{I know it's a little late but here it is! I hope you enjoy , as I have worked really hard on it! Also thank you to my reviewers! *I'm to lazy to name them all!* And, if you are reading this that means you are a fan of Ben's/Connor Jessup's so if you have a twitter please follow him at connorjessup and you can follow me at KaiKai_chan, do feel free to fangirl over the show or characters as much as you want with me! *I have like no one who likes it as much as I do!* }
{I do not own Falling Skies or any of it's characters, though however if Connor Jessup is availible...}
{I do own Skylar Raine Grant and Daphne Nicole Grant, along with my original ideas. If you would like to use them in a story please feel free to PM me and I will gladly let you as long as you credit me for their creation.}
The story continues...
"Sky?" Ben called quietly before falling unconscious again. Tom turned to me with a confused look on his face, I must have mirrored his expression.
"Skylar, do you know Ben?" Tom asked quietly. I shook my head.
"I've never met him before in my entire life, not that I can remember at least." I answered.
"This just got weird." Hal stated. I rolled my eyes.
"Alien invasions aren't weird already?" I asked. Hal grinned.
"Touche." he said. Matt began to rub his eyes, as he was getting rather tired.
"I guess it's time for you to go to bed, huh Matt?" Tom asked. Matt shook his head.
"I wanna stay up in case Ben wakes up again." Matt protested.
"What if Skylar here, read you a bedtime story?" Tom asked winking at me. I nodded. Matt blushed.
"Any story?" He asked. I nodded. He smiled.
"How do you feel about Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince?" Matt asked. I chuckled.
"It's one of my favorites, just like the rest of the Harry Potter series." I smiled.
"So you'll go to bed only if Skylar reads you a story, does someone like Skylar?" Hal teased. Matt shook his head.
"N-no!" he denied. I scooped up the 8-year old in my arms.
"Well I think you are pretty cool too Matt." I smiled. Matt grinned.
"Really?!" he asked excitedly.
"Most definitely, not many 8-year olds can be as optimistic as you in an alien invasion." I replied.
"Night Dad, Hal, Ben, and Anne." Matt said as I walked out the door with him in my arms. As we walked down the dimly lit hallways Matt started to question me like a normal curious kid.
"Do you wanna know why I think you are cool?" Matt asked. I nodded.
"Sure. Let me hear it." I replied.
"Because you saved Ben and you killed a bunch of skitters and a mech all by yourself! I wish I could be like you." Matt said. I shook my head.
"It's the other way around Matt, I wish I could be more like you. You're still so young and have so much more choice in your life than I had when I was your age. Sure, the aliens are taking away your childhood day by day, but you still are able to smile even though it's a rough time." I replied.
"It'd still be cool to kill a mech by punching it." Matt said. I chuckled.
"Yeah, that is really fun. But, it kinda hurts everyone else's pride." I said. Matt laughed.
"So you really like Harry Potter?" Matt asked after he quieted down. I nodded.
"Books, mainly manga and books like Harry Potter were my way of escaping when I was mad or sad. I'm a really big bookworm, but my sister Daphne calls me a glow worm because I used to keep glow sticks by my bed so I could read at night while everyone was sleeping." I replied.
"Ben was like that too." Matt said. I gave him a small smile.
"Ben is still your brother, Matt. When he wakes up he will still be the same Ben you knew. But even if he does change, remember that he is your older brother, and older sibling were born first to protect their younger siblings. So know that Ben will always love you and protect you, because that is what being the older sibling means. Okay?" I asked. Matt nodded.
"So how does Ben know you?" Matt asked.
"I really don't know Matt, as far as I know I've never met him before now." I replied. We reached the Mason class room and I read a few chapters of Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince before Matt was fast asleep. I tucked the blankets around him and left the room and headed back to the Chemistry lab. Tom and Hal were still sitting beside Ben, quietly chatting about something. I sat down in a chair beside Daphne and leaned it against the wall.
"Thank you for putting Matt to bed." Tom said.
"It wasn't a problem, Matt is a cool kid." I replied with a small smile. I noticed how sleep deprived Tom and Hal looked.
"You two should get some rest too, before you become the living dead." I stated. Tom shook his head.
"I have to be here in case he wakes up." Tom protested. Hal nodded.
"Which won't be for another 9-10 hours. You need rest, and you can clearly see how exhausted you both are. If Ben does happen to wake before my estimate I will bring you here as fast as I can." I said.
"Don't you need sleep too?" Hal asked. I shook my head.
"I haven't slept a wink since I was three months old. It's not a problem for me." I stated. Hal seemed surprised. Tom sighed.
"You're right, us being completely exhausted isn't going to help Ben or win this war, but please come wake me if Ben does wake up." Tom said giving in to his need for sleep.
"You have my word." I nodded. Tom nodded and gave me a small smile of graditude. Tom and Hal then left the chemistry lab and went into the Mason class room. I moved to the chair Tom had been sitting in and studied Ben as he slept. I don't remember him, do I?
{Flashback of forgotten memories}
It was dark, always dark. The room where so many kids had sat previously, awaiting their enslavement helplessly. I sat in a corner, alone. Daphne was not here, she was safe. There was about a dozen other kids with me in the small room. Trying to tell each other they would be alright. I scoffed at this. Comfort wasn't something we needed now, we needed an escape plan. I began quietly formulating a plan in my head, shortly after a sandy blond haired boy interrupted my thoughts.
"You're planning something." he stated.
"I will neither confirm or deny that theory." I replied. The boy chuckled abit.
"So what is your plan?" he asked. I bit my thumb, debating on whether or not I should let him in on it.
"I'm going to kill these freaky alien spiders, then escape." I replied. The boy raised his eyebrows.
"How do you plan on doing that?" he asked. I sighed.
"No idea." I answered. It wasn't like I knew my own strength at the time, I didn't find out about that until I found myself 4 months later with my sister again.
"I'm Ben Mason, what's your name?" the boy, Ben asked.
"Skylar Grant, most people call me Sky though." I replied. Over the course of being captive for a week in the same small cell we became friends, but then the aliens came and took everyone except me out of the room. When everyone was gone, I heard their sceams. I heard Ben's screams, and I could do nothing. I silently cried for my lost friend, as I began to dry my tears, a long slender humanoid like being stood in the doorway, a harnessed girl with dark hair stood at it's side. It spoke to me, though I can't remember the words, or how long it had me in it's mothership after taking me away from the harnessing facility. All I do remember is waking up in a tree a few miles away from Daphne's camp. That's when she told me I had been gone for 4 months, and I could not remember for the life of me what had happened during that time.
{End Flashback}
I stared down intently at the boy in front of me. "So I do know him. We are friends. But why do I have this feeling in my stomach? Like something is going to happen?" I asked myself. I glanced around the room and noticed it was daytime already. The sun had risen nearly 4 hours ago. I blinked a few times before realizing a pair of light green eyes were staring right back at me.
"So it wasn't a dream..." Ben whispered more to himself than to me. I raised a brow then lowered it again. I shook my head. "Why can't I think straight?" I asked myself mentally.
"Sky? Is that really you?" Ben asked in a hoarse whisper. I nodded and got him some water.
"Yeah, though I didn't remember you were you until a few hours ago." I said. Ben nodded.
"That's understandable, considering what happened." Ben said. I raised a brow at this.
"What did happen?" I asked. Ben looked at me quizically.
"You don't remember?" he asked. I shook my head.
"The skitters that were controlling me used to talk about you, they had said you were a special person. Someone they had to destroy, other than that I don't really know." Ben answered. Tom walked in the room.
"Thought you said you'd come and get me when he woke up?" Tom asked as he handed Ben and I each a granola bar (which I inhaled.)
"I just woke up Dad." Ben said as he sat up. I looked away quickly while blushing. "Stupid teenage hormones." I thought to myself. Tom handed Ben a shirt. I heard Ben wince.
"Stretch out the collar of the shirt." I advised. Tom did so. Ben sighed in relief.
"These spikes hurt when they get snagged." Ben muttered. I nodded.
"So, have you figured how Ben knows you Skylar?" Tom asked. I took a deep breath.
"I seemed to have amnesia, but I've regained some of the memories. Ben and I were in the same harnessing facility, but they didn't harness me. They kept me for a long period of time in a strange place, then let me go. I have no idea why though..." I said trying to think this through.
"It will come to you in time, don't try to force the memories back." Tom advised. I nodded.
"Ben, you'll have to stay here for another night, but after that you'll be able to stay in our classroom. Alright?" Tom asked. Ben nodded.
"SKYLAR RAINE GRANT! I WILL FRIGGIN MURDER YOU AFTER THIS IS ALL OVER!" Daphne started ranting as she woke from her slumber.
"Why?" I asked. She huffed.
"That was my favorite shirt you cut through!" She said. I rolled my eyes and pointed to the shirt she was wearing.
"I thought that one was your favorite?" I said referring to her light purple 'I heart Vaati' tank top. She huffed.
"It is. But I liked the other one just as much." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"You're even more annoying than I remember you being..." I sighed. She glared at me, then smirked evilly.
"Whose that your boyfriend?" She asked referring to Ben. I blushed and shook my head.
"No!" I said. Tom and Ben just sat there awkwardly watching as our sisterly dispute waged on.
{Kinda short, but I really am sleepy and I have a busy day tomorrow. So KEEP CALM AND I WILL LOVE CONNOR JESSUP. Review my wonderful readers and receive one of these three things : An OC paired with someone that is not Ben or Jimmy, OR pick something for someone in the story to do or say (this can be ANYTHING at ALL) OR, you can be my Beta Reader (I need one!) Please put you choice in your review! As always, keep the resistance strong and Falling Skies on! ~ Love Kairi-Ichimaru15 - Connor's future wife (he doesn't know this yet) I love that smexy Canadian, anyone else? }