Authors Note : This fan fiction was started by user NFO-07 on fanfiction.net. I loved it very much but s/he stopped on chapter 1 so I continued it. This article is actually 2 chapters Half is written by the user and half is by me.
Chapter 1
I quickly opened the envelope in my room. We had been earlier informed that we would be doing a project in the enchanted woods in cabins for an outdoor project. The whole freshman grade would be going on this trip but the catch was the guys from Redfountain were going to be our partners. It sounded really cool and I hoped I would be paired up with Brandon. Well, let's just say I had a small crush on him. Inside there was a slip of paper and I held my breath as I opened it. "…oh…dammit."
Out of all the people in that school that I could have been a partner with, it was Riven. I double-checked to see if I had read it right. Yep, it was Riven, the bundle of joy. I had no idea what Musa saw in him. He was practically impossible to reason with and I knew he hated me with a passion.
He always said how ditzy I was and how I was conceited and other things that. Well I could say stuff about him too. Like how he could take the stick out from his ass and actually act nice. He acts all moody all the time too like everyone was placed on the Earth just to annoy him. That could be considered conceited. I groaned and dropped my head on my desk. The trip was going to be hell on Earth for me.
I heard a knock on my door. I didn't bother to get up. "Yes?"
The door open and Bloom's voice broke the silence, "Hey Stella! I finally got my partner sheet. I'm paired with Sky! I couldn't believe it! I actually got the guy I wanted!"
The happiness in her voice made me even more miserable. "Oh that's nice." I croaked.
"What's wrong Stella? Oh let me see your partner." I heard her scrap the slip of paper up that I had rejected and purposely threw to the ground earlier. It was quiet then Bloom spoke up again. "Oh…well. Riven isn't so bad."
I snorted and looked up at her. She gave me a weak smile and placed the paper back on the desk.
I crossed my arms and sighed pathetically. "Riven is bad. I know he hates me and would rather eat dirt than be my partner. Though its not like the feeling isn't mutual."
Bloom's aqua blue eyes flashed from the paper to me. She looked like she was trying to make it seem less worse than it was. "Well maybe he won't mind it that much. Maybe he'll actually lighten up and make it so the whole field trip isn't as horrible for you two."
I doubted that but Bloom was trying to make me feel better so I dropped it. "Well anyways, I'm glad you got your boyfriend."
She instantly blushed and shouted defensively, "He's not my boyfriend!"
A smirk crossed my face, "Yet."
She fumbled with her hands looked side ways. "He's really nice, that's all."
I slinked over to her and whispered in her ear, "I'm sure he's going to be real nice when you're both sleeping in the same cabin."
She hit me in the arm and I laughed as her face turned a deep red. "Stella, that's so perverted!"
"Well what do you think boys are thinking? I'll give you a guess."I howled giggling away.
Her face was so totally red. It was funny. Bloom could be so naïve for a human. I liked to tease her sometimes because she made it so damn easy.
"Stella, Sky doesn't think like that!"Bloom huffed. Like he was different from the rest!
"Oh please Bloom! I'm sure he's thought about undressing you before. Or at least a grope of a breast."
Bloom pounced on me and I lied there laughing my butt off. She was so cute when she was embarrassed.
Flora's head popped in curiously. "You girls are really loud. I could hear Stella laughing all the way down the hall."
I smiled and waved at her. Bloom jumped up and looked around to Flora. "Hey! Who did you get for a partner?"
Flora held up the sheet with Timmy's name on it. Bloom half laughed, "Wow. It's weird that we're getting all the guys we know from the school."
"Oh really? You look happy so it must be Prince Sky right?" Flora could read Bloom like a book. It was sort of intimidating how she could do that to all of us but she was the most understanding of the group so I really didn't mind it.
Bloom nervously laughed, "Heh heh. It was that obvious, huh?"
Flora then turned her gaze to me. "So who of the boys did you get?"
I blew the bangs out of my eyes and said dully, "Riven."
Flora blinked, "Who did you say?"
I grumbled. "You heard me."
She winced. "Ew, that sucks."
I laughed at that comment. I had never heard Flora say, "that sucks" before. She was usually not one to use slang or be a potty mouth.
Musa headed into my room and shoved her letter in my face. "I got Brandon."
She was always trying to win and pick fights with me. She reminded me of Riven a lot too. They'd make the perfect couple. She was purposely trying to make me feel jealous by getting my guy. Well I was not one to back down from a challenge and I had a weapon of my own. "And I got Riven."
Her blue eyes widen at first and then she looked back at her paper. "Maybe they got ours mixed up."
Sure, she's singing a different tune now because she can't prance around me with the fact that she got the guy I like because I got hers in turn.
"I wish." I sighed and sat back into my desk chair. The next person to join our party was Techna. She greeted up and we all asked about whom she got.
"Well, I got a student named Conrad. I've never met him but I heard he is a very good archer."She told us and ran her hand through her pink hair. "Who did you guys get?"
After we discussed things and talked about what we wanted to do on the field trip we decided that we would help each other out if any of us got in trouble. Which was good because sometimes I goof up. I hate that. I looked back down at the letter as the girls filtered out of my room. "I wonder what he thinks about this."
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"Hey Riven! We got news about our partners today!" Prince Sky ran over to me. His blonde hair bouncing as he ran. I grunted. Hopefully I would get some girl who was totally quiet and would stay out of my way during this whole ordeal. I can't believe I have to be paired up with a fairy. I stepped forward and snatched the letter out of his hand and he gave me his half smile he does when he's giddy.
"What the hell are you smiling about?" I asked.
He thrust his hand forward with a piece of parchment saying Bloom on it. "Oh."I answered unamused. He was less talkative this afternoon. I looked down at mine.
"Aren't you going to open it?"
I looked back up at him. Why the hell does he keep smirking at me? "I'm afraid to."
He laughed and grabbed it from me. "Here then. I'll open it for you."
I crossed my arms and huffed. They were always excited about this because they had crushes on the girls. I could care less about girls at a time like this. I was more interested in perfecting my fighting skills and acing my exams before I thought about girls.
He ripped it open with ease and folded open the parchment. I wide smile turned up the corners of his lips. "It's Stella. You got Stella."
I froze. "What did you just say?"
He held it up so I could get a good look at it.
There it was. Her name was stamped on the letter. "Oh this sucks!"I shouted and threw the paper on the ground. Someone had to be out to get me if they paired me up with Stella! God that stupid blonde was more annoying than ever. She was so ditzy and air headed. All she cared about was what to wear and how to get a boyfriend. God of all the people in the school I could have gotten, I got stuck with the wench!
Sky frowned at me, "What's wrong with Stella? She's nice."
I gave him a dry look, "You've got to be shitting me. She'll be crying at every bug and whining about how she thinks nature is disgusting. She'll piss at ever monster we come across…shall I go on?"
Sky shook his head, "Riven I'm sure she's not that bad."
I snorted, "Hahahaha, that's right she's worse."
Brandon had stepped next top Sky and gave me a glare, "Riven, you don't know Stella well enough to talk about her like that. She isn't at all like that."
I rolled my eyes. "Brandon just because you like her doesn't mean I do. If you like her so much anyways why don't you ask her out already? God, what is this shit?"
Brandon threw his head back and laughed. "Yep, your crabby. What happened earlier? You flunk an exam?"
"Shut your mouth Brandon. I was fine until this happened."I sneered and I was going to leave when Timmy came up and flashed a smile at me. "You like Stella don't you?"
I looked down at him ready to beat the snot out of him when he yelped and jumped over to Brandon. "If you know what's good for you you'll shut up!"I snapped.
Sky laughed, "If he does he'll never admit it."
God they were so annoying. Who in their right mind would like that airhead? I could care less. So I turned and slugged Sky in the shoulder, "There's nothing to admit!"
Brandon crossed his arms, "Why are you getting so defensive? Hm?"
I threw my arms down angrily and stormed away to the dorm. I had enough of their jokes. Why couldn't anybody be serious for once? Besides I had more important things to do than think about the field trip. I was going to regret going to the forest with her. I just knew it
The Young Dark Bloom
