Chapter 1: A new Threat

I was dreaming. Dreaming of a day when something terrible happened. There were dark clouds and part of Seattle was destroyed. "Its all gone," I said. Aariqua was the only one by my side and my friends were turning against me. A strange figure in the shadows came near me and he touched my forehead with his finger and left dark secrets in my head. His minions then pinned me down and he was about to decapitate me. "Nicholas!" said Aariqua, "Nicholas!" I woke up just in time. "Nicholas, wake up," she said. I woke up. "Don't hurt her!" I said, "Where is he?" "You were having a bad dream," said Aariqua, "No one's gonna hurt anybody." I calmed down. "I keep having the same dream," I said, "Seattle goes down to ruin, my friends turn against me and I get killed by this mysterious figure." "Well you've faced worse," said Aariqua, "So you can surely take him on." "I guess you're right," I said. Someone threw an alarm clock at my head from the window. I went to the window and saw Saria climbing on a branch from a tree.

"Hurry it up will you," she said, "We're late for class!" "What?" I asked. Aariqua got a calendar. "I don't mean to be a party pooper," she said, "But today is Saturday." "SATURDAY?!" asked Saria. She looked at Marshall Lee. "Marshall you idiot!" she said as she jumped down, "You woke me up for class on a Saturday?!" she fell on the ground. "Its not my fault," said Marshall, "My belly told me it was bottomless burgers day." Saria took a hammer and smashed him down the ground. "YOUR HEAD'S BOTTOMLESS!" she said. She chased him around campus."Hey now!" said Princess Bubblegum. Peppermint Butler was watching us. "Kids will be kids," he said. He got out a strange communicator. "It is almost time," he said, "You know what to do." "Yes sir," said a voice. Oh I forgot to mention I graduated high school and now we're all attending Cross Academy. Its been a year since my last big battle. Aariqua and I decided to take a stroll around campus.

"It's a really big campus," I said. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "I remember we were next to each other for the whole tour." "Yeah," I said. "I'm glad we decided to go to the same school together," she said as she held my hand. "Yeah," I said. I saw Natalie meditating. "She takes shadow magic seriously," I said. "That girl can be strange sometimes," said Saria. "Come on," I said, "She may be a strange ghost girl, but she's not a weirdo." "And I'm not deaf either," said Natalie, "Besides, God gave me these abilities." "I know," I said. We were heading to the music room to do a private bass lesson. "Let's see what you remember," I said. Aariqua played some scales I taught her. "You're getting really good," I said. "I'm not that good," said Aariqua, "But I'm getting there." She played a little more. "She's really sexy on the bass," I thought to myself. Someone was watching us. "So he's the guy you're looking for?" she asked. "Him and the girl," said someone on a communicator, "Those two would make good teammates in our new alliance." "We should save that for another book," said the girl.

I sensed something. "Something's wrong," I said. Someone threw shrunken at us and we dodged them. "What was that?" I asked. A ninja girl appeared in front of us. "I finally found you Aariqua," she said. "Who are you?" asked Aariqua. "You don't remember?" she asked, "Let me remind you." She took off her mask. "Deema?" asked Aariqua. "Who's she?" I asked. "Look at chapter 8 of one of my stories," said Aariqua. Deema tried to attack Aariqua and I got in her way. "Stay outta this shrimp," she said. "Make me," I said. She tried attacking me and I dodged her with my martial arts moves I learned. I got out my gem. "Chaos Con…." I said. "Oh no you don't!" she said. She knocked my gem out of my hand and did a drop kick on me. "Stop!" said Aariqua. Deema threw shrunken at Aariqua and she dodged and it got her tie. "I just got this tie!" she said. She did some flips and kicked Deema in the face. I got up and shot chains at her pinning her to the wall. "Who are you?" I asked. Someone was aiming a sniper rifle at me. "Hold still you…." He said. He took the shot and it broke the glass of the window. Deema managed to escape. "What was that?" I asked.

"Probably one of my ex father's bounty hunters," said Aariqua, "I thought she was dead." "This is strange," I said. "Well at least its over for now," said Aariqua. Later that day we were heading to our dorm rooms. "I really like it here," I said, "Its like a new home." "Yeah," said Aariqua as she snuggled with me, "Do you know what tomorrow is?" "I know its something special," I said, "And its starts with an A." "Our anniversary," said Aariqua, "We've been together for about a year now." "Yeah," I said, "I have something special planned." A few moments later I was calling the Japanese Steakhouse. "So are we still reserved for tonight?" I asked. "Yes," said a person on the phone, "And I wait until after the first serving of food to deliver the goods right?" "That's right," I said. I was dressing up for our date tonight. I was walking over to Aariqua's dorm. "Is Aariqua here?" I asked. "She's on her way down right now," said someone. I was looking at a man with shades. "Jamie Foxx?" I asked. He chuckled and said, "I'm her step dad." "Oh yeah," I said, "Mr. Sellers." "Yeah," he said, "You're looking nice today."

"Yeah," I said, "I wanna look really good for our anniversary." Aariqua came down. She had on a blue dress and had her hair in a long ponytail. My jaw dropped down and I put it back up. "You look beautiful," I said. She blushed and said, "Thank you. You look handsome." "Yeah," I said. She took my hand. We were heading to Japanese Steakhouse. "You actually got us some reserved seats?" asked Aariqua. "Yeah," I said, "I wanted to surprise you." She kissed my cheek. "Thank you," she said. Later we were watching some people prepare food for us. I caught an egg with my mouth. "That tastes really good," I said. "Yeah," said Aariqua, "Once you eat some of their food you can never have enough." "Yeah," I said. She came closer to me. "Aariqua could you close your eyes?" I asked. She closed them. I got out a necklace with a picture of us and a sapphire gem out. I put the necklace around her neck and placed the gem in her hand.

"Open them," I said. She opened them and saw what I gave her. She blushed red. "Its….. beautiful," she said. "Yeah," I said, "I got them from Cosi. They had a jewelery sale and I used some money to get you something special." She hugged me. "I love it," she said. She kissed me on the lips. Everyone around said, "awwwwwww." We suddenly heard something. We went outside and saw two strangers. One had a 3rd eye on her forehead and the other had a strange staff that looked like it could be used to glide. "Is he the one?" asked the second one. "He's the one," said the first one, "Get them." They tried to attack us and we dodged. "These guys look tough," I said. They tried to attack again. Aariqua used water bending to try and attack the first stranger and she dodged. Some police cars came into the scene. "Put your hands in the air right now!" said an officer. She stared at one of the cars and it exploded. I went to attack her with my old staff I used when I was a kid. She countered with her arms. I kept going at her. "Just so you know Aariqua, I had no idea this would happen," I said. "I know," she said. The girl with the 3rd eye kept blocking and kicked me out the way.

"Nick!" said Aariqua. She came to me but was held back by the girl with the 3rd eye. "Let me go!" she said. She pushed her to the wall. "Hey 3 eyes!" I said as I came at her, "Let her go!" The bald man got in my way. "Hold it," he said. He did some air bending moves and I dodged. "Only one guy can air bend like that," I said, "Zaheer." Zaheer tried to attack me and I dodged and shot a fireball at him. He threw it out the way like it was nothing. Aariqua finally broke free of the grip from the 3 eyed girl. "P'Li I presume," she said. "So you know who I am," said P'Li. She shot a fireball and Aariqua dodged it. It got part of her dress. "I just got this dress!" said Aariqua. Zaheer was still fighting me. I kept attacking him with my staff. He grabbed it and threw it on the ground. I tried to punch him and he grabbed my arm. "You are weak in the field of battle," he said.

"Let go!" I said. "PB was wise to chose me to fight you," he said. "Princess Bubblegum?" I asked. "No," said Zaheer, "The name is not of importance boy. What is important is that you are going to die." He twisted my arm and I screamed in pain. He twisted it the other way and I screamed more. "Goshuujin-sama!" said Aariqua. Some policemen fired at P'Li. She stared at the cars and they all exploded causing tremendous damage. "You are all fools," she said. Zaheer pulled my arm and then kicked me with air coming from his foot and I went flying at a billboard and fell down. He took his strange looking staff out. "Goodbye boy," he said. Aariqua tried to come to my aid but was forced down by P'Li. "NO!" she screamed, "Don't do it!" He was about to finish me off when someone shot a fireball at him. A woman in blue clothing and a ponytail sprung into action. "We meet again," she said. "The Avatar!" said P'Li. An old man who looked like an airbender entered the fight and dealt with Zaheer. Aariqua kicked P'Li in the face and came to help me up. I was in pain because of my arm. P'Li tried hitting the girl but she was too fast. "We have no choice but to flee," said Zaheer. They both started running.

"Good job if I do say so myself," said the girl. "But you still need to work on some of your airbending techniques," said the old man. "Who are you?" I asked. "Don't tell me you don't remember me," said the girl, "You helped me deal with Amon in my first season." "Remember what I said about 4th wall breaking," said the old man. I suddenly remembered. "Korra?" I asked. "That's right," said Korra. "Then you must be…." I said, "ZinJin." "Tenzin," said Tenzin, "But its good to see you again Nicholas." He looked at Aariqua. "Who is this young lady?" "I'm Aariqua, and I've heard so much stories about the new Avatar," said Aariqua, "And I don't mean to be rude but I'm going to have to ask that you don't hug my boyfriend." Korra let go of me. "Sorry," said Korra. "Yeah I got my arm hurt," I said, "Anyway who were those two?" "They were members of a team of rouges known as the Red Lotus," said Tenzin. "Who would send them after us?" asked Aariqua. A stranger in strange Shiekah clothing was listening to us.

Zaheer and P'Li were at an unknown area. "We've failed my king," said Zaheer, "The Avatar showed up and ruined our plans." "Do not worry," said Zant, "I did not expect you to defeat him so easily." "Thank you my king," said Zaheer. "Besides," said Zant, "With your dark master of wizardry, you will become stronger. Isn't that right, Peppermint Butler?" Peppermint Butler came to them with dark blank eyes. "Yes," he said with another voice inside him, "We will take down the Star Kids once and for all." He looked in a bowl of dark water and there was a figure in a cloak and a scythe. "And I will have revenge on my nephew," said Peppermint Butler. "Earl of Lemongrab," said Zant. "Yes my king?" said Earl. "You are in charge of your next assignment," said Zant, "Bring me the Scythe of the Reaper and then I will grant a spell to revive our fallen warrior, Kamek." "Yes your majesty," said Earl. A person was being formed in red from a projection screen.

"Peppermint Butler," said a voice, "Come to me." Peppermint Butler came to the projection screen. "What is thy bidding, Dark Lord Tatanga?" asked Peppermint Butler. Tatanga appeared. "There is a great disturbance in the future that I have foreseen," said Tatanga. "I have felt it," said Peppermint Butler. "We have a new enemy," said Tatanga, "Avatar Korra, the master of the elements of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth." "Yes my lord," said Peppermint Butler. "She could destroy us," said Tatanga, "Especially when siding with the other Star Kids." "They are but kids," said Peppermint Butler, "And the Star Warriors are but spirits in this worlds." "But Korra however was destined to become one of the teachers for young Nicholas," said Tatanga, "I have no doubt that she is recruiting members for this so called alliance against my dark empire." "Even if they do, they could not possibly defeat you my dark lord," said Peppermint Butler. "We must stop her," said Tatanga, "The leader of the Star Kids must not learn 3 of the elements he was destined to learn." "If we could…. Somehow turn the boy, he could make a powerful ally," said Peppermint Butler. "Yes," said Zant, "He could be a great asset to the soldiers we have." "Yes," said Tatanga, "He could be used against the other Star Kids. See to it that the Star Kid leader becomes our soldier." "He will join us or die," said Zant. "And he will suffer the consequences," said Peppermint Butler.

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