Chapter 1

Chapter 1 is the beginning of a letter from Bobby Pendragon (main character) to his two best friends on earth, Mark and Courtney. Bobby Pendragon is a traveler from earth. A traveler is someone who has the power to visit other planets in different dimensions at different times in history. In this chapter Bobby is writing from a planet called Zadaa. He and his friend Loor (the traveler from Zadaa) are riding towards a battle that was to be had in the city of Xhaxhu. The planet and its diffeent tribes are each at war over each other over water. Water is becoming scarce on Zadaa so war has broken out. Loor made Bobby wear a dark cloak because he was an outsider and she was afraid of what the tribes might think of him. Bobby climbed up a pyramid to get a better view of the arena. People were screaming and cheering. Loor and two other people walked out on the field as warriors and another trio of warriors walked out onto the field as well. These were supposed to be the opponents. The announcer then said that in order to win the battle you must severe two heads and claim both to win. Then all of a sudden a trumpet fanfare sounded. The battle was about to begin. This chapter made me feel excited. It made me excited because I new something cool and awesome would happen next so all I had to do was read the next chapter.