Prologue

"It's time for you to look inward and begin asking yourself the big questions: Who are you? and What do you want?" -Iroh, Avatar the Last Airbender

In the six years since Elizabeth D'Aramitz's birth, there was a constant—though kept hidden—watch on her. She didn't know it yet, but she had a certain level of danger to her. In Elizabeth's eyes, she didn't see anything wrong with herself or of those around her; she was only six, what in the world could possibly be dangerous to her? She didn't have a single care in the world.

From the time Elizabeth was only four months old, she had been living with her adoptive parents, Will and Jeanne, and her adoptive brother, Eddy. Will and Jeanne had been told that their adoptive daughter had been showing "odd" behavior, that sometimes she'd look at things that weren't really there, or, for a moment, her eyes would change color.

Will and Jeanne, while they were a little concerned, brushed it off at first. They didn't want to assume too much. But in the years that passed since they adopted Elizabeth, the couple and their son did notice some oddities in her. On occasion, Elizabeth would disappear without a trace—Will had told Jeanne one day that he knew Elizabeth was in the house (he could hear her), he just couldn't see her. Jeanne had tried convincing herself otherwise, but she swore she saw Elizabeth's hand go through the wall. They couldn't understand it and it concerned them. They loved Elizabeth as if she were their own daughter, even Eddy loved her and he was harder to get along with, but they had to figure out why Elizabeth was doing what she was doing.

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Deep in the Ghost Zone, in a part that was farthest away from everyone and everything, a floating castle—or a citadel, which is what it had been deemed by those who knew of its existence—containing clocks of all varieties resided, all the clocks ticking away. Living in the castle was a hooded ghost, who was...observing, given he wasn't too fond of that word. In front of the hooded ghost was a large, circular portal, where he could see the timelines of all those living on Earth.

But out of all the beings that lived there, only two genuinely stood out to him. Both would grow up to be equally strong, he understood, in the fact that one would obtain special abilities in a lab accident while the other was born with special abilities. He had spent a majority of his time going back and forth between their timelines, seeing the similarities and differences between them. He knew how they'd meet, when they'd discover each others' abilities, and everything that would happen after that—but he also had to keep in mind the negative outcomes of what they could do. Of what they could become.

In the timeline he was keeping track of, they were both young—too young to understand what was happening or what awaited them.

Besides, given how young they were, it wasn't as if Clockwork was facing any real threat. But he still found a fascination in how they would turn out.

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Will and Jeanne had concluded that there was nothing they could do to help figure out Elizabeth's...abilities (if they were willing to call it that). The couple had taken Elizabeth to every doctor they could afford, specializing in any kind of psychological problem that could wrack a six year old's life or if she had some kind of medical problem.

Needless to say, in the end, it wasn't Elizabeth the doctors were concerned about. She was the picture of perfect health. As for Will and Jeanne however...the doctors saw them as having some kind of psychological problem.

They had been suggested medication and therapy. They had been given opinions that maybe they were overworked with having a new addition to the family.

Will had started giving up.

Jeanne was losing her patience.

Eventually, the doctor visits stopped. They couldn't afford it anymore and driving all over the state to find a potentially capable doctor for Elizabeth was something they couldn't keep up with.

Will and Jeanne were exhausted.

Not to mention they felt as if they had been neglecting Eddy. Their son had started becoming withdrawn, not communicating as much as his parents would have liked.

It would later be decided, on the night of their last doctor visit for Elizabeth, that Will and Jeanne would focus more on Eddy, while providing equal attention to their daughter.

No more doctors, no more driving around; just spending time with the kids.

That would be the best Will and Jeanne could do for them. No matter what happened to Eddy or Elizabeth, they'd be loved regardless.

Besides, what could possibly happen?

(A/N):

Yo! Let me know what you think of this chapter, OK? I know it's a little short, and probably a little confusing, but I'll be sure to go into more detail on it! Elizabeth's background will be looked into more as the story progresses, so please bear with me on that, OK?

Nothing's mine, only my characters.

So, in case there's any confusion about this chapter: Elizabeth was adopted by Will and Jeanne as a baby; Eddy is her older adoptive brother who's a little difficult to get along with; Clockwork is keeping an eye on Elizabeth's growth and he knows how she'll end up in the future; he's got his eyes on someone else, too, but you probably already know who it is; Will and Jeanne had been told by the adoption people that they thought there was something off about Elizabeth, they brushed it off at first; they later understood what the adoption people meant. Hopefully that makes sense and clears up any questions you guys might have. If it doesn't, you could PM me and I'll answer it to the best of my abilities.

Anyway, I'll leave the rest up to you guys. Let me know if there's anything to improve on.

Thank you,

Scarlet Tchaikovsky