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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE MAYSON HATES CHORES

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Cade Mayson will do anything to avoid doing his chores, either at school or home. He is well known for waiting until the very last minute to do anything he doesn’t want to do. He finds chores incredibly boring and often pointless. He would rather be doing something important like planning the revolution or playing tag. What he hates the most about chores is getting dumb songs stuck in his head. You’ll know when that happens because you’ll see him with his hands over his face groaning as if he’s suffering some kind of torture, which is exactly how he sees it.

One time when Cade’s parents were gone on a business trip, he had to get the home cleaned up before they came back. Actually, it was supposed to be kept clean the entire time, but when Cade and his friends threw eggs on the floor that somehow kept it from staying clean. Cade had two weeks to get the home clean, but he waited until the last day, in fact, he waited until the last hour. He had to dust everything and clean the floors (including the eggs). He had an hour. He flew through the home dusting everything. Then, to clean the floors, he poured buckets of water everywhere, practically flooding the place. He mopped the floor by taking the mop off the stick, throwing it on the floor, then with a running start he jumped on the mop and slid with it as far as he could. He did this over and over again, and that is how Cade Mayson cleans floors.

That’s not the only unusual method Cade has when doing chores. Once in school, he had to clean all the tables after lunch. He ran up and down the rows cleaning in big swirls. What was he doing? Writing messages of course. One message read, “Watch our for the birds.” Another message read, “The world’s ending in five minutes, find out more about this in my report after school.” A teacher walked in, saw the tables somewhat cleaned in the messages and said, “CADE! How many times have we talked about this? Clean the tables without writing messages in them!”

Cade has an amazing ability to wait until the last minute to get something done, then somehow, some way he turns on his ultra-sonic speed and gets it done, though usually in some crazy way, but he gets it done.

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WHAT ARE THE ALIENS HIDING?

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ SECRET ON CAROLMIRE MOUNTAIN

Cade Mayson has been doing the same thing every night before he goes to sleep. He looks out his window and stares at the mysterious flashing green alien fires at the top of a mountain in the far north. The aliens have strongly forbid anyone, especially students, from exploring that mountain. Now, Cade has decided to find out for himself what the aliens are hiding at the top of the mountain. He believes he can solve the mystery. Can you?

There are five different paths leading to the top of the mountain. All five are defended by the aliens, but there is one path where it is possible to get through. The mystery challenge in the story will be figuring out which path is the one that has a way to get past the aliens and reach the top. Each chapter will have a mystery challenge to solve. The name of the path that Cade and Blake decide to take has a different meaning to the aliens, in other words, they have their own name for the path. The prophecy reveals the answer, while the story chapter will have clues to what the answer is. When you get that answer, it will lead to solving the mystery of which path can lead past their defenses to the top.

Here are the Five Paths:

MOONLIGHT
STARLIGHT
LANTERNS
CANDLES
CRYSTALS

CAROLMIRE LIGHTS PROPHECY

“The aliens will stake their claim to the towering mountain top

They use mirrors to watch for intruders they need to stop

Dark shadows flash across the sharp stones and clay

They use their grand dreams to keep them away

The aliens have deep pools to keep away the citizens of Carolmire

Cade Mayson will have strong determination fire

The aliens have their lights that shine so bright

Cade’s mysterious movements flash across the night

The aliens have great ambitions to always be the best

Cade and Blake will be relentless in their mission quest”

Carolmire is a small kingdom of people who were ranked as BlackStar Students by the aliens. The aliens believed them to be complete failures and punished them by banishing them to live in this kingdom far up north where it’s cold all year. They have to mine for a special crystal that is delivered to the aliens who watch them from the mountain to make sure no one escapes. The citizens of Carolmire make the best of this by celebrating Christmas all year long. Every month in the last week they stay at home and celebrate Christmas. They have to work extra and a lot of overtime to make their quota for the aliens. All year you can see Christmas decorations and lights in their city, and you always hear them singing. Check out the first chapter to begin the story here:

https://dadestarmysteries.com/mystery-of-the-aliens-secret-on-carolmire-mountain-chapter-one/

Can you figure out which path it is? What do you think the aliens are hiding at the top?

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE RUN

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Do you know how to sail a boat? Do you go out on the lake or ocean sometimes to go sailing, fishing, or water skiing? It takes a lot of skill to do those things well in our world. It takes even more skill to do those things in DarkCorner Land. It also takes courage and perhaps you need to be kind of crazy as well. It takes that times 100 and strong determination to make “The Run.”

One thing that’s unusual about DarkCorner Land is the nature of the lakes and rivers. Some are more calm than others, but they all constantly have waves and currents that can be really strong. The waves and currents can change constantly. They come in from various directions and crash at random times. In the kingdoms of Danacy and Daraves the skill in driving a ship is incredibly important. Check the DARKCORNER LAND page to see where these countries are on the map. They’re located far up north where they have cold winters, but they aren’t in the super cold region. There’s a vast lake that separates the two kingdoms. This lake has crazy storms and massive waves for most of the year, except for one week in early December.

During the winter they can’t travel long distances across land. They need a lot of important minerals, food, drinks, supplies, and medicines. It’s a critically important trade they need for the winter and they only get one chance to make it happen. There’s one week in early December where they can drive the ship from the City of Izemenny in Daraves to the City of Luverias in Danacy. The lake is still dangerous with rough storms and massive waves. The ship captain has to be really smart about how to read the signs in the sky to figure out how to navigate through the crazy storms. He has to get there before that week’s up or they will drown for sure when the great storm settles over the entire lake.

Jake Devrey has been the captain of this ship for the last twenty five years. The coolest thing he does is even when he sleeps, he sleeps on the very bottom deck on the floor. He can feel changes in the currents that wake him up to alert him he needs to get back to the top and direct the ship through more rough storms. He has made it every time.

Do you think you could pull it off? Leave a comment below and tell us about any adventures you’ve had on a lake or in the ocean. Check out the next mystery challenge which will introduce the bonus mystery story that will lead into the first story in the series:

THE CASHES DADE GHOST STRIKERS

There are several prophecies that predict how Cade Mayson will take on the aliens. They have incredible powers while Cade Mayson doesn’t seem to have the high intelligence it will take to win, but he has some mysterious talent, and the prophecies give clues to what that is. Check out the DadeStar Facebook page by clicking on the link below to see those. This post also reveals more about what the prophecies mean. Can you figure it out?

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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE’S TRAVEL ADVENTURES

Cade Mayson is familiar with mountains with jagged black rocks that are tough to climb. He’s familiar with bizarre storms that come out of nowhere and aliens running his school. Cade is from the western kingdom of Cashes Dade. He has had some adventures there and a few crazy adventures in some other parts of the world he lives in; the land of Darcor. In today’s post, you’ll find out how Cade got lost in his own school, or more accurately, on his own school. You’ll also discover a crazy game of chicken he played with a strong force of nature. First, it’s time to reveal the answer to the last mystery challenge from the post: WHAT IF ALIENS INVADE TOMORROW? The answer to why the aliens attack in the tv series Falling Skies comes down to one word: REVENGE. If you want to know more about that, check out the tv series Falling Skies.

Cade has traveled to the western kingdoms up north including Camden Saze, Marcaydas, and Daden Ilus. He’s seen the crazy sky lights over Daden Ilus, City of Carsensiah. The city is built around a crossing of three rivers connecting with the large central river. The towers are made of dark blue glass with waters running over the roofs and inside the rooms as well. They perform shows using various coloured lights in the sky. He has been to the western kingdoms of Casen Ires and Caladaria. He even went on one really long trip to Elderia Kays. If you want to see where these places are, check out the page called: DARKCORNER LAND.

All of these trips were taken by boat. Cade is convinced he is outstanding at reading maps and at driving boats. He is sadly mistaken about both of those. Every time he takes a trip, he holds the map out and stares at it intensely for several long minutes. He whispers to himself as if figuring it out, but no one knows exactly what he’s actually saying. What’s astonishing is how he manages to forget everything he just saw on the map. You can literally ask him anything about what he saw on the map, and he will not remember any of it. He has a strong sense of direction in going where he needs to go, but if you try to actually give him directions, he will just give you a blank stare. He gets lost all the time.

Anytime Cade went somewhere with his parents he would constantly beg them to drive the boat. His dad would reluctantly let him drive it for a short time, but it always turned quickly into a disaster. Cade has no sense of steering or reading the waves. Rivers in this land are challenging because there are waves rolling from different directions and can be really rough. There are also strong currents that go in various directions and can really take you off course.

Cade’s longest trip by far was to a kingdom far in the southeast called Eldaria Kays to their city called Mahvey. He was in fourth grade at the time. Mahvey is set on the coast of a massive crystal blue lake. The city is made of sleek, tall towers made of a special glass that constantly changes colours making the city brightly colourful, especially at night. They stayed at a hotel on the coast. One day when Cade’s parents were away on business, he was playing on the beach and he got bored. He looked over to the jetti, the large smooth white stones piled up like a dock going out to sea. In a minute he was at the very end of the jetti. He watched for a few minutes, watching the waves rise up and slam the end of the jetti, spraying water down over the stones. That’s when he came up with a game. When the waves receded, he scrambled down to the bottom of the rocks. He waited until the large waves were thirty seconds away, then he hurried up the stones taking any foothold and instantly jumping up to the next point until he reached the top seconds after the waves hit. He kept doing this, over and over, until finally the waves hit just as he was about to reach the top. It knocked him to the water. He grabbed the stones holding on in the strong current. He managed to barely hold on. When he got back up he decided he’d had enough, and after thirty more games of Beat The Wave, he had.

Cade also had an interesting adventure in his own country, in his school, or rather, on his school. From a balcony he climbed up several parts of the side that were dented in and reached the slick, wide roof slanted at steep angles. This was before the aliens came. He made his way across the roof to the other side, but couldn’t figure out how to get back. He would get past one part, then another, but then forget what side he was on. Finally he just started pounding on the roof, jumping up and down, until eventually several teachers appeared from the center where there was a trap door Cade didn’t know about.

Where have you traveled to? Have you had any adventures like Cade has? How do you compare to Cade in reading maps or steering boats? Leave a comment below. Check out the next mystery challenge where I will introduce a bonus mystery story that will lead into the first story of this series called:

MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ DAYLUSTAR STATUE

Wait until you see Cade’s climbing skills in action. He may not be able to read maps, but when he’s running from dark spirits he has a mysterious way of knowing exactly where to go and how to make them lost.

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WHAT IF ALIENS INVADE TOMORROW?

How would you respond if hostile aliens attacked our planet? Would you rally and fight back? Would you just try to survive? Or would you try to join them? In this post I would like to share one of my favorite tv shows: Falling Skies. The mystery challenge in this post will be: Why do the aliens invade Earth in Falling Skies? It comes down to one word. It can be found in the post, just follow the train. See if you can figure it out.

Falling Skies centers around the story of Tom Mason and his family. Before the invasion, Tom was a History Professor. He has three sons; Matt, age 8 I believe, Ben, age 13 or 14, and Hal, age 17 or 18. Early on after the first attack where many people were murdered by the aliens, Ben was captured. The aliens go after the kids and put something on their backs that controls them. Then they basically are slaves working for the aliens. Tom Mason and the other two kids must leave their home; Boston, Massachusetts. They join a small group of people who call themselves the 2nd Massachusetts or 2nd Mass. They plan on fighting back against the aliens to take back their home. As Tom says when they are leaving the city, “Retreat, regroup, return, revenge.”

Falling Skies will take you into a mysterious world where aliens have taken over. The story of Falling Skies is not about aliens, but about how people can overcome major tragedies. The characters are awesome and reveal what it takes. You see, when a tragedy like this happens, you need different kinds of people. You need people who are creative, tough, and kind of crazy. You need people who can fight, one way or another, and people who think differently. Falling Skies reveals the value in a lot of people that many times the world doesn’t see.

What will it take for Tom Mason and the 2nd Mass to win the war against the aliens? I;ll give you a hint:

At one point Tom Mason is talking to one of his sons after he had managed to escape the aliens and return to the 2nd Mass. His son is struggling with how the aliens have tried to mess with him. He tells Tom, “The key is hate. If you hate them, then they can’t get in your head.”

Tom answers, “You’re right, hate is a powerful emotion, and I hate them too, but it wasn’t my hate that kept me going all these months. It was my love for you and your brothers.”

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DadeStar REVOLUTION

“THE ALIENS WILL ARRIVE LIKE HEROES FROM THE SKY

THEY WILL ESTABLISH IN THE SCHOOLS STANDARDS TOO HIGH

THEY’LL HIDE A DARK SECRET ABOUT WHY THEY’RE HERE

THE TIME FOR REVOLUTION IS DRAWING NEAR

THEY WILL AWARD THE STUDENTS WHO GO SO FAR

THESE HIGH RANKING STUDENTS CALLED WhiteStar

CADE MAYSON WILL BE THE ONE TO LIGHT THE SPARK

HIS INTENSE DETERMINATION TO FIGHT IN THE DARK

STUDENTS FROM CASHES DADE WILL RISE FROM ASH

THEY’RE THE ONES CONSIDERED TO BE TRASH

THEY WILL START A NEW WAY FOR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED

BY EXPLORING NEW WAYS TO LEAD THEM TO BE FREED

STUDENTS WITH DETERMINATION FIRE TO EXPLORE FAR

WILL BE RANKED BY THE GHOST STRIKERS AS DadeStar

THE ALIENS WILL SEEM TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DEFEAT

THE FIRST BATTLE WILL SEEM TO SHOW THEY CAN’T BE BEAT

YET THE CASHES DADE STUDENTS KNOW A SECRET WAY

THE KEY WILL BE TO FIND WHAT THE ALIENS CAN’T PLAY

THE CASHES DADE GHOST STRIKERS WILL MAKE THEIR MARK

BY REVEALING SOME LIGHTS ONLY SHINE IN THE DEEPEST DARK”

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE CRAZIEST WAVES YOU’VE EVER SEEN

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

In this DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE you will travel far up north to the North Lake. Check the page DARKCORNER LAND to see it on the map. I’ll give you a hint: it’s in the north. You will need to put on about 5 fur coats if you have them because it will be freezing cold. Ready? Let’s go.

The North Lake is a really, really giant lake the size of the state of Iowa in the USA or maybe about the size of the country of Great Britain, more or less. First you have to climb through the Massive Icy Mountains which are really difficult to climb and extremely slippery. Then you will see it from a high distance. From the months of September-May the lake is completely frozen solid. From the months of June-August it is not, and that’s when you can see the waves active. These waves are unbelievably massive. They rise as high as city towers like in New York City or Tokyo. They rise up from different parts of the lake and crash at different points in the middle. When they crash they thunder that seems like earthquake. No one has dared to try surfing or sailing in the waters, not yet anyway…

During the other months, the lake remains completely frozen, in fact, on September 1st at midnight, the lake freezes instantly, including the waves wherever they are. Some crazy people have sailed boats right before midnight knowing the waves would freeze before crashing on them. Other crazy people try surfing the great waves just before they’re about to crash, but they better time it right. The less crazy people wait until the lake has frozen, then go out and camp out on the lake. You can still see waters moving underneath and hear crashes below. The waters are amazing colours of blue, purple, green, and red, constantly changing and flashing all across the surface and below. Some crazy people of course will camp out when it’s close to midnight of June 1st when in an instant the lake unfreezes. Some of them wait until the last minute to get off the lake.

There’s something mysterious about this lake; the mad waves, the crazy colours swimming underneath, the dragging sounds, and the mysterious flashing lights in the surrounding mountains. Many people believe the aliens created this place or are doing something really mysterious and secret…

That’s why some people travel there, to explore the lake and see if they can find whatever secrets the aliens may be hiding. Would you go there? Would you try sailing, swimming, or surfing the crazy waves? Leave a comment below. Check out the next mystery challenge. After that is a bonus mystery story with a mystery challenge each chapter leading up to the first story in the series:

The Cashes Dade Ghost Strikers

Do you think the aliens are hiding something really secret up there? What do you think they might be doing? It takes people who are determined and crazy to even explore a place like this, but the people in DarkCorner Land may need these kind of people to lead them in a great revolution.

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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE MAYSON-MASTER TAG PLAYER

Do you like playing tag? More importantly, do you like winning at tag? Then you might not like playing tag with Cade Mayson. You might not ever be able to catch him. I mean, you might be fast, but Cade is mysteriously fast. When he runs, he doesn’t start slow, then slowly build up his speed. In fact, he seems to have just one speed: Super Sonic Lightning Speed. He gets down low, then just shoots off. You don’t see him run, you just see a streak. At night, he’ll hold his blue shell at his side which gives off a blue light so when he runs you’ll actually see a blue streak.

There’s more to reveal about Cade’s mysterious abilities in tag, but first it’s time to reveal the answer to the last Mystery Challenge. If you haven’t read the post, Prophecy of Casherdayas, check it out first and see if you can solve the mystery. Otherwise, here is the answer to what the aliens saw. When they saw the smoke from the fires it looked like dark spirits which made them think the people were working with dark spirits to create another dark illness. The smoke looked like something else which is the key word-the answer to the mystery challenge. The word was spelled out in the prophecy moving down the lines. See if you can find it-the word you were supposed to find as the answer was MIST. Now back to Cade.

You might be agile, but Cade can make about ten sharp turns in the time it would take a normal person to make one. In fact, that’s how he got out from a trap in school once. He had started a game of tag, then was surrounded by three people who were all “it.” He was on a table. He faked one way, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then another, then with them all on one side, he shot out past them to the other side of the classroom. That’s when the teacher put a stop to it, since they were after all supposed to be taking a test.

You might also have great endurance, meaning you can run a long time without getting too tired, but Cade somehow seems to get even faster as the game goes on. Legend has it, a game of tag he started lasted for ten hours. He taunted some of them by walking up to where they were lying on the ground, half-asleep, and would slowly circle them while whistling and pretending to look away. Some poor souls fell for it and tried to get him, but by the time they got up, he’d be about a mile away, but laughing loud enough so they could hear him.

How good are you at tag? Leave a comment below describing how good you think you are. What are your favorite types of tag? How do you get away from the person who’s “it?” Let us know, do you think you could be the one to catch Cade? If not, be sure to check out the next DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE. After that will be another mystery challenge, see if you can solve the mystery.

Cade Mayson’s tag skills may be far more important than anyone realizes, because soon he won’t just be trying to escape his friends to avoid becoming “it,” he will have to use his lightning speed and creativity to escape the aliens…

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PROPHECY OF CASHERDAYAS

See if you can solve this next mystery challenge. The answer will be revealed in the next CHARACTER FUN FACTS post. The following prophecy predicts a terrible event caused by the aliens. This mysterious prophecy reveals why the aliens will attack a certain kingdom in the west. Their reason is based on their accusation against these people and what they might be causing in the world. There is something the citizens create that makes the aliens believe they are dangerous. It is one word. It will appear in the prophecy, yet the prophecy will only hint at the word.

The key to finding the word is that it will fall like rain from the storm. In the prophecy, look for the storm. In the comments below, leave your guess for what you think it is. If you don’t want to see what other people have guessed yet so it doesn’t spoil it for you, then click on the HOME page, then scroll down until you find this post. Then you can read the post without seeing the comments. Okay, time to check it out to see if you can solve it. Go for it.

“I see a mom crying because her son was playing in the street

She is afraid of the explosion she saw from her window seat

A child has tears in his eyes because his parents were in the tower

He saw the green fires shooting down on them with great power

It will begin when the Five Eagles meet at the hidden pool

They fly through the crystal blue sky of the western school

They will start the fire in the rough grounds of the border land

They’ll sing so bright, so loud, so strong forever they stand

The green light will first appear in the sky

Taking the shape of a flickering sword up high

Then the time will be near

What the rebels already fear

Look for the blood red clouds to meet across the night

What you will see then my friends is the mysterious sight

I see them stir powder in the fire to make it bright

Dark low black shadows begin to stretch from the light

They look like they are tall dark spirits dancing to their song

They don’t realize the aliens have been watching all night long

They will conclude these singers are creating a new sickness in the eve

They’re working with the dark ghosts they will believe

What they won’t realize is the powders are creating a type of smoke

This looks like dark spirits dancing which makes the aliens choke

Yet it’s not quite smoke that appears like shadows in the dark

Yet this misunderstanding will lead to the aliens making their mark”

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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CLIMBING

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

There is no obstacle that Cade doesn’t think he can overcome. It doesn’t matter what it is, or how many ways a normal person could easily get past it, for Cade there is only one option: It must be climbed.

Cade Mayson is a determined 12 year old and is the star character of the series. One of his favorite things to do is climb…anything. It doesn’t even matter if the obstacle is in his way. If he sees anything that can be climbed, and I mean anything, he will climb it. He treats climbing even the smallest thing like it’s Everest. He’ll just stop and stare at the kitchen table with this strong, determined, yet anxious look with his hand on his forehead, pretending to gaze up at the really distant table top set a massive five feet above ground. Then he will give the signal. It’s the same every time. He holds his left arm up like he’s trying to hail a cab in New York City though he doesn’t know anything about cabs or New York City. Then in a really fast motion he’ll put his arm down and go for it.

For Cade, it’s not enough to just climb something, it has to be climbed fast. He takes one giant step, then jumps up on the table. He will raise his arms high in victory and pretend to shout down to the others as if they can’t hear him even though they’re standing just a few feet away. I wouldn’t recommend trying this at home. You see, furniture is made really well in his country and can hold up under a lot of pressure. Your kitchen table could break or get messed up. It would be better to try your climbing outside.

Cade may not have climbed Mount Everest yet, in fact he’s never heard of it, but he has climbed mountains, including one that the aliens forbid students to climb. Are they worried for the students’ safety or are they trying to hide something? Cade discovered something bizarre at the top. That’s why he’s planning to go back. The next post will reveal what he found on the mountain top. He made it past their defense before, but will they be ready for him this time?