Terra Nova

Second Chances

Targssi's POV

It seemed that our fighter spaceship landed on a dense forest near a human city, as I checked on my hologram bracelet.

I was the first one to regain consciousness after the crash, so I went to check up on Yishk. He was still unconscious, but asides from minor wounds that would heal in time, nothing out of the ordinary. I carried him out of the destroyed (now in flames) ship and left him to rest leaning his back on the nearest tree. Taking my phaser I made what was left of the starship to completely disintegrate. I stared at the night, dark blue sky. As one of the most hated races in the entire universe (and with valid reasons), we were known for not having a wide emotional range of expressions. In fact, the only thing Draconians and Reptilians knew was - that's right - hate. Hate, jealousy, anger, superiority above other beings power, control, greed. That is all we were taught since we hatched, in order to survive. I looked at my brother. Something was definitely wrong with us.

"Targ? What the hell-" Seems Yishk woke up. Groaning, he stood up as memories gradually overflowed his mind. I walked to him. "We need to find her, you know. But first, let's change looks".

We walked for a while and hid behind some bushes as soon as we heard some footsteps. There were two human men walking. We watched silently as they laughed in their conversation. I turned my head to whisper something to Yishk, but he was gone. I looked at the humans again. There he was, behind them, ready to attack with his retractable blade. I rolled my eyes and silently ran to him in an instant, pushing him to the other side of the road. I shut his nasty mouth with my hand and he bit it. I had to hold my pain and control my raising anger for the sake of our safety.

"YISHK!! What the fuck?! Stop it, we are not here to attack and eat whoever passes by."

"I was hungry ok?! Leave me alone." I looked at him and sighed. He turned his head away. We waited for both earthlings to stop searching for the source of the moving bushes until they finally walked away, scared of the place.

"Well, now we've got an idea of how to look like on here", I said as our looks changed, mimicking the ones of two Earth human teenagers. This, however, was not all. We needed help. And we were going to get it, no matter what. We walked up to a cliff to see the huge city with so many lights covering it on the distance. I checked on my black bracelet the hologram of the dark golden-haired Pleiadian girl with green eyes whose soul incarnated here.

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It was her birthday. After finishing her classes for the day, she went to her friend's restaurant she planned the event to take place. There she was! She tightly hugged Diana and they got to work.

Two hours later, the guests were finally coming. Ashlyn gathered them so they were around the main table while their parents were chatting with the others. Her little brother sat and started eating the cake. "Heeyy!" He smirked as he continued to happily chew the chocolate piece.
She raised her head, noticing a new presence. She saw two teenage boys of around her age entering.

"There she is" he thought, checking his bracelet. They spent less than 24 hours on Earth and they were already being chased by the police. His senses told him that they weren't the typical agents of a city... His thoughts were interrupted by his brother Yishk, who was poking him repeatedly, telling him to look back at her, staring at them with a confused look.

Ashlyn didn't know what to do. At first sight it seemed that they were just two lost teens in a foreign place (she didn't even invite them!), but something told her that not everything was what it seemed, so she had to be careful. She walked towards them. Maybe they needed help.

"Hi guys, do you need help? In case you came for eating here, this place is full - we are celebrating a birthday".

"Oh it's fine, no worries. We wanted to talk with you".

Ashlyn raised an eyebrow and asked them to follow her to the table, now that it was empty. "Soo..?" she began asking.

Yishk revealed part of his reptiloid skin on his face. The girl gasped in surprise as she saw the lizzie's eyes pupils became thinner for a second to turn back to their human mask again. "Reptilians?!" Ashlyn felt a wide range of emotions arising, from disgust, hate to confusion and curiosity.

"Yup. That's right. But before you say anything else, we are the ones that sent to you that telepathic message long ago, don't know if you remember" Targssi quickly added mentally.

"Oh so you guys are the ones that escaped from Draco..?" She lowered her head, thinking. "Well, I can't do all by myself, but I know a Pleiadian friend who can help you to further raise your consciousness". She stood up.

Suddenly the doors opened harshly. Three mean in black formal attire wearing black glasses, rushed to the place, searching for something. Ashlyn instantly understood the severity of the situation and told them to follow her so they could run to the back door.
The two brothers already ran outside waiting for her to go too, but before she could close the door behind her, something shot to her head made her fall to the floor losing consciousness.

A couple of hours later she woke up in her bedroom. Her parents seemed to be worried, asking thousands of questions at the same time. She told them she was fine until they finally left her alone.
The only thing she could feel or think of, is that huge headache that arises since her eyes opened that morning.

She quickly dressed up. "I feel as if I forgot something but I don't know what is it" she thought. Her head was a mess. She needed answers. Now.

An image of the Seven Sisters star cluster popped in her mind. She ran to the building her Pleiadian ambassador friend was.
She quickly went down the stairs to the lower level of the garage. As soon as they saw each other, they hugged each other tightly. Tears ran down Ashlyn's face. "I'm.. my head hurts.."

"Sshh don't worry" he smiled. "The Reptilian brothers are already being taken care of. They escaped in time when you were left there and told us everything. The Council of Elders is planning their living in Lyra for now. They will be alright. All thanks to you."

Ashlyn smiled too as she slowly started to regain her memories of the event of the previous day.

"As for you-" he gently touched her forehead with his index finger until it emitted a glowing yellow light. "There you are. But please be extra careful out there, alright? If anything, just tell me. We are always here, by your side".