“So this is Earth.” He said to himself. “Not a bad looking planet. Reminds me of home...” Mejihen hesitated a bit. He knew what he had to do, but he couldn’t go like this. He tried to run his hand through his hair, and found that he couldn’t quite do that because of the dried blood in his hair. He ignored that and decided to get out first.

He limped out of the crater, stumbling a few times. The soil was warm from the blast and part of himself thought maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if he could lay on the warm ground, with the sun shining down and the air so fresh... ‘Stop it!’ he yelled to himself mentally. He needed to make sure he’ll be okay physically before he can rest. There was no need to risk going to sleep and not waking up. He limped towards a dense part of the forest, hoping the shade would cool him off a bit. It is a little hot and humid, no thanks to the small fires around the area.

A little off in the distance, he leaned on a tree to rest a bit. Closing his eyes, he listened to the surrounding area. He hoped that there might be some natives around to help him. Instead of that, he heard the sound of a stream in the distance. Feeling a bit dirty and thirsty, he went towards the sound of the water.

The stream was full of crystal clear water. Mejihen sighed in relief. He fell to his knees painfully, but didn’t care. He greedily scooped up the water to his lips and drank. When the empty pit in his stomach disappeared, he scrubbed his face and hair with the water, washing as much blood as he could. Some of his wounds stung, but all he wanted to do was to wash the blood off. With that over with, he moved over to a tree that was near the stream bank. He leaned against it and looked over to his side. There were a few bushes with blue berries right next to him. He felt a little hungry and hoped that the berries weren’t poisonous. Popping a few into his mouth, he enjoyed the tangy, semi-sweet flavor they gave.

Feeling satisfied, he rested his head against the tree. His fingers toyed with the glowing crystal around his neck. The eerie blue comforted him as he closed his eyes and drifted to a deep sleep.

* * * * *

Junior woke up gasping for air. His whole body was drenched in sweat and his heart was racing in his chest. A glance out the living room window showed that the sky was a reddish tinge, so that meant the sun was going to set soon. He got a little mad at himself for falling asleep the whole day. Why Grandma Chi-Chi didn’t wake him up, he thought. ‘And where is mom?’ he wondered. He knew that dad was bringing Pan to college today, but mom and grandma now aren’t here.

He walked out of the living room to the kitchen to get something to eat. Rubbing the sleep out of his eyes, he sat at the table, eating some cookies. While he was doing that, he tried to feel where his grandma and mom were by the technique Pan and dad taught him. They were sitting outside, that’s probably why they didn’t wake him up.

His thoughts wandered back to the dream he had as he went to get more cookies. He had been getting more and more dreams like this. He started to get a little scared even when they started to come true. He hoped that this one wouldn’t come true like the others, but part of him inside knew that it would. He wanted to talk to mom, dad or Pan about them, but he was afraid that they would think he was lying. Maybe Pan would listen, but she was at college now.

Whatever it was, it was here already, Junior thought. He thought he felt it, but he wasn’t sure. It was the same thing that he felt in his dream. He jumped off of his chair and ran upstairs to his room. He might be small, but that didn’t mean that he couldn’t do anything. Looking out his bedroom window, he saw that they weren’t too close to the house. He could leave without them noticing. He was happy that Pan taught him how to fly recently. He’ll be able to fly to see what it was. He ran to his bed and pulled his book bag from under it. Throwing a few things into it, he ran downstairs. Junior ran to the dining room and opened the drawer to take out a pen and paper. Quickly scribbling on it, he stuck it on the refrigerator door. Taking a few things out of the cupboard to eat for later, he wasn’t sure if he’ll be back tonight, he ran to the opposite end of the house of where his mom and grandma were talking. Opening the window, he quietly left the house to the nearby woods. As soon as he was far enough, he flew through the trees. He wasn’t going to fly above them yet, not until he was far enough. He just hoped that they won’t find him too soon, not until he finds what it was.