Athena looked back over at Max. "Hey, I got some pretty nasty scars too, wanna see?" She asked.

"So what's the thread for?" Peridot asked.

"So you can like, shove your magic into a thing? And the magic stays there?"

That was really cool. Could Stephana shove lightning into something? She could have a permanently crackling disco ball if she wanted, and that was just too good to pass up.

"Oh. Are they that nasty?" Max said with a disappointed tone as he touched his cheek.

Frost stirred and stirred as it was memoreis of...that night

(Written by Naru) 

The night wasn’t any different than normal. Their small, rag tag group was seated around the table, throwing jokes and jabs and simply enjoying life. Jin and Shade had heard word of unnatural storms and tornados kicking up for no reason, a tell-tale sign of another Velkar.

“It’d totally round out the team, Peri, we should go check it out, it’s only a state away,” Jin said.

“I don’t think we should split up, it’s dangerous,” Peridot argued, setting her burger down.

“But it could be some scared kid, c’mon, you can’t let a kid stay out there panicking,” Shade fired back. Peridot frowned, and the boys shared a glance. They knew that Peridot would never leave someone in trouble. Frost pat her shoulder.

“Why don’t I go? I’m newer here, and I don’t stand out too much,” he offered. Peridot looked over at him, the debate raging within her clear on her face. “No wings.”

“Yeah, but that means you can’t just fly into the air to get away. I don’t know,” Peridot said.

“Listen, you brought Frost in, and he’s been a dope addition. Let us go check it out, it’ll be fine!” Jin insisted. Peridot began to reply, then the world exploded. Peridot was thrown backwards through the wall as several bullets fired into the wreckage of their home. Jin was screaming for Peridot, and someone somewhere was sobbing. As Frost ran through the house, searching for his friends, his magic failed him. His friends were dead or dying, and in his panic, he couldn’t connect with his ice. In the face of monstrous flames, his ice had no power.

There was blood sizzling on the floor, and Shade was slumped on the table, dead. He tried to find Jin, to follow the screams, but they cut off with a gurgling gunshot. “No, no, no,” he repeated, trying to find someone, anyone. Frost assumed the worst when Peridot didn’t kill the fire, and, finding the bodies of his friends, knew he needed to run. They’d found them, the hunters. He needed to get out. He charged for his bike, leaping on. He spared the burning house one last glance, and closed his eyes, a tear slipping forth as he sped off.



Finally, Frost's eyes opened as he felt his stomach...realizing there was no wound. 

"...Oh." Max said as he took his hand away. He seemed to contemplate it for a moment before looking back at the girl. Was it Athena? "Okay, sure."

Frost walked around his room for a bit and saw the blizzard still raging. He doesn't know his own strength anymore. He moved his hand as the blizzard started to weaken slowly. He had to break it up slowly because if it just stopped that's a neon red sign a Velkar is involved. Right now it can be possible that it was a freak storm that happened due to Global Warming. Let's keep it that way.

He touched his side, that Ken guys' amazing, there's not even a scar. He stopped a near fatal wounds.

Frost sat down as he started to think about Peridot, as his thoughts escaped out loud. "Okay so, I..just said what I've been thinking for months. I took the advice of one of the strongest and smartest beings I know. Now what? I can't take this back, not when I actually feel this way. I love Peridot...I love her so much." She leaned forward and said "Though honestly, what if she doesn't feel the same way. It would make things so awkward between us now. "

He shook his head "It doesn't matter. Whether or not Peridot feels the same way, It won't change what I came to do and now more than ever I'm motivated to help her. We're the last of our little group of five. It's our duty to them, even Sparks, to honor them by making a camp like this." He leaned back and stated "But how do we do that? Are we going to have to move again because of what I did. I really don't want to sit on a plane watching bad movies for four hours. Nor do I want to introduce the less fun actions of this to the kids. They're young, I don't want them to think that this is all we do. We just run and run and never look back. Honestly, I think we should go Midwest to Nebraska." He then looked out even further.

"Back to Peridot though. I need to work out what I'm going to say to her when I see her again." He rmeembered some advice he got from one of his trinity companions. Just be honest, if it doesn't work out at least it's out here. Frost said "Let's practice this, then. She's worth it." He looked at a mirror and said "Peridot, I know I said what I said when I thought I was going to die, but I meant it. I do love you, I love you so much. During our time away, though all the hardships I had to face, evne stuff you wouldn't believe, I never forgot about you. ALl I thought about is you. When I heard the message after returning. It made my heart practically burst with joy. You lives, the woman I loved...lived. Now I could say the things I've been holding in for these past few years. You're the sweetest woman I have ever met. When I first said the Flaming Beast was dead it was to comfort you. To let you know our past doesn't make our present.

Now? Now I mean it for a different reason. You aren't the Flaming Beast, you're a flaming angel and I know that's ironic given what we are. However I truly believe that you were hand crafted by the heavens. Your strength, your beauty, your understanding, your heroism, your kindness, the way even after all of this you've never just gave up your dream.

That's what makes me love you Peridot Pheonix. I love you, because there's no one else like you"

Frost said "Okay, it's a little long winded, maybe I should shorten it."

(Naru, I am begging for a "I'm standing right here" gag. I know it's an over played joke BUT damn it I still find it funny XD)

Peridot had been concerned when she heard rambling, but paused at the threshold of the door as she heard what was being said. She paled, looking rather uncomfortable, and turned around and walked back to the kitchen. She couldn't deal with that right now.

(It feels way too early imo for trying to ship characters but upto you and also answer my dm pls)

Max's eyes widened upon seeing the scars. Clearly she'd been hurt too, by someone, sometime. At least hers weren't visible at first glance, he thought. Nevertheless she must have known a similar pain to him. Perhaps she wasn't as unapproachable as he'd first thought.

Ken simply laid three lines of thread by the door bottom, not even tying them like a tripwire or anything. He stood up, content with his work.

"So...yeah," Athena said after a moment. "Even if they're all over the top, full-blooded Velkars, I uh, I understand, okay?"

"Huh?" Peridot looked up. "Oh, um, yeah, he's okay. Awake. Good. Mhmm."

Stephana was a shitty liar. Therefore, she was able to recognize other shitty liars on sight.

Oh, right, wasn't Frost pronouncing his undying love to Peridot? Which...didn't they just meet? Like, did they have a history or something? Because if they didn't have a history and Frost just waltzed on in and started saying that shit, Stephana would also have a very similar expression.

She smiled instead, trying to put on her "comforting" face. Helpful Advice Go!

"You don't need to, you know." She said gently, hearing the sound of a door open from the bedroom area. That must be Frost, then.