Another new perspective for Ya'll. A really fun one to write, too. :)
I survey my sleeping prey, poised to pounce. The problem is, which one should I attack first?
Chloe is out because… well, Chloe. Besides she's too scrawny to make good prey. Arun would make a good target but… Momma says you shouldn't attack guys in their sleep. It's not ladylike or something. Also, it always makes Papa grouchy. That leaves Phoenix.
I can feel the grin spreading across my face. A perfect target.
I creep around to the side of her bed, tense my muscles, and… leap!
A shrill scream echoes through the halls of Beacon. Phoenix jolts upright, sending me sliding to the floor. I land with a soft thump and sit, cackling madly.
All three of my teammates sit up in alarm and stare at me. Disbelief is etched onto each face. So worth it. You'd think they'd be getting over that by now. Ah well.
"Akane," Arun begins slowly, "why did you attack Phoenix?"
"It's time to get up," I bounce to my feet and grin at him.
"It's the weekend!" Chloe growls at me. She'd make a good wolf, pity her family hates the faunus so much. "We're allowed to sleep in!"
"Nope!" I grin at her, "It's adventure time!"
"What?" They all stare at me in disbelief. And we're back to square one. Come on people, we were making progress.
"Adventure! You know, going out and having fun? Experiencing new things?" Nope they're not getting it. "Come on ya'll! We gotta do stuff!" Still no reaction. Arun at least looks like he might be processing some of this.
"Then go do things," Chloe snaps, "just let us sleep." She flops back down and closes her eyes.
"I said we need to do things. As a team," My voice comes out cold. Chloe opens her eyes and glares at me.
"Can it at least wait until a more reasonable hour?"
"It's almost eleven," I deadpan. She sighs and slowly gets up, grabs one of her ripped dresses, and heads for the bathroom. I frown after her. I wonder what's up with the ripped dresses. It's not like her family can't afford better…
I shrug and turn to Arun. He holds his hands up placatingly and swings his legs over the side of the bed. Phoenix is already up.
I hear footsteps in the hallway and they seem to be headed for our door. Rather quickly too. I spin around and open the door. Ciara stands there with one hand raised to knock and a sword in her other hand. Her teammates stand behind her, also armed. Except for Nilla. Why did she never seem to be armed? Maybe it was her semblance!
"Ciara! Nilla! What's up? Oh, wait weapons! You're going sparring! Can we join you? That would be so much fun!"
"I call not Nilla!" Arun calls from his closet.
"Um, no…" Ciara glances past me at the room. "We heard someone scream and we thought it came from here.
"Oh, that was just Pheonix." I grin at them.
"Okay… Why was she screaming?" The purple boy asked, though Ciara was already putting her sword away. It folded up surprisingly well. Still not as cool as Bite, but nothing was.
"'Cause I woke her up." Man, this guy was dense.
"I begin to understand why you two get along," he muttered to Ciara. Whatever that meant.
"So… does that mean no sparring?" I asked.
"We were actually planning on going to vale today. Our visit yesterday was… cut short." Ciara glanced at Nilla as she said it and the other girl pointedly ignored her. Well that was new. Wait. What is that? Is it…? Oh my gosh, it is!
"Kitty!" I squeed, diving for the small black creature. He puffed up and hissed so I plopped down to sit in front of him instead of tackling him. Kitties are dangerous despite their adorableness. "Hi Kitty."
"His name is Ebony," Nilla said quietly,looking down at me. She was smiling! It was a tiny smile but Nilla never smiled. I grinned.
"Hello Ebony." The cat slowly stretched forward to sniff me and I waited until her sneezed to pet him. I hate waiting, but kitties are so soft and fuzzy and it was totally worth it. Plus kitties are warm.
"So… Did you want to come with us?" Ciara asked as she stood up. Wait… how'd she get on the floor? Oh… She'd been in the doorway. Oops.
"Can I cuddle the kitty more?"
Ciara shrugged so I looked at Nilla. She shrugged too. "Ask him, not me."
I looked at the cat and tilted my head. He stared back at me with dark blue eyes. How does one ask a cat something? Did I need to meow at him? But what if I accidently said something offensive? That would be horrible and I might never even know and nothing would ever be good again and he would never forgive me and there would never be any kitty cuddles again!
His head bobbed slightly and I blinked. "He nodded. He totally just nodded." I stared at him.
"Guess that's settled then," Ciara said. I looked up at her. What?
Arun poked his head out of the room, "Is Akane seeing things now?" He grinned at me.
"No, he does that," Nilla answered, frowning down at the cat.
"Oh. Alright then." Arun shrugged and stepped out of the room. "Do we have a plan for what we're doing in Vale?"
"Whatever we find?" Marangal answered, "Does that count as a plan?"
Arun shrugged. "Good enough for me."
Chloe strolled out to join us. Seriously, what is with those dresses? "At least if you're coming there might be some hope for today after all."
And cue dramatic music. Heh, sorry. Please Review.