Don't Mess With Time

Chapter Three

She was looking forward to a bit of... catching up.

Tedros and Agatha shared a suffering look before shaking their heads and turning back to their conversations.

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Theresa was just minding her own business when she suddenly heard snickering from behind a column.

She jumped to her feet and raised her (practice) sword warily.

"Who's there?" she asked, proud that her voice sounded strong and sure of itself.

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Amber glared vehemently.

How did she know?! Her stupid, weird super hearing. I'll cut her ears off one day, mark my words, she thought.

"Can't wait until we get our finger glows unlocked," Hilda muttered with a scowl.

Amber nodded her agreement, but she was already planning how to get Theresa later.

That princess just rubbed her the wrong way.

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Theresa saw four forms walk out from behind the bush and her sword lowered as she recognized them.

She gave them a blinding grin.

Is she smiling at us?! That's it, I'm going to kill her, thought Amber.

She wasn't sure why she hated this girl so much, but she did.

Usually it was Hilda to led them into picking on someone, but Amber herself had been the one to pick this princess.

Hilda had eagerly gone along as it gave her the ability to make fun of someone and play pranks.

"Hey guys!" Theresa said as she sheathed her sword.

Amber hated how smug she looked about that new sheath she had gotten from her father on her fifteenth birthday.

Amber wouldn't say she hated Theresa (how could she truly hate her when they had grown up together like this), but she would say that she strongly disliked her.

Dede couldn't help herself and she hurried forward to give the Ever a tight hug.

The tall girl laughed and hugged her back with a small pat on the back.

Hilda gave a curt hello, but Amber stayed silent.

Theresa didn't seem to care.

She had somehow gotten an easygoing steak from... somewhere?

It seemed like she was super chill until a time of danger and then she immediately took charge.

Not that Amber really paid attention to what the other girl did.

Of course she didn't.

Because that girl was super annoying and she wanted to choke the life out of her half the time.

There were loud footsteps and they all turned to see both Axel and Nathan coming in.

They were the only two boys (because when two girls had a child using the spell, they had to have a girl (A/N: just comment if you want me to explain that logic) and had always been a bit closer because of that fact.

Both were awkward and clearly lanky.

They were the two youngest of the group and always slightly shunned (whether on purpose or just as a side affect of those two facts), so they had become close fairly quickly.