A boy named D'WARD, at the exact moment he turned 13, suddenly found himself in a magical land made up of dreams, fantasy, magic, teknology, luck, fun, and stuff like that. this of course surprised him, but there didn't seem to be much he could do about it. so he started looking around. he soon found there were other kids around. all of them had just turned 13 that day, tho D'WARD seemed to be the only one who appeared there at the exact time of day of his birth.
the kids talked for awhile, and finally decided all they could do was try to have fun until they found themselves back in the real world again. and so that's what they did, they had fun for several days. but soon they began to realize that maybe they weren't gonna suddenly reappear back home. maybe they were here to stay. so they decided to organize things a bit.
everyone quickly discovered they had their own talent, each based in one of the elements of this land (dreams, fantasy, magic, teknology, luck, fun, stuff like that). D'WARD's talent turned out to be that of leadership. this comprised a number of skills. and he was well liked and respected by the other kids, who had all been getting to know each other well since they got here about a week ago. so they all voted D'WARD there leader, and soon enough started referring to him as Lord D'WARD the Kool. he found the title amusing, and so allowed them to continue using it.
there was a boy named Max, who had appeared on the third day. his talent was organization. he was able to make things run very smoothly and efficiently. he was always very busy doing many things. D'WARD made him his second-in-command. Max wasn't interested in command, but he accepted the position anyway.
everyday new kids were arriving, at the same time each day. each of them had just turned 13 the day they arrived in this land. those who had been there for awhile tried there best to explain things to new arrivals, but for a long time, no one really knew much of anything, anyway. but with each passing day, everyone was learning more and more about this land.
the kids all worked together to build up this new society. they fashioned it as a kingdom, with D'WARD as their king, tho the society was still in many ways a democracy. anyway, their talents made things go rather quickly. there was one boy named Todd who could make buildings appear, but it took some time, because he had to think about them rather specifically. so he would start out with a general shape and size, and go all around and inside planning each room and each detail specifically, and thinking it into existance. there was a girl named Suzi who could make any form of teknology she could imagine appear. this was very helpful as well.
everyone had useful talents. the kingdom grew quickly. it was essentially complete within a month. when it was done, everyone tried to think of a name for the kingdom. they decided for the time being just to call it the Kingdom.
one day, D'WARD decided to go on an exploration of the world. there was much outside the kingdom that had yet to be discovered. and so it was organized, 10 people each in 5 groups, and D'WARD in group one. Max was left to run the Kingdom. he didn't much care for the job. as the groups went along, they left markers and made notes about any place they came upon that they might want to further develop later. many new forms of plants and animals and magic and teknology were discovered along the way.
then, after three days of travel, group one came to a city. it was inhabited by kids who had appeared there when they turned 14. it had started on the same day as D'WARD had first arrived. everything had gone very much the same way here as it had in the Kingdom. and still, new kids were arriving there, as they were in the Kingdom, every day at the same time.
the other 4 groups also came upon cities. in one, the kids appeared on their 15th birthdays, and the others, on their 16th, 17th, and 18th birthdays. delegates from each of the five cities were invited to the Kingdom to talk.
at the talks, it was decided that each city would remain independent, but they would all maintain close ties with each other. in the middle of the talks, unexpectedly, tho understandably, a group of delegates showed up from another city, that of the 19 year olds.
a new system of timekeeping was established. first, they called the day people first started appearing here Day One, which was then made into the first official holiday of this world, in the kingdom and every city. they began a new calendar, calling Day One January 1, in the year 1, and going on from there in the same manner as the calendars they were used to from the old world.
it occurred to everyone to wonder why it was everyone understood each other, as they spoke various languages and came from various places around the world. no one knew why they understood each other, but they accepted that it was so.
they decided temporarily to name each city after the age of its inhabitants, but they expected to change this anytime anyone came up with a name for their city that they all agreed on. the mayor of 14 was Bob, whose talent was sensing truth. the mayor of 15 was Parlay, whose talent was magnifying whatever feeling people around him were feeling. the mayor of 16 was Tom, whose talent was keeping peace. the mayor of 17 was Kidd, whose talent was seeing the past. the mayor of 18 was Lee, whose talent was understanding. the mayor of 19 was Swish, whose talent was speed.
after the talks were completed, further exploration parties were sent out, but they never found any more cities. just the same, each city, and the Kingdom, created their own military forces, as a precautionary measure. no one really thought they'd ever have to use them for military purposes, and mainly they didn't.
in the Kingdom there was a girl named Andrea, who was made the Commander of the Kingdom's military. her talent was designing things, with a specialty in weapons design. after awhile, Commander Andrea and D'WARD began dating. tho neither of them often had much time, and dates were rather few and far between.
over the next few years, everybody aged naturally. new kids kept appearing, and now the older citizens knew more and had more they could explain to the new arrivals. someone suggested maybe people would disappear when they turned 20, but no one ever did.
things remained cool in the land for a good while. anything that ever needed to be done in the way of work got done fairly quickly, and so there was plenty of time for most kids to have fun most of the time, except a few who were almost constantly busy, such as those in positions of leadership.
one day, Port, a kid from 17, whose talent was teleportation, discovered a way to go between this world and the old world. anyone could do it, once they knew how. some never went back, some went back for good, and some made occasional trips there, while staying mainly in the new land, and still others went back, but still visited the new land occasionally. still, no one ever told anyone in the old world about the new one.
but then, on march 7, 5, 19 attacked the Kingdom, taking everyone completely by surprise. 14 and 15 joined the Kingdom against 19, while 18 joined 19 against the Kingdom. 16 and 17 remained neutral. New War I lasted until September 21, 5. a treaty was then signed. 18 and 19 left the alliance permanently, and formed their own small nation-state, called Highland. 13, 14, and 15 formed their own nation-state, which they continued to call the Kingdom. a year later, 16 and 17 joined the Kingdom.
D'WARD remained leader of the new nation-state Kingdom. Lee and Swish had a power struggle for rule of Highland. In the end, Rook, who had been 19's military Commander, took over and exiled both of them. Rook made Simon, the Commander of 18's military, his second in command, and Commander of the military of Highland, tho Rook made sure to stay involved in the command of the military, and remained friends with many of the upper and several lower officers, to ensure that Simon would never stage his own takeover attempt. For now no one knows where Lee and Swish are, if they are working together or separately, if they will ever be heard from again, or if they are even still in this land, or if they've returned to the old world.
but for the present, things are well and good in the Kingdom, life proceeds as normal. life is happy and fun. for now.