Here is chapter 10. It's kinda annoying to have to transfer the files around to have to post, why did the laptop have to die? I don't like people seeing me write so it's hard to have alone time while I'm motivated. Anyways, enjoy this!
Also to any Veracity fans that might've wandered over here, I've been thinking of a sequel. Thoughs?
LCS is on and I work in two hours, buh bye people.
Edit: I literally just went to post this chapter and noticed this story has 4.3k views! Seriously? You people are the best! Thank you so much! :D
"These weapons seem so ineffective. They're too heavy if the person is swinging is so awkwardly," Riven said, as she held the black Xbox 360 controller in her hands. I leaned back on my chair as I watched her play Skyrim, a game I figured she'd enjoy trying.
"Yeah but they do a lot of damage. That's how games like these usually work. The slower you are, the stronger you are," I explained as she stared at the screen with confusion.
"That doesn't make sense. It all depends on the person," Riven said, as she chased a deer into the woods.
"Don't take it too seriously, it's just a fun game with a good story," I said, as I went back on the computer. 'I don't think I can handle the Dragonborn appearing randomly either...'
"Are you going out with Angie today?" Riven asked, continuing to walk around aimlessly.
"Maybe. I'm not sure yet. I'm worried if we run into another champion, we could be in trouble," I said, honestly. As I did daily, I checked any news about League, no one still knew anything.
"You'll be fine alone. If anything, you're still my summoner. I can fight any champion, I'm confident in my abilities," Riven said. I was too, Riven was a powerful champion individually. I couldn't think of too many champions that could beat her alone.
"I'm still not sure, she hasn't said anything. I can't believe this past week, it's crazy," I said, sighing. "I have a League champion working and living with me, a girlfriend, and apparently... summoning magic."
"There's a good chance you could encounter a docile champion. Maybe a champion needs help returning to Valoran," Riven said. In the game, she was now being stopped by a guard by accidentally pressing A and stealing an item from a store. "Does this button just get you in trouble?"
"How can we be sure we even sent Kha'Zix back?" I asked, crossing my arms.
"I'm positive. I'm not allowed to mortally wound a champion; I held back, as I would if I was on the fields of justice. Plus, there's no hiding it, the magic that engulfed him was a recall spell, voluntarily or not," Riven said, leaning forward slightly.
"Alright. So it's possible there's other people like me then?" I asked, not sure if either of us had the answer. "Maybe my friends... Maybe they're hiding it from me?"
"Possibly. You should ask them," Riven said, as I heard a roar from the TV. She encountered a dragon as she walked. "These things are very inconvenient."
I smiled and quickly pushed myself up. I headed out of the room and into the small kitchen, grabbing two plastic cups, and opened the fridge, instantly grabbing the bottle of Pepsi in there. I poured the soda into the glasses as Nicole walked out of her room, yawning, in her pyjamas.
"What are you doing here? No school today?" I asked, as she happily shook her head.
"Nope. Both my classes today already did our finals so there was no point to go today and Mom let me stay," she said, making a grab for the second cup I had, which I raised. She made an agitated face at me. "I'm starting to get sick too. Stupid rain."
"The fun is worth a little cold, right?" I said, handing her the drink. I walked back to the cabinet and grabbed another. "I'll be nice today. You know how I feel about my Pepsi."
"It's the same thing as Coke, gosh, how are you the mature one?" Nicole began, sitting on a chair from the dining table. She grinned. "So... You and Angie."
"Yep. That's a thing," I said, shrugging slightly.
"You don't seem too excited. Jamie told me she wouldn't shut up about it," Nicole said, looking at me, angrily.
"What's the big deal? I've had girlfriends before and I'm still the same. Besides, this is a new thing. Did you have something to do with this?" I asked, sitting on the chair beside her.
"What do you mean?" Nicole asked, taking a sip. "I mean, I've told her stuff about you but you guys met a few days ago. You're the ones that jumped on it."
"If you say so, that's a weird way of putting it," I said, standing up. "Ask Jamie if she knows what Angie wants for Christmas for me. Also, she more or less jumped on me."
"That's a bit more than I want to know," Nicole said, with a shake of her head, followed by a smirk. "Alright, alright. I hope my first boyfriend is a bit less sarcastic then you. I'll see what I can do."
"Well, you'll find out when you're fourty," I said. My father and I always tell her she's not allowed to date until she's married. "Anyway, I'll be in the room if you need anything."
I went back to the room and placed the cups on the end table beside the bed. Riven stared at the television intently as she read some book she had found; my tv wasn't the greatest so some of the already hard to read words were even harder to read. I sat back on my chair and checked my phone. As if Angie had heard our conversation, she left me a text asking if I could go pick her up from school. I replied and stared at the fish tank.
"Liking it?" I asked, moving besides Riven. She nodded.
"Is this what the League is for you?" Riven asked, turning to me slightly.
"It's a different style of game. A strategy game even though barely anyone knows what to do most of the time," I said, sighing slightly. I wasn't too confident going into season five ranked. Any friend I had considerable synergy with had vanished and I wasn't content with anyone enough to duo with them. "Angie needs me to go get her later from school, wanna come?"
"Seems like something you should do alone, summoner," Riven said, shaking her head with a smirk. She turned back to the game. "Besides, I am very busy today."
"I don't think people here consider video games to be very productive," I said, laughing.
"What about those videos you showed me? Those were a lot of people," Riven asked, referring to the videos of the season 4 world championships.
"Ok fine, but I don't think I'll ever get there so as far as my family is considered, we're just killing time," I said, laying back on the bed.
"Anything is possible Riley, I'm sure you could," Riven said, turning her head to me. I shrugged slightly.
"Nah, I'm too old. If I had started playing when it was released, maybe I could've, who knows," I said, sitting back up. "It's fine, I heard pro gaming is stressful, stress isn't my thing."
"To each his own," Riven said, turning back to Skyrim. "I have no idea where I'm going."
'With all the time she spent reading, I should've put Morrowind in instead...'
Just like the previous day, I found myself waiting for Angie at her school. I saw her, which wasn't hard, talking with some guy until she noticed me and quickly headed towards me. For the first time when she rushed the car, I unlocked the door before she had to knock on the window and glare at me.
"Are just never going to drive again now?" I asked, as she sat with her bag on her lap.
"Well, sorry for thinking my new boyfriend would want to spend time with me," she began, glaring at me with a small smile. "I just rode with my mom. Wanted to see you."
"And if I had been busy?" I asked, starting to drive.
"I could've walked or just gone to the library or something," she said. "Is someone jealous?"
"What? No. If you cheated on me the day after saying you liked me, I'd be pretty pissed though," I said, yawning. "Why am I awake so early, it's my day off."
"Being my boyfriend is a full time job, Riley. I expect nothing less than to be treated like a queen," Angie said, crossing her arms and giving me a glare. She couldn't hold her composure and began laughing. "How's Riven doing today, where is she?"
"She stayed home playing an Xbox game. I buy enough cereal to live for weeks so she should be alright," I said. I stopped at a light. "Where are we going?"
"Your house? Can we? I'll be bored to tears at my place," she asked. "That or you can take me back and I can hang out with Blake at his place."
"Well, tell me now because I'll make a u-turn," I said, sarcastically. She stared at me and I grinned. "I'm still going to be sarcastic."
"That's fine, that's fine. I'll deal with it," she said, smiling. She stared forward. "Buy me an iced coffee?"
"You sure? Blake can get you one if you want to be with him," I said, as she turned to me.
"As much as I'd like to be seen with a muscular guy in a Mustang, I supposed you'll have to do," She said. Normally, that would've been crossing the line a bit but she continued speaking. "I can't convert all the gay guys in the world, however. His boyfriend would shoot me if I tried to break them up."
"Whatever... Mustangs are overrated anyway," I said, laughing. I guess she was cute... sometimes.
Once again I found myself frozen in time. I was starting to feel like I was in a visual novel, or something. Once I had a choice, time seemed to stop and I had a few to choose from. Was Angie just one of the girls I had to choose from? VN's usually have... those scenes, right? Riley, shut up, you've known this girl for four days, probably. I snapped out of my trance.
'I'm a twenty one year old man and I'm finally going to show proof to my mom that I'm not gay after years of mental abuse, why am I hesitating?'
"Did you lose your keys or something?" Angie asked; I'm taking too long. I turned the knob.
"Nah just had a random thought," I said, opening the door.
Angie followed me into the living room area, where my mom was at her usual post of the dinner table on her laptop, playing games on Facebook. She stared at her like she had never seen another human before. I walked towards them and prepared myself. As my mom opened her mouth to speak, Angie cut her short.
"I thought Riley was gay too!" Angie said, as my mother stared at her with wide eyes. My own eyes twitched. My mom smiled and turned towards me.
"I don't care if you would've been gay or not. Is this another girl needing to move in? I'm not sure if we ca-" she began before I cut her off.
"No, it's nothing like that. She's my girlfriend," I said. Saying that felt weird. "She's Jamie's big sister."
"So your little sister got you a girlfriend?" My mom jokingly said, standing up. "Nice to meet you, if you want to stay for dinner, you are more than welcome to."
My mother only knew how to speak English pretty formally. Angie smiled and nodded as I turned when I heard a door open. Riven stared at me from the door, holding a blue bowl.
"Hey Riven!" Angie said, loudly. Riven walked over to us, holding the bowl with both hands and close to her body. She placed the bowl on the counter near the sink and stared at Angie.
"Hello Angie," Riven said, moving back towards us.
"I told her you'd be upset if that bowl broke so she held it like a baby," my mom said before sitting back down. "I'll let you guys hang out. Treat my son good, he's a nice guy."
"Oh I know. I will, nice meeting you ma'am," Angie said, as I led the girls into my room. Angie immediately headed towards the large fish tank as Riven and I sat on the bed, where Riven grabbed the black controller again.
"This game is better. They give you clear directions," Riven said, as she unpaused Morrowind. I told her about the compass in Skyrim but all the icons confused her. It didn't matter; she was having fun.
"I didn't think you'd be into fish since you hated the ocean... These are South American cichlids right?" Angie asked, turning towards me. I nodded.
"Yep, they're my idiots. You think that but no, I love most fish. Not eating fish but pets, I just watch them while I'm on her computer," I said. "I got the tank and filter really cheap but they're still costing me a fortune. The little white one was always getting bullied so I had to get more hiding spots and a heater. Still, they're pets and they're my responsibility."
"I get that. Especially people with saltwater fish, those are such an investment but they're so pretty," Angie said, sitting on my computer chair. "So, I've been thinking about what happened yesterday; about that thing that attacked us."
"What about it?" I asked, as Riven turned to us, pausing the game again.
"That was a Champion, right? Like Riven?" she began, I nodded. She continued. "Maybe Riven appeared to you for a reason. You have to re-send them all to Valoran."
"Riven thought about that. It's possible other champions were sent here and Riven defeating Kha'Zix definitely returned him to Valoran," I said, rubbing my forehead. "This all sounds like a plot to an anime or something."
"Yep, and you're the main character, Riley," Angie said, laughing.
"What did you have in mind, Angie?" Riven asked, curiously. "I'd rather be a character no one hears about much."
"We find them first. The sooner we return them, the sooner Riven can go back," Angie said. She put her hands together. "Easy as that."
"We know how to send other champions back. I can't send Riven back," I said, sighing. "I don't know, what do you think?"
"I'll follow your lead, Riley. If you want to send the others back, I am confident in my abilities," Riven said, looking at me seriously. "Perhaps they could have clues as to how they got here?"
"Maybe. We can go outside after dinner and see if you can find what you felt Sunday night," I said, laying on the bed. I closed my eyes. "I'm taking a nap."
"Alright, I'm convince you're into guys," Angie said, with a defeated sigh. "Two girls are in your room and you'd rather sleep."
"Yeah, too much work," I said, turning on my side. Angie pushed me; I wasn't about to get any rest.
I yawned as we walked towards the parking lot outside of our building. Dinner had be fairly calm and not what I had expected at all; It was the first time Riven sat in the table, which had another extra seat with Angie. She mostly talked with my mother about how adorable Nicole was while the rest of us ate quietly. The cold wind blew harshly as we walked. I stared at Riven, who remained unfazed by the wind despite wearing her original outfit. Angie grabbed my arm as we walked behind Riven.
"How does it get this cold and not snow?" Angie said, quietly. I saw her breath; she was still wearing shorts. I gave her a jacket but I didn't think any of my pants would fit her and while she was small, she wasn't Nicole small.
"Anyone up north would call this weather summer," I said. I spoke up. "Anything yet Riven?"
"Nothing." Riven said, as we headed towards the small canal behind my neighborhood. I always walked cautiously here since there were occasional alligators just walking near the edge of the canal but with this weather, I doubt we'd be seeing any cold blooded reptiles anytime soon... unless we were running into Renekton or something.
We continued walking until we saw a tree on the ground. I stepped forward and stared at it. It was knock down, the edges were ragged and uneven, and the tree itself had scratches all throughout it. It didn't seem cut by a chainsaw.
"Weird. Was the storm that bad yesterday?" I said to myself. Riven grabbed my shoulder. Her broken blade was in her free hand.
"Protect Angie, something is here," Riven said, as she pushed me into Angie, gently. I grabbed Angie as Riven and I looked around.
"What is it?" Angie asked, looking up at me. I shook my head.
"Not sure, I'll know what to do when I know what we're against," I said.
I scanned the area thoroughly for a while until I heard a few noises nearby. I alerted Riven as she turned her body towards the fallen tree. A weird object flew towards Riven, who quickly moved aside. The thing went back like a boomerang.
"A boomerang..." I said quietly. I got louder. "Riven, it's Gnar!"
The orange yordle stepped out of the shadows. He was still mini Gnar. I knew the basics; stay away from big Gnar, don't get kited by mini Gnar. Riven extended her arm up to her blade as it magically reforged itself with energy. It's green glow lit up the dark area as Gnar stepped forward slowly.
"I'll send you back to where we belong Gnar. Willingly or not," Riven said, pointing her sword forward. Gnar's head tilted. He seemed confused and merely babbled something none of us understood. "Home. You're going home."
Gnar babbled something else with an angrier tone as Riven began to run towards him. He skipped back and tossed the boomerang again, hitting Riven's stomach and slowing her assault. Once she reached him, she swung her blade twice before raising it above her head and stunning the yordle. After she swung her sword, the yordle hopped on her head and clean over her before she could use her last slash. His fur began to change color as his voice deepened.
"Riven, careful," I said, standing up. "Angie, don't move from here."
"B-Be careful!..." Angie said, as I let go of her arm and walked towards Riven slowly.
Gnar moved in a circle around her as she held her sword towards him. Riven stared at him intently. Without his range, Gnar would still be a pain unless she dodged his abilities in time. I ran forward a good distance away from Riven and grabbed a nearby stone.
"Riven, I'll distract him. Dodge the best you can then strike when you can," I said, stepping forward. Riven nodded.
"No fear, Riley. We can do this together," Riven said, as she ran forward.
Gnar leaped up and transformed into Mega Gnar, shaking the ground slightly as he landed. He tossed a small boulder, which hit Riven. She remained near it, knowing he would come for it. As she swung her sword and body forward, Gnar stood on his hind legs and began to fall, Riven dodged to the side. I ran forward and tossed the small rock, hitting his immense face. He staggered a bit as Riven stunned the creature with her usual burst of energy before continuing her Broken Wings combo. Gnar shook his head fiercely and I moved quickly, pushing Riven behind me as Gnar swung his massive arms, throwing me against the chain-link fence, which softened the blow slightly.
Wasting no time, Riven ran back forward and blocked the next incoming boulder with her Valor dash. She focused her self and swung her sword one last time against the creature before slicing horizontally in front of her, using her Wind Slash. Gnar quickly returned to his mini form and laid on the ground, making faint noises. Riven quickly moved towards me and picked me up.
"Are you alright?" Riven asked, as I nodded.
"Yeah, fine," I lied, wondering how many ribs I had left. I stared back at the fence; if I had hit the poles instead of the chain-link, I could've died. I quickly shook my head as Angie walked over me and slapped me, quickly but weakly.
"Stop being a hero!... You could've gotten hurt," Angie said, quietly.
"It's safer for Riven if she's not being focused. I'm fine Angie," I said, feigning a smirk. I doubt anything was broken but my body was sore as hell. I looked over at Gnar, who was beginning to fade into the small, blue circle. "Two down... A hundred something to go?"
"It would appear so. Angie is right however. I can handle this myself Riley, you shouldn't endanger yourself," Riven said, crossing her arms.
"I'm fine. As long as you two are okay," I said, beginning to walk.
"Don't think I'm ungrateful Riley. I wouldn't be here without you. I'll protect you as well," Riven said, as her and Angie walked towards me.
"Fair enough."
After returning from taking Angie home, I fell on the bed immediately. Riven had already been sitting there for a while, staring at the Xbox main menu for however long before I got there. She turned her head towards me; her white hair was faintly visible in the dark.
"You're in pain, aren't you?" Riven asked, leaning over me.
"My body is a bit sore. Who knew a tiny yordle would be so strong," I said, turning onto my back. Riven stared at me from above. "Work'll be fun tomorrow. Standing upright for seven hours, I can't wait."
"Will you be okay? Can't you take the day off?" Riven asked. I shook my head.
"I don't need to. I'll be alright, Riven, don't worry," I said, closing my eyes.
"I think I need to when Angie or your mother aren't around. You're reckless sometimes," Riven said, laying alongside me.
"You wanna see reckless? Break that blue bowl then," I said, as Riven giggled quietly.
"Goodnight, Summoner."
