Two stories at the same time? Sounds crazy I know, but I have another idea that I'd like to see play out, and when I get an idea, I can't help but start writing about it. Besides, who doesn't like a good challenge?

Earth 2018

Don't look back!

A new day is breakin'

It's been too long since I felt this way

I don't mind where I get taken

The road is callin'

Today is the day!

I stopped singing as I got a call from my Mom, since I was driving to my first day of college, I had my speakers blasting a fitting song through the car. It was a rainy day in Maine, yet it didn't bring me down. High school, which was terrible by the way, ended for me spring of last year. Now I can make friends that actually care, study the things I want, maybe even get a girlfriend! I had one for a brief bit in high school, didn't last long. So, not wasting any time, I answered the phone using my bluetooth.

"Hey Mom," I said cheerfully. My parents and I were pretty close, they supported me through my high school days.

"Hey Gary," she said. "How's your commute going?"

"Good," I said. "What's up?"

"I was wondering if you could get something for me," she responded.

"Sure," I said. "What do you need?"

"I n...a...fr...i…" her voice started cutting out as she started to answer.

"Hang on Mom," I said. "You're cutting out on me."

I looked down at my phone, the reception was fine, but technology wasn't the best so it could be wrong. I looked back up as I started to hear her voice again.

"...ou there?" she called. "Gary?"

"I can hear you now," I said as the song ended. I could hear thunder from outside. I looked to my left, I was on a hill overlooking a forest. "So, what'd you need?"

"Good," she said. "I need some buns if you don't mind. Your father wants to cook up some hamburgers."

"Sounds good," I said.

"Great," she said. 'Thanks, see you later."

"Yep," I said and she hung up. A couple silent seconds went by before I realized that the music wasn't playing anymore. "Weird, I thought I put it on autoplay."

I looked at the screen where it showed the song. Nothing, but my phone said the song was playing. Suddenly, there was a huge sound of thunder, abnormally loud. I looked up just in time to see lightning strike in front of me, causing a large chunk of the road to explode, instinctively I slammed on the brakes. But then I realized my mistake as my car started sliding left and right due to the wet roads. Immediately, my car swerved off the road and started flying down to the forest below! I braced myself for impact, but I knew this would be a fatal accident. The last thing I heard as my car rammed straight into a tree, was the start of another song.

It's been such a long time,

I think I should be goin'

Something tasted really awful as I started to regain consciousness. I rolled over on my back and groaned as sunlight hit me. Wait...something wasn't right, aside from the taste in my mouth. Everything came back, the thunderbolt, the car crash. I should be dead! Maybe I didn't die, and i was in the hospital. I sat up and opened my eyes.

"What the…" Was all I could say. I clearly wasn't in a hospital room. Instead, I was in a clearing in some forest. Was it the forest I crashed in? No, my car would be here too, and the grass would be wet from rain. "So, where am I?"

I stood up and looked around. There was no hint of where I was. But then I noticed them, two other guys, lying on the grass. There was some space between them. Maybe they knew what was going on? I walked over to the one closest to me. He was slightly chubby and looked to be about the same age as me. He had a brown long sleeved shirt and blue jeans with a belt. His hair was a messy dirty blonde, and he had a very pale skin tone. I tried shaking him. Nothing. Was he asleep? I walked over to the other one.

This guy was pretty much the opposite of the first, tall and stocky. He had a short sleeved red shirt on and khaki shorts. His hair was also light brown. And he was much more tan than the other. Yet he also looked to be about my age. I tried shaking him. His eyes immediately fluttered open and when he saw me his face turned to confusion. He shot into a sitting position, hitting his forehead into my chin in the process.

"Ow!" I exclaimed as I grasped my chin.

"W...who are you?" he stuttered. "Where am I?"

"I could ask you the same question," I said. When he looked even more confused I sighed. "I'm Gary Damoore. As for where we are, I haven't the foggiest."

"What do you mean?" he asked, standing up and rubbing his forehead.

"I mean, I think we're in the same situation," I explained. "I just woke up, like two minutes ago, I don't know where we are."

"You're kidding…" he said with a look of shock. "This is like one of those stories you read in books, where the character is whisked off to an unknown place…"

"God," I sighed. "I hope not…For now, we should look for civilisation. Which hopefully isn't t-"

"Monster!" A shout suddenly interrupted my sentence. It didn't sound too far away.

"Who was that?!" the guy exclaimed, obviously as worried as I was.

"There's only one way to find out…" I said. But then looked back at the other guy from earlier. "If we leave, we should bring him along."

"Who's that?" he asked.

"Not sure," I shrugged. "But he's probably in the same predicament we are, so I don't want to just leave him there."

I was worried that this guy would disagree, but thankfully, he nodded. We walked over to the slightly chubby guy and lifted him up. Me grabbing his arms, and the other guy grabbing his legs.

"By the way," I said as we started carrying him to the source of the shout. "What's your name?"

"Evan Trevdale," he grunted. As we went further, I heard more shouting.

"Well, at least we know there's people here," I said. And as we breached through the trees, I saw a bunch of people running into houses, and a glimpse of someone running into the trees a couple yards away. Why does this seem so familiar? Once people saw us carrying this man, they hesitantly came over.

"Did he get attacked by the monster?" one of the people asked, a woman.

"Monster?" Evan questioned. It was then it hit me, and what one of the men said next confirmed it.

"Yeah, I saw a slime girl this close to the village! Luka went after it...I hope he's okay."

Not realizing it, I dropped the chubby guy's arms. This couldn't be happening, I was here of all places?! I looked at Evan who looked as shocked as I was. Did he know too?!

"You guys okay?" the woman from before asked.

"Evan set him down real quick," I said. "I need to talk to you alone."

Evan just nodded with wide eyes and set him down. "Excuse us for a second," I said to the crowd and I walked behind one of the old styled buildings. I turned around to see Evan just staring at the ground.

"Evan," I said calmly. "Do you know whe-"

"Yes…" he said quickly. He looked like he didn't want to tell me, fair enough. We are in a game based off having sex with monsters.

"At least I'm not the only one…" I sighed. His head snapped up to look at me, tears in his eyes.

"You mean?"

"Yes," I said. "Welcome to the world of Monster Girl Quest I suppose."

Evan started freaking out, "Of all places! Why here?! I want to go home."

"Calm down Evan!" I exclaimed, grabbing his shoulders. "We're here, and we have to control ourselves!"

It took a second, but he eventually calmed himself. "What are we gonna do?"

I sighed, "Well, judging by what's going on, we're at the start of the game. We should just go through the motions, follow Luka and Alice. Maybe someone will know how this happened and how to get back."

"Following Luka will be dangerous," Evan said, wiping his eyes with his shirt.

"I know, but we can't sit here," I sighed. "The answer is out there, it's gotta be."

Evan nodded, he seemed to finally realize the situation.

"Alright," I said. "Let's head back and get a feel for things."

And so we walked back to the group of people, we had to assimilate into the world if we were to ever find our way home. Because neither of us wanted to be stuck here. I'm sure Evan had a life too. I didn't know an awful lot about chubby guy, but I doubt he'd want to be stuck here either. Hopefully, we'll all be back home as fast as possible. Hopefully...