Chapter 3: Finding friends and foes
I need the location Bill. Search the whole temple and tear it down if you have to. The last remains of the great ones are waiting to be discovered. And when that happens, the Fire Nation is going to rule this world forever! We will be invincible Bill, but right now, you find the map, and then call me again. After that, search for the Great One of the Water tribes, and all of you will be highly rewarded.
Sir, are you sure nobody is tracking this call?
Yes for the hundredth time Bill. Now, get back to work.
Yes sir
The cell phone is silent, and then starts ringing again.
Yes Ariel. What is it now?
Dad, I have got to tell you something.
Go on Ariel, but make it quick.
The school dance is today…
And…?
I have found a guy to be my date. I like him a lot, but I haven't asked him yet.
Who is this guy?
You know that boy who lives at the farm, Alan?
No.
Well, that's him. Thought you would know Dad.
No, but good for you. Now, hang up, I have lots of work to do today.
Bye Dad…
Alan was at the farm, demonstrating his skills with Sam watching closely. Alan had confessed to Sam, after he showed video evidence of Alan practicing with Gyatso. Alan had been frustrated, but he ignored Sam most of the time. Sam was a funny guy, but he was too curious. Alan warned him about spreading the word, or else he would make Sam fly with the air towards a place Sam really didn't want to go. After a while, Alan stopped for a break, took his water bottle and started emptying it's contents when Kate showed up. She was wearing a black top, along with a great mini skirt, and she looked at Sam.
What are you doing here Sam?
Me? Or, we were just practicing Kung Fu and discussing the ability of squirrels to find nuts soo easily!
Or really?
Hey, did you know that squirrels…
Enough with that. Dad wants us home instantly, and you are here practicing fighting skills which your friend here used to knock out my boyfriend!
Kung Fu did it to John? Wow!
Stop joking Sam, and let's get out of here right now.
Right. I'm coming, just lead the way.
Kate raised her hand to send away a fly which was flying about everywhere, and suddenly, Alan shrieked and stopped his bottle.
What the hell was that Alan?
I don't know. The bottle went extremely cold all of a sudden, and….
Alan you dumbass, you almost killed John and now your bottle turned into ice? You are weirder than Nerdy Gary who always sits inside the library. Come on Sam, let's go!
Alan, take care, and also, that's my sister to you.
Alan watched them get inside Kate's car and drive off towards the city. Alan took the bottle, and the opened the cap. The water had turned into ice, and as far as he knew, that was impossible. He kept the bottle outside for the water to melt, and then headed inside to get a shower. His grandparents had gone shopping, and after Alan had showered, he prepared himself breakfast and ate alone. While he was eating, the doorbell rang, and Alan, frustrated that it would be Sam again went to get the door.
He opened the door, and there was Ariel standing in front of him. Her dark brown hair was dropped over her shoulders, and she wore a yellow halter top and a mini skirt, which was red. The outfit was completed with all kinds of flowers printed onto the material, and Ariel looked perfect. Alan was just staring at her when Ariel smiled and talked to him.
Alan, eating breakfast alone?
Yeah, the folks aren't here, so…
Mind if I join you?
Alan thought for a while, and he considered what was best.
Alright, come in. There's nothing much, just pancakes and bacon.
That's good. The best breakfast anybody could have. By the way, you have got a nice place here.
Yeah, I guess. Made by my grandparents long time back.
They sat down, and ate along, and spoke about many things. Ariel kept looking at Alan, and he felt really uncomfortable. The daughter of the US president was in front of him. She was pretty as well, but Alan didn't have any intentions at all. Ariel talked only a few times with him in the area, and all the way, she always seemed to stare at him. There were lots of rumors about the two of them, mostly made by John and his friends, who after all, made majority of all the rumors.
After speaking a while, they finished breakfast, and Alan was standing when Ariel suddenly asked him.
Alan, would you like to go to the dance together?
Well…..alright. I would love to.
Ok, I will see you tonight then. We can go in the limo, is that alright?
That's good, so, I will be there at your house at eight.
Limo will be ready by then.
See you then.
Ariel stepped up, kissed Alan on the cheek and ran out of the house. Alan stood still, not quiet understanding what happened the last ten minutes or so, and he continued to pick the dishes for washing.
However, a little bit faraway, something else is going on. Meet the Redhins, one of the richest in the country. The family consisted of Jason Redhin, Mandy Redhin, and their daughter, Tiffany Redhin. Tiffany was tutored at home, for she was blind. But Tiffany had lost herself in the mountains while camping with her family and friends, and she had developed an impossible ability. She could feel everything with her feet, and even a single movement from a person nearby would be known by her. It was amazing, and she was really fascinated by it. But all of it was a secret, because her parents might consider her crazy. She knew that while she was blind, her new ability would enable her to see through her feet.
Tiffany was sitting on a chair on the terrace of her father's mansion, and she could feel some guests moving in their seats while talking to her father. They were probably business partners, and Tiffany wasn't allowed to go downstairs without the help of anybody. She felt that they were differentiating her from people who could see, and she somehow hated them for it. Money can't buy everything, can it?
And now, back at Alan's place, he is getting ready for the school dance. Little does he know what he is going to face that same night….
Next is Chapter 4: Dancing death
