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Chapter 19: Homesick
Tears. Kellie hadn't sweat a drop. Not one all week. She had been sobbing in a coma. And Zuko had been there watched her cry. Bastard. Kellie looked around, from the looks of things, it was near midnight.
Plus, not only did her arms have bandages, but they had been put into slings and her stomach had been wrapped tight. I honestly hope to God above that it wasn't Zuko who changed my bandages. I don't want those filthy hands touching me. And Kellie yanked her wrist out of Zuko's grip. She heard Zuko mutter.
"Kellie, I'm sorry, come back."
Her eyes softened, but she shook her head. Don't be a fool, child. Don't forget the dream! It's probably a prediction. Dreams can sometimes predict the future! NEVER FORGET THE DREAM AND THE PAIN HE CAUSED YOU IN THE DREAM!
Kellie as quietly as she could, climbed out of the bed. She looked on the Prince, still sleeping, awaiting her to return to the Living. She remembered the saying, 'Beauty is only skin-deep.' Heh, no kidding! She knew Zuko was handsome, but deep down, he was hideous. Just look at what he had done to her! He certainly wasn't totally handsome. But still, Kellie pitied Zuko. She gave him a light kiss on the forehead just to show her pity.
Kellie quietly opened the door, and looked down the hall. Seeing noone, she slipped out and ran on deck. She needed someone to talk to.
"Kierra? Kierra, are you there?" Kellie whispered to the ocean. Kierra's form appeared on the water.
"Kellie! Thank the Great God! You're alright!" Just hearing the cool, liquid voice made Kellie feel better.
"Yah, I guess." Kellie looked away.
"What's the matter?"
"When I was in my coma, I had a dream, a horrible one. It was about my family back home and Zuko." A single tear slid down her cheek. But it wouldn't be the last as she embarked on telling Kierra of the horrid nightmare she had had due to homesickness.
When she was done telling every last detail of the dream, there were hundreds of puddles at Kellie's feet.
"Do you, do you think that my dream is a prediction? I mean, do you think part of my dream is going to happen?" Kellie asked Kierra, with fear beyond evident in her voice.
"I wish I could tell you. But it is by the law of the gods and the goddesses that we cannot tell the child we protect the Sights we have for them." Kierra said disappointingly. But she did have a Sight that did have something to do with her dream. And I swear to the Great God above, I'll be there with you to help fight.
"Oh. Ok." Kellie looked up and saw the sun was just rising. She wanted to stay and watch it, but she needed to hide. She didn't want Zuko to find her.
Zuko's eyes fluttered open as the rising sun's light fell through the window and onto his head. He looked up and horror struck him. Kellie was gone.
"UNCLE! WAKE UP! WAKE UP EVERY MAN ON THIS SHIP! KELLIE'S GONE!"
In under 5 minutes, the entire crew was up and about, searching for the injured girl.
"She had to have been kidnapped. She's in no condition to be up and about." Said one of the 10 doctors who had treated her.
When I find the bitch that took Kellie, he'll wish his PARENTS had never been born! That way, neither would he. Zuko yelled in his head.
But, she was never found. Zuko was heartbroken, and went on deck to train. And heard a beautiful alto voice singing:
Well it started outDown a dirty road.
Started out
All alone.
And the sun went down
As I crossed the hill.
The town lit up,
And the world got still.
I'm learnin' to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down
Is the hardest thing.
Well the good ol' days
May not return.
And the rocks might melt,
And the sea may burn.
I'm learnin' to fly,
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down
Is the hardest thing.
Well some say life
Will beat you down.
Break your heart,
And steal your crown.
So it started it out
For God-knows-where.
I guess I'll know,
When I get there.
I'm learnin' to fly,
Around the clouds.
What goes up,
Must come down.
I'm learnin' to fly
But I ain't got wings.
Comin' down,
Is the hardest thing.
I'm learnin' to fly
Around the clouds.
What goes up,
Must come down.
I'm learnin' to fly.
I'm learnin' to fly.
Zuko's eyes got wide, Kellie was leaning against the railing, and SHE had been the one who had sang!
"What's that song called?" He asked quietly. Kellie whirled around. She ran and tackled him. Then got up and ran through the hatch. Zuko ran after her. He found her in a corner of her room, sobbing.
"Aaron, I miss you so much. I wish I had never came here. I want to go home and watch you run at cross-country meets! I want to go home. This world sucks all the way to hell. I want to go home!" Zuko walked up and knelt beside her.
"It's alright." He whispered. Kellie looked at him and told him to go away.
"Why?"
"You've caused me nothing but pain."
"Please Kellie, what's wrong?" He pulled her into a hug. She beat on him, trying to gain freedom, but he held her tight. Finally, she gave in.
"I'm homesick. I miss my brother. I want to go home." She sobbed.
"Well, alright. We can take you home." Kellie looked up at him and shook her head.
"You can't take me home."
" Why not?"
"Ever heard of Ephrata, Washington?"
"Um, no."
"My point."
" I don't get it."
"You've never heard of Ephrata because I come from another world."
"Zuko, please. Let me go."
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because, you need family to get you through this, and me and my uncle are the closest thing you got to jus that." So, Kellie just sobbed into Zuko's chest, until she cried away all her tears.
"Thank you. You're just as caring as Aaron. And just as entertaining." She whispered with a grin.
"You're welcome. Now, what's the name of the song you were singing on deck?"
"Learnin' To Fly."
"By?"
"Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers."
"Can you sing another song by them?"
"Sure, but keep in mind that this was written by a guy." And her alto voice went into another song.
You think you're going to take her wayWith your money and your cocaine
Keep thinkin' that mind's gonna change
But I know everything is OK
She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of loving
But she don't need you
You want me to think that I'm being used
You want her to think it's over
You can't see it doesn't matter what ya do
Buddy, you don't even know her
She's gonna listen to her heart
It's gonna tell her what to do
She might need a lot of loving
But she don't need you
"And that was called?"
"Listen To Her Heart."
"It's a beautiful song. Sorta like you." Kellie smiled. Kierra, in a nearby water basin, rolled her eyes.
It has begun.
Ok! I'll update l8r, and ya, I get sum serious cases of homesickness when I don't have any family or close friends with me when I'm sumwhere new. and, it's not becuz i wuz busy that it took so long for this chapter to be posted, i drove myself crazy by not doing it until 2day. and i plan 2 keep on doin it. sure it'll torture me, but it'll also torture u guys 2! mwuhahaha! plz don't remind me i'm weird.
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