Alissa's walking toward the park when she stops along the path. There's something different on a low hanging branch of the tree. It's a cocoon, which is odd for the time of year, and so Alissa feels the need to go closer and examine it further ( Read more... )

Ellen's mood is light and airy as she sits in the park and watches Alissa playing with some school kids. Ellen's not sure it could technically be called playing, but the girl is trying and it's endearing to watch. She wonders if this is how it would look had her children had to grow up too ( Read more... )

Being from Boston, the village weather seemed practically balmy today for Olivia and she could tell that Spring was on its way. The cases weren't as flowing as they had been and Peter's experiments to find out what was happening to her was coming along. But right now, seeing the kids on their way to school had her missing Ella and, truth be told, ( Read more... )

John had some reservations about the meeting, but he also knew that it was necessary. He had promised his daughter to take every precaution and he knew she was somewhere close by no doubt with a sniper rifle in her hand in case things went wrong. He had to wonder how it would have been different had the war never happened ( Read more... )

What fun! Jack grinned as he walked down the aisles of Helix, spotting an old Victrola. It wasn't exactly like one he'd had a very long time ago, bought from a small shop in Wales that had shipped them over from the Americas, but it still brought back memories. It had been such a luxury back then, an amazing bit of technology, but in comparison to ( Read more... )

Alissa's trying to be more like children for Leoben more than anything else. She finds a lot of what children like to do and talk about tedious and she envious her sisters a little for having gone through the final growth stages and looking like an adult. She does not have a very good imagination which often perplexes the other children and most of ( Read more... )

It's strange to get an message from Leoben regarding Kyla. That Kyla wants to talk strikes Alissa as strange and she has to wonder 'why'. Leoben had assured her that she's not in trouble, but there's little else she can think of that would constitute a conversation with the daughter of the Resistance Leader ( Read more... )

Leoben hadn't been looking forward to this conversation, but it had to be done. His son would be leaving the hospital soon and Kyla and he would be moving in to stay with him ( Read more... )

Aaron liked Valentine's Day just fine - it wasn't like he was some V-Day version of Scrooge or whatever. Plus, hello, candy store owner. Of course, not everything sold as well as the chocolate bunnies and hearts. Anyway, V-Day was gone and it was time to clean house. Candy corn, Peeps, and of course those nasty little chalky hearts - it all had to ( Read more... )

Leoben had given Alissa skates for the Christian holiday celebrated by many on Earth known as 'Christmas'. She hadn't though of getting Leoben anything because she didn't think he celebrated and didn't understand the why celebrating a birth of a child that could or could not be from a diety on a day humans thought was the correct date was ( Read more... )