I had kept the necklace with me, ever since I left the building. Some time after I saw the previous visions, I decided to sit down and meditate, tightly grabbing the necklace. Visions began to appear again, at a much more grand scale than before. As a result, I saw more than ever before. Super Saiyan Blue Gogeta, A lightsaber fight, etc… Some of these things, I've never seen before. It's like I was seeing into the future. This lasted for several days, me going through all the visions. By Halloween, I'd pretty much seen it all. As I sat down on my couch, I thought to myself. Then, I decided to try something. "Hey, Dad. Take me to the School." "Why Eric? It's a day off!" "Something tells me that I have to. We're taking Mom along as well." After getting dressed, we got in our car and headed to the school. We walked through the gate, and jumped over the fence, due to it being locked. I walked to the lab I had originally got the necklace from, hoping I'd find an answer there. Yet again, the lights were closed, but the necklace began to glow. "It's glowing? What the hell?" I said. Then, a small part of the wall also glowed, which we went to, and saw a light beam, pointing towards the teacher's desk. I looked at the desk and saw a little hole that wasn't there before. The outline had the same shape as the necklace. "What is this Puzzle game bull? It's weird." I said as I extended an arm out, putting the necklace in the hole. At first, nothing happened, then I turned it around and put it back in. It began to glow.
"Aha! I knew something was off!" "Smart move Eric." My dad said. The entire lit up, like a miniature sun. The projector suddenly came to life, and a hologram appeared on the desk. "Hello? Who is this?" A man said. "Um. It's us. We solved this thing. Why?" I replied. "Who are you? What's your name sir?" "We are technically a team of 3, but I, am Eric." There was a pause after that. "Eric, how did you solve this?" I then took the time to explain the details. "I see. Well, Eric. Do you mind if you go to the lawn of the school? We will meet you there." "It's a done deal sir!" I replied enthusiastically. The call ended, and the hologram vanished. I grabbed the necklace and walked out of the door leading to the library. My parents followed me as we walked through the empty room, and to the outside. We then went to the front lawn and waited patiently. 10 minutes later, a ship landed on the lawn, and a door opened. Out came the same man on the hologram. We walked up to each other. "Pleasure to meet you sir." I said, shaking his hand. "Ah yes, it's a pleasure to meet you too. Come along, we don't have much time." He walked back into the ship and we followed. I held my Ipad in my right arm, while also wearing headphones, listening to music. I liked listening to music, so I took my Ipad pretty much everywhere, just so I could listen to music. The ship was large. There were quite a few small hallways, a few bathrooms, and quite a few bedroom to back it up. We were taken to the front seat, the cockpit. "Strap in you 3, it's going to be a bumpy ride." He said. My Dad sat in the co-pilot seat, while my mom and I sat in the back. We all fastened our seatbelts. Then, I heard the sound of the door shutting, and the feeling of vibrations, as the ship began to lift off the ground. Then it flew up into the sky, faster and faster, then into space! After we reached outer space, we were allowed to stand up and look around further. I immediately looked out of the cockpit window. "Wow. This is a cool view, going into space like this…" I said. "You like it? Get used to it, because you'll be seeing it a lot." The man said. "I'll be looking around the ship, come on Mom." I called out to my Mom. She was a bit afraid at first, but eventually got up from her seat, and we stepped out into the corridor.
Listening to music while we looked around the ship, we eventually found one of the bedrooms. I went inside it, feeling a bit exhausted. "Hey, Mom… I'm taking a quick nap. Call me if you need me." She nodded and let me be. I stripped myself from my clothes besides my underwear, and fell asleep listening to relaxing music. I started having a dream almost instantly. I was somewhere in what seemed like Japan, I walked around the area I was in. There was nobody around, making it seem like a ghost town. I eventually came across a school, walking through the empty corridors. I felt like there was someone behind me, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. The mood felt very unsettling. I eventually walked into a classroom, which turned out to be a dark hallway. The mood suddenly felt even creepier than before. I was starting to see blood stains on the black walls, and I saw a trail. It seemed like drops of blood merged with each other. Seeing how rapid they were, it must've just been after a murder. Then I heard an unsettling laugh. "H-Hello? Anyone there?" I said. There was no response, as I came to a black wall. I raised my arm, putting it on the wall. I felt a sharp object pierce my skin as blood ran down the wall, starting from my hand. The wall opened a corridor silently. I stepped into the newly opened room, eventually coming across something demonic like. There was someone in the middle of the room. It looked like a demon summoning, I could see a bloody knife next to him. I shivered. I walked towards him slowly, extending an arm to his shoulder. His head suddenly turned 180 degrees, which should've snapped his neck, but he was alive, smiling. I couldn't see his eyes, because they were covered up. He laughed before suddenly disappearing. I began to have difficulty breathing properly, even coughing up blood. I closed my eyes, hoping for it to all be over. When I opened my eyes again, I seemed to be in a field at night. A never ending field. I stood up, slowly walking across the grassy area, with no one to help me. No one to save me from this nightmare. I slowly started seeing dead bodies of people, they were all innocent civilians. I even passed the bodies of some of my friends from school. I was shocked, and scared. But then, I came across the body of my best friend, knowing him since I was young, Archie. He looked to be crying, begging for mercy. One of his eyes was ripped out, his left arm was a small distance away, detached from his body, it was still bleeding rapidly.
"Archie…!? P-Please don't tell me you've gone too!" I cried out. I began sobbing as I lifted his corpse into my arms. I had never felt more despair and hopelessness in my life, up until now. His face seemed pale, due to a massive amount of blood loss. I didn't know how to act anymore. I heard the same sinister laugh again, then the man from before stood in front of me. "D-Did you do this!?" He remained smiling, not flinching, as I saw the knife in his right hand. He started walking towards me, then running at full speed. I ran for my life, the grass of the field starting to become more red the further out I went. I seemed to fall through the floor in the next moment, I landed in another enclosed space. Then, the room seemed to illuminate with a red hue. The man was hovering in midair, I could now see his glowing red eyes. There was also blood on his mouth, symbolising he most likely ate something or drank something that had blood in it. He then let out a major laugh. And he vanished. I saw the walls around me begin to close, slowly crushing me. I gave out one last breath, before it all sealed off completely, and a blood splatter noise could be heard, before I heard him speak. "Seeking the truth will only get you nowhere. There is no hope." I then saw his creepy face flash across my vision.
"AHHHH!!! OH MY FUCK!" I yelled out as I awoke, almost falling out of my bed. I sat up in an instant panting for air rapidly. For a moment, I felt like I couldn't breathe. Eventually, I regained control and looked around. "Phew… Thank god that was all a freaking dream… Holy crap…" My parents came into the room, looking scared. "Eric! Are you ok!?" My mom yelled. "Y-Yeah. Just about." I replied. "Was it a nightmare?" My dad asked. "Yeah. Really bad one." They both breathed sighs of relief. Then seemed to relax before speaking again. "We're arriving in 5 minutes, we also charged your IPad for you." My dad said. "Right, coming." They left the room. I got out of the bed and put my clothes back on, grabbing my IPad on the way out, and heading to the cockpit. By the time we got there, we could see our destination up ahead. It was a massive space station which the International Space Station wasn't even close to. It seemed like it was out of fiction. The size, the amount of smaller ships leaving from it. It was too good to be true for me. I started to wonder if I was still dreaming, but I knew I wasn't. I had just woken up. So this was all real. I sat in the backseat with my mom, strapping my seatbelt on.
The man that was with us seemed to be communicating with the central control area. At least, that's how I think it was. Asking for identity, craft number, nothing of interest to me.
We eventually entered one of the many hangars that was on the left side of the mega-station. Eventually, I felt the ship land, a feeling I had not felt in a long time it seems. "We're here." The driver said, as he undid his seatbelt. We all also undid our seatbelts, stepping into the corridor, then out of the ship. Stepping into the massive hangar, I was stunned at what I was seeing. I saw many soldiers with weapons I've never seen before. They all saluted my family. "U-Um… Thanks, all of you." I said. I felt honoured to be in a situation like this. "Follow me, we don't have a lot of time." The man said. "Hey, before that, tell us your name. I need to call you something, don't I?" He paused. Then looked at me sternly. "Captain Bluestone." Before turning back and continuing to walk at a quick pace. What's with the stern act? I thought to myself, as I had to do a light jog to keep up with him. He was taller than me, and his skin color made it evident he wasn't human. His attire also made it seem like he was a general of some kind. He barely stopped to give us a rest, which was hard due to the fact the walk was 10 minutes straight. We eventually got to an elevator. Where we joined a few other Alien generals. Seeing this, it only seemed to be accessible to the higher class people, like captains. I stared at them for a bit, having never seen other life forms before. One of them stared back at me sternly, which sent a chill through me, so I stopped staring. We eventually reached our destination, we seemed to be in the control area. I grabbed a nearby desk to stop and breathe for air, after our long, tiring and fast walk. I saw Bluestone talk to another general, before he turned towards me. "I believe this is the boy who solved the puzzle on planet HZP-489. The general, who was even taller than bluestone, looked at me.
He leaned down at me, his blue skin combined with his stern look, and odd looking eyes made me flinch a bit. He turned back to Bluestone, then back to me. "Come, boy." He moved his tentacle legs to a room. I followed him, while my parents stayed in the control room, where they proceeded to talk with Bluestone. I was taken to a room with a huge window, overseeing outer space, plus a bit of the station. In the middle of the small room, was a table with a single seat. "Take a seat young one. He said. I did what I was told, not wanting to get on his bad side. He stood on the opposite side of the desk, one of his tentacle hands holding a camera of sorts. He waited for me to speak, which I did. "Um… My name's Eric. A Human boy from Earth." I said. "Tell me, Eric. How did you solve the puzzle? I think that's what you humans call it." He asked. "It sort of happened by accident. I was doing usual school life, having lunch… When I heard my name being called in one of the science labs…" I then proceeded to explain in detail how I got here. I was still holding my IPad in my right arm. My headphones were not on, as I didn't want to miss a single detail, incase it was important. "I see." He said. "Is there anything else you'd like to ask me?" I questioned. He first asked me about my device. I told him how it was an IPad and how it posed no threat. He asked me of my motives, to which I said I don't really had any. Then, he asked a question which scared me.
"Did you have any weird dreams lately? Anything disturbing?" I replied with a slight nod. I was then told to explain. I told him about the entire dream, and the feelings I had afterwards, as well as my theories on what it could be about. The general seemed genuinely shocked to hear this, which I did not expect. "Eric, what your seeing… Someone your age shouldn't be seeing this. I sense much fear in you, yet a slight bit of anger." "Well, duh. Something like this has never happened to me before in my life, plus, it was disturbing on it's own." He nodded, then gestured for me to stand. "You may leave now. Thank you for telling us about this." "My pleasure general." I said, in the most civil way I could. I left the room, arriving back at the control room. Where I met up with mom and dad again. They looked like they had just seen someone die. "What's up?" I asked casually. "We heard about your dream…" My mom said, worryingly. I was shocked. "How did you fin-" I figured it out instantly. The camera was broadcasting what I was saying across the generals, so they would know how to deal with me. "Anyway. Where's the bathroom?" I then changed the subject quickly. My dad pointed to a map nearby, which showed the general map of where I needed to go. "Wait, Eric." Bluestone suddenly touched me on my shoulder before I left. "You'll need this." He said, giving me a card of sorts. It had my identity and it also said I had a "Platinum Pass." I assumed that gave me access to literally everything in the station. I pocketed it before observing the map. I saw restaurants, theme parks, even an arcade! The closest bathroom was 1 minute away from the the elevator. I went to the elevator and went back down, then walked through the huge hallways on my own. As I walked, I saw vast views of space, ships passing by, even a playground where people could mess around in moon gravity, without a suit on. I eventually reached the bathroom. I headed inside, taking a quick pee break. While I was sitting, I took out the necklace from my shirt pocket. I observed it once more. "What strange things does this thing hold even?" I then got a call from my mom on my IPad. "Mom, what is it?" I asked. "Eric, get back here quick, they're about to have an important meeting!" "Alright, on the way." I closed the call and quickly pulled my pants back up. I then flushed, then ran through the hallways, reaching the elevator in a few seconds. I arrived at the control room area. Where everyone was waiting. "Alright, here. Spill the beans." I said jokingly. A few officers laughed slightly, before Bluestone spoke once more.
"Eric, we have received a few strange energy signals from a certain area in the galaxy you reside in. Any ships we send, we either lose contact with, or end up destroyed. However, one of our most recent ships have managed to pass on a message, which we think you can decode." He then pointed to a computer. I sat down, and the message opened on it's own. It was a bunch of zeros and ones.
"This is binary. It's not that hard to decode." I opened a binary decoder website on the computer, connecting to Earth's worldwide web, and decoded the entire thing. "This is soldier 385-BKW. I've managed to find someone who was creating the energy signals. It looks like a ancient being, but I can't escape from him. He's too strong. He's too strong. He's too strong. He's too str- Yeah whatever okay. That last line repeats too many times." Everyone seemed surprised at how easily I decoded the message, plus the message itself. My Parents weren't surprised however, and simply smirked. "Alright! So it seems like whoever was creating the energy sources, we can't reach right now, because of the insane power gap. Not only that, he probably won't even allow this info to get out normally. We got lucky getting this message." This was me when I was sounding a bit more mature. When I'm serious. I stepped towards the window as I continued to create my speech. "If we are to stand a chance against this being, we must first gather allies, in order to increase our odds of survival, and chances we find someone related to him. We then must train like never before, in order to stand a better chance of rivaling his might. That's the basic idea. Easier said than done, but it's the best chance we have right now." It was the truth. "YOU ALL!" I pointed to the generals. "I want you to scan as far as possible for any Earth like planets in our reach, and I'll see if I can reach them to recruit allies. Do not let me down, there are potentially many lives on the line here." I said, in a serious tone. "Yes sir!" They all said. Bluestone and my parents were shocked to see me take a general like position for once. "Dismissed. Back to work." They all then disbanded and went back to their positions or had a break, either eating or drinking. Bluestone walked up to me, with my parents not far behind. "Not bad for your first speech." He said. "Well, it's the best I could've done. Besides, we gotta get some motivation right? There's always a start." I said. "Eric, that's very true. Well said." My dad said. "I'm hungry, let's get something to eat." I said, as my stomach growled. "Alright, follow me. Captain Eric." Bluestone said casually. I jumped a bit when he called me a captain. My parents and I followed him, while I smiled and chuckled a bit. I listened to some music on the way there. Partly through the song, I started whistling. Bluestone looked at me, and smiled. I didn't even notice him as I jammed out to my music. We eventually reached the restaurants, and had some food. I decided to have a cheeseburger for once. It wasn't bad, especially because it was made by aliens.
I then spent the rest of my free time that day, going to the amusement park and the arcade. I spent 6 hours in total. Eventually, the crowd entire crowd looked at me, as I was playing an arcade rhythm game involving a dance pad. I was playing one of the most difficult levels. "The Sonic Lost World Remix." Honeycomb Highway was the first section. For the first time while playing this arcade game, I got serious, focused my heart and soul into the most difficult section. I could feel a bit of sweat running down my forehead. As the music suddenly bursted into a huge fast remix. I was focusing everything on the moment, as more and more people gathered around to watch the performance. It was even broadcasted. My parents and Bluestone were nearby watching. Smiling and laughing at how I can be serious, and playful at the same time. I was practically breakdancing by this point, and the crowd cheered while I focused, not taking notice of the crowd. "Go, Go Eric!" I heard some voices say. It eventually descended into the final section. Dr. Eggman Showdown. My shirt was soaked with sweat. And in the final few seconds, I screamed as I moved faster and more intensely than ever. Then it stopped. I collapsed onto the floor panting. To see I had passed the level with over 75%. The crowd erupted into a roar of cheers, as I actually took notice of how many people were watching for the first time. "Thank you. Thank you…" I said, as I sat up, walking away from the machine. "He never gave up. The type of power we need." Bluestone said in the background. I was quite tired after that, and I felt like I would pass out at any moment. Eventually making my way through the hallways, I stopped for a moment, as I knew Bluestone was behind me. "W-Where should I sleep…?" I asked, clearly sounding sleepy. "There's a room reserved for you. Follow me." Bluestone replied, before starting to move. I followed him through the hallways, my parents behind me. He eventually came to a door, which he opened. I walked into a very nice looking room, with a bed and other things. It was like a luxurious hotel room. "Customize it to your liking. Good night!" Bluestone said before leaving the room. I instantly took a lay down in the bed. "Night Eric." My Dad said. "Goodnight my boy!" my mom followed up with. "Night Mom and Dad." I replied. They then switched off the lights and let me be with my Ipad. I stripped down to my underwear again before finally succumbing to sleep. I was once again dreaming. It was about the visions again. Flashes of Nekopara, Sonic, Dragon ball, Doki Doki Literature Club, Naruto and Star Wars. Although, partway through the flashes, I yelled into the distance.
"Stop!" In an instant, the flashes slowed down, then stopped at a Nekopara flash. Then, a bright light engulfed me. I looked around, finding myself outside of La Soleil. Although, I managed to spot the whole crew outside the Bakery. It seemed like they were taking pictures together. "Wait, Isn't this the end of Volume 3?" I called out in surprise. The entire crew flinched, then turned to face my direction. "What the hell!? They heard me?" I said to myself. "Um… Hello? If you can hear me, raise your hand." They all raised their hands. This was unexpected. They could hear me! Better use this time to my advantage!
"Um… sir, we can't see you, but we can hear you." Kashou said. "Really? I can see you all just fine!" I replied. "Hm… Chocola doesn't get it… why can you see us, but we can't see you?" Chocola asked. "I honestly don't know. It doesn't make sense at all." I replied. "For the most part, I agree with Chocola." Vanilla said, nodding. "I agree with you two on this! I don't get it either!" Coconut said in absolute confusion. "Neither of us can understand this one Nuts." Azuki said. "Well, in the meantime, let's settle down, shall we?" I replied. "Agreed, we should take this step by step." Maple said. Cinnamon just nodded. She seemed a little shy to speak for some reason. Maybe it was because of her perverted personality, unsure of what I'll do, or something else. "Yes indeed sir. Come inside! We'll make Tea!" Shigure said enthusiastically. They then showed me to the door, and I entered the bakery. Cinnamon eventually pulled out a seat for me, which I sat on. I decided to just order some recommended Tea. Not bad, I must say. Kashou eventually sat next to me and started talking. "So, what's your name?" He asked. I hesitated before answering. "Eric-" Then I woke up.
"What the!?" I yelled as I woke up. "Oh fucking hell, why couldn't that have been real?" I asked myself. Then I heard a knock on my door. "Enter!" I said, as Mom and Dad entered the room. "Eric, we got a call from Bluestone. They want you as soon as possible." My Dad said, while my Mom nodded. "I'm coming…" I grunted, stepping out of bed to put my clothes back on, after going through my daily waking up routine. I took my IPad and headphones, as we headed straight to the meeting without bothering to eat. We reached the elevator and went up to the control center. Every general was waiting for us, as they saluted.
"Important I suppose." I said. Bluestone walked towards me and nodded. "We have received some info that you could possibly crack. He gave me more zeros and ones, when translated, I read the message out loud. "Emergency message to HQ. I found a habitable planet, which I crash landed on. I'm badly injured, and won't have time to heal in any way. I write this message to you so you all can help salvage what I left behind, as well as finding allies. Goodbye you all…" Everyone was shocked. "Trace the pilot to the last planet he landed on!" All the generals got to work immediately, and managed to find the unidentified planet. A hologram appeared on a table in the middle of the room, showing the planet. "Looks like Earth!" I said enthusiastically. "This was the planet?" Bluestone said in confusion. "Yep. Time to plan!" I said.
(1 hour of private planning later…)
"Alright, so my parents and I will go ahead on our ship. If we need help, we'll call for backup." I announced. "Alright, it's decided." Bluestone said. "We're setting out in 15 minutes!" I said, before leaving with my parents to grab some beverages. I listened to music the whole way through, and I just generally felt excited, while also nervous. I ignored this and went to the ship which I arrived in. Which had just been finished refueling in the hangar. "Alright! Mom, Dad. Y'all ready for space adventures!?" I asked. "Yeah!" They both yelled in response. My parents entered the ship before Bluestone stopped me. "Good luck." He said. I smiled and jumped on to the closing ramp. I then entered the co-pilot seat, next to my Dad in the pilot seat. Applying my seatbelt, I joked with Dad a bit. "Flown spaceships before?" "Oh shuddup, I got this." My dad said. We then lifted into the air, then blasted off from the hangar, and into deep space, heading for the planet with no hesitation.