~Never Mess With a Burgundy (Unless You Want To Be Judo-Flipped)~
Quick A/N: Okay, I think I mentioned this in the previous chapter, but I'm just going to say this again! The rest of the story will be in third person POV. Starting…NOW!
Oh! And we get to see Randy prepare for the bet at the end of the chapter!
'Kay, starting…NOW!
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Natalia, Ally, and Avril walked towards the cabins. On their way, campers either waved to Natalia or whispered and pointed towards Avril as if she was an intruder in their camp. Truth be told, Avril did feel like an intruder at this camp. All the campers were Dimension Walkers with some awesome powers and cool weapons. All Avril had were some powers that were probably crummy, a pen that could turn into a bow staff (but, probably Carrie got it back), and no idea how this camp worked. It felt like the beginning of school all over again, minus the part about her mom being a teacher. No, all she were her friends, some helpful acquaintances (she wasn't so sure she, Carrie, and Natalia were friends just yet), and probably her backpack, if someone (hopefully Carrie or Natalia) found it.
"We're almost there," said Natalia. "Hopefully, your friend Alice both found her cabin and met her cabinmates. Or…"
"Or she ended up messing something up and got in deep trouble," finished Avril. "Knowing Alice, the only way she gets something right is when it involves fairytales, magical creatures, or all things related to Wonderland."
Natalia snorted. "Wow, she really is a Kingsleigh. Just hope she won't be affected by the curse."
"What curse?" asked Ally and Avril in unison.
"Oh look, we're here."
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The cabins were an interesting array of oddities. And Avril loved anything that was…odd. Avril didn't know how many cabins there were, but she knew she was only looking at half of them. The cabins were arranged in a half circle, almost like a U-shape. Natalia explained there were more cabins, there were over twenty cabins here at Camp Walker and Avril and Ally were looking at the quarter of them. But, Natalia said their cabins were located here.
At the base off the U were cabins one and two. Cabin one was high and mighty, with thick columns, tall, golden doors with two, giant clocks on it. There were sounds of laughing and shouts in Italian coming from inside the cabin. Sitting on the steps of the cabin were a few boys on laptops, and girls reading thick books. Avril squinted and saw the titles of the books were in Italian.
"That's Overseer's cabin," said Natalia with a blush. "The only way to be an Overseer is to be Overseer's child, like me. Long time ago, being an Overseer was a rare thing. Not many people harbored the power. And Overseer, he felt so lonely, what with there being Creators and Mixed all around. So, Overseer came up with a way so there were more Overseers."
"And what way is that?" asked Ally. Then, she gasped. "Don't tell me he got the idea from the Greek gods."
"Correct," said Natalia, "Overseer decided to sire children with mortal women. And so, here are the children of Overseer, in all their pride and glory."
"That's cool," said Avril, stuffing her hands in the pockets of her jeans. "Just one thing, what's up with the Italian? And French? In fact, what's up with the different languages?"
Avril looked all around and heard the campers speaking different languages. Most of them spoke European languages, like French, German, Italian, etc. Natalia shrugged as if it was a natural thing.
"It has to do with the origin of the Dimension Walkers and the birth of the Nine Dimensional Realms themselves. It's…kinda of a long story."
"Regale us then," said Avril with a raise of her eyebrow.
"Alright, but first we have to take Ally to the Giver cabin."
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The three girls stood in front of cabin six, a large white cabin with hints of silver and grey. Mounted above the door was a snowy owl, a live snowy owl. The owl was sound asleep, snuggling inside its nest. Both Ally and Avril cooed at the owl.
"That's Athena," said Natalia, "She's the guardian of the Givers. All owls are the animal symbol for any Giver."
"That adorable owl is named after the Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategies?" asked Ally, wide-eyed. "That is…TOTALLY AWESOME!"
Natalia chuckled. "Athena is the patron to the Givers. Lady Athena likes to consider Givers as her family, like her own children. Sometimes Givers are mistaken for children of Athena, though Lady Athena doesn't mind to claim Givers as her own. Now, Harriet, the cabin's head counselor is inside. Your stuff is already on your bunk. Go and get yourself all settled."
Ally took one look at the owl before sprinting in like a little kid running into a toy store. Avril chuckled before turning towards Natalia.
"So, you gonna tell me the complete history of the Dimension Walkers as you take me to my cabin?"
"Yep, indeed I am," Natalia said as they started walking. "Okay, many eons ago there were these two powerful, immortal being we called Infinite and Continuum, though those aren't their real names. Infinite created the universe, while Continuum made stars, galaxies, and all those other things in space. Continuum said the universe looked and felt lonely with only him and his wife living in it, so Infinite sired four children so they wouldn't be alone. Continuum was overjoyed, and he gave his children powers, jobs, responsibilities, and, most importantly, love and a family."
"And those kids are?"
"The first born child was Deamata, the caring, motherly sister, creator of prophecies, mother of the Fates, sired from the stars, creator of the constellations, bearer of all knowledge, and decider of destiny."
"Dang, Ms. D is more powerful than she looks."
"Yeah, I know. The second eldest is Overseer, the short-tempered but caring brother, guide to the Fates, guardian of timelines, creator of time travel, father of Father Time and Destiny, decider of fate, and creator of the planets."
Avril whistled. "Whoa, Mr. O is powerful too. You got one cool pops."
Natalia blushed. "Y-yeah, my half-siblings and I know."
"So, who are the last two?"
"The twins, Creator and Chaos."
"Whoa wait, did you just say Chaos? Mother of All and the all powerful primordial?"
"Yes, the eldest twin is Chaos, primordial goddess of discord, Mother of All, Creator of life, and sister of Creator. The youngest twin is Creator, Father of All, Creator of the Reality Dimension, helped Chaos create the Nine Dimension Realms, the leader of the Dimension Council, chairman in the Great Council, and father of Xavier Walker, the greatest Dimension Walker of all time."
Avril's jaw dropped, but she quickly closed it.
"Continue, if you will."
"Anyway, Continuum assigned his children to create a world where Creator and Chaos could make and create life so the universe he and Infinite created. The four children quarreled, causing the twins to…make a big bang."
Avril snorted, realizing one of the theories of how the world came to be was right.
"That created the Milky Way Galaxy, and Deamata created the sun and the Solar System. Overseer created the planets; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto, Pluto being his most favorite."
"He must have thrown a fit when Pluto got downgraded to a Dwarf Planet."
Natalia chuckled. "Father did more than throw a fit."
"What did he do?"
"Uh…caused an earthquake in a dimension."
Avril started snickering.
"Anyway," continued Natalia, "Infinite told Creator to fill Earth with life and beauty. He did, with the help of Chaos. Earth was full of life, and Creator named this the Reality Dimension. But, Continuum still felt lonely, saying that one dimension wasn't enough. So, to please their father, Creator and Chaos created the Nine Dimension Realms. Continuum was finally satisfied, but not Infinite. She thought creating so many dimensions was a waste if no one from the Reality Dimension was able to travel to these dimensions. So, the four children met and decided to create a race of humans who were able to travel from dimension to dimension, with some powers of their own. They went to Europe, where they started the creation of life. And then, they spilt the lands between them. Chaos received North and South America, Creator got Asia and Australia, Deamata got Africa, and Overseer got Europe, but he shared it with Deamata."
"And then what?"
"They created Dimension Walkers, of course. Dimension Walkers started in Italy, thanks to Overseer, then started popping in Greece, thanks to Deamata, and finally spread throughout the world."
"So that's why each kid looks like they're from different parts of the world."
"Correct. The Dimension Walkers that are mixed, like you, can range from all over the world. Overseers come from Italy only, sometimes Spain. Rabbits, like Alice, come from the United Kingdom, mainly England."
"Alice's British?"
"Yes."
"What about that Victor guy?"
Natalia blushed, as if the mere mention of the guy gave her butterflies.
"Victor Connors is a Shifter, a kind of Dimension Walker that can change their form. Like Mixed, they can range widely."
"And, how long have you known each other?"
Natalia stared at Avril, raising her eyebrow.
"Why do you want to know?"
"You two look so buddy-buddy with each other, so I thought you guys we're friends."
"We are," said Natalia, looking away. "Victor, Carrie, and I have been friends, amici, for a long time."
"Really?"
"Well…I was living with my mom in Italy for awhile. Then, I started to attract Ladri di anima."
"I'm sorry, what?"
Natalia rolled her eyes. "Ladri di anima is Italian for 'Soul Stealers', a type of monsters we Dimension Walkers face. So, Mamma and I left Venice and moved to Paris, where a friend of my mom lives. His name is Henry Crescent."
"Carrie's dad!"
"Yeah, that's how I met Carrie. Mamma told me about my father and about me being a Dimension Walker. Carrie's father told her about the truth about her a while back. But, two Dimension Walkers attracted more Ladri di anima."
"That makes us sound like demigods," mumbled Avril.
"You know, we kinda get mistaken for a demigod. But, back to the story. So, Carrie and I ran away from our parents because we knew we were going to endanger them. We kept running until we reached London, and met Victor in front of the London Eye, where he was fighting off Ladri di anima. We lived with him at his place until Deamata found us and took us here at Camp Walker. We've been here ever since."
"Cool, so…"
"So what?"
"So, I saw your cabin, I want to see Carrie's."
Natalia pointed towards cabin two. "That's Carrie's cabin, Deamata/Mixed cabin, aka cabin two."
"Deamata/Mixed?"
Avril looked towards cabin two. It was like cabin one, but with slimmer columns, tall, silver doors with doves and nightingales carved into the doors. Outside the cabin, a group of kids were watching Carrie and a boy fencing, and it looked like Carrie was winning.
"Yeah, Carrie is the only child of Deamata, so we decided to combine the cabins together. Carrie hates to be alone."
"Damn…that's a lot of kids."
"You should see the Shifter cabin; there are a lot of kids. More than there's supposed too. Glad the cabins are two-story."
Avril gave a short nod. Her eyes wandered, and she took in all she saw. Over at a steam-punk style cabin with smokestacks on the roof and gears on the walls, Avril saw the Latino boy from the train hanging out with a few other kids. At a plain white cabin that kept changing colors, structures, and designs, the Asian chick from the train with a few other Asians like herself. Each cabin had their own design, own uniqueness, and their own style. It was odd, but Avril loved it.
"So where's—?"
"WATCH OUT!" yelled a voice. "HANDSOME TWINS AND A CUTE BLONDIE COMING THROUGH!"
Avril and Natalia jumped out of the way when a tricked-out go-cart came whizzing by. The go-cart kept going until it crashed into a tree.
"The fuck…?"
A familiar blonde poked her head out of the go-cart, and gave a wide smile. Avril face-palmed.
"Alice," she muttered.
"Holy cow!" cheered Alice. "That was fun! Thanks Tyler and Cole!"
Two brown-haired boys got out of the car, smiling widely. Alice helped the two boys out of the car.
"No problem," said one of the boys. "It's the least we could do after Cole helped you hide that weird-looking book of yours."
"Now," said the other boy, deemed Cole, "if you'll excuse us, we gotta go. This isn't our cart and the Tinkers are going to murder us now."
"MATHEWS!" yelled the Latino boy. "YOU'RE SO GOING TO PAY!"
"BYE!" yelled the Mathews twins as they ran off, with a group of angry Tinkers raced after them.
Alice gave a mad giggle as she walked back to her cabin. But, Avril grabbed her by the collar, and pulled her back.
"Alice Madeline Kingfisher," hissed Avril. "You're so dead! Where the fuck is the Nomicon and what the hell were you thinking!"
Alice gave a mad smile as she shrugged.
"Oh, but didn't you always said you could Randy Cunningham any day if you had the moves and powers?"
"Yeah, but, I didn't mean—"
"Then you shouldn't be threatening me, you bloke! You should be thanking me for setting up this wee little favor!"
Avril stared at Alice, completely dumbfounded.
"Alice...are you okay?"
"Am I okay? Hahahahaha! What a silly question is that? Of course I'm okay! Why, I feel like I can throw a hundred tea parties and never get tired once!"
Avril let go of Alice and slowly stepped back, holding her hands up.
"Alice, are you…going crazy?!"
Alice flashed a smile and did a little hop.
"Why, yes indeedie! I am madder than the Hatter and no longer feeling sadder!"
Avril gave a slow nod.
"If you are crazy, then tell me: Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
"Why, I haven't the slightest clue! Now, I'm off to cabin four for fun galore! Toodles!"
With that, Alice started walking away, with a hop and skip in her step. Avril watched as her friend hopped off to cabin four. Avril was slack-jawed, and turned to Natalia.
"What the hell happened to my best friend? Alice is crazy, but she's not that crazy!"
"The Curse of the Rabbits. You see, when Alice Kingsleigh came, she befriended the White Rabbit. The White Rabbit was a Dimension Walker, a Rabbit if you will. After the White Rabbit helped Alice get back to her own dimension, the Queen of Hearts, or the Red Queen, put a curse on the White Rabbit to make him mad, madder than the Hatter. And being crazier than the Mad Hatter is a bad thing. Luckily, the White Queen helped lift the curse a little more, so that Rabbits that follow won't be as mad."
Avril pinched the bridge of her nose. "Ugh, I really need to get to my cabin. All this history, madness, and go-cart breaking are giving me a headache, possibly a migraine."
Natalia chuckled.
"These are just one of the calm days."
"CALM DAYS?!"
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After the go-kart incident, Avril decided to find her cabin herself, while Natalia dealt with the damage. So, Avril headed off toward her cabin, Cabin Three.
"They said I'm Mixed," Avril said to herself. "So why am I going to Cabin Three? I mean, what is so special about me—?"
"Ninja tripping balls!"
A silver ball landed at Avril's feet, then exploded into smaller silver balls. Avril gave a surprised yelp as she tripped and fell to her butt.
"What. The. Juice?!"
"Wonk," said a voice. "Sorry!"
Avril looked up, and saw Ninja sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck while Howard was snickering. Ninja shot Howard a glare, and turned back to Avril.
"Hey, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good. Believe it or not, this is not the first time two idiot guys made me trip."
Avril slowly got to her feet, and dusted the dirt off her clothes. Ninja gave a short nodded before getting a good look at Avril. After a few seconds, it dawned to him who she was.
"Hey, you're the girl that Alice said could beat me. What's your name? Ava?"
"Avril," Avril said quickly. "And yes, that's me."
Howard scoffed. "You think you can beat the Ninja? You look like some chowder-headed, nerd-ball."
"Howard!"
Avril narrowed her eyes and gave a soft growl. Wait…growl?
"What did you just say?" Avril asked in a low voice.
"I said you look like a nerd, like Debbie, except more chowder-headed."
"Howard," warned Randy. "Don't start something you're gonna regret, bro."
"Aw come on, Cunningham! What she gonna do? Call for her daddy? Or, beat me with a purse?"
Avril's eye twitched and she clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white. A soft, wolf-like growl escaped her lips. Randy could've sworn her eyes turned yellowish amber.
"Howard, really, knock it off."
"It's not she's going to judo-flip me. She's not a ninja or—WHOA!"
The growl got louder, and Avril grabbed Howard by the arm and in one swift move, Howard's face was met with the dirt. He groaned, and turned over to his back. Avril and Randy loomed over him; Randy had that "I told you so" look on his face, while Avril had a smug look on her face.
"Never mess with a Burgundy," she hissed. "Unless you want to get judo-flipped."
"How did you do that?" asked Randy in awe.
"Asian relatives," Avril said with a shrug. "I know judo, karate, kung-fu, jujitsu, and…I think that's it."
"Dang," both boys said in unison.
Avril smirked and walked away. She stopped, blinking twice. Her eyes went from amber, to black, to brown, to amber, to black, and finally to brown. She shook her head and kept walking.
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Hope you liked this chapter! :) I will apologize if there are any errors or mistakes (if there are any).
Did you like some of the history that I put into this chapter, including some background and/or secondary OCs? I hope you did.
That last part though. What's up with Avril's eyes changing color? Very mysterious, wasn't it? Any thoughts or theories on that? I would love to hear them. ;)
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Sayonara my friends!