Oh I forgot to do this: I own nothing but myself and any ideas I eventually have that are original. Chapter 2

The next morning...

Yawn. "Errr." I whine as I try to blink both the light and sleep from my eyes. "Its too bright. Close the curtains Ashley." Oh wait she never is awake before me. I swing my head out from my bunk bed where my little sister sleeps on top and I on the bottom and shamble over to the window.

"Hey wheres the bed sofa thing?" I think to myself. "Oh well."

I shamble over to our faded pink or brown in this case curtains and pull them closed. Then I roll back into bed to do my daily thinking before I have to get up for a new day of school or the weekend.

First thoughts after a moment of reflection. "Wait a second. Sun in eyes: weird, sofa bed missing: odd, curtains changing color: Freaky. Somethings up."

I look around and finally take in all of the details. First I am still fully dressed. Second this is quite simply not my room. Third of all its far too clean for my room. Fourth there is no bunk above me and last of all my shelves that hold my glasses are not there. I am still wearing them. I jump out of bed and run over to the curtains and pull them open.

"Darn it. My dream wasn't a dream. Darn it. Darn it. Darn it." I say under my breath in order to avoid waking up others in the inn.

Well it seems that I really am in Ivalice and in Clan Gully and I did almost get crushed by a chicken and then fully crushed. Oh boy this is going to be a fun adventure. Hopefully this world doesn't think up any side dangers just for me. Luso and his trouble will be enough for my liking.

I guess I have to start my new day and I guess life. For now.

I look about my room. Sword. Next to bed on ground, good. Shield. Edge of bed leaning against it ,good. Hat. Tied around neck by draw string, Good. Rest of clothes. On except shoes which are next to bed, Good. I grab all my stuff and affix it to my person. Sword in scabbard on side, shield tied slightly to back. Now to find someone I actually know.

I head down stairs to the pub portion of the tavern. Good thing there are only one side with stairs on my floor.

"Hah Alan over here!" I hear a gruff voice call from a few tables away from where I come in to the room.

I look over to the source of the voice to see that Cid is already sitting at a table.

"Ah good morning Cid." I say as I sit down.

"So how was your first night in Ivalice." Cid asks me.

"I slept like a log."

Cid laughs a bit. "After eating your weight in food and then still being able to walk up to your room in a half sleeping daze. I would imagine so."

I reply: "Well that does sound like something I would do."

I lean my head back to take in the morning air.

Cid asks me when I bring my head back up: "What would you like for breakfast?"

I smile in a devious manner before replying "Scrambled eggs would do fine."

Cid laughs at my joke before replying "Sure I will go ask the barman to whip some up for you."

I lean back and think while Cid goes over to the barman. I space out while doing so and fail to notice Luso approaching from the stairs.

Thump. I sit bolt straight and hit my leg on the underside of the table as Luso sits down in one of the other chairs.

"Hey Alan. Did I scare you?" Luso asks with a worried but still bemused grin.

"Just a little but that's not important. What is is my question. How are you so calm with this whole dimensional hopping thing?"

Luso puts on a thinking look for a second before replying. "Well I just kinda go with the flow. I mean we both kind of signed up for it so not much we can do about it."

I must look dumbfounded because I feel that way. "so your way to deal with it is just go along with it?"

Luso simply shrugs and says. "yeah not much I can do about it right now anyway."

"I suppose." Is all I can come up with.

We wait for a bit until Cid comes back to the table. "Good morning Luso how was your bed?"

"Perfectly comfortable."

"Good now then on to the business of the day. You both know little of combat if yesterday is of any telling. So today instead of going on a job like I planned we will instead be going out to the forest to train you in combat, questing and being in a judged clan and the various perks and downfalls as such."

Well look at that a few differences between the game and reality. Good going into combat while knowing nothing about combat besides what T.V., video games, and fantasy books have shown me would be a horrible idea.

Luso speaks out at this point. "Awesome we get to learn how to fight monsters! Aren't you excited Alan?"

I answer in a sarcastic manner that I am. Yay being maimed, or stabbed, or gnawed on, or blasted, or blah, blah, blah. The list goes on. So off to learn how to prevent those things. Hopefully.

Later the barman brings us our breakfasts and our Clan members come down the stairs to join us one by one.

After everyone gets done with their breakfasts they head out side.

Eventually Cid stands up. "Now that the rest of the clan has departed to prepare the training are we shall depart."

I can't help but ask him what he means.

"Well you see the clan left to go clear a bit of forest for you to train in. They set up mannequin's for you to fight and cleared any monsters around the area so you don't get mauled while training your skills."

"Okay well Luso lets go shall we. Oh but where did they go for the set up?"

Cid: "Well we are going to the clearing we recruited you in so. Shall we."

"Fitting I guess."

And off we go.