"So what do you think?" Lukas asked in a low voice, pointedly ignoring the fighting that was happening behind them in the van. "Should I ask her out by giving her a rose or should I ask her out by painting a sign that says 'Will you go out with me?'"
"Just grab and kiss her, then ask her out," Angel snapped, feeling irritable. "You two have been friends for two years already ― this shouldn't be hard!"
"But this is different!" Lukas insisted. "What if she doesn't like me back and we aren't friends anymore?"
Angel rolled her eyes and said, "Jesse is the kind of girl who cherishes her friends ― she won't abandon you just because you have feelings for her!"
"But what if things between us won't be the same again?" Lukas insisted again. "What if we can't act normally together after I confessed?"
Angel threw her arms in the air, making sure to leave her book in her lap. "This is why I don't give out dating advice! After the two girls I dated back in the past, I thought I knew about dating but nooo! Stupid friends dancing around each other…"
Lukas opened his mouth to say something, but something cut him off.
CRASH!
"Oh for heaven's sake!" Angel barked, turning around, snarling, "I've had it with you two! STOP FIGHTING!"
Jace and Axel stopped in place and fell out of their seats, both males looking terrified. It was remarkably about how two males can be stopped by a girl shorter than them.
"This is the tenth time I had to stop you two! I know it's been five hours, but that doesn't mean you can pick a fight!" Angel barked. "Aiden, be a dear and sit between them so they can't fight. You too Gill."
"Roger," Gill grinned as he and Aiden moved to the middle, not wanting to piss off Angel than she already was.
"You know it's kind of weird." Petra popped her head up, "Angel is the youngest here, yet, she's the most mature out of all of us. A good mom for all of us idiots even though she's two-three years younger than us." She joked.
The brunette girl popped her head up and snickered. "Yeah. 'Lukas, stop being a butt. Jace, stop eating all the cookies.'" She mimicked her friend in a slightly higher voice, bursting into giggles soon after.
Angel rubbed her temple and ignored Maya, who continued mimicking her friend in the most exaggerated way possible.
Jesse popped her head up next, "You alright, Angel? You've been really irritable for the past hour."
"I'm alright ― just a stupid headache. It'll pass," Angel said dismissively.
Knowing that Angel will only insist that she's fine, Olivia sighed and look out the window, blinking from surprise, "Oh look, you guys! We're here!"
Jace threw his hands in the air and reached for the ear door eagerly, "Effing finally! Let's go!"
"Jace! Don't open the door yet! We're still driving!"
"Alright, keep your hair on!"
"Oh, so when your girlfriend orders you around, you do behave."
"SHE IS NOT MY FREAKING GIRLFRIEND YOU LITTLE-"
The climb up the mountain was cold and exhausting, but due to the amount of jumping and running in their treasure hunts, they made it to the lodge in twenty minutes.
Jesse gently knocked the door and stepped back.
A brunette opened the door, blinking when she saw the group. "Oh!" She pulls out a piece of paper and scanned it, "You must be the New Order and The Blaze Rods." She folds the paper and smiled faintly. "Please come in, we were expecting you."
The brunette had shoulder-length hair parted in the middle with two magenta streaks on each side of her head, slightly tanned, but also pale (if that makes sense) skin, wearing a purple jacket with a collar with the sleeves rolled up in the middle of her forearm, a v-collar lilac shirt underneath the jacket, blue pants, dark gray shoes, and a pair of blue headphones with a gold star on the earmuffs of the headphones. She looks like she's ready to dance.
They stepped inside the warm, toasty lodge.
"So, uh, why did you invite us here?" Olivia asked as they walk through the hall, their footsteps echoing.
The brunette turned around, "Simple. A week to relax from the stress happening lately."
"But, uh, you don't even know us." Olivia points out, "You don't know us personally I mean. I'm not even sure if you're a fan of ours."
"Things have been stressful between the members of the New Order, correct?" The brunette asked. "Fights, arguments, crimes all over the corner, etc... I just thought I can give you all a week to relax for once. Don't worry, I had someone take care of the town. As for the Blaze Rods, I wanted you all to bond once more, to talk as friends."
"How did you know-?"
The brunette turned back around, "That is for you to find out, and for me to know." She reached out and grabbed a doorknob, opening it, "Here we are. This is the living room. The dorms are to your right and the other rooms are to your left. The other guests are out exploring the other rooms, so perhaps you all will meet tomorrow. Your rooms are labeled with nameplates with your name and drawing. The bathrooms are at the end of the hall, and the training room is near the dorms. There are guest rooms for the purpose of extra beds if your bed somehow explodes." The brunette turned around again, smiling, "I am the Host, and I hope you enjoy your stay."
"Wait-" But The Host was gone before Angel could ask her a question.
"Weird girl." Axel made a face.
Olivia scoffed and said, "Axel, be nice. She's our host."
"Yeah yeah-"
"One more thing." The Host popped out of nowhere, successfully scaring the crap out of Axel and Olivia. "If there are any problems, please call me or my assistants and we'll fix it immediately. Take care." She smiled and held out a hand. Specifically to Angel. "I have forgotten to introduce myself. My name is ForeverFairy. But you may call me Ann."
Seeing as she was holding out a hand to her specifically, Angel gently reached out and shook the brunette's hand slightly.
Immediately, a chill went up her spine, and nausea filled her. Angel gasped and retched, shaking her hand out of Ann's gentle grip and slapping her hand over her mouth, trying to fight back the sensation.
Ann tilted her head, "You look rather sick." She stated the obvious. Adjusting her headphones, she said, "I say you should go to your room to rest. It is not wise to explore while sick. Even more so with winter approaching."
Angel swallowed and nodded, swaying slightly and falling straight into Petra.
The redhead quickly caught her, startled and a little worried, "Wow, you don't look so good."
Ann smiled faintly. "I advise you take her to her room and have her rest up. I'm sure she'll be fine tomorrow."
Petra hesitantly nodded and carried to the dorms. Passing by rooms labeled with Musa, Raven, Robin, fighter33000, Anna-The-Cherry, Seriblaze, mariosonicfan16, Berry-O-Pokemob, coughandcolds, and ArizaLuca, she finally found the room labeled with Angel's name, and laid the female on the bed, before leaving to explore with the others.
When Angel woke up, she felt something was...off.
The fact that she was laying in white sand was explanatory.
She opened her eyes and stared, feelings the white sand under her fingers. She was near the ocean and gold seashells everywhere she looked. Looking up at the sky, there was some sort of...glass sphere enclosing the space around her, with the moon glowing in the velvet sky. But what confused her the most was a lone table sitting in the center of the 'sphere', with a man with an abnormally long nose, and a woman in blue sitting at it. The man look at her and his smile grew.
"Welcome to the Velvet Room."