Hi! Another preview thingy! Millie reveals some of her strength and tells of her past. Sorry, kind of a pants preview but my head can't think of anything so, yeah. Same as first chapter, please review if you read I'd love feedback it helps a lot!
Millie woke to find a sleeping half curled hedgehog in front of her. His knees coming only half way up as to not hit Millie. She was also half curled up, as cats do, with one hand still on his chest. Millie then blew gently on Sonic's nose to try and make him sneeze. This was a theory of hers so trying it out would be the only way to confirm it. Just as she thought, his nose started to twitch as the air whooshed past it. Millie blew again, this time accomplishing what she had hoped and got Sonic to sneeze. Truthfully it was more fun waking someone up by making then sneeze, seeing their confused face as they sit up to wonder for a moment what just happened.
As Sonic realised he was not only in a girls dorm but was in Millie's, she had already got out of bed and gone to brush her teeth in the on suite. Sonic saw this as a chance to briefly gather his thoughts as memories of the previous night rose. A smile spread across his face when Millie entered the room.
'Just turn around for a minute, I need to get dressed.' Millie said groggily, clearly she had crashed hard after the kissing session last night and wasn't fully awake yet.
'Wouldn't it just be easier for me to leave and wait for you at breakfast?', Sonic replied as he turned on the bed to give the cat privacy.
'No, you can just stay put. And don't think about peeking 'cause I can tell if you are.' Millie answered with a tad of dominance in her voice.
'Ok, whatever', Sonic obeyed. This wasn't normally like him as he ignored all efforts of keeping him still unless he was eating chilli dogs or sleeping. However he couldn't help but peek over his shoulder at her. Well, she did say not to so of course, with it being Sonic, he would do the complete opposite. Sonic hated being controlled. As he turned to sneak a peek, her eyes were closed so he was a tad safer. He saw her surprisingly flat chest that, because of fur, showed nothing, just like looking at Sonic's own chest.
A hair brush was then launched across the room at speed as an embarrassed cat hurried to cover herself. Sonic's speed saved him from the brush before It seemingly turned itself around and caught him at the back of the head, sending him flying.
'I thought I told you not to peek!' Said a flustered Millie. Finally managing to get her top on, it somewhat resembled that of Japanese school uniform, only 20% cooler. The knot looked like the one that kagamine rin had, large and coloured white. A skirt was pulled on to match with a pair of black skin tight shorts underneath, a small precaution after yesterday's incident. A pair of Japanese school girl shoes were put on her feet with knee high white socks that had a thin blue strip across the top.
A small knock on the door was heard, Sonic answered which surprised the girl who was there. She gave a massage from the headmaster that asked if Millie could be in her normal neko form today instead of a cat. With a nod some more of the same crimson smoke from yesterday surrounded her, this time clearing to reveal a tall girl with very long chocolate brown hair and large cat ears to match. Her clothes had also grown to fit her new proportions, this confused both Sonic and the girl who was still at the door. Millie's chest was also considerably larger, a noticeable difference compared to her flat chested cat counterpart.
Grabbing her bag she cheerily said, 'lets get to breakfast then, I checked my timetable, we both have magic class first and second period.'
As both Sonic and Millie walked to the dining hall for breakfast, whispers were heard all around the pair. Millie was at least a good two foot higher than Sonic now, eventually they met Amy and the others on the way. Knuckles chucked Sonic his bag as they asked where he was all night and this morning.
'Well... Erm. I went to see Millie this morning to see if she was ok. She looked scared of the thunder last night so I went to check see.' Sonic lied, "itching" his nose underneath.
'That still doesn't explain where you were last night', Knuckles said grumpily.
'Oh, y'know. Just out.' Sonic lied again.
The two continued to bicker like an old couple when Shadow suddenly decided to want to talk to Millie a bit more privately. He did this by coaxing her to the back of the group, giving him the privacy he needed.
'Sonic was with you last night, wasn't he?' Shadow asked, his voice only loud enough for Millie to hear. "How the hell does he know!"
'N-no, like Sonic said. H-he was out, that's all!' Millie stuttered, attempting to lie to the very observant hedgehog.
'Don't lie. I can tell when you're lying.'
'Huh! Ok then, how d'you know I'm lying', Millie challenged.
'Lets see, when I mentioned Sonic with you last night your heart rate rose and your ears started to flush red on the inside.' Shadow said plainly, though he sounded a little smug too.
'Eh! What! Ok, so Sonic was with me last night. That doesn't mean anything.' Millie said very defensively.
'You kissed him, didn't you.'
'Ack! What!' Millie said in great surprise and then added in a whisper,
'And how the HELL do you know that?'
'You smell faintly of him. Your not the only one with a sensitive nose y'know. And don't worry, the others won't be looking for the smell so they won't notice.', Shadow explained.
'Are you sure?'
'Yes, quite certain.' Shadow ensured.
"Thank goodness" Millie thought to herself, relieved at the news that no one else would notice. As they walked to the door to cross the courtyard for the dining hall, they noticed people running from it. This was strange, most people wanted breakfast and almost everyone didn't run from it. Soon after Millie noticed what everyone outside was running from and shot out the door, Sonic catching her bag.
'What got her so worked up?' Rouge asked, hand on her hip.
'Dunno but we better go check what it is.' Knuckles added as he opened the door for everyone to go out. Walking through the open doors their eyes caught sight of what Millie was running towards, all then wishing she wasn't. What lay before them was a grotesque and terrifying creature. It's had large hands with fingers that were blades half the length Millie was tall. They were curved like scythes and looked as if they were surgically attached rather than natural (for a better reference watch the first episode of soul eater and look at the first monster Maka and Soul kill). The arms were long and it had what looked like a pot belly, all held up by a series of leather straps and buckles.
'Would you like to try a slice before before you die?', the creature screamed. It's voice was raspy and high pitched.
'No thanks, I'd rather cut my hair short than let you slice at me! Kurisutaruburēdo!'' Millie shouted, a large hatchet looking blade materialised in Millie's right hand. The handle was short with two blue crystals at each end shining with powerful energy. The blade was as long as the handle and curved around the handhold, protecting Millie's hand from the creatures blades.
'What did she shout?' Amy asked Shadow, remembering his wide knowledge of Japanese language.
'Crystal blade', he simply replied. Amazed at how she could summon a weapon in Japanese, which was a very hard skill to learn unless you went through months of training.
'C'mon then, Jack the Ripper. How sharp are your blades today, blunt as usual?', she said as weapons clashed and sparks flew. Jack simply kept slashing at Millie, only to have his attacks blocked by her blade. Dashing underneath its legs Millie used the flower bed wall as leverage and shot into the air shouting, 'seinaru safaiaburēdo!'.
'Before you ask. Holy sapphire blade.' Shadow uttered to the others. Sonic was worried, he didn't want Millie to get hurt. Part of him urged him to run and help but the other part reasoned that she would be fine. Sonic didn't trust either side so he stayed put and watched in shock.
Pulling her arms up, Millie's weapon grew to twenty times its size. A decorative cross on each side shone blue. Energy surged through Millie as waves of blue light, she then threw her arms forward and down towards the hideous creature. Slicing right through its body. Both half's glowed and broke into what looked like tight spinning ribbons, all collapsing into one area.
A small glowing red orb was left in the wake of the now destroyed monster. Students had already started coming out from under benches and out of social areas. Millie then allowed her self to fall, toes pointed ready to land on the floor. Stopping mere inches before the floor to then float gently down with a light tap of her foot.
She grabbed the orb and brought it close to her chest, it flashed blue then disappeared, sending a wave of energy across the yard.
Gasps, whispers and questions were shouted as her friends ran towards her; Sonic being first as he was the fastest. They also asked questions about what had just happened, however theirs weren't as pressured. Inside the dinning hall Millie fended of as many questions as she could until Shadow gave a group of people a look that kept the rest of them away.
'Thanks, and I'm sorry to have made your breakfast so hectic. I'm such a nuisance.' Millie apologised.
'Huh, your not a nuisance. We've kinda got used to this sort of stuff. We all came to this school as one large group when we first started'.
'Really?'
'Yeah, people thought we looked funny. Y'know being mostly animal and stuff, not only that but the fact that we each had a certain strength. Mine being super smarts, I don't mean to boast or anything. A better example is how fast Sonic can run. I mean, can anyone run around the earth in less than a minute! I think not!' Tails exclaimed proudly looking at Sonic.
'Hey no need to speak for me I can prove it if you want!' Sonic replied looking ready to shoot of at a moments notice.
'It's ok! I believe you' Millie chuckled, looking at Sonic with new appreciation. Her smile made him happy too, filling him with the same warmth he felt yesterday.
After finishing breakfast, the large group of friends started to gather their trays to the back of the dining hall. Millie offered to take the larger part of the stack in a way of apologising for the uproar she had caused. This was an easy feat seeing as she was still an extra foot taller or so than a lot of the kids there. This meant balancing the trays was a lot easier over everyone's heads; then, without warning, as Millie placed the trays on the trolley the lights went out.
"No... No, not this! Please anything but this!" Then Millie shouted 'NO! W-Why is this happening now?!'
She fell to the ground and curled up. Millie covered her head with her hands to hide her sudden outpour of tears whilst flashes of horrifying memories crept their way into her vision. Visions of fire, distress, death and a burning village with the silhouettes of people printed in fire.
'NOOO! PLEASE STOP! NO MORE! NO MORE!' She cried into her knees. A small handful of people heard but the dark dining hall had turned into a mess of confusion. Some people shouting and others seeing the opportunity to throw food of all things. The commotion continued until the lights for the hall flickered back on, the back up generator for that part of the building had finally decided to kick in. Just then a sharp whistle was heard from the the centre of the crowd.
'Everyone calm down. That's enough food throwing! Now can you all please make your way out of the door please and try not to trample anyone.' A small strawberry blond teacher ordered from the crowd. Everyone did as she said without question, before long someone shouted from the multitude of body's.
'Hey ! The new girls on the floor, I-I think she may be hurt.'
'Thank you mausu' Miss. Nekonekome answered. Making her way deftly through everyone, this being easy thanks to her size.
Millie felt a soft pair is hands rest on her shoulders, she peered through her hands, tears still streaming down her face. The teachers warm smile comforted her somewhat, allowing herself to make a soft cry.
'Its ok, what's wrong?' Miss. Nekonekome asked quietly.
'T-t-the fire, e-everyone burning. H-h-help...' The rest was too muffled to hear. Miss's ears twitched slightly as a face of worry replaced the normally calm expression. She had planned on helping the girl up but then realised her height so she beckoned the P.E. teacher over. He was definitely taller than the both of them, he had bright green hair that was gelled into spikes and a pair of green and black cordless headphones hung round his neck.
'Don't worry, I'll take her to the nurses office. She'll know what to do.' The P.E. teacher reassured as he started to help Millie up, who by that time had started softly crying.
'W-where's Sonic? A-and A-my?' Millie stammered, catching her breath at the same time.
'I'll go and find them' Miss. Nekonekome assured Millie.
'T-thank you'
'Come on, lets get you to Nurse Chansey' the P.E. teacher said to Millie, picking her up as she found herself unable to stand properly.
At the nurses office Millie sat on the bed waiting for Sonic and Amy to come through the door with Miss. Nekonekome. She pulled her knees up to her face and held them there, hiding her now blotchy face from the P.E. teacher she now knew as Vector. Nurse Chansey came through from her office with a small square of chocolate in her hand as well as a book of some sort.
'Here, eat this. It'll make you feel better' the nurse said speaking in hushed tones. Millie looked up for a moment before snatching the square of chocolate from her hand. Nurse Chansey didn't seem surprised at this response, it was obvious from her smiling expression that she got this regularly.
'Sorry. I-I didn't mean to snatch.' Millie muttered through her hands.
'That's quite alright, it's a normal response. It comes from the animal part of us, we like to feel safe. Even the most brave of us feel in danger sometimes and just need a little lift to get us back on our feet.' The nurse said softly, just smiling at Millie. Her doe ears twitched and she turned her head as the door to the office opened, Miss. Nekonekome came in first and held to door open. Amy and Sonic followed, wondering what had happened that required them at the nurses office.
They both then saw Millie on the bed and shot over.
'Be careful now, she's a bit delicate at the moment. So no sudden questions.' Nurse Chansey said quietly.
'Millie, what happened? Did someone knock you?' Amy asked, keeping in mind that she had to be careful with her choice of words.
Millie just shook her head which was still behind her knees, then uttered something that sounded like the word 'no' and 'no one knocked me'. Her ears flat to her head.
'Are you alright? Was it the lights that scared you, it's ok if it was. I, we don't mind.' Sonic said with an understanding tone whilst nodding towards Amy who agreed. "I see where it would come from, it's just like the lightening last night. But why'd that scare her, that daemon didn't seem to. Hm? Strange." Sonic thought to himself.
This time Millie lifted her head tears had stared forming again, her teeth were clenched under her lips. She stopped herself from falling into hysterics long enough to ask the five of them a question. Millie then curled her tail round her legs and feet.
'Can I trust all of you enough to tell you the reason I reacted the way I did and not tell anyone else?'
'Of corse, its between all of us and no one else. Right?' Amy asked the others cheerily, they all nodded and Millie began to explain.
'Whe-when I was six. About nine years ago. My village that I lived in before I became the princess I am. Was attacked by a daemon, I large and vicious daemon. It's only intentions to kill and burn all in its path.' Millie was now kneeling but her hair still partial covered her face. Tears were visible on her cheeks as she attempted to wipe some off.
'Here' Nurse Chansey passed her a tissue.
'Thank you. Anyway, I was somehow at the epicentre of the flames as my village burnt to the ground. But the flames would not touch me, I was clutching my grandmothers Phoenix necklace.' Millie placed her hand on the necklace round her neck that faintly glowed orange.
'It was passed down to me after she passed away three years previous.
A-all I saw was people dying, they looked like badly controlled puppets to me. They were screaming with pain, you can't blame them. Being engulfed by flames isn't exactly pleasant.' She said with a small but sad laugh.
'But the daemon spared me, it didn't even attempt to hurt me. It just looked at me every time it killed someone I loved... And laughed.' There was a long pause before Millie continued, she made another attempt to hold back an ever growing flood of tears.
'BUT I... I just stood there and did nothing! I could have called on the Lympha God to stop it! After the village was reduced to piles of burnt timber and bodies, the souls of every villager rose and started to swarm around me. At first I was scared that they would punish me for not doing anything. Then, they spoke. "Take revenge Millie, destroy those who destroyed us. Release us from this earthly prison so we can depart in peace".
That's what they said, each and every soul then flowed into my necklace. I felt their sorrow, pain, anger; every negative emotion you could think of.'
Millie could no longer hold back the tears, she broke down again as she turned back to her cat form. The nurse tried to comfort her but Millie hit her hand away before she could place it on her shoulder. Scrambling off of the bed, Millie backed into the corned and curled into a ball just like she did on the bed.
Everyone gasped and rose from there seats, nurse Chansey urged them to sit back down and she would go over. Sonic ignored this and made his way over quietly, kneeling down just in front of her. He held out his hand, offering to help her up. Millie looked up and took his hand then almost threw herself towards him, burying herself in his chest.
Sonic was shocked by this response and didn't react immediately, everyone else looked very surprised. Amy was fighting back the urge to go over and remove her from him, the only thing stopping her was Millie's past. She was even fighting back her own tears, the thought of taking on such a burden as an entire village of souls was impossible.
'Don't let the daemon get me Sonic! Please!' Millie cried into Sonic's fur. He didn't know what to respond with at first, so he just said the first thing that popped into his head.
'Don't worry. I'll make sure it won't. I promise.' Then he thought to himself "Gah! Why'd say that? I barely know her and I've already promised her something! I've only kissed her once! Oh god. Amy's gonna go batshit on me!"
Amy's face turned from pity to shock and anger. But instead of shouting like she normally would, she instead rose from her seat and stormed out of the room. However, she didn't slam the door, much to nurse Chansey's relief.
'Amy!' Sonic shouted to her, wanting to try and explain what had happened.
'I'll go after her, she needs someone to calm her down.' Miss. Nekonekome said as she walked out of the door after Amy. Vector went afterward and explained that he had to relieve the supply teacher of his P.E. group.
'Would you like my to look after her for a bit, Sonic?'
'If you can get her up but I doubt you can. By all means try.' Sonic suggested, though he did much prefer if she would stay there. Millie had calmed down a great deal after burying herself into Sonic's chest, her breathing had returned to normal and she had stopped crying. Suddenly feeling drowsy Millie inhaled the scent of Sonic's fur and started to doze off, all the crying had exhausted her. Sonic realised and placed his hands on her shoulders to lift her from his chest.
'Hey, sleepyhead. Wake up, we still have school.' Sonic laughed.
'Huh? Oh yeah, haha!' Millie replied smiling then getting up. Remembering that the headmaster had asked if she could be her in neko form and changed back.
'What lessons did we have first? I forgot, I'm rubbish with memory stuff unless I've practiced it.' Millie asked stretching with her arms in the air.
'Magic class, outside in the forest clearing. I'll show you the way.'
'Oh of corse! Thank you.'
'Let me just write you both a note as to why you're late.' Nurse Chansey told them just before they left. After grabbing the notes, Sonic lead Millie to the clearing in the forest. The teacher was the mother of Cream the rabbit, Vanilla the rabbit. Her red and ochre dress was knee length with slightly puffy sleeves. She was very understanding of Millie's situation and let them off.