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.
Warning: This chapter is filled with gore but I tried not to go into too much detail. Most its just blood and dismembered body parts. Not for the faint of heart. Enjoy the chapter! Oh and its not until like the end.
KS: I'm sorry it took so long to update this! I got sucked into my newest story Count to Ten. I have decided to try and get back into the swing of things. Please forgive me if this is a lame chapter because its been way to long since I have even looked at it. Oh and the animorphs will be showing up soon. Well please R&R.
(Thought-speech)
Dream Mode
(A/N)- Author's Notes
Last Time:
"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...
Chapter Three: First Real Battle.
Alicia
We sat in the cave for hours just planning what our next move would be. Ciara is a great leader though I don't think she realizes it. Rythin is an interesting person... it would seem he has been to earth before because he knows so much about our culture. Stuff you can't learn from notes... more like experience. I'm going to have ask him about it some time.
Ciara glanced at her watch as Rythin and Damarion discussed the forest. Damarion is very into nature and knows this forest like the back of his hand. They were talking about different areas that would be good to use to train. Ciara had been reading over the notes she had taken during the meeting. That is until she looked at her watch. Me I was just staring at this weird group of people around me. All so different... its hard to believe that we are going to be and are friends.
Ciara is a mixture of a girly girl and a tomboy. She loves to do boy things and acts almost like one but on the other hand she can dress like a girl. Has a lot of fashion and is into jewelry. (She and I talked a little while ago about ourselves.) She has a strong heart and is a fearless leader. How I know that I'm not sure. I just sense it. It radiates off her when she talks about what she believes.
Damarion I have known since pre-k. We've been best friends since I defended him against some mean boys in my class. Damarion had been the new boy and a strange one at that. He loves nature and animals though he doesn't let anyone know that side of him. He is mister tough guy who doesn't take anything from anyone. He can be very mysterious which drives the girls wild. He is rather handsome... Almost a pretty boy. I say almost because he doesn't act like one. He isn't full of himself.
Rythin, or should I say Ryan, is a very odd character. He is rather handsome in a down to earth kind of way. He is totally into technology, science, training the body, and other stuff. He is a geek which collided with a athlete to form some weird being that is half and half. He knows a lot about everything. Almost a know it all but he doesn't flaunt it. He has a lot of muscles and is an honest guy who only lies when he has too.
Me I''m a girly girl who doesn't mind getting her hands dirty. I wear all the latest clothes and I love shopping but like the others I have another side. I'm into nature as well. Nature and animals. Just like Damarion. I think its why we get along so well but when at school... I'm a cheerleader... one of the most popular girls at school. I get good grades and love to dance. I take lessons and stuff in ballroom, hip hop, and ballet. Though I dropped ballet two years ago. Didn't like is as much as the others.
Well back to what we were doing. Ciara looked at her watch and jumped to her feet. She had been siting at the table still while the boys had moved to the couches where Damarion had his maps stored on a bookshelf next to one of the couches. I sat across from Ciara but am able to see the boys from how I sat. Ciara looked slightly alarmed at what time it was. I looked at my own watch and soon joined her in standing up and looking alarmed.
"I was supposed to be home two hours ago!" She screeched.
"So was I! My mom is sooo going to kill me!" I cried as I rushed to gather my things.
Damarion looked at his watch and with a soft curse he too was running around. It is eight o'clock at night. We had all missed our suppers and are probably ground for the next week. With Ryan running behind us we ran out of the cave as though it were on fire. He had a slightly panicked look on his face as well. We ran through the forest at top sped.
I came to a stop for a moment because I was having a hard time breathing all of a sudden. I never lose my breath unless I've been running for hours which I have done before. The others stopped just behind me to catch there breaths. I don't know about Ryan and Ciara but Damarion and I shouldn't have lost our breath like that. Though we never had to run through the cave before because of being late to get home so maybe that was it.
Music filled the air as soon as we caught our breaths. We looked at each other before turning to where the music was coming from. Like in a trance we made our way to the singer of a sweet child's song.
"I love to swing... I love to swing... I love to swing my little ax. I love to play... I love to play... I love to play in the grass. Don't you see? Don't you see? Don't you see the graying leaves? For death has come... For death has come... For death has come for you and me..." Carried the small child's voice.
"I love to sing... I love to sing..." Echoed the little girl's song in my heart making me feel weird.
Then in a clearing towards the middle of the forest sat a little girl sitting on the ground brushing her dollies hair. We stopped at the edge of the clearing to watch her as she played and sang her sweet song. I don't think anyone was paying attention to the song itself.
"All must die... All must die... All must die today! For the time has come... For the time has come... For the time has come for me to kill again..." The child continued to sing as she ripped her dollies head off.
I felt my eyes open as though for the first time. I found myself on the ground looking sideways at my friends. Each have a dazed look in there eyes.
"For none will live... For none will live... For none will live to see the end of today..." She ended her little song as she stood up and turned around.
I looked at her and screamed which brought the others attention back to the little girl. She began to change into a hideous form of a demon child.
"A Rogue..." Ryan whispered as he struggled to get up.
Soon all of us had pulled ourselves up from the ground. Looking around the peaceful clearing we begin to notice strange things. All around us on the trees and bushes was red stuff dripping to the ground. A sinking feeling brought my attention back to the Rogue.
"Ah a Soflotain. A new family you have." She sneered.
"Who are you?" Came Ciara's shaky voice.
"I am the Rogue known as Ebony. The dark beauty." She grinned as Ryan gulped.
(We have to get away from here.) Ryan whispered to us using thought-speech.
(She's killed human's Rythin. We can't let her live.) Came Ciara's defiant reply.
(You don't understand. We're not ready to face a high ranking Rogue. I'm not even ready.) Ryan answered.
(What if she kills aga...) Ciara didn't get to finish her sentence because Ebony had started attacking us.
(Ciara!) I screamed as she was cut open in the stomach.
(Run!) She screamed as she fought back.
The child being really strong which surprised us. I ran at the demon child and was able to kick her head before grabbing Ciara's hand. We ran for all we were worth. We stopped to catch our breath because we had lost Ebony as well as ourselves and the others.
"Thank you." Ciara gasped out as she struggles to breathe.
"Let me see your stomach." I ordered.
She slid to the ground and moved her hand from her stomach. It had stopped bleeding and didn't seem to be too serious. I dug in my bag to find something to treat her stomach. After finding a bandage and cleaning her wound we finally looked around us. We each screamed so loudly I'm sure our parents could have heard us.
All around us were human skeletons and bodies some more recent then others. Some still bleeding... while others had been chopped up. A leg here and an arm there. Heads hung in the trees from ropes wrapped around there foreheads. Each face was filled with fear... with terror. The smell was what finally hit us. We both started barfing everything we had eaten today.
We heard some rustling leaves behind us. We turned as we screamed again before two hands were put over our mouths.
(Be quiet you two. She'll find us otherwise.) Damarion's voice in my head.
(Look around you.) Ciara whispered.
The boys paled as they looked around at the dozen's of body parts that littered the forest floor. All of the dead people here are young people who had gone missing in the last few months. Some I even knew and were friends with. I feel tears start to well up in my eyes. I turn away as I hear the guys throw up as well.
(We have to get out of here.) Came Ciara's soft voice of reason.
(Where do we go? For all we know we could lead her back to our families and not know it.) Damarion bitterly muttered.
(We should fight her...) I say.
They look at me like I'm weird but then they look around us again at all the gore and nodded there heads including Ryan.
(We have to plan this carefully though.) Ciara announced.
(How much do you know about Ebony Ryan?) I ask.
(She is one of the top ranking Rogues. She works alone and can hypnotize anyone into coming to her by singing to them. Her real form is the demon but when she goes human she usually goes as a child with black hair or a young adult. Never older then a young adult. She lures children and young adults leaving the adults to her comrades.) Ryan told us.
(Very interesting...) Ciara mutters.
(What are you thinking?) Damarion asks as we move away from the horror filled clearing.
Ciara led the way as we walked. Every once in awhile she would hold her stomach in pain but no one said anything about it though I could tell the others were concerned. Ten minutes later we reached the top of our cliff. I looked at her in surprise in having found it when we had been so lost before.
(I have an idea. She only attracts young children and young adults. Though as we saw she specializes in children. I think we should shift into younger children to lure her to us. From there we will then shift into adults so she won't be able to hypnotize us with her song. Once she gives up on that we can shift to our real forms or an animal. We will surround her and proceed to dispose of her. Right Ry? That's what were supposed to them right?) She asked.
(Yeah... Interesting plan. It just might work. We outnumber her by a lot.) Came Ryan's reply.
(Okay lets get going then.) Ciara began to shift into a younger looking Ciara.
Our clothes shrunk with us as we changed into our younger selves. Seconds later the song can be heard ringing throughout the trees. It was coming from behind us. Ciara gave us a look before she turned around and pretended to be hypnotized by the song. Soon young Ebony stepped out from behind a tree.
"Would you like to be friends with me?" She asked sweetly having not yet realized who we are.
"No." Came Ciara's reply as she shifted into an adult.
The rest of us follow along with the plan. Ebony looks confused for a second before she started singing again. When nothing happened she changed into her demon form. We then took on our forms as well. Then I decided my dolphin parts would not help in this fight so I shifted into a white tiger my favorite cat in the cat family.
Ciara and I sprang forward at the same time while Damarion slid into the shadows and Ryan took to the air. Ryan drive bombed Ebony to distract her as we each got into our positions. Then as one we all attacked. I grabbed a hold of one of her arms sinking my teeth into her skin.
I was thrown off a second later. I land on my feet and then I attack again. I lost track of what the others were doing. I continued to attack until she couldn't stand anymore. I am able to pin her down by having a paw on each of her arms and legs. I snarl angrily in her face as she shows true fear.
Just as I'm about to finish her off I'm thrown off her. I look up at who ever knocked me into a tree. There stood a young man with red eyes and hair. He scooped Ebony up and flew off. Another Rogue I suppose. I shift back to human before I look for the others. Ryan has a broken wing but seems okay. Damarion looks a little roughed up but nothing to worry about that can be seen. Ciara... well she took the most damage out of us all.
She limped over to Ryan. Blood spilled from her stomach and her right leg and she has a head wound. She falls to the ground just before she reaches Ryan. I run forward to see if she is all right. I look for my back pack only to find it had fallen over the edge of the cliff.
"What happened?" I ask my voice filled with worry.
"Ebony got a cheap shot in while you were flying through the air when we all first attacked. Then when bird boy flew in to rescue Ebony he managed to throw Ciara into a tree." Damarion muttered as he helped me with Ciara's wounds.
"That wasn't fun..." Was all Ciara said before she passed out.
"This is going to be a long night..." I mutter as Ryan shifts human with a face filled with pain as his wing was absorbed into his back.
"Is you wing going to be okay?" Damarion asked after a minute of silence.
"Yeah... It will heal in my body. It should take a day or two." Ryan answered tiredly.
"And Ciara?" I ask.
"Should be fine in two hours. Soflotain's heal very quickly." He answered.
"I think we should head back to the cave until morning. We'll call our parents and let them know we got held up and that were going to spend the night at each others houses." Damarion said.
"Ciara's family will be harder to convince. I was supposed to meet them tonight and what if they called each other already?" Ryan asked.
"Our parents are used to this so no worries about them. We told them we have a club house in the woods and they let us stay there every once in a while. You can shift into Ciara and convince her parents to let her stay with us at the club house. Though they have never seen it before." I say as we reach the cave.
"We can give it a try." Ryan conceded as we place Ciara on bed next to the medical supplies.
Ryan called Ciara's parents and they bought our half truth. Damarion and I then called our parents and they said it was okay. I then walked over to the kitchen area and pulled out some food. Ciara stirred slightly at the smell of food but stayed asleep. Damarion got out some blankets and pillows and Ryan turned the tv on. He watched the news as well all got ready for a long night.
KS: No suspense this time. Sorry. Well I hope you all liked the chapter.
Ciara: Why is it always me?
KS: I love torturing my characters. You happen to be my favorite.
Damarion: snorts Better you then me.
KS: Well please R&R! I know its been a long time since I last updated this. I just really got into my new story! Please forgive me!
Alicia: I'm sure they will once they see this chapter.
KS: nods Well until next time! This is karone-sakura saying adios for now!
