<span style="font-style: italic">A beautiful seascape of peace and tranquility.  Houses and schools and neighborhoods lie far off from the golden shore in a maze of grass and trees, along with all of the older folk that don't fancy playing with the seawater anymore.  Down by the shore, the radiant sun heats the sand and the cool blue water.  <br/><br/>The beach curves out from its center, and then back in at its sides, meeting a thick mountain range at each end, and encased in the middle is the small grassland.  In the rocky areas to the right of where the kids play lies a few mysterious caves and caverns that are ideal for exploration; one in particular holds a lone door seemingly carved out of the stone itself.  Beyond lie the mountains, where no one has dared venture before.<br/><br/>By the water, several kids and teenagers enjoy their time; including Liam, Even and Jasper, but also several others.  There is Tony, whose wooden sword and attitude sometime get the best of him, there's Liza whose sling shot she keeps by her side everyday.  Often, sparring battles take place between when no one is swimming or chasing crayfish.</span><br/><br/>- - - - - - - - - - -<br/><br/>"Gah!" Liam jolted up.  Salt water had splashed into his face and startled him from his deep sleep on the beach-side.  Luckily for him, no one was around to notice his embarrassing little moment; his two friends were probably off doing who-knows-what and who-knows-where to boot.  Impatiently, he smacked his head down on the sand.  "I don't know how much longer I can wait.  My friends really do sleep in sometimes," he mumbled to himself.<br/><br/>In the distance, he could hear noises from a small battle; Liza and Tony were at it again.  Perhaps if Jasper was up for it, the four of them could have a small two on two fight before the day got old.<br/><br/>Still lying on the ground, Liam looked into the distance and gazed at the mountain range, its endlessness and mystery.  He wanted nothing more than to explore beyond what any other person had on Crystal Beach.<span style="font-style: italic">Other worlds.  Light and dark.</span>He thought.<span style="font-style: italic">If it's true, than those mountains are our only chance of us getting off this boring place.  Me Even and Jasper together.  Nothing is impossible.</span><br/><br/>Suddenly, he had a feeling of deja vu, like he had recently had a bad dream and was trying to remember it.  Liam thought of the door in the rocky caves, and how it could be his world's heart, but dismissed it.  The idea that every world had a heart seemed oddly insane to him; not to mention, his professor was a cook.<span style="font-style: italic">Then again... the idea that there are other worlds out there is kind of insane too.</span><br/><br/>He lay on the ground listening to the ensuing battle, trying to keep his excitement down to a minimum.  All he had to do now was wait for his friends to show up.