In Mid-January (actually January 16th), I was working my way over to Karajima Island to fish lobsters for the first time (I had just gotten level 40 fishing.) I was currently level 36, working hard to achieve that level in a short time. Being the social butterfly that I am, I told all my friends about RuneScape, and got most of them to sign up.
I was currently at the Varrock east bank, at precisely 2:03 A.M., in world 55. I chose that I would take the long way (through Lumbridge, then Draynor, then Port Sairm) to Karajima Island. I passed through Lumbridge, and then I approached Draynor Village. The place was empty as it was so late at night. I saw one person in the bank, and one person chopping willows. I can't remember his name, but I think he was somewhere around level 60 or 70. He was wearing Monk's Robes, and sporting a White Party Hat upon his head.
I stopped for a second, I really have no idea. I had a strange sensation in my gut to stop. The person in the bank ran East to go to who-knows-where, and the White Party Hat wielding person went to bank his willows. I started walking forward, to Port Sairm, when I saw him swing at a Willow tree. He was on the edge of my vision, when all of the sudden, an 11 surrounded in red appeared on him. I turned around, as I had never seen a double digit being hit anywhere. There was a level 120 Tree Spirit attacking the Party Hat wearer. Without proper armor, the Person was quickly dead, being hit 11's and 10's. I saw him die, with a final blow of 6 done to him. I stepped closer to see what he had dropped.
As he fell down, a full red bar over his head, I saw a strange white pointed hat on the ground. I quickly head control and ran to it (control makes you run) and picked it up. As I moved my mouse over the white pointed object, I realized, It was a White Party Hat. My heart began to beat at a million paces per minute. I chose "wield" from the drop down menu and found a white pointed crown upon my character's head.
I opened another Internet browser and went to the RuneScape Forums. I searched for "White Party Hat" and sure enough, a lot of posts about buying, selling, and complaining posts about White Party Hats popped up. I scrolled down the list, finding many prices above 100 million for the Party Hat, then I found a thread named "Party Hats... Rising in Price?"
The Thread explained all about how Party Hats are predicted to double in price every year or so. I quickly switched back to my RuneScape Game Page, and observed the White Party Hat upon my head. The white blended into my hair, which was a droopy white. I thought it looked stupendous with my full Mithril armor. I thought to myself, if it is over 100 million right now, and is expected to double in price within the next year... why not save it and get more for it later? I quickly looked into my friend's list, finding one of my friends on. My good friend from school was still on, and I pmed him about this find. "OMG!!! You are so (censor) lucky!" he returned. "Just be careful, that thing will get you hacked in a second if you show it off too much..." he also replied. I didn't think much of it. I wanted the whole world to know about this.