Chapter 1
"Alright Honey bunny. See you later. You want anything from the store?" I hear my mother yell out her good bye from down stairs. I swivel on my god awful computer chair and shout a quick "No thanks."
"Alright then. I love you."
"Love you too, Momma!", I call back. I hear the front door close and I know I'm nearly home free. Just have to wait a few moments. Just a little-wait! There it is. The roar of my mothers car engine starting, the sound of her backing down the drive way, come on, come on! And... I'm free. I get off the swivel chair, kneel down on the hard wood floor and pull out a large plain white box from under my bed gently setting it on my lap. I read the bright blue Wii icon, fingering the top of the lid gingerly. I know if I open this there is no going back. No more online Wizard 101. I'll never look at it the same way again. It'll be nothing compared to this. I take a deep breath. If I go virtual, online will never satisfy me... I can live with that. I lift the lid and behold the greatest technological break through since the computer or iphone.
The Helmet... of Awesomeness.
Okay. It's not really called that but me and my friends joked about how cheesy and dramatic it was so in the commercials so in the end the helmet became THE HELMET!... OF AWESOME-NESS ness-ness-ness. HA! I pulled it out of the bubble wrap and set the helmet gently on my pink bed spread. It was... a helmet. In all honesty it looked more like a very shiny white dirt bike helmet than the greatest break through since the... well ya know. I look back into the box. Two white power gloves and two cuffs lay down at the bottom. I slip the gloves on my hands, wrap the cuffs around my ankles, and press the power button on each of them automatically connecting them to the nearest server. I know what comes next. I have to go to the Wizard 101 site and click the VR mode. Connect them to the server. Put the helmet on and activate it. Touch myself so the machine has the right computations, sign in with my eyes as the mouse. Lie down. A laser will shine into my eyes so I'll see the world. Go through the motions again. Create a new character, do tutorial, etc. I know what to do. I've been preparing for a whole year. But still.
No. I shake my head. I've waited too long for this. I follow the instructions. I put the helmet on.
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY?
okay no
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY?
*OKAY* no
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WELCOME YOUNG WIZARD!