Eva bit her lip. "Well, they'll warm up to you. They were rude to me when I first joined, too."

Ok, thanks.

"Yeah..."

Eva trailed off unwillingly.

"So," she began, trying to change the subject, "what are your favorite colors?"

Sam scratched her head. "Well, I like anything related to gray, I like yellow, any light shade of blue, light pink (just please not hot pink/anything related to it), and of course red, because I am Chinese."

She looked around. "Oh, and I also like black. Hey, wait. I was reading your previous posts in the library, and I'll admit I was quite surprised. The Madrigals are rude?

"I know that feeling, not being treated nicely when you're a newcomer. And I can fight back, if ever that happens."

"Well, Eva, my favorite colors are black and light pink. Sam, it's not that easy for me because of...what I told you on the Music topic. If I fight back, they're definitly going to ban me again."Secret explained.

Sigh...

"Yes, they were rude to me when I first came on," Eva admitted, her face twisting into anger. "And I'd be glad to fight back. They'd ban me, which I'd enjoy."

"My favorite colors are black, red, purple, white, and midnight blue."

I know I don't belong here, but I just happened to stumble upon this conversation.

Hullo to all of you. I'm Ninja. I also happen to be a Madrigal.

I know this is the third person chat, but honestly, you guys can edit this out.

In response to SecretGurl39: I'm really sorry if I offended you, but I do believe I wasn't that horrible to you.

Welcome, Secret.

I'm Ninja and I agree with everything Rage and Snow have said. XD

This is what I said to you. I don't seem to find anything mean about it. If there was something there that made you mad, I apologise.

In response to Evanescence456: I spent around ten minutes in the Welcome All thread trying to find when you posted, but I couldn't find it. If you remember what I said or if you find what I said, please tell me. I'm pretty positive I wasn't rude. If I was, again, sorry.

Now, if you did fight us back, we probably wouldn't ban you. As long as you have a good reason too, that is. In the end, it is Cascading Rainbows, Sun Daughter, and Cezariaz's decisions. And, in the case that you do get banned, it is usually only for a week.

I have come to believe that your stay with the Madrigals may have left a bitter taste in your mouth. I'm sorry for that. Really, we aren't mean people. Perhaps some of us may have been harsh with you, but it was probably because you did something they didn't like. Some are hard-core flamers. Some just may have been in a bad mood that day. If you were to stay longer, you'd realise that we could all potentially be your friend.

I'm sure all of you hate me now, and that's okay. This is probably a one time post.

I hope I haven't wasted about forty-five minutes of my life trying to convince you guys.

Best regards,

ABetterNinjaThanDanCahill

I happened to see this, and, like Ninja, couldn't pass it up.

Secretgurl39; I thought you were hacked. Does this mean you weren't? As, if you actually were hacked, it was all a misunderstanding and you shouldn't hold it against us.

Eva; You know, you say you want to get banned, but you can just stay out of the forum. If you act like you hate us Madrigals, than you have no right to come on the forum in question and upset one of us, like today.

Also, Eva, you say you're overly-sensitive, and occasionally blame your depression, but guess what, Apple and I, possibly more, have gone through depression within our time on the forum. You don't see us using it as an excuse to be super temperamental, do you?

Sincerely,

~MagicCahill~

Eva simply glared and didn't respond. She didn't bother to edit the post. She didn't bother to delete it.

Then, she hissed, "This has nothing to do with the two messages, simply what the last thing you said to me on The Madrigals. I don't need your sympathy. Got that?"

She strode out of the room, an air of coldness surrounding her.

"I love midnight blue too," Sam said, sort of forgetting her previous post. She looked around and realized that Eva had already left.

She sat down on her chair and placed her computer on her lap. "This is why I thought five times before deciding not to join the Madrigals.

"You know, guys, I live like this. People calling me bad names... I-i-I don't want to experience these kinds of things anymore."

She sighed. "Just because you famous writers are friends doesn't mean you can act mean and rude to the new ones. Whatever happened to fairness and equality? Look at what you did, you made Eva angry. Then you made her leave.

"Whatever happened to fairness and equality?"Her eyes blazed. "I don't like people who mess with my friends. Mess with them, you mess with me. And I swear in the name of Gideon Cahill, if you mess with me, you won't like the results."

She closed her laptop and left the room as well, feeling frustrated and sad at the same time.

-.-"

Sam, did you not just see me apologise in that post? That's all I did! APOLOGISE.

I'm not a famous writer at all, and I don't think it was me who made Eva angry. If me apologising for being rude made her leave, then again, I'm sorry.

Ah, why do I apologise? People still hate me.

Sam came back in, holding a tray filled with plates of dumplings. She silently set them down on the table and sat on her chair.

Then she put her head in her hands. "Look, I'm sorry. First of all, I ain't a Madrigal, so I guess I shouldn't be meddling into this. I'm sorry." Her shoulders rose and fell as she inhaled and exhaled. "Second, I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I suppose nobody feels like eating now, huh?"

Looking at the tray she had just brought in, she sighed. "And it took me quite a while to get all of these from Chinatown," she muttered.

Eva strode back into the room.

"Of course I'm not leaving. It's my forum," she muttered.

Instead of talking to anyone, she laid down on the couch and listened to the new demo version of Bring Me to Life, which was really loud.

"Magic, please just forget about it. It's apparently too confusing for anyone. I'll try explaining one last time."

"I was going along just fine with my regular text talk on THIS forum until one day I got hacked and the HACKER posted that on your MADRIGALS forum which I WASN'T planning on joining for a WHILE.Then, you banned ME and I had to go and apologize for the HACKER which wasn't MY FAULT and ever since then, all of you have been rudely ACCUSING me of being hacked all the time and some people of not being hacked at ALL,and I have been TRYING tell you, but none of you seem to actually LISTEN just keep on going. Now, I used to think that the Madrigals were understanding and caring, but now I'm really planning a trip to the other side of the fence."

"So now do you get it?" Secret almost sreamed with frustration. "This hacker must be having a great time seeing the effects of his little catastrophe," she mutterred.

Eva worked in Secret's favor and edited her post.

"Other side of the fence?" She snorted. "More like the dark side."

Ever since the fight, she was now sure she wasn't going to return Christmas Day. Maybe next year, or maybe not ever again.

Secret cleared her throat. "Eva, It's the other way around." she said, as if shocked that she didn't undertand.

Eva rolled her eyes. "To me, it's like the dark side. You'd understand if you watch Star Wars."

"Ok. Let's not fighting among ourselves just yet, right after we've faced the Madrigals.

"Well, I can't get banned. I'm planning a Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas party," Eva explained, typing away on her laptop.

Sam: I fail to feel threatened. Sorry.

Secret: The was another reason for you to get banned that only a few people know about. It has to do with your pen name. In the rest of the Madrigals defense, most of them are protesting against the unaccepting of the newer people. I will not allow you to blame the entire Madrigals' name on account of what I and a few other people said. If you were offended, than simply don't come on. You don't have to make a giant mess of it.

"Okay, if you need me, I'll be studying Chinese," Sam said, not feeling anything in particular. She closed her laptop and slung her bag over her shoulder, then left.

Magic glared at Ichigo. "I will defend my fellow Madrigals and friends, no matter who the offender is."

"Ok, everyone, especially Magic, just calm down and let bygones be bygones, ok? I'm sorry, but I didn't mean to offend anyone. Also, Magic, I cannot help being originally from Lucains and Vesper bloodline. Secrets are in my blood, and now I have too many to reveal. For the other part of my pen name, I don't know how to change it." Secret said, tired of fighting.

Secret, your pen name is not your fault. Don't worry about it. And I am simply protecting my friends.

"Ok," she said, "but I want noting else to do with fighting."

Sam came back in, holding her Chinese book and silently memorizing the lesson. "Bi sai yi qian, wo xuan le yi pian wen zhang, ti mu shi 'Bai Mao he Hei Mao'..."She stopped first and looked around. "So none of you like dumplings, huh?"

Eva walked back in. However, she was itching her head like crazy.

She sat down on the nearby couch. "No one come near me!"

Hello entered the room, anoyance and anger etched on her face. She strode to the middle of the room, on the way grabbing a dumpling and thanking Sam.

"Listen up people!, I just read the past argument and I have a few things to say" she cleared her throat "You guys are fighting over NOTHING! So what if someone makes fun of you! My whole life I've been made fun of because I smile too much or I talk too much, or somethig like that, the best way to take criticism is to ignore it! You are your own person, you shouldn't care about what other people say" Her voice dropped at the end and her shoulders heaved up and down as she breathed deeply.

"That is all" with that Hello walked to the front door, giving everyone a dissaproving glare, then left.

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