I'm baaaaaaack...kinda.
Alright, so I haven't had much opportunity to write recently, so...I'm working on it.
Disclaimer: I don't own the FE cast or the VA concepts and references. Though I do own any and all OC's mentioned.
"Rise and shine, Edward."
"Wuh?!" Edward shot up into a sitting position, then quickly looked to see Leonardo sitting on the edge of his bed, fully clothed in blue and white and watching him intently. "What time is it?" he asked quickly, removing the sleep from his eyes.
"About 7:30 or so. You fell asleep with your music in, so I shut it off and plugged your phone in about a half-hour ago so it wouldn't die on you later. …I hope you don't mind."
He blinked for a second. "Oh. Thanks. Seriously."
Leonardo nodded. "It's nothing." He furrowed his brow slightly. "Why did you have Never Too Late on a loop, if I might ask?"
"Oh, that." Edward rubbed his eyes. "It's…kind of like a theme song for me, I guess." He sighed lightly and swung his legs out of the covers and onto the floor. "Let me take a quick shower, then I'll be good. That alright?" he asked, looking to the blond.
The elder teen nodded again. "It's fine by me."
About ten minutes later, the pair was headed out towards the cafeteria, followed by Chad and Lugh, who stayed in the dorm long enough for Edward to get himself together.
"Okay, just as a tip for you two," Edward started to Leonardo and Lugh, "never, and I mean NEVER, tick off the wrong people here. Let's start with that."
Leonardo raised an eyebrow, slightly amused. "And who might these 'wrong people' be?"
"Well, Tomas is a big one," Chad answered. "He's normally pretty good-natured, but trust me; you do NOT want to see him when he gets mad."
"What happened?" Lugh asked, picking up his pace to match the elder teens'.
The brunet cringed. "Let's just say he got suspended for about two weeks and almost got pulled off the track team for it. Trust me, it was NOT pretty." He put up a hand. "Let's just stop on that note."
"His brother's another example," Edward continued. "I mean, I've only ever seen Sedgar ticked once, but that one time he was, the guy ended up with a broken nose AND jaw AND very bad black eye. All from two punches. Proving that you should not mess with Tomas when he's around. Nothing would have happened otherwise. And Sedgar got a week's worth of detention with Professor Panini for what he did." He visibly shuddered. "She's so NOT the person I'd want to spend two hours with at ANY time, let alone in a room alone with her. I actually feel sorrier for Sedgar than the one who decided to get on his bad side."
"Also," Chad added, "NEVER get in between Ephraim and Innes when they're arguing unless you want to get punched in the face. Just let them do as they will. Cain and Abel on the other hand, don't worry about them. They're never serious. They just have opposite ideals and love giving people a show with them."
"And Sophia. Never, and I mean NEVER, EVER, in a BAJILLION years, tick off Sophia. Yeah, she's normally quiet and shy, as I explained to you," Edward pointed to Leonardo, "yesterday, but when she gets mad…" He shuddered again, much deeper this time, and quickly looked around to make sure she wasn't nearby. "Y'know what, I'm actually not even to say anything on that, to make sure there's no possibility of losing my…uh, yeah, I'll just stop there."
Chad leaned in to Lugh and said in a chilling whisper, "She's ALWAYS watching…"
Lugh blinked for a moment and gulped. "B-but she and Raigh seem to get along really well, though…"
He raised his eyebrows. "Raigh's the first-year she was talking about yesterday?"
The first-year thought about it for a second before nodding. "Probably, yeah. They already seem really close, even though they just met yesterday."
"…Well. But, just so you know, she's been voted by a lot of people to be the one most likely to kill someone with a smile on her face." (A/N: Am I also the only one who noticed that she and Kirigiri from Danganronpa look so very eerily similar? It's way too uncanny…*shudder*…)
"…And you're just so nonchalant about it…?" Leonardo asked incredulously.
"It's Sophie," Edward answered, shrugging. "We're used to her by now."
"Speaking of Sophia," Lugh started, pointing in the direction of the cafeteria table on the right-hand wall, "is she…?"
"…holding HANDS with your BROTHER?!" Chad ended, eyes wide in disbelief. "But they literally JUST met yesterday!"
And they were. They and Pelleas were in full-on conversation about…well, let's just stick with the dark arts, to put it simply. Micaiah and Hermione, both being light-mages, were asking each other how someone could speak about the darkness so fervently.
…Wait, HERMIONE? Edward's breath hitched in his throat upon seeing the manakete, stopping him in his tracks. He hadn't expected her to come back this year, considering what had happened the year before…
Leonardo took a look back at the brunet, concern etched on his face. "Edward?" He took a step back towards him, making Chad and Lugh stop right after. "Are you alright?"
The shorter teen's gaze moved from the Moroi, back to Hermione, then over to where Volug was seated. His eyes widened, and everything else seemed nonexistent around him upon seeing the two the wolf was talking to. "There's no possible way…" he breathed, his voice somewhat shaking.
One of them, a first-year boy with sandy-blond hair, stood up upon seeing him, and made his way over through the crowd. "Edward!" he called out, bounding over to the smaller group.
Leonardo lightly shook Edward's arm, snapping him out of his trance. "Hey," he said softly. "What's wrong? Who is that?"
Edward let out a shaky sigh. "…He's my brother."
DUN DUN DUNNNN!
*rapidly waves a stick at the wolves waiting for something better* Back! Back I say! Okay, okay, to be frank, this is part of a much longer segment...that I started months ago...ahem. I'm just trying to finish up the piece, and it's taking longer than expected. Hopefully (though I doubt it) this little...semi-cliffhanger will be enough to keep people sated until I finish the actual chapter. *steals a fuming and/or fearful glance at the snarling pack* I said I'm working on it! Just...give me some time to finish. It's a long chapter by my standards.