Extract SURPRISE SHAWTY!

[Mania Athanasiou]

Mania had had long enough of a summer with her family, now that there were twins too and one of them was a son it had been even more of a hassle. Callie had stayed over and after she'd left Nia's mum had made sure to give Mania a lecture about her behaviour and bad influence on her perfectly proper friend. She'd wanted to roll her eyes and say something back but instead she'd just lowered her head in shame. It was now a few days before they'd go back to school and Mania had no intentions of staying with her parents anymore so she'd asked them to take her to Obsidian Harbour for school shopping, she didn't need anything but they didn't need to know that and if they did know they hadn't said anything.

Nia had her trunk with her and she'd dipped from her parents, leaving her younger sister Eris to tell them she'd be going to a friends house, she'd meet Gaia at the platform. Mania arrived at the apartment that was the address she had dug up, from who? A smart person never reveals her sources, duh. Knocking on the door she waited patiently for someone to open. Merlin she hoped this was the right place, if not she'd have to just dip as soon as possible.

 

[Finley Mackintosh Baros]

"Dad there's someone at the door, can I go check?" He saw his dad look up from where he was currently feeding the snakes and nod. They had to be careful when feeding because it was the one time the snakes forgot they could all talk to each other and just started fighting if they didn’t get the specific food they wanted. Tinsel liked bird, Glimmer liked Rats and Ace, well, they still hadn’t quite worked out the favourite there, but at least there was eating and food. He headed over to the door, the series of rapid knocks making him think there might have been some kind of a problem. He had no idea what he was about to open the door too, but when he opened it, he was both surprised and glad to see Mania on the other end. “Oh, Hey! I didn’t think I’d see you here,” he said, before realising he’d been hissing at her. He shook his head. “Sorry, hi, what are you doing here?” he noticed she look like she had her trunk, but he wasn’t sure why she would be here, he was pretty sure she didn’t live around here, and why would she need her trunk for that anyway?​

 

[Mania Athanasiou]

Mania was very patient in her waiting, rapidly knocking and tapping her foot on the ground, when someone opened the door. A smile formed on her face as she looked at Finley, who was now hissing at her? Well that was a new response. As the boy finally spoke the common language Nia grinned even wider. "Hey! I came to stay with you guys for a few days! I'm sick of my parents complaints so I said I needed to do school shopping in Obsidian, they took me here gladly and then I dipped said I'd go to a friends house and that I'd meet Gaia at the platform for the train." She explained, her speech faster than normal. "So technically I am homeless now until we go back to school so you guys get a new roommate!" Mania concluded with a grin, pushing past Finley inside. "Oh also like HI I MISSED YOU!" She suddenly said, turning around and attacking him with a big hug. Merlin it was good to see him.