Oc forms will be in the next chapter. If the form is no longer there, that means I am no longer taking characters.
Lyra Kotone smiled as she finished yet another route in her RPG game. The game had just come out last week, but she had already beaten it twice.
It was a fun game called Tales of The Cursed. It was a basic RPG game where you could chose and design your own character, then set them out into the world. It had many different features and it was almost impossible to play it the same way twice, any slight change could send you swirling into a different outcome.
The plot was simple, depending on what you chose as your character's class. She had played as a knight, and was sent to destroy a witch and her cursed droids, with the help of her wonderfully thought out team and her pokemon sidekick.
Throughout the game, there was side stories, though Lyra never really played those.
"What do you mean you beat it again?" Ethan asked as she had a three way phone conversation with him and their other best friend, Silver. All three were playing the game, but Lyra was the only one who even managed to beat it.
"Lyra, do you even do the side quests?" Silver asked, rolling his eyes. "Uh, no, should I?" Lyra questioned, flipping through the walkthrough guide book she had gotten when she had pre-ordered the game months ago.
"Yes!" Ethan shouted. "It's so cool to hear the characters' background tales." Ethan finished, calming down.
"Lyra, the game is not meant to be rushed through. I bet your friendship levels were horrible in the game." Silver added and Lyra laughed. "I probably have more friends in the game than you."
"Ironic." Lyra muttered, scrolling through her book on the game, then held her items, requests, quests, and friendship levels. The levels of the people she had met weren't high at all. "I bet the only relationship that is even developed is of the one of your lover." Silver told her.
"I bet you chose Lance, didn't you?" Ethan asked snidely.
"Of course I did! He's a prince!" Lyra exclaimed. "What about Prince Proton?" Silver asked, playing the game as they spoke. "He's pretty cool and I love his team."
"Never heard of 'em." Lyra shrugged, staring at the picture of Lance in her walkthrough guide. Ever since she saw him, she knew this was the man her character was going to marry.
The game had many choices of bachelors, such as a few princes, a knight or two, a warlock, mage, healer, and others. All were of different genders and ethnicity and races, so there was many to choose from.
"Of course you haven't. If you spoke to the characters in the game, you would know more about it. Did you try to befriend anyone?" Silver asked. "You need to play through it again, and this time, actually try to befriend people. Cook or craft items on the game, don't just go and fight."
"Sounds boring." Lyra grumbled, but started up the new game file. "I guess I'll try to be a healer…" She muttered, but Ethan sneezed, startling her, and she accidentally chose the 'princess' option. "Oh damn." She whined, but went with it as she designed her character, frowning at the overly girly options for her character. "Guys, I'm about to start my adventure as a princess, so I'll talk to you two later." She said her goodbyes and hung up, prepared to get fully engulfed in the game.
She blinked as the screen on her tv got brighter and brighter until she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore and closed them. When she opened them once more, she was no longer in her room, she was in another room that wasn't anything like hers.
"Oh, princess!" A maid rushed into the room, grabbing Lyra's attention. Lyra glanced towards the large mirror in the room, and almost screamed. She was wearing a dress! A big, poofy, dress! And, oh god, was that a crown on her head?! She touched it, then whined. Oh jeez, it was.
"Princess, please, they'll be here any moment now." The maid rushed out of the room once more and Lyra looked around, confused.
"Hellllooo." A bright gold light appeared above her shoulder. Lyra squinted at it. "It's me! Ethan!" The bright gold light turned into a small fairy who resembled her best friend. "I'm here to help guide you through the game."
"The game?"
"Yes, you are in the game." Ethan replied. Lyra slammed the door to the room shut and locked it. "Ethan, this isn't funny."
"I'm not trying to be funny, Princess." Ethan shook his tiny head, and clapped. A book landed in her hands. "This is the walkthrough guide you had sitting in your lap when you were brought here."
"Oh thank god." She flipped through it, going to the section about the Prince/Princess option.
"You are the Princess of Caturay. Your kingdom is a peaceful one and you usually get along with everyone around you. However, things are getting rough, and you need an ally in case war is in the future. You are about to put into an arranged marriage with one of three princes." Ethan explained as Lyra read it.
"Princess!" There was a knock on the door. "Give me a moment!" Lyra shouted and the knocked ceased. "Ethan, I cannot be stuck here."
"You are until you 'beat' the game." He told her, shrugging his tiny fairy shoulders. "You know this game pretty well, don't you? This will be easy, however, time won't move as fast as it does in the game…I think you should just go and pick a prince now."
"Oh dear lord." Lyra groaned, unlocking the door. "I'll stay with you and if you have any questions, ask me, ok?" Ethan floated near her shoulder as she left her room. Lyra took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. She had played more than enough otome games where this happened and read far too much fanfiction about situations like these too continue to freak out. "Does this mean I can marry Prince Lance?" She asked Ethan, who rolled his eyes, but nodded his head. She smiled widely, now rushing down to the main floor.
"Lyra, darling, there you are." Her father said once she appeared. He put his arm around her and guided her towards two males that stood there. One was a tall red head, who smiled at her. The other was a male with green hair and a frown, but showed a small smile to the princess, bowing slightly to show respect.
"This is Prince Lance of Dragon Nest and Prince Proton of Enderson. Prince Cassius of Covers Island was supposed to be here, but it seems that he has not shown up…" The king trailed off. "You know how Cassius is, always running off somewhere. He won't make a good king." Lance said and Proton rolled his eyes at this.
"He's an adventurous guy." Proton said, obviously friends with the other prince. "He is, isn't he?" The King smiled, then turned to Lyra. "Now, Lyra, I know I always told you that I would never force you into a marriage, but times are changing. I'm only able to give you a choice between these two fine gentlemen. There was a third, but he seems to have other business to attend to."
Lyra's eyes, of course, went to Lance, but something pushed her eyes to Proton, who seemed surprised that she was even considering him. "Lyra, pick Proton." Ethan said, next to her ear as her father started to speak to the two males, giving Lyra time to think. She walked off, away from them as Ethan floated around her head.
"Uh, no." She whispered, looking to Lance again. "Trust me, pick Proton. You won't get anywhere with Lance. You can't marry Lance if you chose the Princess route. That's a spoiler, but, I thought I'd let you know. Choose Proton." Ethan continued and Lyra's eyes went back to Proton, who was watching her. "But, Lance, he's, he's so perfect…there's gotta be a way I end the game with him."
"Urg, Lyra. I know, you're in love with him, but, come on." Ethan rolled his eyes. "Do it differently this time."
"Proton looks, weird." She muttered to the fairy. "Besides, Lance is far stronger than Proton and this is supposed to be for the good of my kingdom!"
"Both of them are equally strong, that's why your father is letting you choose. You have good relations with both kingdoms, your choice won't hinder the relationship with either kingdom, but, please choose Proton."
Lyra cleared her throat sighed. "I've thought about it for a while now and I've chose Prince Proton, if that's alright." She said, turning back to the males and walking towards them.
"Of course it is, sweetheart!" The king exclaimed, Lance looked relieved and Proton looked shocked. "Ah, your mother will be so excited. Proton, I do hope you take care of her."
"Y-Yes sir." Proton muttered, bowing his head again as Lance smacked his back playfully. "Congrats!" Lance smiled and Proton shot him a weak smile, still shocked that Lyra chose him.
"I better have made the right choice." She threatened under her breath to Ethan, who shot her a grin.
"I have to live with him?" Lyra stared at Ethan with wide eyes as her bags were packed for her and thrown into the carriage. "Oh, oh dear lord…."
"Lyra, you know how this sort of thing goes." Ethan floated beside her. She had just made the choice an hour before!
"Now, Lyra, please be a good dear, alright?" Her mother kissed her and her father hugged her tightly. This was far too rushed for Lyra, and she had a bad feeling. She was ushered into the carriage. Proton hopped it and the door was shut. They took off at an alarming speed.
"It's nice to meet you, Princess." Proton started. "I suppose your parents didn't tell you…" He muttered.
"What do you mean?" Lyra questioned.
"Your kingdom is under attack as we speak." Proton said.
