"Ahhh!" I sprang up in my bed as I heard a boy screaming next to me. "What the…" I looked around to see that Horati was stood glaring at Noir who was holding her hands out in front of her, a thin wall of shadows separating our side of the room from hers flowing out of her open palms. Horati threw a ball of light at the shadows and some light fell through onto Silver who was finally awoken. "Get up Noir! It's 8 O'clock!" Horati shouted but Noir shook her head and tried to use her shadows to pull the curtains closed again but couldn't quite reach without letting her wall of shadows down. "It's too early!" she shouted back and I sighed deeply. "We have one hour to unpack before class!" Horati shouted back.
I yawned and threw my hands up, pointing at each of them "Siopí!" both of them tried to shout again but no noise would come out of their mouths. "Silver!" I shouted and he jumped up and grabbed Noir, pulling her hands down until she let the wall fall. I held my hands up still with far too much effort than I should be using this early and gestured to Horati to lower his hands full of light which he finally did. Lowering my hands and turning my palms to the ground I stopped focusing on the word I had said and they could speak again. "Well at last you're up now! We're gonna be late!" Horati grinned as I flopped down onto my bed and tried to get my energy back and the room became fully lit as Noir walked past me and into the bathroom to get ready.
"As impressive as that was Horati its way too early for me to use my semblance, don't you have an alarm clock?" I giggled and Silver joined in "God I love this team already." He said and I nodded still laughing quietly and Horati cracked a smile "It was pretty cool wasn't it." before going to get changed. I looked over to my uniform that was laid at the foot of my bed, it looked ok although I'd prefer trousers to the skirt and I wondered how the cardigan would be when it got really warm as it often did back home. Noir walked out, looking very happy with her uniform, her long black hair slicked up into a pony tail and I high fived her as she went past. "That was pretty cool girl!" she smiled and yawned a bit. "I hate mornings so much!" she glared at the open curtains like an old enemy and opened her suitcase to start unpacking, our first mission as the awesome Team HRSN!
I got changed so quickly that when I walked out Noir started laughing more than I had heard her laugh all of yesterday! She pointed down at my skirt and I realised it was inside out and backwards. "Ahh!" I yelled and backed quickly into our changing room and tried to pretend like it hadn't happened. "Nice skirt River." Horati announced when I emerged again, this time properly dressed. I glared at him put smiled again when I saw my goggles laying on my bedside table, threading them through my hair I felt much more ready for a first day of lessons! "When's breakfast, we should probably just decorate at lunch because according to this timetable we have an hour lunch break but breakfast starts in five minutes?" I announced holding up the small timetable for today and everyone nodded standing up and grabbing their weapons to take them to our lockers before breakfast.
My utility belt only just fit over my skirt but I didn't want to leave it behind as it had all of my notebooks and pens in it. Ad we walked out into the hallway we could hear lots of clanging from Team RWBY and the noises of beds being moved and Team JNPR wasn't making any noise so we guessed they were asleep. As we started walking down the hallway Team CRDL emerged too and called for us to wait up and so we started to walk together to the locker room.
The boy named Russel Thrush quickly went up to Noir, fluffing his white quiff up a bit and talking none stop all the way there. She seemed in no way inclined to talk back although he just took this as a sign to carry on. "Hey little one. I'm Sky Lark and you must be tired from running through my mind all day." I raised an eyebrow towards Horati who just stifled a laugh. So helpful. "Actually I'm pretty well rested thank you." I heard Horati and Silver burst out laughing before the two boys from Team CRDL started talking to them again.
Silver was talking to Dove Bronzewing who actually seemed to be holding a proper conversation and I just wished we could swap as Sky, now rejected, had decided to just ask me loads of questions about myself, calling me shortie rather than my name. We finally made It to the locker room and I hung my katana on its hook and my shurikens in their draw, leaving a kunai in my utility belt just in case.
"I cannot wait till breakfast!" Noir exclaimed and I agreed quickly running away to the dining hall and away from Team CRDL before they could start talking to us again, leaving the boys to handle them. Luckily they didn't try to sit with us at breakfast, and neither did the other Teams. Neither Team RWBY or Team JNPR ever appeared which I thought was very odd but Horati just shrugged it off when I mentioned it.
"So it's Science with Professor Peach at 9, then nothing until after lunch when we will have finished decorating the room!" Silver explained and I looked up at the clock on the wall. 9:45 meant we had enough time to comfortably get to lesson. Silver stood up and Noir followed. "We should get going if we want a good seat." He said and we all nodded. Horati leant gently on my shoulder as I finished my food. "Hurry up River." He smiled and I stuck my tongue out before eating the last bit of toast and standing up. On the table next to us Team CRDL got up too and I sighed deeply wishing that one of the other teams would appear and make this easier for us to avoid them. Horati moved when I got up and walked towards Silver "Come on then."
Sky appeared next to me again, this time with Cardin too on the other side. "You were right Sky she is very small! Why if she were a bird she'd be a ickle Robin!" He exclaimed, leaning his armoured arm heavily on my shoulder which dug in instantly but I couldn't quite shake him off. "Excuse me but you're hurting my shoulder Cardin." I tried to sound threatening but failed epically and Cardin just laughed. "Wow Horati I can tell why she wasn't picked as leader, small things not very strong is she?" I shut my eyes, trying to figure out a word that I could use without being too harsh on the boys, who had now each taken a shoulder and as I tried to walk away I was yanked backwards by my belt "Get off her!" Cardin flew into a wall, holding his cheek and Sky quickly backed off. I took a deep breath in after the tightening of my belt had knocked the air out of me and looked up to see Horati's red eyes glowing brighter than they had when he had fought the Grim.
I straightened up and tried to thank him but couldn't quite talk yet so I just fell into a hug instead which was stiffly met until I felt Silver and Noir join in too. "Always prepared to hit an idiot in the face for a friend." Behind us I could hear Team CRDN trying to pick up their fallen comrade and then run off as we left the hug and all dropped into more defensive stances, my kunai finally in my hand after it being slightly out of reach before and I felt much better as we finally walked through the doors to Professor Peaches Science lesson.
Bit more Team bonding and some good old butt kicking. Plus we found out that Noir doesn't like mornings but really who does? Translations; Siopí- Silence R and R- Tscüss