Snow drippled from the skies as a girl tousled a strand of mild lilac purple (color like this font! ^^) hair that was streaked with white and silverish strands. A white braid hung by her ear and her green violet flecked eyes were closed as her face was tilted towards the fall of wet snowflakes. The sky was dark and gloomy, the trees bare and the air crisp with a chilling breeze. Before her stood a large structure and as soon as she opened her eyes all reality came flooding back.
"Clarissa Institute...Here I am again." the girl smiled and tugged the ends of her light blue coat over her hips clad in huip-hugger faded jeans that clung tightly to her slender legs. Her feet were comfotably encased in thick white K. Swiss shoes stripped with baby blue. Bags hung slun over her shoulder and a few suitcases leaned against her leg.
"Kanni, we're going to be going then," Mrs. Merrane called to her daughter. Kanni turned around, quickly fixing her sloippily-tied bun. She had awoken at three and had driven all the way here; it was now almost *eight*. She sighed and rubbed her right eyes sleepily. "Okay mom. I'll call you as soon as I settle in, okay? You'll come visit sometime too?"
"Of course," Mr. Meranne assured as he slipped back into the silver suburban's driver seat, blowing warm air into his hands. Mrs. Merrane pressed a styrofoam mug of hot coffe into Kanni's light purple gloved hands and brushed a kiss on her cheek. "Be sure to call us as soon as you can! Even if we're not home, we'll call back if you leave your number, okay honey? You'll be alright?"
"Ye-es mom." Kanni groaned, pulling the beanie-cap down over her ears. "I'll be perfectly fine. I was last year, wasn't I?" Mrs. Merrane got a distant look in her eyes and Kanni quickly smiled.
"Mom, I'll be fine. I'm going to be sixteen in a few days, remember? Don't worry."
"Okay honey. I love you." Mrs. Merrane climbed into the car which quickly pulled away and wheeled back down the street, kicking up slush and snow behind it at hollering students. Kanno turned back to the huge structure again before her. It had tall towers across from each other that were conjoined by elegant arches, each dropping a thick curtain of white marble and red bricks down to splash on a large set of aburn wooden twin doors.
Flags were battered mercilessly around in the wind high up on the towers, and Kanni knew the building rounded into a circle with the courtyard in the middle, and the gardens out here. She grabbed her suitcases, still not yet daring to use her powers to try and make them fly by themselves. She made her way through the snow, dragging her pack behind her, and managed to clamber up the stairs where Clarissa, Ulthra, and Mrs. Taint were bellowing at students and giving lectures.
"Ah! If it isn't our little Miss Merrane!" Mrs. Taint greeted warmly and then frowned at the suitcases Kanni heaved along. "Why aren't you practicing your powers on carrying them?" she demanded. Kanni slightly blushed.
"I've practiced as you said at home, but things haven't been going too well. I have to admit I am glad to be back here where you can train and supervise me again, Mrs. Taint."
The old woman cocked a brow but seemed satisfied with the honest answer. "Then let me give you a hand there..." She waved her hands at the suitcases which suddenly lifted up and trailed behind her when she walked.
"Thanks!" Kanni hollered over her shoulder as she pushed through the new students into the marble lobby. But she was oblivious to a little cloud that followed her into the building, hovering over her head as she took a long sip of her steaming coffee, glad to have the warmth slide down her throat and burn to every finger tip. "Look!" a voice suddenly gasped as a little plump red-head pointed at Kanni with wide eyes. She scowled at him until she felt a little drop on her nose.
Her brows dropped in frustration. The cloud was circling over her head and began to rain. Then it poured. "Argh! Damn thing! This is the first day of school for crying out loud!" The cloud rumbled with miniature thunder and rained harder, becoming dark and black. Kanni took off, dropping her coffe into a trash can as she raced through the crowd of confused students, trying to see if she could loose the little cloud darkening her day--literally.
She looked over her shoulder to see her suitcases were keeping up well, but as was the cloud. She giggled as she spun around the corner, wide eyes and whispers following her. BAM! She ran right into a boy with snow white hair. They both fell to the floor and the little cloud resumed its place hovering over Kanni's head. The boy rubbed his ruby red eyes and flashed a smile when he saw her, showing off his lengthened canine (tooth used for cutting, not dog!) teeth. He hard lightly sun tinted skin and wore a black sweater and dark jeans. A tight leather string rung around his neck carrying what seemed to be a small ring carved of white stone.
He grabbed Kanni's elbows and helped her up. She brushed herself off and then looked up, a smile breaking onto her face as she threw her arms around the boy, now totally oblivious to the cats and dogs raining down on her from the angry conjured cloud. "Prem!" Premidas pushed away from her. "Uh, no offense or anything, but I'm cold enough without being wet!"
"Oh, sorry." Kanni sent a batting hand at the cloud and concentrated a minute, pushing everything else from her mind. All noise and movement froze for a fleeting moment and the milthacti was quite satisfied to find the cloud gone when her concentration broke. She turned again to Premidas. He was only a little damp.
"So? How have ya been?" Kanni asked, adjusting the bags higher onto her shoulder and checked to make sure that the suitcases were still flying behind her.
"Good." The animagus held up a key with a green vine as a key-chain holder. "I took the liberty to pick up your dorm key and number. They now use the keys to get into the lock before you make a code for it, and you have to give them back when you're done. The desk it packed full! You would have had to wait forever!"
Kanni grinned, but then suddenly Prem's smile dropped to a frown. "Where have you been? I've barely heard from you!"
Kanni turned her gaze to her feet. "Been having a few troubles with my powers...you know, keeping them in check. And we went to my grandparents' this summer too. Sorry. And I mean it too, I really am. I wished I could have been availiable more often."
"Aw, don't give me that face!" Premidas growled but then hugged her tightly. "C'mon, let's get your stuff up in the room first. I bet Alice is already here. I saw Gabriel earlier today so she must be. We've got a few new teachers too, but you'll soon see. The sorting is later on, so let's go."
Kanni followed Premidas to her room which, surpisingly, was the same one she had last year. "Wow. It even still has the soda stain from when I dropped coke on the tiles," Kanni examined the darkened white between the sea-green tiles of the bathroom.
"And I bet it still has some of the blood..." she murmured.
"Hm?" Prem asked as he picked Kanni's siutcases from their hover and set them down on the floor.
"Nothing." Kanni let her bags drop onto the bed and she pulled the beanie-cap from her head, tossing it into the closet. She removed her thick coat to where it was just a skin-tight wool sweater. Fashionable yet still comfy and warm; just how she liked it. Premidas's eyes widened momentarily. "You've grown since I last saw you. Oh, but you're sixteen now, right?"
Kanni rose an amused brow. "No. I will be tomorrow." she answered. "So...how is my snake?"
"Um...er...good! Very good. Not always in the best mood and made it very clear that as soon as you arrived that he was to live with you again but..." his lifted a bandaged hand and peeled away the cloth, revealing two small punctures in the back of his hand, "A...charming snake."
Kanni laughed. "Sorry. He's just cranky sometimes. Even with me too."
Prem rolled his eyes. He took the lock from her door and tossed it to her. "Code." Kanni typed it in quickly, using the same code as last year, and then fastened it back to her door when she stepped outside and closed it behind her. Premidas pocketed the key. "I'll take this back for you later, okay?"
"Okay. Hey, I have to go to the bathroom real quick, do you mind? Been in a car for the past five hours!"
"I'll wait right here." the animagus replied smoothly, his eyes fondly following the milthacti as she shoved through the amassing students towards the bathrooms. He grinned. He was so glad she was back, and so glad Alice was too. But he couldn't show it too much or Kaleb would make little faces at him. (lol) His red eyes grazed over the students, catching a few girls' stares and hearing them whisper his name, all smiling when he shot them a quick curious look. He shook his head. This wasn't gong to change this year, was it?
Suddenly he felt a quick contriction in his heart. It was so sudden and so fast his knees didn't even have enough time to buckle. He grabbed the wall to steady himself, his eyes wide and wondering what the sudden pain was. He felt a bit of sweat bead his brow but wiped it away. He suddenly got the urge to transform into the albino lion, but the urge only made him decide against it. Why did he want to change so eagerly? To show off? No. He never wanted to show off like that before. He shrugged to himself and pushed the feeling away, lightly smiling again when Kanni came huffing and puffing back up to him.
"It's crazy out there!" she gasped, catching her breath. "They'll all be lucky if they don't see or feel any of my frantic powers today...cause I have a feeling it's gonna be a hell of a hecktic time!"
"Oh, it will be, you can count on that. So, want to hunt for our prey now?"
Kanni thought a moment. Oh! He meant finding Alice and Kaleb. "Strange wording, I must say, but I'm all for it. Afterall, I have to apologize for them too...-"
"-here's a hint: don't get a little cloud to get them all wet when you hug them. It might help if they stay dry and warm." Premidas laughed and Kanni playfully punched his shoulder.
"Come on before the new girls all come after you." Kanni said eyeing a group of new students all staring at Kanni and Prem with narrowed eyes.
"Good idea," the animagus gulped and suddenly jerked her around the corner, the two taking off, running from all the suspicious and watchful gossiping eyes.
(nice long one for ya! ^^)
Posted at 01:21 am by Twinkle_Star
