HELLO I AM BACK I AM SORRY

*Ahem*

But then again, I am more or less saying that every time :/ This time is catastrophic though, it's been around fucking two months and yet I only have this lazy chapter done...and this time it's no 30k chapter to make it up to you ._.
You can blame it on the anime though, I made the mistake of opening my MyAnimeList and say "Now I'm going to finish all the animes I'm currently watching!"
...And that's where it all went to hell :/ But it were good times, so that's something^-^ (for example Toradora! is so cute, you should all watch it:3)
Enough of the AN stalling, here's to you who have been waiting all this time, the next chapter!
Enjoy, and if you like, you can always drop a review, (fav & follow etc etc) or PM me if you have any more urgent questions^^

Have a good read!


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Fabulous Swimming Pool

'...Quinn?' Ellie hesitated, looking at the more or less casually clad woman in front of her with doubtful look.

'I'm guessing you're used to only seeing Quinn in her ranger's outfit?' Riven smiled. 'Don't let the blond hair fool you, it's her.'

-'So are you trying to tell me Quinn's actual hair colour is blonde?' Ellie managed to bring out after a few seconds.

'No.' the woman replied this time, folding her arms over each other and straightening herself. 'My actual hair colour is the dark blueish-black you see in matches. I'm indeed Quinn, Demacian scout and elite ranger, at your service.' she smiled. Quinn looked up, whistled a sharp note and when the two others followed her gaze, they could see Valor descending from the sky and landing on the ranger's shoulder. Looking at the bird's long and razor sharp claws, Ellie realized why Quinn was wearing that thick cloak although it was summer.

'My hair is currently blonde because I was on a small break between large infiltration missions that required me to blend in with the people when we got thrown out of Valoran. And it seems it served its purpose here as well, since I noticed quite a large quantity of the people know about our home world. I might not be one of the most known or popular people around the Institute, but I heard my name mentioned some times as well, so...Not to mention the looks of my partner here.'

The ranger affectionately scratched Valor on the back of his head, to which the Demacian eagle softly cooed and closed his eyes.

'B-But how are you here?' Ellie went on, still a bit baffled by the real Quinn just appearing so close to the others. The ranger waited a bit before responding, seeing as Valor was apparently explaining something to her, with lots of gesturing with his wings and some excited squawks. She then turned her head to Ellie again and smiled.

'So, you're that loud and hyperactive girl that's always around the group of other Champions?'

-'I-uh...yeah, but...again, how?' Ellie managed to reply, Quinn already knowing what was going on didn't quite help the girl's confusion.

'Sorry for not immediately answering your initial question, I prefer to explain it all in one go when everyone is around, instead of having to needlessly repeat it multiple times...but to clarify your puzzlement, Valor has already been scouting around a few times, and has gotten quite a good view of your party.'

-'Let's get to it then.' Riven, who noticed Ellie had another confused question ready, suddenly interrupted. She wanted to turn in the direction of the pool again, but suddenly took a breath and raised her brows in recollection.

'Ellie! Your wallet!'

-'Oh shit.'

Completely forgotten because of Quinn's sudden appearance, the original reason of their little walk back suddenly came to their minds again.

'You lost your wallet on your way, so it's probably laying somewhere on the pavements, right?' Quinn asked in confirmation, quickly catching up with the subject.

'Ehm, yes, why?' Ellie responded, curious because of the Demacian's question.

'What does it look like?'

Ellie unexpectedly blushed when she heard that question and pressed her index fingers against each other.

'Don't laugh...'

Quinn gave her a disarming smile and shook her head.

'Don't worry, only Valor laughs when it's not appropriate.'

-'Well, it looks like an ordinary small black bag thingy, but with the head of a cute little bear doll...'

Riven noticed Quinn quickly stash away a laugh behind the years of discipline in the army and couldn't resist a small smile of her own.

'Which way did you walk?' the blonde woman asked on, wanting to know the specifics. Ellie pointed in the direction of the hotel and quickly retraced their walk with her finger.

'About that way.'

The ranger gave the bird on her shoulder, who had been listening from the moment his name was mentioned, a knowing nod. Valor acknowledged her gesture and took off, flying upwards and quickly disappearing from view when he dove over the edge of a roof nearby.

'...Did you send him off to retrieve just my wallet?'

-'Well, I already sent him off to check on your whereabouts, so seen once more doesn't matter now...and it'll be a lot faster than us trying to scout the streets on ground level.' Quinn replied with a smile, folding her arms over each other again. Deciding they were stuck here for a little while anyway, she turned to the brunette next to her again.

'So, Ellie, is it? Valor can't tell me any names, so it's always a nice thing to get to know when meeting...and I didn't expect it to be the two of you to go out and be the first I could meet, to be honest.'

-'Who were you expecting as a first, then?' Riven asked, curious about the ranger's thoughts. She too settled for waiting and leaned against the wall next to them, although keenly keeping an eye on Ellie, no matter the current situation.

'Well, Elise doing something shady or Ezreal and Vi finally coming to terms and sneak out to get something done would be my first guesses...but I haven't seen the hotel you're staying at yet, so I don't know whether they could just take that place for granted and go all out there.' the blonde Demacian mused.

'Wait, what?' Riven grinned, hearing Quinn's last words.

'So you're saying they're actually going for each other?' Ellie followed up, sharing the warrior's big smile.

'I thought they were just teasing the other one the entire time...' Riven added on her turn again, but raised one brow when she noticed Ellie's gleeful expression.

'Oh, I promise I won't start teasing them with that...' Ellie innocently tried to convince the white haired woman, but the playful wink she added to the statement made her words lose all their credibility. Quinn simply shrugged and shook her head in response.

'I'm no love expert to, ehm, say the least, but from how I've seen them behave around each other sometimes...'

Riven wanted to give another reply, but was interrupted by Valor announcing his return from the skies with an sharp caw.

'That was fast...' Ellie noted with a surprised hint in her voice as she looked up at the Demacian eagle perching on top of Quinn's shoulder again.

'Val's used to having to retrieve items now and then...he'd be a good fetching bird too, wouldn't he?' Quinn teased the large blue bird resting at her side again, playfully scratching his dark feathered head. If Valor would've been able to roll his eyes or sarcastically raise one eyebrow in annoyance, he certainly would've done it now, but he couldn't hide his enjoyment of the woman brushing through his feathers either. Whether to deny or confirm the ranger's words, the large blue bird stuck out his right leg. Safely in his claws, the eagle held a recognizable black bag with a notable teddy bear part on it.

'Did we get it right?' Quinn asked, slightly cocking her head in curiousity. Ellie enthusiastically nodded and carefully removed her wallet from Valor's grip. She hesitated for a second, but then cautiously patted the proud eagle's head in a grateful sign. Then, she quickly took the taller ranger in a thankful hug.

'Thank you, Quinn!'

The Demacian tensed up in surprise and gave Riven a questioning look.

'She's always like this, yes...' the white haired warrior smiled, seeing the hyperactive woman happily cuddling the larger woman.

'It's Lux all over again...' Quinn smirked, awkwardly patting the delighted brunette's head on her turn.

'Come on, let's get back to the others, they'll be completely blown away!' Ellie happily exclaimed, releasing the ranger and jumping up again. Quinn doubtfully raised an eyebrow as the petite woman even skipped a step or two when making her way to the corner of the street.

'She's a bit excited after meeting you, don't mind it...' Riven smirked, the confused look in Quinn's eyes was probably too obvious to look past. Valor gave the blonde Demacian a mocking caw on his turn, making her purse her lips in disapproval.

'Valor! I am not embarrassed!' she playfully hissed to the bird in response, giving him a soft shove. 'Now you go hide somewhere until we find a good way of taking you along...'

The large eagle cocked his head as if he was about to give her another tease, but spread his wings after a brief delay and took off anyway.

'Where are you telling him to go to, actually?' Riven wondered, looking at the Demacian eagle flying away.

'There is a remotely abandoned set of buildings not too far away. It'll probably be used by drug addicts and people of that sort every now and then, but general public won't be seeing Val too much like this...And I don't think many people will believe someone who's completely drugged out of his mind claiming he has seen a tall blue bird flying around just like that.' Quinn explained with a bit of a wry tone in her voice while they were following an excited Ellie back to the pool.

'Poor Valor...' Riven smiled, a bit of honesty lingering in her words as well.


'Exactly why are we at a tropical swimming resort again?' the blonde ranger hesitantly asked when they reached the large building again and entered.

'You're looking at the reason...' Riven smirked when Quinn gave Ellie a questioning look. 'She has been nagging us with it until we finally agreed...'

-'But it'll be so worth it!' Ellie excitedly smiled, hearing Riven's comment. The white haired warrior placed her hands on her hips and playfully raised one eyebrow.

'But now we still have the same problem as at the start, since Quinn doesn't have any swimming wear...'

The Demacian ranger felt what was coming and quickly brushed it aside, shaking her head.

'No need to mind me in that regard...I came here to meet up with you all, not to swim.'

-'But then all the other-'

-'Relax, Ellie, now that we're finally here, we'll keep them in the water...' Riven quickly hushed, calmly putting her hand over the hyperactive girl's mouth and interrupting the brunette before she could finish her impulsive complaint.

'You look like mother and daughter or something...' Quinn smiled.

'Or two lovers...' Ellie added in a telltale tone, her voice ruining the innocent look she halfheartedly tried to keep up. The taller woman's eyes filled with a pleasant surprise when she heard the girl's words and simultaneously, Riven's cheeks started to flush, ruining it even more for her.

'Oh, so that's how it's right now, Riven? I didn't expect you to swing that way, but I'm happy for you...' Quinn commented in a warm tone, making a movement like she wanted to embrace the warrior, but suddenly noticed they had reached the door to the locker rooms and just ignored the reception counter.

'Wait, don't we have to pay?'

-'You're in my world, plus I kinda maybe indeed pushed everyone a little to come here, so everything's on me here.' Ellie smiled and pushed Quinn into the hallway containing the changing cabins.

'I didn't hear you say that when we were about to pay here earlier...' Riven noted with a warning hint in her voice.

'Earlier we had Elise to get everything...and remember, you're living on mine and Hayden's expenses for about a few weeks now...' the brown haired woman swiftly replied, followed by a quick kiss before the ex-Noxian could say anything in return. Quinn covered her mouth to mute a surprised laugh and onwards put her hands on her hips.

'...Sooo, are you two going to share a changing room now or what?' she smirked, seeing Ellie grow a devilish smirk at Riven getting more and more embarrassed.

'Great idea...' the brunette gleefully remarked, very subtly leaning against her snowy haired lover for approval.

'…Fuck you, Quinn.' Riven smiled, pushing the hyperactive girl aside and opening one of the rooms.

'Guess I'll wait for you on the other side for a bit...' the ranger noted with a small grin, looking at Ellie already following Riven again. The blonde Demacian opened a changing room next to theirs and turned to them a last time.

'And if you can't hold it in anymore, try to keep it down...I can hear you.'

She laughed at their abashed faces and closed the door behind her.

'….Did you expect that from Quinn?' Riven hesitantly asked after a few moments.

'Don't look at me, she's from your world...' Ellie answered, evenly surprised. 'But come on, I want to see my girlfriend in her hot new bikini!' she grinned, pushing Riven into their own room and entering after her.

'Ellie, why-'

The brown haired woman grinned and leaned forward to silence her lover with a kiss.

'Shhh...Quinn can hear us...'

-'I-...you're unbelievable...' Riven grumbled, but couldn't hide her smile anyway.

'...Well?' Ellie urged with an expectant expression on her face after the warrior took no action for a few moments. The white haired ex-Noxian started to blush again when she understood what Ellie was implying.

'What, do you want me to strip down in front of you now, or what?'

-'You didn't had that much objections yesterday evening...' the brunette innocently smiled, teasingly brushing over Riven's cheek and not really helping in toning down the woman's growing blush. Next, Ellie moved back and simply took off her blouse and pants and went to stand in front of Riven in mere bra and undershorts.

'Didn't expect me wearing shorts as undies?' the brunette grinned at Riven's quite surprised face.

'Yes, actually...'

-'I may be a sucker for large cleavages and such, but that doesn't mean I'll also go walk around completing the whole image and wearing tight strings or stuff like that as well...but, going back to the topic...'

The brown haired woman invitingly spread her arms and smiled. 'Together, then?'

Riven couldn't help but smile and give in to the girl's honest tone and warmhearted, loving smile. She gathered her courage -and trust in Zyra's clothing- and slowly took off her own t-shirt. Once solely top clad in her bandages, she halted one last moment and gave Ellie a hesitant glance. Ellie shook her head and took the last step separating them towards Riven. In a tender motion, she took the warrior in a loving hug, cuddling up to her.

'No, Riven, you won't let anyone down...' she assured, exactly knowing what was going on in the snowy haired woman's head. Riven shook her head and gave Ellie a quick, soft kiss in return.

'Thank you, Ellie...'

-'My pleasure, lover of mine...'

The brunette broke the embrace and stepped back again to give Riven her space again. The warrior sat down on the bench and and opened her bag, but still wavered. With a warm smile on her face again, Ellie took a last initiative and made the first move, removing her bra when she noticed Riven still hesitating a bit. The snowy haired woman saw her intention and began to remove the bandages on her chest with a smile.

'Yes, Ellie, you know I was glancing, I get it now...' she muttered when Ellie teasingly pushed her now naked breasts together and flaunted the two copious mounds of womanly flesh to playfully arouse the ex-Noxian.

'And I can see you certainly don't dislike the little show...' the hyperactive girl beamed, seeing Riven's blush grow again. The warrior muttered something under her breath and tried to focus on undoing the bandages in return. Ellie noticed Riven still bent over and tried to cover as much of the scarring as she could and sighed. She sat down on the bench next to the former exile and subtly pulled at her shoulder to make Riven face her.

'Don't hide yourself...'

Ellie softly took the hands of the snowy haired warrior and pulled her up.

'I told you I'd keep saying it over and over, remember?'

Not waiting for a response, the brunette took the bandages and folded them on the bench now next to them. Riven cringed a bit and wanted to lower herself again, but Ellie took her in an unexpectedly firm grip and halted her.

'Straighten your shoulders. Spread your arms. And now look at me.' the hyperactive woman uncharacteristically ordered while reaching for Riven's bag. A bit surprised, but eased by the still soft tone in her lover's voice, Riven reluctantly did as asked.

'Now,' Ellie continued, taking out the top of the bikini and smoothening it a bit. 'I love you. You know I do. And I love everything about you. Your eyes, your voice, your hair, your cute personality, I could go on and on like that all day...'

By now, Riven's cheeks started to burn again, but Ellie either didn't notice or didn't mind. She took a step forward and closed the gap between them once more. 'But if you think your body doesn't fit in that flawlessly, you're quite wrong...You have such a sexy, athletic body...'

Ellie had been able to keep Riven's intriguing crimson gaze captured in her own brilliant blue eyes throughout her small monologue and now leaned forward, taking her lover in a deep kiss. While they both enjoyed the blissful sensation of their lips locked on each other, Ellie sneakily and deftly helped Riven put on her bikini top. 'Do you really think I mind whether it's scathed or not?'

The girl didn't wait for a protest or response of any sort and just pushed herself against the former exile, exchanging the kiss for a loving embrace.

'No.' Ellie simply whispered in the Exile's ear in response to her own query.

'Ellie, just...I-'

Riven tried to find a proper response, but stumbled over her words and shook her head to get it straight. She intensified the embrace and lifted Ellie from the ground, playfully doing a small pirouette with the surprised girl in her arms.

'...You're truly unbelievable, you know that, right?' the snowy haired warrior smiled, putting the brunette back on the ground.

'And you sure surprise people when you're very excited...you could almost say you really...swept me off my feet with that.'

Riven just rolled her eyes and reached for Ellie's bag, taking out her bikini top as well.

'Now it's my time to help you too...'

Not waiting for a response either, Riven took Ellie in a deep kiss again, this time it her being the one swiftly helping the other putting on her top.

'There. Now we're slightly even.' she smiled, stepping back and adjusting her own top. 'And, ehm, we're not going to repeat this for, uh...'

The warrior halted her words and resorted to a simple blush as she looked down, trying to subtly assign the point of interest. Ellie giggled a bit at Riven's embarrassment and shook her head.

'Nu-uh. That'd take too long...Quinn is waiting for us, after all...' she smirked, playfully tickling the underside of the ex-Noxian's belly. The woman twitched and swiftly stepped back, trying to hold back her laughter.

'Oooohhh, I completely forgot you're so susceptible to tickling...'

-'Am not!' Riven quickly replied, trying to cover her stomach and sides as good as possible.

'No chance in hiding!' Ellie grinned and leapt to the white haired woman, attacking her sides and abdomen wherever she saw a small opening in the warrior's defenses. Riven tried to squirm and keep as much of her skin covered as possible, but eventually she had to resort to simply grab the energetic girl and take her in a tight embrace, so she couldn't move her arms anymore. Ellie just laughed and gave the former exile a small kiss now that she had nothing else to do.

'...We're not really getting far like this, aren't we?' Riven reprimanded the girl in her arms when Ellie ended the kiss.

'As if you mind.' the brunette teased, gently poking the warrior's nose. 'But okay, you're right.'

Riven released the hyperactive girl and rummaged through her own bag, taking out her swimming shorts and quickly changing when Ellie was looking for the rest of her own bikini. The brunette lifted one eyebrow and smirked.

'Well, that was fast...but damn gurl, Zyra knew what she was doing!'

Ellie's tone quickly changed from one of mere surprise to very impressed, examining Riven's bikini with keen interest. 'And these colours fit you soooo nice, you look just beau-ti-ful...' the hyperactive girl continued, deliberately stretching the last word while admiring Riven's white and red patterned swimming wear and the body underneath. 'These red patterns look like some dark red blossoms or something floral...I really like it. Personal note, I'm in Zyra's debt. But don't let her know that...' she ended the sentence in a hushing manner and grinned at Riven folding her arms and raising an eyebrow with a smile.

'Wait, you also wear swimming shorts?' Riven curiously asked after Ellie quickly had changed into her full swim wear as well.

'Yeah, once again, cleavage for the win, but I rather feel comfy down below than also squeezing that into a tight string-like thingy, no thanks.' Ellie answered , patting her flashy blue and yellow-striped swimming shorts while opening the changing room on the other side again. 'Ah, there's Quinn!' she added, noticing the ranger waiting a bit further, leaning against the wall.

'Wait, you also had other clothes with you?' Ellie went on when they reached Quinn, who had her cloak now folded under her right arm, solely clad in a loose, blue t-shirt and had switched her long jeans for some shorts.

'Some.' the Demacian smiled, gently tapping on the bag resting on her right hip, previously quite unnoticed.

'Let me guess, that also contains your trusty crossbow?' Riven asked when they stepped into the large main area of the pool.

'Disassembled and safely tucked away, but ready for action if needed, yes.' Quinn nodded.

'Yo! Over here!'

-'I'd recognize that tone anywhere...' the blonde ranger commented with a smile as they all turned in the direction of the voice.

A good twenty meters further ahead, a pink haired Piltoverian, now dressed in an equally pink bikini, was waving for them to come over, with the rest of the group relaxing or floating in the water in the nearby area.

'...Vi.'

-'Meeting time!' Ellie excitedly said, pulling the two Champions along and practically racing towards the others.

'I didn't expect someone like you wearing a pink bikini, Vi...' Riven grinned, clearly amused by the undeniably quite girly swimwear of the bold Piltoverian.

'Oh hush, now the bikini matches the curtains. Who's the new girlfriend?' Vi wondered, curious about the blonde woman walking next to Riven and Ellie.

'Well, it's quite a story, and-'

-'Quinn?' Ezreal suddenly spoke up, interrupting Ellie after having taking a second look at the new person.

'Uh,...hey, Ezreal.' the Demacian ranger sheepishly answered, a bit surprised the Explorer immediately recognized her.

'Quinn? But you're blonde? How? And where's-' Vi started to blurt out, but a firm jab in her side from Ezreal halted her.

'What did we say about started to yell around the names of Champions?' the prodigy hissed.

'Go cry somewhere else, blondie.' the other Piltoverian bluntly retorted, pushing Ezreal away, back on his own sun recliner.

'I don't really think it's of much importance that she got a bimbo hair colour, dear...' Elise began, putting down the book she had been reading. Her icy green irises fixed on the gentle hazel ones of the Demacian and she subtly narrowed her eyes. The woman sensually raised to a seated position and adjusted the top of her alluringly black and red patterned bikini before she turned to the new company again. 'Rather, how she found and got to us.'

Quinn folded her arms over each other again, shifted her weight so she had a relaxed stance and wanted to start talking, but was then interrupted by Zyra and Hayden, who had been relaxing in the water and neared the group to see what the commotion was about. The black haired young man lifted himself out of the water and onwards gallantly helped his crimson haired lover out of the pool. As soon as he got out of the water and his upper body became visible however, Riven and Quinn pursed their lips a bit and Ellie accidentally let out a small squeal. He hadn't been exaggerating when he mentioned the damage Zyra's initial assault had created. All over his upper body, slashes or crude crevices of scarred skin were scattered all around, ranging from his upper arms to his lower back or diaphragm. Hayden noticed the three looking, remembering they hadn't seen it yet and shrugged.

'At least they don't light up, do they?'

-'Yeah, but-' Ellie started, but Hayden simply waved away the complains or excuses that would be following.

'Ellie, please, we've been over this enough now, they don't even hurt or anything, it's just...a visual bug. Nothing gamebreaking.'

-'Maybe it even increases his game, you should ask Zyra...' Vi smirked, holding back a laugh when she saw the redhead trying to hide a blush.

'Yeah...can we let the girl speak, sweethearts?' Elise barged in, clearly focused on possible news from one of Runeterra's inhabitants.

'So...since there are quite a few of you gathered already, plus some of this "Earth"'s people, I think adding the info about how the League is experienced here is not needed anymore, I hope?' Quinn began, curiously looking at each of the Champions for confirmation. When everyone nodded, a small smile appeared on the ranger's face, and she nodded as well.

'Ok. Next up, arriving on this planet...I-or rather Valor a bit more, perhaps, had the luck that we were thrown into the backyard of the person who was currently playing the game...Or persons, I should say. Since there were two of them playing it, at their kitchen table, I assume it was. The reason that there were two of them playing at that time was also the reason I wasn't discovered. Their "computers" completely crashed at the point of transportation, I think Heimerdinger would have a small heart attack just seeing it. One of the screens was just an odd greenish colour, but the other was completely shattered and broken, the whole machine. Apparently, one of them was injured in the process, since the emergency services of this world arrived a little while later. I first considered showing myself and trying to find out more about the situation I was in like that, because neither Valor nor me could sense any danger from the person that remained in the house, but somewhere, I knew it could turn out bad, so after when the last one was leaving a bit later, I snuck into the house and got myself some fitting clothes and as much basic information as I could gather before they would return.'

The Demacian took a small break from her talk to see the responses of the others, and Vi enthusiastically started to clap at the little story, soon joined by Ellie, causing Zyra to facepalm and Ezreal to sigh.

'What? I'm a simple woman, I hear a good little story, I clap.' Vi neglectfully added, seeing the Explorer's expression.

'But she isn't finished with her story yet, dear.' Elise noted, gesturing at the waiting Quinn again. 'How did you find us?'

The ranger shrugged a bit at the mage's question and smiled.

'I'm an experienced scout, used to operating behind enemy lines. You could say I'm quite proficient in gaining information in these kinds of situations...Besides, you made quite a scene here, Elise. It wasn't all that difficult to find out.' the blonde smirked, with Elise answering the smirk as well. 'As soon as I was sure there was something to find here, I went on my way. Mainly using hitchhiking and Valor to travel, it still took me quite some time to get here, but at last Valor found you guys yesterday, and here I am.'

The Demacian shyly spread her arms to accentuate the fin of the story and was promptly met with Ellie jumping at her and taking her in a hug.

'Welcome to the group, Quinn!'

The Demacian ranger looked at the others in slight confusion, accepting the second quite sudden hug of the brunette.

'...Does this mean I don't have to ask whether I can join you guys anymore?'

-'You never had to, birdy!' Vi smiled, making use of the fact Ellie just released Quinn to give the blonde a goodhearted punch on the shoulder. Elise already took up her book again, apparently she got to know what she wanted for now, or just noticed the conversation would go downhill when Vi started to interrupt.

'Get ready, Miss Hyperactive...' the mage softly mentioned to Ellie before fully occupying herself with the book , seeing Zyra and Vi giving each other a knowing glance.

'Say, with the introductions over, that's quite the bikini you got there, cutie...' the pink haired Piltoverian began, getting up and leaning towards Ellie.

-'Did you want to beat your own request concerning the size of Riven's cleavage, hmm?' Zyra added, subtly standing at the other side of the brunette.

'Well, a certain someone threatened to let me sleep on the couch if I hadn't, so...' While explaining with her head turned to the redhead, Ellie couldn't possibly see the far taller Vi nod at Zyra, who replied with a wink. She did notice the wink, and began to frown, slightly tilting her head.

'Wait, what are you guys-'

By the time Ellie noticed what was about to happen, the two other women already lifted her from the ground and threw her away, into the water. With a yelp and after a brief flight through the air, the petite brunette disappeared into the the pool. Riven, who previously was chatting with Quinn, noticed what happened and jumped up.

'Hey! Why did you-'

Vi just laughed and evaded the snowy haired woman's assault, staying out of her reach. Zyra quickly followed up and took the Exile in a playful headlock, pulling her away from the Piltoverian. Vi seized the opportunity, grabbed Riven's legs and began to swing them, aiming at the water as well. Zyra, who couldn't quite keep up with the struggling ex-Noxian's strength, gladly took the cue and the next moment, Riven also ended up in the pool.

'Our turn!' Vi yelled, taking a still laughing Zyra in a surprise bear hug and simply lifting the redhead off the ground. With a big jump, the Enforcer launched herself and landed in between the resurfacing Riven and now also laughing Ellie.

'Vi! What did you do that for!?' Zyra sputtered when they both resurfaced again, wanting to sound angry, but the smile was still too stuck to her face.

'Well, I couldn't really push poor birdy in the water, since she still has her clothes on, and you were my next closest target, so...' the pink haired woman grinned, splashing a wave of water in the redhead's face. Zyra quickly closed her eyes for the liquid and onwards gave the Enforcer a playful, but still vengeful look.

'Why you-'

-'PAYBACK!'

Before Zyra could finish her words, the voice of Ellie suddenly filled their ears, and a second later, the hyperactive brunette crashed down on the crimson haired woman.

'Would she rather like to drown or be suffocated by Ellie's boobs?' Riven commented, seeing Ellie try her hardest to smother Zyra in her ample bosom as she jumped on her and pushed the redhead down.

'I do know which one you'd choose, snow white...' Vi replied with a knowing smirk, only made worse by the ex-Noxian's affirmative blush. 'Oooohh, here comes Zyra's revenge!' she excitedly smiled when Zyra had been able to free herself and decided to return the favour by burying Ellie's face in her own cleavage this time.

'You know, Zyra may be complaining about her the entire time...' the Piltoverian continued, looking at how the two were trying to cover each other with big waves of water like two little children.

'...But they really like each other, yeah.' Riven finished her sentence with a warm smile.

'However, you know dear Zyra, she'd rather really suffocate than admitting that...' Hayden suddenly entered the little conversation, making both Riven and Vi turn their heads in surprise.

'Where did you suddenly come from?' the Enforcer asked with one eyebrow raised.

'...You aren't the only ones that can jump into pools, just so you know.'

-'You naughty boy, that's dangerous behaviour right there...' Ellie sounded from the other side of Vi. Safely held at bay by Zyra, the two women came wading towards them again.

'Are the toddlers done playing?' Vi smirked, and Ellie just stuck out her tongue in response.

'I like to live dangerous.' Hayden smiled in reply to Ellie's earlier comment, sending the brunette a typical look.

'Oh! Oh! I know this one!' Vi interrupted, clapping her hands together. Not waiting for a response, she suddenly lifted Hayden over her head like he was as light as a feather and threw him a few meters away. Then, the Piltoverian woman coughed a bit and looked up again.

'Savage.' she concluded in a dramatic, lowered tone.

'That's why you're throwing me five meters away out of the blue?' Hayden grumpily replied as he swam back to the group, raising his voice to drown out Ellie's laughter.

'Was it only five? It seemed like more...' Vi pondered, tracing Hayden's flight with the index finger of her right hand.

'That wasn't the point!' the raven haired young man muttered.

'Yeah, I'm sure she could throw you a lot further if she wanted...' Ellie added with a smirk.

'She certainly could throw you a lot further...' Zyra quickly countered, laughing as the petite girl puffed her cheeks.

'Wanna test?' Vi gleefully put forward, innocently extending her arms. Ellie impulsively took the Enforcer's hand, but then hesitated a bit.

'Don't throw me too far, okay?'

-'...Or on top of other people.' Zyra added.

'Oh please, do I look like I ever don't have things under control?' Vi simply replied, sticking up her thumb. Riven and Hayden exchanged a wary look when the Piltoverian lifted the brunette up in the air, but the happy looks on Vi's and Ellie's faces washed away the concerns.

'The tallest and the smallest child having fun together...' Riven smirked as Ellie mimicked the form of a -quite busty- arrow when Vi aimed her at a point a bit further in the pool.

'Well, mentioning childlike behaviour...actually Vi is one of the youngest here, right?' Hayden commented on his turn.

'Our Piltoverian duo are the two juniors, yes.' Zyra smiled as Ellie was catapulted through the air in a smooth arc, neatly diving into the water a few meters up ahead.

'Although Vi is the most childish by far...' Ezreal grinned, hearing them talk and diving in the pool, resurfacing next to them.

'Hey, brat, who are you calling childish?' Vi interrupted, bluntly grabbing the Explorer by the base of his neck and lifting him up in the air.

'Just proving my point, you know that?' the blond teenager grumbled, but remained calm, knowing he couldn't put up much of a fight against the Enforcer's strength in the current situation.

'Yeah, yeah, whatever. You gonna correct yourself yet?'

Vi added some conviction to her statement by raising him somewhat higher and slightly arching her body, clearly preparing herself to throw him away as well.

'And grant you the satisfaction? Not in a million years, you pink haired brute...' Ezreal persisted, folding his arms over each other.

'Excuse me, that's a strange way to say "Yes, Vi, of course!"...' the Piltoverian woman mocked on her turn again, now really ready to send him flying. 'Or should I try Ellie's way of conviction, hmm?' she continued, lowering Ezreal again, this time letting him hover a bit above her cleavage.

'I'd consider gaining a few more cupsizes before trying to be in Ellie's league.' the blond Piltoverian boldly replied, although barely hiding a faint blush. Vi, totally not having been expecting the response, had to do her best to stop her cheeks from reddening as well while her eyes grew big in surprise and embarrassment.

'S-Shut it, stupid brat!' the Piltoverian woman managed to utter, pushing Ezreal and her shame firmly underwater.

'I'd suggest not actually drowning your loverboy, Vi, no matter how much he made you blush...' Zyra smirked, immediately seizing the chance to get a tease back at the pinkette. With immediate result, as the bold Enforcer struggled a bit more to hide her blush.

'It's no-We're not-Brat, you tell her!' she protested with an embarrassed growl, pulling the poor Explorer out of the water again.

'Tell her what? That you threatened to throw me or actually tried to drown me?' Ezreal grumped and coughed up some water.

'You're not helping, blondie.' Vi complained, folding her arms over each other.

'Says the one blushing and drowning people because she thinks her tits aren't big enough...' the blond prodigy casually dropped, effectively forcing the Enforcer to hide a blush again.

'Fuck you!' Vi growled, giving him a firm punch against his shoulder and almost sending him flying into the water again.

'You know what? Fuck YOU!' Ezreal said, jumping at the taller woman and tackling her into the water on his turn.

'...Just let them be, I guess.' Hayden grinned after Riven had repeatedly tried to get the two Piltoverians to stop.

'Yeah, let's go to the water slides!' Ellie happily exclaimed, already more or less pulling Zyra and him along.


'Wait, who says I'm agreeing to this?' the redhead said as they stood atop the highest slide a bit later, looking down with a hint of hesitation.

'Who says you're not agreeing to this?' Ellie smiled, subtly leaning against the woman to urge her forward. Then, she noticed the way Zyra was looking down and crossed her arms. 'Hold on...do you have acrophobia, Zyra?'

The crimson haired woman puffed her cheeks and turned her her head away.

'I do NOT.'

Then, she turned back to the long water slide and pursed her lips a bit. 'I just don't like the look of this long...tunnel-like thing. It reminds me of getting Summoned to the Rift. And that's no pleasant feeling.' she ended, soft but determined. Ellie and Hayden gave each other an awkward look, but the raven haired young man stepped forward and put his arm around his lover.

'Then how about we go together? You can sit in my lap or the other way around if you want.' he smiled. Zyra huffed and folded her arms.

'I'm not a little child or something.'

-'Then I suggest you make a decision, because if you're going to wait any longer, a line's going to form...' Ellie semi-whispered, subtly pointing to the people making their way up. The redhead's eyebrows shot up and she turned to the tunnel of the water slide again, but still somewhat hesitant. Hayden noticed nothing was going to happen anytime soon if the woman kept this up and grabbed her by the waist, lifted her up and jumped into the slide. With a yelp of Zyra and Ellie's surprised laugh to mark the start of their descent, they disappeared into the tunnel.

At first, Zyra tried to struggle, but she soon noticed that it only caused them to almost tumble over, and she surrendered to her position within Hayden's arms.

'Relax, nothing's going to happen...' the black haired young man hushed her, giving her a soft kiss in her neck.

'You're so going to pay for this...' the redhead grumbled, but she did give him a kiss in return nonetheless. By the time the water slide made its fourth curve, a big smile had appeared on her face and she had comfortably nestled herself on Hayden. When they reached the end of the slide and ended up in the pool, Zyra turned to her lover when they resurfaced and suddenly pushed his head underwater with surprising force, but quickly pulled him out again.

'That's for surprising me with that sneak assault!' she commented. Then, she pulled him back on her eye level and gave him a tender kiss on his lips. 'And that's because I liked it...' she smiled sheepishly. Hayden smiled and shook his head.

Oh, Zyra...

'You're lucky Ellie didn't get to see that...' he quickly whispered when Ellie exited the water slide as well, diving into the water with an excited yell.

'Perfectly timed...' the Rise of the Thorns sensually ended, letting a finger teasingly run over his cheek and downward until Ellie reemerged from the water again.


After a long afternoon of stupid games in the pool and Zyra slowly getting addicted to the water slides, Hayden settled down in Vi's empty lounger to rest for a moment with a cool soft drink in his hand, when a figure made its way to him from the corner of his eye.

'What is it, Elise?' he lazily said, able to recognize the sensual gait of the raven haired woman from her mere leg movements.

'A little chat, dear. Quinn may be interesting, as well as my book, and that loud, pink haired boar is entertaining, but they can't keep me occupied forever...' she answered while seating herself next to him.

'What's on your mind?'

-'Straight to the point, are we not?' the mage smirked, letting her head rest on one of her palms. 'I was just wondering how exactly you are going to take along a group doubled in size back to what I assume will be your home, not even including the difficulty of transporting Valor by this planet's means of long distance travel...'

The woman's smirk grew wider as the extent of the problem got to him and his eyes widened in recognition.

Damn.


That was it for this chapter again, I hope you all enjoyed it!^^ Honestly, I think the pool chapter could've turned out a lot different or better, but I also had to be careful it wouldn't turn into a second Christmas Chapter-esque situation xD Aw well, it ended up like this now, and I'm quite happy I got Quinn into the story properly enough for now:3

Tourvelix: "New Champion Hype!

Now we have another one from a different place.

2 from Piltover
1 from the Shadow Isles
1 from Noxus
1 from Demacia
and 1 Independant

I wonder how crowded will Hay's house be when everyone returns there"

Been quite a while since the last Champion hype, it's even nice for me to see them all lined up haha, and yeah, Hayden better gets his rooms prepared x)

tasskuss24: "please can you have jinx in your story"
As much as I love Jinx's character, she is one of the few Champions I can't bring in, since a friend of mine started his own story like this one is next to mine, using Jinx as one of the Champions, and he asked me to not use the same characters^^ Only when he says he's completely abandoning the story the possibility of Jinx appearing will be available, sorry :/

RazorC: "I was going to say we need more Vi x Ez but WHOOHOO QUINN IS HERE! AWESOME! But you wouldn't leave anyone shipless, would you? (so talon is coming as well is he is he please is he?) I would really like to read your adaptation of Quinn/Talon if that is a possibility. (i'm begging you pls)"

Wow, someone here is REALLY into Quinn x Talon, are we not?:3 But sadly, I have to return to my standard reply concerning appearing Champions, maybe you'll see Talon, maybe you won't :/ I can tell you I wouldn't add him solely for the purpose of shipping, though. This might be lots of fluff every now and then with Riv x Ellie and the Hayden x Zyra moments, but it's not a pure romance shipping story . -Or at least I try for it not to be- That aside, another story concerning Talon and/or Quinn isn't out of the question^^

GasaiKid115: "Good chapter glad to see the update and nice with adding quinn cant wait to see how the plot goes now. Honestly its been a long time since new champ was added to the story and almost forgot that they all still scattered everywhere in our world but still good chapter and cant wait to see more and which new champ(s) get added in"

Yeah, since I'm slow with the story, the speed at which Champions could get added is also slow x) Glad you enjoyed it :D

TheLastYukami: "Every time the chapters end i feel a little dead inside cause i gotta wait for the next chapter. And the intro to quinn makes it so much more difficult to bear waiting for it, but from one writer to another i know the feeling of content needing to be right. There were a few grammar hitches that i picked up on, such as a misspell around the middle, but its always worth it when reading this. I look forward with much anxiousness for the next chapter!"

Knowing there are people waiting for the next release makes me all the more anxious concerning my tardiness, but yeah, content has the upper hand here, Quality over Quantity^-^ And haha, I guess there'll always be a few grammar errors that'll escape the eye because of reading it over so much . Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as well :D

Canwewrite: "Another fantastic chapter.
I love SO much Riv x Ellie.
And don't worry, your Vi x Ez wasn't really ooc, I was just talking in general.
And, don't want to press you, but when the story will be half finished, people will have already forgotten what are the institute, the champions, and even LoL ;)"

Thanks for enjoying the read^-^ And thanks for the warning, but I know that by now, I'm so slow XD Perhaps I'll be able to get this story finished before 2020 or so :c

N0ble: "Loved and ellie can't remember a thing ironic because an ELEphants memory is very good ..no? ok I'll show myself out bye"

Is the desire for puns so grave it's already spreading from my name to the names of the people in the story? D: You almost sound like one of my beta readers x)

Ayanokoji Akuno: "Well, I can't be blamed like the rest of the readers, eh? Sarah struck home pretty well. It was nice to see a bit more of the ElliexRiven fluff this time. With the surprise (and I do mean, holy crap) introduction of Quinn, I'm now very interested to read where this goes. Once again, you manage to make me flip out at a chapter update."

It indeed seems Sarah made quite the good impression overall, for a character who has only appeared for 70% of a chapter or something x) #SarahBestGirl? And was the Quinn appearance that much of a surprise? Or yeah, maybe before the bird appeared, but as soon as I made Valor show itself, I couldn't find a good way to disguise it as Valor anymore x) But yeah, thanks for the read :D

Freak666chaos: "heyyyyyyy hello there! Nice, very nice chapter we have here I liked the fan service you wrote with the swimming suits, and we have a new champion! For a moment i wondered if the bird was Anivia or perhaps Beatrice, Swain's raven, but Quinn is the coolest so it's even better. Also i already can't next for your next chapter, i wanna see the group's reaction to this.

I wonder how you would write characters like Kindred or Aurelion Sol (who will probably not be in the story cause celestial dragon right?)

Anyway, nice chapter, keep up the good work and may the inspiration be with you see ya!"

Hey!:D Haha, always some chance on fanservice with Riven and Ellie x) About the bird, Anivia would be way bigger though, Beatrice could've been possible -but I don't like Swain- but I love Quinn, so she had priority~ Sorry you had to wait for so long for the reaction .

Kindred is a very interesting, if not one of the most interesting ones in the whole League -I always pause my music when I play as Kindred so I can hear their quotes and sounds properly:3- not to mention their awesome login music D: Aurelion Sol, I kinda hate that cocky dude x) And no, the chance of seeing him in the story is more or less zero, since indeed, celestial dragon, he has nothing to do with the League, only Targon is of importance to him.

Aaaahahsjdkcsod: "KNEW IT KNEW IT KNEW IT!
That was a really good chapter! I'm dieing of cuteness from the riven X Ellie ship c:
They're just so lovable! I wonder when Ahri will come in though... Hmm that's be a fun chapter.

I can't wait to see what's in store!"

Glad to see you're enjoying Rivellie so much xD They're kawaii, that's for sure:3 And lol, you want the seduction queen to come in now and stir everything up? x) That would indeed be a...fun chapter:3

Lady Flame: "SQWAAAAK, VALOR TO ME!
Literally what I do when I play Quinn x3.
So we have a bird lady, a plant, a spider, lux 2.0, a badass warrior, an officer, an explorer, and a chill main character that is being corrupted by magiks. This story has come a long way, I remember when the first chapter came out and I was impressed. Look at you now, 300 reviews! Thats amazing.

Now to be less serious...

I mean it would be funny if a love triangle happened with Hayden, Zyra, and Quinn. Or Riven, Ellie, and Quinn . 3

The long awaited pool scene has arrived. I must..."(Cutting it off here:3)

Well, I gotta thank all the friendly reviewers like you for those 300 reviews^^ After all, you guys made this story so big^^ If you can call 29 chapters big, I'm not really good with these things D:

Onwards...

Oh my, now that Ellie and Riven are properly beginning to settle down, you want to throw in the love triangles?xD Naughtly Lady Flame~

About the pool scene, it feels like I have totally not fulfilled the need that perhaps had built up after announcing it so long ago already, but if I went all out it would've just ended up in a second Christmas Chapter-like thing, and we don't want that, don't we x) And now we got to the pool scene, you immediately go to the next thing on the bucket list? D: An even bigger challenge, writing an acceptable Rivellie lemon scene xD Y u make it so difficult ;-;

Oh god IT'S THE LUX. I SHOULD'VE KNOWN THIS WOULD BE COMING o.O You still want the cast to drown in an unstoppable avalanche of hyperactivity, don't you xD

A good day full of sunshine and rainbows to you too^-^

Un1tBats293: "Hey, pst, pst, dude, im back! HAHAHAHAhAHAHA ok now real talk, 2 good chapters (didnt review chap 27 cuz i was busy, broke up with my gf today so meh, can only say the same lines i say every day, so ye. Hav gud day m9"

Aw, I'm so sorry to hear about the breakup :/ -uhm, unless she was a bitch, but I don't quite assume that- I hope you'll find your love again^^ Please don't stay lonely like me ;-;

Ri: "Wow I must say, this is amazing...!"

Thanks:3

Guest: "You can NOT fault me for thinking that a Zyra that got introduced to... all that a hentai can offer... getting riled up by an Unchained Ellistar... wouldn't be THAT surprising.
Right on that note, we now have the bondage expert (50SoG, was that a hint for a future... not sure how much that would count as a victim), the vines... all we need now is a domina (and personalitywise I believe I have my obligatory inclusion of Syndra down with that) and we've got everything XD

I must admit, the part when Riven went wide-eyed about Ellie having a sister threw me off, had to actually check back to the Christmas Special to remember that it was non-canon.

Riven actually teasing back I can take, Riven being the one to..."(Cutting it off here:3)

Oh wow, look at that, now I can't escape the typical looks/reactions I get when I say I'm writing a Zyra fanfic anymore, even from seasoned readers xD But yeah I brought that onto myself ^^ Personality-wise, Syndra indeed would want to play the domina, BUT now that Zyra has indeed gotten access to all that hentai can offer she might just be able to turn that around right in Syndra's face...wouldn't be THAT surprising. (You started this, hue)

Yeah, I guess the Christmas chapter caused quite some confusion content-wise, certainly concerning things that are canon and those that aren't, gomen :/

Haha, Zyra might be very picky on Ellie or annoyed be her, but deep inside she's actually just a big tsundere and really just wanted the hug:3

The runes...that's for a bit further in the story ~ But yeah, danger can come from anywhere, right?

The swimsuit...I couldn't quite have solved it differently x) They couldn't leave poor Riven behind, and Riven wouldn't want to be responsible for keeping Ellie from a day in the pool xD The WIP bracelet was something that appeared just like a movie scene in my head while I was writing, and I did my best to write it down as sufficient as possible, even without the music that was playing in the scene x) Glad you liked it:3

I think Elise hasn't carried a wallet for the past years or something, just pulling all her tricks to get away with everything x) She indeed loves turning heads:D -whether it's in a cocoon or not-

Did you really think I would let Ellie and Lux clash without proper warning? D: Oppai Final Spark o.O Lady Flame already gives enough warning signs with her efforts to put Lux into the story xD And yeah, it isn't Quinn's actual hair colour, but your question about whether it was a mistake or not has been answered by now:3 Unless you didn't read the chapter and just went for the reviews, but that seems odd to me x)

P.S. Poor Val, so unrightfully accused :c

Thanks for the broad review as always^-^

applefladapple: "bisexual, homosexual, asexual... plantsexual?
Just kidding its great"

...I don't even-what xD But thank you^^

Sairento Fokkusu: "Tried this ritual in A.R.A.M. as Elise. Didn't work. 0/10 reported enjoy bans from rito kid"

"Woah Quinn! I knew it from the first sentence indicating the bird. I thought it was either that or that a bird had gotten Ellie's wallet. It is nice adding more champions into the mix. I am pretty sure the talon x quinn guy lurking somewhere here in the reviews is happy too"

1/10 for trying but not enough Elise knowlegde, tss.

The bird was so obvious, but I couldn't think of a better way to enter Quinn x) And yeah, he's quite happy xD I'm glad^-^

Hipax: "I really enjoy your story! It so refreshing to see someone write characters that have both an innocent and serious side and maintain a fine line between the two in a way that doesn't come across as ridiculous. Im just in love with the whole story and how the characters interact! I cant wait for more chapters to come out and see the relationship between Riven and Ellie continue. I totally ship them so hard! XD"

Thanks for enjoying!:3 I'm so glad you like the characters, because having them appear believable is something so fragile in my opinion :/ One little mistake and the character could crumble :c But seeing someone enjoying the characters and their interactions is always nice to see, so I hope you've enjoyed this chapter too^-^ And yeah, the Rivellie shipping is real, even before it was actually canon xD

That leaves it for the replies, once more a big thank you for everyone who's kind enough to leave a reply, they always give me a boost to write more!^^ -Although it took way too long for me to actually finish something-
Everyone have a good day/night and good luck on League if you're aiming for a certain spot^^

'GoodName out.