Jesse poked her head outside the door, just in time to get a rather large snowball to the nose. She also proceeded to topple backwards and topple into Alex, who in turn stumbled into Steve, and the three of them went down like dominoes.
"Whooops! Sorry, Jesse!" Reuben's head popped above the snow, making it look like he was wearing a hat of the white stuff. Well, a hat of snow and Benedict, who was perched on his head and clucking in this extremely pleased way, if chickens could indeed look (or act) extremely pleased.
"Oh, hey Reuben," and Jesse wiped her now freezing-cold face. "Where'd Axel and Winslow run off to?"
Reuben thought about it for a couple seconds. " Beats me. Jace and Petra are having a snowball fight with me and Benedict!" He leaned over slightly, tilting his head and shoving through the huge pile of snow he was currently buried in. "Are the two people okay?"
Jesse rubbed her now icy nose. "What? Oh... yeah. Um, Steve, Alex, this is Reuben and Benedict," she said, indicating first the tiny pink pig hybrid and then the chicken. "Reuben, Benedict, this is Steve and Alex."
"Does the chicken understand you?" Alex looked a bit weirded out as she asked this question. Understandably. Steve just looked amused about the whole thing that was going on in front of him. Also understandably.
"I speak decent Chicken," Reuben responded solemnly.
"No, really, he does," Jesse assured upon seeing Alex's faintly skeptical look. "He also speaks acceptable Spider, although it does sound a bit too phonetic at times."
"I like languages," Reuben said cheerfully, before one hand popped out of the snow and pointed. "Also, Ms. Alex, you might want to look-"
A snowball hit said redhead in the face and bowled her over. "- out," Reuben finished, Benedict letting out another pleased cluck.
Petra waded over, waving one arm like a pinwheel. "Hey! Hey, Steve. Hi... Alex, is it?" she asked, shaking some snow crystals out of her hair, amusement dancing in her gold eyes.
"Oh- hi, Petra," and Steve waved his arm a bit.
Another head popped out of the snow, making Steve jump a bit. Jesse stifled a laugh at the sight of her twin brother's brown hair topped with snow, making him look like a cake with wolf ears. Oh, and his tail poked out, too. "Hi Steve!"
"Um, Steve, you probably don't know this dork," and Jesse reached out and ruffled her twin's hair, "but this is my twin brother, Jace. Alex, well, this is Jace. Jace, this is Steve and Alex."
"Ohhh, I get it," Alex said suddenly after a moment, "wolf spider..."
Jesse blinked at the other girl, then at Jace, who blinked at her, before a faintly amused smile came over her face. "You know, I never actually considered that..." she mumbled, thoughtfully.
The clash of sword-on-sword rang out as they approached the training room.
"Uh, you might want to be careful upon entering," Jesse said, quickly, "the training battles can get a bit... heated."
"Uh, we know how to fight," Alex said, giving Jesse a sarcastic smirk, "I think we can handle it."
Jesse gave Alex a long, wary look. "Suit yourself," she said at last, before opening the door.
The door had barely eked open before she suddenly lunged at Alex and tackled her to the floor, Reuben jumping up suddenly and knocking Steve the other way, everyone else ducking down as a wooden sword came spinning out like a spinning top and embedded itself in the wall opposite.
"I- I am so sorry!" Reginald apologized profusely, dashing out into the hallway and trying to yank the sword out of the wall, as Gabriel laughed kind-heartedly from where he was inside. Not that he was the only one- Petra was dissolving into a fit of laughter, and even Jesse was trying to smother a grin.
She raised her eyebrow at Alex, who was blinking at the whole thing.
"... I take that back."
Jesse gave a kind laugh and extended her hand. "Uh, this here is Reginald-"
"Can I call you Reggie?" Steve wondered, scratching his head. Jesse gave a light little cough and turned her gaze to the ceiling, grinning aimlessly.
"I would... really prefer it if you didn't," Reginald said, clearing his throat a bit, looking sheepish.
"Oh."
"And this here is Gabriel," and she patted the warrior on the shoulder as he came over, standing up and dusting herself off. Gabriel nodded and smiled at them. "Pleasure to meet you."
"Uh, Gabriel, Reginald, this is Steve and Alex," Jesse said, her six arms gesturing at the male and the female.
Alex looked a bit interested. "D'you mind if we come and train in here a bit too?" she asked Jesse.
"Feel free to do whatever you'd like," and Jesse gave Alex a light pat on the back, and a warm smile. Alex blinked at Jesse, before slowly returning it.
Jesse was walking along the hallway with the little group, when she suddenly paused. "Oh... duck."
"Wh-"
"Just duck," and Jesse dropped to the floor, Jace diving to join her with a rapid nod. Everyone bemusedly squatted down, before a large paintball hurtled over their heads and smashed into the other wall, splattering paint all over the place, including the small group.
Alex blinked. "What...?"
"GET YOUR OLD BUILDER BUTTS BACK HERE!"
Jesse let out an amused yet annoyed sigh at the sound of Axel shouting at the top of his lungs. Her suspicion was confirmed when Hadrian and Mevia, covered in paint, some gunpowder, and other various prank-ish things that Jesse had seen Axel using, skidded around a corner and dived behind the group.
Steve blinked at them, before looking at Jesse. "Um...?"
Jesse gestured vaguely. "Hadrian, Mevia, this is Steve and Alex. Steve, Alex, this is Hadrian and Mevia," she said, before jerking her head at the doorway. "And the guy yelling at them would be Axel."
"WOULD YOU- oh hey, Jesse, how you doing?"
Jesse laughed a bit. "Pretty good. Axel, meet Steve and Alex."
"Pleased to meet you," Axel said pleasantly, leaning over and setting down his various prank items.
"Mmmnn. Now, Axel, what have we said about prank items?" Jesse asked, placing her hands on her hips and crossing the two upper sets.
"... don't use them in the house..."
"Mm-hm. Now, if you wish to use them outside," Jesse said, a mischievous grin coming over her face.
"... ahhh. Well, c'mon you two!" And Axel reached out and heaved them into the air, making the two of them yelp in shock, "we're going to have some fun outside!" and he marched outside, carelessly kicking along his prank items.
"... I get the feeling he doesn't really like them," Steve said, blinking.
"You would be correct about that."
A/N: Haha xD Today in PE I did something similar to what Reginald did; I let go of my badminton racket and threw it xD
Next chappie will be fun x3
RQTC: Would you rather listen to only one really good artist for the rest of your life, or listen to a ton of crappy ones?
GuestPerson13: They've faced weirder lol xD
Luna96: Hehe xD
NoItsBecky: (laughs) For me it's like MCSM vs. like Ninjago so it's kind of a toughie
Toni42: (grins wickedly) Oh, I have a few ideas... and I know, right?
Lucykillrcassie: Ahh, sorry... once I start adding OCs things get a bit messy, especially because I don't see how I could fit one in... sorry!
rebekahtpe: Lol xD (joins you in chanting 'TOAST')
ChoyofBonk: Indeed xD and oh dear xD (about both the chapter and the llama)
ShadowWind: I dunno, what do you think? (evil grin)
Choco: They are xD
LittleAngelbun: Kewl :3
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