"AAAUURRRAAGG! The stupid thing won't STOP MOVING" I finally give up on ever figuring out how the compass works and throw it with all my strength at a nearby tree. It bounces off with a small clicking sound before falling harmlessly into the grass. I feel my eyebrow twitch at the fact that the compass did not break even when I used ALL of my (apparently) pitiful strength.

I stomp over to it and raise my foot, ready to kick it to a satisfying 'death' when I notice that the arrow has finally stopped moving. My eyebrow twitches again but I push down the urge to kill the offending object and instead lean over to see its' surface. The arrow is pointing at East but according to the map I need to head North. "That would mean that I have to go..."

I look up and blink. Then I blink again. 'Is that lady being chased by a skeleton zoo?' She keeps running towords me and looking over her shoulder at the stampede of miscalaneous animals that were following her. She finally glances up and notices me and starts waiving her arms frantically. "Run!" She screams. I take one look at the hoarde of incomming animals, and decide to follow her advice.

Several minutes later I see a large tree that would be easy to climb so I nudge the girl with my elbow and point it out. She nodds and we both run towords it and grab a branch. We use the branches to pull ourselves higher into the tree and just sit panting but victorious. When I finally get my breth back I look at the woman curiously. "Why and how on earth did you get an entire zoo of skeletons to follow you and chase us up a tree?"

"Well I had to come to the newbie village in order to try to talk people to live in Infinate City, but then I was attacked by a mob. I got scared and used my new technique Skeletal Zoo to escape, but then the Zoo started following me and I panicked because it is much easier to dispell them if I am standing still." She explains to me. "Then can youy get rid of them now?" I ask, pointing down. "Those monkeys are getting closer." She nods and says something I can't quite make out and the Zoo disappears in a cloud of dust. "Eeewww." I complain. "Whats wrong?" she asks. "I think you got mon... m... ACHOO. Yup, you got monkey dust in my nose."

She laughs and starts to climb down the tree. I wait until she is on the ground before I follow. When we are both down safley, we get a good look of each other. She is a cute woman that is shorter, but much cuter, than I am with brown hair that is pulled back into two braided buns. She keeps looking at me and walks in a circle inspecting every inch. When she finally gets back in front of me she has a confused expression. "Prince?" she asks hesitantly. I look around "Where?" I ask. "I have only seen Prince on the posters and website! There are a ton of rumors about him because he disappeared so suddenly."

She looks at me sadly. "No, I'm sorry, I thought that you are Prince." "Me?" when she nods I look at her twice as confused as before. "Im Jade Pheonix... and isn't Price a guy?" "Well She started off as a guy but after (Tells After Life story) then she started recieving threatning letters and Gui was worried so they stopped playing until they thought it would be safe."

"Last I saw them Gui and Prince were getting married. Unfortunatly after that we all lost touch so I don't know how they are doing now." "How do you know all of this?" I ask her suspitiously. "Thats right! I havent introduced myself! My name is Doll." My mouth drops open. "Do you mean that you are THE Doll?" She nods again. "Wow. That explains the mob of people."

I suddeny think about everything that Doll has told me today. 'It's weird. My dads name is also Gui and neither of my parents play second life anymore.' "Doll? What is Princes real name?" I ask her. "I think it is Feng Lan. Why do you ask?" I back up against the tree and slide slowly down. "Gui and Prince are my parents." I tell her. Suddenly she smiles. "That would explain why you look so much like Prince. Are they here too then?" I shake my head no. "Mom asks Dad to play all the time but he always says no. Technically i'm not supposed to be playing either but I have wanted to play since I was young so I finally snuck on. Today is my first day." Doll just laughs "You are just like your mother."

After finding Doll she agreed to help me out and then we both logged off. I take me helmet off and suddenly feel a chill run down my spine. I turn to see my mom standing in the doorway. She crosses her arms "Yes and how was your 'sleep'?" she asks with a knowing look. "It was fine Prince how was yours?" I ask her, slightly annoyed by the fact that my parents ars two of the most famous players in Second Life. Not to mention that they never told me. I could have listened to all of my favorite songs for free!

She walks in, closes the door quietly behind her, and sits down beside me on the bed. "I know you have questions. So what do you want to know?" I take a moment to think about all the questions I have for her.

"Can you really sing that well?"

"Yes. Lolidragon told Yu Lian that I had a good voice and they decided to use it as a way to make more money for Infinite City."

"Why did you always hit dad? I know he is annoying sometimes but still..."

"I guess it was because I was frustrated because he thought I was a guy and I thought he was gay. You should have seen the look on his face when I switched gender. It was absolutley pricless. I thought he was going to faint outright. His eyes were big and his mouth was hanging open but he also looked relieved but scared and sad because I was still his student."

"Will you ever log back on? I know there is a letter and dad is an overprotective knucklehead but Doll really misses you. I would also like to play with you someday too."

"Honestly. I was just waiting for you to log on before I got back on so that I would have an excuse. Oh, I mean, reason to play online again."

She smiles at me "So. How would you feel about teaming up with the legendary Blood Elf?" The door bursts open and this time dad is the one standing with his arms crossed. "Do you mind telling me what you are planning in here?" He asks. "Honey, our daughter has decided to play and I have decided to team up with her." She tells him. his mouth opens and closes a couple times. 'I can't believe that a genius with an IQ of 200 can imitate a fish so perfectly.' I think to myself and cough to hide my laugh. "Fine." He says, obviously knowing that he is outnumbered. "But not without me."

I roll my eyes at his compromise. "Yeay!" Says mom "The Bloody Overlord is back!" "Uhm darling, You are the Bloody Overlady now..." Says dad. She smiles at him and we both take a step back out of fear. "The Blood Elf Prince is still back." She says, and walks out. "Wow. I thought you were going to wet yourself there for a moment dad." I say as I walk past him. "It's not my fault." He says defensively as he follows me. "The last time she smiled at me like that I ended up dying." Don't be so dramatic honey." Says mom as we sit down at the table. "I have killed you lots of times." I spit out my orange juice and start laughing at the image of my mom stomping on him, and then wince as I realize how painful it would be. "Ouch." I say in sympathy. "You have no idea." He says.

School. That one place that you can count on to be boring and interesting at the same time. The place you only go to to see your friends but stay at because you never know what will happen next. The place you can go from zero to hero and back in less than ten minutes. I walk in and sit in my usual (and assigned) seat in the back of the class and wait for everyone else to arrive. My school isn't based off of whoever is the best at sports, or who has the most trophies. Nope. At my school you are popular by how high you are in the rankings in Second Life. If your team wins a tournament you are popular for a week. If they have a high ranking you are popular until you are bumped down or out. If you know and are seen with an extreemly popular team, you are popular until they ditch you.

School is a place where I am a nobody. Why would I be? I only started to play yesterday. I had no plans to change my status. Who cares who is at the top of the 'food chain?' My parents are The most popular players ever to log onto second life, and that was enough to satisfy me. "Hey Bao Yu, what does it feel like to be dead last?" Asks Hong Li, who is of course the post popular male student. "You know what they say about dead last." I tell him as I copy my moms' smile to my dad. "The only place to go now is up."

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Winged Lion Spirit thank you! Your the first person to fave Generation After Life!

Has enyone ever looked up Feng Lans' name? I did and it said it means' Pheonix Orchid' However HonoFenikkusu says it means Windy Orchid. Either way it's still cool. I love my name but I don't think it means/translates into anything...

Oh! And Hong Li is supposed to mean possesor of great strength.

I don't know if the translations are accurate so if you know for sure please let me know so that I can fix and/or change it.