Welcome to White Water

“Onwards, Bob!!” Taylor announced. She was met with silence, as Sophia looked up at her. “You do realize we’re not unicorns, right?” she asked. Taylor opened her eyes to see that she had hopped onto Bob’s shoulders, and the older unicorn was giving her a very confused look.
“Oh..uh…sorry about that.” Taylor said, giving Bob a sheepish grin as she climbed down his back. The unicorn-turned-human brushed his shoulders off out of habit, and looked around. “Well, this is a real nice place, y’all. Fancy.” Bob said.

“But of course. It is a prestigious school after all.”
The two unicorn siblings and Taylor looked behind them to see a boy approach, walking with a small cane. “And just who are you, kid?” Taylor asked, raising a brow.
“I am the Earl Ciel Phantomhive. Not just a kid.” Ciel said, narrowing his eyes at Taylor. “Well sorry. I didn’t know we had to be all posh and pompous here.” Taylor said, in a sarcastic tone.

Ciel ignored her as he walked past, looking for wherever his room might be located, so that he could put his things down. Taylor and the two unicorns looked on after him, before shrugging and returning to whatever they were doing. “I see a couple people over there.” Sophia said, pointing to Jack and Serin. “Well, let’s go talk to them. Maybe they know where the rooms are.” Taylor said.

Ciel approached Jack almost immediately, looking a little irritated by Taylor’s previous comments. “Do you know where I can possibly find the Winter Dorm? I would like to put my belongings down somewhere that isn’t the courtyard.” Ciel said, looking at the three coming up behind him. “And preferably away from those three.” Ciel said.

Meanwhile, Taylor, Bob, and Sophia approached Serin, and Taylor was the one to speak up first. “Hi there. Do you happen to know where we can find the dorms? We’ve got some stuff that we’d really love to just put down, instead of lugging them around.” Taylor said, as Bob produced four suitcases. Sophia, meanwhile, looked around, eyes full of wonder. “This place is absolutely beautiful.” she said, as she looked to the architecture of the castle.

Ciel clenched his teeth at the boy’s answer, but opted to keep his mouth shut. He would have Sebastian deal with him later. And for that matter…where was his butler? He agreed to leave Ciel at the gates to the school, saying something about meeting him later. Whatever it was, the young earl was tired of carrying his own bags, and he followed the white-haired boy’s instructions up to the dorm.

“Why yes, it is quite beautiful. I appreciate the architecture.” Sophia said. It reminded her so much of Greece. Meanwhile, Taylor only heard the words “winter”, and she had already waved goodbye to both unicorn siblings, as she took both of her bags from Bob. “I’ll catch up with you two later on.” she said.

“But…but Taylor…” Bob said, looking wistfully after his best friend. Sighing, he turned to Sophia, who was now speaking with Serin. “Unfortunately, I am not in the Spring dorm. I am in the Fall dorm. Would you have any idea where my brother and I could find it?” Sophia asked.

Taylor strode right up to Jack, and put a hand on her hip. “So they chose a kid to be head of this dorm? Well, I guess it isn’t too shabby.” Taylor said.

“Thank you so much!” Sophia said, with a small bow towards Serin. She took her brother’s hand, and the two of them continued on into the castle. Bob leaned down towards Sophia as they walked farther away from Serin. “Sophia, can we change back now? It’s startin’ to hurt walkin’ around on two legs.” Bob said.

“Brother, you know we can’t do that until we’re safely inside the dorm walls.” Sophia said. Bob sighed, but continued down the path, and then up towards the building. Sophia followed soon after her brother.

“Sunshine?” Taylor said, crossing her arms over her chest. “Don’t call me Sunshine.” she said, gritting her teeth as she walked closer to him. “All I want is to get to the Winter dorm...your dorm, apparently. That’s what the bunny girl said over there.” Taylor said, pointing towards Serin.

“Please, stop calling me Sunshine. I really don’t like it.” Taylor said, narrowing her eyes at Jack. She couldn’t quite tell if the wintry boy was trying to flirt with her, because if he was, she wasn’t taking any of it. But finally, he gave her the directions she’d been waiting for, and she headed off in the same direction as Ciel.

“You’re my sunshine girl, Taylor.”
“Come on Dave, cut that out. That sounds so sappy!” she said, playfully shoving her boyfriend over to the side. But he came back to her with a hug, and she couldn’t help but laugh.
“Alright, fine. I’ll let you call me that. But only you.”

“…But only you…”

Taylor shook her head, trying to clear it of the memories. She wanted to try and at least get to her dorm without any major breakdowns.

Taylor hopped back at Jack’s sudden appearance, and scowled. “I was never asking for it. It’s just my shirt that was given to me by a friend.” Taylor said. “And I…just don’t like the name Sunshine, alright? Why can’t you get that the first time?” she said, as she tried to get past Jack. But being the obnoxious person he seemed to be, she could not get past him. He was totally blocking her way.

Meanwhile, Bob and Sophia finally reached Sophia’s room, and the two siblings set their belongings down on the bed. “Now?” Bob asked, with a whimper. “Oh shut up and just do it already.” Sophia said, with an eye roll. Her brother, now satisfied, transformed back into his unicorn self, stretching himself out across the floor.
“Ahh, this feels so good to just stretch!” Bob said, rolling over onto his back. Sophia herself changed into her unicorn self, and was hovering various toiletries to the bathroom.

Taylor groaned and rolled her eyes. Great. Another self-absorbed child. “I just don’t like the name. You can call me anything else but Sunshine.” Taylor said. “It’s a bad thing because it brings back memories I’d rather not remember right now. And I’m not all that up to telling you my life story.” Taylor said, as she shoved past Jack, and continued walking towards her dorm.