by: Pittacus Lore
Summary:
At home, Henri gets out John's (number 4) chest that was given to them when they left Lorien. John talks about how he really wants to know what is inside and Henri tells him that it will take the two of them to open the chest. They both touch the key less lock and it clicks open. John tries to look inside but Henri tells him that it is not time to see everything in the chest, so John goes and waits while Henri gets what he needs. He comes over to John and shows him the Loric crystal. Henri explains that this crystal will help John's legacy of being able to resist fire. The crystal helped move the resistance from his hands and let it spread to the rest of his body. Now John can be completely emersed in flames and not be harmed at all. While Henri is using the crystal, John has visions of the battle that destroyed Lorien and all the Lorics (aside form the Garde and the Cepans). He saw just hoe barbaric and murderous the Magadorians really are. During their lesson, a dog that had been following John around at school showed up at his house. Henri thought it was the mogadorians, but it wasn't (duh, it's still way to early in the book for them to show up). They decide to keep the dog and name him Bernie Kosar.
The next day at school, John has to be extra careful to control his emotions so his hands don't light up again. He is immediately put to the test when he arrives at his locker because it is filled with manure. Sam shows up and tells John that the same thing happened to him and that he is almost positive it was Mark and his footballs guys that did it. In astronomy class, John notices that Sam doesn't really pay atention to the lesson. Instead, he reads these alien magazines (oh dear...). After school, John learns more about his family and Lorien.
On Saturday, John and Henri go to the Halloween festival. While there, John meets up with Sam and introduces him to Henri. Sam and Henri start talking about aliens, Sam talking about stuff he thinks is true and Henri making stuff up. Suddenly, Sam says something about how the Mogadorians are here on Earth and plan to destroy it just like they did to a planet called Lorien (ha not so funny anymore). Henri kinda flips out and John is speechless. He sees Sarah and goes off to go say hi. Mark is there causing problems (as usual) and threatens to beat John up. Sarah gets mad and walks away. John goes to talk to her and he makes her feel loads better :) They go on a haunted hayride with Sarah's friend Emily and Sam. They get to a certain part and all of a sudden everything goes black. The football guys jump our from behind the trees and "attack" everyone. Well, Mark gets to Sarah and kidnaps her, hoping that John will follow. Well, he does. And he takes out a few football guys on the way. John uses his lights to make his way toward Sarah. Sam notices something strange about John and so does Mark. Actually, I think Mark is actually scared of John. Mark promises to back off of him, Sarah, and Sam. The chapter ends with John and Sarah sharing their first kiss (awwww :D)
Response:
The more I read, the more I get sucked into this story. I think it's a lot like the Hunger Games series, especially all the stuff about him being from a foreign planet and all. I know that the people in the Hunger Games are still humans, just living in the far future, but the characters are still way different than the humans that we are today. They have somewhat evolved and that's why I am reminded of them when I read I am number four. I am looking forward to reading more :)
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