In a countryside town, where green is the only things you can see the moment you look out of the window, Ariadne rises from her bed. She stretches her arms and they even crack a little. She stops for a bit and looks at her right arm. [B]"My, am I getting older that fast?"[/B] She puts her arms down and sits on the side of her bed. Dressed in her red pajamas, Ari lets out a yawn that exposes her long canines. She thought she was fully awake now, but she still feels drowsy, even if a little bit. She turns her head to the window next to her bed and sees the sun raising. [B]"It's already that day, huh? I should hurry and get ready.... I just hope they don't send a griffin again."[/B] She lets out a sigh. She already had to ride one, and the fact that it had an eagle head made her so nervouse she thought she would die once or twice that day. 

After dressing up in her casual clothes, a sleeveless purple shirt reaching just before her bellybutton and a pair of skimpy, purple caps with blue shorts under them. When she comes down from her room, the first one she encounters with is with her dad, a glasses-wearing, middle aged man with gray hair who, as soon as he sees Ari, lets out a sigh. [B]"What? What is it? Why do you sigh at the sight of me first thing in the morning!?"[/B] Ari says, a little mad. 

[B]"No, it's nothing,"[/B] Answers her dad. [B]I was just wondering if you weren't chilly in that outfit. But I guess that's heritage from your mother."[/B] With an slightly irritated look on her face, she brushes her dad aside and walks over to a closet, where she keeps her things.

[B]"Okay, whatever. I am getting eady for school, so I'll be taking it."[/B] She opens the closet and inside, she finds her bow. A rather simple wood bow, painted in green and its tips painted red. Carved all over it are odd scribles that look rather tribal. Ari was told by her mother that those scribbles actually spell her surname, Shishido, but she can't really tell, since she was never taught that language. 

[B]"Yeah, I know. Hey, Ari, they will be sending that griffin here again. Are you going to be okay?"[/B] He father asks, with a concerned look in his face. Ari was sliding the bow over her head to leave it hanging around her chest when her father asked that and she froze over. The bow fell into place, while Ari mechanically turned her head to her dad.

[B]"It'll work out.... Somehow."[/B] Just as they were discussing the reason of Ari's demise, they suddenly hear a fluttering sound coming from outside. 

[B]"Seems it's already here, Ari.[/B] Ari's father says. 

Ari just nods, while sweating a lot. She takes from the closet a pair of yellow fingerless gloves too, alogn with a belt filled with needles. She heads to the front door and puts on her black boots. After putting on her shoes, she grabs a single bag of luggage she had prepared since the night before. She opens the door with trembling hands. [B]"Then.... I'm off."[/B] 

Her father, who was sitting on the dinner table just a moments ago, is now standing with a hand on his waist, gives Ari a reassuring smile. [B]"Take care now, Ari. Don't forget to write!"[/B] He says. Ari feels a little reassured by her father's words. 

[B]"Yeah! See you!"[/B] She gets out of her house, and comes face to face with the gigantic griffin. It turns its head and growls at Ari. [I][B]'Ugh, I just hope he doesn't decide to eat me up as part of its instinct.'[/B][/I] She timidly approaches it, then puts her hand to try and caress it, but it doesn't accept her caressing and aggresively moves its head to make her stop. Ariadne is starting to get mad. She rudely takes it from its feathers and pulls on them. [B]"Listen now. Your job is to take me to school, and my job is to be sitting above you, whether you like it or not. So, let's get this over with so both of us can continue with our lives, shall we?"[/B] It nods, after growling for a bit. [B]"It's good that we could reach an understanding."[/B] She climbs onto its back. Even if she said so... the mere sight of the griffin's feathers is enough to make her tremble with fear. But she needs to stay strong, or else! At least, that's what she thinks. Ari holds the feathers of the griffon rather tightly and forcefully, though it growls in protest. [B]"J-Just start flying already!"[/B] Almost as if it really were obeying Ariadne, the griffon flaps its wings and takes off from the ground. Her grasp on its feathers tightens even more. It starts goign faster, and faster, it even puts itself upside down. Ariadne bites her lip. [I][B]'Damn thing! Is it trying to make me fall!? Geh..... I forgot to put on my uniform. Oh, well, I'll change when I am there.'[/B][/I] 

After a while, it finally starts flying normally. Ariadne lets out a sigh. She's just glad she was hanging tightly onto her bow and luggage, or they would have gone off flying. It's finally in sight.... The Black Gale. Ariadne can handle that and more, but for some reason, she is scared out of her mind just by the fact of riding a griffin. As they are about to cross it, the griffin increases its speed, or at least it seems it does. She closes her eyes. She even felt like screaming, but she held it down, or it'll be the griffin's win. After a while, the griffin finally slowed down. She slowly opened her eyes. The school was in sight now. She let out a relieved sigh. [B]"I think I'll walk here next time."[/B]

The griffin soon started its descent to the ground, however, Ari didn't feel like waiting. She jumped off the griffin when she saw the opportunity. She then proceeded to undust herself by sweeping with her hands her shoulders and thighs. When the griffin landed beside her, reproaching her reckless action, she showed it her tongue. [B]"I don't care what you think. Now, shoo, shoo!"[/B] She motioned with her hands for it to get away. After letting out a disgusted cry, the griffin left, just as irritated as Ariadne. [B]"And don't let me see you ever again, you stinky excuse of a bird!"[/B] Another high-pitched screech as it is leaving. [B]"All right, now that mister birdie isn't here anymore...."[/B] She takes the bow off of her chest and leaves it in the ground. She opens up her baggage and searches through it for something. When she finally finds it, her eyes get brighter. She takes out the uniform she had stuffed into her bag and leaves it above it. Then, she nonchalantly starts undressing in the middle of the courtyard where the Griffin had left her. After stripping into her panties and bra, she puts on her uniform's skirt and shirt, and over it the blazer. She then proceeds to store her other clothes inside the bag. After adjusting her hair a bit, Ariadne starts walking, headed to her classroom. Though some would say she is rather airheaded and didn't notice that others were watching her, she indeed was aware of that, she just didn't care. She even threw a kiss towards a boy who was staring at her, with his jaw dropped.