Chapter 1 a new beginning The night’s journey was quiet, no one talked, no one asked about the future, everyone said thank you and went to a triangular shaped hut where they would sleep, the gangsters who thought they were tough never accepted this before. That is everyone except Nareik. He saw what happened, and the green glowing stuff had rubbed off on him, somehow. He was curious about it, he took a look at his bracelet, it was mysterious, and purple. He wondered of the visitors, who had been so generous, and the shadowy man, was he the only one who noticed his odd disposition? Well he put the green dust in his pocket, and then he felt something… Something that wasn’t there before. A presence. And then it was gone, just like that. He checked his pockets; the green substance was gone and in return was a note, “Welcome To The Island Of Game!” He would save this note; he put it in his pocket and emerged in the hut. The small hut was much bigger than it looked, and everyone was wondering what happened. Curious of what had happened and of the bus driver, and everyone was muttering their thoughts to each other. Everyone except Nareik of course, he found a bed of hay (Not a king sized bed, but it would help him in the night.) Nareik assumed it was around 7ish now but was not sure of this strange world. Was this what was beyond a whirlpool, and what was that rock? Nareik in mid thought was accompanied bye his friends Brian, and Derrick, the remorse the loss of their good friend Peter, and talked about what they would do. “You think they are holding us prisoners? Where are we?” Now Brian was stammering and he was never really afraid of anything. “No”, Toby appeared, “They are going to suck your brains out you crybaby!” “Ha hahahahhaha you are going to be thrown up by them and smashed on a rock!” Paul rudely interrupted. ”You see what they did to Willie?” Brian trembling. “I t…h…i…n…k we will be fi…ne. To himself, Nareik thought of Peter, and Willie. “I wonder what is out there.” Peter had said. Was this it? And what of Nareik’s violin practice, and his family? There was no light in the dark hut now and Nereik’s friends found hay beds close to him, and the back. Nareik took the note out of his pocket. It was now crumpled. He unraveled it. And then he felt a cold breeze, swooping all the hay, and moving it like a whirlwind, swirling, he felt that presence again. And then it stopped. Like a ghost, it vanished, without a trace. Curious as ever, Nareik silently left the hut, making as much noise as a lion’s prey would before the attack. He put the note in his pocket not even giving it a glance. He had no hope for the next day. All he wished was that he lived. As he looked up at the shining sky he gazed at the moon. Red? A red moon? The sky was huge and the moon looked so far away but so close. “Like a fountain, the ornaments, and the flowing breeze.” Nareik turned around, and shortly glanced behind him, at Katherine, a girl in Nareik’s class, who was very quite, and then he looked back at the sky. “This place, is like a dream, but not a happy one, a dream of another land with a moon that is red…” In mid sentence she was cut off “I do not think it is a moon.” Nareik exclaimed. I thought it was, but look there are 5 beautiful planets, all of different shades. Nareik opened his note and read out loud. “Welcome to the Island of Game! … It was … in my pocket I guess…” Katherine surprised, touched it, and took it. She held it up to the stars glimmering like a snow glob, then the land, then and the red hovering planet. As it passed the planets view, and in the middle of the sky and the land it was in range of a glowing rock, it too began to glow. Katherine cleared her throat and said, “That just seemed like the thing to do…” Back in Nareik’s speechless hands, he knew what the rocks were. “These rocks have powers, some teleport things…” In min sentence the note’s words changed like the night changes to day, slowly but beautifully. The two read out loud together. “Come at the brink of dawn to the spot.” Where was this spot? How would they get there? “Looks like we have a mission!” The twosome turned around and saw the gang. A few moments later they all just looked up at the sky As soon as Brian, who volunteered to keep track of time, thought dawn was near, the 5 sleeping children could rest. But Brian thought it was dawn every few minutes! So they all decided to just stay awake. When it was really time, the 6 quietly arose, and moved silently threw the hut. They had chatted up a storm the night before, and were very nervous. As they approached the exit they saw the shadowy figure