Chapter 2 - The Adventure Begins

Frederick suddenly awoke and sat up. His heart was pounding and sweat rolled down from his forehead. He looked around at his surroundings, but was unable to see anything. All around him was a black abyss. Even the ground he was sitting on seemed to not be there. The first thought that came to his mind was, "Where are my friends?" He hasn't seen them since they were all sucked into the black hole. And an even better question was where did that black hole come from? It had something to do with Howe and that Xbox remote he had. It was all connected but at the time Frederick couldn't see the connection.

Slowly but surely Frederick's vision began to come back to him. But what was strange was that his vision came back almost in a pixelated way, like he was in front of a big television screen. Once his vision came back Frederick was able to make out his surroundings. He was sitting in a big grass field under a clear blue sky. The wind was blowing softly and blew back his hair. In the distance Frederick could see white castle walls and sheep frolicking around the space. In his mind he was thinking this place looked familiar. But he couldn't put his finger on where he had seen this place.

"Find the remote," a voice suddenly called out. Frederick could hear the voice but had no idea where it came from. It was a soothing voice that sounded like it came from the bottom of an abyss. He looked around for the source but couldn't see anyone.

"Your future depends on the remote, and what you decide to do with it," the voice said. Frederick decided to get on his feet and search for this remote. Once he was standing he started walking in a straight path towards another section of the area he was in. He was in some sort of garden, except there were very little flowers. It was just open grass with castle walls surrounding. There was another section not too far from where Frederick was. That was where he was heading.

Hearing no more from the voice, Frederick reached the next section of the garden. It was another open space, but in the middle was a white pedestal. From a distance there was something on the pedestal but Frederick couldn't see it. All that he could see was that it was shimmering and golden. When he reached the pedestal he got a good glimpse at what the mysterious object was. It was an Xbox 360 remote controller. But what made it interesting was that it appeared to be made out of solid gold. The controller's body was made out of gold, while the buttons and joysticks were all normal colors. The middle button with the logo was also normal, except the green X seemed to glow a bit brighter.

Frederick's first thought told him to press the middle button. And that's exactly what he did. The remote began to transform in his hand, growing longer and sharper. Soon instead of a golden remote he was now holding a golden sword. The sword had a straight edged blade and a easy-grip handle. On the sword's hilt was the middle button.

Swinging the sword around, Frederick found that it was very light and versatile. It felt like the weapon of a champion. But was that champion going to be him, or was it somebody before him?

Putting that thought aside Frederick started to look for his next objective. He had a weapon, so defending himself would be no problem. Now he had to figure out where he was. And after that he could go look for his friends. Not too far away from him was what looked like the main castle. It was big and white and seemed to go along nicely with the walls around it. He started heading towards the castle.

Once he reached the castle he heard voices. One sounded like a young child, the other sounded like an older man. Frederick hid against the wall and listened to the voices for a moment.

"...yes, I know. But I doubt he has the stomach for any more bloodletting," said the child.

"We can't confirm that," the adult said. "He is going to continue to create monsters and send them after everyone important. Including you."

"I've been on the lookout. Nothing gets past me. You should be worrying about the others."

Frederick peered around the corner to see who it was. But when he got a glimpse of the two talking his jaw literally dropped. Inside the castle were two dragons. One was small, about the size of a labrador, with purple scales and a yellow underbelly. The second was bigger, like the size of a truck. It was bright red and looked important to some extent. Immediately Frederick remembered his video gaming memories and could identify the two dragons. The smaller one was no doubt Spyro, and the bigger one Ignitus. They're both from the video games Spyro the Dragon.

The golden sword clattered to the ground. Frederick had dropped it out of shock. The two dragons turned around and stared at him. Both of them looked confused, but then their expressions changed quickly to something urgent.

"It's him," Spyro said. Both of them started walking towards Frederick. Alarmed, Frederick picked up the sword and pointed the blade at them. The two dragons stopped in their tracks.

"Lower your weapon," Ignitus said. "We mean you no harm." Frederick ignored him, keeping his blade at the ready.

"Put the sword away," Spyro pleaded. "We know why you're here." This time Frederick pressed the middle button and the sword reverted back to a controller.

"W-What do you know about me?" Frederick asked.

"That you were sent here by an evil man," Ignitus said. "That same man is the one plaguing and terrorizing our universe. And you have been chosen to stop him." Frederick gave him a weird look. What did he mean he was chosen? Did it have something to do with the remote? And what universe? Did that explain why he was face to face with video game characters?

"You're in the video game universe," Spyro explained, as if he read Frederick's thoughts. "Howe sent you here with the black hole. But he didn't know what game he would send you to. Luckily you ended up here."

"What do you mean I was chosen?" Frederick asks.

"The previous Game Master has been slain. The duty now falls to you to take his place. That was why you were given his weapon. The Master Remote." Frederick looked at the gold remote in his hand. What kind of power did it hold besides turning into a sword?

"We can talk about the remote later," Ignitus said. "Right now you and Spyro have to head to the first game in search of Howe."

"Wait, me and Spyro?" Frederick asked.

"Yeah, you're going to need somebody to familiarize yourself with the environments," Spyro said. "And I know you've played my games, and that you like me a lot." Frederick's face turned a bit red. He didn't expect Spyro to know anything about him.

"You can open a portal to a game using the buttons on your remote," Ignitus said. "Press the Start button to open up a keyboard hologram. Then type the name of the game you want to go to." Frederick tapped the Start button and a hologram of a keyboard appeared in front of him. He thought for a moment before typing in the name of a common game he knew. Then he pressed the A button. Suddenly a small black portal opened up in front of him. It swirled around towards the center like a vortex.

"Spyro will explain more of what the remote does later," Ignitus continued. "Right now we don't have time to chat. Howe is tearing up games as we speak. You have to track him down and stop him." Frederick stared into the portal, his mind a jumbled mess. So much was being thrown at him right now that he didn't know what to think. Since when did Howe have anything to do with video games? And how in the world does a video game universe exist? So many questions, but little to no answers.

"Let's go!" Spyro suddenly said, pushing Frederick from behind. He staggered forward into the portal. Spyro jumped in behind him, and their adventure began.