Safe Haven

Fight for Your Friends

"What?" A glameow exclaimed angrily, standing her ground. Haven just glared at the 'mon, and Kit stood on the sidelines.

Erin held out a paw for Reina to grab, helping her stand up. They nodded to each other, understanding of one another's thoughts.

They would fight for this--for Haven.

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"Yeah, w-we're here to h-help Haven," Reina told them, courageous despite her stuttering over words. Erin smirked with a glint of mischief in his eyes. 

"Because you two never listen to me," Haven said annoyedly. 

"We won't let you bullies win--" Erin began to explain, swiftly interrupted by a bark. 

"Bullies? What is this, elementary? We're adults, not--" Kit exclaimed angrily, digging their claws into the ground beneath them. Violet seemed to notice this. 

"ENOUGH!" Violet called, glancing around to see that everyone had shut their mouths. She sighed agitatedly. Charm took into account her annoyance and spoke next. 

"Meet us inside our office in 5 minutes, the door will open when we're ready for you to come in," Charm ordered gruffly, sick of their petty arguments. Reina looked at her paws guiltily. 

The door shut, and Violet and Charm were gone. Now, the room was only made up of silence and the occasional croak from toxicroak. Reina sighed deeply, trying to lift her spirits. She felt extremely bad for causing an uproar, so she needed to lift her spirits for the meeting--to defend Haven. 

Erin seemed to notice Reina's displeasure, so he placed his paw on hers. He tilted her head up to face him, a confident smile on his muzzle.

"You've got this," Erin told her with a sure expression, and Reina couldn't help the warm feeling approaching her face.

Haven looked over curiously, gazing at Erin and Reina. Somewhere on her face was a look of confusion and regret. However, Reina couldn't make out for sure these emotions, or as to why they were there in the first place. 

"Quit being all ooey gooey over there, yeah?" Pearl told them with a sour expression. Kit nodded, assuring the glameow's observation. 

Despite her previous emotions, Haven stood her ground and defended them. "Why don't you mind your business then, yeah?" Haven exclaimed, replicating the way that Pearl had spoken. Pearl just growled, stalking off to sit closer to Kit. They spoke to each other, but it was impossible to discern what about, at their distance. 

Erin looked to Haven with a grateful and concerned expression. "I appreciate it, but... Since when did you care to stand up to those nasty friends of yours?" Erin asked her. Haven shook her head. 

"Since your friend here came into my life, I suppose," Responed Haven, looking out the window awkwardly. Reina blushed, intrigued by the sentiment that she had done so much to change Haven's ways. 

"Hmm." Erin hummed, looking back to Reina with a smile. He swatted at her ruff playfully, garnering her attention. Reina giggled and swatted back at him, claws sheathed of course. 

Their sweet moment was interrupted when the door to the Guild leader's room opened wide, gathering the attention of all remaining 'mons. Erin and Reina immediately went to enter, along with Haven, Kit, and a reluctant Pearl. 

As they entered the room, Reina was swiftly reminded of Erin and her's team creation. The moments that they had spent in here. 

Reina glanced around, surprised that the room was the way it was. It was organized differently, or to more properly word it: it was disorganized. She grimaced when she realized that Charm must have just heard her thoughts, and she looked away ashamed.