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Chapter Four

        "Girls! It's time for breakfast!" A cheerful voice snaps me out of my sleep.

        "Raina..? Who was that?" I ask groggily, rubbing my eyes as I sit up in bed.

        "I don't know.." She mumbles back, turning over in bed to try and fall back asleep.

        "Raina! Come on, you gotta get up!" Fern claws at Raina's arm, trying to get her out of bed. I start to move to sit on the side of my bed.

        "Fern, what time is it?" Raina asks slowly, sitting up in her bed.

        "Uhh.. 7:30?" Fern sheepishly says, grinning at us from where she was floating.

        "WHAT?!" Raina and I shout, stumbling down the ladders from our beds. I frantically put everything in my backpack as I realize... Raina and I didn't do any homework last night... I look at her panicked and see she is mirroring my expression. We shove everything in our backpacks and run around trying to make sure we don't forget anything. I throw a whole dragon fruit in my bag before getting some clothes out for the day.

        "Girls?" Our mom yells again.

        "Sorry, Mom! We're running late, can we take it to go?" I yell back down as I jump into a pair of leggings and throw an oversized hoodie on. It might still be the end of summer, but I get cold when I'm tired..

        "Fern, what happened? Why didn't our alarm go off?" Raina asks Fern, wincing as she frantically tries to brush her hair and hits a knot.

        "Well.. Cyre and I mayy have turned it off.." She responds. I look at Cyre with wide eyes as she jumps in to defend Fern.

        "But you girls were so tired! It was your first akuma attack and we wanted you to get some sleep!" Cyre butts in.

        "We're sorry.." Fern pouts with big dragonfly eyes.

        "It's okay guys, just please don't do it again." I pat Cyre's head and both kwamis look a little relieved that we aren't so angry.

        "Raina I forgot to ask you, how'd the rest of the attack go? Sorry for having to leave right at the end." I apologize as I attempt to talk and brush my teeth at the same time.

        "It was alright. OH, and Storm wanted me to tell you that you have a.. paw-some purr-sonality." Raina replies, and I choke on my toothpaste while I laugh.

        "What does that even mean? Is that even a good thing?" I finish brushing my teeth as Raina joins me in the bathroom and laughs.

        "Well it can't be that bad if he wanted me to tell you." She shrugs. I shrug along with her and we finish getting ready together.

        "He must like cat puns, huh?" I joke as we snatch our bags and run downstairs.

        "Here's your breakfast and lunch, girls. It isn't like you both to be so late." Our mom warns, giving us a disapproving stare.

        "Sorry Mom! Alarm didn't go off." Raina responds while throwing some scones in her bag. I quickly pack up some crepes for Aleron to thank him for helping me the other day before we're both running out the door. Raina and I sprint to the crosswalk by our house and groan as we both barely miss the light. I decide to continuously push the cross button, I'm convinced the more you press it the faster the light will change for you. 'WAIT. WAIT. WAIT.' The crosswalk says, and Raina laughs as I start making a pattern out of it that we can dance to. I can hear Cyre and Fern laughing from our bags as we amuse ourselves while waiting. The light finally changes and we sprint across the school grounds to get inside of the school. As we run down the hall the final bell rings, making us officially late for class. The door is already open, so Raina and I run in and sit down at the closest table we can get to. I plop down next to Aleron and Raina plops down across from me next to Luke as we both realize where we're sitting. Hold up- where did all the desks go and why are we in 4-chair tables now? Looking around, I see other students look confused as well.