The fiery
Aura walked into her room. Lock automatically sealed the door behind her. "Kero, I'm home, did you eat my rabbit jerky again?" she asked walking in. Kero wiggled out of her pillowcase. "Not today... do I get a reward?" He asked hopefully. Aura frowned and lowered her ears, but gave a sigh of amusement. "Yhea, if it'll keep you out of my stash, I'll give a little tribute now and then." She said as she handed him a small square of dried rabbit treat, which he chewed on happily. Aura plopped onto the bed next to him. "Just remember, this isn't an everyday thing, It's a when I feel like sharing thing." She told him sternly. Kero nodded before renewing his attack on the meat. Aura looked around the room. "Where's Dash?" She asked. Kero shrugged and tore into the last bit of meat.
Aura's ears perked as she heard footsteps coming up to her door. "Kero, act plush!" She hissed. Kero flew over to her pile of carnivores and froze. There was a knock on the door.
"Miss Chimera, would you open the door please, there's someone here, who wants to see you." The orphanage owner asked. Aura leaned looked at the ceiling. "Unlock, please." She whispered. The door clicked open. Aura opened it. Outside stood a woman in a fancy blue dress, who was smiling sweetly. Aura blinked. The orphanage owner walked to Aura. " Aura, this nice lady is thinking of adopting you. I brought her over so you two could get to know each other." She explained. Aura's jaw instinctively tightened. She looked at the richly dressed lady and blinked.
The woman smiled down.' No way. She'll probably try and stuff me in a dress. And sit up straight, small portions at the table, no after dark outings, no hunting, act sweet, and be just a fine young lady.' She thought. Aura just stood in the doorway silently, trying to muster up and air of 'cocky hostility', which the lady ignored. "Oh, by the way, my name is Ms. Ferguson." She said, "Are you going to invite me in?" She asked. Aura frowned but stepped aside. She walked over to her plush toy area and in a slight, near unnoticeable motion, covered Kero in the plush toys to hide him. Kero relaxed a little. Ms. Ferguson walked in and took a seat on the bed. "Hello Aura, I am thinking about adopting you, isn't that great?" She asked still smiling.
Aura leaned on the wall and a few of the toys. "No, it isn't." She answered bluntly. 'Yhea, and let the cards go nocturnal-unstoppable? Let the rabbits have a break? Make a whole new status to other pups? Get lost in some boring mansion? Not. A. Chance.' She thought. The woman's grin almost faltered a moment. "Why do you say that?" She responded. Aura leaned back on her pile without breaking eye contact, an idea picked up from the wolves. "I say that because I'm a warrior, not a pet. I'm a primal hunter, not a civilized young lady. I'm a wild beast, not a dress up doll. I'm a commander, not a minion. I hate stuffy dresses, makeup, jewelry, food I can't pronounce, and all those etiquette rules. I have hyper to enraged to calm to any other mood in a second personality. I don't listen to anyone who hasn't gained respect through a show of strength or skill. I get into fights quick and happy, and I am perfectly content where I am." She said with a steely tone.
The woman became stern. "I am set on adopting a stubborn child like you, and turning you into a fine young lady. I want to turn trash into treasure." She said. Kero could see through the gaps in the toys as Aura's shoulders went stiff and rigid. Her eyes narrowed and behind her, the tip of her tail bushed out, ready to fight. A tiger like growl flowed into her normally calm voice and her eyes narrowed to dangerous slits. "What did you say?" She ground out barring her slightly longer fangs. The woman glowered at the sub-consciously morphing chimera. "I said I plan to turn trash like you into a fine young civilized human being." Ms. Ferguson said stiffly. Aura bolted to her feet as her already sharp nails narrowed and curled into a tigers deadly meat hooks. Her eyes gained a tinge of red as she stared Ms. Ferguson straight in the eyes.
She towered over her, her fur sprouting slowly down her spine, and tiger muscles piling on. "Do not EVER call me trash, stupid purebred." She snarled. Her fangs were visibly longer now as a snout emerged. Her human ears began to sink into her skull as her furry ones rose from their laid flat position. Ms. Ferguson stood up too, to insulted to yet notice the enraged transformation. She stuck up her nose and walked out. "This isn't over, I am going to adopt and CIVILIZE you." She said storming out of the room.
'Wow, Aura is so angry, it's as if the whole room is heating up.' Kero thought as he lowered himself farther into the toys away from his scary master to be. She didn't hold back anymore and thudded to the floor in full white tiger. She snarled in the cards language to herself, pacing the floor. Lock automatically sealed the room for safety of both Aura, and whoever was fool enough to come into the room. Aura was almost glowing with rage.
"Call me trash, me, one of, if not the, greatest made creature ever made! Made by the finest alchemist anyone ever saw, and she calls me TRASH! She says that again and I'll show her how easily this 'trash' can rip her to little bloody shreds of meat!" She all but roared. The room temperature rose as she paced, and kept rising. It began to get uncomfortable when Kero gathered the courage to crawl out of the pile of toys and approach the ranting beast. He lowered his ears and hesitantly approached. "Uh Aura, does it feel a little bit, uh, warm in here?" He asked. Aura's narrowed eyes locked on the small beast. She stopped pacing a moment. She blinked. Her eyes began to clear back to human. She demorphed into her hybrid form and stiffened. "It is to hot in here, Much too hot." She muttered. She sniffed the air. "And the furnace leaves that nasty stale smell in the air. I think it may be a card, sensing anything Kero?" She asked. Kero concentrated a moment before nodding.
The vent along the side of the wall grew warmer, a faint light coming through. Soon, a fiery looking harpy floated in the room. She stared down at the hybrid in front of her. Aura morphed out her claws slightly and fluffed up her tail. The harpy chuckled lightly, almost friendly. Kero floated up. "It's the Fiery!" Kero exclaimed. Aura rolled her eyes. "Gee, ya think?" She asked. Kero scowled at her. "Har har, this is a very dangerous card Aura." He explained. Aura nodded. She rolled her shoulders to loosen them up.
"Okie doky, fiery, here's how it goes, I catch you, you sty in the card while I sign it, you come out and can roam around if you don't get seen or cause havoc. How's that sound?" She asked. Fire laughed. "You speak the language of the cards! You are the first master to do this, before we had to use the mimicking cards to communicate. And you say you will let me roam free if I'm not getting into trouble? Wow, I never saw anyone like that!" She laughed. Aura grinned. "Yhea, I'm a freak and darn proud of it." She said. Fiery nodded. "But, I can't use my powers AND lay low, so I can't accept that offer." She said. "If I can't burn some stuff, I can't have any fun. Sorry, otherwise you would have been a great master as first impressions go." She said. Aura held up a paw.
"Wait, Who said no burning? I said no getting seen or causing trouble. I meant not causing trouble I don't approve of. If you wanted to torch, say, oh, I don't know, maybe a gang that's picking on someone, just as a distraction to a limb or two gone, I mean, no objections here." She said. Fiery laughed aloud. "If you mean that, then I would love someone like you as a master. Sure, I'll go with it." She said. Aura nodded and the staff, card and signing and release happened once again. "Now, I have a problem I could use some help on. That lady, no way I'm going to get adopted by her, so, If you wanted to say, I don't know, burn up the adoption papers before anything can get signed, Just an idea." She hinted. Fiery grinned. "Ya know what, mastress, I think this is going to be the start of a long friendship."
