▪︎Ephemeral▪︎ Arcane League Of Legends

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"All clear." Vi exclaimed.

Shortly after her announcement, Ravenna had jumped onto the balcony landing right next to Vi. The green haired girl made her way to the balcony door and grabbed the handle trying to pull the door open. "It's locked."

"Who locks their balcony?" Mylo groaned as he started to pick the lock.

"I don't know people who have severe paranoia. " Ravenna answered. Why would someone lock their balcony? It's not like a group of kids could break try and break into your house through the balcony. Right? The girl was starting to get bored.

"There's tons of enforcers down there." Claggor noted anxiously. Ravenna made her way to the edge of the balcony and looked down. There were at least 5 enforcers located at the bottom of the building, it was quite unnerving.

"Means we're in the right place." Vi's simple answer made Ravenna chuckle under her breath.

"Yeah great, I love being chased by enforcers." Ravenna said, sarcasm thick on her tongue.

"Who said we're gonna get chased by enforcers bunny?" Vi questioned with a smirk. Ravenna just shrugged trying to seem unfazed by the nickname. The pinkette had a habit of using nicknames for people and Ravenna had a soft spot for it. 
"Gonna pick that lock anytime soon." The leader asked also getting tired of waiting.

"I'm working on it since I'm the only one who can pick locks-" The boys mini rant was cut short as Vi kicked down the door entering the building. Ravenna found the girl's strength really impressive. She has always admired Vi, specifically her strength, her leadership and the way Vi would do anything for her family. Biological or not.

"Animals." She heard Mylo mutter as they entered the building.

Inside, the room was filled with books. Most of them were academic but there she still found some stories. Ravenna made sure to sneak some in the bag. The girl loved to read, it reminded her of her mother who used to read Ravenna to sleep. But books were very expensive and not a thing many people owned in the Undercity so every opportunity she got to steal one she took it. The girl also took some of the technical ones maybe they could help Powder with her bombs.

The room wasn't very tidy but it wasn't a mess either. A state of organised chaos would be the best way to describe it.

"You know what Claggor for once you're right. We aren't supposed to be here." Mylo declared looking around the room.

Ravenna ran her finger across the chalk board smudging the tangled writing as she continued to look for valuable items. She noted that whoever lived her seemed to be an inventor.

"Must be an inventor." Vi stated as if she read Ravenna's thoughts.
"What? No way, couldn't tell by all the scribbles." Ravenna sarcastically answered pointing to the board.

"Shut up." Vi muttered walking of to some shelve not noticing how Ravenna's eyes seemed to linger a little longer on her than necessary.

"Woah, I think this is a real Valdiani." Powder gasped, holding something that looked like a music box. She threw it in the brown bag.

"Oh yeah and what about this." Mylo said in his usual cocky tone.

"That's a nose hair trimmer." Powder laughed. Ravenna turned around and watched in disgust as Mylo took the object and stuck it in his nose.

"Gross."

"Keep an eye out for anything valuable Powder." Vi turned to the younger girl. ''Before Mylo fills the whole bag with junk."

Ravenna smirked watching Mylo roll his eyes with a huff at the comment. She was going to input her own opinion on the boy when she noticed a birds nest of blue hair leaving the room. Ravenna followed suit.

The hallway was oddly bland, something Ravenna didn't expect. She thought that the walls would be covered in golden frames filled with photographs of some rich Piltovian family or maybe small paintings showing shapes that were supposed to make you 'feel something'. But she was met by sketches of peculiar-looking devices stuck onto the beige walls of the hallway.

Ravenna entered the bedroom and looked around. The room was messy. A desk covered in blueprints, journals and various pieces of stationary was placed on one side of the room. Hung fairly low above it, the girl found two shelves holding books and numerous items. She pocketed some of the small items that may have not been worth anything but the girl could still manage to trade them for some parts. On another wall there was a decently large window and a single person bed was placed directly under it. Ravenna spotted Powder as she took a large bite from the sandwich that was on a small table by the door.

"You're gonna share that?" Ravenna asked startling Powder. Ravenna could be very light on her feet if she wanted to making it easy for her to sneak up on people.

Powder handed Ravenna the other sandwich that was laying on the small table before her attention was attracted somewhere else in the room. Powder walked towards the desk and struggled to open a box of some sorts. Ravenna didn't notice the chest earlier so she was instantly intrigued. She put down her sandwich and made her way to the table.

The chest was navy with golden accents and seemed expensive. Powder struggled to pull the chest open when Ravenna noticed a small button on the side. 

"Pow wait, look." Ravenna said putting a hand on the younger girls shoulder gently pushing her to the side so she could access the button. Powder moved interested by Ravenna's actions. She watched as Ravenna pressed the button and both girls watched in amazement and the chest revealed it's contents.

"Fuck." The older girl gasped quietly. Inside the chest, she found six spheres. They were glowing and bright blue. It looked like the chest held some gems of sorts. Powder reached in to grab one when Ravenna slapped her hand away.

"Ouch!" Powder exclaimed stroking her now slightly red hand.

"Sorry." Ravenna said already taking the gairls hand in hers."But what do you thing you're doing? Those things are glowing that cannot mean anything good." The older girl scolded."We should leave them okay."

Ravenna started to walk out of the room only to be met by Vi's panicking eyes.

"Powder we gotta go!" Vi whispered but her voice still sounded alarmed. Ravenna pushed Powder towards Vi making sure the younger girl was safe before made her way back into the room at a rapid pace. The girl swiftly grabbed a few more things off of the shelves and left the room. From the corner of her eye, the girl noticed something blue rolling on the ground but she thought nothing of it as her pace increased. 

Ravenna had barely made it onto the balcony when suddenly a deafening bang expoaded behind her. The girl's ears where ringing as she saw Vi signaling for them to leave. Ravenna quickly scanned the group for any injuries before she started to run.

A/n

Im so sorry for the wait guys. I promise I didnt give up on this book I was just really sick it wasnt covid btw. But im back now and herers chapter two. Ill try and update every weekend or so. On that note I hope you enjoyed todays chapter. As always please leave your opinions, I would love to hear what you think about this book so far. Comments can help motivate authors to continue writing :)

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