April Clear's Story

April smiled, her normal chipper self. She pulled her bright pink luggage behind her as she walked down the long path. She saw other people at the door, and walked forward. She was about to introduce herself, but then she turned around and looked at her luggage with a frown on her bright face. "Kitten!" She called, and a small white dove flew down and landed on her hand. She nodded and turned "Hello," she said lightly, "Name's April" She wasn't really looking at any of the people by this point, but the manor. It was huge, and looked like it could accommodate a thousand of her. Then, she looked down at herself. She had traveled for a long time, and she was feeling slightly off-put from her normally pristine condition. There was a plane from Greece, her home land, where she had brushed up on her English. She already knew it, of course, but she had never had the need to speak it for more than a little while. Then the train, then she had walked to the house from the train station about a mile back. She was very far from home now.

April looked over the people quickly, trying to identify their gems, then she gave up. She had never really kept tabs on the other stones, so she never felt the need to know what each one looked like. Then the invite came. "So, nice to meet you all" she nodded, crunching her nose and eyes together. "The name fits the place, don't you think? Well, I mean, it's a good name for a place where a Gemstone lives"

The water felt divine against her skin. It was just so cool and soothing. Actually, Aquamarine could sit here all day talking about water and how nice it was. Except that she can't talk underwater and she would eventually need to come up for air. Bubbles came out of her mouth as she sighed and swam to the surface of the water. Taking a fairly large gulp of air, she saw someone sitting at the edge of the lake shore.

The golden-eyed girl automactically thought they were a fellow birthstone and swam as fast as she could toward the person. At last! They were finally here! Well, she couldn't exactly say 'they', but one person was enough for her to be happy. When the dark-haired woman arrived to the shore, she got out of the water and sat almost next to the person who had been sitting there. "Hi there Mi--Sir!" Aquamarine quickly corrected herself. "You must be a birthstone like myself. I'm Aquamarine, and you are?" Barely, just barely, the girl heard voices that weren't normally heard at the front of her estate. She gasped lightly. "Those must be the other birthstones! Follow me!" Aquamarine called out to the boy as she got up and ran towards the front of the estate. She was still dripping wet but that was of the least of her problems. Once she was at the front of the estate, she saw five other people standing at the front door. Finished catching her breath, she decided to announce herself. "Hello hello everyone! I'm Aquamarine and welcome to La Maison des Joyuax! French for 'The House of the Jewels', which is ironic because this place looks everything but French."

Realizing she was still soaking from her dive earlier, she did a fluid-like motion with her hand and all of the water that was currently on her, hovered and formed into a orb in her hand.

SEETHRA

Seethra sighed blissfully and she soaked in the night air with a glass of red wine. The stars were truly gleaming tonight; they adorned the sky like diamonds. It was a cool night in India. She was here in pursuit of blood stones and the souls they contained. She was on a mission now a days to release all the souls trapped within her gems so they could move on to their final places of rest. Seethra lay on a handmade Indian cloth with intricate designs and colors as she thought of her current goals when a white bird of an unfamiliar species landed on her knee, seemingly out of nowhere. Seethra didn’t flinch but smiled crookedly at the odd thing. It was a strange looking, overly feathered bird. It seemed to be made entirely of fluff. I had in its beak a very fancy envelope baring the seal of the birthstone Aquarium.

“Aquarium?” Seethra said curiously “What does she want with me?” The bird looked directly back at Seethra and made a very abrupt and odd sort of gobbling, screeching noise. It was obvious that with bird was demanding she open the envelope. Seethra did so. “A party…” she said softly. “How interesting” Seethra continued with a devious smile. “This could be fun… I’ve never thought of associating with the others.. I wonder how human they are, if they are anything like me? Hah! God help us all if they are” Seethra smiled to herself as she considered the possibilities. Quickly she stood, the blood stones would have to wait, there are parties to attend.

Sometime later Seethra made her way to the estate. She stood a distance away as to not yet be seen. She really wasn’t sure how to go about this. This very well could be a trap, gather all the stones and trap them so one could use their power for their own means. In fact, why had she not thought of it before? Seethra grinned as she saw a woman holding water in midair. Very Impressive. Seethra liked to bluff, she likely would not harm other stones. However saying so was fun.

There was a flustered black hair girl, the water woman, a man with an identifying turquoise fedora, a girl who looked too old to be with her teddy bear, a boy with a blue rose, a sunshine looking girl and a man who might first be mistaken for a woman. They seemed to be interacting. Seethra scanned the landscape. It was beautiful, and just as importantly, very expensive looking. Aquarium does well. Seethra made her way toward them, standing a bit outside the group. She usually liked to jump right in the social scene and party it up but this was different. These people were not just humans. They are gems. They could make powerful friends, or very entertaining enemies. Either way, caution seemed the best course of action at this particular time.

“Thank you for the invitation Aquarium” Seethra said rather politely “Your home is beautiful” she said with curiosity. She wondered about the story behind these other gems.

"Hello Aqua, I'm Garnet." He had introduced himself upon her arrival, despite seeing it as somewhat redundant to him. He had noticed the momentary confusion regarding his gender, but said nothing about it. Quickly following her to the front of the estate, though he did lag behind a bit as he couldn't keep up, he saw the group of people gathered there. Garnet beamed at the sight of them all, he knew who they all were. He remembered them all, to some extent, from before.

"Yeo-reum, April, Ada, Saph, Devan, BQ! You're all here!" The birthstone of January exclaimed brightly. It hadn't yet occurred to him that, since they were only aware of events that had already transpired, they probably wouldn't know him yet. Existing outside of the normal flow of time for what was both an eternity and no time at all had done quite a number on his cause and effect reasoning. Garnet did pay attention to Aqua's explanation of the estate in spite of the fact that he already knew most of it. He was rather impressed at her trick with the water though, and he wondered what degree of control the others possessed over their abilities.

AQUAMARINE

Aquamarine looked at the group of people in front of her. There was red-headed lady, an awfully shy looking girl, a guy holding a blue rose, a regal looking guy, a chick with a teddy bear, and a girl who looked happy. Everyone looked nice enough. As she counted the number of people in her head, she frowned. She'd sent out thirteen invitations total, but only seven people were here. The golden-eyed girl looked up as the sound of a car driving off was heard. A dude who had apparently forgot his luggage started walking towards to group. Now there were eight people. I shouldn't even be worrying, the others are probably still on their way here.

The red-headed woman had started talking to Aquamarine. "Anytime Miss," The brunette laughed a bit as she replied to the thank you. "But my name isn't Aquarium, it's Aquamarine, and I couldn't agree more with you on that, once I saw this place I just had to buy it(Okay everyone, let's just pretend Aquamarine has money coming out of the ass. Now, back to your regularly programmed show.). The guy who lost his luggage had finally reached the group. He announced his name and said something about finding a nice room before they were all gone. "Well I hate to break it to you Amethyst dear, but you won't be finding any nice rooms until I open the door." The golden-eyed girl said walking towards the door. She felt around for the small key in her pocket and successfully found it. Aqua stuck the key into the keyhole, turned, and opened the door. She stepped aside and looked at everyone with a smile on her face. "Do come in."

Yeo-reum stands in a big group of people, a woman calling herself Aquamarine addressing the group. It's strange to be standing around so many people who share abilities. Her thoughts are broken when a rather loud and annoying man pulls up in taxi. She listens as the man whines to the driver about being picked up in two days, "God, he sounds like a jerk." shesays to herself, rolling her eyes. "Like he's anything special."
"Charlie. Amethyst, yatta yatta, pleasure to meet you all. Don't bother with the names, I won't remember half of your names. I'll figure them out eventually, now if you will excuse me. But I'ma go find a nice room before they all get taken." The man says pushing his way through the group, nearly knocking her down in the process.

"God what a jerk!" she mutters. "You'd think he was God's gift." she stops at that thought and looks again, "He is cute." she stops at that thought and shakes her head, "Oh, no Yeo-reum don't even go there." she tells herself.

"Do come in." the woman calling herself Aquamarine says.
Yeo-reum walks up and bows, "Hello. My name is Yeo-reum Ahn. My name means Summer. I'm June." she stops for a second thinking, then giggles. "I'm Pearl. Thank you so much for inviting us." she looks around, "Well... at least me. You have a beautiful home." Yeo-reum looks down and realizes she's holding her bear in her hands, "Oh.." she says laughing, "This is my bear. I thought... I thought I put him back in the bag. I guess not." she says sounding a little absent minded. "But, thank you again."

Yeo-reum smiles and bows again. She walks over and grabs her backpack putting it over her shoulders, then her dufflebag over that, then she grabs her book bag and then her suitcase, "Oh. Heavy. Where do I put my things?" she asks huffing. "Hopefully it's not that far..." she looks up, "...or that high."

April smiles, clicks her tongue, and Kitten flies outside. She makes a note to open the window to her room. "April, again. Month: April. Gem diamond" She smiled. "Yep. I'm dreadful tired, I have never been on a plane ride that long before at once" she laughed and turned the suitcase around, pushing the handle down and sitting on it quickly. "Cute bear. I had a black one like it, but Kitten thought the stuffing was bird feed and it didn't go well. I tried to buy another one, but it wasn't the same" She was a little bit immature, too, but that didn't bother her. She smiled and leaned down, fixing one of her heel straps. They were uncomfortable, but worth it. She straightened up and fixed her headband, looking over the people "So... nice to finally meet the other jewls" then she looked over to the guy who had rudely tried to get in earlier "though some of us are not exactly jewls"

Adria saw the girl walk up and address the home as her own and call herself Aquamarine. She seemed very friendly to invite a group of several strangers sharing one common bond into her home. He turned back to the girl and smiled. "Well I am sorry that I can't chat but I truly must find a secluded room as to not hurt the others with my temperatures. If you need anything just find me." he bowed and then walked through to the house as he watched Checks take off into the air after a small dove took off from another girl.

He went to the hostess and bowed before her and took off his hat. "Madam Aquamarine I am honored to be allowed into your wonderful home. My name is Adaria. I do not with to intrude upon your humble abode so I shall try to keep the request to a minimum so I bid you adieu for now ma'dam." he said with another bow and returned his hat to his head, then walked forward with a small hum then walked past another girl and smiled. He remembered her releasing the dove and he smiled. "Hello my dear I believe you had a bird with you before. If you or your pet encounter any problems with Checks, my owl I apologize in advanced." he said then smiled softly. "Oh, I'm so rude" He took off his trilby once more and held it to his chest. "My name is Adaria, Turquiose, and you are my dear ?"

"Oh, hello there..." the man with purple hair in a turquoise suit and fedora she was talking to responded to her, and coughed slightly. Was it because of her being dusty? Sapphire made a mental note to take a shower as soon as she got into a room. She was glad though, that she was heard.

"If you mean what I mean.... Then, yeah... I'm onyx... and you?" he answered her question.

"Ni-nice to meet you On-Onyx. I'm Sapphire." she stammered, hoping she hadn't screwed up her greetings, then she heard Onyx tell her that someone was behind her before stepping back. "Hey, do you know that guy? He's talking to you..."

Sure enough, there was a male with black hair and blue eyes staring closely at her. "Madam, are you alright ?"

"I-I'm fine!" she managed out, he was staring at her too much and she felt a little uncomfortable with it. Thankfully an owl landed on the guy's shoulder, which must've been his pet or something, it caused him to stop staring at her too much. Was he a birthstone too? "I'm the birthstone Sapp-"

"Kitten!" she heard a girl call out and turned just in time to see a small white dove fly into a girl with blonde hair. "Hello," the girl said lightly, "Name's April"

Sapphire might have nodded and smiled a little too enthusiastically, but she was happy that people were introducing themselves.

"So, nice to meet you all" April nodded. "The name fits the place, don't you think? Well, I mean, it's a good name for a place where a Gemstone lives"

A young looking girl with a teddy bear and what Sapphire could clearly identify had enormously heavy bags and a red haired girl arrived.

As soon as she said that, a new soaked girl with golden eyes dragged a...gir-no...a guy a long, seemingly out of breathe and announced herself. "Hello hello everyone! I'm Aquamarine and welcome to La Maison des Joyuax! French for 'The House of the Jewels', which is ironic because this place looks everything but French."

Aquamarine then did a fluid-like motion with her hand and all of the water that was currently on her, hovered and formed into a orb in her hand. Sapphire watched in awe. That was so cool. So this was the Aquamarine who had invited the birthstones to stay here. Sapphire had a feeling they might get along pretty well.

"Yeo-reum, April, Ada, Saph, Devan, BQ! You're all here!" the brown haired male greeted them. He knew all their names...

“Thank you for the invitation Aquarium.” the red haired one said rather politely, however she got Aquamarine's name wrong. “Your home is beautiful”

As Sapphire had expected from the generous Aquamarine, she smiled and corrected the red haired girl, as well as adding in about how she loved the place and had to buy it right away.

An incredibly rude male pushed through everyone, announcing his name as if he didn't really care about them, which might've been the truth. He was really just aiming for the nicest room there was in there. Sapphire didn't really like the guy. Amethyst...pfft. She could tell the others didn't really like him either.

"Well I hate to break it to you Amethyst dear, but you won't be finding any nice rooms until I open the door." Aquamarine told him, before opening the doors and inviting them inside.

The girl with the teddy introduced herself to Aquamarine, Sapphire caught her name. "Hello. My name is Yeo-reum Ahn. My name means Summer. I'm June." she stopped for a second thinking, then giggled. "I'm Pearl. Thank you so much for inviting us."

"Oh.." Pearl said, laughing, "This is my bear. I thought... I thought I put him back in the bag. I guess not." she was sounded so absent-minded and cute. "But, thank you again."

Sapphire watched as the girl stacked heavy bags over her shoulders. "Oh. Heavy. Where do I put my things?" she asks huffing. "Hopefully it's not that far..." she looks up, "...or that high."

Sapphire knew exactly what to do with Pearl. She approached the girl carefully, not wanting to trip and accidentally hurt her or anything. Sapphire felt a little comfortable around Pearl, since she wasn't as intimidating or big as the others were. She placed her fingertips on Pearl's shoulder.

"Hey...Pearl, right? I-I'm Sapphire. Let's help with the heaviness...alright?" Sapphire managed to sound really gentle and mellow instead of scared. With her touch, she lessened the gravity of the bags, making them weight a lot lesser, almost as if they were just a regular backpack. Sapphire smiled rather sweetly at the girl, her dark wavy hair seemed to splay around elegantly from her gravitation. "There, light enough for you?"

Sapphire felt good. So far she hadn't messed up and had managed to end up helping someone for once. She turned to Aquamarine to bow, but instead, she hit her forehead into her luggage bag's extended handle, emitting a loud whack and a cloud of dust from the impact. She wailed for a short while before rubbing her forehead with both hands to ease the pain.

"I-I'm Sapphire, thanks for inviting me. I was to arrive three days ago...b-but I got lost. I'm a little clumsy and absent-minded sometimes, but I'll try to be on my best behavior." she said meekly with tears in her eyes and a rather red forehead. "I'm sorry if I appear filthy...I'll go freshen up as soon as I get into my room. "

April looked around, confused. Her eyes landed on the boy who everyone seemed to think was a girl, Garnet. The 'gender neutral' was pushing towards the feminine side. She decided that she has best find the rooms. She stood up, straightened her dress, and rolled the suitcase behind her. "I need to find a room, if I can. I have horrible jet lag. Thank you for inviting me into your home, Aquamarine" she smiled and started off, the wheels of her suitcase making a loud noise behind her. She started to really look at the place then. It was huge, that was for sure. It was also elegantly decorated. Fit for a king or queen. Eventually she figured out she was never going to find the rooms, so she walked back into the room where everyone was "Yea...... I can't find anything in here" she said quickly "I should have just waited for you to show us, I guess, as you were the one to buy the house, Aquamarine. It is lovely, by the way"

Adaria sighed as the girl simply walked away from him, it made him slightly depressed being ignored by the girl as he walked around to explore the house. He found a large armchair and took a seat, sighing and took a second look through his bag. He found a small stick about an inch across and held it in his hand and chanted as it started to form ice around it slowly expanded to a cane. The boy smiled and held it in his lap and rubbed his hand over as to try and smooth down the jagged edges to pass the time.

(triple post ignore please)

"Oh, the rooms are up there..." April sighed to herself and dragged her bags up to the rooms. She entered an empty room and threw her things on the bed, cracked the window, and walked back downstairs. Best to go ahead and investigate. She walked down and started to explore. She found a boy in a room sitting in a chair. She remembered him saying something to her, right before she left. She couldn't really remember if she had said anything to him though. The long trip had taken its toll, she hadn't been to sleep in two days. "Sorry, did I say anything before, I was in my own little world. Where sleep is abundant" She laughed and entered the room, looking at the cane. "That's cool. That your power?" She asked quickly, tilting her head to the side.

Adaria was nearly finished smoothing out his cane when he suddenly heard a voice. He looked up and saw the girl once again who had left him before. "Sorry, did I say anything before, I was in my own little world. Where sleep is abundant. That's cool. That your power?" Adaria simply smiled. "It's quite alright my dear. Yes my power is ice, cool and graceful." he put it on the ground and smiled then looked back up at the girl. "So I would guess you forgot my name, it's Adaria but I am much more interested in your name madam." he said with a small tone at the end, adding with the cool feel on his hands.

"My name is April, same as my month" She smiled lightly "Nice name. Mine is so... Unoriginal. I think a power like that would be amazing to have" she smirked and put her hands on her hips and blinked a few times, focusing. Her body began to tingle a little bit, and she opened her eyes. She was quite literally glowing, her body encompassed in a bright yellow light. It gave off no heat, it was just there. Then it faded. "Well, I have not done that in many years. I had to make sure no one in Greece thought I was a goddess still. That would have been hard on me. Can't go to the grocery store if people start bowing when you walk outside" she said lightly with a laugh. "So where are you from, Adaria? Oh yes, and I am sure that Kitten and I will not be harmed by your pet"

Adraria shook his head as April complained of her named. "I like it, it's classy." he smiled then gasped slightly, amazed at her glow. "That's wonderful, no wonder people would think you're a goddess. With powers and those brilliant features I almost thought you were from the heavens." he winked. "I myself am from Wales, more precisely Cardiff. Wonderful place, cold and I even get to make a wonderful layer of snow over the pines." he sighed for a moment and laid his head back. The thought of painting the trees once more made a euphoric rush go through his veins before he focused once more. "Oh um yes, Checks, he's a good boy but a bit of a snob around new people. But I think he'll take to you quickly." he smiled then stood up and pressed his cane on the ground as he stood up and twirled the hook around his finger and tipped his hat. "I am guessing you are moved in, seeing you have lost all of your previous luggage. I'm going to wait a bit longer until I pick my quarters."

"Oh, thank you very much" She blushed a little at his comment, then smiled "I just threw my things down in a room, though. Checks, huh? Cute name for a pet. Most people laugh at Kittens name, so I am glad you didn't.I suppose that was the point though, for people to find the doves name funny" April laughed quickly "Whales, huh? That seems nice. I have never been out of Greece before. Never felt the need to. It is so bright and sunny there, and every restaurant makes the best Kleftiko..." she smiled, thinking of home. "This place is a labyrinth, though. I couldn't even find the rooms on my own" she said, pointing back to the door. "

Adaria chuckled slightly and nodded. "Well naming a dove kitten is certainly unique. I thought I heard you say that as she took off, but I thought I was mistaken, I obviously was not." he smiled then looked over the girl once more. She was beautiful and Adaria started to wonder about her more than just as an acquaintance or at least a good friend (secretly he hoped for more). When she mentioned her home he tilted his head a bit, confused. "Um, excuse me but what is a cleftiko?" he said then chuckled lightly looking around. The house was quite elaborate even though he had only seen a few rooms but, he knew he would have a good time here.

"Slow baked lamb, it's amazing. I'll have to see if I can make a proper Greek meal for everyone here one day" April smiled, thinking of it. "Tzatziki and Pita bread, Kotosoupa, Domatokeftedes if we have any vegetarians, Kleftiko, Yiaourti, and wine. Doesn't that sound good to you?" She asked quickly, even tho it didn't occur to her that he wouldn't know what the dishes were. She wasn't used to people not knowing the dishes of her homeland "Those are my favorites" she sighed. "I'd have to get the recipes though, I never bothered to commit then to memory" she laughed, looking at him. He was most certainly handsome, but she didn't know what to think of him. He was gentlemanly, almost like he was from another century. Then again, they all were from the last century at thleast, so that statement made no sense.

She smiled to herself at the thought, looking up. She frowned and fixed her pink headband again, because her golden hair kept falling into her face, and that bothered her very much. 'It is always best to look your best' was her motto. She looked back at him, her smile back in place and her hands neatly folded over her dress.