Author's Note: So...this is something I've had in planning for two weeks. Its gonna be huge. Hope you guys enjoy it! Also, don't worry, I'll still be updating Wings of Freedom and The Red String of Fate. Please review, thanks!
Level 1:
Tutorial
The streets of Tokyo city were crowded. People walking through the streets to get to work, schoolgirls crowding local McDonalds to get a late lunch, having just got out of school, tourists crowding famous sites, and cosplayers heading to a Con.
But the most crowded spot in Tokyo, was the Gamestop. There were around 200 people waiting in line, the line going all the way passed the ice cream parlor next door, the Arcade, the movie cinema and even the Manga cafe.
But not all the teenagers waiting in line were Japanese teens. There were teens from different countries also in line. From Europe, from America, from other parts of Asia, etc.
Running towards the Gamestop, through the crowd was a 15 year old German boy.
"There it is!", he exclaimed, excitedly. "Eren, wait up!", Carla, his mother cried. "You'll get lost!", added his father, Grisha.
"Come on already! I'm already behind 200 people!", Eren said, impatiently. He had brown hair and green eyes.
"Just hang on", his parents caught up. "This is a big city, you can't run off like that", Grisha scolded.
"I get it, but I really need to get in line! Thousands of people have already been here and logged on!", Eren replied.
"All right, here's the money. Your mother is going to be right with you while I go to the patient's home", Grisha said.
He handed Eren money.
Eren's father was a doctor, and a very wealthy Japanese family paid him to look at their great grandfather.
They lived outside of Tokyo, more in the country, so Grisha would be gone overnight. In the meantime, Carla and Eren would stay in a hotel.
But first, Eren had much bigger things in mind.
Eren got in line, all the way back by the Manga Cafe. Cosplayers of Sailor Moon and Inuyasha came and went outside the cafe.
Eren paced nervously in a small circle.
After two hours, he was halfway there. His face lit up, he could finally see the sign advertising it.
It said "Sword Attack Online: Released TODAY". Eren had learned to read and speak Japanese just so he could play the game.
"I'm actually here!", Eren cheered, excitedly. Two Japanese girls were ahead of him. They both wore dark blue sailor school uniforms with red ties.
One girl had braided dark brown hair, looking excited too.
The girl beside her had shorter black hair. She glanced behind at Eren, having dark blackish blue eyes. "You're that excited for this game?", she asked.
Eren blinked, shocked by her question.
"Of course! Aren't you?!", he asked. The girl sighed. "I'm not a big gamer, my friend dragged me along", she replied.
"Seriously?!", Eren gawked at her. The girl glared slightly.
"I'm guessing you're one of those tourists who learned Japanese just for this stupid game...", she commented.
Eren sweat dropped. "N-No! Of course not!", he lied.
Eren starred at her, even glared. He couldn't believe there was someone in this line who wasn't excited, but had to be FORCED to come by a school friend.
'She really doesn't know how lucky she is...', Eren thought. He was beyond lucky himself. Originally, he was going to have to wait a whole year before the game released internationally.
But since his dad had to travel here anyway, it all worked out.
Finally, by sunset it was finally his turn. Eren went up to the desk.
"One copy of Sword Attack Online!", he said, anxiously.
"You lucked out, last copy left", the cashier said, handing it over. Eren gave him the money, and darted out of there excited, not waiting for the receipt.
"Finally..I got it!", Eren grinned, holding the game close to his chest.
Sword Attack Online has become the biggest deal to gamers. It had been in development for 10 years. The year was 2025, and it was finally finished.
The game had a VERY epic and specific setup. It takes place in medieval times. The idea of the game is to kill different animals (wolves, boars, bears, bucks, mountain lions and such) for HP and leveling up, in order to battle monsters and complete all 100 floors.
Each floor is more dangerous than the last. And the monsters you're able to fight include dragons, mutants, and many more.
Each Boss is a creature called a Titan. And each one gets bigger and strongest in each level.
The game also offers Quests, Unicorns, and more. The game offers the player to play as one of Four Characters.
The Solider, a player who is best at Quests and fighting monsters. They carry special swords and wear 3DM Gear.
The Royal, a player who is able to be Princess, Prince, King or Queen and is heavily protected. Only a Royal is able to complete the Unicorn Quest. Royals' weapons are katanas.
The Wizard, a player who using Magic instead of weapons to complete Quests and battle bosses.
And finally, The Titan. A player who plays as a Titan can defeat Bosses much easier, and are able to devour and eat monsters and animals. Even other players.
But the most unique and exciting part of the game, the reason why people from all over the world traveled to Japan just to buy it...is the new feature.
You put on a special Headgear, and it looks and seems like you're actually inside the game.
Eren hurried into his room in the hotel. Carla went out to buy dinner.
"Finally...!", Eren grinned. He put the Headgear on, and lay down on his bed.
He inserted his user-name and password. A fancy text came up asking to "Pick your character". Eren scrolled through, and chose Titan.
His Titan character stood 15 meters tall, had long dark brown hair, green eyes and pointy ears.
He then pressed Enter Floor 1.
As soon as he entered, he grinned widely. He was surrounded by thousands of other players on the same floor.
A total of 600, 000 players, from all over the world.
Everyone, from royals, to soldiers, to other Titans, and to Wizards. "Amazing...!", Eren said. He then grinned.
There was a Titan Roar option. He pressed it. His character released a mighty roar that sounded...so real. Like he was actually roaring in real life.
He first sprinted to the field, where he saw a pack of wolves, all growling. Eren sprinted at them, and punched several, and even devoured one.
His XP went up by 5.
"This is so real...", he said, amazed. Eren then blinked, seeing a player hiding behind a bush.
"What the?", he walked over. He saw a Wizard character, hiding. The Wizard had no beard, but simply a dark blue pointy hat with stars on it. Along with a purple velvet robe.
"Please don't eat me! I'm just a noob, give me a break!", the wizard cowered. The voice sounded like a young boy. When you talked in the game, it was your real life voice.
"Take it easy, I'm not gonna eat you", Eren assured. The wizard looked up. "You're not?", he asked. "Nope. I'm not one of those Titan players who just play to eat others", Eren assured.
"Oh...thank goodness. I've nearly been killed 30 times already by Titan players", the wizard explained, getting up.
"Yikes...sounds rough", Eren said. "The Wizard players are picked on the most, most of the Titan players are brutes", the wizard said.
"I heard. So uh...what's your name?", asked Eren. "Well my username is MerlinsKittens" replied the wizard.
"Seriously? No wonder you're getting picked on. What's your real name?", asked Eren. "Armin. I'm from Sweden", replied the wizard.
"That sounds more normal. Mine is Eren, I'm from German", Eren said.
After the two killed some animals together, raising their XP, sunset approached in the game. "I forgot the game has night and day effects", Armin said.
"It also has weather changes too. It's so awesome", Eren added.
"I have to admit, I didn't think there were any nice players in here, but you seem like a cool guy", Armin said.
"Thanks", Eren replied.
"It's getting late, I think I'll get off for a bit", decided Armin. "Okay", Eren replied. Armin brought up his screen, but the Logout button was gone.
"What the...?", Armin blinked. "What's wrong?", asked Eren.
"The Logout button...it's not here", replied Armin. "Of course it is, bring up settings", Eren instructed.
"I'm telling you, it's gone!", Armin insisted. Eren blinked, he opened his own screen, and sure enough, there was no Logout button.
"What the hell?", he asked. "Maybe its just a bug...", wondered Armin.
"I'm sure it is, the game just came out. There's gonna be bugs", Eren assured. "But then..how will I get out?", asked Armin.
"Don't panic, I'm sure there's some other way", Eren looked through his screen. Of course there had to be some other way out.
For bugs like this, the developers had to make sure there was a way out.
But despite how much he searched, there was no other way out. Pressing Power Off did nothing, and neither did "Escape"
"What the...?", Eren felt himself starting to panic now. They...they couldn't be trapped in a game, could they?
"What's going on?", Armin started to panic.
Suddenly, they both were teleported. Eren blinked, disorientated. He looked around to see he and Armin were transported to the center of Floor 1, in the courtyard with all the Sakura trees and a fountain.
"What the?", Eren saw thousands of other confused players were also teleported here against their will.
There was couple other Titan players, a female one included with Blonde hair. There were several soldiers, and Royals as well.
There was a pair of Royals who looked like boyfriend and girlfriend, clinging to each other.
"What the hell is going on?", one solider asked.
Just then, the dusk colored sky was completely covered with a red wall. Many players looked frightened.
The red wall had the repeated words "WARNING" on them.
"A virus...?", wondered Armin, fearfully. Just then, a lightening bolt struck behind the courtyard wall.
Eren looked, alarmed to see smoke coming up. And then...a strange creature.
It was a Titan, but was much bigger. The Size limit on a Titan in the game was 15 meters. But this Titan...was 50 meters tall.
"Greetings, players. I, the Creator of this game, hope you are enjoying it", the Titan spoke. Eren froze, he recognized the voice as, indeed, the creator's.
"What the hell?! Why can't we log out?!", a Solider named Reiner demanded.
"To make the debut of my genius game so much more exciting, I've disabled all Logout options", the Titan explained.
"So you're keeping us here, against our wills?!", Eren yelled.
"Correct. The only way you can escape, is to beat all 100 floors", replied the titan. "All 100?!", the female Titan, called Annie asked.
"That's fucking impossible!", a Solider called Jean said.
"No one has even beat Floor 1!", added Krista, a royal, standing with her boyfriend, who appeared to be a prince.
"This is insane!", added Sasha, a Solider.
"It is your choice, players. Defeat the game and return to reality, or perish in the game", the Titan said.
"What the hell do you mean by perish in the game?! It's just a game!", Eren yelled.
The Titan grinned. Suddenly, mirrors appeared in thin air in front of every single player. Eren blinked, looking in his.
Suddenly, each player transformed. Eren blinked, his head spinning. But then he saw it, instead of his Titan character, he was his real self.
He looked like his real self. Everyone else did too. Armin now wore a white sweater, pants and, comically, a orange duvet with kitties on it.
He had blonde hair and ice blue eyes. "We're...our real selves...", Armin realized.
"You're a girl?!", Krista yelled at her boyfriend, who was in fact a girl called Ymir. "I'm so sorry, Krista!", cried Ymir.
"Its not just your appreances that have become real. The game has become...very real. You will now feel pain, cold, heat, hunger, thirst, and all the real life human body senses. If you want to survive, you must keep health potions at all times. A delay of a health potion for any injury, will result in your HP bar gradually going down. If you do not eat or drink for long periods of time, your HP bar will slowly decrease", the titan explained.
"And what happens is we lose all HP?", asked Annie, now a human with blue eyes and longer blonde hair.
"You die. And if you die in the game, you die in real life", replied the titan.
"Yeah?! Well what about if our parents remove our headgear?!", demanded Jean.
The titan suddenly laughed, a sick laugh.
"What headgear?", he asked. They all blinked, confused. "As soon as you entered the game...you, quite literally...ENTERED the game", the titan growled.
"What...?", Eren starred, horrified. "Your bodies. Your REAL human bodies are in the game. Not in the reality anymore. You're not pixels. You are real people. Capable of bleeding, and many other things", the titan replied.
"So what happens to our bodies?! If we die or escape?!", demanded Marco, a player standing near Jean.
"If you die, your corpse is transported back to the reality. For your parents to find. If you live, your body is transported back, alive and well, with anything you made in the game", the titan replied.
"Made in the game? What does that even mean?", Armin asked.
"You're lying! I bet you're not even the creator!", Reiner accused then. "I'm not. Look at all these news articles popping up", 3D screens appeared, of Internet news sites.
One ariticle was called "Japan's Newest game responsible for 600, 000 people missing?"
Another said "500 bodies turn up after missing"
"Bodies...?", Armin shuddered. His heart sunk, and he suddenly wasn't able to keep from vomiting. He had nearly been killed all those times.
He could have been killed...for real. Eren's heart sunk, a game player is unable to vomit. But Armin was...throwing up.
"That's right, 500 players have already died", replied the titan.
This was no lie. Eren then took a pocket knife out of his jeans, he cut his hand. He instantly winced, feeling a sharp pain in his hand.
He shook, gritting his teeth seeing beads of blood appear.
"Defeat all 100 floors. Or die. It's your choice", the titan then vanished, and the red wall that covered the sky vanished as well.
Eren's heart pounded, his eyes full of terror as it fully sunk in. This was real. He was trapped in the game.
And could be killed at any second. They all could. Players began to panic. Eren clenched his fists. He had to get out.
He had to escape. He instantly turned, hurrying out of the courtyard. Armin blinked weakly, seeing. "Eren!", he followed him through the panicked crowd.
Eren stormed through the city buildings, it was night at this point. He couldn't work with anyone. He had to return, alone.
He didn't want to grow attached to anyone in this game, if he was just going to watch them die. He had to do this solo.
"I have to train...train hard. To beat these floors...", Eren growled as he walked.
"Eren! Wait!", Armin chased him. Eren glanced behind him, stopping. "Armin...", he said, surprised.
"Look...", Armin panted, out of breath. "Maybe...we should stick together? If it's as dangerous as he says, we can't work alone", he explained.
"Sorry...", Eren looked away. Armin blinked. "I'll pass. I'd rather do this alone", Eren replied, a bit coldly.
"Don't be so cold...you'll never survive", Armin said, fearfully.
"I said I'll pass. Take care, Armin", Eren sprinted off then.
'I'm sorry Armin...!', he though as he ran. He ran into the forest. He had no choice but to do this alone. He had to get back to his parents as fast as possible.
He drew a sword he took from the village as he ran through the forest. Suddenly he heard a low snarl in the distance.
Eren glared, holding his sword up. Ten wolves surrounded him. But they weren't normal wolves. They were mutants.
They all had saber fangs, abnormally large claws, three golden eyes with tiny pupils, and horns growing from their heads. All were brown or black or gray.
Eren glared, standing his ground as the wolves surrounded him.
"Come on!", he yelled, angrily. The brown wolf leaped at him, drool flying out of its mouth.
Eren swung his sword, and managed to slash it. The wolf collapsed dead. The other wolves howled angrily, and all leaped at him at once.
"Shit!", Eren gritted his teeth as he slashed at them, he managed to kill 3 more, when suddenly the Alpha tackled him.
A huge black wolf bit the sword, and threw it to the side. Eren backed up against a rock, his heart pounding.
The wolf snarled, an acid like drool pouring from its mouth.
It snarled, and just as it leaped to attack Eren, another player ran over, and stabbed the leader's right through its middle.
Eren's eyes grew wide in shock, as the wolf hit the ground, dead.
The player landed, still holding the bloody sword. Eren starred at her, as the wind suddenly breezed. The girl stood up, she wore a green cloak.
The wind breezed the hood off, revealing her face. She had short, but feminine black hair, and pale ivory skin.
Her dark blackish blue eyes said she was Japanese. She looked at be Eren's age. She looked at Eren, as the clouds moved off the full moon.
The light from the moon reflected over her, she looked so beautiful as she held the bloody sword still. The wind breezed through her raven black hair, as her dark eyes starred at Eren.