"The Lunar Effect: One Problem"

By: Faita

Terry blinked once, twice, and a last time before his eyes finally opened all the way. He saw patterns of light above him that hurt his eyes; he could feel something underneath that held all of his body. When his eyes adjusted he saw that he was in a section of some woods, and the sun shown down on him where he lay on the ground with dirt under him. He felt rather weak and helpless there till he heard some soft moans from around him. He closed his eyes and slowly sat up, when he opened his eyes he saw David, Adam, Chase, Marlena, Alisa, Shay, and Danny laying on the ground just opening their eyes and sitting up looking around them curiously. Terry looked around him; they were in a grove surrounded by trees, grass, and rocks. From what Terry could tell it was probably early summer as the leaves were bright green, and the sun was high in the sky but it's wasn't to hot out. Terry looked down at his clothes. He was wearing a dark brown jacket, green shirt with a black rim at the top with a gold design and a dark blue rim at the bottom with a colorful design on it. He also wore black pants down to his knees were a pair of tough leather boots started. Adam walked over to him smiling; he was wearing a dark green shirt that went to his waist and elbows with a red hood. He wore brown pants, black shoes, and a sling of arrows on his back with a bow around his other shoulder.

"Where are we?" Terry asked as Adam helped him to his feet.

"We're in the woods outside of the main town, the one that the palace is in," Adam told him.

"You we it worked, but this place looks like Earth," Terry said as everyone else walked over to them.

"Yeah what gives about that?" Chase asked. He had a black jacket, a dark gray shirt, dark brown and shin high black boots.

"La-una is exactly like Earth, only about a couple hundred year behind or so," Adam explained.

"So what stage of development is La-una at?" Alisa asked. She was wearing a dark green T-shirt with a dark blue scarf around her shoulders, a long brown skirt with a light blue cloth tied around her waist with the knot on her right side.

"The Medieval stage I guess," Adam answered.

"What's with the sun, I thought we were underground," Shay said. He wore gray pants, a dark long sleeved blue shirt with a black collar with a gray design on it.

"Yeah," Danny added. She was wearing a red turtle neck shirt covered by a wrist length dark brown jacket, and a long dark green skirt and small brown boots.

"We're not really underground, what humans have discovered is really a very well built force field that surrounds us. We can see out, but they can't see in. It's not that different here then on Earth, only the sun sets and rises a few times a day, you'll get used to it," Adam explained.

"So there're farms and seas and all that stuff," David said. David held his hands in his dark brown jacket; his gray shirt had a black rim at the top and bottom. He also had gray pants with black boots that went to his knees.

"Yeah," Adam said.

"What's with these clothes?" Marlena asked as she twirled around in a circle. Her long gray skirt moved with her, her arms where up in the air, she was wearing a long sleeved turquoise shirt with a design in the middle.

"It's part of the spell, you fit in where ever you're sent," he explained.

"Shway," Shay said.

"So what the name of this town?" Alisa asked.

"Parthen, or The King's City," Adam said.

"Where's Emily?" Terry asked. Everyone except Terry and Adam looked around them, no noticing the Emily was not among them.

"She's where she belongs," Adam said without an expression on his face.

"You sent her to the palace?" David asked not believing him. Adam nodded.

"So let's go find her," Marlena said. Adam frowned nervously.

"It's not that easy, there's one problem," Adam said.

"What?" Chase asked.

"Well, as of now, none of us can get even to the palace," Adam said. Everyone frowned.

"That's not a really big problem though, we can sneak in, or the King and Queen can let us in," Alisa said.

"That's not the problem Alisa, I can get us in," Adam said.

"Then what is the problem?" Danny asked.

"Emily won't know us," Adam said almost preparing for the attack.

"You gotta be kidding us, why not!" Marlena yelled.

"Well, Emily's never really been to La-una before, and when a La-una person comes here for the first time, they forget everything they knew before," Adam explained.

"So she'll think she's only been alive for a few minutes?" Chase asked.

"Not exactly, she'll think she's lived on La-una all her life," Adam said.

"So how do we get her memory back?" Terry asked. Adam shrugged.

"Will the King and queen help us?" David asked.

"No, this was a trick of theirs, I knew it, Emily knew," Adam said.

"And you still did it!" Terry yelled angrily.

"Calm down Ter, I'm sure Adam had a reason, which we all really, really, wanna hear," Alisa said placing a hand on Terry's shoulder.

"I didn't have a choice, this is my kingdom, my home, they're my King and Queen, I can't say no to them," Adam explained.

"That's a good point, but you could've told us," Danny said.

"Yeah," Marlena agreed.

"Sorry," Adam said shyly.

"So what do we now?" Shay asked.

"There's a ca-lin not far from here, we should arrive within the hour," Adam explained a little happier. "A what?" Chase asked.

"An inn," Adam said.

"So we'll stay there?" Alisa asked.

"Our base of operations," Danny said, Shay agreed happily.

"Basically, but there's a problem," Adam said.

"Not another one," Marlena complained.

"It's a small one this time," Adam said.

"Well what is it?" David asked.

"The ca-lin, it, it belongs to my parents," Adam said. Everyone smile.

"So we get to meet Mr. and Mrs.Walker," Marlena said smiling.

"Actually, it's Waller, we all have different names here that fit the land," Adam said.

"So what's your name?" Shay asked.

"I'm Addis Waller. Terry, you'll be Terrill McKenna. Alisa, you're Alia Rykin. Marlena, Marclea Preden. Chase, Chaim Loue. David, Daven Noss. Danny, Danete Jans. And Shay, Shams Nelards," Adam said. Everyone remembered their names.

"So let's go," Alisa said.

"It's this way," Adam said and began walking in a direction, everyone began to follow him.

"Addis, Levare does exist right?" David asked him. Adam smiled.

"Yes Daven, Levare is real, and she's very dangerous," Adam answered.

"Levare is a woman?" Shay asked.

"Yes, I thought she was just a myth, but I guess she's real," Adam said.

"Is she pretty?" Chase asked.

"Great, that's what Chaim will do, bug her till she either dies or leaves," Marlena joked, Chase frowned in her direction.

"Our secret weapon," Danny added, Chase frowned at her too. Everyone laughed except Terry. He walked slower behind everyone sadly, his hands in his pockets and he watched his feet as he walked. He looked up at the sky.

~ How could she forget me? ~ He thought to himself.

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