Press Start Prologue

All I can remember is falling.

Down, down, tumbling down through the vast blackness. Flashing blue ones and zeros swirled around me, barely registering in my brain before they were whisked away. "Binary," I thought. What the hell was it doing there? Shouldn't I be in my room, waiting for my dad to pick me up on his day of the month? What's happeneing? Why -

My thoughts mushed together and suddenly I couldn't think anymore. Nothing was important, nothing mattered except getting out of this damn mess. Where the hell am I?

Everything stopped and changed in a flash of blue. Sky blue, like the colour of robins eggs. I was rushing past clouds and wind burnt my face. Wait, what? Wind?

I realized I wasn't alone. My hand registered warmth, and I saw Danny struggling to hold onto me. On my other side, my brother Adam was swearing with such fierocity I'm sure my mother would have slapped him upside the head if she was here. But of course, she wasn't. This was madness.

Danny's hand slipped away from mine and everything slowed. From rushing madness to careful melancholy, everything changed, drastically.

I had given no thought to the ground beneath us until now. We plunged into the forest; branches and leaves whipped around my face, leaving scratches that dissapeared as soon as they started to bleed.  My heart sunk into my stomache; Danny's health wasn't that great. The impact could kill him. What do I do? How can I help? What's goi-

My mind raced, consumed with fear and that panicky feeling that rises in your stomache, like waiting for the gun to be fired before a track race, or waiting for your exam results.

Before my mind could go any further, I fainted.