War: Knighties: The Sweet Smell of Cookies Time: An Hour after "It's A Natmare!" By Knightie katrinka Synopsis: The Knighties arrive at the loft, and find things very different. Nick and Knighties used with permission "GEMSONG!" Katrinka yelled in greeting. The woman ran to the Leader-in-training and gave her a hug. The woman standing beside Gemsong looked at her with amazement. "Kat!" "Can you believe it?" "I know, a war! You think we'll get arrested?" Katrinka began to laugh. "Sure hope not." Maria stuck her hand out. "Maria." "Katrinka." "Why aren't you in the loft?" Maria asked. "We needed to talk." Katrinka said seriously. "Something's happened to Nick." Just then a mass transient bus stopped in front of the loft. What seemed like an endless amount of Knighties got out. All carrying luggage. The Knighties as a group rushed into the loft. The Knighties were shocked by the smell of cookies. Nick Knight took another rack out of the stove. He placed them on a cooling rack. He then picked up a bar of chocolate, and began to munch on it. "Nick? Why are you eating chocolate?" Lisa asked. "I was hungry." Nick shrugged. "I adore chocolate." "Vampires don't eat chocolate." "I'm not a vampire." Nick said firmly. "Now what are you strange people doing in my apartment?" "Oh gods, it's happening again." Sandra sighed. "We're the Knighties." Eowyn pushed the shocked Katrinka forward. "Katrinka, your the acting leader. *You* talk to him." The vampire looked Katrinka; his eyes flickered in recognition. "You're the one that got arrested during the last war! You stole Nick's caddy." "Nick's caddy?" "Are you deaf? You stole Nick's caddy. I can't believe he would name you as acting leader!" Nick seemed to be very impatient. "You're going to have to go. I'm waiting for my faction to arrive." "Nick, we are your faction." Nancy said. "The Knighties." "My faction's the Natpack!" Nick swayed. Then he looked around the loft. In a small voice, he asked. "Why am I in the loft? How did I get here?" "Because you live here?" Eowyn asked. "You've all gone crazy!" Nick sighed and try to run his hand through his hair. "All right! Who cut my hair?" "Your hair has always been short." "*I* have long hair!" "I think you better look in the mirror." Nancy looked around the loft. "Anyone have a mirror?" "I do," Tracey took a pocket mirror out of her backpack. She handed it to Nick. Nick looked in the mirror and screamed. "Your tricking me! I don't look like this!" "Anyone else have a mirror?" Maria tentivily took the mirror out of her handbag and gave it to Nick. He looked at it with horror. He seemed to faint for a moment. "Oh my god!" Maria caught the falling Nick. She was quickly helped by Tracey. "Let's get you to the couch." Nick let himself be guided to the couch. Maria and Tracey sat by him. The vampire looked them over. "What's your names." "I'm Tracey," Tracey pointed to herself. "This is Maria." "Why do I look like Nick?" "I have no idea." She looked at Katrinka. "What should we tell him?" "The truth." Katrinka said simply. "We don't know what happened, and why." "I think I'm going to need more chocolate." Nick said. Three Knighties scrambled for chocolate. They handed her a plate of fresh cookies. Nick smiled at them. "I'm being a terrible hostess, why don't you guys have some too." Each Knightie took a cookie. They waited for Nick to take the first bite. Nick began to munch on a cookie. Nick put the cookie down. "This tastes horrible." "Do you want us to get you something else?" Maria asked. "Yeah, something's wrong with my mouth." Nick touched his fingers to his mouth. He cut one on his fang. "Oh my god!" "Nick's a vampire," Tracey reminded him. "I'm hungry! Oh god I'm hungry." Nick gasped. "You've already drank blood today," Nancy tried to reason. "You even flew!" "I don't remember doing that." Nick said puzzled. "Are you sure it was me?" "We saw you," Katrinka said. "I'm so confused." The vampire muttered. "What can I do?" "Get him something to drink." Nancy ordered. Katrinka rushed to the refrigerator and took out a wine bottle. She brought it to Nick. "You better drink this." "Vamperism is a state of mind." Nick said, as his eyes turned red. "Not for you it isn't!" The Knightie said firmly. "If you don't drink, you might attack one of us." Nick nodded, he let Katrinka pour him a glass of blood. Then he turned away from the Knighties and drank it. He handed the glass back to the Knightie. "I'll never force Nick to go off blood again. I didn't know how bad the hunger was." "Nick..." "Please, call me Natalie." Nick said firmly. "I'm not Nick Knight."