Ok. I'm not sure how this chapter is gonna go. It's gonna be a completely random chapter and the randomness will play an important part 2 make the story fit 2gether.
ONE OF THE 2 LAWYERS: a-choo!
ME: crud. Here, take sum of this.( shoves cough syrup down his throat.)
Play that funk music! (I'm still sad bout not goin 2 the Tom Petty concert.)
Chapter 14: The Market
The next morning, Kellie woke up with the sunlight streaming through her window and right onto her pillow.
Kellie went to the window and shoved it open and stuck her head out. On the very edge of the horizon, she saw a rim of brown instead of blue. They were reaching land!
She unlocked the door and ran down to the galley. The cook smiled at her and handed her a plate full of food and a pot full of ginseng tea.
"Mornin, miss Kelso. Here you go."
"Thank you, Kiarra." Kellie knew the name was close to Kierra, but she knew that this wasn't the person the Master had been talking about.
"I'm glad I now have someone else to give this tea to instead of General Iroh all the time."
"I'm surprised I like it at all. Back home I've had home made tea, and I hated it."
"Well, there's a first time for everything." Kellie sighed as her thoughts wandered to her family and friends back home. Did they know she was gone? Did they miss her? How was she going to get home? She was in a parallel dimension, her world was just beyond the reach of Time. Kellie smiled, that was from, well, I guess you could call it a proverb, she made up one night when a stream of moonlight came through her window and onto her pillow. It made her think of God.
Heaven is just beyond the sun, and just beyond the reach of Time. And God's windows to the world are the sun and the moon. Kellie smiled. The sun and the moon were God's windows to the world. Since this world had a sun and a moon, Heaven was here. God was still watching, she would get through this, she would get home.
"Yah, I guess there is." Then Kellie sat down and began to eat.
"Oh come on, Zuko! You have to let me off this God-forsaken ship! I promise not to run away! Besides, where am I supposed to go?" Kellie pleaded on deck as the port drew near.
"No! And where would you go? Back to the Avatar!" Zuko argued.
"Well then, wouldn't you just follow me?"
"Prince Zuko, just let her go. She can stay with me. We'll buy her some nice things, and make sure you regret saying she couldn't go." Iroh pleaded along side Kellie.
"humph. Fine. But I expect something that I wasn't expecting." Zuko finally agreed.
"Tanks, captain. I won't let you down, sir." Kellie snickered as she gave Zuko a left-handed Indian salute.
"Well, come on Iroh! We've arrived and I want to see the market place!" Kellie yelled excitedly as she tugged on Iroh's sleeve.
"Well, it appears I've finally found someone who enjoys shopping!" Iroh beamed as he smiled at Zuko. Then they walked down the ramp.
Kellie walked next to Iroh and looked around in awe.
"Like it?" Iroh asked.
"Are you kidding? I love it! The malls in Seattle are nothing compared to this!" Kellie yelled as she ran up to a stand and examined the trinkets for sale. It was full of jewelry.
"See anything you like, young lady?" The merchant in charge of the stand asked as he leaned over and examined his trinkets with the young girl.
"No- yes! Yes I do! That!" And Kellie pointed to a necklace with a sapphire fairy charm hanging on the gold chain.
"Ah, that's my rarest piece. One of a kind." Said the merchant, knowing she had fine taste in jewelry. Many of his customers didn't give the fairy a second glance.
"Really? Why is it so special?" Kellie asked. She loved fairies.
"Well, it is the symbol for the youngest Water goddess of them all. Kierra." Kellie's head shot up at the name.
"K-K-Kierra?" She stammered.
"Yes, she's so young, she's still a sprite. First gods and goddesses start out as sprites, then grow into gods. But strangely, Kierra hasn't grown up. She's 2,000 years old and most sprites become gods at 1,000. It's a mystery." Actually, it wasn't. Only the merchant knew the truth of why Kierra was still a sprite. But he wasn't about to tell. He had a feeling this girl was about to play an important role in Kierra's maturity.
"But legend has it, that this necklace can summon Kierra." Kellie stared at the sapphire figure.
"How much?" She asked eagerly.
"250 gold pieces." Kellie's head sagged in defeat. She didn't even have one copper piece.
"But, you're my first customer to look at this necklace, so I'll give it to ya for free." Said the merchant, trying to cheer her up.
"Really?" Her face brightened with hope.
"Really. Here you go." And handed her the necklace.
"THANK YOU!" Kellie yelled. Noone in the crowd looked up. They were used to it.
Kellie slipped the gold chain around her neck, and once the sapphire fairy hit her collar bone, it started to glow.
She's the one. The one my family has been looking for. The prophecy has been began.
"Thank you, sir! Have a nice day!" Kellie waved as she walked off.
"You too!" He replied. You and Kierra.
Kellie smiled a great big smile as she walked up to Iroh.
"Ah, I see you have found something that catches your liking." Iroh noticed her necklace.
"Yup." Kellie replied, still smiling.
"Well, we'll have to find something to match." Iroh said and shoved her into a tailor shop.
Kellie looked around when a creepy looking tailor walked out from the back room.
"Welcome, young lady. Can I help you?"
"Uh, yeah, got anything to match this?" And she fingered her necklace. The tailor peered at the fairy, then stood up as well as his crooked back would permit him.
"Yes. Come along." And he led her into a maze of fabrics, dresses, shirts, and pants.
Iroh had been standing outside for an hour when a young woman came out. She was dressed in a pair of shimmering golden pants with blue swirls and a midnight blue t-shirt that rounded in an oval around her neck, and the oval was rimmed with a silver moon, while her shirt was dotted with silver specks, no doubt stars. Iroh didn't really notice her dark red hair or the sapphire fairy right at the rim of her shirt.
The girl smiled at him, and the bundle in her arms became apparent. Iroh nodded to her.
"Afternoon, miss." She stared at him, then began to giggle, then laugh hysterically.
"What's so funny?" He asked, looking confused.
"Y-y-you!" She managed. She was turning blue. She was laughing so hard she couldn't breath.
"You can't recognize me, can you, Iroh?" Iroh looked at her, and his jaw dropped.
"Miss Kelso?"
"YES!"
"I can't believe it! Your clothes!"
"Yah, I know. The tailor said I looked so stunning in all the clothes he had me try on, he said it was on the house. That included 5 dresses, 7 pairs of pants, and 15 different shirts. Must of cost someone else at least 300 gold pieces, cause he had me try on the most expensive stuff."
"Well, I've gotten some things for your room, and we must dash to the ship. I want Zuko to see you." Kellie rolled her eyes. Iroh was starting to sound like her mom and Zuko would play the role of her brother, who her mother always had her model for.
When they got to the ship, Zuko was on deck training. He was in his sparring uniform and fighting a soldier when his uncle cried out,
"PRINCE ZUKO! THERE'S SOMETHING YOU MUST SEE!" Zuko bowed to the soldier, the ran to his uncle.
"What is it, uncle? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Except, well, it's miss Kellie."
"What about her? Is she alright?"
"I'm better than alright." And Kellie stepped from behind Iroh. Zuko took one look at her, and his jaw might as well been on the floor below him.
Ok! This was completely random, some of these things I wuz planning, I just didn't know how 2 connect them, so that made this a totally random chapter. But it sounds like Zuko has taken a liking to Kellie, hasn't it? But it's shame that's she's , well, I just say that's 4 me 2 know and 4 u 2 find out.
darkangel52: good idea. Next time I'll try knockout gas. Thanx 4 the idea.
and thanx 2 every1 else who R&R! it made my day!
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