Leonidas -By Lord Leonite

BOOK ONE:LEONIDAS

Leo ran towards the burning wreckage of his house, grabbing the nearest object, a kitchen knife, he hurled it towards the sleek black bomber jet. It punctured the glass protecting the pilot, killing him and causing the bomber to whirl towards the ground in slow circles. He jumped onto the roof of the building next to his, crouched, then jumped upwards, tail automatically balancing him, landing on the wing of the fighter jet that was making another run over the town. His landing caused the window of the jet to shatter, startling the pilot. Leo ignored him and ripped out the controls to the jet There is no way the world can allow you to exist. The message had said, left by an emissary from the United Nations. It had been the first time that the town had been contacted by the outside world. Unfortunately, we cannot allow you to continue to exist freely. You have two choices, surrender and come back with us, or burn with your homes. There hadn't been a choice, really. The soldiers had landed, coming by boat and plane, to the sizable town of Cedar. Leo jumped off the the jet, landing on his feet, his tail helping to balance him, he ran towards the group of soldiers who were slowly forcing his friends into a corner. His face contorted in a snarl, he charged into the soldiers. Grabbing one, he chucked him into another, while kicking out a third soldier's legs from beneath him. A fourth turned and began to fire, and that's when his backup arrived. Jack flew down, snatching the man upwards then dropping him with a loud crack. Belac came howling out of a door and barreled into another, crashing him into a wall. Katie dropped downward, surprising yet another, allowing Leo to pin his arms at his side, then break them at the elbows. Why were battles always so bloody? A cargo ship landed nearby. Spilling more soldiers. There was maybe a dozen! They lowered their weapons, and Leo jumped to one side as a African elephant crashed through their ranks, dispelling them and skewering two. The smoke began to clear. The noise of gunshots and fighting, screams and shrieks and yells. Leo's thought were focused on one thing, preparing his Gift. Focusing for a few seconds, eyes closed, breathing evenly, he activated his Gift, and everything slowed down...

Chapter I Timmy's elves

Leo rolled out of bed, 17 years of age, and still not an early riser with dark brown hair and brown eyes, I should probably explain, I am a Beastling, a person who can change between an animal form and a human form, or in between. I had my room decorated to resemble a jungle, with my bed seemingly in a tree. walking downstairs I could smell the oven cooking some kind of meat. My dorm mate Belac was already eating breakfast, "It's alive!" he laughed, "shut up" I grumbled, but I was smiling as well. "what's burning?" I asked after a moment, Belac looked around, and then noticed the smoke, he rushed over to the stove, which was the cause of the smoke, "My bacon!" he exclaimed "I've burnt my Bacon!" "don't worry yourself about it, it's just some meat" I said calmly to him.

"But that was real Canadian bacon!" he said, obviously dismayed, he then scarfed down the burnt remains of the bacon, he didn't even wait for it to cool down. I sighed and popped some frozen waffles in the toaster. "So what's the plan for today?" Belac asked, still munching on his bacon. "Well, first I'm going to the mansion orchards to pick fruit from the trees, the boss recently found out that I am a really good climber" I told Belac. "Well, of course you are, your animal is a mmph!" that last part was because I put a hand over his mouth. "Shh, Belac remember, we can't talk about that now" I told him. "Talk about what now?" a voice asked behind me, I whirled around and almost smacked into Santa Claus, Whoops, I mean the boss, he's not really Santa, but he wears red and he's fat, and I don't say that to insult him, He used to be a sumo wrestler. He has blond hair and blue eyes, oh yeah, and his name's Timmy, gotta give his mom points for originality. "Soooo" he asked casually "what were you two talking about before I came in?"