Here it is! The longer version of "Strange Lunch Routine"! So far it is only one chapter, but I will continue to add to this one. Also, OC's are welcome in this one; preferably female, but I will accept some males. The limit is 4 males, 5 females total (Transgender and other characters like that are also welcome, but the limit is again, 5.) Also, this story is moving to America because Americans see pigeons as vermin, and Erwin's gonna educate some patriots. Also, Oorai is trying to get more students, so TRANSFER STUDENT TIME~! XD. Anywho, have fun y'all~!
Erwin's day continued on as usual; algebra, then history, then gym, and finally tankery practice. She nearly had a heart attack when she heard the freshman team screeching over something…again.
They have got to learn to stop screaming at every little thing. Erwin ran the rest of the way to storage shed and looked around. Surely enough, everyone was startled by the sudden outburst, unsurprisingly enough everyone was reacting in a different way. Most had ducked for cover, but Erwin's team was trying to smack something out of the air and Yukari was trying to catch it with a net. Just as Erwin was about to ask what the issue was, the small black object flew towards her as landed half-gracefully on the ground at her feet, before looking up and cooing at her.
Erwin stared at the black feathered being, quite un-amused. "Hi Loki." The odd pigeon just cooed again and tilted its head as if to say 'Why hello there Erwin! I had no idea you would be here!'
"Get rid of it!"
Erwin looked up to see Momo pointing at her, obviously thinking that Erwin had had something to do with the cause of the disturbance.
"Don't be rude to Loki. He was probably just curious about us. He's a very odd pigeon."
"He is a rat with wings!" One of the public morals committee, probably Sodoko, yelled.
Erwin gasped and knelt down, placing one of her hands over Loki's head. "How dare you say such a thing! And while he's right here! You hurt his feelings!" Erwin patted Loki lightly and giggled, "it's okay Loki. She just has no idea on what she is talking about! You are not a rat with wings; in fact, you could be the descendant of a million great heroes who won medals and stuff!"
Erwin looked up as Caesar burst into laughter, possibly over realizing why Erwin was not as freaked out as the rest of the team. "I don't get why you're laughing Caesar, but clearly I said something funny."
Caesar had finally calmed down enough to talk without an issue, "Just the whole idea Erwin. You have a wonky pigeon that caused a little bit of debauchery and you called him Loki."
It took the blond co-commander a few seconds to understand why this had been so hilarious; Loki had been a trickster according to Norse mythology, and this pigeon just so happened to cause a bit of chaos by accident from general snooping. Erwin laughed quietly, finally understanding why it was humorous; she had made the joke by accident, but that didn't make it any less amusing.
"Yes, well, that was actually kind of accidental. I just started calling him that and it kind of stuck." Erwin replied while holding out her hand. Loki jumped into her open palm and shuffled up to her shoulder, looking more like a parrot that a pigeon. "I think he used to be someone's pet, or he's imprinted. Either way, he really likes people." Loki began cooing quietly, fiddling with Erwin's bangs in an attempt of friendly grooming.
"So, are we going to be 'Pigeon team' now?" Oryou asked, smirking at how the winged creature was acting.
"I think that's going a little too far; but really, Loki's a harmless fellow." Erwin rubbed under the black pigeon's beak, causing the small creature to stretch his head out a little. "He could probably be the school mascot if we really wanted."
"No! We are not having a winged rat as a school mascot!" Sodoko yelled, glaring at the blond commander who struck a pose resembling utter offense once again.
Once everyone had calmed down, Erwin placed Loki on a crate and tankery practice began. But just as Hippo team was about to leave, the dark pigeon leapt into their tank and sat down in Erwin's lap. While her team was concerned that the small avian creature could get badly hurt or startled while they practiced, this was soon proved wrong as the pigeon simply sat there, paying no mind to the noise and movement. Even Erwin didn't seem to pay much attention to the small critter, focusing most of her attention on her radio commands and alerting her team when it was safe to fire.
Practice ended all too soon, forcing Hippo team to part with the strange creature. Erwin actually took some time and set up a little nest for him, made out of some old covers and random cloths, before placing Loki in the over-done pigeon home and staring at him with a serious expression.
"Now I want you to stay here and sleep. I will be back at school in the morning, be at the bench at lunch, and here in the afternoon. I suppose I'll see you then." Erwin stood on her tip-toes and gently kissed the top of Loki's head. If he were a human and had been following her, her reaction would be very different.
Loki waited until Erwin and her team had left, before he flew out and followed them. He knew where the four loud girls lived, and most of their normal routine; especially Erwin's. First Erwin had an English language class; she was determined to learn English and German; then the German language class, then some reading class, then a class to learn about living things, then lunch, then her late-arrival class, then a class she was very enthusiastic about, then a class that usually required her to change and go outside to run, then the class with the tanks.
This evening's events had been an accident; he usually watched the teams and observed their actions, but today a cat thought he would make a very delicious meal. He had escaped, but nearly got killed by the numerous screaming children and a few other people. And the nerve of that one girl, to call him such a thing! If e could bathe everyday in fresh water, he'd be shinier than her polished shoes!
Still, Loki didn't live in the storage shed; it was far too open, even with all the nesting places. He actually lived near the four girls, in an abandoned house a few more feet down the road from them; it was nice and quiet, and no other animals could get in. He saw the four girls race each other to the front door and into the small house, likely going to argue over what movie to watch or whose turn it was to make dinner. Loki really couldn't understand it, but he was okay with that. He flew home and settled into his nest, which consisted on no more than four feathers, a human handful of straw, and a corner of the roof. It was small, but it was home, and that was all that mattered.
