Chapter 3
Katelin's eyes blinked open. Golden sunlight leaked through her window. She lay there for a couple minutes remembering her dream. It had been a good dream. She had defeated a boy named Jack in something called a Xiaolin Showdown. Four monks from the xiaolin temple called Omi, Kimiko, Raimundo, and Clay had told her what was going on and that she was 'the dragon of time'. She sighed and sat up. The first thing she notices was Cai, out of his cage, and sitting on the window sill, looking out for something. She stood up and walked over to him.
"What're you looking at?" She asked, not expecting an answer.
"Stupid cat" Cai grumbled "I know it's around here somewhere…"
Katelin froze "D-d-did you just… talk?"
This time Cai froze, his white ears perked up and he turned to face her "You can understand what I'm saying?"
Katelin nodded stiffly.
His brown eyes shifted to something on her chair on the other side of the room. He cocked his head to the side and murmured "That answers a lot of questions…"
Katelin turned to see what he was staring at and saw the Golden Hourglass. "So it really did happen?"
Cai sighed and said "We have a lot to discuss…"
Katelin looked over at her alarm clock, to her surprise it was almost noon.
After about ten minutes Katelin was rolling her bicycle out of the garage with Cai, and the Golden Hourglass (Cai had insisted) wrapped in a sweater. As she walked down the driveway she noticed two things. One, Cai was looking around suspiciously in the yard. And two, her annoying neighbors were outside.
"Hey Katy," A tall boy with light brown hair yelled "wanna race?"
"Don't call me Katy!" She yelled back, sitting down on her bike.
"So that's a yes?" He asked teasingly.
"Whatever…" She said rolling her eyes as she pedaled away.
After she was out of the neighborhood Cai asked her "Where are we going?"
"I think the better question is why you've been acting so paranoid." Katelin mumbled.
"Well now that your going to be a xiaolin monk," He explained "there might be some people who want you out of the picture. Or in a new one…" he added under his breath.
She raised an eyebrow at him "Sorry, didn't catch that last part."
"Dojo," Kimiko asked "you do know where to find her right?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that this is the place."
"Uh huh," Raimundo replied "but where would she be here?"
The green dragon opened his mouth to say something and closed it again.
"We must divide and take over." Omi said to the four.
"Divide and conquer." Raimundo corrected him.
"Yes, that."
"Ok," Kimiko said "Clay you that way, Rai will go over there, Omi and Dojo head over that way and I'll go this way."
They nodded and everyone left in separate directions except for Clay. Clay stood looking over at a hot dog stand.
"Well, I haven't had lunch yet…" He said to himself walking over to it.
"Three?" Cai said unbelievably "even I don't eat that many carrots!"
"Yeah well don't question my appetite!" Katelin said insulted.
Neither noticed Clay coming towards the small hot dog stand.
As he ordered, Cai and Katelin continued to argue.
"At least I don't have a black hole for a stomach."
"At least I don't sleep in a pile of woodchips."
"I would sleep in a more suitable bed if I had one you know."
"It's not my fault that I couldn't understand you before today."
"So it's my fault?"
"I didn't s—" Katelin started, but was interrupted by someone saying: "Three hot dogs?"
"That's mine." Katelin said at the same time as the boy.
"Oh no, you take it…" Katelin mumbled not recognizing him.
"It's ok, you take it lil' lady." He told her.
"Do you even know what is in those things?" Cai hissed.
Katelin froze, "No really, you take it… I'm not hungry anymore." she glared at the small rabbit who was smiling smugly inside the basket.
Clay shrugged and took the bag.
As Katelin and Cai left, Kimiko came up to Clay.
"Have you found her yet…?" Kimiko asked eying the bag and the hot dog that he was holding.
"No not yet, I've only been looking for a few minutes."
Kimiko shook her head and noticed a glint of sunlight reflecting off of something gold, in the basket of someone's bike. Then she noticed Katelin. She turned to Clay who also seemed to have noticed that it was her.
"Well I guess I kinda did find her…" He trailed off to himself.
"Come on!" Kimiko said going after her "Katelin, Katelin!" she yelled.
Katelin turned around and saw her, she waved.
Cai's ears perked up. He looked towards a small bush just in time to see a white and black stripped tail disappear in its branches.
A/N: Yay! No school for one whole week! r&r and I will definitely update at least one of my stories this week.