Author's Notes: Hey everybody! Sorry it took me so long! Another chapter will be coming soon! (I hope!) It depends on how much time I've got.
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Chp.3 A Hyperactive Puppy & an Idiotic Brother
"Woof! Woof!" A six-month-old Golden Retriever came bouncing into the room.
"Hawkeye!" I cried as my adorable puppy came bounding over to me. I bent over to scoop him into my arms but he jumped & started licking my face.
"What is that thing?" Sokka yelled. Hawkeye whipped around. It didn't surprise me when he started to bark. I've had him since Christmas, Casino gave him to me. He's very overprotective & seems to think he's the size of a full grown Great Dane. He knows all the Strikers but he goes nuts if anyone new shows up. He drives Brian & his "girlfriends" nuts. It took all of three seconds before he began attacking Sokka's feet.
"Aah!" Sokka yelped.
"Calm down dude, it's just a puppy. He's not gonna hurt you," Piranha said as Falcon & the Dalton sniggered.
"Oh, he's such a cute little guy!" Aang said, bending down & pulling Hawkeye off of Sokka's feet. Hawkeye uncertainly sniffed his face. Apparently he passed the sniff test because Aang was soon being covered with sloppy, wet kisses.
"Aww!" Katara said as she began to pet him.
"I still want to know what that thing is!" Sokka said.
"A guy that spends most of his time on a flying bison wants to know what a puppy is," Lynx said dryly.
"This isn't good. If they don't even know what a puppy is, how are they ever going to fit in our world?" Falcon asked.
"Looks like we're gonna miss the dance," Macarena said.
"No way!" Several voices said at once.
"Quiet! Let Lynx talk!" I said. He'd been silent for a little while but it was obvious he had something to say.
"Okay guys. Tonight we're going to the dance & they're going with us. We'll lend them our clothes for the dance. Tomorrow we'll go shopping & teach them how to get along in our world. All day Sunday & Monday after school we're studying for finals. Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday we'll teach them more & train them for soccer. Friday we'll leave for camp." Lynx laid out his plan. There were a few murmurs but everyone nodded. No one & I mean no one, goes against Lynx's decisions. Lynx glanced around the room, sizing people up.
"Zuko goes with Casino, Aang with Piranha, Haru with Falcon, Sokka with the Dalton & Katara with Seabiscuit. The rest of you just go home & get ready for the dance. We meet back here in two & a half hours. Go!" Lynx said. We broke up fast. The boys headed out the door, Katara & I headed up stairs to my room. Hawkeye followed us.
"What are you wearing to the dance?" She asked me.
"Black halter top & a denim skort. It's not a formal dance."
"What's a skort?"
"A pair of shorts that look like a skirt."
"Cool. What am I gonna wear?"
"Depends on what you like in my closet." I threw the door to my room open & strode over to my walk-in closet.
"Go through here & take your pick." I went over & flopped on my beanbag chair. Hawkeye leapt into my lap. I heard Katara muttering to herself. Something along the lines of
"These are normal clothes? Weird." Suddenly the phone rang.
"What was that?" She nearly shrieked.
"The phone. Keep your voice down, I don't want my brother to hear you. & don't talk for a minute." I checked the caller ID. It was Nora.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Not much. Ready for me to come over to get ready for the dance?"
"Uhh.." I thought fast. I was going to have to trust her. Nora is a whiz with shopping & sales, etc. She'd always been an asset to the Strikers.
"Get over here fast! We need to talk. The Strikers need your help!"
"Be there in five!" She replied cheerfully. I put down the phone.
"Find anything you like?" I asked Katara.
"Yeah!" I looked at what she held. It was a black mini skirt & a tye-dye blue tank top. One good thing about having a mom who wanted a girly-girl daughter was I had a lot of cute clothes. I don't give a care but Nora, & now Katara, can always reap the benefits. At least I always look great in my training outfits.
"Oh, Lynx is gonna love this."
"What now?"
"We wait for Nora."
"Why wait?" Nora asked, prancing through the door & scaring Hawkeye.
"You said in five," I replied.
"My sister dropped me off instead of me walking. What's up? & who's the new girl?"
"Sit down, this may take a while." I explained everything, she took it pretty well.
"When do I get to meet Lover Boy?" I laughed.
"Tonight. So will you help us?"
"Of course, but with what?"
"Getting ready, the dance, getting them clothes, & teaching them about our world."
"DUH! Of course I'll help! I get to meet your new man & I get to shop with a debit card that doesn't belong to me! But first things first, you two will look fabulous tonight if it kills me."
"What about you?"
"It'll take me twenty minutes to get ready! You two however will need help!" Being the beauty queen she is, she instantly attacked us with orders.
"Go wash your faces & your hands! Then take your hair down!" For the better part of two hours we followed her every command & let her poke & prod us with make-up & hairpins. We had a huge problem when Katara went to take her tunic off. Being from another culture, she had never shaved her legs. We had another fun twenty minutes teaching her how to do that.
At 7:30 the Strikers, the Avatar world kids & Nora stood in my den. The boys' outfits varied from blue jeans to khakis to dress pants. Aang had a beanie on to hide the arrow on his head. It wasn't a formal dance so we could wear anything we wanted. I had my skort & halter top, Katara had the mini skirt & tank top. Nora was wearing a red mini-dress. She stood next to Thebes, she was going with him, but she couldn't keep her eyes off Zuko. We were ready to head outside, I glanced out the window. Casino's grandfather had a limo waiting for us. It was awesome having an unofficial grandfather that loved to waste money on us. Good ol' Gramps. But I didn't like what I saw in my yard. It was dark but in the trees I could see the Freedom Fighters, waiting to ambush us. Lynx was reaching for the door handle.
"Don't touch that door!"
"Why?" Several people asked.
"The Freedom Fighters are out there," I said quietly.
"What's the worry? Our bending is more than a match for them," Zuko said.
"This is our world, you can't bend here," the Dalton said darkly.
"WHAT?" Haru, Zuko, & Aang gasped. Katara knew already from earlier & it didn't matter with Sokka but that didn't stop him from commenting.
"Oh great! That means I have to take them on myself!"
"No, you'll have help." Lynx said. "We need weapons, any ideas anyone?"
"Unfortunately, come with me." I muttered. I headed upstairs, in the direction of Brian's room. I knocked on the door.
"What?" He yelled.
"Open the door," I growled. I tried the knob, it was locked as usual.
"Make me!"
"Open the door. Now!" I said.
"Nope!"
"Open it or I swear we will break it down!"
"Not even all you dorks put together could break a door." Brian said with a laugh.
"It'll only take one! This is your last chance!" I cried. We didn't have time to waste, trust my brother to screw things up.
"Yeah right!"
"Zuko! Kick it down!" I yelled & stepped out of the way. He shrugged uncertainly but Lynx nodded at him. He stepped up & looked it up down carefully before unleashing a powerful kick just below the door knob.
"What the crap?" Brian bellowed.
"She warned you," Scooter said dryly. I ignored them & tore across the room to the display on the opposite wall. My brother collects weapons, knives, swords, etc. I tugged at the door of one of the cases. There were three sets of broadswords inside. But it was locked.
"Where's the key?" I demanded.
"What do you want with my extremely valuable broadswords?" He shot back.
"There's an ambush waiting outside," Sokka said. I glared at him. I hadn't planned on telling Brian about anything, I was going to blackmail or bribe him into giving us weapons.
"Ambush? Hah! Swords won't do you much good against paint ball guns!" Brian snickered.
"Look out the window," Aang said. Brian was laughing so hard he did without noticing who told him to do it.
"Holy crap! You weren't kidding! We need to call the cops!"
"Oh great," I muttered. I leaned over to Zuko.
"Can you pin him against the wall or throw him in the closet?" I whispered. He nodded & grabbed Brian by the back of his shirt.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Brian yelled. Zuko didn't answer as he tossed him in the closet. Piranha slid a chair under the door knob so it wouldn't open.
"Now where is the key?" I demanded.
"You just locked me in a closet! Do you really think I'm going to tell you?"
"Unless you want us to break into all your weapon cases," Casino said dryly.
"Top drawer of my desk," came the muffled reply. Thebes was the closest to it. He yanked the drawer open & started rummaging through it.
"Got it!" He threw me the key. I opened all the cases.
"Find what you need & take it." I told my friends, grabbing a pair of broadswords for myself. There the closest things to Jedis I can use & I've gotten good with them at martial arts. The Dalton couldn't find what he wanted.
"Biscuit, does he have a naginata?" I handed him a hockey stick.
"Use your imagination." He laughed. Lynx spoke up suddenly.
"Nora, Aang, Haru & Katara stay in here."
"WHAT?"
"You guys can't use weapons like we can. We're gonna have a hard enough time without worrying about you guys. Piranha, Thebes, Macarena, Scooter, & Casino take your paintball guns & cover us from the balcony. That should help confuse them."
"What about Falcon?" Piranha demanded.
"He knows how to use a sword, or at least a Lightsaber. Same principle." Suddenly there was a crash downstairs. Apparently Jet & company had gotten fed up with waiting & broken in.
"ARF! ARF!" Hawkeye barked fiercely, preparing to bolt downstairs. I scooped him up with one hand & handed him to Katara.
"Keep him with you."
I pulled my broadswords apart. Lynx twirled his nunchucks. Sokka held his machete up. Falcon flipped his hand & a half sword. The Dalton whipped his hockey stick around. Zuko swished his broadswords through the air.
"Let's do this!"
Author's Notes: So what did you think? Oh yeah! If anybody hears anything about auditions or anything like that for the Avatar movie, please let me know. Danke schorn! Leave me some love!