A/N: yup. I'm going to update on my twitter when I'm writing or about to update my chapters. Anyway, on to the story….
"I'll tell you how." Toby replied calmly. He spread out the scroll-like paper on the table. "I did some math. It turns out there is a cave like this every 34 levels, and it's stocked with everything." He explained. "But the caves are so far apart, that some nights we would have to sleep out in the open." Everybody was listening attentively, but Felix interrupted saying "How many levels are in the game?" "I'm not sure but I estimate about 1,000." Toby replied uneasily. Me Felix and Cry's jaw dropped. "HOW LONG DO YOU THNK THIS WILL TAKE?!" I yelled. "Whoa, calm down. There is a glitch in the game where if a character finds a golden spike, then they can modify their character however they want." Toby replied, slightly annoyed. "If we find it, you might want to take it and give yourself an advantage, because the rest of us are- well – err- better at the game." I scowled, but I knew this was true.
We planned to set out on the journey next week so I could practice avoiding obstacles. I worked with Cry, because he was the best at avoiding saws, spikes and lava pits. He taught me how to jump farther, and flip over the lava. We had to practice constantly because the skills were complicated to learn. After the first 3 days I got it right, and Cry was proud. "Good job. I'm glad that didn't take long." Cry complimented. We climbed the ladder to the cave, and Cry asked "Where's lunch, FELIX?" Felix stuck out his tongue and went to make lunch. "Coming right up, MY KING." Felix said sarcastically." Good to see you're recognizing my position." Cry replied with a grin. I laughed and said hi to Toby, who was at the table studying his chart. He looked up and smiled, and then he continued to study his chart. All of a sudden, a question popped into my mind. What was Cry's real name? Was Cry his real name? All of a sudden, I felt my lips move. "What's your real name Cry?" I heard myself ask. When Cry looked up from his book with a blank expression, I mentally punched myself in the face. Felix and Toby looked up and stared at me, then at Cry. He paused, and then said "Why?" "Never mind- err- you don't have to answer that…" I trailed off. "No, it's fine. If you want to you can call me Ryan. That's my real name." he replied. "Ryan eh?" Toby grinned "Nice name."
Ever since Ryan had told his real name to us, Toby had called him "Cryan" as a nickname. Felix and I just called him Ryan. 2 nights before we left for the journey, Felix randomly announced "I'm getting scruff!" The rest of us looked up half confused and half disgusted. "What?" he asked. "It looks manly." I stared for a moment, and went back to my book "Average Lunatic". The night we were going to leave, I lay in bed completely awake. I couldn't sleep. It just wasn't possible. I pushed the covers off of me, and got out of bed. I got a glass from the cupboard and filled it with water, then leaned on the sink and sipped it. I felt a hand on my shoulder and almost screamed, but when I saw that it was just Felix, I relaxed. "Give you a little fright did I?" he smiled. "Oh stop it." I whispered.
A/N: tomorrow they set out on the journey! Woot woot woot! I'm onto the 8th chp! *hugz*