Underland Chronicles: Gregor and the Betrayal

After four long years of being away from the Underland, Gregor missed it more than ever. In Virginia he had done his best to make a new life for himself. He made new friends that he would consider to be almost as close as those he made in the Underland. He went to school and him and his friends were not the most popular group in their grade, but everyone liked them and they could go to any party or house without any trouble. He was happy, but always felt as though something was missing. He knew deep down what was missing, but he did his best to ignore the feeling of loneliness that always nagged at him. Gregor knew that he would always miss Luxa, so he did his best to cope with the pain. He got a new girlfriend, but they were not too serious and they mostly just hung out and enjoyed each others company. It was a normal day when Gregor slowly got up in the morning and drove his old truck up to school. He met his friends Ellis and Henry in the parking lot and they walked into school discussing the in-class essay coming up in history that they all had last period of the day.

"It's about to be so easy" stated Aiden confidently

"You said that about the last essay" laughed Gregor. Aiden had gotten a 75 on what he was sure was going to be an A+.

"That is true" agreed Henry.

When they walked in, they met up with their friend Paula. She was one of the most attractive girls in their grade, but she disliked how cliquey all the girls could be so she preferred to hang out with Gregor and his group. Not to mention that she had a huge crush on Gregor ever sense he moved to their high school.

"Alright see y'all at lunch" said Gregor, knowing that he had none of the same classes with them until then.

The day went by excruciatingly slowly especially considering that Gregor had Spanish and Math, his two least favorite classes both before lunch. When it was time for lunch Gregor and his friends were sitting downstairs, studying for the essay that they had later that day and talking about their plans for the weekend when the announcement came over the loud speaker that would change their lives forever.

"Attention students, as many of you may have heard, there has been an accident and the neighborhood of Pine Forest and surrounding areas have been destroyed by an unknown enemy, and we are expecting more attacks" said the monotone headmaster of the school. All three of their hearts dropped as they all lived in the same neighborhood. "We are sending you all home, be careful and do your best to find your families".

"What are we going to do?" exclaimed Paula.

"We're leaving"

As they were sprinting to the parking lot, they saw bombs dropping from the sky and explosions unearthing sections of the road. "Everyone in my truck" yelled Gregor.

They all piled in and Gregor took off, crashing threw the parking lot gate that had not yet been opened.

"Goddammit, I'v always wanted to do that" cursed Henry.

"This is not the time" scolded Aiden. He fully understood the magnitude of what was happening and knew they had to get to safety as soon as possible.

When they finally got to their neighborhood, they were devastated. Not one house was still standing. Ruble was everywhere.

Aides started to climb out of the car and run toward the debris and Gregor had to get out and sprint over to stop him. "Their gone, theres nothing we can do to help them. We need to get out of here" Gregor told him.

"Where do we go?" Paula asked no one in particular.

"I have a plan" Gregor said quietly.

"Of where to go? Thats great, but we need money and clothes and food" exclaimed Paula. "Where are we going to get all of that?"

"Where we're going, we won't need any of that" replied Gregor.