Twice in a day is rare I know but I was with my mate when I wrote this so she helped there XD

Anyway I don't own ratchet or clank, or the Valshe's

At the ice rink the guys were all sorting out entry fees, which surprisingly both Mai and Scarlet got a discount on, apparently Mai came from an important family, and Scarlet came here a lot, she even had her own skates that she was now putting on, her skates being similar to her roller skates, Mai was putting on her own skates with a pout, her skates being Siam-a dark red- with black laces, Cassie's own skates being pink with a blue candy wrapper on the heel, with stripped laces, with Gordy and Richard having to borrow a pair from the centre, Gordy's being a plain black with a sport symbol on the toe and Richards own being white with no pattern.

Once their skates were on and secure they moved over to the massive ice rink was situated, although Mai, Gordy and Richard had trouble walking in the skates whereas Cassie was a little better, but Scarlet was showing to be the most used to it, as she was on the ice first, being greeted by a couple of the other skaters, one having black hair with blue ends, spiked up in a single spike on one side and the rest covering her right eye, "hey scar"

"hi luna" Scarlet waved back as she skated of, Scarlet though stayed with her group as they looked at her confused "oh…um…Luna was the one who taught me to skate,"

"but she's the towns figure skating champion! And she just came out of a coma!" Cassie yelled, apparently knowing all of the famous faces in the city but made Scarlet's face red with a blush, as Richard looked at her surprised. "any other talents we need to know about?" Mai bluntly asked crossing her arms, not liking the cold building at all,

Scarlet scratched her neck sheepishly "um…I'm…good on the violin….." she answered before earning a laugh from Cassie who promptly pushed her and Gordy onto the ice.

After they were on the ice Richard approached it himself, 'alright ratchet you can do this, can't be much harder than those death courses right?' he thought to himself placing one skate on the ice, and immediately did the splits briefly trying to get his balance before slipping landing on his face. Grabbing the side he slowly pulled himself back up with a pained groan, 'ok that was a mistake, its much harder' he thought in annoyance before seeing that Mai was refusing to get on the ice, sighing he decided to help

"no way" she protested

"Mai last chance"

"No!"

This earned Richard to sigh and called out "oi Gordy!"

"alright, alright I'm going" Mai growled and skated out holding onto the barrier,

Scarlet though skated up to where Richard was trying to stay standing, "are you alright here Richard?" she asked kindly with a smile, showing how much she was enjoying herself,

Richard though blushed a bit "um y-yeah I'm fine" he chuckled sheepishly but yelped when his foot slipped making him fall onto his back again,

Scarlet jumped and cringed seeing him fall but giggled a bit holding her hand out "haven't ice skated before?"

Richard chuckled embarrassed before taking her hand "you could say that" he admitted as she helped him up, but oddly she didn't let go of his hand

"want me to help you get used to it?" she offered showing why she was still holding his hand, was to help steady him,

Richard blushed more but again he felt confused to it, before putting it to being offered help by someone close to his age, before nodding "alright I guess some pointers wouldn't hurt" he accepted making Scarlet smile more albeit shyly as she started leading him out and started to slowly skate with him, at first he kept slipping threatening to fall almost several times if Scarlet didn't keep holding his hand, but after a while he got the hang of it and was starting to skate quite well with her, glancing over to see Mai wasn't much of a skater either flailing about as Gordy surprisingly was trying to help her, having oddly not even tried to flirt with Scarlet at all, although he did try when they were doing their shoes, Cassie though was simply goofing off skating backwards.

After about 3 hours of skating and having fun the gang skated of the ring before ice hockey practice began, going to the local café next to the ring, having some lunch whilst joking about though Gordy did kept getting punched in the face when he tried to flirt with Scarlet, by either her or by Mai. Cassie almost fell of her seat a couple of times due to her laughing fits,

It took ten minutes before they all calmed down before beginning to just chat, talking about al sorts of things, from music to games to upcoming events, Gordy and Cassie did tease about Mai's falling a bit though

Whilst they were talking with Richards backpack holding clank inside next to his chair, he couldn't help but feel a mix of happiness, as well as guilt.

Happiness for finally being able to go somewhere for as long as he has been here and not having to shoot anything, but also guilt for having to lie to everyone at this table besides Mai and clank about his species. He was snapped out of his thoughts when he noticed that Cassie's and Gordy's teasing was starting to upset Mai

"guys cut it out you two fell a lot more than she did when you first got on the ice so leave her alone!" Scarlet almost shouting having being stood up in frustration

Cassie though pouted when Scarlet snapped at her "come on Scarlet it's only teasing, not like we were hurting her"

"you were, you don't realise miss Valshe is still a child" a voice interjected, making them turn to see Itzal Chou again in warmer clothing looking annoyed at Cassie before going to Mai who was now crying and hiccupping, stroking her head a bit "hey, you ok Mai?" he asked in a fatherly tone, earning a whimper but a nod from her, making him sigh "good, your aunt asked me to pick you guys up, but don't worry I'm not as bad as her"

"Of course not! Your Itzal Chou the second child of the Chou line and a member of the Eco Combat racing team" Cassie cheered clapping her hands together in glee making Scarlet sweatdrop and Richard to shake his head embarrassed.

Itzal simply sighed and helped Mai stand up, Cassie was about to stand up but had her foot caught in the chair causing her to fall over comically onto the floor. Making her pout "ouch"

The whole thing made Mai crack a small smile, along with the others who went on to start laughing, before starting on their way back to Mai's home, but once they got there they were just in time to see a long black limo pull away with a police escort,

Scarlet watched the limo leave as Itzal led Mai back to clara who was standing there waiting, "welcome ba- WHY IS SHE CRYING" she yelled in shock making Cassie and Gordy hide behind the fence

"WHO DID IT? OUT WITH IT, NOW! I'LL LOCK YOU UP IN MY CAR AND DRIVE IF YOU DON'T SPEAK UP NOW!" she threatened making Scarlet look scared before speaking up

"I'm afraid cassies and Gordy's teasing got out of hand miss" she explained calmly making the two freeze in fear of the consequences they were about to be dealt with, as Clara proceeded to call them forward in anger.

Richard decided now was the time to leave, grabbing Scarlet's hand gently and started to pull her back to her home to let Clara deal with them herself, making Scarlet blush the whole way home, not realising that they were both being watched from the shadows, by a pair of red eyes.