Chapter Two: Duck!
Prompt: Taken from a post by dedeucesholmes on Tumblr… "Everything is exactly the same except it rains ducks" AU. I had to.
Lie Ren was used to Nora acting weird during storms. Normally, she'd get struck by lightning and then, no worse for wear, she would act more jittery but otherwise still Nora.
What Ren was not used to however, was Nora blankly staring out the window as it rained, acting like she'd seen a ghost.
"Nora…?" he asked uneasily, closing his book.
Nora's jaw was open and she continued staring.
Ren stood up slowly, walking over to her, "Did you stick a fork in the electric socket again? I thought we agreed you weren't allowed to do that unless absolutely neces-"
She clamped a hand over his mouth, "Ren."
She said his name with such conviction that he felt a little scared as he asked, "Yes, Nora?"
With her free hand, she pointed out the window and with the one on his jaw, she redirected his face so that he too was gawking out the casement.
Ren raised an eyebrow, "Are those…?"
Nora nodded slowly.
"But..." Ren trailed off, "Why are so many ducks…?"
She shook her head, "I don't know." At least 200 ducks were swooping down as though they had rained onto the courtyard.
Both stood speechless for a moment until Pyrrha burst into the room.
"-had an extra roll and he tried throwing bread into the pond but then it overflowed and all the bread came back and now the ducks…" The breathless warrior collapsed on her knees, "I barely made it back here but Jaune-"
Nora pointed again, this time to their partner, who was currently in a fetal position as several ducks swooped over him and landed by him, prodding him for more bread.
Nora looked up at Ren, "Can I-?"
Ren stalked off, "I'll get the fork."