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Prologue - Into The World Seed

At first I was hesitant, this "World Seed" was still made by Akihiko Kayaba, so I had heard, and wasn't he the creater of Sword Art Online? The game which enslaved ten thousand players in a coma to a game of death, which if your hp dropped to zero you'd die from a mircro wave shock to your brain in the nerve gear?

I am glad I couldn't get Sword Art when it came out, mom had to work late so I had no ride to the store, but I still feel bad about all of those players who got stuck. One of my friends got stuck, and now she has shown me The World Seed and has guilted me into playing.

I sit at my computer, the nerve gear on my pillow on the bed right across from me. I look nervously at it, then back at the computer monitor with the email from Sakuya, the friend who was stuck in Sword Art, telling me directions to get to The World Seed.

I roll my mouse around on it's pad which lay on the desk, uncertain of what I want to do more : Go on and try The World Seed or be a coward and deny.

But what if it is like Sword Art? Leaving Sakuya there in another hospital bed alone in another death trap of a game? I won't do that again.

Hurry up!

Our chat gives off a little beep, and I start to type in reply.

I'm coming, stop rushing me.

I wouldn't rush you if you'd just hurry up.

I'm coming, so just hush up. Wait, where are we meeting again?

Alfheim, remember?

Yes, Sakuya, I remember now.

It's not Sakuya. It's Renge. (Pronounced : Ren-Gay. )

Fine, Renge, don't get your pannies in a twist.

HURRY UP! Meet you at the world tree!

And she goes offline, her chat bubble turning red as she does, and a little message in our chat saying 'SakuyaRenge34 has gone offline.'

I sighed, she doesn't even suspect any danger in this. I could be paranoid...

But I go ahead and click the link, and I start to head into Alfheim. I put on my nerve gear, butterflys starting to rise in my stomach. Yeah, I beleive I am paranoid. "L-...Link Start!"

"Chose a race, huh?" I flick through the different types.

Salamander : Fire user, obviously. Not fast, but high attack points.

Cait Sith (Cat Si) : Dark magic user, and kinda anthro-like. Very fast, but can't fly. Has special "wall run" skill, and is known for "beast taming." Cool.

Sylvein (Sylph) : Fast, and has healing capabilities, again : Obvious! Also has "wall run" skill.

Then theres Undine, Spriggan, and a few others...

Ugh, none of these really appeal to me, other than Cat Si... So I just chose it.

"You're character's appearance will be chosen at random, are you okay with this race?" I accept.

"Welcome to Alfheim." AHH! Wait, what race did Sakuya say she was? Uh...

Oh no, how am I going to find her if I don't even know what she is! I'm going to take a guess and say she is a Spriggan, she does have this weird fondness for black now. ...Must be a puberty thing I didn't get, or haven't gotten yet, and never wish to get. I'm not being goth! Or emo!

I fall into a bunch of trees, cracking branches and falling and tugging through vines, and finally smack onto the dirt. The soft, moist, dark soil of earth. "OW! I think I broke a leg or something! AH!" First time in Alfheim, and I am already freaking out three minutes in.

I stop for a second, and I notice I'm not hurting anywhere. I just feel a faint tingling where pain should be, huh. Interesting. I am definantly pointing this out to Sakuya - Scuse me, Renge. - when I get to her. ...When I do get to her, that is.

"Are you okay?" I look up from where I sit on my butt to see another Cait Sith, a guy cat to be exact. He is standing on a dead tree that had fallen over onto a fork of another tree, this giving him an air-of-strength he was probably looking for.

If he even thinks of trying to ask me out, over a game, he will be sincerely - and probably harshly - denied.

"Yeah, I'm perfectly fine." I say, puffing my cheeks out and crossing my arms over my chest. I see a sweat drop appear on his forehead as he rubs the back of his head.

"Yeah, of course you are, sorry. I'm not really used to this 'No Pain' thing yet." He smiles, flashing some Cat Si fangs.

"Well, to be honest, me either. First timer," I say, trying to bring up a conversation. I may not want to be asked out by the weirdo who was frollicking in the forest, but I don't mind having some company alright? I don't like being lonely, I'm a talkative person.

"Oh, well, I could show you around if you'd like." Oh, crap, here we go!

"No thank you," I say as curtly as possible, "I am trying to find a friend."

"Well, where is this 'friend'?" He asks, hopping down from the dead tree and onto the ground. It was said that these games were based off your actual body irl, but dang, this dude was ripped!

Not like I was interested or anything. Please, I wouldn't go out with this dude if I was dead.

"World tree..."

"That's a long ways from here, are you sure you wouldn't like me to show you the way? I mean, this is your first time and all..."

"I'm perfectly fine," I lied, getting up and walking in the direction I thought would lead to the world tree, "Have a good day, I am going to meet my friend."

"Then your going the wrong way," What? I turn around and see him pointing in the complete opposite direction. "Tree's that way."

"...Right. I knew that." I lied again, why am I lying so much?

"Sure you did." He said, following me slowly as I walk past him.

...He's following me.

...It wouldn't be that bad to get some help.

...But if he-

..."Fine! Lead the way!" I say, irritably.

"Oh, I'm Erik."

I can't just tell him my real name, gotta think of one fast. Uh...

"Amaya." I chose a name that meant night rain. Oh boy... (Pronounced : Am-I-Uh)

"Nice name, pretty." ... Is he trying to flirt? I sure damn hope not.

"Yeah, uh, thanks." I say, continueing to let him take the lead while I cross my arms over my chest.

"Hey, uh, would you rather fly? I mean, it's faster." He asks, scratching his cheek with his fore finger in thought of what I might say.

"...Sure." I say, Sakuya said flying in ALO was awesome, so I suppose I could give it a shot. Right?

"Wait, how are we going to fly if Cait Sith don't have wings?" I ask stupidly.

"Beast tamers, remember? We can tame dragons and ride them." DRAGONS?! Just as I mentally begin to freak out, Erik whistles and a dragon the size of a eighteenwheeler begins to decend upon us. My jaw falls open.

"Whaa..."

"C'mon!" He says, and starts running up a tree. I blanky follow, mentally freaking out about running up a tree... but OKAY THEN!

We hop onto the dragons back, and Erik starts to steer it up and high above the Cat Si territory. I see the world tree ahead, tall, magnificent, ever winding. So that's what she was freaking out about...

I look at my menu, and see it is 8:45 at night.

"Holy!- Ugh... Uh, Erik? Can I log out for the night?" I ask stupidly, but I am kinda scared to do so but... whatever.

"Yeah, when I log out Draig, my dragon, will keep flying."

"Oh, awesome. Okay, see ya." I log out, and take off the nerve gear. That. Was. Strange.

Okay, so preview of the past hour? I turn into a cat anthro in a fairy game and now I am riding on a dragon with another GUY cat anthro across a ever winding forest to a massive tree where I am to meet my friend which I was scared to leave in another game after SAO.

What I do for you Sakuya.

I walk over to the computer for a second before I get something to eat before I go to bed.

I begin to type :

Got a little tied, I'll meet you tomorrow. I may have a colleague with me though =.=

I close our chat and walk down the hall to get myself some dinner.

Again, look what I do for you Sakuya...