𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕃𝕒𝕞𝕡 𝕠𝕗 𝔻𝕦𝕣𝕪𝕠𝕕𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕒

Ch.15

Many people looked up to her in times of grief. They expected her to be strong and think clearly with her wits. They thought that she didn't let emotions control her thoughts. They thought that she was okay. But they were wrong.

She was broken too. Many forget that she was the one who bonded with Aru first. They forgot that even she could break. They pushed her anyway. They pushed her so much that she had to stop, stop and truly look at her life with a keen eye and attention to detail. What she saw shocked her.

The girl is the soul daughter of the God of Death himself.

She is Yamini Kapoor-Mercado-Lopez.

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Mini lay in her tent, taking a good look at what life had been throwing at her. She thought logically but soon realized that it wasn't working. She needed to think with an open mind.

The only line that barreled through her head was, 'What would Aru do?'

She felt suffocated. She couldn't think. She couldn't breathe. Her glasses clattered to the floor of the tent as she broke down completely. She lay on her back, taking shuddered breaths as she let the tears stream down slowly, creating a wet spot on her shirt.

Her logical side was telling her to think about the feelings that were overcoming her, but her heart was telling her to do what she thought was right. On the other hand, her gut was telling her that something wasn't right.

"What should I do," Mini thought frantically, outwardly (but quietly) panicking.

Mini soon made a choice. Was it the right choice? Who knows...but she knew

that if worst comes to worst, then she wasn't going down without a fight. Mini stood up and packed her gear. This Pandava - no - Potato was gonna straighten out her feelings with a little something called training.

It was still really dark out, and everyone was asleep. She saw Aiden sleeping on Rudy's log outside, which probably meant that Aru was sleeping inside his tent. She smiled thinking about the two before getting back on track and walking a little farther into the forest to find a tree to practice sparring with.

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Nikita couldn't sleep. After Aru magically turned up, Nikita had been on edge. She had a bad feeling about everything that was happening. Nikita kicked her legs up, and sighed. She needed something to do- something besides sleep. So, like any good child, she decided to pull some pranks. Nikita rummaged through her supply bag and found some markers, feathers(for clothing decor), and the main item: SHAVING CREAM (courtesy of Brynne)!

It was going to be a standard prank, so who better to start it on than Rudy. Nikita crawled into Rudy's tent, making sure that she didn't make a sound. She scooched up beside his sleeping figure, and uncapped her marker.

"What mustache would Rudy look good with? Or should I draw a goatee? OR A UNiBROW? Hmmmmm," Nikita pondered for a moment before deciding to do them all, since making Rudy look like a fool was her top priority right now.

Nikita started drawing with her marker, making adjustments to every piece of perfection she added on Rudy's otherwise lackluster face. Smilies, rainbows, and even a third eye dotted every inch of his face, and yet, he was still sleeping so peacefully.

Nikita almost felt sorry for the older boy. ALMOST. Nikita filled both of his hands with shaving cream. She held back a snicker as she started tickling him, just under the nose, with a feather. Rudy's nose kept scrunching up, trying to stop the itch. When he finally couldn't take it anymore, Rudy slapped his hand onto his face, smearing the shaving cream all over it. Rudy jolted up and tried to remove the cream with his other hand, only to be bombarded with more shaving cream on his face!

Nikita was rolling on the floor of the tent, laughing at Rudy's poor attempt of cleaning up. She offered the boy a tissue, which he grabbed from her, scowling and muttering incoherent words. That only made Nikita laugh harder, making her snort. It was Rudy's turn to laugh, as Nikita playfully pouted. When they both calmed down, Nikita asked Rudy if he would like to join her in pranking the others. By others, she meant the Potato People of Earth.

Rudy politely declined. OH WHO AM I KIDDING! OF COURSE HE SAID YES!

Anyway, they went on to prank Aiden (who almost murdered Rudy for touching his curly hair), Brynne (who hit Rudy on the head with GoGo once more), and Sheela (who foresaw the whole thing, and ended up slapping both Rudy and Nikita with shaving cream, the moment they entered her tent).

After many failed attempts at pranking, they went to Mini's tent, only to find her gone. Nikita searched frantically around the campsite for her soul-sister, while Rudy just stood there nervously, trying to watch his back (Aiden said he would pour ice down Rudy's pants when he wasn't looking).

Suddenly, Mini ran out of the trees, ferociously scratched, her eyes wide with fear. Her clothes were completely shredded, and her hair looked like a bird family made a nest out of it, with leaves and sticks coming out of it. She fell to the ground, and curled up, traumatized.

"I. Was attacked. By a mean. Man eating. Squirrel. Don't ask," was all she said to Nikita and Rudy, who were the only ones awake at the time.

They looked at her weirdly, as she tried to convince them that the man-eating squirrel was real. They thought she broke, and finally went nuts (Ha! Squirrel pun! -Trips)

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Kara stood hidden in the trees, making weird faces as she waved her hands at a squirrel as if she was performing some voodoo spell. The poor squirrel's eyes grew red as Kara yelled in a commanding voice, along with a double chin.

"GO MY PRETTY - um- SQUIRREL THING! ATTACK THE GIRL FOR KICKING YOUR HOME!" Kara said, as she waved her hands wildly and almost tripped as if she wasn't sober. Hmmm interesting. Maybe she broke too!