Pale feet hit the wooden floor with a soft slap as the dull light of morning barely bled through the curtains. After a few moments of shuffling, a slender figure emerges, swaying slightly as she walks, sneaking past the doorframe. Not caring whether or not anyone else was home, she shifted through her home, perpetuating the shifting sway of her movements.
A few moments later, and she was outside. The walk into the more densely populated areas of town towards her school was one she knew well, but that didn't make it any less boring. As she often did, she began looking for ways to make it more exciting. As her gaze grew distant, she began wondering if she could manage to walk along the edge of a fence for as far as she could.

A few moments later, and she was standing, somewhat unsteadily, on the edges of the the fence boards. She continued on this way for quite some time, her ankles occasionally shifting, only to be righted with the next step. However, as she was nearly to her destination, she began to feel faint. Trying to get herself off the fence, she found herself leaning forward, never seeing where she landed as everything went black.

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___Moments passed, and the lights faded from the sky. An erie silence was all that was left of the glimmers of hope that had passed. Small creatures who had seen these lights, now lowered their heads, feeling their hope sink into despair.
___However, miles away, several youths now appeared- most huddled against themselves as though having fallen.  The forest around them was silent, and tall, straight trees stood all about. However, something was not quite right- the ends of the branches, if they could be seen, seemed to end in bare, exposed coils of copper, and plastic rings seemed affixed to the bases of the trees. On the other side of the stream, laying in ruin with a layer of moss covering it, was a large glass tube of some sort, capped with a bulging dome. The end opposite the dome had a black cylindrical object wedged within, from which two equally separated pin like projections stuck.
___Despite the silence of this scene, the humans were not alone. Amongst the brush surrounding the small clearing in which they had landed, several small creatures now stood, looking on with mixed expression.