DISCLAIMER: don't own Avatar.
FireGurl107: yah. I'm feeling a little better. I want 2 know y she's mad at me. And give her a piece of my mind. (and my fist. I have a light reputation 4 hurting ppl.)
Uh, anyway, let us c how Zuko and the new, 14-year-old Kellie r doing!
O, and 0-dragon replied 2 my other story, wanting 2 know where Ephrata is. Well, 4 starters, it's in Washington. It's on the east side of the cascades. But that's as far as I will go in explaining it.
Chapter 3: Welcome To Ephrata
"Two years?" Zuko was dumbfounded. But it had been two months back home!
"Yah. I'm sorry, Zuko. But I can't help time. Your world and mine flow at different paces. Preferably, mine goes at a very faster pace. I'm no longer the 12-year-old you used to know. I'm a dangerous 14-year-old." Kellie said with a sly grin.
"Dangerous, huh? Well, I'm up to the challenge." Zuko said with an equally sly grin. Kellie's eyes got wide, and she backed away. Zuko was confused.
"What?" Kellie raised an eyebrow. And folded her arms over her chest.
"You might of forgotten, but I haven't." Was all she said. Zuko didn't get it. He thought back to when she had been in his world, all the time they spent together, and Music Night…
Oh. THAT'S what she's talking about.
Zuko remembered when he had nearly, raped, Kellie once when he had been drunk on his 17th birthday.
"Remember my last night in your world?" Zuko thought back. To when she had had hypothermia, she had told him of once when the exact thing had happened, and she had gone into his arms to get warm.
"Yes." Kellie glared.
"Well, I hope you enjoy the memory. Cause you're in Ephrata, where it never goes below zero. Rarely goes below 15. I'm not going to get hypothermia anytime soon, and you're not going to have anyone in your arms anymore. Not unless they're dead." Kellie said darkly.
"But for now, I want to know how you got here." Kellie asked.
"Huh? Oh! Well, a Water Goddess named Kierra, she-" But Kellie's ears had perked up at the name, 'Kierra', and she immediately went into questions of her old friend.
"Kierra? You saw Kierra? How's she doing? Did you tell her I miss her? Why'd she help you?" Kellie had often thought of her friend, and had never stopped missing her. Zuko answered her questions in order.
"In order, yes, I saw Kierra, she's doing fine, no, I didn't tell her you miss her, and I have no idea whatsoever as to why she helped me." Zuko finished, and Kellie looked disappointed.
"Oh. Ok." Kellie said sadly. Zuko remembered Kierra's message.
"But she told me to tell you she misses you." Zuko cut in. Kellie looked up gratefully.
"And I do believe this belongs to you," and Zuko held up Kellie's brown leather jacket. After Kellie disappeared, Zuko always kept her jacket with him. Kellie looked at it, and snatched it from Zuko's grip and slipped it on. It fit perfectly.
"Oh thank you! Zuko! Thank you so much!" And she hugged him. Zuko was stiff at first, but loosened up. Just before Zuko raised his arms to return the embrace, Kellie realized what she was doing and released him and gave him an icy glare.
"Well, let's find you something to wear. Aaron left for college two weeks ago, and left some of his old clothes here. You can wear his old stuff, but you certainly can't wear that." And Kellie nodded to Zuko's armor.
"Come on," Kellie grabbed Zuko's arm, and led her into her brother's old room. It was a mess, dedicated to baseball, and little of basketball and football. But Zuko noticed between some of the old posters of traded Mariners baseball players, bunnies.
"Um, why are there bunnies on the walls?" Zuko asked. Kellie looked up from the drawers she was rummaging through, and grinned.
"Oh. Well, when I was in the 3rd grade, me and my brother traded rooms. I got the one with the cougar painted on the wall, and my brother got the one with the bunny wallpaper." Kellie gave one last grin, then went back to rummaging through her brother's old dresser looking for something for Zuko to wear.
"Ok, try these on," and Kellie held up a bright blue t-shirt and khaki knee-length shorts.
"You look about my brother's size, from when he was a junior, so these should fit." And Kellie tossed the shirt and shorts to Zuko. Zuko caught them, and Kellie walked out of the room.
"Where ya going?" Zuko asked.
"It's called common sense. Common sense not to watch someone undress, then dress once more." Zuko's cheeks turned red at the realization. He was used to servants helping him take on and off his armor, here, there were no servants.
"Well, could you at least help me take off my armor? It's too heavy even for me to lift." Kellie shrugged, then helped Zuko remove his armor. It was extremely hard for her to carry to her brother's old bed.
Once that was done, Kellie left so Zuko could change.
When Kellie heard Zuko yell, 'done!' Kellie walked in and saw Zuko. Perfect fit. And the shirt was tight. Showing off his lean and muscled chest. Kellie's hormones kicked in.
He's so hot!
WHAT!
You heard me.
NO I DIDN'T! LA LA LA! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I DON'T LIKE ANYONE! REMEMBER!
No.
Kellie shut off her thoughts when Zuko spoke.
"Well, is it bad?"
No, it's great! You're so hot.
Kellie couldn't recognize this feeling, so she ignored it.
"It's, nice." Kellie grabbed Zuko's arm and dragged him out of the room.
"Where are we going?" Zuko asked as Kellie dragged him downstairs, and out the front door.
"Downtown. I promised to meet some friends at Rock Park, and I don't wanna be late." Kellie explained as she led him down the road. Zuko yanked his arm away from Kellie's grip, and kept up with her faster pace as she reached an intersection. She looked both ways, then crossed the road.
He followed her all the way to downtown. Then she held out an arm to stop him.
"Zuko," Kellie started.
"Welcome to Ephrata."
Ok! –sniff- sry! My seasonal allergies r kickin in. wuzn't expecting them so soon. They usually start up in October, and I've only been in skool 4 2 weeks! This is gonna b a LONG YEAR.
Well, hope u like the chapter.
Like, peace man. (go hippies! Lol)
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