Early in the morning, Kagami slowly rolled over in her bed. She softly groaned, her eyes slowly opened. The dorm room was still dark and outside the window was just barely lighting up with the sunrise. As her vision came to, she blinked a bit at what she saw.
In the middle of the room was Elise. She was sitting on the floor, tying a pair of knee high camouflage boots on. Tucked underneath them was a pair of woodland paints. She smiled, quickly jumping up onto her feet. She stretched out her arms a bit before grabbing a different camouflage jacket. It was a lot like the one her father had given her, but this one had lines of neon orange across it.
Kagami simply kept quiet, watching as Elise threw a quiver filled with arrows over her shoulder followed by a large compound bow. In the blink of an eye, she bolted out the door before the sun even had a chance to fully rise. Something definitely had her excited.
"Hey..." Kagami quietly mumbled, looking at the door. "Did any of you guys see that too?"
"Yep." Cheyenne spoke softly, blinking rapidly in her bed. "Never seen her awake this early before. What do you think she's doing?"
"Who knows." She leaned over her bed, letting her green hair fall down around her face. "She seemed happy about something."
Before the Faunus could respond, Kris spoke in a very low grumble. "I don't care... at all... so all of you... SHUT UP SO I CAN SLEEP! IT IS THE WEEKEND!"
Both the light haired brunet and jade haired girl went silent. Kagami gave a sigh, rolling back over as she curled back up under her blanket.
Hours later, Cheyenne was brushing her hair while staring back into a mirror. "Hey," She mumbled, looking back at Kagami who was polishing her sword. "Elise has been gone for at least five hours. Should we like... worry?"
The jade haired girl looked up, blinking a few times. She then gave a sodt shrug, glancing down at her sword. She stared at her reflection in the glimmering metal before flashing a smile. "I think she's fine. Definitely fine." She looked up as she sheathed her blade. She stood, leaning it against the wall. "She's not one to turn down something insane or fall all that easily."
"Right." She nodded back, softly sighing. She layed down her brush, looking over at Kris who was still sound asleep. "Should wake her?"
Without even the slightest hesitation and a rather quick response, Kagami snapped back. "No!" Her eyes widened a bit before quickly shaking her head. "You're usually gone when I force Elise to wake her. It is not good at all."
The Faunus blinked back, slowly nodding. "Okay." She nodded a bit more.
Just then, the door swung open. "Heeeeey guys!" Elise voice chirped through the air as she skipped into the room.
Both Kagami and Cheyenne went silent, both blinking as they stared back at her. Both their heads tilted to the side as Cheyenne slowly lifted a finger. "Uh... what..."
Elise glanced at them, smiling from ear to ear. At the moment, dirt was brushed all across her face. She softly chuckled, looking over her shoulder. "This?" She smiled a bit more. Over her shoulder, she held a rope. Attached to said rope was a lifeless turkey hanging upside down with its legs tied. She looked back at her teammates. "Have you never seen dinner before it's made yet?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Again..." Kagami held up a hand with eyebrows raised. "What?"
Elise gave a very long and deep sigh as she walked over to her part of the room. She placed the turkey down before taking off her bow and quiver. "You guys are lame." She took her jacket off, showing a bright neon orange shirt underneath. She then glanced back. "Haven't you guys heard of fhe Day of Praise?"
"Huh?" Kagami tilted her head to the side.
The farm girl sighed again, softly shaking her head. "Stupid city people."
"I know what it is." Cheyenne softly raised her hand. "Well, I learned about it. My family and I just were never able to celebrate it."
"Sooo..." Their leader tilted her head the other way. "What... is it?"
"Whatever it is, it sound lame." Kris snapped from under her blanket. She slowly pulled it down from her face, glaring with gold green eyes. "This is the few times I actually get to sleep in during the week, and you make so much noise!"
Elise glanced over, quickly laying her jacket over the dead bird. She didn't do so to hide it from the red head. She did it because she knew Kris wouldn't like to see something like that.
"It's not that stupid." Cheyenne muttered as she looked over. "It's the day which Huntsmen and Huntresses from long ago came and inhabited the Kingdom of Vale. They were tired of living in Mistral's world so they came over here to establish their own land. They were called crazy and insane. Mainly because people back then thought the world was flat and that if they sailed far enough, they would fall off the edge of Remnant. Well," She rubbed the back of her head. "Either that or getting eaten by aqua Grimm."
"Really?" Kagami stuck her hands in her hoodie pocket, at least somewhat interested.
"Still sounds lame." Kris muttered.
Elise gave a soft sigh, crossing her arms. "It's not lame. Today is suppose to be spent with family and friends and give praise for those who risked their lives to let this Kingdom grow. Plus, there is always a big feast!"
Rolling her eyes, the red head rolled over and shut her eyes. "Yep. Lame. Anything family related is lame."
Elise blinked a few times, sighing a bit. She then looked back at her two other teammates. "What do you guys say?"
"Well I've always wanted to so something like this." Cheyenne gave a smile. "I'm in."
"You?" The brunet looked over at Kagami.
Blinking a few times, the jade haired girl shrugged. "Sure, why not. Sounds pretty cool."
"Great!" Elise grinned, jumping up and down a bit. "You keep Kris busy and I'll make all the food! Mama taught me how to cook really well!"
Kagami and Cheyenne looked at each other, blinking a few tines. The two of them both raised their eyebrows, eyes widening. "Occupy Kris?" They both said, staring at each other.
A while later, Cheyenne was leaning over Kris' shoulder as the red head played Rainbow Time Dancers on her scroll. "So... this is that show you and Elise like?"
Kagami blinked a bit, watching the six color themed girls put all their hands in a circle. "This is... some really weird stuff."
"But it's pretty good." The Faunus muttered.
"You got me there." She responded back with a slow nod. "It's rather interesting."
"Oh! Wait! Guys! Shush!" Kris waved her hands a bit before pointing at the screen. "Watch this! This is the part where Pi gets kidnapped by Doctor D. and her friends have to rescue her! Doctor D. does this thing that cancels out Pi's fast forwarding power too! So she can't fast forward time to get out of his clutches!"
Kagami gave a soft chuckle, sticking her hands in her pocket. Sometimes, she forgot how much younger Kris was. At only fifteen, she was still a child. All of them were still children.
"Shhhhh!" Cheyenne put her hand over Kris' mouth. "No spoilers! Darn it! Shut up, Christmas!"
Kris gave a soft grumble, licking the palm of Cheyenne's hand.
The Faunus quickly jerked her hand away, jumping off the bed as she shook it around. "Ew! Ew, ew, ew!"
As Kagami chuckled a bit more, Elise suddenly appeared in the middle of the room. "Dooone!" She smiled from ear to ear. "I could find a table so we're going to have to eat on the floor." She looked down at the ground.
There, was the turkey she had shot with an arrow earlier. Now it was a crisp golden brown with stuffing pouring out. Around it was bowls of mashed potatoes, corn, green beans, a large pumpkin pie and a special little dish.
Kagami sniffed the air a bit, her head trailing over. "That smells... really good."
Kris simply glanced over once, staring at the cooker bird before looking away.
Seeing this, Elise sighed softly and picked up the special dish. From what it looked like, it looked like it was some turkey meat along with stuffing. "Hey, Kris." She muttered, walking over with a soft smile. She held it out, grinning a bit. "I made this specially for you. Though it was against every instinct in my body..." She grumbled before shaking her head. "I made it. It's wheat, veggie broth, rosemary, thyme, season salt, onion powde, garlic powder and wild rice. I went to this vegan restaurant in the city and they told me how to make a meat free turkey."
Kris blinked a bit, looking over with raised eyebrows. "You... made a separate dish just for me?" Her eyebrows lifted up more. Her whole life, she was stuck with her mother giving her whatever it was she had her butlers cook and none of that was ever meat free. She glanced up at Elise before back down at the plate. Giving a long sigh, she closed her scroll. "Fine. I guess we'll do this stupid thing."
"Heeey!" Cheyenne quickly waved her arms around. "You turned off Rainbow Time Dancers! Doctor Dakrness was about to throw Pi halfway across the room!"
In and instant, Elise was holding four scrolls in her hand. "Also, no electronics today. Mama would never even let papa wear his watch when we ate on today,"
"How did you..." Kagami blinked, looking at her back pocket where her scroll once was.
"Now come on!" Elise reached out, grabbing Kris by the wrist. She immediately started pulling her along. "Let's eat before it gets cold!"
Kagami softly chuckled, watching as Elise pulled out a knife and cut the turkey apart. "Come on," She muttered to Cheyenne. "Let's go."
With a groan, Cheyenne stood up. "Yeah, yeah." She blinked a bit before tilting her head. "Where do you think she cooked all this?"
Kagami paused, blinked a bit before she shrugged. "Who knows." She looked over at Elise and Kris who were actually sitting side by side and not about to stab each other. "I say we don't question it and we let this last for as long as we can." She smiled, walking over and sitting down on the floor.
Cheyenne blinked a bit before shrugging. "Alright." She smiled herself, walking over.
Sneeking off and tracking down villains and criminals would have to wait. For now, team MACE had their hands full of juicy meat or some fake meat and was at ease. This team, these children just had no idea of the war and battles that were coming after them in no time.