Tales Of Fódlan - Fire Emblem Three Houses One Shots & Scenarios (Completed)

Frying With Pans (Annette & Mercedes)

Author's note: I got a few of these ideas from the support conversations between Annette & Dedue, and Ashe & Mercedes. I always found it amusing how Annie and Mercie manage to cause a disaster if left to themselves. Now what would it be like if they tried to cook together...?

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The dining hall was very lively today! There were so many students, monks and knights sitting on the table, waiting for their food to be ready and served. Everyone was too focused on their topic of conversation to even remember they were hungry, which would've been a good thing... If it wasn't for an unfortunate pair of students working on cooking duty. Said pair was none other than Annette Fantine Dominic & Mercedes von Martriz. One was well-known for being a hardworking, talented mage who is always happy to learn more and more, while the other was always kind, gentle and carefree. The two are very close to one another, having known each other for quite some time before joining Garreg Mach... Which may explain why they have a thing or two in common. The peace in the dining hall was broken by what sounded like an explosion and a pan flying.

"Oh my goodness! Annie, I think we might've placed the wrong herbs!"
Mercedes called out to Annette, the dining hall now covered with smoke. Annette coughed heavily due to breathing in too much of the smoke.
"Right... Didn't Ashe and Dedue said that those herbs are for smoke bombs? Wait, but how did we get the pan to explode???"
Annette asked in shock, as yet another pan overheated some kind of dubious food that it exploded and also flew out of the dining hall. The pan sounded as though it hit something, or someone, too hard, because a loud thud was heard right after.
"Uh oh, I think that pan might've hit someone Mercie! Quick, we need to get rid of this smoke!"
"Don't worry Annie, this isn't the first time I've fried a smoke bomb. Ashe taught me how to be more careful around them!"
Mercedes says with a gentle smile on her face, grabbing a lid and finally covering a pot with it.
"What in the name of the goddess is going on here!?"
A group of knights come rushing into the now empty dining hall, quickly spotting the mess of the smoke. One of the knights approached Annette & Mercedes, asking them what happened.
"Ohhhhh, we're in big trouble now, Mercie!"
"We're so sorry sir, we-"
"We were on cooking duty today, and we ended up using the wrong herbs for the food, and somehow we fried it so bad that the pans exploded and went flying everywhere!!!!"
Annette explained quickly in a panicky tone, her expression filled with guilt. The knight chuckled.
"Hey, it's fine. Accidents happen, and you made a mistake. The worst thing you did, which I personally think is the best thing, is that one of your flying pans hit Lorenz right in the face and knocked him out for a good while."
Mercedes and Annette's expressions turn into ones of horror upon hearing this.
"Oh no! Poor Lorenz, will he be alright?"
"Relax, he's already being taken to the infirmary as we speak. I doubt he has any serious injuries, but you two need to be more careful, otherwise it won't just be Lorenz getting panned in the face."

Annette and Mercedes were dismissed from the dining hall, everyone in Garreg Mach deciding that it was best to leave their cooking duty to others who certainly wouldn't send frying pans flying. They both decided to head over to Mercedes' room and relax there. Annette sighs heavily, still feeling bad about what happened earlier.
"All of this is my fault... I should've payed more attention to Dedue's lessons and asked more about the herbs..."
"No Annie, it's also my fault. I didn't ask Ashe what to avoid doing to those herbs so they wouldn't let out more smoke like they just did earlier today. I guess I'm just better making sweets than to make any tasty food"
"Nonsense Mercie!"
Annette exclaims as if she was insulted.
"You at least knew what to do to stop the smoke! I was too busy panicking that I didn't even help at all! Besides, I believe you can be a wonderful cook Mercie, you just have to keep trying!"
Mercedes giggles, her expression softening at Annette's words.
"You're right Annie... And I too believe you can be a great cook! At least now we know not to put the heat too high and not to fry those herbs, right?"
Annette giggles along with Mercedes, smiling.
"Yeah, definitely! But we need to get Ashe and Dedue to help us more often. That way, we'll become the greatest chefs that Fódlan has ever known! Isn't that right Mercie???"
Mercedes smiles sweetly at her friend, nodding in agreement.
"Agreed Annie. Let us do our best to become wonderful chefs together!"

Extra:
"Oh my goodness, I think that hit in the face with the frying pan made you even more handsome Lorenz!"
Manuela stated in shock, staring at Lorenz. Lorenz stared at himself in the mirror, horrified by his newly shaped face (he looks like when Squidward was hit in the face by Spongebob and he became too handsome X"D).
"No... Not my beautiful face! Change it back!!! I beg you, professor Manuela, please give me back my beautiful face!!!"