This is part one of a new series I'm working on through the summer. It's called The Knights Of Stonum. Enjoy!
Prologue:
Dusk was just an
ordinary boy. Other than his name, he
seemed normal to basically everyone.
That is, to everyone but his three friends Hue, Ian, and Dido. They knew that he wasn’t quite normal. They knew because they all had one. They all had one of The Stones. Dusk, Hue, Ian, and Dido found The Stones
glowing by the ocean in front of Dusk’s house.
They took them. That’s when it
all started.
Chapter 1:
“Hey, do you want to
come over to my house tonight?” Dusk was
asking his friends after school.
“Of course dude!” Said
Ian.
“Sure!” Hue exclaimed.
“I’ll be there!” Dido
said as he jumped in the air.
“Alright, cool! I’ll
buy some snacks when I bike home.” Dusk
said.
Later
at Dusk’s house, Dusk was waiting for his friends to arrive. There was a knock at the door.
“Hi, Dusk!” It was
Hue.
“Oh, hey Hue! Have
you seen the others?” Dusk asked.
“Yes, they’re coming.
I just biked the fastest to get here.”
Hue replied.
“Okay I was jus – oh, here they are now!”
Ian and Dido were huffing and puffing as they walked up the
front steps.
“Man, how can you bike so fast Hue?” Dido asked between breaths.
“Hi Dido! I bike
faster when I really want to get to the place where I’m biking. For instance, when I bike to school I do it
very slowly so it takes longer.” Hue
answered.
“Okay…” Dido said.
“So, what are we going to do?” Ian asked Dusk.
“Uhh, I was thinking of playing dodge ball on the
beach.” Dusk replied.
“Awesome!” Everyone
else replied.
They headed outside and started
playing.
“Wooh, Dusk, you threw that way out of bounds!” Hue yelled.
Sure enough, the ball was thrown way out of bounds.
“Okay, easy, Hue.
I’ll go grab it.” Dusk said as he
walked over towards the ball.
“Uh, guys? You might
want to come see this…” Dusk said to the
others.
They walked over to Dusk. There, half-buried in the sand, were four
round stones each glowing different colors.
“Wow.” Dusk picked up
the bright green one.
“Amazing!” Hue took
the orange one.
“This is crazy!” Dido
grabbed the blue one.
“They’re glowing!”
Ian took yellow one.
When they all picked up the stones, the stones started to
glow white and a sweet tune of notes was played. Then, out of nowhere, a portal appeared.
“Oh my gosh!” Hue
said.
They all dropped the stones in surprise. The portal immediately shut and the stones
started to glow their original color.
“What. Just. Happened?”
Ian asked.
“I have no idea.”
Dido said.
“I feel like…I feel like it was attached to me.” Dusk whispered.
They went inside, leaving the
stones out of fear. Dusk hopped over to
his laptop.
“Okay, I’m gonna search this up.”
He searched ‘glowing stones’ in Google. He found one result that was even related to
stones.
“Sensei White? It
turns out that this Sensei guy has been looking for these stones. Hey, he lives just down the street from
me. Coincidence? I don’t think so. I think he knows that these stones are around
here.” Dusk told everyone.
“Should we go see him?”
Dido asked quietly.
“Yes. But we have to
be careful. It could be some kind of
trap.” Dusk replied.
“Alright then. It’s
set. We’ll go tomorrow after
school.” Hue said.
Chapter 2:
After
school the next day, Dusk and his friends met at his house.
“Alright,” Dusk said.
“The address to this guy’s house is about a block
away.” He told everyone.
“Then what are we waiting for?” Ian asked.
“Let’s go!” Hue said.
They
started walking.
“So, what are we going to say to this guy?” Dido asked.
“Well, we should probably say something like, ‘Hey Mister
White! We found your weird glowing
stone…things!’” Dusk said.
“Oh! Then we should
say, ‘If you want them, you can come get them at Dusk’s place!’” Ian said.
“Yes, yes! That’ll
do!” Hue said.
They
arrived at Sensai White’s house. Dusk
knocked at the door.
“Who’s there?” Said a
croaky voice.
Hue saw
an eye peek out from a hole in the door.
“Ahh! Oh. Well, we think we have your
stone…things…” Dido said carefully.
They
heard multiple locks being unlocked.
They saw an old man standing in the doorway.
“Come in, come in!”
The old man insisted. He had a
kind smile on his face.
“Um, okay.” Ian said.
The
boys walked in suspiciously. They looked
around.
“Please, sit down.”
The man said.
After
they sat down, the old man spoke.
“So, you say you have found The Stones?”
“Yes – well, we found four glowing stones that each were a
different color.” Dusk informed him.
“Do you happen to remember what colors they were?” The man asked.
“I remember! They
were green, orange, blue, and yellow.”
Hue almost shouted.
The man
looked thoughtful for a moment.
“These are your stones.”
He said.
“What do you mean?”
Dido asked.
“There are four stones and four of you. You each have one of them.” The man replied.
“But why?” Ian asked.
“You’ll find out in time.
Each one of you, come back to me with the stone you feel is the most
connected to you. Oh, and call me
White.”
Chapter 3:
“You’ll
find out in time. You’ll find out in
time?! That’s it?” Ian shouted.
“I want to know more too, Ian.” Dusk said to him.
They
headed back to Dusk’s house. When they
got there, they found the stones sitting where they had left them.
“Uh, shouldn’t we put these stones in bags so they don’t do
that weird portal thing?” Dido asked.
“Yeah…we probably should do that.” Hue said.
They
each took the stone they had last time and quickly put it in a baggy.
“Whew, they didn’t react.”
Dido said.
“Should we head back over to White’s house?” Ian asked.
“No, It’s getting dark.
We should do it tomorrow.” Dusk
told everyone.
“Okay. Meet here
after school with the stones?” Hue
asked.
“Yep, sounds good!”
Dusk said.
After
school the next day, everyone met up at Dusk’s house like they said they would.
“Okay. So, are we
going to White’s house yet?” Ian asked
impatiently.
“Yes, yes, in a minute Ian.”
Dusk said.
“Everybody have their stones?” Hue asked.
Everyone
said yes.
“Alright then, lets get a move on!” Dido said.
They
biked over to White’s house. Dusk
knocked on the door for a second time.
“Who’s there?” Came
the voice of White.
“It’s us. You know,
Dusk, Hue, Ian, and Dido. The kids with
the stones?” Dido said.
“Oh. Come in.” White said as he opened the door - that same
friendly smile on his face.
“Alright, so you have The Stones?” White asked.
“Yeah, right here.”
Dusk and the other’s held out their stone.
“Oh yes, those are The Stones all right.” White said happily.
“Take each Stone out of the bag and hold it in your
hand.” White told them.
As they
did so, they saw a black swirling speck in the middle of the room. The speck grew larger until it was the size
of a person. The Stones turned white,
the sweet tune of notes was played, and the portal was open.
“Wow! It works!” White said.
“Okay, okay, you can put The Stones down now. It’s time for some information.” He said.
“Finally time for some info!” Ian said.
