Chapter 1. The fire within
Amara sat in her room staring up at the ceiling, as her pencil moved across the paper. She looked back down at the paper, to admire her latest doodle. It was a tree set alight, flames leaped from the tree, as burnt leaves fell from it. She was not very talented in drawing, but you could still tell what the picture depicted. Sighing happily she wrote a small caption under her picture 'the destruction of fire'. Happy with her work, she shut the book that she was drawing in. the book was very thick a plump, with all of her diary entrees, poems (that she wrote on rare occasions), and all of her scribbling. The book had a yellow cover, but Amara had drawn some flames on it with a red nico marker. She did not have her name on it just a simple phrase written in the marker, 'the fire within'. Grabbing the thick book she shoved it back under her pillow, where the book lived, and stood stretching her tired limbs.
It was Sunday. A relatively slow day at the x mansion. She had already had her dangeroom session, and had done her homework the night before, so she now had free time. But the problem was she had no idea what she could do with it. 'it is a sunny day outside' she thought to herself, 'I might as well go for a walk' . After she put on some shoes, and was contemplating just where she was walking to, a brilliant idea hit her. Grabbing her book from it's resting place and her back pack, she set out for the park intent on doing some more drawings under the shade of one of the many trees the park had within it.
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'click', silence, 'click', silence 'click'
"Mon ami, if you do not stop dat, Remy is going to have to shove it somewhere, where it is really goin' to hurt", Gambit shot from across the room to his Australian teammate. He had been trying to play a game a solitaire, but was finding it hard to concentrate with the obsessive compulsive Ausie playing with his lighter.
"sorry mate, it's just that there is nuthin' to do around here", said Pyro staring at the wall opposite him.
"Why don't you go and write one of those mushy books, you write so well?", Gambit suggested, as he continued to play his game.
"Would if I could mate, but I've been havin' trouble gettin' the words out lately", Pyro confessed.
John was good with words, he had already released five books that sold very well, and he now had a contracted with a very highly thought of publishing company (AN: not Mills and Boon). Which was great, considering he was receiving plenty of money from the company to keep writing, but the problem with the contract was that he had deadlines, and the deadline for his latest book was fast approaching. 'Picked a bloody good time to get writers block', he thought.
"well sittin'in a corner and playin'with a lighter is not going to help, get words out, mon ami", John nodded in agreement to what his teammate was saying, "You need fresh air, go for a walk. Remy finds that always helps him think", he suggested.
Pyro sat in silence for a while contemplating the idea. It was a nice day out side, maybe a walk would clear his head after all. he sighted and stood up "You're right mate, a walk could do me a world of good".
"Remy is always rite", he said not bothering to look up from his game, as the Australian left the room, to grab his laptop with the unfinished book on it. With his laptop in hand John setout for the most logical place he could think of to get his creative juices flowing, a place where he could think under the shade of a tree; the park.
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AN: I know its been years since I last wrote fanfiction, but I'm back now, intent on bringing another x couple together. My last story Must be Dreaming, I have decided is finished, but I might do a sequel if people want one. but don't expect to much from me I have a very busy life, and a boyfriend who loves the attention I give him (he also writes fanfiction, but for a game called StarCraft), so don't expect to much updates.