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Ivie forgot exactly what she was doing, and in her rage, she out stretched her arms, and pointed her fingers towards the classroom sink. She took a deep breath then said in a soft but dangerous voice, "Al trecerri aceasta Dutere de spirit Doamne" (I call this power from the spirit gods) She waved her hand towards Davis who was standing there mouth wide open.
"Asa Acum sa Fie!" (Let it now be so) She grinned sweetly before the faucet of the tap flew off and rebounded of the wall. There was complete silence, then a hissing sound could be heard from the tap. A spray of water burst out and directly hit Davis. Within seconds Davis was drenched and so was pretty much everything around him, including TK and Kari. A shriek brought Ivie back to herself and her eyes changed back to normal sparkley green. Her grin disappeared to a look of dismay. Realising the extent of her spell, she muttered an extinguishing spell. The water slowed but did not stop altogether. It dripped back into the sink. It was at that moment that a teacher strutted in. She quickly turned off the water before addressing the three wet students.
"Davis, Kari and Takeru, go and change out of those wet clothes. Borrow some from the gym if you have to. That was very unlucky wasn't it? Well, go on, get dried off." They quickly left the room, dripping all over the floor. The teacher the turned to see the new girl looking horrified. "Oh, I'm sorry, you must be Ivie. What a horrible way to start out the first day. I can assure you that accidents like that don't occur very often here. It was on of those freak things. You can sit over here." She indicated a desk in the back corner. 'Good,' Ivie thought to herself. 'At least it is away from that trouble maker Davis!'
"That new girl, Ivie! She did this." complained Davis as he rummaged through his locker looking for his gym shorts. "I just know it. She spoke funny, then the tap burst. Maybe she is an evil digimon."
"Don't be stupid," snorted TK as he wrung out his hat. "She was just trying to scare you. I mean she freaked out when the tap burst. She is normal I tell you." TK was definite but in the back of his mind, he remembered how she had cruelly smiled and how her eyes had changed colour.
"Hmph," mumbled Davis as he headed back to class TK close at heel.
The rest of the day was a fairly lonely one for Ivie. The only notice anyone took of her was Davis who kept turning around and giving her evil looks. He came up to her after class and said quietly but savagely.
"I know that you're a digimon, and if you're not a digimon, I know you are not normal anyways. Just stay away from me or my friends from high school will take care of you." Ivie looked confused and Kari dragged Davis out of the classroom. TK came up to her and smiled,
"Hiya, I'm sorry about Davis, he is just a little high strung today. Oh, I'm Takeru, but my friends, and Davis, call me TK." He said with a laugh.
"I'm Ivie," she informed him, returning his smile.
"Come on TK, Yolei's getting mad because she wants to go." Came a voice from the hall. Kari poked her head around the door. "Oh, you're talking to your girlfriend, well come on loverboy, we're going."
"See ya" TK muttered with a sheepish grin as he followed Kari around the door.
"Bye TK," said Ivie, but he was already gone.
TK was subjected to teasing from both Davis and Kari about Ivie. They told Cody and Yolei and they all had a laugh at Ivie's expense. TK grew more and more frustrated and as the weeks grew on, TK found the less contact he had with Ivie, the less he was teased. TK, although it was against his nature, decided to take the easy way out. All the attention Ivie got now days was a rare smile from TK and of corse teasing from her classmates.
Ivie did not like Davis who still hadn't given up on teasing her, and Kari who never defended her like TK did. Ivie pitied TK who she knew was also being teased. She did not blame him for avoiding her, yet she couldn't help wondering if her magic was to blame.
Ivie was not a genius, but it was quite by accident that she discovered a way of paying Davis back for teasing her. It was swimming lesson time and as much as she hated it, Ivie had to sit out. In fact she had never swum in public since she was in the hospital. Instead she has to sit on the side of the pool and watch while everyone else was enjoying themselves. When she handed in her note why she could not swim, she swore the teacher to secrecy. The last thing she needed was more teasing and rumours. All throughout the last couple of weeks, Ivie had continued to wear long sleaved clothing, though it was summer. She had done so for years, so why should she stop?
The class had to walk fifteen minutes to the local swimming pools. As they walked, TK, Kari and Davis played "truth or dare" unaware tat Ivie was listening in.
"Okay Kari, truth or dare?" asked TK. Kari was in the middle of TK and Davis, she turned her head towards him.
"Umm, dare." She said with a twinkle in her eye.
"I dare you to kiss..."TK looked over Kari's head to Davis who was flapping his arms about and pointing to himself. He then made a pleading face and put his hands together silently begging. Then pointed to himself again!
"You have to kiss Cody," said TK with a laugh. Davis face fell, and he made a fist and shook it at TK.
"But only on the cheek," added Kari who turned to Davis and asked "Truth or Dare"
"Truth," said Davis definitely.
"Okay, ahh. I know, why are you so afraid of swimming?'
"I AM NOT AFAID OF SWIMMING!! Only drowning!"
"You gotta explain Davis, it's the rules." Kari told him.
"Fine but you can't laugh. I saw this documentary when I was little, or maybe it was a movie. I can't remember. Anyways, there was a little boy who was swimming all by himself and then this huge whirlpool sucked him in. My sister told me that the whirl pool thing might happen to me if I am bad. It is a phobia. I had nightmares for weeks." Davis shuddered for effect as Kari and TK tried to suffocate their giggles.
"Is that why?" asked Kari.
"Yeah," challenged Davis, "Truth or dare TK. It's your turn."
"Ahh, Dare, no, no, truth. Yep truth, " said TK nervously
"Did you ever have a thing for Yolei?" asked Davis with an evil smile on his face.
"What? Me and Yolei? We are just good friends that's all. Nothing more than that," then he added, "Just like you and Kari, just friends. Besides, Yolei is too old, and she really likes Ken!"
"Oh, so you'd prefer girls our age then. Does that mean you like Greenie?" asked Davis, annoyed that TK said Kari and he were just friends. "Greenie" was a nickname given to Ivie because of her green eyes.
"Her name isn't Greenie! It is Ivie. Stop teasing her Davis. It's not fair. Ivie just moved here and it would be nice if you showed some friendship. And I'm sick of all this crud that you keep saying about me and Ivie. We are friends, get it! Like you and Kari. Just because a guy and a girl talk to each other doesn't mean that they are in love! Right Kari?"
"Yeah, actually TK is right. You haven't been very nice to her," said Kari for the first time defending Ivie.
Kari remembered her chat with Sora, 'Hey, just because TK talks to this new girl doesn't mean he doesn't like you! He is just being kind. You have known him a lot longer than this other girl, so don't be jealous of her. She could never take TK away from you.' That is what Sora had said last night when she was visiting Tai after Tennis practise. Of corse Sora had kicked Tai out of the room before she had that girl talk with Kari. Tai wasn't too pleased, but how could he be mad at Sora?
"Hmph," Davis was upset that Kari once again took TK's side. Since Ivie had arrived, Kari had taken Davis' side and not TK's but now...Davis had thought Kari had suddenly seen the light, but he was mistaken They walked the rest of the way in silence, Ivie hatching a plan, now all she needed was timing.
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