A/N: Day 5, guys! Nothing much to say, except I'm very happy how the interactions turned out! I hope you like it again!


"Go, Wendy!" shouted Carla from distance at the girl, still staying on the edge of the lake. "You can do this!"

She wanted to go and help her - to be by her side like every friend would, but she had other problems. Just after Carla had expressed a slight wish to maybe learn skating one day, a teacher had appeared from the most unexpected place to torment her. Even now, if he found she had been neglecting his regimen, he would…

"How is your training going, Carla?" asked a voice that had contributed to endless avalanches.

Carla tried her best to not jump out of shock - it would reveal her slacking off and it would be too painful on the slippery ice. "I have been taking a rest," said she with a cute, treble voice. Not an exact lie - she only skipped that rest had begun as soon as the trainer left.

Pantherlily nodded, a slight smile on his face. "Of course; I don't want to tire you to death. Once you are well-rested, will you show me the movements you have practiced?"

Either Carla's detectors for sarcasm have stopped working, or Lily had believed every word she had told him. Knowing the muscle mountain, the second choice was the correct one. Carla could easily fake words; how should she fake abilities?

"Actually, my tail has been feeling cold. As much as I don't like that you won't see my skills today, I'd like to go home before it freezes." If they did not get to the showing part, she did not have to fail.

"That's why I had to leave you," said Lily and revealed a knitted tube - a bit bigger than Carla's tail. "I tried to find the tail warmer I made last year; it might be a bit big in you, but it will keep it warm…"

Oh, of course, that huge soldier could knit - just as he had learned skating to cross over frozen waters without having to use his precious magic in Edolas. If anything had even the slightest practical use, Lily could do it.

Carla was ready to admit defeat. With face looking down - "Hey," roared her trainer, but she did not listen, "look to the front!" - she tried to take a tiny step over the ice. She would slip. She would fall. Chilly fear kept her in one place - she should have trained, but she was sore only after Lily's warm-up and as soon as he left, she…

"What's the problem?" asked Lily, "Are you afraid you will fall?"

Well, that could work… "Oh, so much," meowed Carla. "I'm so afraid that I…"

Lily caught her by the hand. "Then I'll hold you to stop you from falling. Any other problems?"

Oh, why couldn't you give up for once?