Disclaimer:Bionicle is not mine. And this is only the first chapter. Be patient with me! The Toa will make an apearance soon!.


Reach for the Stars

"Okay, now press the triangle button and hold it down! Alright, choose the Agents of Doom!" I cried, watching my sister play Ratchet and Clank. It had been awhile since I'd seen her play anything on our Playstation 2 and she was rusty. I flinched as Ratchet dropped dead on the TV. Okay, she was really rusty.

She groaned in frustration, but restarted the level anyway. If there were flaws my sister had, quitter wasn't one of them. Her blond middle length hair swung in her face and she tucked it behind her ears so she could see better. I watched as she finally got the hang of using the controls and started kicking alien arse. Smiling, I returned my attention to the computer screen and continued surfing the internet. It wasn't long before I heard Alice cheering as she completed the challenge. I grinned and glanced at her, my own auburn shoulder length hair pulled into a ponytail.

"So how many times did it take you to beat that level?"

She snorted. "Shut up, Tam!"

My grin widened. While Alice wasn't my sister by blood, she certainly acted like it. Our parents had remarried each other going on five years and we'd been best friends before that. Now that we were living together, it was easy to see that being sisters wasn't so hard. Our six year old half sister began shouting orders to Alice, as she was blown into oblivion once again. Poor Ratchet.

I coughed to cover a laugh, earning myself a glare from Alice. I shrugged and said, "What?"

She rolled her eyes and returned to her game. I smiled widely. Yep. We were sisters alright. Suddenly, I heard the garage door open and I glanced at the clock. Oh crap! It was three. My stepdad was home and I wasn't supposed to be on the computer. I pressed the automatic shut off switch, aka 'The Panic Button'. Then I switched off the monitor and dove for the couch, trying to appear as if I'd been watching Alice the entire time.

My stepdad walked through the door and boy did he look frustrated. I didn't ask what was up, for fear of angering him farther. Normally, he was a great guy to be around, but when he was angry…..hit the deck. I watched as he trudged upstairs and to his room then I glanced at Alice who had thrown the controller to the ground in frustration.

"This game is a load of sh-!"

"Alice!" I cut her off and shot a look at our sister, Elizabeth.

Alice shut her mouth and ground her teeth together instead. That was when I looked back at the screen and whistled. "Hey! You beat the level! Must've hit a button when you threw the controller."

Alice looked back at the game and laughed. It was pretty funny, because that seemed to be how we won most games. She picked up the controller again and saved her game before shutting down the Playstation. She was done with video games for now. I looked at her and considered what we could do now. "Wanna go to the mall?"

"Nah. Too hot and I don't wanna walk." She sighed. I didn't blame her. It was summer after all. I thought again. Nothing else really came to mind.

"We could go back to the fair…." I suggested and she shot me an evil smile.

"Yeah, so I can kick Megen's butt!" She snickered. Megen Lynch had been Alice's enemy since elementary school. She wasn't a very nice girl and quite frankly was disliked by many of her fellow classmates. She was also the biggest flirt in school. I rolled my eyes.

"Sure, why not." I said. As long as we did something. "Ask your dad."

Alice ran upstairs to ask and was back in less than two seconds, an annoyed look on her face. "He said we have to pull weeds first."

I groaned. I hated yard work! Still, I really wanted to go to the fair. I stood up reluctantly and sighed. "Okay. We'll get this over with quickly."

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I grumbled to myself as I dug at a stubborn weed whose roots were deep in the dirt. Man it was hot! And at the rate I was going, I wasn't going to be getting the weeding done anytime soon. I glanced across the yard to see that Alice was having better luck than I was. Her pile of unsightly greenery was growing quickly and steadily. I groaned and returned to the stubborn weed.

"Come on… Come ON!" A hissed, tugging at the stalk and finally felt it come loose. When I'd pulled it from the ground, I saw why it had been so difficult to pull out. Its roots had wrapped themselves around a medium sized pebble that was round and flat. Like a skipping stone. It was pretty. A deep gray with flecks of red, blue, green, white, black, and brown in it. I held it up to the light to discover that it was slightly see through. I grinned and turned to show Alice, only to discover that she had come across a similar stone. Only, hers wasn't gray, it was a yellowish color.

"Cool!" we cried in unison, stuffing the stones into our pockets. We high fived each other and returned to the weeding. With the discovery of our rocks, the weeding was done in no time. We had been eager to see if we could find any more rocks like the two in our pockets, but had no luck.

So, dripping with sweat, we headed inside to report that we were finished and to shower. After that, we changed. I dressed in a bright green tank top and light gray kapris that clung to my legs tightly so that they showed off my curves. I also threw on my black sneakers and pulled my damp hair into a ponytail. My hazel eyes stared at my reflection in my closet mirror as I appraised my outfit. It looked great and I felt ready to beat the heat! I picked up my dirty clothes, ready to throw them in the hamper, when I was aware of a hard object in my jeans pocket. I remembered the rock and pulled it out to stare at it again. Without much thought I stuffed it into my back pocket along with my ipod and phone.

Alice was ready to beat the heat too. She was clothed in a black tank and khaki shorts with her own black sneakers. Her hair was loose around her shoulders and she also had her stone in her pocket with her phone. Her green eyes were joyfully appraising my outfit. "No shorts?"

I shook my head and linked my arm through hers. "Let's go, sis."


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