Attack of the Black Snakes
By Maxwell Chan
Chapter 1
The day is June 28, 2017, Max just arrived in the state of Maryland by plane. It was 2 weeks after he graduated from his senior year of high school. He moved out of California and into Maryland to spend his college years. He was happy and relieved that he was able to make the move after the many conflicts he's went through with family and other people. He stood by the entrance of the airport looking at the sight of Annapolis, Maryland.
It all started the day after he graduated. Max's mom saw him packing. "What are you doing?" She asked. "I'm moving to Maryland. I've been accepted into a college over there." Max replied. "You're not moving. You're going to stay here and go to college here just like your brothers." She said. She began talking more reasons into not letting him move. Max didn't pay attention to what she was saying and the more she kept talking and talking, his anger was building up. Eventually his eyes began turning black and he was angry. "I don't care!" He yelled. "I'm moving the Maryland and that's final! I don't want to live in California forever! I've already suffered through many conflicts between the family and others! What do you need from me anyway? All I do is get into other people's ways! You guys are better off without me anyway!" He rushed out of the house, grabbed his car and drove away from home.
Max was what many people considered as strange. He wears a black uniform with black pants and a white T-shirt underneath his black coat as well as black leather shoes. He also adapts to the power of telepathy and has two different personalities. The first one being his regular self with brown eyes and acts completely nice. The other one is when his eyes turn black, he begins to get angry. No one knew about the type of power he has. It is all a mystery that no one would ever find out.
It was evening and Max was sitting at a bench looking at a lake. He drove about 40 minutes away from his home and he was still upset at his mom. "Hey Max, are you okay?" He began to look where the voice was coming from until he saw his friend, Wendy. "Oh yeah, I'm just feeling out of the weather right now." She began to sit right next to him. "Tell me what's wrong?" She said. "Well…it's just issues I've been having and I needed to cool off" He replied. "Well try not to let those get to you. Don't worry; everyone goes through issues in their lives. I'm sure things will get better soon from time to time." Wendy said. "Are you sure? I've been going through a lot lately." Max continued to stare at the lake and then looked back at Wendy. "Thank you, Wendy. It's not easy being without you." They begin to hug. "I-I love you, Wendy."
They spent the rest of the hour at the lake talking. "So you live around here?" Max asked. "Yeah" Wendy replied. "Wendy, in two weeks, I'm about to move away from here to Maryland" "Oh really? What for?" She asked. "I've been accepted into a college over there. I'm going to be living there for my years of college" Max began to look down at himself. "Oh really? That's really cool" Wendy began talking some more but Max wasn't paying attention. He began to tear up while Wendy was talking. She paused in the middle of her sentence and noticed the look on his face. "Max, what's wrong? Are you crying?" He began to cry and hugged her tightly. "Wendy…I don't want to leave you…but I have to go…!" Wendy held onto him and felt really bad for him. "Wendy, I want to be with you for as much as I can…at least for the 2 weeks I have before I go…" "You can stay over at my place if you want" Wendy said. Max was feeling happy but he was still tearing up. They stayed over at Wendy's house for the 2 weeks that Max had.
Max's family drove Max to the airport in the morning. "Come back to us whenever you can" His mom said. "Whatever" Max thought to himself as he got out of the van, grabbed his luggage and headed to the airport. When he went inside, he saw Wendy waiting for him. "You'll come back to visit, will you?" She asked. "I will come back, for you." They hugged and they waved goodbye. Max knew that he was going to be on his own without anyone to help him.
A week after Max's first arrival in Maryland, he began to drive more around the city he was living in. He had been exploring Maryland since he had arrived. It was a lot colder than in California but it was worth his traveling experience. He gets out of his house and into his car and starts driving around. He parks near a park and begins to walk around. About 30 minutes into his walk, he begins to notice two people from the distance. He saw a boy a few years younger than Max's age and alongside is a girl the same age as the boy. The boy was wearing the same uniform as Max except with a black T-shirt and brown leather shoes. Max knew the two of them were very familiar to him. He began to remember who they were and when he found out, anger started flowing up inside him and his eyes begin to turn black.