Hey guys! I kind of changed the summary of this story. It was irritating and it wasn't agreeing with what I wanted to write. So if you want to check that out, look at my profile or at chapter one for the full summary.
I want to throw out a big thanks to RandomSharkAttack for their continuation of being my editorial muse. I also want to throw out a big thanks to all my reviewers/favoritors/followers.
The answer to the trivia question was What You Want! (I'm sorry but you had to guess the title. Really sorry, better luck next time) And the winners are...
nivogirl
DanPhantomsApprentice
Skye of the Night
MiniHayden
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And on with the story!
Chapter 3: Blessings for the Moment
(A Boy's Point of View)
We were running for what seemed like forever. We had just stolen a bit of food to get us through the week. I guess we looked kind of silly, six teens running with cans in our hands, and backpacks on our backs on Miami Beach at dusk. But, what choice did we have. We had to steal, otherwise we would be goners. When we did have the money to pay for it, we would. But, I guess I'm getting a little ahead of myself. It all began a while ago…
It all started when I was four. The Earth was doomed by an incoming asteroid. Just when all hope was lost, a man said he had a solution. So, we all gathered around a giant TV screen in Amity Park. All of our residents and residents from other nearby cities came to watch. The man we would come to know as Vlad was speaking in a small town called Marshfield in Wisconsin. (Apparently he was mayor or something) As we watched the screen, I got bored. I began to twiddle my thumbs and other things-being that I was only four; I didn't really understand the seriousness of the situation. I just wanted to go back my GameBoy. But, when I finally looked back up at the screen, I saw something bewildering. The man that was talking jumped of the podium and began to fly and then turned into a ghost. A ghost. Something I now knew was a halfa. Everybody around me gasped.
The halfa's plan was to turn the asteroid intangible and phase it through the Earth. And in return, he would be ruler of the world. Being that this was our only option, we agreed. His plan worked and he became the new ruler of the world.
After about six years of udder chaos under his rule, he came to Amity Park. For whatever reason, I didn't know at the time. He let out his full power on his city. So many people were killed. I was able to hide for most of the attack. After it was over, my parents were both dead, and I was alone to try to somehow survive. . I was on my own (This was incredibly difficult being that I was only ten.) for almost a month when I ran into a girl: her name was Valerie Gray. She explained why Vlad attacked the Amity. Apparently, when her dad was alive, he worked at a giant lab, called Axion. They were doing research on how to destroy halfas. And well, you can only guess what happened next…
The two of us really got along together. I was the brains, and Valerie, not that she wasn't smart, was the fighter. Even though she was only ten, she was already a black belt. She even taught me a few moves. We hid together for another few months. We then ran into a few more kids. Two boys: Dash Baxter and Kwan Sie** and two girls: Paulina Sanchez and Star Delisle.** They use to be the bullies. But, man, did they look pitiful. Sure, the boys were strong and the girls pretty, but they had no street smarts. It was kind of weird really; they looked up to us now.
We eventually rigged up a small hideout where we all looked together. It was interesting, really, the people I thought I would never be friends with, and yet I was actually learning from them and teaching them. We were like one big family, brothers and sisters. Eventually, we were able to get our hands on some PDAs and other electronics. Being that I was like brother to technology, in a sense, even at our young age, I was able to hack into a Wifi zone and get some details on what was going on in the outside world. The few of us had been on the run together since.
That's our basic back story, now back to the beach. All six of us were carrying the cumbersome cans that seemed to keep falling. Why were we in Miami? Usually we would stay in Amity Park, being that it was a deserted, thus being safe for a bunch of refugees. The reason we were here, is because we heard about another rich family going down, the Mansons an about a month ago. But, in the past few weeks, there had been a few rumors circulating that the daughter of the family had gotten away unharmed, and we needed to check it out. Usually, we would just keep track of what rich family was taken out, but it was said that the girl had survived, and being that Amity Park is in Tennessee which, for the routes we know, is only a few days out from Florida, we figured what the heck!
I saw Valerie run out in front to a large rock formation and yell, "Tucker! Guys! I think I found a cave!" I was overjoyed for two reasons, one being that she might have found a safe place for us two stay, and two was that she personally said my name. We might be on the run, but it's human nature to like somebody. Don't judge me.
Anyways, we all ran over to what she was looking at and saw the opening that she was looking at. If Valerie hadn't of seen it, I probably wouldn't have even it, being that it is partially covered by some greenery. Dash walked over and moved the shrubs aside. Everybody looked at me as if I knew if this was a good decision. I guess that I was kind of the leader of our little group. I didn't know why, but I just was. I took a second to contemplate our actions. It was getting late, and we could easily look for the Manson girl tomorrow. So, I said exactly what I was thinking, "It is getting late, and we can look for the girl tomorrow, so, what the heck!" With that, I hoped into the opening and began my decent. My five accomplices following after me.
(Sam's POV)
I was sitting reading on my 'bed' when I heard a sound. It came from the entrance as if somebody was coming inside. I quickly put down my reading material and picked up my pipe. I also kept it incase something like this ever happened but I never thought anything really would. I went up to the opening of the cave, and went into a defensive position.
I stood there for about a minute, and then an African-American boy came through the opening. While he was standing up, without thinking, I hit him with the pipe in his 'special area' before he could even gather his bearings. He fell to the ground, dropping all the canned goods he was carrying, and said, "What the heck was that for!" He was followed by five other kids, who all looked from him to me in surprise. There was an awkward silence as the African-American boy got up slowly and looked up at me.
Making sure to keep my pipe up in a defensive position, I studied them. There were three boys, the one I just hit with a pipe, a blond haired boy, and a Japanese boy. The one I hit with a pipe looked kind of small, whereas the other two looked extremely strong and fit. There were also three girls, an African-American, a Hispanic looking girl, and a blond. The African-American girl looked pretty strong, but the other two were pretty and kind of smaller. They all had about ten cans of food in each of their arms, and backpacks on their backs. In other words, they looked like a bunch of polar opposites all squished together into one group, carrying food. Hesitantly, I questioned them, "Who are you, and why are you here?"
The six of them all looked at each other for a brief second, and then the blond haired boy said, "We're looking for a place to safe and the Ma-"
He was elbowed mid-sentence by the African-American girl. She said, "Sorry for his bluntness," she paused to give him the evil eye, and then continued, "we were passing through the area, and we needed a place to stay. We found this cave and it looked promising, but since you are already here, we will just leave." They then all turned to the exit, the boy I hit with the pipe still slightly limping.
"No, wait," I said, putting the pipe into a relaxed position, and then they all turned to look at me, "Look, I'm sorry about what I did to-" I then looked at the boy questionably, not knowing his name.
He seemed to know my unasked question and said, "Tucker, Tucker Foley."
"I'm sorry for hitting you with a pipe, Tucker," he simply nodded, "I've just been by myself for a while, and am kind of jumpy. You guys are welcome to stay, if you want." I know I was trusting them probably a little to fast, but I felt kind of guilty, they seemed like they were just refugees like me.
They all looked at me as if I just resuscitated them, the African-American girl was the first to reply saying, "Thank you, I'm Valerie by the way, Valerie Grey."
The rest followed in her model giving their name. I finally decided to say my name by stating, "I'm Sam, Sam Manson." All of there eyes bugged. I didn't really understand why, I mean was it because of my surname?
The one named Tucker was actually the first answer my yet again unasked question by saying, "This is going to sound extremely ironic, but, we were actually looking for you. We heard about what happened to you and we came out looking. We were wondering if you wanted to join us."
"Oh, well, I guess that's good that you found me. Umm, I'll think about it. Anyways, where are you guys from?" I replied. I know I was a bit quick to answer, and trust, but this was like the first time in what seemed like forever that somebody was nice to me. About three months ago, I would have tried to avoid everybody, but now, I was dieing to be able to talk to somebody my age. And if I could be in a group with a bunch of people looking out for each other, that would be so much better than living in constant solitude. Especially in the world that we were living in.
It was Dash was that ended up answering my question. He said, "Amity Park." I knew a little about that place. It was the one that was mauled by Plasmius and his goons six years ago. Poor kids. They're being on their own for almost six years makes my month look like a kid staying home when their parents go to the store.
I nodded as a response, and then Valerie said, "And if you did join us, we would want you to go accompany us back to the Amity. Being that it is deserted, it's a great place to hide. So just keep that it mind."
Again I nodded in response, and simply replied, "I'll think about it." Leave Miami? Hiding out or not, I'd lived my whole life here. It was my home. Plus it was the last place I saw my parents. But, if I did leave, I'd actually have friends, people looking out for me through the thick and thin. This wasn't an offer you'd get every day. It was a tough decision. I decided that since they were staying here for the mean time, I could get to know them and then base my decision off that.
We were all standing there for a while in an awkward silence. Since I hate these, I made the decision to break it. I interrupted the silence by saying, "Well, since you guys are staying here, make yourselves comfortable."
After eating a mixture of the food that they had and what I had, we all kind of sat in a circle and started to talk. Star and Paulina were up on my 'bed', and since everybody had sleeping bags in there packs, they had laid them all down. I was currently sitting on Star's sleeping bag to the left of Valerie, who was leaning up against the 'bed'. To my right was Dash, who was sitting next to Kwan. Tucker was of course right next to Kwan.
It'd been a long time since I'd actually talked with anyone. It was great. They were all so nice. They explained what had happened to them at Amity Park. It was excitingly horrible. They went through so much together. It was horrific. I then explained my story to them, which yet again looked extremely diminutive compared to them, but they didn't seem to care.
When I explained the little cave in the back, they said that they wanted to see it. I then explained that I didn't have the lights strung up yet, so we agreed that I would show it to them in the morning.
We continued laughing and talking for about another half-an-hour and then went to bed. All I could think about was how happy I was- I don't even know how long it's been since I actually laughed. It was great. By this time, I was already sure that I would be joining them. Even if it might later involve danger, it'd be worth it to have friends. Who knew a Goth would want friends? Go figure.
Hope you guys liked it. (except I won't know unless you review) The next chapter will have much more action and angst. It's a Danny chapter!
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What is the first ghost Danny had to fight?
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