If there was one thing I hated it was maths! I had done it all my life and just when I thought I'd gotten away from it….BAM! It comes back and bites me. I'd just arrived back at my room after spending two hours trying to understand integration at university.
I collapsed onto the bed with a groan. My computer was humming quietly to itself. I always left it switched on. It was much easier to get online that way. I pulled myself from the bed and sat down next to the screen. I spent a while checking a message board and then opened my emails. The counter read seven new messages. I groaned.
"If just one of those is anything interesting I'll be pleased."
Five of them turned out to be spam from various companies, the sixth was a review of one of my stories and the seventh was from XPERT.
"I wonder what he wants?" I said to myself as I clicked the message.
My computer suddenly started making strange noises.
"Oh don't crash on my AGAIN! I hate you!"
I reached down to press the reset button but stopped short. The cables at the back of my computer were glowing blue. I was seriously freaked out. I looked back at my monitor to see that my monitor had gone black and a swirl of blue energy spun around on it. I rocked back in my chair and was about to get up when the swirl erupted from the screen. It shot towards me. As it hit I instantly felt extremely dizzy. It was like I was drunk. The world around me went blurry and I passed out.
I woke a few seconds later to find myself colliding with a large haystack. I spluttered slightly as the hay stuck up my nose. I crawled my way out of the stack and looked around. The haystack was pretty much the only thing around. A cold wind started to blow and I wrapped my arms around myself. Why did I feel colder than normal? I looked down at myself and almost died of shock. Instead of seeing my arms I saw a pair of white furred ones. I quickly surveyed the rest of my body finding more fur and a total of nine tails behind me. I blinked hard. Whatever had happened had turned me into a white nine tailed fox. I blinked again. I was totally stunned. What was going on? Was I dreaming? I remember falling unconscious. It was then that I noticed a large sword slung around my waste on a belt. I drew it out and looked at it. The blade was a bright silver colour and the hilt was made of what looked like gold. The blade had a large engraved carving of nine tails on it. I moved it around a bit and then stopped. This wasn't right. How did I have a sword? Granted I had done martial arts when I was younger and had used a couple of weapons……but never a sword. Then why was it that I felt like I could take on an entire army by myself? I shook my head and returned the sword to its sheath. I decided to take a small walk and see if I could find anything that could explain where I was or what was happening.
After a short time I found myself getting very tired. What was wrong with me? I never get tired this quickly. I looked down and found my answer. Somehow I had managed to find my way into a bog and my feet had sunk into the mud quite far. I pulled them out and continued on a bit more and finally worked my way out of the bog. I stood at the entrance to a large forest. It was then that I noticed the trees were covered in fruit. My stomach suddenly started to rumble. I raced forwards and started to pick a few pieces off the tree.
A few minutes later I had eaten somewhere in the region of twenty pieces and was feeling rather sleepy. I walked into the forest trying to find a place to lie down. Suddenly I heard a voice behind me.
"Freeze intruder." Cried a robotic voice.
I turned to see several large and quite nasty looking robots running towards me. My mind was split. My natural instinct was to run but for some reason I drew my sword. I was surprised. One of the robots suddenly raised its arm and fired a laser beam at me. This time my natural instincts took over. I spun and ran, the laser hitting a tree behind where I had been standing. The other robots turned and fired also. I found myself turning and running towards the robots and was somehow managing to dodge all the laser fire. My mind was so confused now it had let go. I swung my sword upwards and cleaved one of the robots clean in half.
"Not so tough!" I said to myself.
"But I am." Said a voice.
Suddenly there was a rumbling and a huge flying craft emerged above the trees. It had two large engines on its side and rocket launchers pointing forwards. The cockpit opened and a figure stood up.
"Let's see how you handle my Egg Hornet you little intruder." Said the round figure.
I knew who it was. But that wasn't possible. He was a video game character!
"Eggman?!" I cried.
"That's Doctor Robotnik to you!" replied Eggman.
The cockpit closed and a volley of missiles shot towards me. I yelped and dove to the side. I knew how to stop him. I was so skilled at Sonic Adventure 1 that it should be easy. All I had to do was wait for him to dive at me and then attack the cockpit. I had to move quickly to avoid another volley of missiles.
"Come on!" I yelled, "Get you scared butt down here!"
"I'm not falling for that twice. As long as I stay up here there's nothing you can do."
Another volley of missiles hit nearby and the shock wave from them knocked me off balance. The robots standing nearby fired at me. Several shots hit me in the shoulder and the leg. I screamed and fell to the floor. My sword skittered across the floor and landed nearby. The world around me was going blurry. The pain in my shoulder and leg was immense. I collapsed to the floor and fell unconscious.
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I woke later to find myself on the floor of a metal cell. My sword and sheath lay on a table at the other side of the room. Eggman was standing over it. He turned round as I groaned and attempted to get up.
"Very interesting design." He said, "Where did you get it?"
I didn't answer him. I just stared at him with a hard expression.
"Not very talkative. Oh well, nevermind. I'll try again later."
Eggman turned to leave.
"Wait!" I yelled.
Eggman stopped and turned to look at me.
"Yes?" he said slowly.
"What do you want with me?" I asked.
"Nothing. You were stupid enough to walk into sensor range of my base."
Eggman laughed and walked off. I slumped to the floor again. My leg and shoulder still hurt badly. Stupid! Totally stupid of me. But how was I supposed to know? I should have known. I sighed. What am I going to do now?