Chapter 5-Undercover and unattached.
By Calicat How's the story so far? Need reviews! Recap!: "So wait, how did that message start again?" Seifer asked again.
"Beware..."
"It's talking about us!" Rinoa finished for everyone in the room.
Maeghan stretched out on her bed, reading a book. Laguna had heightened security and everyone was commanded to stay at the mansion and NOT LEAVE.
Everyone was still a bit shocked over their previous discovery, no one decided to question his judgement. Maeghan decided to relax while she still could and she left to her room...alone, silent and at peace.
Until she heard a bang at her door.
"Ya?"
"I'm going to practice, you coming?" Squall growled.
"Fine, I could work off some steam myself."
Grabbing her weapon, she followed her brother to the training room.
If the Loire family was one thing, it would be the filthiest, most completely rich family ever...in history.
Thus, it was not surprising they had a training room (which was put to good use by the youngest members).
Maeghan stretched slowly, yet thoroughly and then she did a few exercises with her weapon...which were sais (pronged knives).
"The sais? I was hoping for short sword." Squall watched as Maeghan sighed, and pressed a button that lengthened the weapon until it formed into a blade."
"Happy?" Maeghan contorted her face to show her brother a look of displeasure, she hadn't used short sword in a while.
"Yup..." Squall grinned.
"Normal rules, no using mutated powers, no using gender weaknesses, no using distractions or mind games...that it?" Maeghan recited.
"That's it, to first blood?"
"Fine."
They counted to three, started in a position and then began.
Maeghan knew Squall was angry by the way that he moved. She decided to play on his emotions by going into a defensive position. She watched as he took his gunblade and moved it swiftly up, pausing and then coming down.
Maeghan anticipated this and moved to the side, dodging before he had even struck.
She didn't want to get him to mad, but she immediately saw that he was confused, wondering where she was.
Maeghan maneuvered herself so that she was directly behind him, one sword at his throat, the other pressing into his hand (not hard, but enough to draw a little blood).
"I drew first blood and I have you in a position where you cannot move...I win!" Maeghan announced happily.
"Fine." Squall sighed a released his weapon and kicked it to the side, but then sent a kick to her head, making her drop her own weapons.
"Sneaky...but if you want to play." Maeghan moved quickly, taking the essences of her shape shifting abilities to give her the quickness of a fox.
She watched as Squall noticed, realization flashing in his eyes.
"I suppose I didn't tell you that I inherited the powers to shapeshift as well!" Squall growled, intermingling his strength with that of a lion (that wasn't suspected was it?).
"I knew all along brother." Maeghan's raven black hair showed her white streaks, yet she grew red streaks also, her eyes turned white, then back to her brown, but it had a trace of blue in it.
Squall grew slightly taller and his hair more thick. His eyes turned blue, then a flash of yellow as they mixed into a bright green.
"I'm ready." He growled.
"You asked for it." Maeghan rose with her back towards him, a new set of claws and then she used her full speed to lunge at her brother, they started to tussle and wrestle, a stray punch here, a kick in there. Maeghan was eventually pushed to the floor and they rolled around.
"This is interesting..."Quistis noted as she stood at the door to the training center.
Maeghan and Squall jumped apart, both going back to human form.
"Why are you here?" Maeghan decided to ask.
"Your father sent us to look for you, saying that we're having a meeting at your house today."
Maeghan frowned.
"Wait, he invited people over?"
"No, more like they invited themselves over..."Quistis thought about it as she spoke.
"Tell everyone to meet in the living room." Maeghan decided, and she beckoned to Squall. She needed to fix up these rich people and she had a plan.
Maeghan was fresh and ready. She had her raven black hair pinned up, but she let two red & white (white at the tips) streaks frame her face.
She noticed some commotion in the family room.
"Why are we here in the first place?" was the question she was greeted with.
"Alright, as you guys know we're having visitors. like the REALLY pushy kind. The stuck up visitors that no one likes. So, I'm doing something about it."
Rinoa smirked, "I'm in."
"I'll do it, I like pranks." Selphie smiled humming to herself.
"I guess I'll do it also, if it'll keep me busy."
"I'll do it if you girls do it?" Irvine smirked.
"Hot dogs?" Was the only thing Zell muttered, and then when Maeghan confirmed the presence of the preserved tube shaped meats, Zell decided he'd help as well.
"I'll do it to look after you people."
"I already said I'd do it."
"Alright, here's the plan then." Maeghan grinned.
At exactly 5:45 guests started to arrive. Maeghan had prepared for this, but noted to everyone that they must look their best, and all the girls were to be unveiled later.
The boys started to mingle with the guests until the dinner bell wrung.
That was when the girls entered into the Grand Foyer.
The lights were dimmed and attention focused on them.
"Welcome guests, to our dinner." Maeghan greeted as she descended the stairs.
Her dress was a red, dramatic...yes but she carried it off since it accented her streaks. She wore a simple pair of earrings that dangled with charm on the end which looked like a rope.
Rinoa followed past her, in an elegant blue dress, with dangling charm earrings, which had a magic wand on it. She looked calm and peaceful.
Quistis wore a yellow dress, pastel yellow, not canary yellow. Hers looked formal, and she had earrings with a calligraphic A, B & C on it. She smiled, looking thoughtful.
Selphie wore an energetic green dress. It was tame, yet the green stuck out. Her own earrings had the since for drama on it, a happy and sad mask.
They girls all shuffled down and Maeghan immediately slipped into the kitchen. She produced a special wine bottle she'd be using later.
As the guests moved into the dinner room,