The Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: #17
Pen Name: Maddie-the-Muse
Characters: Leah Clearwater, Seth Clearwater, Quil Ateara
Rating: T
Word Count: 335
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"Hey, Leah, maybe you should sign up," Quil said jabbing Leah in the ribs with his elbow as they passed the Forks roller rink. He pointed to the roller derby fresh meat recruitment poster in the window.
"Right, I don't think team sports are really my thing, do you?" Leah scoffed, picking up her pace to get ahead of the boys.
"Oh come on, Leah!" Seth joined in enthusiastically. "You'd be awesome. You're crazy fast on four paws, I bet you'd be a blur on wheels."
"Totally," Quil agreed.
Leah kept walking, ignoring her brother and Quil as they chattered back and forth about Leah's future in roller derby. Honestly, she had bigger goals in life than trying to get on a team with a bunch of catty women; like convincing Sam to let her leave La Push for starters—preferably without actually having to speak to him.
"What would her derby name be?" Quil gave up pestering Leah about it and fell into step with Seth behind her.
"It's got to be something specific to her, right? Like, describing her somehow, doesn't it?"
"Yeah, but punny," Quil agreed with Seth. Leah just rolled her eyes and continued down the street, lamenting how she'd been sent into town with these idiots in the first place. "How about La Push-over," he suggested.
"That doesn't suit her at all," Seth laughed. "More like First Bitch!"
"Oh, oh, Dude! How about Kill-eute? You know, like Quileuete?"
"I don't think it really works if you need to explain it."
"Right. What about playing on being a wolf? Like, I don't know, Lupin Lizard?"
"Dude, that was awful."
"Yeah, I know."
"Okay, what about Nuke-Leah?" Seth suggested with an excited wiggle of his eyebrows for emphasis.
"Would you idiots, can it?" Leah cut them off and turned to face them. "If I were going to join, which I'm not, I'd be Squawarrior." She rolled her eyes and continued down the block.
So, maybe she's thought about it once or twice.
A/N: This, like roller derby names in the real world, is meant to be a simple, fun, play on words and is not meant to be derogatory. There is a native roller derby player who goes by the name Sqaurrior. She played on the Kahnawake Wagon Burners from Quebec, a team made primarily of Native women.