*Newbie's POV, that night*
/This. is. just. Perfect./ I sighed as I looked at my culinary creation, that was ruined by my younger siblings. /I should have never agreed to teach Sora how to cook Rainbow trout, I don't even think he removed the poison from it like I told him to./
"Embi~!" I heard my little sister sing as she ran up to me, her golden pigtails following behind her.
"'Sup, Reia?" I asked as I threw away the catastrophic creation.
"I learned a new spell, isn't that great?!" She asked, her teal eyes lighting up as she spun around in her orange and pink attire.
"Yeah," I said, a small smile on my face. "You're one step closer to being the best mage in Norad."
She hugged me tight, and I hugged her back.
Hi, my name's Ember, and my sister's name is Reia. I also have a little brother who's a little older than Reia, his name's Sora, and if you were to look at us, you wouldn't even think that we were related. I mean, I have orange hair that fades down to gold, and Sora has blonde hair, as does Reia, but, for some odd reason, Reia has teal eyes instead of blue. [Where did THAT come from?!]
"Hey, Embi!" Sora's voice yelled from somewhere. "Watch out!"
"Why?-" I asked too soon as my face met with that of a golden furball, A.K.A: my very annoying, dare-devilish, brother, Sora.
"SORA, WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT JUMPING FROM TALL TREES?!" I scolded my younger brother as he transformed back into a human.
"You said: 'When you are in wooly form, your body is weaker than your human form, and that you can get hurt more easily...'blah, blah, blah." He said, mocking my voice.
That was it.
"Sora. Tent. NOW." I said, pointing to his tent.
He huffed and then stomped into his tent.
"Embi?" Reia asked after a few minutes of silence. "Why do you look like mom and not like dad?"
"I...really don't know, Reia." I said looking up at the stars above our heads.
"I think you'd look prettier if you wore your hair in a different slye, Embi."
"R-really?"
"Yeah, really."
"But...I don't know how..."
"I'll teach you, Embi!" Reia said as she got behind me and started to style my hair, and a few seconds later, she guided me to the nearby pond to see my reflection.
I had a high ponytail with a toyherb crown braided in.
"WOOLY!" Reia yelled happily as she admired her creation. [She learned about catchphrases from Aunt Daria saying 'RAINBOW' all the time back home.]
"Thanks for doing all that, Reia." I said as I messed up her perfect hair playfully.
"NOOOO," Reia yelled. "My beautiful hair is RUINED!"
"I'll fix it, just hold still..." I said as I let her hair down and attempted to make the pigtails she had.
"Alright, judge me." I said as she looked into the river to see that her hair was back to normal.
"You...YOU'RE JUST AS GOOD AS I AM, EMBI!" She said as she hugged me. "I knew you could become a pro hairstylist like moi!"
"Thanks...I guess..."
*The next day, Reia's POV*
"kimi no egao torimodosu tame, nando demo, boku wa, uta o yamenai," I sang as we walked down a path that had some yellow flowers here and there. "ikutsu mo no yoru o koe, kono negai, kanau sono hi made~!"
"Hey, Em," Sora said as he adjusted his backpack. "How much longer before we get to Selphia?"
"About another day or two..." Embi said.
"REALLY?!" Sora groaned. "I'LL HAVE TO WALK ANOTHER 2 DAYS TO GET THERE?!"
Embi glared at him, as if to tell him to shut it.
"Hey, guys," I said as I pointed to a fruit-filled tree. "Can one of you get some apples for us, last time I checked we were running low."
"I'll get it for you, Reia." Embi said as she grabbed a few apples from the tall tree and dumped them into her backpack.
"Arigatou, Onii-chan~!" I said as I smiled.
Embi was picking some more when she suddenly stopped.
"Embi, what's-"
"SHH!" She ordered as we became silent.
There was a sound, like something was coming towards us.
I quickly changed into a wooly and hid in the nearby bushes.
"Sora, hurry up and transform!" I whispered to him.
"Nah, don't worry, I can take 'em." He said as he pulled out a pair of swords and got in an attack position, waiting for whatever would come out of the woods.
"Sora!" Embi yelled as she pushed him towards my bush and turned into her monster form, a Phoenix.
"OW! HEY, EM, WATCH WERE YOU'RE GOIN-" He said as something came out of the bushes.
It was a person, and he looked about my age, but there was something strange about him. He had light mint hair and smokey-grey eyes, he looked a lot like a girl to tell the truth, he was just TOO CUTE~!
He walked up to Embi and stared at her.
"Hello, there," He said as he held out a hand to touch her flame-colored feathers.
She 'cawed' at him angrily, warning him to back off.
"It's alright," He said gently as he repeated his actions. "I'm not going to hurt you...I promise..."
I stared at them, and I was surprised when she let him touch her feathers.
"See, I told you you could trust me~." He said as he smiled.
"HEY, STOP TOUCHING HER!" Sora said as he jumped from out pf the bush. "JUST WHO DO 'YA THINK YOU ARE?"
He looked at my brother innocently, like he hadn't done nothing wrong.
"My name is Morpho," He said as a pair of sapphire-colored wings sprouted from his back. "Nice to meet you."