Chapter 12: A Not So Normal Morning When Nadya turned the corner, Josh's face broke out into a genuine smile. He walked the opposite way she did and went to the kitchen. Just as he put the plate and cup down he heard a scream coming from the dining room. In the blink of an eye he was right there next to the screamer staring into her face. She was against the wall and a smoking burn mark was right above her head. He put together the situation in his head and sighed. He turned and shook his head at one of twins. He still couldn't tell them apart. "I told you shrimps to let me talk to her first before any of you released your powers." He took in the sight before him. One of the twins was putting out the rest of the flames on her body and around her while the other was sitting on air and Amira was talking to a scared doe in the corner. How it got in there baffled him. The only one not doing anything out of the ordinary was Mabel. She was actually no where in sight. Josh sighed again and turned back to Nadya. Well the space that she was in because she was also gone. He heard water running upstairs and the back door slam shut at the same time. He was sure it was Mabel in the upstairs bathroom so he guessed it was Nayda that went out the back door. He followed her but not before he barked an order for them to clean up their messes. He walked out the back door and was shocked to see how huge the backyard was. It had another building in the center of what looked like a huge maze. It was made of old stones of all shapes and sizes. "That's the pool," came a small sing songy voice behind him. He turned to see little Mabel with a knowing smile on her small face. He will probably never get used to the fact that the next Seer was a 6 year old. But he nodded and walked toward the building. "No cheating," called the voice from behind him. He frowned but kept walking. About time he made it to the building he was highly irritable. All that melted away though as he spotted Nayda in the water, floating on her back. She changed from her bed clothes to a black, white and blue bikini. Her hair was pulled up into a messy bun and he saw her eye that she kept hidden. Actually there was nothing wrong with her eye. Not from what he could see since they were closed. What she kept hidden was the raised scars on her the left side of her face. They were wall jagged lines that went from her hair line to the bottom of her ear. It looked as though someone had clawed her face. "Take a picture. It'll last longer," came the guarded voice from the pool. "Nah, I forgot my camara. Plus I'm fine with staring." "What do you want Josh?" Nadya asked, not at all amused but his comment. "I just want to talk." "Then talk, but there is no gurentee I'm listening." To emphasize her point she let her body sink then she floated again. They both stayed quiet for a long while. A couple of minutes passed by and Nadya finally swam to the opposite side of the pool. It was the first time Josh had ever seen her back. Just like the side of her face, her back also had raised scars all over her back. She got out of the pool and sat in a chair. She didn't bother to dry off. "Is he dead?" She asked quietly. Josh looked at her and shook his head. "No. But he is going to prison. For the rest of his #life."

Chapter 11: Breakfast Nayda woke up and stared at her teal blue painted ceiling. 'What happened?' she thought to herself as she moved her head from one side to another. She winced as her neck popped. She slowly stood up and stretched popping the rest of her bones back into place. She looked around and noticed there was a chair next to her bed with a black jacket, she hasn't seen before, thrown across the back of it. 'I wonder who's that is' she thought to herself as she slowly walked to her bathroom. After she relieved herself and took a quick, but steaming hot, shower she walked down the stairs and the smell of bacon hit her. She smiled thinking it was Mira cooking but the tall figure in her sister's cooking apron was defiantly not her. But before she could say anything four figures rushed to her and slammed her against the couch. She hugged all of her sisters and patted all of their heads in turn. "I know all of you love me but why are you crying so hard?" She asked surprised. "You've been asleep for three days and they thought you were going to die." Said a vaguely familiar deep voice that came from beside her and so did the tanned arm that placed at plate of ham, bacon, and cheese omelet in front of her. She stared at it then she looked beside into the face a teenager with a brilliant green eye and a dragon earring in his ear along with eyebrow piercing and snake bites. "Josh? Josh Signs?" Nayda asked incredulously. "The one and only. Alright shimps, your favorites are on the table." He addressed the other girls and they cheered running to the dining room and leaving Nayda and Josh alone. He sat on the other end of the couch, put his feet up on the coffee table and turned on the tv. Nadya stared at him then at the food. She wanted to ask him why her was in her house but her stomach growling caught her attention more. The food smelled delicious so she picked up the plate and took a bite. She gasped as the taste exploded on her tongue, a piece of cheese stretching from the omelet to her mouth. Just the way she liked it. She swallowed and stared at Josh once again. She smiled and finished the rest of the plate. She ate it like she hadn't eaten in days. "I know it's good Runt but slow down before you choke," Josh commanded with a smirk. Nayda coughed as she remembered he was there. She grabbed the glass of orange juice, that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, and took a long drink. Josh was looking at her with his signature smirk on his face. Nadya blushed from embarrassment and got up to wash the dishes. Before she could take a step the dishes were out of her hand and another hand pushed against her shoulder gently making her sit back down. "You are still weak Runt. Chill out on the couch." "Okay, three things," she lifted three fingers and counted off, "one, I am not weak, two, it's a rule in the house that the last one up has to was dishes, and three, my name is Nadya. Not 'runt'." She went to grab the dishes out his hand but he raised it above his head and raised an eyebrow. She huffed. She never noticed the height difference between the two of them. He was a good head taller then her and she had to look up to talk to him. She stood on her tipy toes and tried to get the plate. To keep her balance she placed her hand on his chest. He smirked but he wasn't looking at her face but further down. Nadya stopped reaching for the plate and looked down trying to see what he was looking at. The shirt she wore to bed every night was a plain oversized t-shirt. What she was wearing wasn't it. She wore a tight fitting button down shirt which was coincidentally unbuttoned enough to show the top of her bra. She gasped and turned around buttoning her shirt all the way up. She heard chucking behind her but didn't turn around. Instead she walked towards the dinningroom where laughter could be heard. She stopped at the doorway and turned slightly. "Thank you for making breakfast for us. It was delicious." She smiled softly at him before she went to find the Troublemakers.

Guess Who's Back! Heyy everyone. I know it's been a long time but I'm back and I'm 100% healthy! I promise to write ASAP and I also need everyone to tell me who's stories and #poems I was reading. Unfortunately I didn't keep a log and I forgot. Sorry

Oops... Well I don't really know if anyone care (but if you do thanks) but I haven't been writing for a while. I've been sick and I just had a major surgery. As soon as I get better I will be writing again. Thanks to everyone that has been reading my writing and are waiting patiently.

Chapter 10: Ice The drive home was a quiet one. The Twins knew better then to talk to Nayda while she was upset, Amira was listening to her iPod touch and little Mabel was sitting in her booster seat, braiding her doll's hair. After about 20 minutes of silent driving, Nadya turned on the radio, which everyone knew was her sign of calming down. Amira turned off her headphones when she heard the beginning of Katy Perry's Firework. She softly sang along with it and Mabel quickly joined. A'Kina joined at the beginning of the chorus and A'Kira joined a heart beat later. Nadya smiled to herself as her sister became louder and louder along with Katy Perry. She took a peak in the rearview mirror as the three in the back seat rocked side to side. A'Kina, who sat in the passenger seat, looked at Nadya when she noticed that she wasn't singing. A'Kina passed her an invisible microphone. Nadya couldn't help but laugh as she began to sing in it. The car filled with the harmonizing voices of the Nexen sisters. A'Kira and Amira took the lowest part while Mabel, A'Kina and Nadya all took the high part. After the song they all broke down in laughter, each one praising another one on her singing. Nadya just smiled and kept driving. She looked at the fuel gauge and sighed. She was almost out of gas and they weren't even halfway home yet. She made a quick u-turn and head towards the nearest gas station. Which, coincidentally, was near her school. She gave each of her siblings $2 so they could get snacks and drinks but she gave Amira another $50 to pay for the gas. Nadya watched them walk into the store as she pumped the gas. She hummed to herself as she watched the numbers rise. In the quiet afternoon, she wished this peace would last forever. She shouldn't have don't that, because that's when everything went to hell. The first the Nadya heard was a high pitched scream, a second later there was a loud bang. Nadya took off and ran inside the store. The first thing she saw was blood, and not just a small amount either. The next thing she saw was a small body in the middle of the puddle. "Bel?" She whispered. The body moved a bit to show the little girls face. It was crippled in pain. Something in Nadya broke. A sudden calmness overcame her. The temperature in the place dropped considerably. Nadya's eyes glazed over and turned to a white-blue, which actually was more white then blue. Her hair slowly turned from black to white. She walked forward and each step she took, her footprint was encased in ice. She calmly walked towards the sound of a struggle in the back corner of the store. Walking toward the chaos Nadya quietly and gently pulled her sisters', A'Kina and A'Kira, bodies off of the already disfigured man. Amira was no where in sight but she knew she was talking on the phone outside. "Sis?" They questioned at the same time. The noticed that her hair and eyes was different. "Go check on Mabel," Nadya said, her voice cold and chilling. The Twins scrambled away and ran to Mabel, checking her pulse. Nadya ignored her sisters, sensing her sister was alright, and focused on the man in front of her. He was an older man, with salt and pepper hair, dull brown eyes and was dirty. A little bit out of his reach was a gun. Nadya frowned and looked at the man. The man was saying something but Nadya wasn't listening, she was too focus on her own thoughts. 'He tried to kill my sister' she thought, and the thought repeated in her head. She squatted down in front of him an touched his hand. At first nothing happened, but eventually the man began to get cold. He looked down and say that his hand was encased in ice, and the ice was spreading! He reached for the gun and shot at her. Nadya looked at the bullet and it froze in thin air. The man yelled out and watched as the bullet fell to the floor in front of him. Nadya touched is leg and the man watched as the ice rushed up his leg. The ice formed all over his body, covering each part of him now except his face. The man begged her to stop but she wasn't listening, she just wanted him to feel the same pain as her sister did. Suddenly a strong, warm, and comforting hand closed around Nadya's shoulder. The dark haired guy was kneeling next to her, smiling at her while he placed his other hand on top of hers that still rested on the man's leg. "It's alright Nadya. He has suffered enough, now let go," his voice was deep and soothing. Nadya looked at him, eyes blurred with unshed tears, she couldn't really see his face but his voice sounded familiar. The guy moved his hand, that was still holding her shoulder, and cupped her cheek. Nadya subconsciously moved her cheek within his large, warm hand. "It's alright. I promise that this man will suffer, but right now, your sister needs you." His voice finally broke through her hypnotic state. The tears finally dripped steadily down her face, as she tried to stand. She fell head first but the guy caught her. He picked her up bridal style, and walked her to where the ambulance was taking Mabel to on a stretcher. He felt a pull at his belt buckle and looked down with a raised eyebrow. "Is she going to be alright?" Amira asked calmly. When he nodded she broke down in tears and was let away to the car by A'Kira. A'Kina, being the more questioning twin asked a question that will forever change her, and her sisters lives. To which his answer was: "My name is Josh. Josh Signs"