(So… this is my first fanfic/story/thing so…PLZ DON'T JUDGE! I FAN! I hope I'll get better at writing as I go along :D [also cuz I'll feel like a terrible person if I don't do this; I own nothing but the plot.)

[Jason's POV]

The world was falling apart around me. Explosions and gun shots going off every which way. People were screaming bloody murder. Everywhere the only thing anyone could see was rubble from the bombs. The intense war that just started had already scared me and millions of people, ever after only ten days. I clung to my mom's arm as she led me around the broken city.

"Wh...where are we going mommy?" I asked, barely able to speak.

She hushed me. "Don't say anything Jason. I'll tell you when we get there."

I held my breath as another explosion went off in the distance. My parents have been talking about saving some people from the invaders by sending them some place really far away. I don't know where though.

My mom stopped me in the middle of a burning forest, not too far off the town. She set down a small blue capsule on the ground. Slowly, it got bigger.

My mom handed me a blue spacesuit and an orange helmet. "Put these on Jason." She said. I slid the space suit on and put the helmet on my head. I looked over at the capsule, which had fully grown. Now it looked more like a blue bubble. It wasn't huge, but it looked like it could fit a small three year old like me. My mom opened a small hole in it, and put me inside.

"Mommy, what's going on?" I asked.

She sighed. "I...I'm sending you away Jason. To a place called Earth. You'll be safe from the war."

I reached out and grabbed her sleek black hair. "You...you're gonna come with me. Right?"

Tears appeared in her hazel eyes. "No Jason. I can't. I need to stay here and fight. I can't save myself from this war. I can only save you from being harmed."

"N...no!" I hugged her and cried into her shoulder. "I'm not leaving without you!"

She set me back in the bubble as tears rolled down her cheeks. "Please Jason, don't make this hard." She took off her necklace and put it in my hand. "This isn't the last time I'll see you. Besides, I know you'll do well on Earth. But never forget who you are, and where you came from." She kissed the tip of the helmet. "Remember I'll always love you."

She closed the bubble and launched it in the air. In a matter of seconds I was in space. Stars were blurs around me. I started to feel queasy. Agh. Motion sickness. I looked at my mom's necklace to take my mind off the queasiness. I smiled as I looked at it. This was my favorite necklace of my mom's. My dad and I got it for her birthday three months ago.

-Flashback-

My dad and I walked into the jewelry store. It was my mom's birthday and we wanted to get something special. My dad and I looked around for a little bit and he found a pretty silver link chain necklace.

"What do you think of this one, Jason?" He asked me.

I looked at it. "Where's the charm? Mom always wears charms on her necklaces."

My dad chuckled. "Alright then, why don't you pick it out Jason?"

"Okay, I'll find the best charm ever!" I ran off to find it.

I walked around, looking at the glass cases. I couldn't find one I thought mom would like. Then, I saw a charm with a woman hugging a little kid. I called over to dad, "I like this one!"

He smiled. "I think your mother will like it too."

-Flashback over-

I put the necklace around my neck. This might be the last thing I will ever have to remember my family. I closed my eyes, tears falling down on my cheeks. I silently swore I would never take the necklace off.

I woke up to a loud *bang*. My eyes shot open and I sat up. I was laying on a hill, not too far from a big city. But looking at it… it looked almost exactly like home. I knew it wasn't, but still… I shook my head. I had to forget about that. I walked down to the city. It was fairly nice. Other then all of the trash and graffiti. It was crowded with cars and people talking, but no one seemed to notice me. Which was good considering I was a three year old kid wandering around in a big city alone wearing a blue and orange spacesuit. That luck didn't last for long.

"HEY!" A voice called from behind me. A man walked up to me smiling. "Are you lost little buddy?"

I nodded, hoping that being on a foreign planet counted as being 'lost'.

"Well, where are your parents?" The man asked.

I pointed to the sky. "Up there."

The man's smile disappeared. "Oh… I'm so sorry little buddy." I was confused. Sorry? For what?

"Tell you what," he said, "I work for the New York Orphanage. How 'bout you come with me and we'll try to find you a new home, hm?" He put his hand on my shoulders.

"N...no thanks." I said, trying to walk away.

The man's grip tightened and he smiled. "No please, I insist."

That was it. I may be young, but I'm not an idiot. I can't tell if he was telling the truth or not, so, I ran. I didn't know where I was going, but it would be anywhere but here.

I heard the man yelling after me, so I kept running. After a while I got tired and could barely feel my legs. I felt my eyes start to close. Then I ran into a woman waiting to cross the street and fell.

"Sorry." I mumbled tiredly.

She helped me up. The woman had straight dark brown hair, blue eyes, and a t-shirt and jeans on. She looked around 30 years old. "Are you okay sweetie?" she asked.

I nodded but then collapsed almost immediately. She helped me up again. "What's wrong?"

Before I could respond, the man came, trying to catch his breath. I hid behind the woman as he came up to us. "Ma'am, *pant* I work for the *pant* New York Orphanage and *pant* I'm afraid I need to *pant* take the young boy back with me."

The woman looked confused. "Why on earth would you ever think about bringing my son to an orphanage?" Her son? I was confused. So was the man.

"You can't be," he said, perplexed. "He told me his parents were dead."

The woman just laughed in reply. "And you believed him? With all do respect sir, if I were you, I wouldn't trust little kids saying their parents died."

The man stood up straight, looking annoyed. "Well then, you need to keep a closer eye on your child ma'am, or next time he won't get so lucky." Then he walked away.

I looked at the woman and smiled shyly. "Th...thank you."

She smiled back. "No problem. Now, we need to get you back to your home. Where are your parents?" I didn't respond and her smile faded. "Oh… he was telling the truth wasn't he?"

I started to cry. "M… my parents are gone. They said I would never see them again."

She took off my helmet and wiped my eyes. "Don't cry. Please. Do you have any other family to go to?" I shook my head. The woman thought for a little bit, then asked, "Well, would you like to come and live with me and my husband? I'm sure he wouldn't mind if we adopted you."

Usually I wouldn't go home with a random stranger, my parents taught me better than that. But I was on a different planet, and I was desperate. If I didn't go with this woman, where would I go? "Yeah." I hugged her.

She smiled when I let go. "What's your name?" She asked and we started walking.

"Jason." I said.

She looked at my spacesuit. "I'm guessing you like space, Jason?"

I nodded. "I'm going to be an astronaut when I grow up." I said proudly.

She laughed. "Well, I think you're going to be a great astronaut. My husband Daniel and I also love space. I teach kids about it at a school, and Daniel is an astronomer. Do you know what an astronomer is Jason?"

"It's a scientist that studies space, right?" I wasn't quite sure if it was the same thing here as it was back home, but I got a nod in response.

"You're a smart kid Jason." The woman said as she helped me in a red car. Then she sat in front. As she drove, my eyes started to close. But I can't fall asleep. I need to see what this new planet looks like! But I was also really tired…

The woman turned around. "Go to sleep Jason. You look really tired. We won't be home for a while. I'll wake you up when we get there, okay?"

At this point I gave in. I rested my head on the window and went to sleep.