Chapter 1-How I Got To SlugTerra
Don't forget to leave a review! SlugTerra does not belong to me. Elina Shae and her OC slugs belong to JackieWinters. Thanks for lending me Elina, Jackie!
I don't really remember much of anything about how I got to SlugTerra, but I'll tell you whatever I can remember. Oh, by the way, my name's Jacob DiCarten, but you can just call me Jake.
Anyways, I went down to SlugTerra when I was only a year old. I was crawling around, not yet able to walk, and a large earthquake shook the ground. My parents ran inside the house, thinking I was in there as well, but instead fell down a crevice that opened up beneath me. I cried out for my parents, but my screams were lost among the shaking. I fell for what fell like forever, and as I went I felt like I ran out of tears and just quieted, watching the rock fly by around me as I continually went down, down, down.
Finally, after what felt like hours, I saw a light beneath me. I looked at it as is rapidly approached. When I finally passed through it, I was in a cavern made up of a large jungle. I started to cry again as I approached the ground quickly, and saw a few slug-like creatures beneath me. I was about to scream when a gust of wind slowed my fall until I landed in a patch of grass next to twelve-year-old Elina Shae.
Elina's POV…
I was walking around the cavern that day, making sure the slugs were alright when I saw a small figure fall from a crack in the cavern ceiling. I saw that it was in fact a baby, and started to worry. How did a baby get down here? That question would have to wait until later. Until then, I focused on my powers and created a gust of wind, slowing and redirecting the figure until it landed softly at my feet.
"A baby?" I whispered, surprised that my suspicions were confirmed. He was wearing a plain blue shirt and blue shorts and had tears in his eyes.
"It's okay, I've got you," I whispered, picking him up as he started to cry.
"Where did he come from?" I asked the slugs around us.
"He fell from that crack in the ceiling," Helia, my Boon Doc, told me, pointing to the small crack.
"Well, I need to make sure that closes before anyone else slips through," I stated. I turned my head toward the baby. "Hang on, I'll be right back," I told him, setting him down beside a bunch off my slugs. "Keep an eye on them."
The slugs nodded and I smiled before walking to a spot directly beneath the crack. I focused on my powers, making sure not to lose control, and looked up at the crack. I focused as hard as I could and slowly, with some shaking, the crack closed itself. Feeling the strain of using my powers, I slowly walked back to where I left the child with the slugs. I was surprised by discovering that the child was getting along with the slugs, chasing them around. When one got far enough away he stood up shakily and walked towards it. I didn't know at the time, but those were his first steps.
"Well well, are you getting along with my friends?" I asked the baby, crouching down to his level. He grinned, revealing a few teeth. He walked over to me and collapsed at me feet, waving his hands at me. I couldn't help but smile back at the little guy. "Do you know what your name is, little guy?" I asked him.
He nodded. "Jacob DiCawten," he said.
"Jacob DiCarten?" I asked him, switching out the 'w' with an 'r'. He nodded so I picked him up and carried him to my home, a cave not far away from there. I set him on the bed and crouched down next to him. "Do you know where your parents are, Jacob?" I asked him. He nodded and pointed up past the ceiling before tears welled up in his eyes. He reached for me and I picked him up as he started crying again. I let him cry as long as he needed. He just left all his family behind and arrived in a completely new land.
After about five minutes the crying ceased so I looked down and saw that Jacob had fallen asleep.
"What am I gonna do?" I said to nobody in particular as I set him down on the bed. "I can't raise a child, I'm only 12 for crying out loud."
"If you don't, who will?" Blaze, my Infurnus slug/best friend, asked me. "The slugs at this cavern helped raise you, we can help you raise Jake. He needs someone to look after him, and it should be you."
I sighed and sat down next to Jake. "You know, sometimes I hate it when you're right," I told her.
"Oh, you like him, just admit it," Blaze told me, hopping up next to us. I laughed quietly and nodded.
As we sat there a small albino Infernus hopped into the cave.
"There you are, Alpha," I said, looking at the baby slug. She was only a month old or so. She was the smallest in a family of Infurnuses, so I took her in. "Where were you?"
"I heard that a small child dropped from the Surface, and I wanted to meet him," she explained. "By the time I got to the site, though, you were gone so I came back."
I nodded and scooped her up in my hands, bringing her over to Jake and setting her down. Alpha hopped up next to Jake and nudged his hand.
"Don't wake him up!" I warned her in a quiet tone. Jacob didn't even stir, though, and opened his hand so that Alpha could hop onto it and use it to jump onto his chest, curling up into a ball.
"Looks like Jacob already has a new friend," Blaze commented. I smiled and sat against the sidewall of the cave, watching Jacob sleep.
"Jacob, I have a feeling you're not just an ordinary kid," I said as I watched him. I just got a strange sensation of cold as I watched him sleep, Alpha curled up on his chest and sleeping just as deeply as he was. I shook it off, though, and laid a blanket over his legs to keep him warm before going out in the cavern to gather some food and medicine in case anything happens.
A Note from Jake…
Well, that's how I got to SlugTerra. The next chapter jumps ahead four years.
