Reign of Darkness first try

"That was pretty brave, what you all just did," Layne said as he walked into the small uncovered house. Four people stood in front of him, all staring in disgusted awe at the fifth who sat at the kitchen table, gulping down a golden liquid while stuffing his mouth. Layne scowled. Of course, he had to walk into the same room as someone with utter disregard for sophistication.

"What was?" Returning his attention to the four people in front of him, Layne found himself towering over a girl with coal black eyes, and nothing less to be said about her hair. Her whole demeanor seemed protective; unwilling to let Layne through the door for fear he was a shadow in disguise.

"Oh, I don't know, the acrobatic show, maybe? What do you think," Layne responded, tilting his head to the side.

"Well aren't we just a bit sparky," the girl replied, crossing her arms.

"The name is Layne, actually, but sparky works." the girl glared at Layne as he smirked. "And I was referring to you and the other girl shooting from the roof, not to mention destroying the roof, and fending off those shadows."

"You saw that?" another girl stepped up, crowding around Layne even more.

"Yes, and I'm sure everyone in the county did also. Not to mention that faint," Layne said with a laugh. "Priceless."

The girl's gaze shied from him as she backed away. These people were obviously unaffected by the shadows; he would need their companionship if he ever were to destroy the shadows once and for all.

"Who are you?" the black haired girl hissed, taking one step closer to him.

"Layne Robbs, fellow unaffected. And you, dark one?"

"Raven. Don't call me that."

GARY

Gary quickly gubbled down his sandwich and chugged his juice. He was delighted to feel his belly keep him down and make him sleepy. He gave a sound of accomplishment and looked back to the other, there was a single guy amongst three girls. He then began his tale.
"so you want to know, okay then" he said and then gave a look that showed he was in deep thought. "well it all started May 12th 1987, it was a Tuesday and it was three pm. I was in room 312 in warder hospital, the delivery suite-" He was then cut off.
"we don't need your whole life story" the girl named Candence said quickly.
"Oh, so when should i start" Gary asked puzzled
"when the shadows hit" Raven said
"the whats" Gary asked still confused
"the shadows, you know the things taking people over and making them act strange" Spencer answered in a matter of fact tone.
"oh, you mean boggidies" Gary said
"sure i guess" Spencer said
"okay then, it all began well for me two weeks ago, i was on a plane ride when suddenly the plane went all dark and the people went weird. The the plane began to fall. I of course stayed calm avoiding the Boggides. Then we hit the water and i began to swim. I swan for a while then i saw sharks or something like. So of course i stayed calm till they came close and i was panicked. And then i screamed and the sand way under me began to churn and i was blasted out in a heap of wet sand that was dry under me. That's where i saw the beach really close. So i Thought that sense i made the sand come up, or at least i thought that i could do it again. So i did and made a path to the beach. Then i saw the boggidies again and ran to the woods. Then i spent the time there trying to escape living of berries i found and water from rivers. Eventually i heard animals and abandoned my river path and ran. The i spent the next four days with only four berries. i spread them out. Then i saw this place and ran, saw the boggides. Shot an earth pillar up and then jumped in. Then i saw these four kids, i raided the fridge then i hate and then i told a story, but i was wrong a few times then i told my story and now i am here." Gary took a breath the announced "i am thirsty now got any thing more to drink" And with out another word grabbed the finished apple juice container and filled it with tap from the faucet and began to drink. He then turned back and then for the first time noticed the new comer. "oh hey I'm Gary, Um sorry did not catch your name"
"its-" the boy started but before he could say anther word Gary left running away.
"hey wheres the bathroom" Gary called
"out side" Raven called back
"drat" Then Gary came back grabbed the old juice container and left the room. He came back a few moments later with out the container with a relieved look.

I'm really lost. I haven't really been following this...
What's happening and would someone, if they don't mind, please bring me in? I'm terrible at starting my storybooks once they've gotten this far... Sorry.

Gary looked past the others in a trance. Far off he saw a small image, a small distance away coming over to the home. Gary saw here seem unaware as the shadows attacked her. He quickly Ran out bending the earth under her and him up. he then connected the two pillars and grabbed her. Gary, then ran with her in his arms back leaping off the rock into the hole he had first entered. He landed gracefully on the tables top and set the lady down. "well, you okay" Gary said and before she answered he said. " Because i am tired, bending is tough on me and i have had to do it a lot today, can you be more careful next time cause i can't always be a knight and save the lovely maidens." He smiled at the last word and saw the girl blush. "ah flattered are you" he said, and as he was about to get off the table it collapsed under him. "darn, now I'm embarrassed."

*Response to Boltageman's post. Thanks!*


Felicie~
I looked up at him and fought the urge to laugh. This was quite an awkward situation.

"Lovely maidens? Beg pardon?" I asked. I looked into his eyes. They were the direct connection to his mind. What I saw was pretty complicated. it had taken a lot for him to do this. It was stepping outside of his safety-zone. I set a calming atmosphere. A heavy cloud seemed to lift with the tenseness of this predicament.

He waved his hand in front of my face. "Hello? Anyone home?"

I awoke from my half unconscious state. "Yeah... oh. Sorry. And you can let go of my arm now." He had been grasping it for the whole flight.

"Ah, yes. Sorry." he let go quickly like I had electrocuted him.

"So, who are you? Why are you here, of all places?"

*And just forget about my other character. He doesn't exist. And that makes room for Stolenhearts.*

Layne watched as the man who had been in the kitchen bolted out, claiming he needed a bathroom. Stifling a laugh, he was surprised when the man bolted back in with a lady in his arms. Gary, he had called himself.

Layne grunted, ignoring the excuses for why he had begged for a bathroom then ran back in with a beautiful woman. As the table broke under Gary's weight, Layne stomped into the kitchen in time to catch the lady saying something.

"So, who are you? Why are you here, of all places?" she asked, getting up and brushing the small bits of broken table off her clothing.

"I'm Gary, and-"

"We're all here for the same reason. We're all unaffected by the darkness, if that answers your question. I'm Layne." Gary glared as Layne interrupted him. Layne smiled, then extended his hand to the woman.

Gary quickly got up and tackled The man out of the way giving his hand to the lady. Well, what he said does not bring me here i was in a plane crash, near the shore. Made my way here somehow" Gary said he looked at the man on the floor who was mad. "so whats your name, I'm Gary"
"I'm Felice" she said and then she seemed to just look at Gary and he felt strange. His emotions seemed to change from his general kindness to pure rage. Suddenly he looked at the other man with hate and when he was about to strike he then felt calm and then sad and then Brave and every other emotion. "HE finally stopped and looked at the girl."was that you" He asked.
"yeah, sorry" she said
"why are you sorry, that was quiet fun i have never felt a feeling like that before"

Why thank you forever (:
I'm just waiting on light devil to post ha ha i wish i could but, I'm stuck at a park with her character.
this is getting really good lol Gary is super funny ha ha

*Sorry, Stolen Heart, went out for a dinner and movie. By the way don't watch The Spirit, it completely sucks.*

Ballow

Ballow turned his head to her for a second, his eyes dangerously narrowed. A paranoid tone caught itself in his voice, "Did you just try to read my mind?"

Then he let out a small laugh as he shook his head, "No, of course not. That's impossible, isn't it?"

Maribelle was sure how to reply and instead laughed. It was like the weird vibes got stronger the more she had no idea how to reply. Ballow raised an eyebrow, "Are you okay?"

She lifted a hand to her head, "I'm not so sure. I think something's wrong."

"How wrong?" he asked taking a step towards her.

"The shadows, they're confusing me . . . my powers. I'm sure it wasn't like this before." she answered. What she left unspoken was heard by Ballow. What she had meant was that before Ballow had begun talking to her she hadn't felt like she was on some sort of drug.

Ballow took the hint and he took a step backwards, "Better?"

She let out a breath of air, "Amazingly so. Can you, uhh, taken another on back?"

Ballow complied, "Better?"

"Much. Now, you have any idea why the shadows stalk you so?" Maribelle asked rubbing at her temples.

"None. Suppose they just like me?" Ballow answered with a cheeky grin.

"Well, there's always the possibility that it has a crush on you, but I think I can narrow it down to about 0.000000001% of a chance." she retorted, not falling for his charm.

Ballow grinned again, "Well, so long as there is a possibility, it could happen you know?"

Maribelle let out a sigh, "I know. Why are you here?

Ballow sat down in the gutter and rested his head into his hands, "Well, to be specific, I am currently trying to find a place to belong, you have one in mind?"

Cadence was still feeling a bit annoyed over the fact that this new man Layne-- as he called himself-- had mocked her for fainting. She was about to protest when she caught a catious look on Spencer's face. He was so nervous, it made Cadence feel sad for him. She leaned in and whispered, "Just be a gentleman. I'm sure if you act like the civilized one compared to these goons"-- she nodded her head towards Gary and Layne-- "all the ladies here will be quite impressed!"

Spencer shrugged his shoulders. "Here isn't the same as home. Back in England we could simply act poised anc polite, and we'd fit right in. It seems, however, that things are much different here and poised and polite is something only old people do."

"You're over exaggerating." Cadence snorted. She took a deep breath and tucked her hair behind her ears. "Well, everyone, I'm Cadence Wayne, and it is a pleasure to meet you all. I feel terrible that we could not have met in a better instance"-- she caught a small chuckle from Layne out of the corner of her eye. He was still laughing about her fainting-- "but still, it is a pleasure to meet you." Cadence gave a small curtsey.

Spencer introduced himself, sort of a mumbled response compared to Cadence's lady-like introduction. Spencer was so nervous around these new people. Cadence, however, was truly afraid that something might be wrong with Spencer. When he'd been attacked by the shadow.... Was he changing now?

"Spencer," Cadence whispered, while aimless chatter between the strangers went on, "let's go outside. I have a feeling your just dying to say something."

And with that, Spencer and Cadence-- the twins-- clambered out of the room and into the streets, a watchful eye for any more shadow.
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Everyone's doing a great job with my characters, and their dialogue. Especially the part with Raven, where she faints. As I described, she is deathly afraid of heights. And remember, since Cadence and Spencer don't know anyone too well, try to make sure they're acting very poised, and speaking like a Brit would.

LaReina!

***Sorry! I know it may not go with your post, but it was the best way to put everybody together***

Emily rolled her eyes, watching Gary making a fool of himself. All the others were chatting gaily as if nothing was wrong and as if there weren’t 1,000 Shadows out there.
“Guys,” she said. They all ignored her. She said it a little louder. Still nothing. Then, she screamed a few lines of Chinese.
Layne’s jaw dropped and everybody quit talking and just stared. “If you haven’t noticed, the Shadows are of the roof!!!” after Emily said that, they all looked up, and sure enough, there was a ghastly black transparent hand clawing at the hole in the roof. Cadence screamed.
“Quick! On my back!” Emily had morphed into the largest eagle they had ever seen. Everybody hopped on, except….
“Cadence! Come on!” Spencer yelled. She shook her head, trembling. “Cmon! Its either heights, or the Shadows!” Cadence looked up fearfully and saw that the Shadow was almost successfully inside. She quickly jumped up onto Emily, who took off, wings spreading. They barely made it through the hole in the roof, and everybody cheered as they saw that they had left, except for Cadence, who was leaning against Spencer, eyes closed.
Emily began to lose altitude. They were too heavy for her. Way to heavy. She was going down. Unable to stop herself, she morphed back into her usual form and hit the ground where a man and a woman were talking (Ballow and Maribelle!).
Every thing went black.

Oh, no, Princess. I see something coming that will work just as good:) Muahahahaha!

We go to next day, Raven finding sleeping bags and towels for blankets for the others.
So do the other two (Apollogies. I haven't memorized all the names yet!)
The other two go, like all the others, to Ravens house for some reason or another.
They all meet, Raven almost kicks out the mall of people in her home. Blah blah blah blah.....


You get the idea. I wonder why all these people from all over the world, are in oklahoma!?!

-Well, I'm a little confused with the last post, so I'm going to go with Princess' post, okay?-

Spencer fell helplessly, just as all the others, when Emily fell. The weight was too much for her petite body, and she could not soar. Her altitude slowly diminished, and they all dropped into the perilous unknown.

Spencer heard Cadence cry out. She hates heights, and it took a lot of courage to climb up and soar into the sky. They had had to take a ship from England to the US because of Cadence's fear. Now she would be ever traumatized.

Spencer needed desparately to find a bird... something that could help Cadence. Emily looked to be unconscious, as she crashed to the ground, and Cadence was going to be unconscious soon enough.

Spencer reached a hand out towards Cadence. "Here!" Spencer yelled gruffly. The others around him said nothing, for they were in too much shock from the drop. Emily crashed to the ground, before two people. If they had been engulfed by the shadow, then soon enough these teens would.

Cadence swiped for Spencer's hand, and missed. She let out an exasperated cry, and squeezed her eyes shut tight. When Cadence feared something, and could not avoid it, she closed her eyes and gave up.

With all Spencer's determination he closed his eyes as well. His balled his fists, his finger nails biting into his skin. He heard the ground rumble, not sure if anything had happened. But sure enough, Cadence was clinging onto the rigid wall that Spencer had made. Spencer hooked his hand onto her foot.

"You okay?" he chuckled wryly, hoping that some of the others would be able to cling on too.
- - -

So that's what I picked up. Hope it works okay...

GARY

Gary slept easily that night unlike some of the others who had a hard time getting under the sand mans spell. When he woke he was the last awake. The others had been gathered around talking about a way out still unable to think of one.
"hey, you know i could just make a bridge out" Gary said as he entered the room
"huh" one them said but he could not tell which
"i could bend the earth, to make a path above ground level to get us away, we could just stroll out of here, with out a trouble in the world." Gary answered
"that could work" Raven said half heartily.
"cool" Gary said and walked over to the door. With a heave he made a ramp up to a large wide path a few meters above the ground. Gary then charged forward and when no one followed he turned around and said. "come on slowpokes get the lead out."

Read the posts before you.. Your post is way off..