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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?

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: ALIENS IN THE SCHOOLS

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

What would you do if your school was run by aliens? How would you like being watched in school all day by aliens? That’s what Cade, Blake, and Drew have to deal with in their school. When the aliens invaded, they took power over their kingdoms and their schools. Every school has an alien in charge, usually wearing a white suit made of crystals. The aliens are somewhat taller than average humans. They have faces that look somewhat human but with lines up and down. Their faces are stretched, looking old but strong at the same time. Their skin is a sky-blue colour. Every school often has another alien of high position who works with the leader. Then there is an alien assigned to each classroom. They sit in the back watching the students and the teacher as well.

The aliens established in the school what they call their ONE WAY to succeed. This is for students and teachers. The aliens believe the only subjects that are truly important are English which includes reading and writing skills, math, and science. The subjects of history, some types of math and science, art, music, or anything else is not considered important. Even if you excel in those subjects it won’t help your ranking that much. Cade doesn’t really believe in reading, not that he thinks it doesn’t exist, but that it’s impossible to read more than ten pages before falling asleep.

The aliens established a ranking system for students which continues into adulthood as well.

BlackStar: This is the lowest ranking meaning failure.

BlueStar: This is the next highest ranking meaning average, just okay.

GoldStar: This ranking means you’re succeeding good, but not great.

WhiteStar: This is the highest ranking, meaning you are elite.

These rankings are really important for the students. If you are ranked as BlackStar, you will start getting punished. At first, you just get more schoolwork and tests, but if you still don’t move up then you start to have to either come in before school or after school to do chores. Most of them are cleaning the school, some are just other boring tasks that need to be done. If you continue to fail long enough, then you get tough jobs assigned to you working long hours with hardly any breaks and no pay. Cade and Blake are ranked as BlackStar. They, like many of their friends, face having to get these punishments soon. Do you get in trouble at school? Does it happen a lot? What do you have to do? What do you think is worse, having to come in before school or stay after school? Leave a comment below telling your experiences. Don’t worry, DadeStar Mysteries will not report anything you say to your school! WhiteStar Students get high rewards like various gifts, money, and high positions that have a lot of prestige.

The aliens only allow students to learn by listening to the teacher explain the subject and then write down notes. They are not allowed to draw any pictures or figure it out any other way. Every assignment is reading and answering questions. They are not allowed to do any creative projects that show them how the concept works. Tests are only a long set of questions where they have to write short essay answers. The students and teachers are not allowed to be creative, they must follow the aliens’ guides for how to learn the concepts. The aliens are also really strict with behavior. You have to sit completely still during really long lessons. If they see you moving at all you will lose grade points that will lower your ranking. How would you do in this system? Cade and Blake have had some adventures as well as problems in this system.

Cade struggles to learn in this style because for him to learn something he really has to just do it. Blake is similar, but for him he needs visuals and projects to understand how a concept works. They both struggle with sitting still since they like to be active. Both kids are smart, but they don’t learn well in the aliens’ system. They can figure things out by drawing pictures and learning by doing. Cade has a way of figuring things out as it happens. I’m not sure how he does it, like figuring out how to break through a trap set by the dark spirits to catch him, but it works. Blake knows the best strategies by looking at real examples and visuals, then he can figure things out even when he’s on the run.

They usually get through the worst lessons by playing a soccer game made of paper. They draw a soccer field and make paper goals and a paper soccer ball. Is this allowed by the aliens? Certainly not, so they have to get creative, which also isn’t technically allowed. The two kids put up books on the front end of the desk so it looks like they’re taking notes from the teacher’s perspective. But the alien is sitting in the back, so for him or her, they try to do most of their “kicking” directly in front of them, but they also have a fake set of notes written with their pens on hand just in case the alien takes a closer look. It works well most of the time, but one time they had a close call.

When any students step out of line or the teacher doesn’t seem to be teaching or managing the class effectively, the alien will communicate his message to a messenger, usually a WhiteStar Student. No one knows their language or how this works, but somehow they are able to communicate their message to the student who then states what the alien wants them to know. Their voice sounds kind of eerie and solemn when they are relaying an alien message.

So one time Cade and Blake were playing. It was a high scoring game, one of their best in fact, during an incredibly boring lesson about grammar. It wasn’t the teacher’s fault. She was a great teacher who used to teach really creative lessons that got the kids learning and moving, but she couldn’t do that kind of lesson anymore. She still secretly works with the BlackStar and BlueStar students helping them figure out how to do the best they can in the assignments teaching them creative techniques she can’t teach in front of the aliens. But yeah, this lesson was just awful. It had already been two hours. The kids were making some genius moves, but one move got away from them, actually the ball got away. Blake flicked it high, so high, Cade had to jump to block it, but it still went over his “goal.” Blake celebrated, until he saw how far the “soccer ball” went…five desks away. Cade had to act fast.

A sideways glance showed him the alien had stood up and was moving toward the paper soccer ball on the floor. He grabbed his pen, held it in his fist, and dove between the rows, sliding fast before crawling fast between the desks, rolling over several times before grabbing the ball. With his back to the fast approaching alien he quickly unwrapped it and wrote something he heard the teacher say in the lesson: “Exclamation points should be used sparingly.” The alien picked it up, staring at it with his crescent moon-shaped eyes that burned white. Cade shot a nervous glance back at Blake who was smoothly putting their fake notes down over the soccer field and putting the two soccer goals away. The alien looked it over, then handed it back to Cade. Cade watched nervously as the alien looked over at their desk before walking back to the back of the classroom. When Cade sat down he shot Blake a half-smile, half-relieved expression. Blake just put his head down with a long sigh.

Cade and Blake have a lot more to worry about now than just the strict way the aliens run their school. The aliens have created a dark illness that seems to threaten students like Cade and Blake the most. The weapon fueling this fatal illness seems to be set on a massive statue of a teenage singer floating high in mid-air at the new alien school of Daylustar. Find out what happens in the first book in the series The Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers which is available right now on Amazon. Click on the links to check it out:

MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE

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

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

Get ready for the next mystery challenge. The mystery will focus on what key question reveals something important about the aliens, something they’re hiding. This post gives a few clues for what the answer is, but the next post will offer more clues. See if you can figure it out. Cade and Blake refuse to sit back and let the aliens destroy them and their friends. Daylustar is where the aliens’ weapon is fueling the dark illness, so that’s where they’re going…

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THE NIGHT THE SKY FELL

CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE’S STORY

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Cade’s mission to start a revolution against the aliens has begun. You can join him in the fight. See if you can solve the mystery.
Book One of The Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers:
Mystery of the Aliens’ Daylustar Statue is available on Amazon. You can buy it now by clicking on the links:

Paperback:

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

Ebook:

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

If you want to learn more about the story you can check out this link:

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

Now it’s time to hear from Cade Mayson himself. For the first time ever, hear him report on the night the aliens attacked Cashes Dade.

“Blake and I were playing soccer in his room the night the sky fell. We were trying crazy trick shots on his mini soccer goal in his room. He hit one that rolled along the bed before spinning back through the goal. I was like, ‘That’s cool, that’s cool.’ I didn’t want him to get too confident. So I…what was that? I just saw a distant flash out of my window. Hold on. Hold on. It’s just dark now. Never mind that. Anyway so I walked over to the corner trying to look really confident. I knelt down and stared with my intense stare I use when I’m trying to figure out what to do. I stared for a really long time. I have great concentration…

What was that? I definitely saw something. The alien lights are always flashing over our city. Sometimes they make bizarre pictures in the sky. Never mind that. I figured out what to do. I kicked it off the wall, off the corner bookshelves, off the window, then into the goal. It worked! It really did. Seriously, it worked. I wish that was all that happened that night. But I remember our crazy soccer game for a much worse reason than the crazy shots we made.

I’ll never forget the sound. I heard this sharp buzzing around me. I tried to figure out where it was coming from. I’d turn and it would fade away. Then it would come back. It got louder and louder. We looked outside. The sky turned smooth green looking like rolling waves. Then I saw the ships. They were lit up in bright green rhythmic flashing lights. I’ll never forget seeing ten of them appear from all sides on the outer edge of Dayces Cameron. For a long time they just hovered low over the city. Blake and I just watched, staring, waiting to see what they would do.

Dark mist started falling like sheets over the city. Green lightning flashed rhythmically across the sky. We thought it was just another storm, until I noticed the ships were still there, just hovering still in the sky. Then we started hearing what sounded like heavy cannon shots in the sky. We thought it was thunder. It wasn’t. Bright lights, brighter than anything we ever saw, shot down from the ships on the city blowing up the towers. At one point several ships dropped these golden lights down, it was like a bright rain falling over the city but it lit up the towers in a bright flash.

The people Blake and I stay with rushed in and told us we had to leave right away. We hurried down the steps with a lot of other people who lived in our tower. I’ve never seen so many confused looks. But a few knew. They knew what was happening. We were led out of the city. Several towers crashed in exploding lights really close to us. We hurried into the mountains. I saw them pretty clear in the flashing lights. I recognized a mountain I had climbed before. I told them all to follow me.

Some people went up the long, smooth slope, but I like to go up the steep, rocky slope because you get there faster. I jumped from rock to rock flying up the mountain side with the lights flashing in the background. At one point I jumped halfway up a large stone hitting a slight foothold then I instantly launched myself from there just to the top of the rock. I pulled myself up, rolled over then jumped up another cluster to the top. I turned around and just shrugged. I couldn’t hold back a smile. I really did. Ask Blake. He just shook his head.

I still didn’t completely understand what was happening. I reached the top well before anyone else did. Blake was the closest since he climbed the way I did. I saw half of Dayces Cameron destroyed, burning, dark. The alien ships were gone. The alien towers were glowing bright gold lighting up half of the sky. I’d never seen them like that before.

Like I said, I still didn’t know what exactly had happened. I knew the aliens were evil. I know my parents are on a secret mission to figure out how to defeat them by spying on the inside. I know they’re sending me clues to start the revolution against them. I knew they ruined our school and they’ve been hiding something. I knew they were hiding a dark secret, and I knew they were afraid of students like me who are creative, who think differently, who find their own ways to succeed. I also knew one of their deep secrets, something they’re trying to hide from us, because it could lead to their defeat.

I know they’re creating a dark illness fueled by the crystal crown on top of the massive statue in Daylustar. That’s why I’m going to Marcaydas secretly so I can destroy it to stop the dark illness from killing all the students like me. I don’t know how I can possibly reach it, but I’ll figure it out. I know I will start a revolution against them to take back our school and our kingdom. But I didn’t know exactly what happened that night, until I saw people crying…”

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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

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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…

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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE’S RIGHT HAND MAN

RANDOM FUN FACTS ABOUT CADE’S PARTNER IN CRIME: BLAKE CANDADE:

Blake is usually a good kid to talk to, except right before a soccer game. He gets really, really intense and fired up. He has a routine: he sits quietly with eyes closed, feet tapping rapidly. Then he tries to visualize him making great plays and leading his team to win. He always struggles to visualize however and gets really mad if you try to distract him, even though he can’t visualize that well when he has quiet. After the failed visualizing, he gets up and does this shadow boxing thing for a good ten minutes to get fired up. I wouldn’t suggest talking to him at this point because he will get really upset.

Blake is also not someone you want to talk to after the game. If they lose, you will hear a long speech about the twenty things he and the team should have done differently, and you don’t want to disagree, and for goodness sake’s don’t say anything good about the other team. If his team wins, it’s even worse. You will get a recap of the ENTIRE game with highlights of his best plays as he will demonstrate.

Blake is a diehard fan of the Cashes Dade soccer team. He thinks about every country first and foremost in terms of soccer. If you mention any country he will tell you what happened in the last soccer game against them. If they’re a rival of Cashes Dade you will get a complete history of their series. At random times Blake will be reminded of some great play Cashes Dade made or some tragic loss. You have to be careful not to do or say anything that reminds him of soccer.

Blake can and will turn anything into a competition. He will race you to a table that’s only ten feet away. He’ll count how many steps he can jump over and challenge you to get as many as he does. He will go for the most ridiculous jumps. He’ll ask you, “Do you think I could make that jump?” He’s not really asking what you think. He wants you to say, “No way.” Then you’ll see this crazy intense look come across his face before he does some insane jump. Then he’ll turn back with arms out wide and ask if you think you can do it.

Blake has a really interesting method for studying for a test. He takes about a half-hour deciding where he will study. He takes another hour talking about how he has to study for the test while basically stalling because he doesn’t want to get started. Next, he finally decides he better get started by hanging his head with a long, dramatic sigh. Thirty minutes later he sits down to study, with a drink, a snack, and a book about soccer. He studies by re-writing his notes and drawing pictures. He doesn’t really understand anything until he sees how it works in writing or in a picture. Then he can understand any subject as well as anyone. He studies hard for fifteen minutes, then gets up and kicks around a mini soccer ball in his room trying to score against a mini soccer goal. Then he goes back to studying for fifteen minutes. It works pretty well for him as long as he doesn’t wait too long to get started before the test.

Blake is always on the move, even when he sleeps, if he sleeps at all, which is a widely held myth among the students at Cashes Dade School. Blake is constantly running, or half-running until he has to sit down. He likes to stand a lot and walk around in school which helps him concentrate better. Teachers would let him do that for that reason until the aliens took over. They enforced a rule that you have to sit completely still. He still taps his feet and shifts in his chair while sitting through long lessons.

Blake is also a great tag player. He’s not as legendary as Cade, but he’s still really tough to catch. He’s a fast runner and can fly past you just when you think you’re about to get him. He also is really good at tagging people when he’s it. He’ll come up with a play in his mind, then chase you into a trap. You think you’re getting away from him, but he’s leading you to an exact point where in a sudden rush he will catch up to you. If all you have to do is tag him, you might be able to catch him. But trying to actually capture him when he’s running at you, is pretty much impossible, because he runs with a mysterious power, something the dark spirits will soon discover…

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MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ SECRET ON CAROLMIRE MOUNTAIN: CHAPTER FIVE

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

It’s time for the final chapter of this bonus short story that will lead into the first story of the series called:

Mystery of the Aliens Daylustar Statue

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Do you know which path the kids can take to get past the alien defenses and reach the top of Carolmire Mountain? One of them has a blind spot. What are the aliens hiding? The secret will reveal a key clue for the mystery in the first story of the series. Leave a comment below if you have a guess or think you know the answer. You can review the five paths and get the prophecy clues by clicking this link:

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CHAPTER FIVE:

Alien horns blared out with a sour powerful ringing through the dark mountain valley. Chilling winds swept down through the mountain pass. The triangular shaped Candles Evergreens danced in the passing winds sweeping down all seven rows. Ghostly shapes of white, gold, green, blue, purple, and orange danced in a fast rhythm to the eerie whistling song echoing out between the two towering ridges. Cade and Blake stared hard through the blurry, flickering candle lights. The various colours flickered to the rhythm of the deep booming organ song playing from the top in the distance. Bright alien lights shot out from the ridge where several tall shadowy figures stood. Cade and Blake were lit up directly in the light.

“Now what?” asked Blake.

Cade turned to him and slowly breaking a smile he said, “I guess it’s show time.” Cade scrambled down, followed by Blake. Cade shot down the slope under the blazing orange lights. The bright alien lights followed them hurrying down the slope. Blake pointed to dark spirits gathering at the bottom. Cade swerved sharp right along the slope. “Any ideas?”

“You’re asking me?”

“No, I’m asking the ghosts.” Colours of orange shifted to dancing blurry purple lights.

“We should play tag with them.”

“I was joking. What’s your idea?” asked Cade.

“That’s my idea, let them see what it’s like playing tag with you.”

“Cool, let the games begin.” Cade turned left, angling down slope toward the approaching ghosts.

“I never thought I’d feel sorry for dark spirits.” The ghosts drew close in the bright green lights tracking the kids. Cade slid to a stop. Then he shot straight up the slope. He faked right, then left, then shot up to the right. The kids rushed back through dancing orange lights. More dark spirits appeared ahead. Cade ran straight up toward them. Blake followed close watching with anxious eyes as they got closer and closer. Dark spirits glided down into the alien lights.

Cade turned sharp left. Blake glanced back. Dark spirits rushed up toward them. “They’re on us, Cade.”

“It’s cool.”

Blake just sighed. “I need new friends.”

“I heard that,” Cade answered as he stopped, pivoted, then turned right. Blake sprinted after him before suddenly a shadow flashed past him the other way. It was Cade. Blake sighed again and sprinted after him cutting past the dark spirits on both sides. Blurred purple lights danced around them. Cade started angling down through the dreamy blue lights dancing to the eerie pounding piano music. Blake glanced back at the advancing dark spirits.

“We have a problem Cade.”

“Kind of why we’re running like this.” Heavy red light surrounded them.

“I mean, we can lose the dark spirits, but not the alien lights.” Chilling winds rushed harder down the slope as Cade suddenly turned left. Dark spirits entered the bright shine. Cade slid to a stop, then turned up right, faked left, then shot up further right up the slope. They hurried up through the still red light around them. “We have another problem. When we play tag the other kids get tired of trying to chase you.”

“So?”

“Dark spirits don’t get tired.” They angled up into dancing green lights blending with the bright alien light beams. More dark spirits poured in up the slope.

“They’ll get tired inside.” Blake just rolled his eyes. “I saw that too.” Cade sprinted sharper left toward the dark spirits. “Maybe I’m the one who needs new friends.” Cade powered faster directly toward them.

“There’s more coming up behind,” said Blake glancing back.

“Be ready.” Cade got closer and closer to the ghosts lit up in the alien lights. Then he slid to a stop. The dark spirits closed in on all sides. He turned back to Blake, winked, then shot up like a cannon in the opposite direction. Blake followed close behind through the blue lights dancing to the pounding organ music. Alien lights felt hot on them. Cade angled to the right into the red haze.

The kids looked around at the flashing shadows around. Blake gazed around at the cool red light. “Cade, Cade, hold up.”

“We’re getting ahead. This is our chance.”

“I know, that’s why I think we should stop here.” Cade shot him a doubtful look. “I followed your crazy plan and it worked. Now you can follow mine.”

“And?” asked Cade.

“And what?”

“And what are your plans for the Summer?”

“What?”

“YOUR PLAN FOR GETTING PAST THEM! I WAS BEING SARCASTIC. WHAT’S YOUR PLAN?” Alien lights roamed back and forth where they stood.

“See that? They’re looking for us now. They can’t see us. Look.” Blake pointed ahead where dark spirits rushed through the blue swaying lights. “I noticed these evergreens stay still. The red lights make everything look still. I don’t think they can see us moving in here.”

“Only one way to find out,” said Cade flashing him a smile. He crept to the edge of the red candle glaze and took out his blue shell. Then he stepped out into the green candle-lit forest row and flashed the light down slope. He slipped back into the red-lit row of still evergreens. Dark spirits flew down the slope following the alien lights. Cade turned to Blake. With eyes lit he said, “Let’s go.”

The two kids flew up the slope through the hazy red glow. Darkness fell over them as they jogged up the rocky slope curving up to the distant mountain top. Breaking moonlight flickered through the dark blue clouds racing across the sky a short distance over them. Eerie organ chords played at a bizarre rhythm striking the slope and the upper ridges harder and harder. Blake glanced back. The colourful candle lights danced and swayed in their rows among the ghostly green shapes under soft moonlight. An hour later, the two kids slowed down as they drew near to the top.

A tall, slender blue glowing alien tower stood on the far left with another one on the far right. The bizarre music boomed out back and forth between the two towers. Sharp green lights filling up massive grand windows appeared in the towers as they drew closer.

“See any aliens?” asked Blake.

“Stay in the shadows. They could be watching.” Organ music grew stronger and louder around them. The kids bumped fists as they reached the top.

“We made it,” said Blake.

“I guess this mountain isn’t too hard for BlackStar Students now is it?” Cade said with a smile.

“Those stupid aliens are probably still looking for us down there.” A bright blue light appeared just ahead on the flat summit with short dark green grass. The light looked like a massive fire burning in slow motion. Four fountains with bright shooting waters stood at each corner of the fire. Cade and Blake hurried over to the left fountain and got down low. They peered over the edge and saw a mysterious sight near the blue light. Cade and Blake exchanged confused looks before turning back. Near the blue light was a large model of the City of Carolmire.

“Why did they build that?” asked Blake.

“They’re studying it. That’s what they’re really doing here. They’re not here to make sure they don’t escape. They’re up here to study the people in Carolmire.”

“Why?” Sour organ chords played heavier in a broken rhythm on all sides.

“Because the aliens are missing something.” Turning to Blake with bright intensity, Cade continued, “They’re working on something secret in the mountains west of Cashes Dade. I haven’t figured out how to break through to see what they’re working on, until now.”

“You’re talking about the mysterious flashing lights?”

“Yeah. The aliens are missing something.” Breaking a smile, Cade added, “and I know what it is.”

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE MYSTERIOUS ALIEN ATTACK

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Cade Mayson is from the Kingdom of Cashes Dade, City of Dayces Cameron. The city was built like a massive stadium within a circular formation of bluffs. A massively wide, rough river runs through the center. The towers are built like tall, slender spears with blue glass that you can usually see through. They use water channels as streets through the entire city. This kingdom is known for building and crafting outstanding furniture with really cool designs. People in Cashes Dade tend to be determined, creative, and tough. Cade fits in perfectly.

A little over a year ago, in the Summer, Cashes Dade was a kingdom under pressure from the aliens. The aliens were upset with their schools, feeling like the students and teachers were not working that hard or succeeding at the standard they wanted. They struggled to get the students to follow their way, called THE ONE STANDARD. This is the aliens’ list of standards that their students should follow. They expect the teachers to make the students follow this perfectly. The aliens expect students to sit completely still in “learning position.” They expect them to learn by listening to lectures and taking notes without any pictures or activities. Students are expected to get high grades. If they struggle too much, they will be ranked as BlackStar, the lowest ranking meaning failure.

Late in the Summer, all the citizens of Cashes Dade were called to a meeting at the soccer stadium, held by the aliens. The aliens can’t communicate with them directly so they use people called messengers. The aliens are able to transmit their messages to them. The messengers told the crowd that Cashes Dade was a serious failure. They told the citizens that the students and teachers needed to improve dramatically in the next school year or they would face serious punishments. They were also told that there were citizens in their kingdom secretly working with the dark spirits, experimenting with dangerous minerals that would cause dark illnesses in the country. These dark illnesses are mysterious, but they work by messing with your mind. You begin to see things that aren’t real and if you believe what you’re seeing then you will come down with the dark illness which leads to death.

Cade’s parents became ranked WhiteStar which is the highest ranking, meaning elite. They had the choice to join the aliens in their city of Arapreshday and hold a high position with great rewards. They decided to do this, but they didn’t take Cade with them, who is ranked BlackStar. A few weeks later, on November 4 of Year 51, a date no one in Cashes Dade will ever forget, their kingdom was attacked by the aliens with no warning.

The ships shot down on the city from a high distance above the clouds. It looked like a dark storm crashing down over the city with bright explosions knocking out the towers. Bright green light waves rained down on the city that night with dark mist like sheets falling down over them. No one understood what was happening. There was no warning. 20,000 people died in the attack.

The aliens reported to the remaining citizens and the world that they had killed the people who were part of the cancer, creating dark illnesses haunting the world. Cade Mayson knows better. He knows the real reason why they attacked. He knows who has the aliens scared…

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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?

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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?

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CADE’S REVOLUTION AGAINST THE ALIENS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN…

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Get ready to join a kid’s mission to find his parents and restore his world. The mysteries to solve in this story are endless as you will find yourself right there with the characters constantly trying to find the right path and find their way out of traps set by the aliens. The first story in the series The Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers is available on Amazon. Check out Book One:

Mystery of the Aliens’ Daylustar Statue. Leave a comment below if you have an early guess as to how they will solve the mystery. You can buy the book now by clicking the links at the end of this post or you can check out the bonus mystery story that leads into the series. Each chapter has a mystery to solve that is revealed in the following post. See if you can solve this story’s mystery that in turn offers a key clue for the mystery in the first book. You can check it out here: https://dadestarmysteries.com/what-are-the-aliens-hiding/

Can you figure it out?

Cade Mayson is a sharply intense and determined 12 year old with fire in his eyes. His parents gave him no warning that they were leaving him for good to join the aliens. Two weeks later alien forces attacked and destroyed most of his country; the Kingdom of Cashes Dade in the City of Dayces Cameron. Now a mysterious new illness, seemingly sent by the aliens, threatens Cade and his friends, but they’re determined to fight back.

Cade and his friends realize they will have to venture deep into the new alien School of Daylustar sneaking past their defenses unseen. They must capture and destroy the crystal crown fueling this fatal dark illness. The problem is the crystal crown sets on top of a towering statue…floating high in mid-air. How can they reach it?

Cade believes his parents are actually on a secret mission; sending him secret coded messages giving him clues on how to fight back and start a revolution against the aliens while they work on the inside. Do Cade and his friends have what it takes? Can they destroy this weapon of the aliens before it destroys them?

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

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Ebook:

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