Me: *mutters, staring intently at the screen* Well, crap...
Charity: *hisses* Hey, you're on!
Me: Oh!
Hello, person who is reading this! You'll never guess what I did...when I went to Google Translate to figure out the title, I made a typo! And didn't catch it!
...*mutters swear word*...
Well? What should I do?
Should I go back and change it? And hope everyone forgets about it?
Or just leave it? And mention it in an Author's note?
I closed my eyes and stopped walking. Envy ran into me, then cursed.
"Watch what you're doing, woman!" Envy took a step back. "Uh, hello?" he waved a hand in front of my face.
I stomped on his foot, hissing, "Shut up, I need to concentrate!"
Envy yelped, hopping away and holding his foot. In my mind, I pictured a beach, with Charity and Greed on the sand. My fingers twitched as I felt the energy in the ground stir. I snapped my fingers, a boom box appearing next to my feet, a gentle song playing. Calls Me Home. Taking a deep breath, I lifted my hands to the sky. In my mind vines shot up, twisting themselves into a square that rounded at the top. I moved my feet in a circle, my arms moving to make ivy create pretty patterns on the ceiling, and soft grass to carpet the floor. I'm sure to a passerby it would look like dancing. I lifted my arms, then spread them out to the side. The door was made out of stiff grasses. I danced faster as the song changed to Flute, nightcore style. The windows were made of sweet-smelling cherry blossoms, and I left them open so the ocean smells could come in. I pictured Greed carried by vines inside the hut, smiling as Charity smiled at me. The song stopped just as I pulled away and opened my eyes.
"Kiara?" Envy asked as I slumped to the ground, worn out.
"Hang . . . on, give me . . . a moment." I panted, drained.
That always took it out of me. The long distance didn't help any.
"Charity says she'll pick up Lust and I, then come for you and Envy. Can you hang out for that long?" Chastity asked me.
"As long as Envy doesn't do anything that makes me want to hit him, sure." I replied.
Twenty minutes later, Charity appeared in front of us.
"I thought you had invisibility." Envy looked confused.
"I control Air as well, so I can go faster by using the air currents." Chare explained, offering her hand.
I grasped her left, letting the air sweep around me. Envy hesitantly grabbed Charity's right, and we were soon moving at a super speed, our feet hovering over the ground by a couple inches. We got to the beach in record time, just as it thundered. We all jumped, running into the hut as it started pouring.
"You'd have better made this thing water proof." Envy threatened.
I punched his shoulder. "Of course I did!"
"Hey hey, don't argue." Charity said.
"He started it!""She started it!" We said at the same time, then glared.
Chastity facepalmed. "Just don't have a cat-fight in here."
I sighed, walking away from Envy and transmuting my shoes off. "Whatever, boss."
"Boss?" Lust echoed.
"He's the oldest." Charity said.
Greed was unconscious, his head on Charity's lap. "Wonder what's wrong with him," I crouched down, reaching out and touching his forehead.
"Hot." I mused, pulling my hand away.
"Sick?" Lust offered.
"So soon? We just got here." Chastity blinked.
"Idiot." Envy muttered, leaning against the wall and staring out the window as the rain came down in sheets.
"Truth, I am going to kick your butt into next week." I growled.
"Careful, Kindness," Chastity warned. "You're keeping this hut together."
I calmed down, but silently seethed, glaring at the grass as it turned brown and died.
"Calm down, already." Envy tapped my head with his fist.
"Grr . . . when can I kick his butt?" I took a deep breath and regrew the grass with a flick of my wrist.
"When we judge these guys." Chastity soothed.
I sighed. "Fine. . ."
"We should get ready for bed." Charity yawned.
"Not," Envy yawned. "tired."
"Uh huh, sure thing." I rolled my eyes, then stood up.
"The only way I can make this thing bigger is I have to be outside." We all glanced out the window.
"You'll be soaked." Lust commented.
I shrugged. "Oh well." I walked outside and was instantly drenched.
Sighing, I faced the hut and as fast as I could, added three rooms. I walked back inside, shivering.
"Why do you have to be outside?" Lust asked as I took off my jacket.
"Dunno, but I have to." I sighed, pulling my sneakers and socks off.
"Girls get one room, guys get the other." I directed.
The room up north was guys, girls was on the right and bathroom connecting them.
I walked into our room, made my bed out of soft flowerpetals and waited impatiently for the other girls to walk in. When they did, I closed and locked the door.
"What do you want your bed to be made out of?" I asked Lust.
"Whatever yours is made from." She shrugged, pulling off her boots.
I thought for a moment, then made her bed from flowerpetals as well. Charity's was made out of a cloud, with rose petals tossed in-courtesy of moi- which she flopped on with a content sigh. Lust sat on her bed, looking at me expectantly.
I pulled off my tank top, wringing the water out of it with a sigh.
"I dunno 'bout you, but I'm exhausted." Charity said, voice muffled from the puffy cloud.
"You think you're tired?" I laughed. "That's funny. You didn't have to suffer through Envy's complaining all day."
Lust grinned at me. "What do you think of him, Kindness?"
I looked at her like she was insane. "I think he's annoying and . . . and . . . argh, I don't wanna think about him."
Lust and Charity exchanged glances. "What?" I asked.
"Nothing~!" Charity said in a sing-song voice.
"Whatever. Chare, could you dry me off?" I crawled out of my soft bed, standing on the grassy floor.
Charity lazily waved her hand, and a huge gust of wind hit me full force. I would've went flying, if it weren't for the vines that came up and latched my feet to the ground at the last possible second.
"You are dangerous." I tried to flatten my hair, only for my hand to get caught. I groaned.
Chastity knocked on the door. "Kindness~!"
"What?" I asked, peeling my shirt off the ceiling.
"Envy won't co-operate!"
"Not my problem!" I ran my fingers through my frizzy hair that looked like an afro.
"Kindness~please help?" Chastity whined.
I sighed, tugging my shirt over my head. I opened the door, glaring at Chastity.
He jumped, looking at me, terrified. I probably looked like a cross between a mad scientist and a furious mom.
Scary.
"I didn't ask for this. . . " I groaned, pushing past him and walking into the room. Greed was sleeping soundly on a cloud.
Envy was sitting in a corner.
I facepalmed, walking over.
"Envy." I said sharply.
He didn't move.
"Look at me." Slowly, he turned his head to look at me.
Icy glare met icy glare.
"Get ready for bed or you will find yourself strapped to the bottom of the ocean." I threatened.
"Who's gonna make me?" He snorted.
Now he's crossed a line. I thought darkly.
I grabbed his hair and started walking to the main room.
"Ow ow ow ow!" Envy stumbled after me.
My siblings and Lust watched, slightly awed and very scared as I walked outside, dragging Envy who was whimpering behind me.
We were both instantly wet as the storm raged on.
"You see that ocean?" I pushed him forward, calling over the howling wind; my hair was in my face, making it hard to see and talk. "Do you really want to be stuck in that?"
Envy looked slightly scared as I pushed him forward.
"Well?"
"Of course not!" Envy yelled, turning and grabbing me.
My eyes went wide as he heaved me into the ocean.
Charity's POV
"He just . . . threw her." My jaw about hit the floor.
"Ouch. That's not going to help him any." Chastity winced.
"He's not doing a very good job of getting on her good side." Lust sighed.
I sighed. Teenagers. "Let Kindness nail 'im?" I asked.
"We'll watch the show. You might want to check on Greed." Chastity replied.
"Right." I turned and walked into the guy's room.
I pressed my hand to his forehead, biting my lip as I realized there was no change. Where's Temperance, the bestest healer ever, when you need her?
"Charity?" Greed muttered weakly.
"What do you need?" I asked.
He licked his lips, looked at me, eyes glazed.
"What's wrong with me?" It struck me that he's never had to battle sickness before, so his immune system was probably terrible.
"You're sick." I said gently.
"We all knew that." He grimaced.
"No, as in sick-sick. Like bodily sick." I stumbled for a better explanation.
"Ah." He sat up, then promptly started coughing.
I rubbed his back as he groaned. He grabbed my hand and pressed it to his forehead.
"Greed?" I asked, confused as he fell back onto the cloud.
"Shh babe, your hand's cold." he shushed, eyes closed.
I blinked my light blue eyes, watching him. I slowly relaxed, smiling to myself. I moved my hand to press against his cheek. He sighed, leaning to my touch and drifting off to sleep. My eyes started to droop, and before I knew it, my head was on his chest and I was asleep.
Chastity's POV
Lust and I watched in silence as Envy turned and tried to walk back to the hut.
"That's my little sister he just threw." I growled, feeling anger rush over me.
Lust sighed. "He's a moron."
"He's gonna go dig her out." I cracked my knuckles and stomped outside.
"YOU ARE A FREAKING IDIOT!" I roared, my fist coming back and socking him in the nose.
Envy stumbled back, clutching his nose as blood gushed down his face. He stared at me, shocked.
"You just threw your chance at life in the ocean!" Envy blinked, bewildered.
I stared up at the sky as something white hurtled to the water. A huge splash rose up. I instantly knew who it was, but Envy looked scared as he clutched his face. The water washed some of the blood away, but it still came out in torrents. The blood and the rain, that is.
If he doesn't die from fear, he'll pass out from blood loss. I thought, annoyed.
A figure with long blond hair, dressed in a blue flowing dress* walked on the water to us, holding a limp form. The form's red hair dripped water that flew everywhere. Temperance looked sharply at Envy as she handed Kindness to me.
She wasn't one to lose her temper much, raise her voice, or be angry at all, really. But when she looked at Envy, nothing but fury swam in her chocolate orbs.
"We really don't appreciate the injury of angels, Homunculus." Her voice radiated authority, even though she was the second youngest of us. "Mother thinks we made a mistake on giving you a second chance. You have two tries left. Screw those up and you're in big trouble."
She was about to leave, but I stopped her. "Temp, Greed's sick. Think you could help?"
Temperance sighed. "I can." She followed me inside, Envy slowly following.
I walked into the girls room, sliding Kindness onto her bed. Lust watched, interested as I tucked her in.
"You really show affection for her." She commented.
"She's my little sister." I said simply.
I walked out, missing Lust's smile.
When I walked into the guys room, I noticed two things. Envy's nose wasn't bleeding and he looked perfectly fine, and Charity had her head on Greed's chest, sound asleep. Temperance watched them, a small smile on her face.
"She looks happy," She said softly. "I figured you'd want to see this before I moved her to examine Greed."
"You fixed Envy up in the meantime." I said, glaring at the kid.
He ignored me, staring out the window grumpily.
"Yes. He was making a mess all over the floor." Temperance sighed.
I took a picture with a phone I summoned, then slipped the phone in my back pocket. I motioned Temperance to examine Greed as I gently shook Charity awake. She jerked upwards and blinked, dazed. Her cheeks went pink as she realized what had happened.
"I . . . think I'll go sleep with the girls." She turned hurried to the girls room, closing the door behind her.
*Should there be a comma there? I kept going back and forth on it, but decided to leave it like it was.
Another chapter! This one's on the longish side. Did you like the appearance of Temperance? Her appearance is like Hawkeye's, but with longer hair.
Yay or nay to the POV changes?
The next chapter's hilarious, BTW. Lot's of Envy and Kindness ;)
Review?