Chapter Five
We went into the mess hall, and it was pretty hectic. I located the food and speeded over. I can have a pretty voracious appetite. I piled a plate with as much food as I could carry, then headed towards an empty table, and started cramming it in my mouth.
"Are you storing up food for hibernation or something?" Falco joked, sliding into a seat next to me.
"Either that or she's planning to be in the next season of Survivor," Fox added, taking the chair on my other side.
"You definitely need to meet Kirby and Yoshi," Samus commented, taking a seat by Fox.
"Those three? Together? They'd eat the entire food supply of the Mushroom Kingdom!" Falco said, feigning horror.
"Cut it out already. I'm hungry, and I want to eat," I said, mildly annoyed. I was pretty used to this kind of thing from Falco and Fox.
"Excuse me, can I have your attention please," voice came from the tiny stage at the front of the room. I turned in my seat to get a better look. A giant HAND was floating over the stage!
What the CRAP!" I yelled, startling everyone. They all turned to look at me, and I felt my cheeks turning red.
"Ah. I assume that you are Pyrene Star Dyani, are you not?" the hand questioned. "Please stand up," it added.
"Yeah, about that," I said, standing. "My name is Starfire, not Pyrene, so let's get that straight. And I'll add that anyone who gives me any crap about girls not being able to fight is going to wish they had never been born."
"Well, thank you for the information, Pyrene, I mean, Starfire," the hand said. I growled, taking my seat. "Practice rounds begin tomorrow, right after breakfast, the hand continued. "So plan on being on time." The hand left the room. I got up and headed for the door.
"And where are you going?" Fox asked, catching up with me.
"My room, I guess."
"Come on, you've got to see the rec. building," Fox said, grabbing my arm and totally ignoring my last comment. I sighed. It didn't look like I had any choice in the matter. Oh well, I hadn't planned on doing anything in my room anyways.
"There better be some video games, that's all," I muttered
We played around in the recreation building for a while. Fox was right, it was really cool. There were video games, and I whupped everyone's butt. Except for these two girls who kept looking at me and whispering to each other and I'm pretty sure it was about me. They're nothing like the kind of people I hang out with; long blonde hair, pink dresses, lots of jewelry and make up, and crowns. Yup, princesses. The poster girls for ditzes. I made a mental note to avoid them, and went back to my video game.
After everyone got sick of losing, we decided to go swimming. I went back to my room to change into my swimsuit and headed back down to the pool. I threw my towel down on a bench and climbed up to the high dive. I did a swan dive, and hit the water with barely any noise. Looking around, I spied something at the bottom of the pool, and dove down to investigate (and if you've ever seen how deep the water is under the high dive, you know that it's a pretty long dive.
Reaching the bottom, I saw what had caught my eye. It was a wooden hammer. Grabbing it, I swam around the floor of the pool to see if there was anything else that had been dropped. Not seeing anything, I headed back up to the surface. Breaking surface, I swam to the side of the pool and waved the hammer around in the air, yelling, "Whose hammer is this?"
"Mine," a small voice said. A small girl that was probably about mid-calf to me came running up. "Thanks, I've been looking all over for it."
"S'okay. I'm Starfire, what about you?" I said, handing the hammer to her.
"I'm Nana."
"Cool. Well, nice to meet ya, but there's a water volleyball match that's calling my name." I pushed off, and swam over to the shallow part of the pool where a net had been set up. Standing up, I sloshed over to where Samus, Fox, and Falco with two other people, a pink blob and a two dimensional, thing.
"Good, now we have six people. Star, this is Kirby and Mr. Game and Watch. Kirby's the blob, and Mr. Game and Watch is the flat one. Just call him GW though," Falco informed me.
"Hey," I said, with a nod in Kirby and GW's direction.
"Bing bong bleep," GW replied.
"Uhh, what?"
"He said hello," Samus said. "Now come on, let's play some volleyball."
The other team was made up of a spiky turtle, a giant monkey, a short boy with a bat, a green dinosaur, a yellow rat, and...
"Oh no!" I groaned when I saw the last member of their team. "Not you again!"
"Augggghh! It's the devil woman!" the idiot with the horse yelled.
"Same to you, Long Ears," I replied.
"Link."
"Long Ears fits better," I reasoned.
"All right, break it up, Kirby said, floating in my face. "Let's just play so I can go eat, agreed?"
My stomach roared, answering for me, causing everyone to laugh, including Link. Suprisingly, I started laughing too. Still laughing, I managed to choke out, "Alright, let's play already."
It was an intense game. Our team was quick and agile, so we had the advantage in getting to and returning the ball. But their team was strong and powerful, giving them the advantage when it came to spiking the ball. They slammed it so hard the ball left red marks all over my arms! Finally the game was tied 14-14. DK spiked the ball, which I blocked and tipped to Kirby, who passed it to Falco, who was setting. He made a perfect set, and I jumped up and spiked it as hard as I could. Link and Ness both dived for the ball, but they slammed into each other instead. The ball dropped, and we won the game.
After much celebrating on our side of the net, I swallowed my pride (and a lot of water) and went over to Long Ears and stuck out my hand.
"Good game," I said. Link looked at me, surprised, then reached out and shook my hand. "You too," he replied.
"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you like that on the field earlier," I apologized.
"Aw, it's no big deal, I was a little out of control too," Link said, accepting my apology. "Anyway, Zelda's waving for me, so I'd better go. See you later."
"'Kay, see ya," I said, even as Link headed out of the pool and towards one of the princesses I had seen earlier. Turning around, I headed back to where Falco and Fox were standing with their jaws hanging open.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked, ducking under the net.
"Because I've never, in all the time I've known you, seen you apologize to anyone for anything," Fox answered.
"Yeah, I thought Kurons couldn't apologize because of their religion or something," Falco added.
I rolled my eyes. "Come on, I think there's a game or something going on at the mess hall," I called over my shoulder, jumping out of the pool. Pretty much everyone followed me, except for Samus and GW, who waved us on and said they'd be along shortly.
We went into the mess hall, and it was pretty hectic. I located the food and speeded over. I can have a pretty voracious appetite. I piled a plate with as much food as I could carry, then headed towards an empty table, and started cramming it in my mouth.
"Are you storing up food for hibernation or something?" Falco joked, sliding into a seat next to me.
"Either that or she's planning to be in the next season of Survivor," Fox added, taking the chair on my other side.
"You definitely need to meet Kirby and Yoshi," Samus commented, taking a seat by Fox.
"Those three? Together? They'd eat the entire food supply of the Mushroom Kingdom!" Falco said, feigning horror.
"Cut it out already. I'm hungry, and I want to eat," I said, mildly annoyed. I was pretty used to this kind of thing from Falco and Fox.
"Excuse me, can I have your attention please," voice came from the tiny stage at the front of the room. I turned in my seat to get a better look. A giant HAND was floating over the stage!
What the CRAP!" I yelled, startling everyone. They all turned to look at me, and I felt my cheeks turning red.
"Ah. I assume that you are Pyrene Star Dyani, are you not?" the hand questioned. "Please stand up," it added.
"Yeah, about that," I said, standing. "My name is Starfire, not Pyrene, so let's get that straight. And I'll add that anyone who gives me any crap about girls not being able to fight is going to wish they had never been born."
"Well, thank you for the information, Pyrene, I mean, Starfire," the hand said. I growled, taking my seat. "Practice rounds begin tomorrow, right after breakfast, the hand continued. "So plan on being on time." The hand left the room. I got up and headed for the door.
"And where are you going?" Fox asked, catching up with me.
"My room, I guess."
"Come on, you've got to see the rec. building," Fox said, grabbing my arm and totally ignoring my last comment. I sighed. It didn't look like I had any choice in the matter. Oh well, I hadn't planned on doing anything in my room anyways.
"There better be some video games, that's all," I muttered
We played around in the recreation building for a while. Fox was right, it was really cool. There were video games, and I whupped everyone's butt. Except for these two girls who kept looking at me and whispering to each other and I'm pretty sure it was about me. They're nothing like the kind of people I hang out with; long blonde hair, pink dresses, lots of jewelry and make up, and crowns. Yup, princesses. The poster girls for ditzes. I made a mental note to avoid them, and went back to my video game.
After everyone got sick of losing, we decided to go swimming. I went back to my room to change into my swimsuit and headed back down to the pool. I threw my towel down on a bench and climbed up to the high dive. I did a swan dive, and hit the water with barely any noise. Looking around, I spied something at the bottom of the pool, and dove down to investigate (and if you've ever seen how deep the water is under the high dive, you know that it's a pretty long dive.
Reaching the bottom, I saw what had caught my eye. It was a wooden hammer. Grabbing it, I swam around the floor of the pool to see if there was anything else that had been dropped. Not seeing anything, I headed back up to the surface. Breaking surface, I swam to the side of the pool and waved the hammer around in the air, yelling, "Whose hammer is this?"
"Mine," a small voice said. A small girl that was probably about mid-calf to me came running up. "Thanks, I've been looking all over for it."
"S'okay. I'm Starfire, what about you?" I said, handing the hammer to her.
"I'm Nana."
"Cool. Well, nice to meet ya, but there's a water volleyball match that's calling my name." I pushed off, and swam over to the shallow part of the pool where a net had been set up. Standing up, I sloshed over to where Samus, Fox, and Falco with two other people, a pink blob and a two dimensional, thing.
"Good, now we have six people. Star, this is Kirby and Mr. Game and Watch. Kirby's the blob, and Mr. Game and Watch is the flat one. Just call him GW though," Falco informed me.
"Hey," I said, with a nod in Kirby and GW's direction.
"Bing bong bleep," GW replied.
"Uhh, what?"
"He said hello," Samus said. "Now come on, let's play some volleyball."
The other team was made up of a spiky turtle, a giant monkey, a short boy with a bat, a green dinosaur, a yellow rat, and...
"Oh no!" I groaned when I saw the last member of their team. "Not you again!"
"Augggghh! It's the devil woman!" the idiot with the horse yelled.
"Same to you, Long Ears," I replied.
"Link."
"Long Ears fits better," I reasoned.
"All right, break it up, Kirby said, floating in my face. "Let's just play so I can go eat, agreed?"
My stomach roared, answering for me, causing everyone to laugh, including Link. Suprisingly, I started laughing too. Still laughing, I managed to choke out, "Alright, let's play already."
It was an intense game. Our team was quick and agile, so we had the advantage in getting to and returning the ball. But their team was strong and powerful, giving them the advantage when it came to spiking the ball. They slammed it so hard the ball left red marks all over my arms! Finally the game was tied 14-14. DK spiked the ball, which I blocked and tipped to Kirby, who passed it to Falco, who was setting. He made a perfect set, and I jumped up and spiked it as hard as I could. Link and Ness both dived for the ball, but they slammed into each other instead. The ball dropped, and we won the game.
After much celebrating on our side of the net, I swallowed my pride (and a lot of water) and went over to Long Ears and stuck out my hand.
"Good game," I said. Link looked at me, surprised, then reached out and shook my hand. "You too," he replied.
"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you like that on the field earlier," I apologized.
"Aw, it's no big deal, I was a little out of control too," Link said, accepting my apology. "Anyway, Zelda's waving for me, so I'd better go. See you later."
"'Kay, see ya," I said, even as Link headed out of the pool and towards one of the princesses I had seen earlier. Turning around, I headed back to where Falco and Fox were standing with their jaws hanging open.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" I asked, ducking under the net.
"Because I've never, in all the time I've known you, seen you apologize to anyone for anything," Fox answered.
"Yeah, I thought Kurons couldn't apologize because of their religion or something," Falco added.
I rolled my eyes. "Come on, I think there's a game or something going on at the mess hall," I called over my shoulder, jumping out of the pool. Pretty much everyone followed me, except for Samus and GW, who waved us on and said they'd be along shortly.