not my lucky day [Panda]

xRaziel Swift

xRaziel was grinning all the way to stables. It had been quite a while since Raziel had seen Starlight. She had missed the pegasus terribly, and she liked to think that the feeling was mutual. But then, the albino pegasus might have other more resentful sentiments, considering that he had put on quite a show of it last time. Raziel cringed at the memory. It took a daughter of Zeus to calm him down and she was prepared to bet that he still hadn't forgiven her for it.

Sure enough, when she reached his stall, Starlight whinnied and quickly turned away from her. "Are we seriously back to this again?" she groaned. The stall seemed dirtier than she remembered; whoever was assigned to clean it seemed either too lax or too scared of the stubborn pegasus. Such was the stench that she had to back away a few steps just to get a bit of fresh air. "Come on, Star! Quit being such a whiny baby - uh, foal... whatever!"

Raziel soon wished she hadn't said that. The pegasus cantered over and did the completely unexpected - he kicked a bunch of dirt right at her face. Well, she preferred to think it was only dirt, but that didn't seem to be the case...

Gagging, she rushed to the nearest water tap and tried not to think of the bile slowly rising up her throat. "Damn pegasus!" she hollered, splashing water at her face. Looking down, she saw that her white shirt had been stained as well. She threw her head back, fighting the urge to scream. This day is stupid.

she's just a girl and she's on fire

xRaziel Swift

xRaziel heard a friendly neigh and first thought it was Starlight warming up to someone else just to annoy her, but she quickly discarded that thought. If anyone else tried to approach the hostile pegasus, they might suffer a fate worse than hers. At least, that was what she tried to tell herself to make her feel better. Still not feeling better enough though.

Her patience wearing thin at the crap she had to stand - both figuratively and literally, Raziel threw a sour look towards the girl seemingly getting along well with another pegasus. The sight made her even more aware of her position right now and she resisted the strong temptation to swear aloud. She wasn't in her best mood, that much was clear. Whatever she did at the moment would be motivated by pure anger and she was too blinded to realize that this wasn't going to end well if she opened her trap. Unfortunately, she did.

With her face almost free of dirt, Raziel glared at the girl and yelled, "What are you staring at?"

she's just a girl and she's on fire

xRaziel Swift

xRaziel did not quite catch what the girl said considering that she was a short distance away but she gave her the benefit of the doubt and figured it was an apology of some sort. Giving the girl a stinkeye for a second longer, she sank into dark mutters. They were incoherent but a few words stood out - mostly negative adjectives to describe her stuck-up pegasus. Cleaning off the obvious stains from her face and neck, Raziel cringed. She might not look it, but she still smelled funny. To hell with that pegasus.

Once she no longer looked the part of a girl who got on the wrong side of a pegasus, Raziel shook her hands dry and made her way back to the stall. She was closer to the girl now but she only had eyes for Starlight. Said creature's eyes flickered to her and he whinnied softly. If he were a human, he might have been snickering. Raziel's hackles rose.

"Think you're such a smartass?" she said with narrowed eyes. It did not seem to occur to her how she was talking to a pegasus and not a human. "You should know who exactly you're dealing with." She held her fists up as she spoke and once she finished, they did what not many human hands would have done - they caught fire.

Starlight neighed again but it sounded more frightened than amused. The other horses joined him, most of them even standing on their hind legs in fright. If Raziel was not stopped, the whole stable would be full of scared and stampeding pegasi. Her eyes blazed. In case no one had noticed, this demititan just got very very pissed.

she's just a girl and she's on fire

xRaziel Swift

xRaziel very nearly took a swipe at the girl who tried to calm her down, but the sudden touch surprised her. People did not usually come closer when she exhibited her control over fire. Most of the time, it sent them running in the opposite direction. Not used to this treatment, Raziel turned her head to look at the girl. Her eyes were filled with fear but she was obviously able to overcome that for the sake of the pegasi. That snapped her back to her own senses, at least temporarily.

Raziel started a little when she looked down on her flaming hands. Shrugging off the ominous and reminiscent feeling she suddenly got, she took a deep breath and the fire went out as she willed it to. Growing aware of the slight fatigue she now felt, Raziel shifted her gaze back to the stables and saw that the pegasi were still frightened and cowering, retreating to the back end of the stalls. Starlight, especially. He had never seen her lose control this way before.

"Oh gods," she muttered dryly, slapping a hand to her face. She seemed to have wilder mood swings nowadays. Maybe it had something to do with the Titan war looming closer and with that, the possibility of her meeting her father. The father who never seemed to know she existed, even until now. Lips tightening at the thought, Raziel shot the girl a blank look and spoke in a monotone.

"Sorry. I just hate having a crappy day." Although I should be used to it by now, she added in her thoughts. "Anyway, thanks. Chiron would've killed me if I set the stables on fire."

she's just a girl and she's on fire