One thing we thought would be interesting would be if someone wrote a fanfic based on someone else's fanfic. We decided the best way to encourage this is to write one ourselves. So here's our story: The Adventures of Natural and Solace, based one of the possible timelines in ClicheStorm by Ysavvryl.

The part where they're playing with cars is basically copy and paste from ClicheStorm. And yes, there was no one to convince Stacy not to name her son Solace...

Chapter 1: Lacunosa

They were outside, playing with remote controlled cars in an open plaza. From the white stone, tile designs, and flowerbed holders, this was Lacunosa. A bridge passed overhead, with the stairs to the upper level of town on the other side. There was an unmarked and unremarkable door nearby, with a tinted glass that let light in without revealing what was inside.

They were just kids, not even ten. One boy had a black and yellow car that he was racing between the concrete flower holders. The other had a dark brown and green car that was easily outrunning the first one although it was proving difficult to steer. On turning a corner, it skidded and flipped over. "Oh, now what?" The second boy said, going over to it. He brushed his long green hair out of his eyes to take a look. "I had enough trouble with it jerking around at first."

"That's cause you messed with it yesterday," The first boy said, in a taunting manner. "They're good enough on their own."

"But I did get it to go faster." He paused. "Solace, do you smell that?" He stopped when he noticed the car smoking, then yelped and jumped back when fire burst out of it. The smell of burning electronics and plastic immediately grew stronger.

"Watch out!" an odd voice called out. A Wingull flew down and used Water Gun to put the RC car fire out. "You okay?"

"Yeah, we're fine," Solace said, then made a face. "That smells awful."

"But I worked so hard to make it better," the other boy said, then turned as the door opened. "Mom!"

"What's going on?" she asked, concerned and looking them both over. Her short brown hair was loose, only held back by a headband. She was dressed casual but nice in a blue blouse, darker blue vest, and a long skirt. When the second boy came running over to her, she put her arm round him. "I thought I saw fire."

"I messed up again," he said, upset.

"His car caught on fire," Solace said. As much as he teased his twin, he knew all the effort he'd gone to in trying to make the car better. "But he had it going really fast this time, like twice the speed of mine."

Stacy patted the green-haired boy on the back. "Well, you must be improving then, Natural. You took pictures of your work this time, right?" When he nodded, she said, "I'm still on the clock, but go take the car and the pictures over to the school shop. I'm sure the teacher will still be around, and he can tell you what went wrong."

"But I wanted it working for the young engineer's show," Natural said, worried that with this car wrecked he couldn't get the project together in time.

"That isn't until August; you have lots of time." For a moment, Solace was conflicted on what to say. But the fact that he did want to see him succeed decided it. "You can work on mine, but you have to make sure not to make it go up in flames too."

She smiled at him, silently thanking him for making the offer.

"Thanks, but I'll keep trying with my own allowance money," he said, letting go of their mother. "I might need to do some extra work to keep at it, though. Do you think the shop teacher will let me work some there?"

"I don't see why not, since you're in there after school so much already," Stacy said. "Go on, or you might miss him."

"Okay, we'll see you back home," Solace said, shutting off his car. "Come on, I'll come too."

It wasn't a long way to the school shop, but when the boys got there, the teacher was already gone. It wasn't hard to tell. All the windows were dark and a 'closed' sign hung on the door.

Natural looked frustrated. "What now?"

Solace wished there was something he could do. He had already offered to let Natural modify his RC car, but he really didn't want his twin to tinker with it without the shop teacher's oversight. "Maybe he just left and we could go find him."

His twin looked away. "How would we know where he went?"

Solace felt a prick of curiosity. "I know, we can be detectives and look around for clues!"

"Yeah, right, we'll just track the teacher down like a criminal in superhero episode. Where do you get these ideas anyway?" Natural trailed off again.

"Hey, that's exactly what I was thinking!" Solace said in surprise. "It would be fun to try doing it."

"Do what?" asked Natural.

"Pretend we are spies and we have to track down Mr. Rood as if he was an enemy agent. It would be so much fun!" Solace pleaded. He was suddenly hooked on the idea.

Natural thought about it. "Okay, I guess, if it'll help me get moving on this project. Do you suppose we need to ask Mom if it would be OK?"

Before Solace could reply, a dark shadow passed overhead.

"What was that?" Natural gasped, staring up at the sky. Solace stood up in excitement. "Maybe it was Mr. Rood in a secret spy plane – we've got to follow it!" he declared.

He ran further down the path, trying to follow the shadow he'd seen. Natural raced to follow him. Solace was caught up in his imaginary adventure, but Natural was worried about where this mysterious shadow would lead them. Solace moved quickly and Natural was soon panting as he, too, dodged left around a tall building, then up two sets of stairs. Every once in a while, he would glance upwards, half-hoping that the shadow had flown high out of sight. But it seemed that the creature – it was definitely more creature than plane – was deliberately flying lower and slower, as if daring them to catch up to it.

Natural wanted to stop. But he focused his gaze upon Solace, who was dashing along the tree-lined route turning left, then right in pursuit of the shadowy creature. As much as he was scared himself, he was scared for his twin and had decided they needed to stick together. He tracked Solace as they emerged from among the trees and headed towards two flights of stairs that led down to a plateau with a cave entrance. It was then that he realized they were heading for the Giant Chasm!

"Solace! Wait! Stop!" he yelled, but Solace was too far ahead. Finally he reached his brother, who had skidded to a halt near the cave.

Solace was alternately peering up into the sky and into the cave entrance when Natural finally caught up to him.

"Solace, do you know where we are?" Natural demanded once he had caught his breath.

Solace stared at Natural as if his twin's voice has broken through a trance. He gazed around at the sky, cave, and nearby trees and spoke slowly, "I don't know. Where are we? I was just following that shadowy thing."

Natural felt a bit sick as he ventured his own conclusion, "Solace, I…I think we're somewhere near the Giant Chasm."

Solace looked back. "I-I can't see Lacunosa," he said, his voice trembling. "Did I get us lost? I'm so sorry – it seemed so exciting to chase the shadow, like a real adventure…are we really lost now?"

Natural stared back at the way they had come. There were no signs anywhere and he could hardly remember even the last three turns they had taken. "We're definitely lost."

Solace took a deep breath and tried to keep his voice from shaking. "Well, at least we're in this together. Thanks for following me."

Natural playfully punched his brother in the arm in an attempt to restore some normalcy to the situation. "I didn't have a choice! I needed your RC car for my project!" Somehow joking around made him feel a little bit better and helped him think more clearly.

"What next?" Solace mused as he tried to squint at the sun to get his bearings.

Natural looked around at the surrounding tall grass and spotted a Golbat. "I think I'll ask that Golbat for directions," he replied.

A short time later, Natural thanked the Golbat and it flew away. "Good news," Natural said. "Golbat says there's a way out of here, only a short distance away. Here, I'll lead." He hurried off to the right and Solace followed.

Soon, Solace got tired of walking. "A short distance away? Seriously, this is taking forever," he huffed. "Why don't we take a shortcut?" He pushed his way through a small gap in the trees. "See, it gets us closer to – whoa!" He felt himself slip off some sort of ledge. When he looked down, he saw that a long fall awaited him.

"Grab my hand!" Natural thrust his arm out to his brother. Solace grabbed at his wrist, caught it, and they both tumbled off the cliff.

If anyone wants to know, the ClicheStorm chapter that this is based on is Chapter 32, Meeting With a Distant Father. Any kind of review is appreciated! :)