The Future Can Be Changed

 

Chapter 1 - The First Important Decision

 

In the year of 2258, Humans had found a new planet to live. Earth had been seriously damaged, and with time, had been turned into a place where most of the life could not survive for much longer -- there were poisonous gases around the atmosphere, insects had gotten smarter, and so they knew when to attack, injure, and easily transmit diseases.

 

Besides that, new kinds of wild animals had started to appear -- some were like a mix of a bear with an alligator, other resembled the dinosaur, which had disappeared from Earth centuries ago. It was really hard to keep living on Earth -- and some people refused to leave it, and most of them ended up dying -- either by a disease or by being attacked by these wild animals.

 

In the middle of this, there was a small family, which was composed by a fifteen-years old boy, a thirty-eight years woman, and a sixty-four years old woman. They were respectively named Jason, Keyla, and Vear. They were having a hard time deciding whether they would stay here, on Earth, and have risks of being killed or dying at any second, or going to the recently discovered new planet.

 

Vear wanted to stay, because all of her family had lived and died here -- her mom, dad, brother, cousins and grandparents -- but Keyla did not want to, because she wanted to live for many more years. Jason was not sure what he would do -- because he liked his grandmother a lot, but also wished to live a lot more.

 

The people were being sent every day to the other planet -- by that year, there were about 10,5 million people on Earth, and only 500 thousand could be taken by it each day. Vear then told her daughter and grandson that she would think a bit more, and give a proper reply in the following day.

 

Keyla was desperate to go to the other planet -- she had heard that there was a magical powder, which could only be found in there that could give some special powers to the people. She was a bit selfish, and actually would go alone, even if the rest of her family refused to go.

 

Vear was still deciding, but it would be truly painful for her to leave all her memories and dead family behind. She loved them so much, and once she went to the other planet, there was no way to come back -- at least that was what they had informed the people on the TV.

 

Jason would follow his grandmother’s decision, even if it cost him his life -- he loved her so much -- more than his own mother. In the past, his mother had ‘abandoned’ him, because she left all the responsibility with her mother, and instead started to talk with to unknown people on her cell phone.

 

It was time to go to bed -- none of them could easily sleep. It took a while, because they stood a few hours thinking about what they would do in the following day. As the sun appeared, each one of them had decided what they would do now. They woke up almost at the same time, and decided to first have breakfast, before having the discussion where each one would say and defend why they thought that was better.

 

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Drawing of Keyla with the beautiful dress: http://kh13.com/foru...885#entry553885

Chapter 2.1 - Terrible Memories -->http://kh13.com/foru...ed/page__st__20

Chapter 2.2 - The Past --> http://kh13.com/foru...post__p__529908

Chapter 3.1 - The Decision --> http://kh13.com/foru...819#entry531819

Chapter 3.2 - Deceptions --> http://kh13.com/foru...990#entry531990

Chapter 3.3 - Everything for Survival --> http://kh13.com/foru...d/page__st__120

Chapter 3.4 - A successful escape --> http://kh13.com/foru...609#entry542609

Chapter 4.1 - The new planet --> http://kh13.com/foru...371#entry546371

Chapter 4.2 - The right thing to do --> http://kh13.com/foru...008#entry547008

Chapter 4.3 - A new goal --> http://kh13.com/foru...639#entry552639

Chapter 4.4 - The truth --> http://kh13.com/foru...479#entry553479

Chapter 4.5 - Break of trust --> http://kh13.com/foru...479#entry553479

This is a great futuristic story, I followed the topic before even reading the first post, because I know that if it's Lu Xun, it's firetrucking badass.

Lu Xun, update soon because I want to read more of this. 8D

Sorry, I don't like this genre, but I know you're a great writer, so go on and write for those who like it ^^

It's interesting so far

nice story

Very interesting story, but you need to use some dialogue.

It'd make the story less like we're being told this by some person with vague memory and more like we're living in that moment. We also get more inside the characters. It's easier to identify with them and even develop opinions on them.

even when there was no dark gaia to destroy earth, this story blows my mind

even when there was no dark gaia to destroy earth, this story blows my mind

 

LOL

 

Great story you have there, keep it up

You seriouslt should consider posting your stories to some magazine or something! By the way , my favourite story from you so far bro!

Very interesting story, but you need to use some dialogue.

It'd make the story less like we're being told this by some person with vague memory and more like we're living in that moment. We also get more inside the characters. It's easier to identify with them and even develop opinions on them.

 

It read a lot like it was more an introduction than anything else, and that Xun had written it that way to set the scene and story before introducing the characters too much. And on that note, well I told you I would read it and I did =). It is good in concept so far, I look forward to reading what happens with the characters in a setting like this.

i really like this story and i agree 2258 is the future

awesome story. keep up the good work

this story is good and chit!! DAS IT keep on with the good work and chit

Looking forward to reading more!

Before posting this, I’d like to thank you all that read, commented, and/ or liked the story. It means a lot to me. Some of you know that I’m going through a hard time, and writing makes me forget everything -- even if just for a few hours. But I get happy when I see that people enjoyed the story. Thanks again, my dear readers. Now enjoy the next chapter.

 

Chapter 2.1 - Terrible Memories

 

“The planet recently discovered by Humanity had been named ‘Miteyp’. There was no special reference or anything -- it was merely a random name given to it. According to the few people that had already been to that planet, it was really big -- bigger than earth, almost did not have insects or animals that could represent danger to the Human kind, had a relatively good atmosphere, where people could easily breath normally and live a good life.

 

Still, firstly there were sent some people to build houses and hotels, so when people go to there, they would have somewhere to stay. It was still pretty rustic, but with time, eventually things would get better, and organized. Miteyp had some special flowers, which could change colors depending on the hour and weather, some never-seen before kind of animals, which represented a great advance for Biology.

 

But it also had a special powder, which was said to be able to make the person that finds it and touches it have magical powers. So, of course, as soon as people got there, it would be the first thing people would search for. It was hoped that now, in a new place, that resembled the old Earth, people would think before act -- unlike what they’ve done on Earth. Interests got the better of people, and that ended up turning the Planet that was home for Human for many ages into a dangerous, weird, and scary place.

 

The sun’s light was weaker than ever before. It looked like it was night even at 9:00am. But, sometimes, the sun’s light was so stronger that if a person looked directly to it, they would instantly stay blind.

 

Also, water was a really hard thing to find. What remained turned out to be very expensive, and only 5% of the population could afford it. Another reason for why lots of people were dying -- they did not have anything to drink. It was stated that Miteyp did not have water, but had a liquid that resembled it -- and the people that had been there loved it, and said that it was even better than water.

 

Only a small part of Miteyp had been explored yet, but by what they had seen, it seemed to be the perfect place for Humanity from now on. It was March 27th, and the first 500 hundred people to travel would go on April 2nd, and each day after it, more 500 thousand people would go until everyone who decided to abandon Earth finally arrived in this new planet.

 

We’ll be back shortly with more about how to protect yourself from the Sun.”

 

The small family composed by Jason, Keyla and Vear were together hearing all of this on the TV’s recent news, when Vear turned the TV off and decided to start the family’s discussion after what she had heard.

 

“I think... we should wait a bit more. I want to visit my family’s graves before departing -- if we do depart,” Vear said.

“But mom... Each day we spend here is another day we don’t know if we’ll survive... Please, be comprehensible, and just say “yes, so we can all go!,” Keyla replied.

“We can go on April 4th... What do you think? This gives you plenty of time to do everything you want.” Jason said.

“I’ll try to do everything I want before that day... but if I’m unsuccessful -- then you two go alone.” Vear replied.

“I’d never let you alone here, grandmother. I love you more than anything in this world!!” Jason said.

“If that’s your final word, then fine. If you don’t do anything by then, I’ll go alone. I only want to live more. If you want to risk your life each day, feel free to do so. But alone -- or with your beloved grandson.” Keyla replied before going to her room and locking the door.

 

It was easy to notice that Keyla was pretty jealous of the relationship that had grown between her son and her mother -- it was very painful to her to see that. That’s why she did not care much about both of them. With time, she turned into a cold, selfish person. But the only one that could be blamed for the creation of that relationship between Vear and Jason was herself.

 

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In the past, Keyla was in love with a man, named Peysus, and they started to hang out when both of them were seventeen-years old. But, at the age of twenty-three, she got pregnant. Peysus firstly stood shocked when he discovered that -- and, disappeared for six months.

 

Keyla cried much during these six months -- only Vear and Rita, Vear’s mother and Keyla’s grandmother were the ones that helped her during this hard time. Then, Peysus appeared at her house.

 

“How have you been? How’s my little baby been?” he said.

“I’m very disappointed... What are you doing here?” she replied.

“I needed to check if you two are fine. Don’t worry, I’ll be here every Friday and Sunday, okay?” he replied.

“I don’t want to see you! GET AWAY!” she said.

“... For now. I’ll be back in two days -- on Friday. See ya. Stay fine.” he replied.

 

Vear was in her room, hearing the conversation. Then when she heard the door closing, she started to hear Keyla crying again, but this time she was also screaming. Then she immediately went to support her daughter.

 

“Calm down, Key. You can’t stay like this -- it’ll put in danger the life of the little boy that’s coming for us.” Vear said.

“But... I...” Keyla said.

“You need to forgive him. Really, if you want to have a happy family, then you need to forget these painful six months, and pretend it never happened. He’ll visit you twice a week, after all.” Vear said.

“I guess... you’re right.. The doctor said I can’t get stressed out or I can lose my baby... I’ll try to forget this -- but not because of Peysus, because of my little child here. Thanks, mom. Without you, I’d be nothing.” Keyla replied.

 

Two months later, she had the baby -- unfortunately, he had been premature. He was born one week before he should.

 

One year later, Peysus’s mother, named Dodo, went to Vear’s home, and gave a flower for her. She planted it, and Dodo started talking with her about Peysus.

 

“I’m so worried with Peysus... He’s been divided lately... I hope it all turns out fine.” Dodo said.

“Why? What do you mean by divided?” Vear asked.

“Eh, did I say ‘divided’? It’s... eh... because of the work and coming here to see Keyla and Jason. He’s been... tired... lately.” Dodo replied.

 

After that day, Vear stood thinking that maybe Peysus had another woman. And one year later, when Jason was only two-years old, she stood 99% sure of it. It was simply another ordinary night. Keyla and Peysus were together when they had a real bad discussion.

 

“Why do you only come here twice a week? What do you do in the rest of it? You have a son here! He needs more of your attention!” Keyla said.

“Actually, I was going to talk with you... I wanted a time to set things right with me...” Peysus said.

“Time? Is that so? I know exactly how that will be. You’ll abandon me and never come back again. I’ll save you from that.... It’s all over between us. Go away.” Keyla replied.

“But -- But --” Peysus said.

“But nothing. Go away. Now.” Keyla replied.

“Fine... I’ll come to see the little boy some times. Don’t be surprised if I come here without telling.” Peysus replied and left Keyla’s house.

 

After that, Keyla stood very disappointed with everything on her life -- she didn’t even get a job after that. It was like her life stopped at that time. So, the responsibility of creating Jason ended up going to Vear. Although they lived in the same house -- only the three of them, since Rita died when Jason was only seven months old.

 

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Stay tuned for 2.2, where more memories will be shown. Not only from Keyla, though. Hope you enjoyed and can’t wait for more.

 

Sincerely,

Lu Xun

This is a interesting story- i''ve never read a story like this before. I hope you continue writing, cause your pretty good at it

I love this story!

Aww for keyla

Nice Keep up the great work ^^ !

Poor Keyla.... Loving it! Nice Job!

Nice , your historys are so great!!!!! Im vicious

KEY-LA

Beautiful chapter! Except for a few grammar mistakes, it's great!

Great job keep it up!

Great beginning! Explaining some backstories is aways a good thing

Already sent you the corrections, eh, I'll try to read this story. Science Fiction isn't my thing but this one sounds cool : )

wonder if they also transfer recordings of human history and internet to Miteyp.

Keep up the good work! I can't wait for the next chapter http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/happy.png

nice story first of all i like the setting the detailed view of the world in the future that is different from how it is today(it reminds me of the jrpg star ocean which is something i like ,secondly i like that you put a lot of empasasis on peoples relationships that is depicted in the dialogues,in the end this is a really good job,i feel like we are viewing the prologue of a fascinating story that is about to unfold