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Imber's dark blue eyes opened slowly, her gaze sliding from the cold seafoam green water brushing against her nose to the dark black form of Arcus sleeping next to her before she almost jumped into the water. "Arcus!" She hissed, "Wake up!!!!" Arcus opened a bright eye, as if raising an eyebrow. "We slept in! It's breaking the schedule!" Imber rolled over onto the water, quickly getting to her feet as the lake she was sleeping next to rippled around her. Arcus raised her snout tiredly, snorting and shaking her mane as she slowly got on her hooves. Imber just rolled her eyes, her hair blowing about in the cold wind that had crept in from the south of her realm, 'How odd,' she thought, 'It doesn't get cold here often,' Imber just shook the uneasy feeling off, glaring back at Arcus.

"Huff and puff all ya want it doesn't change the fact we got work to do," Imber said sternly, shaking her head slightly as Arcus just snorted once more, flapping her wings as she stepped on the water, procceding to walk to the other side of the lake. Imber followed closely behind her, following the path she normally took to the other side, calming the water down and then riling it up all over again just for the heck of it. "There's so much turmoil lately, ya know? I can feel it in the rain, the waves are even reflecting it. Everythings just gettin' so rough," Imber sighed, Arcus just looked back at her with an unbeliving stare and whinyed in response. "Yeah, yeah I know, I suppose I'm being a bit silly, but I'm not wrong, you'll see!" Imber's gaze moved up to the sky, her eyes following the path of a dove flying above them. "Hm..."

The Gaurdian's eyes suddenly caught something on the shoreline, a small fox it seemed. "Eh? What's a fox doin in these parts?" She muttered, tapping Arcus on the wing as a signal to move faster. "I think we're a little later than expected, Arcus," Imber said quietly; she herself picking up the pace. "That's a summons from Mother Nature, see told you something was up, ha!" Arcus presumably ignored her, her slow trot turning into a purposeful one. Imber's smooth brisk strides turning into a full run as she tried to keep up with her pegasus. The water churned under their feet, setting Imber off balance every once in a while. As they broke the shoreline; Imber breathing heavily and leaning on Arcus; the fox took off like a dart, stopping a few more meters away. Imber rolled her eyes and moaned, "Do you have... any idea... how out of shape... I am?" She panted. Arcus nudged her gently, gesturing to her back. "Good... Good idea," Imber said, nodding and climbing onto Arcus's back. The pegasus flapped her wings slightly before breaking out into a gallop after the fox, who started bounding away as soon as Imber climbed up onto Arcus.

"Shouldn't be late for too long now huh!" Imber exclaimed, grinning and holding onto Arcus's mane.

Aaron looked up from the books, doing his best not to freak out and completley turn tail as the other assured him he didn't need to apologise. He still managed to avoid eye contact, ruffling his hair before taking his baseball cap back gently and fitting it back on top of his head. He was trying his hardest to remember all the stupid 'How to Make Friends,' books his father used to make him read all the time. Aaron always thought they were pointless, but now they might come in handy; if he could actually remember any of the information given inside of them. The boy racked his brains furiously before he finally got it, and step one suddenly came to him, 'Smile, stupid.'

The demi-god managed a small smile, but it probably came off as more forced than anything. "Thanks," He answered quietly, lifting his eyes to meet the other girl's, Thu, if he was not mistaken. 'Step Two: Introduce yourself; you frickin wimp,' Aaron's smile remained fixed in place as he opened his mouth to introduce himself; once again forgetting how to function as a human being. "Uh... I'm uh, Aaron," His head bobbed slightly, his awkwardness radiating off of him as if it were the deadly radiation from Chernobyl itself. What was the next step? Gods Aaron was pulling another blank, his smile fading as he quickly searched through his head; the brightness of his eyes wandering back down to the floor for something else to say.

'Geez Aaron, get it together, find a common topic,' Aaron's eyes wandered back to the translation books on the floor; and his smile suddenly popped back onto his face, his eyes meeting those of Thu's once more. "Um, are you havin' trouble with Ancient Greek?" His voice rang a bit louder, going above the reserved whisper he was using before: his self-esteem currently forgotten as he managed to meander himself into a sentence involving schoolwork. Luckily enough for him it wasn't another Star Wars or Doctor Who reference.