Early Morning Training (Open)

[Nathan Darwin]

Training was always important even before the seasons actually started. Nick always told him that if he started early, the longer practices would fly by just like the shorter ones did. Not to mention he'd be totally ripped and all the girls would just be falling all over him. Nick wasn't exactly a jerk that used girls, but he did care a lot about appearances for both himself and the girls he dated. And that tended to rub off on Nathan as they grew up together. He'd acquired a lot of things from his older brother.

After he woke up, drank a protein shake, and changed into his winter warm-up attire he headed out to the Hammel schoolgrounds and straight to the training field. On occasion he'd run into someone here or there, but typically people didn't get up early in winter just to work out. Nate preferred less people when he was working out because it distracted him when he saw people he knew running around the track. He just hoped he was going to luck out this time like he managed to all of the more recent times.

He arrived at the training field and pulled his hood up to shield his face from the cold wind that was blowing. After doing a little bit of stretching he set off towards the track and began a consistent jog around the track.

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark shook off the sleepy feeling as right as he got out of bed. He stretched his limbs over his head, popping out his sore back. Another day to train, how wonderful. He dressed in tight fitting clothes and threw a pair of shorts and a thick sweater over it. As soon as he was out of the dorms, he started jogging towards the training grounds. Today, he was going to be training as a tiger, but first, he had to warm up his body.

Lark shook his head, the ice biting his lungs. When he arrived at the training field, not seeing anyone yet, he changed into a tiger behind one of the bushes. He stretched out his four limbs again, noticing how nice to was to be a tiger in the dead of winter. His fur keep him warm. Lark could see a lone figure running around the track. His gait was good as well as his posture. Curious, he took off galloping for the track, only pausing to slip through the gate. Lark sat on the edge of the gate, swishing his tail, waiting for the guy to make another loop.

[Nathan Darwin]

Nathan often didn't pay attention to anything while he was running. It was best to run with an empty mind because thinking led to an unfocused athlete which was a definite no-no. Nick always picked on him because he was so spacey at times. He could be holding a serious conversation and if the other person starts talking too much, too fast or for too long, he zones out. Girls typically tend to get annoyed by that little habit of his. But Nate says that maybe if they did less talking, they wouldn't have to worry about keeping his attention.

He found his mind wandering while he ran and he shook it to clear his thoughts. Sometimes the whole ADHD thing was a serious pain. He didn't have a severe case of it, but even with the mildest of cases, it still sucked. Just the slightest flicker of something in his mind could get him to forget everything else and just focus on that.

Making his way around the track again, he kept up with a decent pace. At this rate, he could be the anchor in track! That was his goal, the anchor had to make up for everyone else's lost time and if he got put on anchor that would make him an extremely important member on the team. Generally people complimented him on how good his technique was, but he was striving for better than good. He needed to be excellent. He glanced over towards the fence and thought for a second that he saw something, but he looked ahead before he could really get a good look.

[Ava Anderton]

Ava smiled as she stepped onto the training field taking a deep breath the cold air moving all the way down into her lungs making her shiver slightly, she smilled the Florida sun even after 4 years , she missed getting up and going for a swim or even surfing sighing she adjusted the strap on her arm which held her music system to her arm.

Glancing around she saw a few people not many but then it was early,she then moved to start a slow walk around the track as she adjusted her head phones putting her fav running music on. Making sure that her hair was tied up out of her face as she started a slow jog in her simple running gear,of black tracky bottoms and a black thermal top that clung to her frame her finger where all wrapped up in her fluffy gloves know matter what she did her fingers where always cold.

Starting to pick up her pace she moved her gaze to the floor not thinking about how big the track was '' baby steps '' she uttered as she listened to the music blaring in her ears, her cell phone was tucked into her pocket on silent she didnt want to be disturbed and she knew who was going to be ringing her and she didnt want to talk to her father about her mothers passing it was just too painful to deal with at the moment.

[Larkein Blackhawk]

Lark sat up. There was his female roommate Ava. What was she doing here? Giving a curious snort, he stood to his full height. As the male came into view, Lark gave a slight mew, waving his paw at him. He had never seen this male around and that was saying something. What was his goal? Did he want to scare him? He gave a tiger like laugh.

It was hard to communicate in this form. He was an animal after all.

[Nathan Darwin]

If Nate had brought his music, he never would have heard the quiet little squeak that sounded more like a kitten than a freaking tiger. But it was enough to catch his attention. And boy did it. As soon as he saw the stripes, the huge size, the claws, well, he might have had a slight panic attack. One would think living at Hammel for a couple years he'd have gotten used to seeing random killer animals around the campus, but it still shocked him every time.

Nate continued watching the animal as he ran past and wasn't looking at his feet. Typically he didn't look at his feet when he ran anyway, but it might have been a good idea to look because he stumbled over his own shoelace (smooth right?). Unfortunately for him, his power didn't work when it was something as simple as tripping over his own feet. So, there he laid on his back, staring up at the sky, his head pulsing. Why couldn't his power help with the simple stuff?

It took him a few seconds to sit up, but when he did, he was still a little disoriented. He hadn't even seen the extremely attractive girl and if he had, Nate would have tried to play it off smoothly, but he didn't see any reason to...yet.

[Ava Anderton]

Ava stopped to tie her shoelace damn things where always getting in the way she glanced up and saw a boy topple over she stood up and start to move towards him wondering if he had hurt himself or was suffering from cramp she start a light jog over to him

'' Hey.. are you ....oh ..my '' she uttered cutting off her sentance as she saw a big tiger standing close to the boy she took a quick step back wondering what she should do after all she only wanted to help she clenched her fist taking a deep breath '' Are you alright l mean it looked like you fell pretty hard '' she mumbled glancing around to see if anyone else saw what she had seen then like a lightbulb she realised that her roomate could turn into a tiger but she had never seen him change.

'' Well hi roomie way to make me look stupid huh '' she said rubbing the back of her head slightly '' So out of the prowl l see ?'' she said before giggling slightly