A/N: Hey guys soo….. I just randomly got this idea while reading a random book so yeah I hope you guys like it!

One

Echo's fingers flitted across the screens, typing in commands, documenting reports, so on. She slumped back into her black roller chair-nothing fancy, unlike the elaborate thrones that the nobility of Luna were supposed to have. But Echo preferred simple things. Not complicated things-like herself.

Echo was a cyborg, like her mother. But her metal additions were not from a fire set by a malicious aunt, her injuries had been caused by a criminal who had tried to kill her. She had been going through the streets of New Beijing, and this guy kidnaps her and cuts out her ID chip. Then he proceeds to torture her by cutting off her limbs one by one. She would've died if it hadn't been for the second ID chip embedded in her other wrist, which only her parents had known about.

As it was she had been literally on the verge of death.

Her portscreen pinged, and the voice said ""Incoming communication for Crown Princess Echo Blackburn of Luna and the Eastern Commonwealth from Lupa Kesley of the European Federation."

"Accept com," she said, jumping up to grab her port. Her fingers slid over the messy paint job she'd done when she was younger-a black background with silver skulls and bones.

Lupa's face appeared on screen. Lupa had flaming red hair, like her mother, plus green eyes from her dad. She usually lived on the Benoit's farm near Rieux, France, but she was currently on her way to Luna in the old Rampion along with 9 others. Wolf and Scarlett had two twin girls-Lupa and Luna-while Cress and Carswell had two boys-Carter was 12 while August was 8. Most of the children were twelve or thirteen, with the exception of August. And then there was her dad, Kaito, and her brother, Luke. Luna's face, identical to Lupa's, popped into view, and a moment later, there was Carter.

Echo blushed. She'd had a crush on Carter since she was 10. She had tried to get over it, but she could never get his image out. He had shaggy black hair, unlike either of his parents, with blue eyes that were pure beautiful. Blue, so blue that she could've stared into them all d-

She forced the thoughts out of her mechanical brain. "Hi," she said. "So, what's up?"

"Ooh, I think Echo just blushed. Did she blush? She and Carter totally love each other!" Peony's voice came through the Rampion's speakers. Programmed by Cress using some tidbits from Iko's programming and named after Cinder's stepsister, Peony was just like a mix of the dead Peony and the actual Iko.

"She blushed," laughed Luna and Lupa together.

"Who blushed?" A new voice-her dad's voice.

"Dad!"

"Echo? Lupa, you called my daughter without me knowing?" Kai's face peered into the camera. "Hi, pup, how you doing?"

"Good," Echo said. "Also, don't you think that I'm too old to be called pup?"

"Well, that's my little pup," Kai enjoyed teasing his daughter.

"Ech-" Cinder opened the door but stopped when she saw the reflection of the bright screen in the mirror behind Echo's bed. Unlike most Lunars, Echo didn't usually glamour, and so didn't hate mirrors. But she didn't love them either, she wasn't the Evil Queen. Sure, Echo practiced her Lunar gift sometimes, mainly so she would be able to fight off an attacker. But when a criminal sneaks up on you and knocks you out, then greets you in the morning with cutting off your foot, then…. No.

"Kai!" Cinder moved behind Echo so her face was also in their view.

"Hello, Cinder," Kai said.

"Mechanic?" Carswell came into view, along with Cress, who was a great deal shorter.

"Hi, Thorne, Cress," Cinder said amiably.

"Oh, we're close!" August's voice came through the port and Lupa looked around. The ship was, indeed, nearing Luna.

"Ok, Mom, I'll go and meet them," Echo said, and without waiting for permission, raced out of her bedroom.

Echo suddenly tensed as she neared the entrance to the landing platform. Someone was here. Nobody was supposed to be here until they had arrived, and she knew they had not arrived, because she could faintly see the Rampion approaching. But then why could she feel the bioelectricity of another human? Something told her to control the unknown person lurking somewhere. She pushed the feeling away, but decided to take a precaution anyway. She envisioned herself as a beautiful woman, maybe about 6 feet tall and slim, with hair as black as night, silky to the touch, falling down to her waist. She added black eyes and pale skin, and replaced her jeans and t shirt with an elaborate black silk gown.

She succeeded in creating the glamour and turned the corner. She froze.

A woman was walking towards her. A woman who had the stunning likeness of Cinder. But her features looked more like how Echo would probably envision baby paintings of Levana to be like when older.

She did not have a glamour, Echo noticed, since the orange light did not flash in her retina display.

She had long, silky brown hair that was just to her shoulders. Her eyes were brown, a shade exactly like Cinder's and her skin was pale.

"I know it is you, Cinder," the woman said softly. "I feel the strength of your undeserved gift.

Surprised, Echo dropped her glamour for a moment, and the woman's face hardened.

"Oh, so it's really her stupid daughter, is it," she said, voice dripping with contempt. "Oh, you can be used as bait."

Echo reacted quickly, but not quick enough. She had just reached over to the woman's bioelectricity when the world turned black. Stumbling, she tried to find the woman as the orange light flared in the darkness. But it was too late. A jolt, she was unconscious….

A/N: and a cliffhanger. next update soon, hope you like, review, fav follow!