Chapter One
"I know you're one of them! So why don't you fight back!?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about!!"
Fiona Vermilion was being pursued by the Cyniclon Dren, who seemed to have the intention of killing her. It was unclear to Fiona as to why Dren even wanted to do her harm, but there she was, sprinting for her life as the Cyniclon sent numerous beams of light descending rapidly towards her. They crashed to the ground in an explosion just inches from where Fiona had been a second before.
Suddenly she tripped and fell to the asphalt. Dren towered over her.
"Well, well. Time to put this little Mew Mew to sleep," Dren sneered.
"'Mew Mew'? What are you talking about?"
Dren kneeled beside her and held a dagger to her neck. "You mean you don't even know what you are? Too bad! I guess you'll never get to find out,"
This is it, Fiona thought, I'm going to be killed! Murdered! By an alien! No, I'm only 14; I can't die yet. This has to be a bad dream. Wake up, Fi, wake UP!!
She didn't wake up. It wasn't a nightmare after all! She closed her eyes tightly and waited for the moment when Dren would slit her throat. Surprisingly enough, that moment didn't come.
"Aah!!" That wasn't her scream. Fiona opened her eyes and saw that Dren had disappeared. In his place stood an elegant blonde with icy-blue eyes. He bent down and picked her up.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"I... I'm..." suddenly the world turned blurry and everything went black.
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Fiona woke up in a small room which contained nothing except a computer and the bed she was lying in. She sat up. “What... What happened? Where am I?”
“You’re at Cafe Mew Mew,” someone said. It was that blonde again. He sat in the chair at the computer desk.
‘Mew Mew’? That’s what that alien called me... Fiona thought.
“Are you the one who saved me?” she asked.
“Yeah. You don’t have to thank me,” he answered, and stood up to leave.
“Hey, um, what’s your name?” Fiona asked.
“Elliot. Yours?”
“Fiona.” Then she was left alone, and decided to get up and wonder around. Stepping out of the small room, she noticed the Cafe was larger than she had expected. There were five waitresses wearing frilly, puffy dresses which matched their unique hair colors. As Fiona admired her colorful surroundings, she didn’t notice a pony-tailed man standing in front of her, and accidentally bumped into him.
“Well, hello there,” he said.
“Oh, I’m so sorry!” Fiona apologized.
“That’s alright,” he shook her hand. “My name is Wesley J. Coolridge III. It’s nice to meet you. You must be Fiona?”
“Yes; hi,”
Elliot stood in a nearby doorway. “Can I call a meeting? Fiona, you come, too,”
“Huh? Um, okay,” she followed Wesley and all five of the waitresses to the room Elliot was in.
“What’s going on?” Fiona asked.
“Fiona, do you know why that alien, better known as Cyniclon, Dren was following you?” Elliot asked.
“No, I don’t know. But he called me a Mew Mew and- -”
“Exactly. He is a Cyniclon. You are a Mew Mew. It’s because of the Mew Mew Power you possess that Dren wants to kill you,” Elliot explained.
“What exactly is a ‘Mew Mew’ though?” Fiona was confused.
Then Wesley spoke. “A Mew Mew is someone who has been infused with the DNA of an endangered animal species. Because you carry animal genes inside of you, you can transform.”
“But I’ve never transformed before. How can I do it?” Fiona asked. A little pink fluff ball had been floating around the room. It spit out a pendant into Fiona’s hands. “What’s this?”
“That is a Power Pendant. Now you really can transform,” Elliot said.
The Power Pendant lit up and Fiona was immersed in a bright light. She could feel ears and a tail sprouting from her body. Her outfit had changed as well, to a red sleeveless top, shorts, and boots. Her hair and eyes had turned red as well.
“What in the world!?” Fiona exclaimed. She stared down at her body in amazement. “So... This is what a Mew Mew is?”
“Yeah,” Elliot said, “These five girls; Zoey, Corina, Bridget, Kikki, and Renee, are Mew Mews as well.” The girls shook Fiona’s hand as they were introduced.
“Zoey is infused with the Iriomote Wildcat; Corina is merged with the Ultramarine Lorikeet; Bridget has Finless Porpoise genes inside her; Tamarind Lion Monkey is inside Kikki; and Renee is a Gray Wolf. You, Fiona, have been injected with the DNA of a Channel Island Fox,” Wesley said.
Suddenly there was a loud crash and dust filled the room. A familiar figure levitated above.
“And then there were six! If it isn’t the newest addition to the Mew Mews!”