CHARACTER FUN FACTS: DAMIAN CALDANNON- WHO’S SIDE IS HE ON?

“SOME LIGHTS ONLY SHINE IN THE DEEPEST DARK”

Damian hurried down the dazzling spiral staircase in Daylustar. He and Brandon whispered about their plan to capture the three BlackStar Students mysteriously entering Daylustar from the other side. They entered a dark underground hall dimly lit by dingy golden candle light clusters hanging on the black marble walls on both sides. Deep booming shook the walls. Brandon started singing a fast-paced energetic song. Damian nodded rhythmically to the soaring music around them. They emerged from the tunnel and entered the massive dark entry hall to the Music Arena and Music Classrooms Hall where candle clusters floated around on the slick black walls. Damian and Brandon hid down in the shadows waiting for the three students to enter. Brandon stood quietly tapping the floor in a complicated rhythm to the distant sonic chords playing. He made several wide sweeping motions with his hands, then appeared to draw something in the air. Damian just flashed him a confused look with his arms out wide.

“What was that?” he asked.

“I was signaling.”

“Yeah, I could see that. What was that supposed to mean?”

“Just be ready.”

“You could not have just told me that?”

“I just did.” Damian sighed heavily burying his face in his hands. The three kids entered. Damian stood up slowly, holding an alien weapon in hand.

Soon we will learn more about Damian Caldannon who is from Devonmay. We will soon find out what Cade, Blake, and Drew are up against. But first, it’s time to reveal the answer to the last mystery challenge. Are you ready? Do you think you know it? The mystery challenge was what is the light that offers a key clue for the answer to the mystery in the story: MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE

The answer is this:

It was the shimmering green chandelier lights hanging from the glass ceiling lighting the tops of the Daycrest Evergreens. Did you get it right? Leave a comment below telling us what your guess was and why. Tell us what you think of Damian. Next we will look at random facts about this intense kid from the tropical Kingdom of Devonmay with the City of Heyvas Ivydames. What kind of kid are the ghost strikers about to clash with? Do they know who’s watching them right now?

Damian is a big fan of soccer. He can get really intense when he’s playing. Every match is the most important match of the century to him. It’s been said then when he’s playing he shuts out the entire world around him. They say he does not have a clue what else is going on, that the world could be on fire and he would still be focused on the soccer game. In fact, Brandon decided to test this theory. One time, during one of Damian’s soccer games, Brandon dressed up like a crazy clown and did flips and handstands and some crazy dancing on the sideline. Damian did not notice him at all. Hard to believe, but he really didn’t. In fact, to this day Damian refuses to believe Brandon actually did this.

Damian is really agile and lightning fast. He can turn faster than anyone on the planet. In soccer games he will move right up to you and in a half-second he will make a single move past you in a flash. Dark spirits have been frustrated in the past trying to catch this kid. He will run straight at them, then right when they are about to get him he makes a single cut, flying past them.

Damian hates school. He is really smart and strategic. He knows how to solve problems by visualizing it, then breaking it down and finding a way to solve it. The thing is, he likes learning and figuring things out if he can see the point in learning it and how he can use what he learned in an important way. The problem is, his school began enforcing a new system which was very much like the system the aliens have now put in place. You have to sit still and only learn by hearing the teaching and taking notes. Damian hates trying to sit still. He likes to be active. He can study well, as long as he can take frequent breaks to play soccer in his room using a mini-soccer goal. If he’s into it, he can learn anything, and solve pretty much any problem. Thing is, Damian probably wouldn’t hate school if it was run the right way.

Damian does the same thing every morning at school. He slowly walks to his desk, looking like a zombie, then finally slumps into his chair. He leans back, his eyes half-closed, then lets out this long, dramatic sigh. He says in a really tragic voice, “I didn’t get much sleep last night.” Why didn’t he get much sleep? Was he studying all night? No. It’s always for the same reason: He was trying to set a new record of shots made in his mini-soccer goal in his room. Sometimes it’s because he’s trying some crazy shot and refuses to go to sleep until he hits it, and even then sometimes he feels compelled to try and hit it again! He always says the same thing, “Tonight I’m going to sleep right away. I am not even going to look at my soccer goal.” But he never learns.

Damian can be annoying to go to lunch with. He and Brandon often go to a restaurant by the coast that has a buffet. Damian is really, and I mean really, indecisive when it comes to what he wants for lunch or dinner. He’ll stand there staring for what feels like hours trying to decide as if his life depends on whether or not he has the fish sticks. Then he’ll pick something, then later put it back, then just when he gets to the end of the line he’ll shake his head again and pick it back up. Other times he and Brandon will go through the line pretending to fight over every item. You don’t want to be the one who has to go through the line after they have been through it.

Damian and Brandon often play mini soccer matches in his room. Most times he and Brandon try to hit crazy trick shots seeing who can hit it first. Damian has an amazing ability to see just how to hit the craziest shots. He can visualize great plans. He wants to be a great war general someday. He has a great ability to visualize a battlefield and figure out the best strategies, like how to capture the enemy…


WHAT IS THE WAY THROUGH DAYLUSTAR?

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

The sky looked like an upside down ocean in the chilling October night. A pale light appeared within the rolling dark blue clouds. The light slowly burned brighter in the form of a blazing triangle. Deep, rhythmic booming shot out across the sky. Bright white beams of light shot out in a slow spiral across the sky. A dark, blank face stared out of every dirty blue stained glass window. Drew stared transfixed by the ghostly faces just staring directly at them. Blake turned back, scanning the empty street curving back down into the dark maze of Caras Dayermore. They approached a wide complex with five massive high set windows lit under flashing gold light inside. A bench was set just ahead of them. Cade dove underneath, rolled over several times, then jumped up, turning back with a dramatic expression.

“What was the point of that?” asked Blake as he easily stepped up on the bench then stepped back down throwing his arms out wide while shaking his head. Drew easily stepped around it.

“We need to be stealthy,” said Cade. Alien ships raced across the sky. The glowing forest of massive Cashdes Evergreens came sharply into focus on the slopes below leading up to the green flashing alien school of Daylustar. Turning to them with eyes lit Cade said, “This time, we’re finding the way to the statue, and that crystal crown is about to come crashing down.”

It’s time for another mystery challenge as we get a closer look at Chapter Seven in the story: MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE which kicks off the new mystery series called The Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers. To learn more about the new story which is now available on Amazon click on the link below:

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JOIN THE FIGHT

In this mystery challenge there will be a key clue that reveals which path the kids can take through Daylustar. One of the paths has a weakness in the aliens’ defense where the kids can sneak past and get to the Concert Hall where the aliens’ mysterious weapon is set. One of the lights is a key clue, can you figure out which one? The answer will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts Feature. Pay close attention to what is missing. If you have a guess for the answer or what will happen next in the story when the ghost strikers enter Daylustar, leave a comment below. Here is a list of the paths through the school of Daylustar. Can you figure out which path it is?

SCHOOL OF DAYLUSTAR HALLS:

  1. POOL AND GARDEN HALL
    INSTRUMENTAL PATH
    SOFT PATH
    DREAMY PATH
  2. STUDY CENTER AND LIBRARY HALL
    SYMPHONIC PATH
    RHYTHMIC PATH
    POLITICAL PATH
  3. MEETING CENTER AND DINING HALL
    POETIC PATH
    BALLAD PATH
    TRAGIC PATH
  4. MUSIC ARENA AND MUSIC CLASSROOMS HALL
    DANCE PATH
    MOODY PATH
    SONIC PATH
  5. AUDITORIUM AND INSTRUMENTS HALL
    EPIC PATH
    ROMANTIC PATH
    CLASSICAL PATH
  6. GHOSTS CITY AND STATUES HALL
    CAROL PATH
    HOPEFUL PATH
    ENERGETIC PATH

At the same time Cade, Blake, and Drew were making their way to the Music Arena and Music Classrooms Hall in Daylustar, Brandon and Damian, two top students in the school, were entering the same hall from the other side. How did these two kids from Devonmay end up here? It all started in a secret meeting they had with the aliens a year ago.

Brandon and Damian were directed to the School Leader’s Office. They sat down in the half-circular marble white room with several blue and red stained-glass windows overlooking the lush valleys far below. Brandon squinted up at the bright shimmering chandelier light spilling out across the room. The two alien leaders of the school sat down in front of the windows on two sparkling white marble chairs. They had white crystal suits on, staring down at the two students with their half-moon white glowing eyes. Brandon adjusted his chair, sliding it across the marble floor making a loud screeching sound. Damian flinched during the high piercing sound. A teenage boy in a bright white suit stood between them and began speaking in a solemn, elevated voice:

“We are developing a new, elite school for music. We are looking for the best and brightest students who can excel in this school.”

“Looks like you found them,” said Brandon, moving his chair further back with a higher piercing sound. Damian punched him in the arm.

“You are in fact the first students we are inviting to the school,” the messenger continued. “We are building the school now, with majestic structures and brilliant, bright shimmering crystal lights. You proved the corrupt elite teachers wrong, those who used to run this school. We are looking for students with creativity to develop great music. This school will be a great opportunity and critical in our fight to defeat the dark spirits.”

“Count us in,” said Brandon. “We are totally focused…” He began to slide his chair, but turning to an annoyed Damian, he picked up his chair and moved it a few inches from the wall. “That should work now,” he said leaning back. Then he sighed dramatically, picking it up again. Damian turned to him with a half-annoyed, half-perplexed look while he then tried measuring the distance from the chair to the wall.

“Will you cut that out?” Brandon sighed and sat down.

“We are not just choosing you to enroll in this school because of your musical skills,” the alien messenger continued. “We watched you in the Caymisdorm when you used your stealth to get past the dark spirits. There are people out there, students and adults who are a cancer to our world, led by the dark spirits who will try to destroy our school. We need you to look out for those who may try to sneak past our defenses and destroy the power we are building to overcome the dark powers in this land.”

Brandon and Damian entered the bright green flashing Music Classrooms. Bright shimmering green chandelier lights flashed rhythmically scattered across the slick black walls rising high toward the triangular ceiling. Brandon kind of danced as they moved down the path lit by small bright shimmering gold lights moving around in rapid circles across the glass floor. They quickly passed various classrooms separated by curtains of green bright shimmering lights flashing to the rhythm of the fast-paced booming music. Damian tapped his sides rhythmically as they entered the garden of Daycrest Evergreens rising high toward the distant ceiling lit up near the top by the shimmering green chandelier lights hanging from the glass ceiling. They raced up the long winding staircase to the top loft overlooking the roof of the Music Arena. Damian pushed hard but Brandon dove across the platform ahead of him.

“AAAAaaaaarrrrrgggghhhhhhhhh,” said Brandon holding his head.

“You never learn,” said Damian shaking his head. Then the two kids stared out at the field at the entrance to the Music Arena and Music Classrooms Hall. They saw shadows moving. The two kids took out their telescopes to see closer and spotted Cade, Blake, and Drew getting ready to enter the school. Then, Brandon and Damian got in position to track them down, with their weapons at hand…

DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: WHY ARE THEY HERE?

“SOME LIGHTS ONLY SHINE IN THE DEEPEST DARK”

Three aliens with their messenger, a 16 year old girl, led Brandon and Damian down the gray stone path along the flowing blue channel on the top street of Heyvas Ivydames to the end where a massive wide triangular alien ship set on a field. It was lit with rhythmic flashing blue and gold lights. A deep hum came from the ship. They felt a soft vibration under their shoes as they approached the brilliant crystal door. Brandon and Damian exchanged half nervous, half curious looks. Slowly the aliens led them into the ship. The kids looked around in awe at the bizarre crystal flashing walls and slanted ceilings. The aliens directed them to an white couch with elaborate designs all over it. The door slid shut. Inside went dark. Dim gold and blue lights in rows around the inside turned on, flashing in fast rhythms. The hum grew loud with a high whining sound as the ship lifted and smoothly flew off into the green flowing sky.


One of the aliens disappeared in the front of the ship while the other two sat on high chairs staring down at the two kids with their soft glowing white half-moon eyes. Brandon flashed Damian a wide-eyed, almost crazed expression. “We commend you for finding the answer to the dark illness threatening your kingdom,” said the messenger in a solemn, elevated voice. “You showed great intelligence and courage in solving the mystery as well as taking on the dark spirits.”
“Thank you,” said Brandon with an awkward bow. Damian looked at him questioningly, then turned away shaking his head.
“We saw how you defied the elite teachers in your kingdom.”

“They were working with the dark spirits,” said Damian.
“They will be punished,” the messenger continued, “they were wrong about you. They did not believe you could succeed with your creative and unusual methods of learning.”
“She’s talking about those bizarre pictures you draw,” whispered Damian.
“Maybe she’s talking about how you cannot study without taking a break every ten minutes to score soccer goals in your room.”
“We will be placing new leaders in every school,” the messenger continued. “We have been watching your kingdoms for years. We know your lands have been haunted by dark spirits. This is why we’re here, to overpower them and save you from their dark illnesses.” The window shades drew back. The kids stared out at the passing green clouds with eyes wide.
“Where are you taking us?” asked Brandon.
“We have a place to show you, but first, we have questions for you, and we expect answers.”

Brandon and Damian come from the Kingdom of Devonmay with the City of Heyvas Ivydames. Check out the page DARKCORNER LAND to see it on the map. The kingdom is called the land of the star gazers, because many people there are astronomers, they study the stars and planets with telescopes. They like everything to be bright and shiny in their designs, things they make, and the kind of people they try to be. They love music, bright and loud. Brandon is exactly the type of kid you will find in Devonmay. He is bright and loud. He constantly smiles and tries to have fun. You can hear him from far away either talking loud or singing loud. Are you like Brandon? What would you do if you were Brandon or Damian and about to be led onto an alien ship? Leave a comment below.

The City of Heyvas Ivydames is built along a mountain on seven levels, each rising higher. Their towers are really tall, looking like spears rising into the sky. They are laced with a kind of gold dust that glows at night so the entire city shines at night. They don’t have streets, but water channels so you have to use a boat to get places fast. Brandon constantly has to be reminded to sit down when he rides in one of the boats. One of his favorite things to do with his friends his race model boats along the channel. He starts yelling at his boat if it gets behind believing if he yells loud enough, his boat will go faster. Brandon and Damian like going to the high towers to look into the stars, but they never dreamed they would be high up in the sky one day.

“How did you find the answers in the Caymisdorm?” asked the alien messenger.
“We followed the clues in the Canday Prophecy,” answered Brandon.
“Did you see the opera singer up close in the Caymisdorm?”
“No, we could never get close to her,” answered Damian.

“Did you ever learn anything about her?” Brandon and Damian shot the messenger confused looks. Just then the messenger directed them to look out the windows. From high up they saw a mass of spiraling mountains under a glowing blue haze. Brandon stretched out trying to see closer, nearly falling off the couch. “This is where we will establish our kingdom and city which will rule over all the kingdoms and cities of this land. We will take down the dark spirits, but we will need the best and brightest students to complete this mission. It will begin with you.” Brandon nodded emphatically while slipping further off the couch. Damian pulled him back, saying, “Stay cool, this is not a carnival ride.”
“But you must answer this question which is key to winning the victory over the dark powers of this land.”

“What’s that?” asked Brandon. The two aliens leaned in closer, their eyes burning brighter in the murky darkness of the ship.
“How did you overcome the power of the opera singer in the Caymisdorm?”

THE ALIENS’ DARK SECRET

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Breaking blue moonlight spilled through the clouds streaming fast across the October night sky. Deep booming began in the distance from beyond the ridged mountain top ahead. It was low with a strange, constantly changing rhythm. Cade waited for the dark gray mists ro begin rising up the slopes. He glanced around at the still pockets of slim, short Carres Evergreens glowing neon green in the silent night. When the mists began to rise he got his three stones ready. He quickly threw them up the slope one after another, skipping them along the upper stones. Dark spirits slowly emerged against the spilling blue moonlight from behind each pocket of Carres Evergreens. Cade slowly broke a smile.

It’s time for the next mystery challenge. We join Cade Mayson as he explores in the mountains west of Cashes Dade at night. He’s been seeing bizarre flashing lights and hearing mysterious sounds coming from somewhere out here. He believes there is some kind of secret alien activity going on. They told students like him not to explore in these mountains, but that’s not going to stop Cade. In fact, if you want Cade to do anything, just tell him he can’t. About a year ago, the aliens attacked Cashes Dade murdering 20,000 people out of the 60,000 people who lived there. They gave no warning and not much explanation. The aliens claimed the people had to be killed because they were dangerous, working with dark spirits to create deadly illnesses. Cade believes they’re working on something to try and finish them off. He believes they are evil because of the unfair way they run their schools, punishing students who can’t succeed in the exact way the aliens believe is right, and because they murdered 20,000 people with no proof that they were dangerous. Cade wants to learn their secrets to figure out what they’re really doing here and how they can be defeated.

The mystery challenge will be figuring out which alien tower reveals a clue about how they can be defeated. The key will be to look for what is smart, what makes sense. Leave a comment below if you think you know the answer. It will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts Feature. Can you figure it out? Once Cade gets an idea what the aliens are doing and where, he’ll get his best friend Blake to join him in spying on the alien activity. It will take some convincing, Blake will probably say he’s not going, it’s too risky, even though he can be just as crazy as Cade, sometimes even more. Cade will just smile and nod. Blake will shake his head defiantly. Then Blake will just find himself going with Cade to check out what the aliens are doing out here in the dark. But first, Cade has to make his way up the mountain.

Cade took a look at the dark spirits gathered at the clusters of Carres Evergreens on the left and on the right up the slope. Dark gray mist rose up in thick clouds across the upper slope. “Now you see me, now you don’t,” he said quietly as he scrambled up the slope in the heavy mists. He jumped from stone to stone up the long slope to the top. Chilling winds rushed across the high rocky slope. Dark gray mists faded away. Cade dropped down within the stones. He gazed up as he heard music playing in the far distance. A lady was singing a sad, drifting song but with a mysterious hope playing within. Fiddles and drums played the slow, drifting melody behind her singing. A neon green light flashed slowly around from behind the mountain top. Cade stared with a curious, intrigued expression, his eyes raised and almost slanted at the same time. He looked around to see slim shadows roaming the slope on his right and to his left. He took out another set of stones and threw them far to his left, skipping across the larger stones. He smiled. Dark spirits to his right quickly drifted in his direction. He quickly dropped down between the large stones. A loud groaning sound dragged behind the mountain. A sour horn blared out. The dark spirits glided past. Cade slowly looked up to see them all flying across the slope on his left. He smiled brightly, then waving goodbye he said, “See you later. Good luck trying to find me.”

Cade flew up the final slope, his feet barely touching the rocks as he made his way to the top. Blue lights flashed rhythmically from a half stadium shaped tower far in the distance beyond the mountains. Cade stared out across the rolling hills below where dark mists hung like a flowing sheet over the grounds. The mysterious distant song grew faster with the whining fiddles playing a bright, energetic song. The lady’s voice sounded like a drifting, haunting spirit but singing a bright dream. Several red towers appeared briefly moving across the hills in the far right corner. Whistles played out a short distance behind him. Cade looked around and hurried over to a cluster of stones. He kicked a few small stones down slope as he scrambled up to his hiding spot. He put his fingers to his lips and motioned for the stones to be quiet.

He watched the flowing darkness below where he began to hear some kind of whining sounds at a fast-paced rhythm. An alien voice rang out in a drifting, haunting, but hollow sound, echoing across the wide valley. Cade watched with a bizarre, half-curious, half-concerned expression. Then a massive, slim tower in neon green shimmering light appeared among the hills. Dark, slim figures appeared near the bottom, moving around in rapid, sharp movements. As the lady continued singing a brilliant neon green light appeared at the top of the slim tower and began slowly roaming across the distant mountains to the left, slowly sweeping back and forth.

Dark spirits appeared at the top of the mountain. “What took you so long?” Cade asked quietly. Cade scrambled out. Then he hit his blue shell lighting it up in blue shine. He pointed it at himself and said in a loud voice, “Looking for me?” The spirits turned in his direction. He sprinted along the top. Then Cade faked left as he put the light out before diving to the right. He scrambled fast along the top until he disappeared over the edge. He glanced back. The dark spirits glided off to the other edge. Cade smiled and hurried down the slope, clapping and nodding rhythmically.

Tomorrow night Cade will return with Blake to spy on the alien activity. This is where the first story in the new mystery series begins called:
THE CASHES DADE GHOST STRIKERS

Find out what mysterious sight the two kids will discover in the first scene in
MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE
Learn more about the story and how you can get it by clicking on this link:

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Will they be able to spy on the aliens without getting caught? What mysterious sight will they see? What will they discover about the aliens and their plans to destroy them? What happens as they try to get away unseen will change their lives forever…

DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE MYSTERIOUS ALIENS

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Have you ever wondered if aliens exist? Have you ever imagined what it would be like if aliens invaded our world and took power over every country? What would you do? How would you respond? How would you try to defeat them to take your country back? Would you raise your hand and tell them “We come in peace?” Leave a comment below and tell us what you would do. Cade, Blake, and Drew were told that the aliens had supreme knowledge and knew the best ways to run school. Drew would call it mumblebrush, pretty sure that’s not a word, but oh well, Cade would call it garbage, and Blake would call it a word I can’t repeat here.

The next mystery challenge will take you to Cashes Dade where Cade and Blake are exploring in the mountains finding new alien structures going up. The mystery challenge will be figuring out which alien tower reveals a clue about how they can be defeated. This post will offer some clues for this mystery challenge as well. Can you figure it out?

The kingdoms of DarkCorner Land had seen some mysterious things and had been haunted by dark spirits, but they still were shocked by the sudden alien invasion. Cade and Blake had outrun dark spirits in several close encounters before. They had seen some strange visions in the sky, but they weren’t prepared for how their lives would change, and not for the better. Their schools are now incredibly strict and don’t allow for creative ideas. Cade, Blake, and Drew have plenty of them, but the aliens don’t want to hear them. In this mystery series you can actually join in the fight. You can help them solve the mystery of how to defeat the aliens. Check out the page:

THE DADESTAR REVOLUTION

On this page you can check out the Canndaze Prophecy that reveals the secret of the aliens. It’s written in code so the aliens don’t figure it out but the people do. Do you have any jokes that you and your friends tell that no one else would understand? Or maybe you wouldn’t want other people to hear it, like your parents or teachers. There is a secret in the words of the prophecy. Every post reveals more clues as the story of the DadeStar Revolution led by Cade Mayson continues. Can you solve the mystery?

Why are they here? They want power over the kingdoms, but they could have destroyed them completely if they wanted and taken everything, but they haven’t. What exactly do they want?

The aliens have taken power over all the kingdoms of DarkCorner Land. They built a city called Arapreshday with massive white towers so bright you can’t look directly at them. They declared to the kingdoms that they are now the rulers over all of their kingdoms. The alien messengers told the people that their new ruler was an alien named Madrastra. No one has ever seen him. The aliens now make the laws that every kingdom must follow. Ever since they arrived they haven’t stopped building new towers and structures all throughout the land, around the kingdoms and out in the country. The aliens warn students, especially BlackStar ranked students, not to explore too far in the mountains. Guess which students didn’t listen to them?

Cade Mayson and Blake Candade are two 12 year olds who have a strong determination to discover new ideas and new places. They have been exploring in the mountains far from Cashes Dade looking for new alien structures and alien activities. Dark spirits are roaming the lower slopes. Bizarre distant lights are flashing to crazy musical rhythms. They can hear loud groaning sounds with bright lights flashing around to a booming rhythm. Look for the connection, that will be the key. They are about to discover way more than they expected. Check out the next mystery challenge. Cade and Blake are about to see something incredibly mysterious.

CHARACTER FUN FACTS: GHOST STRIKER DREW MARSHER

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Cade and Blake are going on a daring mission to sneak into their school tonight to steal the prophecy held by the alien leaders. Shadows are moving everywhere. Every window and door seems to be creaking in the chilling October winds. They’re watching for dark spirits roaming the halls and for the aliens who stand guard at the alien tower on top of their school. The school office is locked, but Cade has a plan. They know to stay in the shadows, and they know how to get creative in outrunning dark spirits. But what they don’t realize is that someone else is hiding in the school.

Drew Marsher is a 12 year old from Cashes Dade who will never forget the night the aliens attacked the kingdom. 20,000 people were murdered in the attack. The aliens claim those people were dangerous, working with dark spirits to create dark illnesses to destroy the people so they could take power over all the kingdoms. What Drew saw that night says otherwise.

Before we continue with Drew, it’s time to reveal the answer for the last mystery challenge. The key question that reveals an important clue about how to defeat the aliens is this:

Why haven’t they destroyed everyone?

Did you get it right? What does it mean? Leave a comment below and tell us if you think you know the answer.

Drew wasn’t surprised when the aliens arrived, in fact, he was expecting them. Drew has read just about every book there is about space, the planets, and alien life. He watches the sky every night for alien activity. Before the invasion he thought he saw bizarre lights appear far above the clouds. Sometimes blazing lights would streak across the sky. Now he watches the alien towers where ships fly off. Sometimes they fly straight up into the sky and disappear. He has seen strange flashes and heard heavy booms coming from high above the clouds. Drew believes there is a great war happening between many planets and that earth is at the center of the war. He’s expecting to see other alien races appear soon. The question will be, who’s side should they join?

Last night, Drew saw a bizarre flash in the sky over the mountains. It kind of mushroomed and slowly expanded out in a slow green wave before disappearing. Then he saw several ships fly low over the mountains with bright light beams shooting out, roaming the hills. He believes they were looking for something or someone. That’s why tonight he’s going to sneak into the school. He’s done it before, to sneak into the school library to read books the aliens won’t allow BlackStar Students like him to read. This time, he plans on sneaking into the office to recover the prophecy he knows the aliens are hiding in there. He believes the prophecy must reveal clues about what’s going to happen soon in the great war of the worlds and the aliens don’t want the people of Cashes Dade to figure out how to win the war. When Drew finds his way to the office he’ll be in for a surprise.

Drew Marsher is really smart, but he struggles in school. He struggles to sit still and focus. He can be hyper-active and impulsive in his thinking and actions. He needs to be active and move around to really learn well. He hates trying to learn and study in silence sitting completely still for long hours at a time, but this is the only way the aliens allow students to succeed. If they can’t follow this way, they lose points, and Drew just doesn’t get much good studying done during these times because he needs action and noise. Drew is smart and creative. He is also good at finding solutions for problems.

Drew basically says whatever happens to be on his mind at the time. He can go on pretty long talks changing topics rapidly. When he starts talking, you never know where it’s going to go. You can bet it will probably have something to do with outer space and aliens. Drew is a wanderer. If you ask Drew to go to the lunch line and bring you a drink, he might be back in a few minutes or a few hours because he saw something interesting on the ceiling or wandered to who knows where. As annoying as his wandering can be, it is also really valuable. Drew sees things no one else sees. He discovers great ideas that no one else thinks of.

Last night, Drew could see something bizarre was going on in the mountains west of Cashes Dade, and he was right. He didn’t know, but he was looking where Cade and Blake were out spying on the secret alien activities. Something mysterious happened to Cade and Blake out there, something they will have to be forever concerned about. The aliens really were looking for someone. They were looking for Cade. Something happened that Cade and Blake can only pray the aliens never find out. But they were looking. The question is, what do the aliens know?

THE MYSTERIOUS SHOW IN THE SKY

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

“Who are they?
What planet do they come from?
What kind of empire do they have?
Why are they here?
What do they want from us?”
Get ready for another great mystery challenge. Cade Mayson and his friends face an overwhelming challenge-a system that is incredibly unfair, run by a superior force. The aliens seem impossible to defeat, but are they? Are there any clues that reveal how they might be defeated? There just might be. The mystery challenge for this post is that there is one question about the aliens that is key to beginning to figure out how to defeat them. This question leads to a key clue. The previous post:
DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: ALIENS IN THE SCHOOLS
offers some clues for what the answer is. Pay close attention to this post and the story that will begin soon about the time Cade and Blake saw a mysterious vision in the sky over the mountains west of Cashes Dade before the aliens arrived. The answer will be revealed in the next Character Fun Facts feature. Leave a comment below if you have a guess. Can you figure it out? Can you help Cade in the fight?

Several years ago the kingdoms of DarkCorner Land were invaded by aliens who used their great advances in technology and weaponry to quickly take power over the kingdoms. They watch everything closely-every business must be run the way they want and they get a pretty large share of the profits, but they seem much more concerned about the schools. That’s why two aliens run every school-in other words the principal and assistant principal in every school is an alien. Every classroom is overseen by an alien who sits in the back. Every student knows the eerie feeling of being watched by an alien all too well, especially when they’re dancing.

THE MYSTERIOUS SHOW IN THE SKY

Moonlight fell across the rough mountain slope like curtains rolling across. Blake slowed down approaching the large dark stones ahead.
“Cade, we might have to go around.”
“Never, I’ll die first,” he said. Holding out an invisible sword he dramatically pretended to stab himself before falling back dramatically. Blake shook his head then looked up the stones intensely.
“They’re pretty smooth,” he said pointing to the the two stacks of steep, smooth stones lined up close together leading up to a wide, flat top. “I don’t see a way over.” Cade stepped up, took one look, then turned to Blake and slowly broke a smile. “You’ve got to be kidding me.” Cade shrugged, then wedged himself between the two stone towers and worked his way up between them. Blake just sighed and shook his head. “You’re crazy, Cade.”
“So you’re going around?” Cade asked from the top.
“No way.” Blake then worked his way up to Cade. They gazed out at the final slope to the long, flat mountain top. A slow moving wave of dark clouds approached from the far left. “That’s bizarre.”
“Look at all the dark spirits milling around at the top.”
“They’re all looking at the sky past the top.”
“We need to get there.”
“I don’t know…”
“Let’s go.” Cade took off up the slope.
“Don’t we need a plan?” Blake asked running after him.
“We’ll just blend in.”
“Because we look like dark spirits?”
“Not yet.”
“Not yet?”
“You’ll see.”

“This should be good,” Blake muttered under his breath as they drew near to the top. A massive dark shadow slowly stretched over them. The dark wave slowly rolled across the sky past them. Cade stopped just short of the top reaching into his backpack. Blake watched perplexed while he fumbled around for what seemed like hours until finally he pulled out two large black sheets. Blake raised his eyes. “This is your plan?”
“Yeah. We wrap these sheets around us. We’ll look just like them.”
“You can’t be serious.”
“It’ll work. Besides, we’ll hang in the back. If any of them recognizes us we’ll turn and run.” Blake sighed several times as they wrapped the black sheets around themselves, then slowly crept up to the crowd of dark spirits just standing still watching the sky. The kids stared out at the smooth dark sky over the rolling mountains on the other side. The soft winds died down completely. They waited and watched in dead silence. Blake looked over at Cade who stared ahead with a solemn, empty expression with wide eyes.
“What’s wrong with you?” he whispered.
“Nothing.”
“Why are you staring like that?”
“I’m just trying to look like one of them.”
“But you’re scaring me.”
“We’re standing a few feet behind a crowd of ghosts but you’re scared of me?”
“Actually yeah.”

“Wow.” Just then a small distant light appeared far above the clouds. Slowly the neon green light grew larger and clearer in the shape of a narrow triangle. Then a green light flashed out in slow circle across the sky as a visual of a stadium appeared with a crowd of people sitting still in the stadium. Cade and Blake exchanged highly intrigued looks before turning back to see a bright golden light beam shoot out down to the stadium. Then it slowly roamed around the stadium like a ticking clock across the dark citizens. It dragged around several times before stopping where a small group of citizens in a dark corner were dancing. The light grew brighter and held there for several long moments before in a sudden flash the entire sky went dark.

Want to see these kids try to pull off an impossible mission? Check out the first book in the series which is out now on Amazon by following the link below:

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0892HQTMN

Ebook: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894CYGK2

JOIN THE FIGHT

What did Cade and Blake just see?
Why were the dark spirits there?
Was this an early visit of the aliens?
How many planets have they conquered?
How do they live?
What is their plan with DarkCorner Land?
What do they want?
Why haven’t they destroyed everyone?
What are they looking for?
What is the new weapon they’ve created?
How can Cade and Blake possibly reach it?
Can they pull off this mission?
If they can get in, will they be able to get out?

MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE

“JOIN THE FIGHT”

Who are they?

What kind of civilization did they have?

What dark secret are they hiding?

Where did they come from?

Why are they here?

What do they want?

Are Cade and his friends really losers?

Are the aliens right about the ONE WAY to succeed in school?

Or are there skills Cade and his friends have that they don’t see?

Why did the aliens attack Cashes Dade?

Why are they trying to destroy students like Cade with a dark illness?

Are Cade’s parents really on a secret mission working on the inside?

How can Cade and his friends sneak through the new alien school?

How can they reach the aliens’ weapon at the top of the statue?

How can they be defeated?

Cade Mayson and his friends are about to go on a secret mission to save students like them. Answers will be found, but even more questions will arise. The first book is now available on Amazon. If you want to buy the book click on either link below.

Paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0892HQTMN

Ebook:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894CYGK2

If you want to learn more about the book first, click on the link below:

https://dadestarmysteries.com/cades-revolution-against-the-aliens-is-about-to-begin/

Get ready to begin an adventure where the mysteries are endless. This is an experience like no other where you can join the characters in their mission. Find out what you’re made of. It’s time to reveal the Camdace Prophecy. Below that will be a description of the School of Daylustar. There is one path the kids can take to get past the aliens’ defenses. They must destroy the crystal crown fueling the dark illness, but it’s set on top of a massive statue, floating in mid-air. How can they reach it? Leave a comment below if you think you know how they can get to the Concert Hall. Do you know how they can destroy the crown? The prophecy reveals the clues to the answer. Can you figure it out? Can you solve the mystery?

Here is a complete description of the School of Daylustar:

SCHOOL OF DAYLUSTAR HALLS

  1. POOL AND GARDEN HALL
    INSTRUMENTAL PATH
    SOFT PATH
    DREAMY PATH
  2. STUDY CENTER AND LIBRARY HALL
    SYMPHONIC PATH
    RHYTHMIC PATH
    POLITICAL PATH
  3. MEETING CENTER AND DINING HALL
    POETIC PATH
    BALLAD PATH
    TRAGIC PATH
  4. MUSIC ARENA AND MUSIC CLASSROOMS HALL
    DANCE PATH
    MOODY PATH
    SONIC PATH
  5. AUDITORIUM AND INSTRUMENTS HALL
    EPIC PATH
    ROMANTIC PATH
    CLASSICAL PATH
  6. GHOSTS CITY AND STATUES HALL
    CAROL PATH
    HOPEFUL PATH
    ENERGETIC PATH

CAMDACE PROPHECY

It will begin with our students haunted by bright dreams for each
The key secret for defeating the enemy from the skies is in reach
The dark illness almost has them when they’re hurt by the light
When their eyes light up green in heavy dark, they’re in the fight
Our students move down the school steps in a procession of dread
If they make the wrong move in their dark dream, they will be dead
There’s a secret power driving them to desire the talents of any
They have a desperate wish to be on stage: praised by many
You must figure out how to reach and touch the statue and crown
This crown must be destroyed to heal the illness taking them down
The keys to destroying it are bright, helpful, yet intense in the night
You must be determined, go higher and higher, over and over to light

There’s one path they can’t see every corner when it goes bright
It’ll be the only path that has candles in the windows at night
There’s one way, one path, one hall, that can get to the concert side
This music and determination together is the key to the door to hide
In the Concert Hall the Student will become still
The Intense Rebel must fight through the chill
He must shine, lighting up the dark corner glow
If he fails to see the light, he’ll die in the show

DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE DARK KINGDOM

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Three strong forces from converge on the country under shadow

They’ll be amazed by the one hiding a dark secret they don’t know

Wait for the storms to collide across the sky in a great flash

The school that stood so long will come down in a crash

A small group of citizens sing close to the candle-lit window

The students are blinded by the alien lights in the show

Angry shouting is heard from the dark stadium in the night

From the south the stadium is lit by a distant glowing light

They are building something spectacular and mysterious

They play on their dreams of becoming stars, shining glorious

The citizens walk in the darkness where glittering Ilumin can’t go

Students stumble down the steps in the murky dream-like shadow

Follow the long, narrow flickering shadows of the dark orange glow

Get ready to enter the Kingdom of Marcaydas. A great battle will take place here, where the aliens will finally be challenged by the Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers. This prophecy and following descriptions will show clues that may reveal the answer to the mystery in the first story of the series called:

MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE

To find out more about the mystery and see if you found any clues in this post, check out this link:

https://dadestarmysteries.com/cades-revolution-against-the-aliens-is-about-to-begin/

You should also check out the page called: THE DADESTAR REVOLUTION located on the top of the home page of this site to see if you found any clues for the greater mystery of how can the aliens be defeated. Leave a comment below if you think you found any clues or if you have any questions about this story.

Marcaydas is a kingdom known for mining. The kingdom is surrounded by relatively tall, rolling mountains made of black stone covered in various evergreens. Many people work deep in the mines and are really good at finding new minerals that can become powerful medicines. People call it the dark kingdom because they tend to get stronger and more frequent storms than most other kingdoms so there’s often days that look like night. It’s also called the dark kingdom because so many people are miners working in heavy darkness that requires a special kind of lantern light because few lights can light up that kind of darkness.

The city of Marcaydas is called the City of Caras Dayermore. This city is spread out in winding narrow roads throughout hills. The streets are narrow dirt paths with packed dead leaves on the ground. The complexes are not that tall, but they’re wide with slanting roofs at odd angles. They’re made of black stones with windows made of dark blue stained glass. The streets usually are lit by poles with greenish-gold lanterns, except in the lower dark corner of the city where strong chilling winds constantly blow through putting out those types of lights. The only lights that can be used there are lights used in the deep mines. The entire city looks like a dark, twisted maze with gloomy dark golden lights glowing in the windows.

Marcaydas can also be called the dark kingdom because many people believe it’s haunted by dark spirits, more than perhaps any other kingdom in DarkCorner Land. Citizens often report seeing dead faces just staring out the windows. Sometimes it’s a blank face which is perhaps even more creepy. Some people like to explore the city, especially at night, just to see if they can find any of the types of ghosts reported. Sometimes they’ll go in an abandoned home and see how long they can stay through the night. Would you do that? More importantly, why are there so many dark spirits in Marcaydas?

Mysterious things are happening in Marcaydas right now. The aliens have been building a lot of mysterious towers with bizarre lights and displays shooting across the sky. Now they have just built an elaborate new school called Daylustar. At the center is a grand concert hall with a massive dome. At night the dome is always lit up in flashing colours of green and blue, flashing to heavy, mysterious pounding music that’s heard throughout Caras Dayermore. Even more mysterious is the massive statue they built that also floats in mid-air with a bright golden crown on his head. But students are struggling with a new, deadly dark illness.

Cade and Blake believe the aliens have a sinister plan with this new music school. They are planning on going on an adventure to Marcaydas. It will be interesting to see two bright, energetic kids like Cade and Blake in such a gloomy, dark country. They believe the prophecy is predicting that the aliens will develop a new, powerful weapon to take down many students, especially students like them who are ranked BlackStar. They believe the weapon the prophecy is describing the crystal crown. The aliens are calling all students to enter the school to try and become music stars. Cade and Blake have decided to answer the call, except they have a secret mission to destroy this new weapon of the aliens. Being ranked BlackStar means failure. Cade and Blake have failed in their school, but they have skills the aliens just don’t see. In fact, that’s exactly what these kids are counting on…

CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE IS WELL…CADE

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Get ready to learn all kinds of interesting random facts about the star character in this series: Cade Mayson. Cade is a 12 year old from Cashes Dade who wants to kick the aliens out of his school. Wouldn’t you? First, it’s time to reveal the answer for the last mystery challenge. What name do the aliens have for the CANDLES Path on Carolmire Mountain?

Music

What does that mean? What does that reveal about the aliens? It does offer another clue as to which path the kids can take to the top, the path where the aliens have a blind spot. The final chapter is coming up next. Can you solve the mystery? What are the aliens hiding?

But first, we’re going to reveal random interesting facts about Cade Mayson. Let’s go.

Cade closes his eyes too often, way too often in fact, and at the worst times. It could be during school, during an important lesson, when it’s not exactly a good time for the teacher to think you’re sleeping. He almost never is, but they think he is, and just think how your teachers react if they think a student is sleeping during their lesson. Cade has to deal with aliens watching from the back of the classroom who have even stricter rules than the most strict teachers in the world.

Cade can get really annoying when playing tag. He’s really fast, and can make a bunch of sharp turns in a second, but there is one fact that he tries to hide about why he’s so impossible to catch in tag. He is really good, and ridiculously hard to catch, but sometimes people don’t catch him because when he’s cornered he will fake you out so many times that you get bored and just give up. Then he flies past.

You would think Cade is a great dancer considering his agility. Sometimes when he’s running from dark spirits, some of the moves he makes looks like dancing. But he cannot dance, at all, not at all, at least not when he’s trying anyway. He has some decent moves when he’s trying to fake people out during tag, the key words being during tag. When he wins, he does this ridiculous dance that’s hard to explain, and hard to watch.

Cade is hopeless at getting places on time. It doesn’t matter how close he is to where he needs to be. It doesn’t even matter how hard he tries to get ready. Something always goes wrong, like for example, maybe he stops and just stares for what feels like a few minutes but ends up being an hour because he’s trying to figure out what kind of pizza is best. In fact, Cade just has a lousy sense of time altogether. He can’t seem to figure out how long anything should take.

Cade has a really strange theory about reading. He thinks if you read the first page, skim all the other pages, catching a few words, and then the last page, you will know everything in the book. I don’t…oh wait, I forgot the other thing you’re supposed to do according to Cade. You also have to have a snack of chips and soda while you do this or it won’t work. I like his idea, but I don’t recommend it. I don’t think it works, but don’t tell him I said that.

Cade also has a strange theory about dreams. He considers it a conspiracy theory since he knows it is quite bizarre and unlikely to be true, but who knows? Ready for this? Cade thinks every dream is code for something that is going to happen in the future. It gets better. He also thinks there is a secret society of people who draw pictures and paintings that give people ideas in their dreams. That’s not all, it gets even better. He thinks they have dreams where they can somehow watch other people’s dreams and how they respond. How do they do this? What would be the point of this? Cade hasn’t figured that part out yet!

Are you similar to Cade in any of these ways? What do you think is the craziest thing about him? Leave a comment below. Get ready to see him in action. Does Cade have what it takes to fight back against the aliens?