Shooting Star

Chapter 1.2
Location: LaQuest Beach/Peragama
Date: August 2044
(Amanda & Corbin Gray are 48, Connor is 12, Alex is 11, & Anastasia is 2)
 

 Don't you know that you are a shooting star
Don't you know? Don't you know?
Don't you know that you are a shooting star?
And all the world will love you just as long
As long as you are

- Bad Company

 

"You knew that this day was coming, Amanda.You knew that he would have to leave," Totia said.

"I know, I know. But why did it have to come so fast?! Two years is an extraordinary amount of time for a 12 year old to be away from home," Amanda said.

"But Connor is no average 12 year old Amanda. He's 18 years old by Peragamian standards.........."

100 Years - 2044

Intermission
Place: LaQuest Beach
Date: August 2044

 15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live

- Five for Fighting

 

Liam Coners was very excited about starting school. Turning four meant that he could go out and play with other kids and learn some things. It also meant that he could get away from his little sister! He didn't understand why his mom seemed so sad about him going to school at all.......

Float On

Chapter 1.1

Location: Camden Park Fairgrounds

Date: August 2044

 Alright, Already
And we'll all float on alright
Already we'll all float on alright
Don't worry even if things end up a bit
Too heavy we'll all float on alright

- Modest Mouse 

 

When the mayor of LaQuest Beach, Christian Brown, asked his former intern, Caleb Henderson, to head up the creation of a fairground on the island upon which Camden Park resides, he had no idea the young man would do such a wonderful job. It was more than he expected and he knew the residents of LaQuest would enjoy the grounds for years to come. Caleb was truly a mayor in the making.........