This choice: Petra announces her successful capture, and hands Bernie to the professor. • Go Back...Chapter #7Hand-sized Hermit. by: Mathoo   "I have success!" Petra announced, removing her finger from Bernie's mouth.
"Aaaaaaaaah! Noooo!" She wriggled and writhed, but Bernie was nowhere near strong enough to slip out of Petra's fingers. As the hunter princess lifted the tiny girl off the floor, others gathered around Petra. To the belittled Bernie, it was like the rest of Petra's pack were gathering around for their share of the meal.
"Let me go!" she demanded. She couldn't even look into Petra's eyes, the larger woman looking at her like she would cornered prey - at least, that's how it felt to Bernie.
"Of course, Petra would be the one to catch her," Edelgard noted.
"Indeed. It seems she had the right set of skills for the job," Hubert commented.
Byleth frowned. While he was glad Bernie had been caught before she got hurt, he wondered what they were going to have to do with the shrunken student. "Would you please hand her to me?" he asked Petra.
"Yes," Petra said, carefully using her free hand to stand up and walk towards the professer, who held his cupped hands out. Petra gently lowered Bernie into them, then removed her fingers.
Slightly fearing that the shrunken student would try to flee, Byleth raised and slightly tilted his hands, pressing Bernie gently towards his chest. But his fears were unfounded - she almost seemed to relax ever-so-slightly in his hands. Was it because he wasn't gripping her like Petra had, or was it because she wasn't scared of him? Her mere size should make him scary, right?
He knew he had to fully calm her down, so he cut class a few minutes short for the day and took her back to her room. She seemed to settle down among familiar, if much larger, surroundings. She fully relaxed after a while, exploring the surface of her now massive desk.
He was looking around the room, see exactly which of her hobbies she could do at her size, when...
There was a sudden change in Bernie. Inspiration struck, and she enthusiastically turned to the teacher.
"P-professor!" She shouted, startling him. "Your pocket! Put me in your pocket!"
"Huh?" He was puzzled by her sudden energy, the shrunken student bouncing and gesturing wildly towards him.
"I can stay in your pocket!" she told him. "I'll just stay in there. I'll never have to leave, not even to go to class! It'll be perfect! Hehe!"
Byleth sighed, something that was slowly becoming normal for him. He was glad she felt better, but shouldn't she be more worried about getting back to normal?   indicates the next chapter needs to be written. |
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