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[B]March 21st 2005
New York City[/B]

[Center][B][Color=Green]"Kyle Rayner of Sector 2814, you have the ability to overcome great fear. Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps."[/Color][/B][/Center]

"My [B]BIKE!!![/B]"

Immediately, a green membrane swallowed Kyle and began to float skyward. It was like being airlifted except there was no way he could fall off or even sway with his supports. First the people on the congested inner city streets disappeared beneath him into a giant amoeba in a maze, then the buildings faded into tiny parallelling scratches, and finally the city itself was differentiated from the distant countryside by the sheer amount of light pollution.

His familiar home was being replaced by the shockingly familiar yet remote image of the globe, something he never expected to see with his own eyes. Without warning, his course changed and he took a 90 degree turn, or something to that effect, and he felt himself whip around a 'corner' before accelerating in that direction. With a pitch black blanket behind it, the sun looked brighter than it ever had. Scrambling through his pockets, Kyle snatched out his Motorola before flipping it open and snapping a picture for back home.

Then he accelerated again. It looked like someone had dumped a box full of glitter from the sky and spun him in a chair as he was pulled up away from the solar system. At this speed, Kyle found it extremely likely that this would be the onset to a seizure more than a television could ever be.

"Is anyone there?" he cried, half-scared and halfway curious.

Then his ring chirped before generating a green hologram that stood directly in front of his face. "Yes, Lantern Rayner, you're five Earthling minutes from Oa. Your training will..."

The being's speech disintegrated in Kyle's mind when he finally processed the first clause of the greeting. [I]Lantern? Oh! Of course, like the Green Lantern! Ohmigod.[/I] He snatched his hand with the ring over to his face before closing it into a tight fist. It was a Lantern symbol, much like the circle with a bar on either side he'd been so familiar with. But the stylization of his emblem was more.. Geometric. In place of his circle was a hexagon sandwiched between a pair of polygons.

While he was admiring the design of his own ring and musing to himself, debating on how he could alter the aesthetics himself or make it a bit sharper, he was snapped back to reality by the disappearance of the greeter. The dense fog of empty space had lurched back in place, warranting a yelp from the unsuspecting youth.

More stars passed by, and as much as it was mindblowing, he'd already been done being bedazzled by them and more anxious about what was waiting for him at the journey's end.

Then a green planet popped up centrally in his view. It was brighter than Earth had appeared moments before. This was beyond interesting, the emerald orb was spectacular. Its surface was painted with streaks bright and dark, chasing one another, crossing. The image was breathtaking, inspiring, invigorating, and above all it was kinetic with green flashing like lightning.

To Kyle's right was another Lantern, the same one he'd encountered a moment prior via the hologram. In person it was less green, rather white. More outstanding was the fact that it resembled a flying seal and escorted him down into the planets atmosphere. Kyle watched its mouth snap and expected to hear barking like a dog, but instead it was a concise greeting. "Welcome to Oa, Lantern."