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SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU HAVE READ AT LEAST UGLIES, AND PRETTIES.

A/N: Sooooo... First fanfic, yay! Feel free to message me; I'm always open to new ideas and requests. I'm also open to criticism, so don't be shy! Hope you like it,:D.

Also, I KNOW there are some flaws in this. Eg. When certain technologies are introduced. I also made some up to help my story. This takes place JUST after Tally becomes a special

Tally woke with a start, gasping for breath.

Why can't I breathe?

She continued gasping for several seconds, until she turned on her air filter and took a look at her surroundings. It was night time, which was obvious. The ground underneath her was hard, and as she looked around she realised not only was the ground under her paved with concrete, but so were the walkways, roads, buildings, and everything. Tally was confused. None of the cities she had heard of had ever used concrete like this.

Maybe it's smart-matter.

She took out her matter-hacker and tested several spots along the side of a building. "Nothing," she said aloud. Dismissing the thought, she decided to look to the skies. Immediately upon doing so she realised what was making her gasp for breath. Billowing clouds of gas were filling the sky with an eerie green glow, while the city's lights blocked out any stars, creating a yellow-green glow unlike anything Tally had ever seen. "What kind of hell-hole is this?!" she screamed, turning around several times. "Wait, calm down. This is probably just some kind of special training simulation, like Shay told me about. This isn't even real!" But the gasping sensation she experienced earlier had seemed very real. She decided to walk down the center of this paved jungle, walking down a line that had little yellow dashes, as if pointing the way to freedom. She was startled, however, by a screeching noise and an angry voice. "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" he yelled, continuing past her. Tally recoiled in horror, suddenly losing her ability to breathe again, despite her air filter being turned on. The man had been driving a ground car.

But they haven't been used in over three hundred years...

So... I know it's short ^-^, but I made up chapters last year, and they seemed longer on paper. ANYWAY, I'll post two chapters each time I post, that way it will even out in the end.

Till next time! :D