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Synan sits in his back yard looking at
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the sky. He then sees a comet-like object fall
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into the atmosphere and stops in the clouds.
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He doesn’t pay too much attention to it, though.
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The next morning, Synan wakes up and eats
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breakfast.
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“Synan, will you go shopping for me
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in town? Here’s $20.”
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“But mom, I want to go check out that
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comet!”
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“Tough.”
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“But it didn’t come down yet!”
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“It probably did--you weren’t out there
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long enough.”
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“...!”
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“You can look at it on the way there.
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Now go, Synan, or you’re grounded.”
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“Oh, okay.”
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Synan leaves the house and walks through
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the fields toward Vatican City. The comet is still
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in the clouds.
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“Weird...” Synan says. Synan only knows
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a few people in the neighborhood. A friend from
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school, Zoe, has been missing for four days.
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Synan enters the city. He goes to the
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first shop. As he enters, a shady old man standing
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behind a counter greets him.
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“Hey Synan! Nice to see you!”
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“Oh, hi. Do I know you?”
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“Actually, no. I’m a friend of your mother’s.”
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“Oh okay.”
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“Well, I wanted you to check out my new
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invention. I call it the ‘Warp Marble’. Why? You’ll
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understand when I’m done.”
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The old man leads Synan to the back room.
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“Watch...” he says after a short pause. The
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old man pulls out a red glass marble. In the center
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of the marble is a white thousand-point star shape.
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The old man throws the marble toward a
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rat in the corner. It hits the rat and bounces off. A
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white beam shoots out of the center and hits the rat.
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The rat lights up white and shape-shifts to the rest
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of the beam. The beam is sucked back into the marble.
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The marble hits the ground and bounces back into
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the old man’s hand.
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“Now watch...” The old man says.
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He then throws the marble back to the ground.
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It bounces up and the process is reversed. The
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marble hits the ground and bounces back into
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his hand.
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“You’re mother will love these! Here’s
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ten of them.”
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“Thanks.” Synan takes the ten marbles
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and leaves the store. A crowd ahead runs through
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the streets screaming, as if they’d seen a ghost.
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Synan goes on to investigate. As he leaves the
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city, the exit furthest from his home, a short
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monkey-like creature approaches him. As Synan
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looks down, the monster looks up at him. Its
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head is half the monster’s height, and its eyes cover
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its whole face. Its head is shaped like two balloons
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merging. Frightened of it, Synan kicks it right in
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the face as a reaction. The creature runs away
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holding its face.
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“Take that you ugly thing!”
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Synan walks on. He soon sees a monster
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about his size--the height of an eleven-year-old,
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about 4’ 3”.
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“You have been banished to The Land
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of No Return, Synan, under orders of Lord
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Wizeman!”
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“What? Why?”
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Before the monster can respond, a large
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shadow appears over Synan. He looks up, and
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sees that the comet is above him. Soon enough,
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Synan is paralyzed and floating toward the island,
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unable to speak or move. Is this what happened
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to Zoe?
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Synan awakes on land of purple soil.
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He is in a small area with three walls and two
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guard towers, complete with a guard wearing
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dark purple uniform. Synan gets to his feet and
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looks at the side without a wall--the edge of this
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obviously floating island. Synan stares at the
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world he left behind. The guard behind him speaks,
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“Oh, so you’re awake.”
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“Where am I?”
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“I’m getting to that. Well, you have been
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out a long time. Three days now.”
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“Three days?”
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“Welcome to The Land of No Return,
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Synan.”
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‘The Land of No Return?’ Synan thinks.
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‘Maybe this is where Zoe vanished to. Obviously,
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because, if you don’t return from here, that explains
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it’
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