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Serenity Cove, Thursday Afternoon

Tori didn't feel like being cooped up in the dorms after class, so she decided to head down the beach.

It didn't matter that it was cold outside, Tori was dressed appropriately for the weather. She had thrown on her blue hoodie and ski vest over it. The pair of blue jeans she had on were fine enough. She was warm.

Making her way to Serenity Cove, Tori breathed in the air and just stood there staring at the water. It was a good place to come and think or just relax. And after all that had been going on this week, Tori was is need of some relaxation.

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Peter was feeling cooped up in the dorms and decided to go for a walk. He dressed warm and hit the beach, mostly for the novelty of being there in spite of the weather.

He gave a nod when he saw someone else there. "Hey."

Tori hadn't expected anyone else to be around. She smiled at the newcomer. "Hey."

"Tori, right?" Peter asked.

"That's me." Tori grinned. He looked really familiar and then his name suddenly came to her. "And you're Peter."

"That's me," Peter said. "Think the last time I saw you I was running for my life from a slumber party. Or maybe I shouldn't remind you about that?"

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Tori smirked at his mention of the party. "I remember that, yeah." She shrugged, grinning. "I have to admit, what you guys did? Was pretty funny... except for the quilt."

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"I was completely innocent of that," Peter said, though his grin showed he didn't believe she'd buy the fib.

"Oh, my mistake." Tori smirked, knowing it wasn't true. "I'm sure something will be done about that." Tori, having knowledge of that? Perish the thought.

"Nothing but lies and slander," Peter replied. He shoved his hands into his pockets and looked around. "So how come I'm not the only one crazy enough to be out by the beach on a winter day?"

Tori nodded. "I see. Well, I'm sorry to have jumped to conclusions." She teased. "It's a nice place to get away for a little while, if you need to." Tori admitted. "I can gather my thoughts easier out here."

"I can see that," Peter said. He looked out over the water. "Live by the beach?"

Tori smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I spend most of my time out on the waves."

"Lemme guess: sychcronized swimmer?"

Tori laughed. "No, but nice try. Surfer." She grinned. "I guess you could say I feel at home in the water."

"You know around here somebody says that and I think mermaid," Peter said. He paused. "Uh - I'm assuming you're not. Though nothing wrong with it if you are."

Tori chuckled. "I can understand that." She shook her head. "Nope. Would you believe ninja instead?"

"I could believe ninja," Peter said. He gave her a grin. "Though aren't you supposed to be quieter?"

"I thought you might have laughed." Tori smirked, chuckling slightly. "I suppose, yes. But that's only if and when I'm following someone." She winked.

Peter grinned wider. "So so far I'm safe?"

"You're safe." Tori nodded. "Unless of course, you do something to make me angry. Then? Not so much." She tried to look serious but couldn't pull it off, breaking down into a bright grin.

"Like stealing your underwear and making it into a quilt?"

"Sure." She chuckled. "Thankfully though, none of my belongings were pilfered or attached to the quilt." Tori was relieved.

"Lucky for me," Peter replied. "I mean - those guys who did that."

"Oh yeah." She smirked. "They are definitely lucky." Tori wondered just what the other girls were planning. She and Annette had some plans, that was for sure.

"So, are you enjoying Fandom?"

"So far I love it," Peter said. "Everybody here is great. Never lived anywhere where people were so laid-back about superpowers. You?"

"Yeah, I've noticed that." Tori nodded, glad to see that the people here were pretty cool about powers and the like. "I'm enjoying it immensely." She grinned. "I absolutely love it here. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

"Same here," Peter said. A breeze off of the water made him shiver. "Except for the cold. I think I was a little too brave in coming out here. Maybe I'll catch you later?"

Tori smiled warmly. "Definitely. Try to stay warm." She chuckled.

"You too," Peter said. He walked off on his own to head back to the dorms and -

Okay, that was weird.

Things had gone blurry for a second, like everything had been put on fast forward. Peter blinked his eyes, going to rub them in the hopes of clearing them but when he moved his hand that seemed too fast as well.

He turned around to see if he could spot Tori again but she was now out of sight.

Peter didn't know if he should be relieved or worried that nobody could see him right now.

A shadow didn't care much about worry of relief, just about feeding its hunger and what a better pray than a confused boy? Despite the lack of wind, a cold breeze washed around Peter's body as something gathered inside the shadows nearby.

Peter shivered. Okay, whatever was happening to him was not going to be helped by staying out in the freezing cold. He went to go back to his room - walking carefully, lest this weird eye thing make him trip - and figured he could ~~emo~~ ponder it there.

The shadow followed along Peter's path, flowing from one natural shadow to another, but it got greedy and started stretching out. It licked at his heels and there was a low murmer from behind Peter.

Peter turned around. He frowned. He could've sworn he heard something. Either that or his ears were freezing up in this temperature drop.

As Peter turned, a shape rose right behind him. It reached out with cool black fingers, drawing the heat fomr Peter's skin.

Peter gasped as the cold felt like it was seeping directly into his bones. He looked around for who could be attacking him, but all he saw was shadows.

Shadows that were tired of playing. The noise was now more urgent as the shadows all at once rushed at Peter.

Peter saw the movement but too late to do anything about it. He reeled as he felt cold and weak and powerless to stop it.

For a moment there was nothing but shadows whirling around him and drawing whatever strength and warmed they could from Peter. When they had enough, they merged once more with the shadows around. Everything around Peter turned peaceful once more as if nothing at all had just happened.

Peter fell down onto his knees. It was going to take him a minute before he felt confident enough to go back to the dorms.

Once Tori was alone again, the shadows that had been watching and waiting, started to pull together and move toward the girl. A sound like whispering voices became audible as a chill swept over this area of the beach, unaccompanied by any wind.

Tori heard whispers and turned, noticing that the air had suddenly gotten colder. She shivered slightly as warning bells went off in her head.

A dark shadow moved along the ground, getting closer to Tori. Only, there was nothing there to cast the shadow. The whispering became more urgent.

Tori took notice of the shadow and suddenly realized, nothing could possibly be casting the shadow.

She was officially freaked and started to slowly back away, wondering what exactly was in front of her. Just to be safe, Tori formed a ball of water in her hand, ready to defend herself.

The shadow came at her in a rush. Within the space of a breath it swept up and around her, swallowing her in it's darkness for a moment before passing right through her. It stole as much of her essence as it could carry as it did so.

Tori gasped as the shadow engulfed her. It was upon her in a flash and she hadn't even had a chance to react or fight back. And then she felt the bone chilling cold; it wasn't like anything she'd felt before.

And as quick as the shadow had been upon her, it had disappeared. Tori suddenly felt dizzy and weak, and she fell to her knees, wondering what the hell that thing was and what it did to her.

Full now, the shadow pulled back and the beach returned to normal.

Tori tried to shake off her dizziness and managed to stand, still shaken up over what had just taken place.

Feeling extremely tired, she decided to head back to her room and try and shake off the recent events by getting some sleep.

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