One who attended a typical school with a typical education.
I had typical friends, had typical enemies.
I had a typical family. Typical mother, typical father, typical annoying little brother.
But it all changed...
"Ha, ha, ha! Come and get the ball, if you can!"
One of the typical bullies was picking on me and my friends during a typical recess. We were playing dodgeball, I think.
He wouldn't give back the ball. Instead, he took it away from us and used it to play with his friends.
How typical...
I came back from school that day, disappointed as usual.
Typical bullies, typical homework, typical study time.
It's all typical. Nothing special, out of the ordinary.
Then she appeared.
Even I can't explain it. All I remember was I went to bed for the night. I closed my eyes.
And she appeared.
She was wearing this beautiful black dress with floral print on it. It looks like something from China, now that I think on it. She also had the whitest blonde hair I've ever seen, tied up in two long pigtails that hung down to the sides of her face.
She was talking to me... Inviting me to join her.
Join her where...?
She told me of the exciting possibilities.
It was like something straight out of a fantasy storybook.
Stories of adventurers. Stories of famous craftsmen (and women, for that matter). Stories of legends, and people who helped them.
It was all exciting. These people in her stories... this is the kind of life I want to live. Something that isn't typical.
She saw the sparkle in my eyes. She smiled gently and just reached out her arm.
"Come with me, I'll be glad to bring you into this world."
I nodded excitedly and grabbed her hand.
"I'm sorry, I never asked you your name!"
"I'm Elrin."
"Elrin..."
She blinked, in a bit of thought.
"That's a nice name." She smiled.
Then, I suddenly felt weightless. We were floating.
Then suddenly, a blinding flash.