"So am I allowed to change now or do I continue smelling like the inside of your stomach for the next forty five minutes." Avery muttered as he grabbed his luggage from the hold.
"Would you shut up? You have no idea how embarrassed I am right now!" I hissed.
"So am I! My shot at being popular has been ruined thanks to your chronic illness!"
"I am not chronically ill!" I shot back, throwing my duffel bag over my shoulder.
"Whatever sis. Where's the damn bathroom? I'm not smelling like puke anymore." My brother huffed.
"They told us to wait dumbass." I mumbled.
"It'll be like five minutes. A bathroom shouldn't be hard to find." He whispered before breaking off from the group and dashing down the hall.
"Where's your brother going?" Aurora whispered.
"Bathroom which seems perfect because he's gonna get lost and get both of us into shit when one of the higher ups finds him missing." I replied.
"Everyone follow me to the auditorium!!" A ghoul shouted from in front, raising their arms. "Once we get there form a single file line and get your id card!
"I hope your brother comes back soon." Aurora looked over at me.
"Yeah me too." I muttered, looking down the hall.
I ran through the corridor, my eyes scanning for any signs of a bathroom. "Come on there's gotta be a toilet around here somewhere." I muttered before slamming into someone, falling to the floor. "Shit-!"
"You're not supposed to be here, agnello." A gruff voice said from above me.
"I'm sorry what the fuck did you just-." I looked up, freezing. A tall man with skull paint wearing black robes with green lining towered over me, an irritated look on his face. "I mean uhh-." I swallowed hard, an awkward laugh escaping my lips.
"You're supposed to be with your peers. Explain yourself."
"Okay funny story- see my sister threw up on me and I was looking for a bathroom to wash it off and change my clothes and-." I began before I was cut off.
"Follow me." The man turned and walked down the hall, leaving me no choice but to follow. "In here." He waved me through a door into a bathroom. "And be quick about it."
I breathed a sigh of relief. "Thanks man."
"That's Secondo to you, agnello." He glared at me.
"Right, sorry." I slipped into a stall and changed. "Hey, what's agnello mean?"
"Lamb."
"Why the hell are you calling me a lamb?" I asked, following him back down the corridor once I had finished. The man didn't reply. "You don't talk much do you?"
"I have a feeling I'm going to have to keep an eye on you, Avery." Secondo said before nudging me into the auditorium.
"Dude where the hell have you been?!" I said through clenched teeth as my brother joined me in line.
"I told you I was looking for a bathroom." Avery mumbled.
"Who shoved you into the door?"
"I'll tell you later! Can we just get through this bullshit first?" My brother hissed.
"Fine." I rolled my eyes.
"Hi can I have your names please?" The ghoul behind the table asked.
"Ember and Avery."
"Ember and Avery.." The ghoul repeated. "Ah here you are." They handed us our ids. "Here are your dorm keys as well. Welcome to the Ministry!"
"Thanks." Avery steered me down the aisle and back into the hall where the others were waiting.
"Dude who was that that you were with?" Aether asked, standing next to us.
"I don't know he just said he goes by Secondo when I called him man." He shrugged. "Either way he was fucking scary looking."
"Did you guys not read the brochure you got in the mail?" Swiss spoke up.
I thought for a second before punching my brother in the arm. "You dumbass! I told you we needed to keep it!"
"I didn't think it was a big deal!"
"I swear to Satan I'm gonna kill you one day." I muttered.
"Sorry who's the older sibling again?" Avery smirked.
"By two minutes!"
"Hey! You two in the back! Shut your mouths and pay attention!" The ghoul from earlier barked.
I crossed my arms over my chest, rolling my eyes. "Whatever.."
The group stopped outside a lavish set of double doors. "Papa? Sister Imperator? They're ready for you."
**Author's Note**
Sorry for the short chapters guys! I'm kind of winging it right now with this fanfic and it's kind of a slow burn at the moment :) There's more to come though so stay tuned!
