Me: In the name of Rassilon! You have all made me so happy! I'm in shock! I just kept getting emails for this story! You all realize that you have made this story my most read story for one chapter? And this story also has the most Alerts too! And Favorites, I'm not even going to get into that! I am just so, so, so, so-
Will: shocked?
Master: way to ruin the moment.
Will: like you care. You just got here.
Me: both of you, be quiet! Everyone, let me introduce you to my new friend! He goes by the name the Master!
Master: what is this story about? I have already done a crossover of some sort…
Will: this one is a Tiger's Curse story. This isn't as funny; its more sad…
Master: why?
Me: cause this takes place after Ren forgot about Kelsey and ruined Kelsey's birthday party…
Master: I like strangest notions better…
Will: me too. Much more fun!
Me: strangest notions is a randomness story, what do you expect?
Will and Master: chocolate!
Me: *facepalm*
Will: you realize how off track this A/N is getting, right?
Master: if the story is sad, why is your A/N funny?
Me: one question at a time! I do realize how off track this is getting, my mind just doesn't care. My A/N is funny, because that is my personality… I'm not a sad and emotional person, so this story takes me a while to write… I want to make the chapter's just right… this chapter is more cheerful anyway.
Will: I'm hungry. Can we go eat now?
Me: once I write the chapter.
Master: she doesn't own Tiger's Curse. I seriously thought that was obvious…
Me: I'm not old enough to have written Tiger's Curse, but I am a girl!
Master: I could always zap you with my screwdriver…
Will: screwdriver… O.o
Me and Master: THE LASER SCREWDRIVER, STUPID!
Me: on with the story! All who review with the word screwdriver will be told what the laser screwdriver is! Well, if you don't know…
Will: that is the word for this chapter anyway.
Master: it shows her who has read her A/N.
Fezzes r, and forever will be, cool ["]
Wingz-and-a-Fez (and a bowtie too ;))
Kelsey's POV
That night, and every night afterwards, I would have the same dream.
I would be standing in a garden; there was a path. When I walked down the path, it turned into a cave. I would reached the end of the cave and get attacked, but something saved me. I could see the outline in the soft glow of a fire. A tiger attacking a tiger, the victor turns into a man and put his foot on top like a champion would stand. Then I would see a white tiger, lying on the floor covered in blood. When I would run to him, it would change to Durga. She was trying to tell me something, but I couldn't hear her. Then it would change into a dark hallway. I would run until there was a door at the end. But before I could reach the end, I fall into the dark. However, someone grabs me, and before I could see my savior's face, I wake up…
Every time, I would wake up covered in sweat, tears in my eyes, and an ach in my chest. And there was nothing I could do but cry.
Ren's POV
It had been a week since I spoke to Kelsey. Kishan has been ignoring me and whenever I go to talk with Mr. Kadam, he just looks at me with sad eyes and won't answer my questions. What am I supposed to do? That was when I finally went to confront her.
I crept up to her door and peered inside, trying not to be noticed.
"Kelsey, what's wrong?" asked Kishan. What was he doing in Kelsey's room?
"I don't want to talk about it!"
Kelsey sounded like she's been crying… and why do I feel the need to just hold her? To tell her everything will be fine? But, I couldn't. I don't even remember her. Yet my soul was telling me otherwise.
"Kelsey, we're worried about you. Please, tell me what's wrong." Kishan asked, trying to get her to talk. I could hear the pleading tone in his voice.
It was quiet. Then, very silently, I heard her respond. "It's the nightmares. They won't go away. Every night I see him dying, Kishan. And every night there is a man standing over him. A man who was once a tiger too."
"Kelsey, don't worry about it. You know it would never be me. He's my brother. No matter how much I want to hurt him right now, I don't. We're trying to help you. Believe me we are, but sometimes things don't always work out." I heard the bed creak. "I'll go see if there is something light to eat. You need to eat something."
I could hear him get up as he started towards the door. I quickly turned into my room, closing the door softly behind me. I heard him open Kelsey's door then, as he walked past my room, he stopped. It was almost as if he wanted to talk to me, but he continued on his way without coming in. Once I heard him reach the bottom of the stairs, I swiftly left my room. Knocking on Kelsey's door, I opened it to find her face-first on her pillow, crying.
"Kishan, please just leave me alone. I don't feel like eating anything right now."
"It's not Kishan," I said, and she sucked in a breath.
As she sat up, she asked, "Ren, what are you doing here?"
"I want to talk to you, Kelsey. If that's okay?" I let the question hang in the air, then thought to myself, What the heck am I doing? She probably wants to avoid me.
She moved, making room for me to sit next to her. "What do you want to know?"
I sighed and replied, "Everything."
That got me a smile. And seeing that smile, for some reason, I just wanted to smile back.
"Sorry to disappoint, but I don't know everything quite yet."
"Well, you should," I huffed. "Its not like I could ask Kishan, he's an idiot!"
"Yeah, well, not much we can do. Maybe you dropped him on his head as a baby?"
"Quite possible. Would have been a good question to ask my parents. It would have explained a lot!" I smiled at her playfully, earning myself a not-so-light smack on the head.
"If you are going to flirt, would you mind announcing it? Walking in on it is a little awkward," came from a voice leaning on the door frame.
The frame creaked as Kishan came in, ruining our fun.
"Well, why didn't you just leave? The door is right behind you," Kelsey replied, seemingly unhappy with his appearance.
"Couldn't help myself. You know, being dropped on your head doesn't help the thought process," he smiled at me, an angry glint in his eyes. What did I do? "Well, I will leave you to continue. See you guys at dinner!" he left, whistling jingle bells.
Once he was gone, Kelsey and I shared a look, which led to the both of us hugging our sides in laughter. When we finally stopped, she had tears in her eyes and I had to hold my nose to keep from gasping. But as our laughs died, we both remembered why I was there in the first place. "So," she looked at me, a meaningful smile on her face, "What do you want to know?"
We spent the rest of the night talking.
~The next week~
Kelsey's POV:
I was glad it wasn't so awkward with Ren anymore. After that night, we became more relaxed. We were friends again and slowly working with his memory, but it wasn't coming back and I was starting to fear the worst. What if he never remembers me? I pushed the thought out of my head. Of course he would. And I was going to help him.
While I was in la-la-land, contemplating my own thoughts, a certain someone seemed to have been sneaking up on me. I didn't notice until I was suffocating under the weight of a white tiger; go figure.
"Ren! Get off! You're too heavy!" All I got was a deep purr in response. "REN!" He humphed, but got up all the same. He walked away towards the trees behind me, and laid down in the sun.
I turned back to my thoughts, only to have someone pick me up less than a minute later. And before I could realize where I was being carried to, I was already dumped into the pool.
"REN! LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID!" I screamed when I came up for air. "I just washed my hair!" He started laughing at me.
"You," he gasped, "should have," another gasp, "seen the look," wheezing now, "on your face!" and that was when he fell over, cackling like a hyena.
Climbing out of the pool, I walked over, kicked him, and then headed inside. Who does he think he is?
"Kelsey! Wait!" I heard him run up to me. Now walking backwards, he grabbed my shoulders and gazed into my eyes. "Look me in the eye and tell me that wasn't funny."
When I looked at him, I couldn't hold back my smile. Then I started to laugh and he quickly followed suit.
~that night~
We were siting on my balcony, watching the sun set. Waiting for the stars to take over the sky. As the sun disappeared from view, I looked at Ren and smiled. But what he did next surprised me.
Ren's POV:
When she looked at me with a smile on her face, something registered in my head. Kiss her. It was telling me. Kiss her and remember. Right then that was all I wanted to do, so I did and it was amazing.
Me: and we're done!
Will: food O.O
Me: not yet. We still have another chapter to write. Everyone here, I would like you to thank my beta for this story, Daughter of Athena94! *hears strange noise in background*
Master: #! Almost-… there-… just need to-… get it-… in! DID IT! Oh, oops *grins sheepishly* I'm interrupting something… can we do strangest notions! Please!
Me: you two are incredibly rude, and random…
Will: but I'm hungry :(
Master: and I was just fixing the screwdriver!
Me: *sigh* fine. We will write a chapter for strangest notions, THEN we will eat to our hearts content!
Master: review please? If we get 10 reviews, she will update again before Christmas…
Me: deal?
Fezzes r cool ["]
