Lights and Darks: The Foreigners

One Last Light.

Blake quietly hid behind his mother as they neared the church. It almost loomed over them, causing him to be frightened. His mother ran a gentle hand through his hair as she led him inside the large building. Seeing the Pope as he smiled at him got him even more nervous. Though, his mother had a powerful grip. Once she grabbed his arm, there was no way out. He was rather glad about that as he rejected instantly upon entrance. The Pope smiled as he lowered down to his rather small level.

"So..." Blake's attempt to retreat was still failing as he was forced to resort to hiding behind his mother's skirt. "You're Blake, huh?"

"Yep..." He shied away and ducked behind his mother the best he could. The older duo giggled as he let a weak sound out.

"Come on, Blake." He peeked up and eyed the hand that was being held out to him. "There's no one else here to judge. So let's go do this..." He gulped down the nervousness before gently taking the hand and let the Pope pull him away from his mother's safety.

^~*~^

He took a gentle breath as he looked at the ribbon that rested on his arm. It was his ribbon. Not some knock off he had stolen. Not some fake. His real ribbon. He smiled as he looked up at his mother. He had gotten a Darkforest ribbon, but that didn't matter. It was his ribbon. He looked up excitedly at his mother before he hugged her.

"Thank you!" She smiled as she hugged him back.

^~*~^

Blake got nervous as he neared the meeting. He could drop the act now. He was no longer the criminal that had been broken into the gates. This was who he was. He took a steady gulp before going over to where Blue was struggling to get a defiant Silver into the building while Green held the door open. Silver was just being difficult, but did that matter? Blake took his chances and slipped in while his senior was busy. He slipped next to Black as the trio finally got inside. It took them a few minutes before Blue discovered Blake slipped past her.

"When'd you get in here?"

"Do you want me to lie or be truthful?"

"Lie." Silver said with an evil grin, his eyes locked onto his ribbon. Oh boy. Blue didn't respond as she dropped her head. So he went for it.

"I was the first one here." The others lost it as Yellow frowned. Everyone knew it was impossible to beat the Power to a meeting. Though, people still tried. Blue glanced at her powerful teammate before she spoke.

"I want to see the picture of Yellow walking in." Blake bit his lip as he held up empty hands. They all lost it before she sighed.

"Ok.... truth is you were busy with Silver when I slipped in." She glared at the redhead as he smiled.

"Evil..." She sighed before she sat down. "Well let's get going. Anything important here?" Silver kept his eyes on Blake's ribbon.

"Other than Water Boy's got a ribbon?" They all perked up as Blake hid his face in his hands. They all giggled before congratulating him and Blue spoke again.

"Anything else?" Yellow stood up, gaining pure silence from the others. If Yellow stood up, it was serious. Whitley straightened up, making sure to pull her full attention to her senior. Yellow to a gentle breath before speaking.

"The Grand Minister has requested our presence across the border. Apparently another nation is calling out for us since we have solved... most of our problems. But we're stepping into territory that'll be different from us if we chose to go." The room paused before Whitley spoke, much clearer than anyone could muster.

"And what nation is that, Senior Yellow." The blonde hummed before speaking again.

"Minorat. The Nation of Stars."