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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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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?

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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

Paperback:

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

Ebook:

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

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: WHEN STUDENTS DISAPPEARED

In Year 50, something mysterious started happening across the kingdoms of DarkCorner Land. Cade Mayson and Blake Candade were in the fourth grade at the time. Every weekend they would go exploring in the mountains outside of Cashes Dade. Sometimes, despite their parents giving them stern warnings about not staying out in the mountains after dark, they would still be out there well after sunset. It was usually Cade’s fault. He has a terrible sense of time and tends to wander, getting kind of lost. Blake is good at figuring out how to get them back on track. One September night in Year 50, the two kids were coming down from the top of a distant mountain when they saw a bizarre green fire appear within the forest up the slope of a mountain they were about to pass. The kids quickly crept through the forest of towering evergreens called Dayshowers. They were really tall with perfect cone shapes holding bright blue leaves that glowed brightly at night. They would flash rhythmically in the night to some silent music. On this night they were flashing in a bizarre rhythm, never seen before. As the kids drew closer, they could see the fire seemingly burning in the forest, yet the evergreens remained unharmed. Dark spirits appeared, forming a line across the entire slope. The kids crawled further up the slope, hiding down behind a long, flat black stone. Within the fire they saw a triangular blue craft with small flashing gold lights. Cade and Blake watched intently as several tall, slim dark figures appeared suddenly near the craft. Another shorter, dark figure appeared momentarily before they rushed onto the craft. Just then, a violent thunder storm overtook the mountain. Hard driving rains fell with constant flashing lightning. The kids hid down while the storm raged on for several minutes. In an instant the storm stopped and the forest went completely silent. When the kids looked up, the craft was gone. The next day, the two kids read the newspaper, because they were grounded. In the Cashes Dade newspaper, they reported that a student in the sixth grade was missing.

DarkCorner Land has always been mysterious. The land has unusual minerals, plants, and trees and is constantly rocked by storms. Dark spirits haunted the land from the beginning, but then an event happened that would change the world forever. In the year 50, bizarre green lights appeared across the sky. The clouds churned, the air grew static, and all the land vibrated with the sound of a distant hum. Citizens in every kingdom gathered outside on the streets, balconies, and rooftops gazing up at the neon green sky. In an instant, the sky went dark. Then they heard incredibly loud screeching sounds coming from the sky. They grew louder and louder until a sonic boom exploded out across the sky followed by complete silence. Slowly, bright greenish-gold triangular shaped lights appeared in the dark sky.

They hovered just below the green clouds flowing like heavy sheets in the sky. Every country sounded the alarm. Bells rung out through the cities. Horns blared out as the armies took their positions in the outer rings of the cities and in the forts. Everyone waited tensely in the silence for what seemed like hours as the ships just hovered in the sky, their lights flashing to a slow, booming rhythm coming from the sky. Intense meetings were being held between kingdom leaders while the rest of them just stared at alien ships hanging in the air with some eerie music booming above them. Then sour horns blared out from the ships. Every kingdom reports some windows shattering under the intense pressure of the horns. Soldiers held up their weapons, prepared for their first war.

Bright, intense lights shined down, covering entire cities in strong heat. Green mist shot out in powerful waves down on the citizens, knocking them off their feet. The soldiers’ weapons were knocked out of their hands. They tried to stand in the driving waves, but couldn’t. Then they heard it, in every corner of every kingdom, a young student speaking in a solemn, elevated voice that sounded bizarre. The people still couldn’t stand up in the strong waves. The students had a message for the people. They were relaying a message directly from the aliens declaring that they were from a planet called Dairockneye and would be establishing their city called Arapreshday where the Kingdom of Caderias once stood. They told the people that they were now the leaders of every country and every school. When they finished speaking, the waves stopped. The ships were no longer in the skies. No one knew where they landed, but they saw aliens all around them, carrying large shining weapons. The students who spoke for them were the ones who had mysteriously disappeared, taken by the aliens to be their messengers on the day of their invasion. The students were returned to their families, the only bright spot of a dark day.

The aliens took over the schools. Every school would have an alien called the Supreme Leader, basically the principal. Every teacher would have an alien assigned to them to watch their class at all times. The aliens set up really strict rules for behavior and really high standards for grades. Students are now expected to sit completely still and learn in the way the aliens believe is best, by listening to lectures and taking notes. They don’t believe in using pictures or doing activities. Students are expected to learn challenging subjects fast and are given massive amounts of schoolwork. The aliens also established a ranking system for the students.

BlackStar is the lowest ranking, meaning failure. If students are at this ranking for too long, they will be punished and assigned tough jobs working for the aliens for long hours. Cade and Blake are BlackStar.

BlueStar is the next ranking meaning average.

GoldStar means you are succeeding, doing good, but not at the elite level. There are some basic rewards given for this ranking, but they are still challenged to aim higher.

WhiteStar means you are elite. This is the highest ranking and comes with great rewards.

Cade Mayson believes the way the aliens run their schools is unfair and keeps many students from succeeding because they aren’t allowed to learn in the ways that work best for them or be creative. What is your school like? Is your school run like the aliens in some ways? What ways is your school better than the way the aliens run the DarkCorner Land schools? Leave a comment below. Cade is ready to fight to restore their schools back to the way they should be. He believes there must be a reason why the aliens are so focused on running their schools, why they drive the elite students so hard, and he’s right…

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CHARACTER FUN FACTS: CADE MAYSON’S PROPHESY SKILLS

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

Cade Mayson says he doesn’t believe he can see the future. He just believes he can predict what people are going to do and what major events are going to happen in the future. He has an interesting routine, but first, it’s time to reveal the answer for the last mystery challenge. If you haven’t read the bonus story, MYSTERY OF THE ALIENS’ SECRET ON CAROLMIRE MOUNTAIN, check it out. You can find it by clicking on the page, LIST OF POSTS. See if you can solve each mystery challenge. The mystery for Chapter Three was, what word do the aliens have for the LANTERNS PATH? This will give another clue to the greater mystery of which path can the students take past the alien defenses? Here is the answer:

WAY: The aliens see the Lanterns Path as the Way.

You’re walking with Cade to school. You’re talking about what loads of schoolwork you still have to do and arguing over whether the big Science Test is today or tomorrow, and then all the sudden he just stops. He gets down on one knee, closes his eyes with his hands forming a triangle in front of his face. He’ll probably start whispering quietly to himself. It might even sound like he’s arguing with himself, and maybe he is, no one really knows for sure. It could last for a few minutes or even a few hours. One time he did this on the way to school with Blake three years ago when they were in third grade. One minute they were arguing about which one of them would win in a fight if they had to tie their hands and feet and had to stay ten feet apart. The next minute Cade was in his trance. Blake tried to talk to him, but he didn’t hear anything. Blake even started yelling about bears attacking and Cade still kept still, whispering to himself. What unusual dreams, interests, or abilities do you have? Leave a comment below. Cade once saw something mysterious in the hills west of Cashes Dade. He saw mysterious lights flash. After three hours, he finally stood up, and made this prediction:

“It will begin with mysterious disappearances in the field

Look at how all the farmers are getting the same yield

The colour white will soon be worth so much more

Wearing the colour black with pride could start a war

Look for the glittering ripples flashing across the sea

Soon all the students will wish they could become free

Aliens will invade our world in time to save us from illness

We will place our hope in them to relieve our distress

Dark storms are coming for us in glittering, flashing waves

They’ll overpower our schools sending failing students to the graves

Students with intense determination will have dark dreams at night

Yet they will give aliens nightmares about the mysterious distant light”

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DARKCORNER LAND FEATURE: THE RACE

“YOU MAY BE THE ONLY LIGHT THEY EVER SEE”

DarkCorner Land has a lot of awesome and crazy traditions. The Kingdom of Daymardon has the best celebration for Spring Week. All the kingdoms take a week, the first week in April, as a holiday to celebrate the beginning of Spring. They have parties in the street and have a lot of outdoor picnics. But Daymardon has a special tradition that brings in people from kingdoms all across DarkCorner Land.

Check out the page: DARKCORNER LAND to find the Kingdom of Daymardon on the map. It’s a kingdom in the center of the land where they have the full range of the seasons: cold in the winter to hot in the summer. Their Spring Tradition is pretty insane. Their City of Heyvas Cadamar is set along a wild river with crazy fast rapids. The towers are built like stacked cards made of large dusty bright red bricks. The windows have no glass but just have curtains of stringed blue lights that glow at night. The towers are built on tall mesas. Winding steps connect the towers on the mesas while shimmering blueglass bridges connect the mesas. The bridges also glow at night. On the ground below the city is nothing but fields of short light green grass and fields of bright colourful flowers. Each field has one corner with a cluster of trees called Marclays. They have really widespread branches holding bright green circular leaves that shine and spin during the days.

So what they do on the first day of the first week of April? They have a race, but it’s a race like you’ve never seen before. First, there’s a climb up their tallest mesa. It’s pretty steep so it’s difficult to find a way up the slick rocks. When they reach the top, they make their way over to the slick side of the mesa and slide down…into a boat…that’s floating down the river. It takes great timing. Sometimes they don’t make it, so they hit the water, then have to hope they can catch a boat floating by. They race down river trying to navigate the crazy rapids. The finish line is a side channel that ends in a large pool. At night they put blue-lit lanterns in the pool and celebrate all around.

Everyone in Cashes Dade knows about Jack Marsher. He was 45 years old the year he entered the Daymardon Spring Race. People say he was kind of crazy, and the way he climbs mountains is kind of crazy. When it’s steep he doesn’t really stop to make sure he gets a good foothold. He just goes. Somehow he feels the way up on the run. In the race of Year 43 that’s how he climbed up the mesa. He kept sliding back, but kept moving the whole time, so he never fell back that much. Then he didn’t even wait to get the timing right at the slide, he just slid down. When he hit the water, a boat was coming his way fast. He dove under, then got up and grabbed the back. It dragged him awhile until finally he managed to climb in. He was way ahead at that point, but like Cade, he had no clue how to drive a boat. In fact, he’d never even done it before. He had a hard time on the rapids. He struggled to keep control while the others slowly caught up. Finally he managed to catch the current. He barely made it into the channel, but he was just ahead and won the race.

Have you ever climbed any mountains or done any rafting down rapids? Would you do what Jack did? What crazy things have you done in a race or competition? Leave a comment below. Get ready to see how Cade and Blake try to get past the aliens in the next mystery challenge. Can you figure out how they can get to the top?

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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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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.”