Aliaza~~~

I sit on the ground, trying to calm my churning thoughs. I need to leave. That's my rule always move forwards. Don't stay in one place to long. Or the memories will catch up. I get to my feet, about to continue on my random path... but I hesate. These people, they seem to stick to me like glue. I want to stay and watch them. Expessily that Kimiko. I growl softly, then stomp back to the little camp. I shift into a panther and lay down, watching the sunrise. I soon fall asleep.

Running, pounding footsteps. Smoke fills the air. Screaming people and the clanging of metal. I look out, a sea of burning bodies fills my view. I step back, musles tense, and run. I look back, trying to find my family. But it's too late for them. They're dead... and I'm all alone. Smoke fills the air and I'm falling....falling....falling.

I wake up with sundenly. My throat's sore from screaming. I wander around camp, wondering what to do. The problem with staying still is that you get bored. Really easily.  

Aliaza~~~

I run into a boy that looks like a fish. I'm not pleased. I'm still shaky from the nightmare. 

"Are you OK?" He asks. 

I look at him, everything's turning dizy. I shake my head, and throw up. 

"Oops." I say.

Machali looks at me, then down to his feet where the contents of my stomach landed. 

"Gross." He says.

"But! I'm feeling better now!" I grin, I slap Machali on the back and wander off, "Great talk!" 

It's OK! I know how no idea posts go. I'll do somthing to spice things up. 

Aliaza~~~

I walk around the clearing, looking around for somthing. Darkness crowds at the edge of my vison. It's the daymares, the nightmares, I've stayed here too long. They're catching up to me. I perk my ears, is that water? I follow the sound of water and find Machali and Kimiko talking at the edge of a river. I walk towards them. I smile, and creep up onto them.

"BOOOOO!" I shout, grabbing their shoulders.

I'm met with a flurry of screams, yells, and then silence as they see who grabbed them.

"Aliaza!" Kimiko exclaims, "You scared us!" 

"I know! Isn't it great. My sister..........." I say, before breaking off. I don't want to talk about my sister.

They look at me strangely waiting for me to continue talking, but I fall into silence. Then, the nightmares stalking me, catch up.

I'm surrounded my fire and flames. The yelling of my family is all around me.

"Help us! Aliaza! Please help us!" 

I look around, lost where are they?!

"Where are you!?" I yell into the flames. 

The flames spread, my family has fallen silent. I'm getting burned by the flames and I want to get away... away from the terror.

I scream as I feel myself going into 'panicked morphing' Feathers pop out, but a panther tail comes out as well. I'm shrinking and growing, and I can feel my hands turning into flippers. I'm turning into a mutant bird-panther-seal as I try and get away. I'm surrounded in pain, I can hear Machali and Kimiko yelling fright, as I fall down.

"What's going on?!?!?!" They scream.

I can't answer, I'm falling down....down....down.....into the soft real blackness of sleep. 

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How about that for some action! Poor Aliaza, she's splinched herself. Don't worry, she'll be fine. This has happened a lot. ;)  

Aliaza~~~

I yawn and strech and hop out of the bed.

"Are you sure you're all right? Maybe you shouldn't be moving around so much..." Kimiko says.

"Naw! I'm fine. Really, I just splinched myself. It happens to the best of us." I say.

"Uh.. splinching?" Machali asks.

"Somtimes when a shapeshifter panics we change form quickly. It gets mixed up so, the blob thing happens. I'm fine now!" I say.

"Why were you panicking? It was perfectly safe at the river." Kimiko asks.

"It's not important." I snap.

I brush past them into the snow, I sigh and breath in the crisp air. A memory bubles up.

"See, it's fine. Just snow!" I gigle, leading a small boy out.

"Aliaza... are you sure?" He asks.

"Of course! It scared me the first time to, but I promise you it's perfectly safe." I say.

"Oh.. OK." He says.

"Aliaza?" A different vioce, Moonlight's.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Kimiko asks.

"What do you mean?" I stammer.

"Well... the screaming, what happened by the river, and the nightmares." Kimiko says, "Sometimes it's good to talk about it." 

I shake my head, talking about it makes it worse... better to forget than remember.

"I can't." I say.

I look at them and morph into my golden eagle. I fly up into the sky, watching them shrink below me as I rise higher and higher into the cloudy sky.  

Aliaza~~~

I settle down on the branch next to Kimiko and morph into a human. 

"You're a traveler aren't you?" I ask.

Kimiko nods.

"I've always liked traveling." I murmur.

"So have I." Kimiko says.

I look at her then at my toes. Kimiko's travleing for the adventure the thrill of seeing new places, while I travel for fear, just to get away. I've always run from things, my home, the city, and my past. I'm always running away, unlike Kimiko who runs towards things. Now in the shade of the forest and I'm feeling peaceful for the first time, I'm ready to talk.

"I had a sister." I say.

Kimiko looks up but lets me talk.

"She was older than me by four years, but we were as close as you can get. She looked a lot like you. One day Catastrophe struck, our village got burned down. Only I survived." I say.

"I'm so sorry!" Kimiko says.

"That's not all, I'm being stalked by the ghosts of the past. I can't get away. What happened at the river, that was a nightmare. They drag me down and I can't get out. So that's why I travle I'm running but I can't ever get away." I say.  

I'm so sorry I haven't been posting!! I'm getting over a cold (Seriousy! Who gets a cold in spring?!?!). I'll try and do a real post tomorrow.