Getting Used To The Place

[Meagen♥]

Serenity leaned back against the wall in the bedroom that had been dubbed her own. She was seated on the bed, in pants and a tank top. But she could still feel the bandages around her stomach, chest and shoulders. She still felt slightly woozy from the amount of blood she had lost as she dragged herself across shadow portals and forest terrain to get from Rin's mansion to Rai's.

But above everything, she could fell her hatred for Rin growing. Her shadows were moving around the room rapidly, mimicking her fast moving thoughts. She thought about her time in Rin's mansion, what she had seen and learned, and worse, her past. She knew that was a dangerous motion but at the moment, her body was too weak to do anything but move shadows. If she went crazy due to the shadows in her mind, she'd die. And at the moment, she didn't really care if she did or not.

Sighing from her thoughts and the things had happened, Serenity got off the bed, put some socks and a actual shirt on, and exited her room. She used the wall to help her walk down the first hallway but she was able to do without the rest of the way.

Finally, she reached Rai's room. After a few moments, she raised her fist and knocked.

[Rinyrinri]

"HOLD ON A SEC" Rai shouted through the door, he covered the cauldron with a sheet and the top of the table vanished. Rai sighed and glared at the annoying sheet "and this is why you don't by inviza-sheets from travelers. He was preparing to make a new healing nothing for the new girl, which seemed harmless but Rai had no idea who was at the door and depending on who it was. There could be trouble.

He walked to the wooden door and opened it with a creek. "oh, you shouldn't be walking around so much, but do you need something?" he asked concerned, he didn't fully trust serenity yet, even though she had been hurt by Rin and came here for help, Rai didn't know the extent she would do to get somebody into his mansion.

[Meagen♥]

Serenity watched the door open and couldn't help her eyes as they took in things about Rai's room. It was a habit of hers that had saved her a few times in the past. She turned her eyes up to Rai's and gave the faintest of smiles. "I just wanted to say thank you again for letting me stay here and helping me. It... uh, means a lot to me."

[Rinyrinri]

"Well thats cool and all but I really think you should be resting, I'm not even sure how you made it here with a hole that big." Rai had healed it to the best of his ability as a mage which made it possible for her to live, but her strength would not return until after a few days had passed, he had told her this but she kept fighting it, Rai could already tell she was stubborn.

[Meagen♥]

Serenity chuckled weakly, feeling her body weaken by the minute. "I've had worse," she joked dryly. She sighed and turned, heading back to her room. She stopped and looked back. "And when you go against Rin," she smirked, an evil glint in her eye. "I want to join you." She didn't say anything more and walked back to her room.

[Rinyrinri]

Rai grinned, "its only a flesh wound, eh?" He rolled his eyes and went down stairs shutting his door behind him. "She's a bit on the evil side....but revenge against Rin is necessary for many of the members here.

[Meagen♥]

Serenity stumbled back to her room, her sight fuzzy. She had to hold onto the wall to keep upright and not collapse. "Damn, I hate being weak," she muttered to herself. She hadn't been this badly injured for a long time and she had forgotten what it felt like to feel as if Death was cliff and you were barely hanging on by a few fingertips. She leaned against the wall, almost to her room but too weak to make it.

Heira heard something outside her bedroom door and she hurried out to see Serenity half unconscious. "Serenity!" she cried, running forward to help her. The blue eyed shadow user didn't respond other than a grunt of appreciation at the help. A few minutes later, Heira helped Serenity onto the small bed she slept on. "Jeez Serenity. What were you thinking, leave your room like that?" Heira asked.

Serenity smirked. "Oh, you know. Wanted to see how far I go without collapsing." She gave a dry laugh before seriously saying, "I wanted to thank Rai. For letting me stay here and helping me."

Heira raised an eyebrow. "You could have told him at another time. When you weren't on the verge of death."

"Awww. But that's when people like to hear it the most."

Heira rolled her eyes. "Get some rest. You need it. And don't leave the room!" With that, Heira got up and walked out of the room. She headed downstairs, thinking maybe she could clean up a bit, a daily habit of hers. But she kept worrying about Serenity. She had never seen her friend so weaken and helpless. "I hope she pulls through," Heira said aloud.

.___. Holy crap, that's long. Sorry! I just kinda started writing and it happened.... Have fun replying! <3

[Rinyrinri]

Amy walked in behind Heira "Me too, she seems like she'll be very helpful," Amy looked at the door to her room. "serenity is the first one I've trusted here since you I think." It was hard to earn Amy's trust but for some reason she had given it to Heira without her doing much, and she was doing a similar thing for serenity. This bothered Amy slightly but, she had decided to give it a try.

[Meagen♥]

Heira smiled at Amy. They had become friends almost as soon as Heira had gotten to Rai's mansion. "Yeah, Serenity's cool. She's sarcastic as hell and kind of a bitch when she wants to be, but she'll do anything for someone who helped her. And I didn't want to ask her now, but I'm sure that she's got some useful information about Rin's mansion." Heira knew about Serenity's memory reading powers, seeing as how Serenity had accidentally read Heira's memories when they had first met.

[Rinyrinri]

Amy rolled her eyes "she won you over already huh?" Amy smirked. She was slightly worried, would heira ditch her for serenity? She shook it off; there was no way that would happen, heira and amy got along to well. Amy looked at serenity's door again. "I like the shadow controls, I've never though of somthing like that."

[Meagen♥]

Heira laughed, "Oh, no. I've known Serenity for a few years. It took me a while to warm up to her but we became friends after a while." Heira smiled. "Yeah, the shadow control is cool. Except when you wake up with a shadow thing in your face," she grumbled, remembering the one and only time Heira let Serenity stay at her place for the night.

[Rinyrinri]

Amy laughed, and started down stairs, it was raining but she wanted to go on a walk, she did every day, rain or shine. It had been a few years now since she moved in with Rai and the family but she just couldn't forget her past. The walks let her think and reflect, so she needed them. She made it down the stairs and slipped on her coat and scarf.

[Meagen♥]

Heira went downstairs with Amy. She turned to the kitchen and saw Amy getting her coat and scarf on."You going for your walk?" Heira asked. She smiled, "Lunch should be ready when you come back." Even though she'd only been there for a few months, because she didn't go on missions that often, Heira had taken over the role of 'food-cooker', often making breakfast, lunch and dinner for everyone.

[Rinyrinri]

"I was going to pick something up at the market, do we need anything?" even though Heira often cooked Amy was very picky about what she ate and heira wasn't the best chef in Amy's opinion. "Er, do you think Serenity needs anything?" She asked slightly embarrassed she wasn't one who would care about a new person so it was awkward for her to ask.

[Meagen♥]

Heira shrugged at Amy's first question. "I don't think we need anything. Though, you might want to pick up some milk. If I know Serenity, she'll drink a gallon of milk when she wakes up," Heira laughed. It had always seemed like Serenity used milk after she got hurt. Heira got a pot out and filled it with water, planning on making mac and cheese, a simple meal that would feed a lot.