Rude Drop-off

A small sliver rental car pulled up towards Beata Acadamy. It parked as quickly as it could, and mumbled goodbyes could be heard from inside. A curly-haired girl was pushed out hastilly, barely giving her time to grab her tan suitcase and backpack. As soon as she had gathered her things, the car screeched away, leaving black skid marks on the pavement.

"Of course.", the girl muttered, feeling annoyed at the people inside that car, which was now speeding away as fast as the old thing could go. Laurel's parents were afraid of and for her; ever since they had found her 'talking' to an alligator just beside the front door, as calmly as if it were the friendly old lady across the street.

A slender snake- no, lizard- no, skink, poked its head out of her backpack. It lingered near the girl's ear, whispering. "Why are you surprised? I'm not." Laurel shot him a glare. "Deimos, if you don't hush, I'll make you walk in this cold."

Deimos silenced himself and shrunk back into the backpack without a word. Laurel shivered in her thin jacket and trotted towards the building. She wasn't built for this weather; hot, steamy ninety degree days were more her thing. The girl was so focused on getting out of the cold, she didn't notice her backpack bouncing up and down against her suitcase and giving off muffled "ow's", nor the person behind her.

Well, this person behind her wasn't exactly... a person. It was a person who had used her mirage powers by accident and had turned into a snow white kitsune with two tails. On the fox spirit's head was two black ribbons and her "collar" was a large bow tied around. Around her flew orbs of blue fire and her eyes were as deep as the sky. Getting hit by a bouncing back as she stumbled around thinking about how she was going to get through this, she fell back before letting out an annoyed mutter to be disturbed while she was thinking. A small orb hit the backpack, slightly lighting it on fire. "Oh no..." the fox thought, wondering what she should do. Frantically thinking about it, maybe she could try to hide, but then... The fur would give her away. She couldn't talk, that'd be weird. Perhaps, act like a normal fox? Two tails swished behind her, but in a second's notice, there was only one.

Nipping at the backpack, Aethra tried her best to act like she was trying to beg for food, or claw at the skink. Oh, she was a horrible actress, but it wasn't too hard to act like a smart wild animal. She read enough books on it to know what to do. Letting out a false whimper, her mirage was working. It was real enough for now.

The teen turned to see a white foxish animal pawing at her surprisingly aflame backpack. Blinking, she quickly patted out the fire and took her pet before he was either burned or eaten. Gazing curiously; Laurel offered a small fish cube from her lunch. " I'm not sure if your kind eats bass, but hey, it probably wouldn't hurt to try."

Deimos grumbled at his owner, a bit annoyed for having his favorite treat given away to someone else. His bluish tailtip licked into her ear, knowing it bugged her. She simply shook her head, forcing her reptilian friend to focus on hanging on to her shoulder.

Crouching down, the new student watched and waited for the creature's reaction. Though, she had never seen an animal like this; so whatever it did would be a surprise.

Fish - her absolute favorite! This was going to be more fun than she originally thought it was going to be. She won't be found out and eventually, the mirage would end... Maybe. At least someone needed to find out about it for her to stop being a fox. However, now just wasn't the time. Happily taking the fish cube, Aethra nibbled on it contently, pleased with how it tasted. Looking up to the skink, she washed herself slightly before sticking out her tongue at it and retreating back. The kitsune waved her two tails and let out a happy bark. That's when she remembered - she could still speak normally. "Thank you for the food, it was quite enjoyable," her elegant voice spoke out, and she gave off a mysterious aura. She was wondering what would happen if the skink suddenly turned into a human - that'd be fun. In her mind, she thought of him as a short guy, a bit chubby, brown hair, light skin, and blue clothes. And it happened, the skink on the other student's shoulder poofed off before reappearing as a human. Shit... That wasn't supposed to happen.

Laurel frowned in confusion. A fox speaking? English? That wasn't normal, was it? Maybe it was normal here; nearly everyone having powers and all. The weight of her friend was literally poofed off of her shoulders. She heard a smaller poof close by and saw what she assumed was him. He looked pretty funny, actually. Laughing, she clicked and hissed at him in amusement. "Pfft. If you look like that as a human, maybe I was right to give her your treats?"

Deimos growled at her and crossed his arms- which took a few tries to master. " It's not funny!" The skink-turned-human looked behind him, expecting his tail to be lashing, but saw nothing. Desperation laced his reptillian voice. "Where's my tail!? Ohnononono.. WHERE IS MY ACURSED TAIL." He shot a cold glare at the white fox, noticing she had a second tail.

Following his gaze, she covered her mouth to prevent a burst of laughter. "He probably thinks you stole his tail. Strange that he's so attached to it. He forgets about it all the time." Skink jokes. Heh. Patting him on the head, Deimos couldn't help but grin like a complete idiot at the whole situation.

Inwardly expressing amusement to herself and to see how silly this had gotten, Aethra looked back to the skink transformed into a human and the other student. In a few moments, she turned back into her human form, realizing that her mirage had worn off... Somehow. "My bad...~" the girl said, looking nervously around, unsure what she should do. Should she just well... run off? Her silver flowing hair and mystical sky blue eyes and well... her clothes, it just made her seem a little odd. The skink though, remained human. "That transformation by the way might be permanent," Aethra replied bluntly with a slight sneer. Whether or not that's true was a different case though. Just until they figure out it isn't real.

The new student shook her head to clear it. Where was logic vacationing these days? Probably never coming back, she supposed. Translating for the oblivious err.. Skuman.. his jaw dropped down to the grass, dumbfounded. He gave a single hiss, which clearly meant. What..?

With a nervous laugh, the Louisianan shook her head again. "Might? If he stays like this, it would be rather hard to explain a boy acting like a reptile." The skink/ boy/ thing just grumbled; clearly upset with his unwillingly transformed self. What would his mother think? Yes. At that moment, he thought of his mum halfway across the world.

Poking him on the forehead, she scolded him. "Quit moping. It doesn't help." Switching to a lighter tone, "A sad lizard isn't exactly normal, you know." The boy's ears seemed to prick and he shouted incredulously. "I am a skink! Not a human, not a lizard, a skink!!" His face grew quite red, both from the cold and the effort of shouting. The owner mouthed to the other student, 'Unbelievable.'. The poor creature couldn't take a joke, could he?

"I don't know how to change him back - my deepest apologies," Aethra replied politely, genuinely sorry for what she had done by accident. However, her fox ears perked up when she heard Laurel joke around, a small smile on her face before she couldn't help but burst out laughing. In a few moments though, that lucky skuman turned back into a skink before they could joke around anymore. "Huh, you got lucky this time lizard boy."

OOC;; Lazy post. -v-;

The skink crawled onto Laurel's shoulder, hiding within her curly hair. He mumbled a few things before his body was hidden in shadow. Stuff like, 'I'm mentally scarred' and all that jazz. Only his beady brown eyes could be seen. The cold brown scales touching the girl's neck sent a chill down her spine. Laughing softly, she said,"Is that your power? Turning animals to humans and giving them the fright of their life?" She petted the shivering reptilian cowering around her neck.

Shaking her head with the answer of no, Aethra replied, "No... That was an accident." The girl was just looking at the skink's eyes, sometimes wondering whether or not they would... Pop out if they were kept open too long. It's a silly thought, but guess what? Mirage by accident once again, and... PLOP! An eye fell out. Scooting out of the way the moment she saw it come out, the student bowed and apologized, "Oh, I'm so sorry!" Well, she was definitely scaring this new student out of the school before she even sees what is inside. Have fun dealing with other Beata students.