~Abcde~

I glide slowly into the party, expecting to find a civized place. Or at least as civilazed as any place full of Alter Egos can be. But the moment I get out of the limosine I ordered (without PygmyOwl's permission, obviously), some insane Alter Ego shoots a water gun at me, water-logging my laser pointer and soaking my tunic and hair. Grace absentmindedly hands me two paper napkins before wandering off, and Rayne rushes into the house before he can get wet. Selfish! I see Shaow standing by the gate and rush over to them, still scrubbing my clothes with the napkins. "Come on! Let's go inside out of this madness." I grab their hand, and we go inside. "How are you? I feel like we haven't talked in forever."

~Rayne~

I hurry inside, trying to find Blaine. I would feel sorrier for Abcde if she wasn't so mean all the time. Sometimes I'm almost frightened of her, even though I'm older, bigger, and stronger than she is. But there is no way I'm going to help her. Not after how rude she was to my darling toad, Charlotte Brontë. Acting as though Ms. Brontë is beneath her notice, just because she's a toad. What would Blaine think of Ms. Brontë? Would she think that she is disgusting?

Even as I wonder that, I stuble into the back of a small, yellow-upholstered couch. And, of course, sitting in it is Blaine and Jeremy.

I blush furiously. Why can't I stop blushing around her? Pink doesn't go good with my orange hair. I probably look like some sort of demon. The thought makes me blush even harder. Blaine still doesn't know I'm here. I could sneak away and put cold water on my face. . . 

Then she turns around and sees me.

~Grace~ 

I wander around the yard, looking to see if I know anyone. Prince isn't here yet, and I don't really know most of the other AEs besides Penny and a few others who I gave cookies too. My neighbors.

I haven't written in my journal for a long time, or done anything else in months. Baking has been my solace, but you can only bake cookies so many times before you get bored. And I need to talk to people. OTHER than my siblings. I love Rayne with all my heart, but he isn't the best conversational companion, he's so wrapped up in poetry and old romance novels and his toad, Charlotte, that he's not the best conversational partner. Not to his sister, at least. He'll probably talk plenty to Blaine.

I sigh, and bite into one of my cupcakes. This isn't like me. I'm happy. I AM A HAPPY PERSON!!! I smile, but it feels more like a grimace, and my teeth are stained with frosting.

Without realizing it, I stumble into a large pine tree. I'm. . . in the woods? I look behind me, and all I see is trees. I don't know where I am. 

Pine~
I silently merge into the shadows near the porch, endure a half-second of nausea, and pop out in the middle of a forest. Theres a shout and Felix stumbles into me. Its rather awkward, since we both end up on the floor.
"H-hi" he stammers, rising to his feet. No, their feet. Definitily they/them today. They grin sheepishly. We're still not used to being open about our feelings for eachother. Lets just say its been a weird month. 
Starlight chooses this moment to appear out of the shadows and lands a perfect tuck-and-roll. She's had more pratice then me and Felix, since my sister gets carsick every time we drive somewhere. She's always using Shadow-Travel instead, rather annoyingly.
I grab Felix's hand and we clumsily make our way to the edge of the forest, where I catch glimpses of the biggest watergun battle Ive ever seen.
Okay, I was not expecting this.
Not at all. 

Felix~
Im still blushing, but I sling my bag off and take out a 62-Squirter. Pine waves his water pistols in my face and grins. I nudge his shoulder and ruffle through the rest of the bag, looking for my notebook.
There we go. I pull out the cheap spiral-bound yellow pad and flip to a blank page. I write down a quick note to Sky and pull out the paper. Pine watches with slight intrest as I fold it into a dove and drop the note into the nearest shadow. Hopefully it doesnt land on Sky's head again. 
Pine takes my bag (Why does he always do that? Its so annoying–) and grabs my hand. I feel the shiver I've come to known as he looks over, and I can tell he's embaressed too. I blush and quickly stride into the clearing, where chaos in the form of water guns is taking place.

Starlight~
I shake off the slight dizziness and jump back into the shadows, making my way toward the house. I can see its shape in the Under, as well as the distinct red shapes that are people. I step around the red blobs, for passing through someone in the Under is like getting sucked into a fan. Its not pleasant.
I find an Entrance and will myself to pop out into the shadow of a pine tree. The house is just a couple steps away, but Im drained after traveling from the Beach House to the Forest to Nyx's house. I sit down beneath the pine tree and sigh.  I wish Fauna was here.

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Well, this is…

About what we expected. Any familiar faces?

Nope.

Guess we're meeting new people then.

wait wHAT-

HeLLO there! *dragging Zeke by the arm* You guys are Mistia's, right? Great work on the MCU!

*muttering* please don't let the MCU be our conversation starter…

I'm Andrea and this is Zeke, we're both from Ella Starburst. Want some cupcakes? 

Archer-

I see a girl walk out of the house, she is immeadietely hit on the forehead by a nerf dart. I run after the guy who shot her and peper him with darts "That;s what you get for shooting a lady!" I yell, then I walk back to her "hi, I'm Archer" I extend my hand.

Jeremy-

I smile when I see Blaze, she smiles to, and my nerves dispel "so, what do you want to do? Hide from all this craziness or join in? I am a killer shot" I wink playfully, my grin so big I'm sure I look ridiculous

Queenofwolves, sure, they can be shipped

—Galaxy— 

I sigh and aim the water gun again. Couple of new AEs coming. I jump into a branch and aim at them, and press the trigger. Score! I see one of the AEs pelting  another AE who hit a girl with water. I carefully aim again, and…Score again! I aim at Burn, just for fun, and start pelting him with water. When he realizes, I duck into the trees. "hahah!" I whisper.

—-Rose—-

I decide to run outside to have some fun, and I hop onto a tree and aim at random spots, and an AE gets soaked. I laugh a bit, then spot Instinct. I soak him in water, then duck back into the trees. This is actually really fun!

–Burn–

Someone soaks me, and I don't care, aiming my water gun at another few AEs who just came in. I laught a bit.

<meinw> <oodsi> <playi> <ngwit> <hcptha> 

Bean~

We arrive at the party a little late. We took the car (Ace drove, so I really don't know how we all got here in one piece). I get out of the car and immediately see pandemonium. AEs are everywhere, and everyone somehow has a water gun.

"This is awesome!" Ace says. Harper looks like she might be sick.

"How about I take the food inside?" I suggest, grabbing the pie, cookies, and salsa. 'Watch her,' I mouth at Ace, gesturing to Harper. He nods, and I walk away.

Although Harper's technically been around longer than I have, she's still my little sister. This party isn't really up her alley. I know Ace will look out for her.

I open the door and find more AEs with water guns, even though they aren't supposed to be inside. A jet of water hits my arm as I maneuver through the crowd. I grin and wipe it off. I finally find a table with other food and set down my load. Now to find someone to talk to.

Ace~

"This is awesome!" I exclaim, looking around. I haven't been to an AE gathering this chaotic in forever! There are people screaming and water guns everywhere.

"How about I take the food inside?" Bean says, and mouths words at me. I don't quite catch what she says, then she gestures at Harper, who I notice looks terrified. I nod.

"Isn't this going to be fun, Harp?" I say, throwing an arm around her. She manages to nod. "Aw, don't worry, you'll be fine."

"I wonder when Maverick will get here," Harper says, changing the subject. I shrug. I'm pretty sure Maverick agreed to come to the party with me, which is awesome. They seem super cool.

"Yeah, I don't know." I see some people nearby having a water gun war, and I itch to join them. "Hey, Harp, do you mind if I join the fun?"

"Of course not! Go ahead!" she says.

"You should come too!"

"Oh, no, I'm fine." She shakes her head firmly. I shrug, and head off in search of a water gun.

Harper~

I knew this would be awful. There are so many people, and so much happening everywhere… I wish I could find a corner to curl up in, or just go home. I can't though- we took the car, and I can't drive. Being forever 14-ish comes with a price.

I tug on the sleeves of my sweater, standing awkwardly alone in the front yard. It's a little chilly now, this time of the year. Fall weather is nice. I would much rather be somewhere with a book and a blanket than here.

A group of loud, laughing AEs are running in my general direction, so I quickly move out of the way. I find myself near the edge of the woods. I take a few tentative steps forward. I should probably stay near the house, but the woods are so quiet… Making up my mind, I walk into the woods.

Soon, I'm far enough away from the house that all the noise is in the distance. All I can see around me is trees. It's calming. Suddenly, I hear a noise from somewhere to my right. I freeze. Something is crashing through the woods. Could it be a bear? I don't think there are any bears around here, but you never know. I take a tiny step back, then a shape bursts out of the trees. I take a breath to scream, then realize it's another AE.

Her face lights up when she notices me. "Yes! Another person! I've been lost, I didn't know where the house was!"

I relax. "Oh, good. I thought you were a bear."

She laughs. "Nope, not a bear! I'm Grace, PygmyOwl's AE."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Harper, Quill's AE." We shake hands. She seems nice.

"It's great to meet you," she says, "but I wasn't kidding about being lost. Please tell me you know where the house is?"

I smile. "Come on, it's this way." 

Pine~
I study our opponents, then dash to the right. Felix heads to the left. I sign "Climb" to him and we both scale the nearest tree. Up at the top, its a different world. I can see everyone super-clearly, scattered around in strange positions. I turn to Felix and sign to him. He signs back 'okay' and we both load our water guns. I take Sky's pouch of Camo-Cloth out of my pocket and pull out a tiny thread. I take out another and put the pouch away. I drop one thread into the shadows and watch as Felix grabs it over in his tree. We similtaneously throw our threads up-up-up and wait till they come down. 
Mine has chosen to be a blanket. Yay. I glance over and see that Felix has a very large sweater and try not to laugh. I drape the blanket over me and stick my hands out. I sign a quick message to Felix, "Can you see me?" and wait. I watch his hands appear out of nowhere and sign 'Yeah' They dissapear again and I tuck myself under the blanket. Carefully, I stick my water gun under the cloth and wait.

Felix~
I groan. Of course I forgot my bag down below. I resolve to get it in a bit and aim my water gun. Slowly, I pull back the trigger. 
A short AE passes below and I grin, then release the trigger. A jet of freezing water streams out and nails the AE in the head. They shout angrily and I yell, 'sorry!' then shoot the person next to them. 
Ive succesfully soaked a load of AEs, so I shimmy down the tree, still in my sweater (why does PINE get the blanket?) and crawl over to my bag. I sling it on my back and am heading back to the tree when a stream of hot water completley soaks my sweater.
Did I mention that water de-activates Camo-Cloth?
Slowly I fade into sight. I send a panicked 'help' in ASL to Pine and turn to face my attacker.

Starlight~ 
Still waiting for Fauna. I take out my book and start reading, absently running my fingers over the worn pages. Its a while before I realize theres someone next to me. I turn to them, a little startled (Okay, not just a little) and try to remember what Sky told me.
Smile, say hi, ask them how they're doing.
That should be easy enough, but I cant get my mouth to form the words.
"H-Hi?" I finally stammer, avoiding eye contact. I cant remember this AEs name, but they seem friendly enough.
"Hey, you're that AE who came back! Starlight, isnt it?"
"Yeah…" I say.
"Nice to meet you! Im…"'

~~~

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–Galaxy–

I felt like I heard some rustling in the trees, and a jet of water had flown out of the tree earlier, so I levitated myself up and shot a jet of hot water at the tree. Another AE popped out. I first slide behind a tree. I grin and set the level on my gun to 'ultamite' and switch on the nerf gun mode. He was also holding a water gun, and I made sure the (hugee) tank of water was filled before firing again. HAHA! I SHALL PREVAIL! 

Maverick ~

15 minutes late. That's right on time for my dramatic entrance. Prince is trying to pretend like he doesn't know me, but I make sure that doesn't happen. 

"Would you let go of me, please?" 

"I'm simply linking my arm in yours as a gesture of our companionship." Prince rolls his eyes. I push the door open myself. 

It looks a little chaotic in here. There's loud music and lots of… water? Hopefully my hair doesn't get wet. It looks so awesome right now. 

I see Ace standing alone in the midst of the chaos. He waves me over. 

"Hey! How are you?" He asks me.

"I'm ok, but my hair is getting tainted by this water fight. Who knew this party would be so chaotic?

"I know, right? Good thing my hair looks perpentually awesome," Ace replies. He looks smug as heck. 

"You'll have to give me styling tips."

"Why'd you choose to invite me?" He asks, smiling. 

"Because you speak in bold italics so I don't have to spend so much time changing the text type." I elbow him. "Don't flatter yourself."

Prince ~  

We're late, of course. Maverick took two hours to get ready. Suprise, they're wearing the same thing they always do. 

"That's not true, these black ripped jeans have cuffed bottoms." (I don't see the difference.)

I don't really have a date for this party, but I said I'd meet Grace. She seems really nice. <3 I'm looking around and I don't really see her. I see a girl sitting alone at a table, so I decide to ask her. 

"Hey! I'm Bean." She waves at me casually. 

"Oh! You're Ace's sister!" I recognize her and sit down. 

"Yep. You must be Prince." I nod. We watch Ace and Maverick talk. 

"Do you think… they're kind of the same person?" 

"Yeah, I think the current topic is hair. That seems about right." Bean laughs. "Want some pie? It's blueberry."

I love pie. "Thanks! This looks so good. I only brought mini oranges. They're my favorite food becausse they make your hands smell like oranges and they have tiny little membranes. I'm sorry, I'm rambling." I pocket the oranges. 

"You're good. Oranges are pretty cool."

"Hey, have you seen Grace? I was supposed to meet her." 

"Whoa, I just saw her leave with Harper. That's a weird coincidence. They'll probably come back soon." 

<3 Prince and Maverick

Fauna~

I scramble quickly through the woods, my only thought the time. Why, oh why did I have to be the one to practically ruin Flora's cupcakes! Now we'll be late, and I'll get less time to be with Starlight! Ughh. I try not to think about it, but when I trip over a tree root right at the edge of the party, fall on my face, and get pelted with a water gun, Flora comes over to me with a concerned look on her face. Weird, I notice momentarily, Eclipse is nowhere to be found…

"H-hey, are you ok? Don't worry about being late, we all make mistakes…"

"Well, obviously YOU don't! You always do everything SO perfectly, and I never can! I mean, look how calm you are right now!" I know I have no reason to be so mad, but I can't help it. I dust off my leggings and look at her again. She looks a little hurt, so I immediately say, "Ok, ok, sorry. I was just so excited for this and it's…not going as well as I thought."

"Don't worry about it," she says, going back to her usual half-smile."C'mon, weren't you excited to water fight?"

"Yeah!" I say, starting to pull out my water gun. Then I spot her- Starlight! "Wait a sec," I say, waving at Flora. "I'll be back!" I push through the chaos, and by the time I get to Star I'm already half-soaked. Trying to get back these AEs is a LOT harder than I thought, though. "Hey!" I call out a little too loudly to Star, then realize too late that she's already talking to someone else.