Discalimer: I own only my OCs!

This takes places years after the end of the series. For some reason Chaotic was shut down and forgotten. But the game persisted. Perim persisted. And now it's time for a new generation of Chaotic players to make their mark!

Dad used to tell me all these stories when I was a kid. Mom would tell him to stick to Mother Goose stories, but I loved the adventures he used to tell me about. They were my special stories. Ones that Dad made just for me. At the time I believed him, I wanted a place like Perim to be real and then I could go have adventures like Dad told me about. About the time I was twelve, I stopped believing them, but I kept the cards Dad gave me. Mom even gave me some of hers. At night I sometimes flip through them, remembering their names and stories Dad told, but then I'd put them away.

The cards were from a game back in my parents' days, called Chaotic. Four tribes of strange and amazing creatures battling to survive in the world of Perim, that's the game. Dad would often tell me the stories about the Overworlders, and based on the cards Mom gave me, she was a Danian fan. The Other two tribes, Underworlders and Mipedians, were also in Dad's deck, but not as much as the Overworld Tribe. He would just make those pictures just about come alive with his stories, they were so detailed I was convinced they were real!

But reality eventually brings you back and the stories go back to being stories.

The reality is now that I'm a girl in second year of high school. I have an artsy best friend named Manny Rosen who's freaking out about his Algebra test, and Club meeting coming up.

"Ange, seriously! I need to cram like now!" Manny is practically begging as we both go to our lockers.

I enter my code and smile. "I already gave you all the notes I have, Manny. You choose to watch Always On The Beat last night, so it's your own fault."

"There should be allowance in homework for family time!" he continued to complain. "I should have asked my Dad for a note!"

Thing is: Manny's dad probably would have written one. "Mr. Rodson wouldn't accept it anyway." I tell him typing in my locker-code. "He doesn't like technology much, so he keeps his course old-fashioned. You have a whole hour of lunch before the test, at least study then so you have a chance of passing."

"Nuh-uh! No way!" Manny crossed his arms in defiance. "Like Dad says: Ya can't cram your mouth and your brain at the same time!"

I close my locker and look at my over-weight friend oddly. "Uh… yes, you can."

"Well, maybe yooouuu can Angel." I laugh. Manny has a way of getting me to. His dad and my mom were friends from way back in high school, and they still are. So I've known Manny basically all of my life. He's like a brother to me, so no matter how immature or illogical he acts, we've always got each other's backs. Which is good cause we both ended up outcasts in our own ways.

"Give it your best shot, Manny!" I cheer him on. "I've got my own plans at the Chaotic Club for lunch."

"Oh, gosh! That's today?" Manny says, surprised.

"We need to get you a calendar, buddy."

The Chaotic Club is based on the card game that goes decades back. A lot of them are kids like me who have cards their parents saved and continue to buy them to make their own decks. The club has fallen into the category of geeks/nerds, but I don't care and neither does anyone who shows up. Chaotic still sells cards, newer ones with different images than in Dad and Mom's day. I would have used theirs, but their so old now that they're valuable! I don't want to sell them, so I keep them at home where they are safe.

The club meets in the computer room. There are desks to play and trade cards, and computer where we can access our card codes and play on there. My match is going to be online, I just brought my deck for… emotional support. I flip up the card on the top. It's Maxxor.

My deck does have the similar Creatures that Dad's has. There are some of the others mixed in, but my deck is mostly Overworld. This is my fantasy, my childhood! "Time to get Chaotic." I say quietly, then I enter the clubroom.

My opponent, FlyingFelix9, has his Rothar down to just 10 energy points. My Lystone, has 20, so I'm gonna need the right mugic to get out of this with a victory. I click to turn over my next card….

Perfect!

"A Caster's Warsong!" I play it and win the match.

The crowd that had gathered behind me gave me congratulations. I sent a thank you to FlyingFelix9 for a good match. He didn't respond and just logged off, so I did the same.

"PerimPride: still number one!" Diana, the scorekeeper of the club, gives me another tally on her list. This time was pretty much luck, but I do have a solid winning streak around here. It gets me a lot of attention and a lot more challenges. I love that part of it too! This is honestly the most fun thing I can do while sitting still. I'm in one of the geek clubs, but I'm the ace in my P.E. class!

As the praise continues on my winning streak, in my backpack I hear a ringtone. In order to do the online battles you need a special kind of scanner to link up to the computer. Mine purple, and….

"Whatya got there, Angel?" Victor, another player asks me.

"Hang on Vic, let me read it." Since the whole group is looking at me in interest, I read it out loud. "'Congratulations, PerimPride on your 50th straight victory for Chaotic's online system.' Well, that's nice of them!"

"Keep reading!" Diane eagerly begs from over my shoulder.

So I do. "'We would like to invite you to the reopening of a new Chaotic for select player worldwide!' Whoa! 'If you wish to accept: please enter the code in this email into your scanner and brace yourself for a new, life changing adventure. Offer valid through the next 24 hours. Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you there, PerimPride.'"

The entire Chaotic club was gasping and awing at my message. Some were already chanting for me to enter it. The password looked like a random jumble of letters and numbers. Somehow it gave me an odd feeling. "I- I don't know guys." I said to the eager group. "This message doesn't have any kind of return address. What if it's a hacker or something that could steal from my online account?" One or two of the other members nodded their heads. We've had experience with compromised tech before.

And what a time for Manny to run in! "Ange!" he called running from the door. "Don't tell me I missed your match! Man! And just when I got the good news that the test was canceled."

"Sorry, Manny." I told him with a chuckle. "But look at this!" He came over and read the message on my scanner.

"No way!" Manny exclaimed. "You too?"

Many pulled out his own orange scanner. "I got one this morning, but I didn't enter the code cause I almost missed the bus."

So this is either a scam, or a massive legit offer. "So…" I looked between ourselves and around the room. "What do we do if this backfires on us?"

Manny shrugged. "Meh… If you're doing it, I'll do it. This could fry our scanners, but these are replaceable. And we can both stick to our cards in the meantime if we have to."

My best friend, though he is, isn't known for making the safest decisions. But then again, I've always been the daring one. I smile confidently up at Manny and say. "Alright! At the same time then!"

Manny and I both enter the cods we each got. The whole room stays quiet either going back to their own games or watching us to see what will happen. Our fingers hover over the enter button. "Ready?" Manny asks.

I look around at the room and then down at my scanner. "Ready." I affirm.

We both press enter. Our screens warp… and then go dark. "What?" Shocked, Manny and I try to turn them back on our activate the keys. "It was a scam!" I cry out angrily. "Oh, that was so stupid of us! Manny, these cost too much for me to ask my mom for a new one!"

Manny was disappointed to. "Okay, chill. Let's take these home and show our parents. Chances are we'll each get a 'you-should-have-known-better' speech number 1-4-9, but it might give us a chance to earn some cash-o-la."

I sighed, feeling defeated. I love playing the card game, but I've become pretty popular and known online. It feels like a part of my world has been cut off from me.

What I didn't know it then, but a whole other world was about to be reopened for my generation.

A/N: This may have been done before, but I felt like giving it a shot!

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