Fan+Fiction



Based on the characters from “The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp” by Rick Yancey __Chapter 1: The Letter __ “Hey Alfred,” said Natalia. “What are you doing?” “I am looking at my mail,” he replied. As he read he saw a letter that was addressed to him from an address he did not recognize. He tore it open and inside he found a letter that said: //Dear Kropp, // //I know what game you are playing and I don’t like it. My friends and I have the real Excalibur and you are a fraud. I want to meet you. Go to the airport and you will see my plane, from there it will fly you to Tomsk, Russia. //  <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Sincerely, // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;">//<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Your Worst Nightmare // <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Oh my god!” exclaimed Natalia. “Are you going to really do that?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I don’t know yet. I need some time to think,” replied Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Alfred and Natalia met in Canada when Alfred and Bennacio, Natalia’s father, were trying to save Excalibur. They were all attacked by Mogart's minions during their quest but they prevailed. Natalia hated Alfred at first and picked on him. But in the end they both grew on each other and became good friends. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The next day Natalia was back at Alfred’s house. “I figured out that I want to go and tell this guy that he is a liar and a loser. I will bring the real Excalibur and challenge him to a duel and see who is telling the truth. Let’s go to the airport,” Alfred told Natalia. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Chapter 2: Plane Crash __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Alfred and Natalia easily found the mystery plane at the airport and quickly ran aboard. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Hello. How are you? I am your Captain Jack. We will be flying to Russia today. I hope you enjoy the ride and relax.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Wow this is really neat,” said Natalia. “I'm just afraid that it might not take us to Russia. God knows where we could end up!” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Halfway through their flight while Alfred was asleep, the pilot took a parachute and jumped out. Natalia came out of the bathroom and noticed the pilot was gone! She ran to take control of the plane. Alfred was rudely awakened when he was thrown on the floor as Natalia jerked the plane up just in time. Alfred got up and walked to the cockpit where he found Natalia flying the plane. Alfred freaked out and pushed her over and took the controls. Natalia then hopped into the co-pilot seat to help. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">They finally landed very carefully and tried to figure out where they were. They decided they were going to have to start walking. When they got to a road they got a ride to the nearest gas station and found out that they were in a remote place near Moscow. They needed to get to Tomsk, so they looked at a map and figured out that they needed to head east. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">They went to the parking lot and Alfred asked, “How are we going to get there?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Natalia smiled and replied, “Easy we are going to hot wire that BMW over there.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">After they set off Alfred noticed that the road was getting muddier and muddier. Finally he said something and Natalia looked around and said, “We need to turn back.” But as soon as she said that they got stuck. “Come on lets push it out of the mud.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“We can’t move it!” grunted Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Yes we can!” Natalia screamed. Eventually, they gave up and walked back to the gas station. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Well we need another car,” said Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Thank you, Mr. Obvious,” retorted Natalia. “Hey, do you see that Porsche over there. You know we could just use that one right?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Chapter 3: The Hike __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“The GPS says to turn right up here,” noted Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Ok,” Natalia replied. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">After they turned the corner, they saw a stretch of land. “When do you think we will get there?” asked Natalia. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“The GPS tells me that we should be there by night fall,” said Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Whatever!” replied Natalia. “As long as we get there today. Wait, how did you know the address?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Well I just googled ‘castles in Tomsk’ and there it was. So I wrote down the address and put it in the GPS,” Alfred told Natalia. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Cool but how did you know it was a castle?” asked Natalia. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“I mean look at the note, it clearly sounds like this kid owns a castle. So I looked it up and there it was a castle with a kid on it so I said that’s my castle.” Alfred told Natalia. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As they rounded the corner they saw a colossal castle so big it looked like it would hold Rhode Island. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Oh my god! “ Natalia exclaimed. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: auto;">Chapter 4: The Fight __ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">As soon as they walked in they were in a huge cavernous room and in the middle was a big glass case. Inside the case there was a sword that looked just like Excalibur. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Out of nowhere this kid appears with 11 people behind him. “Hello I am Zac. I assume that you are Alfred, but I do not know the pretty girl accompanying you. Is she your girlfriend?” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“No,” Natalia said quickly. "We're just close friends." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“Ok, Ok sorry. So you are a fraud and I guess you want to prove me wrong,” said Zac. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">“You are darn right! I want to have a duel against you to see who has the real Excalibur,” Alfred told Zac. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Zac went and took the sword from the case and swung it twice experimentally. Then he advanced on Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Alfred drew Excalibur and charged Zac. They clashed and you could see that Zac was an expert sword fighter but the true Excalibur never loses. At one point Zac had a lunge at Alfred that ripped open his shirt and made him bleed a little. Then Alfred lunged back and just barely missed his mark and cut Zac’s side. Zac clutched his side in agony and doubled over in pain and then Alfred pointed Excalibur at Zac’s throat. “Stand down,” said a determined Alfred. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0.5in; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">Zac backed away and admitted defeat. He thought he was so good that he could beat the real Excalibur if he practiced hard enough. He admitted that Alfred was the true heir to Lancelot.

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