Protectors of the Digital World
Chapter 1
For most people, April the 18th was just another day, but for four kids, it was the most important day of their lives. This is the day they would go too the Digital World. It all started right after school as a young man named Andrew Hanson made his way home from school.
"Man, this rots," he said to his best friend Jacob Beck. Though both kids were sophomores at Spring Valley High, you could hardly tell they were in the same grade. Andy was tall and had short brown hair. He generally wore polos and shorts with sandals. Jacob, on the other hand, was short and plump and had bowl-cut red hair. His body was covered in freckles and could always be seen in novelty tees and blue jeans.
"What does?" asked Jacob.
"My mom isn't paying for my other football camp this summer. I tried telling her that the school camp sucks, but she said paying all that extra money would be silly."
"Well, it does seem foolish to spend extra money for another camp."
"Awww, man, not you too!"
"Sorry dude, but why can't you just make due with the one camp?"
"Dude, you just don't understand football like I do."
"No, I guess not."
"I'll get some chips," said Andy as he opened the door to his house.
"I'm gonna go upstairs and see if anyone's on Messenger."
"Okay, I'll be right up."
Jacob walked up the stairs and went into Andy's room. Though the room was small and simple, Andy had still managed to cover the floor with stuff ranging from shirts and caps to empty chip bags and old magazines. Jacob sighed and made his way over to the computer. He logged onto Messenger and the Internet while Andy came up with the chips. Immediately a pop-up came up that said...
"Endless adventure and the chance of a lifetime?" said Katie Riffl, reading a pop-up that had come up on her computer. Katie was a junior at Spring Valley High with long black hair. She was one of the most popular girls at school and was always wearing the latest trends.
"That's weird," said her friend Lyndsay. "Most pop-ups I see say something about staying young or winning DVD's, not going on adventures. Hey, I gotta use the bathroom, okay?"
"Sure," said Katie, not really hearing Lyndsay, for she was transfixed on the pop-up. Something about the color made her heart beat faster and she had hardly realized that she had moved the cursor directly over the "Take the Plunge!" button. She stared at the mouse for a while until she finally...
...asked for help. He thought he could get by on the little English he knew, but the words on the screen had become increasingly difficult.
"Mrs. Lehr, could you help with the words? Please?" he added.
"Of course, Runi."
The boy's full name was Runihura Khenemetnut. He was a freshmen foreign exchange student from Egypt and was still having trouble reading some English. He had short black hair and wore all black. Sometimes, his big brown eyes looked so dark they almost looked black.
He led Mrs. Lehr, the librarian, over to his computer in the far corner, secluded from the other students who shunned him because of his trouble speaking English.
"Here, Runi, this button takes you to the Internet and this one takes you to the word processing program. That should be enough for your research paper."
"Yes, thank you Mrs. Lehr," said Runi humbly, embarrassed for having to ask for help.
"Anytime Runi. You just call if you need me."
Runi accessed the Internet and immediately came a pop-up. Runi was not quite sure how to get rid of this, but the big silver button looked promising. He, Katie, and Jacob, all at that moment, clicked the button. At once, all three and Andy were sucked into the computer.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" screamed Katie.
"What the hell is going on!" yelled Andy, but his scream fell on deaf ears for Jacob had passed out.
After what seemed like an hour of screaming and falling, the kids fell onto a giant blue bush.
"W-w-where am I?" asked a shaken Runihura.
"You are in the Digital World," said a voice behind them, "and you are not welcome here."
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