Hello there everyone! I'm Khan and this is my very first post in the Wattpad Block Party! I'm pretty excited to share this with all of you here, so I really hope you'll find this post helpful in a sort of way but trust me, you'll feel much better after reading this :P

Things will get worst when you scroll down to read this so, beware! I mean it, beware! You'll laugh your ass of due to how cringy and stupid this post will be xD So today, I'll be sharing with all of you the first chapter of my very first-planned novel I ever posted on Wattpad.

If you've been with me since the start, you'll recognise the story as The Naotak Chronicles: The Ring of Fire. I know, it sounds preposterous! But if you're new to who I am, so get your seat belts buckled up and prepare for a horrible ride through my first draft of this story.

Please bear in mind that I haven't edited this ever since I've written this when I was 15, so, I'm sorry of how stupid and awful my writing is :P

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CHAPTER ONE: RYAN

As Ryan opens his eyes, he could see light. The light shines through the window of his cozy bedroom. The bedroom is small. The only furniture that is in the room was a single bed, dressing table, and his cupboard, just simple and nice. He checked the calendar; today is the 31st July of the year 2015, the day of the summer holidays' beginning.

He sat on his single bed and rubbed his sleepy eyes and then stared at the clock which was hanged on the wall in front of him. It was already nine o'clock. 'Nine!' he thought. Ryan then recalled what his best friend, Jesse had said yesterday;

"Come tomorrow at ten o'clock, at the school's gazebo."

It's an hour from now. So, he took his bath and wore a fresh blue T-shirt and jeans and raced down the flight of stairs below him. His mom, Grace Reynolds was already making breakfast for him. Mom looked at him and smiled;

"Good morning, honey!"

"Good morning, mom!" Ryan replied.

"Where are you going? You're wearing jeans and are you in hurry?" asked Mom. Ryan studied Mom's beautiful face. She has blue eyes just like him and has long blond hair with streaks of grey. Mom must be crying last night because yesterday, it has been a month since his father, John Reynolds, died in a plane crash in the Atlantic Ocean killing eight-five out of one hundred and twenty including crew. The weird thing is that his dad's body and the others have never been found until now. Even before his dad's death, Mom cried every day. He asked why, but his mom will always reply the same-old words; "Go! It's none of your business."

He pushed the thought about his parents away and replied;

"Yeah, I'm going to meet my friends at school and then watch a movie and yes, I'm in hurry."

"Come! Sit and eat your pancakes!" said Mom gracefully. Ryan sat on the dining chair and ate his pancakes which were very scrumptious. He ate about five pieces and then he rushed to the door. Mom then said;

"Come home early! I've got surprise for you and your friends! And, oh—bring your friends home by three in the evening, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah I will! Bye mom!" replied Ryan in hurry.

"Bye!" replied Mom and then she rushed to the kitchen to wash the dishes.

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He walked.

He doesn't want Mom to send him there because it will only take eight minutes to reach his school; Nazareth Regional High School, Brooklyn. He kept asking himself; "What surprise will Mom give to him and his friends?" He pushed the thought away. He'd moved here a month ago, after his father's death. Ryan and Mom just lived in an ordinary terrace house along E 54th street which is a two story with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a garage where Mom's Audi Q7 was placed. That car was a gift from his dad on Mom's birthday, three days before his dad's death.

He also kept thinking that where could his dad's body have been? Is it lost or had sunk to the bottom of the sea? But still after some searching and diving, nothing has been found.

He loves adventures and jungle trekking. The last jungle trekking had been two years ago with Ryan and his parents. That time, his family were laughing and joking around with each other but it all ends with a tragic ending being his dad's death.

He missed his dad's smile and laugh. He hoped he could time travel and could stop his dad from going to Amsterdam on flight. If not all these sad days would never happen. The saddest is Mom. Mom cried every night until dark half- moons start to form under her dazzling blue eyes. She did cry before his dad's death but Ryan doesn't know why.

And, Dad had been very busy on the week of his death as if he knows that he's going to die in a plane crash. He felt so happy when Dad was alive but then, he died. He pushed the thought about his Dad away into the darkest part of his brain.

In fact, he started thinking about the school trip to Greece once, three years ago when he was thirteen. The school brought him to Athens and the museums there. He'd love Greek mythology. He'd love the Gods of Olympus and all the complicating stuff about Ancient Greek myths. His favorite god is Ares, the god of war. He'd also saw the Athena Parthenos statue. That statue is huge and covered in gold and ivory. He'd love to study about Greek myths but now, he is not interested anymore.

He loved his mom for letting him going on a trip far away from U.S. His dad is a bit strict but he still loved and missed him. Thinking about all the days before today, he is now on Kings Highway. He walked past some shops and cafes.

He stopped at a grocery store and bought some chewing gums for himself and not to be forgotten, for his lovely friends, Jesse, Miranda and Victoria. He stopped by at Starbucks. He ordered a Cappuccino shake. He paid and then walked. He walked pass by a beggar, begging for money. Ryan felt pity and gave him a dollar. And then he walked straight ahead.

He passed by another beggar. He looked up at the beggar's face. It was familiar. Very familiar. Oh, yeah! Now he remembered. He'd seen this guy back on his tenth birthday! This guy has a scrawny face. He is old. He has violet eyes which were sunken, and a baby skin. He has a pointed nose and high cheek bones. He has a short scruffy blond hair with streaks of grey, and he has a row of dirty and smelly teeth. He wore a tattered shirt with tore jeans.

This guy had talked to his dad behind the curtains. He overheard their conversation that time;

"You must come home." said the beggar. Then the beggar transformed into a beautiful woman with violet-green eyes and long dark brown hair. She has beautiful lips with high cheek bones. She has a soft baby skin. She was wearing a blue with green diamonded gown from neck to tips of her toes. Then she said;

"Please, come home my dear husband!"

Husband? Why husband? Dad has already married! How can that be? Ryan thought. If Dad is the husband, then the lady must be Dad's wife. He wanted to burst into the conversation and start protesting but no, he just carefully listened.

"Don't call me husband, Jeanette. Not over here. Grace could hear you. If she found out that you're over here, I'm dead."

"Then, fine. Go and celebrate your Earthling child's verjaardag. Chris would be waiting! Come home, or not I will change his life!" She turned and then vanished into in a puff of smoke.

Ryan knew that 'his' must be him. He didn't know that Dad could betray Mom. He didn't want to be busybody. He stopped recalling. Mom doesn't even know what had happened that time. He hasn't told Mom the truth yet and in fact, he doesn't want to. Then, he looked at the man and asked;

"Are you Jeanette, the wife of my dad?"

"What? I'm a beggar, you fool!" the beggar said. "I am no Jeanette or a wife; I'm a man you fool! Are you expecting that I am gay? Huh?"

"Umm...no! No!" Ryan said quickly.

"Good! Now my money, fool!" begged the beggar. Wow! This guy is very rude. Is this how a beggar begs for precious money?

"Then, fine!" Ryan's hand reached his jeans pocket and took out his wallet. He took a dollar and hand it to the beggar, "Here," The beggar took the money and then pulled Ryan's hand.

"Your world and my world will come to the end! HAHAHA! Destruction, destruction everywhere!! The warrior of dark will rise! HAHAHA!" the beggar said.

Ryan managed to let go of the beggar's hand and ran away. At one point, he stopped to catch his breath. He has to keep this as a secret. He has to hide this away from Mom.

He walked for five minutes. Then, he took his left exit to Avenue D. And he'd finally reached at his school. At the eastern side, sat a gazebo and inside it, sat his friends smiling at him as if they had never seen him before.

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See? You saw that? Did you see how horrible that was? When I posted that for the first time on Wattpad, I thought I was a king or something but when I read it now, I've been laughing and cringing the whole time.

I'm sorry if I made you cringe, and I'm sorry if I made you laugh xD I'm just that dumb you know. Anyways, some of you will be surprised (if you're Dutch) when you come across a few Dutch words when reading the chapter.

This is due to my story's background information. I have planned this to be like a god/demigod mythology kind of story—like Percy Jackson you'd say and I have my own mythology where this kingdom (Naotak) is located below the Netherlands, which explains the reason why some Dutch words/sentences can be seen here.

Plus, there'll be gods and goddesses fighting with the evil ones and there'll be teenager who'll go on a quest to save the world and blah blah blah. You know, the extremely cliché storyline, so yeah.

But the good news is that I'll be rebooting and revamping the story and will be posting this after I finish my foundation studies next year, so keep an eye out for that, yeah? Because I promise you, it will be epic.

And finally, thank you so much for reading this post—I know it's too long and boring but I hope you had fun reading this because I had fun when writing this too! Thank you @KellyAnneBlount for having me here in this summer's Wattpad Block Party and thank all of you for supporting me and keep me growing!

I love you all and see you there across my profile!

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