Chapter one: a new beginning

It was a quiet day in Tharsis. Everyone was going about business as usual. But something was going on at the explorers guild. 5 teens were registering a guild. I am 1 of those 5. There are 4 guys and 1 girl. The one to the far right with the light blond almost white hair to his shoulders and glasses is our leader Zeus. He is 17 and he doesn't talk much but he is very strong. To his left with the white hair a little past his shoulders is Saiko. He is 19 and he doesn't talk much either, but more than Zeus, and is the fastest member of our guild. To the left of him with the spiky gray hair is Lucas. He is 15 and he loves to talk he is also very energetic, he is slow but can take a punch. To my right with the gray hair a little above her shoulders is the only girl in our guild Dawn. She is 15 and is smart (the smartest person in our guild), funny, kind, caring, an excellent friend... and maybe a little cute. Then at the very end of the line is me. My name is Sly I'm 15 with long light black hair in a ponytail (they aren't only for girls so stop laughing). I consider myself friendly enough I'm fast, but not as fast as Saiko, and I have pretty good eyesight.

We turned in the paperwork and the guild master asked us "so what do you wish to call your guild?"

Saiko answered "we decided we would call it the light guild"

"an interesting name. Who is the leader?"

Lucas replied "Zeus is our leader" pointing at Zeus.

"you will each need to choose a class. There are 10 of them so choose wisely."

He handed us a list and we each chose a class. Zeus chose imperial. Saiko chose nightseeker. Lucas chose fortress. Dawn chose runemaster. And I chose sniper.

He pulled out a letter and said "take this and give it to the outland count and he will give you your initiation mission." Zeus took the letter and we left.

We decided to explore the town before we went to see the count. First we went to the Saehrimnir inn. When we walked in the inn keeper said "welcome ba- oh hello I belive this is the first time we've met. I'm Dalla."

we introduced ourselves and Saiko said "we would like to rent a room we're starting a guild."

"congratulations. that will be 25 en per night."

Zeus handed her the money and she handed him a key saying "i'll put you guys in room 6 okay"

Dawn said "that will be fine ma'am"

"well doesn't someone have nice manners, but call me Dalla."

Dawn smiled and said "okay."

we went up stairs to check out the room. It was cozy with 5 beds 3 on one side of the room 2 on the other. The beds had trunks at the ends of them and we quickly stored our clothes. The bedding arrangement went as follows. Zeus, Saiko, and Lucas on one side of the room and Dawn and I on the other. After that we went to the berund atelier. Where we met a girl she said "hello an welcome to da berund atelier i'm Wynne I run the shop whats yer names"

we introduced ourselves and I asked "how do you run things here?"

"well when guilds sell us items they get from monsters they killed or when they find dem within teh caves we will be able to make stronger weapons, armor, and items for dem. We can also forge special skills into weapons, but you need special hammers which you can find in the labyrinths."

we left and decided to come back when we had more money. Next we went to the dancing peacock. When we entered we were greeted by a woman she said "hello and welcome to the dancing peacock I'm Kirtida."

we introduced ourselves and Saiko asked "so what is it you guys do here?"

"when adventurers need a quest done they come to us and other adventurers take up the quest and get a reward. You can also get advice from people in our bar. Unfortunately it looks like you are not certified explorers yet come back when you are and I'll be able to give you quests."

We left and decided to go to the cargo wharf but none of us felt comfortable there so we left quickly and finally ended up at the out land court. When we entered the count said "hello is there something I can help you with?" Zeus handed the letter from the guild master to the count. He opened it read it and said "ah I see you are the light guild and you need to complete the initiation mission correct?"

Saiko nodded and said "that is correct sir." I nearly started laughing right there because Saiko is never this polite to people and looking at dawn I could see she felt the same. I was barely able to hold it in but

it was very close.

"Okay the initiation mission is as follows you are to go to the old forest mine to collect some iridescent ore and bring it back to me understand?" we all nodded and he said "Okay then here is 500 en for you to buy supplies with. You'll get 500 more when you are finished but I believe you should go tomorrow since it is already getting dark."

we decided to take his advice and went back to the inn and had dinner. At dinner we met another guild that was staying at the inn. They called themselves the shield guild because they were all fortresses. Their leader Scott was telling us about the first time they went into the mine. He said "so we were walking through the maze when we saw a giant monkey with an Afro not far from us. John was so scared he jumped into the water and it took Lily Steve and I to pull his butt out again and when we did there was a fish in his shirt."

then John said "yeah and I said 'hey Mike looks like I'm still a better fisher than you are' then we had that fish for lunch." everyone laughed even Zeus chuckled. After that we decided to go to our room to get ready for tomorrow.