A Puppet

"Why am I flying back to your house?" Pedro asked, seeming a little disgruntled.

"Because I just remembered something!" Victoria shouted. "It's probably my best invention, and I promise it'll help us out! Now shut up and keep flying."

Pedro sighed, going silent moments after. Miracle glanced over at Victoria. "What exactly is this thing that's so important?"

"Does it matter?" Victoria huffed. "You'll see it eventually! Just be patient, bitch."

Miracle frowned, going silent as well. Scarlet sighed, hitting Victoria in the back of the head. "Ow!" She shouted. "What the hell was that for?"

"I don't know, why the hell are you being such an asshole?" Scarlet shot back.

Victoria huffed. "I dunno, it's fun, kinda. Being a bitch."

"Do you think you could hold it back, for like, two seconds?"

"Maybe… I dunno…."

"If you don't I'm going to beat you up." Scarlet told her, narrowing her eyes in Victoria's direction.

"Like you could!" Victoria sneered, a confident smile appearing on her face.

Scarlet glared at her. "You want to test that?"

"Bring it, edgelord!"

"If you two keep arguing, I'm going to tip to the side and drop all of you." Pedro spoke up.

"I'd manage." Scarlet retorted.

"I'm not dying twice, especially not to falling!" Victoria countered as well.

"Guys, please." Miracle spoke up. "Can we save this 'till later? I really don't want you two fighting."

"Fine!" Victoria crossed her arms, turning away. "You're lucky that I'm too tired for this!"

"Didn't you just take a nap?" Scarlet asked, turning towards her.

"Shut it!"

Scarlet snorted, laughing to herself as Victoria gave her a death stare. Miracle, wanting to cut off the tension asked a question. "So, anyways Vicky! Why did we leave the others behind?"

"Just because it'll be easier." Victoria sighed. "I'll admit, it would be much harder if everyone's here." She tapped her lip, going silent for a moment. "They'd be way too busy trying to introduce themselves, we wouldn't be getting anywhere…."

"Introduce themselves to who?"

"No, that's not what I'm talking about." Victoria explained. "Because well… agh, this is too hard to explain right now! Just, wait a moment. It'll be much easier when we get there."

"Well, lucky for you all, we just made it." Pedro declared, landing right in front of Victoria's house. The three girls got off of him, as he returned to normal. "So, what's the thing you're wanting to get?"

"Not a thing." Victoria quickly said, opening the door. "It's at least a they." She cleared her throat, shouting out. "Keanu!"

Immediately at that, multiple thuds went off, as someone came tumbling down the stairs. They quickly stood up, dusting themselves off, and turning towards the ground. They had fluffy, dark brown hair and a gray beanie. Their eyes were a dark gray, having an odd shininess to them. "Oh! Hello there!" They smiled at the group, waving their hand. "Anyways, Vicky! What happened? You were just suddenly gone!"

"Sorry, Keanu." Victoria sighed. "Godslayer, Harper, all of that."

Keanu huffed, crossing their arms. "Isn't that amazing… well, that's fine, I guess." They shrugged a little, walking towards the group. "Anyways, who are all of you?"

"Oh! I'm Miracle!" Miracle quickly introduced herself. "And, you're Keanu, right?"

Keanu nodded. "Yeah, pretty much. Vicky already introduced me herself mind that." Keanu stared at her for a moment, before turning back to look at the other two. They smiled lightly, a large amount of confidence in that expression. "So, the other two?"

"My name's Pedro." Pedro raised his hand up. "Nice to meet you."

"Sure," Keanu shrugged. "Whatever you say."

Scarlet sighed, glancing away. "Scarlet."

"Alright! Introductions done and all that!" Victoria smiled. "I'll tell you all something now. Keanu, is a puppet."

"A what?!" Miracle shouted.

"Way to go, Vicky." Keanu laughed a little, pointing an accusing finger at Victoria.

"Hey, you were never going to tell them anyways!" Victoria complained. "I might as well get it out of the way now!"

Scarlet stared Keanu up and down, a confused expression on her face. "How is he… alive…?"

"First off, they." Victoria stated. "Keanu doesn't really have a gender."

"He is fine, Victoria." Keanu sighed. "There isn't a need to get so defensive over that!"

"Well, whatever!" Victoria huffed, crossing her arms. "And for your question, we have no fucking clue."

Keanu shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is that Victoria was working on making a living object, and for whatever reason I just…." They made a circular motion with their hands. "Appeared."

"That's… weird…." Miracle admitted.

"There's been worse." Keanu shrugged a little. "Trust me, having lived with Victoria for a while, there's some strange stuff going on."

"Wait, if you're living with her, why didn't we see you?" Pedro asked. "We literally ran into her house."

"Oh, I thought you all were Vicky's friends from Hell." Keanu replied. "I already knew them, so I just decided to stay upstairs." They pointed up at the ceiling. "But what I didn't know was that this bitch would go and leave without a word!" He sighed, frowning. "C'mon, Vicky! Can't you ever tell me when you leave?"

"I'm sorry, okay?!" Victoria shouted. "Anyways, you're coming with us!" She stated, grabbing Keanu by the wrist.

"Wait, what?" Keanu pulled at his wrist. "Now hold on! I never agreed to something like this!"

"Doesn't matter!" Victoria declared, continuing to drag him away. "We're going to commit mass genocide, and we need your help."

"Mass genocide? Oh hell yeah, why didn't you say so before? Count me in." Keanu laughed, seeming slightly sarcastic. "No, but really. What are we doing that you need my help?"

Victoria groaned. "Would you stop asking questions for two seconds?"

"No, honestly. I don't think I will." Keanu gave her a smug smile, making Victoria glare at them.

Miracle sighed, cutting in. "I'm the Godslayer. Since Fabian has been causing the world issues, we're making a team to go up against him."

"Do we really need a team? Shouldn't there only be one?" Keanu asked.

"Well, I mean… Naomi told us to make a large group of people…." Miracle admitted. "So I just thought I'd do that. Plus, if I go there alone, I'd probably just end up dying."

Keanu shrugged. "Fair enough. Now could you let go of me, Victoria?" They shouted. Victoria shrugged, letting go. "Great! I appreciate that a ton."

"Whatever, whatever." Victoria crossed her arms. "Hey Avocado!"

"Stop calling me Avocado. I don't look anything like one." He sighed, shaking his head. "But yeah, whatever. I'll take you all back."

Keanu paused for a second. "What does that mean?"

"Dragoon." Pedro replied, smiling at them. Keanu raised an eyebrow, resting their elbow on their other hand.

"What the fuck does that mean? Seriously, none of you are giving me anything to work with."

At that moment, Pedro shifted over into a dragon, making Keanu step back. "That's what I mean." He declared.

"That's awesome!" Keanu shouted. "I never knew that there were people who could do things like this!" They circled around Pedro. "You all go around with a dragon of all the creatures to travel with?"

"Hey, I'm still here, by the way." Pedro laughed slightly.

"Oh! Right." Keanu shrugged. "Can't help but say that I'm excited. I've never seen something like this happen!"

"Would have thought that wouldn't be too impressive to you." Victoria shrugged. "But whatever! Now c'mon, slowpokes! We've gotta get back to the others!"

Miracle nodded her head. Their group of adventurers were slightly growing, as their chances rose. But that shadow of doubt still wouldn't leave her head.