The Tejina Chronicles

The Creature from another world

By: Kioko the pirate

Chapter 1: The strange creature, stitch

Ok this is the first story in a second series of mine. It is inspired by the anime show Zatch Bell, for those of you who know the show some of this will sound familiar. This series happens in an alternate universe and it has very little in common with my other series. Some relationships are the same but other then that it's completely different. Note that some of the attacks or spells what ever you want to call them may sound a little corny, so don't mock me. Well here it is the beginning of the Tejina Chronicles.

It was a warm and beautiful morning on the island of Kauai, a lone house sat on the top of a hill just outside of kokoua town. A beautiful teenage girl named Lilo began to stir from her peaceful sleep as the warm sun beams fell across her face. She yawned, sat up and grabbed her brush off her night stand. She began to brush her long flowing black hair. She set the brush down and glanced at her alarm clock.

The clock read 9:00am. "Oh no, I'm going to be late!" screamed Lilo as she jumped out of bed and ran to her closet. "I'm supposed to meet Victoria this morning."

She quickly threw on a pair of jeans and a red shirt with white floral print. She then rushed out her bedroom door and down the stairs. She burst into the kitchen were her older sister Nani was preparing breakfast. She grabbed a cup of orange juice off the table and quickly chugged it. She started to run for the door when her sister stopped her.

"Hold on a minute Lilo! Where do you think your going?" asked Nani in a raised tone.

"I was supposed to meet Victoria at kiki's this morning and I'm going to be late!" said Lilo as she tried to catch her breath.

"I think you can be a little late to meet her. You need to have a proper breakfast." Said Nani in a strict voice.

Lilo sighed. "Nani I don't have time, Victoria is leaving tomorrow on vacation. This is the last morning we can have together for two whole weeks!" yells Lilo.

"So she'll be back in two weeks, what's so urgent about that?"

"What's so urgent? I can't go two weeks without a friend around unless I give them a proper good bye."

Nani just sighed; she knew she wasn't going to talk her sister out of it. "Fine, go just be back by noon."

"Thank you Nani, see you later!" yells Lilo as she runs out the door.

As the door slammed shut Nani sat down and rested her chin on her hand. "Teenager's… I'll never understand them." Moaned Nani.

Lilo was sprinting down the street as fast as she possible could. She turned down another street and came to a sudden stop as she was about to fall down a large crater. The crater had police tape around it, she just walked around it but she stared at it for just a couple of seconds before continuing on. She finally reached the coffee shop and saw her friend sitting at a table.

"Hey Victoria!" yells Lilo as she walks over to her friend.

The girl looks up. "Oh hey Lilo, I was starting to think you weren't coming."

"Yeah well my sister wanted me to eat breakfast. So what have you been doing this morning?"

"Oh nothing much, really the only thing I have done is come here." Said Victoria as Lilo nodded her head. "Oh also Keoni talked to me this morning."

Lilo gasped even though she wasn't very surprised. Victoria was a beautiful red headed girl with freckles on her face. She was just the kind of girl Keoni would like.

"You mean he talked to you and you choose that to be the second thing you tell me!" yells Lilo.

"Well I didn't think you would want to hear about it."

"Are you kidding! What did he talk to you about?" asked Lilo as she leaned forward.

"Oh nothing much, just about his skateboarding skills and other thing's." said Victoria as she took a sip of her cappuccino.

"Oh… well that's interesting." Said Lilo in a slightly disappointed voice.

"I knew you would think that's boring, but I know you would like this." Said Victoria as she pulled out a news paper from her backpack. "Did you see the paper today?" asked Victoria as she slapped the paper in front of Lilo.

Lilo picked up the paper, the head line read 'mystery damage continues!' "So they found more demolished property with no explanation to how it got damaged?" asked Lilo rhetorically.

"Yep and it seems to be getting worse." Said Victoria. "You know what I heard?" asked Victoria as Lilo leaned in. "I heard that all of this damage is being caused by tiny creatures."

Lilo gave her friend an unbelieving look. "And were did you hear this at?"

"It was on the news last night; some guy says he saw a tiny creature level his shed."

"I highly doubt that tiny creatures are doing this." Said Lilo as she leaned back in her chair.

"Well you have to admit that something strange is doing this. Ever since that meteor shower strange things like this have been happening." Said Victoria as she took another sip of her drink.

'That's right, ever since that night strange things have been happening.' Thought Lilo.

It had been two months since an amazing astronomical event occurred above the island. It was a meteor shower like none she had ever scene, for one reason only. The meteors were different colors; there were blue ones, purple ones, red ones and even green ones. Ever since then strange things had been happening, buildings were getting damaged in ways only possible by a bomb and areas of forest were being leveled. The damage could not be caused by rowdy kids so many people did not know what to think.

'I don't know what is causing these damages but I doubt its little creatures.' Thought Lilo as she got a smile on her face.

Just then her thoughts were interrupted by Victoria's cell phone going off. Her friend picked it up and a moment later put it away.

"Well Lilo sorry but my parent's want me home. I have a few more thing's to pack." Said Victoria as she stands up and slings her bag over her shoulder.

"Oh ok, well see you when you get back." Said Lilo as she stood up.

"Alright, I'll call you the moment I get back." Yells Victoria as she walks away.

"Ok have a nice time!" yells Lilo.

A couple of minutes later Lilo was walking home with her hand's in her pockets. She kept playing one thought through her mind over and over again. 'What could be causing all of this destruction? What ever it is, it has something to do with that meteor shower. What ever it is I'm sure it's not little creature's, Victoria comes up with the weirdest stuff sometimes.' Thought Lilo as she walks up her drive way.

"What ever it is I'm sure they will find it soon." Said Lilo to herself.

She walks into the house and into the kitchen. She begins to look through the refrigerator when the silence of the house catches her attention. "Nani? Nani are you home?" yelled Lilo as she slowly shut the fridge door. After a couple of seconds there was no reply. "Hm… she must have gone to the store." Said Lilo to herself. She walked back into the living room carrying a bottled water.

She started to walk upstairs when suddenly the house was shaken by a loud noise. She stumbled to the floor and looked towards the front of the house, were the noise came from.

"What the heck was that?" asked Lilo to herself as she stood back up. She made her way back towards the door way when again the house was shaken. This time though it seemed closer. She managed to get up again before being knocked down once more, but this time she saw through the window; a small fire ball rise up from her drive way.

She got to her feet with a scared look on her face, she was about to run to her room when she heard the doggy door swing open and slam shut. She stopped right were she stood.

'Some one is in the house.' Thought Lilo as she looked over her shoulder. She slowly turned around and crept over to the door way. She slowly looked around the corner, making sure that she did not expose her self or make a noise. When she looked towards the door her eye's shot open at the sight of who entered. There in front of the door stood a small blue furred creature with long ears and a short stubby tail. The creature was breathing heavily as if it had been running from something.

The strange creature slowly turned towards the window, when it did she could see its all black eyes. 'It can't be! Could Victoria have been telling the truth? Could that be one of the small creature's that is causing all of this destruction?' thought Lilo as she watched the creature jump on top of the table in front of the window.

The creature cautiously looked out the window, but there was something about the creature. It seemed scared, it quickly hide behind the curtain when a loud gurgley voice called out.

"You can't run for ever you weakling!" yelled the strange voice. "Why don't you make it easy on your self and come out and face me! I will find you and you will not escape me again!"

The blue creature looks out the window once more and then sighs. Who ever was yelling had left, the creature hopped off the table and sat against the book shelf. He seemed relieved, at that moment Lilo noticed that the creature was holding a blue book in its arms. The creature was starring at it as if it was thinking of something. The creature looked up towards the couch, Lilo quickly hide behind the wall. The strange creature stood up and walked over to the couch and sat down. Lilo looked around at this stranger again.

The creature gave a sigh. "That was a close one, I barley got away." Moaned the creature in a rather high pitched voice.

'That thing can talk!' thought Lilo as she continued to watch this visitor.

"I don't know how much longer I can keep running. Eventually I will have to face him, even if it means…" said the creature in a sad tone. The creature stared at the book and ran its paw over the cover. "I have to prove my worth though… but how am I going to do that?"

As Lilo continued to hide behind the wall she began to realize that this creature meant no harm. 'It's scared about something and it came in here to hide, not to hurt me. Maybe I can be of some help to it… besides it is kind of… cute.' Thought Lilo as she peered into the living room.

After a couple of minutes she finally worked up the courage to enter the room. She slowly turned the corner to face the creature, it wasn't aware of her until she spoke up.

"He… hello." Said Lilo sheepishly.

The creature practically jumped to the ceiling when it heard her voice. The creature scooted to the other end of the couch, holding the book close to its chest.

'Wow, it really is scared.' Thought Lilo. "It's ok… I'm not going to hurt you." Said Lilo in her most comforting voice.

The creature just stared at her for a moment. "Who… who are you? What are you doing here?" asked the strange creature.

"I'm Lilo and this is my house."

The creature seemed to relax a little. "Oh… sorry about bursting in here." Said the creature as it lowered its ears.

"That's ok. Do you mind if I sit down?" asked Lilo

The creature eyed her up and down, probably figuring out weather or not she was a threat. "I don't mind, it's your house." Said the creature as it sat up straight.

Lilo slowly walked over to the couch and sat down at the opposite end of the creature. The two of them sat there for a few minutes with out saying a word. Finally Lilo's curiosity got the better of her.

"Why are you out of breath?" asked Lilo still facing straight ahead.

"I was running." Said the creature as it closed its eyes.

"Why were you running?"

"Because I was being chased by somebody."

"Is that somebody the one who was yelling?"

The creature nodded and let out another sigh.

"Why was he after you? Did you do something?"

"No I didn't do anything. He was after this book." Said the creature as he held up the blue book.

"What's so special about that book?" asked Lilo as she looked at it.

"It controls my powers." Said the creature in a low voice.

Lilo's eyes shot open at what she heard. "Your powers! You have powers?" asked Lilo. She was suddenly very interested in this creature.

The creature only nodded as he looked at the book.

"Does that other guy have power's too?" asked Lilo.

"Yes he does and like me they are controlled by a book."

"If he has his own book then why does he want yours?"

"Because he wants to burn it."

"Why does he want to burn it?" asked Lilo

The creature growled a little; obviously he was getting irritated by all of her questions. "It's a long story." Said the creature.

"Well would you mine telling me, I've got time." Said Lilo.

The creature sighed as he began his extended explanation. "Well the guy who is after me is named Yang; He wants to burn my book because if he does I lose." Said the creature, it looked over at Lilo and saw that he had to continue.

"You see I was created by a man named Jumba Jookiba and every few years he sends 100 of his creations to a planet. On that planet we must fight each other in a massive tournament; the last one standing becomes the champion experiment." Explained the creature.

"But why do you have those books?" asked Lilo.

"In this tournament we cannot use our powers on our own. We must join up with a native of that planet; they are the ones who read the books that allow use to use our powers. But if that book is burned in battle then the experiment looses and is teleported back to Jumba."

"I see… so where's your partner?" asked Lilo as she clasped her hands together.

The creature looked away sadly. "I don't have one."

"You don't!" said Lilo.

"No and that's why Yang was after me. Since I don't have a partner to read my book I could not fight back."

"And because you could not fight back it would be easier to burn your book." Said Lilo as she stared at the creature sadly.

"Exactly… but I can't lose! I have to prove to Jumba that I'm worth some thing. I have to show him that his latest creation is worth some thing." Growled the creature as he tightened his grip on the book. "I'm sorry I came in with out asking. I'll be leaving now." Said the creature as it walked towards the door.

'You can't let him go; if he goes out there he will lose. He wouldn't stand a chance. Do something Lilo!' thought Lilo as she watched the creature. "Wait!" yelled Lilo as she stood up.

The creature stopped and looked back. It seemed surprised by this out burst.

"You can't go out there; if you do you won't stand a chance. If this guy Yang has a partner then he'll defeat you easily. You will stay here until you find a partner." Said Lilo in a raised voice.

The creature stared at her with a surprised look on its face. "Why would you want me to stay here? I would be nothing but trouble for you."

"Because I don't think it's fair that this yang guy has a partner and you don't. I want you to find a partner before you leave here. Even if I have to help you find one." Said Lilo.

A small smile came across the creatures face. "You will?"

"Of course I will, now will you stay?" asked Lilo a she kneeled down.

"Yeah I'll stay. Thank you Lilo." Said the creature as a smile went across its face.

"Good… hey you want some thing to eat?" asked Lilo as she stood up.

"Yeah… I haven't eaten in days!" said the creature

The two of them walk into the kitchen were Lilo fix's the creature a sandwich, which it ate quickly.

"Hey you haven't told me your name yet." Said Lilo as she stared at her guest.

The creature takes a sip of juice and wipes his mouth. "My name is Stitch."

"Stitch, that's an interesting name." said Lilo.

"Yeah well Jumba names all of use for some thing we did or our personality. I got my name when I was first created. During my training I fell and had to get many Stitches and that's how I got the name. All the female experiments thought I looked ugly." Said Stitch as he took another sip.

"Oh so you're a boy huh?" said Lilo.

"Of course, did you think I was a girl?"

"Well no… I just didn't know if you even had a gender." Said Lilo.

The two of them stare at each other for a few second before bursting into laughter. They continued to talk for a few hours, about the island and the people. Around 12:00pm the front door opened and Nani came walking in. When she entered the kitchen she saw Stitch and let out a scream.

"What the hell is that thing!" asked Nani in a panicky voice.

"It's ok Nani, this is Stitch. I told him he could stay here for awhile." Explained Lilo a she stood up.

"Are you kidding Lilo? I don't even know what that thing is." Said Nani

"I'll tell you what he is. He's an experiment from another world, who's here to do battle with others of his kind." Said Lilo.

Nani looked at her sister and then at this new guest. She did not know what to make of this situation, so she just through her hands in the air and walked to her room.

"Who is that?" asked Stitch after Nani had left the room.

"That's just my older sister. Sorry about the way she acted, I'm sure she will get used to you over time." Said Lilo.

Later that night Lilo had prepared a small bed in her room for her new guest. They both slid under the covers, Stitch set his book next to his little bed. He looked over at Lilo.

"Hey Lilo?" asked Stitch quietly.

"Yeah? Asked Lilo a she looked at him.

"Thanks for letting me stay here. I really appreciate it." Said stitch.

Lilo smiled "No problem Stitch, you can stay as long as you want." Said Lilo a she closed her eyes.

Stitch smiled and closed his eyes, he soon fell a sleep. It was his first good night sleep since he landed on earth. He was not going to let this kindness go unrepayed.

Well that's the end of the first chapter in the Tejina Chronicles. I hope you liked this and I will have the next chapter up as soon as possible. Please Review.