Rue and Erin Tyryl's Story

Erin and Rue Tyryl

The ceremony was the same as it was last year. Erin leaned back in his chair, lounging as he payed no attention to the speech that Aslan provided them. Though it was only his second year at the academy, he had no real interest in what the golden haired boy had to say. Nemesis was curled on the floor, under the chair with his head on his paws near Erin's feet. Next to him, his adorable little sister Rue sat nervously. It was her first year at the academy, only because it had taken everything Erin had to get the money from their parents to allow her to attend.

It had been difficult for him to watch her alone all the time while he had attended the school last year. Even over the summer, with nothing to do and no real friends, the siblings only had each other for company. Giving her a sideways glance, he put one arm over her shoulder and hugged her to him before letting the chair come down to rest on all four legs again. The ceremony was nearly over and it would be time to get acquainted with their roommates and other things. It was going to be difficult for him to get used to the fact that Rue was on campus. Even more so with the notion that he knew he wasn't going to know where she was at all times. Just the thought put a lump in his throat and his chest clenched with terror. It wasn't the first time he'd had second thoughts about bringing her to school.

As the room erupted in noise as the students stood, Erin jumped up, grabbed both his bag and Rue's wrist. He made his way through the crowd, keeping a tight hold on his little sister. She too gripped his hand tightly, it was surprising strong for such a tiny hand. Looking back, he smiled at her even though her bright green eyes were filled with fear. He could feel her trembling slightly with how nervous she was.

"It'll be alright. You're going to have fun and make lots of friends. Your roommate will be perfect too, I just know it," he winked at her.

Rue seemed to relax slightly and she smiled, brightening her face and eyes, "Ok."

Once they made it to the door, he met with the teacher standing there and introduced both himself and Rue to her. If he remembered correctly it was the general studies teacher he was talking to, but her name slipped his mind. When they were handed their keys, Erin grinned at the teacher and waved as he walked away.

"Here, I'll walk you to your room. And would you look at that, it seems you aren't to far from me anyway! If you ever need anything, you can just come to my okay?"

"Alright," Rue replied softly. She wasn't one to talk much anyway, but to Erin she usually talked more. He figured it was just her nerves that kept her quiet.

Erin found the room easily enough and opened it for her. He didn't look inside to see if anyone was there, only held the door opened for his little sister to walk in. She dragged her luggage inside and stood there for a while staring at her room. Erin touched her shoulder to get her attention.

"Alright little sister, remember, I'm just right down here, okay? Keep the key on you at all times, make sure your back here when the curfew is in effect and the lights are out or else you'll have to deal with our special bonds teacher. He's not very nice. Oh and make sure you eat and-"

"Brother!" Rue turned around with a stomp and glared up at him. Erin reeled back, feigning fear, "I'll be alright, jeez! To think that I was nervous... Seems like your the one who's more freaked out than I am."

Erin held his hands up and smiled brightly at her, "I'm just trying to help."

"Well you're annoying."

"Yeah I know."

Snow fluttered her feathers and brushed across Rue's cheek as she tried not to smile at her brother, "Meet you in a couple hours?"

"Sure thing. You remember the place I showed you when we first got here?"

Rolling her eyes, Rue answered, "Yeah I remember. I'm not slow like you."

"Alright, alright. Jeez. I'll see you later."

With that Rue closed her door and Erin took a deep steadying breath. Then he grinned. Rue was going to be just fine. She could take care of herself, plus she had Snow.

"Shoulda realized that first. Man, you are slow," Nemesis told him. The black dire wolf stood several inches higher than Erin's waist. Reaching over, he patted the wolf's head in response.

"Yeah, whatever, Nemesis. Let's go meet our roommate. I hope it's someone interesting this time. Maybe it'll be a girl."

"Only you could wish to have a girl as your roommate."

"I'm allowed to dream. Stop trying to put a damper on it."

He pushed the key in the handle and opened the door. With a quick wiggle, the key came free and he walked in, dragging his luggage to the side of the room. Only then did he turn around and take a look at what the room was like and what kind of company he would be enjoying for his term at the academy.

Suren was finished in the bathroom, and she took a moment to look in the mirror while washing her hands. Her red hair was in its usual braid, and she was wearing a hoodie that was at least three sizes to large, but she would wear whatever she could find.

Kivuli was still on the bed when someone entered the room, and she took a moment to notice them before the flame on her tail got larger on instinct to protect her, although she could control it on reflex. It looked like she was rooming with a boy and his bond was some kind of wolf. "Well, hello." She said quite intimidatingly, "You must be Suren's roommate, now I will tell you only once: Don't you dare try to hurt her or I will make sure that all of left of you is a pile of ashes, got it?" She said, and just at that moment Suren exited the restroom, however she didn't hear Kivuli's threat. When she noticed the boy, she pecked up and went to hug him, one of her things. "Oh, Hi! You must be my roommate, nice to meet you! I am Suren, Suren Craven. And this is Kivuli." She said while pointing at her Bond. "If she gives you any trouble, just spash some water on her, she will back off." She chuckled a bit, while the Bond got closer to her, and was now actually leaning on her leg, coming up to just around her hip. "And you are?" She asked very excited to get to learn about her roommate.

Erin Tyryl

Now this I could get used to, he thought to himself as the pretty red haired girl rushed up and wrapped her arms around him. He stood a good six inches taller than her and he couldn't help feel a slight blush on his face as she hugged him. Erin quickly brushed it off though as he gently returned the embrace. With a smile he greeted her as she pulled away.

"Oh, Hi! You must be my roommate, nice to meet you! I am Suren, Suren Craven. And this is Kivuli." She said while pointing at her Bond. "If she gives you any trouble, just spash some water on her, she will back off. And you are?"

"Erin. Erin Tyryl. This here is my dire wolf, Nemesis. And seeing as he's not growling at you, it looks like he likes you," Erin said with a wink, "But then, he likes most women."

"Just like you do," Nemesis told him with a sour pitch to his voice.

"Hey now! That's not nice," Erin said as he pushed his hand through his white hair and tried to ignore his bonds comment. He was grateful that only he could hear Nemesis. With a cough he continued, "Anyhow, it's nice to meet you, Suren. I see that you've decided where you'll be sleeping, so I'll take this other one then," Erin picked up his luggage and tossed it on the empty bed. Nemesis jumped up on the mattress and sniffed around it. Making three complete circles, the dire wolf finally settled down and closed his glowing eyes.

"Jeez, lazy bag of fur," Erin muttered, but he smiled at his bond fondly. Turning back to the pretty red haired Suren, he winked at her once more, "If you're done with the shower, I'd like to use it before I go meet my sister later," his eyes brighten then as a thought came to him, "Actually! Would you like to join me?"

After a moment he stopped, then realized that what he asked could have been implicated to something else and he stuttered, eyes widening in fear. He'd heard that women with red hair had quite the temper and were quite strong. Waving his hands in front of him, he managed to get out, "Wait! No! That's not what I meant... I meant.. if you'd like to come with me to see my sister! Not the shower... Oh god..."

"Smooth," came Nemesis' soft growl through their connection.

With a sharp look cast at the dire wolf, Erin replied in kind through clenched teeth, "I thought you were sleeping!"

The large black wolf opened one eye to stare at his human bond before closing it and settling in on the bed, "Don't ask for my help when she decides to kick your ass."

With a nervous laugh, Erin turned back to Suren to see if he would continue living or not.

Eilonwy
Eilonwy eventually made it to her room after getting lost plenty of times. Honestly, she could almost hear Rane calling it a "miserable rat warren." Rane thought the same thing about her own mansion, and the mansion was nowhere near as big as this.
She opened the door and immediately smiled, seeing her roommate and also a bunch of shelves where she thought Sheela was supposed to go. And the wind spirit did, settling down easily.
She took a minute to examine her roommate. She was pretty, with long white hair and bright green eyes. And she looked a bit like Rane. Eilonwy walked towards her, holding out a hand. "Hello. My name's Eilonwy Shior and my Bond is Sheela. I hope we have a great year!"
Sheela reminded her about something. You should warn her that Rane's about to come over.
Eilonwy scratched the back of my head sheepishly. "I hope you don't mind, but a friend of mine is going to come over soon. Do you have any friends here?"
She didn't know if the girl was a first timer here, like her and Rane, or someone who was returning to the school. Just then, she heard a knock on the door and opened it to let her friend in.
Aoide
She found her way to the room after ages. This place was worse than the Mansion. It felt like a maze. Finally, she made it to her room. Her roommate hadn't arrived yet, so she picked her own bed and unpacked a few things, shoving the unpacked bags into a corner of what she had begun to call her side.
Trion had discovered a sliding door and couldn't open it, so he made Aoide do it. She peered in and whistled slightly. "Seems like it was made for you. You can go giant in here." The cave was perfect for the dragon.
The girl finally decided that she wouldn't wait to meet her roommate and instead set off through the halls to Eilonwy's own room. She only knew where it was because Trion, once again wrapped around her neck, could detect Sheela, somehow. She knocked on the door and waited for her friend to say something so she could come in.

Rue Tyryl

She had picked her bed and had even begun to unload her suitcase. Humming softly to herself, an old song that her brother had taught her years ago, she almost missed the sound of the door opening behind her. Snow, who was perched on her shoulder, squeaked hopping up and down in excitement.

"Look Rue! We have visitors!"

"I don't think they're visitors," Rue muttered as she slowly turned around to see who had entered. If they came in without knocking it only meant one thing, they had a key. If they had a key, then they were her roommate. Rue was surprised to see that it was a girl who had come in, her bond fluttering by and landing in the shelving area. She felt her mouth open in a small 'o' as the girl immediately walked up and introduced herself.

"Hello. My name's Eilonwy Shior and my Bond is Sheela. I hope we have a great year!" With her hand extended, Eilonwy made Rue feel very welcomed in her presence. She took the hand and shook it gently, a small smile on her lips that replaced the nervous look she had earlier.

"I hope you don't mind, but a friend of mine is going to come over soon. Do you have any friends here?"

Slowly Rue shook her head, "No," then bit her lip as she tried to summon up the courage to speak more.

"Don't be shy, she seems really nice, tell her your name!" Snow pressed, bouncing up and down on Rue's shoulder and fluttering her brilliant white wings.

"I-I'm... uh, Rue. I don't mind... if your friend comes," Rue managed to get out softly, her face heating up to the point that she thought it would burst into flames. Snow giggled through their connection and wrapped her pale white wings around Rue's face and nuzzled her, helping to calm her nerves.

"Oh... and this is Snow," she pointed to her white phoenix.

After the introduction was over, there was a knock at the door that Eilonwy immediately went to answer. Rue seated herself on the bed and silently hoped that she'd have enough nerve to keep up a conversation. All the while she desperately wished that Erin were with her. Just having his presence usually helped to keep her from being so shy. Then she remembered that in an hour or so she would be meeting with him before the curfew. Her eyes shifted to the clock. She would have to keep an eye on it.

"I'll help you remember. Don't worry," Snow said softly. Rue smiled and turned to face the two girls that were in the room. Time to try to make friends...

Aoide
"I really hope I don't have to go everywhere in this Academy. It's a giant mess. It's not even a miserable rat warren, it's a labyrinth!" Aoide said, coming into the room.
Her friend just seemed to be amused by that. "I thought you'd be saying something like that. How's it all been going? I swear, I thought you'd burn a hole through me at the assembly."
Aoide just made a face. "Will you quit Student Council now? They have stupid Aslan as the President."
"Stupid?" Eilonwy asked, an eyebrow raised.
"Yes, stupid. Annoying little Mr. Fancy Pants Look-At-Me-I'm-A-Blue-Blood-And-I'm-Lording-It-Over-You." She snapped.
Her friend burst out laughing. Aoide knew it was going to happen, considering the fact that she was a blue blood and hiding herself, and here she was criticizing him for being the same as her. Eilonwy finally caught her breath. "Rane, you have no tolerance. Speaking of which, meet Rue. She's my roommate."
Aoide's face closed up quickly. She turned stiffly. "Hello. I'm Rane."

Eilonwy
She was a bit disappointed in Rane, who hated strangers with a loathing. Rane was being cheerfully annoying while she only noticed her, but the second Eilonwy had informed her about another person, she'd completely closed down. It was typical Rane behaviour, but it didn't mean Eilonwy had to like it. Especially when her roommate seemed so nice.
At least Trion was more well behaved. He slid out of Rane's hair to look at Rue, flying around her and everyone else.
Eilonwy grinned. "That's Trion. We've learned that he's really curious about everything. Rane always complains that he asks too many questions."

Suren was listening to Erin speak, and she was quite wrapped up in getting to know him. She began to blush when he started to trip over his words about visiting his sister and showering.

She then began to chuckle, " You're funny. I like that." She gave him a playful punch on the arm, "Sure! I would love to meet your sister, it sounds like fun." She said and Kivuli responded, "Give me a break, Don't tell me you like this guy." Suren then blushed, and turned to her, "Maybe."

She then remembered she had packed something incase her roommate had a dog type Bond. She went over to her bag and pulled out two bones, and gave one to Kivuli and placed the other on the bed for Nemesis to have, "I hope it's alright he can have one." She said and realized he still wasn't in the bathroom, "Oh, sorry. The bathroom, It should be fine, i just put my toothbrush and other stuff on it, hope you don't mind." Kivuli then said, "Suren has a boyfriend, Suren has a boyfriend." She was glad he couldn't hear her, so she just responded, "No I don't Kivuli." While blushing, and she sat down on her bed, waiting for Erin to use the shower.

Rue Tyryl

She could hardly keep up with the conversation. Something about a snobby boy who thought he could 'lord over everyone' being the class President and the fact that he was a blue blood. Oh, and apparently the white haired, red eyed girl didn't like him. Rue sat there with her hands clenched tightly in her lap, biting her lip nervously. Eilonwy seemed nice, but when the other girl turned to introduce herself, it was like the room had turned to ice. It was a short greeting, a hello and the girls name. Rane. Rue nodded lightly to her, unable to get any words out at the cold introduction.

Rane's bond came out of her hair and flew about the girls obviously interested in just about everything. Snow, seeing the bond flying around decided that she wanted to do so as well and took off from Rue's shoulder. The white phoenix swept passed Eilonwy's hair and then Rane's before climbing higher and whirling around in lazy circles near the ceiling.

Rue watched Snow as she flew around. She could feel how relaxed her bond was when she was in flight and it eased her own nerves once more.

"You've got about ten minutes before you have to meet Erin," Snow said, reminding her of the time. Rue looked sharply to the clock and decided she'd better be on her way.

"Um... I have to go," she said and made for the door. She had wanted to invite Eilonwy to meet her brother, but with Rane right there, she felt her throat tightening and she couldn't get the words out. So instead, she just opened the door and left with Snow right behind her.


Erin Tyryl

Relief flooded him as Suren laughed and jabbed him in the shoulder. He smiled at her in return and leaned against the wall. His near death experience passed, he nodded as she told him that the bathroom was all his for the time being. Then she went to her pack and pulled out a couple of bones. One she gave to her bond and the other she put on the bed where Nemesis was. The dire wolf opened his eyes and shifted slightly. He couldn't quite reach the bone, so Nemesis stretched and stretched, his nose twitching at what seemed like a hundred twitches a minutes.

Erin grinned at his bond as the lazy bag of fur didn't even get up to get the bone, "Naw, it's cool that he gets it. It's rare that he gets a treat like this. I wish I could give him more."

He watched as Nemesis's eyes were concentrating on the elusive bone that rolled away from him on the bed. The big black wolf scooted himself forward, nose still twitching at an amazing speed. In another scoot forward, the bone rolled slightly away from him near the edge of the bed and Nemesis froze. Erin laughed as the bone slowly tilted and fell off the bed. Nemesis dropped his head down and heaved a heavy sigh.

"What are you laughing at?"

"You," Erin replied.

Nemesis stood up on the bed, turned his large head to Erin and glared before gracefully hopping down and retrieving the bone. Erin put his hands on his hip as Nemesis made to get back up on the bed, "Hey, no gnawing on that thing on my bed. You'll get it all slobbery and dirty. Go eat it on the floor or something."

The dire wolf huffed and padded off to the side of the room where he curled up and began chewing on the bone. Erin brushed his hand through his hair and smiled at Suren, "Thanks, I'll be just a few minutes."

He hopped into the shower and cleaned up as quickly as he could. The hot water felt amazing, but he knew he was on a time limit and soon the shower was turned off and he was drying off and dressing. Running both hands through his hair quickly, he threw water drops all around him and exited the room. With a sharp intake of breath he looked down and realized he hadn't put on his shirt and quickly closed the door with a snap.

"Damn," he cursed to himself softly. It was going to take some getting used to. He'd boarded with another guy last year so it wasn't anything unusual if he walked out without his shirt. Erin was going to have to be careful, boarding with a girl. He pulled his shirt on that he'd worn earlier, unwilling to walk out and get a clean one. Once that was done, he put on the red vest and then left the bathroom feeling refreshed.

"Uh..." he started, unsure if she saw him or not. He rubbed his hand through his damp hair and smiled at her, "Ready to go? I'm sure Rue's waiting for us already."

"This is really going to be interesting," Nemesis said to him as he crunched down on the bone. Erin only glared at the wolf.

Kivuli was chewing her bone, and made sure not to use enough force to break it, because she could if she wanted to, and her fire went down as she realized that they weren't a threat to Suren. Suren was looking at Kivuli and Nemesis, both of who completly ignored the other, while Erin was in the shower.

Kivuli spoke, "So, Tell me. What is so great about that guy you are crushing on." She said, and Suren responded, "I didn't say I liked him, but he seems nice and funny, not to metion cute." She said, and at that moment Erin walked out of the bathroom without a shirt on and quickly closer the door again, "Scratch that, made that hot." She said, and Kivuli only rolled her eyes at her Bond, "What ever you say" "You should try dating or whatever it is you bonds do." "Never" "Fine, but try it." It was then she realized that Nemisis could hear her and Kivuli, she wasn;t use to having other people there with her, "Crap! Nemisis," SHe started and the wolf looked at her, "Please don't tell Erin I said that, please, please, please." She pleader with the bond, knowing she had no way of knowing if he agreed or not.

Erin walked out of the room again in a red vest, and asked if she was ready to go. Suren stood up with a bounce, and dusted something off of her hoodie, and motioned for Kivuli to stand up. "Sure. Whenever you are. Lead the way!" She said with a big smile on her face, ready to meet new people, and Kivuli thought, "I need a new bond." As she stood beside Suren, again leaning on her leg, coming up to her hip.

Eilonwy
As soon as Rue left the room, Aoide knew she was in trouble, with the way she was giving Eilonwy shifty glares. Eilonwy had her hands on her hips and an accusing glare. "You...never mind. I'll talk to you later. Go back to your room. I have an apology to make."
Eilonwy left her friend and went after Rue. She could just barely catch a glimpse of white and chased after it, stopping to walk in pace with Rue, who seemed a little shy. "Rue, I'm so sorry. Rane is horrible with strangers and I forgot about it."

Aoide
Trion was being antagonistically cheerful. Somebody's going to get in b-i-g trouble.
Aoide glared at him. "Hair. Now. Whose flipping side are you on anyway?"
Trion was probably grinning, if the currently miniature dragon could even do that. Not yours right now.
He slid into her hair willingly, though and as she walked back to her dorm she uttered curses which no lady, of high birth or low birth, should know.
You should become a sailor. Trion remarked as they entered their room.
"Trion, just shut up. Now. Eilonwy and I haven't fought in ages." Aoide had just noticed another person in the room. And not only that, it was a boy.
She sighed. Enough that it had to be a stranger. Why must it be a boy?
Her dragon was not helping matters. I'm male.
He had irked her to the point that she spoke out loud instead of in her head. "Y-you!" She was shaking with rage. "You don't count! Just forget it, you're a-"
She sniffed and flounced onto the bed she had claimed as her own, arms crossed.
You do realize that it must seem like you're talking to yourself? After all, the poor boy isn't close enough to see me, and now you're facing the other way.
Aoide was screeching. "SHUT IT, YOU INSUFFERABLE BEAST!!!"

((Double post, sorry))

((her and her bond are fighting, that's what's going on. The dragon is teasing Aoide because of what happened with my character Rue and Eilonwy a few posts back. :) ))

Rue Tyryl

The sound of a soft footsteps rushing to catch up to her caught Rue's attention. She looked over her shoulder to see Eilonwy racing down the hall to her. Rue kept walking, knowing that the girl would make it soon enough.

"Rue, I'm so sorry. Rane is horrible with strangers and I forgot about it," Eilonwy said.

Rue shrugged, "It's okay."

Snow shifted on her shoulder, "Tell her where we're going."

"Okay," she answered and turned to look at the girl walking next to her, "I'm going to meet my brother. Want to come?"

Erin Tyryl

"Alright!" He said with a grin and exited the room, keeping the door opened for Suren to exit. He started walking down the hall with Nemesis trotting right beside him. The place he was heading to was right outside the building in the courtyard. A large fountain in the center was where he'd told Rue to go and meet with him. He was sure that she would be there already. Erin's little sister wasn't one to be late, whereas he on the other hand, was always late.

He turned to Suren and flashed her a smile, "Should probably hurry, my sisters always on time, and well... I'm not," he laughed.

"That's an understatement," Nemesis said.

"That is not an understatement you bag of fur," Erin replied back with a glare and a smile still on his face.

"Lanky human."

"I am not lanky!"

Nemesis' head dropped down and he made a coughing sound that told Erin he was laughing. Erin leaned towards Suren, "He didn't get into trouble while I was in the shower did he?"

"The only one in trouble is you," the black wolf retorted.

"How the hell am I in trouble?"

"Your shirtless escapade was enough to make things... interesting."

Erin felt his face heat up as they exited the building and made their way across the empty courtyard, "What do you mean interesting?" His gaze flicked between Suren and Nemesis who only laughed again and didn't answer.

"Fine, you and I are having a chat later, furball. In the meantime, this is my sister, Rue Tyryl," Erin said with a bright smile as they stopped next to the fountain where his little sister was seated. Her white hair was pulled half up with a blue ribbon in it. Her white dress was trimmed with the same color and her bright green eyes were the same shade as Erin's.

"So, little sister, how are things?"

"Fine," her eyes shifted to look at Suren, "Who's that?"

"This is my roommate, Suren."

Rue's eyes widened as she looked at Suren, "Brother... can I talk to you?"

Erin raised an eyebrow and scratched the back of his head, "Sure thing."

Rue grabbed his wrist and tugged him a little bit away from Suren, "You didn't tell me this school was co-ed boarding!"

"Rue, it's alright!"

"You're a boy! She's a girl! And she's really pretty at that too... Oh man, you haven't walked out of the bathroom without your shirt have you?!"

"Busted," Nemesis said slyly.

Erin stuttered, "I-I uh, No! I haven't jeez, Rue!"

His little sister glared at him, "I'm going to be keeping an eye on you."

"Rue! Isn't it supposed to be the other way around?"

"Behave yourself or else, Brother," Rue warned and walked over to Suren and smiled at the pretty red haired girl.

Erin put one hand on the back of his neck and sighed, "Man."

"I'm going to enjoy this semester. So still have that crush on Hayley?"

"Don't get me wrong Hayley's hot too, but this girl might just win me over," he answered as he watched Suren and Rue talk. Mostly Suren talking as his little sister was a bit on the shy side.

Suren was standing looking at some flowers, thinking about what Erin and his sister could be talking about. "Probably you." Kivuli said, and Suren consisdered it, Kivuli liked messing with people, but she was usually right, but she didn't let that get her down.

She just kept playing with her braid, something she did when nervous, and Kivuli told her to calm down, and thats when Erin's sister, Rue, came over to her.

"Hello. You must be Erin's sister, I am Suren. Nice to meet you." She said, while giving the girl a hug, "You really do that too much, and that Bond of hers looks tasty." She ignored this laste part, knowing she would never kill another bond, unless she was in a direct danger. "And this is Kivuli, she says hi." "LIAR" She just ignored her, and kept talking, hardly giving Rue a chance to talk. "Oh, Sorry. I haven't really given you a chance to talk, my bad." She chuckled nervously, "Although, I must say. You look very pretty." She said as Kivuli rolled her eyes again, "I mean, don't take it as like a creeper way, but you just look... I don't know, like just really good. Like you know how to wear make-up and stuff." She said, and then stopped talking, in order to give her a chance to respond, "With any luck, she doesn't think I am crazy." She thought. Kivuli only said to her, "Whoa, you really want to impress this guy's family, alright, I will not eat any of their bonds.

Rue Tyryl

Rue enjoyed listening to Suren talk, it made it easy for her to just stand there and smile softly. However, when Suren stopped chatting, Rue had to think of something to say in response to the woman's apologies for talking to so much.

"It's alright, I don't talk much anyway," Rue replied quietly, feeling her shyness taking over. Snow bounced up and down on her shoulder, wishing desperately to be noticed. Rue blushed as she looked at her bond, "Oh, and this is Snow."

"Finally, you introduce me!"

"You have it easier, you can't talk to anyone, only me," Rue replied via their connection instead of out loud like usual.

"Anyway, you sure did a number on your brother. That was highly amusing by the way."

"That's because he's a boy and she's a girl," Rue muttered to Snow. Then she turned, a hot blush on her face as she looked up at Suren who was a bit taller than her. Rue had always been smaller than most people, but she was quick and nimble, making up for her size and strength. She gave Suren a small embarrassed smile. It was then that Erin decided it was safe to join in the conversation then.

"Alright, well lets go ahead and head back down to the dorms. We're going to be starting classes soon I'm sure. Have to be ready for that."

Rue nodded to her brother and followed him and Suren back to the dorm rooms. She was excited to start class and meet everyone else that was on campus.

Eilonwy
She was relieved that Rue hadn't held it against her. "Although I'd love to meet your brother, I still have loose ends to tie up. Another day, I promise, but for now, just enjoy time to yourselves."
She waved and left, walking back to her dorm, where Sheela still was. "Hello, I see Rane left."
Sheela had changed into a small pixie and shrugged. "Yeah. She did. I hope she's not up to her normal pranks."
Eilonwy laid down on her stomach, her face buried in her pillow. "What am I going to do?"
Sheela knew she was talking about Rane's issue with strangers. "You can't follow her constantly. Maybe she'll learn." The wind spirit didn't sound too hopeful, and she hoped things would come up to a confrontation.

Aoide
"Hey, Trion, you know what? I'm going for target practice." Aoide suddenly said. The dragon had been watching the girl search around in various bags before she pulled a small bag out.
You usually wear them, don't you? The dragon asked.
Aoide shrugged. "Yeah, but I'll find an empty archery court and then put them on. You know, since I'm Rane and all."
Plus, she'd probably be tempted to use them in school and then get in trouble.
The girl changed into another outfit that was better for practicing and headed to where the archery lessons would be held.
She smiled grimly, reaching the practice courts. "That wasn't too bad, was it Trion? I managed to not get lost completely."
The dragon agreed quietly, watching Aoide put on at least thirty knives in different places, before closing her eyes and facing the targets. He knew she was going to pull them out and launch them as fast as she could. He almost fell out of her hair as she quickly bent down to pull out the one in her boot.

Suren was walking with Erin and she started to wonder something, rank never ment anything to her, being a misfit, but she did wonder about his and his sister's, they dressed nice, so she wondered.

"Hey, Erin." She started, rather quietly, seeing how asking about this usually ment people left her for being a misfit, "If I may ask, what rank are you and your sister. I don't mean it as like a judgemetn or anything, I am a Misfit, so I don't have any room to talk, but I was wondering." She said, blushing due to having asked a very personal question, which Kivuli seemed to ignore completly.

Erin Tyryl

"Hey, Erin. If I may ask, what rank are you and your sister. I don't mean it as like a judgemetn or anything, I am a Misfit, so I don't have any room to talk, but I was wondering." Suren's voice was quiet as she asked. Erin smiled brightly at her, slowing his pace to drop next to her.

"Well, Rue and I are Noble's, but rank never mattered much to us," his smile faltered as he looked to Snow who was perched on Rue's shoulder preening her feathers. He remembered the day that Rue bonded with the white phoenix, but what he remembered most was his father and mother. Their reaction to her bond was beyond anything. Their words, he knew, cut Rue to the very soul. It was part of the reason she was so shy.

"However, rank was all there was to think about to our parents," he said coldly, turning to look down the hall. An announcement buzzed over the intercom, detailing that it was indeed lunch time and that classes would be soon after. Erin didn't pay attention to the announcement as his thoughts were deep in memories.

"Forget about it, Erin. You have Rue and me. That's all you need," Nemesis said, brushing his large body against Erin's side. Looking down at the dire wolf he lovingly patted Nemesis' head.

"Anyway, I don't know about you two, but I'm hungry. Want to head to the cafeteria and find something to munch on?" He smiled warmly at Suren and Rue.

She was happy that Erin didn't get made at her or abandon her for being a misfit, although she could tell something was going on with his family, but Kivuli only saw it as a time to tease, "Looks, charming, and money? You need to marry this guy." "Be quiet, Kivuli."
Suren's stomach growled at the thought of food, and Erin was with her, so hopefully he could get past her eating ability. Kivuli looked at Suren and said, "Caferteria, you know what that means, lines of food." She said taunting Suren.

Suren grabbed them both by their hands, "Come on, food! I think it is this way." She said, and starting running with them still attached to her, "We need to hurry, the food might be gone by then." She said from experiance.

Erin Tyryl

He didn't mind being dragged down the hall by Suren. He knew from experience that the announcement for food was something that go everyone hightailing it to the cafeteria. So when they entered the large dinning hall, he wasn't surprised to see people already there, sitting and eating. However, what did surprise him was the sudden outrage from a girl with white hair and a yellow haired girl. A knife went flying through the air and on impulse, Erin pulled Suren right to him and turned so his back was towards the commotion. He reached out and pushed Rue right next to Suren as well.

As he suspected, a tall boy marched up to the girl who threw the knife and buried it in the table with a growling threat. Once that was done, the air was tense and silence seemed to pervade the area before people started talking again. With a sigh, Erin looked down to the two girls, "You both okay? Damn, seems things have already gotten interesting," he commented while looking back over his shoulder.

"Brother," Rue said softly, her voice was the only reminder that he was still holding Suren quite close. At that, he stuttered, released her immediately and ran his hand through his hair. A nervous laugh escaped him.

"Uh.. yeah, anyhow. Lets get something to eat, right?" He turned on his heel and headed for the line that had begun to form. Pushing Rue ahead of him, he stood in the line with her while trying to ignore his thrumming heart and pulsing adrenaline.

"We've definitely got some interesting people this year. Seems I'll have to keep an eye out more than usual," Nemesis growled softly as he positioned himself next to Rue and Erin. The fur on his neck was bristling as he glared at the people around them.

Erin, in response, only patted Nemesis' head. He was trying to get rid of his nervous feeling. With hot food on his plate, he waited for Suren and tried to look for a place to sit with his sister.

"Oh god," Rue muttered.

"What is it?"

"I just realized that the girl's over there I met earlier. The blonde one is my roommate. She seems nice, but I don't know if I like the other girl," Rue told her brother shortly.

"It's alright. Maybe she's just nervous too."

"Maybe," Rue whispered and started walking to an empty table. Erin followed her, keeping an eye around them. He didn't want a random fight breaking out when his sister was there. He sighed, Man. I think you're right Nemesis, he thought to himself sourly as he sat down.

Suren was surprised when the knife was thrown, but she was more shocked when Erin grabbed her to get her out of the way, before his own sister, "He loves you" Kivuli singsonged, and Suren ignored her, but she then turned to Erin and looked at him.

"My hero," She chuckled before giving him a kiss on the cheek, and then went to the food very quickly, and she grabbed whatever she could put on her plate: Chicken, Steak, Fish, Fruits, and a lot more. She was practically drooling when they got to their table, and Suren sat across from Erin, and handed Kivuli a juicy steak, hoping she would enjoy without burning it.

"So, what clubs are you all in? I have Dance, Art, and Fencing." She said to her table mates.