Level Zero

This Isn't Sleepywood

After hours of training, Abi and Esia seemed to be no where. Abi had tried taking Esia the same way that her friend Kiz had led her the first time she needed Evil Eye Tails, but...

"We're lost, aren't we?" Esia sighed, narrowly avoiding the burning-hot steam rising from a steam vent in the Ant Tunnel.

Abi zapped a zombie mushroom with her magic claw, then turned to face her childhood friend. "Oh, come on, you baby. I'm sure I remember this place. Besides, it's fun exploring." She jumped over yet another cluster of vents as steam rose. "Unless, of course, you know, we run into level 100 monsters while we're down here, or something..."

Esia froze. "Okay, that's it. You have no idea where we are. We haven't seen a single Evil Eye. And I vote we turn back now, before anything we can't fight comes along."

As if on cue, Abi and Esia looked around, feeling something strange in the air around them. Though it was too dark to see, Abi could barely make out human-like features on pale, sunless skin, as the two girls were bombarded with a parade of arrows, shurikens, magic, and swords.

Both mages shot magic claws at the weapons, and the people throwing them, with their wizard staffs, but to no avail. Esia and Abi either missed, or when they did hit, it did zero damage. Almost like if you and your friend are having a fight, and you try to slice them in half with your sword, but because of safety rules in the game, it'll do no damage. But, even more unfortunate for them, the creatures were able to do damage to them. While some attacks only did one damage, others did damage in the hundreds.

Both Abi and Esia were out of HP instantly and turned into ghostly spirits, aimlessly floating around tombstones.

"I told you we should have gone back." Esia gloated telepathically.

Abi shot her best friend a death glare. "Just shut up and go back to town, moron." She snapped. Simultaneously, they both grabbed their cellphones and pressed a small button on the side. Their vision went black.

When she regained consciousness, the first thing Esia expected to see was the damp, humid forest surrounding Sleepywood. But, instead, what met her eyes was a dark forest-like cave, with wood and stone house, and expressionless creatures that she couldn't tell if they were zombies or humans. She recognized them immediately as the things that had attacked them in the tunnel. Esia grabbed her staff and tapped it on the ground. A faint glow emitted from her staff, and she was able to see a bit more clearly. Lying on the ground next to her was the noticeable figure of Abi.

"Hey, Abi, wake up." Esia said, shaking the sleeping (or possibly just lagging) girl on the ground.

"Ugh, what now?" Abi groaned, sitting up and feeling around for her staff. Dangit, she must have lost her staff during the fight, "Someone selling level 28 mage outfits cheap?" Her eyes widened at what she saw. "Toto, something tells me we're not in Kansas anymore. Girl, this ain't Sleepywood."

"No, duh." Esia said. "And look who's wandering around the streets."

Abi looked all around them. "The creatures that attacked us..." She breathed.

"This isn't good." They said at the same time. Then, again at the same time, they added, "Jinx, personal jinx, you owe me a soda. Jinx, personal jinx, you owe me a soda. Jinx, personal jinx, you owe me a soda..."

Disclaimer: Fine. You caught us. We own MapleStory, you happy? Police sirens sound. Okay! We DON'T own MapleStory!

Credits:

Written by Abi

Help from Esia

Author Notes:

Abi: Okay, not my best work, but I wrote this late at night! So sue me! Gosh. .

Esia: Yeah, I still liked it though. We really should make the chapters longer, but I'm sure later on they'll become longer since there'll be more to write about. Thanks for reading! Happy mappling!