Chapter 1
As Drachen's character appeared in Mac Anu, he looked around to discover the world around him. It looked so awesome. It seemed so real as if he wasn't in game that he was actually in the real world. Only it was better because he could do more here. He began to look over his character's look. He liked his look. His crimson tunic shined in the bright light. He had a pair of baggy black pants with a crimson slash-shaped mark on the sides. He scanned the nice black shirt that covered the crimson tunic. He unbuttoned it and took it off. He looked at the back of the shirt. It had the Yin Yang Symbol with a long black dragon in front of it. He slipped the shirt back on, but he didn't bother to button it back up.
Since this was Drachen's first time entering "The World", he decided to explore the game. He didn't have time to waste. He only had 10 minutes before his friend logged in. His friend was an experienced player. It was thanks to him that he even decided to buy the game. Drachen's friend was Balmung of the Azure sky. Drachen saw on the board that he was quite popular among other players.
Drachen first passed the recorder who was shouting, "Come save your game before you go adventuring, don't lose unnecessary experience." Drachen made note of that, he never wanted to have work up to something twice. He noticed tons of players running past him throughout the day. They seemed to not even notice him. It was okay though. At least it was better than school.
As time passed he noticed he had better head to the bridge to meet up with Balmung. Since he arrived with some extra time, He began to lean on the edge of the bridge and stare at the calm running water. He sighed.
"What's wrong?" came a voice from behind.
"Huh?" Drachen gasped.
"It's just me", came Balmung's voice.
"Oh, you came!" Drachen sighed with relief.
"Of course." said Balmung.
"I guess you're late even here." Drachen chuckled.
"Very funny!" Balmung said. "Let's just go, I found a great newbie field. Come on." Balmung and Drachen walked over to the chaos gate.
"What's this?" Drachen wondered as he stared at a spinning blue ring.
"This is the chaos gate," said Balmung. "This is the way we get from field to field."
"How's it work?" Drachen asked.
"We use a combination of 3 keywords," Balmung said.
"Key…words?" Drachen questioned.
Balmung said, "You can find many on the boards."
"O…kay," Drachen nodded.
"Well, let's head over to the field Frozen Beheaded Damsel," Balmung insisted.
"Ummm… how?" Drachen asked.
"Say the keywords while near the gate," Balmung explained. "Let's go. Frozen Beheaded Damsel." Balmung disappeared in a flash.
"Got it!" Drachen yelled. "Frozen Beheaded Damsel."
Yellow rings surrounded as he disappeared from the water city of Mac Anu. He appeared in a snowy field. He looked around, no sign of Balmung. He looked again and saw a monster closing in on him. He jumped to the side.
"What was that?" Drachen cried. The monster turned around and came in for another attempt. "Ahh!"
"Die fiend!" came the shouts of Balmung. Balmung slashed with incredible accuracy. The monster turned black and fell to the ground. In a moment the monster dissolved into the air.
"Damn!" Drachen yelled. "What happened? I froze the moment I was in danger. I'm such a coward!"
"You're new," Balmung began. "They'll be many more battles for you. Many more."
"I just I hope I'm not so, wh...what's this?" Drachen wondered as he began to glow.
"You have just leveled up," said Balmung.
"Seriously? I leveled up? Yahoo!" Drachen cheered only to be knocked down by a new approaching enemy. "Ow.. This sucks! How'd he hit me from there?"
"Magic. Did you just say "ow"? Balmung asked.
"Yeah, why?" Drachen said as he rubbed his head.
"Did you feel pain?" Balmung said as he stared in awe.
"Or course, he just hit me. I'm not as strong as you," Drachen added.
"But…oh, never mind. Let's just beat this monster," Balmung said.
"Ok, got it. Yaaaaah," Drachen fought with all his might. "Just die already. Hiya.
"What is going on?" Balmung asked himself.
The battle continued fiercely. Balmung watched as the small twin blade fought the monster. The monster dodged many of Drachen's attacks. Drachen wasn't doing so hot. He barely did any damage and he was being blasted by spells every time he lost track of the creature. Drachen could barely walk. The monster blasted him. Drachen saw it coming this time though. He jumped to the ground to avoid the blast. It worked, but only for a few seconds. The creature jumped on him and began whipping him.
Drachen lay there, unable to move. All he could do was stare upwards into the creature's eyes. He fainted. Balmung saw that Drachen had little HP left. He slashed the monster in half. The creature died. Balmung picked up Drachen and carried him to a wall to lean against. He looked at the small twin blade realizing that maybe he had chosen too hard a field.
"Pha Repth!"
After a few hours passed, Drachen pulled himself up. He fell down to the ground. He tried again, this time using the wall as a support. He yawned and looked towards Balmung. Balmung looked back. Drachen smiled.
"Ready to go?" asked Drachen.
"Sorry, I have to investigate something, I'm meeting up with a friend soon, I might not see you for a while." Balmung responded.
Drachen gaped in awe. He wondered, "Am I the cause of this?" He didn't want to be in the way of Balmung's fun time.
Balmung seemed to read his mind, "It's not your fault so don't worry. It's just that there seems to be a problem with something. Ok"
"Can you tell me how to leave?" Drachen asked.
"Open options menu and click gate out." He explained.
"Thank you, maybe some other time." He yelled.
Balmung disappeared in a flash. Drachen decided that he was going to finish this. He started this, and he's going to go all the way. He checked his map and noticed the dungeon.
"Let's go," he said.
As he continued through the fields, he saw another magic portal. "I'm ready this time," he shouted. He stepped toward the magic portal as began to open. He held out his blades. He looked at the creature. It towered over him by 10 feet. He ran as fast as he could. Then he turned around. "I'm not backing down. VAK ROM." A tornado of fire surrounded the creature, damaging it. As the tornado began to fade, Drachen jumped over him, flipping. As he landed on the other side he turned around and jumped into the air slashing the beast with his right blade. As he came down he stabbed the creature with his left blade. He began to slide down the creature, the blade ripping through its skin. It fell to the ground as Drachen pulled his blade out.
"That was too easy," he shouted. "I'm headed for the dungeon." He ran to the dungeon, smiling. He was having some real fun. He hadn't had this much fun since the arcade first opened up. When he finally made it inside the dungeon, he laughed. He looked around at the walls and the ceiling. It was awesome. The graphics rocked. This wasn't pieced together in one week, that's for sure. "I'm here."
"It's not so bad, yeah. This is better than I thought. I'm not going to quit just yet. I think I might actually be getting the hang of it. Yeah! I'm gonna stay." He nodded as if confirming his decision. Then he noticed he had just been talking to himself. He laughed at himself. "Well, I guess, I better finish this dungeon. It should be fun, yeah, real fun."
Drachen ran through the dungeon, battling all the monsters on the way. He continued to give it his all, slowly becoming stronger. When he arrived on the second floor, he realized the rooms were darker, and the enemies stronger. As he came to a break in the path he wondered what to do. He took his goggles off and studied the manual. "Oh," he realized how obvious it was. He put the goggles back on and used a fairy's orb. He took a right. He saw now down path, but he did see a room that was probably the great Gott Statue he heard about. One problem, there was a magic portal in the room just before it. Drachen stepped in. The magic portal opened revealing two monsters. He ran at them and was suddenly blasted with a spell. He screamed and realized he received no damage. When he tried to move, it didn't work, his body just sat there. He was paralyzed. He accessed the personal menu into the items menu. He quickly used an antidote on himself.
He was able to move again. He ran at the enemy slashing it as he ran past. When he had made it to the other side, he turned around and ran back. This time he was thrown up against the wall. "Ack!" He yelled as he slammed into the wall and began to fall. "This pain, it hurts. I gotta win fast." As he landed he received another jolt of pain. He quickly got on his feet and ran up to the enemy. "Tiger claws!" He spun around in mid-air slashing both enemies. When he landed there was still one enemy left. He began to slash it repeatedly. It fell to the ground after several slashes. He walked to the next room. He saw the Gott Statue. He opened the treasure that lay in front of it. It held a new piece of leg armour, a Golden Grunty, and a Grunt Doll. He put on the new leg armour and used the Golden Grunty to increase his hp amount by 30. Today was a good day. He pulled out a sprite ocarina and used it to get out of the dungeon. He clicked gate out. He ran to the recorder and saved his game.
"Time to log out I guess," He decided. He logged out. Tomorrow should bring more adventures.
