It was strange entering the room. You couldn't just step through a door and take your seat. Instead you had to create a portal, which was… unnatural by itself and in Xenta's case, hope it took you to your seat. Luckily she'd managed it first time and was now sat reasonably comfortably in a high white throne. She was disappointed however, to notice several other people were higher than her, Roxas seemed to be the exact same height. She'd have to remember to ask someone later what the heights all meant.
But she couldn't ponder on that right now, the three seemed to be the last members to take seats and as soon as Axel had appeared to her left, Xemnas started talking.
"Good tidings, friends." He really was almost as strange as the room. Everyone accepted him as a leader, even Xenta. But she had no idea why. He had no specific ability like everyone else did, he was just… there. Surely someone that could wield fire or ice would be better. Then again, Axel in charge…
Pushing the thoughts of a pyromaniac being in charge from her head and turning her attention back to Xemnas she raised an eyebrow at his words,
"Today is a momentous day," The last time he'd said that was when herself and Roxas had been standing on the floor looking up at everyone, and that had been daunting enough. She wasn't entirely sure she wanted to know why this was a momentous day also. "I am pleased to announce that a new comrade has been chosen to wear the coat." As he finished speaking the sound of shoes on the stone floor below could be heard, and most eyes looked down, their attentions pirking up when the person stopped in the middle of the floor. "Number XIV" Usually they took down their hood to show their face to everyone like they got instructed to. But this new person, 14, didn't. Instead they just stood there keeping their identify hidden. Glancing at Xemnas, Xenta wondered if this new person was in trouble for not acting right, but he didn't look annoyed. Though nothing else was said on the matter as several of the organisation members disappeared through portals on their chairs. Presumably that was also her cue to go.
Creating a portal again and slipping through it, the dark haired girl materialised in one of the bedrooms. Honestly, she hadn't meant to go there, she really didn't have a clue where she'd meant to go, but it certainly hadn't been the bedroom of another organisation member that was unlikely to be happy if they found her there. As if reading her thoughts, a voice sounded behind her,
"May I help you?" Turning on the stop and facing the door, Xenta raised an eyebrow at the pink haired male standing infront of her. Vaguely, she knew who he was and that he had something to do with flowers, but his name escaped her.
"I don't know, may you?" She questioned, though had no idea why. He had full right to be wondering what she was doing there considering it wasn't her room, but rather than simply saying it had been an accident, she seemed to have turned cocky.
"We haven't been formally introduced, have we?" The pink haired man asked causing Xenta to think about it. Technically she hadn't been introduced to any of them. Infact Axel was the only one she properly knew, and he'd basically intruded onto her and bullied her ever since she'd first entered the castle. "I'm Marluxia," He said, creating a pink flower, matching the same shade of his hair out of thin air and holding it out to her. "And you are?" The younger girl took the flower, a frown flicking over her features. How on earth did he manage that? Then again, how on earth did any of the things going on here make sense…
"Xenta" She replied quietly, twirling the flower between her fingers. That wouldn't be a bad ability to have really, it'd be quite nice, though not as fun as fire. Ironically as she thought that the room seemed to get several degrees hotter.
"What're you doing in here?"
"I was thinking the same thing, though was going to go a politer way around asking it" Marluxia said, both his and Xenta's attention going to the red head who'd appear at the door. Was he following her now or something? Like a freaky kind of tracker dog? Admittedly the image of Axel as a dog was funny, but he had no right to be following her.
"I didn't mean to, I-" She paused not really wanting to admit she got lost again. The jokes the red head had made last time were bad enough, ending up in someone's bedroom would probably cause worse jokes.
"Don't worry," Marluxia cut in, thankfully saving her from embarrassment, though his kiss on her hand was rather strange. "It's always a pleasure" A coughing sound moved her attention off of the man infront of her however, and she shoved past Axel in the doorway, leaving the room. In a way it was lucky nobodies couldn't feel, having Axel around would sure piss everyone off within seconds.
"We need to go pick up Roxas, as Saix seems to have made me the kids mentor then task I told you about" Ok, so even though Roxas seemed to be the same age as her, possibly older, he was a kid and she wasn't? Wait, why was she even questioning that shouldn't it be a good thing? It almost seemed like he was trying to make conversation. But it'd take more than that to get into the younger girls' good books again, being followed was like an invasion of privacy. Not that Axel knew what privacy even meant… "And what're you doing with something like that?" He asked, his eyes glancing at the pink flower still between her fingers. What sort of question was that? Did he now also hate flowers?
"I like I- HEY!" She shouted as the redhead clicked his fingers, causing the flower to burst into flames that disappeared within seconds. She didn't even get a 'sorry' out of him however, as the grinning idiot decided to walk on ahead, forcing Xenta to run after him to catch up. Getting lost again was definitely not something she wished to happen for a second time in one day.
Lucky Axels' pace slowed down as they reached the huge room with the big windows at one side from earlier, allowing the darker haired girl to catch up with him. There wasn't much to see outside the windows apart from the night sky, but taking an educated guess she figured something would appear in the sky at some point in the future. Maybe it could be a nice big flower that Axel couldn't burn.
"Come on Roxas" Axel called, also attracting Xenta's attention away from the window. Roxas seemed to be looking over XIV, but wasn't saying anything as usual. "What's wrong? You worried about the new kid? What was that name again…" Gee, it almost sounded like he cared.
"Number XIV, Xion" Saix said from the corner of the room, causing the younger girl to jump. She hadn't noticed him stood there, he seemed to blend in with the shadows well.
"Right I knew that" 'Ofcourse he did, because he knows everything' She thought, a slight scowl appearing on her features. Why did Axel always have to act so cocky?
"Xion" Xenta blinked looking over at Roxas as he spoke. So he'd learnt a new person's name he'd just met but still had never said hers? How the hell did that work.
"Got it memorised, Roxas?" Again with the 'catch phrase' The younger boy just gave a slight nod however, still watching Xion. "And how about my name then?"
"It's Axel" He said, still not looking away from the other girl.
"And the moody black head over there?" He said pointing straight at Xenta, a grin covering his features.
"Xenta" Ok, so maybe he did know her name. But how on earth was she moody? Before she got to ask him that however he spoke again,
"Come on, we gotta go" And with that he created a portal in the wall and stepped through, the younger two in toe.
The portal lead to what seemed to be small town, with several shops and a train station, which Xenta welcomed over the castle surroundings any day. It was nice to be out in the sunlight. Axel didn't waste time with looking at the scenery however, he'd probably seen It all before, and instead turned his attention to Roxas. He spent a while talking about collecting hearts and a keyblade though, all of which held no interest for the younger girl. What was a key blade anyway?
Once they'd finished and the older man has sent the blonde on his way to go 'collect hearts' she finally spoke up,
"So, what's my ability? Cause I'm pretty sure I can't use a keyblade thing or use fire". As soon as she finished speaking however she regretted it. There was that rather freaky grin on Axel's features again, only this time she was about to find out why. The fire coming straight towards her chest really had been a shock, and so had the instant burning sensation. And Xenta being Xenta knew nothing else to do than scream. So she did. Rather loud. Miraculously as soon as she began however, the fire stopped and the stringing started to subside. Looking down at her chest and unzipping her mandatory black coat, (which somehow hadn't been burnt, probably something to do with Axel controlling the fire), she saw burn marks across her pale skin, though they too were subsiding extremely fast. What the hell was happening? Zipping the coat back up, Xenta turned her attention to the pyromaniac who could have potentially killed her.
"Why the hell did you do that?" Swearing, even in such a light form as that seemed strange to her, but she wasn't sure why. Oh well, it was definitely needed within the circumstances.
"You heal, Xemnas told Saix" Ok, that would explain how the burn had disappeared. The sensation of it completely gone now. But it didn't explain one thing,
"And what if he'd been wrong, and I didn't heal?" She screamed, considering nobodies weren't supposed to feel, she was covering anger quite well. Axel however, gave a shrug before heading off in the direction he'd sent Roxas.
"Then you would've been charcoal."
A/N: Hey guys, ok basically I have G.C.S.E's coming up, and I've said this with my other HP story aswell, that while I'm revising I wont be able to get chapters up very quick, hence this one taking so long. Also I'm having slight writers block I guess, as I know what I want to happen Kinda, but need to get to those parts and just lacking motivation. Hopefully I'll regain it though and get another chapter up soon. Review please, I love getting them, especially with this story as it's like saying 'I've read Tane, and I'm reading the sequel' it's nice to know xD Z-Nugget xx
