A Daring Frontier
Chapter 1: Login
A heartbeat. That was the only thing that I could hear. My heartbeat. I felt weightless, standing on nothing.
There was nothing but blackness all around. Until there was a tinkle in the distance, with a sound effect of a tiny bell. A moment later, an explosion of colorful bright lights raced by, each light feeling like it was going to blow me over. The ribbons of light enveloped me, turning everything white. I felt like I had my natural weight back now. Then it suddenly went quiet again.
"For being virtual, everything feels so real…" I said under my breath. "No wonder this is so popular."
An echoed voice rang around me, startling me at first. "Welcome to Pokémon Frontier."
I chuckled. "So this is what it's like. Starting a new life."
The voice echoed again. "Before we begin, are you a boy or a girl?"
I smiled from ear to ear. "I'm a boy!"
"Your avatar will be generated randomly upon login. Please select your starter Pokémon."
Eighteen pokéballs materialized around me in a circle before separating into three smaller circles. A translucent emblem faded into each center of the circles. A flowing water droplet, a blazing ember and a surging leaf.
I breathed in, ready to make my choice. I placed my hand on one of the red and white spheres in the water circle. My hand felt cool, like I'd placed it into a river in the mountains. "Do you select Totodile, the Big Jaw Pokémon?"
I took my hand off the ball, shaking my head. I turned towards the grass circle, and grabbed one of the pokéballs. This time my hand felt like it was filled with energy, totally healthy and filled with life. "Do you select Snivy, the Grass Snake Pokémon?"
I released my grip on the ball again, and stepping away from the circle. Finally I turned to the fire circle. My eyes locked onto one of the floating pokéballs and closed my fingers around the virtual metal. I almost let go as it felt like I had come too close to warming my hands near a campfire. It got cooler almost immediately, feeling like a hot summers day. The pain sensors in the TechSens must have synced with my body just then.
"Do you select Chimchar, the Chimp Pokémon?" The echoed voice called out again.
I smiled and nodded. "Yeah. This one." The ball immediately disappeared, as did the other seventeen and I was left alone once again in the endless white.
A small blue text window opened in front of me, its rich white text being slightly uplifted from the window itself. "Select your username."
I thought for a moment. Then pressed the text, opening a drop down menu. I typed in the username. "D-A-R-E," I said as I pressed each key. I pressed enter, closing the keyboard, and a formation of white bars spun around in a circle. They spun for three to five seconds, before it faded and a new text appeared.
"Welcome to Pokémon Frontier, Dare." I smiled as I pressed the window again. It quickly closed up, and an archway made of two intertwining trees formed about thirty feet in front of me, the center of the archway filled with a shimmering golden light.
I breathed in again, ready to start my adventure in a new world. I started walking slowly, but quickly broke out into a sprint until I reached the archway. The light began swirling, enveloping me as I neared, turning my vision completely gold until I couldn't see anything.
Afternotes: Guys, thanks so much for giving this story a chance and clicking this. I've been cooking this idea in my head for awhile now, and I finally wanted to start writing. Using Pokémon as my main platform, I wanted to write a fanfiction using elements from several different books, movies and series to create my own story. If you can't tell, Sword Art Online is one of the large inspirations for this. This is A Daring Frontier, where a twenty-year-old boy explores a new world, Pokémon Frontier, the first Pokémon game in the virtual reality gaming genre. I hope you guys can help me build on my writing style, sending in reviews and telling me what I could work on. But for now, thanks again so much for giving this a chance. I hope to make you readers proud.