"Ancients of Kyristal" Chapter 1

Ancients of Kyristal

"Rriinngg!" The bell rings signifying the end of the school day. The day had been yet another uneventful one besides one minor detail, it is the weekend. Not only that but I have no homework, yes! I walk out of the class room and say under my breath "You glad that schools out?" No one knows this about me, but I have an imaginary friend that I speak to so often that they are almost real to me. Her name is Ashley and I have been talking to her for about three years now. Pathetic, I know, but she fills the void when I need her to. "I'm glad schools out too." I say to myself. I walk through the front door and out into the warm spring air. I sit down on a bench while I Wait for the buses to arrive. Looking out across the road are rolling hills that stretch as far as the eye can see. The students at my school all gather into their usual groups. Now in case you haven't realized; I have no friends, all I have is the friend in my head. I take off my backpack and set it down next to me. "That's a load off my shoulders." I look around at all the other people. I see a few people that I know and have similar interests with, but none that I could just casually walk up to and start a conversation with. Now when I said I have no friends; that was a lie. It's just that all of them are in middle school. There is one eighth grader that i'm friends with that I kind of like. Her name is Red or at least that's what i call her. I have more friends but she is the big one. While I'm lost in thought, I almost didn't notice the buses pull up in front of the school. I grab my backpack and Rush onto the bus so that I can get an empty seat. I prefer to sit alone for two reasons, A: space,and B:People leave me alone. I sit down and put in my ear buds. "I'm cold as ice I don't care, there's more of me there more of you,we're everywhere" I sing to myself. My favorite band is "The Blacklight District." While their songs are dark, I find them to be soothing. This is my way of winding down after a long day. The people on the bus are so annoying and most of the things they say don't even make sense. "What shall we do today?" I say to myself. "Sounds good to me." I closed my eyes and let my imagination run wild. For the next forty five minutes, people get of the bus as it reaches their stops. Finally my stop arrives, I grab my bag and step off the bus. The bus takes off down the road and I begin to walk down my street to my house. My "street" is actually a gravel road, out in the country with lots of trees and shrubbery off to either side. I pass a few houses on my way to my house, dogs bark as I pass, I glance at them and they instantly stop barking. I have that effect on animals,I don't know why. "What should we do this weekend?" I ask myself. "I see, sounds interesting." I make my way up my driveway to the front door. I reach under the welcome mat and grab the key. I insert the key, turn the lock, and open the door. The house has an open floor plan with laminate flooring. A corner couch  and a TV mounted above the fireplace. "Geez, today was the worst!" "Hey, do you remember what time mom and dad are supposed to get home?" "Oh yeah, thanks." "Where's the remote?" I grab the remote and turn on the tv. "Hmm." I flick through channel after channel. "Dang why is it all soap operas?!" I turn off the tv, take my things into my room, and begin to put my things away. My bed sits in the corner opposite the door, my desk sits next to my door. I set down my bag by my bookcase and walk out of my room. "It's a nice day today, why don't I just go for a walk in the woods?" I grab my shoes and walk out the back door and down the steps into the backyard. There is a five foot wide trail through the woods that I begin to follow. "It's really calm out here." "Wait it's really quiet also." I begin to jog, as to make some noise. I step in a puddle and soak my shoe. "Aww crap!" I continue to jog. I look out through the trees notice a squirrel running up one. "Huh, guess there were animals out here. I stop and look around, I stay quiet as possible and listen, I can hear water running in the stream, Birds chirping and squirrel barking. I open my eyes; the sun shines through the trees down on my face, it's warm. I say out loud "Sometimes I forget how nice late spring is." While I was still looking at the squirrel I slip on some leaves and begin to tumble down the hill. I can't stop myself and fall off a shot drop and land on a pile of leaves, " Thank gosh these leaves were here. I begin to stand when the ground gives away under my feet. I fall down, down, and down, further into the darkness, until I hit the bottom. I gasp, trying to catch my breath. "Ouch!" I attempt to get up but my back explodes into pain. I grit my teeth and slowing climb to my feet. I am in a small cavern with dank stone walls. In the dim light, I can make out a stone platform with four pillars, one at each corner. "What is this?" I say clutching my back. I slowly walk up onto the the platform when my legs then give out. I don't bother trying to get up and just sit there looking around. I notice some text on the ground and after looking around, I realize that it is a circle and I am sitting in the center. I begin to attempt to read the text. "Chi tenshi soma tineke om reetz ton Chikotie si rans tie ton Spartasia." "What the heck does that mean?" Suddenly I was enveloped in a blinding light. "Jason and Ashley." What the hell, who talking to us?" "Wait how do they know about you!?" "Jason and Ashley, it is time for you to awaken and save the land of Spartasia!" "What!" The lights went out and I was enveloped in darkness, my head exploded into pain. "It hurts, it hurts so much!" I then lost consciousness.  I wake to a bright light, after blinking a few times, I look around. I was laying under a tree, in a vast grassy field.