Chapter I: The Beginning


"In the Loud House, everybody has their own different interests."

A young boy with white hair spoke, as if addressing an audience that wasn't there in his small bedroom.

"My oldest sister Lori likes gossiping and socializing, Leni likes clothes and fashion, Luna likes music, Luan likes comedy, Ly-"

Suddenly, his door opened, and a buck-toothed girl with braces and a brown ponytail stuck her head in.

"Hey, Linc! What do you call a-Oh, are you doing your 'talk to the folks watching/reading your adventures' thing again?"

Lincoln blushed for a moment, seeming embarassed. "Luan, you know it helps me think!"

Luan opened the door all the way and turned to the same wall Lincoln was previously facing.

"Hello, people beyond Lincoln's fourth wall! Hope you all enjoy the story! I know he can be slow about it, but I like to think he gets a little better each time... sometimes."

"LUAN!"

"Ok, ok, I'm sorry. I'll come back in another chapter."

With that, Luan giggled and ran out the door.

Lincoln sighed. "As I was saying, everyone in my family has a lot of different interests, and it's not too often that they align. One of MY favorite hobbies is video games, but rarely do my sisters enjoy playing them with me, and Clyde and Ronnie Anne aren't always available... The games are fun, but sometimes it's lonely to just play by myself."

"...That is, until I discovered THIS!" Lincoln excitedly pulled out a box. On it was a picture of an elven woman, with the words "REALM OF EVERCRAFT" at the top.

"It's called a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, but it's a lot easier to say MMO. There's ALWAYS people online, so you never have to worry about being too lonely. I can't wait to try it!"

Lincoln opened up his laptop and inserted the disc. Fantasy-style music began playing as the program opened and began installing the game.

"Estimated time... 1 hour!? Man, that'll feel like an eternity!"

So, Lincoln resigned himself to keeping entertained for an hour. He tried calling Clyde on the walky-talky, but there was no response right now. He tried reading an Ace Savvy book, and he got to a thrilling battle with Go Fish when...

"Linc?... Lincoln?..."

"Wake up, dude!"

Lincoln jumped up to see his sister Luna standing at this bedside.

"Wha-? What is it?"

Luna couldn't help but laugh. "It's alright, dude. We just haven't heard from ya in a couple hours, so I wanted to check on you. But you just fell asleep, I guess."

"I guess I did. Thanks, Lun-Wait, a couple of hours? It must be done, then!"

Almost completely forgetting Luna's existence, Lincoln rushed to grab his laptop off the drawer. Sure enough, the bar had filled to 100%, and it was asking if Lincoln wished to launch the game, to which he obviously said yes.

Lincoln could barely contain his excitement when the game opened up. The words "Realm of Evercraft" appeared on the screen as powerful music began playing, and then it took him to a character creation screen.

"So, what is all that?" Luna asked, sitting on the bed beside her brother.

"It's a new game I got. I can create my character, and it'll put me in a world where thousands of other people are playing, too!"

"Thousands? Far out, man! So, what kind of dude you gonna play?"

Lincoln thought. There were a lot of options to pick from. The game had a bunch of "races" you could play, things like humans, elves, dwarves, and things like that. And then you could pick a "class", things like warriors, wizards, assassins, and that kind of stuff.

Lincoln sifted through the options, with Luna watching and pointing out things she thought were "rad". Eventually, he settled on a Moon Elf Huntsman. His character was fairly tall and slender, with light purple skin, glowing silver eyes, and long, pointed ears. He wore some basic leather armor, and had white hair like Lincoln himself, although it was long and tied back in a ponytail. Next to the elf was a tiger-like cat with black fur and white stripes.

"Pretty sick, dude!" Luna said, approving of Lincoln's character. "So, what's a Huntsman do exactly?"

"Well, it says here that they can befriend animals to fight with them, and they can learn to master bows and crossbows. They can also call wild animals to help them out when they need to."

"Wow, that sounds like Lana's dream come true." Luna said. "I kinda liked the look of those Bards, myself."

"You know, you could always get the game too and play with me if you wanted, Luna. Me as a Huntsman and you as a Bard, we'd make a great team."

Luna thought for a moment. Video games aren't really her thing, besides occasionally Guitar Legend and Parapster the Rap Star. But...

"I might just consider it, bro. I just might... But for now, I gotta go practice for my next gig. Catch ya later!"

Luna ruffled her brother's hair affectionally before she hopped up and left the room, closing the door behind her. As she did, Lincoln stared at a little bar at the bottom of the screen that said "Character Name".

"Man, I always suck at thinking of these... Maybe I should just have the name give me one..."

Clicking the button that said "Random", Lincoln watched a name appear in the bar.

"Barelor Shadowfall? I kinda like the sound of that! Ok then, Barelor it is!"

Lincoln clicked the "Create" button, and waited for his journey to begin.


Hiya folks! It's me, that guy again. I've been hit with a pretty lame case of writer's block when it came to the next Loud Legends story. Combine that with the fact that I'm already a slow writer, and well, you know. But I thought of this concept a while back, and decided that maybe I should look into this as well. If anyone out there particularly likes my other story, don't worry, I'm not giving up on it. At worst, consider it on hiatus.

I hope you guys will like this story, though. I've been big into both EverQuest and World of Warcraft in my lifetime, so I liked the idea of mixing that into my favorite cartoon. Lincoln's character, Barelor, is shamelessly named after and based on my own WoW character.

But anyway, we'll see Barelor's adventure begin next chapter. And who knows, maybe he'll find himself some friends, too. After all, an MMO is best enjoyed with other people.