VIRAL

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Terraria, or any of its assets. All that I own are Ericon, Emilon, Hal, Griffah, Solaris, Vortine, Nebulite, Stardon, Terra, the Chlorophyters, the Nethrons, the Hallownites, the Griefer Squad, the Crimstars, the Spectres, the Spectrals, the Dracos, the Titans, and the Counsel of the Moon Lord.

Ch.1:

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEE- *CLICK!*

I yawned and opened my eyes. A gray ceiling greeted me with dry paint. I sighed and closed my eyes again.

"Man… I hate mornings."

I struggled out from under the covers and set my feet onto the plush rug at the side of the full sized bed; a pair of size 13 slippers awaited my sleepy feet.

I staggered over to a mirror and looked myself up and down, a beam of sunlight shooting through the single bland, rectangle window onto me. I sighed again as I stared at my reflection; a 6' 01", blue-eyed 18-year-old with long, almost anime-style bedhead blonde hair wearing white and blue-striped pajamas looked back

Through squinted eyes, I fumbled around on the nightstand for my favorite comb. I began to lovingly caress my lengthy hair into a style that reminded me of every anime teenager stereotype ever. I cringed as I redid it into multiple styles, each one worse than the last. I finally threw up my hands in disgust and stormed off to the bathroom.

I stared into the vanity as I brushed my teeth with standard, bland mint toothpaste. I spat into the sink and rinsed the foam down the drain. I chugged a Dixie cup of water and walked back into the bedroom, where I changed into a plain red T-shirt, my favorite blue denim jeans and black and deep green tennis shoes. I looked up at my hair again and tried to make it look at least somewhat nicer, but it kept on springing back to its original position. Frustrated, I strode back to the nightstand, picked up my car keys, and began to advance towards the apartment door.

Outside, it was rather quiet, which wasn't all bad. I mean, it was better than a bunch of drunks hooting and hollering in the hallway like it was two days ago. I descended multiple flights of stairs and came into the main lobby. The doorman waited for me.

"Hey, Ericon! Yesterday was a nightmare again?"

"You're telling me. Angry customers yelling at me about stupid things that weren't my fault; discs shattering; power outage; a console short-circuiting; cartridges breaking; heck, a guy came in and stole every copy of the Terraria. It was BAD."

The doorman didn't seem surprised.

"'Ay. I've been there multiple times in my life. 'Specially with the misses. She's got quite the short temper. Anyways, see ya' 'round," the man replied, opening the door for me.

I stepped into my silver Kia and started it up. The sound of the engine seemed to calm me as I threw it into reverse. I steered out of the curb-side parking slip, shifted to Drive, and entered the main highway.

Driving was rather odd for me. For one, my peripheral vision was working a lot, which was odd to my brain, as I usually focused on one detail at a time. Second, I had to pay attention to what was going on behind me as well as what was in front of me. Gave me a headache most of the time. Lastly, people are stupid, so I have to sit and wait for five minutes at a stoplight or on a freeway.

"Ugghhh," I groaned as I stopped at a lengthy line of other cars. An accident had apparently happened, so traffic was backed up quite a bit. I rested my head into my right hand as I waited for the cars to move. I flicked on the radio to cure my boredom. A smile crept across my face as my favorite dubstep song began to come through the car's speakers. But as soon as it started, the Amber Alert came on.

"Attention all American citizens. Our scientists have recently located a very large meteorite, with a diameter of around 2 miles, that rapidly approaching the Earth. The US Army Corps of Engineers is currently trying to find a way to stop this approaching menace as we speak. Please remain in your cars, homes, hotels, or any other sturdy place until the danger passes. This alert will remain active until 5 PM this evening."

Trembling with fear, I looked out the car window.

Nothing.

That is, until the sky started turning red.