First, let me introduce myself. I'm Raiden-Infinity, a Malaysian Chinese and a high school student. So, I present my fanfic, Radical X Maple, a story for pure fun. Mind my writing style though, it focuses more on dialogues and actions to produce a more interesting reading atmosphere. I do NOT have good grammar and vocabulary basics so please pardon me. I draw my own illustrations for the pictures so be sure to look at them too to know the story better! :P (I will use [Image] tag to show that there's an image there. You need to read the full thread posted on PlayPark forums to view it as FFNet does not support images, EVEN URLS!)

Disclaimer: This is a fanfiction about MapleStory. I do NOT own any contents from MapleStory. However, I will add my own ideas and set of characters to make the story more interesting.

You can browse the URL:

forums dot playpark dot net slash index dot php questionmark slash topic slash 195836-story-radical-x-maple slash

where
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for the complete version of the fanfic with perfectly embedded illustrations. (Honestly, FFNet sucks to the max for this)

Let the story start!


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Prologue

I - The Maple World

The Maple World...It was said to be created by overseers, the "gods of beginning". However, no one can prove their existence. The overseers had created three transcendences, those that could be said to be the closest to the gods and also said to be beings that were to keep balance in the world. They each have different powers which are light, time, and life.

The World Tree is known to be the Transcendence of Life. Little is known about it but legends state that it is the origin of all living things in Maple World.

Rhinne, the Goddess of Time, is an immortal transcendence that resides in the Temple of Time. She was known to be always asleep while the entire Maple World is but a dream of hers.

The Transcendence of Light which his name was unknown was once the master of Aurora, an organization which its purpose is to protect and study light. He has fallen due to the overwhelming allure of light, transforming into a major villain known as the Black Mage.

Although being transcendence, Black Mage is mortal. Therefore, he craved for immortality. After years and years of researching, Black Mage invented a potion that he deemed that it will give him immortality. With much excitement, he drank it. The potion did not make him immortal. Another personality was created and immediately took over the original one.

A ritual was performed to convert all his light energy and traits of humanity into darkness, greed and cruelness. Black Mage killed all other comrades except one that was not in Serenity, the base of Aurora during that incident.

From that day onwards, Black Mage plotted to take over Maple World. The fate of Maple World...what it will be?

II - The Gate of Arcadia

Above the skies of the vast sea between Erev and Edelstein, there was an uninhabited island named Arcadia. Just like Erev, it floats at an altitude of approximately 0.3 times higher than the sacred island Erev. No one ever stepped on the island to explore it. No one knows the origin of it. No one knows what the use of the island was…

There was a giant gate-like monument on the island, which people name it "The Gate of Arcadia". It was so huge that it occupied nearly half of the island. Glyphs that no one can understand were carved around it. It was believed that the gate opens to where the overseers reside.

After the Transcendence of Light had been corrupted, Maple World was covered with darkness. Some inhabitants of Erev sighted that the Gate of Arcadia has signs of activating as the glyphs carved on it started to shine. It seems that the dark power of Black Mage activated it. Who knows when the gate will open and where it will connect to?

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