"Pssstt... Matthew, are you awake?"
A kid whispered to his brother. Both of them were residents of Alaska. This kid's name was Kane, and he was currently speaking to his still-sleeping brother.
"Ugggr... not now, Kane. It's still early in the morning. I don't wanna wake up."
Matthew groaned in annoyance as Kane tried to forcefully wake him up.
"Come on! Mom and Dad are going to Canada for a show. Don't you want to watch them?"
"Ugggr... please, I am not feeling well, Kane."
"Hmph! You are such a loser! I'm going to tell Mom!"
Kane quickly ran downstairs. Both brothers came from a family that owned a circus. It was a family business that had been passed down for generations. However, both Matthew and Kane were born with a genetic disease that disfigured their appearance.
Because of that, they were constantly bullied throughout their childhood. They rarely had any friends and mostly spent their time with each other and their parents instead. Right now, the entire family was supposed to travel to Canada, both for a live performance and an important business deal that could change the future of their circus forever.
Soon, Matthew's mother came upstairs to check on him. She gently opened the bedroom door before walking over to his bed.
"Matthew, dear, are you feeling unwell? Your brother told me you wouldn't get up."
She sat beside him on the bed and placed a hand against his forehead to check his temperature. The moment she felt how hot he was, her eyes widened in alarm.
"Oh my God, Matthew! You are really sick!"
Without wasting another second, she immediately hurried downstairs to tell his father. After she left the room, Kane arrived shortly afterward and quietly sat beside his brother's bed.
"You okay?"
"Yeah..."
"Mom said that you may not be able to come with us..."
"I know... I'm sorry, Kane. I really wanted to go, but I just don't want to get out of bed today."
"No, it's okay... and sorry for calling you a loser."
"It's okay."
Matthew smiled at his twin brother, not really taking his words to heart. The two of them had heard far harsher things from other people because of their appearance. They both smiled and remained like that for a quiet moment before their father arrived and checked Matthew's temperature for himself.
After realizing Matthew truly couldn't go with them, they reluctantly decided to leave him at home and asked their neighbor, Aunty Hana, to look after him for the next few days. Soon, the entire family was busy packing their belongings and loading everything into the car while Matthew quietly watched from the front door.
A heavy winter storm was sweeping across Alaska. Snow covered the ground in every direction as Matthew watched his family prepare to leave. Before getting into the car, his mother walked over to him one last time and gently kissed him on the forehead.
"It's okay, sweetie. We'll be back in a few days. Aunty Hana will take care of you for the time being, okay?"
Matthew simply nodded.
He watched as his parents and his twin brother slowly drove away. Kane leaned against the backseat window, smiling as he waved goodbye.
Matthew smiled weakly and waved back.
Once the car disappeared down the snowy road, he quietly went back inside the house. He slowly sat down in a chair beside the window and stared outside at the falling snow.
"I wonder when they'll come home..."
Matthew remained there, absentmindedly thinking about it while quietly watching the winter landscape outside.
Meanwhile, on the road...
As they drove along a narrow road near a cliffside during the heavy snowfall, Kane couldn't help feeling uncomfortable about leaving his brother behind.
"Mom... do you think it's a good idea leaving him behind like this?"
Kane asked quietly.
His mother smiled reassuringly.
"I know you're worried, sweetie, but your brother isn't feeling well today, and he needs his rest."
Kane simply frowned at her answer but didn't say anything else.
The car continued moving forward through the snow-covered road.
Then...
Disaster struck.
An antelope suddenly burst out from the woods directly in front of them.
"Shit!"
Kane's father shouted in panic as he instinctively jerked the steering wheel.
The tires immediately lost traction on the icy road.
"No!"
Matthew's mother screamed in horror as the car spun completely out of control.
The vehicle slid across the road before crashing straight through the guardrail.
For one horrifying moment...
The entire family was weightless.
Then the car plunged over the edge of the cliff.
Meanwhile, back at home, Matthew quietly remained seated in his chair, silently staring out the window at the endless snowfall, completely unaware of what had just happened.
Many years later...
"Another kidnapping, another murder, and another accident..."
Inside a police station in Alaska, a sheriff was going through all the missing persons reports about people getting killed or kidnapped by some mysterious creature. Many people believed it was a monster or a Skinwalker, but the sheriff and many other investigators believed it was some sort of bear attack.
"Sheriff, people are getting restless as the cases pile up... if this goes on, then we will have trouble-"
"There will be no trouble in MY town, you hear me!"
The sheriff shouted at the young inspector, who looked frightened by the sheriff's outburst after being yelled at so suddenly.
"Are YOU going to teach me how I should run things!? Listen here, kid, I have seen cases like this multiple times, and it's some man-eating bear, not some goddamn monster these townsfolk keep yapping about!"
"B-But..."
"No buts, or else!"
That immediately shut the young inspector down as the sheriff continued ranting about bears and how people always exaggerated everything. After grumbling to himself for another few moments, he grabbed his coat from the chair and put it on before looking back at the inspector.
"Well, let's go. We are going on patrol and hopefully hunt that damn bear!"
"Y-Yes, sir!"
The young inspector, whose name was Will, quickly followed the sheriff outside as the two of them got into their patrol vehicle to begin another day of searching around the town. Neither of them knew whether they would find another victim, another clue, or simply another dead end like every other investigation so far.
Meanwhile, another person had just arrived in town.
That person was none other than Ben Tennyson himself.
After traveling all the way by transforming into Dragonite, Ben had finally arrived in Alaska. He looked around at the snow-covered town with a bright smile on his face. The freezing air, the endless white landscape, and the towering mountains in the distance were all completely different from anything he had seen before.
"Wow..."
Ben couldn't help but grin.
"So this is Alaska."
He stretched his arms for a moment before looking around the town with curiosity. This was the very first stop on his journey around the world, and he couldn't wait to see what kind of adventures were waiting for him.
"All right..."
He smiled to himself.
"Let's start exploring."
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Ok guys this is official start of this saga honestly my brain is kind of scrambling here especially thinking about how to come up with the lore of this new stuff while also maintaining my other book. i am also sorry for this chapter being a bit short
Usually i write chapters which are 2000+ words but i simply can't think of anything right now. So, i will be writting a bit short chapters heere and there to see where i take this story. See this is a problem i have with every story i write at first i am incredibly confused about what i should do? Then i just keep writting and writting and writing and before you know it i have a 'flow' if you could
Basically once i get a 'flow' to my story i can just keep popping up ideas none stop like my other story Stellaris: Legend of octanima for example its already around 48 chapters in and i have complete understanding how to take that story
So, guys i just ask you too be a little paitent with this one and once i understand what i want with this story and get my shit togather i will be able to write it properly