Sibling Rivalry

"Mahogany, get used to it.  We'll be living in hotel rooms for a while, okay?" Obsidian said as he lay back onto the bed to stare at the ceiling.  His purple-pink hair stood out on the bed.

"But why not a suit?!  Why can't we live in something nicer?!  They'll think there's something wrong with us!" I shouted at my brother.  He glanced to me from the bed.  Though we're siblings, we don't look anything alike.

"The hotels are cheaper, sis." He replied closing his eyes.  I cried out in frustration.

"I don't deserve this!  Why I had to get stuck with the most stubborn person in the world is beyond me!" I shouted to Obsidian.  He sat up and put a finger to his lips to quiet me.

"Mahogany!  Be quiet!  Don't make such a fuss!" He said reaching out to me.  "Come sit down and relax."

I crossed my arms across my chest and stood still, standing my ground.  "No!  I'm tried of this!  It's not my fault you're too worried about getting caught!"

"Mahogany, I'm not worried.  You agreed to this." Obsidian said putting his hand onto the bed.

"Nuh-uh!  I'm the master of Time!  I would totally remember if I agreed to something like that!" I said irritated.  Master of Time equals a very strong memory.

"And I'm master of Space.  Which has been around longer than Time." Obsidian said to me.  Just cause he's my brother doesn't mean I can't hate him.

"Umm, you're forgetting that just cause you were born first doesn't mean a thing!  Time had to be around before Space so it could form." I argued with him.

"Damn, I hate it when you're right." Obsidian pouted.  I stuck my tongue out at him and he blushed an angry red.

"Oh, you're so gonna get it!" He shouted at me standing up.  He grabbed my arm and drug me outside and into a clearing in the forest behind the hotel we were staying at.

"You think you're gonna win this time?!  You haven't won in years!" I shouted at Obsidian.  I laughed when his weapon, a long staff wrapped in some cloth that was the same color as his hair.

"It's worth a shot!" He shouted running towards me.  I yawned.

Just as Obsidian was about to hit me with the staff, I blocked the attack with my arm, which I'd turned into a giant blue scythe with a large light blue diamond on the top of it.  (The diamond wasn't real, it's actually what helps me control the scythe as my arm.  It's attached to the scythe by a vein that can be seen from the end.  They're both the same color.)

I chuckled darkly and brought Obsidian down with my other arm, which was now a scythe, also.  He was left lying on the ground, my right scythe at his throat and my left arm in the air, my hand a fist.

Obsidian stared up at me, panting.  I was hardly panting at all.  I've been stronger than him for years.

"I can't win." He said looking away, but I saw the tears close in his eyes.  I withdrew my scythe back to my arm and hugged my brother.

"Sure you can!  Maybe not now, but we have practically forever!" I told Obsidian.  He didn't answer.  I knew he was pouting at another loss.

"Let's get back." He said standing up out of my arms to get his staff.  He left me alone in the clearing, still on my knees from the hug.

I stood up and walked back to the hotel room where we were staying.  Obsidian was already in bed, probably upset from his forty-seventh loss.

I grabbed a white hotel towel to take a nice long, hot bubble bath to end the night.