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

[Austin Jolly]

Was a good intro, the character is believable and stable. Very much looking forward to it :)

I also found this book under "Military and war", im a big military kind of guy, I can be an asset if you need me at any point :D

All in all, I cant wait for the first chapter!

[Coyote Poetry]

You said enough to create good character and situation. Made me wish to read and know more. Thank you for sharing the very good introduction.
Coyote

[Nene]

Am soooooooo looking forward to it!!!!

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, you think the prolouge to this one was good? Read my book Armageddon: The Introduction and the Sneak Peek to Chapter One. :) And lol, don't worry, I'm working on this book right now, and I'm a lot further along anyways and like it's story better.

[Nene]

wow amazingg !!
Yeah sure y not ...
I Can't wait

[Ishita Dixit]

The prologue is very intriguing.
looking forward to the rest of it.

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, I like the Introduction to Armageddon better, but I like the story to this one more. And besides, I'm a lot further along with this one.

[Lizardo]

What a way to start the book Blade! Man I just love all the things you write xD
Great way to start off blade, It is really good!

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, I just need to get the rest of it typed up. :P And lol, I didn't think this one was as good of an intro, but hey, maybe just me. Besides, of the 90 pages or so I have wrote I've gone back like 25 times and made a ton of corrections and take (lines) outs and add (lines) in, and yet I havn't changed the Prolouge at all.

[Lizardo]

hahaha, it is really good Blade, also very good that you do a lot of editing, I hardly do it but thats why my writing comes out all choppy and bad :p

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, actually, I don't edit it all that much. Usually if I edit, it's in my books, and then only when I'm trying to make sure I didn't make stupid mistakes or when I'm typing it up. On this one currently, the only reason I've read and re-read and also edited while I'm at it is because I'm so far along in the story I need to remember all of it, not just where I'm at (which I get so lost in, and making a good story.) So as I've gone through, remembering my plot twists, my foreshadowings, my sitting (kind of almost like hacking and coding, a back door you place... sorry, I do (and learn) a little bit of that XD) plots I have imbedded in the story earlier on that I need to elaborate on... as I've read to remember and see all of that and use it as I go, I've edited.

[Lizardo]

That is very true and wow xD

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, yep, and LOL. XD

[Zabella]

I can't wait to read more! Keep writing =)

Also, I thought of this as a diary entry, because Jake was speaking directly to the reader (or was that just me...)

Any way, AMAZING story. Loved it xx

[The StoryTeller]

Okay! I'll shoot you a read request when I finish typing Chapter One.

[Zabella]

Yay! Thanks

[The StoryTeller]

No problem. :)

[jonah]

a nice prologue, Blade! short and to the point. also, it leaves some ideas of how the story may be to the readers. I like it. I'm quite a fan of post-apocalyptic stories lol so I'm wondering how you're gonna manage the plot, characters, settings, etc. even though I'm not really into reviewing books, I'll try to read it and give some words for it. keep writing!

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, well, to give you a hint, there are assassins, (SPOILER!) New York is a desert, states have been moved... assassins, kingdom war.... :P

[jonah]

whooh sounds like a dangerous survival! I hope you'll be able to finish it, Blade. don't rush it, though. good story needs good amounts of time.

[The StoryTeller]

Yeah, I've been working on this one for a year and a half now if I remember correctly and I'm only on page 90 something... and I'm writing front and back in my spiral bound notebook, and each front is a page as is each back. In fact, it spans two notebooks.

[Lavender Soya]

Yes, I like the prologue. And I can't wait to read chapter one. It's perfect, no need to edit! Send me a read request when you're done! :-)

[The StoryTeller]

Okay! I will! :)

[Lavender Soya]

All right! :-)

[The StoryTeller]

Hope you'll like it! :)

[Tks]

Quick, Blade! We are eagerly waiting for Chapter One! Do shoot me a read request, don't leave us hanging! Else we'll come a-banging your door ;)

[The StoryTeller]

Lol, okay! Lol, I have Chapters One through Five I want to type up for this one and post them, then I'm going to type up Chapters One and Two for Armageddon after that, if you guys can stand the wait and can decide to read Armageddon instead of this. XD Believe me, this gets really good. And I will hit you up with that read request. I'm working on typing Chapter One in my free time at school currently.

[Roshan Nair]

Wow, I wonder how you widen this world you have painted .. It is intriguing, the human angle to post-apocalypse-ism..something we almost never get to see in those solely protagonist-streaking hot-shot stories and films. Great work

[The StoryTeller]

Thank you! And if you want, I can send you a read request when I get Chapters One and Two typed.