"…to the Death Game. Once you opened this envelope, you automatically signed yourself in for this game. Any deaths will not be held accountable against us." I glanced up at the clock, noticing I had forgotten about class.

Oh well.

What was this Death Game?

I decided, even though it totally went against my heart, my mind, and my… everything's will, to keep reading.

So I looked down at it and continued, "…The current game for Round One is… Labyrinth. To enter the game, meet our associate at the corner of Ridge Rd., at three-thirty. I hope you enjoy."

I could picture whoever wrote this, smirking as the finished, enjoying the fact that I was probably about to wet my pants.

Guess what? I was.

...Wait, who did write this…

I skimmed across the letter, and I didn't see it at first, but it was there, a cursive little signature that said: Ray.

Ray…?

Nothing else.

Just Ray.

I was guessing this "Ray" person controlled the "Death Games."

Or maybe "Ray" was just a low-ranked "card maker."

I didn't really freakin' care.

I just didn't want to enter any thing with the word "Death."

But… I decided, I'd better get on to class, before I get expelled or something.

I mean, when you think about entering a Game of Death, and still worrying about Algebra, it seems kind of lame.

But, seeing my teacher, I wouldn't be surprised if she ran the games.

So, I headed into the hallway, stuffing the card into my pocket.

Three-eighteen.

Time to get the heck over the corner of whatever-street, and meet these people.

Yeah.

So, I ran out of my last classroom and over towards my bike.

When I got there, I jumped on and began riding off and onto the side walk.

This sidewalk led straight down, from St. Rita, and jerks to the left, then straight to Ridge Rd.

I glided smoothly along.

Left.

Right.

Here, Ridge Rd.

I figured by the corner he meant over there, so I picked up the pace at darted towards the far end of the road.

I went past my cult sack.

Once I got there, I skidded by bike to a halt and leapt off.

In the distance, I heard some people talking, and I guess I was here looking for them, so I leaned my bike against a large oak tree, next to my book sack, and walked over towards the noise, letter in hand.

Then, as I stepped out from behind a tree, I saw them.

Two men wearing white and grey masks, strapped around their heads.

They seemed to be guarding some sort of archway, made of stone, I think.

It had plenty of Ivy, so it blended in with the rest of everything around it, but it seemed so different at the same time.

I walked forward, towards them.

Stupid, I know, but I did.

The second they spotted movement, they launched into full-on attack mode.

I barely had the time to brace myself.

The second they hit, it felt like timeless, million-pound stone, crashing against some feeble wod carving thing…

Guess which one I was?

I went straight to the ground, slamming into it.

Then, the guards let go of me and stood up and apologized…

Not really.

Actually they grabbed a branch and swung my across the clearing and into a tree.

Actually, I think I broke a rib or two.

But, luckily, when I hit the tree, I dropped the card.

Oops.

They straightened up, and reached a hand out to me.

I didn't know whether to pull myself up, or put on one of those buzzer things that zaps them when they shake your hand.

Luckily, I chose the former, and I didn't get a couple more ribs snapped in half.

My adventure seems fun so far right?

Wrong.

It only gets more fun…

They grabbed me by the arm and pulled me to my feet.

"I am sorry. We did not know that you were a challenger. Please, place on the uniform, so you are not misrecognized," he picked up the card and slid it into his pocket, then he muttered something into a microphone, while his partner handed me a silver shirt, that looked like any normal, long-sleeved casual shirt, except in had a black star on the right side of the chest.

"You must wear this at all times, Challenger Silver."

The guy seemed all tense.

I shrugged, and took my brown shirt off, and replaced it with this one.

It matched my black and white pants, and my dark hair, so I figured it wouldn't be too bad.

I also folded the sleeves at my elbow.

My little touch.

Then, he lead me over to the archway.

The other guy that had taken my card was nowhere to be found.

I was about to know why.

Mr. Weird Robot Man took me too the arch, then said, "Mr. Ryuzaki, please enter the Arch."

I guessed he meant the stone archway, so I stepped into it, sand instantly everything changed.

I could hear whistling noises, and there was a instantaneous flash of light, then I was standing next to a tree…

Surrounded by people.

Literally, there was a giant stadium surrounding me, raised up on a high, black platform.

There were also certain people, dressed in fancy clothes, inside of the stadium.

Some people, dressed in fancy stuff, ran over to me and shook my hand.

"You are here, Challenger Silver! Finally," one of them muttered to me.

I just nodded, and pretend I wasn't as stupid as I really was.

Meanwhile, the crowd was going freaking nuts, cheering as I walked out towards the middle of the stadium, being lead by some people I still didn't know.

I just smiled and waved.

That is, until I saw an enormous firecracker shoot out above me, and I heard some voices yelling, "Let the games begin."

Obviously, the crowd kept cheering, and I was pushed towards an opening of the stadium.

I went easily, considering I knew this was the "Death Game."

But, when I exited the arena, I was in a stone and brick hallway.

It was totally out of place.

Then, the guards behind me pushed me forward and fled backwards, out of the corridor.

Yeah, I said fled. In fear too.

Unfortunately, that option wasn't for me, because the gateway shut closed, forcing me to go in the only direction possible.

Forward.

So, I walked forward, with lights on the roof above me.

I couldn't hear any sounds, so I figured I was alone.

Not.

At first, I just saw creepy yellow eyes in the distant shadow, then, I heard it.

Tapping noises.

I stood still.

I really didn't want to know what was tapping, but I was about to find out.

So I cautiously slid a torch out of one of the holders, just in case.

Bad move.

I signaled attack, and the spiders -Yeah, spiders- came charging at me.

They were gray, with yellow eyes, and fangs, that looked as if they could've belonged to a wolf... or a dragon.

So, I threw my torch at them, hoping to scare them away, and it worked, they hated fire.

They make a walkway where the torch slid across stone, and I ran through it.

It didn't last long, becase they could smell fear or something.

So I followed my gliding torch, through the waves of spiders, then I came to a point where the pathway split up.

My torch hit the dead middle and bounced back at me.

I picked it up, then chose the left tunnel, randomly.

As I ran, I swung the flaming branch at the oncoming bugs behind me, hoping to scare them away.

Fail.

Then I hit something.

It was the shape of a thick pole, it was hard and metal too.

If only I had known earlier that these were robot spiders... if only...

I looked up, and saw a giant black spider, looming ominously above me.

I even felt the drool drop from it's fangs and flood over my shoulder.

Once I got my wits back, I ran.

Not far though.

It wacked me into a wall with it's leg, then pinned me against it with it's other leg.

I felt as if my shoulder was burning from where I got whacked.

I couldn't see it though, because I was stuck to a wall.

Through total retaliation, I slammed my arm against the leg of the spider, that was holding me.

These spiders were flammable.

Because I had had the torch in my hand, so when it hit, the spider erupted in flames.

I had maybe five seconds before the rest of the spiders came, so I darted through the corridor.

There were no more candles, so I was in the dark.

After a few minutes of running I heard birds.

I hoped those birds were nice, but for some reason, I doubted it.

Then, unexpectedly, I slammed into a wall.

No, correction, a door.

I fell backwards against the floor, then I stood up again, recovering from the impact.

I felt around for the handle, and luckily, there it was.

I slid the door open and..

I was blinded by light!

Cautiously, I stepped out of the dark hallway, and, my eyes adapting to the light, I saw trees and everything.

It was still a pathway, walled by side-by-side connecting trees.

They were definetely walls, and I could never imagine climbing them.

I went over and sat against a tree, to rest.

I closed my eyes for a second to catch my breath, then when I opened them again, standing up...

To be continued...