Um, hi there. So.. this is my first fic for Brave Frontier. Well, it hasn't really begun yet. This is kind of like, a prologue. Well, a sneak peak. I'm still working on the first chapter/prologue, so, I guess this is just to say, I'm starting my very first fanfic! And so, without further ado, let's get this started!
Chapter XX: Sneak Peak
It was late at evening near a small village, everything was dark and quiet, no people outside, all was calm.
A small group of children, 4 boys and 4 girls, walked down a dirt path, leading to a long line of houses. The sound of laughter and shouting were heard across the night, disturbing a few neighbors.
"Thanks for inviting us over to your place Cecelia!" a small red headed boy said.
"No problem Rey!" a girl with ash-grey hair replied. "Your parents are away, right? Well, you'll need a place to stay, so that's why you're here with us" she smiled at him, then continued walking. They walked continuing to talk until one of the boys, with white hair that turned grey near the end with bright red eyes, clears his throat.
"Um, sis, I understand Rey coming with us, but why did we bring the whole gang with us?" he whispered to his sister. Though some of the others overheard and started glaring at him, which he returned with a sheepish smile.
"Because Percival, it's the weekends. And remember what Sasha told us?" she nodded her head to Sasha, a young girl with blonde hair. "During the weekends, we should get together to hang out" Percival face palmed as Sasha snickered.
"It's okay!" Sasha spoke through snickers. "Besides, we have nothing to do, right?"
Percival sighed, then turned his head to her. "I guess you're right, but what would we do?"
"Well, we could-"
"Hey, we're here!" Cecelia interrupted.
They stopped at one wooden house, no bigger than the rest, and walked towards the door. Percival took out a key from his pants pocket and pushed it into the door, turned it one way, then back and removed it, as he pushed the door open. They entered a brightly lit room with a couch, a TV labeled "Randall Electronics", and an open door leading to the kitchen. The smell of freshly baked cookies filled the house, as the soft hum of the fireplace gave them warmth and comfort.
"Ah! Percy, Cece! Welcome home!" a comforting voice rang through their ears, as a woman with white-grey hair came through the door, wearing an apron and oven mitts, holding a tray of cookies. She set the tray down, and ran to her kids and hugged them, all the while, everyone else went to the tray and took a cookie. The mom let go of Percival and Cecelia and looked at them. "Look at the both of you, all in good shape. I'm just glad nothing bad happened to the both of you" her eyes suddenly narrowed themselves. Percival and Cecelia took a step back, looking down at the floor a little. "Especially since you came home so late" she sighed. Then a smile formed on her lips. "At least you have friends and yourselves to watch over each other. A ding sounded from the kitchen, and she gasped. "Dinner!". She quickly ran into the kitchen. The siblings then sighed in relief. They turned to their friends who were either looking away or munching on their snacks.
"Well then," a voice said from the stairs. Percival and Cecelia turned around to see their father, who was smiling at them. He walked down the steps and wrapped his arms around them. He released them then looked at the group they brought with them. "I see you brought some guests," he said to them then looked straight at them. "I haven't met some of you, so tell me, what are your names?"
"My name is Rey and this is my sister, Olivia!." Rey spoke happily, smiling pointing to a girl with rose colored hair and yellow eyes, who smiled as well.
"Um, I'm Sophia, and there is my cousin, Jackson" a girl with black hair and brown eyes mumbled, but loud enough to hear. A boy who looked similar to her, Jackson, waved a hand.
"My name is Smith and-" a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes was interrupted by Sasha.
"And I'm his sister!" she shouted with joy. Father nodded at all of them.
"Well, it was nice to meet you all. Hopefully you're treating my son and daughter the right things, right?" they quickly nodded with a smile. "Good. Now if you excuse me," he walked past them and turned around. "I'm going to eat dinner, go on ahead upstairs". By the time he said the last word, they were all gone and up the stairs. Father laughed to himself, then walked through the kitchen.
Upstairs...
Everyone was either talking or sitting around in Cecelia's room. Inside was a small TV, a bed, a desk with a lamp and papers everywhere, a fan on the top, and a small black box with a lock on it. There was this room, their parents room, and the bathroom.
"It isn't much, but we're kind of in the middle of cleaning out some stuff" Cecelia said with a grin.
"Hey Cece!" Olivia shouted to her. "Why is there only one bed? is it somewhere else, or does your brother-"
"No! Of course not!" she exclaimed, her face bright red. "Uh, um".
"What's wrong? You have a secret to hide?" Olivia whispered to her.
"I think that would be enough, you're embarrassing her" Percival interrupted with an edge to his voice. " I sleep on the floor since we couldn't get a bed at first, and by the time we could, me and Sis made a deal where we rotate, even though I hated it," he then looked towards his sister. "Why would you want to sleep on the floor, I've said already that I was used to it".
"You were shivering while you slept" Cecelia replied.
"I can deal with it"
"No you can't"
"Yes I can"
"Can't"
"Can"
"CAN'T!
"CAN!"
"GUYS!" Smith shouted at them, making them quiet down.
"Sorry" they both squeaked at the same time.
Later...
"What now?" Jackson groaned. Everyone was lying around, doing nothing, when Sasha spoke up.
"Um, Percival?"
"Yes Sasha? Is there a problem"
"What's that shiny thing on the blade of the fan?"
"What shiny thing?" Percival asked as he looked towards the fan, as did everyone else. There laying on one of the blades of the fan, was something shining.
"Well, why don't we find out?" Jackson said, as he got up, waving Smith and Rey over, and pushed the bed below the fan.
"Can't we just turn it on so the thing will fly out of it?" Sophia suggested.
"The fan doesn't work, and we might break it" Olivia replied to her, as they watched Jackson, who couldn't quite reach it, jump on the bed. As he was doing this, cracks began to appear on the floor, which triggered a memory inside Percival's head.
"Now then," his father said to him. "The floor is weak, but it is strong enough to support people. Just whatever you do...
"DON'T JUMP ON THE-" Percival shouted, rushing forward to stop Jackson, but it was to late, as the floor gave in, and down went the bed, as well with everyone else, who landed on either the couch or bed, and Jackson into Father's arms. The bed had crashed into the table in the living room, shattering it underneath. Father quickly but Jackson down, then proceeded to go around with Mother, making sure everyone was ok. Then he scanned the room, looking for two certain siblings. Percival was helping Cecelia up, when she jumped onto him and hugged him tight.
"You're okay, you're okay" Percival kept on saying to Cecelia, when they heard the sound of footsteps behind him, then a pair of arms hugging him and Cecelia. Father let them go, then looked at them.
"Ok, ok, you're fine, right?" Father asked, to which the brother and sister nodded. "Good, now then" he then turned to the mess. "Care to explain this?" he asked them. They both gulped and shivered with fear.
Uh-oh.
So, that was the sneak peak. Title is still a WIP, so maybe some suggestions? Gods, I'm nervous. Well, I've already started this, time to go on with it.
To end this sneak peak,
Coming soon...
