Sorry for the rushed chapter, but I promise you the next one will be better, longer, and...well, just better than this one.

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(Middle of nowhere)

Marco slowly opened his eyes and saw...nothing. He then looked around, finding nothing among the nothing in the nothing he was in. He then looked down and discovered something; his body, barring his head, covered in a white light. "Where am I? How did I get here?"

However, when he tried to move, he remained perfectly in place, no matter how hard he tried.

"Why can't I move?!"

And then, without warning, a white light shined next to him and he turned to see Star, unconscious and with her body also mostly covered in white light. As he looked with shock, Star opened her eyes, regained consciousness and turned to the boy. "Marco? Where are we?"

"I don't know, but it looks like nowhere in the middle of...well, you get the idea."

And then some more flashing lights occurred, which served to harbinger the arrival of Jackie, Brittney, Alfonzo, Ferguson and pretty much the rest of Marco and Star's classmates...or the ones that were named, anyway.

"Oh, look, the rest of the class is here." Star remarked, right before spotting Oskar. "Including Oskar! Hi Oskar!"

The teenagers promptly woke up and, before they could even have the chance to panic properly, a huge screen filed with static materialized right in front of them. The screen then formed a straight line, which moved like a wave as a distorted voice spoke.

"Greetings, students of Echo Creek Academy." The voice uttered.

"Hi creepy, distorted voice!" Star enthusiastically greeted back.

"I presume you're all wondering what are you doing in the middle of this void." The voice replied. "You have been chosen to play in...the wand games."

"What do you think those games are about?" Star whispered.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe something related to wands?" Marco sarcastically replied.

"Once you're taken to the game world, you will all be given a wand and an "Ex Whatever" form, which you will require to protect and master respectively, if you want to survive. To win the game, you need to find the other players and get their wands, and then search for a door in the middle of the world. Once there, insert the wands except your own in there to advance to the final stage."

"Marco, are you taking note of this?"

"I can't move my body, Star."

"Oh, right, the stupid light's restraining us."

"Now for the rules."

The screen turned green and wrote down the rules the voice mentioned.

"1st) No killing unless you're allowed to do so. 2nd) If you get the wand of another player who is still alive, they can hunt and attack you to get it back, alongside your wand. 3rd) If someone arrives in the game world but doesn't properly join the game, they can do whatever they want. And 4th) Alliances are allowed, but with no more than three members."

"That third rule sounds like something bound to be abused."

"Anyway, with that said, LET THE GAMES BEGIN!"

And once the mysterious, distorted voice finished spitting information at the teenagers's faces, the white screen suddenly vanished from existence and the white glow completely covered the players, who "teleported" away shortly afterwards.

(Game World, Diaz Household)

The first player to materialize in the world was Marco, who fell and hit the floor face-first. Star soon followed, and she fell near Marco, who looked around the house. He got up and inspected it, checking every detail and, much to his horror, realizing where he was.

"Wait, this is my house." Marco said as Star got up and went to him. "What is my house doing in the game world?"

"A better question would be what's that around your arm?"

Marco checked his left arm, and found a small rod made of wood with a sun-like emerald at the top tied to his sleeve. He grabbed the rod and checked it alongside Star. "It seems to be my wand." Marco remarked, which immediately reminded him of something. "Now that I think about it, you got yours, Star?"

Star checked her pockets and smiled before taking out her wand. "I still have mine." and then, after that, the girl got an idea. "Hey, Marco, how about we form a team? And I even got the perfect name, Team Starco!"

"Well, we have a higher chance of survival if we work together." Marco thought "Sure, let's be a team!"

With that said, Star squeed as she embraced Marco in a tight hug and shouted "Team Starco!" as the boy tried. "I know! Let's get packed up so we can go hunt the other wands!"

"Star, wait-"

Before he could finish, Star dragged Marco upstairs just as.