New Twist on FanFic

[mongoose]

I'm going to try to do something a little different to Stravaganza fan fic. Well, here goes nothing.

Aidan was surprised to see his mother's van in the driveway when he got home from school. Aidan put his bokbag on the chir in the entryway of his house and walked over to the refridgerator to get something to eat. He opened the door to the fridge and picked out a ripe apricot, washed it off and began to eat it at the kitchen table. When he finished he stood up and began to wander around the house.

"Mom? Where are you?" he shouted.

There was no answer but his own echoes. He walked up the stairs and repeated his cry.

"I'm in here honey," came the reply from the direction of his room.

He walked into his room and saw his mother with a crowbar and was amazed. His mom was psychiatrist and was very gentle hearted. He could never see here with a crowbar and when he saw what she was doing with it he gasped.

"Mom, what are you doing to my room?" exclaimed Aidan.

"When I was vacuuming earlier in the week, something fell from the ceiling. It was a piece of paper that had a map of the house and it said there was something buried in your room so I decided to investigate," was his mother's response.

"Don't you think you could have asked me before destroying my room though?"

"I couldn't wait because ever since I was a little kid I had dreamt of finding buried treasure," said his mother as a floorboard popped loose.

"Look there!" shouted Aidan's mother with joy.

Aidan saw a beautifully carved ebony box and could only gape at how extraordinarily it was carved and the detail the woodworker had put into its making. His mother cafefully exhumed the box and opened it.

I've got to go for know and I hope the suspense doesn't kill you, I'll write more though.

[mongoose]

If Aidan thought the box was beautifully carved then a god must have made the figure inside it. There was a stone knight in the box. It was the most extraordinary thing Aidan had ever seen. It was so detailed that Aidan could see the wrinkles on the knight’s face. The visor of the knight’s helmet was up and Aidan could barely see the strands of grey hair hanging down across the knight’s brow.

“Look at that piece of work,” exclaimed his mother.

“It is the most beautiful figure I’ve ever seen,” Aidan said. They were both in some sort of trance until a dog barked outside and brought them back to reality.

“You should keep it in your room,” proclaimed Aidan’s mother, “After all, how many knights in shining armour do you think there are in Massachusetts.”<br>
“Thanks mom,” Aidan said as his mom left the room.

Aidan admired the workmanship of the knight and tried to decide where to place it but couldn’t find a place for it in him room so he decided to sleep with it that night until he could make room for it in his room. He worked on his homework until his mother called him for dinner.

“What’s for dinner mom?” inquired Aidan.

“We’re going to have spaghetti and meatballs your favourite,” answered his mother.

They ate dinner in silence and as soon as he finished, Aidan ran to his room. He finished up the rest of his homework and took out the knight again. Aidan put down the knight to brush his teeth and put on his pyjamas. Aidan turned off his light and fell asleep with the figure of the knight clasped in his hand.

[mongoose]

Aidan woke up to the sound of a horse in his ear. He looked up into the eyes of a snow white horse and saw that he was in a stable. He looked outside and was delighted to see the sun rising. He walked outside and took a closer look at what was around him. There were many shops and many people in the street. As he turned around he felt something grab his shirt collar and drag him back into the stable.

"What do you think you are doing here boy?" asked a deep gravelly voice.

"I-I don't e-even know wh-where here is," stuttered Aidan.

"You had better get your act together boy becuase you look different. No one wears what you're wearing here," said the voice.

"Where is here?" inquired Aidan.

"This is Gallia and the city of Aris," was the voice's reply.

"Can I see your face so that I can tell if you are lying or not?" Aidan asked.

He felt the arms let go of him and her the hay shuffling behind him and a short old man came into his view.

"Is that good enough for you boy?" he asked.

"Yes that's fine. Tell me now, why did you grab me like that?" Aidan asked.

"Look down you have no shadow," the man said and Aidan looked down and saw that the man was right, "You are what my friends in Talia call a stravaganti. Someone who can go from their world to ours. You are only the second one to appear here in Gallia."

"What happened to the other one?" Aidan asked.

"He was kille which is wy you have to be very careful here. Don't let anyone see you out in the sunlight. If the people here see that you don't have a shadow, they will try you for witchcraft and kill you," said the man.