EarthBound

Chapter 1: The Prophecy of Ness

The year is 199X. I live in Onett, a small town in Eagleland. Not much happens here, but I love my hometown. 'Cause that's where my life starts to change.

I had this really weird dream where I was with some people and I was being attacked by something. I wasn't sure what it was, but I tried ignoring it. I checked the time. "It's 11:52," I said. "Almost midnight. I should go back to sleep..." And, just like that, I slept. I kinda heard something whooshing down from the sky.

KABOOM!!

"WOAH!!!" I exclaimed. That loud boom just woke me up in an instant. I checked the time and it was 12:09! I didn't even get that much sleep! But, I was curious to check out what just crash landed here. I'm sure it could've been a meteor. The impact was loud.

I went outside my room and turned on the lights from the house. I went to check on my little sis, Tracy. "Hey, Trace! You okay?" I asked. I heard a lot of police sirens from outside and it might look like something REALLY big might be up. "Hey, bro. Did the sound wake you up?" said Tracy. "Of course, it did. It must've woken up the whole town of Onett!" I said. I tried looking out the window to see where the cops are going. Tracy asked, "Were you freaked out?" I didn't even know what to respond. "Not really..." that's all I said. I found a present near her bed. It said it was for me. I opened it up and it was a cracked bat. "Thanks, Tracey!" I said. I left her room and went downstairs to the living where I found my mom wide awake. My dog, King, however, was still fast asleep.

"What was that noise?" my mom said. "Ness, you don't seem scared. Are you nuts?" My mom was worried about the meteor. "Why would I be scared? I just wanna check it out." I said. My mom exclaimed saying, "And now you want to go check it out?" I nodded my head to show that I was serious. "...Oh ...okay." my mom said. "You'll sneak out of your room anyway, even if I asked you not to." My mom knew how much I wanted to see that meteor. When I saw that meteor, it was glowing. I walked to my front door, but my mom stopped me. "At least change out of your jammies before you go." Yeah, I should've expected that I needed to.

I went upstairs to change and down back to get to my front door. "Be careful! Come home as soon as you can." said my mom. I promised her that I'd come back safely. I went to my dog and I can somehow read his thoughts. "Besides humans, dogs also sleep at night. Why aren't you asleep?" he thought. King sure is a strange dog. As soon as I walked of my house, everyone one was awake and the police were swarming all over the crash site. Man, I could hear everyone yammering about what's going on. The meteor looked like it crashed from up a huge hill. I was climbing up and a few cops were walking around the place to see if there is some more stuff that the meteor left off. You know what noticed? Lier X. Agerate lives near that meteor. And, I can't believe I did it, I went to visit his house.

"Hey Ness, hiya buddy!" said Mr. Agerate. Oh, boy. I knew this would be coming. "A meteorite fell down and went boom! It was a real mess for a while." he said. I could already notice that meteor by now. "I was fine because I always eat garlic and work out to help make my body stronger." he said. Garlic? Seriously? And he barely even works out. "However, the weaker citizens probably fainted." he said. And I'm kinda surprised he didn't. "I also want to tell you...whoops! I almost told you about my..." he stopped there. What's he hiding? "Uh, by the way Ness, did you check out my billboard? I wrote the message myself. That's my real job, you know...I'm a billboard guy. Why don't you check out my work?" he asked. I checked oh his billboard and it said, "Treasure Hunter! This is Lier X. Agerate's house!"

I finally left Mr. Agerate's house and I went along with my discovery. I was so close to see that meteor, but it was barricaded by the police. I also saw someone else who looked very familiar. I knew it. Pokey Minch, my next-door neighbor. He knew I wanted to see that meteor, but he walked up to me. "Hey, Ness," he said, "Don't be rubberneckin'. You're gettin' in the cops, oops..." He stopped and the police gave a mean look at him. "I mean officer's way!" Heh, and to think he was trying to be loyal to the police. "You can go home now." said Pokey. "Tomorrow I, Pokey, will tell you more about the strange meteorite." Geez, he's rude as always. I was expecting it. "What about you? Shouldn't you be getting home?" I asked. "I'm fine here, but quit bugging the officers!" I sighed and I immediately went home. My mom was at the front door waiting for me. "Welcome home, Ness. It's not necessary to talk about it tonight." she said. "It's late, you should scoot off to bed now." So, I changed back to my jammies and I went back to sleep.