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[pov - Wemmbu, Former Skater at Golden Reign]
“I don't need someone as useless and self-centered skating for golden reign! Who do you think you'll impress? Yourself? I doubt that!”
Wemmbu jumped up for a second… Zam..
It wasn't actually Zam, just a memory.
Or maybe it was Flame flexing his skating skills and how he didn't get kicked out by Zam a week before Worlds.
Zam had been gone ever since the ice skating Worlds Championship ended, Wemmbu heard that Flame won 3rd place, but he couldn't really care for that because he didn't get to skate at the world championship himself.
What Wemmbu was hearing from Flame is that Zam had plans to disband golden.
„No more profit ever since we lost to some random group who call themselves ‘the Mafia’”
Didn't that blonde have enough money already? He bought that rink in the first place! Why did he need even more money!?
And of course Flame had a new rink to skate at, and Mane was coaching the same rink now.. Some rink called Infernal Ice or whatever.
„We always do things together bro, like we're forreal brothers! Like blindfold brothers. Get it bro? Cause we like wear blindfolds all the time? There was some dude from Mafia at Worlds, dressed all black with white accents and a damn mask on bro! Like what are you trying to hide bro? Why are they wearing masks anyway?“ Flame just noticed the time and had to go to training at the new rink he's at, his coach Manepear probably waiting for him already.
The mafia.
Dressed in all dark clothing,
Nothing but their eyes showing.
How had they won!?
We don't even know their identities!
But if Wemmbu was honest, he couldn't care less.
He got kicked out of Golden Reign right before Worlds anyways!
There was no way he'd find a new rink within the span of a week while keeping his routine. There was just no way that would happen.
He did find a rink he could join after Worlds.
When everyone’s coming back from worlds, and relaxing.
To his luck, his best friend, Eggchan, had shown him a flyer of the rink he was helping out at a while ago.
Voided stars
“Sounds fun, not gonna lie.” He had said the moment Egg had shoved the flyer into the demon's face.
“You should totally join! I work there too since recently‼ Everybody is fun there! Believe me‼ Plus we're currently looking for skaters.. We only have Jaden, and well Minute. But he owns the rink and is also the coach!“ The white haired boy was leaning towards Wemmbu, still shoving the flyer into his face.
“I believe you don't worry! I'll consider it.. if we go of off how Zam has been acting recently he’ll kick me out before the Worlds Championship even starts! I'll still do my best trying to impress him anyways. Not like that’ll be easy.” He now had moved a step back, trying to bring space between the demon and angel.
Egg now tilted his head in confusion. Kick him out? As much as he knew Zam only had Wemmbu and well.. Flamefrags to his rink as skaters, okay maybe there were a handful more, but Wemmbu was bringing in the attention. Why would he want to kick Wemmbu right before worlds? Did he not want Wemmbu to participate? Couldn't imagine that. He's like one of the best ice-skaters in town‼
That was pretty much all Wemmbu could remember and also the only thing he needed to be convinced to join them.
In the end, Egg was there, and what else could he do? Nothing. So might as well join right?
He dialed the number of the owner in hope some random chungy was training so that he could snoop in and take a look at the people and coaches there.
To the demon's, surprise someone answered on the 3rd ring.
[pov change – MinuteTech, co-owner of Voided Stars, coach]
The coach's phone rang after some time.
Ring...
Ring...
Ring...
'Unknown number'
He picked up.
„Minutetech, co-owner of Voided Stars. What can I do for you? “
„Hi.. uh my name is Wemmbu, I'm a friend of Eggchan?“
How can a person sound this nervous and unsure at the same time while trying to play off as a friend of Eggchan?
„I wanted to ask if I could come skate at Voided Stars..?“
Minute took a look at the boy currently skating: Jaden_Man, the only skater at Voided, for now. Eggchan was looking at some files from Jaden, He'd guess they were the medical files he was supposed to bring to him earlier this week.
„Two seconds.“ He says before waving the medic student over.
„Oh yo what's up?“ The white haired boy came sprinting over.
„I have a guy on the phone trying to play off as a friend of yours. I mean he'd be able to join Voided either way but this just seems like a stretch don't you think?“
„If his name is Wemmbu, then he isn't lying. We‘ve been friends for so long. The owner of the rink he was skating at kicked him out right before Worlds, I heard she disbanded after Worlds ‘cause the rink wasn’t making enough money. I mean, her fault for kicking a guy with bright ass purple hair, I bet he would've brought in so much profit if he skated in worlds!“
„That's a long story I suppose.. but I don't have time for that now. Back to you Wemmbu, if you have time right now, you can come over and take a look. I'd guess you already know where the rink is? One of my skaters is training right now, maybe you could watch him.“
„Yea, I always drive Egg. I should be there in about ten minutes, looking foward to it.“
[Pov change- Wemmbu, Former Skater at Golden reign]
„Yea, I always drive Egg. I think I should be there in about ten minutes, looking foward to it.“
Wemmbu made his way to his car, throwing his bag which contained his skates and one or two water bottles into the passenger seat, and he settled down in the drivers seat. He turned his keys to start the car and didn't even wait for it to start properly, but instead stepped directly onto the gas petal and started speeding.
At the speed Wemmbu drove he didn't need ten but only eight, or even less. He has always been a fast over slow driver. Always driving so fast that his surroundings started to blur. He loved the wind on his skin, the way he was able to let go of any feelings he had at the moment.
Live in the moment, the speed, nothing else mattered.
Except that he nearly forgot he actually needed to stop at the rink egg worked at, not Golden Reigns. Which was a bit further away than Voided Stars.
By the time Wemmbu arrived at the rink he could hear laughter from inside. He stepped out of his car, his hair looking like a birds nest, and swung the skating bag over his shoulder before closing the car door.
He was a bit hesitant stepping through the doors, but in the end he managed his whole body a step or two into the building.
The laughter stopped and everyone turned to look at the demon, except the boy on the ice, but he didn't seemed involved in the conversation in the first place, he was probably the boy Minute mentioned back when they were calling.
„You must be Wemmbu?“ The man asked, looking at Wemmbu with a questioned look.
„Yo Bro! I thought you'd never show up!“ Of course Egg would say that, despite Wemmbu saying he’d need ten minutes.
„Speeding isn't good you know. This isn't one of those big cities. And there's a higher chance you'll crash.“ At least someone realized, even if he didn't exactly want this to be know, that he speeds. „It's quite obvious actually. Your hair is messed up by the wind and you said you'd need ten minutes. It's only been seven.“ And this will be his coach for who knows how long? Better strict than getting nothing done. Wemmbu always says, and it's true. Having a lazy coach meant he'd get nothing done, no preparing for Worlds, no setting schedules for training, nothing.
The black haired man turned around, walking into what Wemmbu could only guess was, his office. The dark blue dressed boy, who seemed a lot younger than Wemmbu on the ice, skated towards Egg and Wemmbu with ease after dinishing up a fairly easy jump.
Wemmbu, of course, had to add onto the jump of the boy. „I could do that ten times better, that was nothing. Anyone can do that one.“
„I bet you're just starting skating and is trying to flex on me with no experience.“ He said before going back to his skating, now attempting a double salchow, for Wemmbu it was a middle hard jump, but at the same time he was used to attempting a triple axel so who knows how his double salchow would be looking like if he tried it now.
„Just ignore him, he shouldn't get into your way of thinking or anything. Only makes you over-skate yourself to death.“ Minute was now standing right next to the duo, Wemmbu and Egg. „Here, I wrote the address down. You need to sign up over the website. I think its stupid but I didn't make the rules. Eggchan would also need your medical files, so if you're able to give him them in the next week that'd be awesome.“ Wemmbu grabbed the paper, putting it away into his pocket before sitting down on a nearby bench, watching Minute coach Jaden, that was apparently his name, show him a new routine to learn.