Author's Note (MUST READ!!): This is my first ever fanfic, hope you guys like it. Whether this story turns into a complete failure or a smash hit (fingers crossed for the latter), it will be proven to myself if my writing skills really do suck or if they are fantastic. So do enjoy my story if you happen to like it. To be honest, ideas just pop out of my head and I have no idea where I got them from. I was inspired to write my own fanfic after reading many on the site, most notably Revolt of the Archers (Asian stereotypes unite!). I guess I have to the next part or else I'll possibly be in a little trouble. And one last thing: in case you haven't noticed, this story is about Maple Story, even though the prologue has nothing to do with it :P. Also, sometimes I may refer Maple Story as 'Maple.' Bear with me, old habits.
This is version two, if it's still not long enough then I have nothing more to write...
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Prologue: Discovery
10:37 PM, 8 miles outside of Phoenix, Arizona. June 23th, 2010
"We found it!"
"Let's bring 'er up!"
Quen watched silently as the workers brought the unknown object from the ground. It has been nearly two years since he managed to track down every last stock of Nexon, the company who created Maple Story. 'Being the richest man in the world has it's advantages.' He thought as he chucked to himself, remembering his childhood.
"Mr. Kewq, sir! We have found a mummy!"
Quen snapped back to the present to see his personal assistant and secretary, George, waving and shouting wildly over the din of the machines.
"I'm going to check it out, spread the word of our discovery!"
And with that, Quen dashed off towards the excavation site, hardly able to contain his excitement.
"Outta my way, outta my way!"
When he saw the intricate designs of the golden sarcophagus, outlined by gleaming ruby crystals, he knew he had just hit the jackpot over the edge.
"Let's open it up, see how well it's preserved. Good job guys, your pay is now doubled!" Smiling faces lit up all around Quen. He liked making people happy.
A group of workers carefully lifted the lid off the golden coffin, surprise appeared on their faces as they realized how light it was despite its appearance.
Inside was a well bandaged mummy, save for the left eye where the cloth, ragged from age, was rotted away with time.
Quen could no long hide the huge smile slowly creeping onto his face. A mummy...almost perfectly preserved...and a sarcophagus fit for a king! Though the mummy itself would only make him some pocket change, Quen has found the perfect coffin for himself. Even though his death is too far to be foreseen at the moment.
Suddenly out of nowhere, a trail of pinkish smoke shot up from the eye like a snake. It was too fast for the unsuspecting Quen, who was unfortunate enough to be the closest one to the corpse.
The smoke forced itself up Quen's nostrils and his body started vibrating violently. Dark wings sprouted from his back, ripping two neat tears in the back of his Hugo Boss suit. Many terrified workers ran for their lives as a shock wave of energy was forming around Quen's body. However, few were horror struck by the scene and were quickly swallowed by the shock wave.
Quen Kewq was losing control of his body, fast. The mental tug-of-war was proving too much for his soul, his very being was feeling like it was in the purgatory of hell. He could only watch as the demonic spirit of the mummy was murdering his employees one-by-one.
Energy bolt after energy bolt, countless workers fell. The spirit was reaching the last of the workers. There was George watching in terror but unable to force his body to respond appropriately to the situation.
'NOOOO!!' Quen's soul shouted inwardly as he struggled against the mighty power of the mummy with no avail. Quen's hand closed around George; not too hard, but enough to disallow air through his windpipe. George was quickly turning red, then purple. His eyes fluttered for one last time, then they closed forever.
Quen has lost his will to do anything once the lift had been squeezed out of George. He had became Quen's best friend of the last few years they were together. He offered friendly advice, and they did everything what best friends could do together. George was the best man at his wedding, all that seemed so far away, after what had happened in the last 10 minutes.
The spirit suddenly started exerting godly pressure internally; it meant to crush Quen's soul once and for all.
Quen didn't resist, and his soul shattered almost immediately.
The spirit examined every inch of Quen Kewq's -or used to be his- body carefully.
"This body will serve me well. It's been so long, finally my plan will proceed after a small delay. I, Reggie Sulfrice, will become the next ruler of this planet! All I need is two days of further preparation."
Quen Kewq was gone, the reign of Maple Story was about to begin.
11:30 AM, Edmonton, Alberta. June 24th, 2010.
'The Social Studies final is over! School's out!' Michael thought excitedly as he raced toward the bus stop.
He finally stopped thinking about her. After nearly four months of having a crush on her, Michael have finally managed to forget about Tina.
'And it's all thanks to Maple Story,' Michael thought awkwardly. 'Though the trace of infatuation still lingers, I'm sure I'll forget all about it over the summer. Heck, maybe even a two hour grinding session on Maple would do the job.'
After Michael got home, he hurriedly booted up his computer. As the son of a software developer, he knew all about patience with the computer, you can't expect your PC to be faster after you press random buttons and click random stuff in rapid succession.
What he didn't know is the it was possible to place one who had came in contact with electromagnetic waves in the last twenty-four hours into a different dimension.
When he got on MSN, Michael saw one of his closest friends at school, Chengjia, on MSN. Michael decided to plan out how to spend the rest of the day on Maple with Chengjia on MSN first.
(Note: the following is a MSN conversation, so they're not actually talking to each other, but typing the stuff)
"Chengjia you there?"
"Yeah, wanna CPQ?"
"I guess, too bad Nexon didn't fix the glitch with LPQ yet..."
"They'll fix it eventually, you're the Party Leader."
"WHAT?! AGAIN!?" -Chengjia has logged off- "YOU SHITTY CHEAPSKATE GET BACK HERE!!"
And that was that. Michael sighed at Chengjia's stubborness, maybe he can trick him later. So he played Maple Story for the rest of the day.
By the end of the day, an uneasy feeling had grown on Michael, as if he sensed something was about to happen really soon.
The most ridiculous thing is, he felt that it had something to do with Maple Story.
He imagined Chengjia laughing at him for that, even if something bad was about to happen, how the hell would it be related to some Korean online game? So Michael dismissed the feeling with the fact that he might not be used to playing Maple for so long, after only playing around an hour per week during the school year. Besides, his intuition has always been horrible beyond compare, unless it was stating the obvious.
So Michael went to bed, feeling great for himself because summer has started.
Michael woke up with a start.
He was in a small cottage, must smaller than his house.
'Have I been kidnapped?' thought Michael amusingly and then fearfully. He had thought about what it would have been like to be kidnapped.
He silently got dressed and sneaked into the front lobby. He checked for cameras as he would in his kidnapping simulation and then tried the door.
It was unlocked.
He walked outside and saw something that nearly gave him a heart attack.
It was a Pig Statue, in Henesys.
In Maple Story. In a virtual online game.
He was in the game.
