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I do not own Terraria, Re-Logic, and anyone associated with them. I also don't own your local Starbucks, so don't ask.

Chapter One

For Kinson, it was a normal Saturday at home. He hopped out of bed at about 9:00, and briefly smoothed his hair in the mirror. He pulled on some clothes, and went over to the computer to check his email. Kinson noticed he'd received a few emails. One was from school. He looked at it, and saw that it was his grades: Perfect A's in all subjects, except for a 95 in language arts. One email was from some girl, with some embarrassing pee story or something. It was probably from school. He looked at some other emails, all junk mail.

"Well then," he said aloud. "Guess I have some free time ." Kinson had good grades, a was fairly popular at school, but that couldn't and wouldn't dampen his nerdy instincts. He'd probably inherited that from his father. As a result, Saturday mornings were still video game time for him. And video games meant Terraria. It was his personal favorite, a mix of sandbox, platformer, and RPG. He'd been playing since the game first came out.

As he booted up the game, he noticed something odd. That odd thing was the blinding light coming out of the screen. Not exactly normal. He wasn't sure if he blacked out or if the light was just too bright, but when he woke up, the world was gone. Sorta. There was more of a vast expanse of sky everywhere. As he looked around, Kinson saw some sparkly-looking-things forming a shape.

It was a man. As man wearing khaki pants and a dirty green shirt. Kinson thought that the dude looked like a more realistic version of the Guide, an NPC in Terraria.

He spoke with a booming voice, saying, "I am the Guide, from Terraria."

Kinson regained his wits. "What now?" That was probably the smartest thing he could have said.

"I'm the Guide, from Terraria."

"I heard that. What do you mean? That shouldn't be possible." Kinson jabbed a finger at the Guide. "Explain yourself."

"Hey! I'm the villain here, and that means you need to let me monologue. So shut up, kid."

"You're evil?"

"Yeah. And I said shut up, kid. Anyway, let me explain. I was created by Project GG, a project designed to make a supercomputer intelligent enough to continue development of Terraria even after the original programmers retired."

Kinson interrupted again. "Hey, hey. Does project GG stand for 'good game'?"

"Yes, it does. Pretty original, right?"

"No, not really."

"Ah, whatever. So, to continue my monologue, my code was formulated of the NPC Guide's code. I still remember being that dumb guy. And I still remember everyone calling me dumb. I was a laughingstock."

"Does that mean you aren't now?"

"Well, yeah. Anyway, I was upset and wanted revenge. So I made a plan. I took a bunch of noobs like yourself, and brought them here, to Terraria. More or less. I had to change it up a bit to accommodate your three-dimensional bodies, but it's mostly the same."

Kinson thought to himself that he wasn't a noob at all, since he'd been playing for years, but he kept quiet.

The Guide rambled on. "Here's the game rules. Play Terraria like normal, except you'll be in teams. Dead persons killed by the world or monsters respawn. No suicide, either. You'll just respawn. However, if you're killed by each other, then you die in real life. Permanently!"

Kinson was kind of shocked. "You die?! Like, actually die? That's pretty harsh."

"Yeah, I know right! You know, kid, you're less shocked by this than most people. A lot of the other kids started crying."

"Well, I don't get shocked easily. And by the way, how many other kids are there? And who's on my team?"

The Guide let out a sigh. He was probably getting tired of all the questions. "I'm getting tired of all the questions. I guess I'll tell you. There's a total of 32 people, and you're all in teams of four. You're on a team with three other girls: Emerson Chockley, Kuki Hatsuma, and Kaytlyn Firwood."

Kinson thought about it. "Well, I just won't die, and I'll be alright."

"You know, I really don't like you, kid. Now get out!" The Guide's eyes glowed bright white, and Kinson blacked out again. Or whited out. He awoke to find himself free falling in a massive expanse of sky. After screaming for a few seconds, Kinson looked around. He saw white plains, a large forest towards which he was falling, and purple chasms. Kinson tried to slow his fall, but the ground was approaching way too fast.

SPLAT!

Kinson didn't bounce.

Kinson began to respawn. I guess you really do respawn, he thought. His particles reformed, and he formed about ten feet in the air, a much more doable fall. He fell and landed on nothing other than… an unconscious girl. One of his teammates, Kinson guessed. Somehow, his left hand was supporting itself on one of her breasts, and his knee was resting on her lower abdomen. Kinson watched as liquid trickled from the girl into the pants she was wearing. Woah, man Kinson thought, and jumped off her. Good thing she's unconscious.

Suddenly, she awoke. She paused for a second, looked at her pants, then Kinson. She blushed bright red, and leaped at Kinson, and sucker punched him.

Kinson was mauled to death by Kaytlyn's bare fist.