Disclaimer: I don't own the Children of the Red King or any of the characters.
"I'm about to suggest something that could quite possibly get me killed."
Tancred raised an eyebrow.
"I'm almost afraid to ask."
A slow grin spread across Keira's face.
"I wanna stuff dog treats into everyone's pillows."
Silence.
"Why?"
She just shrugged.
"Because it'd be fun. And interesting when Asa goes wolf."
Tancred rolled his eyes and walked away.
"Come on! It'd be fun!"
Keira called out after him.
"Worst. Idea. Ever."
He insisted, not even stopping to look at her.
"Well…Fine."
Keira pouted.
"I'll just…Do it myself!"
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"Nanko. Can I stuff dog treats into everyone's pillows?"
"Um…Sure?"
"Excellent. Now. You need to help me get put on laundry duty."
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The two girls stood in front of the door behind the bookcase that leads to Manfred's office.
"I need to get in there and trash his office. It needs to be subtle, yet obvious. But first, we need to get in."
"I could use my water powers to try and unlock it."
Keira nodded slowly, a slow smile spreading on her face.
"Or…I could just do this."
Walking up to the hinges she waved her hand over the three, melting them as she goes. Backing up she gave a solid kick, knocking down the door.
"Ta da! I might not be a cat-burglar, but I know how to break stuff."
Reaching into an inside pocket of her cape, Keira took out a can of bright pink spray paint.
"You bring that to school?"
"Um. Yeah."
So she promptly began to spray pink hearts all over Manfred's office.
"You done?"
Nanko asked, amusing herself by flipping through some of Manfred's papers.
"Yeah."
The two girls stepped out of the room and stare at the fallen door.
"What're you going to do about that?"
Taking one look of it Keira simply propped the door up against the doorframe.
"Done. Let's go!"
With a slight flourish the pyro trip trapped down the empty hallway. Nanko just shrugged and closed the bookcase behind them.
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"Keira. I would like to have a word with you."
The girl just looked up at Manfred and smiled sweetly.
"I'm not going out on a date with you if that's what you want."
It's still debated if Manfred turned red from embarrassment or anger.
"No. You have detention for the next month."
He told her, slowly and angrily.
"What for?"
Keira asked, still feigning innocence. Though not as successfully as she would've liked. She's an art student, not a drama student.
"For breaking into my office."
He put simply, teeth clenched, before turning heel and walking off.
"Well at least he didn't put me on laundry duty or something."
She commented loudly with a grin. Slowly Manfred came to a stop.
"On second thought. How about you do some laundry instead? Should teach you a lesson."
Keira winked at Nanko before turning to face Manfred.
"Seriously? That's a bad idea. Even for you."
Flushed with anger, anyone who got to close to the head boy would notice the air around him heating up.
"Two weeks."
With that Manfred stormed off, still struggling to keep his cool. Keira just laughed and high fived Nanko from across the table.
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"I still think it's a bad idea."
Tancred commented as the two worked on their projects side by side.
"Hey, if it causes chaos then I think it's a good idea."
Rolling his eyes Tancred moved around to the other side of his sculpture.
"So will you help me get enough dog treats?"
"Okay. Fine."
"Excellent."
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"So after the pillow cases are dry I want you to stuff them and then deliver them to each room, okay?"
It was Saturday morning and Keira was hard at work in the laundry room. She was often left unattended as the head maid was of a trusting nature. This was good for Keira though, because it made her job a lot easier. Pillow case by pillow case she stuffed them with a pillow and handfuls of dog treats. Soon the trap was set. All that was left was to wait. And…finish the laundry.
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Monday morning the crowd of students flowed in. Despite her sore and pruned fingers, Keira just couldn't stop grinning.
"I assume you set the trap?"
Nanko asked, walking alongside her friend.
"You bet I did!"
For the two pranksters the day passed by slowly. Only until curfew were they truly happy.
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"Did you hear that?"
One girl whimpered in the darkness. Keira and Nanko just smiled to themselves. If you were there you might've heard the soft padding of footsteps. If you were there you might've heard a dog's pant or a soft growl…If you were there you're actually more likely to hear the whimpering of children.
"I heard a growl! I heard a growl!"
Another girls screeched. The door clicked open and the other girls gasped fearfully. All the girls held still in their beds except for one. She whimpered and cried as an unseen creature munched away at her pillow. Licking its chops it moved onto the next and repeated the process. Finally the creature left and they all let out a sigh of relief. Except for Nanko and Keira that is. Those two just laughed loud and hard.
The next morning there was talk of the creature that stalked the night. No one ever got a good look at the beast, but everyone was positive that the two trouble makers had something to do with it. For the rest of the week talk about how they pulled it off was the main topic of conversation. However, there was one unusual thing that went unnoticed. That morning after the night of horror, Asa was strangely not hungry…