Ky rubbed her neck and walked down the stairs. She suddenly froze as she realized something: the new boy had dark brown hair! Her fingers clutched the railing as she swayed there. Hair flew into her face as she shook her head. 'Don't be ridiculous! Mandy was just pulling my leg! ... wasn't she?'
Her feet quickly padded down the stairs as she tried to clear the thought from her head. She froze as her feet squished into the soaked carpet, then planted herself as intensely hot air rushed by. Ky quickly caught her beanie as the air threatened to whip it off her head.
She fell on her seat as the air heat disappeared and rubbed her fogged glasses on her shirt. "Wow... that was cool."
"Wasn't it?" Axel asked, rubbing his nails on his shirt. "I didn't know I could do that."
Sora pulled his sister up and wiped a smudge off her face. "Yes, now Ky: Don't ever ask them to do that again!" She grinned and imitated a girl flipping her hair.
"Not until the need comes for it again."
"Hey, at least it gave you the bath you needed," VC teased him.
"HEY!"
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Jack had to admit, he was fully surprised to see the house still standing as their feet padded towards it. Sally grinned up at him as they pushed the gate open. They walked up to the door and pushed it open. "Kids?" Jack called.
"JACK! SALLY!"
They spent fifteen minutes hugging each other and asking lots of fast questions. "Whoa, whoa! Calm down, kids!" Jack laughed, ruffling Sora's hair. "Let's sit in the living room and talk."
Sally linked her arms with VC and Ky. They grinned at each other and followed the others into the room.
"Where's Jeremy?" Jack asked as the teenagers piled onto their chairs. They exchanged glances.
"Asleep. He might be sick," Sora said. Sally's face twisted into panic.
"Did you call Dr. Finklestien?" she asked.
"He told us to wait until after you guys got home," Victor said, twiddling his thumbs.
"I see... Well then, how has everything been going?" Jack asked, wrapping an arm around Sally.
The atmosphere became slightly lighter as they told their stories about what happened after the wedding. "Great! All the teacher's gave us projects!" Ky stated, sarcastically. "Other than that, school's fine!"
"No kidding, we've almost actually survived the first few days back!" Sora laughed.
"Almost..." VC added, eye twitching at the thought of the new kid. Ky smirked and nudged her friend playfully.
"Have you been practicing?" Jack directed toward Ky.
"Errrrmm... Nope... Sorry," she rubbed her neck and blushed. Jack ran his fingers through Sally's hair.
"Alright, we restart practice tomorrow." Ky groaned and flung her head back. Jack laughed and stretched his arms back. "Boys, help me bring the luggage back in. Ky, VC go get Dr. Finklestien to come look in on Jeremy. Sally, will you go check on him until the doctor gets here?" Jack asked, helping her stand up.
"Sure. Hurry up, girls!"
"Right-o, Aunt Sally!" Ky said, saluting and running out of the manor. Sally twined a piece of hair between her fingers as she watched them leave.
"Aunt Sally... hmmm..." The words almost gave her sense of authority.
She turned on her heel and walked up the stairs. "Jeremy?" she asked, pushing the door open. The teenage boy was sprawled over his bed, clinging tightly to his sheets. "You do look bad..." She placed her hand on his forehead and clicked her tongue.
"Sally," Jack said, walking in. "Well?"
"I'd say he's just tired... but the doctor will know."
"Mmhhmm..."
Meanwhile, Ky and VC had quickly run through the Dr's maze and up his winding stair case. "DOCTOR! DOCTOR!" VC called, not having to save breath to breathe. She's a vamp, and vampires don't breathe. Ky, however, panted as she tried to keep up with her energetic friend.
"VC... s-slow down!" she panted.
"Right... Sorry... DR. FINKLESTIEN!"
"I'm up here, confound it!" came the rackety voice. "What do you want?"
"H-hey, Doc!" Ky coughed, leaning on the wall and waving up at the doctor. "W-we need your help!"
"Whatever for? Science project?" came the sarcastic remark.
"Nah, that's not due until the end of February . We need you to come check up on Jeremy-boy, something's up and he hasn't been feeling well," VC said, jabbing her thumb towards the manor.
"Ah... This does seem as if it calls my attention... Alright, I'll be there as soon as I can."
"Thanks a lot, Doctor!" Ky called, waving towards the retreating figure. "Let's head back, he'll be there soon...."
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"It was nothing to worry about, really. Exhaustion's the perpetrator here."
"Oh, good," Sally said, setting her hand on her forehead. "Thank you, Doctor."
"Not at all, my dear. Just let him sleep."
"Mhhm." Ky and VC sat near the door outside and looked up as Jack left the room.
"He's okay." The two sighed in relief and stood up to stretch. "Now, go to bed. We don't need you guys feeling the same way as Jer... and KyRea, up and early to start lessons."
"Ahhww... Uncle Jack!" Ky moaned. He ruffled her hair and smiled at her. Ky hated that kind of smile. It was the kind that said, 'if you don't, you'll die'. "Fine... I'll be up."
"Wow... lessons on a Saturday?" VC asked, incredulously.
"Trust me, you sleep so soundly, you've never noticed the lessons before."
"Is that what all those funny noises were? Notes?"
"Very funny, Vanessa!" Ky said, punching her friend roughly in the arm.
"Hey! KYREA!"
"YOU CAN'T HIT BACK, YOU'D BREAK MY SKULL!" Ky shouted, running down the hall.
"SO!? I'LL TELL SORA TO HIT YOU!"
"Naaaahhh!"
VC stood there, trying to think of a good comeback. "I'M OLDER THAN YOU!" she said lamely as she slammed her door closed.
Ky opened her door and stuck her head out, shouting: "ONLY BY A FEW WEEKS!"
"THOSE WERE A VERY IMPORTANT FEW WEEKS!" VC shouted back, flinging her door open. The two stared at each other, before grinning and bursting into laughter.
Sora and Victor opened their doors and looked at each other. "Well... at least we know they feel okay," Sora stated, listening to the laughter of the girls.
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Ky groaned as the alarm went off. She flung her legs off her bed and rubbed her exposed shins. "Geeze... Six o'clock voice lessons... funnnnnn...." The tom boy pushed herself up and opened her closet, stripped off her raggedy pajamas and flung on her baggiest shirt and her sweat pants.
"Negh... good enough," she yawned, walking out of her room into the bathroom. She brushed her hair and her teeth and made her way to the Music room.
Jack smiled up at her as he fixed a string on his old violin. "Morning."
"M-morning," she stuttered, slumping into a chair.
"Are you ready to start?" he asked, setting the instrument down and turning to the piano. Ky yawned and pushed her self up.
"Run the warm ups to see if I wake up." Jack patted the bench next to him and Ky sat down. His long fingers ran up the scales to the highest and lowest notes of his nieces range.
"Right... Let's work on a song now," Jack said, flipping through his sheet music. Ky rubbed her eyes and yawned again. "Still not awake?"
"Nope."
"Quick tempo, then?"
"Yes please." Jack smiled and flattened the aged music on the flat of the Baby Grand.
"Sound good?" he asked, waving the music in her face. Ky scratched the back of her head and yawned again.
"Yessir," she replied, as he began the introduction. Ky nodded her head back and forth to the tempo signature, then began singing.
'Ever close your eyes,
Ever stop and listen?
Ever feel alive,
And you've nothing missing?
You don't need a reason,
Let the day go on and on....
'Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you.
Give into it now,
Let the day surround you.
You don't need a reason,
Let the rain go on and on....'
Ky rubbed her eyes as Jack elegantly played the instrumental break. Her uncle grinned at her and turned the aging paper. She slightly bared her teeth in a returning smirk.
'What a day, what a day to take to...
What a way, what a way to make it through...
What a day, what a day to take to a wild child.
'Ever take the time
From the helter skelter?
Every day you find
Everything's in kilter.
You don't need a reason,
Let the day go on and on...
'Every summer sun,
Every winter evening,
Every spring to come,
Every autumn leaving...
You don't need a reason,
Let it all go on and on...
Ky felt herself become more awake as the beat increased again. Her smile broadened and began to continue the song at Jack's command.
'What a day, what a day to take to...
What a way, what a way to make it through...
What a day, what a day to take to a wild child...
'What a day, what a day to take to...
What a way, what a way to make it through...
What a day, what a day to take to a wild child...
She nodded her head back and forth as she hummed the bridge.
'What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
Da-da-da...
Da-da-da-da-da-da...
What a way, what a way to make it through
Da-da-da...
Da-da-da-da-da-da...
Da-da-da...
Da-da-da-da-da-da...
What a way, what a way to make it through...
What a day, what a day to take to a wild child...
What a day, what a day to take to a wild child...'
Jack ruffled her hair and kissed her forehead. "Work on it."
"Aww... Uncle Jaaaack!" the Tom Boy moaned. Jack chuckled and playfully nudged her shoulder. "It's your fault it doesn't sound as first-rate as it usually does! You're the one that made me get up so early!"
Jack laughed again and hugged his niece to rib cage. "Just like your Dad, always complaining." He gave a content sigh and rubbed her shoulder. They sat there, content silence sweeping over the room.
"Uhm... Dad- Er... Uncle Jack?" Ky hung her head and twiddled her fingers as Jack gave her a flabbergasted look. Dad?
"Yes, KyRea?"
"Ehm... Never mind..." she whispered, twiddling her fingers together again. Jack held her tighter and released a low moan.
Dad... Dad... DAD... The word flapped through his mind like a pack of frightened bats. He looked down at the teenager and bit his lower jaw bone.
She doesn't remember either of them. Fate and a horrible evening snatched them away from the innocent girl and her brother. Jack couldn't fix that as much as he wanted to... Oh, he missed the airy humor of Septum...
"Jack?"
"Yes?"
"... are we still going to practice?"
"... No. You can go back to bed if you want." Ky stood up and walked out of the room, running her fingers through her short hair. Her feet felt heavy as she closed the finely crafted door behind her. She walked down the stairs, ignoring her open door and heading to the kitchen.
She groped for the light switch and blinked as the lights flared on. She grabbed the last orange from the fruit bowl and sat at the table. Not bothering to grab a peeler, she dug her fingernails into the thick skin and flipped it back.
Ky sat there in silence, eating the sticky citrus fruit. 'Well, you let it slip. You want a Dad and Mum again... You let it slip that an 'Uncle' just doesn't work anymore.'
"KJ?" The Tom Boy jumped and turned to face Jeremy, who stood at the doorway rubbing his eyes. "It's Saturday, what are you doing up?"
"Uhh... Voice..." Ky turned back to the table and swept the peelings into her hand and walked to the rubbish bin. Jer leaned in the way and raised an eyebrow as she ran her hands under the sink.
"Are you feeling okay, you're all jumpy..."
She pushed the handle down and braced her arms against the two sides of the sink. "Yeah. 'm fine." She stiffened as Jer wrapped an arm around her shoulder.
"Alright, but if you want to talk... VC and I are willing to listen."
"I know... Thanks, Jer." He grinned and walked back up to his room. Ky rubbed her neck and stepped out of the kitchen and into the family room. She curled up on the couch and closed her eyes, sleep taking over her.
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The Master rubbed his temples painfully. Dilly was beginning to irritate him, and it was no help that Seito and Maebelle began to yell at him whenever they saw him.
"Retched girl, I don't know why someone with so much annoyance can be a Comet... Ah, beggars cannot be choosers." He glared up as the door flung opened. "Ah, hello Evan. How did it go today?"
"Heh, fine. Made the girl all nervous again; you know, the crazy blonde one, Vanessa."
"The boy?"
"It's been planted, he's becoming weaker by the day. The other girl is getting upset about it. I think she suspects something, my master, she's constantly giving me wary glances."
"Soon, she'll be alone and we shant worry about KyRea. What of Sirius?"
"Can't find him anywhere. He's seemed to have disappeared from here. Don't worry, I'll find him before he can get back to Vanessa."
"Good, good. But focus on Jeremy and Vanessa first, they are the stronger ones. With them out of the way, KyRea is easy prey."
"Forgive me, Master, but what of her brother and Riku and the other boys?" Davis asked, pulling the cloaked hood down, his brown hair tumbling into his eyes.
"Don't worry about them. If they try to get in our way, crush them. I don't want to waste our time on them."
"Yes, my Liege." Davis bowed his head and turned away. "I shall return with another report soon."
"Thank you, Davis." Davis stepped away and closed the heavy doors behind him. The Master smirked. "Yes, all is going well," he laughed. "Soon, all the pieces will be together."
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Aaaaaannnnddd... Yeaaaah... So... This was written over the course of like... five weeks... Or, whenever I got free time from costume designing and other stuff...
Song: Wild Child by Enya http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3ptYPXizs
Sirius is a character created by VC that will be coming into the story towards the climax or earlier.
