Lefty’s Story
By: 03Kimsey, A.K.A. Franklin284
Author’s note:
To my dearest friends and readers alike! I’ve had so much fun writing this story for you all to read! I wonder if you even think that this story, which was written by an older teenager, is even worth opening up and reading… I hope that you all enjoy reading the exciting tale that is about to unfold in front of you; I know I have… Some of the characters are based off my friends in real life, while some are not. I think that you will find that they all have very colorful personalities that I shall never forget to this day… However, I must warn you that this story is a Christian story; so if you don’t like it I’d advise that you read no further… Regardless, I think that you will still find this story exciting no matter what kind of a background you have… So go somewhere quiet and curl up, while you read the tale of six heroes who learn that no matter what seemingly impossible task may be in front of them, the light is always there with them…
Prologue
“There are times when even the most loyal and honest of people face a challenge that they cannot overcome alone… Some will seek out others to accompany them, some will not… However, the challenge may be too great even then! That is when one must make a decision… Will you turn your back away from the light, or will your will be strong enough to enter the Kingdom of God?”
Chapter 1
“Lefty come on, or we will not make it to school!” A female voice hollered to a small canine Lass drawing in her bedroom. “Coming mom!” The canine named Lefty hollered back as she hastily set down her drawing pad and ran out the room. However, the feminine voice was not pleased quickly enough as a large ‘Slam!’ echoed outside… (Man, I’m really pushing it today! Mom’s right, but I can’t just stop the random impulses I get when I want to draw! Perhaps traffic won’t be so bad…) Lefty grimaced as she threw her rolling back pack into the Pt. cruiser and got in.
“Cutting it a little close today aren’t we?” Lefty’s mom half- hardily joked. Lefty looked at her mom and blinked, “Hey, I can’t help it! Whenever I get that sudden impulse to draw I just can’t help it!” she frowned. “Uh- huh…” Lefty’s mom teased as she tried to keep her eyes on the road with out laughing, “I know that you like to draw, but last night and this morning are cutting it a little close… I’m not saying that you shouldn’t draw however there is a time and a place for everything you know…” She frowned. Lefty sighed, “Ya, I know that… But, sometimes I just can’t help it! Anyways, I’m sorry about staying up so late… However, I think I’ll do great on my Spanish II test today!” Lefty grinned to her mom. They were nearly to school now…
The Pt. stopped at the red light as the Pt’s turning signal flickered on, off, on, off… A collective sigh could be heard coming from Lefty’s mom as she tapped her fingers on the dashboard… She then looked at her daughter, “Honey, I know that you’ll ace that test… There’s really nothing to worry about, besides even if you totally failed it (like you would…) it wouldn’t matter because you’d still pass the class… Suddenly the light turned green and the Pt. quickly zoomed across the four lane… Lefty sighed a sigh of relief and exhaustion as she stared at the ever so quickly moving scenery until at last, both the public library and Lefty’s school were in view…
“Brrrrrrriiiiiiiiinnnnnnggggg!!!!!” The school’s bell shouted, as a mob of students rushed out of doorways. Once again the hallways seemed to be filled with excited chatter as Lefty started walking towards her locker. She groaned, “Sometimes it’s as if the whole world is like a giant ant’s nest waiting to crawl up your pants…” she muttered to no one in particular… She then started rolling the numbers on her lock until a ‘Click!’ was heard. Lefty then suddenly thrust open the door to her locker as she started piling up her old books, and then quickly taking down her fourth period book.
“Can you believe it Spots?!” A new voice behind Lefty spoke, “That new book that everyone has been reading seems to leave people asking more mysterious questions about who the hero truly is!” The voice squealed in delight. Lefty quickly identified who the mysterious voice was that was talking, but made sure that her head wasn’t turned so it would look like she wasn’t eavesdropping. Spots seemed to chuckle behind her, “You know, Thistle, not all of us have gotten to the fifth book in the series The prophet yet…” Spots snorted… Thistle giggled, “Tee he hee! I know that Spots, but doesn’t it make you wonder exactly why the Prophet had to go to the mysterious land of Estyren in the first place?” Thistle questioned.
Lefty slammed her locker, grabbing the attention of both Thistle and Spots behind her… Lefty hastily put her books in her rolling backpack and stormed off, much to the confusion of everyone behind her… Lefty didn’t care what they thought, she hated hearing about that book… It started back a couple of semesters when the first book had been released. Her best bud at school, Stripes, had insisted that she read it… At first Lefty was skeptical, but she was soon drawn into reading the mysterious book. It even came with a neat little blue cross necklace!
The prophet was placed in a medieval timeline, with a few exceptions of some items being futuristic, however the story seemed more up to date with what modern people’s lifestyle was today. The prophet, or the hero, was somehow magically transported to the land of Estyren along with a couple of the prophet’s best buds. With no memory of exactly how they got there, the gang soon finds out that survival wasn’t an easy thing to do… With the ‘dark shadow’ nipping at their heels around every turn, it seemed like their goal would never be accomplished. To return the light that once dwelled in Estyren…
Lefty spent hours reading the first and the second book that had come out at the time; sometimes completely setting off her homework until the very last minute! Lefty was so thrilled when she got the third book; she had locked herself in her bedroom all day. She quickly opened the book up and began to read. After an hour a loud “SLAM!” was heard from Lefty’s bedroom, setting her mom off as she ran into her child’s bedroom. “Lefty are you ok?!” Lefty remembered her mom screaming as she opened the door. There was Lefty sitting on her bed frowning at her book lying on the floor. “It’s not fair mom!” Lefty huffed as she toyed with her cross necklace she got from the first book, “Why can’t the prophet tell anyone that the dark shadow is following them?! I mean, doesn’t the Prophet even care a bit about his friends?!” Lefty frowned as she picked back up the book and pointed to a certain section… “I’ve even looked at the ending! The dark shadow ends up killing one of his friends! And all he does is just walk away!” At this Lefty threw the book back on the floor and mumbled something that her mom couldn’t hear… Lefty’s mom sighed and picked up the strange book that had intrigued her daughter for many months. She sighed as she flipped through the pages of the book until she reached a page that caught her eye. It showed a swirly black thing at the corner of the page, and at the other side was a man in a hood holding a person that looked pale all over. Lefty’s mom grimaced at the picture and then closed the book, “Well, if you don’t want to read it I understand… However, don’t scare me like that again Lefty. It made me think you had passed out or something…” Lefty mom huffed before she closed the door again.
Lefty blinked as those old memories came back into her head. Ever since that event had happened, Lefty vowed that she would never read, lest look at the little cross shape necklace again… She hated that book and the event that occurred at the end… It disturbed her for some reason, and she felt unnerved by it… (Just forget about it… It was in the past; it’s time to move forward and think about physics…) Her mind tried to soothe her, but Lefty didn’t seem to hear it as she silently trudged thru the rain to her college class.
“I’m sooooooooooooooooooo tired!!!” Lefty groaned as she dragged her rolling backpack into her bedroom and plopped down. She looked at her clock, 3:00 pm on the nose… Lefty flicked her tail irritably as she began to rummage through her backpack. She quickly set down her Spanish book that always seemed to follow her home every day, followed by her US history book. Lefty mumbled as she dove deeper into her backpack to find her glasses. For some reason, today they were playing hide and seek… She felt through the ocean of pencils until her hands finally found the item she was looking for… “Gotcha!” She smiled triumphantly, as she pulled her glasses case out of her backpack.
“Clunk!” a noise echoed thru her bedroom. Lefty flinched quickly before slowly leaning over to where the source of the noise was coming from. Lefty quickly jumped when she saw what had disrupted her concentration. It was the same little blue cross that came from the book that Lefty had been thinking about earlier that day. “The prophet” Lefty whispered as she picked up the necklace. “So how exactly did you get in here?” Lefty smiled. The blue cross necklace seemed to be refracting the sunlight as in response to Lefty’s question. Lefty squeaked in surprise as the sunlight temporarily blinded her. She laid down on her bed and chuckled, “I meant to get rid of this necklace long ago, but it seems like instead it wished to stay a bit longer…” Lefty cracked a smile. Memories flooded into her mind as she thought about the good times she had with her friends, reading the book that is… Stripes seemed the most eager about reading the Prophet, due to him bugging her about exactly how much faster he was going to read it than her. Lefty would of course gently flick him on the ear to get him to be quiet while she read the book during lunch…
A sudden spark of something she needed to do sent her back into reality. (Oh fruit! I forgot to check the internet before I start working on homework!) Lefty frowned, as she unknowingly threw the cross necklace over her head and dashed out the door. Lefty’s parents were busy doing another big project this month, so they were constantly going to some hardware store to get supplies. Lefty sat down in her computer chair and waited impatiently for the computer to boot up. Once that was accomplished she checked her favorite video sharing website to see what her Philippines friend was doing… (Nothing new… that’s okay...) Lefty frowned as she stared at the computer screen for a moment before deciding to refresh the page…
“Boop!” The new message icon suddenly lit up. Lefty blinked in surprise as she saw it was from her Philippines friend, Shila, who never was on at this time of day. She hastily opened her inbox and read, “Hey buddy! I know I’m on really late, but I couldn’t sleep… I hope you’re online so we could maybe talk?” Lefty nearly laughed as she typed back a reply, “Sure why not… I’ve got a few hours to kill before I have to do some homework, what’s up?” Lefty waited a few moments before another “Boop!” appeared. “Kool. Hey I heard that you’re latest animation project you posted has reached at least 600 visits today! How did you do it?” Shila asked, seeming astonished. Lefty blinked in surprise as she typed back a reply, “Really?! That’s NEVER happened b4! I’ll check it out later…” Lefty replied. In few more seconds another reply appeared, “That’s fine… Well, my power just went out at my house. O-o better get off b4 my laptop runs out of battery, ttyl.” Shila replied. Lefty nearly laughed, “Haha! Only that kind of thing happens when you stay up past bedtime!” Lefty typed.
Suddenly the light started flickering at Lefty’s house. “O-o, great now you’ve jinxed me! My house lights are going crazy!” Lefty typed. “Zap!” The house lights went out completely… Lefty quivered, “Great, now they’re all the way out… Ok, better get off my laptop too b4 my battery dies, who knows how long they could stay out…” Lefty moaned as she sent the letter. No reply came… Lefty started feeling an odd sensation about the situation, but simply shut her laptop off and walked back to her bedroom to start on homework.
(Sigh* I’m sooooo bored… That dumb power company reallllllly needs to fix those power lines so they won’t fall down every time a tree limb touches the lines!) Lefty huffed. She then turned over on her bed to be more comfortable and to get a better look outside. (Oh well, at least the power’s out in the day and not at night. If that happened I’d be really nervous…) Lefty grumbled, as the sunlight seemed to enter the bedroom; filling the bedroom with the warmth of the light… (Oooooo, that feels so goooood……….) Lefty smiled and closed her eyes, absorbing the warmth. It was not long before Lefty was sound asleep thinking about all of her good friends…
Mumble* n-nooooo…. Y-you can’t have her! You just can’t! A voice growled… we have to keep moving at all costs if we’re going to survive this wind! Another voice howled. I can’t go any farther! If I take one more step I’ll fall over! Some familiar voice whined… Ugh, I’m sooo sick of this! When can we leave?! An impatient voice grumbled… Lefty! No Lefty! You can’t leave us… Please don’t leave…. Lefty!!!!!!!!!!!! A voice screamed, jumbling Lefty from her sleep… “*Gasp!* WH-what?” Lefty breathed… She then rubbed her eyes, hoping to wipe away the black dreariness that seemed to engulf her… But no matter how hard she tried to wipe the darkness away, it continued to stay… Lefty started to panic, “what is going on?! Someone, anyone! Get me out of here!” Lefty screamed as hard as she could. “Lefty….” A voice seemed to whisper. Lefty turned to where the voice had come from but saw nothing. “Do not fear…. I am here to help….” The voice cooed. Lefty didn’t seem to fully trust this voice but looked at where the voice was coming from. “Sh-show yourself!” Lefty roared. “Peace… I am here to help guide you. Listen closely…” The voice whispered, as a bright flash of light filled the room causing Lefty to recoil in surprise… Lefty soon got used to the light and stared towards the light direction as best as she could… “Lefty, you are the Prophet… You will help save us all… Lefty…. Lefty…. Lefty……….” The voice trailed off, as Lefty drifted off again…
“Lefty… Lefty…. Lefty………..” Now the voice sounded familiar… “Lefty…. Lefty! Oh lord, please wake up! Lefty!!!!!” The voice screamed, causing Lefty to jolt awake. “Huh, what!?” Lefty bolted upright looking at who was talking to her. A small tan cat with an unmistakable spot around the eye was looking directly at her. “She’s awake! Thank goodness! So that makes us all accounted for!” The tan cat sighed in relief. Lefty looked up in confusion, “Cat? Why are you in my house? And what do you mean by ‘we’re all accounted for’? Lefty frowned. Cat looked at Lefty nervously, “Um, Lefty you might want to look where you are…” Lefty bolted up at this and nervously looked around, “Oh- my- Lord…..” There standing before Lefty’s eyes was her best friends and one person she couldn’t recognize, but besides that, they were standing in a land that Lefty didn’t recognize… “Um, guys… I don’t think we’re in the Great Smoky Mountains anymore...”
Okay, so i'm sure that you are wondering what wil happen next! :3 Don't worry, I already have 4 more BIG chapters written! I'm just editing them! I will post the next chapter in a week! ttyl! :3
Don't worry i'm still animating and stuff, but right now I just got over an annoying sinus attack... So ya... :P Enjoy! :3
Don't worry i'm still animating and stuff, but right now I just got over an annoying sinus attack... So ya... :P Enjoy! :3
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