Disclaimer: I don't own GX. I do own the OCs and the plot.

Chapter One

A girl about the age of 17 walked into the room to find the black cat staring up at her.

"Where were you?" the cat snapped.

"Looking for any signs of cats at the beach," replied the girl. She wasn't the least bit surprised at the cat's talking. The animal cocked his head to one side.

"Did you find anything?" he asked.

"No," said the girl. "Amadeus, it's been the same for two weeks. We've searched everywhere ten times over and still we've found nothing."

"You're exaggerating," the cat called Amadeus stated. "You know how important this is. We've only found three cats and still it makes no sense. Tierra, we have five cats to find-"

"I know. You tell me every day and every night. I have it memorized," interrupted Tierra. She pulled a hair piece out of her sand-colored hair and threw on the already-cluttered desk and sat on her bed. Amadeus hopped up and sat next to her.

"I'm sorry," said Amadeus. "It's just that this has remained unknown for decades. It just seems like we should know by now."

"I know. But we have to be patient. If we wait, those cats will come to us," Tierra reassured Amadeus.

What these two are talking about probably makes no sense to you. So, let me just clear a few things up. You see, Amadeus is no ordinary cat and Tierra isn't an ordinary girl. Amadeus's family has a secret that traces back to ancient cats. These cats vowed to keep the secret in just nine families. When the time was right, a new generation would discover this secret.

When Amadeus discovered that his family was one that used to know the secret, he set out to discover what it was. But, he needed a human who had a special connection with animals. That's where Tierra came in. Her family was involved with the mystery as well. When the ancient cats thought keeping the secret might be difficult, they chose one human family to share it with. They used magic to give the people the connection they needed to speak to the cats. Even though Tierra's whole family knew about this, no one had shown any signs of inheriting this power. Not until Tierra.

When Amadeus discovered this, he knew the time was right. It had been 100 years since anyone has known the secret, and Amadeus was afraid that if they didn't find out now, no one would for another 100 years. And when he told this to Tierra, she felt the same way. So far they had four cats, including Amadeus, all of which had small stones hanging from thick brown strings around their necks. These stones had something to do with the mystery, and had been passed down from generation to generation for a century. Both cat and girl were determined to find out what they meant.

"Do you want to look once more? The night's still young," asked Tierra.

"Yes," replied Amadeus. "Yes, the night is still young and more search wouldn't hurt."

Tierra nodded and walked out the door while Amadeus hopped out the window. They met at the base of the tree.

"Where should we start?" asked the Obelisk.

"The beach," said Amadeus with no hesitation.

"But I just told you I looked there already."

"Yes, but you humans have poor eyesight in the dark. If I come, we'll be able to cover more ground and I'll be able to see better."

"But if I can't see as well as you how much help will be?"

"You're right. Double check the places you looked in before. You could've missed something. I'll look in the places you haven't."

Tierra nodded and led the way to the sand. The two then went in separate directions.

At the same time, Atticus Rhodes was walking down to the beach. He was having one of those nights where he just couldn't sleep no matter what and figured that this would be a good way to get some things off his mind. That's when he saw a girl bent over a pile of large rocks, moving smaller ones so she could see hidden areas. But what could she be looking for?

"Find anything?" Tierra asked as Amadeus jumped onto the rock above her. She noticed the small stone around his neck was giving off a gentle glow.

"Just them," said Amadeus. He directed his gaze to three cats running up to them. One of them was albino, one was gray, and one black with white paws.

"Ugh! Amadeus, do you have to run so fast?" the gray one panted. The albino one lay down in the sand, although it looked more like she collapsed. All of the cats' stones were giving off the same glow as Amadeus's. That's what happened when the cats were near each other.

"My apologies, Galen. I've forgotten how lazy you've all become," replied Amadeus. Tierra smirked.

"We're not lazy!" exclaimed the black one, her yellow eyes blazing.

"Angel, calm down. I'm sure he doesn't mean to offend anyone," said Galen.

"Fine," replied Angel. She looked down at the white cat on the ground. "You okay, Callie?" she asked.

"Define okay…" Callie groaned.

Atticus watched this strange scene. All the cats were meowing one after other as if they were having a conversation. Could this get any weirder?

"Are you all done?" Tierra asked.

"Sorry!" the cats replied in unison.

"You don't have to apologize," said Tierra as she picked up Callie. She brushed off her fur and set her down on a rock at her side.

"Thank you," meowed Callie.

So, it could get weirder. Now the girl seemed to understand the cats. And they understood her. She actually joined in the conversation. Atticus turned on his heel and headed back to the dorms. But one of the cats seemed to notice him leaving. The black one. The one that came first. His green eyes locked onto Atticus and didn't let him leave the cat's gaze until he was out of sight.

Amadeus turned to the group.

"We need to be more careful of were we meet. Another human just left. He looked suspicious," he told them.

"More liked frightened," Galen said. "Not many humans talk to animals. I would be scared too."

"It's getting late," said Tierra. "I should go."

The cats nodded as she walked off. Then, they all ran to the water to get in some hunting before sunrise.

A/N

So, there you go! Chapter 1! Hope you liked it. R&R

-Wolf