Chapter 1: The Beginning
Walking down the street I see a group of people gathering around a window, my curiosity takes over and I wedge myself in between people to see what's happening. On the other side of the window there is a big TV and there is a commercial on. It is for the new video game device. "The new Oculus Nerve." A beautiful girl says while presenting the new device. "You would put it on your head just like a helmet and you will be put into a virtual world."
This type of device has already been created and was banned since the SAO incident. The SAO incident was when people got trapped in the game "Sword Art Online." When you died in the game you would actually die you in real life. The government banned this type of devise after the incident fearing that once again something like this might happen. It was around twenty years or so ago before I was born when it happened. It showed that a new game would come along with it. "Planet of Warriors, or PoW for short." says the beautiful girl still showing off the helmet looking devise. That's when I saw something at the bottom right hand corner on the screen. The game company that made it was my uncles company. My uncle and I rarely talk but he often sends me free games that are in Alpha or Beta version so I can test them and give feed back.
The summer sun kept beaming on me and the heat started getting to me so I decided to get some cold sodas and head home. When I returned home I found a sealed box on my door steps. I pick it up, it was a little heavy, and I bring it inside. I set it down in the living room and opened it up, inside was a Oculus Nerve and the game Planet of Warrior. I grin and shout out "Thank you uncle!" even though I knew he could never hear me. My parents did not hear me either. They are away on a their second honeymoon in the Bahamas. I bring it up stairs and open up one of my drinks and take a sip. I place the box on my unmade bed and take everything out. Following the directions I connect the Oculus Nerve to my wireless router. I take a small chip that was about 2"x3" out the box that says Planet of Warriors on it and has a picture of two gladiators fighting a dragon. I put the game chip in the compartment that's on top of the Oculus Nerve and lay down, carefully putting the devise on my head. I lower the visor that is black but a little see through. A loading symbol appears on it and after a minute words appear on it, it reads "Are you ready? Yes or No?" I automatically thought "Yes" and it selects it.
I smile brightly seeing how it only took a thought in order to use this. I never used a virtual system before. Right after it selects "yes" a count down starts. "3...2...1..." all of a sudden there was a loud high pitch noise and a white flash. I close my eyes quickly at that blinding white flash, I slowly open my eyes and only see white, not thinking I turn my head and only to only continue seeing white. Suddenly a light high pitched voice, almost like a child's voice, says "Welcome to Planet of Warriors." Startled I turn to around and see a girl, she couldn't be older then 14.
She had snow white hair in pigtails that goes all the way to her waist. She had light blue eyes, and a smile that would warm anyone's heart. She is around 5' tall, and she was wearing a pure white dress. She did not have any shoes on and her toes were pointing towards the ground as if she was floating. "w-who are you?!" I ask frantically thinking she was in my room still not quite sure what was happening. "I am the 'Welcomer" she says calmly as if she knew I was going to ask that. "Welcomer?" I ask, and she nods "yes, you are now in the virtual world 'Planet of Warriors' or PoW for short." Still astonished I go to remove my head gear but only to find it isn't here. I feel my hair on my finger tips. She shows that heart warming smile again and I finally put everything together. I can not help but smile with joy as I figure out I am in the virtual world. Interrupted by my train of thought of what it will be like the girl says "Now before you get started I will need you to fill out some things" and suddenly a mirror appears in front of me reflecting my messy jet black hair, light brown eyes, and the freckles I always hated on my nose and cheeks. I was wearing a skin tight suit that was pure white with black stripes going up all my limbs and connecting at a red dot on my chest. As I look closer I see a triangle on its side pointing right and one on the other side pointing left, in between was my hair. Curious I press the arrow that was pointing to the right and my hair suddenly change. My hair color changes to dark red and it gets all spiked up. "whoa!" I quickly exclaim backing up. "you can change the way you look." The Welcomer says from behind me, I turn to her "can I just stay the way I originally look?" I ask just wanting to get into the game. With a small nod a small rectangle appears in front of my eyes and a key board near my hands "then please choose screen name that other players will see." I take a couple minutes and think. I try a couple of names but none seemed right to me or it was already taken. Frustrated I wrote "D.R." a name that I used for various other game names. Once I pressed the "Enter" key, the Welcomer asks me "are you sure you want that name to be your name? Once chosen you can not rename yourself." I thought for a second then nodded and the keyboard and the small rectangle that has my name on it disappears.
"Anything else?" I question wanting to get into the game. After she nods five scrolls appear in front of me all different colors. The order of the scrolls color's going from left to right was; black, red, blue, green, and white. Under all of them was a small rectangle that had the word "info" on it. Since my favorite color is red I press the rectangle that said "info" under the red scroll and a light pink paper appeared over it. The text was in black and there was a red "X" in the top right hand corner. I read the paper that suddenly showed up.
"Choosing the Red Scrolls means you choose the road of the warrior. You will focus on attacking and strength. You will be given the skill 'Boost' which will doubles the strength of you, and your weapon. This skill will level up as you level up. You can use this skill for 20 seconds. The cool down is 2 minutes."
After thinking for a couple seconds I press the "X" in the corner and the paper vanishes. Deciding to read all of them I start from the left and make my way right.
I press the word "info" under the black scroll and another pink paper appears and it reads "Choosing the black scrolls mean you will choose to live life in the shadows. You will be like an assassin who specializes in speed. Choosing this scroll will give you the skill "Hide" which will let you vanish for 20 seconds. You can not move fast wile using this skill or attack, if you do either the skill will be canceled. You will be able to regenerate while using this skill. The cool down is 2 minutes. This skill will level up as you level up."
After reading it over again I close it and press "info" under blue scroll and it reads "Choosing the blue scroll mean you will take the role of a long range specialist. You will specialize in bows&arrows along with long range weapons. Choosing this scroll will give you the skill "Quick Shot." Quick shot will let you reload and shoot 3x faster. You can use this skill for 20 seconds, the cool down is 2 minutes. This skill will level up as you level up."
I close it after a couple seconds and press the word "info" under the green scroll. The same paper as the other opens up and it says on it "Choosing this scroll means you will be the tank of the group. You will be the warrior that focuses on defense. Choosing this scroll you will obtain the skill "Harden" which will make you impervious to all attacks for 20 seconds. The cool down is 2 minutes. You will not be able to attack wile using this skill but you can regenerate. This skill will level up as you level up."
After closing it I sigh seeing only one more left. I open up the white scroll and this time a white paper opens up, almost like they want you to choose it. This one reads "You will be the Healer of the group. While not being great with attacking and defending you will be able to regenerate HP (Health Points) and heal other players. Choosing this roll will give you the skill "Heal." Heal will let you gain 20 HP every seconds. You can cast this spell on yourself or another player. This skill will last 10 seconds. The cool down is 2 minutes."
I exit out of the paper and tap my foot thinking of what scroll I should use. A thought came to me. "It shouldn't matter really sense I could just make a new character... But I want my first one to be my main guy..." I sigh after a couple minutes showing I still could not choose which one I should use.
...TO BE CONTINUED.
