Chapter 1

It was about 3 o clock at night when Lucas had finally arrived at Ness' house. Ness' mom greeted him at the door, "Lucas," she exclaimed, "Ness is in his room if you wanted to see him. I think he misses you, but don't tell him I told you that." Lucas meekly shook his head in agreement, his always evident shyness was apparent, "Thank you," he replied, and an unsure smile came onto his face.

He walked through the very familiar and calming living room. Ness' house felt a lot like it was home, Lucas thought to himself as he headed through the blue walls of the hall way. He walked up the short staircase, Ness and his sister Tracy's room were both on the second floor. Lucas was greeted by a very familiar sound as soon as he reached the end of the stairs; it was Ness' voice. It was a voice that spoke words so constantly nasally, it seemed as if he didn't talk with his mouth at all, but with his nose alone. Lucas loved how unique it was, and he couldn't get enough of it.

After a few more of his cautious steps, Lucas realized that the sound that he had thought was words, wasn't really words at all. He realized that Ness was in fact singing, not talking at all. Each nasally note he hit made Lucas start to laugh silently in the hallway. When he had finally reached Ness' room, he had however seen no sign of him. "Ness," he called out, looking from left to right. He must be having a shower, Lucas thought, that would explain the singing in the hallway. He looked around the small enclosure. There was a mass of clothes that covered Ness' floor. A cluster of pictures surrounded all four of Ness' walls; pictures of his friends, cool areas that he had travelled and an assortment of posters for movies and video games , all of which simply screamed 'Ness'. A small photo of Ness and his father that stood on the kid's night table made Lucas smile to look at. Cartoons were playing on Ness' mid-sized, silver-coloured television; the theme of Soapjoe Trianglesocks was at a very low volume, which Lucas had just realized had been playing. He sang along to the song a bit, it was just way too memorable to ignore, until he noticed something that stood out above all else.

Ness' backpack. It was something that, along with Ness' baseball cap, he took with him almost everywhere. And Lucas wanted desperately to look inside. It practically begged to be searched; being half-opened as well as spewing a large pack of unopened Oreo cookies out of the top of it. For Ninten, Lucas thought, I wonder why he isn't here today? Lucas' curiosity ended up getting the best of him however, as he peered just slightly into the small opening of the bag. The first thing he had seen was Ness' wallet, a deep blue in colour, and sporting Ness' signature symbol. Lucas still had no idea what the symbol meant, or if it had an history behind it or meaning at all, but it seemed to be good enough proof of anything belonging to his friend. Ness' favourite yo-yo was what he had found next, a bright yellow-gold in colour, with an obvious history of use as it sported clear wear. A strange badge caught his attention next, but he had doubts about touching it from it's menacing lightning bolt on the front. Lucas was very much a cautious child. The largest object would have to be Ness' blue binder that he always had with him for school, but Lucas didn't find that interesting in the slightest. Ness also had an extra hat in his bag that Lucas had never seen him wear, and...what is that? Lucas paused as he had noticed something tightly squeezed against the right side wall of the backpack. A red-coloured book had been roughly stuffed into the end, little care with doing so. The front had age, but no apparent cover picture or title. When Lucas had gained enough courage to open it, he had realized what it was. The written words were not in print at all, but written in Ness' writing. The words said,

"The strangest thing had happened to me today, I have discovered something that I didn't imagine possible".

At that moment, Lucas had heard a very familiar, as well as very nasally song coming through from outside of Ness' door. Ness was done his shower. Lucas took this oppourtunity to shut the book repidly, inspecting it slightly to make sure it looked the same as it did. Through his panic, Lucas crammed the journal back into the book bag, and he kicked it back to where it had been left messily. The package of Oreos made a very startling crinkling sound, but Lucas wasn't all that worried since Ness wasn't that observant of small details and odds were against him hearing that outside of the door. He jumped quickly onto Ness' mattress, the springs making a sound that caused Lucas to cringe slightly. The door opened right after, and a familiar face showed through the opening. A familliar messy jet-black gathering of wet hair covered Ness' head, and a towel was held in his left hand. Ness was a bit suprised and noticed Lucas in an instant, and Lucas smiled awkwardly at the newly added eye-contact that was now directed at him. "Oh jeez," Ness chuckled, clear excitement in his voice, "how long have you been waiting here for me?" Lucas glanced towards the window ,"Not that long", he replied. Ness messed up his hair slightly, "I didn't think you'd get here this early. Ninten won't be here for a while, so just make yourself at home I guess." Lucas got up off of the bed, lingering for a second, and then sat down on the floor, moving the pile of stripped pyjamas that took residence. "I...actually have something that I had wanted to talk to you about," Lucas said shyly, looking down at his own feet. He pushed up his white socks, as they had been uncomfortably pushed down from his active day. Ness sat down on the bed, moving the comic he was reading earlier to the side, and throwing his towel into a nearby basket, "Anything," he replied.

It was then that he looked up to Ness and he saw a face that could be trusted with absolutely everything. He remembered Ness' kindness from even the very beginning, and a kindness and faithfulness towards others that was like no other. It was at that very moment that he had realized that he could tell him anything. "Something...weird has been happening," Lucas sort of blurted out. Ness just sort of looked at him, "Like what," he asked with genuine concern, as he had placed his red cap onto his still wet head, "Is something wrong? Did...something happen at home?" Lucas laughed nervously,"No! It's nothing like that," he exclaimed, "there's just something I have to tell you Ness! It's importaint!" There was a quiet in the room, and all that could be heard was the television; at low volume a commercial for a local and popular burger joint to Onett. The two of them looked away from one another, both a little bit shy.

"...Before you tell me," Ness whispered loudly, "I wanted to read something to you." Ness had realized that there could only be one reason for any abnormalities regarding Lucas, and that he would have to help him through it. He knew he was the only person that really could. Ness knew exactly what had been happening with Lucas for a while, but he felt pained he had not told him earlier. He wanted to tell him the moment he found out. "Read what," Lucas asked a bit absent-mindely. With that Ness reached towards the floor, as if to answer Lucas' question. Lucas knew what it was for when he reached in a certain direction. It was for his backpack. Lucas inwardly gulped as he had remembered the journal Ness had hidden inside of the bag. He grew nervous and he felt his mouth going a bit dry. "It's my journal entry," Ness said, just a little bit too calmly, "but...you have to promise not to tell anyone else about this! Not even Ninten! Do you promise?" Lucas hesitated with this question a bit more than he had wanted to, but he looked towards Ness' determined expression. He was glad that Ness didn't know he had read the journal earlier, and that calmed him a bit. He knew Ness trusted him a lot to share such a secret with him. "Yeah, of course," Lucas replied with the best determined expression he could muster in return. He had hoped his friend wouldn't notice his fear. Ness shook his head with that, and opened the book. He inwardly felt a bit excited, but didn't let that show to Lucas. He began to flip through the pages with a deal of care that others found rare with Ness. Lucas heard him say a quiet "good" to himself, as he found the page he had been searching for. "Okay," Ness mumbled as he placed his index finger onto the page, "are you ready?" Lucas shook his head, the greatest way to say "yes" in Ness' opinion. Ness looked back down at the small book, sighing and breathing in quite dramatically. A small smile was apparent through his concentration. "February 16, 2010."

"The strangest thing had happened to me today, I have discovered something that I didn't imagine possible. As I write from the hospital, my hands and fingers feel weak, and my head feels like unimaginable pain. I rescued a someone today with the mysterious energy I had gained about a week ago. It was almost as if some force inside me told me what to do, as if I was being controlled by something else. It was a boy, who I think is about my age, and he had almost been killed when he was hit by a car not even a block from where I live."