The New School Year; Mew Tia
Her warm breath turned into white steam as the air chilled drastically around her. Carefully crafted snowflakes fell from the sky as something dematerialized in front of her; but what? She didn't understand why she was crying, and time seemed to pass by a second for every century. Her eyes shut so tight that she began to see stars that weren't there; they flew open and an awful pain emerged in her chest; a feeling like numerous wildfires all coming together and burning her from the core all at once. Right before the flaming sensation reached it's climax, the room washed over with a black darker than night. Her body began to fail and fall weak, almost as if...
Beep, beep, beep...
An unhappy groan arose from underneath an elegant red bedspread as the alarm incessantly made it's presence known. A pale-skinned hand slowly snaked itself out from underneath the sheet, blindly feeling around for the annoying clock. Finally finding the snooze button, the hand happily pressed the alarm to cease the clocks seemingly never-ending beeping.
Sitting up from underneath the covers, Destiney stretched herself in a very catlike and unladylike manner. No one could see her, so she didn't care if she walked around like an animal who lived in the moment. Looking out the window, she stared off into distant space. The sun was just beginning to rise upon the rebirthing spring setting; just shining it's warm orange light into her beige bedroom. This was the beginning of Destiney's sophomore year, this
She threw on her clothes quickly, running in and out of the bathroom to do things such as fix her morning hair and and Heina, who both woke up later than her were nothing but surprised to see the girl who could never get enough sleep awake bright and early.
Tossing a few more things together, Destiney grabbed a piece of ripe, fresh fruit from the counter and left the house. One of the things she had decided was that she was not going to be late for the first day of the new year; she was going to be able to calmly walk to school like everyone else and enjoy it.
"O-Onii-chan, I'm leaving! Th-thirza, H-heina, I'll see you guys a-at school i-in a little b-bit!" She announced with slight stutter in her voice as she leisurely walked out the door
"I can't believe her, she actually woke up early for once." Heina grumbled, holding a wet and sleek mascara brush up to her long eyelashes.
"Just wait, tomorrow you're going to have to throw her covers off again." Memphis said calmly, sipping freshly roasted coffee.
"Yeah..." Heina grumbled to herself. "Say, do you still have more coffee in the pot?"
"You'll have to brew more, I only made half of a pot." He replied.
Heina cursed quietly and walked back into the bathroom with a strain of disappointment on her. Running out of her bedroom came Thirza, who was wearing a new white headband that looked like the sheer opposite of Destiney's; it even lacked the sparkles that made it appear like the universe all compact in an accessory.
"You got a new headband, Thirzie?" Heina said, teasingly.
"Don't call me Thirzie! And yes, it is. I decided the green one was a little outdated for me." She replied.
"Well... It looks nice on ya, just saying." Heina said quietly,
Thirza smiled slightly. "Thanks, I like the new makeup you're wearing. The smoky color really brings out your eyes. "
"Oh, stop it you." Heina teased, then returning to the mirror.
She paused for a moment, waiting to see if Heina would say anything else. When her mouth refuses to open or her eyes turn her way, Thirza moved on to fetch herself a quick breakfast.
"Today... Should prove to be an interesting day." Thirza said to herself.
Destiney had arrived at the school well early, but not so early that it seemed like it was void of life. A Few students were there, mostly leaders of clubs and those who just preferred to get there early. Curiosity abounding her, she decided to go around and take a look at the club rooms just for the heck of it.
After walking the entire way to an area where certain club rooms were hosted, she began to slowly walk by without her attention on where she was walking. She walked past several rooms, The Photography Club, The Newspaper Club, The Volunteer Club... None of them really looked interesting to her. About to turn around and walk away, she heard a sudden and fearful yell of panic.
"Watch out!" The voice a female student cried.
Destiney instinctively jumped at the cry, and just barely dodged a female student who dropped quite the handful of sketchbooks and pencils. Her lead pencils scattered and the paper involuntarily creased when it hit the school's tile floor.
"O-oh my... A-are you alright?" Destiney asked.
"Am I alright? Yeah, but my books aren't..." She sighed. "Creased paper isn't as great a surface to draw on as flat paper."
"Drawing? A-are you a-an artist?" Destiney questioned once more and she bent down and began to herd together the scattered pencils.
"Yeah, I'm the president of the Art Club." She grumbled, then looking over to Destiney. "Say... Why are you wearing a black headband?"
Destiney blushed out of embarrassment, she wasn't quite sure how to react to such a question. "Um... I-I thought it would b-be a nice a-accessory, I g-guess?"
"I think a nice red headband with a ribbon would be cuter. It would stand out more too." She said, carefully focusing herself on the colors of Destiney's figure. "The black seems too well matched with the black uniform, the red one on the other hand would pop out. Whether it's the black or the white uniform, it would definitely look better."
"Y-you think so?" Destiney asked, insecurely messing with her headband.
"Yeah, in fact... I think I have some red ribbon back in the art club room. You want to hurry over with me before class?" She asked.
"U-um... Alright, j-just to see h-how it looks..." Destiney replied.
The girl threw the door to the Art Club open easily, as if it were nothing but another page to a book she had to flip. Destiney cringed as the door whacked against the wooden wall in an unexpected and unpleasant way.
"Alright, let's see... I know one of our members does scrapbooking so she should have ribbons around here somewhere." The girl said, beginning to scout around the room.
Destiney felt awkward, she didn't know what to do. It was rare that she was struck with a situation in which she was alone with a complete stranger. In her uncomfortable state, she cleared her throat and hesitantly brought up a conversation.
"S-so... Um... Who are y-you?" She asked.
"Who am I?" The girl replied, her head ducked underneath a short wooden desk as she dug through boxes and boxes of material.
"Y-yeah, um... L-like, what's your n-name, and what class a-are you i-in?"
"Oh! Well, my name is Tia Yuki. This year I'm a sophomore... And... Aha! I've found it!" She yelled, popping out from underneath the wooden desk. "The perfect shade of red ribbon."
Tia scrambled up from her position on the floor and walked up to Destiney in a excitedly quickened pace. She began to measure Destiney's headband with the ribbon, making extensions on a whim as if she had no clue what she was doing.
"U-um, a-are you sure you k-know what you're d-doing?" She asked, feeling nervous.
"Yeah, I've done this once or twice with my hair." Tia said, it was easy to tell that she was far more focused on the ribbon than on Destiney. "Say, what's your favorite color? I feel a bit embarrassed now since I just barged this on you without asking."
"M-mine? Um... T-to be honest, it's r-red." Destiney replied sheepishly.
"Well then, looks like it's your lucky day." Tia replied, snipping the ribbon away from it's roll and beginning to carefully wrap it around her black headband.
"J-just to ask, wh-what class are y-you in this y-year?"
"Me? Class 2-B" Tia replied.
"O-oh, alright. I'm in cl-class 2-C."
"Wait, you're a sophomore too? How come I've never seen you before?" Tia raised her eyebrow, now more interested in Destiney.
"I-I don't really i-interact much with th-the other st-students."
"Well then how about today you come by the art club after school and we can get to know each other?"
Destiney blushed embarrassedly, the invitation was so sudden. But she had promised herself that she was going to become stronger, and getting better with people was one of the ways she was going to do it. Besides, you could never have enough friends, right?
"Um... A-alright, I think I c-can do th-that." Destiney replied with a quick nod.
"Great! Alright, now just give me a minute and this should be done..."
Tia incessantly wrapped the ribbon around the headband, Destiney watching patiently as she scratched herself behind the ears. She wasn't used to not wearing a headband, and it felt surprisingly odd without one.
"Alright, she's done." Tia said, holding out the headband and placing it in Destiney's suddenly tense palm. "Now you better hurry off, classes are going to start soon."
Having a delayed reaction, Destiney gently smiled at Tia and nodded.
"Th... Thank you. I-I'll see you something a-after classes!"
She ran out the door, placing the headband carefully on her head as she hurried off to class. It felt fresh, new, changed; the same way Destiney wanted to feel by the time she graduated at the most. All she needed to do was take one simple step at a time and eventually she knew for sure she would make.
Later that day as the school has begun to empty save for the students who stayed behind in order to participate in their club activities, Tia was busy with carefully moving her arm around a large canvas. She was doing nothing but what she considered to be mere sketching of the flowers in front of her, but it was easy to tell that she was very skilled.
Early spring rain began to patter against the window, it wasn't unusual but the forecast had called for almost perfectly sunny skies.
"Forecasters are hardly ever right." Tia muttered to herself, remaining in her drawing zone as she detailed the portrait of the fake, plastic flowers.
The door to the art-club swung open, an unfamiliar brunette with purple streaks in her hair rushed in. She wasn't wearing this schools regulated uniform, in fact she wasn't wearing a school uniform of any type at all.
"Yuki-chan! You need to hurry, there's an emergency right down the road and I need your help!" She shouted in a panic.
"What? What do you mean? Why do you need me? Who are you?!" Tia asked her as the girl rushed her out of the club room.
"There's no time to explain, I just need your help!" She said, dragging Tia down the halls.
As the girl ran with Tia in tow, she ran right past Destiney who was climbing up the seemingly endless stairs. She glared at her evilly, and then ran right down past her, tripping her and causing her to fall forward and hit her weak knees against the hard ceramic.
"N-nya... T-tia, what's going on?" She asked herself.
She watched as Tia was dragged down the rest of the stairs in a hurry and then before she knew it, the girl had taken her away. Something didn't feel right, not in the least it. The way the girl looked at Destiney, she seemed like she was ready to cause trouble. A firm grip grabbed Destiney's hand out of nowhere, and then pulled her up.
"Looks like we've got trouble, huh?" A familiar voice asked.
"Th-thirza! Yeah, it's seems l-like it..." Destiney replied.
"Well then, let's get going! We don't have a minute to spare!" Thirza said with a big grin. "It's been awhile since we've teamed up, huh?"
Destiney smiled back a small bit and nodded quickly. "A f-few weeks at l-least."
Thirza tugged Destiney's arm in her impulsive rough manner and the two ran down the stairs urgently. They ran down the halls of the school, and before they knew it they were out the door.
The girl had taken Tia to the desired destination, and then stopped dead in her tracks. She pulled a small compact object out of her pocket, which seemed to be nothing more than a cellphone. But when she pressed the small red button on it, it began to unfold as easily as paper and transform into robotic boomerang. She held it up against Tia's neck, a smug look on her face.
"Congrats on being my first mission, now hurry up and transform so I can be on my way. I don't want my boss to kill me today." The girl said.
"Whoa lady! Who the heck are you, and what do you mean transform?! I just want to work on my art!" Tia yelled, bracing herself.
The girl pressed her blade further against Tia's neck, a gleam of annoyance in her viper yellow eyes. "You don't know? Dang, I was hoping you would. Well, let me explain. You're a Mew Mew, simple as that. Now I don't have time to play games, suffering Akumi's wrath isn't pretty. Just activate your DNA and I'll be gone before you know it."
"I'm a Mew Mew?! Alright, now you're just talking crazy. Is someone playing a joke on me?" Tia nervously laughed, then gulping down a swelling ball of anxiety in her throat.
"I'm very serious about this, Tia Yuki." The girl said, then grabbing her by the collar of her shirt. "The key to getting you Mews to transform is the right mix of emotions and adrenaline, right?" The girl asked.
"I don't know, I really don't! Jeez, you're crazy!"
The girl threw Tia on the ground and then held her boomerang against her side. "It's nothing against you, I promise. Well, it is, since the Mews are the enemies of Sapphire Fall."
Tia became frightened. "How am I your enemy? I've done nothing against you! At least I think I haven't. And if I'm apparently your enemy, then why are you trying to activate my powers? If I have any."
"It's complicated and top-secret, if I told you there's a possibility you would be able to find out what our real intentions are."
She grit her teeth and cringed, the boomerang blade beginning to cut through her school uniform. She hardly had enough to pay for the first one, let alone a new one. Feelings of anger, confusion, and fright all swarmed around inside of her head and her stomach, quickly bringing her Mew transformation on.
"Stop it, you're making me miserable. If I had powers, I would make it my personal mission to take my enemy down then! And you would be the first of them to go, you got that?" Tia said, trying to sound intimidating so that the girl would be scared off. But that didn't happen in the least bit, rather she found it quite amusing.
"Really? Then prove it to me that you can fight with me, show me the powers of the Mew of snow!"
"I will!" Tia yelled back at her, her emotions and excitement stirring.
Tia, now riled up from the girls provocation began to glow all over. An orange Mew mark, in the shape of a snowflake, glowed the brightest on her right earlobe. Suddenly coming to realize that the entire time this girl was right, the glow brightened and covered her entire body, making her like a beacon.
The glow faded, leaving Tia's brown hair a shade of bright orange. There were antenna coming out of her head, and she was dressed in a costume that made her seem like an underwater warrior. From the frilly and wavy skirt that grew from her belt to the wavy orange cuffs around her wrists.
The girl grinned and stepped back. "My work here is done."
"Not so fast, you said you wanted me to prove my powers, didn't you? Or did you lie to me?" Tia asked her.
"Oh, so you want to try and fight?" She asked, a portal opening up behind her. "Sorry, my missions done. I did lie, I was just trying to get you to transform. Maybe next time we'll fight. Catch 'ya lat-"
"Not so fast!"
The dark haired girl whipped around with her metallic boomerang in her hand, ready to strike the sharp edge against the soft skin of whoever shouted from behind her. The edge of a bracelet, yes, a black and shiny cuff around a teenage girls wrist stopped the blade. She donned a bright green corset top and a black pleated skirt, it was none other than Mew Thirza.
"Seriously, I've had enough of you girls antagonizing the Mews, and then you just ditch them! What on earth is the idea behind this!?" Thira yelled.
"Oh, if I told you it wouldn't be as much fun. I'd rather leave you to figure things out yourself." The girl responded. "So, why don't you use your head?!"
The girl pulled the boomerang back and with great force attempted to bring it down on Thirza's head. About to pull herself back, Mew Tia jumped in and caught the weapon in between her hands, struggling to hold it up.
"I could use some help!" Tia shouted.
"Move your hands!" Thirza yelled back at her.
"And let myself get killed?! Fantastic idea, can you pay for my funeral?!"
"Oh come on, I was in the same spot once!"
Before the two could bicker uselessly any further, a beam of bright blue light came like a bullet train at the boomerang and hit it nearly dead on. It flew out of both the girl's hand and Tia's hands, sending the aesthetically futuristic weapon in Mew Thirza's direction. Thirza threw herself to the ground in a hustle, just narrowly avoiding it.
"Hey, watch where you're blasting that thing Des! You could've taken my head off!"
"I-I'm sorry! I did th-that in a h-hurry!" A worried voice yelled, followed by a small figure, Mew Destiney, running up to the scene from the opposite direction.
"That stutter... You're the girl from this morning!" Mew Tia came to realize, dropping her guard.
"D-don't focus on me! Focus o-on the en-enemy!" Destiney shouted in a panic.
"She's right, that's a fatal move in battle!" The girl shouted viciously.
The three Mews all turned their heads to the girl, who had already gone to pick back up her boomerang. With a swift and sharp move of her arm, the weapon was thrown into the aimless air and sent right towards Mew Tia and Mew Destiney.
"Get down!" Mew Tia shouted, throwing herself on Destiney and bringing them both crashing to the ground.
The boomerang flew past above their heads, brushing a burst of wind. It rebounded itself, mid-air as a boomerang does, and returned to the girls grasp easily.
"I can do this all day kiddies." She said.
"She's having fun with this..." Thirza grumbled, lighting up her wrist.
"If sh-she isn't s-serious, she isn't t-trying."
"That's right, and she doesn't have time to try. Boomerang chick, you're to come back. Akumi's orders." A female voice called, it was slightly familiar.
"Shukumei!' Thirza yelled.
"Shukumei? Who's that?" Tia asked.
"Our enemy, along with the 'boomerang chick'."
"My name isn't 'boomerang chick', you know that." The girl responded to Shukumei, obviously unpleased.
"But we have to do our best not to reveal our real names, most especially to the Mews. Now come on!" Shukumei yelled, unpleased.
A Portal opened up behind the girl, and Shukumei ran from the spot she stood to the girl. Shoving her in with force which appeared to be equivalent to a charging Rhino, the two disappeared.
"Phew, glad that's over, huh?" Tia said awkwardly.
"Darnit! We didn't get to find out what your powers are!" Thirza yelled, stomping her foot on the ground like a spoiled child.
"Th-thirza! We'll find out s-soon enough." Destiney said, trying to reassure her.
"Is it that important that we find out what my powers are? Isn't it enough that I transformed into Wonder Fish?" Tia asked, looking at her slightly skimpy costume.
"Well, kinda. Nigai-San needs to log it and process data for some reason. He didn't tell us why, he's just collecting information. If you ask me, it's been a bit suspicious lately." Thirza responded.
"H-he is a Mew S-scientist..." Destiney said, trying to shed light onto Thirza's suspicion.
"Like I care- Oh crap! The weekly meeting!" Thirza yelled suddenly.
"What weekly meeting?!" Tia asked ignorantly.
"We have to meet at the headquarters once a week, and since we just got you transformed we can take you there to meet the rest of the Mews! Now come on! You too Destiney!" Thirza yelled, grabbing both of their hands.
Holding their hands tight, Thirza leapt up high above the ground, pulling the two of them with them. Destiney and Tia both were startled, but Thirza looked back at them with a grin.
"What are you looking scared for? If you're going to be a Mew, you need to learn how to make a quick escape, at least that's what Heina says!"
Tia then grinned back at the both of them, trying to play along.
"Then teach me how!"
Destiney blushed a bit, knowing the words coming out of Tia's mouth were directed at her as well. She smiled weakly, looking at the both of them. Her strong and confident older twin, and the seemingly fun and talented Tia. Winters snow was gone, and now that spring was here, Destiney's inner flower was ready and willing to blossom.
But no one knows what kind of weather will come to destroy it.
End