Zane, Perry, and their dog DJ explore the woods while Imani and Jack stay inside the house with their mother Kevlyn. Perry takes pictures of the fall-colored woods while they are walking in the woods to experience the beautiful nature in the autumn season.
"This forest looks amazing in the fall," said Perry. "I agree with you. Too bad, that summer is already gone. But I'm going to miss the spring and summer seasons," said Zane. "Me, too, Zane, I love all 4 seasons, too, you know? It's like nature changing seasons every year, so beautiful and nostalgic," said Perry. "Yeah," said Zane. "So, Zane, where are the swans at now?" said Perry. "I have no idea, they might be flying away to another country somewhere, but they always come back around like the geese and ducks," said Zane. "Yeah, right?" said Perry, playfully.
"Hey, what's that over there?" asked Zane, pointing at the path of the forest. "Where?" asked Perry as he turned his head to look at the spot where Zane pointed, Zane ran off. Perry turned his head back to face Zane, seeing him not there.
"Zane? Where did you go, big cousin?" said Perry. Zane was hiding behind one of the trees, planning to pull a scary prank on Perry. Perry looks around to look for Zane, Zane pops out of the tree, scares Perry, and makes DJ bark in alarm once. "Really, Zane?" said Perry, shocked. "Got you real good," said Zane, laughing. "That's not funny, you are so gonna get it," said Perry, laughing along. DJ barked again, he sniffed Zane's hand as he whimpered. Zane rubbed DJ's ears and head. "Yeah, he's mad at you for scaring us," said Perry, smirking. "Are you sure about that? Sorry, DJ, didn't mean to scare you both, you're a good boy," asked Zane.
"What's that by your foot?" asked Perry. "What?" asked Zane, looking down and seeing the unknown, shiny blue object buried under the orange, brown leaves on the ground. "I don't know, let's see," said Zane. Zane moved the leaves out of the way on the ground, they discovered the necklace with the dark blue crystal that is called the blue goldstone that was on the ground below the leaves. "What is that?" asked Perry. "I don't know, but we better find out what crystal is this?" said Zane. "Looks beautiful," said Perry. "Yeah," said Zane, agreeing with Perry. "We gotta go tell Mom about this crystal to see if she could identify the name of this dark blue crystal," said Zane. "Totally agree," said Perry. "Come on, DJ, let's go back," said Zane.
After exploring the Boreal forest, Zane drives in the mini-van with Perry and DJ to head home. As they got to the house, they exited the vehicle before closing the doors and walked to the porch. Zane pulled out his house keys and unlocked the door with one of them before they entered their home. "Hey, Zane and Perry," said Imani as she came downstairs from her bedroom. "Hey, sis. What are you doing heading downstairs?" said Zane. "Well, I'm just getting a snack and a drink out in the kitchen," said Imani. "Oh," said Zane. "So, do you know what costume you're gonna wear for Halloween, little cousin," said Perry. "I think I'm gonna be Merida for Halloween," said Imani. "I'm gonna be Miles Morales for Halloween," said Jack as he was reading his Spider-Man comics while sitting on the couch.
"That's some good choices for Halloween, Merida, and Miles," said Zane as Perry agreed with his words. "Thanks," said Imani. "Hopefully, Mom and Dad can get us some costumes as soon as possible before October or during October," said Jack. "Yeah," said Zane. "So, what are you gonna wear for Halloween?" asked Imani. "I'm gonna be Michael Jackson for Halloween," said Perry. "I'm thinking about wearing a wizard costume for Halloween," said Zane. "Oooh, cool costume choices," said Jack. "Michael Jackson was one of my favorite singers ever, his songs sounded so good on Spotify," said Imani. "Yeah, I know, right? May he rest in peace in Heaven," said Perry. "Yeah, he was a legendary King of Pop music," said Zane.
"Hey, kids," said Kevlyn as she came downstairs after she left the study room. "Hey, Mom," said Zane, Imani, and Jack. "Hey, Aunt Kevlyn, Zane and I found something in the woods," said Perry. "What did you find?" said Kevlyn. "We found a shiny, blue crystal. It's dark blue and glittery," said Zane as he pulled the blue goldstone crystal out of his pocket. Zane gives the crystal to his mother, she holds it and uses her glasses to examine the crystal. "It seems to me that this crystal is called the blue goldstone, the blue goldstone crystal is known as the stone of confidence and ambition, and it is used to reduce the tension, revitalize the wearer, and encourage a positive attitude. Also, it enhances psychic abilities and intuition," said Kevlyn, examining the blue goldstone in her hands. "Ooooh," said Imani, amazed by the blue goldstone crystal. "Let me see," said Jack as he stood up from the couch and put his comic book down on the couch before walking up to see the crystal held by Kevlyn.
In the afternoon before evening... Zane enters his bedroom after taking a warm shower, he wears his blue T-shirt and white pants after a long exploring in the woods with Perry and DJ. He looks at the picture of his late aunt Jemena, he misses her dearly. He places the picture into the picture frame and hangs it on the wall in his bedroom. "We miss you so much, Aunt Jemena. I'll be sure that we will find out who killed you sooner or later," said Zane, talking to the picture of Jemena.
Zane pulls out the box of matches before pulling one match out, lighting it, and then lights his cinnamon-pumpkin-smelling candle with the lighting match. Zane blows the match out before putting it on the holder. Zane pulls out one of his books from his bookshelf, the book called "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman, and he reads it. As he reads the book, he sees a mysterious, unknown person leaving the home outside of the neighborhood. The person is wearing a gray hooded coat and wears a Tiki mask that covers the face, Zane becomes confused about the masked person leaving the home after breaking in. The unknown suspect looked at Zane before immediately taking off.
"What the..." said Zane. Zane placed the bookmark into the Stardust book before putting the book on the desk. He heads downstairs, slides the sliding door open, and goes outside to find the suspect but the unknown suspect is nowhere to be found. "That's weird," said Zane, talking to himself. Zane looked at the house that the person broke into, the door was open.
Zane sees his dad Obinna driving by who came home from work and his car parks at their home, Obinna sees Zane outside standing. "Hey, son," said Obinna. "Hey, Dad, someone broke into someone else's house next door," said Zane.
Obinna sees the house with the door open. "Some person just left the house and took off," said Zane. "Oh my, I gotta call the neighbor to let him know about his house being broken into, come on, let's head back inside," said Obinna. "OK," said Zane. Obinna and Zane headed back inside their home, Obinna decided to call the neighbor Hank Lee about his house on the phone.
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The Swan Warrior
FantasyIn the country of Canada in the present, an Afro-Irish American man named Zane who was born with violet eyes is on a mission to find out who killed his aunt and why someone did it. With his cousin Perry joining the adventure, they set out to the tow...
