Chapter 2

The Kid

Jack looked at what lied in front of him. It was a young boy. He looked to be near the age of 10 or 11. He like Jack was wearing a hat, the bill was blue and the main part was red though. He had a yellow and purple striped shirt on, and blue jean shorts. He also had a brown backpack next to him. Jack slid down to the bottom of the crater and looked at the backpack. Cautiously he opened the backpack up. Inside was a yo-yo and a baseball bat. The child appeared to be normal. The kid let out a little grunt and Jack turned back to the boy and dropped the backpack. The boy's eyes opened and he blinked several times before sitting up. Jack stared at the boy. The boy then did something miraculous. He hovered a few inches above the ground and landed back on his feet. The boy then patted the dirt off of himself. He then noticed Jack, who's mouth was open in awe.

"Where am I?" The boy asked Jack.

"You're in my field, on my farm." Jack said. He was still wondering how the boy had just floated back to his feet.

"Where is your farm then?" The boy asked.

"Just east of Maple Village." Jack replied.

"Where the hell is Maple Village?" The boy asked.

"Just south of Moon Mountain." Jack responded. "Before you say anything else, how did you just float like that?"

"I don't know. I've always been able to do that. Damn. What planet am I on?" The boy asked now.

"What planet!?!? What's wrong with you kid? This is Earth. Obviously you got hit on the head or something. Maybe I should take you to the doctor."

"Earth? Never heard of it. I didn't get hit on the head. All though I did land that pretty hard."

"Huh? Land that? You mean you were the comet?" Jack asked in astonishment.

"I wasn't a comet. I was inside of a ball of energy." The boy began to laugh. "You thought I was a comet? You Earth people must be pretty dumb."

Jack turned red. "I didn't know what was going on! I've never seen someone fall down to the ground from outer space!"

"Whatever. Real quick, have you ever heard of the Shade Empire?" The boy asked.

"The what?" Jack said. he was starting to get confused by this kid. Something was wrong with him.

"The Shade Empire. They are an evil empire, as the name suggests, that have control of most of the universe. I'm on a mission to destroy it. Oh yeah, I forgot, my name is Ness."

"Okay... My name is Jack." Jack reached his hand out to offer Ness a handshake. Ness stared blankly for a moment and then shook Jack's hand. "Maybe you should come back to my house and you can explain this to me more."

"That sounds good to me." Ness replied. The two set off towards Jack's house.

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Jack and Ness made it back to Jack's home a little while ago. It was now getting close to being midnight. Ness sat at Jack's table, while Jack brewed some coffee up to keep them awake. Ness was looking around the small house, admiring the objects in it. They were all the same as where Ness was from, all though the things that Jack had was more like farming things and equipment, while Ness was more accustom to seeing higher tech things. Jack walked over and sat down opposite of Ness and poured him a cup of coffee. Ness gladly took and and began to drink. He then spat it out and started to rub his tongue to try and get rid of the taste. He didn't like coffee obviously. Jack chuckled as he watched Ness. This kid was pretty weird. Jack closed his eyes and took a long sip of his coffee. When he opened his eyes again, Ness was licking the ground. He seriously hated the taste.

"Tat suff tase lie crawp." Ness said. His tongue was hanging out of his mouth. Jack stared at the younger boy. He was trying to come up with a question to ask Ness. But he had so many that he didn't know where to begin. He took another sip of his coffee and then spoke.

"Okay, so the Shed Empire control the universe. And you are suppose to destroy it?"

"It's the Shade Empire, not the Shed Empire. Yes. Well, actually there was a prophecy that five heroes would destroy the empire. I am the first of the five. I am suppose to be finding the last four heroes of the prophecy. My search brought me here. I felt two very strong amounts of energy coming from this planet, and I think that they are coming from two of the heroes. Oddly enough, I can feel a strong amount of power somewhere around here."

"So you are saying that you have to find four other people, and you five are going to take down an entire empire? How will you know when you have find one of them?" Jack had a puzzled look on his face. He didn't have any clue how this kid was suppose to destroy an empire.

"Yes. The prophecy gave a hint for the five heroes. One would have telepathic and psychic powers. Another would be in the form of a lizard. The third would be a legendary swordsman. The fourth would be dirt poor. And finally the fifth would be a named Chuck. I think you may be one of them."

"What!?!?" Jack cried. He looked as though he just learned that he impregnated a young girl, even though he used a condom. "What one am I?"

"Well judging by your house and you being a farmer (No offense to any real farmers.), I think you are the dirt poor one." Ness gave Jack a big smile.

"I'm not dirt poor!" Jack yelled. It was true that he didn't have to much money, but he still wasn't doing bad for himself."

"Well you can't be any of the others. You aren't a lizard, you aren't a swordsman, your name isn't Chuck, and I'm the telepathic and psychic kid. So you are the dirt poor one." Ness smiled again. He looked back at jack, who was now balled up in a corner crying.

Hope you enjoyed the second chapter. :) I know that a lot of the powers that I gave Ness are not his actual powers. Like the energy ball and sensing energy, but I needed a guy that could start this story out and get the real plot going. Please review and read the next chapter.