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Here is chapter 1! Please enjoy!
Chapter 1: Welcome to The League of Legends
Silence was spread over a mass of trees, occasionally being broken by the distant sound of metal clanging against metal. It wasn't a peaceful silence; the atmosphere was uneasy and shadows were cast eerily over all the trees and bushery.
Then, in a single moment, the silence and darkness was interrupted by a golden flash among the trees. The flash lit up the area before quickly disappearing, and just as the shadows began to swallow that area up again, the burst of golden light flashed in a different, nearby area. This time, however, it was quickly followed by a flash of blue, and the silence was officially broken as footsteps sprinting across the forest floor and leaping over roots and low hanging branches took hold of the air.
A pair of boots stepped on a beaten bush, only staying on the ground for an instant before quickly being lifted once more.
"You should stop running now! You can't dodge all of my arrows while focusing on putting distance between us; and let's face it. Once I hit you once, running won't be an option anymore!" A female voice shouted from the distance.
The figure running in the lead let out an amused chuckle. He swiped his hand across his forehead, brushing for a moment against his blonde hair. There were marks underneath each of his eyes, and he had an exhilarated grin.
"S'that so, Queen Ashe? Catch me if you can, then!" With that, Ezreal put more power into his heels and sprinted off even faster. With an annoyed grunt, Ashe leaped over a bush, readying an arrow from her quiver. As she landed, she saw a branch swinging back to hit her in the face; no doubt a present Ezreal had left for her. She rolled her eyes and ducked to dodge it.
"Do you think ameteur tactics will slow me down?" Ezreal's chuckle sounded through the air.
"Hey Ice Queen, just be glad it's this ameteur that you're chasing! Not everyone will be as nice as me to have a conversation with you while we play tag!" Ashe hissed in frustration at Ezreal's stupid taunts.
"When I find you you'll never move another limb, Ezreal!" She growled. She leaped off of a tree trunk and found herself in a pitch black clearing. Her eyes narrowed as she readied her arrow in her bow and surveyed the area.
"Maximum focus. I don't hear him running anymore; I've got him." She whispered to herself, eyes still keenly looking around her. She began slowly walking forward with knees bent and hands positioned on her bow, ready to shoot reactively.
"I see you at least know what tactics are! Trying to get the jump on me, are you? Well, at least you're finally attempting to fight back. With this, I can take this victory with pride rather than pity for you." She voiced out as she continued inching forward into the dark openness of the clearing. An eerie silence fell over the area as Ashe's eyes began trying to make out his stupid blonde head within the darkness.
"Heh. You also seem to know not to have a conversation while trying to ambush an opponent. I guess I must give you more credit than before; it seems you actually do understand that you should shut up when you're about to get blasted to the next ice age." More silence followed Ashe's taunt.
"Now, where are you…" Ashe muttered under her breath to herself. Her ears twitched as she heard a thump to her left, and she immediately whipped around, bow and arrow raised and arm drawn back on the arrow as she saw two pairs of green eyes. She pulled back harder on the arrow, but slowly relaxed her arms.
"The Wolf." She muttered. Suddenly, she felt something pressed up against the back of her head, and her eyes widened immensely as a gold light illuminated from behind her.
"You know, for all that talk, I think you're the one who needs to learn to speak less in a battle, Ice Queen."
"You-!" Ashe whipped around in surprise, only to come face to face with Ezreal's bow, which had a glowing bolt of static energy in its center pressed right up against Ashe's forehead now. He gave her a triumphant grin. He annoyed her to the very last breath.
"Tell me what the next ice age feels like, Ice Queen." Light filled up the entire arena, as well as a loud voice.
"FIRST BLOOD!"
"You and your tricks…" Ashe muttered. Ezreal raised an eyebrow amusedly.
"Tricks? I think you were just disrespecting me too much." She turned to leave.
"Well, you may have this victory, Ezreal. I'll return, though. Can't leave an explorer running around thinking he's fit to take on a Queen." Her tone was half serious, half sarcastic, so Ezreal wasn't quite sure how to respond.
"...is that so?" He said finally. Ashe yawned and rubbed the corner of her eye.
"My goodness you're boring! For someone who talks too much I figured you'd be better at conversations." Ezreal smirked.
"Am I the one who talks too much?" Ashe's face formed an embarrassed scowl as she immediately turned away from him.
"Right, I forgot, the only thing you're good at is annoying others. Well, I do believe I'll take my leave now. Good day; and good game, Ezreal." She began walking away from him, her hips swaying. Ezreal whistled at her sass before calling out to her and waving one arm.
"Don't forget to tell me what the next ice age feels like next time!" He heard her groan in annoyance, earning a laugh from him as he turned to walk the other direction. He looked around him, observing the Lounge of Legends(very cleverly named, eh?). It was the place within the League of Legends where champions would go to sign up for matches on the Summoner's Rift. It also broadcasted matches on large television screens that were spread all throughout the Lounge so that people could spectate, since champions weren't the only ones allowed in the lounge. Normal people could pay to enter the Lounge of Legends to watch matches right where they take place, and also of course, paying to use the Lounge meant you could meet your favorite celebrity champion. Ezreal smirked, remembering one time when a girl fainted upon meeting him in the lounge.
The lounge also served food and drinks to enjoy while watching matches. Ezreal looked up at a screen nearby him, watching a battle unfold as the magus who were casting the match began speaking rapidly.
"She nearly makes it out, but Zyra immediately catches her, and a quick grasping roots sends her back to the grave! Props to Zyra on that one, she waited patiently for her pray-but here comes-!" Ezreal stopped listening and turned to walk away from the live broadcast of the 5v5 match. Ezreal occasionally played 5v5 matches utilizing the random team builder option in the Lounge. Basically, it put you on a random team for one 5v5 match. A lot of the champions utilized this option, but there were also a lot of champions who formed official teams, with team names and all that stuff. But Ezreal wasn't keen on that idea. He was mostly a solo player, just because he never really got around to looking to join an official team. Thus, he only used the random team builder or played 1v1 matches. He chuckled as he remembered his previous 1v1 match against Ashe.
"That one was interesting."
"Talking to yourself now, are we?" Came a soft but teasing voice. Ezreal blinked in recognition and turned around.
"The Lady of Luminosity herself." He said, bowing jokingly. Lux put her hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter, and Ezreal's face slowly shaped itself into a smile before they both began laughing. He straightened himself and walked over to her as he gained control of his laughter.
"What're you doing here, Lux?" She flashed him a smile.
"I came to see you!" Ezreal did a double take.
"Uh...what?"
"I came to see you!" She repeated. The two friends stood there for a bit before Ezreal scratched the back of his head.
"Uh...here...I am?" He said uncertainly. She began giggling at his awkwardness.
"Oh, you never fail to amuse me Ez!" He blinked a couple more times uncertainly.
"...thank you?" Lux put her hands behind her back, rocking her torso side to side a bit while looking at her shoes.
"If you keep replying that way, a girl might think you're not interested in talking to her, you know." Ezreal laughed nervously.
"I-it's not like I'm not-" Lux's laughter interrupted him as she bent over, holding her stomach.
"Oh geez, Ez! I'm just joking around with you!" She began laughing more. Ezreal rolled his eyes.
"Lux! Stop that!" She rubbed at her eyes before standing straight again, smiling at him.
"In all seriousness, though, I really did come to see you!"
"Okay, what'd you need me for?" He asked. She smiled as she took a step forward, surprising him. She extended an arm towards him with the other still behind her back. A particular brightness lit up her face, making Ezreal's eyes widen as he looked at her in all of her glory.
"Well, I was thinking...let's build a team, Ez!" He blinked before taking a step back at her sudden proposal.
"Wh-what?!" Lux rolled her eyes at him good naturedly.
"Maybe you really aren't interested in listening to anything I say. I said let's build a team, together! What do you say, Ez?" He looked at her hand that was extended towards him for a bit before looking back at her face.
"Uh...I mean...isn't this a little sudden? And by that I mean a LOT sudden? And fast? And out of nowhere?" Lux laughed.
"Oh Ezreal, you just said sudden three different ways!" He scratched the back of his head.
"That isn't the point here Lux…" She smiled.
"Sure it's sudden! Does that make any difference, though?" Ezreal sighed.
"That's so like you, Lux. To just appear out of nowhere asking to form a team together...honestly, what'll I do with you?"
"You'll build a team with me!" She replied enthusiastically. Ezreal rolled his eyes.
"I wasn't exactly looking for you to answer my question. It was rhetorical."
"So that's a yes?" She said. Ezreal looked at her hand.
"That's a no."
"Great, then we can go ahead and submit our forms to the desk over at the Institute and-" There was a pause as Lux stopped talking mid sentence with a smile still planted on her face. However, the smile began wavering and twitching, and she coughed nervously. "I'm sorry...what was that, Ezreal?" He rolled his eyes.
"I know you aren't deaf, Luxanna. I said no. I'm not interested in forming a team." There was an awkward silence between them. People walked past them as they just stood still in the middle of the lounge. Finally, Lux's smile faded completely. Her eyes screwed shut before opening wide.
"What do you MEAN 'NO'?!" She yelled angrily. Ezreal gulped as he backed up a bit. He hated seeing Lux's angry side; it was terrifying.
"Here I came ALL the way from Demacia JUST to form a team with you, and you say NO?! EXPLAIN YOURSELF EZREAL!" He gulped as she backed him up into a wall with his hands in front of him.
"W-well, it's just that I wasn't exactly looking to dedicate myself to an official team right now-"
"Right now? Right now?! More like ever! You've never joined an official team!"
"Well what team is this? You can't have a team with just two members." Ezreal countered. The sudden stiffness in Lux's shoulderblades told Ezreal that he had got her. Naturally, he didn't waste this advantage.
"See? There is no team. That's why I told you this was way too sudden."
"We'll find the team members! Together! We can recruit!" Lux urged. Ezreal rolled his eyes.
"Lux, you gotta plan these things ahead of time."
"I did plan! I planned that we would recruit for the team together! So come on already! Please, Ez?" Ezreal swallowed down a large amount of saliva.
Oh geez, I almost agreed just now, why does she have to say please like that? It isn't fair. He quickly cleared his head before continuing to be stubborn.
"Like I said, I'm not looking to have that sort of dedication right now. How about we compromise? Recruit some team members and then maybe I'll consider it." Lux huffed with her arms crossed.
"You're just buying yourself enough time to run away. I know you too well, you know." Ezreal cursed under his breath. She indeed knew him too well.
"Er...well...I don't know what to tell you, Lux." She stomped her foot.
"Fine, how about this. We'll settle it the good old fashioned way!" Ezreal raised an eyebrow, so she continued speaking enthusiastically. "Face me in a match, Ez. 1v1. If I win, you'll form a team with me and we'll go recruiting teammates together."
"And if I win, you'll forget all about wanting to form a team with me." Ezreal finished the deal slowly. Settling things with a solo match; now this was his natural environment. Lux nodded, satisfied that he understood the conditions.
The two of them made their way over to a desk in the Lounge.
"Ezreal. Lux. How may I help you two champions?" The girl at the front of the desk asked.
"We'd like to have a private match. 1v1." The girl began typing things on an advanced looking laptop.
"Alright, a 1v1 match on the Summoner's Rift between Luxanna Crownguard, the Lady of Luminosity, and Ezreal, the Prodigal Explorer. The first champion to achieve First Blood, score 100 minion kills, or destroy the inner tower wins the game." She stated as she went over the basic rules that both champions knew all too well already.
"Your match is all set up and ready to go! Outside of the Fields of Justice, you each have amazing powers. Once you enter the Fields, however, and do battle on Summoner's Rift, a percentage of your power is sealed away. Throughout the game or match, these sealed percentages of your power will eventually be returned to you in the form of levels. Gain levels and thus regain your power by gaining experience points, which are offered by killing minions, enemy champions, or enemy towers. Neutral monsters also reside within the Rift's jungle, and will provide experience points to help you level up if taken. Death on the Rift is a temporary thing, and is controlled by the magus watching over the Fields of Justice. An embodiment of your soul is destroyed when you die on the Rift, and depending on your level, your physical body will respawn at your fountain after an amount of time." Ezreal scratched his head as the lady spoke.
"Er, I don't mean to rudely interrupt, but why are we going over the basic rules of the Summoner's Rift? I'm sure every champion knows them…" The girl met Ezreal's gaze easily.
"You see, Explorer, the rules of the Fields is that a champion will be filled in if they're missing in action for an extended period of time, as the 'basic rules of the Summoner's Rift' have the ability to change over time. Miss Crownguard here has been away from the Fields of Justice for some time, and thus it is my duty to remind her of the rules and how matches in the Fields of Justice work. Anymore complaints?" Ezreal blinked a few times while Lux tried not to laugh.
"Uh...no ma'am." He answered. She nodded curtly.
"Very good. Then you may begin your match right away by heading to the Match Pods. Since he is so uninterested in hearing things he already knows, I'm sure Ezreal can remind you where those are in the Lounge, and trust that I don't need to give directions." Ezreal nodded before quickly walking away with Lux following. After they were a good distance away, Lux burst into laughter.
"You just got absolutely destroyed by her!" She exclaimed. Ezreal's face was red with embarrassment.
"Oh...shut up." He muttered. They walked to the match pods and entered a room with pods. Ezreal took a seat in a pod, as did Lux, and they began hooking up to the system.
"You see our match?" Ezreal asked. Lux nodded.
"Alright. Good luck. Have fun." Lux smiled at him.
"Good luck. Have fun." And with that, both champions began glowing within the pods.
When Ezreal opened his eyes, he found himself standing on the fountain in his base.
"Blue side, huh." He said as he stepped off the fountain. He looked up ahead to his left and saw the Nexus bursting with magic and energy. He stood still for a bit, watching the Nexus flare in all of its brilliance.
"Minions will spawn in 30 seconds." Came the voice of a magus broadcasting their private match. Ezreal shook his head and began walking down the middle lane. He couldn't believe he had gotten himself into this situation.
"Minions have spawned!" The voice rang out like some omnipotent figure. Ezreal heard a churning noise; the sound of his Nexus producing minions. The 'minions' were really familiars that were constantly generated and created by the Nexus, which had a bundle of magical power stored within it provided by the magus who watched over the Fields of Justice to continue generating minions for the match.
Ezreal looked behind him at the noise of the minion familiars marching down his lane; familiars that held swords in the front and familiars that grasped staffs in the back. The familiars were about half as tall as Ezreal, and each one would offer a small amount of experience to all enemies near its death. Ezreal looked down at his hand, and his golden bow materialized. Obviously a large percentage of his actual power was currently stored away, otherwise he would be able to blast every last minion familiar on the rift to pieces, which wouldn't make for much of a match. So he was level 1. He followed behind the last caster minion and saw Lux across the lane, her wand raised. A sharp particle of light shot out of Lux's wand, slicing against a melee minion. Ezreal concentrated his energy into an arrow before also shooting it at a melee minion on Lux's side. The two of them silently shot minions for a while before Lux interrupted it.
"So Ez." She started. He didn't look at her, his focus on waiting until the perfect moment to take the last hit on a minion, but his ears perked.
"What should our team name be?" She continued. He rolled his eyes as he shot a minion, causing it to fade from existence.
"Are you that confident that you'll win?" He asked. Her lips slowly formed into a smile.
"...I am!" With that, Lux suddenly leaped forward, catching Ezreal by surprise.
"Hyah!" She yelled as particles of light began slicing through the air and towards Ezreal.
"Kuh…" He backflipped away, and the ground where he had been standing on previously was stabbed by her light particles.
"I figured since you'd been out of the Fields for a while you'd be rusty. Most people are aggressive to a dot, but you've been quiet all game. Guess you were just waiting to get used to things again, huh?" Ezreal said. Lux smirked.
"You could say that. But now, I'm taking my win!" She held her wand out, and a sphere of light materialized before shooting at Ezreal. His eyes narrowed as he rolled out of the way. The sphere exploded to his side, and he got back up on his feet...only to see another sphere being launched towards him.
"Tch, this woman is relentless!" He gritted his teeth as he began running to the side, dodging each explosive sphere of light.
"You can't run forever!" Lux yelled, going after him. However, her onslaught was completely stopped when she realized his minions were beginning to move towards her.
"You really are rusty, Lux! Aggression is the norm, but you can't be so aggressive as to step out of your safety zone!" Lux narrowed her eyes.
He's right. My zone of safety is a little bit behind my melee minions; and it's the same for him. If I get too close to my melee minions while attacking him, the switch in the mind of the familiars will turn, signalling to them that I'm a threat and I'm nearby, and then they'll start attacking me. I won't be able to manage invading his zone to try and kill him, defending myself from him, and defending myself from his minions all at the same time. That's why this was never really a sport; it's a game of tactics. Lux shot a sphere of light at the minions, causing them to slow their advance towards her.
"Hmph!" She exploded the sphere, causing the minions to fade out of existence. But… She rose her wand once more.
"If I get rid of the minions, my zone of safety will extend, and I can invade further into your zone!" She began running at Ezreal once more as his eyes narrowed.
I hadn't realized how close my minions were to dying. It's because she was slicing away at them before her aggression onto me...Lux always took strategical approaches. It looks like she isn't all that rusty after all. He watched as she charged a sphere of light in her wand while running at him. But...I'm not an ameteur.
"Hah!" He shot a blast of energy from his bow, and it collided with her sphere of light right as she launched it, creating an explosion.
"Counterattacking finally, are we?" Lux said. Ezreal smirked.
"You bet, and I'm not stopping until I push you back to your fountain!" He leapt in the air and began raining mystic shots down at her.
"Hmph!" Lux tossed her wand in the air, creating an invisible field in front of her that acted as a shield. Ezreal's bolts bounced off the field, but it slowly began cracking. Lux used this time to run back quickly, and Ezreal stopped his relentless attacking as they both backed off without any damage done to them.
"I don't plan on keeping this suspenseful...better end this soon." Ezreal muttered to himself as he weaved a mystic shot between two caster minions. However, Lux dodged it, moving back some more. He was gaining ground now.
Shyvana trudged through the Lounge, looking around her. She had a sandwich in her hand as her eyes darted from the food court area to the spa area. She had to be around somewhere. Then again, she's more slippery than she seems. That's how she escaped, after all. Shyvana grunted as she stuffed the rest of her sandwich in her mouth. It was a troublesome task, but she didn't mind it all that much. Not like the rest of his men wanted me around anyways.
"Really? Lux and Ezreal?" Shyvana's ears perked as she caught wind of those names. She began walking nonchalantly closer to the conversation, pretending that her focus was elsewhere. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Tristana and Teemo talking while sitting at a table.
"Yeah! They were in the middle of the lounge, looking like a couple in an argument. I think they're going to form a team!" Tristana exclaimed. Teemo made some comment, but Shyvana didn't hear it. She tapped her chin distractedly.
...a team? She's making a team with Ezreal?
Golden light and explosions were everywhere as Ezreal and Lux ran side by side through the jungle, each of them launching attacks at each other while making sure to keep up with the other.
"Tch!" Lux shut one eye as the tree behind her was blasted to bits, and she quickly ducked to dodge his second mystic shot before running forward and launching her own attack. Ezreal jumped in the air to dodge it, and her eyes narrowed as she saw her opportunity.
"You can't dodge midair! Light Binding!" She launched her magic in the form of two glowing cuffs, aiming straight for Ezreal's ankles. He smirked.
"You of all people should know…" Just as it seemed he would be chained down, he disappeared in a golden flash and reappeared a few meters ahead of Lux.
"That I'm not that easy to catch!" He finished his sentence. He began shooting mystic shots at Lux, and she quickly took cover behind a tree, breathing hard. Ezreal continued barraging her with mystic shots until the tree exploded.
"Ah!" Lux yelled out as she was sent flying across the jungle floor. Ezreal arcane shifted even closer before launching more arrows at her.
"I need to buy some time...prismatic barrier!" Lux yelled out, tossing her wand forward. The invisible field began warding off the arrows as she slowly stood and dusted off her legs. Her wand returned back to her before she began running to the side to get an angle on Ezreal.
"You're more slippery than I remember, Lux! You must really want to win this!" Ezreal said as he began following her.
"I could say the same to you, Ez! You don't go easy on a lady, huh? Well I wouldn't want it any other way! You're exactly what I'd like to have in a teammate!" Ezreal smirked.
"You, too, Lux." She stopped for a second.
"What?"
"Got you!" He arcane shifted above her and began raining down arrows, but Lux reacted immediately.
"Lucent Singularity!" The sphere of light exploded the debris around her, giving her some cover as she began running at the same angle.
"Alright, I've got him…! Light Binding!" The cuffs connected to Ezreal's ankles right as he landed, making his eyes go wide.
"What?" Chains of light became visible for a split second, connecting the cuffs of light on his ankles to her wand.
"Now…" Lux began leaping backwards to create distance. Ezreal's eyes zeroed in on her as he raised his bow with both hands.
"I can't move, but I can still take you out from afar, Luxanna. Surely you haven't forgotten my signature move." A large amount of particles of energy began gathering at Ezreal's fingertips and on his bow.
Lux's eyes narrowed determinedly as she decided she was far enough, and she rose her wand as particles of light began materializing in a line from her to Ezreal.
"I won't lose…!" A large amount of power began fluctuating from her wand as the particles of light began materializing into energy.
"Now then…!" The arc of energy finished building up in Ezreal's bow, and he gave a battle cry as he let it loose.
"TRUESHOT BARRAGE!"
"FINAL SPARK! AHHHHHH!"
A massive explosion filled the rift, as well as a single voice.
"FIRST BLOOD!"
And it ends on a cliffhanger! Got any questions? Just wanna talk about how you felt about the story? Feel free to leave a review!
