Yeah, so I'm revisiting Starchild so that I can change it a little so that I can move Redemption forward as I'm stuck on Redemption at this point.

I'm also altering the story plot slightly, or it will be altered by the time I'm done with it.

While the altered chapters and altered arrangements are in the actual story I might put the original chapters that I took out, and the chapters I altered at the end.

It all depends.

This is the first instillation of revisions.

I don't own Race to Witch Mountain.

Prologue

In the 1950's there were many strange things that happened. There were UFO sightings in the skies, alien spacecraft seen on the ground, etc. But one night something unexplained happened. A group of men were patrolling in the Wright-Patterson grounds when all of a sudden they saw movement in the distance. A teenage girl was trespassing!

As she ran to them she suddenly collapsed on the ground. The men quickly moved to surround her. "You're trespassing," one of the soldiers growled at her.

She lay on the ground panting. "Political asylum!" she gasped, weak from running. "I declare political asylum!" The men looked at each other confused. After they decided to take her into the base, she fainted. The men were last seen carrying her away.

Chapter One: Reunion

(No one's point of view) Seth and Sara watched in the distance as a car pulled up beside them. The two kids were standing outside their spaceship. They felt lucky that nothing had happened so far. That must mean their plan had worked. They had avoided the detection of the earth government. And hopefully that meant they didn't know they were here. They also hope the earthlings hadn't noticed them, because if they had, the government had.

Seth and Sara were wearing the outfits they had worn on earth last, the disgusting outfits that the government had put them in when they tried to experiment on them. Seth shuddered at the though and Sara put her hand on his shoulder as she read his mind. Her hand was shaking. Seth didn't know which part was worse, the fact that they had fallen into the government's hands, or the fact that between the time they had been taken from Jack and Alex, they didn't know what had happened to them or what had been done to them. That uncertainty made Seth afraid, although he wouldn't admit it to anyone, and he hoped Sara hadn't picked up on that thought. She gave no indication that she had. He decided to think about something else.

Seth decided to think about what had happened to them ever since they had said good- bye to Jack and Alex a year ago. They had returned home (a trip that took 3 days since that was how long it took to get from their world Cortan to Earth) and had managed to evaded the military and make it to their Aunt Coraline's house. He remembered how the doors had automatically opened when they reached their and how their Aunt Coraline and Uncle Jordan had rejoiced over them and their three cousins. They had then entered a room that was big, and their aunt and uncle had begun their work on restoring the planet's atmosphere. 3 days later their world was in such good condition that their parents were released. It turns out they would have been released anyway since there had been no grounds for their arrest and they had been "arrested" illegally. The government hadn't known about the arrest, only top commanders in the military. The leaders had actually decided against an invasion a few hours after Seth and Sara had left, and for three days had been trying to find Emily and Jared Frontier, Seth and Sara's parents. When it was clear that they were missing, and their children were missing, the military leader (who in the law is supposed to work under the leader's orders, not against them) who had secretly kidnapped the kids' parents without the Cortan leaders' knowledge, disguised as an arrest to civilians, offered to put out patrols on the streets in order to find them, and the leaders agreed desperate to find out where they had gone. The military then secretly threatened those who had seen the "arrest" (who now knew what was going on and that the leaders had no knowledge of the arrest) to not say anything, or else they would die, and guards were placed in front of their houses. The military leader, Aaron, who had already sent the siphon after them, had guessed where they were going. And if they survived where the siphon was driving them to and the kids managed to make it back, they would be captured by the military, and the whole family, parents and all, would be secretly executed.

When Seth and Sara returned, though, they managed to evade all those things. When they told the leaders that their parents had been arrested (the kids had witnessed this and Aaron hadn't arrested them then because he didn't believe they would do anything) Aaron got into a lot of trouble and the Leader Erica had her personal guards raid the place where the kids' parents were being kept. Aaron was arrested and incarcerated with the entire military dishonored and after that anyone belonging to the military was scoffed at. Aaron was to be tried for treason, although it would be many years before that trial happened. The family was reunited and Seth and Sara were required to report what had happened to them the last few days.

The meeting was secret and wouldn't be disclosed to the public. The only people who would know would be those in the room. The parents' kids could attend because they were busy fixing the planet, so the kids nervously entered alone. They reported everything, well almost everything. They left out the part where Henry Burke had captured them making it seem like they managed to break into Witch Mountain and get their spaceship out, without ever being captured. They were afraid to tell about this because they didn't know if the leaders would be angry enough to invade earth and they now loved earth, including Seth. They had made many good friends and they didn't want their friends to die. They had seen that there were more good people than bad people on earth.

When they got to the part about Jack destroying the siphon, however, the leaders adored him for his courage and announced to the children that if they wanted to bring earthlings to their world (especially their friends Jack and Alex) they could, and Jack and Alex would be more than welcome on Cortan. They also apologized heavily about the siphon, embarrassed that this had happened under their nose. When they had asked to go back to earth though, the leaders pleaded with them to give them some time, and stay on their world for now. It took them many attempts before the leaders finally allowed their heroes to return to earth, which is why it took a year for them to get back.

Emily and Jared were nervous about their children going. Sure, they trusted and approved of Jack and Alex, but the when the kids told them their story they became protective of them. Emily got really mad when she heard how Henry Burke's men had pursued them relentlessly, and the kids decided to leave the part out about their capture. A year later when they had been granted leave, the parents fought hard to keep them, but the decided to go anyway. In fact Emily argued with the leaders, claiming that they were underage (which was true) and that they should go with them, if they agreed to let the go. Seth successfully argued that Jack and Alex didn't know them, and they would probably freak, therefore their parents shouldn't come. The leaders came up with a compromise. Seth and Sara would head to earth, get settled in. They would make sure Jack and Alex knew that their parents would come, and a month later, show up on their doorstep. Seth muttered about this but he had no choice. It was either that or he couldn't go at all.

And then the boy's thought's drifted to his capture, and the uncertainty of what had happened. He had no idea of what had happened to him and that was scary. But this he did know. Three months after the incident on earth, be and his sister began having pains. They would come off and on, and often they would go in a secluded spot so that they could suffer quietly. They didn't want their parents to know about it. They would freak. The pains were getting worse and worse, and it was a miracle that their parents didn't find out. Seth and Sara suspected it was from whatever Henry Burke and his minions had been doing to them while they were knocked out. He only remembered being on the witch mountain, hearing Jack exclaim, "Sara," turning around, seeing her unconscious, and the feeling something hit him. Tiredness and blackness had engulfed him and when he woke up he saw Alex's concerned face standing over him. He was shaking slightly, afraid, and Alex had comforted him as he slowly sat up. He took in his surroundings and saw that he had been lying on some sort of table with lights, and he looked at the locks that had been over his wrists and ankles and kept him restrained to the table, until he had phased through them. He remembered seeing Jack struggling at a table parallel to his, with Sara unconscious on it and he struggled to control his emotions. Finally, Sara woke up and undid the locks. As the boy looked away from her as Jack comforted her, he saw several unconscious men around the lab, and broken glass all over.

As Seth drew away from these thoughts he thought on other things. He and his sister had secretly seen the doctor on their world to determine why they were having all this pain. It wasn't their all the time, but when it came, it was excruciating. They had successfully lied to the doctor, telling him that it had started a few weeks ago (when it had been going on for months) and told a big, fat believable lie that made the doctor think their parents were well informed about this. They also claimed that they couldn't come because they were busy, which was true, but their parents, no matter how busy they were, would never have just dropped them off with something as important as this. They would take time away from their tasks to take care of them. Fortunately the doctor didn't know their parents so he couldn't have known that.

They had had a serious pain attack at the office, and had fainted because of it, but when the doctor had examined them, he had found nothing. He gave them his report, telling them to come back if they had another pain fit, and let them go, believing that they would give the device with the report in it to their parents (which they had no intention of doing). And so they were amazed that they had gotten away with it. Fortunately, their current doctor had fallen ill himself, which would have made their excuse believable as to why they had seen an unknown doctor.

Seth was pulled to the present as Jack and Alex got out of the car. Seth seriously hoped they didn't have a pain fit while they were here, because he didn't want to explain to Jack and Alex and he didn't want them to panic. He didn't know how they would respond and he was worried that they might tell his parents. But he didn't see how that was possible because the attacks were getting more and more frequent. They were bound to notice. He sighed and put a smile on his face. He would deal with that later.

"Hey, kids!" Jack greeted them warmly.

"Hey," Sara replied, hugging him tightly.

Jack and Alex gave them directions to where their house was. Apparently they had made a book about their adventures at Witch Mountain (to Henry Burke's fury and there was nothing the government could do to discredit them) and they had made a lot of money off of it. They were now rich and famous celebrities. The paparazzi had followed them for a while ("What's a paparazzi?" Sara had asked) but they didn't any more. They had used their money to purchase about 12 miles of land and had a mansion built on it with a ship's hanger for the kids, because they had hoped they would return. Sara was delighted at this. It made the kids feel more wanted than ever. They had been wishing for them to return! The ship hangar had been built to hide it and conceal it for fear of the government, if they should see their ship out in the open, would come after the kids.

Seth and Sara flew the ship to the hangar and as they emerged outside of it, Jack and Alex locked it with a key pad. They kids had estimated the ship hangar was big enough for many of their ships to fit inside, and so Seth relaxed a little. Their parents' other ship would be protected (Seth and Sara had borrowed one of their parents' ships). Now they had to tell Jack and Alex about their parents.

Jack looked at them. "I expect your both tired," he said. "You can rest for the day. Tomorrow we'll go and get you some cloths so that you can blend in."

And with that, they went inside. Seth and Sara had been shown their rooms. They were huge! Ten minutes later Seth was collapsed on his bed, fast asleep!

So, what do you think? Criticism is more than welcome! It's how I learn. So don't be afraid, you won't offend me. Read and review, please!