Roommates [open]

[amelia]

Amelia walked out of the class room and walked up the stairs up to her dorm. If she was lucky her roommate wouldn't be around and wouldn't play any type of breaks on her. She carried her books with her, running up the stairs wanting to get to the dorm right away so that she could relax. She had homework to do, and some time alone to practice her powers if nobody else was around. She finished walking up the stairs and walked towards the dorm. She grabbed the handle and opened the door. Nothing happened. Oh thank god. She walked into the room and went over to the desk in the far corner of the room and sat down. She laid her books on the desk and pulled open the desk drawer and pulled out some novels. First came reading, maybe later she would practice controlling her powers.

Reading was so much fun for her. Sometimes she wished that she could just go away in her stories and never return to the real world. She pushed the desk drawer shut and opened the novel up to page 214 and continued reading. Chapter 21. Her eyes read the words, shifting in the chair ever few minutes. Finally she got tired of sitting in the chair and moved over to her bed and laid down. Tossing and turning a few more minutes. She had a very hard time holding still when it came to reading. She finished three chapters before she placed the book down. She was located on the bed, she looked around the room to see if her room mate had come in.

[reflection]

It was so quiet that a careful listener could’ve heard faint tapping of feet as someone, or something, moved in the room. A silent thump left an imprint on the blanket on Victoria’s bed and a transparent figure slowly turned fully visible. Victoria Geist, the prank-loving roommate, was now sitting cross-legged on her bed and holding onto various items. One by one, she placed all the items on the bed and carefully moved them around until she was happy with how they were organized. The strange collection consisted of a rolled up garden hose, a bottle of super glue, a piece of old bed sheet, a small shovel and some shiny coins.

Victoria wiped her forehead and smiled mischievously. She was obviously very proud of herself right now. Stea- um... "borrowing" all the items hadn’t been easy. Even though the hose had originally been wrapped around her shoulder and the sheet held between her teeth, it was still a small miracle how she had managed to carry all of that stuff here. Another big mystery was what she was going to do with them, but if her constant snickering was any indication, whatever she had planned wasn’t very nice. She pulled a thick, black book from underneath her pillow and flipped it open. Then she grabbed her pen and started scribbling down small marks, only occasionally muttering something inaudible.

After finishing what had seemed and sounded a lot like a checklist, she closed the diary and nodded, satisfied with her efforts. Now she finally glanced around the room and actually spotted her roommate. The prankster had been so wrapped up in her latest plan that she had completely missed the other girl. "Hi Amelia..." Her greeting was quiet and careful, mostly because she felt bit embarrassed for having ignored her roommate. However, the mischievous smirk on her face widened when she suddenly got curious, like she often did. "What’cha doing?" She just recalled that while she already had gotten the name in her diary, she hadn’t pulled a big enough prank on Amelia yet.

New, nasty plans were already bubbling in her head.

[amelia]

Amelia looked over when she heard Victoria's voice. "Hey Victoria." She smiled at the other girl before she frowned. She turned to her side and leaned on her elbow. "What is all of that stuff?" She didn't like the idea of pranks being done, on her. She slowly sat up in her bed, hiding the book she had been reading under her pillow. "Just finished reading." She answered, not sure if that was the best idea. She felt a bit weird around Victoria, the other girl wasn't bad or anything, you just had to be careful what you said to her else you might be her next target. Her eyes looked at Victoria for a moment. "How has your day been Victoria?"

[reflection]

Victoria giggled at the question about the items. "Teehee, I’m gonna use these in my next super awesome prank..." Where other people only saw random junk, Victoria saw precious tools that had like million uses. She tilted her head, imagining how she would put this stuff into good use. "People won’t even know what hit them when I-" The prankster stopped abruptly in midsentence when she realized what she was doing. Her hands slapped up to cover her mouth for a moment and only a mildly embarrassed mutter escaped her lips. "Oops, I almost blabbed..." Like magicians didn’t reveal their tricks, Victoria firmly believed that pranksters shouldn’t ruin the surprise beforehand.

She recovered from the mild embarrassment quickly and only continued with a mysterious whisper. "You’ll just have to wait and see..." When Amelia answered her question, Victoria went silent for a bit and actually looked confused for once. "I... see..." As an attention loving girl she had never understood what was so interesting about reading when there were so many places to see and people to meet. Still, she wasn’t going to bother her roommate about it. Everyone had their own hobbies after all. Staying quiet, she flipped the corner of her blanket aside and stuffed the shovel where she usually slept. The hose was next and then the glue bottle. Soon all the items were hidden beneath her blanket.

Shortly after the question about her day, Victoria hopped off her bed and slowly approached Amelia. "I’ve been pretty busy for the whole day..." Her eyes started gleaming with mischievous intent. "But now..." Her smile suddenly got far more sinister as she leaned closer to her roommate. "My day is about to get much better..." It wasn’t hard to guess what that meant. Just like Amelia had predicted, Victoria was already targeting her, but she was going to be sneaky about it. She reached out in an attempt to gently place her hands on Amelia’s shoulders and tried her best to sound innocent. "Can you do me a little favor?"

[amelia]

Amelia smiled at Victoria, she had humor too as long as it wasn't her. "Oh I see." She grinned back at the other girl. She didn't think it was possible that Victoria would be using those items on herself. When Victoria spoke, Amelia stayed quiet so that she could find out the other girls secrets. It sounds so cool, I wish I had guts like that.... No wait I'm a good student I can't go around pulling pranks on other people. She was pulled out of her thoughts when Victoria suddenly stopped talking and had covered her mouth. "Oh don't worry, I won't tell." She answered as if hoping that Victoria would continue on, but was disappointed when the other girl had stopped talking about it. "Awww but I hate surprises." Or at least pranks on me... I sure hope I'm not the target. She gave a small sad smile.

"Oh come on... tell me..." She pressed on, wanting to find out at least if Victoria planned that stuff on her. She was very impatient when it came to these kinds of things. She again was disappointed when she seen Victoria have a confused look on her face. "Sometimes it's nice living in a fairy tale." She stopped talking and covered her mouth. "Please don't tell anybody..." She looked down at the ground. At least fairy tales have happy endings. Unlike me... who is stuck here till I'm eighteen. She wasn't paying attention to Victoria, so she didn't notice the other girl hiding her things under the blanket. The other girl's comment made her a bit more happy. She looked up, just trying to think up some happy thoughts. When Victoria spoke up she smiled at the other girl. "That is good." Even if you have been pulling pranks on others.

And here it was.... that feeling in Amelia's gut, as if she was next and had to be more careful. She decided to push the thought aside and she looked up at Victoria. "How?" She asked then dropped it. Her shoulders were touched by Victoria, and Amelia couldn't help but just smile. "What kind of favor?"

[reflection]

Victoria brushed her aside a bit, revealing her pitch black pupil. "Oh, it’s just a teensy-weensy favor... Nothing big..." Technically she was telling the truth. Pranks rarely were big for her, unless they involved a teacher or someone much older. Stepping away, she laced her fingers together and looked down. Her smile faded away. "You see, I have a problem..." Even though the ghastly girl picked her words carefully, she was already bending the truth. Sure, sometimes she had problems, with friends or just school in general, but none of them had anything to do with this situation.

She had to stop for a moment and turn away, not because she was embarrassed or anything, but because she couldn’t stop herself from grinning. Acting serious had never been her strong point. After taking a deep breath, she was able to suppress the evil smile and look at Amelia again. "I have lost an earring somewhere... Could you help me look for it?" Now that was a complete and utter lie despite how innocent it sounded. She didn’t even wear earrings because her hair would’ve hidden them anyway. No, the whole lie was part of her plan, like bait meant to distract her roommate.

Needless to say, nasty things would happen if Amelia took the bait.

[amelia]

Amelia watched Victoria closely. She needed her help with something? Yes she would help, Victoria could count on her. There was something about how Victoria had said it that made her feel a little tense, but she wasn't going to let that stop her from helping. "Oh?" She asked, waiting for Victoria to tell her already what the other girl needed help with. The other girl had backed away from her, Amelia didn't think anything of it. When the other girl looked away, Amelia believed her to be embarrassed for asking for her help. She didn't wish to point it out though, when Victoria finally got her words out, Amelia just smiled. Earring? I didn't even know that she wore earrings... I guess she wears them even though her hair is mostly covering her ears that would hide them from view.

She didn't believe Victoria would lie to her just for a prank. "Yes." She stood up from her bed and looked around the room then back at Victoria. "Where were you when you last seen it?" It could help out a whole lot if she had an idea if Victoria even believed it to be in the room, or if the other girl had lost it somewhere else in the school.

[reflection]

Victoria struggled to keep her smile under control when Amelia agreed to help her. The roommate had walked straight into her trap. Faking sincerity, she gave a quick hug to Amelia. "Thanks, you’re a real friend." It wasn’t really a lie since they weren’t exactly close friends, but friends nonetheless. "Oh, I think I dropped it somewhere in this room..." That, on the other hand, was another big lie. She glanced around the room, acting like she was also looking for it. "Ummm... Let’s split up and search the floor... I can look under the beds since I can see in the dark..." After the suggestion, she headed towards her bed, leaving her roommate to do whatever she pleased.

While Amelia was occupied with her part, Victoria crawled under the bed. Her eyes turned sickly green as her night vision activated and she reached for a small, brown box. There she kept the prank tools that actually belonged to her. Quietly, she grabbed only two items she needed right now. First one was a small bag full of white dust, itching powder she had been saving for special occasions. The second one was a black rubber rat that looked so real that even she was bit afraid of it. She stuffed the bag into her pocket and turned invisible, but the rubber toy remained normal. It was time to start the first part of her prank.

"Eeeeek! A rat!"

Just as the scream echoed in the room, a black rodent burst from under the bed, pulled by an invisible hand. It zoomed through the room, circled Amelia twice and zipped straight under her bed in turn. Right after the little show, the invisible prankster sneaked behind Amelia and sprinkled plenty of fine white powder onto her head, neck and down her dress. Soon, she would be suffering from absolutely horrible itching. The first part of Victoria’s prank had been over in under a minute, but there was plenty to come. She carefully returned into hiding behind her bed and turned visible before peeking up, seemingly frightened.

"D-did you see where it went?"

[amelia]

Amelia hugged Victoria back and continued to smile. "Don't worry, we'll find it." She was determined to find that earring, not paying attention to Victoria's lies. She normally could see a lie in a matter of seconds because of her lie detection power but she was distracted with something else she had missed the hint her power normally would have given her. "Okay." She went towards the closet, not looking over at Victoria.
After the suggestion, she headed towards her bed, leaving her roommate to do whatever she pleased. The scream enough made Amelia jump. "EWWWWWWW........" She didn't scream but she did think it gross. She went after it as he went over to her bed, trying to reach for it. At the same time she started to feel itches on her body. She shivered in pain wanting the itching to stop.

She turned around to see Victoria under her own bed. "Yeah." She sighed, trying to stay clam. The itching was really starting to bother her now. "It went under my bed. Don't worry, I'll get it." She moved away from her own bed, heading over to her closet to grab a broom. Then she went back over to her bed to try and brush it out. BANG. It flew out from under the bed and in the middle of the room. "I got you now!" She stopped before looking at the toy in front of her. It was just a toy... Have I just been pranked? God this itching is bothering me. Without saying another word, Amelia ran into the bathroom and shut the door. If you leaned up against it you could hear her mumble and scratching at the same time. She turned in the mirror to see her neck and since she was wearing a white dress it was hard for one to see the powered.

If it wasn't for the powered being on the back of her arms, she never would have guessed that Victoria had in fact tricked her. "Victoria." She opened the bathroom door suddenly and laughed. "Nice on." She did wish it hadn't been on her though. I wonder if washing this stuff off will help... She sighed before closing the door again. Scratching and scratching till the itching finally ceased. Who knew how long she had been in the bathroom when it had finally stopped... all she knew was that it felt good to not be in pain anymore. To bad she looked super red from all the scratching.