#((good friends with other wealthy friends; never seen with a hair out of place!))

[theheadlessgroom]

@beatingheart-bride

"There was never any doubt in my mind," Randall assured her, taking her hand in his as sat beside him-even with the revelation that she was a vampire, he never felt even a twinge of fear upon learning it, nor did he ever have any doubts in her moral compass. She was a vampire now, yes, but she was still Emily.

And he still felt no fear, as they sat together in her lonely room, thought he did feel his heart ache as he looked around it. It was so quiet and dark, her bed so big and comfortable...and yet so painfully empty. He thought back to some of his lonelier, moodier nights before they met, and how his bed sometimes felt so massive, dwarfing him, hammering home that loneliness...

...and so perhaps he shouldn't have been surprised (and yet he was all the same) when he opened his mouth and commented, "Uh...why don't I stay here with you tonight?"

As soon as his brain caught up with his mouth, Randall's cheeks immediately went aflame, and his eyes widened, his heart pounding-it sounded too forward, didn't it? That wasn't his intention, he did want her to get the wrong idea, the wrong impression, he just wanted to comfort her, make her feel a little less alone tonight, that was all...!

[miyukikoorikawa]

This is my MFB OC Miyuki Koorikawa. She is known as Ice Queen. She’s a blader and a Ice Skating champion. Her love Interest is Tsubasa Otori. Her beyblade is Blizzard Cygnus. She is the Older Sister of Arina Koorikawa.

Here is her Info:

Name:

Miyuki Koorikawa

AKA:

Ice Queen

Age:

15 (Metal Fusion)

16 (Metal Masters)

17 (Metal Fury)

24 (Shogun Steel)

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

February 5

Birth Place:

Aichi, Japan

Country:

Japan

Ethnicity:

Japanese

Race:

Human

Status:

Alive

Hair Color:

Jet Black

Eyes Color:

Brown

Height:

5’2”

Weight:

112 lbs

Personlity:

Miyuki is rather gentle and polite, most often smiling. She is very kind to her friends, always showing her friendly side.  She is known as Ice Queen because of her appearance are beautiful and elegant. She is determined to Beyblade like a profession, dreaming of taking part in championships. Her kindness wins the love of. She is very popular with the guys especially the girls who admire her beauty. In addition to her kindness, she is very helpful and is always concerned about what her friends are doing, always trying her best to keep their spirits up. She also has a passion for fashion and clothes, always searching for the prettiest and most stylish outfits to wear. She loves ice skating. She is of becoming a ice skater.

Miyuki is good-natured and easygoing person. She always cheer Socking her friends and anyone that are sad. She the perfect one to cheer people up. She never seen angry or mad at anyone.

Appearance:

Miyuki is a tall, beautiful girl with fair skin. She have long jet black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. She wears a light blue and yellow vest and white top with light blue heart. She wears earrings. She wears a brown belt and light blue skirt. With her long white socks. She wears a light blue and white boots with light blue ribbons. She have white socking.

Boyfriend:

Tsubasa Otori

Family:

Risa Koorikawa (Mother)

Koji Koorikawa (Father)

Arina Koorikawa (Sister)

Katelyn Tamsi (Cousin)

-Shogun Steel-

Tsubasa Otori (Husband)

Michiko Otori (Daughter)

Occupation:

Blader

Ice Skating Champion

Gingka’s Gang

Leader of BladeValkyrie

Beyblade (c)

Blizzard Cygnus

Special Move:

Icy Crystal Assault

Element:

Ice

Attack Type:

Defensive/Stamina Type

Biography:

Miyuki Koorikawa grew up in Aichi, Japan with her mother, father and her younger sister Arina. Her family are pretty wealthy. Her dream is to become a great singer when she got older. She did not have many friends, She doing singing as a hobby. Miyuki had always been an aspiring ice skater, but was interested in Beyblading, observing the neighbourhood children battle each other from a distance after practice. Her parents, concerned for her safety, did not want her Beyblading with the others as yet.

When she turned six years old, her mother presented her with the Beyblade, Blizzard Cygnus containing a beautiful swan BeySpirit that Miyuki immediately took a liking to. At first, she was not used to launching her Beyblade and keeping it spinning which discouraged her but she did not give up. A few weeks of training and watching the other children, she learned how to launch her Beyblade properly. Eager to show the others, she decided to show off her moves against another girl in front of a crowd. Fired up and passionate about her first battle, she was not unhappy from losing but instead vowed to become better and soon the best blader that Japan has ever seen.

At the age of eight, she had grown both in strength and in confidence and put ice skating off to the side to focus on her skills as a Beyblader. Miyuki was acquainted with all the other kids that lived near her and was told about a junior Beyblading contest that was taking place by Arina, who had signed her up already. Although nervous, Miyuki was pumped and eagerly agreed to participate and came out in second place. She was excited about her win but even more excited about discovering a new special move: Ice Crystal Assault.

One day when Miyuki goes to elite school. She heard from another girl that they're going to have a new transfer student in their class. That when the sliver haired boy name Tsubasa Otori came in. Miyuki thinks that he was cute and want to be his friend. Tsubasa sat next to Miyuki. Miyuki smile at him and introduce herself to him. He smile back. She would like to be friends with him. He responded yes. They became friends. They hang out alot. They getting along great.

((Present Day))

When Miyuki was older, she decided to have a Beyblade battle practice. During a practice session with her Beyblade at a nearby gym, she ended up running into her childhood friend, Tsubasa. Excited to see him again. She was going to spend time with him, They decided to catch up on the time she missed while she was away with him over lunch, and later met with Tsubasa’s friends.  She became friends with the others, such as Madoka and Kenta. More powerful than when she was a child, Miyuki decided to take on Gingka Hagane and display her newfound skills. Madoka, Tsubasa, and Kenta all came to watch the unfolding of the challenge she presented. It was a tough fight and both Beyblades took a reasonable amount of damage. Even with Miyuki's Cygnus’s special move, she ended up tying with the powerful Blader. Gingka congratulates her, and remarks on how strong her Blader's Spirit is and how much stronger it could be if she kept believing in herself. They shake hands and she smiles, content with her victory, not in battle, but in herself and spirit which made her feel victorious. She soon joined Battle Bladers, wanting to achieve her dreams of becoming the best. However, things took a turn for the worst when she faced off against Ryuga. She was thrilled with excitement, and nearly managed to defeat him by putting up an amazing fight while taking so many of Lightning L-Drago’s attacks, but Ryuga used his dark power, which nearly destroyed Miyuki's bey. She sadly forfeited the battle, feeling saddened by the loss, but Madoka vowed to fix up her Bey and make it good as new again.

Before the World Championship, Miyuki spent time with her sister Arina to to recalling her past endeavours up to then. She was so happy to see them and expressed her feelings about Beyblading, while later introducing Arina to Tsubasa and the others. Miyuki then tells Gingka and the others that she Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko are going to be on Team BladeValkyrie, with her as the team leader. Excited about the World Championship, they agreed that they all make it their objective to have fun! Team BladeValkyrie managed to defeat Team Korea and Team Mexico, the next round leading to GanGan Galaxy and Miyuki was excited. Nichiko battled against Masamune and won. Reika battled Tsubasa, and nearly won until Tsubasa's dark power took over and caused him to nearly destroy Reika's Bey, which she ended up losing. Finally, Miyuki battled against Gingka, but lost to him.

After a break, BladeValkyrie got a second chance and battled against Team Starbreaker, which won against them and nearly outed their team from the tournament. Upon going against Damian, he traps her and Cgynus inside Hades’ Gates, but they break out of the chains and Miyuki almost manages to pull out a spectacular victory against him with her strongest Special Move: Sub-Zero Cannon. Both attacks collided, causing a massive explosion that covered the entire field in smoke. As the smoke slowly clears, it reveals Cgynus has stopped spinning with a stadium sleepout, while Hades barely managed to keep spinning,

During the Hades City incident, she, along with Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko help Gingka and many others fight against members of the HD Academy alliance.

A year and a couple weeks later, after the defeat of Hades Inc and the destruction of the Spiral Core, a strange event occurred. A new Star Fragment similar to the one that created Storm Pegasus and Lightning L-Drago exploded and spread out twelve beams of light that fell on Earth, hitting and enchanting eleven destined Beyblades. These Beys would prove to help in a time of darkness, as the legend of the star foretells.

Miyuki journeys with Gingka and the others to find the Legendary Bladers to help defeat Nemesis, as well as becoming one herself, which represents Earth. It was the danger of the battle against Rago that made her realise her obvious crush on Tsubasa. As the time came for Gingka and his group to depart, Miyuki was unsure on how to confess her feelings to Tsubasa. While walking through the forest of a nearby park they'd met, aimlessly wandering deep in thought, she accidentally trips on a root and nearly tumbles into the river, only to be caught by Tsubasa. He comments on her clumsiness and how she should not make it a habit. Nervously laughing, she tells him that she hopes that he could be by her side to help her when she can’t help herself, and confesses her affection for him.

((Zero G/Shogun Steel))

Years after the events of Nemesis, and working happily at the WBBA, Miyuki was married to Tsubasa after a long while of knowing and working alongside each other. She still Beyblading, trains newcomers to the sport. She soon became a mother and has a daughter name Michiko.

Voice Actor (c):

Shannon Hamilton (English)

Ai Kayano (Japanese)

Miyuki Koorikawa (c) Me

Art by Artichow

[livingdreams97]

Tara Carpenter -- "The lies I keep" (Part 1)

Tara Carpenter x Male reader/oc

Summary: Having a normal life is difficult after the one she considered her best friend tries to kill her and causes distrust in everyone she meets. But something or rather someone manages to enter her heart and hiding that person is the best thing that occurs to her.

Words: 3.333

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Masterlist

(If you haven't seen Scream VI yet, don't read this because it contains spoilers or read it, but at your own risk.)

POV You

New York has always been my home, my safe place. The hustle and bustle of the streets during the day and the background noise 24/7 relax me in a strange way. Born and raised on the Upper East Side, in Manhattan, and I know the city like the back of my hand.

My life felt like the one in the movies, when the protagonists explore and live every part of New York. Sometimes I even feel like I live inside the Gossip Girl series and that everything is perfect.

But let's face it, nothing is perfect and happiness is not eternal.

Yes, I live in a 300 square meter duplex and also, in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in all of New York. But what is the use of having such a big house, when your parents are never home and you are an only child.

Because one thing is clear and that is that to live where I do, you have to have money and a lot of it. But for my parents that has never been a problem.

Both my mother and father come from wealthy families, but other than that; my father is one of the best surgeons in the entire state and my mother has her own law firm. So the two generate a good sum of money.

But that also means one thing: travel. My parents have spent their lives traveling from one part of the state to another, either because the clients are very important or because of some kind of congress or some of those things.

But in their defense I have to say that they always call me to find out how I am, they are interested and concerned about me. In addition to the fact that when they are at home, they usually try to spend as much time as possible with me and try to be there for me.

And now that I'm in college, I'm officially living alone. My parents thought that I would like to have my own apartment and decided to buy me a flat for my birthday. Of course, it is a ten minute walk from where they lived and thus be close in case I need anything.

Although first they would have to be at home to help me, but I don't object since they let me choose the floor and the decoration.

XX: Hey .- I hear someone greet me, taking me out of my thoughts and returning me to reality.

I turn my head to the right, meeting the person who greeted me and I can't help but smile at his presence.

Y/n: Hello.- I greet with a huge smile full of emotion, causing the other person to laugh and sit next to me in class.

XX: What makes you so happy? - she asks me funny leaving her bag on the table.

Y/n: My girlfriend.- I answer shrugging my shoulders.

XX: Oh yes? - she asks me with too much interest and I nod. -And do I know her?- she asks resting her elbow on the table and her chin in the palm of her hand watching me.

Y/n: I don't know, maybe.- I answer with a grimace imitating her posture. -She has almost black dark brown hair, she has brown eyes, she is super intelligent, she has the most beautiful smile in the world and she is 1.55 cm tall. Do you know her? - I ask her funny.

XX: I'm not sure.- she says with a thoughtful face. -The description seems familiar to me, but I don't fall for it.- she denies with false disappointment.

Y/n: What a pity, because I was thinking of inviting her to eat and to see a movie, but I haven't seen her so nothing.- I comment letting out a fake sad sigh.

XX: Well, invite me then.- she suggests with an amused smile.

Y/n: I'm sorry Carpenter, but I'm a faithful man.- I shake my head, holding back my laughter and looking away.

Tara: Idiot.- she slaps me gently on the shoulder, letting out a laugh and causing me to do it too.

Y/n: But you like me that way.- I assure her with a smile, placing a lock of hair behind her ear and caressing her cheek affectionately.

Tara: Unfortunately.- she whispers frustrated rolling her eyes.

Y/n: Hey! - I exclaim offended, sitting upright in my chair and looking at her with crossed arms.

Tara: Just kidding.- she laughs hugging my neck and getting me closer to her. -I like you very, very, very much.- she assures me a few centimeters from my face.

Y/n: I don't know, I´m not sure.- I say with narrowed eyes. -You don't convince me.- I deny holding the smile that struggles to come to light.

Tara: And what can I do to convince you? - she asks a few centimeters from my lips and with an intense look.

Y/n: Food and a movie? - I ask appreciating her face in detail, or how little I can see with her closeness. -They have premiered a quite passable comedy.- I warn her with a slight smile, knowing that because of her past, the scary ones are a resounding NO and I understand it perfectly.

Tara: I can't.- she denies with a slight grimace and my smile disappears. - Mindy wants to try a new restaurant and if I disappear for a whole afternoon Sam would go crazy.- she explains and I nod.

Y/n: Maybe another day .- I sigh a little sadly, since we don't usually have many opportunities to spend time together and the truth is that I wanted to spend some time with her.

Tara: I promise you that this week we'll go eat together, okay? - she tells me and I nod again. -Thank you for understanding.- she whispers affectionately, before joining our lips and moving them slowly.

The kiss doesn't last long, as the teacher enters the class and everyone sits in their places. As the teacher explains today's material, I can't help but tune out what he says and think about my relationship.

I met Tara on the first day of class six months ago, when I was late because of traffic and the only free seat was next to her.

In the beginning, she always kept quiet and never spoke to me unless it was strictly necessary. But in the third week, they asked us to do a job in pairs and because we were sitting next to each other we had to do the work together.

In addition to the fact that she did not have many other options, since if she spoke to me only what was necessary, she had not even told her name to the rest of the class. So really I was her only option to do the job with.

During the first days when we did the work, Tara always kept a certain distance and limited herself to only talking about the work. At no time did she show interest in me as a person and in getting to know me.

So to avoid making her uncomfortable, I never asked her anything personal or anything that wasn't about work. And clearly, i didn´t tell her anything about myself either.

But at some point during the job, she began to feel more comfortable and became a little closer. She even came to ask me about my life and has told me some things about hers.

Two weeks later, though, Tara would admit to me that she had lied to me about a few things, like that she wasn't really from Michigan but from Woodsboro and that the scar on her hand didn't come from a kitchen accident, but that someone had attacked her disguised as Ghostface half a year ago or so.

At first I was surprised by her story and she apologized for lying to me, but she didn't feel safe to tell me the truth until that moment. I understood, since it doesn't have to be pleasant to live that experience and have someone as close as your best friend try to kill you.

That makes anyone distrust all the people they know and those they will meet at some point in their life.

So I didn't give it any importance and I didn't ask her any questions on the subject. Mostly because I didn't want her to feel uncomfortable or stop talking to me forever.

From the first moment I thought that Tara was a very pretty girl, but with time and getting to know her a bit more, I cannot deny that certain feelings began to surface.

So I didn't want her to freak out over some stupid question i did and decided I wasn't to be trusted or something like that and then stop talking to me.

Although the unthinkable happened two weeks later, when we said goodbye after class I went to kiss her on the cheek and she accidentally moved, causing me to kiss her on the lips.

We were both shocked and embarrassed at the moment, but she just asked me if I would be interested in a coffee one day and a week later we were a couple.

Couple now of four and a half months more or less. And even though I couldn't be happier and feel like the luckiest man in my life, to have the most wonderful woman in the world as my girlfriend. Not everything is so perfect and happy.

It took a while for Tara to be completely alone and vulnerable with me. Which I understood perfectly and always let her decide the place of our dates.

On the other hand, it is also the fact that nobody knows that we are together or even that we are friends. I'm lying. No one of her friends and sister know that we are a couple or that we even know each other.

At first, the privacy of our relationship was understandable, since as I said before, because of her past it was difficult for her to trust people and something similar happened to her friends. But her sister was somewhat more possessive or at least that's what my girlfriend always tells me.

When I've asked her why we still keep our relationship or even friendship a secret, the answer is always the same: Sam. 

She says that she is very overprotective and that she is always trying to control her. Besides, she doesn't trust new people, let alone love interests, since her ex-boyfriend was one of the murderers last year.

So her sister Sam's reason was quite understandable from my point of view, since at the end of the day all she wants is to protect her sister and make sure she's safe .

But that means that the time I spend with Tara, my girlfriend, is very limited and seems to always be timed.

I'm never going to complain about it, but it's hard for me to see couples making plans and spending time together, when I can't spend more than half an hour with my own girlfriend without someone texting her to find out where she is or if she is safe.

Every time I propose a plan, whether it's to eat something after classes, go for a walk or go to a cafeteria for a coffee, most of the time the answer is negative.

I don't even know how many times she has canceled me and promised to do the plan another day. At first I kept count unconsciously and tried to take her word for it. But over time I have stopped doing it.

It's sad and painful to tell the truth, especially when my friends; who do know that I have a girlfriend, ask me about her and about  when they will meet her and stuff like that.

But I really like Tara and although this situation hurts me at times, she is worth it.

And who knows, maybe at some point she will get encouraged and introduce me to her friends as her boyfriend, or like a friend at least.

POV Tara

I leave my last class of the day, kissing my boyfriend goodbye and walking to where I know my friends are waiting for me.

I can't help but feel bad for rejecting Y/n's plan, because it's not the first time I've done it and I'm sure it won't be the last. I feel guilty for not giving him the time he deserves and even more so seeing how thoughtful he's been during class.

Y/n is the perfect guy and I don't understand how lucky I've been to meet him. He is attentive, calm, a bit of an idiot; but in a good way, he is affectionate, funny, he gives me my space and always respects my limits.

He didn't even get angry when I admitted that I had lied to him about most of the things I told him about myself, and he didn't stop treating me differently when he found out the truth.

He continued to treat me in the same respectful and kind way he had done since the day we met. And I think that was one of the things that made me fall in love with him.

But lately I'm being the worst girlfriend in the world. Between working on other subjects, my friends who have been too present in my plans lately, and my sister who doesn't let me breathe, I don't have a free moment to be with him.

Because let's face it, there would be nothing I would want more than to go eat something with him and then cuddle against him watching a movie. Because he doesn't remind me of Woodsboro, doesn't overprotect me or control me like I'm going to get jumped at any moment. He treats me like a normal person without a traumatic past and i love that.

With him I feel calm, I feel happy and normal. With him I'm just Tara Carpenter the girl he likes, not Tara Carpenter the survivor of Ghostface, the Tara who was betrayed by her own best friend and tried to kill her three times. And that's another reason why I adore him.

Mindy: There 's my girl!- she exclaims when she sees me nearby.

Anika: Hey! - she claims, slapping her on the arm. -I'm your girl.- she reminds her with an amused smile.

Mindy: Don't worry babe, there's Mindy for everyone.- she assures her with a smile, putting her arm around her shoulders and bringing her closer to her body.

Chad: Besides, Tara's my girl.- he says jokingly, putting his arm around my shoulders and winking at me.

Ethan: Are you guys together?- He asks pointing at Chad and me with confusion and something else that I can't make out in his eyes.

Mindy: He wish.- she laughs at the question and the rest except Ethan and Chad laugh.

Quinn: Tara is a too much of a woman for Chad.- My roommate supports my best friend and they high five.

Chad: Hey! - He exclaims offended and I come out from under his shoulder.

Tara: And if it's not clear, no Ethan, we're not together.- I reply to the shy boy laughing with my friends.

Ethan: Oh, like .. you , you know.- he says nervously, pointing to where his roommate is and where I had been a few moments ago.

Tara: Well no.- I answer with a friendly smile. -And … Are we leaving or not?- I ask wanting to change the subject.

Mindy : Yessss .- she answers with her arms in the air. -I've heard that it's one of the best Mexicans in all of New York and that its tacos are to die for.- she tells us excitedly, starting to walk and heading towards the restaurant she's been talking about for days.

Chad: Changing the subject completely - he starts while we're walking as a group. -Tomorrow is Friday and Halloween .- he hums happily.

Tara: I doubt that Sam will let me out no matter how much it's Halloween or Christmas. - I deny crossing my arms, angry with my sister and her way of controlling everything I do.

Chad: Oh come on Carpenter, are you not going to your first college Halloween party because your sister forbids you? - he asks me with a false pout.

Anika: Chad, leave her alone.- she tells her girlfriend's brother in my defense.

Chad: It's our time to enjoy.- he assures us with a huge smile. -Fuck Sam and let's enjoy that we're still alive! - he exclaims trying to convince us.

Mindy: I keep wondering how come your brain hasn't had a short circuit with all the nonsense you say.- she tells her brother with a frown and a little amusement .

Chad: Because I'm right and you know it.- He points at her with a contagious smile.

As the brothers start poking each other, I'm left thinking and Chad has a point. I've been in New York for six months and I haven't been to any college party or event other than classes because of Sam.

That is to say, I can't even arrive home more than an hour late after class, because if I arrive a little later, my cell phone is already burning and organizing a search team.

My boyfriend hasn't even been to my apartment, because my sister would go crazy that I have a close friend and even more if she finds out he's my boyfriend. I mean, there's a reason I haven't told Sam that I have a boyfriend.

Tara: As much as it pains me to say it, Chad is right.- I interrupt the twins, causing everyone's attention to be on me and some to look at me in surprise.

Chad: What did you say? - he asks me with an amused smile, placing his hand next to his ear and bringing him closer to me .

Tara: You're right.- I growled amused. -Sam has her psychologist on Fridays, so she won't be home to know if I'm going out or not.- I commented with a look full of security.

Chad: Yes ! - he exclaims happily punching the air. -Party? - he asks me with a smile full of emotion.

Tara: Party.- i agree with a smile.

Mindy : Sounds good to me.- she nods, shrugging her shoulders and starts to talk about costumes.

As we all start talking about costume ideas and tomorrow's plan. Quinn tells us that she can't go, since she has a date with a guy from tinder and knowing her, I know well not to be home tomorrow.

While Chad tells us about the parties that there will be and the different fraternities that give them, I secretly take out my cell phone and look for a contact in my messages.

I find the contact immediately, entering the chat and letting Y/n know about my plans for tomorrow.

The answer is not long in coming and the smile on my face increases in size unconsciously. He tells me that his friends are also going to the same party and that he had no intention of going out. But now that he knows I'm going out, he assures me that he will find a costume and that he will see me at the party tomorrow without fail.

I couldn't be more excited right now. Tomorrow I'm going out with my party friends, without Sam and her excessive control. I will see my boyfriend and I plan to take advantage of a moment of inattention on the part of my friends, to spend time with him and enjoy the party by his side.

And who knows. Maybe after the party, I can sneak him into my apartment and do what I've been wanting to do for a while now.

[thundercloud12]

The Second Potter

a/n: This is my first story, please bear with me. This is a multiple part story focusing on the cousin of Harry and the love story between her and Draco. This is placed in the seventh year before the war and has modern technology. DO NOT STEAL MY WORK OR IDEA!!

Warnings: cursing, violence, mention of death, pregnancy, weed

Part one.

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“Welcome students back to Hogwarts. This year is going to be a little different. We have a new student transferring from another school of Wizardry and Witchcraft from America. Please be kind and treat her with respect and welcome her to her new school.” Said Dumbledore standing in front of the whole school.

To everyone, a new student this late on the year is abnormal. Never done before. Whispers spread through the great hall. “Who is she?” “I wonder if she’s hot” “I wonder where she will be sorted” “Hopefully not Slytherin”. The boys of Slytherin had looks of distaste and boredom. They didn’t even want to be apart of the sorting ceremony for the first years, let alone be apart of a the new student. “Have y’all seen the new girl?” questioned Theodore Nott. “No, I bet she’s ugly and a muggle. Only Dumbledore would be stupid enough to allow a transfer so late.” Draco stated with much distaste. “Do you think she would be sorted into Slytherin? I hope so because I need a girlfriend in the group” Pansy replied with a hopeful smile. Being the only girl in the Slytherin group had its pros and cons.

“Quiet down students. It is time to welcome y/n Potter” the voice coming from Dumbledore had a hint of pride and worry laced. Shocked would be an understatement surrounding the students. No one new there was another Potter. Everyone looked to Harry and before Hermoine could speak, the doors to the great hall opened. Every guy was drooling, mouths hung down and every girl spit out jealousy. In walked y/n, wearing a loose white blouse, a short fitted plaid skirt, and black knee high boots. Her hair was in a half do with a black bow tied around the small ponytail. She was the most beautiful girl anyone has seen. With that being said, her face showed anger as she angrily walked her way to the front of the great hall. Ready to get this over and finally have it out with Harry.

Draco, Theodore, Mattheo, Blaise and Pansy were shocked to say the least. Pansy new by her attitude and her fashion that they were going to be great friends. The boys however, wanted to snatch her up and call her theirs. They started placing bets on who gets the rights. However, Lorenzo knew exactly who she was. They had been friends for the longest time and he never thought he would see her again. He also knew this was not going to be good.

Back story: See, y/n is the cousin to Harry ;James’ niece. There was a special, uncommon bond between the two. They were both born on the same day and time, almost like they were twins. It was never seen before in 150 years. After, Lilly and James were killed; Voldemort went straight to y/n’s parents and killed them too. But one thing was strange, he could not kill y/n and Harry. They both have the same scar, y/n’s is on her chest instead of above the right brow. There was a clear connection between the 2 but no one knew why. Harry was taken to live with the Dursley’s, whereas y/n was taken to a wealthy family in America. She then went to a school similar to Hogwarts. Harry and y/n always kept in touch, sending letters to each other any chance they could get. It then stopped a year prior to her getting transferred Hogwarts. Lorenzo and y/n we’re best friends because both of their parents were best friends as well. Over the summers, they would stay at each others houses and they saw each other like brother and sister and nothing more.

Present: “Oh no, this is not good” said Enzo in a panicked tone. This caught the curiosity of his friends. “Do you know her Enzo? And why is it bad?” Before Enzo could reply. A loud voice yelled throughout the hall. Capturing the eyes and ears of all the students and staff. “WHERE IS HE” yelled y/n as she scanned the room looking for the victim . Once her eyes laid on him and she marched her way over to the poor boy who looked scarred yet angry. “HARRY! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU” To say the least, Hermoine and Ron were worried and looked between Harry and the new girl . “Harry what’s going on?” Questioned a very scarred Ron that’s currently in the path of a mad woman and an angry Harry. “Y/N STOP! This is crazy! It’s not my fault!” Boomed Harry, surprising everyone; even Professor Snape. “ NOT YOUR FAULT?! You are the reason my daughter is dead. You are the reason. If you wouldn’t have searched out to find Voldemort, he wouldn’t have came to me and killed my unborn daughter. All your searching and determination got her killed and I tried to stop you and YOU DIDNT LISTEN. You stopped sending letters and were upset because I told you it was going to get people killed. You really think he was the only coming after you?! WE ARE ATTACHED HARRY!! HE COULDN’T KILL US! WHEN HE COULDNT GET TO YOU HE GOT TO ME FOR REVENGE. I WISH HE WOULD’VE JUST KILLED YOU ALREADY BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER WOULD STILL BE ALIVE!” Screamed y/n with tears pouring down her face. She didn’t realize there was someone holding her until she was finished. She immediately recognized it to be Enzo. He whispered sweet nothings in her ear to calm her down. “ME?! I WAS TRYING TO SAVE YOU! TRYING TO SAVE US! I DID IT FOR US! IM SORRY SHE WAS KILLED BUT WHAT ABOUT ME! HE WAS ALWAYS COMING FOR ME. YOU WERE SAFE, I WAS NOT. HONES..” before he could finish, a loud smack was heard and followed by a chorus of gasps.

“Everyone, follow your prefects back to your dorms” Professor Dumbledore stated. The scene that unfolded was not expected. Dumbledore new both the Potter’s didn’t talk anymore but did not know why. All he was aware was that Voldemort attacked y/n in her school and caused a war and needed to get her safe. He did know what house she was sorted in because they did that before introducing her. She was sorted into Slytherin and makes sense. Enzo walked y/n into the common room where she could relax. He wanted to take her into his room and cuddle her like they have always done but y/n stopped when she saw his friends sitting by the fire. Draco, Theo, Mattheo, Blaise and Pansy waited for Enzo, talking about the events that unfolded not too long ago. “That 100% was hot” smirked Mattheo as Pansy slapped his arm. “This is serious, she lost a child at a young age. I could not imagine” Pansy stated very sadly. Before anyone else could comment, they noticed Enzo and y/n walking through the common room and Pansy hugged y/n. “ I know you don’t know me but I am so sorry. I’m Pansy by the way” “thank you that means a lot. Enzo, I want to get my mind off of everything. Where can we smoke and did you bring your weed?” To this, everyone was surprised. The new, attractive girl who just slapped the golden boy in-front of everyone; wants to smoke. She’s definitely a Slytherin“We can go to the astronomy tower. Would you like company?” “Sure, I’m guessing the boys starring at me is your friends? They can come too.” To say the least all the boys jumped up and followed Enzo and y/n to the astronomy tower. They all sat down and began a smoke fest. It was a weird silence because no one knew what to say and y/n hated that, so she broke the ice.

“ I know that everyone already knows my name but I want to introduce myself because that is not me. I am 16 and I grew up in America with my adopted family because of course you know that Voldemort killed mine as well as Harry’s. We’re both cousins and I grew up way better than he did but we always still talked up until Voldemort killed my daughter. I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, a town where wizardry and witchcraft is very prominent. And I know just by the looks on everyone’s face that you want to know why my daughter was killed. My boyfriend and I at the time were expecting a child obviously. A daughter who we named Ophelia. Of course I knew about Voldemort before Harry did, but I wasn’t expecting him to come after me all because he couldn’t locate Harry. When he did locate me, he put a spell on me that made my labor horrible and my daughter would not survive. However, at the time I did not know that. I thought he was just torturing me. He killed a lot of my friends and lot of students. It was so gruesome I don’t even know how I survived. I didnt know why he came until after about a week after. I found out that Harry was meddling and tried to kill Voldemort so he came after me. All he ever thought about was himself, and from what Enzo told me is that he is the golden boy, so I made it my mission to get transferred here to Hogwarts to make his life a living hell. Just like he made mine.” no one knew what to say and Pansy was in the corner crying as well as Enzo. “ I don’t want y’all to feel sorry for me. From what Enzo has told me is that you all are my kind of people and we would get along. I just wanna have fun and I want everyone to help me torture Harry, like he did me. Now tell me about yourselves” The night was spent smoking, laughing, crying and flirting. Y/n slowly started gravitating towards Draco. She could tell they were very similar by the stories he told. All of them were attractive to say the least but there was more to Draco that caught her eye. He was handsome. She found herself wrapped up in his arms as they shared a blunt. Enzo did not look happy for obvious reasons but did not intervene because the first time in a year, she looked genuinely happy. The night went fast and they found themselves heading back to their room. Y/n and Draco said goodbye with a comforting hug before separating.

The following day, she woke up a little early to look her best. Of course she altered the uniforms because they were a disgrace. Her skirt was shorter and she didn’t wear that ugly gray sweater. She wore something was sexier. A long sleeve white blouse, the green tie wrapped around her neck, her chunky white high top converse and her hair in a high ponytail. She kept the makeup natural looking but keeping her eyes looking eccentric. She left her robe open as her and Pansy made their way into the hall for breakfast. Of course, everyone looked at her but she didn’t care. Her main focus was on Draco as she made her way towards him. He kept looking at her and a light smirk crossed his face and waved her over to a spot he saved. She sat down and laid her head on his shoulder. Everyone looked at them, shocked but continued on with their conversation. Across the room, Harry glared at y/n as his eyes followed her right to Draco.

“Bloody hell. Her and Draco?! We’re doomed” replied Ron as he watched what was behind him. “Hermoine why won’t you sit with us?” Questioned Harry as he noticed she sat away from the 2 boys. “I hope it’s all not true. If we are the reason her daughter is dead, I’m going to be sick. She has every right to hate you Harry. Why didn’t you tell us, tell me?” Hermoine’s words struck Harry as he started to slowly realize what he had done. The golden trio has now been called the dark trio. As their actions killed an innocent baby and the soul of an innocent young girl.

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The beginning is not the best. I promise the story will get better. Please leave a comment if you like it.

[bionicle-ramblings]

This is based off of conversations I've had with @chancetimespace about the cat au posts I did a while back. Just want to first say thanks for putting up with the nonsense that is the Cat AU in the first place because my goodness is it fun to imagine the faves as cats

TW for animal endangerment, toxic family relationships

Also canon characters will either be represented as humans or animals, and not just limited to house cats, you'll see what I mean

I'm saying it now, please bear with me because this is a bit of a crack AU that started from free serotionin posts that spiraled into something fun with, again, thanks to @chancetimespace so please bear with me in this😅🙏

There will also be some retconning from this point on

With all that said, ONWARD!!!

So narratively speaking, and, as previously mentioned, retconning previous posts for the sake of a cohesive story, you, the reader, are in a moderately sized family with a fair number of cousins, some aunts, and some uncles, all of whom are present for the reading of a will, as an older relative has passed away. Where everyone gets a sum of money and maybe an heirloom, you get something that surprises everyone: the house the relative was living in. A few cousins ask to read the will themselves, thinking there was a mistake, but no. You get the house, the land it's on, and the 'assets' connected to the house. Your older cousin, wealthy, totally not shady cousin Teridax, explains that the assets are actually seven cats, specifically 6 house cats and a puma. Many of the family members try talking you out of taking the deal, as you can barely afford to take care of yourself, but when they're asked, the dead relative's children refuse to talk you out of it. Two are unable to, as they want to honor their parent, and the third(We'll call them Three for simplicity's sake) needs an extra set of hands to help care for the 7 cats and does agree to stop by to help you out and keep you company

So, yeah. That house and the seven cats in it are yours and you move in, and Teridax joins in helping, but also reminds you that this isn't house-sitting. You own the house and SEVEN cats now. Three tells him to budge off and you are just happy to have a house to own and not a place to rent every month

You walk in and are greeted by Three's friend and the relative's neighbor, who had heard a lot about you and is a surprising ball of energy fire someone rumored to have six dogs and the kittens

Also greeting you, the real stars of the show, are four of the seven cats(Listing they're madness and breeds so you can imagine them better. Some are switched around from the original posts): Nokama, who is a Russian blue with a heavy emphasis on blue thanks to a color mutation(play along), Matau, a genet that's steadily losing the green dye job a previous owner gave him before he wound up with your relative, Vakama, an Abyssinian with a nice red coat(that's what my sources say), and Lhikan, who, as mentioned previously, is a puma and was the relative's service animal before they died

As you walk in and the four greet you, Vakama watches you and stays close, as does Lhikan. When you ask, the neighor admits that Vakama tends to "act strange" after he has moments where he starts panting and has to lay down or just stands on his hind legs. They call it his seeing the future, but you have admittedly never been the superstitious type.

As you move in, with help from the neighbor, Three, and Teridax, you see the cats don't trust Teridax, most of all Lhikan, but you also see old momentos from your relative and the other three cats: Whenua, a black cat that keeps trying to open your boxes and see what's inside since it's been a while since he's seen you, Onewa, a Siamese cat that kinda wants nothing to do with you, and Nuju, a short haired Persian that's happy to supervise your move in and greet you from a distance.

After a bit of a long day, and some chill time, Teridax passive-aggressively threatens you because you got the house when it was meant to go to him, but Three reminds him that he is wealthy beyond reason and is very doesn't need the house, and Three can very easily ensure he isn't allowed anywhere near the house if he tries something, as he has tried poisoning Lhikan before. Teridax apologizes for what he sees as his own act of mercy to an animal, but ultimately leaves, wishing you all

Once he's gone, the cats kinda swarm you because you love her now and you're eating some ramen that smells really good. Matau is ESPECIALLY a nightmare because he's playing it cute and whips out the show stopper: Imitating a car alarm

Later that night, Whenua's looking through the contents of cabinets your relative had and looking through what you have, taking inventory and 'asking' you what's what. It's kind of a long night, but you eventually go to bed, as Lhikan won't let you stay up any later than you already have

As you settle in, you see him essentially gather the other cats to lay in bed with you, even watch out for any that decide to sleep close to your head

There is a packet explaining how to care for the cats, and you're more than thankful for it because you essentially konk out from a long day of moving. You were planning on sleeping on the couch, but Lhikan "encouraged" you to go sleep properly on a bed. You sleep surrounded and covered by cats, though you still see Vakama watching you woke you nod off and ultimately fall asleep

[bajistadiamond]

Hey can you make Singer! Yuu sing "Birth of Venus" with a siren girl that they are doing a duet with like siren in the sea?????

Yuu Singer, 🎶💎Ramshackle💎🎶 (Birth of Venus)

Answer: First, I think this is the first non-Disney song to feature in this AU. Second, I hope I picked the right song, because the other one said "Venus Illegititima." Third, this takes place years before Yuu's birth, but it explains some things about this universe.

Nabila Al-Asim was a beautiful and very nervous woman. Today was her boyfriend and fiancé's 18th birthday, and she wanted everything to be perfect.

"Friend, take a second to breathe." She advised Amira, her best friend.

Amira was the second princess of the Coral Sea Kingdom and met Nabila at the Golden Radiance Academy; a small magic academy, specialized in music and arts only for women.

The white-haired woman sat at her vanity to take a few seconds to calm down.

Amira got out of bed and went to her friend to do her hair. "Your boyfriend will love the party you threw; you have nothing to worry about."

Nabila looked at her friend. "Do you believe?" "Clear!". She assured the red-haired woman. "Although, you might want to be careful." Amira warned mischievously.

Nabila knew her friend too well to know that what she was about to say was stupid. "Oh yeah? Why?" But she played along with her confidant.

"Because maybe Salman will end up falling in love with me after our performance." Amira said, feigning a faint with a sigh. Seconds later Nabila threw a cloth in her face.

"You are stupid". The white-haired woman said with a laugh.

They both laughed, because for them this was a recurring joke since they knew that neither of them wanted the other's boyfriend.

After all, they both swore to be more than friends; They were and always would be sisters in everything except blood.

The night was perfect to spend a wonderful evening.

All the guests were very satisfied and surprised, although they shouldn't have been.

The party was organized by the Asim family, and they knew how to outdo themselves at parties.

Salman, Nabila's fiancé, even though he was from a wealthy family, would never have thought of having him birthday party on a private island.

Luxury was present in the mansion, the ice sculptures, the food, the drinks, the exotic flowers and there were even white doves with feathers that threw colored frost when they flew.

Although Salman would have preferred something more discreet, but perhaps that was the price for falling in love with the sister of his best friend, who descended from the most eccentric and partying family in Twisted Wonderland.

Right now the dark-skinned man was wondering where the hell Nabila was while she drank a glass of sherry.

"How's the birthday boy?" Salman looked at the newcomer; Hakim Al-Asim hugged him by the shoulders while he enjoyed a piña colada.

"I'm fine, super happy; you don't see me." Slaman said, forcing a smile. Hakim sighed. "I know you're a social misfit…" "Hey!" "…but can you at least try to talk to new people today?"

Salman thought about it for a second before pouting and shrugging his shoulders; Hakim smiled at his affirmative response.

"Only if my girlfriend is present." He asked Salman to his friend who agreed. "If I can find her, I haven't seen her or Princess Amira in over three hours."

Salman was worried, but before saying anything the lights of the floating stage installed a few meters from the beach turned on.

Nabila was radiant on stage; an aqua green dress, a pearl necklace with an amethyst pendant, golden sandals and natural makeup, for Salman she was the most spectacular woman in the world.

"Good evening and thank you for being here for the birthday of an incredible man and the best man I have ever been with." Nabila said with a smile. Everyone applauded and Hakim nudged a very blushing Salman.

"Now, as a birthday gift, I'm going to sing one of his favorite songs with the help of my friend." He declared Nabila gesturing to the water just as the beautiful Amira came out of the water and sat on the stage; her mermaid tail was emerald green, and to complement it she wore a golden shell bodice, a pearl comb with diamonds, and pearl necklaces.

"Enjoy the show~!" Amira said with a seductive voice that charmed more than one man...

Αχ αχ αχ αχ αχ ~

Amira's voice echoed in the water as she gracefully swam around the floating stage. Nabila moved her hips and shoulders as she prepared her song to use "the voice of the gods"

I've met with my peace ~ Between the moon and where I stand ~

The magic of Nabila's voice did its work immediately as she raised a hand to the sky and the stars shone in sync. Many of those present were surprised because many believed that Nabila did not have any magical abilities.

I have found catharsis ~ In every wave that crashes on the cliffs and I ~

The magic of Nabila's voice did its work immediately as she raised a hand to the sky and the stars shone in sync. Many of those present were surprised because many believed that Nabila did not have any magical abilities. Amira used her unique magic to create small fountains of water and foam.

Your secrets were never safe with me! ~

Nabila winked at her fiancé as she said that; Hakim chuckled because his sister always managed to leave his friend speechless.

When I scream, the sky is listening! ~

Salman couldn't take his eyes off his beloved; For him there was no other woman he wanted to be with. Nabila sang loudly as she spun elegantly, letting wisps of magic envelop her and transform her long dress into a shorter, more provocative one.

Αχ αχ αχ αχ αχ ~

Amira jumped back on the stage while singing the chorus; the view was spectacular

Your secrets were never safe with me! ~ When I scream, the sea is listening! ~

Amira sat back down on the stage when she came out of the water; She wagged her tail as she let the light make her shine. Nabila made her magic turn her friend's tail into her legs and into a green pleated skirt. Amira sighed in surprise, she normally used potions for that; her friend's magical ability always managed to leave her breathless.

See what happens when you try to silencе me! ~

Amira jumped up and danced with Nabila. They both played with Nabila's floating purple fabric. The party guests were enthralled with the dance that somehow combined Arabic dancing and synchronized swimming. Salman did not take his eyes off his fiancée, he felt that he was watching a nymph giving a show on Olympus.

I've met with my peace ~ Between the moon and where I stand ~

Nabila looked at her boyfriend and smiled mischievously when he blushed like a tomato. She was happy that he liked her gift; This song was special, since according to Salman, he was listening to this song when he saw her come out of the pool and it was as if he saw Aphrodite being born.

I have found catharsis ~ In every wave that crashes on the cliffs and I ~ Learned how to breathe underwater ~

Amira jumped into the water while Nabila moved her magic to return her friend's tail. Nabila let the fabric of her outfit wrap around her shoulders and let her float as the magic around her turned the stage into a large sea shell with a golden throne instead of a pearl.

While my lungs begged me for air ~ I fought my way to the surface ~ And carried myself to land ~

Hakim blinked, letting a couple of tears fall. His little sister was no longer a girl, she was a woman and he hoped she would be happy.

Αχ αχ αχ αχ αχ ~

Nabila made her magic make some flowers burst and the petals float in the air; she made sure not to leave pollen in the air knowing that there were allergic guests.

Your secrets were never safe with me! ~ When I scream, the sky is listening! ~

Amira took the pearls from her neck and threw them into the air, Nabila with a smile took them and wrapped them around her waist like a belt. The purple fabric was wrapped around Nabila's white hair creating a beautiful Rapunzel style braid.

Αχ αχ αχ αχ αχ ~

At this point everyone present was singing in unison, even if some were out of tune it didn't matter. Everything was harmony in the air.

Your secrets were never safe with me! ~ When I scream, the sea is listening! ~

Amira rose above the shell on a throne of water while taking advantage of the magical impulse that Nabila sent her to create a small palace of water and corals behind them.

See what happens when you try to silence me! ~

Princess Amira's mother was looking lovingly at her daughter from her sun lounger on the beach. She was happy that her daughter made friends with other races when she was allowed to leave the protection of the palace under the sea and rise to the surface. Although, years ago, the relationship between merpeople and other races, especially humans, has improved, there is still discrimination; So, she was a proud mother.

I've met with my peace ~ Between the moon and where I stand ~ I have found catharsis ~ In every wave that crashes on the cliffs and I ~ Learned how to breathe underwater ~ While my lungs begged me for air ~ I fought my way to the surface ~ And carried myself to land ~

Amira let her friend finish the song, she was very proud of the once shy and introverted woman now turned into an extroverted woman.

See what happens when you try to silence me! ~

Nabila lifted him from the golden throne and began to walk on the water to reach the shore. The magic burst into golden brilliance as the shell returned to a floating stage and Amira dropped back into the water.

See what happens when you try to silence me! ~

Nabila sang the last verse in front of Salman. Everyone applauded except Salman who looked at his girlfriend reverently before she gave him a passionate kiss...

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Yuu blinked and yawned as he woke up. "What a strange dream." He thought as he sat up and stretched. For a second he didn't recognize where he was in the darkness until he heard a snore that wasn't Grim's. He looked to the right of him and saw Leona asleep next to him; Yuu then remembered where she was. He looked at the time and sighed when he realized it was 4 in the morning. He carefully lifted him out of bed, put on a jacket and went out onto the balcony. The cold air of the bedroom savanna hit his face and was very comforting. In a few hours he would start the plan to beat Azul and he hoped it would work. Yuu was hoping to see if his dreams would give him some clue or answer like he usually did, but instead he gave him what seemed like a flashback of people he didn't know. Although… for some reason, Salman reminded him of someone.

Note: In this universe, the Asim family is known for their platinum white hair. - Salman means protector. - Hakim means wise

[fanficshiddles]

The Call Of Fate, Chapter 1

Summary: Jade gets the shock of her life when she finds out she is adopted and is actually of royal blood. Her biological parents want her to wed a Prince in a years time, so they send her to stay with The Avengers for the time being, so they can keep her safe and make sure she doesn’t do a runner. However, while with The Avengers, Jade finds herself falling for a certain Asgardian Prince instead.

Angsty Fic. 

‘This cannot be happening.’ Jade muttered to herself as she looked around the room of superheroes.

‘Welcome. We might look scary, but we’re not, honest.’ Tony greeted the young woman. The Avengers were all just back from a mission, so still in their various armour/costumes when the newbie arrived.

Jade raised an eyebrow at him as she folded her arms over her chest. ‘Trust me, I’ve seen scarier. You all look like a bunch of children’s entertainers you get at parties.’  

Tony was slightly taken aback. The rest of the team huffed a bit, some stayed silent. Apart from Loki, who was lurking at the back, he just smirked with a low chuckle.

‘It’s Jasmine, right?’ Natasha asked, stepping forward with a kind smile.

‘Jade.’ She corrected. Natasha looked a little confused. ‘Jasmine was my birth name, which makes sense now, but I never liked it. So, it’s Jade. My parents…’ She paused a moment and looked slightly hurt before covering it again. ‘My adopted parents called me Jade, as I wanted.’

‘Right… Jade.’ Natasha nodded and smiled. ‘Why don’t I show you around?’

‘Yeah, sure.’ Jade nodded and swung her bag over her shoulder, then followed Natasha out of the room.

‘Well, she seems… nice?’ Banner said, looking at the others.

‘She’s just been taken from a home and family she thought was hers for her whole life. To be told she’s actually of royal blood and has to marry a prince from another country in a year. In the meantime, she has to stay with a bunch of imbeciles to make sure she doesn’t pull a runner, in a country away from her friends and family… all in one day? That’s a hell of a lot to dump on a young woman like that.’ Loki said in her defence.

The team could understand Loki sympathising with her to a degree, with the adopted part anyway.

‘That’s true. It will be tough for her, she will take time to adjust and for everything to sink in.’ Thor said.

‘Well, I don’t know about you lot but I’m away to shower.’ Steve said as he headed out of the room too. The rest of the team split as well.

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‘So, are you doing ok? Fury told us about everything that’s happened to you today, it must be quite a shock.’ Natasha asked Jade as she showed her around the base.

‘Yeah, as ok as I can be I guess.’ Jade shrugged. ‘I’m hoping that in time they’ll see I am NOT a good fit for what they want me to be. I don’t care if it’s in my blood, I’m not the princess they want me to be. You should have seen my dad’s face when he first saw me. Tattoos and piercings with dyed blue hair is not what he was expecting.’

Natasha smiled a bit. ‘No, I guess not. But he can’t expect you to just fall into his ideal daughter after putting you up for adoption as a baby… Did they explain why they did that?’

Jade sighed. ‘Apparently, they were trying for a boy, already had two daughters and simply didn’t want another. But now, those other daughters are grown up and already married off to other royals. They just care about wealth. They heard that King Samson was looking for a princess for his son, they’re a really wealthy family. That’s the only reason they searched for me. That’s why I’ve been placed here, they don’t even want to spend the time with me at their home to get to know me themselves.’

Natasha reached out and gave her shoulder a squeeze. ‘I’m sorry… really. Perhaps there’s something we can do, give us time to speak to some lawyers. Maybe there’s a way out of it.’

‘You think?’

‘Don’t get your hopes up, as I know dealing with royalty can be difficult, but there might be something we can do.’ Natasha smiled.

Jade smiled back at her. ‘Thanks… But I doubt it. They are stinking rich and have a lot of connections, I wouldn’t be surprised if they can make any issues go away if they throw enough money at it.’

Natasha fell silent when they reached Jade’s room. ‘This is your room. I’ll let you get settled. Come join us for dinner when you’re ready. We’re a good bunch of people really, even if we are just children’s entertainers.’ She winked at Jade.

Jade laughed a bit. ‘Thanks.’

She entered her room and was surprised to see how large the room was. There was an en-suite, which was a big plus. She had been worried about having to share a bathroom. Her suitcases and belongings had already been brought to the room. She let out a breath of relief to see her bass guitar was there, unscathed.

But then her heart broke at the thought of not getting to ever play again properly. Her real dad had already told her about what would be expected of her once she was married. He didn’t even give her a chance to argue her case before he sent guards to take her here.

Jade had tried to remain strong, but she ended up having a small breakdown on the bed. She let it all out until she couldn’t cry anymore.

Her life had always felt perfect, up until today. She had been through college, had great friends and family. Her adopted parents even supported her when she decided to concentrate on her band instead of taking on an internship. It hurt so badly thinking she might not see them again, they had raised and treated her as their own. They were her true parents, no matter what.

‘Why the fuck am I just letting this happen?’ She snapped at herself and jumped off the bed.

Feeling the rage flowing through her veins, she grabbed a small bag and chucked in her essentials, then grabbed her guitar and put that over her shoulder too. She went over to the window and opened it up.

Luckily, she was on the ground floor. So she carefully climbed out and lowered herself down to the ground. The base was on the outskirts of the city, so she knew she wouldn’t have too far to walk to get a train or a bus.

She failed to notice that Loki was outside with Thor, Natasha and Tony. They were discussing some new training areas.

‘Didn’t take her long to try.’ Tony sighed when they spotted her walking fast across the green at the other side of the base. He was about to press the siren on his watch to alert the guards, but Loki grabbed his wrist to stop him.

‘Don’t. Let me get her back. We don’t need to be threatening her trust already by getting SHIELD guards hauling her back inside. She already feels trapped enough, I’m sure.’

‘Loki’s right, it might be best to let him get her back without making a fuss.’ Natasha said.

‘Alright, fine. But no funny business, reindeer games.’ Tony glared at Loki, who stuck his tongue out at him in response.

‘So childish.’ Tony scolded as Loki vanished on front of their eyes.

Jade was almost at the boundary line when a voice caught her attention from the side.

‘Already fed up of us, huh?’ Loki asked. He was leaning casually against a tree nearby. He was wearing normal clothes now, dark jeans and a deep green shirt.

‘Yep. Don’t want to be caught hanging out with the likes of you guys, so… Just making my way out.’ She shrugged and carried on walking.

Loki casually walked over, easily catching up to her with his large strides, though he was unhurried. She was slightly surprised at how tall this guy was as he fell into step next to her. She had heard of The Avengers before, knew who they were. She had a feeling this was one of the Gods, but she wasn’t sure which one. She’d never taken a great interest really to know what they looked like.

‘Where are you headed, kid?’ He asked.

She shot him a glare. ‘I’m not a kid.’ She scoffed.

‘I bet you are in comparison to me. Even Stark is a kid. Come on, how old are you?’ Loki smirked.

‘None of your business. You don’t ask a lady her age.’ Jade hissed at him and kept her eyes forward as they headed out of the gates and onto the dirt track.

Loki laughed. ‘I get the feeling you’re not much of a lady.’ He teased.

She stopped dead and glared up at him. ‘Excuse me?’

He smirked widely and shrugged. ‘I think they want you to be, but you’re very much your own woman. And that’s one of the reasons why you’re running away right now.’

Jade opened her mouth, but wasn’t sure how to come back to that one. As he wasn’t exactly wrong…

‘Just… leave me alone.’ She huffed and carried on walking.

‘I really think it’d be best if you come back with me. Do you really want Stark to send out the SHIELD goons to come and fetch you? Which you know will happen, it won’t take them long to find you. There are agents all over the city, not to mention cameras they can tap into anytime and anywhere… But, it’s your choice. I’m not going to drag you back kicking and screaming. I’ll leave that for the agents to do.’ Loki said his piece then turned on his heels and began slowly walking back to base.

Jade stopped dead in her tracks and gritted her teeth. She sighed and put her face into her hands for a moment. Annoyingly, she knew he was right. And she could see a black SUV in the distance coming up the track towards the base as it was.

Turning around, she walked after Loki. Once she caught up with him, he walked a little faster so she had to quicken her pace slightly to keep up.

‘Which one are you then?’ She asked him.

‘What do you mean?’ He raised an eyebrow at her.

‘Are you Thor or Loki? I’m assuming you’re one of the Gods. With how tall you are, and going on about the age thing. Gods live a lot longer, right?’

It was Loki’s turn to suddenly stop dead and glare at her. ‘You don’t know who I am?’

Jade shrugged. ‘I wouldn’t be asking if I did.’

‘I am Loki. Prince of Asgard and Jotunheim. God of mischief. How dare you even think I could be that imbecile of a brother of mine!’

Jade couldn’t help but laugh at how appalled he was.

‘Sorry… I have heard of you both, but had no idea what you looked like. If it’s any consolation, you are the better looking one.’

Loki’s face changed drastically and he grinned. ‘Well, of course I am. Everyone knows that anyway.’ He started walking again and so did Jade.

She internally did a little dance that she had been able to switch the conversation around like that, stroking his ego to stop him from being pissed off. She had a feeling the Gods would be rather obsessed with their looks. And while he didn’t seem like he would harm her, she didn’t know any of them and what they were capable of really. So she knew she should tread carefully, to an extent at least. She sometimes found it hard to hold her tongue when she should.

The SUV that had been coming up the track stopped as it reached the two. It was Phil inside one of them. ‘What’s going on?’

‘Nothing at all. Just showing our new guest here around.’ Loki said innocently.

‘Outside the border?’

‘Yep. Problem with that? It’s not a prison, after all.’ Loki narrowed his eyes at him.

‘No… Just checking.’ Phil looked at them both suspiciously as Jade waved cheekily at him. He wound the window back up and drove on.

‘Thanks.’ Jade said.

‘For what?’

‘For not telling them the truth, that I had tried to get away.’ She said sheepishly.

‘I am not only the god of mischief but of lies too, it’s no bother.’ Loki said flippantly, making her laugh again.

‘What’s it like living here?’ She asked Loki as they entered base, Loki held the door for her like a gentleman.

‘It’s tedious most of the time. So I tend to make my own fun.’ Loki drawled.

‘Fair enough… But you’re not really selling the place to me, if I am to be stuck here for a year…’ She trailed off at the thought of that actually happening. It was starting to really sink in.

‘You won’t be here for that long. I’m sure things will end up working out in your favour, Natasha has said she is going to look into it for you.’ He said softly.

‘Yeah… But I doubt she can actually do anything.’

‘Have you met the prince you are to marry?’ Loki asked as they reached her room and they stopped outside the door.

‘No, not yet. Apparently he will come and visit me here a few times before the wedding.’ She cringed at the thought.

‘Well, he might not be so bad. Not all princes are born with sticks shoved up their ass. He might be good looking and… fun?’ Loki tried.

Jade snorted. ‘Yeah… I guess there’s a tiny chance. Listen, I appreciate what you’ve done for me, Loki. I was stupid for even thinking I’d get away from here. I need to accept my fate, I suppose.’ She sighed.

‘I think you’d have been stupid if you didn’t try and run away. It’s been a lot for you to take on in one day… I know how it feels to suddenly realise that you’ve been living a lie. I am adopted too, wasn’t told until I was a lot older. It hurts. But in time, you’ll heal from it. Family is not always blood, family is who you choose it to be. Don’t let anyone ever tell you any different.’ Loki said with a soft smile before backing away, then turning and heading off down the corridor.

‘Hey, Loki?’ Jade called after him after a moment.

Loki stopped but didn’t turn around.

‘I’m twenty-five, by the way.’

Loki smirked and turned his head to the side, so he could slightly see her. ‘I thought you were a lady that didn’t tell her age?’

Jade shrugged. ‘I guess not.’

Loki chuckled and carried on walking. ‘I’m one thousand and seventy years old.’

‘Holy shit!’ Was what Loki heard in response as he turned the corner.

[iamskadhi]

Note: this is the first time I write anything in english so take it more like an idea or whatever. I have no respect for this language, but correct me when I'm wrong, please.

I had this "OC" in my mind for years but I can't recall her name, so you can imagine this is you, you're narrating this story, past tense and present might be a little all over the place, ehe.

I always imagined this like a series of mini comics because it contains some things from Dabi's past like before being Dabi the villain but after the fire that "killed him", I'm just not patient or talented enough to draw all that.

+4000 words.

Warning: it may be boring, you may read some dumb teen behaviour, soft +18 content, slow burn, and some Bella Swan vibes.

Nothing more to say, I hope somebody likes it.

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I met Dabi when I was barely a teenager; too young, too naive, but also too mad at my parents so I took every chance to be with people I shouldn't be around and that's exactly how I met him. He had a fire quirk that harms his body so he looked like shit, he wasn’t exactly handsome but he was light-hearted.

I noticed he dyed his hair black and I started to help him with it, also helped him cure his skin when he over used his quirk. I don’t know how or when but we became closer.

There was just... something in his eyes. Never seen eyes that color blue. Anybody would think he was a bad influence but it was the other way round. Dabi was such a nice guy, always telling me to go home, go to school, helping me with anything I needed and all I needed was him —with me— all the time.

“I like you” he said, “you’re kind and pretty, also you’re rich, why do you hang around these losers?”

“I like you” I said. I could never forget the smile on his face.

He told me about his past and I thought his future was us, together. We were young, those were the days when you think you know everything but you’re just naïve, too naïve. We would lay down in the grass and tangle up, I usually bring food and beverages for everyone, he’d put his arm around my shoulders and tell everyone not to mess with me, he made me feel special, he made me feel loved and mature.

We invented a signal and we started to meet at midnight, it was easy because I had a quirk that allowed me to teleport. Wherever he strayed, I followed and I would’ve begged for him to hold my hand and never let go.

However, time passed and he and his friends got in big trouble. I knew they were thieves, and then they became murderers and had to take different paths.

“You can’t hide me alone, are you fucked in the head?!” Dabi yelled at me when we had our first big fight because of that. “We need to go and you can’t come with us, your parents will get us caught for kidnapping, this is my last word. You stay, we’ll meet again someday.”

We lost contact before I graduated; he simply disappeared and left me with a broken heart.

I cried my eyes out for a month, but a girl gotta be tough and smart and independent. I moved out of my parents house when I finished high school, thanks to my dad, he rented a whole apartment near college and that was probably the first time in a long time I was grateful to have a wealthy family.

I just had to study and work for the family business and life would be sweet, but then one day I saw him. He walked by the Coffee Shop I used to go. How could I ever forget him? He wasn't exactly my first love but definitely one true love. My heart stopped for a second and then raced like crazy, I got up and out of the place running.

"DABI" I yelled but he kept walking, "Dabi, stop!" He walked around the corner of a dark alley, so I stopped, I doubted:

Should I follow or should I let him go for good? It's been a couple of years, he probably has someone new now, I thought.

Then I heard him:

"It's been a long time" he said from the shadows of that alley, his voice changed a bit, matured, "I was convinced you forgot about me. I missed you"

A tear shed from my left eye when I saw his face, his burned skin looked worse than before.

"What an asshole" I said and ran to his arms, hugged him hard enough for him to moan, "I thought I'd never see you again."

I punched his chest.

"You dumbass, I hate you. I hate you! I should hate you but I'm just mad at you and I just wanna cry and I... I..." words escaped from my mind for a moment, "do you want a coffee or anything?"

He laughed and hugged me gently.

"I'm sorry. I missed you", he said.

For what it felt like an eternity, that was all that he could say. I was confused and happy at the same time, he walked with me to my place, looked up at the building and said something about being too far from his place, he didn't tell me where his place was or what he's been doing. We made a deal to meet at the coffee shop every Wednesday and for a few months that was okay.

“I still like you” he confessed randomly.

“I like you too”

He never told me what he does for a living, but I could imagine it. I felt like the more that he said, the less that I knew about his life and I was okay with that as long as he would stay around.

One day, he didn't show up. The next Wednesday, he came with an excuse about a job I’m sure he made up to keep me happy, to keep me safe.

"Dabi, why don't you come live with me?" I asked one time. His big blue eyes were wide open and I was sure he was gonna say no, so I insisted:

"I don't have a lot of free time lately, this is my senior year and I need to focus but I still want you around, come live with me and I'll see you every night, you don't have to worry about your job, you know you can live rent-free and..."

"No. Stop. No."

"Just come see the apartment, please.” I insisted, I didn’t want to let him go again, “It's big enough I swear and we can..."

"Please, stop. I have pride. I'm still a man."

He talked about how different we were, but I knew it wasn't true, he said maybe if I was less dependent of my parents we could work this out, but I knew that was just an excuse. It took me a couple of months but I made him come into my apartment.

"I just need to pick something real quick, come with me" I said and it wasn't all lie, I needed something it just wouldn't be quick.

He looked around the living room, I went to my bedroom to pick some books and when I walked out, he was looking out the window.

"You have a nice view", he said. I could see his blue eyes reflexing on the window’s glass.

"I know"

I walked to him and hugged him.

"I missed being this close in private.” I whispered.

“The last time we were fifteen", he concurred.

He didn't grow any taller since then, I put my head on his shoulder and felt a shiver. His hands went from my hair down to my shoulders, then down to my back until he touched my ass cheeks. I closed my eyes and left a sigh out.

"You've changed", he whispered, I looked at his face and he had that smile, I'd never forget the smile he had the first time I saw him, or the first time that we had sex.

"We were just kids back then, pretending to be adults"

"I don't regret that" he kissed me slowly.

"Me neither"

He took my clothes off clumsily and I led us to the couch, I could tell he didn't have anything with anybody else and I was so relief about it. I took his jacket off and went straight to his pants; he already had an erection like he was craving for it all this time.

"No more games" he said "let's go to your room"

I took his hand and we went to bed, I laid down and he kissed and touched me viciously, then I remembered I didn't have a condom and pushed him away.

"Do you have...?"

"No" he said, he knew what I meant.

"Damn it!" I cursed; we were already there like that. "I could go..."

"No, don't worry. You had to pick something anyway; we'll do it any other day"

My heart raced. I wanted to take him immediately when he said that, but I just kissed him and made him promise he'd come back. And he did. Over and over.

Until he was practically living there with me. I had him just where I wanted and then, one day, my mother showed up.

"You have to finish this relationship before other people find out. You can't live like this, we raised you better than that. You better not get pregnant or I'll drag you to an abortion clinic myself."

Good thing: that day Dabi wasn't around. Time passed and he was more and more time somewhere far away; I had the feeling he would disappear again, so I had to talk it out but I didn’t know how, I thought he would take it as a sign to completely disappear.

"You could leave a note, you know, or send me a text. Tell me when you're leaving, for how long... I'll graduate soon, I'm busy too but at least I tell you when I'm coming home late."

"I think I can't keep living here" he said "I've been trying to protect you from the things I do, but I think it's catching up. I can't risk you, I can't lose you"

I felt my blood pressure go low.

"So you're leaving me... again"

He did not say anything.

We both knew this day would come around. I just wanted to keep my delusional idea that we would work things out. Run away together, somewhere far from Japan. I even suggested Spanish lessons one night.

"I love you" he whispered in my ear when he hugged me "and I'll find you when I'm done"

"Done with what?"

He kissed me and walked to the door.

"Touya, done with what?!"

I only called him by his real name when I was angry and he knew. His last gaze before closing the door was so sad but I was at the edge of going mad.

"STUPID TODOROKI!"

I threw my phone across the living room. I screamed and kicked the sofa, my tears ricochet and I tried to stop them with my hands but couldn’t; and then I just went to my room and tried to retain it all back inside.

I cried, until my face was red and swollen and couldn't keep my eyes open anymore. I looked like a frog whenever I cry this much so I did't get out of bed for a whole day.

I couldn't possibly imagine what he was doing; but every time there was a fire, anything related to blue flames I knew it was him and I kinda knew why. I knew everything about his family, about his father.

All Might retired, so Dabi's father was #1 Hero now. It must have messed with his brain and I wished I could have helped him, but you cannot help someone that doesn't want to be saved.

I did my best to move on. I graduated and started to work at my father's company. I realized Dabi was right about me: I was my father’s daughter and I couldn’t live without his protection; but there was nothing wrong about it, now that I was older, I realized I was lucky for it. I wished he had my luck.

Left the apartment and moved to a different city, my mom was too excited about that, she visited me the first chance she had.

"You know whose hero's agency is really near?" She asked me, "Hawks’ agency, the #2 hero!" She was suspiciously excited about it, "he's so young but so talented and handsome! You know, I could set..."

"Mother, leave"

"What?"

"You do not get to do this, you do not get to set me a blind dates, I don't want you to do that and I don't want you here. I moved so I didn't have to have you around, don't visit me unannounced anymore, please, now leave"

"You ungrateful piece of shit" she started saying something but I wasn’t gonna let her talk:

"Yeah, I know, I know, take your things now and leave"

She started an argument so I just walked to my bedroom and closed the door lock. I assumed she would get tired of talking to the door and leave. I took a sleeping pill; I loved those pills. Then the most unimaginable thing happened when I woke up, there was a chaos outside, too much noise and heat and apparently, there was two heroes fighting a monster, a nomu.

I went inside to check the news, the battle seemed lost but Endeavor managed to win. I fucking hated that guy, but damn he was strong… and so was his son.

I missed Dabi. I kept sending text messages for a while after he left me and he never replied so I stopped, but at that moment I felt the urge to try again.

“Did you watch the news?” I asked.

“What’s your new address?”

“Are you serious, you fucking dork?" I texted back.

"I'll find you, I'm pretty near" he replied. I blushed a little, I felt excited to see him again.

"You better come with a bouquet, coffee and the most dramatic apology you can think of"

“LMAO”, was his last text.

Almost a week later, a bouquet appeared at my entrance.

Holy shit, I thought. There was a note: "I miss you, I’ll be back soon"

Later, after work, I got a free coffee.

"A guy paid for it earlier, he said he knew you, I hope it's okay" said the girl at the counter.

"He had blue eyes and looked like a crispy chip?"

"Mmm, yes" she stuttered.

"It's good, thank you"

“You’re welcome, come back soon!” She sighed in relief.

Then, when I got home the door was open and it made me so angry.

"If this is the best apology you can imagine, you're the biggest asshole...!"

However, there was no one inside. I looked around the house, he wasn't there. I felt insecure so I called a friend, I stayed at her apartment that night and she tried to convince me to call the police.

I said I would, but I called him instead.

He answered.

"Today at my house, was it you?"

"What?" He sounded confuse.

"The door was open but there was no one inside"

"I sent you flowers and coffee but I didn't think of any way to apologize enough to you. I didn't go to your house and I won't go until you let me"

"Okay… I think I'll call the police then, don’t come near"

"Good. Take care."

“I…”

Silence. I didn’t know what to say, I didn’t expect him to pick up the phone in the first place. He whispered my name:

“Thank you for loving me this whole time” he said and hung up.

I felt like stupid for not saying anything. I didn’t even said that I loved him, never said it but actions speak for themselves and I couldn’t deny it.

After calling the police, some heroes would walk by my house every damn day; my father visited to make sure they did, my mother was too offended to come with him.

Turned out it was just a robbery case.

“Your mom and I talked about what happened between you two and I have to keep her happy, honey”, he stated “they don’t say ‘happy wife, happy life’ for nothing, I know she hasn’t been the best to you, but she tries”

“She treats me like shit, always have”

“Don’t say that” he sighed. “Let’s make a deal: I will set you a couple of dates just to calm her down and you choose the type of man you want to go to dates with, uh?”

I smiled viciously.

“No criminals!” he immediately said “don’t put yourself in danger just to get to your mother’s nerves, think about me too. There must be some nice guys you’d like to meet.”

“What if I want to date a woman?”

“Fine by me, I like woman too”

“I don’t like woman that way, I just wanted to know if I could.”

He laughed and looked at the time.

“Your mom told me about that hero, Hawks, I met him and he’s not very heroic actually, he’s just lucky he has a useful quirk, I think you’d like him”

“You’re pushing me”

“I’m not. Let’s set this now, you’ll have two dates, one with that hero prick and one with whoever you want, some college colleague preferably”

“Okay, fine, but the second date will be a woman.”

Mother always got what she wanted.

“Excellent, my dear! Send me her profile when you pick one, I’ll set the time and date, you go wherever you want and keep me updated. I gotta go now”

I chose a friend from college my mother never seemed to approve. As soon as I made my choice, my dad did his part.

The day I met Keigo it was rainy, he asked me if I wanted to cancel but I didn’t, I liked rain when it’s calm and I wanted to finish my duty as soon as possible. We went for coffee, watched a movie and then to a nice but not too elegant restaurant for dinner.

When I told him I had no intentions to date him, he told me he had no excuse to reject this date since he took a break from his hero’s agency for personal reasons; he seemed nice, careless and turned out to be easy-going, but he wasn’t Dabi.

I swore I could go home by myself but he insisted and when we were arriving, he put his arms around me.

“Don’t be scared” he said and took fly with me. I teleported back to the ground without thinking and shouted at him:

“What the fuck were you thinking?! What were you trying to do to me, you psycho?!”

He looked down at me and I felt a hand on my shoulder.

“You’re not supposed to use your quirk whenever you want, you’re not a professional hero nor a villain like me” Dabi was by my side and his eyes locked to Keigo’s. He came down with his hands exposed.

“I sensed you following me, I didn’t think you two knew each other” Keigo looked careful now.

“We’re like childhood friends” Dabi said, “I was curious why would someone like her hang around a hero like you”

“It was my mom’s idea” I said, “Dad intervened, long story short, I have to go to blind dates now, it’s none of your business” I looked at Keigo: “now I am curious why you’re not trying to catch him”

“I told you I’m off duty”

“Sure”

Something was off, I knew but I couldn’t tell. Dabi always kept me far enough and safe from his business. These two knew each other, but I couldn’t tell if Dabi was an informant or it was the other way round.

“I’ll take her home now” Dabi said.

“What kind of man would let his date go home with another man?” Keigo smiled.

I felt Dabi’s hand get warmer so I took it off my shoulder.

“I told you I could go home by myself, so I’m leaving. You two can catch up now, it seems like you have something to talk about”

“You’re wrong” Dabi said, “You and I have a lot to catch up”

I looked him in the eyes, it cut deep to know him right to the bone. He came back and he’d go away soon.

“I know that it’s over, Dabi, I don’t need your closure” I said firmly and walked away. It hurted more than I expected, I wasn’t serious, just wanted to mislead Hawks.

The rain came pouring down the closer I got home, it helped me conceal my stupid tears. That night I slept on the couch, I kinda expected Dabi to come but he did not.

Keigo, on the other hand, appeared at my door early in the morning with a nice bouquet.

“You may think I’m not serious,” he said “but I found you amusing”

He accompanied me on the way to work, behave nicely, but I suspected of his true intentions.

“Dabi was a part of a rebel phase when I was younger,” I admitted, he didn’t say anything, neither pretended he didn’t wanna know, “he comes and goes, he may think that I’m bulletproof but I’m not”

“With a quirk like yours, you could easily avoid a bullet” he tried to joke around but I didn’t let it slide.

“I’m conscious that he sees what he does to me, he knows exactly how to ruin a perfect day and I’m sick and tired of that attitude, so whatever you’re trying to do here, end it right now”

His smirk faded.

“Last night you said it was over, but I see it’s not. I won’t annoy you anymore”

His phone ringed, we said goodbye and he left me alone. I knew he just wanted to know if I was involved in anything Dabi was.

Life turned boring for a while and that was okay, but myhouse started to feel too big for me alone. I was considering to move to an apartment or bring a girl friend to live with me when I looked out the window and saw a letter outside the mailbox; when I went out to pick it, looked around but didn’t see anybody.

I knew it was his.

I knew it was a goodbye letter, I had to let him go.

“I won’t make assumptions why you moved to a different city but I think it’s cause of me. I swear I gave my blood, sweat and if I could cry I’d give my tears to protect you from the things that I do but it wasn’t enough, I could never give you peace”, he wrote.

“Deep down I hoped I would never lose you, eventually I did. I’m not your problem anymore. I can’t just show up at your front door and expect you to let me in, but I want to do it anyway.

Now that we don’t talk, I just wanted you to know I wish I was a better man for you.”

Lastly, he wrote:

“I’m sorry that I hurted you, it’s not your fault.”

I never felt so attacked by a piece of paper in my life. I knew I was better alone than needing a man like him, but the heart wants what it wants. Wishing he was a better man wasn’t an option, I loved him for being the man he was, the fact that he didn’t see it my way was painful.

All this time I thought he could see right through me, now I wonder what was he seeing this whole time.

I called him but he didn’t pick up the phone, so I started to write a text message when I heard the door ring bell and he was there standing at my door.

“This is the last time” he said, “I swear this is the last time”

He put his arms around me, he was warm and had that suspicious smell like he over used his quirk.

“You’re an asshole” I mumbled.

“I know”

“I’m tired of this”

“I know”

“I don’t wanna keep secrets just to keep you”

“You won’t have to”

I looked at his face, surprised.

“What do you mean?”

“Let’s go inside, we have a lot to talk about” he walked in.

For the first time, he opened up about everything, I listened carefully; I got worried, even cried a little. I suggested again that we could run away together but he didn’t want to, he was determined to fulfil his revenge against Endeavor even if it killed him in the process.

It made me want to die. I took a deep breath.

“You can’t come here and expect me to accept that you’re willing to die just to expose your father’s shit to everyone in Japan” he opened his mouth but I didn’t let him talk, “you have to choose right now, Touya, you leave now or you stay with me. You can’t just ask a person that loves you to sit and watch you get killed, you’ll have to kill me just the same”

Dabi hugged me gently, kissed me softly.

“Never going to happen”

My heart ached. I knew he’d leave me in the morning, but all I could think about was that I wished I could go back in time and save Touya from that fire. If anybody could go back in time and save him, knowing what I know, even if it meant we wouldn’t meet or be together… that’d be okay.

“Dabi, I’m sorry I didn’t meet you before”

He looked confused.

“I think we never stood a chance, did we? Wanna come to bed?” I asked and he smiled.

“Yeah, ready for it?”

I laughed and took his hand, led him to the bedroom, took his jacket off and appreciated his burned arms for a moment. I touched his burned lip with the tip of my finger.

“I love you” he said.

“Just not enough to stay”

“I…”

I shushed him. Nothing he could say would eased the pain I was feeling that night. I hugged him, kissed him and whispered in his ear:

“I love you too. Now show me your love with actions instead of words”

[dmitriclaudius]

Dimmed Lights - The Quiet Chapter of Dmitri's Life

Finding work in Gridania was hard for a foreigner such as Dmitri, even as an elezen among other elezen, Gridanian businesses turned him down when they saw he was from Coerthas. Some owners were wary of him, stating that Ishgardians don’t leave their land for good reasons. Eventually he came across a saloon on the outskirts of town on the lower level of what appeared to be an abandoned theater.

After talking to the handsome Duskwight barkeep, he was able to land a job as the person to do the heavy lifting around the saloon. Soon however, his position at the saloon would change as many Gridanian merchants that frequented the place requested he be placed onto the roster. Little did Dmitri know, this saloon was effectively a bar and also a place for people to request hosts for the evening. Both men and women were paid well to keep these wealthy merchants entertained and their cups full. Dmitri was not unfamiliar with personalities like these merchants, he went to school with many highborn afterall. But this was the first time he was perceived not as lowborn, but as an attractive young man. He caught eye of how much the other hosts were making and thought to himself, this could work in his favor. And so, after fitting into the barkeep's unwanted garbs and styling his hair differently, he began his career as a host. At first he was nervous, shaking as he poured spirits into his patron’s glasses. But with some of the merchants’ carefree attitudes and inebriated state, he grew confident in his ability to entertain and provide a good time. This was the first time Dmitri felt like he had some sense of social power. Once he was just a farmer’s child, here he was favored among the wealthy and elite. He was happy to finally have a sense of belonging, even if it was just a saloon on the outskirts. One night, a gentleman walked him to the entrance of the saloon and propositioned that they finish the night in his chambers. Dmitri, off the high of liquor and underlying need to forget the ache in his heart, nodded and proceeded to walk behind the gentleman. That night Dmitri was a changed man. Afterwards, they laid and bed and Dmitri was still bashful after their encounter, unsure if he could stay till morning. The gentleman reassured him that he could stay. They went to sleep and by morning, the man had left. On the pillow next to Dmitri was a note and a small bag. “Thank you for the wonderful night, maids have washed your clothes and prepared your breakfast. Please dress and make your way home after your meal.” The note and hospitality was a nice gesture but when Dmitri looked over the sack to find it filled with gil, something in him panged. He took the gil and left. After this patron’s encounter, more merchants would request for his company after the bar closed. Soon, it was a common occurrence and every time, Dmitri would agree. He had regulars and men who specifically sought him out. Then their friends would come and they would all laugh and drink. Some of these patrons weren’t all law-abiding merchants though. Some partook in shady businesses and others were just too difficult to deal with once they’ve had their fair amount of drink. Still, they put their arms over Dmitri’s shoulder, calling him friend and one of them. But as friendly bar banter became nightly visits, he soon learned how depraved his friends could be. Dmitri was still growing at this time but he was tall for an elezen. He also worked on the farm his whole life and as a result, had a sturdy build. To these friends of his, that was an invitation for them to have their way with him. Being rough or inflicting pain, all of it was done without question. Dmitri disliked this part of their transaction but in his mind, it was a service they’re paying for and something he deserved. Eventually the uncomforting acts became solace for him. There were times he thought of the boy from Ishgard who was never seen as better than livestock. Liquor, pain and warm beds were what kept him company so many cold nights.

[reikakoorikawa]

This is my MFB OC Reika Koorikawa. She is known as Ice Queen. She’s a blader and a Ice Skating champion. Her love Interest is Tsubasa Otori. Her beyblade is Frost Archaina She is the only daughter of Koorikawa Family.

Here is her Info:

Name:

Reika Koorikawa

AKA:

Ice Queen

Age:

15 (Metal Fusion)

16 (Metal Masters)

17 (Metal Fury)

24 (Shogun Steel)

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

February 5

Birth Place:

Aichi, Japan

Country:

Japan

Ethnicity:

Japanese

Race:

Human

Status:

Alive

Hair Color:

Jet Black

Eyes Color:

Brown

Height:

5’2”

Weight:

112 lbs

Personlity:

Reika is rather gentle and polite, most often smiling. She is very kind to her friends, always showing her friendly side.  She is known as Ice Queen because of her appearance are beautiful and elegant. She is determined to Beyblade like a profession, dreaming of taking part in championships. Her kindness wins the love of. She is very popular with the guys especially the girls who admire her beauty. In addition to her kindness, she is very helpful and is always concerned about what her friends are doing, always trying her best to keep their spirits up. She also has a passion for fashion and clothes, always searching for the prettiest and most stylish outfits to wear. She loves ice skating. She is of becoming a ice skater.

Reika is good-natured and easygoing person. She always cheer Socking her friends and anyone that are sad. She the perfect one to cheer people up. She never seen angry or mad at anyone.

Appearance:

Reika is a tall, beautiful girl with fair skin. She have long jet black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes.

In Metal Saga, She wear a white jacket and light blue dress. She have long white socks and blue boots. She have a belt. She have a blue gloves.

In Shogun Steel, As adult, She was married to Tsubasa. She have a lower ponytail with blue bow. She have a necklace and white blouse and blue top, and wedding ring on her finger, and white shoes.

with light blue ribbons.

Boyfriend:

Tsubasa Otori

Family:

Risa Koorikawa (Mother)

Koji Koorikawa (Father)

Katelyn Tamsi (Cousin)

-Shogun Steel-

Tsubasa Otori (Husband)

Reiko Otori (Daughter)

Occupation:

Blader

Ice Skating Champion

Gingka’s Gang

Leader of BladeValkyrie

Beyblade (c)

Frost Archaina

Special Move:

Icy Crystal Assault

Element:

Ice

Attack Type:

Defensive/Stamina Type

Biography:

Reika Koorikawa grew up in Aichi, Japan with her mother and father. She have a cousin name Katelyn Tamsi. She is the only daughter of Koorikawa Family. Her family are pretty wealthy. Her dream is to become a great ice skater when she got older. She did not have many friends, She doing ice skating as a hobby. Reika had always been an aspiring ice skating, but was interested in Beyblading, observing the neighbourhood children battle each other from a distance after practice. Her parents, concerned for her safety, did not want her Beyblading with the others as yet.

When she turned six years old, her mother presented her with the Beyblade, Frost Archaina containing a beautiful Arctic Fox BeySpirit that Reika immediately took a liking to. At first, she was not used to launching her Beyblade and keeping it spinning which discouraged her but she did not give up. A few weeks of training and watching the other children, she learned how to launch her Beyblade properly. Eager to show the others, she decided to show off her moves against another girl in front of a crowd. Fired up and passionate about her first battle, she was not unhappy from losing but instead vowed to become better and soon the best blader that Japan has ever seen.

At the age of eight, she had grown both in strength and in confidence and put ice skating off to the side to focus on her skills as a Beyblader. Reika was acquainted with all the other kids that lived near her and was told about a junior Beyblading contest that was taking place by Katelyn, who had signed her up already. Although nervous, Reika as pumped and eagerly agreed to participate and came out in second place. She was excited about her win but even more excited about discovering a new special move: Ice Crystal Assault.

One day when Reika goes to elite school. She heard from another girl that they're going to have a new transfer student in their class. That when the sliver haired boy name Tsubasa Otori came in. Reika thinks that he was cute and want to be his friend. Tsubasa sat next to Reika. Reika smile at him and introduce herself to him. He smile back. She would like to be friends with him. He responded yes. They became friends. They hang out alot. They getting along great.

((Present Day))

When Reika was older, she decided to have a Beyblade battle practice. During a practice session with her Beyblade at a nearby gym, she ended up running into her childhood friend, Tsubasa. Excited to see him again. She was going to spend time with him, They decided to catch up on the time she missed while she was away with him over lunch, and later met with Tsubasa’s friends. She became friends with the others, such as Madoka and Kenta. More powerful than when she was a child, Reika decided to take on Gingka Hagane and display her newfound skills. Madoka, Tsubasa, and Kenta all came to watch the unfolding of the challenge she presented. It was a tough fight and both Beyblades took a reasonable amount of damage. Even with Reika's Archaina's special move, she ended up tying with the powerful Blader. Gingka congratulates her, and remarks on how strong her Blader's Spirit is and how much stronger it could be if she kept believing in herself. They shake hands and she smiles, content with her victory, not in battle, but in herself and spirit which made her feel victorious. She soon joined Battle Bladers, wanting to achieve her dreams of becoming the best. However, things took a turn for the worst when she faced off against Ryuga. She was thrilled with excitement, and nearly managed to defeat him by putting up an amazing fight while taking so many of Lightning L-Drago’s attacks, but Ryuga used his dark power, which nearly destroyed Reika's bey. She sadly forfeited the battle, feeling saddened by the loss, but Madoka vowed to fix up her Bey and make it good as new again.

Before the World Championship, Reika spent time with her cousin Katelyn to to recalling her past endeavours up to then. She was so happy to see them and expressed her feelings about Beyblading, while later introducing Katelyn to Tsubasa and the others. Reika then tells Gingka and the others that she Yoko, Erika, and Nichiko are going to be on Team BladeValkyrie, with her as the team leader. Excited about the World Championship, they agreed that they all make it their objective to have fun! Team BladeValkyrie managed to defeat Team Korea and Team Mexico, the next round leading to GanGan Galaxy and Reika was excited. Nichiko battled against Masamune and won. Erika battled Tsubasa, and nearly won until Tsubasa's dark power took over and caused him to nearly destroy Reika's Bey, which she ended up losing. Finally, Reika battled against Gingka, but lost to him.

After a break, BladeValkyrie got a second chance and battled against Team Starbreaker, which won against them and nearly outed their team from the tournament. Upon going against Damian, he traps her and Archaina inside Hades’ Gates, but they break out of the chains and Reika is almost manages to pull out a spectacular victory against him with her strongest Special Move: Sub-Zero Cannon. Both attacks collided, causing a massive explosion that covered the entire field in smoke. As the smoke slowly clears, it reveals Archaina has stopped spinning with a stadium sleepout, while Hades barely managed to keep spinning,

During the Hades City incident, she, along with Yoko, Erika, and Nichiko help Gingka and many others fight against members of the HD Academy alliance.

A year and a couple weeks later, after the defeat of Hades Inc and the destruction of the Spiral Core, a strange event occurred. A new Star Fragment similar to the one that created Storm Pegasus and Lightning L-Drago exploded and spread out twelve beams of light that fell on Earth, hitting and enchanting eleven destined Beyblades. These Beys would prove to help in a time of darkness, as the legend of the star foretells.

Reika journeys with Gingka and the others to find the Legendary Bladers to help defeat Nemesis, as well as becoming one herself, which represents Earth. It was the danger of the battle against Rago that made her realise her obvious crush on Tsubasa. As the time came for Gingka and his group to depart, Reika was unsure on how to confess her feelings to Tsubasa. While walking through the forest of a nearby park they'd met, aimlessly wandering deep in thought, she accidentally trips on a root and nearly tumbles into the river, only to be caught by Tsubasa. He comments on her clumsiness and how she should not make it a habit. Nervously laughing, she tells him that she hopes that he could be by her side to help her when she can’t help herself, and confesses her affection for him.

((Zero G/Shogun Steel))

Years after the events of Nemesis, and working happily at the WBBA, Reika was married to Tsubasa after a long while of knowing and working alongside each other. She still Beyblading, trains newcomers to the sport. She soon became a mother and has a daughter name Reiko.

Voice Actor (c):

Shannon Hamilton (English)

Ai Kayano (Japanese)

Reika Koorikawa (c) Me

Art by Pink-Hudy

[xandriagreat]

Modern Nimona

Chapter 6: Nightmares, Doubts, and Legacy

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Notice/warnings: crying, nightmares, blood, food, hospital mentioned

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The same time after Nimora, Meredith and Ballister left.

The other officers are all getting checked while the other officers check the other citizens as the ambulances arrive at the scene.

Ambrosius couldn't believe his own friends would do this. He saw them getting away from the crime but he couldn’t blame them.

He heard that the fellow officers that were electrocuted by one of Meredith's electric smoke bombs that were transmitted to the hospital earlier were doing better.

He sighed as he went to the ungendered restroom. He locked the door and looked at his reflection.

It reminded him of the way his parents constantly braided him for not being good enough and not holding to their standard. They didn't come to visit him during his time at the University and school life.

He started to hear their voices shouting at him as he held his head.

“You’ve made a fool of yourself, Ambrosius!”

"If you disappoint us, you'll disappoint the director and our ancestor Glorth, you ungrateful brat! You understand?!"

"You will never be as good as Glorth! You coward!"

"No matter how much you try, you will never be like Glorith."

Ambrosius started to cry as he held himself. “I’m trying…” he cried softly. He started to wipe away the tears to then realize that there was makeup on his hand.

He looked back at his reflection to see that there were bags under his eyes.

“Oh!” he exclaimed softly as he got a paper towel and dried his face. Then he got a bottle of concealer out from his pocket and opened it. He started to use it on the bags and blended it in so that it looked like he wasn’t wearing makeup.

He sighed as he put it away before he unlocked the door and left to check on everything.

☆Later that night☆

He went back to his wealthy apartment which was empty. Hoping that it will be full with his friends and boyfriend, but there was a problem not only because of his status or expectations.

He sighed and went to the kitchen, getting himself a microwavable meal ready. He picked chicken nuggets as he placed them on a plate and put them in the microwave.

He turned on the news on today's event while he waited.

"Earlier today… there was an attack on the mayor and downtown." The reporter said as the footage began showing the scene where it happened. “It was none other than Ballister Blackheart, Meredith Blitzmeyer, and the weird pink hair teen who apparently can shapeshift.”

When his dinner was ready, the newest was already continuing, “The people who are in the hospital are doing better.”

Ambrosius sat down on the couch as he ate his dinner, watching the news.

He was almost done eating his dinner as the news was still going until it got to the part with the dragon.

“The person who did this was the shapeshifter.” the news reporter started. “This thing must be-”

Ambrosius sighed as he turned the tv off, not wanting to hear more.

He got up from the couch and went to his room to change into his pajamas, wash his face, and brush his teeth. “Hopefully, I will have a dreamless sleep tonight…” Ambrosius said to himself, looking at his reflection.

He went to bed, lay down and began checking his phone for the same articles relating to today, which included something he hadn't seen before.

It was the connection between some lab rat that went missing years ago and the shapeshifter.

Ambrosius thought about it for a moment before shrugging, putting his phone down on his bedside table and charging it.

He looked at the ceiling as he drifted off to sleep.

☆

Before he knew it, he turned out to be back at the university graduation of 2013, where the event took place

There was a broken stadium. The students were panicking and Mayor Boldheart was in a pool of her blood. 

But there was something different this time.

Ambrosius looked at glowing eyes all across the stadium, some glaring down at him while some looked proud at him.

He was holding his family’s sword, which was covered in blood. Then he looked down to see Ballister, with his decapitated arm, on the ground, not moving. Meredith was checking Ballister before looking at Ambrosius. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?” Meredith screamed at him. 

Then his parents came on the stage, both putting a hand over his shoulder. “Well done, Ambrosius.” they both said.  “You uphold our honor." 

Ambius started shaking his head in terror looking at himself that is now covering blood.

Then the lights turned off for a moment before turning on. Ambrosius wasn’t in the stadium anymore. He was in a sometype of integration room.

Then a person came into the room, a dragon alongside a woman  with long blonde hair with varying lengths, dark eyebrows, blue eyes, pale skin with freckles over her cheeks, and often wearing armor and carrying a shield and sword.

"You RUINED a legacy." she yelled at him, pointing her sword at him. 

“Glorth?” Ambrosius breathed in fear.

A dragon began to breathe fire to him, causing the dream to end.

☆

Ambrosius woke up in a cold sweat, screaming. He began taking deep breath and looked around and checked his body to see he's awake.

Ambrosius started to cry again, hugging himself.

He felt it was all his fault. The arm chopping, Ballister going into hiding, all of it.

“Cursed these nightmares…” he mumbled to himself, tears streaming down his face.

This wasn’t the first time that he has had this nightmare. He kept on having nightmares about the graduation ever since that eventuality day.

Ambrosius got something out from his nightstand drawer. It was the Goldheart family heirloom ring.

Design looks like it was made of gold with a white gem instead of the beautiful ring server and even with an obsidian gem with red spots.

He started doubting himself as he held it.

'Wasn’t I meant for something else or a product of someone's legacy?' he thought sadly in the darkness of his room.

☆The next morning☆

Ambrosius thought about sleeping in so he can think about his actions to sign the call off work for the day.

He didn’t feel good.

He made sure that no one was going to be following orders from Thaddeus when he called in sick.

He had a lot of thinking to do but first he started getting cleaned up before getting breakfast.

Ambrosius had some thinking as he took a shower, letting the water run down his body as he cleaned himself.

He looked at shadowing images in the steam after the shower that look like a dragon and Glorth herself as he got his towel to dry off.

He got some clothes on after drying off.

He started looking for something to eat for breakfast when he went to the kitchen.

“Cereal sounds good.” he said as he got a cereal box down and onto the counter. Ambrosius got a bowl and milk out, making the cereal. He started to eat his breakfast when it was ready.

He began checking his phone for any updates and notifications.

There were a few.

After he checked the updates and notifications, he was about to put his phone down when it buzzed again. Ambrosius looked at it as he ate his cereal.

It was a photo notification.

He clicked on it to see what it was.

It was a memory line thing and it showed Ambrosius a photo of Ballister and Meredith doing karaoke with him in the right corner of the photo.

And the banner saying ‘Ambrosius' secret Summer sleepover at Meredith's place - 2011’

Ambrosius chuckled softly as he remembered that night.

It was fun.

Meredith was a pretty good singer compared to both Ballister and Ambrosius.

Ambrosius remembered that the three of them stayed up until passing out by midnight.

Ambrosius sighed softly as he put his phone down and focused on eating.

But then something came up in his head while he ate. Something about the way he was taught for so many years ago.

His purpose and legacy.

It was to show the good and get rid of the bad.

‘But the question is, who is who.’ Ambrosius thought as he chewed before swallowing his last bite. 'But what if there's more than just that?'

He drank the leftover milk before cleaning it in the sink. He was cleaning the dishes when he began seeing clips of visions.

There was a monster of shadow and smoke.

It was making its way to the city, but it wasn’t attacking anyone. It was standing in front of the statue of Glorth and the next thing that it did shocked Ambrosius. The monster went hard onto the sword of Glorth, killing it in the process.

Ambrosius snapped out of it as he placed a knife down.

“What was that?” he panted and tried to calm down. He took a deep breath and calmed down.

He knew what to do. Tell the mayor about everything and about resigning being director and about the mayor.

With that, Ambrosius got into his uniform, headed to his car and headed straight to the mayor's office.

[miyukikooriya]

This is my MFB OC Miyuki Kooriya. She is known as Ice Queen. She’s a blader and a Ice Skating champion. Her love Interest is Tsubasa Otori. Her beyblade is Frost Archaina. She is the Older Sister of Arina Kooriya.

Here is her Info:

Name:

Miyuki Kooriya

AKA:

Ice Queen

Age:

15 (Metal Fusion)

16 (Metal Masters)

17 (Metal Fury)

24 (Shogun Steel)

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

February 5

Birth Place:

Aichi, Japan

Country:

Japan

Ethnicity:

Japanese

Race:

Human

Status:

Alive

Hair Color:

Jet Black

Eyes Color:

Brown

Height:

5’2”

Weight:

112 lbs

Personlity:

Miyuki is rather gentle and polite, most often smiling. She is very kind to her friends, always showing her friendly side.  She is known as Ice Queen because of her appearance are beautiful and elegant. She is determined to Beyblade like a profession, dreaming of taking part in championships. Her kindness wins the love of. She is very popular with the guys especially the girls who admire her beauty. In addition to her kindness, she is very helpful and is always concerned about what her friends are doing, always trying her best to keep their spirits up. She also has a passion for fashion and clothes, always searching for the prettiest and most stylish outfits to wear. She loves ice skating. She is of becoming a ice skater.

Miyuki is good-natured and easygoing person. She always cheer Socking her friends and anyone that are sad. She the perfect one to cheer people up. She never seen angry or mad at anyone.

Appearance:

Miyuki is a tall, beautiful girl with fair skin. She have long jet black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes.

In Metal Saga, She wears a light blue vest and white tank top with snowflakes on it. She wears earrings. She wears a brown belt and light blue skirt. With long white socks. She wears a light blue and white boots.

In Shogun Steel, As adult, She was married to Tsubasa. She have a lower ponytail with blue bow. She have a necklace and white blouse and blue top, and wedding ring on her finger, and white shoes.

with light blue ribbons.

Boyfriend:

Tsubasa Otori

Family:

Risa Kooriya (Mother)

Koji Kooriya (Father)

Arina Kooriya (Sister)

Katelyn Tamsi (Cousin)

-Shogun Steel-

Tsubasa Otori (Husband)

Miyuko Otori (Daughter)

Occupation:

Blader

Ice Skating Champion

Gingka’s Gang

Leader of BladeValkyrie

Beyblade (c)

Frost Archaina

Special Move:

Icy Crystal Assault

Element:

Ice

Attack Type:

Defensive/Stamina Type

Biography:

Miyuki Kooriya grew up in Aichi, Japan with her mother, father and and her younger sister Arina. Her family are pretty wealthy. Her dream is to become a great ice skater when she got older. She did not have many friends, She doing ice skating as a hobby. Miyuki had always been an aspiring ice skating, but was interested in Beyblading, observing the neighbourhood children battle each other from a distance after practice. Her parents, concerned for her safety, did not want her Beyblading with the others as yet.

When she turned six years old, her mother presented her with the Beyblade, Frost Archaina containing a beautiful Arctic Fox BeySpirit that Miyuki immediately took a liking to. At first, she was not used to launching her Beyblade and keeping it spinning which discouraged her but she did not give up. A few weeks of training and watching the other children, she learned how to launch her Beyblade properly. Eager to show the others, she decided to show off her moves against another girl in front of a crowd. Fired up and passionate about her first battle, she was not unhappy from losing but instead vowed to become better and soon the best blader that Japan has ever seen.

At the age of eight, she had grown both in strength and in confidence and put ice skating off to the side to focus on her skills as a Beyblader. Miyuki was acquainted with all the other kids that lived near her and was told about a junior Beyblading contest that was taking place by Arina, who had signed her up already. Although nervous, Miyuki was pumped and eagerly agreed to participate and came out in second place. She was excited about her win but even more excited about discovering a new special move: Ice Crystal Assault.

One day when Miyuki goes to elite school. She heard from another girl that they're going to have a new transfer student in their class. That when the sliver haired boy name Tsubasa Otori came in. Miyuki thinks that he was cute and want to be his friend. Tsubasa sat next to Miyuki. Miyuki smile at him and introduce herself to him. He smile back. She would like to be friends with him. He responded yes. They became friends. They hang out alot. They getting along great.

((Present Day))

When Miyuki was older, she decided to have a Beyblade battle practice. During a practice session with her Beyblade at a nearby gym, she ended up running into her childhood friend, Tsubasa. Excited to see him again. She was going to spend time with him, They decided to catch up on the time she missed while she was away with him over lunch, and later met with Tsubasa’s friends.  She became friends with the others, such as Madoka and Kenta. More powerful than when she was a child, Miyuki decided to take on Gingka Hagane and display her newfound skills. Madoka, Tsubasa, and Kenta all came to watch the unfolding of the challenge she presented. It was a tough fight and both Beyblades took a reasonable amount of damage. Even with Miyuki's Archaina's special move, she ended up tying with the powerful Blader. Gingka congratulates her, and remarks on how strong her Blader's Spirit is and how much stronger it could be if she kept believing in herself. They shake hands and she smiles, content with her victory, not in battle, but in herself and spirit which made her feel victorious. She soon joined Battle Bladers, wanting to achieve her dreams of becoming the best. However, things took a turn for the worst when she faced off against Ryuga. She was thrilled with excitement, and nearly managed to defeat him by putting up an amazing fight while taking so many of Lightning L-Drago’s attacks, but Ryuga used his dark power, which nearly destroyed Miyuki's bey. She sadly forfeited the battle, feeling saddened by the loss, but Madoka vowed to fix up her Bey and make it good as new again.

Before the World Championship, Miyuki spent time with her sister Arina to to recalling her past endeavours up to then. She was so happy to see them and expressed her feelings about Beyblading, while later introducing Arina to Tsubasa and the others. Miyuki then tells Gingka and the others that she Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko are going to be on Team BladeValkyrie, with her as the team leader. Excited about the World Championship, they agreed that they all make it their objective to have fun! Team BladeValkyrie managed to defeat Team Korea and Team Mexico, the next round leading to GanGan Galaxy and Miyuki was excited. Nichiko battled against Masamune and won. Reika battled Tsubasa, and nearly won until Tsubasa's dark power took over and caused him to nearly destroy Reika's Bey, which she ended up losing. Finally, Miyuki battled against Gingka, but lost to him.

After a break, BladeValkyrie got a second chance and battled against Team Starbreaker, which won against them and nearly outed their team from the tournament. Upon going against Damian, he traps her and Archaina inside Hades’ Gates, but they break out of the chains and Miyuki almost manages to pull out a spectacular victory against him with her strongest Special Move: Sub-Zero Cannon. Both attacks collided, causing a massive explosion that covered the entire field in smoke. As the smoke slowly clears, it reveals Archaina has stopped spinning with a stadium sleepout, while Hades barely managed to keep spinning,

During the Hades City incident, she, along with Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko help Gingka and many others fight against members of the HD Academy alliance.

A year and a couple weeks later, after the defeat of Hades Inc and the destruction of the Spiral Core, a strange event occurred. A new Star Fragment similar to the one that created Storm Pegasus and Lightning L-Drago exploded and spread out twelve beams of light that fell on Earth, hitting and enchanting eleven destined Beyblades. These Beys would prove to help in a time of darkness, as the legend of the star foretells.

Miyuki journeys with Gingka and the others to find the Legendary Bladers to help defeat Nemesis, as well as becoming one herself, which represents Earth. It was the danger of the battle against Rago that made her realise her obvious crush on Tsubasa. As the time came for Gingka and his group to depart, Miyuki was unsure on how to confess her feelings to Tsubasa. While walking through the forest of a nearby park they'd met, aimlessly wandering deep in thought, she accidentally trips on a root and nearly tumbles into the river, only to be caught by Tsubasa. He comments on her clumsiness and how she should not make it a habit. Nervously laughing, she tells him that she hopes that he could be by her side to help her when she can’t help herself, and confesses her affection for him.

((Zero G/Shogun Steel))

Years after the events of Nemesis, and working happily at the WBBA, Miyuki was married to Tsubasa after a long while of knowing and working alongside each other. She still Beyblading, trains newcomers to the sport. She soon became a mother and has a daughter name Miyuko.

Voice Actor (c):

Shannon Hamilton (English)

Ai Kayano (Japanese)

Miyuki Kooriya (c) Me

Art by Fyomi_Nazawaki

[miyukikoorikawa]

This is my MFB OC Miyuki Koorikawa. She is known as Ice Queen. She’s a blader and a Ice Skating champion. Her love Interest is Tsubasa Otori. Her beyblade is Blizzard Cygnus. She is the Older Sister of Arina Koorikawa.

Here is her Info:

Name:

Miyuki Koorikawa

AKA:

Ice Queen

Age:

15 (Metal Fusion)

16 (Metal Masters)

17 (Metal Fury)

24 (Shogun Steel)

Gender:

Female

Birthday:

February 5

Birth Place:

Aichi, Japan

Country:

Japan

Ethnicity:

Japanese

Race:

Human

Status:

Alive

Hair Color:

Jet Black

Eyes Color:

Brown

Height:

5’2”

Weight:

112 lbs

Personlity:

Miyuki is rather gentle and polite, most often smiling. She is very kind to her friends, always showing her friendly side.  She is known as Ice Queen because of her appearance are beautiful and elegant. She is determined to Beyblade like a profession, dreaming of taking part in championships. Her kindness wins the love of. She is very popular with the guys especially the girls who admire her beauty. In addition to her kindness, she is very helpful and is always concerned about what her friends are doing, always trying her best to keep their spirits up. She also has a passion for fashion and clothes, always searching for the prettiest and most stylish outfits to wear. She loves ice skating. She is of becoming a ice skater.

Miyuki is good-natured and easygoing person. She always cheer Socking her friends and anyone that are sad. She the perfect one to cheer people up. She never seen angry or mad at anyone.

Appearance:

Miyuki is a tall, beautiful girl with fair skin. She have long jet black hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. She wears a light blue and yellow vest and white top with light blue heart. She wears earrings. She wears a brown belt and light blue skirt. With her long white socks. She wears a light blue and white boots with light blue ribbons. She have white socking.

Boyfriend:

Tsubasa Otori

Family:

Risa Koorikawa (Mother)

Koji Koorikawa (Father)

Arina Koorikawa (Sister)

Katelyn Tamsi (Cousin)

-Shogun Steel-

Tsubasa Otori (Husband)

Michiko Otori (Daughter)

Occupation:

Blader

Ice Skating Champion

Gingka’s Gang

Leader of BladeValkyrie

Beyblade (c)

Blizzard Cygnus

Special Move:

Icy Crystal Assault

Element:

Ice

Attack Type:

Defensive/Stamina Type

Biography:

Miyuki Koorikawa grew up in Aichi, Japan with her mother, father and her younger sister Arina. Her family are pretty wealthy. Her dream is to become a great singer when she got older. She did not have many friends, She doing singing as a hobby. Miyuki had always been an aspiring ice skater, but was interested in Beyblading, observing the neighbourhood children battle each other from a distance after practice. Her parents, concerned for her safety, did not want her Beyblading with the others as yet.

When she turned six years old, her mother presented her with the Beyblade, Blizzard Cygnus containing a beautiful swan BeySpirit that Miyuki immediately took a liking to. At first, she was not used to launching her Beyblade and keeping it spinning which discouraged her but she did not give up. A few weeks of training and watching the other children, she learned how to launch her Beyblade properly. Eager to show the others, she decided to show off her moves against another girl in front of a crowd. Fired up and passionate about her first battle, she was not unhappy from losing but instead vowed to become better and soon the best blader that Japan has ever seen.

At the age of eight, she had grown both in strength and in confidence and put ice skating off to the side to focus on her skills as a Beyblader. Miyuki was acquainted with all the other kids that lived near her and was told about a junior Beyblading contest that was taking place by Arina, who had signed her up already. Although nervous, Miyuki was pumped and eagerly agreed to participate and came out in second place. She was excited about her win but even more excited about discovering a new special move: Ice Crystal Assault.

One day when Miyuki goes to elite school. She heard from another girl that they're going to have a new transfer student in their class. That when the sliver haired boy name Tsubasa Otori came in. Miyuki thinks that he was cute and want to be his friend. Tsubasa sat next to Miyuki. Miyuki smile at him and introduce herself to him. He smile back. She would like to be friends with him. He responded yes. They became friends. They hang out alot. They getting along great.

((Present Day))

When Miyuki was older, she decided to have a Beyblade battle practice. During a practice session with her Beyblade at a nearby gym, she ended up running into her childhood friend, Tsubasa. Excited to see him again. She was going to spend time with him, They decided to catch up on the time she missed while she was away with him over lunch, and later met with Tsubasa’s friends. She became friends with the others, such as Madoka and Kenta. More powerful than when she was a child, Miyuki decided to take on Gingka Hagane and display her newfound skills. Madoka, Tsubasa, and Kenta all came to watch the unfolding of the challenge she presented. It was a tough fight and both Beyblades took a reasonable amount of damage. Even with Miyuki's Cygnus’s special move, she ended up tying with the powerful Blader. Gingka congratulates her, and remarks on how strong her Blader's Spirit is and how much stronger it could be if she kept believing in herself. They shake hands and she smiles, content with her victory, not in battle, but in herself and spirit which made her feel victorious. She soon joined Battle Bladers, wanting to achieve her dreams of becoming the best. However, things took a turn for the worst when she faced off against Ryuga. She was thrilled with excitement, and nearly managed to defeat him by putting up an amazing fight while taking so many of Lightning L-Drago’s attacks, but Ryuga used his dark power, which nearly destroyed Miyuki's bey. She sadly forfeited the battle, feeling saddened by the loss, but Madoka vowed to fix up her Bey and make it good as new again.

Before the World Championship, Miyuki spent time with her sister Arina to to recalling her past endeavours up to then. She was so happy to see them and expressed her feelings about Beyblading, while later introducing Arina to Tsubasa and the others. Miyuki then tells Gingka and the others that she Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko are going to be on Team BladeValkyrie, with her as the team leader. Excited about the World Championship, they agreed that they all make it their objective to have fun! Team BladeValkyrie managed to defeat Team Korea and Team Mexico, the next round leading to GanGan Galaxy and Miyuki was excited. Nichiko battled against Masamune and won. Reika battled Tsubasa, and nearly won until Tsubasa's dark power took over and caused him to nearly destroy Reika's Bey, which she ended up losing. Finally, Miyuki battled against Gingka, but lost to him.

After a break, BladeValkyrie got a second chance and battled against Team Starbreaker, which won against them and nearly outed their team from the tournament. Upon going against Damian, he traps her and Cgynus inside Hades’ Gates, but they break out of the chains and Miyuki almost manages to pull out a spectacular victory against him with her strongest Special Move: Sub-Zero Cannon. Both attacks collided, causing a massive explosion that covered the entire field in smoke. As the smoke slowly clears, it reveals Cgynus has stopped spinning with a stadium sleepout, while Hades barely managed to keep spinning,

During the Hades City incident, she, along with Yoko, Risa, and Nichiko help Gingka and many others fight against members of the HD Academy alliance.

A year and a couple weeks later, after the defeat of Hades Inc and the destruction of the Spiral Core, a strange event occurred. A new Star Fragment similar to the one that created Storm Pegasus and Lightning L-Drago exploded and spread out twelve beams of light that fell on Earth, hitting and enchanting eleven destined Beyblades. These Beys would prove to help in a time of darkness, as the legend of the star foretells.

Miyuki journeys with Gingka and the others to find the Legendary Bladers to help defeat Nemesis, as well as becoming one herself, which represents Earth. It was the danger of the battle against Rago that made her realise her obvious crush on Tsubasa. As the time came for Gingka and his group to depart, Miyuki was unsure on how to confess her feelings to Tsubasa. While walking through the forest of a nearby park they'd met, aimlessly wandering deep in thought, she accidentally trips on a root and nearly tumbles into the river, only to be caught by Tsubasa. He comments on her clumsiness and how she should not make it a habit. Nervously laughing, she tells him that she hopes that he could be by her side to help her when she can’t help herself, and confesses her affection for him.

((Zero G/Shogun Steel))

Years after the events of Nemesis, and working happily at the WBBA, Miyuki was married to Tsubasa after a long while of knowing and working alongside each other. She still Beyblading, trains newcomers to the sport. She soon became a mother and has a daughter name Michiko.

Voice Actor (c):

Shannon Hamilton (English)

Ai Kayano (Japanese)

Miyuki Koorikawa (c) Me

Art by HanasakiTsubomi

[o1dmoneyarc]

DAISY BUCHANAN. as seen in the great gatsby. musical based.

general.

name.     daisy buchanan (nee fay). nicknames/known as.     n/a. age and date of birth.     twenty-six. july 2, 1896. gender and pronouns.     cisfemale (she/her). sexuality.     bisexual (heavily closeted). status.     married.

background.

family.     albert fay (father; alive), katherine fay (mother; deceased), bertha travers (sister; alive), cassandra weston (sister; alive). significant other.     thomas buchanan (husband), jay gatsby (lover). place of birth.     louisville, louisiana. education.     tutored. occupation.     socialite. religion.     baptist.

appearance.

hair.     black, cut into a bob. eye color.     brown. skin tone.     tan. height.     5'3"  weight.     126lbs. faceclaim.     eva nobelzada.

personality.

traits.     tba. mbti.     tba. enneagram.     tba. moral alignment.     tba. mental.     post-traumatic stress disorder post canon.

history.

the fay family comes from interesting background. her grandparents came from the philippines and struck gold early on in the goldrush. the other side of her family were wealthy merchants from mexico. the two families settled in louisville and were good friends. albert fay proposed to his wife in the late 19th century. both families had been claiming to be from old money for decades. this was ultimately regarded as fact, even if it wasn't entirely true. daisy was raised alongside her older sister, cassandra in a relatively happy and somewhat spoiled childhood.

cassandra married a few years before daisy. however, it was evident soon into the marriage that cassandra was unhappy. her husband was beloved by their parents so she didn't say anything. daisy finally got the truth out of her after years of prodding to discover the horrific circumstances of cassandra's marriage. daisy attempted to convince their parents to take her sister in and protect her from her husband. her parents denied, claiming that cassandra's husband was a good man. cassandra confronted daisy about going to their parents, reminding her that she would have nothing if she divorced. it wasn't worth it.

determined not to end up in the same situation as her sister, daisy played coy for several years. bothering her mother and her father. but when she fell in love, she fell. for jay gatsby.

when he left for war, she assumed that she wouldn't see him again. knowing that she wouldn't be able to find anyone like him again, daisy opened herself up to finding a husband. tom buchanan was handsome and mostly importantly, he came from good money. she trusted that he wouldn't hurt her when she accepted his proposal.

the night before the wedding, a letter from gatsby arrived. after hearing nothing from him in years, she assumed he had perished. even if his name was never in the paper. daisy told her mother that she changed her mind. the pearl necklace that tom gifted her was ripped from her neck. they weren't able to calm her down all night.

eventually between three and five in the morning, cassandra talked to her. there was no future with gatsby. how would their parents react? how would society react to daisy fay marrying a poor boy from nowhereville? daisy asked if she went through with the wedding to tom if cassandra would divorce her own husband. daisy would be the perfect daughter. her wedding to tom would distract everyone from the divorce. cassandra agreed.

as jordan and her mother helped her into her dress and did up her hair, daisy reminded herself that she was in love with tom. cassandra put the pearls over her neck.

cassandra never asked for the divorce. tom crashed the car with the hotel's chambermaid in it.

tom bought a mansion in long island. tom was never home. daisy argued with her sister over the divorce. cassandra announced that she was pregnant and because of her pregnancy, her husband had stopped hurting her.

daisy met her nephew a few months later.

after a year of tom disappearing and phone calls at dinnertime, daisy remembered what her sister had done. a baby would solve their problems. a baby would stop the phone calls and the expensive receipts she found in his coat pockets for things she never saw.

pamela buchanan was born a year later.

two years later, the parties started across the bay.

her cousin, nick moved to west egg.

her solider had returned.

tom left her with blackeyes. tom was never home. tom barely looked at their daughter. daisy knew it was a gamble. she would loose more than everything if she went to west egg. but while things seemed better with her sister, they never got better for her. daisy's heart was still aching for her solider after all these years.

being with gatsby was everything she had imagined her marriage would be like. her aunt fell ill every other weekend and while she missed her pammy, she'd never been happier than spending those weekends with jay.

then came the confrontation at the plaza. the blood on the windshield. how her hands trembled in jay held them in his own as he promised that he would fix everything.

there was no future with jay. daisy wanted to pick up the phone and call. by the time she finally did, tom had a hand on her shoulder and whispering that he was dead.

tom had won.

they fled to honolulu. a year there. a year in paris. one in london. one in the greek countryside. always trying to escape. always hoping that pammy wouldn't grow up like herself or cassandra. if she was a fool, then it wouldn't matter.

the nightmares started as soon as the plane landed. jay's body in the pool. a flash of red hair. myrtle's face on the windshield before her body crunched behind them. most nights, she spent away from tom. she curled up next to pammy. her daughter was the only solid thing in her life.

tom suggested therapies. places that he could check her into for a few weeks that would make her better. doctors.

daisy didn't want to get better now. this is what she deserves for betraying jay, for her selfishness, for not being able to fix everything.

she talked to jordan once about it. tom found her afterwards in the bath, not breathing.

it was a week at the hospital.

there were a few visits from doctors that could fix her. the appointments quickly turned into blurs. they suggested more hospitals. tom had a maid pack her things.

daisy didn't know if she cared anymore. she was compliant until she found a letter with another woman's name on it and another woman's perfume sprayed on the envelope.

she took the suitcase and pammy and took a train to boston. jordan's new address wasn't difficult to find.

unable to be a beautiful little fool and unable to play the part that her sister did so wonderfully, she called herself daisy fay and began a new life.

[skriblee-ksk]

Cynthia Rydell

Summary:

[A girl with an bright and sociable personality who got accepted to both NRC and RSA (she attends the latter). Surprisingly an intelligent and hardworking girl, she spends her days balancing her schoolwork with sneaking out to NRC for occasional chaos (as there’s always chaos in NRC).]

[She has a passion for discovering hidden truths, but has the much-needed sense of self-preservation. All-in-all, she tries her best to make sure her future is on the right tracks since it’s in her hands this time…?]

General Info!

Name: Cynthia Rydell

Birthday: May 27th

Pronouns: She/her

Sexuality: AroAce (romance favorable + non-partnering)

Dominant Hand: Right

Hobbies: Writing, Doodling, Procrastinating as much as possible, Hanging out with friends, Reading Manhwas, and Pestering Adelia.

Likes: Dressing up, Hearing interesting gossip, Solving mysteries, Debating, and Learning about wack laws and rules.

Dislikes: Getting nagged, Being looked down upon (because she does try hard to be a good person), and The concept of fate.

Fears: Being alone and Being forgotten.

Traits: Getting invested into the weirdest things, Having a strong urge to find the truth, Being calculating and nimble enough to escape certain situations, and Having an eye for cute and fun things.

Extra Information: She has a sibling-like close friend who attends NRC. She frequently sneaks out to visit her with help from Che’nya. While she accepted the letter to RSA, she got permission for a gap year as to earn money that the scholarship wouldn’t cover. Her hair is dyed pink. Her natural hair is a beige brown seen in her lashes. Call her pigtails childish and she’ll deck you. Her favorite colors are pink and orange. She like orange flavored things!

"Dividing the planes of reality, I claim one for my own." Spirit Realm Split: Cynthia's unique magic that can place objects in a separate plane that only she can access. It doesn't work like a game inventory system. Instead, the objects float around in her vicinity, invisible and untouchable to others. Number of objects that can be switched to the plane varies with size (10 small objects at most), and it can only stay there for 24 hours, with a cooldown of 1 hour. The bigger and longer the object stays, the more blot accumulates. It's unknown if this power can used on a person, but Cynthia's not against trying if she finds viable candidates.

More of her story and author’s notes under cut!

Backstory:

Cynthia grew up in the Shaftlands with only her mother. Neighbors to a decently wealthy family, Cynthia frequently spent time at their household while her mother went out to work. The neighbors, the Ordelia family, had two daughters. A girl named Adeline (who Cynthia calls Adelia), the younger of the two, was about to become Cynthia’s lifelong friend.

To help her mother and also be able to follow her dreams of entering the law field, Cynthia received Adelia’s help with her studies to try to get into the two most prestigious schools on Sage Island. Through Adelia’s crazily strict yet admittedly useful studying regime, she was able to proudly show off the two acceptance letters, a sign that she had truly worked as hard as she could.

Cynthia spent days mulling over which school she would enter. She even did a mandatory coin toss just in case she still hadn’t decided by the due date. Adelia wouldn’t say a single word on where she would go, but since Cynthia knew of Adelia’s competence, she believed Adelia would be able follow Cynthia, no matter which school she would choose.

Oh, so how tragic the betrayal is~! How traitorous for Adelia to abandon Cynthia and enter her school’s ultimate rival. The pain, the misery—

“Cynthia, stop being dramatic. Just because I could follow you never meant I would have. And didn’t you say being rivals was, quote, ‘actually pretty fun’ last week?”

A silky voice with an certain sharpness arrives from her phone. Cynthia laughs at the vivid annoyance she can imagine on her best friend’s face.

“Alright, fine! Sometimes it’s fun to complain for the sake of it, you know.”

“You’re not doing it for the sake of it, you’re doing it to annoy me—“

“Well, keep me updated on any NRC drama! Such as the one with your Dormleader… which is frankly cu-ray-zee!! A Spelldrive Tournament between our schools is coming up soon, apparently, so maybe we can meet up then. I’ll tell you what I’ve learned about overblots, and then you—“

“Oh my, class is about to start, I’ll talk to you later.”

“Wait, huh? I’m not done talkin—“

*Beeep*

- - -

A/N: It’s my daughter! Cynthia!! She’s actually from an OC story I made with my friend @kathxrat-01 called Your Artificial Image. We have an entire webnovel about it (in progress, we’re rewriting and editing it right now), and it’s what i used to be fixated on before i got into twst. But i missed her SOOOOOO BAD that i just. i just had to add her in. I MISS HER. I MISS HER AND HER TRAGEDY OF A STORY. I WANT TO BE FIXATED ON HER AGAIN UUUEUUEUUE but i like talking ab Kiyuu so idk man.

She’s so beloved to me actually!! I’ve made several edits of her bc i have enough art to edit her to some 4/4 beat music. Tmi, you don’t know what I’m talking about probably. THE POINT IS THAT I LOVE HER. Sometimes I forget that she’s actually smart though because she acts like someone who gets straight Bs and possibly Cs, but she’s a straight A student!! Say thanks to Adelia who taught her studying methods that actually suited her!!!

Her role in twst is. It’s mostly based around as a sort of helper to Adelia, who’s trying to piece together everything wrong with NRC (because justice. Cynthia just wants to know because she likes knowing things). Her best friend in RSA is Che’nya, who she just followed out of RSA for funsies and realized it was a good way to talk to Adelia and actually experience the weird NRC experience. Usually, though, most information comes from phone calls to each other, which they do nearly every day.

Below are some non-YAI spoiler doodles I drew of her. I do have some others but they have Adelia in it, so I can’t drop them just yet. IF U WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YAI!! General gist is it has imaginary friend-like beings called spirits (what TWST!Cynthia’s unique magic is based on) and isekai/going back in time and it’s ALSO about going back home vs adapting here (like most otome isekais are). We have a tumblr blog called @dek0rin. So go check it out. (We haven’t rlly posted anything yet. BUT WE WILL.)

[friendshipstates]

(I wrote a little something after seeing the promo for Otona Precure...)

(The idea of seeing Pretty Cure being allowed to age got me in a writing mood. Please enjoy)

The Tuesday of Our Dreams

[TXT-Dreaming Girl] Can you pick me up from work today?  My car is in the shop. [TXT-Superstar] Gladly. Welcome back, by the way. [TXT-Dreaming Girl] Thanks. Dinner’s on me.

Yumehara Nozomi smiled as she looked over those texts in the parking lot for the studio. After several months on an international press junket, her good friend Kasugano Urara had returned to her home studio for a few months.

Nozomi checked in with the security guard and walked towards the waiting room behind the stage. The red light was still on, so she brushed a strand of pink hair from her eyes and looked around the room.

An older gentleman practicing lines for his next scene. A young girl and her mother, working through some vocal warmups, Kisaragi Gentaro, a grandmother who…wait, go back one.

The sound that came from Nozomi’s lips was an undignified squeak and Gentaro recognized it immediately.

“I was wondering when you were going to spot me here, Nozomi!” Gentaro stood and gave his friend and fellow teacher his friendship handshake. Nozomi immediately followed this up with a tight hug.

“Sorry, Gen. Sometimes tunnel vision kicks in, especially after a day in the classroom. You know how that is!” Nozomi pulled Gentaro away from the stage door. 

“I sure do. But you’re forgiven, Nozomi. Man, what’s it been?” Gentaro laughed.

“About five months. I haven’t seen you since the big event at Alice’s place.” Nozomi recalled how Gentaro had left from a side door and had always wondered what had caused that reaction.

“Yeah, that one was on me.” Gentaro let out a breath that sent a ripple through his hair. “Do you want to know why that happened?”

“I guess, if you’re willing to tell me.” Nozomi rested a hand on his shoulder, though she had to reach up quite a ways to do it.

“One of the wealthy people at Alice’s party made a comment about how teachers would never be on their level…” Gentaro began.

“Well, I mean we know…but hey!” Nozomi interjected.

“Exactly. But it didn’t stop there. Everything he said just made my blood boil and I finally just pulled Sebastian aside and asked for a quick exit. I apologized to Alice the next day, but I just didn’t want to risk running into other rich people with a similar attitude.” Gentaro admits. “I mean, that means I missed out on quite a few parties at the Yotsuba Manor.” “They were a lot less interesting without you, Gen.” Nozomi tapped him on the shoulder playfully. “So, what are you doing here?” “One of my students is an extra for a scene today and I’m supposed to bring her home today.” Gentaro took a cup of water from the fountain and offered it to Nozomi, who just shook her head.

“That’s a nice thing to do. But is there anyone else who can bring her home? Why you?” Nozomi questioned.

“My student is the daughter of alien ambassadors, and she’s been targeted by a group of ‘Humans First’ terrorists who style themselves after knights.” Gentaro deadpanned. Nozomi blinked once, then again. “I don’t know what’s worse. That you can say something like that with a straight face, or that I believe you without hesitation.” Gentaro shook his head. “It’s not even in the top twenty weirdest things that has ever happened in our lives, and we both know it.” “Right, Of course. There’s nothing normal in our field of work. There’s only ‘weird’, 

really weird’ and ‘Tuesday.’”

“And Tuesdays are just the worst” They said together, sharing a years-long inside joke.

“So, does Urara know you’re here? She’s going to be super excited to see you, Gen.” Nozomi asked, finally taking the offered water.

“No, I figured that would be a surprise for her…” Gentaro looked up as the red light went off. “Lead her around the corner, please?” Gentaro moved about thirty feet down the hall, leaving Nozomi to watch as Urara exited the stage, with a dark-skinned girl following her. “I didn’t realize it would require that many takes.” Gentaro’s Student Kilena said. “There were a lot of moving parts, to be sure. Our actress had to hit just the right point on the stage, and stumble in just the right way to throw the cake up in the air. Then the cameras needed to be set up for a shot where it could record everyone’s reaction, especially yours. I have to say, looking at the final shot, your face was the most genuine.” Urara said with a grin as she spotted Nozomi.

“That’s just because I was thinking about the poor craft services baker who had to make seven cakes just to watch them get ruined.” Kilena said as she looked around. Was her teacher here yet? He said he would be. “Nozomi! Meet Kilena Akralis. She’s one of our extras today and she did a wonderful job.” Urara gently pushed the young girl forward. “Yumehara-sensei!” Kilena said with a grin. “Sorry, Kasugano-san, but we’ve already met. She’s been a substitute teacher at my school when my Sensei is ill.” “Hey, kiddo! You’re well on your way. First an extra role, then you’ll be doing commercials for toothpaste. Then, the big time.” Nozomi teased her part-time student. “Ready to go, Urara?”

“Yes, lead the way, Nozomi.” The two ladies turned the corner, and Urara finally saw that all too familiar pompadour. If Nozomi’s reaction had been a squeak, Urara’s was a prolonged “EEEE” altered only by the Doppler Effect as she ran up to give him a humongous hug. “Good to see you too, Urara.” Gentaro gently disengaged. “I’m here to take my student home, but I’d be happy to spend some time with you after that.” “Oh absolutely! We have so much to catch up on, Gen-chan! We’ll see you at the…” Urara looked to Nozomi for confirmation.

“Bistro La Salle.” Nozomi answered. “Great. Let me get Kilena back and I’ll see you there.” They traveled together down the hall a bit longer until they reached the parking lot. However, before Gentaro could even put a helmet on Kilena, all four of them got that sense that something bad was about to happen. “Is this a bad time?” The “Knight” said as he charged up his laser spear. “Give up the alien and I’ll let the rest of you leave.” “Nah.” Gentaro, Urara and Nozomi all said at the same time. No words wasted on a single foe. “Your organization sent one knight to kill me.” Kilena stood tall in the midst of her teachers and heroes. “They should have sent more.” A belt extended around Gentaro’s waist. A rocket charm was pulled from Kilena’s necklace and a pair of magical cellphones appeared. “3..2..1..Henshin!” “Pretty Cure, Blast Off!” “Pretty Cure Metamorphose!”

The enemy knight was defeated exceedingly quickly, running with his armor in tatters. The two senior Pretty Cure looked at their junior. 

“Were you casting around the same cosmic energy as Fourze, Cure Nova?” Cure Lemonade asked.

“As far as I can tell. We’ve never really measured it though.” Cure Nova smiled.

“If it is the same energy, it certainly chose a worthy host.” Cure Dream patted Cure Nova’s head

“Of course, this had to happen on a Tuesday.” Cure Lemonade sighed and all three adult heroes chimed in “Tuesdays are just the worst.”

“Tuesdays, huh? Strange. In my circle, it’s the Thursdays that we just can’t get the hang of.” Cure Nova laughed as she canceled her transformation. “Let’s get me back before my parents start to worry, Kisaragi-Sensei.”

“Sure thing, Kilena. Ladies, I’ll see you at the Bistro La Salle in about thirty minutes.” Gentaro gave his student a helmet and Nozomi and Urara a small salute,

Urara looked at Nozomi as Gentaro left. “I think we can afford to take the long way around to Bistro La Salle, can’t we?” Nozomi smiled. “Of course. Better we all get a table at the same time. How about we surprise him? I can get Rin down there to meet him at least.” “That works for me, Nozomi. I’ll contact Karen and Komachi as well.”