I am ashamed. It has been far to long since I updated. The worst part? I've had the next four chapters written out since BEFORE I even published the first chapter! I just haven't had time. On a happier note, THE HUNGER GAMES COMES OUT IN TWO DAYS! I, for one, am excited.

We had been laying in the bed for hours. "Sara..." I hated to end this, but I felt bad knowing she was somewhere on this ship alone.

"Right. Sara." Seth didn't seem to thrilled about ending whatever you want to call what just happened either.

We slowly crawled out of the bed and went to the Flight Room, which was the last place we had seen Sara. When she wasn't in there, we searched the rest of the ship and found her passed out in the other bedroom, so we went into the Flight Room and started another movie. Seth told me he would be back and disappeared. I was 45 minutes into Mulan and wondering where the hell he was, betting to myself that he had probably gone back to the bedroom and fallen asleep, when he reappeared holding two huge bowls of spaghetti. I think I just fell in love.

"Spaghetti is my favorite! You know how to cook?"

"Well. I can do the basics." He smiled as he handed me my bowl and I thanked him. I began to chow down as I realized that I was starving and this spaghetti was amazing! The fact that the inhabitants of Kubla Khan ate such familiar food was comforting. Plus, they like Harry Potter, so they have to be good people, right?

For three hours we just sat and watched movies. Their collection was very extensive.

"You will reach your destination in one hour." The ship informed us.

"Should we wake Sara? And I might need to change into more appropriate clothes." Somehow, I didn't think a tank top and short shorts would make a very good first impression. Thankfully, Sara and I are basically the same size, so I have plenty of clothes at my disposal.

"Yes. That would be best." Seth agreed. I went into Sara's room. She looked so peaceful, I hated to disturb her.

"Sara? Sara, we're about an hour away." As I said this out loud, reality hit me like a ton of bricks and I was overcome with a terrible case of butterflies in my stomach. Sara was slowly waking.

"An hour away? I'll be out shortly." She replied, still sounding half asleep. I walked out of her room and into the one Seth and I shared across the hall. Seth had laid out a pair of jeans, a shirt, a jacket and some socks. It felt weird, him laying out my clothes for me. Reminded me of my mom. I missed my mom and dad. So much. Thinking about them made me want to just sit down and have a good cry. But instead, I pulled on Sara's clothes and put on a strong face. If I cry now, I'll have nasty, red puffy, crying eyes when I first meet the people of Kubla Khan. That would be a sign of weakness. I don't want them to think I'm weak. Sara and I both emerged from our rooms at the same time. As we were walking to the Flight Room, she told me that they would have to turn off the auto-fly and navigate the ship themselves. I didn't feel awkward on the ship anymore, so this didn't bother me. We walked over to the captain chairs where Seth was already standing. He smiled as he turned and saw me walking towards him, and pulled me in for a kiss. The sugary vanilla taste gets stronger and stronger every time, I swear. But even stronger than the sugary vanilla taste, was a feeling of... happiness. True happiness. The smile on his face when he looked at me was not fake. It was showing me how truly happy he was, showing me that this was the right decision to make.

"Look."

I looked out the window and saw their planet for the first time. It was... dead. The size was considerably larger than Earths, and there were, in fact, thousands of islands. Most were brown with a few splashes of green here and there. The water was a rather nasty looking color. Basically, it was ugly, yet beautiful in a tragic way. I wasn't sure how to tell them that their planet is nasty and dead and gross.

"It's... Wow. This is so crazy." I wasn't lying. It was crazy. It was a planet that wasn't Earth. Holy shit. Close-minded skeptics, suck on this! The closer and closer we got to this planet, the more intense the butterflies in my stomach became and the rockier the flight became.

"We have to take over now." Seth told me, giving me a comforting squeeze on my hand. I nodded and took a seat on the chair behind them, choosing to close my eyes until we landed. I felt the ship touch ground and turn off. "Sydley? Are you okay?"

I opened my eyes to see both siblings standing in front of me.

"Oh, yeah! I'm just... not good with landing." I lied, not wanting to admit that I was scared out of my fucking mind. Mind reading powers or not, I knew that they could easily see through my pathetic lie. Not wanting to feel their worrisome stares anymore, I stood and walked to the door, which slid open. I couldn't exit without them by my side. I mean, I could, technically, but mentally, I couldn't, so I waited for them to join me, and together we walked down the ramp into a huge dead field. The air around us had a weird smell. Like honeysuckles mixed with wet hay. It was sickeningly sweetly nasty. The field was huge but brown, looking like it used to be a corn field, and there were a few sparse trees surrounding it.

"Welcome to Kubla Khan." Sara smiled. I laughed.

"Thanks. This is so damn unreal feeling!"

"The house is through these trees over here." Sara guided me through a little patch to the right of us. Seth was holding my hand, which comforted me, but I still couldn't get over the feeling that any second now I was going to be arrested and thrown into a prison, or worse, for trespassing. When we got through the patch of trees, which was silent - void of any animal or wind rustled branches, no leaves stirring, just silence- I saw a huge house. It was white, Greek-styled, and beautiful.

"This is your house?" I gasped.

"No, this is Jon's. But all houses on Cisco are exactly the same. Jon is part of the rebellion as well. We can't go to our house, because it is under constant watch, so we have to stay here." Sara reported sadly. We walked to the huge house and into the back door. So they don't knock on this planet? The inside of the house was just as beautiful as the outside. All white everything, but in a beautiful, classic way. Not the insane asylum, hospital way. There were homey touches everywhere. Pictures, books, magazines, flowers. I even saw a cat running around. So much like Earth.

Seth squeezed my hand, silently asking how I was doing. I turned to him with an honest smile. This wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! He returned my smile, as well as a slight kiss. Sara had left us alone in the living room we had walked into.

"So, you're okay?" He asked as he slid his arms around my waist, pulling me into him.

"I'm good, so far. Honest!" And I really was. I just had to think of this like the time I moved in with Jack and had to change schools. I met new people then, and I was find. It was simply a matter of forgetting. Forgetting that this isn't Earth, and that I'm here to aid in a rebellion, and that these are aliens. Although, I suppose I'M the alien here. I explained all of this to Seth.

"That's right." He smiled, playfully. "You're the freak on the planet." I laughed, then playfully acted hurt. "But it's okay, because I love freaks." He winked.

Sara chose this time to return with a group of people. Five of them to be exact. Seth walked over and did the natural high-five-slash-hug thing that guys do, then came back by my side.

"Syd, these are our friends. They're all part of the rebellion. This is Stella, A tall, tan, beautiful blonde with a lot of freckles and a friendly look. "She can see your past with one touch. Steven," A dark-skinned boy with a fro and warm brown eyes. "He can control the mood of a room. Travis," A depressed looking, yet still attractive guy who looked like he was really wishing he was anywhere else. "He's a shape-shifter. And this is Jon," Shaggy brown hair, a dorky smile, beautiful, just like everyone else on this damn planet, apparently. "He's a healer. Guys, this is Sydley. She can read minds as well as project her own thoughts!" There was a quick round of hello's before Sara added, "And... She's Seth's Xanadu."

There was a bit of a commotion. The girl... Stella? Clapped her hands and squealed, "Finally!" The friendly looking guys all clapped Seth on the back laughing, hooping and cheering, while the depressed guy muttered, "You fell in love with an Earth-Tard? Gross, dude. I'm going home." And walked out.

"Don't worry about Travis," Steven told me. "He hates anything that's not dark and gloomy."

I smiled at his comfort, but mentally asked Sara,

Why did he do that? Is it so bad, being from Earth?

No! That's just Travis. He's new to our group. He doesn't like any other planet besides our own. In fact, I'm not even so sure that he likes our planet. I think it's just that it's his home. He doesn't even really like us, but his parents were imprisoned a few months ago, and he had no where else to go. So we took him in. It's like Steven said, don't worry about him.

Fine. Whatever. But if he doesn't like me, I don't like him either, I decided. I also decided to leave my connection with Sara open. I kind of miss her reading my mind.

"Sour puss aside, we still have a lot of work to do." Stella reminded us. "Getting the experiment back was just one-third of the battle. We still have to come up with a plan and get the government to see the truth."

Well this sounds... Fun.

The seven of us walked down a set of stairs into a basement. Wow, planning a rebellion in a basement? So typically cliche. But I love it! I feel so bad ass right now!

"Before you guys arrived, we hadn't made much head way in our planning. Now that you guys have made it back with Sydley, I do have a plan." Jon was speaking. It felt to me like he was the leader of the bunch. I saw Sara shoot him a warning look, then glance at Seth, who had been surprisingly silent since we arrived. I tapped into the wire between he and I.

He better not. I do NOT want Syd involved! It's to dangerous! He better not even fucking suggest it. I swear, if he does anything that could put her in harms way, I will rip him limb for limb.

Woah. I thought I was coming here to help! What the hell!

"We send Sydley in with the experiment." Seth made a noise of disbelief and anger. I grabbed his hand, silencing him.

Hear him out! I ordered him.

"She's not from here. They won't be expecting her. They're more likely to listen to her. All she has to do is present the experiment! No fighting, no violence. If this doesn't work, we pull her out and go with plan B."

"What's plan B?" I asked.

"We don't have one yet."

There was a brief silence as everyone thought over this plan. Seth was fuming beside me, Sara was looking worried and shaking her head at me from across the room, the others looked thoughtful.

"I'll do it."

OH, girl. Already doing stuff to piss her man off? That's a real woman XP. Haha, kidding. But seriously, I will not be at all offended if you bash me for taking so long to update. I fully deserve it. Now, go on. Give me your worse.

xoxo, moe.