1 Chapter 1

Hi my name is Jake Baldwin and this is my story. When i was three years old I was abandoned by my parents and taken to an orphanage. One year later a middle aged looking man came and adopted me and one other boy. The boy was about a month older than me. The man took us to his house and on the ride there I learned the boy's name was Carter. When we got to his house (which looked like it could fit a couple family's) he took us inside and introduced himself as Arthur and that from that day onward we would train to become martial artists. Fast forward eleven years later and here I am in the backyard with Carter who I count as my brother even if we're not connected by blood. Right now I am 14 years old (tan with black hair that is spiked and blue eyes, currently I am 5ft 9in.) and I am a few days away from my birthday. My brother is also tan but has blonde, flat hair and brown eyes. Usually our (mine and my brothers) birthdays just consist of training and having a feast for dinner. But this year is different. This is the year I get to compete in the tournament held by the dorps. The drops are a species of alien that decided to nest on Earth ( I don't know why we call them dorps it's just what they prefer to be referred as). The dorps look like humans if they have clothes but if you look at their bare skin you can tell they are not humans because you can see purple veins coming of their body but they have learned to conceal that so most of the time you can't tell the difference between a human and a dorp. Every year the dorps hold a tournament. Dorp children grow at a faster rate that human children so they can compete when they are 12 while humans have to wait until they are 15. The winner of the tournament gets a big sum of money though nobody knows the exact amount because the dorps change the amount every tournament. Right now me and my brother are packing to go to the tournament. "Hurry up or we're going to be late", Carter yelled from downstairs. "I'm scared for gramps, he has been getting sick and I don't know if I want to go", I yelled back. "Come on man", Carter said while I was coming down the stairs, "we have been waiting for this for 5 years and I know that gramps has been really sick but we need the money to help gramps because he can't do too much right now. "Well, ok you are right but let's say bye before we leave". "Ok" We left to the backyard where gramps wasting resting in the yard. "Goodbye gramps", we said in unison. "Goodbye and good luck". "Gramps", I said, "you shouldn't be out of bed while you are sick". "I have to learn to do things on my own while you two are not here". "Ok", I said, "we don't know when we will be back but be careful when we are gone". "Yes I will thank you". While we were walking away gramps called out to us. "I want both of you to remember", he looked between us, "survival should be your top priority and remember to help eachother survive. I want to see you both back home alive". "Got it", I said. Carter just nodded. He looked at both of us for a second before saying, "good luck". We both nodded at him before we started heading out. We head off to the outside of the boundaries of the house and to the tournament. The tournament was in a different state and we didn't have a car so we had to walk because there wasn't any form of transportation around here. Walking wasn't a problem for us though since we walk that much in a week (maybe less I didn't count). Well we arrived in Nevada where where the tournament was being held. "We finally made it bro", I said to Carter, "to thr tournament". "Yeah we did", said Carter, "after 5 years we finally get to compete". "Ok let's go".

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