Disclaimer: I don't own the newsies, but I do own the characters that I
make up.
Shout outs: klover: hey girl, hey I don't know if I'm going to be able to fit you into this story but I'll defiantly add you into the sequel( I already know where I'm going to put you), yea I'm already thinking of the sequel.
Glitz: yes sleep is good, but I never manage to get enough of it. Ha, I'm glad you like Nova's attitude!
Lildreamer99: here you go, I updated soon!
Thanks to my THREE (only three!) reviewers! (if I forgot you I most likely updated before I got word of your review so I'm sorry if that pertains to anyone)
Anywho moving on.
A familiar resemblance:
Two Months Later:
The hot august sun beat down on the people that dared to brave the summer heat. Perspiration flowed freely from even the high-class broads, landing on their neatly pressed dresses causing then to groan in frustration. Their counter parts stumbled along side of them mumbling about how the city 'was going to hell in a hand basket'. While the high-class were able to escape the heat by going into their expensive houses that lined the upper class streets of NY, the rest of the population was stuck out in he heat trying to make enough money to buy themselves a meal.
Nova groaned as she walked out of the lodging house and felt the already hot sun beating on her.
"Its seven o'clock in the morning and the sun is already hot as hell" She complained as she tucked her long hair into her cap.
"You think this is hot? Wait till around noon" Race said as he walked by her side.
"I know, but still"
"Come on lets get this day started"
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"Another day in the life of a newsies" Tucker newly named Hawk for his striking green eyes, said to himself as he shifted his newspapers from his left hand into his right.
"Oh yea, this is the life" Pockets said sarcastically as he came up behind him. Hawk jumped at the sound of his voice he had not expected anyone to respond to his statement. "What I scare you?"
"No, just startled me, that's all" Hawk made an attempt to defend himself.
"Whatever, anyway back to why I'm here, Irish says that he has been having so trouble with Jack and the Manhattan newsies crossing over into our borders."
"And?" Hawk asked not quite sure what he was getting at.
"I'm getting there, so tonight he wants us to go over there and teach them a lesson." Pockets raised his eyebrows at the last part of his speech, he always loved giving someone a good beating.
"Is that a good idea? I mean I have been here only two months and I already know that if you mess with Manhattan you mess with Brooklyn, do we want both of them after us?"
"What you don't think we can handle them?" Pockets said all of the sudden getting defensive.
"No that's not what I meant, its just." Hawks voice trailed off as he was unable to find the right words to voice his concern "whatever what time do you want to go?"
"Meet me at the lodging house at 9. It should start to get dark by then, we'll just soak the first newsie we see and then be out of there"
"Fine"
The two newsies dispersed and began what would be a very long day.
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Nova held her stack of 50 papers in her right arm. Today she had been daring and bought 75, her norm was 50, and she was figuring out that it was a big mistake. She had already sold the morning edition and was working on the evening one, the headlines were so bad that it was a struggle just to improve them let alone sell an.
"Hey Nova, you heading back to the lodging house soon?" Mush called from across the street.
"Nah, I still got a shit load of papers left to sell" She hollered back at him. "I'll meet you back at the lodging house"
"Alright, just be careful, there are-"
"I know! I know! Do you know how many times I have gotten this lecture? God I'm not a child"
"Whatever" Mush walked away. He and the rest of the newsies had grown accustom to Nova's fiery temper and her smart-ass attitude.
"Just cause I'm a girl they have to be all over protective of me" She mumbled to herself as she began searching the paper for a semi-decent headline.
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Hawk approached the lodging house to find Pockets already there waiting for him.
"What took you so long?" Pockets questioned him.
"You saw the headlines today, they sucked"
"True, but moving on, we got to get going" Pockets motioned for Hawk to follow him and they both began to make their way towards Manhattan.
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Nova had just sold her last paper and began to make the long trek to the lodging house. She was tired and all she wanted to do was lay down and sleep. Her head was angled downwards hiding her face from the people that passed her. Out of no where Nova got the feeling she was being followed. She brought her head up and searched the streets for the culprit. It was only now that she realized how dark it was beginning to get and how deserted the streets were. Nova reached up and pulled her hat down further onto her head hiding her face.
Nova looked back at the sound of a stone being kicked, but still there was nothing.
"Damn it" Nova cursed softly to herself. She quickened her pace in hopes of losing her follower/s, but that didn't work. In another attempted to loss them she took a quick turn into an alley only to run directly into something.
"Oomph" Nova managed to get out as she plummeted to the ground. While she was on the ground she drew her eyes up and saw two teenage boys standing in front of her. 'Shit, this is not good' she thought to her self. Trying to look brave she stood up and glared at the boys that stood before her.
"Hello, you see what have a problem, you and your newsies friends have been coming into our territory, and we don't like it. So were here to show you what happens when someone does something we don't like" The taller one (pockets) said with an evil glare.
"What you going to soak me?" Nova said with her normal attitude.
"Yes I think so"
"I'd like to see you try" Nova challenged. 'Bad idea, way to go, picking fights with boys that are each double your size, real smart' Nova thought inwardly.
"Oh, you're going to wish that you never were born"
" To bad that I already do" Nova mumbled softly. After that all hell broke loss. Pockets brought his fist directly into Nova's right eye sending her stumbling back a few feet. Nova retaliated by sending her fist into Pockets jaw. There was a loud CRUNCH, Nova was unsure whether it was his jaw or her hand. The fighting continued like this for 10 minutes.
Hawk hung back in the shadows not wanting to get involved. He watched, observing the two fighting 'boys'. 'Wow for being such a small thing that boy certainly does have a lot of power in him' he thought to himself pertaining to Nova. Just then he heard a loud crash and was drawn back to reality. He saw the 'boy' in a pile of old broken crates and he saw Pockets standing in above him getting ready to bring his fist down and send the 'boy' into a state of unconsciousness.
"Hey Pockets, I think that is enough", He said as he exited the shadows. Pockets looked over at the sound of his voice as if he forgot he was even here. While Pockets was distracted Nova jumped up onto him sending him to the ground. Though Nova had the power at the moment she did not have power over one thing. She felt her hair fall down and brush against her face and saw her hat lying next to her.
"Shit she's a girl" Pockets said staring at the girl that had him pined to the ground.
"No shit, really?" Nova said with a smile. "What a cat got your tongue? How's it feel to get your ass kicked by a girl?"
Pockets remained speechless. Nova stood up and glared at the other boy. There was something about him, something about his eyes. They were enchanting, they drew her in. Then in it hit her like a ton of bricks, she had seen those eyes before, oh yes she had. She had seen them when she looked I the mirror. Nova's jawed dropped.
"Tucker?" she said in a hushed whisper.
"Who wants to know?" Hawk said looking at the strange girl in front of him. "Wait, your eyes, I have seen them before." his voice trailed off. "Oh shit its you"
The two siblings stood a few feet away from each other staring, just staring.
"Um. what did I miss here?" Pockets asked as he pulled himself off the ground.
"Pockets I'd like you to meet my sister, November, or Nova" Hawk motioned towards Nova.
"Sister? But she's one of Kelly's newsies" Pockets said in disbelief.
"You got a problem with my leader?" Nova said immediately becoming protective of the people that had made her life worth living.
"Yea, maybe I do", He said returning her attitude.
"Shut up, the both of you" Hawk moaned out of frustration. Both Nova and Pockets sent him a death glare, if only looks could kill. "So how have you been?" Hawk said as she shifted his attention directly to Nova.
"Um. good? I guess" Nova said hesitantly unsure of what to tell her brother. "How about you?"
"Good" There was a long awkward pause where no one spoke. The silence was broken by shouts from the distance. Nova could barely make out the words but she could tell by the voices that it was her friends.
"Shit you got to go" Nova cursed. Giving his sister one last look Hawk and Pockets disappeared down the alley and into the night.
Nova just sat down, taking in everything that had just happened. Her brother? She had finally found the one thing she was searching for, but they were supposed to be enemies. And then there was the fact about what to tell the newsies.
"Nova" Jack yelled. Finally regaining her composure Nova called back.
"I'm over here"
"Thank god" Jack ran up and gave her a hug. "What happened to you?" Jack noticed her black eye, bloody hand, split lip and her numerous cuts and bruises. "Why are you crying?" Concern filled his voice as he noticed the tears sliding down Nova's face.
Nova brought her hand up to her face and sure enough she had tears falling from her eyes and streaking down her face.
"I don't know" At this point it was best to lie, she didn't want to get into her whole past.
"There has to be a reason" Jack pressed on.
"There is no reason" Nova snapped. Jack sighed and held his hands up in defeat.
"Come on lets get you back"
Shout outs: klover: hey girl, hey I don't know if I'm going to be able to fit you into this story but I'll defiantly add you into the sequel( I already know where I'm going to put you), yea I'm already thinking of the sequel.
Glitz: yes sleep is good, but I never manage to get enough of it. Ha, I'm glad you like Nova's attitude!
Lildreamer99: here you go, I updated soon!
Thanks to my THREE (only three!) reviewers! (if I forgot you I most likely updated before I got word of your review so I'm sorry if that pertains to anyone)
Anywho moving on.
A familiar resemblance:
Two Months Later:
The hot august sun beat down on the people that dared to brave the summer heat. Perspiration flowed freely from even the high-class broads, landing on their neatly pressed dresses causing then to groan in frustration. Their counter parts stumbled along side of them mumbling about how the city 'was going to hell in a hand basket'. While the high-class were able to escape the heat by going into their expensive houses that lined the upper class streets of NY, the rest of the population was stuck out in he heat trying to make enough money to buy themselves a meal.
Nova groaned as she walked out of the lodging house and felt the already hot sun beating on her.
"Its seven o'clock in the morning and the sun is already hot as hell" She complained as she tucked her long hair into her cap.
"You think this is hot? Wait till around noon" Race said as he walked by her side.
"I know, but still"
"Come on lets get this day started"
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
"Another day in the life of a newsies" Tucker newly named Hawk for his striking green eyes, said to himself as he shifted his newspapers from his left hand into his right.
"Oh yea, this is the life" Pockets said sarcastically as he came up behind him. Hawk jumped at the sound of his voice he had not expected anyone to respond to his statement. "What I scare you?"
"No, just startled me, that's all" Hawk made an attempt to defend himself.
"Whatever, anyway back to why I'm here, Irish says that he has been having so trouble with Jack and the Manhattan newsies crossing over into our borders."
"And?" Hawk asked not quite sure what he was getting at.
"I'm getting there, so tonight he wants us to go over there and teach them a lesson." Pockets raised his eyebrows at the last part of his speech, he always loved giving someone a good beating.
"Is that a good idea? I mean I have been here only two months and I already know that if you mess with Manhattan you mess with Brooklyn, do we want both of them after us?"
"What you don't think we can handle them?" Pockets said all of the sudden getting defensive.
"No that's not what I meant, its just." Hawks voice trailed off as he was unable to find the right words to voice his concern "whatever what time do you want to go?"
"Meet me at the lodging house at 9. It should start to get dark by then, we'll just soak the first newsie we see and then be out of there"
"Fine"
The two newsies dispersed and began what would be a very long day.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Nova held her stack of 50 papers in her right arm. Today she had been daring and bought 75, her norm was 50, and she was figuring out that it was a big mistake. She had already sold the morning edition and was working on the evening one, the headlines were so bad that it was a struggle just to improve them let alone sell an.
"Hey Nova, you heading back to the lodging house soon?" Mush called from across the street.
"Nah, I still got a shit load of papers left to sell" She hollered back at him. "I'll meet you back at the lodging house"
"Alright, just be careful, there are-"
"I know! I know! Do you know how many times I have gotten this lecture? God I'm not a child"
"Whatever" Mush walked away. He and the rest of the newsies had grown accustom to Nova's fiery temper and her smart-ass attitude.
"Just cause I'm a girl they have to be all over protective of me" She mumbled to herself as she began searching the paper for a semi-decent headline.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Hawk approached the lodging house to find Pockets already there waiting for him.
"What took you so long?" Pockets questioned him.
"You saw the headlines today, they sucked"
"True, but moving on, we got to get going" Pockets motioned for Hawk to follow him and they both began to make their way towards Manhattan.
-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Nova had just sold her last paper and began to make the long trek to the lodging house. She was tired and all she wanted to do was lay down and sleep. Her head was angled downwards hiding her face from the people that passed her. Out of no where Nova got the feeling she was being followed. She brought her head up and searched the streets for the culprit. It was only now that she realized how dark it was beginning to get and how deserted the streets were. Nova reached up and pulled her hat down further onto her head hiding her face.
Nova looked back at the sound of a stone being kicked, but still there was nothing.
"Damn it" Nova cursed softly to herself. She quickened her pace in hopes of losing her follower/s, but that didn't work. In another attempted to loss them she took a quick turn into an alley only to run directly into something.
"Oomph" Nova managed to get out as she plummeted to the ground. While she was on the ground she drew her eyes up and saw two teenage boys standing in front of her. 'Shit, this is not good' she thought to her self. Trying to look brave she stood up and glared at the boys that stood before her.
"Hello, you see what have a problem, you and your newsies friends have been coming into our territory, and we don't like it. So were here to show you what happens when someone does something we don't like" The taller one (pockets) said with an evil glare.
"What you going to soak me?" Nova said with her normal attitude.
"Yes I think so"
"I'd like to see you try" Nova challenged. 'Bad idea, way to go, picking fights with boys that are each double your size, real smart' Nova thought inwardly.
"Oh, you're going to wish that you never were born"
" To bad that I already do" Nova mumbled softly. After that all hell broke loss. Pockets brought his fist directly into Nova's right eye sending her stumbling back a few feet. Nova retaliated by sending her fist into Pockets jaw. There was a loud CRUNCH, Nova was unsure whether it was his jaw or her hand. The fighting continued like this for 10 minutes.
Hawk hung back in the shadows not wanting to get involved. He watched, observing the two fighting 'boys'. 'Wow for being such a small thing that boy certainly does have a lot of power in him' he thought to himself pertaining to Nova. Just then he heard a loud crash and was drawn back to reality. He saw the 'boy' in a pile of old broken crates and he saw Pockets standing in above him getting ready to bring his fist down and send the 'boy' into a state of unconsciousness.
"Hey Pockets, I think that is enough", He said as he exited the shadows. Pockets looked over at the sound of his voice as if he forgot he was even here. While Pockets was distracted Nova jumped up onto him sending him to the ground. Though Nova had the power at the moment she did not have power over one thing. She felt her hair fall down and brush against her face and saw her hat lying next to her.
"Shit she's a girl" Pockets said staring at the girl that had him pined to the ground.
"No shit, really?" Nova said with a smile. "What a cat got your tongue? How's it feel to get your ass kicked by a girl?"
Pockets remained speechless. Nova stood up and glared at the other boy. There was something about him, something about his eyes. They were enchanting, they drew her in. Then in it hit her like a ton of bricks, she had seen those eyes before, oh yes she had. She had seen them when she looked I the mirror. Nova's jawed dropped.
"Tucker?" she said in a hushed whisper.
"Who wants to know?" Hawk said looking at the strange girl in front of him. "Wait, your eyes, I have seen them before." his voice trailed off. "Oh shit its you"
The two siblings stood a few feet away from each other staring, just staring.
"Um. what did I miss here?" Pockets asked as he pulled himself off the ground.
"Pockets I'd like you to meet my sister, November, or Nova" Hawk motioned towards Nova.
"Sister? But she's one of Kelly's newsies" Pockets said in disbelief.
"You got a problem with my leader?" Nova said immediately becoming protective of the people that had made her life worth living.
"Yea, maybe I do", He said returning her attitude.
"Shut up, the both of you" Hawk moaned out of frustration. Both Nova and Pockets sent him a death glare, if only looks could kill. "So how have you been?" Hawk said as she shifted his attention directly to Nova.
"Um. good? I guess" Nova said hesitantly unsure of what to tell her brother. "How about you?"
"Good" There was a long awkward pause where no one spoke. The silence was broken by shouts from the distance. Nova could barely make out the words but she could tell by the voices that it was her friends.
"Shit you got to go" Nova cursed. Giving his sister one last look Hawk and Pockets disappeared down the alley and into the night.
Nova just sat down, taking in everything that had just happened. Her brother? She had finally found the one thing she was searching for, but they were supposed to be enemies. And then there was the fact about what to tell the newsies.
"Nova" Jack yelled. Finally regaining her composure Nova called back.
"I'm over here"
"Thank god" Jack ran up and gave her a hug. "What happened to you?" Jack noticed her black eye, bloody hand, split lip and her numerous cuts and bruises. "Why are you crying?" Concern filled his voice as he noticed the tears sliding down Nova's face.
Nova brought her hand up to her face and sure enough she had tears falling from her eyes and streaking down her face.
"I don't know" At this point it was best to lie, she didn't want to get into her whole past.
"There has to be a reason" Jack pressed on.
"There is no reason" Nova snapped. Jack sighed and held his hands up in defeat.
"Come on lets get you back"
