wow, guys, hi, I'm still here and I'm still writing this and high school fic. so, last TWO fics were centered around Nepeta and Equius, so I decided to snatch a new character set. centered around Vriska! my patron! This one is centered in about third grade, I wanna say, but somewhere in the upper elementary years. I'm saying third for simplicity's sake.
Spiders were really quite fascinating. This one was spinning a web, and it was very interesting to watch. The web was a very pretty design. Now finished, the spider lowered itself using its web, setting down on a desk, and looking around. It crawled around for a little, exploring, climbing onto something tan, and then-
"Eep, spider!" Feferi screamed, jumping out of her seat and shaking her arm. The spider fell onto the desk, scuttling around in alarm.
"Feferi, calm down, please," Miss Tracy sighed. Feferi started squealing.
"Ewie, ewie, ewie, it was on me, ewie, that's gross!" she freaked out. Karkat sighed, grabbing his textbook and raising it.
"I got this, Fef, calm the fuck down," he told her.
"Karkat, language!" Miss Tracy scolded.
"Yeah, whatever," Karkat went to smash the spider.
"NO!" Vriska launched herself from her seat, tackling Karkat. She jumped up, holding out her hand, and the spider crawled into her hand.
"Gross," Aradia mentioned. Vriska grabbed an empty water bottle, putting the spider in and closing the lid.
"I'm gonna name him Vincent," she announced proudly. She looked up at Feferi and teasingly waved the spider bottle in front of her.
Feferi shrieked, stumbling back. "Augh, gross!" she cried. "Vriska, you're weird!" Vriska frowned.
"It's just a cellar spider," Vriska scoffed.
"What is that?" Terezi asked, kind of excited, but keeping away from the bottle. Even though they were best friends, spiders still freak Terezi out.
"A daddy long-legs, duh!" Vriska rolled her eyes. Miss Tracy cleared her throat.
"Enough excitement, everyone back to your seats. And Vriska-" Vriska snapped her head up to the teacher, who waggled a finger warningly at her. "If you disturb the class with your spider friend, I'm going to make you let him go outside," she warned.
"Vincent and I will pay perfect attention," Vriska replied simply. Yeah right, she thought, I'm totally gonna observe him the whole rest of the time.
When Vriska got home, she ran up to her mother, who was researching. "Mom, mom, mom, I found a spider!" Vriska called.
Her mother looked up, interested. "A spider?" she asked, looking inside the water bottle. She made a scoffing noise. "Vriska, dear, I told you not to bother me with cellar spiders," she said lazily, going back to reading.
Vriska frowned, her shoulders drooping. "Can I keep him?" she asked.
"He'll die soon, so sure."
"Vincent?" Vriska hugged her bottle. "How do you know?"
"He looks like he's lived about a year, Vriska. That's life for a spider!" her mother shrugged. Vriska sighed, going to put him in a little spider cage. She went over and looked at her mother's collection of spiders for her work.
"Mom, Kara looks dead."
"Don't doubt it."
"Mom, Titan is eating her!"
"Yep, that's what that species does."
"Mom!" Vriska looked up. "Kara is gone." Her mom shrugged.
"Relatively quick, I'm almost surprised." Her mother finally looked up. "Terezi in 3...2...1..."
"Curtis is having a lemonade stand, and I got a pile of rocks!" Terezi announced, bursting into the Serket home and grinning wildly.
"Yes!" Vriska cheered, grabbing Vincent. "Let's do this!" The best friends ran off.
Curtis was sitting by himself with his lemonade when a rock bounced off his head. "Ow!" he cried, turning to look at the Scourge Sisters. He glared at them.
Vriska threw a rock, and it landed in one of the cups, splashing lemonade everywhere. "Ew!" Vriska shouted. "Curtis is selling lemonade with rocks in them!" Terezi snickered and threw another one, which hit Curtis in the chest.
"I'm telling my mommy!" he huffed, standing up. Vriska hopped to her feet, pointing the spider bottle at Curtis.
"You go squealing to your mommy and my fist will tell you some things," Vriska threatened. Curtis knocked the bottle out of her hand, and she gasped. "Vincent!"
Curtis looked down. "Vincent?" he asked, noticing the spider. He smirked at Vriska. Before she could pick the bottle up, Curtis had stomped on the spider in the bottle. Vriska screamed, kneeling down and prying the bottle from under the boy's foot.
Spider guts were all that was left of her new pet Vincent. Vriska's bottom lip trembled. "Rezi, h-he killed Vincent," she sniffled. Terezi leaned down, concerned, and saw for herself. She might not like spiders, but Vriska was her best friend, and Vriska loves spiders, so Terezi got to her feet.
"Curtis, you malicious murderer, I charge you with murder of the first degree of Vincent Serket!" she announced. Curtis rolled his eyes.
"Okay, whatever," he mocked.
"The court finds you guilty, and your punishment is me!" Terezi tackled Curtis to the ground, punching and kicking and biting him. Vriska just sat there and watched. Curtis' parents ran out, pulling Terezi off and leading 'poor little Curti-bear' inside.
"I told you Maryam should keep that girl under lock and key!" his mother snapped. "A little demon like her needs constant discipline!"
"I'm sure if Pyrope wasn't in a coma, she would do just that," his father retorted. Terezi scrunched up her fists and let them talk, then turned to Vriska after they left.
"Sorry they talked bad about your mom," Vriska sniffled.
"Sorry Curtis killed your spi-I mean, Vincent," Terezi replied.
"Terezi!" Terezi rolled her eyes.
"Uh-oh, Mama Maryam coming," she grumbled, turning. Kanaya's mom came up, hands on her hips.
"Terezi, I heard you got in a fight," she scolded.
"Yeah, so? He deserved it! Justice must be served!" Terezi replied boldly.
"Just like your mother," Mama Maryam found herself chuckling. "But you can't hit others, Terezi." Kanaya ran up to her mom. She looked down at Vriska and tilted her head slightly.
"Vriska, are you alright?" she asked.
"Vincent is dead," Vriska mumbled, holding up the bottle with the squished spider inside. Kanaya scrunched up her nose.
"Oh, yuck! I mean, poor Vincent," she replied, trying to sound sincere. Vriska sniffled, looking up at Terezi and Kanaya.
"Wanna play tag instead?" she asked softly. Terezi and Kanaya exchanged looks.
"Yeah, sure!" Terezi cried.
"Of course we would," Kanaya replied. Vriska managed a big smile, getting up and throwing the bottle away.
"Tag, Kanaya's It!" she shouted, poking Kanaya's shoulder and running off. Terezi took off after her.
"No fair!" Kanaya called after the other girls, chasing after them. Kanaya's mom sighed, shaking her head and going back inside her house.
"Oooh, look-y here!" Vriska skidded to a halt, and Terezi and Kanaya ran straight into her. The three crashed to the grass, and they giggled and pushed each other a little. Vriska pointed at a spider. "Look!"
"Ick," Terezi stuck out her tongue. Vriska smirked and pushed both of her friends towards the spider. Two girls and a spider freaked out. The girls scrambled back, and the spider scuttled off as fast as it could manage.
"Aw, you scared it away," Vriska pouted. Kanaya gave her a disapproving look. Terezi suddenly shoved Vriska down.
"Tag!" she shouted, bolting off. Kanaya laughed and ran the opposite way.
"Hey, that's not-!" Vriska started, then rolled her eyes, looking from Kanaya's direction to Terezi's. She groaned loudly. "Why'd I have to get distracted?" she scolded herself.
"Spider lady, spider lady, can't catch me! Beatin you is easy like one, two, three!" Vriska rolled up her sleeves.
"No one beats the great pirate Mindfang! Arrrrrrg!" and she darted after her friends, shaking her fists threateningly.
Vriska's mom appeared in the door, smiling softly. She looked up at Kanaya's mom, who smiled back and waved from her watching through the living room window. They shared knowing smiles and each went back to work.
The girls went screaming down the streets, laughing and chasing each other until the sun went down...
lil cuties, awwww! I tried to do research on spiders, but the wiki pages kept having pictures so I kept getting freaked out.
also, Kanaya's mom is kinda like a foster mom. Terezi lives at home, and her mom is in a coma, but she's at home too. so Miss Maryam comes over to check on Terezi, bring her food, tidy up, check her homework, but then leaves her at home. Terezi is welcomed to come over to the Maryam household, but she doesn't usually mind being alone.
the same thing with Gamzee, when his dad isn't here. can't spoil too muuuuuch though! that's for another chapter!
