Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:20:08 EDT From: MCNorthBoy@aol.com Subject: The Next Stage--Chapter 1 Hi Everybody! This is my first story so I have no idea how to start this. I have been reading stories here for a while so I decided to send in my own. Feel free to send comments and criticisms to MCNorthBoy@aol.com. All flames will be ignored. well not really; I will print them out, tape them to my wall, and laugh at the person that wrote it until I pass out.? Okay. DISCLAIMER TIME! Aren't you thrilled! The following does not reflect true life. IT'S A STORY! This is not meant to imply that any one or all of the members of *NSYNC are gay. This story will eventually have sex in it, so if you don't want to read about two guys getting all hot and bothered, LEAVE! If you are too young to read this in your area, don't read it. (If the disclaimer doesn't stop you, don't get caught!) If you are offended in any way by fiction of this nature, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? RUN! RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN! With all that nonsense said, on to the show! THE NEXT STAGE Chapter One A man slowly walks through a forest. He stands 6ft. tall with long black hair. He looks around nervously trying to find the person who sent him the note clutched in his hand. He looks down at it again. Michael Meet me in the forest tonight at 10:00. The five have been found. It is now time to reveal ourselves to them and eventually to the rest of the world. The time of the joining is upon us. Joshua When he found this note lying in front of the door to his house it sent a shiver down his spine. "Was it true?", "Could he have found the five?", But most importantly, "Could they be trusted with the great power about to be given to them?" "Michael," said a small child, maybe six or seven years old stood in front of Michael. He was dressed in a long white robe that drug on the ground. His long pure white hair was tied into a ponytail and his glowing ruby colored eyes seemed to look deep into Michael's soul. "It has been to long, old friend." "I see that you still don't trust me enough to show me what you really look like," he smiled looking at the form that his friend had chosen to appear as this time, "but I can deal with that for now." "Good, I assume you know what I am about to tell you is of great importance." The child said waiting for a response. "I figured, but why all the cloak and dagger, why didn't you just come to tell me in person?", Michael responded with a hint of humor in his voice. "For right now I need you to just trust me and follow my directions," Michael nodded in response. The child continued, "I have found the five and will make my presence known to them as soon as the time is right. I want you to tell the rest of the ministers that they should prepare their people for what is to come. That goes for your followers as well. Go now." "Yes sir." Michael turned around started to run and he quickly disappeared. "Now it's time to go talk to them. I hope they can understand what I am about to tell them." There was a crackle of thunder and a bolt of lightning struck the child. With that he vanished. --- "THANK YOU, GOODNIGHT CHICAGO!!" Justin yelled to the thousands of screaming fans as he and the others walked off stage. "YES!," Lance yelled as they entered their dressing room, "That was our last stop on this tour." A chorus of YES's and GREAT's were shouted throughout the room. "Now we get two full weeks off!" Lance continued. With that they all gathered their things and headed towards the bus. "I don't know about the rest of you but I want to get back to the hotel and go to sleep," JC said wearily as he flopped down onto the couch in the bus. "I second that motion. I don't think that any of us want you around when we go out tonight." Chris said with a large grin on his face. About a second after that was said JC hurled the pillow next to him at Chris. He ducked and Joey was hit in the head. "Now it's on. JC you're a dead man." Joey yelled as he through all the pillows he could see. While aiming at JC he managed to hit everyone else as well. Then the room erupted and everyone was throwing pillows at everyone else. Just then the bus driver came in and asked them to calm down so they could get back to the hotel. Reluctantly, they all settled down and the bus was started up and they were off to the hotel. --- The five members of NSYNC were sitting in Justin's hotel room trying to decide what they were going to do that evening. After a few moments of thought Justin gave his opinion. "I wanna go clubbing. But someplace where I won't be mauled because of my dashing good looks," Justin said trying to hide the smile forming on his face. Lance looked at Justin with a smirk, "Just, I'm sorry but you're to young to go. Maybe there is something on The Disney Channel for you and your `dashing good looks' to watch while we go have fun." " Shut up Lance," Justin laughed, "Now I'm serious, what do all of you want to do?" "We could always just go to sleep." JC replied "All you ever want to is sleep." Chris said mocking JC's tired voice. "Funny Chris, I KNOW where you live." JC stated with mock anger. The rest of the guys laughed and continued on. "Now that we know that Chris and JC are done bickering, I think we should just stay in and watch a movie. I called the front desk before we left and they hooked a VCR up to the TV in my room AND I even had them send up some horror movies. That way Justin can have some really good nightmares tonight." Joey said with a smile on his face. "Sounds like a plan to me." Lance responded. Both Chris and JC nodded their heads in agreement. "Lets go. I got `Scream' 1 & 2, and I got `I Know What You Did Last Summer.'" Joey said happily. Justin, who got very quiet by now, said, "Are you sure. It's okay but could we keep some of the lights on?" "Justin, don't worry they're just movies, they can't hurt you. That's my job." JC stated as he put his arm around Justin. --- After a few hours of movies the group decided that they all needed sleep and it was time to go to bed. A moment after they had gotten to their respective rooms, Justin started screaming. Lance's room was next to Justin's, so he was the first to run out and see Justin being held in the air by some force. Within seconds the rest of the guys came out to see what was wrong with him. In the next moment they knew why. A small child with glowing red eyes and long white hair floated out of the room. All he said was "Hello." That's it for now. Please send me your comments at MCNorthBoy@aol.com. I would really like to know if you liked it or not. If you did great! If you didn't, it will probably be the last thing you here from me. Well, thanks for reading! --Josh--