Prologue

Prologue of the book "The Black Fire."

Hey. My name’s Jake Marine Smith. Jake for short. Most adults confuse my name with Jack. Ha, ha. It’s hilarious. The date’s October 29, 2290. Remember that whole end of the world thing? Well, the world almost ended, yet miraculously, some of us survived.

Basically, we were almost completely launched back to primitive civilization. We still have some stuff. Not that it all works. But we still have some stuff. Laptops, phones… We even rebuilt the power lines.

My father died a week ago from leukemia. A month ago my mother left me. A couple days ago my grandpa died from cancer. So I guess I’m all alone at 17… Well, I decided I needed a job. So I decided to go to the docks and get a job there.

Author's Note

Tell me what you think. Are you excited for Chapter One? Do you like the Prologue? Any suggestions or grammar problems? Also, be nice, because I wrote this prologue when I was 13 or so. I'm nearly 16 now. I've reviewed it but haven't really found much to edit, and haven't seen much I want to add. The chapters do that for me.

Reviews

[luvs2write]

Can't wait for chapter one! I'm not that great with grammar, unless it's something obvious. So...I don't really have any suggestions or anything. Except, thank you for keeping your prologue short. Long prologues drive me insane. It's like you want to read the book SOO bad, but then the prologue takes like...half an hour to read. Confession: if the prologue is over three pages, I skip it. =( Anyway, nice write and I look forward to reading more!

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, okay, glad you want to read more!

[Cool Girl]

This is really good! I really want to read chapter 1!!! Send me a read request when it's completed!

[The StoryTeller]

Okay, I will. Believe me, it gets (to me) really good around Chapter Two or Three, even more so than Armageddon. But I'm working on typing Chapter One in my free time at school.

[Cool Girl]

Okay cool! I'm sure it'll be awesome!! :)

[The StoryTeller]

Yeah, probably. :P *Butler smirk*

[Cool Girl]

Haha, your trademark grin xD

[The StoryTeller]

its a smirk not a grin xD although it is trademark :p

[Cool Girl]

Lol
I like your smirk xD

[The StoryTeller]

XD Why thank you Ms. Aless. XD

[Cool Girl]

You're welcome Mr. Blade lol

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, Mr. Butler please, if you want to be formal. Otherwise, you are just fine. XD If my grandpa lets me, I plan to try to type up all of Chapter One of this book (shorter than the other) tonight, or at least try to get it nearly finished. I haven't been able to work on it.

[Cool Girl]

Okay, Mr. Butler. I look forward to reading it :)

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, you should check out my new group too... Liber8. Although, don't join unless you're serious.

[Cool Girl]

Okay, I'll check it out!

[The StoryTeller]

Okay..... like I said, this is serious. Read the description.

[Cool Girl]

I know, I did read it :)

[The StoryTeller]

Okay that's good.