One word prompt requested by @Ultra_Serendipity

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Everybody in the Order knew one thing, and that's that Jesse wasn't a morning person. She happened to – most of the time – be the first one up, out of them all. But that didn't necessarily mean she was refreshed and ready for her day.

And that included a very specific, cloudy, rainy morning.

The Order Hall was mostly still dark, since nobody had gotten up to turn on the lights - and of course no natural light came from outside, because of thick clouds in the sky.

There were muffled footsteps upstairs, soon followed by a figure that came walking down the stairs in a sluggish manner.

Jesse's brown hair stood in every direction, looking like some sort of bird tried to make a nest with it. Her eyes half-open and slowly blinking, a hand occasionally raising up to rub them. Dressed in an over-sized, worn through set of pyjamas, her feet nestled into two large, fluffy, bunny slippers.

Jesse yawned as she reached the bottom of the staircase, reaching up and rubbing her tired eyes again. As she opened them again, a movement caught her eye. Jesse turned her head, eyes lazily searching for what had moved.

She only just about spotted something grey dart behind the staircase. Jesse raised her eyebrows, a tiny bit of life appearing in her tired eyes, wondering if it was maybe a rat or a mouse...

They've had a rodent problem before in the Order Hall, and Olivia swore if it ever happened again – she would move out. As much as Jesse despised taking out the cereal box to find a hole chewed in the bottom, or picking up an apple to see it had already been nibbled; she had a soft spot for the tiny animals with their big ears and twitching whiskers.

Whereas the others wanted to get rid of the pests, Jesse always just wanted to catch them and keep them in her room – Olivia manged to stop her before she actually did it. Jesse wondered if she could get her hands on the animal she just saw, before it could cause any trouble?

Jesse peeked around the stairs, just in time to see something grey and fluffy dart beneath a decorative stool that stood there. Her face lid up – it was a rat! She was so going to keep this one as a pet, no matter what Olivia said.

Jesse was unaware of the two eyes watching her as she got down on her knees, peering in beneath the stool.

It was dark, and Jesse could only barely make out the creature's silhouette, it's fur ruffled. She started smiling, in the back of her mind already trying to come up with names for it.

"Hey little guy." Jesse cooed, reaching her hand in underneath the stool, not caring that it might bite her. "Come to Jesse..."

The silhouette moved as the small creature turned to look at Jesse's approaching hand. To her surprise, it let out an all too familiar hiss, it's fur spiking up even more and it's back arching.

It shot right up to Jesse's face, her backing up just in time before it could bite her nose. And she looked into two, lifeless black eyes, sharp fangs visible beneath it lips.

That's when Jesse realised she was in fact not right up against a rat, but a silverfish.

Now only a few people, only her closest friends in fact, knew of Jesse's one, unfortunate encounter with a few billion silverfish chasing her. And they also knew how, while she's incredibly calm fighting something the size of an Enderman, Jesse was terrified of Silverfish.

Everyone who was still asleep at that moment, was instantaneously woken up by a high-pitched, loud shriek, echoing through the hallways.

Jesse practically leaped 3 feet into the air, diving up onto the staircase's railing, until she was perched there like a bird, her eyes wide. Both her slippers were lying metres apart on the floor.

The silverfish glanced up at Jesse on the railing and hissed again, causing her to let out a another squeal, edging up even higher on the railing.

"This is even better than the reaction I had originally expected!" A voice said with a laugh, as there was the familiar beep sound, of a recording being stopped on a phone.

Jesse looked up with wide eyes to see Petra walking up, slipping her phone into her pocket and smirking playfully. Unlike Jesse she was already fully dressed and awake.

The silverfish turned around at her voice, hissing again as it saw another person. It scurried up to Petra, immediately latching it's sharp little fangs onto her boot and gnawing down on the leather.

"You weren't scared of this little fella, were you?" Petra asked, reaching down and grabbing the aggressive little creature by the scruff of its neck, holding it up as it unsuccessfully tried to bite her.

Jesse didn't even reply, just staring at Petra with wide eyes. There were footsteps at the top of the staircase, as Axel, Olivia and Lukas came to investigate what had happened.

"What happened?" Lukas asked, his eyes falling on Jesse. "Why are you sitting on the staircase railing like a pigeon on a telephone pole? In your sleepwear at that?"

"Petra, you didn't." Olivia scolded, seeing the silverfish.

"I missed April Fools, okay?" Petra said casually, still holding the feisty creature. "And Jesse's just so prank-able!"

"Is that even a word?" Lukas asked, not earning a response from anybody.

"That's great!" Axel said, clapping his hands together. "Why didn't you let me in on the fun?"

"Don't worry." Petra said with a chuckle. "I got it all on camera, and you can have the first watch."

"You're going to regret this." Jesse said through gritted teeth, as Olivia helped her down from the railing.

"Yeah?" Petra asked, raising an eyebrow. "What are you going to do? Switch the sugar and salt again? No offence Jesse, but your pranks are old. But give it a try, maybe I'll get a good laugh out of it." She said with a wink, before casually starting to walk back upstairs.

Jesse fearfully edged away, eyes lodged on the silverfish Petra was still carrying.

"Take my advice, and don't start a war with Petra." Lukas said with a chuckle. "Otherwise she's just going to make that silverfish appear somewhere else again."

Jesse glared slightly over at her friends as they all retreated back to their own rooms again. She clenched her fists, taking a deep breath.

"Sorry, Lukas, I'm not taking you're advice. Petra's getting what she deserves, before 24 hours have rolled around."

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It was dark outside, as the sunset faded away and the night began, rain still drizzling down from the sky. Everybody were slowly returning to their rooms' getting ready for the night.

Petra stopped as she reached the top of the stairs, sniffing slightly. There was a definite scent in the air, almost like... paint fumes?

Petra shook her head to herself, deciding that she was just imagining it. She walked over to her room, pushing the door open and stepping inside.

There was a cage on one of her bedside tables, complete with a mouse wheel and everything. The silverfish stood upright on the inside, front paws on the side. It aggressively hissed when it saw Petra.

She only chuckled at it, smirking to herself as she thought of all the wonderful pranking opportunities there was in the future...

The smirk faded quickly however, as something on Petra's bed caught her eye, something... shiny?

Petra slowly walked over to her bed, stopping in her tracks when her eyes landed on the object, resting right in the middle of the mattress.

A sword, no doubt her valuable love, Miss butter. Painted a hideous shade of pink, coated in glitter and completed with a frilly pink bow tied around the helm.

Jesse was calmly sitting outside, on one of the benches in the garden, watching the stars – not only because she liked the quiet night air, but also because she feared it may be a little... dangerous inside at the moment.

A grin played on her lips, as she waited for her plan to unfold.

And she knew she achieved it, when a furious scream so loud, she thought the building had vibrated, filled the night air.

"JESSEEEE"

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I wanted to write something just for fun, and then I received this prompt - perfect! xD

I set this up similar to "Vengeance" from my March challenge book, and even included a little reference to that in there.

I don't have much else to say, this was really just for fun XD Now, I think it's about time I get back to my more serious works (Motivational block is FINALLY starting to fade again)

Feel free to leave any requests, whether they're one word prompts, actual plot lines or sequels to previous one shots I have done!