Chapter 11

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Three year old twins Nikki and Robbie Rothen were playing in the sandbox behind their house. Nikki, being the more adventurous of the two, got bored with it quickly and decided to go for a walk.

She walked for a while, crossing no streets but ending up far from home anyway. She stopped only when she saw a young girl playing with a puppy.

"Hi," she said and walked up to the girl.

"Hellwo," the girl said. She had hazel eyes and dark blonde hair that hung in curls around her face. "What's you name?"

"My names Nikki. What's yours?"

"My names Jessie and this is Ice. I just got er."

"She's cute."

"Wanna pet er?"

"Ok," Nikki said and sat down beside Jessie.

"Do you wanna be my frwiend?" Jessie asked.

"Ok," Nikki said as she continued to pet Ice who was now lying down contentedly between the two girls.

"NIKKI!" they heard someone yell from down the street. They turned and saw Robbie running up to them.

"Hey Wobbie," Nikki said as her twin stopped in front of the girls panting. He flopped down on the grass and was immediately attacked by Ice. Jessie and Nikki giggled as they watched Robbie try to keep the puppy from licking his face. "Jessie, this is my brwther Wobbie."

"Hey," Robbie said once Ice calmed down and let him sit up.

"Hi," Jessie returned, grinning.

"What's your dog's name?" Robbie asked as he continued to pet the puppy who had claimed the young boy's lap.

"Ice," Jessie replied. The three remained silent for a few minutes, Robbie petting the puppy, Jessie watching Robbie(afraid that he might hurt Ice) and Nikki picking up pieces of grass and making a bird's nest. "Do you guys wanna play something?" Jessie asked, breaking the silence.

"Is it Barbies?" Robbie asked making a face.

"No. I got trucks and stuff if you wanna play that," Jessie shrugged and Robbie and Nikki nodded eagerly.

They played trucks for hours. Jessie's mother even brought out milk and cookies for the small group. When it was starting to get dark, Jessie's mother decided that it was time for the twins to go home.

"I think it's time for Robbie and Nikki to go home," Mrs Graylon, Jessie's mother, said. "Do you want to phone your parents to get them to come pick you up?"

"Ok. Wobbie, you do it," Nikki said.

"Fine," Robbie grumbled and punched in the phone number. He waited a few minutes before he hung up and clambered off the stool he had been standing on. "They're not home," he said shrugging.

"Do you want me to give you a ride?" Mrs Graylon asked. When the twins nodded she grabbed her car keys. "Where do you live?" she asked.

"9 Mahogany Street," they chorused, just like their mom had taught them.

Mrs Graylon didn't say anything but ushered the kids(Jessie and Ice included) to the car. She buckled them in the back seat and drove to the twin's house. "Here you are," she said when they stopped.

"Thanks Mrs Graylon," Nikki said as she unbuckled her seatbelt and Robbie nodded in agreement. They stepped out of the car and turned to see Rebecca running up to them.

"Robbie! Nikki! Where were you?" we were so worried," she cried as she hugged them tightly.

"We went fwr a walk and we met a gwrl named Jessie and she has a pwppy named Ice," Nikki said happily. "Can we get a pwppy Mommy?"

"Ya! And we pwayed wit twcks," Robbie said, smiling widely but it turned into a frown when he saw tears falling down Rebecca's cheeks. "Why are you cwing Mommy?" he asked concerned.

"Mommy was just scared that's all," Rebecca said as she quickly wiped the tears away.

By now, Jessie's mother had gathered that the two young children had wandered off. She was amazed that they had made it to her house without being hurt or kidnapped. She walked up to the trio and held her hand out to Rebecca.

Rebecca stood and looked at her.

"Hello. I'm Jessie's mother Elizabeth Graylon. are you the twins mother?" she asked.

"Yes," Rebecca replied coldly. Elizabeth was taken aback by her tone. "Why do you ask?"

"You just look so young," Elizabeth said and it was true. The girl looked no more than nineteen of twenty at the most. "Anyway, Nikki and Robbie came to my house and were playing with my daughter. I thought that you knew where they were–"

"Are you implying that I'm a bad parent?" Rebecca demanded.

"Not at all. But they seemed to enjoy playing with Jessie and I think Jessie enjoyed playing with them. There's no children her age where we live and she gets lonely. If you want, you could have my phone number and address so we could arrange play dates for the kids so they could see each other, if not they could go out looking for each other and...something could happen to them," she said.

Rebecca was thinking it over when Jessie, who had gotten tired of waiting in the car, and Ice walked over to Robbie and Nikki. Robbie and Ice began wrestling in the grass, Ice was letting out playful growls and nipping at Robbie's sweater. The two girls however sat down on the ground and watched the wrestling match while they chatted.

After watching for a few minutes, Rebecca looked at Elizabeth and smiled. "I'm Rebecca, Nikki and Robbie's mom. I think that they would enjoy that," she said and shook Elizabeth's hand. They were exchanging numbers and addresses when Zack, Seth and Rachel ran out of the house. They'd been regrouping there and about to go out to look for the twins some more when they saw the three kids and the puppy.

Zack scooped up Robbie and Seth picked up Nikki. They were hugging the kids tightly and the kids were laughing and demanding to be put back down. In full it was a touching scene. Two grown men holding two toddlers and crying but yelling at the same time.

The women watched the scene, smiling slightly and laughing quietly when the three kids(and puppy) decided they wanted to tell the men all about their day and their 'little' adventure. While this was going on, Rebecca and Elizabeth had come up with an arrangement that Robbie and Nikki would go to Elizabeth's house to play with Jessie when Rebecca went to work verses going to work with her and staying with Fred's wife and kids who were either younger or older then the twins.

This was the beginning of a close relationship between Jessie and Nikki.

It was the first day of preschool and Jessie's mother had drove the kids there. She'd said goodbye to them and they had let her go without making a scene. They were used to either Rebecca or Elizabeth(sometimes Rachel, Zack or Seth) dropping them off at one place then coming back and getting them later. Besides, they already knew each other and that was more to say then most of the kids who didn't know anyone and would have to make new friends now.

Nikki rolled her eyes at the kids who were clinging to their parents. Jessie had been trying to mimic this action for some time and had finally learnt how to do it at the end of April. She could now do it perfectly. Robbie had learned this habit from his sister but didn't use it as often but now rolled his eyes in annoyance.

There was a boy standing on the far side of the playground. He was getting pushed around by a gang of bigger preschooler boys. Robbie had a fair sense of justice but was the kind of kid who held back. Instead, he turned to Jessie and Nikki who didn't hold back when fighting but were more reserved when it came to personal issues.

"Wook ober there Nikki. Mabwe we should hwp him," Robbie said pointing. Nikki and Jessie watched as the young boy was pushed to the ground. His frantic cries for help weren't heard over the cries of the children as they watched their parents depart.

Even if his cries were heard they were not payed any mind to. From a distance it looked like they were playing a game or talking.

The three watched, their anger increasing with every frantic cry for help or from pain the emitted from the boy's mouth. Nikki started stomping over followed by Jessie and Robbie. Nikki usually lost her temper first and made hasty decisions without thinking it through.

Nikki walked up to the supposed ringleader and shoved him. He stumbled then turned and glared at the three of them since Jessie and Robbie had caught up.

"Leave him alone," Nikki growled and glared at him.

"And who's gonna make me? You?" the boy laughed but was silenced when a fist connected with his jaw. He cried out and stumbled back holding his jaw and tears in his eyes. He may have been a bully but he was still only five. Nikki glared and Jessie held up her fist, eyes flashing red threateningly. "Come on," he mumbled and him and his gang ran off, leaving the trio and their former victim.

Jessie put her fist down and looked at the boy who was now backed up against the wall, staring at them with fear visible in his eyes. He was sporting a bloody nose and it was dripping out between his stubby fingers.

"Hey," Nikki said and knelt down. She gently pried the boy's hands away from his nose. She raised a hand and it began to glow blue. The other two had moved so they blocked them from the view of passerbys. Nikki touched the boy's nose gently. He winced slightly but then the pain was gone.

"What did you do?" he asked sumptiously.

"I dunno. it's just somethin I can do," she shrugged. "Anyway, I'm Nikki, that's my brother Wobbie and my best friend Jessie," she said as she pointed to them. "What's your name?"

"I'm Jason. Thanks for helpin me, I didn't think anyone cared," he said as he wiped to blood away from his nose and smiled at them.

"We care...do you wanna be our fwiend?" Nikki asked, looking back at Robbie and Jessie for support.

"Do you mean that?" Jason asked and when they nodded he beamed. "Ok."

The bell rang and the, now, foursome walked into the school.

Nikki, Robbie and Jason were standing on the bus stop. They were now ten and their parents were giving them more freedom, especially when they were together. Jason glanced at his watch impatiently for the third time in five minutes. They were waiting for Jessie...again.

Robbie looked up for a moment when he heard approaching footsteps but went back to looking over last nights math homework when he saw the girl had black hair.

"Hey guys!" he heard the girl shout.

"Jessie?" he asked in disbelief. He was the first to regain the ability of speech after seeing Jessie's hair. That was all he got out before he went back to gaping soundlessly at her.

"No duh," she said and rolled her eyes. "So what do you think?" she asked, twirling around.

"You look...awesome," Robbie smiled and pulled her into a hug. She smiled and hugged him back. They stayed like that until they heard Jason clear his throat then they parted quickly, blushing furiously and watched as Nikki rolled her eyes.

"You look cool," Jason said and punched her lightly on the shoulder.

"It suits you. You never were a blonde...not in hair color anyway," Nikki said and now Jessie rolled her eyes.

"So what are we doing after school?" Jason asked.

"We could go to the soda place," Jessie suggested and Jason nodded. They looked at the twins who shook their heads.

"I got detention for fighting with Fang(the guy who tried to beat up Jason in preschool). Anyway, I have to go after school today and tomorrow," Robbie shrugged. Having fights with Fang was a regular occurrence within the group.

"I punched Dylan and gave him a black eye. It was worth getting detention for," Nikki said grinning.

"When will you two learn?" Jessie scolded playfully because she enjoyed a good fight like the twins.

"Fighting only gets you in trouble," Jason added.

This earned another eye roll and 'yes mom' from Nikki and a chuckle from Robbie.

The twins had been home for about an hour and were sitting in Nikki's room talking. The phone rang and since they were the only ones home at the time Nikki grabbed the portable and answered.

"Hello," she said and waited for the person on the other end to answer.

"Nikki?" a quiet tearful voice could be heard.

"Jessie?" Nikki asked as she stood up. "Jessie what's the matter?"

"Nikki, do you think you could come over now?"

"Not until you tell me what happened."

"I kinda had a little mishap...Nikki! My powers were out of control!" Jessie sobbed.

Nikki's eyes widened. This was bad. She'd seen what could be done when Jessie's powers slipped out of her control when she was younger and that was disastrous, but if they evolved and gotten stronger like hers and Robbie's then it could really really bad.

"I'll be there in a sec Jess. Just meditate like we taught you."

"Ok," Jessie whimpered and hung up.

By now Robbie was on his feet and standing in front of Nikki.

"What's the matter?" he asked urgently.

"Jessie lost control of her powers," Nikki said hurriedly. "She wants me to get over there as soon as I can...maybe you should come too, your powers might come in handy."

"Ok," he said and closed his eyes as he felt Nikki take hold of his shoulders. He never liked her method of teleporting.

"Ready?" she asked quietly and when he nodded she released her hold on her powers and chanted "Azarath Metrion Zinthos."

Robbie felt himself being lifted off the ground and he tried to keep his lunch down. He stumbled away from Nikki, still dizzy from teleporting, and feel on his face.

"What happened here?" he asked out loud as he unsteadily got up.

"Jess lost control of her powers," Nikki snapped and pushed past him, skating down the iced hallway, holding unto frozen statues and other objects to keep her balance.

They skidded to the living room where there was a heavy snowstorm going on. Robbie saw Mr and Mrs Graylon frozen in the middle of the storm.

He poked Nikki and pointed to them. She looked at him and nodded, not saying anything since it was impossible to hear over the howling wind.

"Sohtniz Noirtem Htaraza," Robbie shouted and was covered in a layer of flames(A/N: like Slade in Birthmark) that prevented him from being frozen. He ran over to the Graylon's and, repeating his mantra, started to melt the ice that surrounded them. He started at the feet so that Nikki would have more time to get to Jessie and sort it all out before the adults came to so there would be less questions.

Nikki looked around and, not seeing Jessie anywhere, ran to Jessie's room. The entire inside of the house was covered in ice so it was hard to run so Nikki mostly slid.

She reached Jessie's room and saw Jessie sitting in a corner of her room with her knees pulled up to her chest and hugging Ice.

Her hair was whipping around her face from the furious gusts of wind carrying blinding flurries of snowflakes.

She stared at Nikki with impassionatvie yellow eyes that made Nikki inwardly cringe. Jessie was terrified. Nikki crawled over to her, ignoring the biting ind and started talking to Jessie. Ice licked Nikki's hand and Nikki placed a reassuring hand on the shaking husky's head. Since talking to Jessie wasn't working, Nikki switched tactics.

"Come on Jess. Meditate just like we learned. Say it with me. Nieve Tormenta Hielo," Nikki chanted and after a few seconds Jessie closed her eyes and began chanting along with Nikki.

The winds started to die down and the snowflakes gently fell to the ground. Jessie opened her eyes and stared at Nikki who smiled.

"You got them back under control Jess," she said to Jessie and lightly punched her on the shoulder.

"Yup," Jessie smirked and shook her head to remove the snowflakes that had gotten stuck in her black hair. "Think you can help me get this mess cleaned up?" she asked grinning and Nikki grinned back.

"Nieve Metrion Zinelo," they shouted together and the inside of the house was engulfed in a black aura with snow swirling around.

The magic disappeared and there was no snow or ice left. They walked to the living room followed by Ice to see Robbie stammering excuses to Jessie's parents.

"Jessie," they cried when they saw her. They ran over to her and gave her a hug.

"What happened?" her father demanded.

"Well..." Jessie glanced at Nikki and Robbie for support and they gave her a thumbs up. Jessie turned back to her parents and took a deep breath. "Mom, Dad...I have powers," she ignored their startled gasps and continued. "I can control snow and most other things that deal with winter and most times I can control them but today they got out of control and...well you saw what pretty much happened."

There was a long pause then Jessie's mother spoke up. "Did Robbie and Nikki know?" she asked.

Jessie nodded.

"Do they have powers as well?" he father asked.

"Before we tell you anything else can you promise that you won't tell anyone. Not even Rebecca or Toni(Jason's mom)," Jessie said. Her parents nodded and she glanced at the twins who sighed.

"Me and Nikki have powers," Robbie started.

"I can control the darkness and move stuff and Robbie controls fire," Nikki explained.

"As for Jason. We have more respect for him then to just go and start telling his secrets to everyone. It's not our secret to tell," Robbie finished and Nikki and Jessie nodded.

"Well then...now that we've got that settled, do you two need a ride home?" Jessie's mother asked.

The twins nodded and five minutes later were back in Nikki's room talking when Rebecca walked in with takeout and called them for supper.

A/N: there's your first Nikki Robbie Jason and Jessie chapter. If you guys want, I can write chapters with Summer. I think the next chapter everyone will be 14 then 16. Unless Jess decides to add somethin. lol. Remember R&R.

Nikki