Chapter 1: Reunited, and it doesn't feel so good
"Get Back here! I swear I'm gonna kill you!" Tiara screamed.
"Only if you can catch me!" Nad replied as he ran through the house. He jumped from the top of the stairs, and ran into the living room. He ran past Mom, and into the Kitchen.
"Nadthanal! No running in the-" She stopped as Tiara ran after him. "Tiara! Both of you stop running through the house!"
"Sorry Grandma." Nad said as he opened the back door and ran into the backyard.
"Sorry!" Tiara said as she ran after him. The continued to run through the backyard.
I walked over to the window and watched them run around. I was so proud of how much they've grown.
Oh, right. I'm Nudge. But I'm sure you guessed that. I have 3 kids: a pair of twins , Tiara and Crystal, and a son, Nadthanal, but we all call him Nad for short. The Girls are ten now, and Nad is nine. It's been a long time since we last spoke to each other. I bet you're all wondering what happened to the flock in the last ten years, right?
Well, Max and Fang got married about 6 years ago, and now they hav 2 kids: their oldest son, Nathan, or Nat, and a daughter, Nalexis, but we usually just call her Nexi. (Apparently, they were having trouble with coming up with names for her. Then she faded into the shadows in her room, and reappeared downstairs. Man, these kids have weird powers.)
Oh, that's right. I forgot to mention all our kids have powers. Tiara has the ability to freeze things. Before, she could only change the temperature, and cover things with ice. But after a couple of years, I taught her how to control it, and now she can even shoot it from her hands.
Crystal is the exact opposite. She controls heat. He can make temperatures as hot as the sun (or so we think. We got pretty far, but never that far.). She can also focus heat in her hands. When she does, if it's hot enough, her hands get covered in a light orange aura. It's pretty impressive.
When they are together, they can see where people are and what they are doing. Well not all people. They have to either have seen the person, or have a special connection to them. But that doesn't all ways work. If the person knows about them, they can prevent them from seeing them.
Nad has a very, how should put this…electrifying power. He can shoot electricity from his hands. He basically taking his energy, and changing it into an actual, visible form of electricity. He also has the ability of hacking into any computer and sonic hearing.
Nat has the power to go invisible like Fang. Both can do it at will, and can move while doing it. He can also phase through things. He's basically another Fang. He has the same skin tone, same pitch black hair, except his is only shoulder length. His wings are black, with brown at the tips. The only actual feature he got from Max were her brown eyes.
Nexi has the power to fade in and out of shadows. She can walk into the shadows, and reappear anywhere that there are shadows. She also has the power of super speed. She love racing the other, especially her brother, who also has this. But he usually wins. But that's normal considering he's 2 years older than her. Her wings are white with brown at the tips. She look almost exactly like Max, but has black hair like Fang, and brown eyes like her brother.
Tiara's wings are a little golden color. Crystal's are a little brown. Nad's are like a rust color. They are brown mixed with red.
Gazzy and Taylor have been going pretty good. They're engaged to get married next year. Taylor is really excited, and asked me plan the wedding since I'm the town's best wedding planner.
Angel and Aaron are still goin out, surprisingly. I'm not trying to be mean or anything like that, but they've been going out since they were 11. Most relationships don't last that long. Especially if they're kids.
Ella lives in an apartment on the other side of town. Max and Fang live a couple blocks from here. Angel is living with them until she finishes college. Gazzy and Taylor have an apartment about 15 minutes from here. I still live with Mom. I make good money as a wedding planner, but not enough to have my own house or apartment, and still take care of three kids.
Now I bet you're all wondering two things: 1.) Who's the father of my kids, and 2.) why haven't I mentioned Iggy. Well, Iggy is the father of my kids, and the reason I haven't mentioned him is cause he left me.
10 years ago, we got into an argument over the fact that he lied to me and continued to make bombs. The only reason being the safety of our children. He had blinded Nad accidently with a flash bombs. He left me, and I haven't heard from him since. I tried to look for him, but never did find him. I tried to get the girls to find him, but they said they couldn't see him. So, for the last ten years, my kids grew up without a father. The only good thing, they don't remember Iggy, and don't ask about him often.
"I swear, if you don't give me that, I'll freeze you solid!" Tiara shouted as she chased her brother.
"Only if you can catch me!" Nad said as his wing instantly grew out of his back with a quick snap. He jumped into the air, and started to fly high into the sky.
"Tiara did the same, flapping hard to keep up with him.
If you're wondering why I haven't stopped them from fight yet, it's cause they do this so often, and I figure, it's best to get this out of the way before our company comes.
Just then, Nad stopped right in the middle of the air. "Mom!"
I opened the window, and called out to him. "Yea sweetie?"
"Here they come! I can see-Oof!" she said as Tiara slammed into him. They both tumbled as they hit the ground.
Tiara pinned him down. She was angry. "NOW GIVE BACK MY DIARY!" she screamed at him.
"Ok, ok! Just shut up! You know I have supersonic hearing!" he yelled back at her.
"If want to live to hear anything else, you'll never take it again." She threatened as they got off the ground, and he handed her the diary.
Mom walked ran after them, with me right behind her. "Oh my god, are you two alright?" I asked, worried they may have hurt themselves.
"Yea. We're good." Nad said, giving me a fake smile.
"Don't give me." I said, causing his smile to fade. "Stop stealing your sisters diary."
"And stop runnig through the house." Mom scolded them.
"Sorry." They both apologized.
"Now, what exactly were you trying to tell me?" I asked Nad.
"Oh, right. Everyone's almost here. I saw them in the distants." He said.
"Good. Then the party can start so. Will one of you go get Crystal?"
"Don't bother. I'm here." Crystal said as she walked into the backyard. "I just woke up from a nap when I heard these two screaming and running around. I figured the party had started, so I came to see." She said. "Has anyone seen my glasses?" she asked.
"Oh, I got them." Nad said, digging into his pocket and pulling out her glasses. "When TT was chasing me, I hit the dresser, and they were falling, so I caught them, but didn't have enough time to put them back, so I just stuck them in my pocket."
"It's ok. At least they didn't break." She said as she cleaned them, and fixed them on her face. She's got some sight problems. I found that out when she was about 3. The doctor asked me if her father had any sight problem, and then I remembered that I got pregnant before Iggy got his eye surgery. She can see when things are close, but has a problem with things that are father away.
But when she did get her glassed, she started reading more, and now, she's one of the top students in her school. I promised her when she became a teenager, that if she wanted contact lenses, I would get them for her.
"Hey guys!" Angel cheered as she landed.
"Auntie Angel!" Nad cheered. He ran over to her, and gave her a big hug.
"Hey sweetie." She said, hugging her back. "How are you?"
"I'm good."
"Still causing trouble for your sisters I see." She said, examining his clothes.
"Yea…kinda." He said rubbing his head.
"And how are my nieces?" She asked as she walked over to the girls, and hugged them both.
"We're good." They said at the same time. "A little annoyed by our little bother, but that's about it." they continued, confusing Angel.
"Hey Angel." I said, hugging her. "And girls, what have I said about the twin, Siamese talking joke?"
"Sorry Mom." They both said together again.
"Look out below!" came a familiar voice. I looked up to see Gazzy slowly land, while caring Taylor bridal style.
"Uncle Gazzy!" Nad cheered. He ran over to him, and pounded fist with him.
"How's it goin nephew?" Gazzy asked.
"Good. Hey Auntie Taylor!" he said, giving her a hug.
"Hey sweetie, how are you?" she asked returning his hug.
"Good. How was your guy's trip to Japan?" he asked.
"It was really good. And, we got you all souvenirs." Gazzy said, digging into his backpack.
"Really?" Nad asked, his eyes wide with excitement.
"Yep. Here you go pal." Gazzy said, handing him a Nintendo Wii video Game.
"Whoa! Dragon Buster 2!?" Nad cheered in excitement.
"Yep. It just came out over there." He walked over to Crystal and Tiara. "And for my nieces." He handed Tiara a snowglobe of Tokyo, and Crystal a Manga in Japanese.
"Wow! The new issue of Demon Riders?" Crystal asked in disbelief. She was really into Manga's, and she learned how speak, read, and write in Japenese, French, and Spanish. Like I said, she's a smart girl. Tiara liked collecting snowglobes, especially ones from other countries.
"Thanks uncle Gazzy!" Tiara said, giving him a hug, and then Taylor.
"I won! Again!" I heard someone yell. We all looked up to see Nat and Nexi lowering themselves to the ground.
"That's so not fair! When you challenged me, you got a head start!" Nexi complained.
"Whatever. You know it's cause I'm faster." Nat said, ignoring his little sister as he readjusted his skater hat.
"Next time, i-" she started before he cut her off.
"I'm gonna beat you, blah, blah,blah. Save Nex. I've heard it all before. You're never gonna be beat me, so get over it." he said as they walked over to us.
"Hey guys." Nad said, pounding fist with Nat, and hugging Nexi.
"Where are your parents?" Mom asked.
"We don't know. We started racing, and turned on the speed. We left them in the dust." Nat explained.
"Well they should be here soon." Nexi added.
And as if on cue, Max and Fang landed in the backyard. "Hey everyone." Max said.
"Max!" Angel cheered and ran over to her.
"Jeez, took you guys long enough to here." Nat said.
"Nathan, respect your parents." Mom scolded him.
"Sorry Grandma." He said, kind of uncaringly. God, he was so much like Fang. Especially the attitude.
Just then, we all heard a car door. And you'll never guess who walked into the backyard. Ella! "He guys." she said, hugging us all.
"Auntie Ella!" Nad and Nexi cheered as they ran over to her.
"Good. Looks like the family's all here, so let's get this 4th of July party started!" Gazzy cheered.
We all cheered in response as we brought out the grill, and got the barbeque started. Gazzy had brought homemade fireworks for the kids to play with. He made sure they weren't dangerous, and promised me he was keeping the heavy stuff for later. Nad, Nexi, and Tiara flew around while setting of the fire cracker. Nat was sitting on a branch in the tree toward the back of the house. Crystal was reading a book under the same tree.
We were all having a good time. We talked about what everyone has been up to, and how things were. It was a good day.
"Mom?" Tiara called to me.
"Yea honey?" I called to her.
"There's something coming this way."
"What?" I asked, a little confused.
"Something, or someone is flying toward the us." She was using her raptor vision.
My heart sank. There was only two things it could be, and I didn't believe it could be either one. "All of you come here. Get out of the sky, now!" I ordered.
They flew down, and landed next to me. Crystal put her book down, and came to stand by me. Max and Fang stood up, and stood next to Nat and Nexi. Gazzy stood in a protective stance in front of Taylor, while Angel covered Mom and Elle.
"What do you think it is?" Max asked me.
"I don't know. It's either a new hybrid from some underground company, or…." I couldn't even say his name. Personally, I was hoping it was a hybrid.
Whoever it was, they hovered over us, before landing. He had short blonde hair, green eyes, and had pale skin. He was wearing a blue sweat suit, and old sneakers. I was in shock. It was him.
"Hello…Nudge." He said, looking at me.
"I can't believe it…" I almost whispered.
"Mom, who is this?" Nad asked.
I turned to look at them. "Kids, this is Iggy. He's…..
To be continued…..
Will Nudge tell them that he's their father? And can you believe how much they've all grown? I was even surprised cause I didn't have any of this planned out. I just let my fingers do the walking, and it just goes as I type. So let me know what you think. I need to know what's on my reviewer's minds. But as you can see, there's a little tension goin on between the siblings…lol. Review!
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-dt2009