DISCLAIMER: don't own AVATAR.
FyreFlower: actually, Whitney is my oldest friend. We've known each other since preskool. I gave my friend a bad rep in this story cuz
I know she has a thing 4 hot guys. (which Zuko is. Duh.)
I needed sum1 2 b a party pooper. Though I know she would never hurt any1. at least I think.
In 2day's chapter: There's a new girl at school. And, turns out, she's an old friend of Kellie…
Chapter 24: Her Own Work
After that, Whitney began to plot how to get rid of Kellie.
Get her suspended? No, she would come back.
Get her expelled? She and Zuko share a house! For God's sake!
Get her sent to Juvy? Eventually, she would come back.
Make her,
Whitney's eyes got wide with an evil, but sure-fire plan.
Yes, that'll do nicely. If that happens, there is no way she'll come back. And Zuko will still be here. Mine for the taking.
Whitney began to plot the next stage of her plan.
Kellie sighed as she began to do an Art project.
"Draw something pretty." The Art teacher had said. Kellie shrugged, and began to try and draw something.
She closed her eyes, and let her hands work. A technique she had used years ago, for a friend.
I miss her.
Kellie thought sadly. But, there was no way to see her again. It was, impossible.
Kellie opened her eyes to examine her work, growled, and set the drawing aflame accidentally. Luckily, no one saw it. Kellie took the ashes and threw them away.
That drawing was my best work. And I can't duplicate it!
Kellie gave up, and began to draw something else.
Guys gaped at the new girl opening her locker. She was the most gorgeous thing ever. Even some male teachers looked at her in awe! (of course, these were the younger, unmarried male teachers.)
Kellie had caught wind there was a new girl in school, and that Zuko was among the boys watching her, made Kellie course with jealousy.
Kellie decided to find the new girl, and make her no longer pretty.
Turns out, finding her wasn't as hard as Kellie thought. Her locker was right across from Kellie's.
Kellie was about walk up behind her and whack her over the head, when she stopped.
The new girl's locker was open, and she rummaged through it. And on the inside of the locker door, Kellie could see a drawing hanging on it.
It was a mermaid, with fairy's wings, in perfect detail. Everything about it was perfect. It was, her own work.
The major give away was it had her signature.
No. It can't be. I threw that drawing-
Tears went to Kellie's eyes as she recalled a memory from two years ago.
TWO YEARS AGO:
Kellie smiled, and headed back to the ship.
She looked at her reflection, and then looked away. She hated her reflection. Kellie missed her long locks of red hair, flowing down to her shoulders. She missed her family, sitting back home across space and Time. But, she missed Kierra.
That was when Kellie realized she was still holding the drawing she had made. The design for Kierra's new body.
Kellie looked at it, locking its detail in her memory, then tossed the drawing into the stream, letting water claim its beauty for the rest of Eternity. Kellie watched as the drawing dissolved, then ran back to Zuko's ship. Tears running down her cheeks.
Kierra sat in the darkest realms of the ocean, when dissolved shreds of paper floated down to her.
Kierra looked at them, then, with a wave her hand, the shreds rearranged themselves. They formed a perfect sketch of her body, and Kierra smiled. She covered the paper in a waterproof bubble, then shrunk the picture and trapped it in a shell. She put the shell on a string of seaweed, and put that around her neck.
The drawing would be there, always, when she needed it. And in the next two months, that would be often…
The thing Kierra needed most, was to see Kellie's signature, on the bottom corner of the paper, symbolizing it was her work…
PRESENT TIME:
The girl turned around, and she and Kellie were face to face. Kellie recognized her eyes. They were like the sea. Green, blue, ever changing, forever beautiful. They were, Kierra's eyes.
"Hello Kellie. It's been a long two months, but two years, I should say. My, you've changed. Purple in you hair? Clever." Kellie remained silent. The girl raised an eyebrow.
"Why, what's wrong, Kellie? Aren't you going to say hello to Kierra?" Kellie took a step back from Kierra, and examined her. Her hair was now blonde with blue streaks, her height, and a pale, but perfect, complexion. This couldn't be.
"You, you can't be." Kellie stammered. Kierra put a hand on her shoulder.
"It is me, Kellie. Accept it. I thought you would be over-joyed." Kellie took another step back, then ran to the front door. She ran home.
Kierra shook her head.
I guess after not seeing me for two years, then suddenly seeing me again, was too much for her.
But, it was not Kierra that had made Kellie run, it was seeing her work, hanging on the door of Kierra's locker that had scared her.
Hehe. I must be scared out of my sox 2 run from a friend!
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