Lykos, Skylos, and Alepou were walking through the forest when Lykos stepped on something that made him fall.

Alepou: You okay?

Skylos: You good?

Lykos shook his head and looked at where he was walking and noticed a green orb. He adjusted his glasses and went to pick it up.

Lykos: What the hell is this?

He raised it to look at it with better light.

Skylos: Yep.

Lykos: What?

Skylos: It's a fucking rock, my guy.

Lykos: Well no shit.

Skylos: You asked.

Alepou: Let me see it.

Lykos handed it to her, she started inspecting it.

Alepou: It doesn't seem to be valuable.

She threw it over to Lykos, he caught it.

Lykos: Can I break it?

Alepou: Sure, go ahead.

He put it in between his hands and tried to smash it. After a moment, he felt nothing in his hands and opened them.

Lykos: Where'd the hell it go?

For a second, Skylos and Alepou felt refreshed and full of energy.

Skylos: Whoa...what's this feeling?

Alepou: You felt it too?

Lykos: Huh?

Skylos: It's like, I'm ready for anything.

Lykos looked at his hands still confused about where the orb went. For a second, he blinked and was in a different place. He was floating, he saw a kid with white hair go from one hole into another as if going through rifts in space. He blinked again and was back to where he originally was. He looked around and everything around him was frozen, he saw that Alepou and Skylos weren't moving.

Lykos: Guys...

He snapped his fingers at them and everything moved again.

Lykos: Huh?

Skylos and Alepou looked at him.

Alepou: Something wrong?

She went to grab his shoulder but received a shock when she made contact with him. She flinched back in pain and Skylos looked at them confused.

Lykos: What the-

A cold mist came out from his mouth as he spoke.

Lykos: What's happening?

He went to lay back on a tree, once he put his arm on it, he went through the tree and fell. He stood up and shook his head.

Skylos: What is going on with you today?

Lykos: I swore I touched the tree.

Alepou: No, you touched the ground, stupid.

Skylos: Let's head back, you seem to be having a bad day already. We wouldn't want anything worse to happen.

Alepou and Skylos turned around and started walking towards the town. Out of nowhere, Lykos started floating up.

Lykos: Another thing?!

He suddenly stopped floating and fell again. Skylos and Alepou looked back at him, his entire face on the floor.

Skylos: You seem to love the ground today.

Lykos: YOU DIDN'T SEE IT?!

Alepou: See what?

Lykos: I WAS....never mind....let's go home.

Alepou and Skylos started walking back home again. Lykos stood up and stretched his arms out, he noticed that his arms stretched longer than they were supposed to and reached the top of the trees.

Lykos: At this point, why would I question this...

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His arms went back to normal and started walking forward. He caught up to Alepou and Skylos.

Alepou: So, what did you do yesterday Ly? You seemed to be busy in your house all day.

Lykos: Oh, I was just talking with some friends while we played some games.

Skylos: All day?

Lykos: Yes? Is there something wrong with that?

Alepou: Don't you ever get bored?

Lykos: Well yeah but...

Alepou: You could come over one day, and we could do things too you know.

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Alepou and Skylos started walking back home again. Lykos stood up and stretched his arms out, he noticed that his arms stretched longer than they were supposed to and reached the top of the trees.

Lykos: Huh? Didn't I just....?

He looked forward and saw Skylos and Alepou ahead of him. He went and caught up with them.

Alepou: So, what did you do yesterday Ly? You seemed to be busy in your house all day.

Lykos: Huh? Didn't you just ask me that?

Alepou: I haven't...are you sure you're okay?

Lykos: ...Well, I was playing and talking with friends online....and yeah sometimes I do.

Alepou: Don't you ever get-

Alepou: How did you-

Lykos: Read your mind? I don't know either. Guess I just know you too well.

He smiled smugly.

Alepou: Hmm...well, you could come over one day, and we could do things too you know.

Lykos: I know Ale...one day I'll pass by.

The three of them headed back to the city.

Lykos: Oh! I forgot something at home. Let me go grab it real quick.

Alepou: Alright, we'll wait for you here.

Lykos started running back to his house. Once he got there, he entered his room and grabbed a necklace he had bought as a gift. He blinked and was shifted to another part of his room.

Lykos: Wasn't I just...

He sat down in his bed thinking he might be sick or something. He thought to himself about everything that was happening today. He heard a voice in the back of his head tell him "Enjoy the time with them...". He immediately stood up and looked around his room.

Lykos: Huh?!

He was confused and frightened, he thought about the nightmare he had. He didn't recognize this voice at all.

Lykos: Is everything from today because of that? Are they gonna be gone...? Is that the future?.... Argos?

Nothing happened, so he decided to brush it off since he didn't want to keep his friends waiting. He left the house immediately and ran towards where Skylos and Alepou had been waiting for him. He saw the two of them and felt relief for a moment.

Lykos: Everything will be fine...it's just a stupid nightmare...

He put on a smile, ignoring everything weird that had just happened again. The three of them spent the rest of the day together. They walked around, got food, and sat at a park for some time. As the moon began to show, the three of them decided to head to their houses.

Skylos: Well, good night you two. Stay safe.

Lykos: Night Sky.

Alepou: See ya, Sky.

Skylos went towards his house while Alepou and Lykos walked together towards their respective houses.

Lykos: Hey Ale...

Alepou: What's up?

Lykos: I...

He took out the necklace from his pocket.

Lykos: I couldn't get you this in time for your birthday...I know it was 3 days ago on the 23rd but...here.

He handed the necklace over to her.

Alepou: Aww...thank you, Ly...

She hugged him and put it on immediately.

Lykos: I also wanted to talk to you about something...

Alepou: Yeah?

Lykos: Well umm...ha...

Alepou: You can tell me anything.

Lykos: ...we've known each other for quite a long time now and...I wanted to ask you...would you...like to go out?

Alepou: ...

Her face turned a bit red, and she grabbed the necklace with one hand.

Alepou: I would love to.

Lykos: Really?!

Alepou: I kinda wanted to ask you the same thing a while ago...haha.

Lykos went over and hugged her, her face got red, but she hugged him back.

Alepou: Let's head home now though, it's getting really late. We'll talk more tomorrow.

Lykos: Right...

Lykos accompanied Alepou home and left her at her front door. They both said good night to each other and Lykos headed home. Once he arrived he showered and headed directly to bed.

In the middle of the night, he was woken up by screams that came from the street. He immediately looked outside and saw people panicked. He quickly put some clothes on and headed outside. He started running towards Alepou's house and met up with her.

Lykos: What's going on?

Alepou: I don't know, there's no signal, I can't call anyone.

Lykos: Let's look for Sky!

The two started running towards Skylos' house. On the way, the power in the town went out, and it was extremely dark. Alepou grabbed Lykos' hand immediately and got closer to him.

Lykos: It's fine, I can see a bit. Just hold on.

They kept on running towards Skylos' house, once Lykos knew they were near they yelled out his name to see if he would respond. A few moments later he responded and went towards them.

Skylos: What's going on?

Lykos: We don't know.

A second later everything around them got cold, and a roar was heard. A moment passed and it began snowing.

Lykos: Snow? This early?

Lykos heard a different voice in the back of his head tell him "Finally found you". He looked up and with the little visibility, he noticed the sky was covered completely in clouds.

Lights started to fill the air and a massive ice pillar came from the ground. A woman's voice was heard from the top, Alepou seemed to recognize it a bit.

?: Time to cleanse this place!

A second later a man's voice was heard

??: La lyn rense dette landet.

Skylos: What's going on?

Alepou: It said 'Let lightning cleanse this land'...

The clouds started to conduct lightning to a central point, spikes of ice also filled the air, impaling anything that moved. A moment later, the lightning that had gathered in the skies hit the floor and started decimating anything around. A spike of ice was about to hit Alepou but Lykos got in the way, a bubble covered the three of them.

Lightning and ice destroyed the city entirely but the three of them were safe inside the bubble. A massive shockwave was felt which destroyed the bubble they were in. A second later 2 lights in the sky lit up, one was yellow and one was red. In the blink of an eye, the three of them had been taken somewhere else entirely.