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NO REVIEWS? IS RUNESCAPE REALLY THAT UNPOPULAR? Oh well...

I awoke, and thought nothing about the dream I had. Probably just another normal dream, I convinced myself, as I walked down to the living room to get breakfast. Zage was there, and he had fresh bacon and eggs for breakfast. I gobbled it up in five minutes.

When I had finished my shower, Zage began the tutorial. He turned the Runescape Book over to the Quest Page. "Okay, here it goes. In Runescape, everyone will have a problem, let's face that. That's why they'll need you to do quests for them. Be it deliver something, rescuing someone, killing evil creatures or just to be an informant, the rewards depend on the difficulty of the quest. For example, if you have to defeat a very high-leveled monster for a quest and you accomplished the task, the rewards will be high. If you're doing something easy like being an informant, the rewards won't be very high. Maybe a little food to fill your belly, or 500 coins to get you by. When you have completed the task required for a quest, go back to the person who gave you this particular task, and speak with him to claim your quest reward and officially complete your quest."

I nodded my head, starting to understand. Then I remembered something, and asked, "hey, wait. The objective of my current quest is to complete Tutorial Island and get to the mainland. Do I have to come back here after I have got to the mainland?" That would be a pretty troublesome task, and I was hoping Zage would say no.

To my relief, Zage said no. "I was just getting to that," he said. "Some quests do not require you to speak to the person who gave you this quest. It isn't nescessary. You can simply complete the quest officially right away. A majority of quests do not allow that though."

Zage pointed to the trapdoor. "You have finished here. The next lesson will be taught by my good friend Terry. He resides under that trapdoor." When Zage saw my horrified look, he simply gave a laugh and said, "don't worry. The trapdoor might look treacherous, but it doesn't have any evil or vile creatures. Only the rat pit used to train the newbies in combat, that's all."

I felt even more worried, as I gathered my stuff, said goodbye to Zage, and venture down the trapdoor. At the same time, I did wonder what Terry was going to impart to me.

The trapdoor lead to an underground cave. It was really dark, and I found it hard trying to find my way around. The air was dusty and damp. Reluctantly, I made my way further into the cave and came to a lighted area. A man with a magnificent cape, with the Mining symbol on it, was walking around, observing some newbies' progress, who were mining hard. I strode over to this man, who I then noticed was wearing a purple bandana.

"Good day, young adventurer," the man said. "I am Terry, the Mining Instructor. And what might your name be?"

"The name's Benjamin," I said with a smile, shaking Terry's hand. It wasn't comfortable to touch and was rough. "Well, Benjamin, I am here to teach you the basics of mining. It is not an easy task, but when your Mining Level is higher, you can mine rocks easily enough. Well, I want you to prospect that rock over there and that rock over here. Tell me what kind of ore are in them."

"Okay," I muttered nervously, as I ambled over to the nearest rock. I looked at it closely, went around it, inspected it, and finally after ten minutes I ran over to Terry. "It's copper!" I yelled. "Great work, Benjamin. Other newbies take about thirty minutes to figure out that one. What about that rock over there?" Terry pointed to the rock which was holding a grey ore. I sprinted over, and repeated the process. After twelve minutes, I ran back to Terry. "It's tin! Tin ore!" I said, still wondering how did I prospect those rocks.

"Good work. Now, you're ready to start mining. Take this," Terry handed me a Bronze Pickaxe. "You can mine with that. Simply strike the pickaxe on the rock a few times and you'll get the ore."

A few minutes later, I was still mining on the same rock. "A few times? Terry must be a failure at Maths," I muttered to myself, as sweat rolled down my cheeks. Finally, the rock was emptied of ore and a copper ore magically appeared in my backpack. Terry had told me to mine both a tin ore and a copper ore. I ran over to the group of rocks that held tin ores. After mining one for five minutes, the rock was emptied and the tin ore was in my backpack. I walked over to Terry, panting. I had no energy to run anymore. "I've... got the... ores..." I panted heavily, as I collapsed. I needed a big rest! However, Terry didn't notice and waved me over to a furnace. "When you mix the tin ore and the copper ore in the furnace, you'll get a bronze bar!" Terry called out.

I did as I was told, and mixed the ores in the furnace. The ores were sucked deeper into the furnace and suddenly a bronze bar zipped out, hitting me in the face. I groaned, as I took the bronze bar and went over to Terry. "Okay, I'll teach you how to make a weapon out of this," Terry grinned. "You'll need this." He handed me a hammer. "Place the bronze bar on the anvil over there and use the hammer to hit it repeatedly. You'll automatically have a Bronze Dagger. Don't worry, when you get to the mainland, there are plenty of things you can make with bronze bars."

Dragging myself over to the anvils, I placed my bronze bar on one and hammered it hard. The bronze bar shaped itself into the shape of a Bronze Dagger, and when I gave it one last good hit, the bronze bar hardened properly into a Bronze Dagger. When I showed it to Terry, he took it and grinned. "Okay, Benjamin, you're all done here. If you slip through that gate, you'll find Sword. Rude he may be, but experience he definitely has."

I waved a goodbye to Terry and ran through the gate, to the next instructor.

(A/N) Whew! Well, that's done. I'm not good with Author Notes.