So, my first published story. Cool. :D This is technically a WordGirl story…It just has a lot of made-up characters.
Anyway, just try to bear with me on this first chapter, 'kay?
It had been over two years since Lexicon had tried to make peace with the Encartians, and every single person in the galaxy knew they had failed from the start. I knew they had failed, too. Our whole family knew.
Every few minutes, even seconds, you could feel the vibrations caused by an explosion of a warship. It didn't matter whether it was a Lexiconian, Encartian, or even a Trixterian warship; there was no real "victory." I mean, no matter how many Encartian soldiers you took hostage, Miss Power's fleet would still expand with the new Lexiconian captives they retrieved on a daily basis.
"Zaria, get away from the window," my mother, Aliara, exclaimed. I sighed, then skimmed my hand over a square sliding-device to close the window just as a giant explosion erupted only about two-hundred feet from our front door.
"It's not like they're going to sneak in through a closed window and grab me," I replied, my voice making it clear we'd been over this a hundred times.
Mother just shook her head. "Really, at this point, anything is possible," she said sadly, before walking back to the kitchen.
My five-year-old sister, Safira, plopped herself on the chair right next to me, her favorite stuffed toy clutched tightly in her arms. "They're gonna privately sneak in while we're unaware and take you?" she asked, her eyes wide. I chuckled at her choice of words. Of course, being Lexiconian, everyone had massive vocabulary and intellect.
"Nobody's going to take me, Safira." I smiled comfortingly.
Safira still looked suspicious. "Promise?"
I almost didn't. I didn't know what was ahead. But if only I did. It would have saved me and Safira the…heartbreak.
But I just looked at her adorable pleading eyes. "I promise."
My little sister grinned at me, and went back to her toys. She seemed to be pretending her homemade doll was Captain Huggy Face, a well-known Lexiconian pilot. Actually, a pilot who had been missing for a more than twelve years now. From what I knew, Captain Huggy Face had disappeared only a few days before I turned one, right before the war, along with a baby Lexiconian girl. No one knew what to think regarding that the baby and Huggy had gone missing at the same time. Some believed the captain had kidnapped her. Most others thought it was just pure coincidence. But nobody knew for sure.
Even after hearing all the negative rumors about Captain Huggy Face, Safira still pictured him as a brave and heroic captain; and he was until he vanished.
Anyway, from what I could tell, her "captain" was saving a dust bunny from getting eaten by a big monster named "Safira." I quickly told her to make sure she didn't accidentally drop the dust ball into her mouth.
My life was easy then. I never even expected what was going to happen next.