XSRA's Flame Chapter 6: Time to Kill, Coffee to Burn
Skyla's POV
So Xera goes to this school! Sweet!
"So, what are you doing here?" I asked walking outside of the cafeteria towards the court.
"I'm here to learn how to cook." he said sitting down on the bench. I chuckled to myself thinking of how dumb the question must have been.
He then flashed me an amused grin before leaning back, "I'm here to train." Of course he was here to train and become a huntsmen, everyone was.
"I knew that…"
"So, what are you doing here?" He asked, his currently sky blue eyes twinkling, but they switched to pink for just a moment. Wonder if each color means something…
I laughed at his appearance considering pink was so not his color.
He tilted his head at me quizzically. "What are you laughing at?"
I laughed even harder in the middle of explaining the laughter. Finally, I was able to speak, "Your… eyes… were PINK!"
"Lies." he said playfully, "Up for a little exploration? Better to know some of the campus before initiation than to get lost."
I nodded excitedly then quickly stood. Racing down the courtyard's paths, I bee lined it toward a local coffee stand with Xera walking painfully slow behind me. Awesome, Beacon has a few student stands here and there… but I doubt they'll still be here once incoming freshmen are no longer 'incoming'. Must be just something for today.
"Catch up slow poke or I'm ordering without you!" I shouted behind me.
"I don't like running."
"Well I do!" I said running quickly in front of the stand. "One Carmel Frappuccino, please."
The guy smiled before handing me my drink. Thanking him, I handed him the lien and raced back to Xera.
"I got coffee I got coffee I got coffee!" I shouted jumping around him .
"Your-"Before he could finish, a pink headed girl came running through latching onto his chest screaming, "I got coffee I got coffee."
"OMG, so did I!" I shouted jumping around giddily.
"Carmel Frappuccino's!" We shouted at the same time.
"Skyla, calm down!" Xera said, peeling the crazed girl off his chest.
"I'm Nora." She said just as a guy came running towards her in green.
"Nora! Don't run off like that again!" The newcomer said slowing down to a jog.
Nora giggled while leaning to the side. "Sorry Ren…" She said with smile.
I walked over to Ren and studied his features. Green, like Xera.
He kinda reminded me of Xera, calm and similar taste in clothing.
He sent a friendly smile towards me, "I'm Ren. This is my childhood friend, Nora. Please forgive her for her… forwardness-"
"I got a coffee!" I shouted happily, completely interrupting him, before skipping towards Xera.
He was trying to calm Nora down, who was busily waving a giant hammer around.
"Ren Ren Ren Ren! Where's my coffee?" Nora asked, letting the end of her hammer rest against the stones of the pathway.
"You drank it all."
"Nooooooooo…"
"You can have mine." I smiled cheerfully, handing her my coffee.
Xera snatched the passing cup and held it away from us, "Please, you don't need to feed her two cups of coffee-"
Nora grabbed his closest arm and yanked, side stepping his form to grab at the cup. The motion would've been easily executed on anyone else.
But somehow, Xera caught his balance and spun away, keeping the coffee close to his center of balance, "Ren, will another cup of coffee do anything… destructive… if she drinks it?" He asked, dodging and side stepping the girl as he waited.
They seem pretty skilled…
"It's unlikely. She already has a lot of natural energy." Ren responded.
Xera seemed to shrug before stopping his movements and holding out the cup, "All yours then."
Nora smiled gleefully and downed the drink in one gulp… She's an experienced coffee drinker!
The two of us soon shared a nod and we took off, "Race yah!"
"Oh! You're on!"
"Nora, slow down!" Ren shouted at the same time Xera said, "Skyla, stop running around!"
"It's time for ice cream~" I sang, happily dancing around Xera.
"I don't think sugar is a good thing for you right now Skyla…"
"Don't you question me!" I shouted running towards the ice cream bar with Nora by my side.
Xera and Ren began walking towards the ice cream, beginning a conversation on the way.
By the time they reached the ice cream, Nora and I had already eaten 3 cups of vanilla and oreo ice cream.
Xera came into the shop first followed by Ren, "So, you use boomerangs?" Ren asked Xera.
He nodded as he sat down at our table. I didn't bother to listen to the rest of the conversation. I was busily licking away at my cone I decided to get.
"-la? Skyla? Skyla, can you hear me?" Xera asked waving a hand in front of my face. I looked at him with a death glare for interrupting my eating.
"How many cones have you had?" He asked.
"Five!" Nora shouted.
"I had one!" I said taking a bite from the cone. Xera let out a sigh of relief before I quickly added, "But I had three bowls of ice cream before this."
His eyes flashed yellow in shock and surprise. Oh, I think I get it!
"Were we that slow of walkers?" he asked Ren as the man in question tried to hold Nora back from getting more ice cream. He shrugged his shoulders before setting Nora down into a seat.
"Can I pleasseeee have one more?" I asked Xera with large puppy dog eyes.
"I don't think that's a good idea…"
"Pleaasssseeeeeeeeeeee"
"Really, you've had four servings by now…"
"Pllllllleaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
"No."
I took in a deep breath before shouting at the top of my lungs, "PLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?"
He stared at me calmly before answering, "No."
I sighed loudly before turning my gaze to Ren. "Ren…" I batted my eyelashes, "Can you buy me an ice cream?" I asked pouting.
He stared at me for a little bit, contemplating whether or not he should.
"Ren… don't give in." Xera said patiently.
I pouted and batted my eyelashes some more making my eyes water. Finally, he sighed in defeat and got out of his seat to buy me an ice cream.
Xera let out a long breath and handed Ren some lien coins as he left the booth, "You already spend a lot as it is… I assume."
"You can say that." Ren responded with a nod, then flicked the coins up into his palm as he walked off.
"Yes!" I shouted, jumping up and down in victory.
"Oooo are we jumping now?" Nora asked, jumping out of her seat and jumping around the room with me holding her large silver and pink hammer in hand.
Ren came back and immediately placed the ice cream onto the table before rushing over to us. "Nora, put the hammer down."
"Wait!" I called out but it was too late.
"You want the hammer down? Kay kay" She said slamming the hammer down sending a giant shock wave through Beacon no doubt.
The wave threw us all back against the wall, leaving only Nora standing there happily eating my ice cream.
"Something wrong guys?" she asked staring at everyone's frazzled looks.
I slowly shook my head no and remained against the wall along with the chairs she sent flying back as well.
She giggled and continued to lick the ice cream as she sat down on the floor smiling.
Yay Avengers reference! So, Initiation is coming up, and it will be in two parts. Part 1 will be up tomorrow. If you didn't catch on yet, Sky wrote this chapter up, she had a little fun messing around with some of the canon characters. I actually wasn't originally planning Xera and Skyla to be so much like Ren and Nora.
*More events to further acquaint you with each of these characters… hope it was random enough for you! A little over-hyper, but later on the canon characters should fall further into their proper roles from the show. They won't remain OOC, like this Nora sort of was. Let's face it though, she's fun.
Cya XP