Chapter 1: The Arrival
It was the last day of school, and Maria, Raushanna, and Tidus were sitting in the 10th grade Social Studies classroom. Mr. Piscura, the Social Studies teacher, was wrapping up the lesson. "This concludes today's final lecture. I wish you all a safe and happy summer. You may talk until the bell rings and starts summer vacation!" he said in an enthused tone. Mr. Piscura, a tall, brown hair, brown eyed 38-year-old man, walked toward his desk. The classroom started to fill with various conversations about the upcoming and long awaited summer vacation.
Maria is the wackiest member of this trio; she's a 15-year-old girl with short brown hair and brown eyes. She has a slender body, in which containing a very kind soul. To others who don't know her well, they just think of her as a mysterious young lady. Raushanna is the comical one, a 16- year-old lady with black hair and brown eyes. She is slender as well, and Maria's closest friend. Although she may be quite outspoken and voices her opinions out loud at times, she is still very respectful and a great person to be around. Raushanna has only told Maria of her secret crush on the third member of the group, Tidus. Tidus is a 16-year-old sporty guy, as well as the oldest one of the trio. He is muscular, has blond hair, blue eyes, and practically watches over the other two girls like he's their older brother. Even though his looks are more of a "preppy popular guy that girls drool over" type of guy, he'd rather spend his time hanging out with his two best friends.
"Hah! I wonder what Mr. Piscura's going to do over the summer! Probably spend a lot of time reading the 'oh so interesting' history books!" Tidus smirked.
"Oh hush Tidus, don't be so mean. You should know by now that Maria's madly in love with him!" Raushanna joked.
"Oh my gosh are you trying to kill me!?" Maria screamed, "that's sick! Utterly disgusting! That's-"
"Whoa, Maria, chill out! I'm only kidding! Besides, I know the kind of people you like, and it's NOT him!" Raushanna said. "So, Tidus, what are you going to do over the summer?"
"Um.I don't know yet. Maybe.chill out, watch television, play video games, practice football with the guys, go to the beach and drool over the babes-"
"Oh don't be such a GUY!" Raushanna interrupted with disgust.
"Hey! I'm aloud to drool over girls in front of you, because I always have to listen to both of your 'Oh, he's so hot!' 'I would just die if he touched me!' 'Isn't he the most greatest guy ever to walk on the earth?'" Tidus mocked.
"Okay, we get the picture Tidus!" Maria exclaimed.
"Awesome dudes! So Maria, What are you doing over summer vacation?" he questioned.
"Sleep!" Maria said with a fake yawn. Raushanna and Tidus broke out in laughter.
"That's Maria, all right!" Raushanna added.
Finally, the bell rang. The students were in a rush to get out of school and start the long awaited summer. Maria, Raushanna, and Tidus remained in the classroom until the other students left. "Hey, can you guys wait for me a sec, I want to ask Mr. Piscura something." Maria said as she headed towards the teachers desk. "Hey Mr. Piscura."
"Oh, Maria," he said as he looked up from his desk, "I thought you've left along with the other students. Did you miss me already?" Mr. Piscura said jokingly. Maria chuckled.
"No, I have a question to ask you."
"Okay, shoot."
"Well, um.do you-" Raushanna and Tidus interrupted and ran to where the two of them were standing.
"Something weird is happening!" Raushanna said hastily. Before anyone had time to react. Mr. Piscura, Maria, Raushanna and Tidus were engulfed in a white light. Then everything suddenly went black.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Raushanna was the first to awaken. 'We're in the middle of a forest.' She thought. The sun shone bright in the area where Raushanna was standing. Though there was a mysterious fog surrounding the forest. An eerie feeling was floating around. Raushanna became a little frightened. 'Uh.it looks like everyone is here. There's me, Tidus, Piscura, and.oh my gosh!' "Tidus! Mr. Piscura, get up! Get up quick! Maria's not here! She's gone!" she screamed worriedly. Mr. Piscura and Tidus slowly arose from their landing spots.
"Ugh.where are we?" Tidus asked.
"It appears to be a forest." Mr. Piscura replied.
"Hello! Didn't you guys hear me!?!? Maria's gone!" Raushanna repeated in a more slightly angry tone.
"What!? Are you sure? Check everywhere!" Mr. Piscura ordered. Everyone started to look around frantically for the lost companion. They all searched al much as they could for the longest time, then they were soon fatigued.
"It's no use." Tidus sighed, "we can't find her anywhere. For all we know she could be dead."
"NO!!!" Raushanna screamed. "She has to be somewhere! She just got to be!"
"Lower your voice, I think someone's coming." Mr. Piscura said in a hushed voice. All three of them sprinted quietly to hide behind a group of huge trees. Then far off in the distance they spotted a group of what looked like guard soldiers in blue uniforms. They were cutting down bushes and branches that blocked their path as they searched through the forest.
"I saw them go this way!" One yelled at the others and pointed in the direction to where the trio was hiding. "Follow me!" The rest of the guards promptly followed the soldiers' orders. Mr. Piscura waved at Tidus and Raushanna to follow them, thinking that he had a way to escape. As the two young students crept behind the teacher, a branch fell from above and scraped Tidus on the arm.
"Hey! What hit me?" Tidus exclaimed in a loud and angry voice.
"No!" Mr. Piscura and Raushanna whispered simultaneously.
"Hey there they are!" one of the guards screamed. "Get them!"
"Oh great! We're screwed!" Raushanna exhaled, "and we don't even know why they're after us!"
"Who gives a crap, lets run!!!" Tidus screamed. The trio ran as fast as they could to get away from the group of soldiers.
"It's no use!" Raushanna gasped, "They're gaining on us!"
"I think that we should stop and ask what this is all about." Mr. Piscura suggested. Raushanna and Tidus both agreed. They slowed to a halt and waited for the guards to catch up to them. "May I ask why you people are pursuing us?" Mr. Piscura asked the head guard.
"Orders of the King." The commander stated. "Come with us, the King will explain everything to you."
"What? A king? Where are we in, the medieval times now?" Tidus questioned.
"It seems that you are correct, Tidus, but this can't possibly be from our time period." Mr. Piscura stated.
"So the question is not only where are we, its when are we." Raushanna added.
They were all led to a tall, stone gray, brick castle that stood near the edge of a cliff. The blue flags with golden lions printed on them waved bravely through the air. The castle was massive not only in size, but in height as well. As they entered through the golden doors, the trio was immediately escorted to the King's chamber.
It was the last day of school, and Maria, Raushanna, and Tidus were sitting in the 10th grade Social Studies classroom. Mr. Piscura, the Social Studies teacher, was wrapping up the lesson. "This concludes today's final lecture. I wish you all a safe and happy summer. You may talk until the bell rings and starts summer vacation!" he said in an enthused tone. Mr. Piscura, a tall, brown hair, brown eyed 38-year-old man, walked toward his desk. The classroom started to fill with various conversations about the upcoming and long awaited summer vacation.
Maria is the wackiest member of this trio; she's a 15-year-old girl with short brown hair and brown eyes. She has a slender body, in which containing a very kind soul. To others who don't know her well, they just think of her as a mysterious young lady. Raushanna is the comical one, a 16- year-old lady with black hair and brown eyes. She is slender as well, and Maria's closest friend. Although she may be quite outspoken and voices her opinions out loud at times, she is still very respectful and a great person to be around. Raushanna has only told Maria of her secret crush on the third member of the group, Tidus. Tidus is a 16-year-old sporty guy, as well as the oldest one of the trio. He is muscular, has blond hair, blue eyes, and practically watches over the other two girls like he's their older brother. Even though his looks are more of a "preppy popular guy that girls drool over" type of guy, he'd rather spend his time hanging out with his two best friends.
"Hah! I wonder what Mr. Piscura's going to do over the summer! Probably spend a lot of time reading the 'oh so interesting' history books!" Tidus smirked.
"Oh hush Tidus, don't be so mean. You should know by now that Maria's madly in love with him!" Raushanna joked.
"Oh my gosh are you trying to kill me!?" Maria screamed, "that's sick! Utterly disgusting! That's-"
"Whoa, Maria, chill out! I'm only kidding! Besides, I know the kind of people you like, and it's NOT him!" Raushanna said. "So, Tidus, what are you going to do over the summer?"
"Um.I don't know yet. Maybe.chill out, watch television, play video games, practice football with the guys, go to the beach and drool over the babes-"
"Oh don't be such a GUY!" Raushanna interrupted with disgust.
"Hey! I'm aloud to drool over girls in front of you, because I always have to listen to both of your 'Oh, he's so hot!' 'I would just die if he touched me!' 'Isn't he the most greatest guy ever to walk on the earth?'" Tidus mocked.
"Okay, we get the picture Tidus!" Maria exclaimed.
"Awesome dudes! So Maria, What are you doing over summer vacation?" he questioned.
"Sleep!" Maria said with a fake yawn. Raushanna and Tidus broke out in laughter.
"That's Maria, all right!" Raushanna added.
Finally, the bell rang. The students were in a rush to get out of school and start the long awaited summer. Maria, Raushanna, and Tidus remained in the classroom until the other students left. "Hey, can you guys wait for me a sec, I want to ask Mr. Piscura something." Maria said as she headed towards the teachers desk. "Hey Mr. Piscura."
"Oh, Maria," he said as he looked up from his desk, "I thought you've left along with the other students. Did you miss me already?" Mr. Piscura said jokingly. Maria chuckled.
"No, I have a question to ask you."
"Okay, shoot."
"Well, um.do you-" Raushanna and Tidus interrupted and ran to where the two of them were standing.
"Something weird is happening!" Raushanna said hastily. Before anyone had time to react. Mr. Piscura, Maria, Raushanna and Tidus were engulfed in a white light. Then everything suddenly went black.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Raushanna was the first to awaken. 'We're in the middle of a forest.' She thought. The sun shone bright in the area where Raushanna was standing. Though there was a mysterious fog surrounding the forest. An eerie feeling was floating around. Raushanna became a little frightened. 'Uh.it looks like everyone is here. There's me, Tidus, Piscura, and.oh my gosh!' "Tidus! Mr. Piscura, get up! Get up quick! Maria's not here! She's gone!" she screamed worriedly. Mr. Piscura and Tidus slowly arose from their landing spots.
"Ugh.where are we?" Tidus asked.
"It appears to be a forest." Mr. Piscura replied.
"Hello! Didn't you guys hear me!?!? Maria's gone!" Raushanna repeated in a more slightly angry tone.
"What!? Are you sure? Check everywhere!" Mr. Piscura ordered. Everyone started to look around frantically for the lost companion. They all searched al much as they could for the longest time, then they were soon fatigued.
"It's no use." Tidus sighed, "we can't find her anywhere. For all we know she could be dead."
"NO!!!" Raushanna screamed. "She has to be somewhere! She just got to be!"
"Lower your voice, I think someone's coming." Mr. Piscura said in a hushed voice. All three of them sprinted quietly to hide behind a group of huge trees. Then far off in the distance they spotted a group of what looked like guard soldiers in blue uniforms. They were cutting down bushes and branches that blocked their path as they searched through the forest.
"I saw them go this way!" One yelled at the others and pointed in the direction to where the trio was hiding. "Follow me!" The rest of the guards promptly followed the soldiers' orders. Mr. Piscura waved at Tidus and Raushanna to follow them, thinking that he had a way to escape. As the two young students crept behind the teacher, a branch fell from above and scraped Tidus on the arm.
"Hey! What hit me?" Tidus exclaimed in a loud and angry voice.
"No!" Mr. Piscura and Raushanna whispered simultaneously.
"Hey there they are!" one of the guards screamed. "Get them!"
"Oh great! We're screwed!" Raushanna exhaled, "and we don't even know why they're after us!"
"Who gives a crap, lets run!!!" Tidus screamed. The trio ran as fast as they could to get away from the group of soldiers.
"It's no use!" Raushanna gasped, "They're gaining on us!"
"I think that we should stop and ask what this is all about." Mr. Piscura suggested. Raushanna and Tidus both agreed. They slowed to a halt and waited for the guards to catch up to them. "May I ask why you people are pursuing us?" Mr. Piscura asked the head guard.
"Orders of the King." The commander stated. "Come with us, the King will explain everything to you."
"What? A king? Where are we in, the medieval times now?" Tidus questioned.
"It seems that you are correct, Tidus, but this can't possibly be from our time period." Mr. Piscura stated.
"So the question is not only where are we, its when are we." Raushanna added.
They were all led to a tall, stone gray, brick castle that stood near the edge of a cliff. The blue flags with golden lions printed on them waved bravely through the air. The castle was massive not only in size, but in height as well. As they entered through the golden doors, the trio was immediately escorted to the King's chamber.