Author's note: Just to let you know, this is my first ever story on this website. I have written many stories before on other sites, but I decided to take it to the next level here. However, I am forced to use TextEdit on mac due to the site not supporting the Pages Application. But don't worry, I will hopefully find an alternate for my other stories. If you have any reviews on how the prologue went, please let me know! Advice will also be helpful when writing future chapters so I will avoid mistakes! Also, keep in mind I almost always accept reviews as long as they aren't rude or as long as they are helpful in fixing my occasional errors. If I delete your reviews (I hate deleting reviews, so you probably don't need to worry about it), that means I found it a little rude or not helpful. Regardless, I will try my hardest to use every piece of advice given in reviews, deleted or kept.:)
So anyways, here is the prologue (It may seem a little short to you, but the next chapters will be longer.)
Chapter 1: Mysterious Men
Do you ever wish that you could solve your problems with a wish? Or do you think that a wish came true, when it really didn't?
Well, that is what happened to me, and now I am in a bad situation, but I better talk fast, or else it won't be finished in time.
My name is Joshua Valter, and I am fourteen years old. And the disaster started one week ago from today.
It was a normal day at home. I never go to school because I have to be homeschooled due to my mother getting killed in a car accident a year ago. After the crash, my grandmother had to take care of me. But she refused to let me go back to school because she claimed I couldn't go there on my own. I had no clue what that means, and I really still have no clue what that means today, but I always thought she just wanted me to be with her all the time. Which is fine.
After my mother died, my grandmother gave me a gift from my Mother: A black ring with a black diamond in it. She told me that my mother wanted to give it to me before the car crash, but she was unable to deliver it herself due to the crash, so my grandmother decided to give it to me. She told me that "If you are in any danger... This stone will awaken your happiness." It sounded like a weird phrase out of a fantasy novel, but I accepted the strange gift from her anyway.
I was reading to myself the story my mother would always read to me that was about my favorite TV show, Pokemon, and my favorite Pokemon.
"In the woods, A mysterious pokemon, an Umbreon came into the woods all of a sudden. Out of nowhere he came, ridding the woods of an evil corrupted light force that was attacking him and threatening his family, on his travels he was everywhere, acting brave and saving the day." Said the first paragraph of the short story. I always thought the words were not worded right, but I just ignored it.
Then I heard a knocking at the door.
"Please open the door, we would like to come in." The gruff voice said through the door, I opened the door carefully, and saw a strange looking man in a black robe looking down at me.
"You, kid. Have you seen Joshua Valter? We would like to ask him a few questions." The man said in a voice as empty as stone, as if he was some sort of phantom.
I had a bad feeling about him, so I ran to my grandmother's room, where she was sitting down in bed, like she does almost every day, I pulled her out of bed, and brought her to the man. I was a little worried about these men that I wanted her to be around me. Even at this age, I still trusted her for protection.
"My name is Joshua, what do you want?" I asked.
"Come with us. We need you." The man said in his strange voice.
"No. I would like to know the reasoning for this. Just ask me the questions here and I will be fine." I said in a firm voice. Grandma just kept looking at the man in a strange manner, as if he was evil.
"We need you out now. Come with us. We need you." The man said once again, like he was an automated machine.
"No thanks, if we have to leave to answer a survey, then we can't do it." My grandmother said in a worried voice, as if she wanted him out right away.
"We need you." The man repeated. He then proceeded to grab my arm, in which I jumped backwards out of his grasp.
"Don't you know to listen? You stupid kid... Guards! Surround the perimeter!" The man shouted, finally breaking his repeating words. All of a sudden, tons of men in black robes surrounded the house. My grandma didn't like that idea.
"What the... Why on earth is this so important to you? Just leave us alone!" My grandma exclaimed. The man then became angry.
"You be quiet." The man said, he then swung his foot sideways, causing my grandma to fall on her back.
"GRANDMOTHER!" I shouted in shock, I knew these men were trouble, right then and there. Before I could help her, 2 men came from behind me and grabbed me, and pulled me away from her.
"Joshua... Be safe..." My grandmother said in a weak voice. I tried to break free, but I couldn't succeed. The men got to pull me outside of our door, and put me in a black car, where the first man came up to me and spoke.
"Listen kid... These questions are so important, so you will need to come with us. Any attempts at escape, and you die." The man said in his evil tone. He then shut the door, and got in on the other side, and drove away, with me in the car.
I had no clue where I was going, but I had a bad feeling about their demands...