WANDERER

There was one night before Ursa and Abie head out to the Academy. Nobody was ever sure what the exam was about, "Could it be some sort of secret?" she wondered, but wasn't confident in that thought.

After cooking some quick Ramon they picked up earlier, they spent an hour or so in silence. They were just reading, pondering or both on the couch in the darkness, saved by two lamps beside them. Ursa couldn't help but begin dose off from tiredness.

"Goodnight Abie, don't stay up too late. We have a big day tomorrow, don't you agree?" Ursa said while walking off, not even waiting for a response.

Abie nodded anyway and whispered, "We sure do…" She wondered how this will play out. Usually she knew that eventually a weapon and meister meet; from there they would decide to become partners, even friends. Ursa is already a weapon; he can change into a bow, his sharp tooth became the head of an arrow. Once Abie were to shoot it, it would hit the target then fade away, giving birth to another arrow. The mark on his forehead is an insignia embedded on the bow. So would Death allow a pairing before hand?

Abie could not stay in the house for a moment and she felt, compelled to walk outside. She quietly walked out and left the door ajar for her return. Abie felt a nice breeze across her face, through her shorts, her hair. It virtually flowed through her. She walked further off from the house, her slippers made the only noise she could hear. But then she stopped. She heard foot steps walking closer to her, which was strange; despite being a huge, populated city; she saw nobody walking on the street at all.

"Hello?" She tensed when the walking stopped for a brief moment, and then began again. Like whomever it was, acknowledged her presence. Abie spun around to nothing but another empty street, "Anyone here?" Now the walking completely stopped. It was strange to her that one moment the air was breathe taking, then eerie and dangerous. Who could be the, as it seems, the ghost?

Abie started walking back to find Ursa waiting for her outside. There was a silence of her standing a few feet in front of Ursa and his return glance.

Ursa broke the silence, "Come on in Abb, I can't sleep with the feeling of stretching." She nodded then began walking inside. "What were you doing…," he looked down the street, and then turned his neck back, "rather going?"

Abie didn't look back but shrugged, "Nothing, rather no where." She responded sarcastically. "But doesn't it feel so good outside?" Then remembering the sudden strange feeling of the "ghost", maybe her moment of peace was a little short lived. "It does feel a bit ominous being alone out here; it's deserted out there."

Ursa shut and relocked to door before turning to his bedroom. Abie did the same to hers. "Well if it's what you'd like to do often, I'll go with you." She quickly turned around with her eyebrows raised. "In fact let's make a deal! If we get into the DWMA, I'll go with you to wander around whenever you want to, even if every night. You're right; outside does feel nice, so I wouldn't mind."

Abie smiled, "Let's shake on it then, Ursa" The walked to each other, extended hands, gave a forceful grip then shook.

They simultaneously said, "Agreed," Before walking off to their own rooms.

GOOD MORNING

Both Abie and Ursa woke up around 4:00 am. The sun still hasn't come up, but "Morning is morning!" as she always says. Abie has some cereal while Ursa nearly swallows his pancakes and chugs down his orange juice.

"Gezz man, your gunna choke if you eat that fast. We have…," Abie glanced at the clock, "MORE then enough time to get ready." She continues to chew her cereal. She wondered if Ursa could hear the loud crunches even if her mouth was closed.

He coughed slightly, "Are we out of honey?" Ursa glanced at her then went back to inhaling his food.

"We shouldn't be! I got a jar yesterday; I swear you're addicted to that stuff. All that sugar can give you diabetes or something."

"Shadows can't get disease, demons won't stop doing what they do and bears love honey. Put it together… bears like honey, so I won't and can't stop because I'm a demon shadow who does what he does." He swallowed then gave a big teeth smile, with honey and bits of waffle surrounding his mouth before wiping it away with a napkin.

Abie snorted with a smile across her face. She got up to get dressed and said, "It's too early for this."

An hour and a half later, they set out to the Academy. They began walking out of the house, both excited to see what the day would bring. Abie couldn't keep her big, white smile from showing. Ursa had his head up, keeping his optimism for new friendships.

"Ursa, this is the big day! What we have been dreaming for so long!" She hugged herself and swayed it excitement.

"We have to make this count, give it all we got!" He was always the one to build confidence, no matter the situation. That's why he was a good friend, but to Abie he was always like a brother and to him, her as a sister. They were positive they could get it with such a strong relationship.