Riptide

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Well I hope I can meet your expectations." Hope smiled and left the room.

"Soooo how are you?" Harmony asked.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Don't worry about me, the better question should be how are you feeling?" Noil asked.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Less dizzy. But more hungry." Harmony wrinkled her nose a little.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil sighed. "Being a Conjurer would be great right now."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Hope is a conjurer," Harmony said. Almost on cue a plate with two pieces of Mallowmelt appeared next to Noil on the couch. There was also a note that said "More coming."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I miss that," Noil laughed as he took two pieces.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Miss what?" Harmony asked, stealing one of the pieces from him.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"My sister and how she would just conjure a bowl of bursts for me each day," Noil smiled sadly.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Aww. That's sweet." Harmony smiled. "Hope pretty much just conjurers spiders at my feet to freak me out. They're fake but still."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Spiders!" Noil snorted. "She would conjure muskog a under my bed. So whenever I'd reach for a book, it would just burp. It was disgusting!"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Eww!" Harmony laughed. "I bet you had to move your books pretty quick after that."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil nodded. "I had to find a different spot to sleep after that."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"I'm sure." Harmony grinned. Her wooziness was slowly passing.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Are you feeling better? Maybe the sugar will help," Noil said, taking a few more.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Yeah." Harmony had finished her Mallowmelt without realizing. "Maybe it was low blood sugar..."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil smiled. "Good. You should probablu rest now."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"I am! Sort of." Harmony chuckled.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"You're not," Noil said strictly. "Now, your eyes better be close by the time I get back."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Where are you going?" Harmony asked, shifting so she was laying down with her head on the armrest and her legs across Noil's lap, partially trapping him.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil smiled. "I just need to check something and I'll be right back."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Alright fine." Harmony pouted and pulled her legs back so he could stand up.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil kissed her forehead. "I won't be gone long."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Kay good." Harmony smiled and her eyes closed almost involuntarily.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil was gone for only gen minutes before he walked inside the room where Harmony was.
"Harmony!"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

In that time Harmony had dozed off. She startled up and looked as alert as she could with her hair having morphed to bed-head style. She relaxed when she realized it was Noil. She sighed. "Yes?"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Does this home some sort of defense system?" Noil asked, staring at the front doors.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Yeah. Hope and I." Harmony walked to his side and watched the front doors. "What it is?" She asked, looking back to him.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I think we might have trouble coming here any minute," Noil studied her face. "How do feel?"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Better." Harmony frowned. "Have you seen Hope?"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil shook his head. "I haven't. If you're folks are home we might need them to help. Either way I want you to stay out of this and alert the Black Swan!"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"They aren't home. If they were you would've been kicked out long ago." Harmony shook her head. "I'm finding Hope. I might alert the Black Swan if the issue seems big enough, but I'm not staying out of it." She kicked her heels off so she could run from room to room. Hope was no where downstairs so she dashed to the stairs.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil stood there, preparing his fireballs. He was hoping it wouldn't come to that.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Harmony glanced over her shoulder at him and ran even faster up the stairs and to Hope's room. Hope was laying on the bed reading.

"Trouble's coming get ready," Harmony half shouted before sprinting to her own room and changing into better combat clothes. She pulled her hair up into a ponytail and ran downstairs. Hope came from her own room in a matching outfit and they ran to Noil's side.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Noil saw that both girls were dress and ready to fight. "I need you both to promise me that if things get risky, you'll leap somewhere safe."

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Hope grinned at Harmony. "He's precious!"

"Isn't he?" Harmony smiled softly at Noil. "Only if you come with us."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I will," Noil feared that her sister would take it the wrong way but he needed to make sure. "Would it matter if I'm a Pyrokinetic to you?"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

Hope chuckled. "I know the situation. In fact, I was the one who suggested the island you're living on. You're welcome." She grinned. "So no, it wouldn't."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Good, cause there's gonna be a lot of fire." Noil smiled as both palms produced fireballs.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Well Harmony has water and we live by an ocean so don't worry about any of it going wild." Hope shrugged.

"What kind of trouble is coming?" Harmony asked.

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"Neverseen. That's why I'm hoping you contact the Black Swan," Noil said, checking the windows.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Figures. Are they coming for you?" Harmony frowned. "What did you do in the ten minutes I was asleep?"

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I wanted to check on my family then I found these guys at the front door," Noil said.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"So they're tracking you back here... How long do we have?" Harmony asked.

((Are they inside still or outside?))

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

((I think inside, right?))

"I don't know-" Noil was interrupted with a loud banging.

"Noil Forst! You need to come out, now!"

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

((Mkay))

"Go hide," Harmony hissed. "I'll see if we can get out of this peacefully. Hope back me up."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"I'm not going to hide from this," Noil said sternly.

Frana banged on the door again. "Please, Noil, you need to let me in!"

"Why would I do that?" Noil shouted back.

"Cause I have information on your sister," Frana replied back.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Wow." Hope smirked. "Brave too."

Harmony frowned and opened the door enough for the girl outside to see her and Hope and Noil behind them. "State who you are, why you're here, and if you have anyone with you and I'll consider letting you in."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

"My name is Frana Hoke, I take it you're Harmony?" Frana asked.

"Hoke, you mean you're a relative of Freea?" Noil said.

"You can say that," Frana smirked.

[Emily ~Autumn, Winter~, First-in-Command]

"Yeah." Harmony raised a questioning eyebrow. "Now say why you're here."

[lorien ‧͙⁺˚*･༓ଳ, Second-in-Command]

Frana gave Harmony a look. "No one else is with me - for now. I came here to see Noil. I have some important information about his sister."