Lucy's POV:

Only 5 more minutes of this hellhole and I can go home and play...

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RING!

Thank god I have no homework today, and it's Friday! Maybe I'll finally beat Deliora, he's one of the hardest bosses I've encountered but once I beat him I'll be 7 levels away from defeating the Dragon King. I just have to get home.

I throw my school bag by the door and run upstairs.

"WELL HELLO TO YOU TOO!" my mom yells from the kitchen. I run downstairs and peck her on the cheek and make my way back to my room. I change into comfortable clothes and turn on my console. YES! I'm so excited!

I chose to be a melee fighter over a mage, it makes the game a bit harder but I guess I like it that way. I start the game from where I left off and the gates to Deliora's dungeon swing open.

My fingers run over the controls, preparing for his attack. I know when it will come… a large figure looms from the darkness and casts a shadow across the rocky floor. I wont make the same mistake; I hide my avatar behind a rock rather than taking it straight on. Its defense is astounding and I'll have to tire it down if I want to do any significant amount of damage. Okay its gonna turn toward me now… I run out from behind the rock and run up his leg, using my sword as a form of balance. Once I'm by his waist I grab hold of his belt and swing myself up. I stab his stomach and use my secret skill.

My fingers glide over the controls and my thumbs begin to cramp but I refuse to falter. My sword grows 8 times in size and tears a large gash in the stomach of the giant. He roars in pain and tries to shoo my avatar off but his attempts are futile; my sword is in too deep and my grip is too tight.

His life bar begins to deplete but not nearly enough. I pull out my sword and my avatar falls to the ground in a heap. I don't have enough armor or defense skills so I hide behind a different rock. I let my avatar rest and then run circles around him, he stumbles over himself trying to catch me. My avatar stumbles when her foot falls in a shallow hole and she falls flat on the ground; her sword skids away and returns to its normal size. Shit. Shit. Shit.

My hands begin to sweat, my finger slips over the control and I drop it. Just as I hastily bend down to pick it up Deliora lifts his massive foot and stomps right on my avatars body, blood splatters on the floor of the dungeon and large white letters dance across my screen.

LOSER.

I throw my controller on my bed in a fit of rage. Who needs Dragons Gate anyway? I plop onto my bed and drift off to sleep.

Light streams in through my window, and I get up groggily. No school today. No homework either. I might try fighting Deliora again. I'm about to turn on my console when I see someone outside my window. Huh? My parents work on weekends so there shouldn't be anyone home.

I sneak downstairs, grab a knife from my kitchen and open the front door.

"Hello?" I step out a bit more and see her standing by the garden.

"Excuse me? You need to leave, this is private property!" I pull out my phone to call the police when she appears two feet in front me.

"There's no need Lucy, I know everything about you and I need to show you something important. Go ahead and try to call the police, they can't see me." She walks, no, more like glides toward the small patch of forest next to my house.

"My name is Mavis by the way" she smiles and glides forward.

"Hey wait! I don't know who you are! I'm not gonna follow you into some forest! I'm gonna get gang rapped or shipped to some weird country to be a slave!" I look down and notice I'm in little pajama shorts and a t-shirt.

"Plus I'm not dressed!" I stumble after her with my knife tight in my grip. Why am I following her!

I'm gonna get myself killed.

Hey guys! I hope this first chapter wasn't too confusing! I have a lot of really good ideas for this fanfic so bear with me!