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//We've decided… to marry…//

 A pair of bloodshot eyes snapped open. Ryna sat up clutching her blankets to herself. Her father's voice echoed in her mind. She had been crying to sleep these few days. And it's been three days since she had heard it from her father. They had decided to give her some time to think about it, no, not think about it but to accept it.

They had gone for a business trip and would only be back in about two months time. They thought that this would be the best time for Ryna. The worst thing for Ryna was that it's summer holidays now. She hated holidays. There is nothing for her to do that can get her mind off the marriage. She can't go out anyway. There was no one to accompany her; going out alone was as bad as staying put.

After washing up, she went to the only thing that she could do now, her computer. Maybe she could go to The World and let out her anger. Checking through her mail, there was one strange mail.

Subject: Holl Sender: \re

P1= hel%9. !r fr~1`d e\ 1& +(0+D^3. = *u$+ he_9. ?0|3 n!

"What is this? What kind of mail is this?" Ryna said loudly. Maybe it's just some people out there playing me, she thought. She then went to delete it. But there seemed to be a problem.

'Why can't I delete this?' she thought, trying again. After a few times, she was so fed up, she gave up. Leaving the mail in her mailbox, she just went into The World without checking the BBS. Those things there are totally useless, she had thought.

The familiar sight appeared before her as she arrived at The World in her Heavy Blader role. A Blade User came to her and asked if she wanted to form a party. Before Ryna even knew it, she was giving the Blade User a death glare. Scared, the Blade User apologized and backed off. Oh man, she thought, why did I do that? Sighing, she turned around and faced the Chaos Gate. Within seconds, she was gone.

She reappeared in a field and was immediately met with creatures. There were two Menhirs and they kept healing and reviving each other whenever Ryna nearly destroyed them.

"This…is…hard…"Ryna gasped out her words as she leant herself on her sword. The Menhirs were full healed and advancing on her. "Heck. Now, I'm regretting of not buying more potions just now," said Ryna to herself as she leant against on her sword. She closed her eyes waiting for the blow. There was a hit and she fell.

'Am I out of The World?'

Opening her eyes slowly, she was expecting to see the screen of her computer. But what she saw was shocking. Pure white light surrounded her. It looked like snow, yet it didn't feel like snow. She pushed herself up to a sitting position.

"I've been waiting for you."

Ryna turned around to face the speaker. It was a young girl. She looked pale especially with her long white hair flowing behind her. She was wearing all white.

"Who…who are you?" Ryna stuttered. I hope she's not a ghost, she thought but quickly snapped herself out of it when she felt the girl's hand over her right wrist. There was no expression on the girl's face. Ryna looked down at her wrist still held by the girl. There was a dim glowing light around it.

"What…what are you…do-doing?" asked Ryna as she pulled her hand back. The girl looked shocked at Ryna's reaction. But it went back to her expressionless look.

"…You have to help."

"Help?"

"Yes, you have to help before it's too late."

"You gotta be kidding. I can't even help myself and you are now telling me to help you!!??" shouted Ryna as the memories of her dad and that lady appeared in her head. Then the girl did something that Ryna never had expected. The girl reached down and grabbed her right hand up and immediately a bright light engulfs them.

"This is your destiny, Ryna. But you can quit if you want, that is if you don't want to save her…"

The voice fades away as the light dissolve into nothing. In front of her, she saw the two Menhirs a few meters away from her. 'Aren't I'm dead?' she thought. A thumping sound shook her out of her thoughts. The Menhirs were advancing towards her again.

Use the bracelet

"Huh?" Ryna responded to the voice. It was the girl's voice but she didn't saw her anywhere. Ryna quickly shifted her attention to the advancing Menhirs. She moved back, putting her sword in front of her.

Use the bracelet. Now!!

Only until now that Ryna noticed that bracelet on her wrist. Unsure of how to use, she just shoved her hand forward. Something happened before her that she had never seen before.

*Data Drain*

After the 'skill', instead of the two Menhirs, one was a small creature while the other remained. Ryna quickly used this chance and managed to destroy the normal Menhir. This time they were not able to heal each other and Ryna managed to defeat them.

"Just now, that was unbelievable," exclaimed Ryna as she panted. The Data Drain was awesome. She looked down at the bracelet. "Is this the light from the white haired girl?" whispered Ryna as she examined the bracelet. "Heck! I forgot to ask for her name…(sigh)"

'Hm… wait a minute. She said she needs my help. But, my help for what?' sighing, Ryna gate out back to the town.

A/N: The 6th chapter up! Hope it's ok and enjoyable. Pls R+R. Thank you. And thanks for those who read and especially ppl who reviewed.