Don't knw if I said this, but I don't own Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. There are some lines straight from the game. That is all.

"Nya! I don't care who you are! You're going down!" Arria meowed loudly, scooping up a mound of snow and chucked it. It landed with a crack at the base of Colin's skull.

"Yow!" He yelled, jumping nearly a foot in the air. He rubbed his head. He turned to Arria, eyes blazing. "Hey! How'd you put this block of ice in this?" Mr. Leslaie blew his whistle loudly and walked over to Colin. Though, I already knew that he would only find a puddle of water.

"There's no ice block." Mr. Leslaie said crossly. "I wouldn't even consider it an ice cube." The now mad Mr. Leslaie went back to his position, blowing the whistle so to start the snowball fight. Snowballs went flying. However, I only dodged the ones thrown by Arria. Why? Because she was the only one throwing at someone besides Mewt. I snarled loudly, sending a teensy weensy bit of magic in their direction. Colin stopped suddenly.

"H-Hey! M-My leg! It's frozen!" He stammered, and sure enough, there was an inch of ice surrounding his leg. Guiness started hopping up and down as if he had fire ants in his pants. Well, they were on fire.

"Waah! Ouch! That hurts!" He yelled, rolling in the snow so as to put the fire out. Lyle was laughing his head off for five seconds before he started shivering.

"What happened now?" Mr. Leslaie asked, exasperated.

"C-C-Cold w-w-water in m-m-my undies." The short kid stammered, shivering violently.

"Oh for goodness sake!" Mr Leslaie shouted. Three snowballs went flying, all hitting Mewt in the head.

"Th-th-that's fu-fu-for what you d-d-did to us!" Lyle chattered.

"What! That's crazy talk!" Ritz yelled. "What kid has the power to do that?" I swallow loudly and kick the snow.

"He pr-pr-probably put ice wa-wa-water in my pants to g-g-g-g-get back at me for putting a fr-fr-frog in his!"

"Or maybe he's a witch!" Guiness shouted.

"That's absurd!" Ritz yelled. I could see Arria seething. I quickly run over and try to calm her down.

"They're a bunch of idiots." I whisper.

"They're just like those kids back in my day. You know, if that accusation was passed back in my time, they'd have tied a weight to his foot and threw him in the lake."

"You know humans. We're scared of the unknown." I whisper back.

"Come on. I'll just use a little Neko magic. Give em a scare. Just a simple rat spell." I could tell her tail was swishing.

"Remember the last time I let you do that?" I reminded her.

"Fingers grow back, don't they?" She replied.

"No. And I had to do quite a lot to make up for that. Causing several dead end kidnappings is not easy."

"It is if the kidnapped was digested."

"Sometimes I wonder about you."

"Yeah, but my cuteness makes up for that." She said with a wink. Barftastic.

"No. Magic. In. Broad. Daylight." I say slowly.

"Nya." She mewed sadly.

"And I'm calling your parents." Mr. Leslaie finished telling the bullies off. "Alright. Snowball fight is over. Everyone can head on home." Thank goodness! I grab Arria's hand and start walking away. Until there was a loud crunching noise that I've heard quite a few times before. A crunching of rock against bone. I wince, and turn. Colin was wiping the excess snow from his mitts, while Mewt was holding his forehead.

(Marche's POV)

Something thick was coming from between Mewt's fingers. Something thick and red.

"Mewt. You forehead is bleeding!" I yell, bewildered.

"There was a rock in that snowball!" Ritz gasped.

"I didn't throw any rocks!" Colin yelled loudly.

"The snowball fight was over!" Mr. Leslaie snarled. "Two weeks." As Mr. Leslaie led Colin away, I noticed Elm pulling against Arria's shirt. Arria was trying to run in the other direction, yelling something at the top of her lungs.

"Let me at him! I'll claw his eyes out, nya!" She spat, clawing the air. For a second, I thought I saw a tail dart out from her pants. But of course, after a quick rub of the eyes, the stupid hallucination was gone. But... was it really a hallucination? Yes! It-It had to be. People don't have tails... right?

"Remember the rules?" He grunted. The girl finally went limp, and Elm slowly let go, and draped an arm around her shoulder. "Listen. I know it's hard on you. But, you're gonna have to keep a level head."

"Yes. You're right."

(After bandaging Mewt...)

(Elm's POV)

"Hey Mummy-Face! How'ya doin'?" Arria asked. Receiving a playful punch by Ritz. We all start trudging through the snow, a group of five.

"Uh, um..." Mewt stammered, stopping. We all turn to him. "Thank you."

"I can't stand bullies who pick on little kids. Those jerks!" Ritz snarled.

"Bullies make my tail twitch." The other three stare at her. Dammit Arria, are you trying to blow our cover?

"Ahahaha! Good ol' Arria! Your jokes are the best!" I slap her hard on the back as a reminder.

"So, Marche. What are you doing after this?" Mewt asked.

"Huh? Why?" He stammered.

"I was going to buy this book..." Mewt started. "... And I was wondering if you guys wanted to come too." He tensed up, as if expecting a bunch of shouting.

"As long as it doesn't grant wishes." I reply, smiling.

"Really? That seems like an odd request." Ritz replied.

"Well, I'm odd."

"I was just going to give myself a bath." Arria replied, shrugging.

"Sorry, I can't." Marche said, shaking his head. Mewt looked downhearted. "My little brother's getting out of the hospital today."

"Hospital! Was he sick?" Ritz asked, concern.

"No, it's something he was born with." Marche replied. "We have to take him to the hospital every now and then."

"I would have no idea what that is like." I say, clutching my leg absentmindedly.

"Wow, that's rough." Ritz said.

"What kind of book are you going to buy?" Marche asked Mewt, obviously trying to change the subject.

"It's about monsters and magic and stuff like that." Mewt explained. I stiffened.

"Monsters?" Arria asked nervously.

"Magic?" I asked in a similair way.

"Why don't you bring it over to my house?" Marche offered. "I'm sure Doned, my brother, would love to see it."

"Well... if you're sure it's okay..." Mewt said quietly.

"Why don't you guys come too?" Marche offered to the rest of us.

"Me? Um, gee, I guess I don't have any other plans... ok!" Ritz shouted.

"You've heard our answers." Arria replied. Catching glances with me.

"Great! Do you know where my house is?" Marche asked. I saw it while we were heading to school. It was-

"It's the yellow house, right?" Ritz asked.

"I'll come over as soon as I buy the book!" Mewt yelled.

"I'll be waiting." Marche replied. And with that, we left school together.

"Gosh. I'm really sorry." A man with shaggy hair said to two other men. We stopped where we were. It wasn't exactly a private discussion.

"Uh-oh..." Mewt said quietly.

"I'm really, really sorry. Please accept my apoligies..." The man with the shaggy hair said.

"Mr. Randell. We expect a certain level of performance." The man in the green suit replied unemotionally. "Regardless of circumstances."

"It won't happen again." Mr. Randell replied.

"Don't worry, I'll fix things up here." The green suited man said.

"Oh, thanks, thanks!" Mr. Randell said joyously.

"Thank you for waiting. Shall we?" Green Suit said, turning to the second man, this one in a blue jacket. The two headed down a side street.

"Look at that guy, cringing like that. Embarrassing." Ritz said coldly. That hair... his attitude... By jove! I think that's-

"Mewt? Mewt, it is you!" Mr. Randell shouted.

"... Hi dad." Mewt said quietly. Just as I suspected!

"School's out already?" He asked, his son joining him in front of the cafe.

"Yeah..."

"These your friends?" He asked, glancing over us. I could tell Arria was waving, her tongue stuck out. Mewt nodded.

"Um, don't you still have work to do, Dad?"

"Ah... yes! Busy busy busy!" I highly doubted that. He then turned to us. "You all keep an eye on Mewt for me, eh?" He walked down a flight of stairs that led to the lower part of the city.

"He used to work at a bigger company before. When mom died, he stopped caring. He broke down big time." Mewt said, tears coming to his eyes.

"He seems nice. Not many parents talk to their kids like that. I bet you used to go out on vacations and stuff a lot." Marche said. "Well, we'll be waiting for you at my place." And with that, he walked down the stairs, in the same direction as Mewt's dad.

"Yeah, we gotta go too. See ya later!" I say, Arria and I heading in the same direction as Green Suit. Unbeknownst to the horrors that would befall me in the following hours.

YES! The good part is right around the corner! Sorry I didn't update sooner. That's my bad. See you soon! ~Lichylichy.