Disclaimer: I do not own GC or any of its rights; I just own my story plot and any other OC characters. (:
Arme evaded the puddles of muddy water that had formed due to the brewing storm.
The first crack of lightning flashed ominously against the sky as she hurried down the narrow lane. She could hear faint footsteps into the distance. They got louder and louder, until a coarse hand grabbed her waist and slung her over his shoulder.
'LET GO OF ME!' She shrieked, her screamed muffled by a hand that was clapped against her mouth. She tried to break free, but her capturer's arms were like strong steel bars, impossible to remove.
'Don't make a sound.' a male voice broke through her thoughts. She could feel a sharp blade pressed against her throat.
Arme whimpered as she strained her eyes to see through the dark and rain. Her capturer opened the door of an old hut and placed her gently on the brown couch that lay in front of a fireplace.
'What are you going to do to me?' Arme whispered frightened. The capturer removed his beanie and shook out a mop of tangled silver hair. He faced her, his azure eyes boring into her as his lips curved into a smirk.
'Nothing.' he said, getting up and walking away. Somehow, these words chilled her more than anything else.
'Who are you?' He asked, running a finger up her jaw line.
'Why would I tell you?' she snorted, trying to remain calm.
'Tell me.' he said, tracing the planes of her face.
'No.' she trembled under his touch. He placed the blade under her throat again. Arme's eyes widened.
'My name is Arme...now tell me your name.' her purple orbs flashed indignantly as the silver-haired boy shook his head.
He continued tracing her face. Arme suppressed a desire to touch his strange silver hair. His touch was electric, addictive even. His eyes were bluer than the bluest sapphire, and held so much depth and mystery to them. Arme shook these thoughts out of her head and concentrated on the finger that was brushing her forehead.
'Tell me.' She glared at him. He smirked and shook his head once more, sending rain drop splattering on Arme's face.
She wiped them away and as quick as a lightning bolt, she stole his kunai and placed it under his throat teasingly.
'You're fast, I'll give you that.' He chuckled, his fingers travelling down her arms.
'Fine. My name is...' he mumbled something unintelligible under his breath.
'What?' Arme asked, grinning wickedly as she pressed the kunai softly on his skin.
'My name is Lass...' he looked away, and if Arme could have seen his face, she would've known that two pink spots had formed on his pale skin.
'As in...Lass..the girl?' Arme smothered a giggle as his fingers halted midway up her elbow.
'Shut up.' he glared, his eyes flashing as he withdrew his hand. Arme felt an urge to place his hand back on her arm. Hesitantly, she lightly brushed her fingers on his cheek. Lass grinned and scolded her. 'Naughty girl.' he said, flinging her on his back again and dumping her outside.
Arme felt the door slam and a blast of wind greeted her outside. She was shocked. Her body still felt tingly from when he touched her and she could retrace the patterns that he had drawn on her skin. She had felt like this before...with Ronan.
A sharp stab of pain shot through her body. But with Lass...it was more. Arme felt like her heart and body had been given a chance to breathe, a chance to live again.
She made her way home and a shower of rain poured down. Instead of hurrying home like she did, she stood in the rain, smiling at the sky.
It was a long time since she had last smiled and meant it. She would put a happy mask for everyone she loved, but in the end it was no use. They could see through her and they could see that inside she was broken. Unfixable. Arme laughed and shrugged it off, for once in her life, free of worry. She danced in the rain, taking off her coat and flinging on a patch of mud. Singing in the rain, she opened her mouth and accepted a mouthful of sweet water.
Inside, Lass watched her dancing in the rain. He smiled fondly at her and decidedly opened the door.
Arme was oblivious when Lass tapped her on the shoulder. She kept dancing and singing, her purple hair swinging wildly in the rain. Lass stared at her, wet hair swinging over her cream shoulders, gracefully stepping over puddles and singing sweet melodies into his ear. Arme tripped over a crevice on the ground, but Lass caught her before she could fall. They locked eyes, azure and purple melding into harmony. Arme's heart was pounding in her chest as she let herself fall into Lass's intense stare.
His hair was covered in droplets and she reached out to touch the silver hair. It was beautiful. Two figures in the rain, discovering what it meant to live again. She was falling, falling. She had never been more grateful.
Or more scared.
Lass placed a hesitant kiss on her head as he walked back into his house. Arme smiled as they separated and she made her way back to her house.
She saw Ronan coming home from work as she always did, but instead of another piece of her heart breaking, she didn't feel anything. Sure her heart still mending and there were still cracks in it, but to experience that had healed her heart a bit.
But if Lass broke her heart...Arme didn't know if she could cope with that.
She opened her door and saw Lass's hut in the distance. She peered through the window and saw Lass dancing in the lounge room. She laughed and stepped into the shower, embracing the warm water cascading over her shoulders.
She wanted this day to last forever.
'ARME!' Her mother yelled at her. Arme groaned and snuggled deeper in her blankets. She wanted to finish the very satisfying dream of Lass.
'Arme! If you don't come out right now...' her mother threatened. Arme's head popped from out of the woollen covers and she sighed.
'Mother, it's the weekend. Why do I have to get up?' Her mother grinned excitedly and pointed to a shiny flyer in her hand.
'The Grand Chase School of Fighting!' She said. 'You got accepted!' Arme gaped at the colourful flyer and shook her head confusedly.
'I didn't apply for a fighting school...I'm happy at my normal school...' This was a lie. Arme was constantly bullied and tormented in the school.
'Oh come on, Arme! Don't lie! Of course you applied! Now come on and wear your new uniform. Oh my god this is so exciting!' Her mother shrieked.
Arme had never seen her mother so happy and proud. She wanted to keep it that way, so she agreed. Arme got dressed in the white blouse and purple skirt and made her way out. Her mother handed her a crumpled map of the school and her new timetable.
'This came in the mail as well.' She chirped.
Arme made her way out, nervous at starting at the school. She didn't even know anything about fighting. She only knew how to wield magic, through her staff and she was really bad at using a sword.
Her heart sank deep into the pit of stomach as she approached the iron gates of the school. A royal looking banner with 'The Grand Chase School of Fighting' was inscribed on it with perfect calligraphy.
Arme felt so out of place as she looked at all the pretty girls sitting on the grass, holding crossbows and swords. On the other side, handsome boys perched on the edge of a water fountain, some combating each other and some just reading books.
'Hey!' A male's voice cried as she tripped over his shoes. She looked up and gasped. 'Lass?' She said, studying his features.
He looked the same as he smiled faintly. 'I enrolled you in the school.' Lass said, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. A tremor ran through her body.
'It was you!' She accused, punching him in the shoulder. Lass smirked and nodded. His expression became angelic as the headmaster approached Arme.
'Hello Arme!' The headmaster said, a smiled plastered on her face.
'Welcome to GCSF!' She laughed. 'Call me Knight Master.' She puffed her chest out proudly. 'Enjoy your stay here!'
Arme shook her head. 'Wait...my STAY?' She asked Lass who was skimming stones on the still water of a pond. He nodded absentmindedly.
'Yeah, you'll have a room in the girl's dorm or something. Don't worry, the food is really good.' He replied, cheering as his stone skipped 5 times.
'What?' She cried. 'I didn't sign up for this!' Lass raised an eyebrow.
'Too bad, Arme.' A grin was permanently plastered on his face.
'Urgh!' She screamed as Lass kept skimming stones. 'Give me that!' She snatched the stone and with an expert flick of her wrist, the stone skimmed twice the distance Lass had covered. He gaped at her as she laughed.
'Glad to see that smirk gone, Lass.' She said and walked off, trying to find her dorm.
'Hi!' A fiery haired girl clad in a floppy blouse and a red skirt waved to her. 'You must be the new girl! I'm Elesis.'
Elesis. The girl Ronan had married. The girl who ruined her life.
'Don't talk to me.' Arme said bitterly and walked away, trying to find her dorm in the maze of halls. Because she was looking down, she didn't see a blue-haired familiar face in the distance.
'Arme?'
Ronan. Arme felt her newly healed wounds break again. No. This could not be happening. Not Ronan. Arme couldn't take it.
'Arme!' He repeated. Arme gulped and turned around, her expression fierce. 'What do you want Ronan?' She glared at him.
'I just wanted to tell you...that me and Elesis are no longer...'
Arme exploded. 'Do you really think I would give a shit? Do you REALLY HONESTLY BELIEVE that I care for you anymore? You LEFT me Ronan. YOU LEFT ME BROKEN!' She screeched at him, as he cowered under her glare. 'YOU ASSHOLE!'
She stormed out of the halls, only to bump into a teary Elesis. 'This school is full of morons.' She muttered to herself, shoving Elesis out of the way.
'Feisty.' Lass remarked at her little performance. Arme gazed into his eyes and collapsed against him, sobbing.
'Ronan...asshole...and...I...can't...find my dorm...such an...asshole...urgh!' She muttered against his shirt.
'I didn't catch the other bits, but did you say something about not finding your dorm?' He asked sympathetically, patting her head. Arme nodded, sniffling.
Lass guided her through the halls, and glanced at her map. 'You're going to live at...216.' Arme frowned sceptically at Lass.
'Which is where?' She asked. 'Right here.' He gestured to a room in front of her. Then scratched his head.
'Wait..this is my room as well...' Lass looked perplexed. Arme shrugged and opened the door and gasped at the figure sitting on a bed next to two other beds.
'Elesis?' Lass said. Elesis. Shit.
Soo. My attempt at making Arme tough and yeah has failed. She's just naturally emotional. -sad face- Anyway, review!
-R
