It had been late at night as all of its members had decided to turn in that night. Asta, Feodora and Karasu along with his younger sister were shown to their rooms. Most of the rooms had been divided on one side for the men and ladies on the other with the exception of Pluck's family as his parents and younger siblings shared a room together and the triplets had been the same.
The thing Asta and Karasu were quick to note was the fact that it had been really dusty, though they were able to make due with it. Feodora didn't seem to mind the mess, which surprised most of them except for Asta as it had been the kind of thing she had been used to.
As for Prism's room--Well, the triplets and siblings had a little surprise for her.
Aisling, Aine, and Aidan had lead Prism down the hall as she had been blind folded; Vandy and Jubei had been pushing in the direction while Adrien who had shrunken himself a little to fit in the halls of the base had followed behind them, having long removed his own saddle and supplies.
"Come on Prism, hurry!" Aisling said as she giggled.
"You don't want to miss your best housewarming gift!" Aine said.
Prism couldn't help but laugh, "Just know if this is one of your tricks, you know I'm gonna get back at you!"
"Oh, no tricks--Not yet anyway!" Aidan said with a snicker as Prism did the same.
"Trust us Prism, you're gonna love this!" Vandy said.
"Prepare to be blown away!" Jubei said, "Because we're here!"
Prism felt herself stop before she went and removed the blindfold. She found herself standing at the end of the hall with a single window, with what looked to be a ladder that lead to a hatch door on the ceiling.
"Wha--" She said turning to them, "--What is--"
"Go on." Aine said, motioning her to go up.
Prism looked to the ladder before she proceeded up, with Adrien assisting her when she accidentally missed a step. She opened the hatch before she slid it open. She stepped inside as she had been met with such a beautiful sight.
As she set herself into the room, it hadn't been all that big, or even small though it had been just the right size. She saw a bed had been built into the wall with a set of curtains as the bed had been in that of a primrose pink sheet, as she even saw there had been a makeshift bed that had been set up with a large bed pillow in the center of the room with a set of smaller pillows and a blanket.
She even saw sitting at the front of the window a desk with what looked to be canisters of paint and brushes that had been resting on the shelves provided along with a set of books and a wooden dresser. On some part of the walls she saw stars had been painted; it looked as though it had been sloppy, though she couldn't help but smile.
"Bime i elena…" Prism said, "... It's my old room."
The triplets, Vandy and Jubei soon joined her as they each had their own smiles.
"We know it's not exactly like the one from home--" Aisling said, "--But, we figured you could use a slice of it if you ever felt homesick."
"Captain Yami did say he would be the one to bring you to the Black Bulls when he found you." Aine said, "He's a man of his word."
"So we all used whatever we got in our pay to buy all of this for you and we did all the remodeling." Aidan said, "We kept it clean for a whole year and it was worth it."
"We put our blood sweat and tears into making this all for ya!" Jubei said.
Vandy soon hopped over to the bed as he jumped on it, "Though I think we made this room even better then the one in your home! Call it Room 2.0!"
"This is--Incredible!" Prism said as her eyes practically sparkled.
"That's only half of it! We all agreed to build you two things that you didn't have at all." Jubei said before going to the opposite end of the room which had been blocked by curtains, "We even had this built for Adrien since he doesn't like being apart from you!"
"This was Jubei and my idea!" Vandy said before he pulled back the curtains.
Their Prism saw what looked to be a bed made up entirely of coal that had been that wasn't really that large and yet not that small either.
"Here's your very own coal bed my good man!" Vandy said with a smile as he patted Adrien on the head as he looked happy, "This way he won't have to worry about burning up the floor and wreck the base when he warms himself up on cold nights."
"Like Uncle Yami hasn't done that already." Jubei said as she giggled.
"Go ahead bud." Prism said as she patted his neck.
Adrien went over to it as he shrunk himself as he had been now small enough to fit; as he spun himself he let out a small yet a constructive beam of energy as he heated up the coals till they were red. After stomping it out, he laid himself down as he let out a purr as he closed his eyes while he curled his tail around his body.
"I think he likes it." Prism said to Vandy and Jubei with a smile before the siblings high fived each other.
"Now to show you what we built." Aisling said as before she laid back onto the bed pillow that had been on the floor.
"Join me!" She said as she held out her hand.
Prism had no hesitation as she laid back into the pillows; It was then she saw what she didn't notice beforehand when she entered the room. She saw there was a skylight as she had gotten a clear view of the night sky and the stars.
"Wow…" She said softly as she was in sheer awe.
"We remembered how much you liked to watch the stars with Licht--" Aisling said, "--This may not be like the view in our village but--It's a close second right?"
"I love this." Prism said with a smile, "Thank you. All of you."
The triplets smiled as did Vandy and Jubei knowing they had done a good job. It hadn't been long before they heard Yukiko's voice.
"Come now, it's late! You all have to get up early for your chores tomorrow!" Yukiko said.
"Yes mother!" The triplets and younger siblings said.
"Welp, we better let you get some sleep!" Aine said, "You guys are gonna get the grand tour of the Black Bull base!"
"And--!" Vandy said, "--We may or may not have one more surprise for the celebration!"
"Celebration?" Prism said with a giggle.
"Your housewarming party of course!" Jubei said, "You basically get a day off and Uncle Yami said it would be okay! Since you're gonna be staying we're gonna party like there's no tomorrow!"
"You don't have to do that." She said touched.
"Of course we do." Aidan said, "We want you to make you feel welcomed and besides--" He started to dance in place, "--When was the last time we celebrated with the art of fancy footwork?"
Prism had giggled again, "That is true."
"Well until morning milady!" Aisling said before proceeding down the ladder with her siblings, "We bid you goodnight!"
"Have some sweet dreams!" Vandy said, as he set down Prism's sack that he had come up with.
"Later girl!" Jubei said.
With that said, the siblings made their exit as they closed the hatch along the way. Prism had looked around the room again as she had been in such awe, and yet, she couldn't help but feel solemn. She sighed as she went through the bag as she started to unpack her things, or at least some of them.
She set some of the books she had bought in the Hage Village market before she had set a few outfits she had in the dresser along with a set of fabric.
She had finally gotten to the bottom of the bag as the last item she had looked to be an old one that had been leather strapped as it had been labeled.
"Our Adventures" Is what I read.
She picked it up hesitantly, before she undid the straps. Within the sketchbook it had contained a set of familiar faces, that she couldn't help but give a sad smile. She had looked over portraits of very familiar faces, and stopped at two.
These two pages had been labeled, "Zeid and Alma."
Prism let out a sigh as her fingers brushed across them, "Mom… Dad… I wish you were here, I really miss you… Though you should know… I'm going to be just fine. I promise I won't burden anyone, and--I'll make you both proud."
She soon looked to her own grimoire as she looked along the cover.
"At least with this, it'll make things easier."
She placed both of the books on her desk provided before she had gotten ready to go to sleep. She changed into a lime green nightgown with two sets of sleeves one short and the other long as she did her hair in a set of two braids.
She laid back in her bed as she looked at the scar on her hand before looking into the mirror just as she could visibly see the set of claw scars along her neck and chin and the third being on her chest.
"Maybe I can find out how I got these while I'm here. Thank Mana there isn't any pain."
Prism turned in her bed after she had blown out the candle and went to get some sleep.
Though oddly enough…
… She couldn't.
It wasn't the bed, it was as soft as clouds. It wasn't the pillow; she fluffed it twice and even flipped it so there wasn't anything wrong with it.
She had no idea what it could be as she found herself staring at the ceiling.
What could be wrong, is what she found herself wondering in her head.
BANG, BANG.
Prism had been a bit startled as she sat up from her bed while Adrien barely stirred. She went over to the hatch door and slid open as she was surprised to see it had been--
"Asta?" She said surprised.
"Hey--" Asta said with an awkward wave as she noticed he had been holding a pillow, "--Want to have a sleepover?"
"Right now?" She asked, a bit shocked.
Asta had replied, "Yeah! Why not?"
Prism couldn't help but smile before she made some room for him to come up the ladder. Asta looked to be in awe as he saw her room.
He had commented, "Wow, your room looks so cool! Is this what Pluck's siblings wanted to show you?"
"Yeah--They really surprised me with this." Prism said before she asked, "Do you mind explaining what you're doing here?"
Asta soon replied, "Well--I actually have two reasons."
"Two you say?" She said.
Asta soon replied, "I just had this odd feeling that you were feeling upset again. So--I thought you could use a friend and--" He soon laughed sheepishly as he replied, "--I didn't want to sleep by myself, at least for the first night in a Magic Knights base!"
He rubbed the back of his head, "It seems kind of silly right? I spent my whole time sharing a room with the kids at the orphanage, and now that I have my own room I sort of miss having someone right there you know?"
Prism's eyes widened slightly at this as she had a sudden realization. "Ah." She said softly, "So that's why."
"Huh?" He said he was a bit confused, "Did you say something?"
Prism only smiled and shook her head, as she went over to the bed, "Nothing. Though I know exactly what you mean Asta. I honestly can't sleep either."
"Really?"
She nodded, as behind her back, she had gotten one of the pillows on her bed, "And lucky for you--I have the perfect remedy for something like this."
Asta had tilted his head as he asked, "What's tha--?"
"Think fast!" Prism shouted before she took Asta back when she tossed a pillow towards him. Asta immediately acted as he caught the pillow. He laughed before he said with a smile, "Oh you done it now!"
"Bring it tough guy!" Prism said before she grabbed another pillow.
Soon the two teens engaged in a pillow fight. They both had a good laugh as they hit each other's pillows, before they grabbed a new set of pillows as they hit one another.
It wasn't long until--
"SURPRISE!"
The two of them were suddenly knocked over by a set of pillows as they fell back into the bed pillow. They saw that it had been Feodora as she had been wearing a black shirt and a set of dark blue shorts.
"You know--" Feodora said as she had a smirk, "--For someone who's a princess and a warrior, and someone who wants to be the Wizard King, you guys aren't really that perspective."
"What a bold move on your part Feo!" Prism said, as she grabbed the pillow, "Feel my wrath!"
Feodora ducked as she laughed, "Missed me bitch!" She said before she tossed another pillow at her as it hit her though she blocked it as she laughed.
Asta laughed as he said before he charged at Feodora with a pillow, "HOW ABOUT THIS?!"
Feodora didn't have time to react as she felt a pillow hit her face; the teens laughed again. "Oh, you have chosen death, eh shorty!?" She said, "Get over here!"
Feodora had tackled the two of them onto the bed pillow before they grabbed the pillows provided as they started their barrage of attacks from pillows; the three of them couldn't help but laugh as they continued their playful attacks and threats.
"OI!" they heard Pluck shout as he had been at the bottom of the ladder, "KEEP IT DOWN THERE! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"
"GO TO HELL, STUCK UP!" Feodora shouted before tossing a pillow down below.
It had ricocheted off the floor before it hit him dead center underneath his chin, almost like the pillow gave him an uppercut; he hit the ground hard as he rolled till he hit a pillar.
Pluck growled as he said "Why that Lil-" He began to charge ahead at the door before saying, "WHAT PART OF KEEP IT DOWN DO YA NOT GET?!"
"HOW DID HE GET UP HERE?!" Asta exclaimed, "THAT WAS QUICK!"
"Get out Plu-Plu!" Prism yelled before she tossed a pillow right in his face making him stumble, "Can't you see we're having a battle of wits!?!"
"Your quote on quote battle of wits can wait in the morning!" Pluck exclaimed "You're gonna wake up everyone else! And don't call me that!"
"Quack!" Addeline said as she got out of his bag.
"Ya heard the lady Mr. Killjoy--!" Feodora said, "--It's a battle of wits, and you weren't invited so--!"
She placed her finger on the ground and it created a trail of ice; Pluck found himself slipping off the steps of the ladder as he let out a shriek before he hit the floor again as he accidentally dragged Addeline down with him.
"Sorry Plu-Plu, but Feo made a good point! Maybe next time!" Prism said before she slid the hatch door closed; he could hear the sounds of playful banter again as they had resumed their pillow war.
"Quack! Quack!" Addeline said as she tried to climb up. When she tried to open the door she realized the door had been locked. "QUACK! QUACK!"
Pluck groaned as he said "Oh that's it!" His grimoire began to glow as he said "Always wanna do the hard way huh, Pri? Sword Creation Magic: Wooden Punishment!" he took out wooden sword from his book as he said "Now then, Here comes the-"
Pluck soon felt a bonk on his head as he froze up by a familiar aura as did Addeline's as she shrunk.
"Why is your wooden sword out and ready to hit the princess' room?"
Pluck turned to see that it was Yami that bonked him on the head. "Captain Yami!" Pluck exclaimed "Prism is making noise and I'm trying to study!"
"I'm gonna get you this time Asta!" Yami heard Prism say through the door.
"Bring it on Pri!" Asta had told her before he heard some kind of gag.
"That's all you do, man." Yami said "Study this, learn that. Why can't you be more like the shorty, ice girl and her highness and loosen up a bit? See how much fun they're having?"
"There is a thing as too much fun." Pluck told him.
Yami let out a sigh before he started to drag Pluck down the hall, as he still had a firm grip on his head, "Come on, Mr No fun allowed. Let's go to your room."
"SERIOUSLY?! WHY AM I GETTING PUNISHED?!" He shouted as he tried to shake free from his grip.
Yami merely responded with a puff from his cigarette, "What do you think?"
"Quack!" Addeline said as she tugged on his pants
Yami sighed as he looked back to where Prism had stayed as he couldn't help but have a thought, "Huh, at the end of a day… She's still just a kid."