By eight thirty, the screaming had been replaced with annoyance.
"Well, Aurore's beginning to float off again." Alya couldn't help but sigh as Chloé swung her inverted yo-yo, grabbing the poor girl's ankle.
"Sorry! I'm doing my best, okay?" Scowling, Aurore hooked her parasol onto Nathanaël's elbow. "Just find a rope or something! Then I won't float off." Chloé released her, swinging the yo-yo in a circle.
"Not mine. I'm not floating away with you. Just land already. It can't be that hard." Chloé snarled.
"You don't think I've been trying? It's not as easy as you're making it sound!" Aurore argued.
"Maybe you need to focus more on just landing. Ignore Chloé, it might make it easier." Nathanaël moved the parasol to his shoulder, shifting to put his stylus on his tablet.
"Excuse me? What was that, Nathanaël?" Fuming, Chloé took a step closer to him.
"Should I draw something to hold you down? Just in case, I mean."
"No, no. I think I'll be okay. Just don't let go. Please?"
"You got it." Nathanaël couldn't help but smirk at Chloé's anger. She, to put it simply, could not stand to be ignored.
"Sabrina, could you please grab something to put on? I'd like to know where you are. I don't want to knock you over with my wings." Kim said, attempting to defuse the situation. He pulled his wings closer to him. "They're such a pain."
"Sorry! I don't know what to grab. I can't find anything!" Sabrina moved farther away from him. "I'm by Nathanaël right now, so don't worry about hitting me."
"Really? Nathanaël, just draw her a blanket or something." Chloé rolled her eyes as the boy did as she said. The blanket appeared to float for a moment before Sabrina wrapped it around her shoulders. "There. Problem solved. Maybe you shouldn't ignore me." Nathanaël pretended not to hear her last comment, nodding at Sabrina. He began to sketch something.
"I told you I don't think I'll need you to draw something for me."
"Yes, but your parasol is starting to cut off my circulation." Aurore sighed, watching the lines appear.
Suddenly, a scream shattered the quiet annoyance that had enveloped the group. With a start, Nathanaël almost released the weather girl, slashing a line through his work on a rope and weight he was making in an attempt to hold her down. He swung his arm, grabbing the parasol tightly. In the next moment, he wished he had let go. Aurore's own start had begun to pull him into the air as well. Yelping, Nathanaël swung his left arm to the side, clinging to Jalil's arm, hoping the older boy's weight would keep them grounded. Jalil twisted his arm slightly, grabbing Nathanaël's wrist, like the younger boy was a balloon. He swapped his hands, moving to use his now open right hand to grab Aurore. He yanked them down, releasing Nathanaël and moving to hold Aurore's wrist. Jalil couldn't help but chuckled when he heard Aurore mutter apologies to both him and the red head.
Alya groaned at the trio before turning, trying to find to source of the scream. A woman stood a short ways away, pointing up. Following her eyes, Alya felt like screaming as well. One of the many little ladies had figured out exactly what her yo-yo could do. And, as everyone knows, five-year-olds and rooftops do not mix.
With a start, Alya felt herself leaping into action. Sprinting to the building, she surged up the WIFI signal receiver, landing near the girl In her fear, she didn't even think about her powers. They seemed to work almost as an extension of her, doing just what she needed them to do.
"Honey, please come here! We need to get you down!" Giggling, the child threw her yo-yo to a lamp, running to leap off the building. Before she could try, she froze, paused near the edge. If anyone asked, Alya would insist that it was an accident. Regardless, it worked. That is until the child began to teeter on the edge, still carrying a bit of momentum. As she fell, Nino jumped, swinging his oversized bubble wand, catching the child within an unbreakable bubble. Alya created a fast forward button in front of her, riding it down from the roof, landing next to the bubble. She un-paused the girl in it. "Great catch, Nino. I wasn't expecting her to fall."
"No problem. It was more instinct than anything." He moved next to her, poking at the bubble.
"How did you two do that? Control your powers, I mean!" Aurore gave them a jealous look, looking helpless as she tried to land once more, earning a look of pity from most of the group.
"It just happened. Maybe you're thinking about it too hard?" Nino guessed, rolling the bubble over to the child's worried mother.
"So I just need to take my mind off of flying into space? Really?" Closing her eyes, Aurore thought for a moment.
"So, are you working on any projects at school?" Nathanaël asked, looking over at her. Aurore jumped, giving him a weird look. "What? You need to think about other things." He shrugged, looking back to his tablet. Staring at him, Aurore slowly began to land again, watching Nathanaël's face.
"See! There you go, Aurore!" Nino grinned at the girl's blush. "You're doing it! All you had to do was look at Nathanaël! I wonder what you were thinking about." He wiggled his eyebrows at her. Aurore turned her head, giving him a dirty look, doing her best to tell him to shut up without speaking. Nino only grinned in response.
"Oh, cut it out, Nino. Leave her be." Nathanaël shook his head. "At least, she isn't floating off into space! And I did say something kinda strange. It makes sense she would give me a weird look. Anyone would."
"Wow, you're as oblivious as Adrien." Alya laughed, watching Nathanaël's face twist in confusion. She couldn't help but poke a bit of fun at Aurore. The other girl was too much like Marinette. Speaking of the black-haired girl, where was she? She said something about going to the bathroom, but that was over 45 minutes ago. Alya hoped she hadn't been targeted by the Akuma. Though it would be funny to see her with Chat's powers.
Alya's thoughts were soon pulled away from Marinette, as the other children in the area began to test out their costumes. The next thing the worried parents and past Akuma knew, all the kids were trying out their new "toys".
This was going to be a long night.
Author's Notes:
Hopefully, you all enjoy this chapter! It was a lot of fun to write! I have a specific plot for this story, but we're still in the beginning stages. As always, any criticism is greatly appreciated!