-Chapter 1 Ness-

A few weeks ago, Boing... If it were not for this child, I would probably still work at a honey factory, Zoom! Of course, it was atrocious and probably a bad investment to let a bully like Master Belch force me to work there, but Fly Honey is just fantastic, Ding! This story is about 4 kids' cross country adventure. The year is 199X. The child we shall meet first is Ness. A strange boy from Onett, a small town in Eagleland who exhibited psychic capabilities when he was young, Dakota! Our story starts in Ness' house.

I was asleep during the darkest of nights. My dark shaggy hair blending in with the darkness enveloping me, drool trickling down the side of my cheek. CRASSSHH! The dark and consuming void had been lit up by a strange ominous light. Of course, I had no idea what was happening as I dreamt my fantasy of having a big house and a big face when I grew up. Half arisen by the explosion my dream goes awry, then another tremor occurs.

"Wha?" I wake up screaming. I hear my younger sister groan awake due to my screech and she begins yammering about how much she hates me... Of course, that wasn't true though, but I still groan in embarrassment. Then I catch sight of an ominous red glow from the side of my window, a light which seemed to be coming from the mountain peak. As embarrassed as I was, and even though I was disturbed by all the commotion, I knew I just had to go outside. The light beckons.

I arrive downstairs, trying to convince my mom I pleaded, "MOOOMMMM! Can I go check what's up outside?"

"Fine, but you should probably change out of your jammies first," Mom says with a roll of her eyes, "And be careful, ok?"

"Yeah Mom," I sigh at my moms worry, but after looking myself over it seems the best thing to do when one is going out. After dressing up in my normal garb, my signature red and blue cap and my blue and yellow t-shirt, I set out to the top of the mountain. A trip which I saw a few of my classmates and creepy men ascend up the mountain. They just seemed to be overcome by a strange force keeping them from ascending for some reason, but I didn't notice at the time.

As soon as I reach the top of the ridiculously steep mountain, I find an old "friend" Pokey hassling some cops. Pokey P. Minch stood a head shorter than me and was a barrel wider than me, which certainly got him picked on a lot. My pig-like classmate notices me and says, "Hey Ness, wouldn't want anyone bothering those cop-... I mean, officers so I'll take up the job of looking at the meteor. Knowing you, you'd find a way to do exactly that, Pigsbutt" Sometimes that kid really got on my nerves. Confusion only runs through my mind as I wonder why I became his friend in the first place. I really wanted to scream, "Well, who WAS bothering the officers?" but I held back.

"Sigh, see ya," I groan and walk back down. When it came to Pokey, there was no way he was going to let me get past his massive girth anytime soon. I arrived back home too tired to change out of my clothes. My deep slumber filled with dreams of stupidity and memories of pent up rage.

Knock Knock! Again with the knocking! I had already been disturbed once. Now, it was just ridiculous. I had a surefire guess who was the person knocking at the door. The annoying knock simply screamed Pokey. He had explained that he'd lost his little brother, Picky at the meteor sight due to some commotion with the cops and a local gang called the Sharks. What a loser. I had to help my "friend" of course, so as the manly man I am, I went to go save Pokey's little brother Picky. He was truly less of a loser than his brother, but I never found a reason to have a good conversation with him... He just seemed to blend in with the scenery. Weird kid.

I call my dog, King whose thoughts screamed, "FINE!" as his legs struggled to get up. He needed all the exercise he could get with his bum leg. King quickly disposes of some aggressive animals as we ascend the mountain. Those animals surely were acting a bit ornery, but I just shoved that off as an effect of the commotion. As soon as we get up to the hilltop, I instantly find a spot of blonde hair to which I then glare at Pokey for his cowardice, and wake up his little brother. Picky explains that as soon as Pokey heard the Sharks were causing a ruckus, the fat hunk of lard ran off. Then, as we leave Pokey asks, " Do you hear a buzzing sound?" I assumed it was a bee. I was sorta right, but in truth it was an alien by the name of Buzz Buzz who had come to warn me. "A bee I am... NOT" said the Alien, "You Ness are one of 4 who must save this world!"

"Me?" I questioned.

"Yes you," The alien replied.

"I hope I'm not one!" yells Pokey. Ok, he didn't say it, but his body language was a dead ringer.

The alien continues on about how in the future all is devastation and how I am destined to help a girl and 2 other boys to defeat a great evil. In a matter of months it would be too late for the world if I weren't to find the rest of my group and shatter a nightmare rock. The pressure built up as he said that I am the only one who could possibly save the world. He explained the hardship and trials I would go through, but what I really worried about was, why me?

At that moment, I felt like the least likely candidate for whatever they were unwillingly signing me up for. I demanded answers, but he was fickle about actually saying anything that may have changed my perspective on becoming a hero. I knew that heroism is supposed to be awe-inspiring, but it's kinda unexpected to just fling it upon someone who thought the best he would become is a player on the Giants. Oh boy did I like those Giants.

"I realize your sudden worry, Ness, but... You are the chosen one."

"Yeah yeah yeah, and Pokey is practically naked, but you don't just slap him in the face with a meat cleaver!"

"Your analogy made no sense and you know that," the bug replies, "but first... We must descend down to your house."

Ugh...

To be continued...