Prologue
She sat at the back of the class, as she always did. Her nose was buried in a book and she seemed to be ignoring everyone around her as she read, absorbed completely in the nonsensical world of make believe that the book promised. The world of Pokémon or Pocket Monsters, she knew that they weren't real but oh how she wished that they were.
She was in her usual outfit, red T-shirt, blue jeans, red and white sneakers, her belt slightly loosened, brown hair in a ponytail. Everything was perfectly normal, nothing to even hint that something could possibly change. "Hey Kailah" her head shot up upon hearing her name and her hazel eyes met blue.
"Oh it's just you Grayham" she stated looking back to her book "so what do you want?" she asked when she realised that the boy was still there. He was also in his usual clothes yellow top, black pants and black sneakers, his ginger hair was sticking up all over the place though.
"Oh yeah apparently these warps have been opening up all over the place..." Grayham stated before he wandered off leaving her staring blankly at the area he's just vacated. She eventually just shrugged and went back to her book, it was probably just another one of his daydreams anyway.
When the loud ringing of the bell signified the end of the day she just stood up and walked, her nose still in the book. She ignored everyone who were pointing their fingers and laughing and continued to stroll at an easy pace reading the whole time.
It was when she bumped into someone that she finally looked up. Hazel eyes met crimson as she took a step back and gulped. The boy's black hair obscured most of his face but couldn't hide the frown he wore and his clothing was entirely black, his shirt, pants and sneakers all entirely black.
The boy didn't say anything as she darted around him but his eyes followed her and she felt chilled by his too quiet demeanour. She began to speed up and forgot to look both ways at the cross road. She let out a scream as the car hurtled towards her, but just before it could flatten her a bright flash of white light lit up the area and she was no longer standing in the middle of the road.
"What..." the boy stared at the spot that Kailah had been occupying a couple of seconds before and blinked before he rubbed his eyes. She hadn't reappeared, it was weird. He shrugged and continued on his way towards the school. Sure school was out but that meant that he could finally meet his irregular friend.
"Hey Benjamin!" in fact there was Grayham now. He froze and turned to face the ginger haired boy who's eyes were slightly glazed over, he must have been daydreaming again. "Did you see what just happened?" Grayham asked and he simply nodded "I tried to warn her you know, but I don't think she believed me"
That statement caused him to stare in shock at his friend before another scream filled the area and they both turned to stare in the direction it came from, to see absolutely nothing. He shrugged before turning back to Grayham who's lop sided grin seemed to be larger than normal, that was when he noticed the glow coming from around his friend.
"Are you coming as well?" Grayham asked before he grabbed him and they both disappeared in a flash of white light. The streets were left as empty as they were before the two boys had arrived, a newspaper clipping blown across asking about the disappearances of children.