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TPOV
I was enjoying this. Hey, who wouldn't enjoy pranking their brother? And interrupting their other brother's snogging session?
Anyway, after Simon left, Zara talked to me in my head. Hey Tori. You listening?
Yeah, why? What's wrong, Zara? By the way, nice prank on Si. Hey, she had to be congratulated, it was great!
Well, speaking of pranks, I think we should do one on someone. Any suggestions? I glanced over at her, and saw a slight smirk on her face.
Hmm, Chloe and Derek, or the boys in general. I can't really think of any others, sorry. But I was looking forward to it. I enjoyed pranking people, that's why I got kicked out of my summer camp.
Chloe's a necro, right? So if blood comes out of her shower, she'll freak… I'll tell everyone else but Derek, and when she screams in the morning… Her voice went silent for a moment, and a few people jumped a little bit, and then smiled as Zara told them what would happen.
I was looking forward to it, so when we went to sleep in the morning, I got up quietly when Zara woke me up in my head. I showered quickly then put the stuff Zara gave me into the showerhead. I went back to my room and woke Chloe up, after which I went downstairs, but met Zara in the hiding place she told me to. A minute went by, after which Chloe screamed, and Derek sprinted down the hall in his boxers. Hmm, he had a nice body underneath his sweatshirts and stuff. I followed him, and watched the scene from my bedroom door, like everyone else. Derek came out after a minute, blushing and looking a bit angry.
"Who put god-knows-what in the showerhead?" Damn, he sounded pissed. We kept silent but he automatically suspected Zara.
"Hey, hey, why do you always blame me? I swear on my life I didn't put stuff in her shower." Zara smirked. Tell him I didn't put it in the shower and when he suspects you, tell him that you wouldn't be so cruel and think up an idea like that."
"Yeah, she didn't," I said. It was the truth, although it was a bit twisted.
"Did you?" Zara was right on the money. He did suspect me.
"Hey, you know me. I wouldn't be so cruel and think up an idea like that. Plus I don't have any Kool-Aid to put in the shower." I was proud of myself.
"So you're telling me that Zara thought it up and you put it in the shower?" Damn, how did he guess. No fair.
"Merda, you observe more than I give you credit for, il mio amico." Zara just gave us away. Damn it.
"How-" I was curious. How did he figure it out?
"Logic, there are fables with that trick, and I could smell you both in the Kool-Aid." He grinned a bit sheepishly. Oh well, it worked well enough, anyway.
We all turned and left to go downstairs, and I heard Jacob ask Derek, "Good one, Derek, did you get an eyeful?" I snorted.
"MEN! Is that all you think about. Get your minds out of the fucking gutter!" Ella had a surprisingly big voice. Interesting, although I agreed with her.
CPOV
After the prank, I showered, and got the Kool-Aid off me and went downstairs to join everyone for brunch. We laughed and joked about it for a while before one of Zara's sisters, Clay, I think it was, asked her whether or not they would start combat lessons, since we were going to attack the Edison Group soon.
"Oh, right, I forgot, we're doing combat lessons today because we're going to attack the Edison Group compound in Toronto in a fortnight. It's about sixty miles from here, I think. So yeah, you guys are with your usual groups, Tori and Simon are with Mason, and I'll take Derek and Chloe." Zara said.
We were really attacking the EG in two weeks? And in Canada? Wow. Though Zara did prepare for it, so that was good. And I was learning combat? That had been an epic fail with Simon.
"Come on, guys, let's go." Zara and Sam were at the door, waiting for us. I grabbed Derek's hand and followed them to a meadow, after a short walk from the safehouse.
"Okay, since Chloe probably need significantly more training than Derek, we're going to play to her advantages for now. There's one advantage that women almost always have over men, and that's flexibility. So use that to your advantage."
"For example, if Sam tried to punch or stab me," Zara brought his hand towards her face, "I could dodge it like this," she bent backwards at a ninety-degree-angle. "After that, his hand would continue, leaving his side unprotected," she moved his hand accordingly, exposing his side and back, "and I could injure him and gain the advantage."
"Unfortunately for you, Derek has the advantages of size, speed and strength, but you are a smaller target, and probably could escape easier. Another thing is to just walk silently. It's really useful. You know how models walk on a runway?" I nodded, and Zara continued, "Walk like that, one foot in front of another. Awkward, but it gets the job done." I did as she said, and was surprised at how quiet I was. Yay, I can sneak up on Derek now!
"Good. Um, for sensing sorcerer's and witch's magic, you can extend your aura. Everyone has an aura, for normal people, it reflects their personalities. For supernaturals, it reflects their powers. That's why witches and sorcerer's can sense their own kind. They are naturally attuned to their auras. Necros have pure white auras, and werewolves have chocolate brown auras. To extend it, pretend that the top layer of your skin expands out and forms a big bubble around you. It helps to imagine it in the color of your aura, but it doesn't really matter, because it'll change to that color anyway. So, um, you should try it."
Derek and I took a few steps away from each other, and I closed my eyes and imagined a white film that clung to my skin. I made it expand slowly into a big bubble, about eight feet in diameter. I couldn't feel anything special.
"Great, Chloe! Now I'm going to step into your bubble. It doesn't protect you, only lets you be aware of everything around you." She slowly stepped closer to me.
When she stepped in, I could sense where she stood, three feet away. I realized that I could sense the shape of each individual piece of grass below my feet, the crawling of worms in it. Huh. Cool. I could hear Sam talking to Derek, but I was too absorbed in my own bubble.
"Okay now, when someone attacks you with magic, you need to dodge it, since you don't have a defense. Try it now, I'll send a simple wind spell against you." She brought her hands up.
I sensed something emanating in her hands, something like fire when I sensed it, but I knew it wasn't, even with my eyes closed. It swiftly hurtled towards me, but I sidestepped it easily.
Zara squealed with delight. "Great! That's your main defense against magic attacks. You can sense people so if someone tries to punch you, you'll be able to dodge or block it easily because the bubble gives you a bit of a warning. Um, bullets and other stuff like that also will be easier to dodge, but keeping concentration and control of your aura is difficult in the thick of battle. So practice a lot. Like at breakfast, keep your aura extended while having a conversation with Tori. While you're distracted, keep it extended, and you'll be good to go!"
I opened my eyes, and Zara was standing in front of me, literally bursting with excitement, Sam next to her, praising Derek, but not quite as excited as Zara.
"We should head back," Sam said.
"Yeah, let's go!" Zara was literally skipping through the woods, Sam following her and laughing. I took Derek's hand and we walked after them, in warm loving silence.
Merda-Italian for 'shit'
Il mio amico-Italian for 'my friend'
What did you think? And how many people want me to change the rating to M and include a Chlerek lemon? Because my friend wants me to. Yeah. Love, -Cari.