Chapter # 1
I turned over again dragging the sheets with me. I mumbled something incoherent and straightened the sheets. Our country was in a Great War, and sleeping didn't come easy anymore. I had wanted to help, but of course age always gets into the way.
Then all of a sudden I heard a noise outside my window. I looked towards it oddly, wondering if it was my imagination. I heard it again as I slowly got up. I looked out the window before opening it. As I looked out I saw a... a thing, floating there.
"Who... who are you?" I stuttered. It didn't answer. "Who are you?"
It made a few noises then said. "Earth, America, English, in Texas. Hi...I am from planet oooolongwong... I think that is how you pronounce it in English... oh well. You said that you wanted to help."
"Um.... Uh... I don't know what you are talking about." I said.
"Yes you do..... I heard you." It replied.
"Oh, you mean when I said I wanted I to help?" I asked.
"Yes."
"What's your name?" I asked
"In English it is Ryee."
"Oh and mine's David!!"
"Okay! You don't have to yell we don't want to wake your parents." Ryee said softly.
"Well it doesn't matter they have to leave soon anyway," I replied sadly.
"Why? It is nighttime for your species you have to... what is that word? Oh yeah, sleep. You have to sleep or your species can't function." Ryee inquired.
"Yeah, yeah. I know I am 15 after all I'm not stupid. You think that cuz you're an alien that you are all that. Right? Right. Okay. Good, glad we got that down." I huffed. "You are an alien right?"
"No, no you got it all wrong, but we have no time to fight... I think that's the word you use...and yes to you I am an alien. Well let's get down to business," he said excitedly.
My eyes went blank; "Uh what business are you talking about?" I asked, blinking again and again.
"You did say you wanted to help with this war your people are in, right?" asked Ryee.
I blinked some more then said "Yea I did, so what?!"
Ryee laughed. "You think I'm here to criticize you about wanting to help your people? Well that's not it, I am here to grant you one wish, well sort of a wish. I can only grant you what our machines can do or make. Do you understand?"
I stared at him oddly. Maybe I'm hallucinating.... Or it's some weird prank.
"Yeah. I do Ryee and I am telling you to get out now and tell who ever put you up to this that if I find out he or she will regret it. Do YOU understand?!" I yelled.
"Um. I don't understand. Why are you mad at me? All that I am here to do is to help you help your people," Ryee said. "Wait I know how to show you that I mean well; I will be back okay?"
"Okay." I said, not expecting him to come back.
~Gosh,~ I thought to myself ~Who was that and why would anyone wanna pull a prank like that on me? Well tomorrow at school I bet the kids who did it will be laughing at me.~I thought to myself sadly.
"Hey," I sort of yelled out loud to myself "I think that I will play some video games that will help get things off my mind.
I turned over again dragging the sheets with me. I mumbled something incoherent and straightened the sheets. Our country was in a Great War, and sleeping didn't come easy anymore. I had wanted to help, but of course age always gets into the way.
Then all of a sudden I heard a noise outside my window. I looked towards it oddly, wondering if it was my imagination. I heard it again as I slowly got up. I looked out the window before opening it. As I looked out I saw a... a thing, floating there.
"Who... who are you?" I stuttered. It didn't answer. "Who are you?"
It made a few noises then said. "Earth, America, English, in Texas. Hi...I am from planet oooolongwong... I think that is how you pronounce it in English... oh well. You said that you wanted to help."
"Um.... Uh... I don't know what you are talking about." I said.
"Yes you do..... I heard you." It replied.
"Oh, you mean when I said I wanted I to help?" I asked.
"Yes."
"What's your name?" I asked
"In English it is Ryee."
"Oh and mine's David!!"
"Okay! You don't have to yell we don't want to wake your parents." Ryee said softly.
"Well it doesn't matter they have to leave soon anyway," I replied sadly.
"Why? It is nighttime for your species you have to... what is that word? Oh yeah, sleep. You have to sleep or your species can't function." Ryee inquired.
"Yeah, yeah. I know I am 15 after all I'm not stupid. You think that cuz you're an alien that you are all that. Right? Right. Okay. Good, glad we got that down." I huffed. "You are an alien right?"
"No, no you got it all wrong, but we have no time to fight... I think that's the word you use...and yes to you I am an alien. Well let's get down to business," he said excitedly.
My eyes went blank; "Uh what business are you talking about?" I asked, blinking again and again.
"You did say you wanted to help with this war your people are in, right?" asked Ryee.
I blinked some more then said "Yea I did, so what?!"
Ryee laughed. "You think I'm here to criticize you about wanting to help your people? Well that's not it, I am here to grant you one wish, well sort of a wish. I can only grant you what our machines can do or make. Do you understand?"
I stared at him oddly. Maybe I'm hallucinating.... Or it's some weird prank.
"Yeah. I do Ryee and I am telling you to get out now and tell who ever put you up to this that if I find out he or she will regret it. Do YOU understand?!" I yelled.
"Um. I don't understand. Why are you mad at me? All that I am here to do is to help you help your people," Ryee said. "Wait I know how to show you that I mean well; I will be back okay?"
"Okay." I said, not expecting him to come back.
~Gosh,~ I thought to myself ~Who was that and why would anyone wanna pull a prank like that on me? Well tomorrow at school I bet the kids who did it will be laughing at me.~I thought to myself sadly.
"Hey," I sort of yelled out loud to myself "I think that I will play some video games that will help get things off my mind.