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Greetings dear readers. I decided to write this on a whim. It is something I have been contemplating for some time and finally decided to begin. In this story I will be including "musical moments" which are moments where the characters burst into song. Those moments will be in spoiler tags so you can ignore them if you choose to. However I would advise against that due to the fact those moments will expand upon character emotions that may not be clear in the story alone. Each chapter will have a minimum of one song but there is a possibility that some may have more than one. For now I hope you enjoy the prologue. _________________________ Prologue: A Mysterious abduction. The day began like every other day. The same old boring routine yet again but this day had something in store for 10 people. Each of them started their usual morning chores. They each headed to work or school and in some cases planning for being creative. But as the clocks struck Midday, the sky suddenly went dark. The sun was blocked from sight by a strange black orb. Many eyes stared up into the sky until another light caught their attention. Lights of white, red, blue, cyan, purple, black, yellow, brown, green and grey, scattered across many different lands. Fear then filled ten separate hearts as they became aware of the light covering them. The orb in the sky called the ten towards it. They smashed through whatever was in their path, be it the wall or the roof until they reached the orb. Many panicked faces stared as their friend or loved one faded from their sight. The ten became so filled with fear that they lost consciousness. The light surrounding them changed them. Some grew taller, others shrunk. The only thing was was certain for each of them was that they would not recognize themselves when they woke up. Within the world the 10 left behind fear ruled until the orb began to shrink until it was no more. Leaving nothing but confusion and worry for the many witnesses of the magical abductions. Parents worried for the missing children, Siblings freaking out about what had befallen the ones they count on, friends prayed that the friend that was snatched returned safely. An unexpected event on what appeared to be an ordinary day. The ten lights appeared in an unknown sky and each of them slowly fell towards the ground. The light that once covered them faded away once it had gently placed them on the ground. A man in a robe found them a short time later.. He then carried each of them and placed them on a bed within the ruined temple he called home. Once the tenth had been placed, the man entered a meditative state while he waited for his guests to wake up. One of the ten awoke and his shocked jump from the bed caused the man to exit his meditation. “Ah you have awoken, now let us wait or the others to follow suit so I can explain. But first you should brace yourself. You no longer bare the face you once did. Look there to see for yourself” said the man causing the boy to walk towards the mirror that was pointed out. The boy looked in the mirror and the person he saw was not himself at all. Be saw a boy who looked around 16 years old, His hair was not the shade he had always had and was instead a dark shade of ginger, He was wearing a simple green t shirt and blue jeans. He had a black belt keeping his jeans up. He has plain black socks and a pair of plain black trainers. The boy freaked out but was quickly calmed by the man saying “I understand you are afraid but trust that I will help you get some answers” The boy then nodded to the man and walked back over to the ben he was lying on and sat down to wait for the others to wake up. Another soul began to stir but this one didn't jump off the bed, instead he just sat up and asked “What is going on? And where am I?” The ginger boy was surprised by how calm this guy was but he got up and walked over to the one who had woken up. He pointed out the mirror and the new boy walked over to it. What the mirror showed was a 16 year old with a somewhat light shade of black hair, his eyes were blue. He wore a grey t shirt under a brown sweater, he wore green pants with a brown belt. His socks were white but covered by black boots. The boy staring in the mirror then said, “I am guessing your appearance changed too? Freaking out accomplishes nothing so we just wait for the others to wake up too?” The ginger boy nodded and both then proceeded to sit on the beds and wait. Another soul soon woke up but this one reacted in the more expected way. “Wha!? Where the F$%£ am I!? Where have you taken me?” they yelled. The calm boy spoke up, “We are in the same boat as you, freaking out like that won't help but if you need to let it out then at least look at that first” The one who had just woke up walked over and looked in the mirror. They saw a 16 year old boy with blond hair, he was wearing a black sleeveless jacket with a plain grey t shirt underneath. He had light faded blue jeans on. He wore white socks with blue and white trainers. And on his hands he wore a set of blue fingerless gloves. The boy then expectantly cursed multiple times, the others just waited until he started to slow now. The calm boy them spoke once more. “Are you ok now? If so please sit down on the bed you woke up on. We need everyone to wake up so we can learn what is going on. The blond boy was gonna say something until he saw the ginger boy's face and knew he felt the same way. The blond boy then went and sat on his bed. The forth boy soon woke up and jumped onto his feet. Before he could say anything he saw the three other boys pointing at the mirror which he quickly walked towards. He saw a 16 year old boy with dark brown hair, he was wearing a yellow t shirt and black jeans, his belt looked like a snake. He has black socks and black Velcro trainers. The boy just stared until he suddenly fell onto his knees. The ginger boy quickly rushed to his side while other two stood up. The boy on his knees suddenly spoke. “We are no where near home are we” The Ginger boy didn't answer but did look at the floor which gave the other boy all the answers he needed. They both stood up and the ginger boy walked back to his bed which caused the other boy to walk back to the bed he was on and sit down too. The room remained quiet for a while which caused the man to examine the unconscious ones. “They show no signs of waking just yet. Perhaps you four should talk, here in this world your memories are not whole. No matter how much you try you will be unable to recall any names from home. Be it your own or of family. So a new name is sadly required” said the Man as he walked back to the middle of the room and returned to his meditation. The four boys each tried to think of the family they left behind and became saddened when they were unable to remember any names just like the man had said. The four boys just sat in silence for a moment until the calm boy spoke once more. “I don't think sitting here in silence will help us so we should at least try to figure out what to call each other. I know we can't recall our real names but just think about yourself and say what the first thing that comes to mind is. We will try and use that to create names for ourselves. For me.” The calm boy sat in silence for a moment then spoke a single word. “Finn” The other boys looked at him. “It isn't my real name but the first thing that came to my head was a shark fin so I will go by Finn from now on” The other three then each closed their eyes and began thinking of themselves. The ginger boy was the next one to speak. “Cain, call me Cain. The first thing that came to my head was a Volcano” the other boys all nodded to acknowledge his chosen name. The other two boys were silent for a few more minutes until the blond boy spoke. “Sparky, Call me Sparky. I know it isn't a proper name like yours but the thing that came to mind was a spark plug so it fits I guess” The others all nodded to accept his name. Then they patently waited for the final boy to speak. The room was silent for another few minutes until he finally spoke “Snake, Call me Snake. I couldn't get this belt out of my head so may as well just go by Snake” The other three nodded and with that all four boys had names to go by, all that was left to do was wait.