Chapter 1: Arrival
Lorien, my home planet. Three are dead. I am next. I am number Four and this is the story of how I found my forever love, keep secrets, told lies and was finally found. The story begins on Lorien and ends ...somewhere. I was 6 when the Mogadorians invaded and wiped out my home. Our Guardians or Cêpans told us nine escaped to Earth. They were wrong. That day I am sure I was the only one who saw a extra ship take off. I know that because I remember that day clear as night and my Cêpan always told me I would have to reunite with the other eight. Question is who is the mysterious number 10?
I was outside playing with my dad when all of a sudden a laserbeam landed on our street and sent us flying to the ground. The once blue sky was quickly becoming red and filled with smoke. I knew then we were being attacked. I saw my dad gather his weapons for he was a warrior and he told my mom to take me to the fleeting ships.
My mom grabbed my hand and put my on her back. We were in the ships' base under 5 seconds. One of my moms' legacies was super-speed, one that I was hoping I could get. She put me in the fourth ship that's how I got my number. She kneeled infront of me and took off her necklace and held it infront of me. Then a man appeared behind her, told her something and went inside the ship to start it up.
"Ryan, I have to go fight with your father, Henry a good friend of our is going to go and take care of you when you arrive on Earth. I want to to never forget about me or your father so I'm going to give you my locket and when you open it a picture of me and your dad are going is to be inside."she told me.
She got up, then the man I would later know as Henry grabbed my arm and hauled me inside. He closed the door and we took off. I stared at mom until she was completely out of my view. When we got into space i saw the other eight ships come close to us. I saw the other kids the ones being ripped apart from their homes too.
At the corner of my eye I saw a tenth ship and I was surprised. I tried to tell Henry but he told me to be quiet for him to navigate the ship. Eventually, I forgot about the ship until we had landed on Earth but I had decided to keep it to myself. Since that day I used so many names I eventually forgot my real one until I met her.
I was on a jet ski racing my friends Jonathan and Leo, we were trying to impress a girl named Odalis Jimenez. I saw a big wave ahead and I put my jet ski in full speed and went towards it. When I was almost there I gripped the handles and used all my strength to lift the jet ski. It went up and I did a complete back flip with the jet ski.
When I landed back on the water I sent a smug smile to Johnathan and Leo who had annoyance and jealousy etched on their faces. I saw the beach coming closer and when I was sure the jet ski was on the sand I got off.
When I was tying the rope to secure the jet ski from the corner of mt eyeI saw Odalis coming closer to me. She came and stood right in front of me. I got up from crouching down and faced her.
"Pretty neat trick you did in the waves Daniel" she said, her Italian accent coming across as husky and seducefull. I quired up an eyebrow at her. "Thanks, I've been out in the water a lot lately trying to learn to try new things" I responded. I saw her lips turn into a mysterious smile.
"Listen , about 20 minutes into the bonfire come by the dock, I want to take you for a quick swim for you could 'try new things.'" she told trailed her fingers down my wash-board abs to the hemline of my swim trunks where a small tent was beginning to form.
She giggled and grabbed my little Daniel and pulled me flush against her. "Come by and maybe I'll take care of your not so little 'problem'. "she said. She nipped at my ear while tugging at my friend. I moaned and nodded my head. She let go and started back to where they were setting up the fire.
Johnathan and Leo came up to me and slapped my on my back. They looked both jealous and proud.
"You're a lucky bastard! Daniel." Leotold me. Johnathan just nodded his agreement. Contrary to belief, I was a virgin and I wasn't planning on doing anything with Odalis because I'm not in love with her.
Also, the fact that I could hurt her with my strength.
I was sitting by the fire when I noticed fifteen minutes had gone by. I got up and said good-bye to everybody except Jon and Leo who already knew where I was going. I was standing by the edge of the dock when I saw Odalis' head come up from the water.
She waved for me to come down to the water with her. I took of my shirt and shoes and dove right in. When I went back up to the surface and Odalis came closer to me. Our lips were close to touching when I got a sudden burning feeling in my lower calf. My head jerked back. I saw a light coming from unfer the water
I got a pounding in my head and I started getting dizzy. I was thrashing around and Odalis started to scream and yell. I felt like I was pulled underwater. Under I saw images of three's dead. Him flying, looking around, getting chocked by a mogadorian and finally getting a special sword for our kind plunged into his stomach and him turning to stone and disappearing.
After that I passed out. I woke up by a bundle of bushes when I heard some rustling nearby. I got into a hand combat position butlowered it when I saw it was just Henry. He saw me and kneeled beside me and looked at my new scar.
"Did anybody see?" He asked in a montone voice. "Just one, I think?" I told him truthfully. He sighed and shook his head. I knew right there that we were moving again. He got up and have me his hand. I grabbed his hand and he helped me up.
The next day I was sitting by the last fire I would enjoy for a while. Henry was almost done loading our things to our truck. I saw him take down my photos and awards. "I told you not to keep this stuff, Daniel, it just slows us down." he said. He tossed it in the fire and I watched it burn intil it was ashes.
When he came back he tossed the license plate of the car in the fire too. "Okay, Let's go." he said. I got up and went inside the truck. I glanced back at the beach one last time. When we hit the highway that was the end of Daniel Jones, the boy from Florida.
I was listening to my ipod when we stopped at a motel. I was sitting on the bed when I started to think about my life. I hated running, always moving place to place. We could never settle down somewhere and make roots. But it's the only thing that was true in my life. Everything else was a lie.
Even Henry. People thought he was my dad but he could never be my real dad.I thought bitterly. The only reason he put up with me was because he had promised my mom to protect me no matter the cost. I don't remember my parents. I only remember that in the necklace I have around my neck, my mom told me it had a picture of them in it.
I tried to open it many times but it was stuck. I just gave up trying to open it a couple years back. That necklace and a box my mom gave to him are the only things I have left of them. Henry told me that he'll give me the box when the time is right.
I shook my head to stop that train of thought. Henri came through the door with a bottle of hair dye. Ah, the hair dye old friend of mine we meet again. The color was light brown this time. Say good-bye pale blonde hair.
When I was drying my new brown hair Henry asked me for a name for my new I.D. I thought about it before I decided the name Ryan Berry. When I told Henri the name he looked surprised but before I could question it he masked it with indifference.
"This time was different than from the other times I got the scar."I told him. He raised an eyebrow.
"I saw three's death along with feeling it." I said. He raised both his eyebrows then furrowed them.
"We should start moving, Mogs could have already picked up our scent" he said, "We're going to Lima, I have business to take care of there." I let out a deep sigh. "Fine, but next time I get to pick the place."I added. He just nodded.
I saw the sign saying welcome to Lima,Ohio. The house Henry got was really old. There was a hole in the wall. I went upstairs and got the plastic off the bed. Later on. We were watching TV when I told him I was going to sleep. He told me to hold on because he was going to take a picture of me to wipe out anything in the internet of him.
A picture of me came up on Leo's facebook. "Oh,shit." I said. Henry looked at me. "This is why you have to stay invisible" he told me. Then we heard a noise outside. Henri got his sword and opened the door. I was behind him when I saw something by the bushes. I went towards the bushes despite Henri's warnings. I saw a dog. I grabbed him and took him inside.
"What are you going to call him?"Henri asked. I was surprised he was going to let me keep him. "How 'bout John Smith?"I said. I nodded to myself. Yeah, I like that an unknown name for a unknown dog.
After, that I went to sleep. Little did they know back in Florida a certain number was ransacking their old home looking for clues to where they might have gone.
I woke up at 7 and decided I wasn't going to be stuck inside this house. I was going to school. I gathered up all the necessary paperwork. I went downstairs and told Henri I was going to school. He said okay but he had to ask me a few questions.
"What's Your name, Where are you from?"he asked. "Ryan Berry, Seattle, Washington" I replied easily.
"You seem a lot tan if you're from Seattle."he said. I looked at him. "Nashville,Tennessee."I said. He nodded his okay. He gave me his cellphone and told me he was going to call every hour. I looked at him weirdly. He said, "that or you're home-schooled."I nodded and grabbed the phone and took off.
I pulled my hood on and gave my papers to the front desk lady. She told me to take a seat. I sat down and I could hear the conversation going on inside. Apparently a girl put photos of a teacher picking his nose on her website. I snorted at that. I turned and tried to look inside discreetly. "If you wanted the photos deleted you could have just said so" the unknown girl said. "It's too late for that the photos are all over the internet" the teacher said. After that the principal that's name was Figgins' said "Quinn, this isn't like you, is something going on?"he questioned. So that's was her name was.
"Everything's fine honestly." 'Quinn' said. The principal got up and took a seat next to her. Then she saw me. I felt like my world stopped but then I regained my senses. I turned around but I knew it was useless since she knows I was eavesdropping. Then the lady called me over and handed me my schedule.
She was trying to teach me where my classes were but I was watching Quinn come out the office.
"Oh, Quinn could you show our friend to his locker. He's from Nashville."the lady said. Quinn turned and looked at me. I gave her a small smile.
When we were walking down the hall I asked her what kind of camera she used. "Eavesdropping not a great way to make friends" she said. My eyes widened. "It's kind of hard not to the office was like a fish tank."I said. "Sorry,it's just the whole school's like a fish tank"she said, "room 7's down the hall and you're locker is right there" she nodded behind me.
"Good Luck..um.."she said. I felt stupid at that moment. "Ryan, Ryan Berry" I said. She nodded.
"Wow,You must taste fruity if you're named Berry"she said while walking down the hall. I was frozen, did she just flirt with me? I turned to my locker. I had trouble opening my locker when a couple guys came up to me.
"Are you new?"he asked. I said "yeah." "Finn Hudson" he said,"What's your name and where you from? Okay, you ask a lot of questions buddy. "Ryan Berry and Nashville."I said.
"Oh, okay do you play guitar or sing or play sports?"Finn asked. Again, with the questions. "I can sing, play a lot of instruments,dance and I play soccer and baseball."I said. God, it's Henri 2.0 school version.
"Cool,listen you need anything we got you're back, good talking to you"Finn said. He patted
me in the back and left. I saw him knock down a kid's skateboard. It rolled to me and I gave it back to him. He helped me open up my locker. "My name's Sam"he said. I looked at him he looked a lot like me when I had my blonde hair. We could have been twins if it weren't that my lips are smaller.
"I'm Ryan"I told him. Then I went back to my locker, closed it and told him by then started walking to class. The day went by so slow then it was lunchtime. I walked in the cafeteria, grabbed my food then looked for somewhere to sit. I looked around then spotted Sam waving for me to come sit with him.
I looked at the people sitting with him and I was surprised to see Quinn there with some other people.
I sat down in between Sam and an Asian girl. When I looked up I saw everyone staring at me. I managed an awkward hi. A Hispanic Latina girl looked at me then nodded to herself and everybody started telling me their names. "Do you sing?" asked a very stereotypical gay boy named Kurt. I nodded to him. "You should join glee club!"exclaimed a bubbly blonde named Brittany. I told them I would pass by after school.
It was time for my audition for glee club and I sang "Break Your Heart" by Taio Cruz. The teacher Mr. Schuester was so impressed he asked me if I knew the song 'lucky' by Jason Mraz on guitar. I said "yes". His expression was happy. "Do you mind singing the song with Ryan?"He asked to Quinn .She looked hesitant. I gave her a smile. She nodded and stood up. I started playing the guitar and faced her.
Do you hear me?
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again Ooh ooh ooh
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning 'round
You hold me right here, right now
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooh ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh, ooh
When we finished everyone was in awe except for Finn. Wonder, what his problem is.
I looked around and decided Lima was looking good for me. I know for a fact my live we be interesting her.
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