Looking out to the sunset of Malibu was an interesting scene. The sun dipping into the ocean making an array of colors against the surface. The wind whirling through my dark red hair cooled my hot forehead from the high temperature of 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The orange sky slowly mixed into pink and purplish streams of clouds. I love sunsets, all of them in general; it always calmed my mind to think about what I did today and reflect upon it. Even if it was a bad day, which was almost every other day due to school and bullies. Seeing the sun going into the ocean would settle my emotions so I can be mentally prepared for the next day.

By the way, my name is Trey. Recently, I graduated High School with a 4.0 average, which was a great achievement in my life. On my last day of school, I applied ten times for a scholarship to my desired college in Arizona. My parents, who were skeptical about the scholarship, supported me with their money to pay expenses for any college that I enroll in. My thinking process ended when I heard little footsteps coming towards my room and I knew who it was.

"You can come in Clover." I sighed as I closed the window.

Clover opened the door and she was wearing a blue blouse with light blue flowers on her skirt. Her brown hair was in a ponytail that bounced as she skipped and opened her arms to me. I opened my arms and gave her a hug, she giggled through my chest only to push away. Her smile is another reason that I can survive day by day.

"Mom has a package for you that came in the mail." She said picking up my Rainbow Dash Figurine.

I smiled, "Alright. Let me just take out my books and folders so I can sort them when I get back."

"Okay~!" She cheered and carried the figurine with her.

I glanced at my shelf to let out a chuckle as it was overrun with my little pony vinyl figurines. I looked to my right to see a Luna poster where she was lying on the moon looking upon Equestria as a planet. I lay my hand on the poster and sigh as I picked up my backpack to place on my bed. I pour out the contents on top of my covers and walked away to meet up with my mother.

Our house wasn't anything that special, it was a single story home with a basic attic for storage. Walking from my room, which Clover's was opposite to mine, I made my way down the hallway towards the living room. I glanced behind me to see that Clover was making some clay art while mixing it with some gems that my father found in the desert. When I got to the living room, my dad was reading an article on his laptop on the couch while my mother, who was sitting next to him, was looking into my package.

My dad works as a Seismologist and a geologist for the Califonia Insitute of Technology. He is all about technology and researching everything there is to know about the tectonic plates. My mother is a nurse at the local hospital in Los Angeles. She, other than my sister, is caring for everyone she meets. Mom is like Fluttershy, but more curious than shy.

I put my hands on my hips, "You know, it's rude to be looking through someone else's mail." I said making my mother jump a bit.

She sighed while my dad was chuckling, "You know how your mother is. It's not her fault that she's curious like a cat." He teased.

Mother walked up to him and 'meowed' a little bit when she landed her lips upon his. I rolled my eyes to see that the package was from the University of Advancing Technology. Ripping the package hastily, there was nothing inside but a DVD case that said 'play me.' I glanced at my parents as they were right ahead of me to change the input of the Television to the DVD player. Getting up, I released the DVD from its case and pushed it in. The screen was blue at first, but a logo of the University showed itself with its theme song playing in the background. I quickly looked at my parent's surprised expressions as my sister came into the living room with her new art piece.

"Are we watching a movie?" She asked as the screen showed the owner of the University. He was in a generic rich man's room with a fire burning in the fireplace. The man in question was wearing a jet black suit while reading a book titled 'Touching Spirit Bear', but he closed it and looked at the camera.

"Hello, my name is Robert Sterling, owner of the University of Advancing Technology." He said grabbing a small stack of papers behind him, "Trey Hanway, we've received your applications and we read your specifications for your time in High School. I would like to inform you that you've been accepted into our University with a full Scholarship with extra bonuses." My heart was beating repeatedly from the adrenaline and excitement of what was about to come next. He continues, "You'll be given a dorm room free of charge, free book tuitions for your classes, and free meals from our personal cafeteria served to the staff of our University." I could see that my mom and dad's jaws were dropped, my sister didn't have a single clue of what was happening while I was about to explode into rainbows and Confetti. Just before the video was about to end, Robert looked at the camera before opening his book again, "Oh, I almost forgot, you're coming to our University early, we want you to get ahead of your studies so that way you can do something productive. A limo will be here to pick you up tomorrow morning at nine ante meridiem (a.m.) to take you to Arizona where my assistant will meet you. Now if you excuse me, I have a book to read, good day." The video ended with the University logo before going black.

My parents and I yelled/screamed with all the excitement that was held back throughout the video, "WHAT?!!!!"

I took a deep breath, sighing as my mom hugs me tightly, "I'm so proud of you, Trey!" I was patting her back and trying to breathe through all the perfume that she puts on every day. My dad pried us away as he slapped his hand on my back, "I'm glad you followed my advice for applying for different Universities, even though this was the only one you wanted to apply for." He chuckled as I rubbed my back from the slight stinging pain.

"I'm just as happy as you guys are," I said looking at Clover who was confused.

"Does that mean you're leaving?" She asked looking a bit disappointed.

I knelt down to meet her at eye-level as I put my hand on her head to ruffle up her hair, "Yes, I'm leaving, but I'll come visit during the holiday's, my spring breaks and whatnot." She giggled when I gave her a goofy smile as I got up to walk towards the hallway. "I'm going to get packed for tomorrow," I announced as I entered my room to pull out my large suitcase from underneath my bed.

I grabbed my empty backpack, that was going to be my carry-on for the trip. I packed my clothing, desktop, console, playing cards, video games and a printer. For my carry-on, my laptop was packed with a solar charger, some external hard drives, plenty of small pony figurines and two books. I would have to pack some snacks when I head out the next day. I looked at the time and it was nine o'clock at night. I grabbed a set of comfortable traveling clothes and set them on my desk.

I walked towards the bathroom with a fresh pair of boxers but was interrupted by my mother sobbing in the kitchen. Curious about what happened, I sneaked my way to the wall that was right behind the kitchen.

"Honey, please stop crying." It was dad speaking to mom.

Mom was trying to hold back the tears and small gasps, "I-I can't... He's grown up so much that... That I don't want to lose him..."

Immediately I knew it was about me, I quietly snuck to the nearest wall, close to my room. I put my back on the wall quietly to hear where that conversation went.

"You're not going to lose him, Rachel, he's just going to a neighboring state. He's not going to the other side of the country," Dad explained.

Mom became quiet when I heard dad kissing her, "He's still our son, he has the right to choose what he wants to do in life. Even if he's turning nineteen next year." He calmly said.

Mom sighed heavily as she spoke, "It's just... Happening so fast... John, I just can't bear it if he gets himself hurt when I'm not there."

She gasped when I heard some ruffling between them, maybe it was a hug? Dad spoke, "He's a smart kid. He earned this position by doing the right things we taught him when he first started to walk. I'm not asking you to let him go, I'm asking you to be supportive of our son and our daughter."

I heard her sniff up some snot as I heard two lips smacking into one another, "I'll try my best," Her mouth was close to his chest as she muffled out, "I love you."

Dad kissed her head, "I love you too."

I tried to keep my tears away from my eyes as I made my way, quietly, into the bathroom. I locked my door and looked in the mirror. My tears were streaming down my cheeks as my hands formed into fists. I turned on the shower to silently sob. They were right, I did grow up too fast for my own good and forgot who got me here in the first place. I wiped my tears from my eyes and had an idea of how I was going to thank them.

The Next Morning

I was so excited and semi-depressed for tomorrow that I pretended to sleep. When my body doesn't like to sleep, I just close my eyes and let my mind wander while my body was trying to rest. When I saw the sun peeking through my window, I sighed as I jumped out of bed to put on my traveling clothing. Putting my backpack on, I pulled my suitcase to see my sister and parents were waiting for me in the dining room.

"Morning," I said, glancing at the clock that was on nine in the morning.

"Morning, Trey." Clover yawned while holding a necklace with a small Lapis Crystal connected to it.

"Did you make that?" I asked as she smiled.

"It's my going away present to you." She said as she stood up on the chair to put the necklace around my neck.

"Thanks." I said as I looked at my parents, "Sleep well?" I asked.

"Yes," Mom said, but my parent's light purple bags below their eyes were an indicator that they had a tough time sleeping like I did. I walked up to them and gave both of them a big hug. They were surprised at first, but their arms wrapped around for my embrace and I whispered into their ears, "Thanks for everything, Mom, and Dad." They tightened their embrace until my mom slips away to head towards the kitchen. I heard the gas stove turned on and a crack of an egg being opened.

"Everyone gets an egg sandwich for breakfast," Mom said as she cracked three more eggs.

I smiled, "Thanks, mom." I open up my carry-on on the table to gather the snacks from the cabinet and stuffed them into my backpack. When I was finished, mom brought our plates to the table so we could dig in.

After we all had our breakfast, there was a knock on the door and I knew who it was. When I got to the entrance, I opened the door to see women dressed in a gray suit with a short skirt that hugged her thighs. I blushed as I was greeted with a smile from her, "Hello there Trey Hanway, I'm here to take you to the University of Arizona."

I happily ran back to my room to put on my shoes, made sure the necklace that Clover gave to me was around my neck and ran back to see that my parents were helping the driver to load the suitcase in the trunk of the limo. Grabbing my carry-on, I hug my sister for my departure, got a handshake from my dad and a kiss on the forehead by mom.

"Thanks for getting me here." I thanked as I opened the door.

"Have a good time, son," Dad said

"Don't you have any wild parties while you're away." Mom warned.

"Make sure you catch up and finish season 4!" Clover shouted at the top of her lungs.

The rest of us, including the driver, chuckled at her antics. I waved, "I'll make sure I'm a behaved individual when I'm over there." I reassured them as I closed the door to then roll down the window to wave, "Goodbye!!" The limo roared to when the driver turned the limo on as she put the car in reverse to pull out of the driveway onto the street. I saw and looked at my family standing behind our house as the limo drove away towards the highway.

One Hour Later

Clover was in her room at the time when Rachel and I were lying right next to each other. She had calmed down after seeing Trey go off to the University and had her arms around my neck while I was stroking her hair with a brush. Our pleasure ended suddenly when my cell phone rang on my desk. Much to my displeasure, I pull away from our warm embrace to answer the phone.

"Hello?" I asked.

"John?" It was my boss at Caltech.

"Yes, George?" I acknowledged my presence to him.

"There were magmatic quakes at Lampung and it's starting a chain reaction through the ring of fire." His voice was shaking.

"My god..." My phone ringed as I unlocked to receive Seismometer pictures from Lampung were increasing to an eight-point-five and climbing. The next image was Japan's Seismometers starting from a four to nine-point-five.

I nearly dropped my phone before George spoke, "It's making it's way to Alaska, just as we predicted when Krakatoa first erupt in 1883."

My wife looked at me when sweat was coming down my forehead, "So you're telling me it's heading towards us?"

There was silence between us both, the tension in the air of this major disaster that was tearing its way down the Aleutian trench towards the San Andreas Fault line. The only thing I was thinking now was my family and my son Trey. I gulped at my boss spoke, "There's nothing we can do. The government didn't say anything, but the news on television and internet are causing chaos across the world." He sighs as I heard him popping open a wine bottle, "Please spend time with your family, John. That's all I'm asking you."

I gripped my fist as I gritted my teeth, "Understood, sir."

He sighed, "It's not our fault that mother nature decided to strike back unexpectedly. It's kind of ironic actually, we attacked her unexpectedly with our greenhouse gasses and it's now going to bite us in the ass."

I chuckled suddenly, "It looks like mother nature is getting payback for all we did to her."

George chuckled at my remark, "Cheers to a future ice age. See you in the afterlife, John."

The phone went dead. I turned to see my wife knew what was going on and was devastated because she was never going to see Trey again. I sat next to her and rubbed my hands on her shoulders. "Let's spend time with Clover, Rachel." I kissed her cheek.

She tried to hold back her tears but nodded overall, "John..."

I shushed her and kissed her lips to comfort her, "Let's head to her room and spend time with our daughter. I know that our son is out there, but he has a better chance of surviving this." I hugged Rachel and she hugged back, "I'll try John. I'll try." She responded.

I got up to walk towards Clovers room while Rachel followed. I silently prayed to God for Trey's safety as we entered Clover's room. We sat on her bed as she looked at us, but smiled like nothing serious was going on.

"Hi, mommy and daddy!" She smiled as she was working on her clay piece.

"What are you working on sweetheart?" I asked putting on a small smile.

"I'm working on a gift to send to Trey." She showed us a clay wet plate, "We need to put our right hands on this and we can send him a dry plate with our handprints on it."

I could see Rachel tearing up as Clover tilted her head, "What's wrong mom?"

Rachel spoke, "No, it's just that we love the idea, Clover." She wiped her tears and continued, "Where do we put our hands?"

She giggled, "I'll put my hand in the middle and you can put yours on the sides."

I nodded as I placed my hand on the clay plate and pressed on it. "Your turn honey." Rachel did the same when Clover placed her hand in the center.

"Let's wish Trey luck for his travels," I said.

Clover nodded, "Let's make sure, he has the greatest time of his life."

Rachel sniffed, "Yes. Let's hope that can happen."

Then the earthquake sirens went off and we braced for impact.

Thirty Minutes Later

We stopped at the gas station at the city Quartzsite Arizona and I decided to open the trunk of the limo to see my carry-on so I could check my laptop inside. The trunk of the limo wasn't big enough for me to see anything. So I pulled out my carry-on to the ground, carried it inside the gas station, told the clerk about what I was doing before she asked anything and opened my suitcase. When opened, I pulled out my laptop and checked the screen, everything was still intact. It was then the news turned on the screen where the Megamillion lottery would show what the current jackpot is.

"We interrupt this network to bring you devastating news," The reporter was sweating, "An earthquake, that started at Lampung has started a chain reaction to the Pacific plate throughout the ring of fire. If there is anyone outside of California, please head to higher ground for-" The television was cut off when the earth started to shake beneath my feet.

I've been through some earthquakes before so I knew to hide under the desk next to the clerk while everyone else was screaming in panic. The shaking kept getting bigger and bigger as the ceiling above us started to crack. The floor began to crack under pressure. This quake lasted for twenty minutes until it subsided, leaving bits of mini aftershocks for a few seconds. I got up to see that everyone was gone from the shopping area. I glance down at the clerk to see that she was quivering while curled up in a ball.

I sighed as I got back to my belongings. My carry-on was still there on the floor and surprisingly, not buried by ceiling tiles or stolen. I zipped it up but realized that this Earthquake was widespread throughout the tectonic plate. I got down on my knees and covered my eyes as my tears went down my cheeks. 'They're dead.' I thought. The image of my family behind the house was being burned into my mind as my throat tightens. I gasp quietly to sob in my forearm. I looked up to the window and my blurred vision looked upon a wall of water that was around thirty feet high, heading right towards us. The client saw the wall of water and ran outside, I didn't care where she was going. My mind went blank when thinking about my family that had perished in the earthquake and tsunami.

I gripped my carry-on in anger and yelled out my groans of grief towards my mother, father, and sister. It was then my crying was interrupted by a light blue glow. I looked down to see that the crystal that Clover gave me was radiating on my chest. It was a warm feeling that spread all throughout my body, it relaxed my tension and grief, but my fear was still with me when I saw everything went slow motion. The wall tore the gas pumps into pieces as it crashed the front entrance into debris and I braced for the crushing wall of seawater.

The smell of sea water was diminished when I closed my eyes. That was it, I was dead. I immediately felt the wind rushing through my face and opened my eyes to see that I was in some sort of jungle. The fear of a crushing ocean and earthquake vanished, but it was replaced with the fear of being isolated in an unknown area. I couldn't feel my fists because they were white from gripping the carry on. I slowly calmed my breathing as I released my grip on my belonging and sat on my butt with a tree against my back.

I was dazed, there was nothing that came to mind. I sat there with the purple and pink light from the sunset as a bright sliver of sunlight shines on my face. I closed my eyes to see my family again behind the house, but when I opened them, the image disappeared. My throat got choked with sadness as my eyes streamed tears down my cheeks as I curled up into a ball and mourn the loss of my mom, dad and sister, Clover.

The night was already here and I didn't care whether my body was cold or not. Nothing came to mind when I was crying my eyes out, I couldn't answer the questions I gave myself while I was in a ball. Where was I at the moment? Why did I teleport from an ocean crashing wave to a jungle? Last important one was how I was going to survive by myself.

Author's Note

Here it is Ladies and Gents! The remake of Transformation is here! After many months of pushing this story back, I finally got the creative flow back to get this restarted. Hope you like the first chapter better than the First Draft. Let me know what you think!