Dear StarWorld: Chapter 1

                                   INTRODUCTION
Once upon a time there was a planet. Existing  in another galaxy than the milky way.
It had been discovered on May,13,4001. There were no organisms living on this strange planet.
Then. But thats not the point. The point is that this planet is where we needed to take refuge.
The point is that our planet was collapsing. Turning to dust before our eyes.
But did we know?? Well, let's just say that there were exactly 10,000 people left on
our planet earth before we noticed. Because the rest died. Right infront of us.
Which is why we had to leave. Obviously. We left. To that strange planet.
To StarWorld.
                         CHAPTER 1
Hey guys. Kyle here. I'm supposed tell you about this whole StarWorld thing.
Anyways.....
In 4000, things were different than all the years before.
You see, there was an enormous war. A world war. and it left
exactly 1/2 of the earth in condition to at least survive. The upper half.
The North as we called it. My family was one of the ones to survive.
Well, if you call hiding inside an icberg for 5 months with raw fish and
one bucket of fresh water surviving. But we lived. When the war was
finally over, we came out of our hiding spot to find at least 100 more families hiding
too. We weren't alone. So anyways, we built
houses and caught fish and other ocean animals living in the freezing Atlantic.
By the time our world started to collapse, I was 19 years old. Our families had always liked
to say that I would lead about 20 other kids into battle against the creatures that inhabited
our world. Or we would just repair our world.
 Turns out, we were the only ones left. Us and no parents. No adults.
Just about 20 kids, ranging in age from 9-19, alone in the freezing cold,
watching our families being swallowed up by the snow and ice. But i'm not
going to harp so much on that.
See, this story isn't about how everyone died. It's about how we survived.

After we watched our families get drowned in earth, I decided to take
charge. I was the oldest one there anyways.
"Okay guys look, we are going to be Ok. I promise.
I WILL protect you. All of you" i said loudly. And just like that i was
drowned in an enormous group hug.  I glanced at Yaja.
The most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I get to protect her too.
I thought to myself. "Okay let's see who all is here." I said.
They all lined up. "Brock, Summer, Hazel, Nico,
Ajad, Lada,...", I tapped each child on the head as I walked by.
All of them were under 13 except for Me, Yaja, Rex, and Tuck.
Who were 17,18, and 19. The rest were just kids. This is my family now.
I've got to help them. I couldn't help thinking about the
fact that these little helpless children had just witnessed the death of
everything they ever knew. Their parents. Their village. Their houses and friends.
I remembered my own friends and family. My mom, holding on to life by a thread from pneumonia.
My dad, who died in the war. My sister, Hally, who died in the iceberg from hypothermia.
My brother,Tab, who was actually here with me. And my older brother, Mikey.
He died in the war too. We were close brothers. I shut down for a week when the
 war was over and found that Mikey had died.
I was jolted back into reality by a flash of lightning followed by a huge clap of thunder.
I've got to get these kids out of here. now. I pulled Rex, Tuck, and Yaja aside.
"Look guys, weve got to get out of here." I said. "How??" asked Rex.
"Not so sure", I said. I mean, really what could we do??
We were stranded on a collapsing planet with no way out. Unless....
"What if we went.....To the South Side", I said.  "Are you crazy??" Yaja said.
 "Yaja, that's where the huge hole in the earth is!! We could get out of here!!" I said.
"He's right", said Tuck. "We have to get to the Bala Galaxy. And we have
to get to StarWorld. That's the only way. To get out."
"And we need to go now." I said looking up into the sky. It was getting dark.
Storm clouds were rising and lighting was striking one mile away. "All right", said Yaja.
"To the south side."
   We gathered all the kids up. "Alright guys, we are going to the South Side." I told
all the kids. "The south side?? There's a big hole there!!" said Lada said.She was the
very youngest out of all of us and  her voice had a fearful tone in it,
"It's okay Lada. We wont go near the hole. I promise." I wrapped the little
girl in an protective hug."We will at least sleep there and gather supplies from the ashes" said
Yaja. "We will be safer there than here." added Rex. How weird that sounded. That the South Side
would be safer than the place where we live. It was also sort of a lie.
The remote possibility that we could manage the journey was already enough without
 the fact that there might not be anything to salvage there.
But if it was our only chance, then I was willing to go for it. I looked down at little
Lada in my arms. I needed to protect these innocent people. I couldn't believe that all those
stories about me leading all the kids into safety were true. But it was more than that.
It was reality. Wow. I am the hero. I really am. And these kids really needed me to save them.
And that is what I was going to do.
   We gathered all the food from the houses,stuffed it into 7 big bags,got our weapons,
(swords,spears, that kind of thing), and off we went. In one line.
Trudging through the icy terrain. Us older ones helped carry the kids who almost
broke down because of exhaustion. I mean, think about this: We have exactly 1/2
of the world to live in. But not even 1/2!! Because of all the monsters and creatures
surrounding us. We built our little village stretching about 2 miles long and 3 miles wide and
these little kids didn't go out. At all. Which ment not very much exercise for the younger ones,
 so as you can imagine, they were not at all used to this kind of workout.
The older kids had to help get the food, so we were trained to handle the coldness and\
we were in good shape. After about an hour, it was too dark to see. I had no idea where
 we were at all. "Tuck, where are we??" I asked. "I honestly dont know" he said.
 "Wherever we are, these kids need a break. And some food too." said Yaja.
 I thought for a moment, considering our options. Wait, what
options?? i asked myself. "Alright. We can stop here for like 20 minuets." I said.
We stopped all the kids, sat down on the snowy ground, and began to eat. We
looked all around us. Taking in our surroundings. All of us, even little Lada
trying to figure out where exactly we were. Our eyes wondered around the landscape.
No one spoke. Everyone was worried. Suddenly, I heard a scream. It sounded like
a person screaming only pitched higher. Except that it came from.....well, everywhere.
No, no, no NOT good!! 
"Umm Kyle?? We have another problem I think." said Rex, staring up at the
clouded sky. I looked up too. We all did. "Go, now. To that cave" I whispered shakily
to Yaja and indicated the dark opening of the cave with my finger.
"Take them too. Slowly." I said. And in a flash, there we were. Me, Tuck, and Rex.
All by ourselves. Alone. Nothing new really.
      The creature had a long, furry tail. It's eyes were a golden yellow. It's body was scaly and
a neon green. We slowly drew our swords. Then all at once, Tuck screamed, I fell on the ground,
and the creature was gone. "Whaaaat just happened?!?" said Rex. "I don't know", I said.
"I know", said Tuck. Me and Rex rushed to our feet and looked intently at Tuck for an
explanation. "That was a Horra. They aren't scared of much of anything....except the
scream of a Brahg. I learned how to imitate it when I was little. My dad taught it to me."
I'm not sure, but i think i had seen a tiny tear drop from Tuck's eye. Tuck had lived with his
dad before the war. His mom had died, like many others, when the country had been bombed by
the enemy. Tuck had managed to hide in a cave with his brother, Nico, after the bombing until
the war was over. His dad had been drafted into the army, however, before the country had been
bombed. Nico and Tuck had been left alone. All alone. I felt so bad for them. Especially Tuck.
He had alot on his plate. I mean, he had to take care of his 12 year old brother all on his own.
We started walking towards the cave where Yaja and all the kids had gone.
"Thanks Tuck. You kinda....just saved my life", said Rex. "Ehhh not a big deal I guess" Tuck said.
e arrived at the cave about 5 minuets later. "Yaja??"  I yelled. No answer.
    We kept walking through the cave. " Tab??" I yelled. "Yaja??" Tuck and Rex joined
me, screaming out names. We reached the back of the cave. "They aren't here", said Rex in
a confused voice. "Wait," said Tuck. He turned to the right wall of the cave and felt around.
Finally, he pushed aside a bush and we found a hole in the wall. "Let's go", I said.
We all crawled into the tiny hole, one by one. We kept crawling, until we saw a light
gleaming in the near distance. "...and then, the little bear started to back away..."
we heard a voice say. We emerged into a little room. Nico, Tab, Brock, Summer,
Hazel, and Ajad sat on the floor. Yaja sat on a rock, and Lada sat in her lap.
When they saw us, they all screamed and ran into our arms. I smiled as I looked at
all of them. Then something occurred to me.
"Wait, where's Sage??" i said. "Ummm Kyle can I talk to you for a second??"
She put Lada on the ground beside the other kids and told them to go to sleep.
Me and Yaja crawled into the tiny cave while Tuck and Rex helped the kids go to
sleep. "Yaja, what happened??" I asked. "Kyle, on the way to the cave, we saw
another creature. It was flying. Before we could act, it swooped up Maka, Nim, and Sage.
The rest of us bolted into the cave and went as far back as we could." said Yaja in an
urgent tone. it's my fault. I should have gone with them and protected them.
 Now they're gone. They're gone. They're gone and it's my fault. 
I put my head in my hands, forgetting Yaja was there. "It's okay. You couldn't have
done anything. No one could have saved them, Kyle. I'm telling you."
She leaned in closer to my face. "I'm telling you Kyle". Then, Rex called us back into the room.
I let those children die. It's my fault. These words repeated themselves
over and over in my head. It's my fault.
                                              END OF CHAPTER 1