Soul: Book 1 (DISCONTINUED)

Falling Star

(A/N: Well there's not really much to say except that updates will be pretty irregular. Sorry for the long wait, but I have written parts of future chapters to come! Anyway, here's the chapter that you've all been waiting for, inspired by a song titled "Still Here" by Digital Daggers.)

Flashback...

Sky and Deadlox huddled around the campfire, the cold wind nipping relentlessly at their skin. They were unusually silent, and the crackling of the fire was the only sound that could be heard. "What's that?" Deadlox suddenly asked, pointing at the sky. Something was barreling towards the earth at a high speed from way up in the atmosphere, and the sight could be seen for miles.

With a melancholic expression on his face, Sky looked up to see what Deadlox was referring to. "I don't know," he said in a clipped tone before bowing his head again.

Deadlox bit his lip as he stared at Sky's deadpan expression, an expression that didn't fit the 15-year-old at all. Of course, after losing pretty much everything they'd had in the past few days, Deadlox couldn't blame him. He forced himself not to think about that and continued to observe the strange space object, which was now a brilliant ball of fire searing through the night sky, plummeting at a high speed towards the ground. "It kind of... looks like a spaceship..." Deadlox said as the object got closer, his red eyes widening when he realized the implications. He estimated that the object was about to hit the forest just a few miles away. "Sky-" was the only word he managed to utter before the crash cut him off. The two of them clamped their hands over their ears as the deafening blow shook the ground.

They slowly looked at each other, both of them quivering with shock and fear. "Do you think we should check it out?" Deadlox asked after a moment of silence.

Relief washed over him when he saw finally something flicker in Sky's dull golden eyes. "I guess so," Sky said, picking up his golden sword. "Let's go."

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Quentin let out a rather unnaturally high-pitched yelp and jolted awake when he heard a loud crashing sound and felt the ground tremble. Creeper attack? was his first thought as he looked around the pond he had been sleeping in. Nope, he'd probably be dead if it was. One of his TNT experiments went off for some reason? No, he'd definitely be dead if that was the case.

He swam to the shore and stood up, looking around. In the distance, he saw black smoke rising in the air. "What in the name of..." Quentin said in confusion, trailing off as he stared at the strange sight. "Someone might be in trouble, I gotta see what it is," the mudkip said to himself as he picked up his iron sword and headed towards the direction of the smoke.

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When he first heard the explosion, Jerome's first instinct was to look at Seto accusingly. The sorcerer threw his hands up. "It wasn't me this time, I swear!" Seto said, despite the fact that he had a reputation for occassionally exploding things on accident. "It sounded like it came from outside!" The bacca looked out the window and saw a thick column of smoke rising from somewhere in the forest. "Does... Does this happen often around here?" Seto asked tentatively. He had only been with Jerome for a few weeks and was still unused to the forest. The confused expression on the bacca's face told him otherwise.

Jerome's black eyes brightened. "Let's check it out!" Jerome said excitedly, picking up his prized iron axe which he had named "Frederick" for some odd reason.

"But... what if it's dangerous?" Seto asked, worried.

"That's what makes it an adventure! It has to be dangerous or it gets boring!" Jerome said, his mischievous smile revealing his sharp fangs.