The Powers Unknown

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Okay, this isn't exactly cats... or warriors... it's humans with powers. But, you know, whatever! Also, it seems that I'm stealing names, but, I assure you, I've had these planned long before I read those names.

These mostly don't have plot, they're just random. Maybe you'll enjoy getting to know the characters. And yeah, this is mostly just something for me to do when no one else is on. ->^.^<-

Chapter One~The Power of Four
Luna::Darkmoon, Skull::Darkflame, Shadow::Darkshadow, Eagle::Eaglefur

Luna sat in her room watching the sun inch towards the horizon. She sat back in the soft chair, enjoying this one quiet moment. How rare this tranquil peace was would suprise you. Usually someone was making a racket somewhere in the house. She guessed that was most likely the norm in a house with four people. And it didn't make it better that they had powers. She was just thinking how any moment now something would explode, when a loud crash and a yell of anger resounded from the first floor. She could barely make out the words, but knew they were a stream of curses. She recognised the voice imediately; Skull, of course. Who else? And she wondered for a moment whether it was Shadow or Eagle being yelled at, but didn't really care. It was all the same to her. She rose gracefully and walked to the wall of her room. She snapped her fingers and a portion of the wall became air. As the breeze from the disappearing wall gently blew over her, she stepped out into the hallway.

"Would everyone shut up down there?" she yelled sharply.

There was a responce: "Shadow broke this statue of a cat I just made!"

Luna almost laughed. She and Shadow had the same power, although he was stronger and his abilities greater.

"Just get him to fix it, you idiot!" she called back.

The power was materials. She could turn anything into anything else; he could do the same and also change something from solid, liquid and gas without changing it's tempurature. An added bonus was that he make two objects able to occupy the same space at the same time. Skull suddenly came storming up the stairs, inturupting her thoughts.

"You thinking jealous thoughts? Sad you aren't as strong as Shadow and me?" came the taunt, and Luna's eyes narrowed.

"Just because your more powerful, Mind-Reader, doesn't mean your smarter. You aren't, by the way."

"Phsychic," Skull corrected, ignoring Luna's pathetic insult. Her eyes leveled with Luna, who made the mistake of looking up. Their eyes connected, and Luna froze, unable to move.

Get out of my head, you freak! Let me go! she thought angrily, knowing Skull would hear. Skull could read your mind without you knowing, but eye contact made it not only easier but debilitating for the victim.

"Why should I?" said Skull in what was almost a purr.

Dusk is coming, Luna pointed out. Sunset ment the inevitable change from human to feline, just as dawn ment the change back. As a cat, everyone had different powers, and thankfully, too. Luna's power was water, as was Shadow's. Eagle and Skull's phsychic changed to fire. When you're immortal, Luna speculated, it didn't really matter. But Skull got all softy and Shadow and Eagle only really faught each other as felines. So Luna didn't have to worry about being randomly attacked quite as much.

Skull sighed, but let go of Luna's eyes. Luna immediately looked away, not ready to make the same mistake twice in such a short time. She looked out the windows on the door at the end of the hall. It faced south, but she could see by the pink lining that the she would soon fall into the annoying, manditory, sleep that overcame all of The Power of Four, her Power Group, bin the time between the rim of the sun touching the horizon, and its disappearing from sight intirely. Stifling a yawn, Luna began to walk toward her room. Suddenly, she hit something that was completely invisable... just air... but solid. Shadow's specialty. He made some air into a wall, but kept it air, so it was completely invisable. Luna stepped back. She wanted to get into her room before she became a cat, but if Shadow wanted to stop her, there was nothing to do. She'd just have to go the other way. She turned, and there was another wall. Shadow stood, laughing silently, and Luna screamed at him with full fury.

"You get this stupid box off me before it's too late! I don't want to be caged for the whole night! If you don't I swear I will kill you when the morning comes... or with water, or something!"

Shadow merely laughed again. He glanced up at the sky, which was darkening, and let out a wide yawn, showing the canines he kept even as a human. Suddenly, Luna's mind went black, and her limbs fell out from under her. Against the solid air she slumped, asleep. Throughout the house, the same thing happened to Eagle, who happened to be trying to fix the sculpture –Oh well, there goes that attempt to please Skull!– and to Skull herself, who had made it to her room and bed without fault, and, of course, Shadow, who fell asleep laughing at Luna.

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Darkmoon, formarly Luna, awoke in her feline form. Small and black, the only color on her was a small white blotch one her forhead and the brilliant light blue of her eyes. She gave herself a quick lick, and stood, She spotted Darkshadow waking up, with a glint in his eyes. They were the same hue as hers, only much darker. He was pure black, with not a single spot of any other color. Darkmoon remembered being mad at him, but couldn't recall why until she moved to attack him and ran headlong into a barrier. Oh, right. That stupid invisable air!

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE ONE~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Two~Next Generation Girls
Dark, Cinder, Blue, Rocky

Dark leaned against the door of her room, on the outside. She was bored out of her mind, and wanted desperately for something to happen that hurt someone else, so she could laugh coldly at them. She truely wanted to torment someone, but there was no one good to tease. So she sat and watched, her gold eyes glittering with sarcastic cruelty, just like always. She streightened her shirt, and brushed off her jeans. They were both the only color she ever wore: black. She shirt was low-cut, like always, and the jeans tight. Her perfect hair flattered her face, and her high-healed black shoes made her look even taller than she was.

She moved silently as she began to walk down the hall to Blue's room. Of course she was silent, though. Her power was sound and light, which came with the nice extra perk of x-ray vision. She looked through the wall, wondering what her friend was doing. Blue was, predictably, at her computer, with one of the dragons she controled pacing in front of the door. Dark thought better of interupting whatever she was doing.

Dark continued to Rocky's room, not even bothering to look in to Cinder's room. She knew better than to go into that hyper-freak's room. The thing about her Power Group, is that everyone had an animal that took away part of their personality. Dark's was a white feline that took away the nice, good side of Dark. It's name was Light. Blue's Spangle, a wingless dragon, took away Blue's ability to be stupid. Ash, who was Cinder's, took away the ability to get annoyed. So Cinder would just smile amiably until she reached a breaking point, when she would begin suddenly to scream at you and get all her plants and animals to attack you. Which isn't fun.

Dark knocked on Rocky's door. She used her power to throw her voice so that it came from behind Rocky, saying, "Let me in, will you?" in a mean, sarcastic voice. Rocky, being the idiot girl she was, whipped around.

"Who's there?" she said. Fasty the pheonix, Rocky's animal, whispered in her ear. Dark could hear, since she could hear everything.

"It's Dark."

Fasty was the opposite of Spangle, Blue's animal: Rocky had no ability to be smart. Dark sighed, and entered. Rocky, who's power was speed and strength, was in front of her in a blur of pink. "Hey, Dark!" she greeted inthusiasticly.

"You're such an idiot, Rocky. Did you know that?" said Dark. Sure, Rocky was a friend, but Dark didn't usually care. Today was no acception. Rocky said nothing, and was so used to such from Dark that she only looked gloomily down at her running shoes.

Suddenly a shorter girl with a constant smile on her face walked into the room. Still grinning from ear to ear, like always, Cinder said, "Stop tormenting her, Dark."

The responce came as Dark's gold eyes met Cinder's green. "Why should I?"

"Because it's mean and stupid," replied the still happy Cinder. On her shoulder, ever-angry Ash hissed.

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah."

"Well, too bad. I do what I feel like."

"I've noticed," grinned Cinder

"Amazing," siad Dark her tone dripping with sarcasm.

Rocky shoved them away from each other. As she couldn't control her superhuman strength, they both went flying, knocking into was with enough force to knock the average human unconcious. Seemingly unhurt, both rose. Cinder still had that frustrating smile stuck on her face, and Dark's gaze certainly fit her name as she glared around the room.

Another girl entered, dressed in a large blue T-shirt and blue jeans. "I heard the noise and decided to enter the fight." she commented. "Also, I just finished programing the new number-theory program I started this morning, all 28,046 lines of it."

Dark visably rolled her eyes, the look on her face all but discusted. Cinder congraduated Blue, and Rocky simply looked dumbfounded. "Number-whatsit?" she inquired, and Dark laughed coldly. Cinder smiled, of course, and Blue just sighed.

That's life. Normal, and full of nice moments like laughing at a stupid friend, thought Dark happily.

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE TWO~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Three~Anime (don't ask... accept.)
Kono, Kodo, Nikka, Aki

Kono walked into the living room, where everyone lounged around. Nikka was lying back on the couch, reading her book on cats, the two felines whe always fought with looking over her shoulder. Aki fast asleep.

That's strange, Kono thought. Aki wasn't one to take a nap in the middle of the day. He moved forward, deeper into the room, when something caugh his foot and he fell, sprawled on his face. He got up, and looked down at what –actually, who– had tripped him. Kodo lay there. Just like always, he was in the way. He was staring at Aki's closed eyes, and then Kono realized that Aki had been out into a daze by Kodo's tiring and unbreakable gaze.

Kono walked over to the armchair, glad that Aki was not concious, because, whenever she was, she was all over him, hugging him, dragging him over here, over there, everywhere. To tell the truth, he did like Aki a little. But Kono, who never smiled of laughed, would never admit it. Kono closed his eyes, drifting off into sleep.

Suddenly there was a scream, and Kono awoke with a start. He looked around, trying to figure out the source of the noise. Why was everyone staring at him? Nikka spoke. "You okay?" she asked, worried. Aki rushed over and hugged him. Kono stiffened, glaring into space, until she let go.

"I'm fine." he said angrily. Why did he always get nightmares about that? How could he be stupid enough to let himself fall asleep within hearing range of others? He couldn't tell them his past, the cause for his dreams. How would anyone else understand what it was like to be accused for the murder of you family at age eleven, and put in jail for it. A year later they had found out the true killer, but not after Kono had been scarred for life. But whatever. It was better to forget.

Aki looked at him with overly worried eyes. Nikka walked over. Had his expression said something he didn't want it to? Had his gaze betrayed his heart? He hoped not. Nikka tapped Aki on the shoulder and whispered, just loud enough for Kono to hear, "Leave him alone for now, okay?" Aki began to protest, but Nikka just rolled her eyes. Kono realized that she was unconciously showing off for him. It annoyed him only slightly that girls all went after him. He didn't know what it was. He wasn't exactly warm and welcoming. He just wished that he could meet someone like him; dark and unsmiling, with a sad past. Someone who understood. But what were the chances? Besides, who would want to be friends with someone who could make copies of himself at will?

It's so hard being powerful, Kono thought sadly.

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE THREE~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Four~Next Generation Boys
Fang, Fire, Stone, Ice

Ice was bored. He had no one to play a prank on, not even anyone new to talk to. He looked up at the strange castle-like place that was his home, and sighed. He was tired of the same faces. Fang's complete lack of interest and emotion caused by Fluffy, who had taken away his ability to have feelings. Stone's always depressed attitude, and the raincloud that followed the weather-controller around. Fire was the best to talk to, but never did anything funny, or amuzing, and was too smart to be tricked. Why was the world so dull?

Fire watched Ice out of his window. The boy outside seemed to be thinking, and Fire wondered as to what. The way he glanced wearily at all the windows Fire realized that he was complaning to himself about how tedious this place was. Fire would have to agree there. They had reciently gone broke. Broke compared to Next Generation Girls' hoard of cash, anyway. Why didn't NGB have someone who controlled animals? Cinder made so much money for those idiotic girls. He wished a power like flames could do such a thing. Maybe Stone could get a job as a weatherman... yes Fire'd have to suggest that.

Stone sat darkly in his black room, staring at the wall. Why was life to dull? Why didn't anyone care? He hated all this life, and yet, being immortal, would have to deal with it for quite a while yet. He hated not being able to commit suicide. Yes, he had tried. But it had failed. When you can't die, throwing yourself off the top of a fifty-foot castle wall didn't do much but give you a few days in unconciousness, and then, when you awoke, a terrible headache and sore back.

Fang's mind pondered over many things, but none regestered. He thought breifly about how he would be feeling bored right now, if Fluffy the Snake hadn't taken his emotions away. Speaking of Fluffy, that was probably the sobbing noise coming from the closet. Fang had locked Fluffy in there, fed up with her constant tears or laughter.

Nothing seemed to be happening around the Next Generation Boys house. All was quiet, and each member of the Power Group sat silently, deep in his own thoughts. Fire went silently outside to where Ice was and said a short "Hey," before walking past. He opened a door which seemed in the middle of the lawn, and walked out onto a normal street, seeming to have exited a ordinary, plain, house. He walked to the mailbox, not knowing why, and opened it. Of course they never got mail; no one else in the world knew them.

But suddenly his eye caught on something. He reached in and pulled out a formal looking envelope adressed to 'Fire, Fang, Ice, and Stone.' How strange. No last name? Not even a fake name? There was no person besides themselves who knew about their real names. He walked inside the house, tearing open the envelope. He pulled out a thick piece of paper, calling to the others. The elegant cursive read, 'You are invited to the Power People Party, hosted by Flight, Rising, Sora, and Sapphire. Please RSVP by...'

By the time Fire had finished, the others were crouded around him, reading as well. Ice spoke first. "Well, are we going?"

No one answered. Finally Fire shrugged. "Why not?"

~END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE FOUR~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Five~The Angels
Sapphire, Sora, Flight, Rising

Sapphire sat in her room, looking lazily over the college calculus and logic textbook that she found easy even as a fourteen your old. She read through it like a novel, interested, and barely able to get her nose out of it at times. So deep in her math was she that she didn't notice her sister walk in. The girl shook her out of it, though not unkindly, and said, "What are you doing? Schoolwork? When we went to school, you skipped. Now that we don't, you read textbooks? Sapphy, you're messed up. Too smart!"

"You're just jealous. All you can do is motercycle!" Sapphire teased Sora. The two really hadn't fit in back 'up there' and were always sneeking away. They were kicked out, as were their innocent sisters, Flight and Rising. When they got to earth, they discovered that they could still fly and use their powers. Sora controled tornadoes and other large-scale winds. Sapphire could change the quality of the air at will. Flight's power was electricity (wind powered!) and Rising could conjure breezes that were only just strong enough to knock someone off their feet a little.

Sora ignored Sapphire's accusation and said, "We have a party ground to prepare. We've got to get to work! We don't even know where those power-seeking invites landed, and what names they were made to say. So we get set for the worsed; an abundance of food, clean house, nothing easily breakable in view."

Sapphire nodded, and the two exited the room, making their way to the kitchen. "What foods will we have?" asked Sapphire. As she said, two blonde girls in all white entered. The only way to distinguish them was that one had blue eyes and black bangs, the other's eyes were bright green and her hair was slightly darker. The blue-eyed one, Rising, spoke.

"I had an idea as to what we could eat." Her voice was high and dainty, and altogether angelic. "We could have chicken, beef, salmon, and vegetarian stuffed potatoes for our main course options."

Flight chimed in. "And a salad bar with several soup possibilities and some fresh bread for the appitizers."

Rising nodded, and continued. "With ice creams and some little cakes for dessert."

"We'll cook," Flight offered.

Sora nodded. "You guys are saints."

Flight looked ticked off, and corrected: "Ex-Angels, thanks to you."

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE FIVE~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Six~The Power of Four
Luna::Darkmoon, Skull::Darkflame, Shadow::Darkshadow, Eagle::Eaglefur

Skull and Shadow faced each other. Luna and Eagle watched, slightly bored. Luna had in her hands a sign that read, 'Go Skull, Get Shadow!' and Eagle held one that said only, 'My only opinion is that I hope you're both hurt' because he for some reason thought it would be funny. This tournament was only because all four of them were bored, and for no other reason. Shadow's eyes narrowed into cat-like slits, and he started to circle Skull. As he reached her side, Skull, who had sharp points sliding like claws from under her fingernails, circled behind.

Shadow turned quickly to keep her in his line of vision, and she caught his eye. He froze, and she advanced, ready to strike. She walked toward his slowly. Suddenly, after five seconds, his mind was free. His body was still caught, but, just before her knife touched him, he made a mental click and it slid right through him, as did her arm following it. Skull cursed, and broke off from his eyes, giving him back phisical control over his movements.

He didn't make the same mistake again. He carefully kept his eyes low, creating rocks and stones above her which she effortlessly dodged. She sent bright pink streams of deadly energy at him, and he created last-minute mirors which sent them back to her. They both couldn't die; the fight was 'to the death' but that only ment the first to loose conciousness. The simplest mistake, a slip of concentration could easily lead to that. So both Skull and Shadow stayed on their gaurd, throwing attacks at each other, always watching, always seizing oppertunities and always knowing that the other was doing the same...

Luna finally got up. This fight had been going on too long, and few injuries had so far been sustained. She sighed visably, and went out onto the balcony, leaning against the house. Suddenly, as the wind picked up, something hit her in the face. It was paper, and envelope. She snapped her fingers and the covering around the letter became air. She looked at the slip of paper. It was an invitation to some sort of party. How did they know her real name, and Shadow's, Eagle's and Skull's?

She concentrated to the IM-like program that was in her mind. It was called 'Stickytalk' and was just like instant messaging. She texted the others, and the responce from Eagle typed across her mind. 'Are stopping fighting Will all B up in sec,' and looked toward the doors. The others filed out onto the deck, and they all looked over the invitation.

"I'm so there!" Shadow said. The others shrugged and nodded. So it was set.

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE SIX~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Seven~Next Generation Girls
Dark, Cinder, Blue, Rocky

Cinder leaned agianst the tree than was in her room. It was a huge tree, and inside of it was hollowed. This was where she slept. Glancing up, she saw a owl on silent wings, swooping down to greet her. Her mind noticed also a mouse who was nibbling in the grass. Cinder knew this mouse well, it had often sat on her shoulder, whispering in her ear squeekily. Cinder knew that this would be the end of the mouse's life if she didn't do something. But some mouse would have to die to feed the owl's hunger, and Cinder hated picking favorites. So she didn't snag either's mind, didn't stop the cycle of nature. As the silent bird's wings brushed past her, something dropped onto her lap. She picked it up, not watching as the mouse was killed, swiftly and painlessly. She read the card, as it was, wondering how the owl got out of her room and in again without her help.

The owl hooted softly to her, "It's for all of you." Cinder nodded, and walked out of her room. She called to the others, making small messenger animals appear in each of their rooms. All came out, and Cinder said, "We have mail. It seems to be inviting us to a party."

Dark coldly said, "Well no duh. Did you figure that out all by your self?" because that was the kind of thing Dark said. Blue laughed a little, and Rocky said, "That's not a very nice thing to say." Dark looked at her with distain.

"We should go." said Blue. "Why not? Maybe Next Generation Boys would be there."

"That, my friend, would be a reason not to go," Dark commented. "Oh, wait, I forgot... You want to see Fire, don't you?" she asked in a teasing voice.

"Actually, I want to see my cousin, Ice."

"But Fang will be there. I hate him," Dark countered.

Cinder put in, "I'll keep him under control if he shows up. I am, after all, the only one who can beat him... Although Blue wins usually over me."

"Who are Sapphire, Sora, Flight and Rising?" asked Rocky.

"Yeah, and how did they know our names?" Dark added.

Cinder calmly pointed out, "If we go, we can find out." There was a smile on her face like usual, but this time it seemed to say 'Why didn't you think of that? Oh, yeah, cause I'm smarter.'

"Fine." said Dark, "We'll go."

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE SEVEN~

[//Cindy// l u n a]

Chapter Eight~The Angels
Flight, Rising, Sora, Sapphire

Flight stood in the bathroom, carefully applying lipstick and light eye shadow to Rising's face. Flight's had already been done, and she was about to finish her sister. When she finished, she snapped the eye shadow case closed and smiled.

"You're done!" she said, and Rising stood to look at her face in the mirror that covered the medicine cabinet, where Flight and Rising kept their make-up. Both girls smiled, and then left the room.

They entered the living room where the other two of the siblings lounged. Nither had anything fancy on. Flight sighed, and Rising spoke. "Aren't you two at least going to wear dresses?" she asked.

Sora replied, almost laughing: "We don't wear dresses."

"High heels, then?" suggested Flight hopefully, looking lovingly at her own white ones.

"Ew, no!" replied Sapphire. "This is what we're wearing, and that's that."

Flight and Rising looked at each other and shrugged. There was nothing to be done with these stubbern girls.

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A little while later, all four had cleaned up the house, and Flight and Rising had set out dishes apon dishes of home-made food. There seemed to be everything, the variety ranging from beef with barbecue sauce and vegetables around the edge to a simple fruit bowl with a little cottage cheese by the side. There was pasta, potatoes with butter, and even egg rolls and dumplings. Tables and tables of food. After all, they didn't know how many were coming.

Flight paced by the door, while Rising swept up the last remaining bits of a dropped plate. Sora and Sapphire sat watching, laughing quietly about how Flight and Rising were doing all the work, and wondering when the first people would arrive.

Suddenly, the doorbell sounded in a chime-like ring. Flight, excitement in her eyes, opened the door...

~THE END OF CHAPTER/EPISODE EIGHT~

[::Fawn::]

Wow! It's great!

[//Cindy// l u n a]

xD thanks!

[Mousefire]

Its a very interesting book!! I like it!!