Authors Note: I don't own Neopets, but I wish I did. Adam is the luckiest human alive.
Darvete was truly alone. For once in his life, there was no one with him. Kaaakaa, the beautiful Kacheek who had been his only friend for he didn't know how long, her blue fur the same shade as his own. He remembered every word she had said to him.
Gone also was his owner, a middle school girl for who neopets had been a second world. She, like many people who had been on neopets before the newbies came, despised it now. The fun, and joy of being a sort of virtual community, the challenge of gaining neopoints and then using them to help friends was gone. Now, newbies hacked to gain countless NP. Prices had gone up. Just feeding a pet was as much hassle as buying a paintbrush had been. She had left, telling him she would be back when things got better.
Darvete knew that things would never get better. Many had seen the same things as he had. The wars, the destruction, the loss. Darvete was not tormented by the sights he had seen, though others were. What caused him sadness was his haunting memories of the summer he had spent before and during the Meridell war. He had seen things many would never get to see. But what really changed him that summer was the friends who had helped him to realize that the past was lost. Losing them too was just another painful reminder that he would never get another chance at the happiness he had known. Everything was lost now.
The young lupe raised his head. His Fur shone in the pale sun, a gleaming coat of saphire. He vowed to himself that he would never wish to relive and change his past. Because memories of all the times, both good and bad, were all he had now. A figure, mist swirling around them, stood silently before him. Darvete was not surprised. He had seen this spector many times in dreams. A lupe, no more substantial then the flimsy dreams he had of survival.
Darvete couldn't help but be reminded of a story his owner used to tell him. In a war long ago, there had been a single lupe who had felled a mighty beast. This lupe had been a true hero. If the lupe were still here, the merridell war never would have turned out the way it did. But the lupe wasn't here. Now all that was on this deserted forest ground was Darvete. Excitement filled him, prickling down his spine and making fur tingle and goosebumps pop up on his paws and arms. He, Darvete, could be a hero if he wanted! Darvete let out a howl. He could save everyone! Actually believing that he could somehow help the few survivors of this recent war, he smiled upon the thought that hope was not lost.
But everything else was lost.
Author's note: Don't hate this please, bc it is my first story that isn't humor. Some of you might not understand this, but if you actually were on neopets before the newbie rush this might have more meaning. And please review if you read this, I know it didn't make sense but it will all come together in the later chapters, but please review if you want me to write more and constructive criticism is welcome too just plz review if u read this!!!