Chapter 1.
A Book?
It was a lovely sunny Monday afternoon in DillyDale and at the DillyDale bus stop Alexander the Lion, his Guardian Ventus Ingram, his younger sister Abigail and their adoptive siblings the Pyroars were just getting off the Penguin Express and on their way back to their house.
"I cannot believe," said Alexander, "In science today I was forced to do a very hard quiz and I get a back – to – back test."
"If you want," said Abigail, "You could always ask Donatello to help you study."
"Yeah right," grumbled Alexander, "Study the whole weekend and me and Ingram will miss out on DillyDale Day."
"And that's my favourite day of the year," said Ingram riding on Alexander's head.
Abigail simply smiled at Alexander and nuzzled him.
Later on That Afternoon:
Alexander & Ingram were in the DillyDale park suddenly something caught their eyes. In the sky, something shone very brightly. Alexander & Ingram both could not keep their eyes from it, it began to move, it flew and landed in front of Alexander & Ingram. It was book, but it was no book Alexander nor Ingram had seen before. It was brown, on the cover, it had a design of a read heart made of hearts, spitting flames. The design also had golden detailing.
"What kind of book is it?" asked Ingram.
"I do not know," said Alexander.
On the cover of the book there was writing and it was titled:
The Book of Life
Alexander opened the book and began to read:
Long ago, in the center of Mexico . . .
Was the quaint little town of San Angel.
"Wow," said Ingram, "I did not that there was a town."
"Neither did I," agreed Alexander before he read on.
Now since San Angel
Was the center of the universe . . .
Directly below it lay . . .
The Land of the Remembered.
A festive and magical place
For those who live on . . .
In the memories of their loved ones.
And below that . . .
Lies the Land of the Forgotten.
The sad and lonely destination
For those poor souls . . .
Who are no longer remembered.
"Those poor souls," said Ingram sadly and Alexander sadly nodded in agreement, before reading somemore.
And so, our tale begins . . .
On the day the people of Mexico call . . .
The Day of the Dead.
When Alexander had finished reading, a large burst of magic, light and energy was released from the book. It sucked both Alexander and Ingram inside.
"WOW! HEY! AAAAAAAAHHH!" screamed Alexander and Ingram.
With the two of them sucked in, the book closed. Showing the cover. Alexander and Ingram went swirling around in some kind of vortex through space. It kept going faster and faster until a bright light shone at the end covering the entire area with light.