Table of contents:

  Chapter 1: Introduction

  Chapter 2: Garden run-in

  Chapter 3 :  Utter coincidence

  Chapter 4 : A chance to be a hero

  Chapter 5 : Journey to the castle

  Chapter 6 : Battle of Horace

  Chapter 7 :  Sheer disbelief

Graig! “Come  here right this instant!”, “what use is stuffing your face in those useless books”  Graig  replied with a bored “coming mom” Instantly,his mom ordered “ go help your dad with the groceries”  Outside on the pavement Greg met his dad and brother, Jack holding heavy bags of rice,boasting their strength. When he first noticed graig, “get some muscle son” dad said in a heavy, disappointed tone. With a depressed sigh,graig had one try at the bag and dropped

                       Chapter 1- Introduction  

it almost instantly. Breathing heavily,Graig noticed the pitiful look his dad gave him. Not to mention how his brother gave him a feelingless snicker. Shaking off his tears, Graig knew he was different,he knew he would never belong in this family,he had also been told how weak he was. But what he did not know,at least for now,is that he was special.

                    Chapter 2: Garden run-in

As a wave of loneliness came over him,Graig ran outside,trying to hold the heavy tears he had locked inside for so long. He ran and ran. He left wherever his puny little legs would take him. He crossed the roads,he knocked the people,he didn't blink toward the smiling crowd, until he couldn't run more. Falling over the sidewalk,he took deep breaths. Only to find out where he had gotten. Straight toward him was a gleaming garden.It just seemed as if it was for the whole world to admire. With his jaws open, Graig admired the whole place. There was pindrop silence.

Finally standing up,Graig came closer and closer,his heartbeat intense. Something about the silent loneliness didn't seem right,but Graig was least bothered. And then,the moment he stepped on the damp green grass, an old man literally came out of nowhere!! “Aaaaaaaaaaaa!!!” graig screamed in panic.Afraid of meeting the angry owner of the beautiful garden. It was a weird man. Dressed up very differently,almost wizardly... His black,wise eyes stared straight into graig’s. He came closer and closer,while Graig stood frozen in fear. They were only centimeters away when the man paused for a moment and said “ run” And that is exactly what he did. Graig ran back home,even faster than before and slammed the door open. As usual, his 

parents were on the TV, unaware of anything that had happened. Graig dived straight into his bed. It was gonna be a long night.However,just before his eyes had closed,he  felt something fairly uncomfortable in his  left pocket. When he took it out he found a pen. It was colored dark blue,with a shiny lightning bolt across. Graig was completely unaware of where it came from. But still, It was too beautiful to throw away just like that though. and so it found its place beside a shelf of trophies. They were all graig’s. The math contest,the science contest,the spelling bee and lots more. His parents always thought it was useless,but Graig's only talent was his intellectual brain that

had grown from reading millions of books. He never got to present his knowledge,nobody would ever appreciate it. Graig was just a useless outcast..

              Chapter 3 :  Utter Coincidence

A few days later, a surprising event took place. The school principal had for the first time decided for a field trip.And guess what! It was in the same beautiful garden he had run into. If it really was a field trip sight,the man couldn't be the owner. Then who was it?? Bewildered, graig sat in a tiny corner during recess. He didn't have friends anyways. And so as everybody enjoyed the celebration, Graig was stuck pondering about his illusions. Something about the garden just didn't click right. The more he thought about it,the more he believed. One thing was for sure

though, he had to go to find out. And so,just after a week,graig found himself back in the place he had run from in fright. At a closer look,nothing about the garden and its ocean view was ordinary. The trees looked very old,bent and crooked. The plants looked beautiful,but when graig examined them,he realized their roots were barely surviving. The soil beneath was as dry as the desert. But what really shook craig was a tree separated by the others and had a huge hole right in  the middle. It wasn't an ordinary one either.Light shone through as if it was a portal!?!?!? Right at this Bewildering moment,graig heard the mean laughter of  Ben Stalker behind him. One of the ten bullies who

had sheer satisfaction in annoying him. Not noticing the hole,they shoved him around like a playing ball. It was only a matter of minutes before they saw the hole and ran back,pushing him back hard. It was only his bad luck that graig fell right in to the hole…… When graig looked up,he found himself in a dark area. Not even a hint of moisture surrounded the air. There was a sudden pain in his back and everything blacked out.

When graig finally woke up he found himself all alone in a cave. But be could here hustling of leaves right outside. Somebody was coming. Probably the same person who bought him in this horror full place. Soon he showed his face“Aaaaaaaaaaa!!” Graig shrieked and screamed in horror of his sight.It felt as if his heart would beat right out of his chest. It wasn't a person.It was a wierd scary creature. There were large antennas on his head. He had 2 fingers and 3 toes!! And carved into his face were 3 dark,blood shot eyes. Shivering and tremendously cowering,

Chapter 4 : A Chance to be a Hero

Graig stammered “W...w..who are ..y..you!?!?” The weird thing smiled and replied in a screechy robotic voice “We live here,and you have entered..my name is zorgo” “b..b..but h..how..why??” Graig sputtered a response. “We have chosen you...my friend...You'll save us,and of course your own kind” zorgo bombarded with a shocking response. Completely confused, Graig said “b..but I'm no hero,I...I'm just a kid!?” “And anyways what would I save you from!!” Shaking his head, Zorgo replied “Horace" in a quite, whispering tone. “You are the hero,nobody would be brave enough to come here,if you can't believe it,then we'll make you believe”

For almost an hour,there was utter silence. This was all way too hard for Greg to believe. But nobody had ever called him a hero, nobody told him he was special. And if he got the chance to prove it,he would. Graig stood up and said one sentence.  “ Start explaining”