Evolution | trying to make it by | Book one

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Yes, wow, I actually have a good, original, genuine story idea. If you have any better title ideas, please PM me them. I'm not going to bother with any of that fancy coding stuff just gonna write the story like a rough draft, you can post your comments on here.
I realized, even though it is my latest obsession, this has nothing to do with hunger games. Yay!

And just a small warning, some parts may be a little scary for younger kids, so I'm just gonna say this is like PG-13, read at your own risk. it's not my fault if you have nightmares.

Edit; I'm not trying to make this like hunger games, but the truth is, I had this idea in a journal for a LONG time, before I even read the books, so, don't try to say I'm copying it. I'm not putting sponsors, or training or anything like that, it really is just an experiment. Plus, the people are shape shifters, so... Nothing like hunger games.

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Chapter one.

----"Leilani, Tell me three words that describe your dreams lately."
----"Lava, Melted, Dead..."
----"I see, well, I have to think of something to help you with, for now, just go relax at home, watch some TV, play some games."
----"Thank you, Dr. Garns."
-------I grab my purse and pull out my car keys, heading out the therapists' door. Traumatizing experiences are what make therapists money, and what drive other people to the brink of Craziness. I start the engine, and drive out in the heavy snow, back to my street-corner house, to read my book, take care of my family, be anything but normal.
-------I despise Hawaii, and I never want to go back ever in my life. That stupid volcano ring had to crumble, while my dad was on it, taking pictures of the town. He fell in, at least 200 feet, and melted in the steaming lava. I cried for days, we went home right away, just to go to a funeral with an empty casket, making us even more sad. I wish Hawaii would just blow of the face of the earth.
-------I fumbled with the keys for a few seconds before I unlocked the door and stepped in. My mother was looking cheery as ever, putting tons of delicious food on the table, and with a large smile plastered across her face. She swiftly moved across the kitchen, putting steaming rolls of bread and homemade mac & cheese on the table. Why, she was practically dancing!
-------I put my blue jacket on the hook next to the door, and sat down in my usual spot. "Why are you so happy today?" I asked.
----"I met someone, just like your father," She replies in a high voice
-------I did nothing for 5 seconds, then got up, tears streaming down my face, and went to my room. How could she find another person. No one is JUST like dad. It's just not possible. ding dong The doorbell rang from downstairs. I didn't bother get up, for fear it would be dad's replacement. "Lei, come down here please!" My mother yells from downstairs.
-------I wipe the tears form my face and come down, noticing there's one more place set on the table. My eyes well up with tears once again. "Lei, could you please get the door for me?" She politely asks, and I can't help but go open the door. There stands a man, about mothers age, in a suit and tie. His hair is a chocolaty brown, just like my fathers was, and he had silvery blue eyes.
-------It strikes me when he speaks, "Hello, Amanda." he says to my mother. I realize, this isn't just a guy who's like my father, it is my father, but he doesn't remember any of us. I sit down in my seat, and start eating my mac & cheese, trying to wipe away the memory of my father melting in the Volcano, because clearly he didn't. Clearly, he's still alive.

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Chapter one.

-------After we gobbled up our hearty dinner, my sister, Marilynn, and I went upstairs to our room.
----"Leil, How is this possible?" Marilynn whispered to me.
----"I- I- don't... I don't know..."
-------Soon after, we fell asleep.
----"NO!!! LET HIM GO!! HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!!!" I screamed. "He's INNOCENT!!!!"
-------My dad stares right into my eyes, and says, "there's nothing you can do." His foot nears the lava, and he howls in pain. I grab the nearest sword from the model knights, wielding it by me. "You let him go, or I WILL hurt you." I scream at the guards. They all form a neat line, saluting to someone behind me.
----"Ha! I'd like to see you TRY!" The king says.
-------I swing the sword in his direction, him dodging it by a millimeter. "Oh, feisty one, eh?" I back away, as he comes near, an evil grin spreading across her face. I turn and run, down the street, leading the king and his guards to follow me, so I could get me and my father safely home. A large hand grabs my arm, pulling me back to the square.
----"Now, you are going to watch us MELT him." He says.
----"No!! DON'T!! He never did anything!!"
-------My eyes well with tears as they shove my dad in the boiling lava. "DAD!!" I fall to my knees, sword falling with a clang, I crying as hard as I could, he was screaming in pain, I couldn't help him, I couldn't do anything. I was powerless. I wipe my tears, grab the sword and get up, slashing it across the King's back, pushing his guards into the lava, but it was too late, my dad was already gone, No one, not even the best doctor could help him, not even the fairies magic. I had lost him.
-------"DAD!!!" I jolt up, sweat dripping down my face. "It should've been me..." I wail, gasping for air between tears. Marilynn comes over to comfort me,
----"There's nothing we can do, " She says, tears running down her face as well.
----"I know, I wish there was." I say.
----"Me too..."

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---- "AAAAA!" My mother screamed from downstairs.
-------I jolted up and told my sister to stay in her room as I ran to my mothers' room. Right before my stood a wolf, with a grey pelt, and those baby blue eyes like my dads, but with sharp red flecks, it's snout was embroidered with red streaks, probably blood, since my mothers arm was ripped open.
----"Mom! I'm coming!" I say.
-------Then run upstairs to grab my bow and a few arrows, along with the sword I made in case the arrows don't work. As soon as I hit it with an arrow, it was stunned, and turned into a human. The human had dark, raven black hair and sharp red eyes.
-------I shoot another arrow at him, just to be certain, then pull the first one out. no wound.. Weird I think. Suddenly, he jolted up again, and as soon as his gaze hit mine, I ran upstairs to get Marilynn out of here. I would entrust the baker with her and my mother, while I fought off the attacker. I grabbed my mothers good arm and told her to take Marilynn to the bakers with her.
----"Good luck." She says to me.
----"You too," I say, a small tear running down my cheek.
-------What if the baker wasn't there to take care of them, then were would they go. I shake off the though and draw my bow back, the man getting up again. He put his hand out and the Bow and quiver, full with arrows, floated gracefully towards him. what? I think, perplexed, and pull the sword out of my belt. I slash a big cut in his leg, but it heals instantly.
-------I watch the man turn back into a wolf, and he run towards me, pouncing on my like prey. I fall flat on my back, the wolf perched on my chest, I take small breaths, not wanting to threaten him. He lunges forward to bite my face, and I put my hand out, instead, he bite the hard flesh of my hand. I wipe the blood off on my pants, getting up, and slashing the wolf-man yet again. but this time it doesn't heal, it just starts bleeding heavily.
-------The wolf disappears, as I run upstairs, plopping down on my bed, panting. I come back down, ready to face it again, but only my dad stands, a huge gash on his arm, where I hit the wolf. He's not my dad. He's a shape shifter, trying to be my dad.
----"Get out!" I scream at the man. "I don't know WHO you are, but I KNOW your not my dad, so get out NOW, before I KILL you!"
----"Whoa, honey, I don't know what your talking about." He says, putting his wounded arm around my shoulders, wincing in pain.
----"DROP THE ACT, AND GET OUT!" I scream, shoving his arm off my shoulders.
----"Sweetie, there's no act, I promise." He says, touching his nose.
----"LIE!" I say, pushing him away from me, towards the door. "I KNOW your not my dad, so I have the guts to kill you, like you tried to kill my mother! "
----"Fine," he says, and slams through the door, breaking it in two.
-------I run to the bakers, to get my mom and Marilynn, but instead, I find my mother dead, in the street, wolf bite marks all over her, with Marilynn running around the market square.
----"Mari!" I say, running up and wrapping her in a tight hug, crying.
----"The wolf, it got to her." She said, sobbing, it was too much for a 10 year old to go through in one day.

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-------Someone snuck up behind me and latched onto my arms, pulling me away from Marilynn. I resist, holding on to Marilynn. the person pulls Even harder, Releasing Marilynn's' grip from my arm. I am floated away in a helicopter, staring down at my town, Marilynn. How would she fend for herself, I wasn't there, and neither was Mom.
----"WHAT THE HECK!!" I scream at the driver. "WHY DID YOU PULL ME AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!"
----"For an experiment." A male voice says bluntly.
----"I don't care if your the PRESIDENT or something, you can't just pull me away from my FAMILY!" I scream, unbuckling to come in the front.
----"STOP!" He yells, "If you want to get there SAFELY then SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP."
-------I sit down, but ask him what the experiment was for, this time a little more civilized, but still boiling with anger. I don't buckle the belt, in case I need to get up again.
----"You being tested on your survival skills, in an model area that is much like your woods, and all the other woods of the people's area's who are participating. You will only be able to find the things that you would find in your own, and other areas' woods, that live naturally there." He says, turning the landing gear on.
----"That seems boring and useless, not bring me back to my family." I order, firmly.
----"I can't do that. You are already here, which means, you have to sign the papers, and enter the model area." He replies, getting out and opening my door. "Step out."
----"What if I don't sign the papers." I say, crossing my arms, refusing to budge.
----"You will be executed, another words, killed" The word floated in the air like a stray balloon.
-------I hopped out of the helicopter and followed the man into a large glass building. "Tell me about the experiment." I say, crossing my arms once again.
----"Ah, yes, She has arrived, Come and I will tell you all about it." A large, stocky man in a fancy suit steps in, and gestures for me to follow.
-------I follow him into a quaint office, with rich white velvety chairs, and a smooth oak wood desk. "wow..." I say quietly, looking out at the glass window.
----"So, you'd like to hear about the experiment." He says. "Well, as you know, you will be thrown into a model area of your woods and other participating places woods. You will have to survive, make it through the 18th day, alive, and you will win a great fortune, however, if too many of you are alive, say 5 people, we will have to extend the end date. You and 20 others will be thrown into the area, the one that models your woods, and have to survive, you may kill anything, even people, but you can just hide out the whole time, there are barely any rules, but you will have to make your won weapons, and you will be patted down for any modern weapons, that are forbidden there, unless you find a way to create them. So, does it sound fun yet?" He says the last sentence with a grin, and a small wink.
----"Not at all." I say, "I'm not that into fighting to the death..."
----"Too bad, tomorrow you will leave." He says, snapping his fingers.
-------A set of guards appear and escort me to a room twice the office's size, but still as nice. Marilynn bursts through the door a hour or so later.
----"Don't go, don't sign the papers! Lei, please!" She says, crying into my shoulder.
----"Mari, if I don't, I'll get killed, I'm so sorry."
-------This moment makes me think of the dog that Marilynn begged for, it was on the street, cold, hungry, whimpering, and she insisted on taking it in. It started to die, and she was crying out the name she gave it, crying on it's shoulder, then, it's heart stopped. That's how I feel right now, like the dog.
-------pphhwwooossshhhI fall off the chair and plop on the floor, except, I don't feel like myself. I move over to the mirror, slowly, as Marilynn screams.
----"YOUR NOT LEI!!" She screams, and runs out.

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Chapter two.

-------I step into the view of the mirror, and find myself looking exactly like that dog. How did this happen. I think of my normal self, like I though of Marilynn's dog, and turn back, same as before, nothing different. I brush my hair out of my face, feeling the scar he left on my cheek.
----"THE BITE!" I think aloud. "It must have been that man biting me, not I can shape-shift, like him."
-------I find a pair of scissors, and cut my hair shorter, a little bit higher than my shoulders, and brush all the excess hair off of me. That's better... I think, knowing there will be some think tree area's that longer hair would get caught on. I was determined to win this, stay away from people, and try not to have to kill anyone. My heart was pure, and it wouldn't blacken because of some foolish experiment.
----"Knock kno-ock!" I female voice says, twisting the doorknob to come in.
----"Sure, come in." I say, trying to look as bored with this as possible.
----"So, your the Lovely Leilani. How about you get some rest for tonight, and I will wake you up in the morning to get you ready, take any clothes you want, but just remember, you get only what is approved to take in the model, and that you can carry, you must salvage the rest."
----"Ok, so, what's allowed, and what's not?" I ask, curiously.
----"You may bring multiple layers of clothes, or pack things in a back pack, but they both must be searched. You may not take any food or modern weapons, and certainty no Cell. Also, unusual, but, you may not take an umbrella inside the model, some experiments, it has been used as a weapons, and we already said so modern weapons, but there is a jungle terrain, so you will be able to make one out of the big leaves." She covers her mouth after the last part. "Oops, forget that last part."
----"That's it?" I say, clearly annoyed with all the rules, I mean, jeez, she must have had to practice that a million times to be able to keep her breath!
----"You get some sleep now, I won't bother you." She says, going to sit on the lounge.
-------I figure out an outfit for the experiment, and find the perfect one, A dark green shirt, and some camouflaged cargo pants, perfect for the forest, and find a dark army camo colored bag sitting my the dresser. Perfect. I stuff a couple warm outfits, a few pairs of socks, a large hunter camo shower curtain, a towel, and a pair of sturdy boots, just in case the ones I'm going to wear fall apart.
-------I use a computer they have on the desk to look up the other regions participating. They lied, it's not woods for every region, one's arctic, one's a jungle, one's a desert, and mine is a forest, there's also a swamp from one region. The swamp region also features a lovely meadow, with 4 foot high grasses, and probably rabid animals and venomous snakes hiding. Better stay away from thereI think, I'd HATE to be the person landing in that area. I move away from the computer, and curl up in the sheet, drifting off to sleep.

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Chapter two.

----"Rise and shine! You've got a BIG day ahead!" The girl wakes me up.
----"Yeah, if you call getting thrown into some unknown area 'Big', then, yes, it is a big day." I reply mockingly, stretching my stiff limbs.
-------I climb out of the sheets, and slip on the outfit I picked out, and fix the bag a little, then start moving into the living area of the place, where we were supposed to meet in the morning, to, later, be thrown into some unknown area with people whom we only know names, and be forced to kill each other, just to survive yourself, luckily, I have a tactic, I dreamt it up last night, they never said shape-shifting wasn't allowed.
----"Hold it there, speedy, I need to check you first!" She says, grabbing my arm just before I step out.
-------I slide the pack off of my shoulders and unzip it. The Woman hastily sifts through it, and zip it back up, setting it down on the floor. "Now you." She says, and starts to pat me down, checking for any modern things, she stops and grabs my pack to hand it to me, and I grab It eagerly. "Your good." She says, and ushers me out the door.
-------I step out into the vast corridor and make my way to the dining hall. Arriving there, I see steaming hot bowls of oatmeal, warm loaves of bread, hot cocoa, oranges, and almost any other breakfast food you can name. I sit down in the seat with Leilani embroidered in it, and start to stuff my face.
----"You have about an hour to eat as much as you'd like, but when the alarm sounds, get all of your stuff your bringing, drop the food, and sit in your seat." Another woman says. "Do anything in the contrary, and you WILL be Killed."
-------After exactly an hour, the alarm sounds, everyone drops their food on the table, savoring their last bites, grab our things and sit down, and, once were sitting, an electronic seatbelt latches us in place, and the floor collapses and were sent flying through a tube, that probably took us to the model area. We drop down a few feet out of our chairs, in our assigned areas.

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I haven't read it all but it's pretty good!

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I'm glad you like it!