Chapter 1 “Concert”
A bright light awoke itself from the vibrant blue forest. Two creatures pass the paths deep into the meadows as they approach their destination.
Then a loud bass shook the trees down to their bottoms of their roots as the whole world connected for this moment.
A person, no not a person. A human like monster approaches the light with caution before whispering to their comrade. “Its finally happened..”
Their friend follows behind them with less caution and more excitement in their step replying with a smile “It works! After years of work with no idea if it was even real!”
The portal stood affront them leaving an iridescent glow on them and the nature beneath their feet. The stability of the portal was to be questioned as it rattled and glitched slowly getting more and more intense.
Will they go through or will hopefully someone be there at the perfect time to pass through to their world. The monsters stood excited and afraid as they questioned what exactly to do.
The ground beneath them began to shake as the portal grew more and more unstable.
They looked at one another nearly asking each other with their eyes what to do now?
“Will you be okay if I run back to the house? I got to get something!” The male voice exclaimed as the girl snapped around to him.
“Hey- you cant just leave me here you dont know what could come out of that portal!” she yelled back just to see him begin to run off. “Your well enough to handle it I know that.” he yelled running off into the forest.
She scoffed and turned around to the portal again eyes widened afraid of all the possibilities. She stepped back slightly as it got more intense making the grass shiver.
Suddenly, a hand came out of the portal.
There sat a young man at the edge of his seat leaning into his table intensely working on…Something..?
He carefully put everything together with movements as slow as a turtle. He mumbled under his breath barely audible words trying to keep his composure whilst making this strange object.
Suddenly a loud “BANG” from the door snapping open and hitting the wall making a dent in it. A young woman who happens to be his older sister comes in hiding something behind her back clearly with quite an awkward position.
Unfortunately this loud crash sent the guys hand flying straight into his foreign creation snapping the handle bit off of it.
” HARPER!” He yelled “Learn to KNOCK and open doors with some gracefulness instead of shaking the whole house!” His speech was quickly cut off by her ignoring what he had just screeched ” Casper! I got the tickets!” She exclaimed back with a more upbeat tone.
“You did? Really? Let me see.” He stood up taking one of the tickets reading his favourite band written on it. His eyes lit up a bit but his collected demeanour settled him a bit. “That’s really sick Harper, thank you so much, I appreciate it a lot, but seriously though don’t barge in like that I was making something and now its destroyed.”
She walked over to the table “The hell where you even trying to make it doesnt look like anything.” She spoke in full seriousness making him grunt “Obviously you cant tell now because its destroyed. Its supposed to connect to near and far radio signals.”
She then walked back to the door leaving his ticket on his desk. “Well, dont forget about the concert! Its not going to wait for you. Its just in a weeks time.” He nodded as she shut the door nearly slamming it again but right before it was about the close she gently closed it.
He sighed and rolled his eyes looking back at the ticket. The ticket looked back at him with a blue glow making him tilt his head. Questions flew by as its glow went away. ‘Weird design, I wonder how they did that.’ He thought before moving it to the topside of his desk.
We switch to a pink haired girl in her room throwing a plushie towards the ceiling and catching it repeatedly. She then abruptly stops.
A small knock comes from her door and a little voice is heard yelling ” Dakota! Can I come in!”
She smiles and yells back ” Yeah!” Then a child followed by a smaller child come wandering into the room. The older child spoke up as Dakota sat up on her bed.
“Mom and dad are busy drinking again, can you make dinner for us?” He said nervously looking down at the stuffed teddy he was holding. Dakota sighed.
“Of course” she smiled again slowly getting up off her bed to follow them downstairs. “Just remember in a few days I wont be here to run after you guys because I am going to a concert” She softly exclaimed.
The younger sibling nodded while the older one gestured Dakota to follow as he left the room to go to the kitchen. Dakota followed gently grabbing the younger child’s hand to bring her downstairs.
They went into the kitchen and Dakota opened the fridge. “So what do you guys want?” She chirped as the two kids looked around the place.
“I want tacos!” The younger one exclaimed while the other followed up with “I want tacos too!”
Dakota nodded at them and grabbed a packet of minced beef from the fridge, then a couple different vegetables. She then grabbed a cutting board at began to cut up the vegetables.
The kids began to sit down as she started cooking up their meals. While Dakota began to put the mince into the pan the younger one softly asked her a question.
“Why are you getting smaller?” The child asked with a concerned look in her eye “Are you eating?”
Dakota just continued to cook before awkwardly responding ” I eat a ton, You just don’t see it because your too busy playing all the time!” her tone getting slightly more cheerful by the end of the sentence.
The children looked at each other in concern but Dakota just looked to the side ashamed.
Another girl is sat in her room staring at her phone at her online ticket for the concert. She thought to herself ‘Please be fun I cant take any of this BOREDOM anymore!’ Then she put down her phone and let out a long sigh.
She stood up and walked to her vanity and sat down again. The vanity being the only thing illuminating the room with its bright white lights. She stared at herself and her gothic makeup and began to try fixing her foundations base. Then she smudged it very slightly and snapped.
The girl groaned and stood up pulling down her face in stress and under stimulation. “I am so fucking bored” she mumbled before she sat down again.
She sat in front of the mirror for a minute staring into her own eyes as they stared back at her. Then her eyes darted to picture of her and her friends partying.
She pulled it down and stared at it. Thinking ‘Why cant we have fun like that anymore? Is 19 really too old to go drinking already?’
Then a voice called from downstairs “Amara! Dinner!”
Amara stared into the mirror for another minute before whispering ” Coming.”
Lastly a guy laying on his bed staring up at his wall. A wall full of medals and trophies. He thought to himself ‘I haven’t won anything in years.’
He pulled himself up and looked in the mirror across his room looking a mess. He pushes his fingers through his hair and made a cringe pose in the mirror.
“Not half bad” he says with dark circles under his eyes and his hair going all different ways.
He then gets up and looks at the concert ticket on the side of bed on a table. He thought to himself ‘This better be good.’
He puts it back down and goes to leave the room.
He walks downstairs in a pretty modern and fancy house carefully not to annoy his father with the sound of his feet hitting each step.
Then his mum came rushing in to the hallway “ Oh, Kian, did you see where your father went? We fell out again and he just stormed off.” She concerningly rambled.
Kian then looked at her and shook his head.
“Oh, okay love.” She then rushed away making him look back at the floor disassociated ‘Oh I forgot my ticket upstairs, I better get that’. He then ran upstairs to retrieve his ticket for the concert.
He picked up the ticket and then also grabbed his phone ‘ Cant forget that either’
Walking back down the stairs he sees his mum in the kitchen on her phone frantically calling someone. He sighs and opens the door to leave.
Casper hands his ticket to the guard and they ask for id. Casper rummages through his small bag to pull out his id and hand it over. They also search his bag.
The guard nods and lets him through. He awkwardly walks by as Harper follows from the side after encountering a different guard. “God I am so excited aren’t you? I have wanted to go to one of these concerts for years. There’s going to be 3 line-ups before the actual thing!” Harper Exclaimed.
Casper let out a faint smile trying to keep up his chill act “Yeah I am stoked” He said somewhat with a touch of enthusiasm as they continued to walk.
They then noticed in the distance a bright pink haired girl ordering drink after drink at the bar.
Cut to Dakota she is ordering drink after drink. She asks the alcohol vendor for another vodka blackcurrant and instantly gives them the money for it catching a weird look from them. They step back to go pour the drink while she taps her foot waiting.
Then they come back with the drink and she pours it down her throat feriousciously. She then goes to order another.
“Can I get another-”
Amara from behind her cuts her off exclaiming “Hey, other people want to order, thats your third drink you’ve downed. Your going to black out.”
“I have a really good tolerance” Dakota replies excitingly. “I can buy you your drink if you’d like.”
Amara looked away and though to herself “Fine.”
“Do you wanna stick together the rest of the night? I have noone else” Dakota groaned while giving more money over to the bartender.
Amara questioned it a bit in her mind if hanging with a total stranger all night was a good idea but sure she was with noone else either, might aswell have someone somewhat interesting to be around. Also its more safe being with someone than without.
“Sure.” Amara quite monotonely responded.
Casper spoke up “Hey, uh, we might aswell get a drink. I wouldnt mind a cider or something right now” he suggested looking at Harper.
“Sure why not. I might get a shot to get me started.” She cackled beginning to walk towards the pink and red haired girls.
As they walked over to the girls buying vodka blacks they overheard their conversation.
“Yeah I heard they are bringing out a smaller band as the first show. I am pretty stoked to see who it is.” Dakota whispered excitingly.
Amara nodded resting her hand on her chin. “Yeah I heard its gonna be this one band called NecrosisTrolls and they are actually pretty sick, I like them.” She replied twirling her hair.
Casper overheard from behind them in line. “I know the band your on about, they are really good. I hope its them because this will be their first big show, might introduce them to a lot of new people.” He butted in peaked in the topic of conversation.
Amara glanced over at him then looked away. “You have good taste, their sound is very original I dig it a lot. I mean none of the bands that are playing are people I regularly listen to but I enjoy them despite that and I am excited to see them play.”
Harper looked at the two “I know only the main band DeathPhones but I like being introduced to new music.”
Dakota then noticed Harper as she joined in on the conversation. “Oh wow you are pretty.” She spoke up.
Harper replied with “Oh um thanks.” Before Amara butted in “ Wait you haven’t heard of the rest of the bands, they are pretty popular” She exclaimed in confusion.
Casper butted in again “ I tried to introduce them to her but she wouldnt listen.”
Harper blushed in embarrassment “I was probably busy…”
“You were eating dinner, you have ears and a mouth afterall.” He said semi sarcastically.
Dakota cut him off to exclaim “Yeah she was BUSY. Let a woman eat.” also said semi sarcastically with confidence.
Casper percieved her as a bit rude but ignored it because she had been drinking. “So what are your names” Harper asked with a tinge of curiosity in her voice.
“My names Amara. I dont know what her name is though, we just met and are going to stick together for the rest of the night.” Amara replied. Dakota quickly intervened stating “ I am Dakota! Do you two want to stick with us. The more the merrier.”
Casper and harper looked at eachother then Harper exclaimed “ Of course! We werent meeting with anyone else anyways, it would be fun to have a group to hangout with.”
Casper scoffed and groaned suddenly switching to grumpy “Fine”.
The 4 continued to get drinks and chat about the music they listen to while Kian on the other hand was with a group of friends.
“This music is gonna be so ass I am telling you.” Guy number one declared. The other guys nodded in agreement.
Kian spoke up confused “Why bother coming if you don’t like the music?” He was confused as he enjoyed the music and they wanted to come along with him.
“I dunno, its fun to go to concerts I guess.” The second guy spoke up making Kian roll his eyes and respond with “Those tickets could have went to people who enjoy the music but alright.”
The guys chatter on before Kian excuses himself “I gottta get a drink. Anyone want anything?”
The guys shrug and shake their head no as their hands are already full of drinks. Kian understands and moves on walking towards where Casper, Harper, Amara and Dakota all are.
He noticed Harper in particular and his eyes light up noticing how pretty she is. He thinks to himself ‘Man, I gotta get her number’ and continues to walk over.
He comes up in line and the others notice and move out of the line to right outside it. Kian starts to get awkward and flustered as he gets a drink.
He then pours it some down his throat before taking a big breath and walking over to the group.
“Hey your really pretty can I get your number?” He asked shaking a little from fear.
Harper looks at him then looks at the other. “Me?”
Kian then replies looking to the side in awkwardness “Yeah, you.”
“Oh um, no thank you.” She responded.
“Oh okay” He replied awkwardly.
“Thats alright.”
“Wanna hang with us?” Dakota murmured.
“Sure, I hate my friends anyways.” Kian replied awkwardly but with relief.
Dakota let out a squeal “ Hurray, a full group of five! We will have so much fun. Want to get moving to the front as much as we can?”
They all looked at eachother and nodded in agreement.
They then began to shuffle to the front.
The first band began to play and they all jumped around to the rock music that was playing.
This continued onto the second and the third. Near the end of the third though was about time they had gotten more drinks.
“WANNA GET MORE DRINKS?” Amara yelled to the rest. They all screamed back yeah or nodded and then followed her lead back out
Once they got to the bar again Amara ordered a set of drinks “Can I get 5 vodka blackcurrants?”
The bartender asked “ For you?”
“Ahah no for them too” She replied awkwardly then the bartender nodded.
While the bartender made their drinks she turned around to face the others and they all handed her the money.
Amara turned back around to the bartender and handed up the money. In return the bartender started handing out the drinks to all of them.
“These are so easy to drink I could drink a hundred of them.” Harper chatted alongside sipping her drink.
Casper then noticed something in the distance. A bright light coming from over the fence of the concert venue.
“Hey what is that?” He asked pointing over to the bright light. Harper turned her head around quickly to notice it too. “Yeah that’s bright as all hell.”
Dakota exclaimed “Wanna check it out?”
Amara yelled “No absolutely not we will get kicked out!”
Kian then whispered “ We can always send Dakota over if she wants to go so bad.”
Dakota nodded violently “Yes we can send Dakota over.” She jumped up and down like a kid on Christmas. “I love adventure.”
Casper then replied “I can go too, I am not worried about being kicked out at this point, I love an adventure too.”
“See? We should go and you guys keep a look out.” Dakota declared.
“Fine but if you get caught I am not saving you.” Amara stated folding her arms.
Dakota nodded then gestured for them to follow.
As they walked over Harper started getting nervous enough wondering if what they were doing was a good idea. She rubbed her arm.
“You three just stay here and we will jump over real fast. It could be something really cool.” Dakota smiled.
Kian replied with “Or something completely useless.”
“We do have nothing to do for half an hour while the main band is getting ready.” Casper stated.
Kian shrugged before Dakota and Casper walked up to the fence and began to struggle to get over, especially Dakota.
Once they finally had gotten over they didn’t have to worry as much about being caught considering they could hide in the bushes well.
Casper then told Dakota to follow him and they crouched over towards the not so distant bright light.
As they got slower they got more confused on what their eyes were showing them.
A huge bright light thinner than paper with rugged edges appeared before them.
They stared at it in awe and then Dakota asked “ What the hell is that? How had no one else noticed this. Is it a hologram?”
Casper shrugged still in awe staring at it before getting up, walking towards it with caution.
He then slowly put his hand up to it and pressed into it just for his hand to go right through. His finger felt colder before he snapped his hand out.
“Its like a portal or something.” Casper whispered back to her.
Dakota raised an eyebrow “A portal huh.” She spoke sarcastically folding her arms like Amara would.
“No, really, try going in it or something.”
“Why dont you try?”
“I mean I guess I can?”
“Then go on, prove to me its a portal.
Casper took a deep breath before he started to inch closer to the bright light. Then suddenly he was fully submerged with his eyes closed.
Dakota then peered around the back of the portal and a gasp left her mouth. “How the hell? Are you hiding somewhere?” She looked around beside and behind trees and bushes.
She the gulped and then went in front of the portal.
Slowly she submerged herself too.