Chapter 1: Welcome to Brixen
My name is Bryan I'm 16 years old currently in my junior year of high school.
Though I grew up with a couple friends I was never very social in my life.
Instead of going out with my friends I chose to stay inside and live a virtual life that, to me, was more exciting then my real life.
So what did i do that was so entertaining you ask? MMORPG. The game leading video games I felt i could be somebody different then who i was in real life.
In real life I was an anti-social loner, since all my friends were a year above me I had nobody to be with in class until after school where
we would eventually meet up to go to the park and play basketball or go out for dinner when I had money. But in my virtual reality I was a warrior who led the charge into battle and defended his PuG mates from deadly bosses.
I was always a solo player who only joined guilds for their exp bonuses and raid groups when i needed to upgrade some gear, but besides that I quested alone, grinded alone and pretty much spent most of my time on my own. On May 2nd 2010 an update was released that would change the lives of all the players.
It was May 1st 2010, my birthday, after a 3 hour session of gaming after school I went to sleep like I would any other day. I awoke Panicked. Judging by how good i felt when I awoke I knew it was way to late for school. I reached toward my drawer next to my bed to complain at my alarm clock but was greeted by the cold touch of a glass lamp with a small half-melted candle inside of it as if it was on all night.
I sat up in my bed and began to panic as I realized i wasn't in my room. I stood up to head to door and realized something was wrong. No, everything was wrong. I was taller and my body felt heavier. As I examined my body i found what was wrong, my muscles were bulkier and I was deffinatly taller. "Yeah bullshit." I said to myself, "Really Bryan? Muscles and height? I didn't my subconscious was this desperate for looks." I laughed as i felt sorry for myself. "C'mon get me out of this dream already."
I began to pinch myself thinking it might wake me up from this silly dream and return me to my boring life. I felt the sharp pain that came after the pinch. "What... is this..." I thought to myself trying to figure out what was going on. I made myself believe that I was in some crazy dream and made my way to the door that led out of the room to see what nightmare awaited me.
I reached for the doorknob and twisted it. Everything around me went dark. I could only hear only a voice. It was the voice of a female but kind of robotic. Like you'd expect to hear from a AI.