CAN I HAVE PEACE WITHOUT RANDOM SHIT HAPPENING FOR FUCKS SAKE?

                                    

                                          
-Jackie Messi-
                          
Eight months have passed. Shifty and Féroce had their pups/ kid. (Zander and Marlo got really excited. Pups had a private area in the school built for Chester and Shifty to raise their saber tooth kitsunes.) Féroce enjoyed her new daughter's presence and was especially happy to see Zander practically adoring his new baby sister. (Though he denies that he doesn't play with toys with her because he is past that even though there is footage. He's been trying to hide the evidence because I tease him about it.) He's finally got a bigger family. The gang, Féroce, and Jax. Marlo and Zander both took care of the other new edition with just as much love and affection. Ember, Merci, and Steel were just as excited to welcome them in. Steel and Merci had been training together every day ever since, having fun and bonding more and more. Even better, Agri gave him, in a weird way, a promotion, and personally trained him. Marlo had been practicing and training under Miriam and Ember to prepare to become an official student in the Amazon class. (He won't live that long. Ember might kill before anyone else can.) He's been practicing with his exploding bow that he drew up when we met Zander. Ember has been talking a lot more with her cousins Doc and Ana. She hasn't told us what is going on yet but she swears she'll tell us soon. I take her word for it. As for me, I have been catching up on my reading and learning about castors with Majik and Elixir.
                          
My school year was ending. Summer was quickly approaching and everything was sort of right with the world. Not counting the daily routine of dragging Zander out of his bed to go to class. Féroce helped a lot to drag him to class. The curse hadn't bothered us, Blaze went silent, and school was the most stressful thing, honestly. Could be worse.
                          
No it can't. School stresses you to death. (My contract with my other therapist expired. I'm gonna sue! We had a year wide contract.) 
                          
 Everything was as it should have been... up until this one day at the end of the year. I will start at lunch, where I already dragged Zander the vampire into class. 
                          
"Can't wait for vacation." Merci smiled.
                          
Steel nodded. "We all better stick together. Summer won't be fun without your chaos." 
                          
"It's a good chaos." Marlo smirked before Ember hit the back of his head with a binder.
                          
"Ow! That hurt!" He whined while rubbing the part of his head that she hit. 
                          
"That was the point." Ember mumbled. 
                          
Marlo fixed his glasses and whispered to Zander, "thanks a lot. Now some of Jackie is rubbing off on Ember." 
                          
Zander whispered back, "I thought they were always this crazy." 
                          
Very soon, the only noise was a loud THWACK as Ember and I hit them upside their heads. 
                          
"Oww!!!! JACKIE MY EAR HURTS!" He whimpered like a puppy.
                          
"Good," I growled.
                          
Marlo was sniffling. "I'm gonna lose all five senses before I become fifteen."
                          
Merci chuckled softly. She got used to their childish behavior easily. 
                          
Marlo eventually stopped whining and started to play with the tips of Ember's hair. It had gotten longer, enough for Marlo to make a braid for her. It was really sweet. 
                          
As we enjoyed our lunch, the loudspeaker started, "new students arriving today to start next year. No disrespectful business and also MARLO STAY AWAY FROM THE PIPES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. That will be all." 
                          
We looked at Marlo and he laughed hesitantly. "Opps?" 
                          
We sighed. 
                          
Steel suggested, "want to meet the new kids?"
                          
"You know, yeah. I think it would be nice." Merci smiled. 
                          
Marlo shrugged. "Couldn't hurt." 
                          
Ember nodded. "I don't see why not." 
                          
Zander and I agreed. We all decided to meet the new kids. We walked to the hallway between the door and the elevator to Noctis's office. We saw several new kids. Some running and screaming. Others being dragged off by older students (Zander and I last year). A couple of confused kids. And suddenly, I gasped to see her walk in. 
                          
"W-what?!" Merci squeaked.
                          
"No way. There's just no way." Steel said.
                          
"You mean it's her??" Zander asked surprised. 
                          
"Yes," I confirmed slowly. 
                          
The girl was beautiful. She had wavy long greenish aqua hair, green eyes, and a pale complexion. She wasn't too tall and unlike most girls it was obvious puberty came earlier for her. She wore black boots and black tights. Over it was a pretty gray blouse made of silk, covered by a black leather jacket. She wore a confident grin and stopped right in front of us. Ember looked extremely angry. She was steaming and boiling as she looked at her. Marlo paled slightly. 
                          
"E-Ember, please relax." Marlo begged. 
                          
"It's okay. She's just happy to see me again." The girl grinned at her. 
                          
"I will punch you!!!" Ember snapped. 
                          
The girl tilted her head. "She's so cute and adorable. Too bad she's already taken in a relationship." 
                          
Ember turned a bright red. Was this girl hitting on Ember? 
                          
"Oi! Off limits!" Marlo hugged Ember, making our favorite red head blush again. 
                          
"Both of you are actually cute. Really unfair that you're into each other. Oh well." She shrugged and smiled. She leaned in and looked at both of them. "Definitely cute." She started to walk away. 
                          
"Wait. So you are---" Steel started to say.
                          
"Yes." She stopped. "I am Sparrow Oaken. One of the last castors." 
                          
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