What Was The World Coming To?
Chapter 13
Ivy and Envy
By the time everyone was awake the twins were home, Nadra's dance crew had gone, the news got out to her parents, and everyone was a little bit worried and on the edge.
Aang still had no idea who this 'Raven Haired Maiden' was or how he was supposed to get his arch enemy to join him.
Christopher and Jennine were worried about their kids and all the stress they were taking on, but they knew they were strong and could handle it.
Katara was worried about how the world was going. Since Nadra couldn't tell them the outcome of the final battle and if they won the war or not, put her more over the edge.
Sokka went around pacing in his room when he had time about the whole situation and if they were ever to get back home. Though, of course there was that little bit of hope since Toph and Iroh had 'magically' came to this world.
Zuko and Nadra were worried primarily about the dance competition. Since it was, in fact, Zuko's fault about her feet he 'volunteered' and told the whole dance group that he was subbing in for Nadra. Nadra knew Zuko wasn't that good on his feet and she didn't know if Zuko could master the moves in only one day.
Addi and Aiden had heard about Zuko filling in for their sister, but that made them nervous. They had told Ivy Nadra was going to win not some guy with a scar.
"Alright, copy me." Nadra showed him piece by piece the routine and so far Zuko was handling pretty well. Zuko copied the moves with some trouble but got it done. Nadra scratched her head, "Alright, I don't wanna stress you out or anything….but you suck."
Zuko sighed frustrated, "You don't think I know that! I can't dance like you and your friends."
Nadra raised her hands p innocently, "Hey, I'm only stating the truth. And frankly, sometimes the truth hurts." She retorted back. Nadra sighed, "Maybe we should just quit. I mean, I've always got next year."
Zuko shook his head, "No, this is my fault. I'm going to take responsibility for it." He said persistently. Nadra chuckled, "You know what, you're actually pretty damn noble for someone like you." She shot him a half grin which was returned with Zuko's crooked one.
Addi had gotten her knee bandaged and healed by Katara. She got away with say she fell on the way home because she was racing Aiden. Aiden and Addi exchanged looks and cleared their throats earning the looks from Zuko and Nadra that currently occupied the living room.
"We've got something to tell you guys."Addi said quietly while scratched her forearm. That was never a good sign; whenever Addi or Aiden was nervous they'd break out into hives.
"Oh God, this isn't going to be pleasant is it?" Nadra ran her hand through her hair.
"And that scrape on your knee wasn't from falling, was it?" Zuko frowned and sighed.
Addi shook her head, "No…..sorry for lying…."
Nadra walked over to the couch and patted the seat next to her, "I can tell this is going to be a very long discussion, take a seat."
"Wow, so you guys are from a whole different universe?" Christopher asked amazed.
Aang nodded, "Yeah, right now where we live there's a big war going on. And since I'm the Avatar it's my responsibility to restore peace."
Jennine's eyes sparkled, "This is amazing! Absolutely astonishing! Is there anything we can help you with in your time here?"
Considering their job was to find artefact's and explore the world in search of new amazing things, this was quite a discovery.
"Well," Katara began, "You see, the Avatar before Aang is Avatar Roku. He gives Aang advice when he really doesn't know what to do."
After breakfast Mr. and made breakfast for Sokka, Aang and Katara. Then they began talking and that led to all of this.
The two adults nodded, waiting for them to go on.
"And Avatar Roku told Aang, in order to defeat the Fire Lord and restore balance to the world, we'd need 'the banished prince' A.K.A. Zuko and 'The Raven Haired Maiden'." Sokka explained to them.
Christopher smiled, "Well, that's good right? You've got leads."
Aang shrugged, "For the most part its good news, but we have no idea who this maiden is."
Jennine rubbed her chin in thought, "Raven haired, you say?" she looked over at Sokka, who nodded. Katara's eyes brightened, "Do you know her?"
Christopher looked over at his wife and finally got it when Jennine reached out and played with a lock of his hair between her fingertips.
Jennine took a breath, "What color do you think my daughter's hair is, Avatar?"
"Wow, so I'm finally free, huh? Well, kind of atleast." Cindy said to no on as she leaned over the rails of the deck and breathed in the fresh air.
Technically she had only spent a couple of days inside her cell and actually, it really wasn't that bad. Sure, under the circumstances she was in it probably wasn't supposed to be that bad. Heck, she wasn't fed for a while and her stomach was empty and was on the verge of shrivelling up but in reality it wasn't that bad. Besides, she had gotten the perfect guard to keep her company.
She smirked at the thought of Yew-Ta. Personally, she didn't think he was such a bad guy after all. He gave her a rice bun for crying out loud! Anyone else would have eaten it right in front of her and let her suffer.
"Admiral Zhao wants to speak with you." One of the guards tapped the girls shoulder and motioned her to follow him. With nothing better to do, Cindy obliged. Cindy had manners, and when the right time came she used them. Though, most of the time she preferred not to and decided to be the flamboyant girl she was known for. When she entered 'Admiral Zhaos' quarters, she bowed; this was definitely one of those moments where she should use manners.
Zhao chuckled, "Looks like the girl's got manners."
With Cindy's head down she mouthed the words unknown to him and raised her upper body. Zhao circled her slowly, the sound of his steel heeled boots clicking across the iron floor made her uneasy.
She stayed still, she feared that if she moved just an inch she'd be hurt or burned. Then again, wouldn't those two be the same?
He sighed, "I really don't know what the Fire Lord sees in you, but apparently it's something I don't see." He sneered.
Cindy kept her composure but panicked on the inside. What would the Fire Lord need her for? She was just some low life peasant trying to live her life out as a normal teenager, maybe get married! Usually, when times were like this, she would have either one, talk bad or two, book it the hell out of there. Neither option was in her play though.
"Ah, well. What Fire Lord wants, Fire Lord gets." He spat, "As Yew-Ta has told you, you'll be staying with him until we reach home."
In a split second he was bent down in front of her, his mouth to her ear. She was very much tempted to scream out 'rape' but her breath was hitched.
"If you know what is best for you, you'll behave. You can't escape." He whispered venomously. Zhao pulled himself back and turned his back to her, "Leave and seek out your baby sitter." He smirked and chuckled to himself.
Cindy didn't bother bow on her way out and neither did she close the door behind her, "Peh, escape? Of course not Admiral Zhao, though I have a great chance since I`m on a boat and have no land anywhere in sight!" She rolled her eyes and shoved her hands in her pockets as she did what she was told.
Cindy let out a breath of relief that was much too close for comfort. She wasn't looking forward to the next time he would invade his personal space. She shuddered, "Kyoshi, I bet he's half ape." she told herself as she remembered his abnormally large sideburns.
"Yew-Ta!" she yelled quietly as she poked her head through a hall way. Nope, no Yew-Ta there.
She went doen that halls anyway, perhaps tere was another hallway connecting to that one. Who knows? Except for the workers and all...
Her mind wandered over to her parents and friends. She knew her parents were probably bawling wile er friends probably thought she as abducted by Platypus-Bears and then was brainwahsed by them to tink she was one of them and ten they'd feed off of moon peaches for the rest of their days, living happily stinkin' after! She shook her head with a small smile, damn you gotta love her friends.
Cindy then remembered the stupid moon peaches. She was really beginning to hate those stupid delectable fruits. So good, but so evil.
Her thoughts were scattered as she crashed into a built chest, "Gah!" she stumbled back and fell on her butt. "Oh, it's just you Yew-Ta." she helped herself up and grinned at the older boy. "Admiral told me to find you."
Yew-Ta nodded, "Yah, I know. I'll lead you to my room and get you some food." Cindy followed him down the hallway and surprise, surprise! That hallway connected to another hallway! Cindy was beginning to wonder how many hallways were on this ship...
"Here we are." Yew-Ta said with fake enthusiasm as he opened the door to his room and let Cindy enter first.
For Cindy, it was pretty lame and plain. Then again, so was her room. She shrugged off the lameness and made her way over to the bed, "Nice room."
Yew-Ta nodded his thanks, "I'll get you some food now."
"Why're you being so nice to me?" Cindy blurted out unintentionally. Her parents haf taught her that the Fire Nation was evil, the nation was filled with evil, their moon peaches were evil their circuses were evil. Cindy was really reconsidering everything she had been taught about the nation.
Yew-Ta shrugged, "Don't know." and he left with that.
Cindy rolled her eyes she didn`t quite believe that. As her mother always said ` There's always a little truth behind every 'just joking', a little knowledge and secret behind every 'I don`t know', a little emotion behind every 'I don`t care', and a little pain behind every 'it's OK'.
And Cindy was determined to find out that knowledge and secret behind that `don`t know.`
"Azula, I want you to keep track of that girl that's been living with Will. Something about her chi is different." Ozai stroked his beard in contemplance as his daughter nodded, "Yes, father."
Her mouth twisted into an evil smirked as she got to her feet and bowed then excited the building.
Since the Avatar's sightings had gone down, she had alot of spare time for plotting really random things. Killing her brother things like that. She was glad to finally have something to work with.
That girl, she believed her name was Zita. Her father had taken a little bit of liking to her- she was different. Most people- well all of them- cowered in fear before him, she just stood up and started trash talking his warriors.
Azula liked someone like that. She was fearless and didn't give a damn. Perhaps they could get along quite nicely...
After shopping Spade decided to take Iroh and Toph out to her beach. Her beach was small and was seperated from everyone else- no one ever visited there so she had that place all to herself.
"Here we are!" Spade grinned at feeling the sand between her feet.
Toph grinned, "So this is wat a beac looks like..." she looked at her feet that she buried with sand. "Sand..." she muttered.
"You have this is all to yourself?" Iroh took a seat near the shade as Toph and Spade stood around in the sun. Spade nodded, "Mmhm, this is the beach where the sand started following me. See?" he sand indeed followed her.
Small particles here and there inched towards the girl slowly.
"Nadra said people here can't bend." Toph pointed out. Spade shrugged, "I like bending the rules." she giggled at her terrible pun while Toph facepalmed, "You're almost as bad as Sokka."
Spade smiled, mistaking the insult as a compliment, "Thanks Toph!"
The younger girl sighed as Iroh laughed.
Soon, Toph took a seat beside Iroh and watched Spade attempt to sand bend. "Don't laugh, I know I suck at this." Spade breathed in and out and moved her body in swift fluid movements, almost like a water bender.
The sand lifted itself up and plopped to the ground, she pouted stubbornly, "Atleast I didn't get hurt this time." she muttered.
Iroh raised a brow, "You get injured training?"
Spade nodded, "Yah, it'd why I have all of these bandages. If I move wrong, the sand like...whips me. And since sand is all coarse grain, sometimes it leaves me with scrapes and scabs. I wear the bandages to protect my skin. It gets very irratated sometimes." she grinned sheepishly.
Toph stood and cracked her knuckles, "I don't know alot of sandbending but, I could teach you what I know."
Spade squealed, "Really Toph! You can do that!"
Toph brushed imaginary lint off of her shoulder, as a strange bright light shone down from the heavens as what looked like a silhouette of Princess Yue spread her arms out behind the young earthbender the angels chorused as Iroh fraintcially looked around confused and slightly scared.
"I'm Toph, I can do anything."
Once Zita and Will were done with embarrassing one another at the market, they headed home.
"You know what Fredward? You aren't that bad." she grinned at him and roughly patted his back, making him stumble forward.
He coughed and grinned back, "Neither are you, Zorro."
The nicknames were still very degrading but both were still determined to outwit or out-embarrass the other.
Once the pair was close enough, they realized Azula was waiting at their doorstep. Will swore under his breath as he had kept the Princess waiting.
Zita jogged to keep up with him and bowed in front of Azula after Will had. She let her go first, since she was raised with manners.
Zita didn't really feel she had a need to start freaking out about Azula. She was dangerous and maybe, just maybe a little looney, but hey, so was she...to a certain extent.
"What brings you here, Princess?" Will set his groceries away and with a free hand he pulled a chair open for her to sit.
Azula shrugged, "Nothing out of the ordinary. I'll take it he's been treating you well, ." she turned her attention to me.
Zita shrugged, "Eh, maybe." she saw from behind Azula Will was making freakish hand movements trying to tell her to make him look good. Zita could have been the better person and do as she was told.
Unfortunately, she was never really the better person.
"Though he woke me up at two in the morning with his sitar." she yawned and frowned, "It was quite stressing."
"In my defence, she took my bed." Will rebutted.
Azula smirked, "If I was in 's place-"
"Sorry to interrupt, but I dislike formalities, Princess Azula. Please, just call me Zita." Zita bowed her head hiding a smirk.
Azula put on a petty smile, "Of course, if you like you may call me Azula from now on. Anyway," she returned her attention back at Will, "If I was in Zita's place, I would have taken your bed too. Besides she is your guuest."
Will was at a loss for words, he was against his boss's daughter and a witty fifteen year old. He just couldn't win.
``My apologies, Princess and Zita." he bowed his head.
Azula smirked, "Well," she stood, "It was nice meeting you. I'll be back sooner or later." she excused herself and exited the house.
"You know," Zita smacked her lips together, "that right there will bloom into a wonderful relationship."
The only thing you heard after that was forehead hitting table.
"So, it is true..." Ivy's older sister- Envy, paced around her room in thought.
Envy was almost an older version of Ivy all except for her hair, which was died platinum blonde with brunette underneath and her skin which was in between 'freaky pale' and 'normal pale'.
Ivy nodded, "I tricked them into telling me." she said proudly.
Envy smiled at her sister and patted her head, "Proud of you, Ivy. For sure they'll have a hard time and then my crew will win." she grinned evilly.
Ivy nodded, "Yah, and I made a bet with them to like you asked. If you win, they'd convince Nadra to quit dance."
Envy's grin almost split her face, "You are probably the best sister anyone could ever have. Now, if you will, I need to call my crew so we can rehearse."
Ivy nodded and jumped off the bed, "Okay, but I have a question."
Envy popped out her cell phone and began dialling, "Shoot."
"If you're so good at dancing, why do you want Nadra to quit dancing? You could beat her any day." Ivy asked, perplexed. In her head, it was true.
Envy stopped dialling and her expression became hard, "That dance competition is a little more than meets the eye, Ivy." she paused and pressed the 'call' button, "That dance competition determines which is better."
Ivy remembered now, she was surprised that she had forgotten herself. She nodded, "Of course," se smirked evilly, "That's the time to show those stupid twins what you and me are made of..."
"You did what know!" Nadra stood up and grabbed Addi and Aiden by their collar and lifted them up, "Are you kidding me! Ivy and Envy!" she dropped them and pulled on her hair.
"Who's Ivy and Envy?" Zuko asked.
"I'm sorry! She pushed down Addi! She made us do it!" Aiden apologized, Zuko's question ignored.
Nadra groaned, "Oh my gosh...there is absolutely no way Zuko can perfect the dance to compete tomorrow." she sat down on the couch and moaned into a pillow.
"Nadra...there's more..." Addi gulped and hid behind her brother.
"THERE'S MORE!" Nadra screamed into her pillow.
Zuko was surprised no one had come from the kitchen to see what was going on. Momo came flying in and perched himself on his shoulder. Nevermind.
Aiden nodded, "We made a bet. If Envy won, you'd have to quit dancing, and if you won Ivy would have to leave us alone and Envy as to leave you alone."
The normal reaction to something as big as this was yelling, screaming sometimes hitting.
But not this time, Nadra fainted.
Addi and Aiden sighed, "We're in so much trouble."
"Who's Ivy and Envy?" Zuko asked once again.
Addi and Aiden began walking to the kitchen, "We'll explain in the kitchen. Leave Nadra there, she fainted on the couch."
Zuko followed them and the twins explained the situation.
Christophr and Jennine sighed in frustration, "Nadra shouldn't be going through this stress, you know that." Jennine scolded.
"And we needed to tell her something, but I don't think she'll want to hear it for a while." Christopher noted.
"So, who is this Ivy and Envy?" Sokka asked.
Jennine tapped her chin, "You see, it all started when..."
TBC
Me: writing this chap was so hard! I broke my `u` button on the keyboard and it`s all frustrating! LOL till next time!
WILLY I HOPE YOU`RE APPRECIATING THIS! LOOK HOW MUCH IM WRITING TO SURPRISE YOU!