IMPORTANT NOTES

First off, this story was written in July of 2006. The game is described during that era, with no trade limits, grand exchange, or gravestones.

Second, this is not a well written story. I was only 14 when I wrote this, and it was one of my first stories. I made no changes to the original version before posting it on here. If you're looking for a good story, check out my Penguins of Madagascar Stories.

Third, this story was originally designed for the Runescape Official Forums. That means short, choppy chapters.

Finally, this story has a lot of computer stuff in it, but at the time I really had no idea what I was talking about it. Much of the computer talk is exaggerated or unrealistic, I know. No flames please.

I posted this story because it always makes me remember the old days of RuneScape, when it was a much better game. Feel free to review, or coment on anything ^^.

Back in December 2005, my good friend from school told me about this cool game he just started playing, called "RuneScape." He told me the site address and I signed up for it that night. As soon as I made my character, walked through the tutorial, and went to Lumbridge, I instantly fell in love with the game.

I soon began learning everything about the free to play game that there was to know. Being the bookworm that I am, I took it all in. I spent countless hours reading the manuals and forums, although I couldn't post. I learned about everything, from the gods, to different kinds of armor, to ores and bars, just about anything you could possibly think of, until one day, I ventured into the "discontinued items" forum.

There I learned everything rare. Easter eggs, pumpkins, Santa Hats, masks, and the rarest of the rare, Party Hats. When I clicked on one "buying all Party hats" thread and looked at the post, I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Blue Party hats: 200 million, and so on. I looked up these so called "Party hats" on my favorite RuneScape fansite, and there I found a pictures of a little blue spiked crown. The suggested street prices was 200 million at the time, and I thought, that's way out of my price range, as I was only level 13 at the time, and had about 3k.

Until one day, I found something.