Count Myself a Queen of Infinite Space {Tanya}

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya felt like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. It was as if the two of them reached a mutual understanding between each other. For a moment, Tanya was allowed access to a side of Annie that she didn't think many others had a chance to see. To think that she was lucky enough to have this opportunity was something she quickly realized she should treasure.

Hearing Annie talk about how she felt made her feel sad. She would hate to not have a place she could call home. She grew up in such a warm and loving family, who while competitive and annoying at times, made her into the person she was today. Annie couldn't stay in the academy forever. Tanya knew that. It's why she came up with a brilliant idea. 

"Hey Annie." Tanya began, feeling a bit nervous about what she was going to say next. "If you want to feel at home somewhere, you could come back and visit my family. We'd love to have you. I mean, since my oldest brother left the house, we've had a spare bedroom that you can totally use. My parents are pretty laid back, so I know they'll be fine with having you along. Take some time to think about it if you want, but the offer is always open."

Tanya gave Annie a warm smile afterwards, placing a hand on Annie's. She was glad that Annie turned out to be her roommate. It felt like destiny had a part in making things turn out right. Tanya had no problem with that.

[Annie Prince]

Annie was sure it must not have been a serious offer that Tanya made. Surely her roommate didn't mean to invite her to stay over at her house? Granted, they were sharing living quarters now, but that was only because they had been assigned to it.

No, looking at Tanya's face, Annie suspected she meant it. There was something there, all right. "Thank you for the offer," she began. "I'll--"

Tanya's hand was laid on Annie's, startling her into going quiet for a split second. It was so warm. Collecting herself, she finished, "I'll think about it."

Warm smile answered warm smile, and Annie felt like something had gone right.

A small, white thing drifted down lazily from the ceiling between them. Annie gave it an odd look--what is that?--right before it landed on her arm in a tiny point of cold. It was followed by several more. "Is that...?" Annie began to ask, looking over at the playing Pokémon. She spotted the source of the problem right away. Dušana had apparently been so impressed with Daniella's antics that she had started showing off as well. "Dušana! It shouldn't be snowing in here!" she chided her Snorunt.

[Tanya Christianson]

The smiles exchanged between them. It felt so right. This was something Tanya didn't expect to happen. She was glad it did. By hell she was glad she did. An intimacy rarely experienced between two people. She doubted this was love, like others would've claimed. This was something different, something more special.

She was so focused on Annie, she didn't realize that the room had gotten colder. It was only when a snowflake dropped from the ceiling and landed on her nose. Perplexed, she looked around and realized that she had completely forgotten about Daniella and Spirit and judging by how happy Daniella looked, Spirit seemed to have made it snow.

"Waaah!" Tanya yelped, frantically looking around the room as she saw snow falling all around her. How long had the place been snowing? She could see a thin layer had already formed across the surfaces, including her bed. Tanya looked incredulous as she started to panic about all the snow.

"Why is it snowing!? Isn't it against the rules for there to be snow in a room!?" Tanya yelled as she got off the bed and rushed towards her bed, trying to dust off all the snow that had formed on the bed. She forgot that it was really early in the morning and the introduction of snow only made her increasingly frazzled.

Meanwhile, Daniella looked like she was enjoying the snow. She floated cheerfully around the area, swaying left and right and occasionally shaking snow off of her body. She smiled happily at Spirit, showing a more playful side to her.

[Annie Prince]

Annie had to admit that, no matter how alarming it was and how much she worried about her roommate's well-being, Tanya's reaction to the snow was kind of funny.

"Who would ever make a rule about snow indoors?" Annie queried jokingly. But she knew what Tanya meant. "I'm sure it'll be fine. Just... a little bit of cleanup to do." She gave their Pokémon a look. "Dušana, that is enough snow. You can stop that now." With a disappointed grumble, the Snorunt complied, and the ceiling stopped producing cold white flakes.

Annie, too, had forgotten how late it was, and that they had neighbors who would be (or had been) asleep. Instead, she began briskly brushing the snow off of surfaces and trying to sweep it into piles.

Hmmm...

"Hey, Tanya," Annie said suddenly, possessed by a burst of inspiration. "Do you wanna build a snowman?"

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya raised an eyebrow to Annie's response to her worrying, before chuckling. This was a side of Annie that she really enjoyed. Nodding her head to what Annie had to say, Tanya tried to calm herself down. Maybe the Wardens wouldn't notice all the snow in their room or wouldn't come to their room. That would be nice.

Luckily, the snow stopped, meaning that they weren't going to have a snowy death. That was a nice consolation. The issue was that there was a lot of snow now. She didn't know if she had the drive to clean it all up at the moment. There was so much of it that she was tempted to just wait for it all to melt.

"Why not?" Tanya shrugged, grinning as she got on the floor and started rolling up a ball of snow. "It doesn't really snow around my area, so I might need a little help. All I know about snow is what I watched on TV." Tanya admitted, trying to start from a small snowball and rolling it into a bigger one.

Daniella looked quite amused by what was going on, floating above Tanya's head and gazing down at her. She tilted in the air at minor confusion, but then decided to go with it, making happy sounds as if cheering for her trainer.

[Annie Prince]

Laughing, Annie began to roll up a snowball of her own. "I was born in a city that's forever covered in snow, and my family still lives in a place that's far north enough to get some in the winter. I can teach you all about snow." The cold brought color to her normally icy white cheeks, and she giggled as she played the game of collecting the snow. She thought this was a brilliant idea: it got some of the snow cleaned up so they wouldn't have to do that later, and yet it was a game rather than a chore. The big snowball was soon sitting in a corner, and she turned to Tanya. "Have you got that?"

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya started giggling along with Annie as she began rolling up a ball of snow. She completely forgot that it was really early in the morning by this point. The snow that had formed in their room was just so much fun to play with and it was something Tanya had never experienced before. There was a child-like wonder in her eyes as she made a large ball of snow, and Daniella looked to be having fun as well.

"I think I do." Tanya said back cheerily to Annie, making another ball of snow on the other side of the room. It was a little smaller than Annie's but Tanya didn't mind so much. Looking around, she noticed that they managed to clean up quite a lot of the snow by playing around. Tanya beamed happily at Annie as she laughed at the fun she was having.

"Hey Daniella, mind helping putting the my ball of snow on top of Annie's" Tanya asked the Munna. Daniella responded by nodding her head. Focusing on Tanya's ball of snow, Daniella began to glow bright pink as she lifted up Tanya's ball, which was surrounded by a bright pink aura. From there, she moved it carefully over to Annie's ball and plopped it on top, making sure that the ball didn't slide off. Once she was confident it was safe, Daniella stopped using her psychic powers.

"I think that's a pretty cool snowman, no?"

[Annie Prince]

With Tanya's assurance that the snowball wasn't causing any trouble, Annie leaned against the wall to relax a moment and watch the continuation of the snowman. She hid her smile behind her hand, amused to see that the Munna was helping Tanya build. That was another example of Annie's favorite thing about training Pokémon: the way that they could form bonds that worked out to the betterment of everyone.

"Pretty cool snowman," Annie agreed. "Ice cold, in fact."

Annie looked around the room, which was most of the way back to normal now (aside from the small remaining icy patches and, of course, the large snowman in the corner). Dušana seemed to have appreciated the show of psychic power, since she was whistling and chirping noises which sounded something like applause. Annie giggled and scooped up her ever-so-slightly troublesome little Pokémon. "Next time something like this happens... let's all agree on it beforehand."

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya laughed at Annie's joke, more out of how bad it was than anything else. The girl really had a thing for ice. That was completely fine with her. Tanya briefly made the comparison that she was the fire to Annie's ice. Maybe she should've been in Lava Dorm. Then again, Wave Dorm was perfect for her. After all, she got Annie as a roommate.

"Indeed." Tanya voiced in agreement, grabbing Daniella and cuddling her. Daniella flailed for a second, before becoming comfortable with her trainer's actions. Looking outside, it still seemed to be extremely dark. Letting out a sigh, she looked towards Annie before giving an apologetic look.

"We should probably go to bed, huh? My offer with Daniella still stands, if you want to use her."

[Annie Prince]

Annie had to admit it: Tanya cuddling with Daniella was entirely adorable, even if it took the Munna a few moments to get around to agreeing with that.

"It is still pretty late..." Annie admitted, and smiled. "I think I really will be all right now. Thank you for your help. It's been fun."

Annie crossed over to her bed, brushing patches of frost aside from her pillow, and curled up around Dušana. "Good night, Tanya. Pleasant dreams."

With that mildly ironic farewell, she drifted off again with her little ball of ice in her arms. Annie's dreams, for the rest of the night, were all pleasant ones.

[Tanya Christianson]

Tanya shrugged at Annie's refusal for her request, not really minding. The night had been a really long one and she was ready personally to head to bed and sleep. Yawning, Tanya jumped into bed and tucked herself in. Daniella, noticing that Tanya was headed off to bed, decided to drift over towards her and sat on top of her head, ready to eat any dreams that she might have.

"Good night Annie, sweet dreams." Tanya said, quickly losing her consciousness as she almost immediately fell into a state of sleep. Daniella happily sat on top of Tanya's head, waiting for the dreams to come up. If Tanya had any dreams that night, she didn't remember. After all, Daniella was there.