Chronicle of the Aesir [Prologue][A Sci-Fi Saga]

[Aesirson]

If you hadn't already figured out by looking at the title, this Prologue is indeed cliche and holds nothing very special except for some half-bad jokes. You've been warned.

 

[spoiler=Prologue]

 

September 28 2036, Departure Day

 

We've just departed from Earth in search for another solar system with one or more planet who meets the requirements for life! This ship, called the Ark, travels in a speed that matches that of light itself. I don't know how long this journey will take, but of course I brought my beautiful wife Fiona with me.

 

September 30 2036

 

We passed Mars yesterday. I could imagine living on that planet someday, if we ever make it inhabitable. I can see that in the future.

 

October 10 2036

 

Today I made a profit by selling my old collection of children's books from when I was a baby. I don't know why I brought them, but it seems as if I was lucky. I don't know what I need the money for here though.

 

Step 1: Skip to Step 3.

Step 2: ???

Step 3. PROFIT!

 

October 11 2036

 

My wife just told me she's pregnant, maybe I shouldn't have sold those books yesterday? Oh well I'm very happy right now anyway!

 

October 19 2036

 

I miss my pet platypus back on Earth.

 

July 12 2037

 

IT WAS A BOY! We're not sure about what we'll call him yet, but I'm sure we'll figure out something!

 

Liam Cyrus knew what the boy was going to be called. It had taken him a year, but he had finally found his father's journal. He kept turning pages, there was nothing interesting to be found until he reached the pages depicting the time when he was around 15.

 

June 13 2052

 

I really wish Liam will have the chance to go back to Earth someday. I would love to take him on a journey across America, Europe, Asia, yeah... The whole world actually. But to turn the Ark around now would be foolish, especially when we're already 16 lightyears away from Earth.

 

June 15 2052

 

Liam has started to read my old books about Norse Mythology and the Old Norse language. I never really got into that kind of stuff.

 

July 12 2052

 

Today is Liam's 15th birthday. I can't imagine that He's been living on this machine for 15 year. Poor boy.

 

September 28 2052

 

It was 16 years since we left Earth. We lost communication with them only a month after departure. I wonder how life goes on there.

 

September 29 2052

 

Fiona is feeling down. I wonder what's with her.

 

Liam couldn't bare to read the next pages. They would only depict his mother's slow death by the hand of that unknown disease. He jumped some pages further.

 

March 13 2053

 

I really miss Fiona, she was the most beautiful woman I had ever known. Harald back on Earth is probably also dead since a long time back. I'm starting to feel down too. I hope Liam can survive without his parents. It's a cruel destiny for a human to become an orphan at the age of 15, but that is probably how it will be.

 

The pages went blank after that. Liam couldn't hold back the tear running down his cheeks, and he threw the book away. When it hit the hard, silver colored floor it opened and revealed the last page, where a few words was scribbled. He slowly picked the book up and read his father's last written words.

 

Liam, if you ever find this book I want you to know that I and your mother loves you. Thank you for being the best son ever.

 

Under the words there was a photograph of a platypus who were lying atop a table, staring into the camera who took the photo. Across the photo the words Harald would've loved you too. was written. Liam couldn't help but smile.

 

"Everyone to the mess hall! I repeat! Everyone to the mess hall!" A harsh, Canadian voice echoed through the ship.

 

Liam quickly looked at the mirror that was placed inside his room. There he saw himself, a 23 year old, young man with long, curly hair, glasses and blue eyes. He was currently wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of baggy jeans, but if he was going to attend to the mess hall he decided that it would be best if he dressed as the marine that he had been trained to be.

 

He quickly pulled on the military clothes. It was the usual military outfit worn by the American army, and of course his cap. He would go nowhere without his green cap that had once belonged to his father. He hadn't really figured out why he would be trained as a marine on the ship. If they DID actually find an inhabitable planet, would the natives be aggressive against them. Oh well, better prepared then not, he thought as he quickly progressed towards the mess hall.

 

The mess hall was gigantic with golden walls and a big scene in the front. On the sides there was two big windows that revealed the starry darkness outside. However, today there was something else catching Liam's eyes. A planet, not very unlike the pictures he had seen of Earth, could be seen on the left side of the mess hall. A lot of the people who had already arrived there was looking at the planet. On the scene in the front was Captain Fedric.

 

Fedric was a dark skinned, big man. Born during the year 2000, he was now 60 years old, but his very short hair did still have some of it's past darkness. He was tall and strong, and he was the leader of the Ark for now.

 

"Welcome, human brethren." He had a harsh voice and spoke with a Canadian accent. It was his voice that had echoed throughout the ship earlier. He chuckled a little and then continued. "I am happy to tell you that we have finally found what we've been searching for; A world where human life can flourish. We've sent a probe onto the planet's surface, and it reveals that the planet's temperature reaches an average of 26 Celsius during the day, and around 10 Celsius at night."

"What's this Celsius thing that you keep mentioning!" A man yelled, around the age of 40. He was laughing, so he was obviously making fun of Cpt. Fedric's Canadian heritage.

"Americans..." Fedric silently said, but he then explained. "I forgive you. I've never left my Canadian tradition of using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit. To clarify my statement; the temperature reaches 79 Fahrenheit during the day and around 50 at night. That's 299 respectively 283 Kelvin, if anybody wondered."

The people went silent, except for several whispers that murmured about a new home.

"The planet, which we call New Pangea, is approximately double the size of Mars, and is circulating around the star that we have decided to name Helion." Fedric coughed. "We have detected signs of life on the planet, but no civilized lifeforms as of yet. The planet is also mostly covered by forests, but around the poles, like Earth, there is thick layers of snow..."

"Yeah right, the people back at Earth has probably melted it all by now." A woman's voice said. Fedric ignored her and continued.

"We will enter the planet's atmosphere in approximately two minutes."

The crowd went totally silent, waiting for the powerful shake that had occurred when the Ark left Earth's atmosphere. Of course not everyone remembered it, and some, like Liam, never even experienced it.

 

Suddenly it came. The entire ship was shook and the lights enlightening the mess hall was darkened. Many of the people inside the hall fell to the floor as the ship came closer to new Pangea. The people inside the ship could only look at the planet that would soon become their new home.

 

At least they hoped so.

 

 

 

Rough. I know it's kind of cliche, but it was hard to figure out any way to not make it cliche. This Prologue also turned out longer then I thought it would.

 

Please rate, and there may be some grammatical errors. I spellchecked it, however, so there shouldn't be any major spelling errors. Also, if some words is not capitalized correctly it's because my Shift button is near death :P

 

Also, I'm free for suggestions about Liam's name. Liam Cyrus is a bad name, I couldn't figure out anything better that still rolled off the tongue.