Chapter Four
We landed in a field near the compound, next to a post where a horse was hitched. I nearly didn't see the horse until Fox yelled into my headset, which is pretty painful. I must have given that horse the fright of its life.
I jumped out of my Arwing with my bag slung over my shoulder. A guy with pointy ears and wearing green clothes came running up, yelling his head off.
"HEY, what do you think you're doing! You nearly killed my horse!"
"Whaaaateveerrr!" I replied, rolling my eyes.
"Don't you care!"
"Look, I didn't hit it, did I?"
"No."
"Then stop blabbering about it, or I'll kick your @$$ to somewhere over the rainbow!" I threatened, ending the conversation.
"Look, I'd leave if I were you," Falco cut in. "It's not a good idea to get Starfire pissed."
Pointy Ears turned tail and jetted out of there, taking his horse with him.
"Who was that," I asked.
"Link. He's one of the competitors," Fox replied.
"Come on, we'd better go find our rooms," Falco added. We shouldered our bags and headed towards the compound entrance. "Names, please," a guard asked.
"Fox McCloud"
"Falco Lombardi"
"Pyrene Star Dyani," I sighed. I hated that name!
"Okay, you can go," the guard moved aside to let us pass. Inside was a large garden, with paths leading to different buildings. Falco started down one of the paths, and F ox started after him, then noticed me standing around staring, and reached back and yanked me along by the arm. "Hey, what was that for?" I shouted.
Fox just rolled his eyes. "Come on, Falco's already waiting for us at the mess hall," he said. We caught up with Falco, who was looking at some kind of list. "Fox and I are in room 207," he declared, turning around. I went over to the board and found Pyrene Star Dyani about halfway down the list. "I gotta talk to them about that," I muttered searching out my roommate and room number.
"Samus Aran, who's that," I asked, turning around to face Falco and Fox.
"A bounty hunter, I think you'll like her," Fox replied.
"Yeah, she's got a bad temper, a don't-get-in-my-face attitude, and a tendency to blow things up," Falco added.
"Meaning, you two will get along just fine," Fox said, grinning.
"I told you, that whole thing with the TV was an accident," I said defensively. They both just laughed.
"Come on, let's go put our stuff in our rooms," Falco said. "What room are you in, Star?"
"245," I answered.
"Okay, that's in the west hall," he said, heading off on another path. Fox and I quickly followed up behind. They led me to a long' two story building that looked like the dormitories. We went in and found my room, then Fox and Falco took off to find theirs. "Meet us in front of the mess hall in thirty minutes, okay?" Fox called over his shoulder.
"All right," I hollered back, then turned to go into my room. It was a fairly large room, compared to my quarters on the Great Fox, which were pretty cramped. Of course, I'm not exactly the neatest person in the world, so that might have something to do with it.
I was just finishing putting away the few things I had brought with me, mostly weapons, a few changes of clothes, and the few things I had left from the Independence, when I heard the barely audible sound of the door opening. Silently reaching for my blaster, I whirled around, my finger on the trigger.
The same time I raised my weapon, the intruder raised theirs. I couldn't help but stare when I got a better look at the person. They were wearing a strange looking suit of armor, and that charge-rifle attached to its arm looked a whole lot more powerful than my blaster.
When it looked like they weren't going to shoot me, I lowered my blaster, just as they lowered their charge-rifle. Thinking, I asked, "Are you Samus Aran?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am," she replied. "Are you Pyrene Star Dyani?"
I winced. "It's Starfire, I don't like the name Pyrene Star Dyani, it sounds so stuffy," I said. Samus nodded. "I'd have to agree with you there," she said.
"So I guess you're my roommate, then," I said.
"Guess so," Samus agreed. "A word of advice; don't try to wake me up in the morning, unless you want your face pounded. I'm not much of a morning person."
"Funny, I was about to tell you the same thing," I laughed.
"Well then I guess we'll get along great. Let me drop my bags and then we'd better get down to the mess hall, I think dinners almost ready, and the food goes fast around here," Samus said.
"Kinda like aboard the Great Fox, except that usually involves punching and kicking," I commented.
After that, Samus and I headed down to the mess hall, where Falco and Fox were waiting. "Hey you two," Fox called out. "You're late."
"Whatever," I rolled my eyes. I turned to Falco. "Next time, warn me if my roommate resembles a robot and happens to enjoy sneaking up on people, ALL RIGHT?"
"Hehe. Guess I forgot to mention that," Falco smirked. He enjoyed playing tricks on me like that.
"Well next time, DON'T FORGET!" I yelled, Judo throw/slamming him into the ground. Turning back to Samus and Fox, who were both staring at me, I said, "What?"
"All right! You really put him in his place that time," Samus said, high- fiving me.
"Thank you, now can we go eat now? Come on Falco, we don't have all day!" I said, heading towards the mess hall.
We landed in a field near the compound, next to a post where a horse was hitched. I nearly didn't see the horse until Fox yelled into my headset, which is pretty painful. I must have given that horse the fright of its life.
I jumped out of my Arwing with my bag slung over my shoulder. A guy with pointy ears and wearing green clothes came running up, yelling his head off.
"HEY, what do you think you're doing! You nearly killed my horse!"
"Whaaaateveerrr!" I replied, rolling my eyes.
"Don't you care!"
"Look, I didn't hit it, did I?"
"No."
"Then stop blabbering about it, or I'll kick your @$$ to somewhere over the rainbow!" I threatened, ending the conversation.
"Look, I'd leave if I were you," Falco cut in. "It's not a good idea to get Starfire pissed."
Pointy Ears turned tail and jetted out of there, taking his horse with him.
"Who was that," I asked.
"Link. He's one of the competitors," Fox replied.
"Come on, we'd better go find our rooms," Falco added. We shouldered our bags and headed towards the compound entrance. "Names, please," a guard asked.
"Fox McCloud"
"Falco Lombardi"
"Pyrene Star Dyani," I sighed. I hated that name!
"Okay, you can go," the guard moved aside to let us pass. Inside was a large garden, with paths leading to different buildings. Falco started down one of the paths, and F ox started after him, then noticed me standing around staring, and reached back and yanked me along by the arm. "Hey, what was that for?" I shouted.
Fox just rolled his eyes. "Come on, Falco's already waiting for us at the mess hall," he said. We caught up with Falco, who was looking at some kind of list. "Fox and I are in room 207," he declared, turning around. I went over to the board and found Pyrene Star Dyani about halfway down the list. "I gotta talk to them about that," I muttered searching out my roommate and room number.
"Samus Aran, who's that," I asked, turning around to face Falco and Fox.
"A bounty hunter, I think you'll like her," Fox replied.
"Yeah, she's got a bad temper, a don't-get-in-my-face attitude, and a tendency to blow things up," Falco added.
"Meaning, you two will get along just fine," Fox said, grinning.
"I told you, that whole thing with the TV was an accident," I said defensively. They both just laughed.
"Come on, let's go put our stuff in our rooms," Falco said. "What room are you in, Star?"
"245," I answered.
"Okay, that's in the west hall," he said, heading off on another path. Fox and I quickly followed up behind. They led me to a long' two story building that looked like the dormitories. We went in and found my room, then Fox and Falco took off to find theirs. "Meet us in front of the mess hall in thirty minutes, okay?" Fox called over his shoulder.
"All right," I hollered back, then turned to go into my room. It was a fairly large room, compared to my quarters on the Great Fox, which were pretty cramped. Of course, I'm not exactly the neatest person in the world, so that might have something to do with it.
I was just finishing putting away the few things I had brought with me, mostly weapons, a few changes of clothes, and the few things I had left from the Independence, when I heard the barely audible sound of the door opening. Silently reaching for my blaster, I whirled around, my finger on the trigger.
The same time I raised my weapon, the intruder raised theirs. I couldn't help but stare when I got a better look at the person. They were wearing a strange looking suit of armor, and that charge-rifle attached to its arm looked a whole lot more powerful than my blaster.
When it looked like they weren't going to shoot me, I lowered my blaster, just as they lowered their charge-rifle. Thinking, I asked, "Are you Samus Aran?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact, I am," she replied. "Are you Pyrene Star Dyani?"
I winced. "It's Starfire, I don't like the name Pyrene Star Dyani, it sounds so stuffy," I said. Samus nodded. "I'd have to agree with you there," she said.
"So I guess you're my roommate, then," I said.
"Guess so," Samus agreed. "A word of advice; don't try to wake me up in the morning, unless you want your face pounded. I'm not much of a morning person."
"Funny, I was about to tell you the same thing," I laughed.
"Well then I guess we'll get along great. Let me drop my bags and then we'd better get down to the mess hall, I think dinners almost ready, and the food goes fast around here," Samus said.
"Kinda like aboard the Great Fox, except that usually involves punching and kicking," I commented.
After that, Samus and I headed down to the mess hall, where Falco and Fox were waiting. "Hey you two," Fox called out. "You're late."
"Whatever," I rolled my eyes. I turned to Falco. "Next time, warn me if my roommate resembles a robot and happens to enjoy sneaking up on people, ALL RIGHT?"
"Hehe. Guess I forgot to mention that," Falco smirked. He enjoyed playing tricks on me like that.
"Well next time, DON'T FORGET!" I yelled, Judo throw/slamming him into the ground. Turning back to Samus and Fox, who were both staring at me, I said, "What?"
"All right! You really put him in his place that time," Samus said, high- fiving me.
"Thank you, now can we go eat now? Come on Falco, we don't have all day!" I said, heading towards the mess hall.