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Hey guys. I'm working on a story for your entertainment. I don't know how long it will be, i just know its gonna be EPIC. Any comments will be appreciated!

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Sleeping...Probably.

“How?!” she screamed. ”How could you do this?!”

Sarah stood there. Angry. Confused. How could they do this to her? Her friends. Her family. Gone. It was their fault. And she was gonna make them pay.

The Beginning.

"He'll be safe here, won't he?" A hooded figure asked, to a man dressed entirely in black. "Of course, friend." He whispered. He spoke suspiciously. He looked sinister. Untrustworthy. He had long white hair, contrasting to his dark skin. He had bright hazel eyes that glistened in the moonlight, and a jagged, pointy face which made him look so young. He was surprisingly tall, and had an intimidating look about him. The Tall Man, and the Hooded figure were standing in front of a young boy, about the age of 13 or so. The boy was lying with his back against the ground, yet floated casually about 2 and a half feet. His eyes were closed. And he looked as if he were unconscious or asleep. "We must go with haste. Or they will notice we're gone." The tall man then flicked his hand in an upwards motion and a black, shadowy, oval portal appeared to his side. "He'll be fine." He then made his way through the portal, with an odd, half-smile to his face. The Hooded Figure stood there, it's  head towards the boy. "Goodbye, Judo." And with those words, it exited.

The day the porridge exploded

                         {Judo}

I grunted as I smacked my head on the bar above my bed. There's another bruise for me. That dream... Why do I keep having it? It's turning into a nightmare. I'm dreaming it more and more vividly every time.
 "Good morning, sunshine." Sarcasm was Sarah's strongpoint. "Mom's made breakfast. The usual, delicious, wonderful porridge." And with those beautiful, inspiring words, she left my room. Little sisters, what good are they? I leapt out of bed, and brushed my teeth. My head still throbbing, I checked my it in the bathroom mirror. "Great, a giant lump." I said to myself, sighing with annoyance.
 "Dreaming again?" I jumped a mile, that girl comes out of no where."Same dream?"
"Er, yeah. But it gets more detailed every time I dream it..." I tried to speak casually. I didn't want her to get worried over nothing. Besides, she has always had an over-active imagination.
"This dream means something... I can feel it..." She whispered, sighing and gazing off into the distance. It's like she yearns for adventure that girl, ever since she could crawl she would be out exploring and getting lost.
"Have you been drinking the out-of-date milk in the fridge again?" I joked.
"That was one time! I-" She protested, on the verge of whining.
"Okay Lil' sis, I believe you. Whatever you say!" 
"Hey! We're twins! Just because you were born two minutes and forty-six seconds before me doesn't give you the right to call me little!" I sighed, she always interrupts when she knows she's right. I rolled my eyes.
"Okay okay, I'll stop calling you little! Now can you go and eat or do something useful to contribute to society?" I think I'm pretty good at this sarcasm too! She sighed and slung  herself out of the bathroom...Oh right, porridge! I lazily walked downstairs. I am NOT a morning person, but porridge was a good enough reason to wake up for. I was still in my PJ's when I sat down at the table.

                 {Sarah}

I went downstairs and was greeted by the site of a baby with porridge around his mouth. How can he get so messy? There was a plate of eggs and bacon on the table, presumably for me, so I sat down and started to tuck in. Mom's cooking is the best, but just staring at my brother eating that slop put me off the rest of my food. So I sat there, bored out of my mind, playing with my food. 
"What's up, honey?" Mom came into the kitchen being her usual kind and caring self. 
"Nothing..."I lied.
"Well if you need anything I'll just be upstairs, 'k?"...She's probably going to clean everything...
"Yeah mom..." Me and Judo replied as she jogged up the stairs. I decided to 'contribute to society' and started talking to my messy brother, who's still eating his slop.
"So what was different in your dream this time?" I asked, moving my egg around the plate with my fork. Judo looked up from his slop and stopped eating.
"Well... This time I could see one of the things talking..." He looked dazed and lost, as if he were trying to remember something but couldn't find the memory in his head.
"Things?" I asked, "They surely must be human?"
"hmm" He grunted, and started to eat his slop again.  Before I could ask anything else my phone started to ring. Before answering it I could see who it was. It was my best freind, Hanna.
"Hey Sarah, you wanna come to London later?"
"Umm sure," I looked at my watch. It was  ten in the morning."what time?"
"In an hour, if that's 'k?"
"Sure, sure. I'll see you soon"
"Bye!"

I hung up and raced upstairs to the bathroom. I was already changed into ripped skinny jeans and a My Chemical Romance tee-shirt, but my camel-colured hair was a mess. Too bad I didn't care. I casually checked myself in the mirror. I wouldn't call myself pretty; I have sea blue eyes, and I'm pretty tall for my age. But I'm  not ugly either.
After checking to see if I had everything I need,- Keys, Money, Phone,- I shouted upstairs a goodbye to Mom.
"Sarah, when you come back, we need to talk. You're not in trouble or anything, it's just something important." Mom said seriously, from the top of the stairs.
"Sure mom!" I exclaimed as cheerily as I could, as I went outside to Hanna's... Ugh, she's probably gonna talk about puberty or something awkward...

Me and Hanna caught the train to Central London. We talked about the usual on the way; boys, music, and planning what we are going to do when we get there. Hanna has long, light blonde hair that I would KILL for and blue eyes like me. She was wearing casual jeans and her favourite grey cardigan with Mickey Mouse playing a cello like a guitar on it. But Hanna looked cautious. She kept looking around, and getting distracted. I brushed it off as hormones or something like that, but it did unsettle me... 

Once we got to Central London, we raced to the shops! We walked around everywhere rather quickly, and Hanna kept looking around everywhere nervously. But I still brushed it off... Maybe she's ill? I bought quite a few things, clothes mostly, but Hanna bought nothing as usual. Yet she always looks like she's wearing new clothes. Maybe she gets them from somewhere other than London? She told me once that one of her cashmere sweaters was imported! We had a quick bite to eat at this awesome sushi place, and started talking. But Hanna looked as uncomfortable as ever. Her face was covered with sweat and her hands were shaking a little. "Hey, Hanna, are you okay?"
Talking through her teeth, she replied, "Sarah, look out of the window," I did what she told me. "do you see them?" 
At first, I couldn't. I then saw a flash of two figures but everything went normal. I rubbed my eyes a little, and looked back up. And then i could see them. From across the road there were two people dressed in long black overcoats, that had large hoods that they were wearing so that it covered their faces into shadow. They looked dangerous and intimidating, and they were walking straight towards us. Through the cars and bustling public. But no one bumped into them, and no cars crashed. Its as if they were- Hanna
interrupted me-
"Invisible. I know. Sarah, we must run. Now."

I was so shocked and scared I couldn't move. I just sat there, staring at these two...things approaching us. Hanna took my hand and that helped me regain a smudge of sanity. She dragged me as we ran through the sushi place doors and turned left down the busy street. I didn't dare look back as we ran. I kept a firm grip on Hanna, I didn't want to lose her either. We weaved in and out of the townspeople. It was even more uncomfortable when I noticed that not one person noticed us acting suspiciously, they just walked past, as if nothing was happening. 

I don't know how long we ran for. Tears were blurring my eyesight, and I was gasping for breath. We ended up in an abandoned lot under a motorway, when I just couldn't run anymore. We had ran to the edge of Central London. The motorway was about 8 stories high above us, and it's cylindrical supports crowded the open lot. Apart from her being dreadfully worried and nervous, she was not out of breath. She had been running as fast as me, and she wasn't out of breath. So that means I'm either really fat, or she is not the normal human. 
Hanna whispered to me as I slowed down, clutching my stomach and coughing"You need to hide!"
I did what I was told. I trusted her with my life. I hid behind one of the cylindrical columns that were supporting the motorway above.My heart was beating so hard I couldn't hear any of the roaring cars. I peeked around the column, and Hanna was just standing there. Waiting. Then I saw those two hooded beings once again, at the fence opening we came through. They were walking ever closer to Hanna, until they were just a few feet apart. They seemed so tall compared to my best friend.
"Where is she?" one of the Hooded Figures asked. It spoke in a multitude of voices at the same time. Some were whispers, and some were shouts. All of them creeped me out. Hanna didn't speak, she just stood there, slightly crouched and hunched over, with her arms a foot apart from her waist. It was if she was preparing herself for battle. How could she face those two, horrible things so bravely? I was NOT going to let her do this alone! "Stop!" I shouted, as I ran from behind the column. I ran to the side of Hanna. "What do you want?!" I shouted, slightly pleadingly. 
"You." One of the figures spoke in one voice. 
That's when it began. 
The figure braced itself to lunge at me, so I flinched. But I could see Hanna out of the corner of my eye. Her hands were glowing a creamy-white light. Glowing. I'm pretty sure hands don't glow by themselves. She looked angry, but focused. She raised her foot off of the ground, and thrusted her hands forward as she stomped her foot on the floor. I saw a trail of the light go from her foot through the floor in-between me and that...thing. And just as it lunged at me, a wall of dirt and rocks raised in front of me from where the light was., hitting the Hooded Figure. It went up with such force that when the wall stopped the Hooded Figre kept going until it hit the bottom of the motorway, and fell back down. I backed away quickly to avoid whatever that thing splatters when it hits the floor.I screamed when It did hit the floor, but no blood or guts splattered anywhere. The Hooded Figure liquidized into a pool of hissing, black, bubbling, acid-like liquid which sank to the floor. What was going on?! Who are these weird things and when did Hanna go all superhuman on me? 

All I could do was watch as the other Hooded Figure lunged at Hanna while she was trying to protect me. That thing sent her flying into the nearest column. I heard her cry out in pain. "No!" I screamed, tears welling up in my eyes again. 
"We have waited for this day." The Hooded Figure said, slowly approaching me."Why?! Why do you need me?!" I shouted, tears rolling down my cheeks.
"You're a very important peice of a big puzzle, Sarah Fox." How did he know my name? I closed my eyes as he prepared to lunge for me. I heard a gigantic smash, and then... nothing.

{Judo}

After eating my delicious porridge I eagerly scurried to my room and closed the door. I booted up my Laptop, went on msn and mindlessly played some online games. Salmon lazily crawled through my window, and strolled up to me for a stroke. I stroked him while I carried on clicking and mashing the keyboard. He meowed as he flopped onto my lap and started to fall asleep. I looked down and stroked him again when I heard an all too familiar bing from my computer screen. It was Cameron asking if I would come out later. I started to reply when I heard Sarah shouting to mom as she was leaving, and mom replying. As Sarah slammed the door as usual, mom came into my room. 
"You too, Hun."
"Me too what?" I asked, not taking my eyes off of the computer screen.
"I need to talk to you and Sarah once she gets back from London." She said, slightly out of breath, as usual.-she's probably cleaning something.
"But I'm going out too..." 
"Where to?" She demanded.
"I'm going to London as well. Cam' just invited me..." as I spoke I replied to Cam, saying sure I'll be at his soon. Whatever Mom wanted to talk about, it sounded like it was something awkward and I felt I should avoid it for the time being. Biggest mistake of my life.
"... Mmkay, but be back by 7." she said as she jogged downstairs. Salmon followed her down. Once I got changed into jeans and a shirt, brushed my teeth and made sure I had every mobile gadget I need in my pocket, I rushed downstairs and passed the lounge to see mom curled up on the sofa watching TV with Salmon. 
"Remember,-" 
"I know, I know, back by 7." I interrupted as I opened the front door. 
"Just be careful, Hun."
"I know Mom, I will."
"Okay love you."
I shouted as I closed the door and made my way to Cam's "Love you too!" 

We took the train to London, as usual. 
"So who are we gonna meet there?" I asked, curiously.
"Well, Jade's at a party, Jack's on holiday, Mitch is ill, and so is Kirsty..."
"It's just you and me isn't it?" I asked sarcastically, smiling.
"...Yeah" Cam mumbled, sounding slightly deflated.He was wearing cream chinos and a 1-up green sweatshirt. He had messy blonde surf hair and light skin compared to my black hair and tanned skin. Mom says I'm tanned because Dad's Dad was from Hawaii. I wish Dad was here. I never knew my father. He was killed while Mom was pregnant with us. Sometimes I wish I could meet him just once. I sometimes wonder what he was like, whether he acted the same as me and Sarah. I can see in the way Mom acts, how much she misses him. I can sometimes see the pain in her eyes until she covers her face with a smile .  Cam was being his usual self, daydreaming into the floor and humming a tune to himself as we approached our stop.

We did the usual shopping in London, until we felt hungry and decided to eat at a cheap fast-food place. We sat close to the window and started to rate how scary people looked out of ten as they passed by. A wrinkled bald man with dark glasses in a cream suit with a tie. "Eight." I blurted out, while eating my burger. Cam nodded with agreement, and then pointed to an old wrinkly woman hunched over with a cane wearing an all-black cardigan an skirt. "Nine..." 
I disagreed, "umm... Six"
"Really?" Cam questioned, looking at me expectantly.
"Yeah. I'm sorry mate, but old ladies don't scare me..."
I looked round for another few minutes not finding anyone particularly scary. Cam was stirring his sauce with a chip, when I looked through the glass to see one of the most frightening things of my childhood. I saw my nightmare.

I froze with fear. I started to shake a little, and I managed to mumble "C-C-Cam..." so he got my attention. I felt him look at me fixated on the figure, and saw him out of the corner of my eye, look towards where I was looking. Cam dropped his sauce-covered chip. I just sat there. Staring at this hooded...thing. I can't explain to you how terrifying it is. To see your dreams turn into reality. Especially if they're nightmares.
The figure just walked. Calmly. No-one stared. No-one looked. No-one even blinked at this...thing. It was like he was invisible to them.
"DarkSpirits..." Cam mumbled to him self, before quickly saying, "Judo, we must leave. Now." 

I needed no other persuasion to get up from my seat and run. Cam was faster than I through the door, but I caught up with him after a couple of blocks.
"Your Sister! Where is she?!" Cam shouted, while we ran past Sarah's favourite Sushi place.
"She's here! In London!" I replied, starting to pant as I ran. My lungs were heaving, and my throat started to burn. I didn't even try to look back. I wanted to get as far away as possible from that...thing. Cam looked as focused as I ever seen him before. It was almost like he was trained for the precise moment. For when I was in most danger. He looked like he knew where he was going, so I followed Cam as best as I could. Through the bustling city into a slightly more residential area of London. I noticed as we ran through the city, that no-one stopped us. No-one looked or stared suspiciously as we ran, terrified. Was this real?

We couldn't run forever. I knew we would have to stop soon and face this...monster. I followed Cam as fast as I could. I looked at him as we were running. His eyes were closed. His breathing deep and slow. He looked as if he were meditating. But how could he see, or run at this speed, for that matter? Something's happening with the world. Beyond me. Beyond my sister. I know it.

I stopped to a halt when I saw a hooded figure stood in the centre of the abandoned lot. There are more than one of those monsters. I was surprised that it hadn't noticed us yet. Until I saw my sister. Panic washed over me. I felt sick with fear and worry. "Sarah!" I screamed. She couldn't hear me.
   I didn't notice that Cam was behind me until it happened.

Cam ran in front of me, and lifted a car. He lifted a car. Without even touching it. I hope I'm not crazy. I know it was real. My eyes wouldn't lie to me. He ran, almost animalistic to the car. Slightly hunched over his hips, leaning to one side.His hands glowed a deep purple, while he swung his arms upwards. I heard Sarah scream as that horrific monster prepared to lunge at her. I saw the car flying through the air, coming to a crash landing on top of that...monster, with a strangely satisfying crush.Cam ran in front of me, and lifted a car. He lifted a car. Without even touching it. I hope I'm not crazy. I know it was real. My eyes wouldn't lie to me.

Sarah

I opened my eyes to a flattened car in front of me. I was shaking with shock and fear. I ran to Hanna, who was still lying against the support. That hooded figure hit her so hard that the support was cracked a little behind her. Tears filled my eyes again as I looked at her frail body.
"She isn't dead."
I span around so fast my neck clicked. I sighed with relief, as I realised it was Cam. "She's just unconscious." He jogged closer to pick up Hanna. He looked as focused as I'd ever seen him. He didn't looked lost, or innocent. Something's changed. "We must go. We need to find your mother, and run." Shivers went down my spine. That was the second time someone's told me to run today. Cam walked with Hanna in his arms, towards the opposite way we came in.
"Wait." Cam stopped. "...Who are you?" I asked.
...
Without turning back, he spoke, "I'm a Protecter." And carried on walking. "Help me pick up your brother on the way back with me, will you?."

Artwork
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Until then! ~ Albertt911

Logbook wrote:

Monday 8th, 23:24, wrote The Beginning.
Tuesday, 9th, 23:36, wrote part of The day the porridge exploded.
Wednesday 10th, 23:14, wrote A LOT more of the chapter.
Thursday, 11th, 23:01, finished Sarah's segment in 'The day the porridge exploded'
Friday, 12th, 15:39, fixed gramatical errors.
Tuesday, 16th, 23:11, uploaded and wrote part of Judo's segment.
Monday,29th of August, 20:54,i'M BACK!    Posted some artwork 
Tuesday, 30th August, 01:25, Posted a nibble more of the story 
15:59, added another piece of artwork 
Sunday, 4th September, 17:36, posted short paragraph.
Tuesday, 13, September, wrote a bit more, first peice of writing on computer :3

Last edited by Albertt911 (2011-09-14 17:00:21)