Hello, and welcome to "The World Less Traveled." This is my first Fanfic, but I'm convinced that you will like it. Enough rambling though, let's begin!
Paul Henderson was just an average, 12 year old kid. Went to school, rode the bus to and from, and was picked on. However, one thing was odd about him, besides his glasses. He was quite a dreamer, and always wished he could go on some sort of amazing adventure. Of course, he never wanted to tell anybody, because he thought people would think he was crazy. So, he just went along with his daily life, bored and wishing for something different to happen. This is the story of that something different.
Paul got off the bus just as the rain let up. He looked up and thought to himself, At least I don't have to walk in the rain. The bus bully, Kendall, then got off the bus.
"Hey, Shrimp, where do you think you're going?" Kendall yelled to him.
Oh boy, Paul thought to himself as he turned around.
"What do you want to do to me today? Punch me in the face, Force me to eat worms, or harm my self esteem? I'll even pay you tomorrow's lunch money for it," He said, almost as if he was reading from a script.
"You know me well. I think I'll try all three." He gave an evil grin as he as walked towards Paul.
Paul took a step back. "That's not quite what I had in maieeee!" as Kendall grabbed his arm and flung him into a ditch. A deep ditch. Filled with a lot of water.
Paul closed his eyes as he went flying into the water. He hit the water, and went under. Then he came back up, and went to the other side of the ditch away from the road, and listened to Kendall laugh as we walked off.
"Aw man! I'll never be able to get the mud out!" He exclaimed to himself as he looked at his favorite shirt, now drenched with mud.
Sighing, he looked on the ground for his glasses, which had flown off when he was flung into the ditch. Feeling around, he found his glasses, next to something else. Something…hard. He put his glasses on, and saw that it was a crystal of some sort. It was bright red, and about the size of his fist. Hmmm…this looks familiar.
"Where have I seen something like this before?" He said to himself. Pocketing it, he jumped the "river" And walked to his house, wondering how he was gonna explain the clothing to his parents.
And that's the end of chapter one. I hope it was ok, if not a bit boring. Don't worry, it'll get better, this was just necessary for the plot. So…yeah. REVIEW!