CHAPTER 1- Author: Lycée Rodin- Paris- Francia

A light flashed at the foot of Pedro749.es’s bed. “8 o’clock. Friday December 22nd 2200″. He opened his eyes. On the table, his breakfast was all set, waiting for him: a coffee patch and 2 capsules of raspberry jam. His clone had probably gone for fresh bread powder since the box was empty.

At the age of 22, Pedro749.es had only one son from his first marriage to Marie1212.fr. He has been raised by a mother from Martinique, an Austrian father, a Judeo-Turkish grandmother and a Chinese grandfather. He had one step-sister, a half-brother, an exfather-in-law and two mothers-in-law.

He was staying in Paris to study French, a language become extinct a hundred years before.

On his way out, he switched on the auto-suggesting headset which read his thoughts and started playing his favourite song. Suddenly, the song was replaced by a message from the authorities, repeatedly broadcast on every headset. “Warning! An asteroid is about to crash on Earth. All reference numbers ending in de. it. fr. and es. are to proceed immediately to emergency evacuation to Mars.”

He knew it. The leaders had fully organised the emergency transportation of the world population to two extra-terrestrial stations, one on the Moon, one on Mars. They were served by teleporters that they had all learned how to operate.

He rushed to the nearest Mars-bound teleporter, dialled the code and took off. A sudden jolt knocked him over.

When Pedro749.es came to, he quickly understood that his teleporter had broken down and that he was stuck between two worlds…

Chapter 2. Author:IPSSAR Vicenzo Telese - Ischia,Italia

Pedro 749 looks around , he tries to scan through his very powerful telescopic-glasses the old world between him and Mars. Nothing…

In the distance no life could be seen, only the vastness of a rarefied sky where he feels himself sinking.

His heart leaped…must relax…nothing’s lost! He searches for his luggage where he keeps his computer and his life- detector.

He keeps looking, but there’s no trace of his luggage. He starts sweating, he’s really alone! A human-wreck between two worlds. He perks himself up: he leaves the station and begins walking. Everything is wrapped up in a fluorescent fog, lighting prisms in rarefied atmosphere remind him one of those Christmas landscapes in old paintings dating back to the end of 18th century.

At his feet, sheets of crystalline rock, make the scenery impenetrable, as if he was trapped in a prison of light. He tries to see something more, he tries to understand if there is any sort of life but he’s completely blinded by the surreal light.
He manages to remain calm…he continues to walk…suddenly he sees some hills…a limpid little lake, lots of plants with very tiny green fruits. Tormented with hunger and curiosity he decides to taste one.

He bites it slowly and an extraordinary sensation of sweetness captures him.
Pedro 749’s shoes start twinkling, madly reeling for the thoughts that mass his mind.
“So if there’s water and vegetation, maybe there might also be human beings…?”

Chapter 3. Author:Gymnasium Am Deutenberg-Willingen-Swenningen. Alemania

Now the twinkling flashed to his bulge and at last up to his head. Suddenly Pedro749.es felt like he was in paradise, he saw a flowery meadow and a waterfall that fell from a mountain into a crystal clear lake, but then he couldn’t see anything because of the bright sparks.

This phenomenon took only a few nanoseconds but it changed everything: the bloom of the new world suddenly disappeared, and within a moment he could neither see any vegetation nor any evidence of life. Everything that had been beautiful and juicy before, now just turned into thousand quadrillions of dark-yellow, microscopically small crystals. He couldn’t even see or hear any signs of water. Actually he couldn’t hear anything…..There was nothing more left in this cruel world but this dead silence…..

Suddenly the ground began to shudder and an ear-splitting noise resounded. This awful noise sounded like the voice simulations from this huge creature in his history- laptop. The shaking became more and more intense and Pedro749.es could already see the cause of this “quake”. A herd of huge hairy monsters with king-size ears and a tube in the middle of their faces were running swiftly towards him.

Pedro749.es was shocked by this awful sight. His instinct told him to run away, but as there never had been something to run away from in his world before, he never learned the “science of running”….

Fortunately he remembered this very hilarious movie he had seen at a cinema museum, it was called “Run Fat Boy Run”. There the main character had to “run” to lose weight. Pedro749.es now tried to copy the movement of the actor’s feet and …….he really accomplished it!!! He was running, a human being from 2200 was running! He became so deeply absorbed in the thought of being the one and only knowing how to run in his century that he forgot to watch his way and fell down through a hole in the ground…………………………………….

Chapter 4. Author:IES Mata Jove-Gijón-ASturias- España

Pedro749.es fell in a deep and narrow hole. While he was falling down he wasn’t able to see anything. When he got to the bottom of the crater he could hear the strange monsters prowling around the place. He felt very nervous but he tried to keep silent. Pedro had the impression that they were looking for something; but, a little after, they walked away.

It was quite difficult for him to get out of that hole, but with the help of a branch, he managed to do it. Once he was outside, he decided to look for some kind of people or creatures friendlier than the monsters.
He began to walk and after a while, he saw in the distance a spacecraft. He approached it and walked around examining it from the outside. It was completely different to the ones he had already seen before: it was enormous, it seemed to be under strict surveillance- There were cameras everywhere- and it was equipped with the latest technology. After some time exploring it from the outside, he decided to get in.

When he was inside the spacecraft, he saw a little room. He entered it and saw a folder labelled: “Destruction of Planet Earth: Action completed “, “Collection of specimens (French, Italian, German and Spanish): Action FAILED” (we still need to capture the Spanish specimen: Pedro749.es).” While he was reading it he thought: “I must find them and they will help me to escape from this strange place.” He started to look for them in the spacecraft .

He looked everywhere and suddenly he saw a door on which he could read: “Specimens: Do not enter”. He didn’t think it twice. He went in and saw …..his European friends! They were trapped in glass cages so small and narrow that

they couldn’t move. Without hesitation, he began to release them, but he forgot the strict surveillance of the place. Suddenly, the monsters entered the room and…

CHAPTER 5- Lycée du Parc des Loges, Evry- France

Pedro scanned the room for a control panel to find a way to free his friends. The room was bare, futuristic and complex-looking, with a row of multicoloured flashing lights on one of the walls. He noticed a big red round button a little above the others. His friends were banging on the glass panes and mouthing things to him, egging him on.

He ran to the switch, and, without thinking, pressed the red button. There was a deafening sound, and the glass cages shattered. Red lights started flashing, and an automatic message started playing.“Danger, emergency autodestruction enabled. This is not a drill. Explosion of spacecraft in 5 minutes. Danger.” “Quick! Oh mon Dieu! Oh lala.” said Colette, the French specimen. “Mamma Mia! We need to get out of here! Giacomo, the Italian one said. The German girl, Silke, was still standing in the remains of the cage, trembling. Colette grabbed her hand and ushered her towards the exit. They all turned around to face the door, and gasped in horror as they realised that it was blocked in turn by enormous monsters in white cloaks. They were green, with enormous heads and pustules. They gave a huge roar, so horrible that it made Pedro’s hair stand on end. Silke whispered: “They are too big, we cannot fight against them, and we must find another way out.” Giacomo tugged at Pedro’s sleeve: “They can’t be very fast on their feet. I suggest we run and dart between their legs.” “Good idea”, replied Pedro, “Let’s do it! On the count of four. One. Two. Three. FOUR!” Thinking that it would probably be the last thing they’d do, they dashed towards the two monstrous figures and flung themselves between the creatures’ legs. “We did it!” Colette screamed, once they had made it to the other side. “Keep running!!” shouted Giacomo. They ran through the endless corridors, accompanied by an ear-splitting honk of the alarm, feeling the blazing fire above their heads, while the automatic voice started counting down: “Explosion occurring in 10 seconds.” “We have to get out of here!” screamed Silke. “Don’t stop running!” Pedro cheered her on. “We’re nearly there!” “Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven.” “Quick!” “Six. Five.” The group had at last reached the exit. They sprinted towards the door. “Four. Three.” Pedro reached this hand to grab the doorhandle. “Two.” He flung the door open and jumped out. “One” FLASH! A light hqd flashed, blinding them all. It was as though time had stopped. All was white behind them. Pedro briefly wondered if he was dead, and if this was heaven. Then he lost consciousness.“You escaped!” The group was awakened by a shriek. Slowly, Pedro opened his eyes and discovered where they had appeared. They were lying on the ground, surrounded by people. Colette, dazed and shaking, patting the young woman whowas hugging her. “Oh Colette! You made it! I thought I’d never see you again!” “What happened? Where are we?” she replied. The dark-haired girl let go of Colette and turned to face them all. “You all have emergency transport designs on your databracelets. They only activate at very high temperature though. Didn’t you guys ever pay attention in Cyb-Class?” she said, giggling nervously.Suddenly Pedro realised why this face looked so familiar “Marie?” The young woman beamed at him. “You took your time. I guess being chased into an explosion and being teleported to another planet makes you a little slower on the uptake!” She looked at him, laughing. “You know my sister?” puzzled Colette. “You know, I hate to break up the happy reunion.” said Giacomo, standing up gingerly and brushing invisible specks of dust off his pristine white cargo pants, “but where the hell are we?” Marie stood up, taking Pedro’s hand as she rose. “Earth has been destroyed, but we all had the time to redirect the population on Mars. The National Virtual Security planted our whole capital here; they are now downloading the rest or the world’s constructions that they had kept in their database. We can start over again. As she said this, she took Pedro’s hand and lifted it up to her heart. A new life was about to begin, and this time it didn’t have to be virtual.

THE END