Swoosh! Swish!

The wooden branch swung through the air, held by the six-year-old boy, vanquishing the nonexistent enemies from his imagination. This boy had short brown hair and green eyes and yelled “Take that you monsters!” His parents had bought him to the park to blow off some excitement from just finishing a trip to the theaters. Unfortunately for them, they had not planned how much energy an excited six-year-old child has.

The said child was named Seth Colls, and he had just finished the movie Heroes of the New Age. The movie took place in a fantasy setting where the protagonist gathered friends to fend off a foreign invasion to save the world. For the adults, it was a generical fantasy film that that shared the same story as plenty of other fantasy movies. For the child on the other hand, it was as if a whole new world was introduced to him. It awoke a yearning in him, a sense of adventure in his young self.

“Sweetie! Don’t run too far!” HIs mom yelled while taking a seat on a bench.

“Got it Mom!” Seth yelled back, with his mind still focused on the imaginary monsters in front of him. He waved his “sword” and ran off further into the grassy hill area of the park. His steps took him further away right where a large tree cast it shadow over him hiding him from the view of his parents and other park visitors. Seth continue swinging the branch killing off the ‘monsters’ that would attack him.

An odd crack formed in the air trailing behind one of his swings. However, the boy was too busy attacking imaginary beings to realize anything happening. The line hovered above the boy’s line of sight for several moments, before small fissures began splintering off forming a small unsymmetrical web in the air. The crack started small, nothing but a few inches long but slowly grew to the length of about a foot after a couple of minutes. A deep hum could be heard vibrating from the crack in space, but Seth was too invested in his game to realize what was happening behind him.

An armored right hand slowly pushed its way out of the crack, with its counter left following it soon after. The two hands waved desperately in the air before finally grabbing the unseen boundaries of this crevice in the air. With herculean effort, the two hands slowly widen the gap large enough for the main body to finally fall through with a large thud.

The sound had finally caught the attention of Seth as he turned around to see what caused the noise and rudely awaken him from his game. He saw a figure sprawled on the floor wearing dark armor that could be easily mistaken as a knight from medieval times. This mysterious figure gradually crawled onto all four before finally standing up. It moved back and forth as if it was drunk before standing straight with his two legs as the armored helmet stared into the sky, completely ignoring the child behind it. All Seth could do was stare with his mouth open at this strange person completely forgetting what he was just doing minutes before.