Hunters

7. Quetzalcoatl

Kora stubbornly stared into the others eyes, not planning on losing against something born out of one of natures strange moods. Never!

A feather suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. She watched with growing horror how it slowly descended, gently grazing past her nose.

It didn't even take a second before her concentration was broken by rapid sneezing.

"This doesn't count!", she complained as soon as her lungs were filled with enough air.
"You cheated!"

A low chuckle escaped her opponent's throat.
"Where have I cheated you?", he asked. "I did not know thiss game had any ssuch rulesss."

She stubbornly glared at him.
"You still cheated! You made me sneeze!"
She turned to her brother in search of help.
"Say something!"

Eren looked up from his book. "Quetzalcoatl is right, you never said anything about rules.", he commented.
Quetzalcoatl practically glowed with happiness.

"Sssee, he agreesss with me. Admit that you lossst!"
"Never! This wasn't fair. I want a rematch!" "No."
Koras face darkened.

"You always cheat! It's impossible play any kind of game with you!" She burst out.
"If I had feathers I would have thrown them at you as well, you treacherous overgrown snake!"

Quetzalcoatl's aura visibly darkened and a low, threatening hiss escaped his throat. There was a sudden breeze passing by Koras form.
"Be careful of what you sssay or thiss overgrown sserpent might jussst decide to eat you for lunch!" "How dare...."

"Kora, just drop it and give him the damn cake. You lost.", Eren interrupted her, annoyed by the constant back and forth.
"But..", Kora started.
"No. You lost. End of story!", Eren cut her off once more. "Give it to him."

Kora mumbled something incoherent under her breath and pushed the plate over the table towards the Aztec god who hissed in delight. He blissfully closed his eyes as he took the first bite.
"Humansss make the mossst excellent food.", he stated and took another bite.

There was something almost ridiculous about the god in his tall human form sitting on the table, eating cream laced cake with a, in comparison to his size, minuscule fork, all the while almost literally exuding waves of joy.

The whole plate was empty in less than ten minutes. Quetzalcoatl leaned back with a sigh and looked over to Eren.

"I think it would be quite pleassant if you would come more often. Your food hasss yet to meet itss rival."
Eren kept his eyes on his book. "Thank you.", he calmly replied. "But I fear it wouldn't be very good for my health." He briefly looked over to Koras still sulking form before concentrating back on his book.

Quetzalcoatl hissed in disappointment.
"Don't you complain!", Kora said pointedly. "At least you got to actually eat his cake."
"Then you ssshould maybe ssstart propossing gamesss in which you have a chance of winning.", Quetzalcoatl commented. "I wouldn't have lost if you hadn't...."

Eren heaved a sigh as the two of them started to resume their earlier argument.
Everything was the same as always. It was pointless to try to mediate. Both of them enjoyed their bickering far too much as that he had any chance of being successful.

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Quetzalcoatl:
- Aztec god with different/changing meaning (depending on the time)
- At some point god of: wind, rain, earth, morning and evening star
- Patron of priests, inventor of books, protector of craftsmen, symbol of death and resurrection
- Creator god
- Can assume the form of a gigantic fire-breathing feathered serpent
- Shapeshifter
- Said to be able to fly
- Associated with the planet Venus