Note: This starts out weird and kinda boring, but I promise it'll get better as you go on!

I sat down on that bench, leaning against the wall, and sighed in longing as I stared into the distance. It was clear, sunny, and with only the largest mountains to be seen from very far away. This might appear to be a nice day, a perfect day with birds singing, and flowers blooming and such, but it is not so.

To see clear skies means there are no objects in the way. To see far mountains means that even if it exists, it'll be too far for the likes of me to reach. To know that there is no such thing as Mt. Ebott, it makes all the possible hopes go away.

Although the game states that once monsters and humans ruled together, it doesn't seem so. And although it says that magicians sealed them away, there are no magicians. And even though the monsters are sealed in this mountain called Mt. Ebbot… there is no Mt. Ebott. It just doesn't exist. It ceases to exist.

Here, I'm nobody special. I'm not good at any one thing. I'm not the best at drawing, writing, instruments, sports, intelligence, kindness, none of that. Just a little bit of everything. One might think it's a good thing to be balanced, but not me. For me, not having one specific good trait is a downfall. You're not the best at anything. There's always someone better than you. You're constantly jealous of what others are able to accomplish, even if they're only able to accomplish that one thing.

But if I went to Mt. Ebbot and fell, then I would be a hero. It wouldn't matter what kind of speciality I was. Anyone that fell down there could be a hero. And if you ever made a mistake, you could just Reset, no biggie. I wished I could find that mountain, so I could finally start my reign of success. To actually be known for something good, and honorous.

I'm pulled out of my thoughts when my friends call to me to join them. I smile, shake my head, and get up and over to see what they're doing.

It's nighttime, almost midnight. I'm propped on my windowsill, staring out into the dark, empty night. The world is slightly illuminated by little lights everywhere, in front of the nearby garages, on the streets, in the windows of city buildings from far far away. Even still, the night is dark and serene, and the little lights are like fireflies, fluttering around here and there. My eyes unfocus and I actually start to see the night like that, with those fireflies flitting around merrily like little twinkling stars.

But back there, deep in the back of the nighttime scene, is a figure. It is darker than anything else. I snap out of my daydream as I focus my eyes on it. I was pretty sure it hadn't been there this morning. What could it be? The intimidating figure of it looms ahead, and just when I think I know what it is, it's gone. But not gone as in a "disappear" kind of gone, but just that it turns as dark as the rest of the world around it. I wonder, did it become lighter, or did the world become darker?

I got my answer surprisingly quick. The fireflies were gone. The world was completely black, with no little lights anywhere in sight. Where had the lights gone? I got off my bed and tried to open the lights to my room. It didn't work. No one else in the house would know, since it was still the middle of the night. Maybe it was a blackout? Then why were the lights from far, far away affected as well? Not like I knew. I didn't want to wake up anyone to ask, though.

But at the same time, I also wanted to figure out what the dark figure in the distance must've been. It was probably some geographic location, since it was huge. I flipped open my computer and pulled off the plug. (Since there was no electricity anyway...) I opened up Chrome and went on ahead to Google Maps to locate the figure. I found my house quickly, and then traced my way across the map, following the line of view I would have while looking outside my window.

Along the way, there were some insignificant things. Small houses, a center for who knows what, maybe a store, and so on. But those weren't big, and they were always there. When looking out my window, I would never actually see them, which made them pretty insignificant to my searches.

When I started to think that I might have traced too far, I found a mountain on the map. It was small and insignificant, and it might've been exactly what I was looking for. But I couldn't shake the feeling that the thing I had saw was maybe just a bit farther away, just a little bit more beyond my grasp. I sighed and continued, and was almost immediately rewarded with my finds.

A small mountain, no bigger than my first find, was sitting right across from the bay of where my house sat. I zoomed forward on the screen to check it out. This seemed like the thing I had seen in the distance, though I was surprised I had never noticed it before on my other sky gazing days.

My eyes widened as I realized what the words displayed. I blinked once, twice, then thought it over in my head. This reading could just be a mistake, true. But the chances were also highly unlikely. I now shut my eyes and concentrated. This was the choice of my lifetime. I hoped I wouldn't regret it.

I quickly flipped my computer closed and shoved it in a backpack. Then I tip-toed downstairs and snatched a couple of water bottles and snacks, stuffing them in there too. I considered bringing money, then thought against it. I would have no need for it, probably. I slipped into my sneakers and went outside, while closing the door behind me very quietly.

I can't tell anyone, or else they'll stop me. They'll think I'm crazy, and tell me to go back to bed or something. I can't afford that, not if there's even the slightest bit of chance that where I'm going is going to actually be the real thing. After all, this was my chance. To finally follow my dreams.

The silence outside was eerie, and the lack of any kind of light was spooky. I tried not to be affected, as I had a mission. I took a deep breath as I started to make my way to the dark figure in the distance, Mt. Ebbot.

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I think I'll be posting about 1 chapter every two days, so stay tuned! ;P ~Pizza