In the dusty, sun-soaked town of Kamunting, where cacti waved like friendly neighbors, 11-year-old Anna zoomed through the streets on her trusty skateboard, its wheels humming a song only she could hear. Her curly hair bounced under her neon-green helmet, and her eyes sparkled with dreams bigger than the desert sky. Anna wasn’t just any kid—she was the fastest skater in town, and she had a secret: her skateboard, nicknamed Zoomer, was no ordinary board. It was a gift from her dad, an inventor who’d vanished on a mysterious space mission two years ago. Zoomer had glowing blue circuits hidden under its grip tape, and Anna was sure it held clues to finding him.

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