Chapter 67 - The Leader

"Why?? What made you lose focus, hmm?" asked Nick, the man's voice softer than usual, which made Queen now shake her head in response. But Nick is still Nick, he will ask until he knows where the problem point is being experienced by Queen at that time.

"Why?? Do you have problems with Kyla and also Yuna? I saw you leaving campus alone, and that's not what it used to be!" gotcha! Nick's guess is almost right, she does have a problem with both of them, but the problem is not so serious for both of them, but the real serious problem is Queen's feelings towards Nick which Queen herself doesn't understand at this time.

Seeing that his brother didn't answer, made Nick now nod his head and then turn his car into a cafe shop, he didn't get off but took a take away, saying,

"Alright… Then, I won't talk about it… Well, since I want to buy coffee, would you like some ice cream?" A switch is given by Nick always works for Queen. Which made the Queen excitedly nod and smile sweetly to agree to her brother's offer.

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Along the way home, Nick repeatedly exhaled. And of course, this made Queen know that her sister must be thinking about something right now. Queen finally got up the courage and decided to ask her brother.

"Is something bothering you, Nick?" A question uttered by Queen also made Nick glance quickly at his brother. Nick smiled and shook his head, deliberately not to say anything to Queen.

"Huh?? No! There's nothing Queen… I'm not thinking about anything or being bothered by anything." Nick replied to Queen,

It's a lie, that's one thing Queen knows when Nick says that, but because she doesn't want to prolong the matter with Nick, Queen can only nod her head pretending to believe and say, "If something's bothering you, just tell me, Nick… I'm ready to listen!" Queen said to Nick who nodded his head at the sweet offer from his sister. Which makes him feel as if that's what Nick needs right now.

Flashback

Nick was silent in his room, he was stunned when he realized that he could control the water at this time. And he was also reminded of the little lights that had shrouded Queen when they first met, which made Nick wonder who they really were and what the birthmarks that the strange man Queen had told him had to do with the light he believed Queen was. can control it too.

Nick's eyes now ran to stare at the black box stored on the bookshelves, although he didn't really want to look that way, he felt as if something led him to stare at the box, which in the end made Nick exhale, walk to look at the box. take and see the contents of the box.

The box was made of snakeskin, and there was no key to lock the box, only a button, which Nick immediately pressed, and then the box opened by itself.

Both of Nick's eyes are now looking at a pocket watch, a pin with a rather strange shape, and a notebook with his father's name written on it, which of course makes Nick feel curious about these items. He decided to read the notebook and put the pin and pocket watch on his desk.

Nick's gaze is now looking at the pocket watch which has an engraved symbol similar to the number seventy-seven, which makes Nick now frown and wonder if the watch was made in 1977? Feeling not knowing what that number meant, he was now staring at the pin which had an s-like engraving with a lower arch that was longer up and slightly taper in the middle. Of course, it made Nick feel confused.

Nick shook his head then turned to look at Edward's notebook, which made Nick decide to take it and read it.

'2000/12/20- A very meaningful day for me and Mary too… That afternoon I felt so useless, we lost our child again. We couldn't take good care of her, my heart was breaking and I knew that Marry was even more devastated than I was. However… That night was also a night that was able to heal my broken heart and Marry's. When I wept by the hospital river, twelve stars fell simultaneously, which made my crying silent. I even clearly saw one of the twelve shooting stars bend towards me and fall into the water beside me.

At first, I wanted to find a shooting star that could just heal Marry's feelings, however… When I saw that it wasn't the star in the water, but a baby boy, I immediately took it. That night I felt that God gave us medicine directly. I don't know why a baby can fall from the sky like that, but what I do know is that the baby needs love and we are ready to love him to death. There is no solid evidence to know who the baby's parents are because he only holds a pocket watch whose origin is never known, which made me decide to make him my biological child and also Marry. On the same day that our son died, and that same day we felt that if our son came back alive,

Nick's hands shook, as he read the first page of the notebook that Edward had written directly. Nick was surprised when he found out that he was not actually his father's biological son, his gaze returned to the box which turned out to be in the box there was a newspaper snippet that reported that on 2000/12/20, twelve mysterious stars fell to earth. which sent him bouncing back into a memory where he didn't know he had ever done it.

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"We could be separated from the group, therefore… we exchange each of our belongings so that later we can look for each other! Take this thing as proof that we are one of this team, you understand?!" Nick said to the eleven people in front of him who at that time made a circle. Then they nodded in agreement in response to that remark.

"Flames! Swap with me, you take Light's thing!" Nick said to a man who now nodded his head and gave Nick a pocket watch, and Nick came back to his senses.

"OH!!!" Nick dropped the piece of newspaper and immediately stood up from his spot. He also realized that Queen had just met the same person as them if indeed Queen was a light bender, and it made Nick try to immediately call Queen to discuss this.

The absence of an answer from Queen, made Nick immediately leave to go to Queen's campus, a place where he was sure that Queen was still there at this time.

Flashback off

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"Yeah… actually there's something I want to tell you, Queen!' Nick explained to Queen. The woman now frowned and then turned to Nick who was still driving his car.

"What's that? Tell me!" Queen asked Nick who exhaled slowly and said,

"I'll tell you, but not now Queen… We'll talk about this in my study after we get home!" Nick said to Queen who now nodded his head in response to these words.

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When they got home, Nick asked Queen to change clothes and immediately went to his study, and that was what Queen did. While Nick is now walking into his room and finds the box he previously opened is still where it was when he left, he goes over to the box and looks at the two objects that are in the box, a pocket watch with a unique engraving and a pin. which is very beautiful.

Each of the shapes of the carvings of the two is very unique and that is what makes Nick remember a piece of memory that makes him unable to believe, and also has to make sure that the people who own this object are people who have the same power as him. Because he already knows that he is a water bender, and he also doesn't come from this world, at least that's what his father wrote in the notebook stored along with his two things and also Queen's.

There were so many surprises that made him unable to move, but he tried to accept it and tried to act as calm as possible, he didn't know much about what happened before he came to earth, but those dreams and memories that guide him and remind him of who he is today.

Knock...knock...knock... 

Nick now turned towards the door which then made Nick walk to open the closed door, and he found Queen standing in front of his study door, ready to talk about what he wanted to explain. 

"Come in, Queen!" said Nick to Queen who was now smiling, and then walked into the room. At the same time, Nick turned to look at the light switch, and then he pressed the button so the lights went out and darkness came.