Drayda looked down as she listened to what Inanis had talked about, making sure to follow his directions as they came up to a turn. She was getting a little worried as Inanis had talked about his mother, but something told her that she wasn't the type to hold grudges. It was then that she took note of her hero suit still being on. At least her clothes are in her backpack. She chuckled as she looked back at her friend's clothes and noted that they were the same clothes that he wore during the fight. His clothes were dirty, and hers were even more so. Curious enough, the destruction and rubble that clung to her dragon's skin had also clung to her clothes as soon as she transformed back. She patted Inanis on the arm, the same arm she had wrapped around with her other arm in a loose hold. Something that a friend would do. Firm enough to help them when it is needed, but loose enough to allow their friend some independence and adequate room to slip out of if they felt uncomfortable being in such close proximity to someone. As she walked on towards the house, she sighed a little, taking note of his mother's behavior. "Well, I hope she doesn't take it too hard. She's a mother though, and knowing how she is from my own mother... This will be interesting."
With that, they approached the designated house and, for a moment, Drayda really hoped this was the house. She was going off of a blind man's direction to their house and she really wanted to avoid embarrassing herself. She took back her arm from around Inanis' arm and knocked on the door. The sharp rapping echoed throughout the house and, for a moment, Drayda heard some footsteps stop for a moment before those same footsteps rushed towards the door. Opening the door was Uraraka herself.
Phew. Right house then. Uraraka smiled a huge smile as she greeted Drayda and Inanis. "Why, thank you for guiding my son back home. You must be Inanis's new friend. I'm Uraraka, but I'm certain you already knew that."
Drayda smiled and returned the greeting. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Drayda, daughter of Ryuko."
Uraraka smiled wider, but one more scan of her son's wellbeing wiped that from her face as soon as it appeared. "What happened to you?" Worry covered her features as quickly as her smirk disappearing and she looked between Drayda and Inanis, expecting an explanation.
And an explanation she got, from a very meek-sounding Drayda, who looked down at the ground as she fiddled her fingers. "I did that... It was an accident."
She looked up to see Uraraka's face changed into something she didn't recognize. She didn't know if it was disappointment or if it was anger or something else. But she did know she was being stared at to test if she was actually sorry or if she was just saying that to gain their trust. Drayda watched as Uraraka straightened up from her hunched over position as she was huddled over her son, a hand on his shoulder protectively. "Explain."
Drayda sighed, tears brimming. They weren't her own tears, as they were an involuntary response from her dragon. "Ma'am, my quirk is similar to my mother's. However, my dragon is sentient. I have two personalities that often clash within my own head, proving it difficult to control my body at times. We were doing an exercise to save some dummy hostages and either defuse or get rid of a 'bomb' in a training portion of the city. However, I-" a lump in her throat stopped her from talking for a moment and she swallowed it down, biting back tears as she did so. "I first wasn't able to get my dragon's help because she thought it was a stupid exercise. Her skills would have been more suited in a real-life scenario, not in some mock rescue where the quirks we fight against are our own classmates and not those that the bad guys would have. When I was getting my ass beat, I lost control. She got tired of being thrown around like a ragdoll and she took complete control, causing our other classmate to lose control of her quirk, which knocked her out. My dragon then proceeded to tear down the entire building I was in. Last I checked, the building had completely collapsed. Your son saved me, but as he was doing so I scratched his face... Well, more like she scratched his face, as she was blind from the pain of me trying to get back control... I'm sorry." She choked a bit more and she shut her eyes. Hot tears fell from her face and landed on the porch below, staining it for the moment.
She then felt a hand resting on her shoulder. She looked up to see the blurry visage of Inanis's mother looking at her with a warm smile on her face. "Thank you for telling me. I know you didn't mean to hurt him. Thank you for being good to him thus far. So don't worry about it too much. The damage you did will heal up. My son is a trooper like that. Right, Inanis?" She looked back at her son with a huge, goofy smile before looking back at Drayda. "It's nice to meet you. How's Ryuko? I haven't talked with her in ages."
Drayda, feeling the relief of the topic change hit her and ease her teary eyes, she wiped them away before revealing a sneak peek of her mother's life. "Well, mom has been getting invited to go on missions lately ever since I have been going to school. Because I don't have to be taken care of at home anymore, mom is thinking about doing the missions. Although, I kind of hope it doesn't take her away from home too much. I like her company. It's going to be weird coming home and her not being there."
Drayda gave a half-hearted smile before looking back up at Uraraka and seeing her goofy grin hadn't changed. "Well, glad to hear about it. If you want, you can stay for dinner. It's getting late anyway."
Drayda chuckled and shook her head. "I would love to, but I gotta head back home. My mom would like to know the results of my exam. Maybe sometime later." Uraraka nodded and stood back to stand beside Inanis to lead him back inside.
The dragon girl walked up to Inanis and put a hand on his shoulder. "Hopefully that heals. Though, I'm certain you won't let me live that one down." She smirked a little, a teasing tone in her voice before she let her hand slip and she stepped off of the porch to get into the driveway. "Also, you are still wearing your hero costume. It's a little dirty."
With that, she revealed wings, since her dragon regained enough stamina to take her the rest of the way home. Uraraka led Inanis back inside the house. (
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As Drayda landed back in the driveway of her home, she noticed her mother's car was still there, and a lovely aroma escaping the open windows of the two-story home. Walking into the door, she dropped her backpack at a chair next to the door used for putting on or taking off shoes and she walked to the kitchen to see Ryuko was cooking one of Drayda's favorite foods: pasta.
But not any kind of pasta. This one looked to have an alfredo sauce filled with spinach, basil, oregano, and other such spices to give it a mottled green look. She was also cooking up chicken and a little bit of beef. It smelled delicious.
"How is my wyrmling?" smiled her mother, who took a moment from her cooking to turn around and give Drayda a hug. Drayda just chuckled at the name she got called and her mother noticed her eyes were a little puffy. "You were crying? What happened? And what happened during your test?"
"Oh, I'll tell you. First, let's dish this up if it's done." Drayda hastily grabbed two plates and, with her mother's help, set up the food and then took their food to the dinner table, which only looked to seat four people. Six if they really wanted to squish everyone together.
Drayda told the events of what had happened during the test and after when taking Inanis home. Ryuko just chuckled at the interesting conversation. "Well, you are glad she didn't try squeezing your brain by increasing the gravity around your head. Though, I doubt she'd do that to a student of UA. Glad you are at least giving her a good impression."
Drayda gave her a deadpan look before finishing her meal and Ryuko took the plates and put them in the sink. "I gotta get some rest for tomorrow. I'm pooped. Good night, mom."
Ryuko chuckled, seeing as the time is only 6 pm, but she didn't question it. A test like that, with as much of an emotional rollercoaster as it was, it was going to be tiring at least. She watched her fleeting figure disappear up the stairs as Drayda hurried to get ready for bed. As soon as her head hit the bed, she passed out into a dreamless sleep for the next day to arrive.