Visions

By Starseeker

Not a new Animorph story, I still stand to that fact. This just gives you a little more information about the main character. I want to point out that this was my idea, and that I didn't copy any one else's. (You know who you are if you said that I may be copying your story) The Animorphs do exist in this world, unlike some people may be thinking. There will be more with them later. You'll see. I've almost got the second part done, so just be a little patient if you can. Thank you for noticing and following this long, boring note...continue reading!

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I was always a pretty normal teenager. Kind of popular, too...I guess. I used to go to the mall, hang out with my friends, stuff like that. I had good friends. I even had a boyfriend.

But I left it behind. All of it, gone.

Maybe you could still see the average part of me hanging around somewhere. My looks wouldn't give any hint that I was anything but normal. Shoulder-length wavy blond hair, green eyes, medium height. Nothing interesting.

Until I met Trei. He was -and unbelievably, still is- one of the weirdest guys I ever knew. Trei was one to keep to himself, ever since he transferred to our school he sat by himself at lunch, worked alone on projects, everything...alone. Everyone liked it that way, too. He never bothered anyone.

He even looked creepy. He had dark brown hair, almost black, and the strangest gray eyes I've ever seen in my life. But at least they had something in them, unlike the other guys in my classes, who usually looked vacant. I guess I have to admit that Trei was smart, too. One of the smarter people in class. Not to say that I went to school with a bunch of idiots, but...well, they weren't the brightest crayons in the box.

By now you're probably wondering what I'm talking about. Well, that's why I'm going to tell you everything. I'm tired of hiding. I want to go back to my home, back to...back to my life. I won't run any more.

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'This is so boring,' I thought miserably. I hated science. Resting my chin on my wrist, I let my eyes wander. I looked around the room. This guy, Marco, sat near the front of the room and snickered to a few of his friends, probably about some recent wisecrack. One of his friends didn't laugh. I think his name was Jake, but I'm not really sure.

I looked at my boyfriend, Josh. He might have been just as bored as I was. I couldn't tell by sitting behind him. Then there was Trei, all the way in the back of the classroom by himself. I turned my head slightly and looked at him. The whole corner of that room seemed dark, like the sky before a storm. What had happened to Trei in the past to make him so...isolated?

The clock was still ticking, I looked up and checked. But there were still a few hours left before it was time to go home.

"'Lyssa? Hey, are you alright? Alyssa?" I sat up. I had slumped forward, all the way onto the table. I looked at my lab partner, Janna.

"I'm...just bored, that's all," I answered.

"You really should pay attention. This affects my grade too," she pointed out. I nodded.

"I know. Sorry. I'll try to follow the lecture," I told her, making a dry joke. It was basically the same thing that happened every day. Janna was a very smart person. I suppose she still is. Whenever I got the least bit distracted, she'd pull me back into the lesson. I usually got annoyed at it.

I took a quick glance at Trei from the corner of my eye. He was staring at me like I was some viscous creature. A severe chill went through me. With a slight shiver, I looked around and saw that everyone had their book opened.

"Um...what page are we on?"

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Science was over, and not a minute too soon. I met up with Josh in the lockers.

"Hey," I said cheerfully.

"Hi," he answered. Too quiet to be him. Something was wrong, I could tell from his tone of voice.

"Something wrong?" I asked in pure concern. Josh didn't answer. I repeated the question. Still, he didn't say anything.

I wondered to myself what was up with him. A locker door slammed, books were thrown on the floor. The loud noises made me jump in surprise.

"Josh, is everything okay?" I walked towards him. He looked at me sadly.

"'Lyssa...um..." For a moment, a look of total shock crossed his face, almost undetectable to people just passing by. But I could see it. In an instant, he turned away and pulled out the books for his next classes.

The halls were clearing out by now. I began to approach him again.

"Alyssa, I'm sorry," he said sullenly.

"Huh? Sorry about what?"

"I just...I think we need to take a break, you know? From each other." I opened my mouth to speak, but he slammed his locker shut and walked away. He left me in the empty hall, speechless.

I grabbed my jumbled pile of books and rushed to my math class, forgetting to put the lock back on my locker. I didn't care if someone stole something from it.

The late bell rang moments before I got into the class. I dropped my books on my desk and sat down with a heavy sigh. Thank God that Josh wasn't in the class to see how pathetic I looked. But Trei was, still staring at me with that dark look that he always had. The room got a lot colder when I looked at him.

No, it was all in my imagination...right? I shook my head and tried to concentrate on the worksheet that the teacher just handed out. But something inside me was just pulling my attention away from the problems, towards Trei. There was definitely something strange about that guy. Right then, I decided to find out what it was.

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