Part 1

He sat in the lounge and looked at his blonde brother reading a book. Scott couldn't understand John's fascination in reading books. The middle Tracy could always be seen with a book near him, even since they were kids. His brothers couldn't understand his passion and neither could their father. But thanks to it John had taken interest in languages. Now he knew eight of them fluently and about five more good enough to get along. Scott liked to watch John read he became so… calm for some unknown reason. And John always had the best ghost stories and well stories in general. Some of them were famous to mix with the dreams of his father and brothers. John was also a fast reader. This book he started two days ago and it was almost out read by now.

"John", Scott asked and waited for the normal response. John was as usually caught in his own little world while reading.

"Mm", was the only thing John said and his eyes never left the book.

"Is it a good book?"

"It's not one that I can recommend you." He turned the page.

"Then why are you still reading it?"

"I want to see how the story ends."

"Why, if the book is bad then quit."

"I can't do that… that would leave the story untold." He turned the page again.

Scott raised two dark eyebrows. "And that is bad because…?"

"An untold story is not completed and you will always wonder 'what did really happen'."

"Aw come on it can't be that bad?"

"Not for you maybe but for me…"

Scott shook his head and left his brother with his book, not noticing his brother's smug smile.

In the kitchen Scott found his grandma looking through the mail.

"Hi grandma, anything for me today?" he asked.

"Yes this package is addressed to you…" She handed him a thick and square package. "But it isn't written from whom."

"Okay", Scott took the package and opened it. He sighed when he saw that it was a book, a gift from an airplane magazine he was reading. The title was 'The war of Rokea'. It seemed to be a fantasy novel. Scott opened it and saw that the layout was in an old fashioned way.

"John will love this", he thought and left the room.

Scott walked into the lounge and dropped the book on John's chest. John was now done with his book and was lying on his back resting. When the heavy book hit his chest it made him loose his breath for a few seconds and he gasped.

"What's the big idea", John said and looked up at him and then turned his eyes to the book. "What's this Scott?"

"I thought you maybe would like this book, I got it free from a magazine."

"You got 'The war of Rokea'? You should read this book Scott it's really good."

"You've read it before?"

"Oh yeah one of my favorites actually, I always think of us while reading it."

"Why?"

"You see it is about this kingdom Rokea", he sat up and looked Scott into the eyes. "The king is a man named Jeremiah, he is a good and fair king. The only thing he cares more about than his kingdom is his sons. His wife was murdered by assassins when they youngest boy were twelve years old, her name was Lucille."

"Like mom", Scott asked and sat down beside John. He felt like a little boy again, stuck in John's web. John had this… thing with his voice that made you stick to it and listen to what he said.

"Yeah and they got five sons, the five princes of Rokea. The youngest one-" John was interrupted by the arrival of Virgil and Gordon.

"Hi what are you doing", Virgil asked and sat down in a chair opposite to John and Scott and Gordon sat down beside him.

"John is telling me about this book", Scott handed it to Virgil.

"'The war of Rokea'?"

"What's that?" Gordon asked.

"Obviously it's a book", Scott grinned.

"I know that! I meant Rokea!"

"A land far far away in time and space, in a time and dimension so distant we can't even reach it", John said with his storytelling voice. Scott used to love that when they were younger, as did the others. "The stars are closer than Rokea is. The king's name was Jeremiah, his queen's name was Lucille and they got five sons. The youngest son was named Arthur, he was blonde and blue eyed. He was a carefree spirit who stuck close to home to protect everything he holds dear. He was fast and clever and had another way to understand things than most of his brothers.

The second youngest name was Gregory, he was a red head and auburn eyed man. He like Arthur was a happy and free spirit who loved the sea more than anything, except his family. He was also the jester of the family.

The middle brother's name was Jonathan, he was like Arthur blonde and blue eyed and they shared the same way of understand things. Now Jonathan was different from his brothers in many ways. Where they were broad shouldered and strong warriors, Jonathan was slim, tall and a scholar. He studied things before he acted and always thought things through an extra time.

The second oldest had dark brown hair, auburn eyes and his name was William. He had inherited their mother's musical talent as well as her talent for art. William must be the most loyal of the brothers because if he kept a promise he held it too. Come hell or high water he would rather die than break a promise… even a small thing like not telling who took the last strawberry.

Then there is the oldest one, Samuel, he was black haired like their father the king was and had blue eyes like his brothers Arthur and Jonathan. Now Samuel as the oldest is very, very protective over his family. He is a natural leader and everyone follows him without questioning. Although… Samuel always had a problem with his brother Jonathan when it came to that specific trait of his. Jonathan wants to think things through even Samuel's decisions and-"

"Wait, wait", Virgil said and raised his hands. "It sounds like you are describing us!"

"As I said before you came in here, they've always reminded me of us."

"So what's happening in the story", Scott asked really interested now.

"Well… the kingdom is threatened by the evil warlock Howard. Most of the neighboring kingdoms had already fallen into his iron grip. He ruled them so cruelly, so grim and so hard that the people were dying.

Jeremiah didn't want his people to suffer and he didn't want to lose his kingdom to evil. The kingdom's only hope lied in finding a way to defeat the evil warlock. So King Jeremiah sent out his best men, the princes, and they are searching for a way to defeat Howard and save the kingdom. They search wide and far and are gone for months and while they travel Howard defeats more kingdoms around Rokea.

The story begins when Samuel returns to the castle after being away for nine months, looking for someone or something that can help them. He finds out that his brothers have returned, except for Jonathan. No one knows where he is, it's like if he had vanished from the planet. And then-" John was interrupted by the alarm. "We got work to do."

Scott wiped his brow and then turned to have a look around. The rescue had been simple, just some miners being stuck down a shaft. Scott saw John struggle with an older man. The man spat things at him in a language Scott didn't understand. But John seamed to understand and talked very calm and understanding. Scott heard a rumble and heard someone call his name before his world went black and he didn't remembered anymore.

TBC I don't own the Thunderbirds but I do own the "war of Rokea"