The Fantasy Game
Hermione walked to school behind her sister. Her sister had insisted that they not walk together, but that really wasn't new as her sister Elizabeth always insisted on this as she had always seen her bookworm sister as a popularity problem. Her sister cared way to much about looks rather then having real friends.
When she got to school, she instantly walked over to where her supposed friend with glasses was. Hermione couldn't believe the words that came out of her mouth. "Momma got me a kitten this weekend. His name is Marmalade."
Hermione could only shake her head at her younger sister. She was then approached by Irumi, China and Hyacinth. China spoke up. "We have P.E. firs. With your sister's class."
"Physical education," Hermione groaned, also stammering her words out. "They always make me do things in gym that only the top athletes can accomplish. I find sports typically physically impossible."
Hyacinth suddenly stuck up her thumbs. "We're playing dodge ball!"
There came then a groan from Hermione and the two Elflings. Irumi shook her head. "If Gig has her way, we'll be playing something else… which is one good thing about her… when she succeeds. What exactly is your sister telling Sariah?"
"Remember… my sister has figured out you guys are Elves and Hobbits!" Hermione hissed at the girl.
"Great…" Irumi rolled her eyes. "Come on… I'm gong to get changed before to many people get into the locker room… expesully Gigi. They're always a pain."
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After changing in the locker room, the girls met in the gym, minus one Hyacinth, who was in a different class then the other girls. Irumi just leaned up against the wall, trying to ignore everything going on around her, seeming indifferent, but in reality she was taking everything in. China received a glare from the P.E. coach for her black decorum.
Hermione watched as her sister went over and sat with Sariah. "That girl is defiantly not the kind of girl that Elizabeth is used to hanging out with… I'm surprised she didn't try making friends with that Gigi girl."
"Gigi is the leader of a clique… major cheerleader wannabes… and she doesn't let just anyone in… from the fact that your sister is way smarter then she is… she won't like the threat," China commented. "Meow."
"Hah hah…" Irumi laughed. She then grumbled. "I hate P.E. clothes."
China laughed at this statement from her friend. "Says the girl who prefers to wear tunics to dresses."
"There is a big difference in that and this," Irumi muttered.
"No… there isn't,"
"Hikari!" the gym couch's high pitched call came to them. "I need you to help me get these balls out."
"Looks like we are playing dodge ball," Irumi muttered. "I wonder what klutzy thing will happen today…"
China shook her head at Irumi as she took off. Hermione stared after her. "What does she mean by klutzy thing?"
"Sometimes we as Elflings are able to use our ability to move well… other times not so much. Irumi has the curse of already being able to move very well and then bam… she ends up moving worse then any of us… I'm average… I move like a human…"
This was answered by a thump from the ball closet as Irumi had stepped backwards onto a ball and fell onto her bottom. All the balls scattered out and into the gym. Hermione shook her head. "At least she's all right."
"Except for her pride… though she'll never admit it to anyone unless she's ready to lose her temper… she is related to a certain Elf Lord you know… so when she blows, she blows. This is one of the disadvantages of coming early like this… the coach seems to always pick the ones who come early to help set up.
"Hey… klutz mutant strikes again… you're not any good at any sport, are you? Came from Gigi, who found it hysterical what had happened and was laughing her sides off.
"So… an extremely klutzy Elfling is going to be playing seeker," Hermione commented, shaking her head. Irumi overheard and her cheeks turn red and she sat down next to the two.
"Your words hurt more then Gigi's do…" Irumi commented.
"I didn't mean to be hurtful… but I don't think the choice is exactly the best…" Gigi commented. "Nor exactly fair."
"I do not argue with Grandfather's decisions unless I feel they are wrong… plus…" Irumi commented. "… my klutziness means that I will have a slight handicap that an older Elf would not… one that would not be fare to older elves."
"Yeah… give yourself a good fight in the weapons ring… you're not klutzy… give yourself any other sport not with weapons… bam," China commented.
"Come on… she can't be that bad…" Hermione commented.
"She doesn't focus is her problem," China said right into Irumi's ear, causing the other Elfling to jump. "Plus… no one notices that she might not be human."
"You know that a certain 'she' happens to be listening, so shut up about it… or do you want me to tell you the time you fell down the stairs," Irumi commented.
"I think that was you," China commented, rolling her eyes.
"I am not talking about the time I misstepped on step, or the time that I was tripped. I'm talking about the time someone slipped,"
"The stairs were wet… and you slipped too!"
"Because you spilled a bucket of water… and I slid, not slipped,"
"You ended up on the bottom of the stairs…" China muttered.
"On my feet the whole time… it was a…"
"Warrior's training?" China commented.
"Well…" Irumi found herself interrupted by the coach blowing her whistle.
"Class… hello! We are going to be picking teams for dodge balls!"
"I want to be team leader!" Gigi shouted out loud.
There were a few 'whats' and groans from the groups of students around the walls of the gym. The coach shook her head. "I'm sorry, but you didn't raise your hand."
"But…" Gigi tried to protest, but the coach gave her a look. A bunch of hands raised up, including Sariah's.
"I thought you guys said she would try to change the game," Hermione commented.
"She does… typically," China shook her head. She then saw Irumi raise her hand. "Irumi, what are you doing!"
"In case you haven't noticed, they've decided to turn this into a fight between the fans of our two fandoms… you know how we play this in this school… those who get hit get called a name until the game is over. Gigi would have been leading the side that is Hermione's fandom," Irumi whispered.
"Ahh… seems we have a couple of people who don't usually volunteer in the gym… in fact, they never do. Irumi, Sariah, please come here,"
Both stood and walked over to where the teacher was standing. One of the boy's threw a ball at Irumi, it hitting her hand. She just glanced at the ball, it not phasing her or causing her to really react.
"Now, we'll start with Irumi," the coach commented, a smile on her face.
"Yeah… the girl who is always an easy target," one of the boys snickered. It was the same boy who had thrown the ball at her.
"Sshss now…" the coach shook her head. Irumi narrowed her eyes and picked for her first choices China and Hermione while Sariah picked out Elizabeth and another girl. Much to the other girl's ire, Irumi picked out like her the ones who were major Lord of the Rings fan, ruining her plan, but another one came to her mind. The last ones picked were the major Harry Potter fans and Gigi, as neither Sariah nor Irumi wanted her on their team.
When they were finished, a smirk came to Sariah's face. "I declare… that all out on your side will be called Orks."
Irumi had been going over to her side when she heard this and spun around. "What did you say?"
"I said… Orks… you know, the bad guys from the Lord of the Rings… wait… you wouldn't know that…" Sariah grinned with her eyes.
"Fine…" Irumi's eyes narrowed. "You want to play that way… my word for your side is troll dung." This caused China to slap her forehead and close her eyes, not believing her friend had done this.
"What is troll dung?" the other girl narrowed her eyes.
"None of your business…" Irumi spun around and went to her side.
"What… did she say," Hermione turned pale.
"Troll dung? It means troll dung," China groaned not to loud. "You might say that Sariah went and challenged Irumi and she fell for it… Sariah knew it would make her mad…"
The teacher then blew the whistle for the students to run and collect the balls in the center line. Irumi just walked form the back while China stayed near the back, only to be hit hard by the dodge balls and knocked out of the game. Irumi just walked around a bit dodging the balls. Then, the boy who had thrown the ball at her earlier threw a ball. The Elfling reached around and caught it. "You're just lucky Hikari!" the boy snapped.
Irumi then threw the ball hard at Sariah, only to have her dodge and it hit Gigi, who had somehow managed to stay in the game until then. It was then that Irumi caught another ball and tossed it at Sariah, hitting her this time. There were only herself and one other on her side at that point and she stopped dodging and shrugged here to shrug her shoulder as the game had ended.
It was then that a ball came rolling and Irumi managed to somehow step on it, causing her to fall forward and skin her knees, much to the coach's dismay.
"Why is it that your such a major klutz most of the time child?" the woman shook her head.
Sariah suddenly was talking to the other girls and Elizabeth, then walked over to Irumi. "I know your secret."
This caused Irumi to blink a couple of times. "Explain, because obviously, I don't know what you're talking about."
"Instead of listening to your head for once Hikari about keeping your secrets, you let your anger get the better of you like you do so often,"
"You'll have to explain further…" Irumi said. "In other words, get to the pint."
"When I threatened to call you Ork, you got riled. You wouldn't have gotten riled if you were not familiar with Tolkien's work or were of the knowledge that Middle Earth does or did exist… but you did,"
"I'm a klutz, so how can I be what you think I am?"
"That, I'm trying to still figure out. But believe me, I am going to figure it out… for all you know, you could be taking it so no one can tell you're an Elf,"
"I'm not…" Irumi was going to say that she wasn't faking her klutziness, but was interrupted by Gigi.
"She isn't the Elf, I am!"
Sariah choose to ignore the girl. She glanced over at Hermione, narrowing her eyes. "There is also the matter her sister brought up… that perhaps that girl has spelled you."
"Can I… may I ask you something?"
"I don't care… though I don't see the relevance,"
"If I am what you think I am, and my friend Hermione is what you thing she is, do you really think that what you think she is can spell somebody like you think I am in the way that you are implying?"
This caused Sariah to blink a couple of times. She then formulated her answer. "No… not because she might not eventually be able to, but because she may very likely never reach that level, and… I can't judge her personally, so it isn't fare to say she is capable of doing so without knowing all the facts.
"Irumi is not an Elf! I am!" Gigi insisted again.
"Gigi…" Sariah began. "You really need to get your heads out of the clouds and grow up! I mean, you don't even have pointed ears like Irumi does!"
"They were surgically altered by the people who stole me from the Wizarding family that took me in because my Elven Kingdom was destroyed by the evil person. I was lucky to be placed with the family I am with now but the people who rescued me from kidnappers."
"Gigi… you weren't adopted," China shook her head at the blond.
"I haven't a clue what adopted means"
"Dodge ball! Dodge ball! Dodge ball!" Came the call as Hyacinth came to the class from the changing room, receiving glares from the girls standing there. "What?"
"Mutant girl threw a ball at my shoulder and bruised me," Gigi suddenly whined.
"Good for her…" Hyacinth commented.
Author's note – Sariah pops up on screen. "I think I've got it… but then I might not."