Hello readers! Yes, i have a new story up. However, a friend and i are co-writing this story together. Meg Leigh is her name. Everytime you see Nightmare/Jynx, i am playing them. Anytime you see Bellatrix/Selenity, Meg is playing them. We basically write back and forth off of the other to make this. We both are hoping that you will like this story and the couples that are in them. ^^
Disclaimer: I hold all rights to Nightmare/Jynx for they are MY characters and Meg holds all rights to Bellatrix/Selenity for they are HER characters. We do NOT own Avatar or the characters, but we do hold rights to the story. If we DID own Avatar, there would be a few changes that we wont go in detail for. ;D
"Trix!" Bellatrix turns around after hearing her name. She finds her only ex-boyfriend running towards her. She couldn't believe that he followed after her after all this time.
She decides to be nice to him. "What is it Jakob?" She asks as he stops in front of her panting. His peach colored hands were resting on his knees. Jakob was nicely built, not too small or too buff. Just right if a girl liked him.
"My uncle and the Chief just found out that the Avatar won the war." Jakob looks up with a bright face. His liquid silver eyes shine brightly in the light. His brown hair somewhat landed in his face, making him have to blow it off.
"Cool, I guess." Bellatrix goes back to her walk along the ice street. Why should she care that the Avatar won the war? It didn't concern her in Bellatrix's terms.
Jakob thought quick on his feet, standing up straight. He started to slightly walk after her. "And the whole group is coming here to the North Pole with an Earth bender." Jakob knows that will get his friend to notice and pay more attention.
Trix's eyes brighten eagerly. "An Earth bender? Really?" She turns around towards him, before glaring. "You're lying. Why would an Earth bender come to a city full of ice?" She has a challenging tone to her voice now. She even looks like she was about to punch Jakob.
"For a wedding." A soft voice spoke up. Out of the shadows came a semi short person. 4 feet 9 inches to be exact. He has creamy brown hair with a VERY hard to see black tint. The very pale, baby blue eyes shifted back and forth between the two speaking to each other. "A very important one. I hear another Air bender, besides Aang, is coming and possibly a few Fire."
"Who are you?!" Jakob took a step towards Jynx, slightly puffing his chest out. Jynx's eyes widen and he took quick steps back. He knew he probably wouldn't last against the other, bigger guy.
"Jakob, stop your stupid act. No one hear buys it!" Trix growls, stepping in front of Jynx protectively.
Jakob stars at Trix, before turning his gaze on Jynx. He was obviously shrinking behind his friend. "You got lucky." He winks slightly at him.
Jynx swallows, shaking his head. "Luck has nothing to do with me. I'm… Jynx." His voice was still soft as ever. Jakob looks like he is going to kill Jynx, who seemed to be stupid in Jakob's point of view.
"Jakob, if you don't stop scaring him, I'll bury you in earth." Her voice was completely serious too. Bellatrix makes Jakob cringe in fear of the earth oasis that is in the center of the North Pole.
He decides not to press his luck any further. "Fine. I'll see you later." Jakob turns leaving Jynx and Bellatrix to themselves.
Jynx sighs softly, shaking his head just a bit. "I don't think he likes me." He frowns slightly then hangs his head right after. Of course, he remembers the wedding. He grew excited again, lifting his head up. His peach skin grew bright and happy again. "I wonder what the other Air bender is like! And the Fire ones coming! I bet they're all be great!"
* * * * *
"Hell no…" The black, spiky hair blew ever so slightly in the wind. The black jacket, with sleeves ripped off, blew faintly. There is a soft noise of rattling chains as they clink against each other. All around them is bare ground. Right in front of the guy was a cliff, and bellow was a dense, green forest.
Zuko sighs impatiently. "Come on, Nightmare. Its not that bad. You just have to 'guard' Aang and Katara. You are one of the toughest and some people still don't agree with the ending." He shakes his head back and forth.
Nightmare sighs himself, closing his eyes slowly. "Like I said, hell no. I have no reason to go since I don't give a damn…"
"Come on, Nightmare! You get along, kind of, with Aang." Selenity tries to cajole Nightmare.
Nightmare looks over at Selenity. "Don't make me laugh."
Zuko grits his teeth in annoyance this time. "Come on! It'll be fine!" Selenity nods in agreement.
Nightmare basically just laughs in Selenity's face since she was closer. "Screw you both to Hell!" He turns his back to them again.
"Hey, if you went, you wouldn't have to deal with HER!" Selenity says to him, making him turn around to face her. Nightmare narrows his eyes at Selenity. He seeps to be contemplating for a bit, before responding.
"How long will we be there? When are we leaving?" His voice was cold and dark. Zuko raises an eyebrow in question towards Selenity. He wanted to know who this her was. This had peeked the Fire Lord's interest.
"Don't ask, just answer his questions." Selenity slightly glared at Zuko.
"I'm not sure how long you'll be gone. And I think you are leaving in a day or two." Zuko continues to wait for Selenity to respond to his unspoken question.
Nightmare looks away then, off into space. "Fine… I'll go…" If it means I can get away from that damned woman… His thoughts sound cold and bitter.
Selenity smiles, clapping her hands together. She completely ignores Zuko and his unspoken question. "Good." Then, her and Nightmare turn from the Fire Lord and leave the palace at dusk.
Zuko shakes his head. "What an… odd friendship those two have." He sighs, putting his hands behind his back, walking away from the two. "Let's hope this turns out fine…"
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Nightmare and Selenity walk down the street as the night grew darker and darker. He narrows his eyes, feeling the gaze of others on him. He soon stops. Selenity does the same a little ways in front of him. "Nightmare? What's wrong?" Her head slightly tilts to the side. Nightmare responds by putting a finger to his lips, telling her to be quiet.
Too late.
"Well, looks like we found you." A few shady looking guys, who look a bit older then the two, step out of the shadows. "Nightmare, you bastard child, we've been searching for you." The one who spoke before, was now speaking again.
"Mmm, Pierce. It's you again." He has no emotion so his voice now.
"I owe you an ass whooping." The main guy, Pierce, cracks his knuckles while his buddies chuckle darkly.
"Why? You cant wait to fall flat on your face again?" A slight smirk appears on the pale face. One of the guys in Pierce's gang laughs a bit at that. Pierce casts a glare towards him, and the guy stops. He pretends to have been "coughing" instead.
Selenity steps between Pierce and Nightmare. "This is not the answer, Nightmare. Fighting is not going to solve this!" Selenity trails off when Pierce starts towards Nightmare. I did try. She sighs and steps back away from the two.
"Fighting solves everything, Selenity. It's all I have control over in my life. Nightmare's eyes stare back into Pierce's bluish-purple ones.
"Grab her and make sure she doesn't get in my way." Pierce jerks his head in Selenity's direction and the 3 smallest ones of the group went to grab her from behind. The bigger of the 3 grabs Selenity and puts her arms behind her back while the 2 stand guard with switch blades to her neck.
Nightmare grits his teeth. "Leave her out of this, Pierce. This is just between you and me." His hands slowly catch on fire; the unnatural blue that was rare for any fire bender to have.
*heh* "She was part of this since the second she stepped into the fight. So tell me, how is that whore of a mother doing for you?" Pierce sneers.
The flames blaze up further and, quick as a flash, he knocks Pierce in the jaw. Pierce fell backwards but stood his ground. His skin scorched red and he spat out inky red blood with a tooth.
"Damn mother-fucker! Anderson, come on and help." He nods towards his Second. Anderson came up from behind Nightmare, grabbing his arms and locking them behind his back. In that moment, Pierce let his own hand slide on fire, with the normal flame of course, and punches him with all of his force into Nightmare's gut. Anderson releases Nightmare, letting him fall to his knees before Anderson kicks him in the ribs. A sickening pop echoes in the street as Nightmare grunts. "Yeah, how do you like me n-" In a flash, Nightmare charges at Pierce's gut, ramming his shoulders hard into the older boy. Pierce fell to the ground hard then.
"Yea? How do you like me now, Bitch?" Nightmare spat his slightly bloody saliva on Pierce's head. He heard the crunch of something else and a person yell out in sheer pain. His gaze turns o the noise, noticing how the biggest of the 3 that trap Selenity, was on the ground… holding his face.
"I said don't touch me there!" Selenity's face was red with anger, her left hand in a tight fist, knuckles white. Another of the guys came rushing at her. Selenity ducks down, while punching him in the gut. She made her wind razor sharp so that it would cut him as well. It works, slicing into his gut. She then twists on her hands, using her feet to trip the guy into the last standing one.
"Nice, Selenity…"
Selenity smiles before fear etches her face. "Nightmare! Look out!"
Too late.
Nightmare turns just in time to receive a punch in the face by Pierce. Nightmare quickly recovers and shot the blue flame into the other's face. Anderson charges at Selenity who jumps up into the air She uses the air currents to rise her higher up and over the Second's head. He was dumb enough to continue running till he rams his head into the brick wall. A soft crunch was heard then.
"Four down, the leader left to go." Nightmare wipes at his mouth, before spitting out blood and saliva again. He places his left hand on his right rib cage, counting the broken ribs. Four. Not bad. It could have been worse. A smirk touches his face, before tackling Pierce down to the cement ground. He continues blow after blow on Pierce's face and chest. Of course, Pierce finally shoves Nightmare off, landing his own blows on the already broken rib cage.
"You're not winning again, Bastard!" Pierce was getting ready to punch again, before someone spoke up.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Pierce turns around, Nightmare right behind him now, receives a punch from the girl he was ignoring earlier. Of course, she uses air to power her punch but only the air connects to Pierce's face. The freezing current that she had used to basically slice at his face, making him fall to the ground. No, the punch connects straight to Nightmare's jaw. There was a crack heard, before blood splatters all over. The sticky scarlet liquid seems to paint the scene all around.
Nightmare falls back onto his back. "Ow! Fuck! Dammit! What the HELL Selenity?!?!" He places his hand on his jaw, popping it back into place. That only made more pain rocket through his mouth and head. "Ow!! GOD DAMMIT!!!" He punches a near by lamp post, hoping that pain would block the one to his jaw.
It didn't work to well.
"Oh Goddess, I'm so sorry Nightmare. I didn't mean to…" Selenity turns RED in her face all the way to her hair.
Nightmare glares at her, eyes blazing. The left eye a brighter scarlet then normal and the right even more of a beyond belief frost blue color. They almost seem white in fact. "No, just shut up. Just shut the hell up, Selenity. I don't want to hear it." He spits another glob of blood and saliva out. However, it seems to have more of the inky blood then spit.
"Fine, I'll see you later." Selenity turns and walks away. "Oh and Nightmare," she pauses, looking over her shoulder, "find somewhere ELSE to sleep tonight." With that, she leaves him.
Nightmare roles his eyes. He stands up slowly, heading in a certain direction. He left the five on the ground. He knew he had to go home sooner or later. He would have preferred later, but it seems like that wasn't going to happen. Of course not. That just seemed to be his luck today.
The Next Day - Nightmare
"Nightmare? Are you done with the bathroom yet?" his mom, Netamii, has a worried note in her voice. She hasn't seen him for about a week, maybe even longer! And he went straight to his room. When he awoke? Straight to the bathroom. Now he hasn't left at all. "N-nightmare?"
Nightmare grits his teeth hard against each other, which wasn't a good idea. More pian shot through his jaw and head. "I'm fine, Mom."
"Yea, but I th-"
"MOM! I said I was FINE!"
Netamii winces from his voice and steps away from the door. "O-okay Sweetie. Just tell me if you need anything!" Silence was the response she got.
Meanwhile - Selenity
Selenity starts waiting outside the Fire Palace waiting with Aang, Katara, Toph, Sokka, and the Fire Lord for Nightmare. "Selenity," snaps the Fire Lord, "where is he?!" Zuko growls out.
Selenity shrugs. "I have no clue. Some guys jumped us, though."
"What? When? Are you okay?" Aang asks.
"I'm fine. Nightmare… who knows?" Selenity sighs. "Lets go find him."
"Lets take Appa. It'll be faster in finding him." Aang adds in.
"There's no need…" Nightmare came around one of the corners, walking up to the group. "And I'm fine, Selenity." He had shoved his hands deep into his pockets. His head bowed down, hair covering over his face. The image of what happened before he left continues to play over and over in his head.
Nightmare tries to rush out of the bathroom door. He doesn't really want to run into Netamii, his mom. Too bad she makes him run into her anyways. "Nightmare? Where are you going now?" She has a nervous tone to her voice. "Oh God! What happened to you?!" She pushes his scarlet bangs out of his face.
Nightmare slightly swats her hand away, pulling away from her. "Stop, Mom. I'm fine. I'm going to be attending a… weeding thing for Aang and Katara."
Netamii looks hurt as her son pulls away. "Well, will you be safe?"
"Yea, sure." Nightmare walks around her and heads for the door.
"I love you!" she calls after him.
Nightmare shakes his head. "Sure…" He went through the door, almost slamming it behind him. He was a block away from the house before he stops walking. Nightmare stood there for a few minutes before gritting his teeth. "Dammit…" The Fire bender turns around and heads back to his house. He tosses the door open, seeing his mom crying on the couch.
"Oh… you're b-"
Nightmare cuts her off by pulling her into a hug. "I love you too, Mom. You keep safe, alright?" Netamii was so much smaller then him. The top of her hear just barely reaches his shoulder.
Tears well up in Netamii's beyond belief frost blue eyes. "I should be telling you that! Not the other way around!" She kisses his cheek before he pulls away and waves. "Be careful, Nightmare!" She watches him leave again, a faint smile on her face. Oh Zero… I wish you could see Nightmare now. Netamii looks up at the sky sadly, before closing the door behind her.
"Nightmare? Nightmare! You still there?" Aang leans in kind of close to Nightmare, staring into his scarlet and frost blue eyes.
Nightmare scowls, pushing Aang away from him. "Back up, Aang…" His voice has a slight growl to it.
"Okay Nightmare, calm down." Selenity sighs at the clashing of Aang and Nightmare's personality clash. "Aang is just worried about you." Selenity's eyes shine; she felt bad all night about leaving Nightmare to go home. The silence between her and Nightmare spoke of a long time of fighting on one side and admiration on Selenity's side. Toph speaks up reminding everyone that they have a month of travel time ahead of them and that she wants to et it over with.
"Toph is right, guys. We really have to get started if we want to et to the North Pole anytime soon." Katara pulls Sokka and Aang to Appa along with Toph; while Zuko, May, Selenity and Nightmare all get on a Fire Nation Navy Ship. Nightmare roles his eyes, but follows after the group silently.
Chapter 1 is complete! Plz R&R for we would GREATLY appriciate it! Love hearing from you, my lovely readers! Oh, and the Italics at the end of the story is Nightmare having a memory of what happened. And the normal there is Netamii's thoughts, as Im sure you all got easily.
~ Mako and Meg