saw often, and had been inventing her own words to vent frustration with. "What was that for?" She brushed back a handful of dark brown hair and glowered at Nicole while groping on the nightstand for her glasses. Nicole couldn't help it, she burst out laughing and barely caught the Yoda clock as Rina knocked it off the bed in her attempt to find her glasses.

"You're the one who wanted this alarm clock so badly," Nicole switched the light saber noises off and put the clock back in its place. "And you don't even wake up when it goes off! Do you stuff cotton in your ears before you go to sleep?"

Rina pushed her glasses onto her button nose, "I didn't even go to sleep until 4:00a.m. Give me a break!" Her cheeks were rosy from all of the excitement, and Nicole had a strong urge to pinch them but instead the blonde simply ruffled Rina's already wild hair and went in search of the pillow she'd thrown.

"I guess we need to get up anyway," Nicole located the pillow and started to make her bed up, "We're meeting Angel again today, remember?"

"Oh yeah," Rina groaned and flopped back onto her bed. "How much longer is this house hunting of hers going to take?"

"I don't know," Nicole sighed, "But we promised to help, and hopefully today will be the day she finds an apartment or something that she likes. The lease on her old place is going to end soon."

"We offered to move our work out of the second bedroom and let her stay here," The brunette finally climbed out of bed and started searching for her hair brush. "Are we that scary that she didn't want to move in with us?" Rina grinned evilly, then grimaced when she tried to drag the brush through her short, but very tangled hair.

"Angel's just really looking forward to living on her own," Nicole pulled a pair of jeans and a tank top out of her dresser, "I mean, she lived with her parents for most of college, and then with her sister up until now. She's going to be 26 this year, a year older than you and me, and she's going to go crazy if she doesn't get her own place."

"Yeah, I see what you mean." Rina's muffled voice came from beneath the blue NASA T-shirt she was attempting to pull over her head, "But with the way rent is these days," her head finally popped out, brown hair sticking up in all directions again, "I much prefer having a roommate, at least we split all the bills and don't have to pay as much."

Nicole slapped her hand against her heart and sighed, "Aw, how sweet! And here all this time I thought you were rooming with me because you loved me!" She ducked just as a shoe came soaring by her head, "Now, now Rina! Such violence is unbecoming of a young lady." Nicole grinned, brown eyes shining and then dodged out of the room as another shoe came sailing after her, "Hurry up! We have to meet Angel soon!"

A blonde, thin, birdlike girl was waiting for them when they pulled up in Rina's car to a nearby coffee shop. The girl was so excited she was practically bouncing, her chin-length, choppy hair swinging in and out of her green eyes. Nicole got out of the car and grinned as Angel rushed over and leapt into her arms.

"Nicole!" Angel gripped the other girl's neck tighter as Nicole swung her around, "I've missed you!"

Nicole released the girl she'd been best friends with since eighth grade, "You were only gone a week you silly girl!" She laughed at Angel's pout, "But I missed you too."

Angel gave Rina a similarly enthusiastic hug and they all went into the coffee house for a quick drink.

"I've got something so exciting to tell you!" Angel bubbled when they all sat down, "I think I've found an apartment that's going to be perfect for me!"

"Really?" Rina sipped her iced coffee, "Where is it? Do you want to go look at it today?"

"Well, actually…" Angel fiddled with a napkin, "It's outside the city limits a little bit, but it's not too far! Only a ten to fifteen minute ride by the subway."

"That doesn't sound too bad," Nicole smiled warmly at her, "It's whatever makes you happy, that you can afford that is."

"Yes!" Angel clapped excitedly, "I can't wait for you both to see it!"