Don't expect to read a lot. This chapter is short as can be. I don't intend to make a big plot, mostly just mindless spoofing humor, although this beginning won't make it seem that way.
"John? John, are you awake?"
The hauntingly familiar voice made Johnny Tremain wake up. He tried to open his crusty eyelids, but for some reason it was extremely hard to. It was if he had slept longer than he ever had in his life. Who is calling me? he wondered. …Cilla? Where is she?
It was all a blur last night. He had been walking along the edge of Boston as usual, when suddenly, out of nowhere, this blinding light appeared. It came in spinning, much like a chaise wheel, out of thin air. He remembered stumbling backwards, looking through the light, and seeing something. Images of warfare, with strange-looking beings marching and holding flashing weapons. There were also humans, although they didn't quite look human, they looked like interesting pieces of green metalwork. They held these muskets, these bulky muskets, that made a lot of noise and lit up too. And it looked like they were shooting lead balls endlessly.
That was when the weirdest part happened. One of those human-devices, one that was larger than all the others, had stepped through the portal, looking directly at Johnny. It had said something. What was it? It was in a weird accent… Oh yeah.
"So you're my ancestor."
That's what he said. At least, it sounded like a man. He said this through a yellow shiny surface where his face was supposed to be. Then he had grabbed Johnny, who was too dumbfounded to run away or resist. He had tucked the boy underneath his strong, metal arm, and walked through the light.
Passing through the light, Johnny had wondered if this was dying. Passing through heaven's gates might be passing through this light. He could be joining his mother and Rab soon. This could be an angel that was taking him to heaven.
He didn't know how wrong he was on the whole 'heaven' thing. (He was somewhat right about this man being an angel, though 'godsend' is more fitting.)
