Chapter 4: Hold On Tight

Beep, "Good evening, this is your captain speaking. We are going through some turbulance right now so if you could please fasten your seatbelts and put your trays in the upright postion. Thank you." Beep. Alex quickly put his tray up and tightened his seatbelt. He looked at Jonas who was still eating on his tray. "Dude, did you not just hear the captain? He said put your trays up." Jonas looked up at Alex with some noodles hanging out of his mouth, "Yeah and? Im hungry. We arent gonna crash dude chill." Alex sighed and leaned back agaisnt the chair as the plane began to rock more and more violently. The lights started to flicker. The plane dropped suddenly, throwing Jonas in the air hitting his head on the ceiling. He was thrown towards the front of the plane. And crashed into the wall. Farther and farther the plane plunged. Then it something strange happened. Alex had closed his eyes for a split second and when he opened them he was in a different place. It was beautiful. Light glistened through the flourishing trees. The ground was covered in a light feathery grass. Flowers were everywhere. Alex looked around to take in the beauty. He saw Jonas laying on the ground a few feet away. He rand over to him, "Jonas wake up. Are you alright?" He gently shook Jonas until he woke up, "No mustard please. Extra mayo-huh? where are we?" Alex stood up and looked around again. "I don't know man but its beautiful." "Yeah," Jonas replied. He stood himself up and pointed, "Holy crap. Dude look over there!" Jonas pointed far off in the distance they could see a huge, pearly, shinging castle. It glistened with a luminous gold light that seemed to generate by itself. Alex felt his arm tingle. He looked at it. The blinding white-blue light was glowing on his arm just like it had in his dreams. He looked over at Jonas. His arm was doing the same. "Whats going on man?" asked Alex. "I don't know do you think we are in trou-" Jonas was cut off short by the sound of a horse galloping towards them. "Quick hide!" Alex said and they both jumped into some bushes on the side of the path. They sat in total silence as the horse came to a halt right in front of them. The horse was a solid white. It seemed to almost glow it was so pure of a color. Alex and Jonas had never seen something so white. The saddle looked like it was made from solid gold. But it moved around as if it were leather. Sitting in the saddle was a man dressed in mideval styled clothing with a solid white breastplate on. The breastplate was borded with a solid gold marking. Alex immediately knew that those were the same markings on his and Jonas' arm. He whispered, "He a friend." And with that Alex stepped out on to the path. "Wh-where are we?" Alex asked timidly. He was still a little uneasy. The horseman stepped of his horse and walked over to Alex. The man towered over him. Alex didn't realize how big the man was. He must have been nine feet tall. Than all of the sudden a giant set of marvelous wings came out of the  back of the mans armor. He reached behind him and pulled out a magnificent looking sword. The same sword that Alex saw in his dreams. He immediately dropped to his knees. Jonas stumbled out of the bushes next to Alex and he too dropped. The man exclaimed with a loud, stern voice, "I am Micheal! The highest archangel in all of Eden. What brings you two peasants to the threshold of the Eternal Kingdom?" Alex and Jonas were speechless and could say nothing. "Speak I say!" Micheal demanded. Alex could only muster a few words out, "I-i-I dont know..." He rubbed his arm and Micheal caugth a glimpse of the glowing marks and said, "Oh! I am so sorry my lords. Please stand up. I should have known who you were. I could sense it to begin with. You to are the Defenders of Light aren't you?" Alex and Jonas looked at each other then nodded to Micheal. "Aha," said Micheal, "You are one of the Kings than. You are royalty! Come! Follow me." Micheal swiftly turned around and started down the path. Walking no more that one step behind were Alex and Jonas. The land was so beautiful and pure. It was clear that this was not the polluted and destroyed by man Earth they lived on. It truely was the Eternal Kingdom the read about in the ancient books. "I cant believe we are actually here." Alex whispered to himself.

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