What's this?
It was a pleasant afternoon, the birds flying around were chirping, in a melodious, yet somewhat warning way. There did seem to be something fishy in the midst, something very large. At least, Jaden Larson felt it. He felt that what had happened only a few a days ago was not the end of a mysterious saga, something literally out of this world. It was only a few days ago, six days to be exact, that Jaden's sister Lucy and his friend Lily had claimed to close an inter-planet portal between the Earth and Neptune. How the portal had been opened and how it is even possible for it to exist was unknown. What made Jaden feel suspicious was a blue gas being emitted by the house in which the portal was. What bewildered him was the fact that only he could see it. His sister couldn't see it, Lily couldn't see it, and his friend James couldn't see it. "Maybe you're different. Maybe this is a sign of something. Last week, you heard a voice that led you into the house, house number ninety-three, as I recall" said James, when Jaden asked if he could see it. "Only you could hear it Jaden, none of us could. Honestly, I thought I had lost my little bother when you fell into that pit" said Lucy, in a voice which showed her fear. All those remarks didn't help Jaden feel better, not one bit. The fact that he was the youngest out of all four of them made him feel even more anxious. " Well, I'll be back. I'm going to see if anything is happening over there" said Jaden, still trying to figure out why only he could see the gas. "I'm coming with you, it's too dangerous to go alone, and with you, it's even more dangerous" said James, and they both left the Larson's home. When they got there, they both saw completely different things. Jaden saw rubble, furniture from inside the house lying in the front porch, the skeleton structures which used to frighten him and he saw that the house was slowly decomposing itself. James, on the other hand saw rubble, and nothing else. "The house is destroying itself. This thing is alive, and something is going to happen sooner or later" mumbled Jaden, quivering. "I see dust. The house is in good condition. I can only see Rick's computer" replied James, with a puzzled look on his face. Rick Taylor was a man who was inside the house, who posted information about it on the internet. He lived next to Lily and James Thompson's house. "Have you heard from Rick lately? I mean, you are neighbors" asked Jaden. "Now that you mention it, I haven't" replied James, quite confused. "What's this?" said Jaden, looking down at his feet. He thought he was seeing things, but a book just appeared out of nowhere. He picked it up. "Look, James". "What?" said James, staring at Jaden. "Oh, come on! You can't see this too?" replied Jaden, fuming. "Let's go back, I want to examine this".
Lily shocks everyone
As Jaden and James walked home, Jaden felt a sudden stretch in his arm muscle, the arm in which he was holding the book. He felt a burning sensation, one which was so great, Jaden felt the muscles and bones inside him melt and reform again. James couldn't quite figure out what was happening, and neither could Jaden. Jaden instantly felt okay, but his urge for the book increased dramatically. If it was not for Jaden's home, they would probably be in terrible danger. As expected by Jaden, Lucy couldn't see the book. However, Lily, who wore glasses, could. "What is that book doing in your hands? It looks beat-up and worn down" asked Lily, while everyone stared at her in disbelief. "You can see it too?!" asked Jaden, looking more excited than ever, at least, for the past couple of hours. Lily took her glasses off to confirm it. "Now I can't" she said. "Wait, give me that" demanded Lucy, as she put on the glasses. "I can see it too!" said Lucy, quite amazed. She instantly went down and asked her mother for her glasses, and she put them on. "Open it up" she told Jaden, who was still stuck on trying to solve the mystery of the glasses. He opened it, only to cough up dust, loads and loads of dust. "WOW" said everyone in harmony, except James, who looked more puzzled than a mouse using the internet. "What is it?" he asked. Jaden could see, in faint, dampened letters, 'Diary of Reakton Carstonomin'. "It's a diary. A diary written by Reakton Carstonomin" said Jaden. "Who?"
Who is Reakton Carstonomin?
"Wait, Jaden, before you open the book, are you sure you will be fine after reading it?" asked James, although he was unaware of what was even happening. "Whatever happens, well, it happens" replied Jaden, confident, yet, nervous in different ways. He turned the page. 96th Glachsteam, 7813 read the date. "Wherever this came from, the dates and years are very different" said Jaden. "Even with the glasses, we can't see it. Read on" said Lily. "Today is the last day of the first out of two months. Today, I begin to write this diary based upon our homeland Neptune's invasion of that small, meaningless planet, Earth" read Jaden, slowly because his reading skills were not great. "Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that Neptunians speak English?" asked Lucy. "Neptunians?" asked Jaden, without even bothering about the question asked by his sister. "Well, they need to have a name" replied Lucy. "Keep reading" ordered Lily, who seemed more interested than everyone else. "Our ship is almost finished today. It's like a portal, which will open inside a big house. This will send a message to the inhabitants of that wasteland that we are coming with a brute force. According to the schedule, I will leave our great planet, along with one of our young ones tomorrow. In the calender of Earth, it will be on the 13th of August, 2002. They have a strange calender, which has 12 whole months! Crazy people, those Earthlings" continued Jaden. "Wait, Jaden, isn't that the exact same day as you were born?" asked James, still quite confused. "Well, what a coincidence!" said Jaden. "Moving on, I'll read the next entry. 1st Closdonian, 7813: today is the second and final month of the year, having ninety-seven days. After this month, another 193 day year ends. Today was the scheduled launch of the inter-planet portal between here and Earth. It was a disaster! Before I got on, the baby which I was supposed to take with me did. The mission control thought I was on the ship, and they launched it. This would not have proven to be such a problem, until the child inside pressed the 'extreme speed' button by accident. There was no way of getting him or the ship back. We must hope that the creatures of Earth do not torture the poor thing. Another spaceship will be ready in about a decade, in Earth years. Today, I stop writing in this diary, only to resume after the new ship is built". There was a moment of silence. "There is a Neptunian on our planet right now?" said Lily, quite in shock.
11 Years later
"Jaden, continue reading. We need to know what happens next" said Lucy. Jaden continued. "34th Glachsteam, 8001: Today, I departed Neptune, I alone. We decided not to take a risk this time. Today, 30th March, 2013, in Earth years, I opened the portal at house number 93, on a place called 'Park's Avenue'. The naming system here is bizarre. More people from Neptune will be here in twelve days. My job is to scout and send information back". "Twelve days from the 30th of March means on Friday, 3 days from now. We may be in serious trouble" said James. "There's one more line" said Jaden. "My name on Earth, in case anyone asks will be Rick Taylor". "Rick?" said Lucy. "The same Rick Taylor who helped us out of that house, who posted the information online". "We have only three days" said Lily. Surprisingly, nobody noticed that Jaden and Lucy's father, Frederick Larson, was reading along with them. "Jaden" he said, startling everyone. "It's about time I told you something: your mother and I aren't your real parents. We found you outside house number ninety-three and took you in. You are the child from Neptune". Nobody even had time to think about it. There was a very loud sound from outside. BOOM!!!! Everyone rushed outside, only to see fire around house number ninety-three. There was a fallen bag of groceries, and lying beside it, was Jaden and Lucy's dead mother.
Stay tuned for the next part.
