I don't own any of the original Lilo and Stitch characters. This is my very first story. I really hope you like it! Sorry the beginning is kinda slow, but bare with me. I promise that it gets better as you go on! Please review.
Chapter 1
The Box
Lilo jumped out of bed and raced over to Stitch. The small blue koala-like alien slept peacefully on his bed. A chorus of snores filled the room. He was curled into a small ball, his ears sticking out cutely.
"Wake up!" She exclaimed poking his shoulder roughly.
Stitch jerked awake. He glanced around a moment, dazed and confused. He spotted Lilo and his ears perked up. He threw the blanket off of him and jumped out of his bed.
"Good morning," The blue experiment yawned stretching.
"Today is a busy day, Stitch," Lilo explained walking towards the door.
"Stitch birthday in 3 days!" He agreed following.
The two toke the elevator down to the ground level of the house. As Lilo walked into the kitchen, Stitch climbed up to the ceiling. Pleakly was wearing a tan apron and flipping a pancake, though not very successfully. Much of the pancake ended up on the outside of the pan, rather than the inside. Lilo climbed into a chair and watched Pleakly. His one eye seemed to bulge even more than usual today. His body resembled a noddle, and sometimes Lilo called him that behind his back.
"These earth foods are also so unique," He thought allowed wreaking another pancake.
"Are you almost done? We have to get ready for Stitch's birthday?" Lilo complained swinging her legs back and forth from the chair.
"Party! I want to help!" Pleakly shouted, accidentally throwing a pancake with enough force to hit the ceiling.
Stitch laughed, dropped to the floor, and climbed to the seat next to Lilo's. Pleakly set what was left of the pancakes on the table, and within moments they had been devoured. Stitch licked his lips, he wanted more. Lilo didn't seem to though. She hopped down from the chair and ran to the coat rack. Stitch followed her happily.
"Tell Nani we'll be back before lunch!" Lilo yelled grabbing her rain coat and slipping on her rain boots.
Lilo turned the knob and pushed open the door. Stitch ran right out the slightly ajar door into the pouring rain. He shivered slightly. Water was something Stitch would never like. Lilo closed the door behind her and skipped down the stairs. Rain bounced of the stairs. A lone frog croaked from the shady forest. The forest itself seemed pretty scary. Stitch was very grateful he didn't have to live there.
"First we have to mail these invitations to all our guests, and then we have to order your cake, next we have to pick up some balloons," Lilo told Stitch in a matter-of-fact tone.
The two made their way to the post office, then to the bakery, and finally to the store. Stitch enjoyed spending time with Lilo. She seemed to be in a particularly good mood today and was constantly cracking jokes. It seemed like nothing could ruin this day.
"It's almost noon, we better head back," Lilo said walking out of the store.
Stitch nodded. Lilo noticed the rain had lightened up a bit. The sun was begging to peek through the clouds. They jogged the rest of the way home in an effort to stay drier.
"We're home!" Lilo declared running into the house with her muddy boots.
Nani poked her head out from the kitchen. She looked exhausted and she was rubbing the side of her head. Her hair was pulled back into a low ponytail. Dark circles were plastered under her brown eyes. Nani quickly looked over the two soggy friends. She then noticed the muddy foot prints leading up to Lilo.
"Lilo, take off your boots," Nani begged.
"Oh, ah, sorry," She apologized pulling her boots off.
Stitch shook his wet fur dry. He let out an uneasy laugh after receiving a glare from Nani. He patted the area he had soaked.
"Help me set the table, and then we can eat," Nani commanded.
Lilo and Stitch helped Nani set the table and then quickly gobbled down their food. She had grilled, for like the first time in her life. Bonus, it didn't tasted like crap!
"I'll be right back Stitch, I need to go find the wrapping paper," Lilo explained hoping out of her chair.
Lilo ran to the closet and yanked open the door. She dug through the various junk in there. A sigh escaped her lips when she realized it wasn't in there. Suddenly Lilo remembered Jumba having mentioned wrapping paper earlier this week when he was talking about one of his gadgets. She climbed the stairs and rushed into his room.
It was full of all sorts of dangerous looking equipment. Papers littered the gloomy floor. The curtains were sealed shut, making the room very dark and creepy. Lilo glanced around the pig sty of a room. She quickly opened and went through everything in his room. There was still no wrapping paper anywhere. She was about to leave when something caught her eye. It was a small metal box, no bigger than her hand. Lilo picked it off the shelf. It read do not open.
"This must be Stitch's birthday present!" Lilo thought out loud. She flew down the stairs and quickly hid it in her coat pocket.
"Lilo?" Stitch called from the kitchen.
"Coming!" Lilo yelled back walking into the kitchen.
"Found wrapping paper?" Stitch asked finishing off his 5th hamburger.
"No," Lilo sighed, "Let's just go get some,"
"Okay," He said hopping down and running to the door.
Lilo grabbed her shiny yellow rain coat and slid into her boots. Nani and Pleakly waved from the kitchen. Stitch yanked open the door with a little too much enthusiasm and trotted climbed down the stairs. The bright blue sky seemed to shine, as though refreshed from the short rain. The sounds of frogs were replaced by cheerful birds chirping.
"It's not raining anymore," Lilo commented holding out her hand as if to prove it.
Stitch splashed in a small puddle. Droplets of water sprayed in every direction. He laughed and started stomping around. A few hit an impateint Lilo. She glared at him, but Stitch was too busy destroying the puddle to notice.
"Come on Stitch," Lilo called walking away from him. Stitch glanced up, mid stomp, and then ran to catch up with Lilo.
"Big day, I know," Stitch said before Lilo could.
"Yup, tomorrow we have to do all sorts of stuff. First-," She was in mid-sentence when she tripped over a crack in the side walk. She hit the ground and the small box of Jumba's fell out of her pocket. It cracked open and a small golf ball sized blue ball with the number 628 on it rolled out.
A chorus of snickers filled the air before Lilo could react. She glanced up. A girl with fiery red hair and red glasses looked down on her. Three girls stood behind her, all glaring at Lilo. Lilo immediately felt her cheeks flush red. Stitch snarled at the girls.
"Look, Weirdlo fell down." Myrtle laughed.
"Yeah," The girls behind her mocked in an annoying tone.
Embarrassed, Lilo quickly pushed herself up and brushed the dirt off her hands. She put on a fake smile. Lilo had completely forgotten about the new experiment pod.
"Um, hey Myrtle," Lilo winced shyly.
"You're too weird to be near me. It might rub off on us if we get too close. Let's go," Myrtle decided biking through a puddle. It splashed Lilo and Stitch. They both stood there soaked before something caught their attention. The experiment pod from before had started to glow and enlarge.
"Stitch!" Lilo cried.
An alien that strongly resembled Stitch now stood in front of them. It was dark purple with lighter purple markings and was about ½ a foot larger then Stitch was. Instead of two retractable arms it had four, totaling 6 arms all together. Four deadly looking spikes protruded from his back. The first spike was the shortest, second longest, and the third and fourth were equal in length. The two antenna on his head crackled as electricity jumped between them. Unlike 627, his head wasn't coned shaped, and instead, it resembled Stitch's more. In fact, 628 and Stitch looked very similar. Lilo noticed that on the new experiment's back were patches of light purple fur.
Lilo ran behind Stitch in fear. Stitch extended his retractable arms and antenna. He growled in the most menacing way he could. The experiment toke a step towards them. Stitch narrowed his eyes and bared his jaws.
"Stitch, this is one of Jumba's new experiments, remember 627?" Lilo warned.
Stitch grimaced, he remember 627 all to well.
"I mean no harm," 628 suddenly spoke out. He retracted his arms, spikes and antenna.
Stitch and Lilo were totally caught of guard. They exchanged a glanced and Stitch relaxed.
"You can talk?" Lilo asked stepping out from behind Stitch.
"Of course, can't we all? And I apologize if I frightened you," He said.
"It's okay, my name's Lilo and this is Stitch," Lilo explained motioning to Stitch.
Stitch held out his hand, leaned forward, and smiled.
"Hi," He said.
"Um, hello, 626," 628 said giving Stitch a disgusted look.
"His name is Stitch," Lilo repeated, "What's your name?"
"I'm afraid I don't have one," 628 said after pondering for a moment.
"That's okay, I'll just call you Patch, 'cause the markings on your back look like patches," She explained pointing to them.
"Patch," He repeated smiling.
"So you're not evil? Jumba's experiments are usually all evil," Lilo asked.
"Hmmm, no I suppose not," Patch replied.
"Cool, now lets get back to my house so we can find your true place," She declared leading the way.
The walk home was slower. Lilo mostly talked to Patch on the way there, and Stitch just listened. Stitch already didn't like Patch, there was something that was just off about him. He'd have to ask Jumba when they got back.
"This is our house," Said Lilo running up the stairs.
Patch was about to follow her, but Stitch cut him off. Patch narrowed his eyes at Stitch, but didn't say anything. Lilo flung open the door and this time remembered to take her boots off. Stitch climbed to ceiling, as usual. Patch walked behind Lilo.
Pleakly poked his out from the kitchen. His face showed horror as he spotted Patch.
"Oh no!" He shrieked, "You've brought another monster in!"
After hearing Pleakly, the purple experiment narrowed his eyes. Him, a monster? He glanced up at Stitch who was watching the scene from the ceiling. If anything, that blue rough-draft was a monster. In the background, he could hear Lilo fighting with Pleakly, but his attention was on Stitch. Stitch glanced down at Patch, who was giving him an unusual look. In unison both their eyes flashed red.