Morning Shock

Lily stretched and blinked open her eyes, holding her breath and waiting for the three minutes for the day before plans to come to mind…like how she was in another room…another building…People came to mind slowly, the mall…getting Rae to leave to let her train…Train for what? Another minute and a half to go…

The door slammed open. "Heya!" Frances called out into the room, his hair wasn't tied up but free-flowing around him and his shirt was off besides a pair of black slacks. "You awake?"

Lily shrieked and jumped out of the bed, crouching down and had her claws up, "Who the hell are you?!" she hissed, ears flat, her hair wild from bed-head. She reached for something to throw and it was an empty drawer from the nightstand.

Frances ducked. "Chill out! Don't you remember?! You came here to train? I'm teaching you? Why the fuck doesn't Rae leave with instructions to care for wild ones like, Loki?" He said the last part sarcastically, "I'm a friend, sweets."

"Teaching me…?" Lily paused in reaching for another drawer and then it clicked, "Oh my! Fran! I'm so sorry! I totally forgot to tell you," she slapped her forehead, "Due to my transformation being forced, every time I sleep and then wake up, I have to wait three minutes for it to all come back to me. I'm so, so sorry!" she felt a chill and rubbed her arms. Blinking she looked down and blushed furiously, ducking behind the bed. She must've managed to shimmy her way out of the pants and shirt she had bought the day before.

"No sweat." Frances said with a slight sweat-drop. At least she wasn't calling him Franny. He rubbed the back of his neck. "I'll uh…let myself out and let you get dressed. I have to be blunt; you do have an amazing figure." With that he streaked out.

Lily ran a hand along her sides and got the drawer back to its place all fixed. "Amazing…figure…?" she hadn't heard anyone say that to her, and it felt...rather nice. Grinning, she got dressed in a mid-thigh black skirt so her tail could flip freely, and a loose lavender long-sleeved shirt with blue roses printed on it. She went downstairs following the sweet scent of warm milk, "Oh my…who's cooking?" she smiled looking around.

"Ellie and Franny," Electric said from his position on the couch. He caught her image from the corner of his eye and turned around. He punched Sam in the shoulder and nodded his head towards her.

Sam blinked, "You look like you're out for some action. Going to knock someone down?"

"If training calls for it," Lily shrugged, "I just don't feel like being restricted today," she waved them off and wandered into the kitchen.

Ellie and Franny were at the stove together. Sometimes they handed each other whatever they needed and another time they didn't. "Oh!" Ellie glanced over. "Franny told me that you were awake. How are you feeling? We heard that crash, so we wondered if Franny accidentally walked in on you while you were changing or something."

Lily blushed and fiddled with her sleeves, "Kinda-sorta…but the other half was that I didn't remember him," she explained what she meant and followed her nose to the milk which was beside Fran, "Ever tried cinnamon in it?" she tilted her head.

"Yep," Frances replied as he turned to her. "I tried pretty much everything with it. Why? Is there a special way you would like me to make some?"

"I like making cocoa out of it, especially in the mornings," Lily poured half a cup and then added loads of chocolate syrup, several spoons of sugar, cinnamon, powdered creamer, and peppermint creamer. All ingredients made the cup full and she stirred it together easily, taking a sip and grinning at their opened mouths, "What? Sweetness is my weakness," she winked, "I'll buy you guys groceries, by the way," she added before she entered the dining room.

"You don't need to do that." Ellie said as she shook herself out of it and continued to cook. "I usually do it on my own with Jake, so it's fine."

"It's the least I can do for taking over space I'm sure didn't need to be taken over," Lily sighed and sat down. She looked at the other guys who were watching her, "Care to tell me a bit about yourselves?" she raised an eyebrow.

"You'll have to be more specific." Ellie said with a sweat-drop. "Otherwise you'll get them to start talking all at once and you won't learn anything." She smiled and called out. "Breakfast is ready you guys! And if I see a plate in the living room you're washing the dishes and the training room!"

"Why the hell can't we eat the living room anyway? It's so boring sitting down and doing nothing but eating." Electric said as he and Sam both made their way into the kitchen to grab their already made plates from Frances. Ellie just rolled her eyes as she stood on her tippy-toes and handed the other plate to Jacob.

Frances decided to be the one to respond to Lily since Ellie was busy, "Yeah." He walked over to the dining room table and claimed the seat next to hers. "We need to have one. Normally the training room can be for just training or for fun. Sometimes the children that live around in Fireside like to see the Royalty House." He rolled his eyes. "That's the nickname they gave it. It's mostly called a Base."

Lily got her plate and listened to him, "Back at home - where Rachel and I live with several others - we have a training room as well." She shrugged, "Though I'm usually in the lab with Don. That guy really needs to learn how to sleep…"

Jacob and Ellie exchanged a look and smiled at each other. Frances just rolled his eyes. "Does he have insomnia?" He asked as he took a sip of his milk, "It's pretty hard to get those kind of people to sleep."

"Not really. He usually just refuses to sleep until an idea is done, but after that he can sleep normally," Lily shrugged and took a bite of the food, "This is amazing," she smiled after she swallowed, "I usually just have cereal at home…nobody cooks except Mikey when he's in the mood."

"So, you said something about wanting to get to know us a bit better…Mind being more specific to what you mean by that?" Ellie questioned with a smile. She had a deep feeling that Frances was going to get a little jealous about Donny if Lily continued.

"Maybe…I heard last night "can't find a girl or a guy" directed at…" Lily glanced about, "You…Sam was it?" she tilted her head.

Immediately the table roared with laughter as Sam blushed the same color as his hair, "Oh my god! She remembers that." Electric said as he wiped his tears away, but he couldn't stop laughing.

"Shut up!" Sam whacked Electric with his hand, his face still bright as a tomato. "What about that?" He asked looking over at Lily. His voice was a little sharp, but it was easy to tell that it he didn't mean it like that.

"I just want to know what it meant," Lily rubbed her right ear and looked away, "I'm sorry…I didn't mean to offend…"

"No, it's not offending or anything." Sam said as he sighed. "It means I'm bisexual. It means I can be gay or I can be straight. I can go either way if I'm dating someone."

Sam grinned and he snapped his fingers. A flame danced upon his finger tip. "I'm a fire-starter." He said with a smile. "I'm perfectly human. Just a small ability to burn things on sight," To prove his point, he wiped the flame on the candle that was in the middle of the dining room's table. The flame disappeared from his finger, but lingered on the wick.

"That is amazingly cool!" Lily grinned hugely, "So that's why you're red…but you…Electric? Why do you wear gloves? I guess not just a fashion statement…"

Electric grinned as he slipped them off. Nearly everyone who was near him scooted back a bit. He grinned and also snapped. Instead of a regular sound, it actually sounded like a pop. "Well, I'm what my name is. I use electricity."

Lily stood and went over to him, blinking at his frown when everyone else kept moving away as she came closer, "The other elements are common, so I'm not surprised about that. You're interesting, though," she reached out to his hand, curiosity getting the better of her.

"I wouldn't touch me." Electric said. "Not without the gloves. You're going to get hurt." He put his hands behind his back so she wouldn't try. "Unlike Sam's firepower, I can't control mine by sheer will. It has to be restrain. That's why I have to wear the gloves."

"So?" Lily shrugged and moved to get one of his hands, and he moved them again. She grabbed it and felt the currents course through her body, but she didn't let go. She grinned and shook his hand like they were just meeting, "Well, Electric, it's nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Electric said a little stunned that she wasn't on the ground whimpering. "That's cool." He said with a grin. "You're the first person that can do this."

Lily laughed and finally let him go. She felt her hair and sighed, "I'm not completely immune…" she patted it down, combing her fingers through it, "I'm guessing because I was forced, that there's something in my body that can absorb it…" she shook her head, "Let's not do it too often, though, I'm a bit lightheaded…"

"I promise not to do it too often," Electric said with a grin, "I'll do it sometimes though."

"God you're excited." Sam rolled his eyes.

"He has a right to be," Lily smiled and ruffled Electric's hair before going to her original seat and taking a drink of her cocoa, "This is going to be an interesting day, and it's only just begun."

"It's always an interesting day." Ellie said with a laugh, "When we get new people in the house. It's never boring, unless it's raining or something."

"What about you, Ellie? What's your favorite kind of dog to transform into?" Lily asked the cook as she ate some more of the breakfast.

Ellie grinned as she stood up and went over to the kitchen so call can see her. "This." She formed in a blink of an eye. A black Labrador dog was standing in the middle of the kitchen. Then she transformed back and started putting on her clothes back on. "I like to show off, sorry."

"Oh wow," Lily laughed, "That's cool, Ellie." She looked around and saw Jake was blushing just a tiny bit, "And you, Jacob?" she asked with a smirk, "The bird-shifter?"

"I have a feeling that I'm going to have to be something big so that the cats can't get me." Jacob said as he too stood up and took Ellie's place in the kitchen. He took a deep breath and also transformed into a big raven. He flew up to the counters and cocked his head to the side. Then he transformed back and went back to get his clothes that were lying in a heap. "It's not my favorite form since I enjoy being a parrot but it's good enough."

"When he transforms we like to call him Rainbow." Frances laughed, "Just because it annoys him."

Lily finished her meal and started to finish her cocoa, "This is the most excitement I've had in a while," she grinned at them, "Thank you for letting me share your company."

"Any time," Ellie said with a laugh. "You're welcome here any time you like. I believe that Frances wanted to train you guys for something, so you can use the training room if you want. I would use the wards if I were you, Franny." She scolded the human-neko as he turned beat red.

"Wards?" Lily blinked, "What for?"

"Because sometimes a certain someone likes to show off and accidently hit things inside the living room. Sometimes the newbies that can't control their powers make it worse, so we have to keep it contained somehow." Jacob responded.

"You guys are so harsh." Frances said. "That was only once."

"Once was enough to start warning everyone to put up wards." Ellie replied with a huff.

Lily nodded, "Alright…shall we?" she asked seeing Fran was done eating.

"Sure." Frances said as he pushed his plate away and stood up, "Let's go."