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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strongspan lang="EN-CA"Chapter one /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strongspan lang="EN-CA"E.T, the Extra-Terrestrial - A fanfiction story/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"span lang="EN-CA"strongBy em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Arcosia/em/strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The rain was falling so hard and fast that I thought I was going to drown! My umbrella had given up, and had become one mess of wires and useless cloth. As another strong wind pushed me forward, I leaned back to get my balance. But it was too late. The wind had died back down just as suddenly as it had started, and I had completely lost what little balance I had style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd with the slippery pavement beneath me, I fell flat on my butt./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""God damn it all to hell!" I yelled into the ensuing storm. The bottom of my pants was now soaked, and my jacket, though water resistant, was almost soaked right though. I looked around, hoping that no one had seen such an embarrassing moment. But thankfully, every window stayed as dark as they were before./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"It was midnight, in this sleepy little town, and when the stores closed at five pm, everyone kind of settled in for supper and bed. So, when I went down the forest path to take a shortcut, I didn't think twice about how quiet everything was. Well, other than the deafening sound of rain, of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The path wound its way around the thick trees. Their foliage muffling the sounds of the storm and the leaves sparring me from the torrential rain. I was finally able to look up, the hood of my jacket still shedding so much water./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I felt like I had walked out of Lake Berryessa, and somehow survived! I shook my head, water spraying everywhere and took my glasses out of purse. The thick lenses were damp, and I squinted through the partial darkness, trying to find the right path home. the street light behind me lit up the path enough for me to see. Slowly, I traveled down the path, careful not to trip on any roots./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The path was more of a biking trail with many twists and turns. Every few feet there would be another route leading off to the right or left. I hunched over, as thick drops of water rained on me, and the wind had been stopped by the thick trees, had began gusting once more in my direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Brrr." I shivered, trying to stay on the main path. A large oak tree loomed ahead of me and I turned onto the left of the 'Y' path to go around it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Just then a bright white light flashed on my right, accompanied with a whooshing noise. It created a mural of shadows amongst the ferns. I raised my hand to cover my eyes, but the light was already gone. Instead it was replaced with dots of light blue and a bit of orange./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""What the hell?" I asked myself as I blinked rapidly, trying to clear my eyes from the sudden blast of light./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I had stopped moving, frozen, startled by the sudden light, and as I let my eyes adjust, I noticed for the first time just how quiet the forest truly was./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Weird." I whispered, peering around as my eyes was slowly adjusting. I could see glimpses of the knee-high bushes, long fingered ferns and the towering pine trees. But when I tried to see past them all to see where the light had come from, all I could see was a towering 'U' shape with little lights brightening up the clearing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Mist began to crawl across the forest floor as I inched my way in closer and pulled my earbuds out. Taking out my bear spray, I tried to stay as low and quiet as possible. But with every step I could hear the pine needles under my feet crunch and snap. I thought I was walking so loudly that I was sure I had scared whoever or whatever was ahead of me. But as I neared, I found that there were small shapes shuffling around, admiring and picking up certain plants and flowers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"They were alien. Of that there was no doubt. They were gray and about two feet tall. Their little flat feet patted the wet ground as they shuffled from each plant. Their heads were long and flat rather than the round human heads I was used to seeing everyday. Their big round eyes looked around them in awe, as they breathed heavily and in a slightly rasping way each time they inhaled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I knew then that my small knowledge of aliens was completely wrong. They seemed completely uninterested in communicating with any humans, rather they seemed intent on finding out everything they could about the plants located in this field./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I watched, aghast, as my eyes continued to show me what was in front of me. The little gray people, though I'm not sure that they were people as you and I would know it, carefully dug plants out by the roots. They were so careful with them, it was like the plants were their new infants or something./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I was so focused on watching the dozen or so aliens collect plants from around their landing area, that I failed to notice that one of them had gone a little further than the rest. The alien had seen something of interest, near to where I was hiding. And had approached the bush that I was hiding behind. I realised how flimsy my choice of a hiding spot truly was, but the alien was intent on a little yellow flowered plant. . ./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Still, I tried to hold my breath, so that I could continue to watch this fascinating scene before me, before I realized that that was impossible. So, I gasped, and then tried my best to breathe as quietly as I could through my nose./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"As far as I could tell, the aliens weren't trying to kidnap anyone, and they seemed friendly enough, but I still couldn't take up the courage to reveal my position. As the alien closest to me, having found and de-rooted a single yellow flowered plant and started to pad back to their space ship./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Suddenly, it was like a siren went off from the inside of the ship – because all the aliens stretched their long necks all the way up into the air, and looked in one direction, and I did as well. But I couldn't see anything. How ever they communicate, either verbally or telepathically, I could tell that something had happened that made the aliens worried. And then a pulsating red light started to glow from each of their chests./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Wow!" I whispered. Noting that the ramp of their spaceship had opened up for them and they all started to get inside. A mist of humidity poured out from inside the ship, as the ship's interior light illuminated the area. As the last alien waddled on board the ship, it turned and waited in the ship's door way for a moment. Its shape silhouette in the light. The clearing was silent for a minute, and then the ramp began to close, and ship lifted off the ground./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"It was then that I heard a squealing. I thought it was a baby pig, having a panic attack. But as the spaceship took off and left Earth's atmosphere, the squeal turned into a wail that stopped as suddenly as it started. I thought that the squealing sound is what freaked the aliens into leaving./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"But then an alien with the same long neck and pulsating chest ran into the clearing and looked up at the fast disappearing ship. He squealed mournfully at his home as it started disappearing into the darkness as eight beams from large flashlights started to flash this way and then that way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""It's over here!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Yeah, I saw it head in this direction!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Two of the men spoke with their gruff voices; startling me and the lone alien into flight. No way in hell was I going to be captured by what ever government agency they were, for just because of this chance encounter with a few friendly aliens! Their flashlights waved behind me, the light bouncing off the thick trees. I ran, but the thick ferns and mossy rocks slowed me down enough that I realised I was ahead of the men and beside the alien. We were running parallel though the forest. I was heading straight home, as fast as I could, but the alien most likely only had one thought – 'stay safe, stay free until they come back for me.'/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The trees thinned out, and from here you could see the lights of the entire town sprawled below. The alien was to my right, and upon seeing the lights of the town, it swerved and continued to run from the men. The ridge led down in both directions and I took the other path. This path led me much faster to my home in the outskirts of my town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I could tell that the men were searching for the alien. No way they were also here by accident. The lone alien started to cry and run away from the scary humans. I understood completely. The men were yelling and flashing their flashlights around, and the dogs that they had with them were barking and growling so much that even I wanted to run away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The alien ran away unknowingly from me, and knowingly from the group of men and their dogs. I got up, shaking out my sleeping legs, and started to jog after the alien. The trees that grew so closely together, started to thin out. The mossy rocks were poking out of the scraggly bushes. And over the top of the hill, I could see the light starting to shine over the low mist. I realized that the pouring rain must have stopped at some point while I was watching the aliens collecting all the plants./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Now the mist started to rise off the lake and pool in the small town. The street lights muted, and I could hear the alien making his pathetic squealing noises over to the right of me. Some how we had both ended up on the same cliff face, looking over the town at the same moment. I turned, about to offer some encouragement like – "it'll be all right, your friends will come back for you. . ." or something to that effect. Sounds kind of stupid now that I think about it. Telling an alien that everything is going to be all right, when I'm not even sure that the alien can even understand anything that I am saying./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Just then, the noise that the men were making, and the barking of the dogs became closer. Too close. The alien squealed, raising his arms in a "Ahhhhh! I'm getting out of here!" kind of motion, while I ran in the opposite direction. My house was at the bottom of the hill, and I had had enough of creepy alien encounters and men chasing me./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strongspan lang="EN-CA"Chapter one /span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"strongspan lang="EN-CA"E.T, the Extra-Terrestrial - A fanfiction story/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"span lang="EN-CA"strongBy em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"Arcosia/em/strong/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The rain was falling so hard and fast that I thought I was going to drown! My umbrella had given up, and had become one mess of wires and useless cloth. As another strong wind pushed me forward, I leaned back to get my balance. But it was too late. The wind had died back down just as suddenly as it had started, and I had completely lost what little balance I had style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanAnd with the slippery pavement beneath me, I fell flat on my butt./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""God damn it all to hell!" I yelled into the ensuing storm. The bottom of my pants was now soaked, and my jacket, though water resistant, was almost soaked right though. I looked around, hoping that no one had seen such an embarrassing moment. But thankfully, every window stayed as dark as they were before./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"It was midnight, in this sleepy little town, and when the stores closed at five pm, everyone kind of settled in for supper and bed. So, when I went down the forest path to take a shortcut, I didn't think twice about how quiet everything was. Well, other than the deafening sound of rain, of course./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The path wound its way around the thick trees. Their foliage muffling the sounds of the storm and the leaves sparring me from the torrential rain. I was finally able to look up, the hood of my jacket still shedding so much water./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I felt like I had walked out of Lake Berryessa, and somehow survived! I shook my head, water spraying everywhere and took my glasses out of purse. The thick lenses were damp, and I squinted through the partial darkness, trying to find the right path home. the street light behind me lit up the path enough for me to see. Slowly, I traveled down the path, careful not to trip on any roots./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The path was more of a biking trail with many twists and turns. Every few feet there would be another route leading off to the right or left. I hunched over, as thick drops of water rained on me, and the wind had been stopped by the thick trees, had began gusting once more in my direction./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Brrr." I shivered, trying to stay on the main path. A large oak tree loomed ahead of me and I turned onto the left of the 'Y' path to go around it. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Just then a bright white light flashed on my right, accompanied with a whooshing noise. It created a mural of shadows amongst the ferns. I raised my hand to cover my eyes, but the light was already gone. Instead it was replaced with dots of light blue and a bit of orange./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""What the hell?" I asked myself as I blinked rapidly, trying to clear my eyes from the sudden blast of light./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I had stopped moving, frozen, startled by the sudden light, and as I let my eyes adjust, I noticed for the first time just how quiet the forest truly was./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Weird." I whispered, peering around as my eyes was slowly adjusting. I could see glimpses of the knee-high bushes, long fingered ferns and the towering pine trees. But when I tried to see past them all to see where the light had come from, all I could see was a towering 'U' shape with little lights brightening up the clearing./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Mist began to crawl across the forest floor as I inched my way in closer and pulled my earbuds out. Taking out my bear spray, I tried to stay as low and quiet as possible. But with every step I could hear the pine needles under my feet crunch and snap. I thought I was walking so loudly that I was sure I had scared whoever or whatever was ahead of me. But as I neared, I found that there were small shapes shuffling around, admiring and picking up certain plants and flowers./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"They were alien. Of that there was no doubt. They were gray and about two feet tall. Their little flat feet patted the wet ground as they shuffled from each plant. Their heads were long and flat rather than the round human heads I was used to seeing everyday. Their big round eyes looked around them in awe, as they breathed heavily and in a slightly rasping way each time they inhaled./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I knew then that my small knowledge of aliens was completely wrong. They seemed completely uninterested in communicating with any humans, rather they seemed intent on finding out everything they could about the plants located in this field./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I watched, aghast, as my eyes continued to show me what was in front of me. The little gray people, though I'm not sure that they were people as you and I would know it, carefully dug plants out by the roots. They were so careful with them, it was like the plants were their new infants or something./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I was so focused on watching the dozen or so aliens collect plants from around their landing area, that I failed to notice that one of them had gone a little further than the rest. The alien had seen something of interest, near to where I was hiding. And had approached the bush that I was hiding behind. I realised how flimsy my choice of a hiding spot truly was, but the alien was intent on a little yellow flowered plant. . ./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Still, I tried to hold my breath, so that I could continue to watch this fascinating scene before me, before I realized that that was impossible. So, I gasped, and then tried my best to breathe as quietly as I could through my nose./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"As far as I could tell, the aliens weren't trying to kidnap anyone, and they seemed friendly enough, but I still couldn't take up the courage to reveal my position. As the alien closest to me, having found and de-rooted a single yellow flowered plant and started to pad back to their space ship./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Suddenly, it was like a siren went off from the inside of the ship – because all the aliens stretched their long necks all the way up into the air, and looked in one direction, and I did as well. But I couldn't see anything. How ever they communicate, either verbally or telepathically, I could tell that something had happened that made the aliens worried. And then a pulsating red light started to glow from each of their chests./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Wow!" I whispered. Noting that the ramp of their spaceship had opened up for them and they all started to get inside. A mist of humidity poured out from inside the ship, as the ship's interior light illuminated the area. As the last alien waddled on board the ship, it turned and waited in the ship's door way for a moment. Its shape silhouette in the light. The clearing was silent for a minute, and then the ramp began to close, and ship lifted off the ground./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"It was then that I heard a squealing. I thought it was a baby pig, having a panic attack. But as the spaceship took off and left Earth's atmosphere, the squeal turned into a wail that stopped as suddenly as it started. I thought that the squealing sound is what freaked the aliens into leaving./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"But then an alien with the same long neck and pulsating chest ran into the clearing and looked up at the fast disappearing ship. He squealed mournfully at his home as it started disappearing into the darkness as eight beams from large flashlights started to flash this way and then that way./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""It's over here!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA""Yeah, I saw it head in this direction!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Two of the men spoke with their gruff voices; startling me and the lone alien into flight. No way in hell was I going to be captured by what ever government agency they were, for just because of this chance encounter with a few friendly aliens! Their flashlights waved behind me, the light bouncing off the thick trees. I ran, but the thick ferns and mossy rocks slowed me down enough that I realised I was ahead of the men and beside the alien. We were running parallel though the forest. I was heading straight home, as fast as I could, but the alien most likely only had one thought – 'stay safe, stay free until they come back for me.'/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The trees thinned out, and from here you could see the lights of the entire town sprawled below. The alien was to my right, and upon seeing the lights of the town, it swerved and continued to run from the men. The ridge led down in both directions and I took the other path. This path led me much faster to my home in the outskirts of my town./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"I could tell that the men were searching for the alien. No way they were also here by accident. The lone alien started to cry and run away from the scary humans. I understood completely. The men were yelling and flashing their flashlights around, and the dogs that they had with them were barking and growling so much that even I wanted to run away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"The alien ran away unknowingly from me, and knowingly from the group of men and their dogs. I got up, shaking out my sleeping legs, and started to jog after the alien. The trees that grew so closely together, started to thin out. The mossy rocks were poking out of the scraggly bushes. And over the top of the hill, I could see the light starting to shine over the low mist. I realized that the pouring rain must have stopped at some point while I was watching the aliens collecting all the plants./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Now the mist started to rise off the lake and pool in the small town. The street lights muted, and I could hear the alien making his pathetic squealing noises over to the right of me. Some how we had both ended up on the same cliff face, looking over the town at the same moment. I turned, about to offer some encouragement like – "it'll be all right, your friends will come back for you. . ." or something to that effect. Sounds kind of stupid now that I think about it. Telling an alien that everything is going to be all right, when I'm not even sure that the alien can even understand anything that I am saying./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN-CA"Just then, the noise that the men were making, and the barking of the dogs became closer. Too close. The alien squealed, raising his arms in a "Ahhhhh! I'm getting out of here!" kind of motion, while I ran in the opposite direction. My house was at the bottom of the hill, and I had had enough of creepy alien encounters and men chasing me./span/p
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