The Lost

The Beginning?

(Sawyer)

Please brace yourself. What you're about to read isn't pretty. I'm not proud, but I have to do what I'm about to do.

"Dude! Stop that, she didn't do anything." John says as he tried to hold me back.

"You don't understand what's at stake, you never will!" I say as I push John off.

Swing after swing, the punches meet their target and - wait... you don't know what's happening, do you? Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Let's start from the beginning....

Once upon a time, the fairy godmother came - oh wait wrong story, my bad.

Ok, serious now. It all started with a video game. I was just playing Jumanji, and just out of nowhere it started glitching. BS, am I right guys? Like, I just got the game. The TV turned white, and random black pixels everywhere. I shake the Xbox controller.

"Pfft, like that'll do anything. Did you actually do that, dumbass?"

"Back off Sky. This is my story!"

Ok, I'm back. Sorry about that. Pretend nothing happened. Ahem, anyways... so, yes, I shook the controller.

*laughter in the background*

"SHUT UP, SKY! Wait until you see what I did with her... Let's back up a little more."

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Ugh... morning. I yawned a very ugly yawn, absolutely horrifying, shutting off my alarm while doing so. At least it's summer. I stuff my face with toast and head back to my room.

"Are you playing that video game again? It's going to hurt your eyes. Go outside for God's sake. It's summer." Mom said.

"Nooooo... I'm not playing video games. I'm - umm - sleeping? So please don't disturb. My face isn't this beautiful naturally, you know." I say while turning the video game Jumanji on. But of course, with my luck, the music starts blasting.

"Um. I know you must be confused about this noise, but I love sleeping with jungle music on volume 100. I'll turn it down a little for your sake, obviously cause I love you so much." I turn the music down.

I heard her mumble somewhat of a prayer. "Just play, Sawyer."

"I need my beauty sleep, okay Mom? So I will play later."

"I must prepare myself when he comes out." Mom mumbles to herself.

"I heard that Mom!"

    SHTK SHTK SHTK SHTK SHTKSHTKSHTKSHTK

    "What the hell is happening?" Black pixels appear on a new green background on the TV as I spoke. "Seriously?? I just got this game."

    I start violently shaking the remote and hitting the TV. "Ugh, whatever. I don't have time for this." I press the off button on the TV, but the music just gets louder. A bright light appears in the video game. I use the controller to walk my player away from the light, but it moved the opposite way, towards the ominous ball of light.

    I'm pretty sure this didn't happen yesterday when I played.

    "No shit, Sherlock." Sky intervenes.

    "What'd I tell you, Sky? SHUT IT."

    Okay. Back. So anyway... The music is blasting, my player is moving towards the light. So I'm like "yeah, okay. It's all part of the game, new level probs cause I got skillz." But once my player gets the light, the entire screen turns white and the music stops. The TV starts speaking, and says to me, "This will be said one time, and one time only, so listen carefully because nothing will be repeated and turn the volume down it's secret."

    "OH SHIT MOM! IM PART OF SOMETHING SECRET... oh, wait NEVERMIND MOM!"

    "Seriously kid?" The TV speaks as I turn down the volume.

    "Don't worry I got this." I open my door and look downstairs into the kitchen. "Mom the secret something is that I'm part of the LGBTQ+ community. That's all."

"G-good for you, honey."

"Seriously, how did you get an invitation to The Lost?" Sky questions as she puts her head in her hand.

"SHHHH Sky I'm not there yet! Ignore her. She came from a mental hospital. The Lost? PFFTTT what's that?"

    I came back in my room, and tell the TV "Why, hello there."

The TV says, "You are now part of the Lost. Well, actually you will be part of the Lost after you prove yourself, and that is if you choose that you want to be part of the Lost."

"That sounds cool. I'm in."

    "For real? Like, for all you know it's a gang that kills baby orphans."

"Well, is it a gang that kills baby orphans?"

"Well no, but that's not the p-"

"Well, then sign me up, creepy TV guy!"

"Oh. My. God! Seriously, how do I get chosen in the same group this idiot gets chosen in?" Sky interrupts... AGAIN.

"You know you love me, babe," Sawyer whispers to Sky. She slaps him hard across the face. "TSK TSK. You had your chance with this." He motions to himself.

"Ha fooled you guys! Why would we like each other? I mean look at me, then her ha ha ha. You guys don't even know who she is yet haha."

"Ha readers probably think I'm an imaginary girlfriend, you loser"

"When you guys are done with the whole "we hate each other" act tell me so we can actually continue? Hmm? How about that?" TV guy interrupts.

"How did you even get here...."

"I'm a freaking talking TV, and you question how I get in a conversation between you and Sky, really?"

".... Yes."

"I seriously can't tell who's more stupid. You or the guy who choose you for the Lost."

"Ask the authors."