Chapter 1: The Beginning

FLASHBACK

Joseph, a 3rd grader at P. J. Ford Elementary School, is walking across the blacktop with his best friends Katie and Marvin on a sunny and pleasant school day. It is recess, and the three children are traveling to the playground in an attempt to join the "big kids" in 4th and 5th grade in a game of "Gravel".


When they reach the playground, Joseph asks a 5th grader, "Hey, can me and my friends play with you guys?"


The obese child responds, "NO WAY! This is OUR playground! BEAT IT!"


Katie chimes in, "No, it's not! The playground belongs to EVERYONE!"


The 5th grader replies, "You're just a GIRL! I don't CARE what YOU say!"


Katie kicks the 5th grader in the shin extremely hard.


"OOOOOOOOW!" the obese child cries out.

The 5th grader starts to weep and shake nervously.

"Come on! Are you gonna just sit there and take that from a GIRL, Hurley!?" exclaims another 5th grader.


"Yeah, teach her a lesson, Hurley!!" shouts a 4th grader.


Hurley, the obese child, approaches Katie with his fist at the ready, but Katie is prepared to simply kick him in the shin once again. Before Hurley is able to punch Katie with all of his strength, Katie manages to kick him in the shin again. This time, he isn't affected by the kick as much as he had been the first time. He is able to hold his fist in the same position very steadily, and punches Katie in the arm. Katie simply winces and then kicks him in his other shin, this time with more force than both of her original kicks. The two continue to fight until Marvin moves in between them.


"STOP IT, YOU GUYS! JUST STOP IT!!!" Marvin screams.


This action greatly surprises Katie, Joseph, and all of the 4th and 5th graders, including Hurley. Everyone stares at Marvin...

END OF FLASHBACK

Joseph wakes up to the sounds of screams, shouting, and utter chaos. His eyes dart about in all directions, scanning his surroundings. To his right is... Water? And to his left... Sand? Where was he? He slowly lifts his torso from the ground and sees a beach with a humungous jungle on it. He sees the ocean, the sky, and some passing clouds. But the strangest thing that he sees is... A destroyed plane!? Wait... It was all coming back to him. He had been on a flight, flight 815. He was traveling from Sydney, Australia to... Wait, where was it... Oh, yeah! Los Angeles! The flight was going very well. He had just ordered some food when it had all started. First, there was just a bit of turbulence. Then, that "bit" of turbulence turned into a fairly large amount of turbulence, and that large amount of turbulence became even larger and larger until the tail section of the plane had broken off completely. And then, the front section of the plane, where Joseph had been, began to plummet down to the ground, further and further down, until he had finally blacked out.

And now he was on an island... And the remains of the plane were scattered all around him. This was just the beginning of what would be a desperate fight for survival for Joseph and all of the other passengers who'd survived.

End Of Chapter 1