The Crimson Prophecy

== The Crimson Prophecy ==
=== By: W!tchyW!tch, Axoltl Idiot, Isabella Strickland, Lenn Thornrose ===
==== Book 1. ====
= Chapter 1: The Prophecy =
For as long as the world can remember, there was a prophecy. People always cherished it and made sure to not make it come true. The Prophecy clearly states, “The moon rises when the sun sets. Watch and beware of the Crimson Eclipse before time is no more and the stars cease to exist. Only then the wolf will howl, signifying the world's end.” It always seemed like a curse. It haunted us knowing the world would end one day but we didn’t know when.
The world started to crumble; only a few cities were left. But then, in our city, people started giving birth to kids with crimson red eyes. So many started having them that we knew it had something to do with the prophecy. So we started to get rid of them. Not killing, just banishing them to the far side of our city. People keep giving birth to The Red Eyes. But if we keep them out...we might just be safe. 
Hi, my name is Emma Sharpie. I woke up and went downstairs. I smelled my favorite, scrambled eggs. “WoUlD YoU LiKe ScRaMbLeD EgGs, MaStEr EmMa?” asked our Robot Butler, Sci. 
“Yes, please! And Sci, I told you! Just call me Emma!” I said. 
“Okay Ma-I mEaN EmMa.” he said. 
“Atta Boy!” I cheered as he set down my plate of scrambled eggs. It was so good! “Hey, Sci? What’s the date today? I forgot.” I asked. 
“ThE DaTe Is JuNe 18, 3031,” he said. 
“Thanks, Sci!” I said as he was handing me some pink lemonade. 
I drank all the pink lemonade and ate all the scrambled eggs. I went back up to my room to get changed. I put my pink hair up in two large pigtails and laid out an outfit. I laid out a long yellow dress with two straps for my shoulders. And my lucky golden necklace, two black earrings, my white socks, and my black mary janes. I grabbed my dark teal satchel and went back into the kitchen. 
“Good morning, Mother! Good morning, Father!” I said as they started to eat. Father nodded his head and Mother waved. They were both reading the paper. 
“I’m going out for a ride on my scooter! Call or text me if you need me. Sci, don’t forget to oil yourself, your voice is sounding a bit rusty!” I said, walking to the front door. They both nodded. 
“I WiLl! GoOdByE EmMa!!!” Sci waved. 
I went outside and hopped onto my violet electric scooter. I pressed the button that turned it on and I was lifted off of the ground. I started the engine and I was off. I checked how much speed there was. 
“812 MPH? I can do better than that!” I cheered out. I turned up the speed and I was faster than anything in the world! Or at least it felt that way. 
“1,000 MPH! That’s better,” I exclaimed. 
But the speed was too much for me. I had never gone that fast before. I turned right and I fell right off my scooter! I landed in the junk that was around our city. You see, our city is a bit high in the air; the garbage of old robots and metal was holding up our city. I fell and hit it. I was sliding down and I couldn’t stop it! Then all of the sudden I got tangled up in a huge net. I was still sliding but I passed out. All I saw was black.
= Chapter 2: The Red Eyes =
All I saw was black. Then I heard some voices. “Cleo! Why are you helping her? She’s one of them!” said some boy. 
“Yeah, so? Well, we’re all the same people! Besides, it wasn’t her fault we were exiled!” a girl said. “Now come on and help me get her out of these nets!” 
I started to wake up. Everything was too bright to see though. “Hey, she’s waking up!” exclaimed a different girl. “That’s quite a tumble you took there. Glad you're alright, though,” she sighed. 
“Thank you. Who-Who are you?” I asked. 
“We’re the rebels,” the different girl responded. They stepped back as I got up. I stood up and rubbed my eyes. When I looked again there were 5 people. But… they all had red eyes. 
“The-The Red Eyes!” I yelled. I took a step back. From what I was told, they were dangerous people who’d hurt anyone to get back into the city. “P-Please don’t hurt me!” I stuttered, frightened. 
“We’re NOT going to hurt you!” the first girl said in a calming voice. She was wearing a white shirt with a black leather jacket with spikes, black pants, and black winter boots. She had bright blue hair. 
“But-But I was told-” I began. Until I was cut off. 
“Yeah, all those rumors are false,” said another girl. She had green hair, and she wore a white shirt with a black tie, black pants, fancy black shoes, and white socks. 
“So… you're not going to hurt me?” I asked, starting to calm down. 
“No! We’d never do that.” said the blue-haired girl. 
“What’s your name?” I asked. 
“I’m Cleo. The green-haired girl is Lilligan, the red-haired boy is Griffon, The white-haired boy is Axel, and the blonde boy is Flynn. You?” Cleo asked.  
“Oh. Uh, my name's Emma,” I said. 
“Nice to meet you, Emma,” she said, walking over to me. She held out her hand and I shook it. Then an alarm went off. 
“SHOOT! THEY FOUND US!” Cleo yelled. 
“Who?” I asked above the noise. 
“NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!” Lilligan yelled. 
“LET’S GO!” Griffon yelled. 
Cleo didn’t let go of my hand and we ran. We were running and running. The alarm kept getting louder and then it kept getting quieter and louder and quieter. I was so scared, I had no idea what was going on. After about 20 minutes, we stopped running. Everybody was panting. 
“What” —I panted— “is going on?” 
“Well *pant* we try to get back up to the city so we can live a better life. All the other Red-Eyes just accept the fact that *pant* we’re never getting out. But we keep trying to get out. That’s what makes us rebels. So then, the city notices how we’re trying to get back in. So they send robots *pant* to take us to jail or something,” Cleo explained. 
“Oh.” I sighed. I grabbed my phone, I wanted to get back home. 
“There’s no WIFI or Internet out here,” Axel said. I sighed. I looked at my phone and the screen was cracked and it looked broken. 
“And my phone is also broken. Great. Now how am I supposed to get back to the city?” I asked, annoyed.
“Well, you could just stay with us for the night and we can help ya get back tomorrow,” Cleo said. 
“REALLY? THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!” I squealed, hugging her. 
“There’s just one problem, Cleo,” Lilligan began, “DID YOU FORGET OUR HIDEOUT’S AN HOUR’S WALK FROM HERE?” 
“Oh right. Well, uh, you don’t mind walking, right?” Cleo asked. 
“I don’t mind!” I said cheerfully, letting go of her. “But why is it an hour away if you want to get into the city?”
“Because they can’t reach us there. It’s past the city limits,” Lilligan said. Then we started walking. Cleo was in front, leading the way, I was in the back with Lilligan. 
“I love your eyes,” she whispered to me. “Thanks. Yours are nice,” I said. 
“It’s so weird seeing someone with not red eyes. I mean, I’ve only seen eyes like yours once but I was a baby so I don’t even remember.” She sighed. 
“Hmm,” I said. I didn’t really know what to say. I had no idea how rough it was for The Red Eyes. 
“Do you want to know more about us?” Lilligan asked. I was curious so I said sure. 
“Okay, well, Axel and Flynn are dating, they’ve been dating for a year. Axel is 17 and Flynn is 19. I’m 15, and Cleo and I are best friends, also the only girls in the Rebels. Griffon is 18 and he’s like a therapist, he also gaslights people, a lot. I’ve lost a lot of food to him. Then, there’s Cleo. She’s 17, she’s the leader of our group, she may seem like a big toughie but she’s really the biggest softie I know! Okay, and she is pretty tough but still,” she whispered. 
“Cool. Hey, I’ve been meaning to ask, how come you guys have all these nice clothes when you're living in a literal wasteland?” I asked. 
“Oh, that’s easy! Ya see, before we became the rebels, we lived in rags. But when we got together, we found this cool spot with some working tech. So we had them turn our clothes into stuff we actually like. Then when they get dirty, we just spray them with this mist that makes them all clean!” she cheerfully said. “Now I have a question, what kind of food do you have in the city? All we have is scraps.” 
“Oh, well we have awesome food! Like today for breakfast, I had eggs,” I said. 
She looked at me immediately. Then she asked, “WHAT KIND?” 
“Umm, Scrambled…?” I asked. She started to drool. 
“I’ve never had eggs before! When I get to the city, that’s gonna be the first food I try!” she exclaimed cheerfully. I laughed a little. Then we rambled on about all sorts of food. She wanted to try A LOT of things…
= Chapter 3: The Hideout =
We had finally arrived at their hideout. It was like a large metal shed, but all it was was two large pieces of sheet metal on the side and a large one on top, no door. All there was a fire pit under the metal roof. It was sad how they were living. I practically lived in a penthouse, like the newest version possible, while they were living in a literal junkyard. 
“Well, this is it!” Cleo exclaimed. 
“Whoa…” I said. 
“May not look like much but it’s our home,” Griffon chimed in. 
Then we walked down the hill towards it. I walked inside and looked at it all, all the buildings or homes I ever saw were usually white or blue or even grey. And they were usually more modern than this. Their place is all gray and rusty. But it was still pretty cool to see something so old in modern society. Then I noticed Flynn was gone. 
“Hey, Where’s Flynn?” I asked. 
“Oh, Flynn? He’s just getting the old tires we use as chairs,” Lilligan said. 
“How old?” I asked. 
“Like 21st century old,” Flynn said, rolling the tires in. 
“Whoa!” I exclaimed that was 1,020 years ago! I couldn’t believe stuff from then was still around. It was actually very rare to find something from that century. Flynn sat them all down around this circular structure. with a lot of metal and what looks like,
“Are those… Sticks?” I asked. All the trees we had in the city were fake metal ones. 
“Yeah, you can only find a few real-life nature stuff here,” Cleo said, plopping down on a tire. 
“Hmm, in the city, all the trees are usually white with blue bulbs as leaves. I’ve never actually seen anything from nature that’s not grass.” I said. 
“Well don’t get used to it, there’s never actually any grass or trees here. Just remains spread across the wasteland,” Griffon said. Now I knew what Lilligan meant by Griffon being a gaslighter. 
Meanwhile with Sci,
When Emma left, I went to oil myself. I grabbed the oil can and dumped it in my mouth. Then I went to serve Mr. and Mrs. Sharpie. They didn’t ask for much, but Mrs. Sharpie asked for her morning tea. It always took around an hour since it required a lot of steps. When I was finally done, I noticed the time. Emma had been gone a while. I texted and called but she never responded. 
“Mr. and Mrs. Sharpie? Emma has been gone a while, do you think she’s okay?” I asked worriedly. 
“She’s fine,” Mr. Sharpie said. 
“Wait, how old is she again? And I thought her name was Evangeline.” Mrs. Sharpie said. I sighed. 
“She’s 16 and her name is Emma. She has been gone for an hour and she hasn’t responded to any of my calls or texts. I think something is wrong,” I said. 
They just ignored me. Emma had never missed any of my calls or texts, she was never gone for more than an hour, she never did any of that stuff. I’m absolutely sure of it. Certain, even. There had to be something wrong! 
= Chapter 4: Sprout =
All of a sudden it was nighttime. We were around the fire pit; it was weird seeing fire. Any fire back in the city was digitally produced. The smell was nice, though. It was really cool to see the ashes of the sticks and dried-up leaves blow up in the air. Then I looked at Lilligan. She looked so beautiful, the leaves were slowly floating down around her. Her smile was so pretty. 
WHAT THE WHAT? WHAT WAS I JUST THINKING? I-I don’t like girls, I like boys! Not girls. But…Maybe I like girls and boys? And I do have to admit, everyone else looks cute. Maybe I’m pansexual…
“Hey, Emma!” Lilligan yelled. 
“What?” I asked. 
“Would ya like some dead salamander? It may not be scrambled eggs but it’s what we got to eat,” she said cheerfully. 
I was never a picky eater so I said sure. It tasted weird but I would need to eat dinner or I would be starting tomorrow. Its skin felt like a hard gummy with weird grooves on it. It tasted like raisins but expired. I continued eating it, even though it tasted bad. 
“It tastes bad at first but after a while, you’ll get used to it,” Cleo said. 
“It kinda tastes like raisins. Expired raisins. But yeah, I hope I’ll get used to it,” I said. 
After we ate it got late so we all decided to go to bed. As the warm fire was dying out I couldn’t help but get this feeling that I belong here. That life in the city will never change its ways and I’ll be back to living my unconventional life. Slowly, my eyes started to fall. I let it happen, I was so tired, sleep was a deep relief. 
When I woke up, I felt something laying on me. It was purring and it was kneading my stomach. I opened my eyes and it was a-CAT!?! But it wasn’t any ordinary cat. It was a dark, crisp, deep pink-colored cat. It also had a little green sprout growing on its head. It had yellow eyes and red pupils. 
“Cool…!” I whispered, I had never seen a cat before. 
It meowed at me, it had long fur and it was so soft. I sat up and it jumped off of me and walked to my side. “Hi, there!” I whispered. “You’re very pretty. What’s your name?” 
It rubbed its head against my hand. I petted it on its head and the tuff underneath its chin. It was like petting a cloud. 
“What are you rambling on about now?” Griffon groaned, getting up. 
“A cat,” I said, focusing all my attention on it. Cleo woke up and yawned. 
“Cool cat. Is it yours?” she asked. 
“Nope! I woke up and it was sitting on me,” I said enthusiastically. 
“Since the sprout’s not open it must be male,” Griffon said. 
“Woah. I think I’ll name him… Sprout!” I exclaimed. Sprout started to rub his head against my hand again. 
“What a unique name.” Griffon said, sarcastically. 
“I think he likes it!” Lilligan said sleepily, just waking up. The cat jumped off the bed, walking to Axel. He was just sleeping peacefully, even though there was some noise in the room.
Finally, the cat jumped on Axel, making him jump. “AHHH, Is that a cat?” he asked. 
“Correct,” I replied.
“Meoooooooow,” Sprout meowed.
“I think he is hungry,” I said. “Wait, Can-can cats eat dried salamander?” 
“Probably not,” Flynn groaned, just waking up.
“Okay, how about newts?” I asked. 
“Uh… I think so. Actually, wait-No, I don’t think they can eat that,” Griffon said. Then Sprout spotted some tumbleweed and ran over to it. He started to eat it.
“Meoooow,” he meowed.
“I think he can eat it. After all, shouldn’t he know what he can and can’t eat?” I asked.
“I think you may be right.” Cleo shrugged.
“I think it is time to get you back in the city,” Griffon said. 
“Okay! I can’t wait to get home. And then I could help you guys get in too!” I cheered.
“I CAN’T WAIT TO TRY REAL FOOD!” Lilligan yelled. “I WANT TO TRY SCRAMBLED EGGS FIRST!!!”
= Chapter 5: Up The Hill =
It was like a dream. Even heaven. The Crimson Waste was something entirely new and wonderful. I couldn’t wait to get back to the city but this was amazing. I was sad to leave. 
I picked up Sprout. Pets are mostly banned so I couldn’t get a pet. But if I hide Sprout really well then maybe I’ll be able to keep him!
Out the non-existing door we went, it was like we were camping but we had to leave, it was fun but nothing lasts forever.
Finally, we left. It was an hour away but all was well. ”WHY DID YOU HAVE YOUR HIDEOUT AN HOUR AWAY FROM THE CITY?” I yelled.
“BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT WILL GET US IN A 10 MILE RADIUS AND WE DON’T KNOW HOW LONG THAT IS BECAUSE WE NEVER WERE TAUGHT MATH!” Lilligan yelled. 
“WHY ARE WE YELLING?” I asked.
“I DUNNO.” 
“Why don’t you two stop yelling?” Cleo asked, annoyed. 
“Good idea,” I said. 
“They could hear us with your guys’ yelling,” Griffon sighed. 
“Correct, Griffon. We are in the 10-mile radius by now,” Axel said, being smart.
“And because of your yelling, the other Red Eyes might find us and mug us. But probably not since we are LITERALLY IN A 10 MILES RADIUS FROM THE CITY!” 
We started to fight a little but we finally got close to the city. It all started to look familiar. “So how are we going to get back up to the city?” I asked. 
“Okay, so the plan is, we’ll climb up all the old robot junk and then when we get as high as the city we’ll stack up. We’ll let you on first and you can pull us up. Then we’ll go back to your place, we’ll hideout, and then when it's safe we’ll live in the streets. Got it?” Cleo asked.
“Got it,” we all said. It would be hard to hide 5 teenagers in my house but I'm sure Sci could help. 
“Okay guys, so when we get to my house you have to let me explain to Sci, my family robot butler, that you guys aren’t threats. I’m not sure where we’ll hide you guys but you’ll be safe at least,” I said. “Who would have thought? Miss Rich Pigtails has a robot butler.” Griffon said, being a jerk. 
Finally, we reached the junk pile holding up the city. As we were climbing I kept looking at the mashed-up robot parts. I loved Sci. He was like family. And these robots, it’s horrible seeing millions of millions of robots dead. I ignored it, it was hard enough getting cuts and scrapes from all of these. We started to climb up the hill. Something's not right, I thought. We continued up the hill. Axel almost fell after a can slipped out of place but Flynn caught him, and then there was a flyxel moment until Griffon shouted at them to move it. 
“We’re here,” I said proudly. 
The city was soundless, not a word. We came in like little bugs and we were squished. There they were in front of us. The people who wouldn’t let the Red Eyes be up here. The government found us.
= Chapter 6: Back In Time =
Red and “Normal” eyes, That's all the world cares about. Life and death, just like my brother. Government and democracy, controlling the world.
That morning, I was talking with Lily about the long history of the city while we were climbing up. It was a long time ago so the facts are not straight. As far as I know.
It started in the cold war, a long cold war. The prophecy had been found right outside the walls of the new land. Black mist covered the land, dead bodies and blood everywhere. The earth was cracking in half. Plants dying. Then everything snapped back to reality. 
Everyone cried just looking at it. The one way to stop it was to make robots to protect us and kill off most of the plants and animals. The only animals that were left were lizards, newts, salamanders, all the reptiles. Reptiles were not a part of the prophecy so they would be fine. But our city decided to get rid of everything. 
We threw all the reptiles into the Crimson Waste. We built our city up with technology. The only natural thing we have is grass. But there's only grass in our park. All the trees, the bushes, the gardens, all dead.
After a long time, everyone thought it was a lie, a dream, a warning, till “they” came. The Red Eyes. The Prophecy had talked about crimson eclipses and when we saw the red eyes, we knew we had to get rid of them. We left them to fend for themselves in the Crimson Waste. But they somehow survived.
Life is not what I thought it would be. But I thought when I get older, the world would just fix itself. I thought the world would just be all dandy and fine. I lived every day trying to believe it would be fine when deep down I knew the truth. Everything was not okay. Now I'm 16 and I'm with The Red Eyes. In jail. 
At this point, I was just run-down and was worried about Sprout, the poor thing. There was barely anyone at the jail. There were so many rules to follow in our city and so many punishments for each and every one of them. I knew that we would be put on trial sooner or later. Or maybe even worse. The doors opened, there was my Mother.
“Where have you been, young lady?!?!” my mother called.
“I- I- I-” I had no words.
“Are those Red Eyes?!?! You left us for Red Eyes?!?!” 
“No… They saved me!” 
“Yeah yeah yeah, you better hope it's not much money.”
“I would rather stay here with them,” I mumbled.
“What did you say?” Mother snapped back
“Nothing…” I knew talking back would not help, I could get out then help my friends out. 
It was a bit embarrassing for my friends to have to watch that. It seemed like they wanted to chime in but there was no good time to do so. We started to walk out, we paid the fines, and left.
“Emma Arwen Sharpie. I can’t believe you. Making me and your Father pay all that money. Maxwell wouldn’t have done this.” She said. 
Maxwell. All they talk about is my brother. I keep trying to forget him but it seems everywhere I go he’s there. When we got home, Sci came running up to me. He wouldn’t stop hugging me. 
“Let her go, Sci. Evangeline, for your punishment you will not have dinner for a week. Now go to your room,” Mother said. 
Father must have been in the living room since I hadn’t seen him. I was walking up the stairs when- “My name's Emma.” 
I don’t know what came over me. I never talked back to Mother or Father. As soon as I said that I gasped at what I had done. I ran upstairs to my room. I wrapped my arms around my pillow as I jumped onto my bed. I started crying. I cried for hours on end.
I missed my friends, they were red but nice like dark strawberries. They were tough, but there was kindness hidden within. I hoped I could get them out soon. But I knew all the government would do is either throw them back into the Crimson Waste or keep them in jail.
= Chapter 7: They Attacked =
I cried all through the night. It was odd but I needed to make a plan and fast. I heard a noise from the kitchen. I wasn’t allowed to eat but I went down anyway. I was sleepy and I was ready to eat then leave to save my friends.
I walked in to see Sci charging on his stand. Yes! I thought. Sci would love to help. Right? I walked closer to him. I decided I would need his help if I wanted to help The Red Eyes. I tapped on him a few times before he finally started to wake up. 
“M-Master Emma? What are you doing up?” he asked. 
“I’m going to go save my friends, will you help me?” I asked. 
“I can’t let you go. You might get hurt and I can’t afford to lose you again!” he cried. 
“I’ll be okay. Please, I need your help,” I begged. He thought about it for a moment. 
“Fine.” He got off his charger and started to walk to the door
We walked outside into the cold crisp nighttime air. It always got cold during the nights because of all the technology; we would have to turn all the coolers on to help cool down everything else. Nobody really goes outside at night. 
“So how are we going to get there?” Sci asked. 
“Uh…,” I started, I looked around for ways before Sci realized I didn’t know how’d we get there, “My hoverboard? Yeah, my hoverboard!” 
“I’m driving,” he snapped back. 
“How dare you,” I said, acting offended. 
My parents always got me expensive stuff, but I always had the feeling it was Sci with their credit card. I’ve had that feeling since I got my first hoverboard, and when I thanked my parents, they didn’t know what I was talking about. We hopped on the Hoverboard quietly and started to go to the jail. I checked my bag making sure I had everything I needed. Luckily, I did. Off to the jail, we went.
* * * * *
Third Person POV
           “Meooooow,” Sprout meowed in pain. He missed Emma. Everyone else sighed; this was what their life was going to be like now.
        “Everything will be okay!” Lily said, petting the cat. He had been in and out of cells all morning. He meowed at the mostly dead bugs.
A guard walked in and said, “Trial in 10,” then walked off. They needed a plan now.
“I say we just kick the guards' butts and run,” Cleo said. “All in favor?” She raised her hand and so did Axel and Flynn. 
“I don’t know, I mean, uh, isn’t their city built upon technology? I mean, they could have weapons that could electrocute us. And they are definitely stronger than a group of teenagers and a cat,” Lilligan sighed. 
“Meooooow.” Sprout liked Lilligan’s idea; they could not just run like that, or else they’d get caught. 
“Yeah, and it’s not like we’re in electric cuffs. If they wanted to, they could electrocute us with just a switch!” Griffon exclaimed. “Dimwit.” 
“Meooooow!” Sprout mewed, trying to tell them something. He moved through the bars, walking over to a key by the door.
“I see where the kitty is going,” Lilligan said. “He can get the key, then give it to us!” 
“I swear to god, Lilligan-” Griffon began. 
“Griffon, shut up, the cat is trying to get us the key,” Cleo said. Griffon started to mumble something under his breath. 
“Meow!” Sprout started to jump on a table. He continued to jump in the air and the key shook back and forth.
“That’s it, Sprout!” Cleo exclaimed. “Get the keys and bring them to me.” 
“Or give it to someone who’s actually smart,” Griffon growled. 
“Aww, you’re just saying that because you LIKE me,” Cleo teased him. 
“Yeah right,” Griffon hissed. The key fell down. Sprout grabbed it with his mouth and ran over to Lilligan, and she slumped against the bars to get the keys. 
“Guess you didn't get the keys,” Griffton said.
           “Well, neither did you,” Cleo snapped back in a sweet tone.
Lilligan opened the doors, everyone jumped out. The jets also unlocked their handcuffs. They were happy to get out but they had 5 minutes until their trial, so they opened the door and ran for it. They ran down to the first floor to get out. As they were running on the first floor they saw a boy. He was in a cell. He had purple hair and was wearing ripped up clothing. Lilligan stopped, noticing him. She urged the others to stop and she dragged him over to his cell. “Hey! You!” Lilligan called out to the boy. He slowly raised his head. “C’mon! We’ll get you out of here!” He whispered something they couldn’t hear. “What did you say?” Flynn asked. The boy whispered again a little louder. “Run.” 
“What-” Cleo began. “DIDN’T YOU HEAR ME YOU FOOLS? RUN! RUN! RUN HOME RED EYES! RUN BEFORE THEY GET YOU!” The boy yelled, running up to the bars and slinking down. “RUN BEFORE THEY FIND YOU!” Everybody backed away. As they were backing away he was mumbling something to a skull. His head kept twitching. They ran away from his cell. They had just gotten to the doors when they heard something break. It must have been a window. They ran back upstairs. The only thing they could think about was the purple haired boy. 
= Chapter 8: The Grass, Trees, and The Sky =
Sci and I finally got inside. We had to break a window to get inside the building, but I mean, oh well. We got in and looked around. We didn’t go anywhere, we just took a quick look before we would start walking. 
We started to walk around. The place was dark and humid. We stepped around the broken glass into the even darker part of the building. There occasionally were some light spots farther away from us. 
“There are surely other people over there. Let’s stick to the shadows,” Sci whispered. 
           I nodded, wondering how spending just a day with The Red Eyes changed my life. Before, I was clueless about what was happening, hoping the world would get better. But now, after seeing their life, I know things now and I know the world won't get better on its own.
          We went to the jail part of the building to see people in there, but no red eyes or anybody else. We left without a trace. I heard some commotion behind me. It was the government. I alerted Sci; we had to run. 
We were running and running, the government kept catching up. We turned left, right, left, straight, another right. They followed us no matter where. The walls were all black, the ground was grey, it all made it harder to see. 
Then we saw some rooms with the doors open. I grabbed Sci’s hand and ran into one. I slammed the door shut as hard as I could and locked it. We looked around the room and there were a few chairs so we blocked the door with them. There was a light switch next to the door, so I turned it on. All the walls were covered in security cameras, of the Crimson Waste, of my home, of everybody’s home. They were watching us. They always have been. 
I ran over to the main screen, it had the controls on it. I pressed a few random buttons until it switched cameras. Sure, there were cameras all over the walls, but it would take forever to look around the room. I kept looking through, trying to find my friends. Hallway, Hallway, Houses, Streets, Hallway, Hallway-HOW MANY HALLWAYS ARE THERE??? I thought to myself. The door started to bang more and more. It will break soon. 
“We’re trapped!” I gasped. “There has to be an exit somewhere!” 
I started hitting every button, desperate to get out. Then I hit a small neon purple button. A part of the wall disappeared into itself, revealing a tunnel. “GO GO GO!” Sci yelled. 
We ran inside and just as the wall was closing, the door broke. We ran and ran. The hallway had dirt-colored walls and floors, there were lanterns along the walls. It looked like it was built thousands of years ago. I tripped over something. I quickly jumped to my feet. I ran again, looking back for a quick second to see what I tripped over. 
It was a bone. A human bone. I got scared. Not because of the government, No. Because those were bones of a living human being. I wondered what they did to deserve death. Focus! I thought to myself. I needed to focus if I wanted to find my friends. When we got to the end of it, there was a button at the dead end. 
I pressed it and it opened up. We ran out and we were back where we started. I heard a flip of a switch. It echoed through the building. I looked over at Sci, he was growling. Sci’s eyes turned red, he looked more mad than happy, his joy was gone. Sci was corrupted.
    
= Chapter 9: The Fight =
Sci was corrupted. He turned and looked at me. There were sparks coming from his robot body. He stepped slowly towards me, growling like a dog with rabies. He was scaring me. 
“S-Sci?” I asked in a shaky voice. “SCI!” I yelled at him. “SNAP OUT OF IT!” 
I heard some more commotion. It was probably the rest of the Government. Tears started to form in my eyes. Sci had been around my whole life. He was my best friend. He was my family. He was that shoulder you needed to lean on when you were down. He was the one person you would always be able to trust when you did something wrong. 
He was the one who would let you stay up late playing with your brother. He was the one who’d do anything for you, no matter what. The commotion came closer and closer. 
“Sci! Snap out of it! Please!” I yelled, crying harder. 
The commotion finally was in the room. I didn’t bother to pay attention though. All my attention was on Sci. Then, all of a sudden, Cleo jumped and kicked Sci in the face! My friends, they found me. Sci was down on the floor, slowly getting up. 
“Are you ok?” Cleo asked me. “Yeah.” 
Lilligan and the others ran over to me. Lilligan was holding Sprout. Sprout jumped into my arms, purring. “What's wrong with the robot?” Axel asked. 
“Sci’s corrupted!” I exclaimed. 
Sci finally got up. He looked at me. He looked down at Sprout. He ran forward and tried to hit Sprout. I jumped back. Sci started to speak as we were doing this. His voice morphed into a demon's voice and his voice mixed all together. 
“MUST. KILL. THE. CRIMSON. CAT,” he yelled. He kept repeating it. 
“SCI! SNAP OUT OF IT!” I yelled. 
Flynn ran behind him and grabbed his arms, trying to hold him back. Griffon ran up and punched him in the face. I didn’t want to hurt my best friend but he wouldn’t snap out of it. He broke free and tried to punch me. I ran over to the other side of the room. He slowly walked over to me, thirsty for blood. Lilligan jumped in front of me, kicking him. 
“Emma! Listen, you have to fight him. We may be strong but we need you to join too!” She said, I nodded. Sci kept running up to us. I kicked him in the chest. Emma punched him in the face. He kept coming up to us. 
“Lilligan, listen. If we don’t make it out of this alive… I like you. You're so energetic and kind and bubbly. It was so fun hearing you talk about what you wanted to do in the city. I truly like you,” I exclaimed over Sci’s grunts. 
“I like you too,” she said. 
I smiled for the first time since we were climbing up to the city. Then there was more commotion. Guards came running in. We were outnumbered. “Emma! Is there a kill switch on Sci?” Cleo yelled as she was fighting off the guards. 
“Y-Yes. But it will make him self-destruct!” I yelled back. I knew what I had to do but I didn’t want to. 
“Emma, you have to! I don’t think he’s going to snap out of it. If he self-destructs it will take out these guards!” Flynn yelled. 
“But-But-” I started. 
“YOU HAVE TO DO IT!” Axel screamed. 
“Okay,” I whispered. 
Tears started to run down my cheeks. Lilligan was holding him off. I ran after him. I knocked on the back of his neck 3 times. A small compartment opened up. It was a big red button. I pressed it. Sci went down on his knees. One of his eyes was regular blue while the other was red. He looked like he was trying to fight off the corruption. 
“Emma, I don’t have much time. Before I go I just wanted to tell you that you have been the highlight of my life. You made my life worth living. I may just be a robot, but you are the best person I've ever met,” Sci started. 
“Sci…” I began in tears. 
“At least I got to save you; if I could have saved Maxwell I would have. Goodbye, Emma,” he said in a teary voice. 
Then he blew up. All of us were blown backward. I got up and my ears were ringing. My eyesight was blurry. When I was more conscious I looked around. The floor was covered in robot parts. There was a spot on the floor that was black. 
“SCI!” I cried. I tried to run over to the part of the room where he blew up. All I could do was stumble towards it. I fell to my knees. At all the robot parts scattered across the room. 
“Sci…” I cried. “My best friend…” 
I grabbed the one thing that was left of him. It was a small locket. It had a picture of me, him, and Maxwell in it. I grabbed it and held it up to my heart. I cried more than I had in years. 
“Sci…” I whispered. I heard footsteps behind me. Whoever it was put their hand on my shoulder. It was Lilligan. 
“We have to go. The guards are waking up,” she said quietly. I slowly stood in tears. I held on to the locket. It was the last thing I had of him and Maxwell. 
“Okay. Let’s go,” I said. She grabbed onto my hand and we ran. We ran out of the building into the streets. 
“What do we know?” Axel asked. 
“Cleo! What are we doing?” Flynn yelled. 
It seemed everybody was asking her what to do. I opened the locket up. I looked at all three of us. We were a happy family. 
“I DON’T KNOW!” Cleo yelled. 
She snapped me back into reality. I looked around at everybody. Griffon was holding Sprout. Then all of a sudden an alarm went off. It was screeching as loud as possible. 
“Attention all citizens. One of your fellow people has betrayed us. Her name? Emma Sharpie. She has betrayed us all and is roaming the streets with The Red Eyes. We need your help to capture them. Whoever hands them over will get a reward for all the gold we have left in the city. Good luck. And Emma, if you're listening, We’re coming for you,” it blasted. 
“We have to leave the city,” I said quietly. “We have to leave.”
= Chapter 10: The Crimson Eclipse =
We ran far, far, away from the city. We were just a mile away from the 10-mile radius. We were all panting. All I could do was stare at the locket. I put it around my neck. I didn’t want to lose it. There were some bright green leaves on the desert ground.
“How are there green leaves on the ground?” I asked.
Everybody looked my way. Sprout walked over to them. He started to eat them. Then he started tumbling over and over leaving a small patch of grass behind. He looked like he was gonna puke. 
“Meeeooowww!” he cried. “MEOOOWW!” 
“Sprout… are you okay?” I asked, scared and worried. 
Then his eyes turned a bright glowing red. He lifted a few feet off of the ground, red light shooting out of his eyes and mouth. The sky turned red. Around now the sun was rising and was in the sky. It started to turn crimson red. It was the Crimson Eclipse. Then the others started to lift off the ground. 
“EMMA!” everybody yelled. They kept floating up. Then they stopped. Red light shoots out of their eyes and mouths. 
“CLEO! LILLIGAN!” I started yelling. “GRIFFON! AXEL! FLYNN!” 
They acted as if they were lifeless bodies floating in the sky. I looked all around us. There were red lights miles away and closer and farther too. All The Red Eyes. Sprout. Something was happening. It was The Prophecy. There were still a few stars about but they started to vanish, the eclipse kept moving back and forth, 
Just like the Prophecy said: “Watch and beware. The Crimson Eclipse before time is no more and the stars cease to exist.” I replayed it in my head. The wolf was next. But there were no wolves! Then-
”WOOOOOOO!” I heard in the distance. 
Then the ground started cracking. The wolf. I started back away. I was scared. My friends looked lifeless; my cat too, and I was here doing nothing. What have I done? What is happening? Was I going crazy? The prophecy was… being fulfilled? I questioned myself for a long time, but never got the answer.  
My friends fell to the ground like dead bodies. The cat fell too. 
“Hello…?” I thought they were all dead, who knows. Maybe they were not. I tried anyway.
“Hello…?” Lilligan asked. Thank god they were all okay. 
“The Prophecy has come true,” I said.
“Wha-What?” Axel asked, surprised.
“The stars are vanishing, the wolf howled, the prophecy came true!” I yelled back.
The sky was still dark. A very, very, dark red. So dark it could maybe not even be red. It was scary, but it was okay, we were fine but we just have to make sure to be careful. 
“Is everything okay? Are you okay?” I asked everyone, worried.
“I'm okay,” Cleo said. “I landed on Griffon.”
“And you are dead meat,” Griffon yelled back, pushing her off of him. 
“Oh then I better start running, I can beat you in a fight!” 
“Bring it on!” 
“Okay, Stop, Stop!” Lilligan tried to stop them.
“Ummm, guys?” Axel interrupted them.
“What?” Cleo and Griffon said, then blushed.
“What is that? Is that a car….?” 
“Oh no! They found us. Run!” I yelled.
We started running and running. Faster and Faster. But the government kept catching up. “HOW ARE THEY HERE IF WE’RE PAST CITY LIMITS!?!?” Flynn yelled. 
“GUESS THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND ABOUT CITY LIMITS!” Axel yelled back. 
== The end ==
=== Of book 1 ===
====   To be continued…. ====