The blade across his throat totally cut him of as he stared into the eyes of the newly announced member of the Arcana Famiglia. Her eyes glinted in the light as other members gasped in utter shock in the scene. Felicita's hands were about to grab Angelica's hand when she starts chuckling, then eventually turns to a laugh. Somehow the other members started laughing along with her, finding the scene funny. While some the others, including Felicita and of course Pace, looked at her in astonishment.
"I'm so sorry," says Angelica putting away her dagger interrupting Felicita as she was about to demand what was going on, "Forgive me. I couldn't help myself. Hehe." she continues.
"Hah, so you're a joker type huh?" asks Liberta while smiling as the other members started dispersing and enjoying the rest of the night.
"I'm very sorry," apologizes Angelica again, "I just knew that you guys saw me as someone who wouldn't hold a grudge or as someone who forgets a fault right away. I really just couldn't help myself. I'm very sorry. Such thing wouldn't happen again."
This completely stunned Pace and Felicita and the rest of the group. That was what they were thinking that morning. It mystified them that she knew what they were thinking and caught them unaware. Making Angelica unpredictable.
"What's wrong?" says Angelica who noticed them being shocked, "Did I say something wrong?"
"No, you just surprised us."
"Ah. . . lucky guess I guess."
"But why would you assume such thing?"
"To tell you the truth. . . perhaps it was not a guess--but how could you take it that I knew that what I did was the opposite of what you were expecting?" This silenced them as they were baffled. "Is it part of her power?" They thought.
"You know this morning," says Debito starting on a new subject, "Some of the boys were fixing your window. What happened?" Felicita suddenly remembers the incident from the previous night. Not to mention that it was actually a warning.
*****Felicita's Flashback*****
"What does it say?" asks Felicita walking towards a serious Angelica. She saw that Angelica held the note tightly, distress in her eyes. Her hand takes the note from Angelica's hand and started reading it.
"You may have escaped this time. But this isn't over. Better not think that you're safe from us just because you're with the Arcana Famiglia. You're just endangering them just like the gypsies."
Felicita looked up and glanced at her friend. A frown was pasted on her face and she seemed quite pissed.
"Angelica?"
"I pray that nothing will happen to you people," replies Angelica, "I'll go change and tell Papa and Mama about this."
*****End of Flashback*****
"Oh, nothing I just slipped and accidentally threw out something," replies Angelica, "Nothing to worry about." This comment surprised Felicita who realized that Angelica had decided to hide the truth from the others. She decides to pretend and say nothing for Angelica's sake who perhaps thought to not worry the others.
"I am truly sorry for embarrassing you earlier." Angelica apologizes, apparently guilty. Though Pace himself was, of course, guilty as well. But her sincerity lightened his heart's burden.
"Hehe, it's fine," he replies while scratching the back of his head, "We all had a good laugh didn't we?" The rest agreed on this. Angelica sighs in relief and flashes a smile. Pace continues, blushing, "Well, this means that I'll have to be careful with whatever I'm doing, huh?
She only smiles, "You don't have to worry so much with what or how I'll react, you know," she drinks the last of her wine while the others only stared, "Well, I'm done for the night. Good night, everyone." She says smiling and walks away.
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"Good mor--" Felicita stops abruptly as she noticed that Angelica was no longer in her room, but rather a Zianese (Siamese) cat with gold piercing which was licking it's right paw. A silver-winged falcon perching. . . and a monkey. She gasps in surprise. "Why does Angelica have a monkey here? Where did those animals come from??" The monkey quickly scurried to her as soon as he noticed her and starting twirling and tumbling and doing some sort of tricks. Soon Felicita couldn't help but laugh, and the monkey seemed to like hearing her laughter as well. The monkey, however, seemed to not like a single-person-audience, ran through her legs and ran out.
"Eh?? Come back!!" she calls as she runs after the monkey. He only ignores her and just scurries away. It wasn't long until she loses sight of him. She stops to take a breath when she reaches the outer corridor, near the area where they often train. Feeling guilty of letting the monkey and scared of seeing Angelica's glinting eyes, she walks around hoping to catch sight of the monkey.
"Oy, Felicita!" Felicita turns to the voice and sees Liberta running towards her, "What are you doing wandering around here? Angelica is going to choose what division she'll commit to, you know."
"Sorry, I will be there in a moment. Okay?" she replies quickly walking away.
"But it's about to start." retorts Liberta. She found herself having no other choice but to follow him, hoping that the monkey didn't run off to somewhere far.
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The members salute and congratulate Angelica after the ceremony of her joining Swords. Others murmur and talk among themselves about the fact that a competition will be coming up for who will be the leader of the divisions. Some members tease Felicita to watch out for Angelica if she was to retain her position as leader of Swords. She just laughs it off and tells them that whether or not Angelica becomes the leader of Swords it doesn't matter, because she has already fully trusted Angelica and found her dependable and trustworthy.
"Congratulations on joining Swords, Ann!" says Felicita as she joins Angelica who was talking to some dudes who were explaining to her about the incoming division.
"Ah, hi, Felicita!" she greets back, "Thanks." Angelica flashes a dazzling smile. The start talking when Angelica suddenly becomes serious when she turns and they hear a commotion followed by shouts of frustration.
"Come back here! I said stop!" shouts a man along with a few others. Angelica wondered who they were chasing to be this angry when she suddenly caught sight of a monkey wearing a brightly colored vest. Shandor. The monkey sees his owner and quickly rushes to her, hoping to escape his to-be-captors. The other Arcana members become shocked as Angelica reaches to the monkey who climbs unto her shoulder.
"Shandor!" exclaims Angelica calmly, "how in the world did you get out of the room?" The other members stared at her in astonishment, surprised that she was his master, "Forget that," she says becoming stern, "Why did you get out? Didn't I tell you to stay inside?" The monkey hung his head in shame for disappointing his master.
Felicita feels more ashamed, since she was the one who let him out, "Ann! It isn't all his fault," Angelica looks at her with kind eyes, not showing any hint of anger at all, "I was looking for you this morning but found him instead inside. I let him out. I'm very sorry." Felicita makes a bow to show her sincerity. The others look at Angelica who only kept her kind face.
"Oh, Felicita," she starts, "It is all right," Felicita looks up in shock, "You may have come into the room to see me, but Shandor knew that it was forbidden to go out without my permission. His disobedience caused a ruckus. It is not your fault." She smiles, "Anyway," she turns back to Shandor, "If you want to be out of the room that bad. Then you can enjoy yourself for a bit. But don't disturb others, don't mess around, don't take anything. Do you understand?" The monkey didn't seem satisfied with her answer and continued to look down, "Then perhaps you want to be with me in my first patrol?" He squeals in delight at the sound of this and the other members couldn't help but laugh in amusement.
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"You sure are interesting, Angelica," says a member with messy red hair. Angelica only chuckles.
It was a short while after they had left the mansion and Angelica was on patrol along with some other men. Well, she was separated from Felicita which sort of disappointed her. But, well, she was still enjoying her time there anyway. Her monkey, Shandor, was just enjoying his time, as well, being with his master as he looked at stuff with awe as the passed by stalls and shops.
"I always hope that people won't find me boring." she replies, smiling, "You know. . . you never actually introduced yourself." she continues, looking ahead.
He laughs and scratches the back of his head, "Ah! My apologies. I've forgotten my manners. I'm Luciano." He grins. Angelica glances at Luciano. He, of course, had red hair with his bangs framing his face and the back part hugging his neck. They were paired with silvery gray eyes. He was quite handsome. He was also tall with fair skin. His uniform actually similar to hers. A black suit with a coat tail. He had a gray necktie though. His polo was white and the collar was unbuttoned revealing a bit of his collarbone. He was also wearing black shoes. Other than his unbuttoned polo, he was neat.
"Ah. Luciano. . . what a lovely name," replies Angelica with a gentle smile, "Light. . . let's see if you live by your name." She continues. She walks ahead when he stops, dazzled. He just smiles, chuckling as he walks on with his hands in his pockets.
Angelica and the rest of her team walks on until they finally reached the market. Angelica missed the noise and the cries of vendors as they try attracting customers. She watched as children chase each other through the crowd, worming through the smallest places as they try their best to avoid the "it." As she walked on with the others she overhears some storekeepers gossiping. She couldn't help but eavesdrop.
"Oy, have you heard?" Says a man.
"What? About Nadya's disappearance?"
"Yeah, she disappeared after those men chased out of her shop."
"Do you think she's kidnapped?" says another.
"Nah, who cares? She just one of those filthy gypsies--probably robbed one of those men who went after her." says another man as he took his pipe from his mouth, "That girl keeps luring my customers to her shop." He continues and leans back on the wall.
"Ho! You're probably just jealous that she attracts people with little effort." Says a young storekeeper, teasing the elder one.
"Shut up, you bastard." The man growled.
"Aw, are you actually attracted to her?" teases a woman.
He sighs, "I missed the chance to ask her out." he jokes. Angelica softly chuckles and then hurries her way as the other members call her after realizing that she was left behind.
"Sorry. Couldn't help myself, but overhear something."
The men though, didn't seem to mind, "What did you overhear?" asks a member with violet hair and green eyes. His bangs hang on his face, nearly covering his left eye.
"Oh, nothing to worry about," replies Angelica, "Just forget it." She walks ahead, avoiding the subject. The men she left behind suspected that she was hiding something. Wondering what it could be. Angelica thought that she was lucky enough that the men that she was partnered with were not the same men from the previous day. She hoped that they'd forget what they had seen. Shandor just clung to her shoulder, but scrambled up her head every time he'd see something interesting.
"Shandor!" She scold him and laughs as she cuddles him in her arms. Not for long though, since he would rather cling to her shoulder then be carried like a baby. The men found the sound of her laughter charming. Luciano knew immediately that she has captivated his heart though they only shared a short time together.
"Ahhh!! Somebody please help!" The patrol quickly turns to the sound where the shout came from and found that there was several men taking some bags and throwing them inside their automobile before taking off. The members quickly moved into action, but found that Angelica was far more agile than they were as she attacked the automobile that was actually coming their way. They watched as the culprits just gasp as Angelica's foot slammed on them with her eyes glinting in the sunlight.
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Hi guys! I know that there wasn't much story in this chapter, but I hoped you liked it. I purposely wrote this chapter this way cuz I just wanted to show more of Angelica's characteristics. Did you find her confusing?
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-BalladPhoenix