Gray Leaves
Summary: Ciara and her new friends are about to embark on a crazy adventure where she meets the Animorphs and has to fight terrifying aliens in order to save the world. OOC and no pairings.
KS: I do not own Animorphs. Also When referring to myself I will be using KS. It makes my life easier.
KS: This chapter isn't long but it is very informative so I hope you all like it! Don't be surprised if I don't update this often. Its not because I don't have an ideas... Its because I am now a working woman! So my time is limited on the computer. So R&R!
(Thought-speech)
Dream Mode
(A/N)- Author's Notes
Chapter Two: We Are the Gray Leaves
Ciara
I woke up with a start. I sat up while trying to keep myself from throwing up. I stumble out of bed and into my bathroom. I throw up everything from supper last night and some other junk. As I come back out I notice that Rythin is still sleeping and that it is now ten in the morning. Knowing I won't be able to go back to sleep I grab some fresh clothes and go back into the bathroom to take a shower.
Rythin
I woke up and stretched my back. I look at the clock and notice that its eleven. I look around the room to find that Ciara isn't in the room. I get up and wander around the room. Most of her stuff are still in boxes but from what I can see she isn't like most girls her age. Instead of make-up and fashion designer clothes I find one thing a lip gloss barely used, some blush and lots of jewelry.
Everything else simply suited a boy better. I guess I should tell you the lay out of the room. Well the walls are white but I have a feeling they won't stay that way. The room is rather large where it is almost the length of the house. Its more square then rectangular. There are two windows facing the backyard and each have a window seat.
On the wall opposite the windows is two doors and two more doors on the wall to the right of it. So basically when you enter the room and turn right there is a door and on the wall all the way to the left is two more doors. When facing into the room you can see both windows. On the right is a row of built in book cases.
The door to the left of the door on the same wall leads to a large walk in closet. The door nearest the corner leads to another large room that sits over the garage. The other door leads into the bathroom that is shared with the loft bedroom over the garage. The garage bedroom is a little smaller then Ciara's room but not as extravagant.
In between the two windows is where Ciara put her bed and a desk is sitting in front of the window seat so that she can sit down and face her room while sitting on her window seat. Books are already on the shelves and her dresser is sitting next to the closet with a tv and all that stuff on top of it. All her DVD's and CD's are also on the bookshelves. (Very large and long bookshelves.)
On the left wall is some pictures and there is a large trunk sitting in the corner. I walk over to the trunk to get a better look at it. I sat there still in my feline form looking at a really old trunk. I decide to go human and when I reach my full height I look at all the intricate carvings in the wood.
From what I can tell its made from a dark red wood with some kind of shiny stuff on it. In the middle of the lid was either painted or an actual leaf sat but not just any leaf. A gray leaf with little gold specs sat with that shiny look to it. I want to reach out and touch it but Ciara comes out of the bathroom at the time. With one last look at the trunk I turn back into my cat self.
(You have a lot of stuff but not many girl type things.) I mention as I stretch again as I sit down on her bed and watch her run around the room.
(I'm a tomboy. A girl who likes to do guy things. In fact the only difference is that I wear more girlish clothes otherwise I like to do everything a guy would. Like skateboarding... that sort of thing.) She answers as she hunts for something.
(What are you looking for?) I ask patiently.
(My sneakers... I thought I tossed them over here last night.) She answers.
(Didn't you throw them in your closet?) I answer.
She looks at me for a moment as though she isn't seeing me. Then she smiles and runs over to her closet. No wonder she is so skinny. She runs around all the time. As she walks back out she comes over and pets me on the head and I begin to purr.
(We have a lot of time left you know.) I say with a yawn.
(I know... There is something I need to do before I can escape my parents.) She says as she sits down to tie her shoes.
(Okay. Do you mind if I stay here then?) I ask quietly and she looks at me intently before she shrugs her shoulders.
(I'll be back in a half hour. Hopefully with some good news.) Was all she said before she strolled out of her room.
I curl up into a ball and take a short cat nap. Suddenly I'm being shaken awake by an excited Ciara.
(What is it?) I yawned.
(I have some great news! You see I went down stairs and talked to my parents. I told them how one of my friends had just turned orphan two months ago and can barely support himself. I asked if said friend could stay with us in the loft bedroom over the garage and they said yes! They told me to tell my friend that he needn't bring anything that they would buy him all new stuff!) She practically bounced in her seat as she told me this.
(And who is your lucky friend?) I ask stupidly.
She stares at me for a moment and then starts laughing her head off. I watch her curiously before I figured out who she was talking about. I blushed a kitty blush before I too began to laugh. We sat there for a good five minutes just laughing. Ciara was the first to start to settle down.
"You can turn human now if you want." She says with a lop-sided grin.
I grew and soon I am in my human form. Again I stretch before I turned to look at my leader and hopefully my friend.
"So when do I get to meet these parents of yours?" I ask.
"Tonight actually. My parents said that they would go buy some furniture today and maybe some time later in the week they will take you clothes shopping." She says before she gets up.
"We should get going. Its getting late." I say quietly as we begin to walk out of the room.
"No its not silly. Its only twelve in the afternoon. We still have an hour. I was going to take you out to some lunch..." She muttered as she continued down the stairs.
I now know another reason why she is so skinny. She has to walk up three flights of steps to get to her room. I shook my head as I follow her.
"No its okay... We can just wait for them and grab something from the kitchen." I say.
"You are such a party pooper!" She laughed.
I just shook my head as we entered the kitchen. Ciara's parents having already left and Alison went with them. I sat down as Ciara started to make lunch.
"What are we having?" I ask politely.
"Sandwiches if that's okay with you." She smiled at me before bringing me a ham sandwich.
"Its fine." I laugh.
We sit there quietly just eating and thinking about different stuff. Soon its time to go so Ciara runs back upstairs to grab her black backpack. When I ask about it she said that she will tell me later. Damarion and Alicia are leaning on the tree in Ciara's front yard. It appears that they are talking quietly to one another.
"Hi guys!" Ciara calls cheerfully.
I guess she isn't to much of a tomboy. She is wearing long black baggy pants with a white tank top with a black jean jacket over it and black and white skater shoes. Her hair is pulled back into a high ponytail and she has a black choker around her neck and some earrings in her ears. Her hair is black and reaches to about the middle of her back. She has grayish blue eyes that twinkle with happiness.
Alicia is wearing dark blue jeans with a light blue v-neck shirt with a dark blue jacket on over it. She too has a backpack and it's a light blue. She is wearing a chain necklace with a heart shaped charm on it. Its silver with little pieces of blue in it. She also has large hoop earrings and a ring on her middle finger of her right hand. She has regular dark blue sneakers on. Her hair is down and it barely reaches her shoulder. She has emerald green eyes and bright red hair.
Damarion is wearing black jeans that are just as baggy as Ciara's. He has black sneakers on and a dark green sweat shirt that has a hood. He has dark blonde hair which is spiked up and dark brown eyes that are very mysterious. He has a backpack as well it being dark green as well. He isn't wearing any jewelry.
I am wearing what I was wearing yesterday. Black pants and white v-necked sweater with a black strip going across my chest. I have a black jacket and no backpack. I have white sneakers on that are very comfortable. I have long black hair which is tied back into a low ponytail and forest green eyes.
"Hi Ciara! Hi Ryan!" Alicia cheerfully calls back.
Damarion just nods his head to us before looking back it Alicia. He whispers something to her before turning back to us. By now we have reached them and both are looking grim now.
"We found this place a few years back so you have to be very careful." Damarion started.
"We will!" Ciara says seriously.
"Then come on. It wont take long to get there." Alicia said.
Ciara and I exchange a look before we follow them. After ten minutes of walking we come up to a cliff. We look straight up at it before Damarion and Alicia motion for us to follow them into a dark cave. They each pull out a flashlight before entering. Ciara hands me a flashlight before changing her eyes into that of a cats.
We walk in silence having to bend down quite a few times in order to move on. Finally we come to what looks like a dead end. Damarion and Alicia look at us before motioning for us to look up. After looking up we can see that it is not dead end. Alicia grabs hold of the ledge above us and then with Damarion's help her climb up. Then he helped Ciara and then myself. After pulling Damarion up we look around at our surroundings.
"There are two tunnels. One leading to the top of the cliff and one leading to our place." Alicia explains softly.
We start walking toward the right tunnel. After walking for a little while longer we come across a dead end again. Ciara and I start looking for a ledge or something. The others laugh at us before pushing on a rock. It opens like a door and suddenly we are surrounded by light. Ciara hisses in pain and I close my eyes.
"Hey Ciara you make a good impression of me!" Damarion laughs.
"Well you try having cat eyes. Yes they can take in light right away after being in the dark but sometimes when there is to much light it even hurts there eyes." Ciara continues to mutter under her breath as she enters the room.
It's a large cavern with lights all around. A generator sits in a corner giving the room the energy it needs. In the middle is a table with some folding chairs surrounding it. Along one side has some couches and on the other is like a mini kitchen. To the far side has several beds and a med kit siting on a table nearby it. An old looking T.V. is siting off to one side with a radio and some more chairs. All in all the place is huge and is already filled with stuff.
"Over there is an entrance to another room. It's a bathroom we constructed." Damarion smiled.
Ciara just shook her head as she sat down on one of the chairs around the table.
"Nice place. Does it get cable?" She jokes.
"Actually it does." Alicia says smugly.
Ciara just shakes her head as everyone finds a seat.
"Is there another cavern that leads to the outside that we can use to put a ship in?" I ask.
"Yeah. We can show it later on. Right now I think we have stuff to discuss." Alicia says.
Everyone then turns to Ciara. She looks thoughtful for a second before she starts to dig in her bag. She pulls out a pen and a pad of paper.
"I think we should come up with a name for our group." She smiles.
"But what should it be?" Alicia asks.
"I thought up some ideas last night. I was thinking we should be called the Gray Leaves." Ciara states.
We all just stare at her in amusement but it got me thinking. On my world gray leaves are not very common. It is actually the symbol of an ancient family that disappeared a long time ago when I was young. To take on that name would mean a great deal to my people. It will show them hope that we will win this war.
"I agree." Was all I said before surprised looks met me as I looked up.
"Why?" Alicia asked.
"On my world it is a high honor to use that name for there family. A long time ago a family of warriors disappeared and they were quite famous. They were called the Gray Leaves. Gray leaves is a very rare thing to see... Sometimes it means death and sometimes it means life and power." I explain as they stare at me.
"Okay then I guess its settled. We are now called the Gray Leaves." And the Gray Leaves we became...
(A/N I know its short and I know I didn't get to where I wanted to be but I couldn't think of anything else that is important for this period of time. So now you know a little about the Gray Leaves.)
