A:N so this story is what happens when you watch avatar and league of extraordinary gentlemen and victorious all in one day... but hey I like it so...So..whatever and the main song that I got the feel for this story is
What the water gave me ~ Florence and the machine..
I love that song to death..
but anyway on with the story...
Jade ran... Jade ran with all her strength.
Fleeing if you would.
Her long regal dress now at tatters toward the end. Her hair sloppily falling out of it's elegant bun.
The words of her father ringing through her head.
"run... don't let them find you.."
Jade shook her hair against the wind and rain that had began to pick up. Her feet beginning to bleed.
She had to control her emotions otherwise she'd end up knocking out the crop for the villagers and plunge them into yet another famine.
She took a deep breath feeling the rain ease off a bit.
"Over HERE!" she heard a man shout behind her...
she picked up the pace. Dodging the trees and branches. She barley knew this land. She had been running for what felt like hours on end.
The men's foot steps were right behind her.
She could smell their torches.
She skidded to a stop. Hiding behind a large tree. She heard the footsteps of the men slow down to a walk.
"where'd she go?" the leader said.
Jade wanted to role her eyes. A man her father once trusted now leading an army of hooligans to chase his only daughter.
"I do not know sir..she was right here.." another announced.
She could feel them getting closer. Her breathing was shallow. She was trying to stay quiet.
"You feel the rain...You feel it slowing down...she's relaxing.. she's calming...she's hiding..." The man said with an obvious grin to his tone.
Jade closed her eyes.
"fan out..find her.." The man said..
Jade felt like she couldn't breath. This morning she had been happily attending her lessons and now she was running for her life. For her fathers life... for the sake of her kingdom.
Jade heard them getting closer. She couldn't let them get her. Couldn't let them capture her. She pushed off the tree. Her long black hair flowing behind her.
"There..There she is.." The man pointed. Jade narrowed her eyes turning around and blowing in there direction.
A huge gust of wind picked 5 men off their feet before jade bolted through the woods.
"Dammit!" The leader of the group said hurrying after her. He needed her to control everything and he'd be damned if she escaped.
Jade stopped. No more woods. Just a cliff.. leading down into a lake. Great.
"Where will you go now princess?" The man said smiling drawing his sword.
"I was really hoping for a battle.. you being one of the most powerful being and all..." He said twirling his sword.
"I don't think I'll waste such power on the likes of you.." Jade said venom in her voice.
"feisty.. I think I could learn to like you..despite my hatred for everything multi-cord...or anything cord for that matter..."
"Don't dare talk about them in such ways.." Jade said..making the wind pick up in the storm.
"whoa whoa calm down.. I'd hate for you to cause a hurricane or tornado ..then what would your people do?..." He said spiting at the ground. She calmed down he was right.
"you hide away spend all your time learning and taking in knowledge..harboring all the power to yourself.." He said anger in his voice.
"my people have done nothing to you.." She said backing up as he was stepping forward. She looked over the cliff.
"we'll looky here.. princess jade.. the fearless... fears for her people.. I thought you were made of stone.. of evil..what changed your mind?"
The man put his sword out.
She wanted to scream. How did he know so much about her.. how did you know everything.
"nothings changed.." Jade narrowed her eyes. Waiting for his attack.
"battle stance? Really jade.. I've come not to fight you the sword is a precautionary measure I assure you.." the man insisted smiling.
"you expect me to believe you.. you've chased me to the foreign land.. taken siege over my father.. but your not here to harm me.." Jade spat. The storm around them picking up again.
"I'm here to teach you..to guide you..like I have all your life...you have all this hidden power and no means to use it.." He said moving toward her again.
HE was right on some levels. She had so much power and knew so little about how to use it..all they taught her was to fight and nothing else.
Considering this was the man who trained her their really was no use in hand to hand fighting him...
"you tricked me.." Jade ground out. Her head was starting to spin. The rain was hard to see through.
" but none of that matters at the moment... so what will it be? Fall to what will certainly be your death or join me..." He said holding out his hand.
Jade looked toward him and back at the cliff before sighing.
She couldn't let her father down. But then again she couldn't let him use her..
"hah a sigh of defeat.. I knew you'd see it my way.." he smiled.
"your right Ryder..." jade let out.. turning quickly to jump off the cliff.
"WAIT!" he said reaching over trying to grab her before she was to gone.
But he was to late.
Jade closed her eyes... the air hitting her face. She felt like she was flying... she felt like she was invincible.
The last thing leaving her lips before she hit the water...
"I'm sorry father..."
"Andre.. Andre.." A small red head bounded around a large mansion type house.
"Andre..Andre.." She hurried and looked for her friend shouting his name like a bird.
"Cat..cat..what is it?" He said coming around the corner in worry. She wouldn't call his name like that for any other reason.
"I was getting water samples.. for your training and I found something.." She said looking to the ground.
"found what?" He asked looking down at her. His dark skin glimmering.
"I can't explain it.. you'll have to come look.." Cat said finally looking him in the eyes.
"you can't explain it? Then it must be something fantastic.." He said following her out of the mansion and down a large hillside.
"if it's the lake..I've already seen it..how a body of water can just appear like this is fascinatin-" He was cut off as he finally made it over the hill peering into the lake that hadn't been there a week ago.
It rained for a while heavily and then when the storm finally pasted a lake was there... but it wasn't the lake that shocked him.. he worked with water for 80% of his life it was what was in the middle of the lake.
"all the water...won't touch her.. it's built up like walls..."Cat said slowly. They looked over a a pale woman in the middle of a circle surrounded by tall water walls.
"I don't understand it.." she said puzzled. Andre gulped. Squinting trying to get a closer look.
His eyes grew wide before he...Rushed down the hill.
"I don't think you can move it!" cat shouted after him... "I've tried.."
He stopped at the shore of the make-shift lake. Holding his hands up to the water... "yeah your not a water-cord.." He said moving into position.
He focused hard trying to concentrate on moving the walls.
All the water around the wall moved away but the walls wouldn't fall.
"Andre what are you doing!" Cat said again puzzled at her friend sudden interest in the lady of the lake.
He tried harder repositioning his hands and trying a different tactic.. maybe he could open a small door into the walls. He ignored cat's calls.
He pushed harder to no avail.
"Cat we have to get her out.." He said when she made it down the hill.
"but why I need to study her here.. she must be a very strong water-cord.." Cat said in amusement.
"she's not a water-cord..just listen okay..we have to get her out.. the walls seem to be built around so maybe we can fly in form the top..go get tori.." Andre said releasing his hands and the free moving water...
"who is she? Do you know her?" Cat asked not moving from her spot.
"I'll explain once we get her inside." Andre said looking around the area for anything suspicious.
"Okay.." Cat said climbing the hill once again.
Andre ran off to make a call.
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jade could here voices around her.. was this the heaven her mother was always talking about? It couldn't be it was dark and she was freezing... the total opposite of what she had been told.
Wait..all she had to do was open her eyes...duh jade.
"what is she?" Jade heard above her...
"I am awake is what I am.." She mumbled not opening her eyes yet.
She heard a gasp and then someone clear their throat.
"well since you are awake how about you open your eyes.." The voice was smooth and had a weird accent.
Jade flicked her eyes open immediately regretting it as the sunlight blinded her.
Why wasn't she dead?
She jumped right.. she remembered she jumped.. she hit water..
"who are you?" The voice said again. Jade looked around at all of the people surrounding her.. the voice coming from the one farthest in the back. He had longish hair that was placed perfectly on his head. He had dark deep eyes that she felt like she could...( if situations were different) get lost into..
He looked regal and dressed like her father would.
"That is no concern of yours.." Jade spat looking at everyone around her again.
"where am I?" she asked when her eyes landed on a bright red head.
"I'm not in Tanda am I?" Jade asked a bit confused.
"Tanda?" A girl with long brown hair asked confused.
"Yes Tanda.. it's were I'm from..she must have noticed my hair.." The red head giggled and patted her self on the head.
"no you are not in Tanda.. and I refuse to tell you were you are until you tell me who you are.." The smooth guy in the back stepped forward pushing cat back...
"Caterina why have you brought her here?" he turned to her.
"I'm sorry beck..but Andre..he knows her.. he says..but he had to send a message he'll be back shortly.. we found her in the lake" Cat said gulping. She was some what terrified of beck.
"so until he gets back..let's get to know her."..the man with glasses suggested to the now angered beck."besides maybe she can tell us how that lake got there.."
"you will get to know me not for I am leaving.." Jade said getting up from out of the bed.. noticing her same tattered dress.
"NO! Stay.. at least wait for Andre.." Cat sprang forward
" I have to go I have to move.."Jade said a little pain etching in her voice when her ribs began to throb.
"you won;t get very far with that injury.." Beck told her..
"I'm not injured.." Jade said narrowing her eyes.. What was he a mind reader..
"if your not injured then why is the air in here so thick?" He asked.
"what?" Jade said actually confused.
"your a multi-cord are you not..." He said making cat and the guy with the glasses gasp.
"How do you know that.." Jade said a bit terrified.
" I've been around.. multi-cord.. I can feel the air change.. it's been hard for me the breathe since you arrived." Beck said picking at dust gathered on his shoulder.
"then I should be on my way.." Jade said pushing past him.
"wait.." the girl with the long brown hair grabbed her shoulders making beck shout out "Tori no!" and jade jolt.. Her eyes flooded with vision and memories that weren't hers.
"Unhand me Harpy!" Jade fell back clutching her side.
"how did you know?" tori asked looking at her hands.
"never touch them.." Beck said moving in front of tori.. "Never"
"why?" she asked blinking a couple of times. It felt like someone was messing around in her brain.
"just don't touch me.." Jade let out her breathing coming in pants.. "what are all of you some kind of freak.." Jade said moving to her feet again.
"if we are freaks..what are you?" Beck asked his eyes narrowed at the insult.
"what beck means to say is that yes we all have something unique about us.." The guy with the glasses stepped in..
"I'm Roberto Shapiro.. or Robbie for short..I'm sort of a monster" He took his glove off showing his scaly green and brown hand..."Caterina..or cat is a Tandaian like you said so that goes without speaking."
"Yes a crazy genius.." Jade mumbled making cat giggle.
"why yes..yes I am.." Cat stuck her hand out for a hand shake but then brought it back to her.
"Tori is how you so well put it a harpy..she's how we got you out of the lake.." Tori waved a hand still a little rattled by the incident involving jade.
" and beck.. well beck is a mystery. he owns the house and funds the projects..we really don't know his quirk yet except for he's an incredible fighter.." Robbie said cleaning his glasses.
"and Andre...Andre is a water-cord.." Robbie finished.
"yes finally some one I can talk to. Where is this Andre?.." jade said looking around.
"he'll be back soon.." Cat said excitedly.
"so until then..since you graciously know who we are..who are you? Or should I call you multi-cord.." Beck asked eying her over..
she was beautiful cat had gotten that part right.. but there was something weird with her. For starters she was a multi-cord and only 50 of them exist in the free world. That was unusual but she had something else he couldn't quiet put his finger on.. it was familiar.
"I am.. Jadelyn.. Jadelyn Augustia west.." She said bowing her head.
"a sign of royalty.. I thought your speech was proper for a peasant girl.." Beck murmured keeping it to himself. But jade heard anyway.
"yes well... I loved so very much we all got acquainted but it was really of no need.. I must be going..as soon as Andre..gets back.." Jade stood in the corner the room full of awkward silence.
"but your all wet.." Cat finally let out breaking the silence.
"indeed I am.." Jade said realizing. She was too busy focusing on the beck. He had something strange about him.
She moved her hand down her dress and flung it to the floor. All the water from her dress following.
"whoa.." cat said amazed.
"it's just water removal Cat nothing Andre hasn't done a million times over.." Beck rolled his eyes at the innate trick.
"but she does it will such grace.. you should have seen the walls that were around her in the lake.. at least a 100 feet tall. Andre couldn't move them at all" Cat said stretching on her tippy-toes.
Jade pondered over the statement.
Lake.. with her in it.. surrounded by walls. She must have stopped her self before she hit the ground. But it doesn't explain how she got here... If she survived Ryder would have surely captured her.
"excuse me Tandaian.." jade called out interrupting cat's next statement.
"it's cat.." She said again.
"Right cat.. how long was I in this lake?" Jade asked looking over the small girl.
"the lake has been here for a week and you just emerged today.."cat said counting on her fingers.
"what do you mean the lake has been here a week?" Jade asked in confusion.
"there used to be no lake here.. and then after the rain stopped and people could leave there houses again..your doing I'm assuming..there was a lake right smack dab on my property.." beck finished.
"your joking.." Jade wanted to laugh.. she'd never done anything like this before. Her power showed such strength.
"I kid you not look out side.." Beck said pointing to the window.
Jade ran to the window and sure enough there was no cliff...no forest just a field and a lake..
"this can't be I was out for a week.." Jade said to herself.
"longer then that.." Andre emerged into the room.
"you must be Andre..the water-cord.." Jade flung her self at him. Ignoring the stinging in her ribs.
"tell me have you heard from anyone.." Jade said desperate.
The whole room besides Andre was confused including beck.
"I heard from my grandmother a week ago saying that you went missing.. the kingdom is falling to shambles..cords verse cords of every nature.." Andre said his hands in the air..
"why are you not there defending my people..." Jade said angrily.
"I haven't been back to westward in many years.. and it is not my fight but I'll tell you this.. all the other multi-cord. They're to old to battle.. your fathers near withdrawal" Andre put a hand on jade's shoulder.
"excuse me I'm sorry... what is going on here?" Tori raised her hand upward.
"there talking about a war.." Beck said bluntly.
Jade slung her head around..
"not just any war, a war between all the cords.. and I'm stuck here while my father risks his life.."
"I'm still confused.." Tori said blankly. "how many cords are there? I never really understood the cord thing..we don;t have many of them in labia."
Cat sighed. "even I know this one.." She said sitting down.
"the cords are elemental creatures such as Andre. There are water-cords...fire-cords..earth-cords..wind-cords and shadow-cords. Their name comes from whatever power they have plus the cord ending. Except shadow cords..their power isn't a element but more of a trick really.. turning into shadow. Blending. The word Cord comes from the extra brain line they acquire to control the power... Jade here is a multi-cord... she controls all.. there only born every so often and they are the most sought after creatures in the world." cat finished making tori nod her head.
"yes and they're also the most dangerous.." Beck added in looking over toward jade.
"they tend to be unstable and catastrophic...which is why they are supposed to be locked away studying and not interacting with the world.." Beck egged on.
Jade just laughed.
"you think you know me.." She challenged stepping toward beck. Holding her side. But even with her injury she could take beck.
" I know your type.." Beck stepped toward her.
Andre separated the two.
'beck I'm sorry for bringing this here but I couldn't leave her.. I haven't been to westward in a while but it's still my duty to protect her." Andre said showing them the "w" shaped tattoo on his chest.
"why wasn't I told there was a war?" Beck asked keeping his eye on jade.
"it didn't seem like it would effect this part of the land..but grandmother says that the militia is looking for jade..there's a bounty on her alive..." Andre sighed making jade's eyes go wide.
"a bounty issued by who?" Jade said interrupting the conversation.
"Ryder.." Andre let out making jade scream in anger.
Beck took in a large breath ...beginning to cough.. the air was getting tighter.. it was like he couldn't breath.
Lightening streaked across the sky.
"jade..Jade calm down.." Andre said looking at the darkening sky.
Jade clenched her fist together. Taking a deep breath.
The clouds rolled away.. and beck let out his breath.
"Beck what's wrong.." Robbie asked looking concerned.
"nothing..nothing.." Beck said panting..
"I don't care what you have to do.. I want her out.." he finished when he regained his breath.
"But BECK!" Cat whined.
"Don't beck me Caterina.. I want her out.. she's a war fugitive and a dangerous one at that.. I want her gone.." he looked at her with disgust.
"Fine I don't want to be here anyway.." Jade said moving out of the room.
"JADE!" Andre said chasing after her.
Tori following.
"Beck she has no where to go.." Robbie finished noticing beck breathing easier...
"I'd love to help but she's young..she's unstable..she barley has a hold over her emotions let alone her powers.. I've worked to hard to keep what we are doing here a secret for some bratty princess to ruin it all!" Beck finished walking out of the room.
"But beck!" cat said again not being able to form any other words then that...
"but what..." beck said turning to cat.
"she's just like me.." cat finally said.
Beck thought about it for a moment before shaking his head.
"no she's not she's different and you know this cat. Don't let her weakened demeanor fool you she can take care of herself.." Beck said in guilty tone.
" She's just like me.. she's injured, she has no where to go..her home is falling apart..we have to help her.." Cat pleaded..
"no..you don't understand the risk-" Beck was cut off.
"and I'm not a risk? Having a free roaming Tandaian in your house.. isn't a risk?" cat asked knowing she had him right where she wanted him..
"but cat.." beck said sighing..
"But nothing...she's the same as me.. as any of us really and she needs our help beck.." Cat said looking up at him with her 'give me what I want' eyes.
"Cat.." Beck said in a defeated tone. One she knew too well.
Cat squealed.
"Yes!" She jumped up.
"but she's your responsibility." beck said rolling his eyes at her happiness.
"Okay!" cat said excitedly..
"and keep her under control.. I want her taking lessons she needs how to control he temper before it's literally the death of me.." Beck messed around with his neck.
"Okay..Okay!" cat said jumping up and down..
"can I go get her?" Cat said.
Beck sighed..
"yes I guess.." He said watching the red head girl turn into a ball of light.
"I'm don't care about the bounty I can protect myself.." Jade said trying to lose Andre and tori.
"You can't fight off a whole kingdoms army..you just can't" Andre pleaded.
"I'll talk to beck..I'm sure he'll let you-" Andre stopped to look at the light approaching.. wondering what had cat so excited.
Jade watched the glowing ball come to a halt in front of her confused and dazed. Her face changed to one of shock when cat emerged.
"You can stay!" cat said almost flinging her arms around Jade but stopping herself.
"She can stay?" tori asked confused.
"Yeah..beck said she can stay she just has to learn control.." Cat said finally.
Jade rolled her eyes.." I have control.." she said her hand on her hip.
"really? Cause control isn't almost causing another hurricane over a bit of bad news!" Beck shouted from the window..
Jade clenched her fist at his comment. Trying to stay in control. "there's not way I can do this..he's such a prick!" Jade finished using the unladylike word.
"I'm the prick with protection!"He shouted again a smile on his face.
"he's right jade.. do it for me at least..for westward just stay here until we figure things..out.." Andre suggested. Tori nodding by his side.
Jade thought it over..
"or you know you can be beheaded by-" Jade blew up ward toward the window making it slam closed on beck's face as he was in mid-sentence.
"I'll stay.. until I figure things out...Only until then.." She looked to cat and then Andre.
Cat giggled. "YAY!"
This was going to be fun.
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A:N I think it turned out great.. Robbie does turn into like a legit monster who's all scary and stuff.. Cat is basically like a witch.. tori is a harpy.. which is like a bird thing.. Andre is like a water bender.. Beck well you'll have to wait on his power and Jade.. she's a lot of stuff you just gotta keep reading..
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