Since some of my other fics take so long to update and I often have writers' block with them, I've decided to attempt a 100 Themes type-thing where I can write shorter ones in between updating my other fics. Hopefully this will be updated more regularly as the chapters will be much, much shorter and probably more like drabbles than anything else.
I have a list at everything I'm going to do, but I'm trying to take it one step at a time since 100 things is a LOT.
Disclaimer: I don't own Lorien Legacies, just my own odd ideas. Nevertheless, please enjoy and review, even if this one's probably pretty rubbish!
Introduction
Earth is dirty and smelly and not everything it's cracked up to be, and Katar sighs as yet another person barges straight into her, walking off without a second glance. She glares at his back, wanting to do an act so small despite it being useless. She's tempted to chase after him and give him a piece of her mind, but now she has Six to take care of and she can't very well do that while she's carrying Six around.
"Katar?" said Garde mumbles, clutching her Cepan's hand tightly and looking at all the people going past with wide eyes. "Who are all these people?"
Katar sighs, lifting up Six in order to make it easier to wade through the busy marketplace. No wonder Six is overwhelmed, poor thing – she's a little overwhelmed herself, to be honest. Both have spent roughly a year on board a smallish spaceship with only what? sixteen? other people to interact with, and the sudden flood of humans is almost enough to make Katar run away in fear.
Almost. She keeps her head high as she barges through everyone, shoving if need be and trying to keep Six tightly clutched to her chest. Katar crinkles up her nose as she passes an overweight man smoking, his teeth yellow and rotten. Filthy humans, poisoning their planet and not even caring. How is it that they got to live, whereas the prosperous Lorien had to die?
Katar sighs again, knowing that it's no use to think like that now. She's reaching the point where the crowd is thinning, and it's a little easier to breathe. Six has relaxed against her chest, and when she looks down Katar sees that the younger female has fallen asleep.
Seeing the stall that she's been looking for, one that's been recommended to her, Katar lets out a breath of relief and wanders over, pulling the little bag of gems out from her coat pocket, eternally grateful that no one managed to snag it whilst they were wading through the crowd. It would have been horribly easy to do so, but no one has and now Katar can sell the gems.
The rough-looking woman at the stall evidently doesn't think that she has much to offer until she opens the little bag, and shock overcomes her face as her bright green eyes widen. The woman calls over a beefier guy, who looks disgruntled at being disturbed from his magazine but comes over anyway, peering into the bag and making a stunned expression.
By the time multiple people have been called over and the gems validity has been confirmed. She's offered about a million dollars overall, coming from a man who looks distinctly neater and more business-like than the other owners in the area. Katar doesn't know how much that is, but many people quickly assure her that it's a lot.
The money is handed over pretty quickly, wads of cash all folded up neatly together, and Katar makes sure to stuff it down her bra and in places where it won't be easily stolen. Little Six is awake by this point, blinking blearily up at Katar with big eyes. The Cepan smiles nervously down at her, trying her best to look reassuring. It's going to take a while for her Garde to adjust to life on Earth, and she's going to have to be supportive to keep up with that.
Katar rents a room in a local hotel, hoping to clear her head and get away from that awful crowd and the even worse smell. Inside the room she lays Six down to sleep like she would her own daughter, but not before she tells her that, from now on, she is Katarina instead of Katar and Six is to go by Maren Elizabeth, a name that she made up on a whim.
Once Six is asleep and slumbering peacefully away, Katar – Katarina wanders over to the window and glances outside at the world they now inhabit. From what she sees it's dirty, smelly and way too loud, with too many dangerous people and not enough trustworthy ones.
Katarina sighs once again, climbing into bed but not sleeping, watching the door with wide eyes and half expecting the Mogodorians to burst in at any minute.
She's only just been introduced to Earth, but from what she's seen she isn't impressed.
They'll probably get longer later - mostly they'll end up varying in length, but I'm determined to finish, interested people be damned!