Greetings and bienvenue. I have decided to try my luck at writing a Secret Saturdays fanfic. Hopefully this won't be that boring. I am also a person with a lot of mistakes so bear with me people.
I own nothing but my original characters, everything else belongs to Jay Stephens
The Serengeti, North Tanzania
The light of the sun barely peaks out on the horizon as night falls on the Serengeti. An off road jeep is parked on the side of a dirt road as a family of four stands under an Acacia tree a few feet away. The parents are taking hundreds of pictures of the zebra herd that is drinking from the watering hole nearby while their daughter leans against the tree pouting, and their son running in circles asking many questions.
"Where are the lions?" he yells.
"There aren't any lions around here, you idiot." the teenage daughter snaps as she crosses her arms.
"Just because there is no phone service doesn't mean you have to take all your anger out at your brother, Carrie." the father says. The boy sticks his tongue out at Carrie and then runs to his mother before she tries to punch him in the arm.
"Hey mom, can I take a video?" he asks.
"Sure you can." the mother turns her camera onto record and hands it to him. The boy quickly puts the camera strap around his neck. "Be careful with it. It's very delicate, Jacob."
Jacob nods in reply and runs off.
"Over here we see the crazy teen of Africa. Legend says that if you take her phone away she becomes a nasty dragon!" the boy taunts. He sticks the camera in his sister's face. Carrie swats the camera away and walks towards the jeep. Jacob giggles and runs off, down towards the watering hole.
"That boy shouldn't go down there." the driver, a tall African man with a thick accent says as he watches Jacob slowly run down the hill.
"Jake, get back here." the father warns but Jake keeps running. "Jacob White, get back here!" he yells the second time but the boy ignores him.
As Jake gets farther down the hill, he suddenly slips, tumbles down the rest of the way and stops right next to one of the zebras legs. The zebra rears up in fear which catches the attention of the other zebras. The spooked animals quickly start a stampede and gallop straight towards the boy. Jake quickly curls himself into a ball to protect himself from the thundering hooves.
While the zebras gallop away, another creature, hungry for human flesh, lurks a few feet behind.
Jake waits for the dust to settle and then slowly gets up.
"I'm alright!" he yells as he brushes himself off. Other than a few bruises, the boy came out unscathed. He lifts up the camera and looks it over. He sighs with relief. It isn't broken.
"Yes! I got that on camera!" he exclaims as he sees his parents, along with the driver running towards him. Suddenly a low growl comes from the grass. Jake slowly turns behind him and sees two glowing yellow eyes. He screams as the beast, with the body structure of a bear but with hyena like features, pounces in front of him. He quickly turns and sprints up the hill, towards the truck. The driver and the father try to grab the attention of the beast so that Jake can run to safety. It works but instead of running towards the truck, the boy turns, runs the opposite way, drops to the ground and curls up and hides in the tall grass. He shuts his eyes tightly as he hears the roars of the beast and the yelling of the two men. After a few seconds, all goes quiet. Jake slowly opens his eyes and sits up. He turns to where the jeep was parked, but couldn't see it because it was to dark.
"Mom, Dad?" he yells. Nothing. Jake turns his neck as he hears some rustling a few feet away. A tall dark figure stands up from the grass. He lifts up what looks to be some sort of staff with a glowing golden orb at the top and points it towards the boy. Suddenly a bright golden streak shoots out of the orb and straight towards Jacob.
And opening credits! What did you guys think of the first chapter or as I like to call it, prologue? Tell me in the reviews!