Pre-Story Notes
As I've said before, this is my first fan-fic and would appreciate some input about it as soon as possible. Thanks, now here's the first draft of the first chapter, in which the first main character is introduced. Also, it may be a bit short for some of you, but I assure you, the length and quality will get better as the story progresses.
Chapter 1
Enter Rich Boy
"And now, class…" sounded the drawling voice of the one person that Tyro couldn't stand to listen to. Mrs. Sampson, the Info Tech. teacher, was Tyro's least favorite teacher of them all. Not only was she strict, but she didn't have much emotion in her voice, and just the sound of her would put you to sleep, if she wasn't busy smacking your desk with the little pointer-thing of hers.
Tyro huffed, completely ignoring the teacher as usual. He shouldn't even be here. He thought the he should've been home-schooled or something. This was way too boring. He had to spend several hours here when he could be at home doing whatever he wanted. He scratched his head, which was hidden among his short, spiky black hair. He ruffled his black t-shirt, which went with his black jeans perfectly. His eyes were deep brown. But apparently this teacher was smarter than the others that Tyro had all day. She could tell when somebody wasn't listening.
"Tyro!" Mrs. Sampson said, making him jump out of his skin, much to a murmur of giggles and silent laughter from everybody else. "I hope you're listening, because this test is worth about a fourth of your grade."
"Yes, Mrs. Sampson." Tyro groaned.
"Don't think that just because your family owns the school that you'll be treated any differently than the rest of the class."
"No, Mrs. Sampson." Tyro groaned.
"Well, then I hope you know that this test will be based off of your general knowledge of the computer, both hardware and software, and I'm sure you're all aware of how much information that is. Now, as I was saying…"
And there she goes again. Talking to people who were probably ignoring her. But she had been right about one thing. His family owned the school, as well as many other businesses around the large city of Tokyo. As a result, his family was filthy rich, and Tyro was able to possess just about whatever he wanted, so he had no reason to be here. Why his parents decided to send him to…ugh…public school was beyond him. Why didn't they just hire a private tutor? But just then, a loud ringing noise filled his ears. At long last! The bell had rung. He was, as usual, one of the first out. He walked out of the school through the bright white hallways and through the front doors. As usual, a long, black limo was waiting. He got into the back seat and nodded toward the driver, who said, "So, Young Sir," he said. "How was you're day?" as he drove off.
"I don't want to talk about it." Tyro grunted in reply. The driver simply shrugged it off. He was probably used to it. After all, Tyro was just like any other rich snob you'll ever meet. He didn't really have any real friends, and he didn't really want them, either. He figured that they would just annoy him and that they would interfere with his personal life too closely. At least that's what he thought in his mind. In reality, he really didn't have much of a life. He stayed indoors all his time. He was lazy, and was used to others doing work for him.
They soon pulled up to the large mansion on the edge of the city. The large elaborate garden spread out around them as the driver pulled through the gates (which opened on their own through the use of motion sensors and security cameras…you know…rich people things). They drove up the azalea-lined pathway up to the large mansion's front door. The driver exited the car and approached Tyro's door and opened it. Tyro stepped out and walked inside, without a word to the driver.
The first thing he usually did when he came home was greet his father, but for some reason, he found himself on the third floor. His father's office was on the first floor. He walked through the door, half-expecting to see his father's office and his father sitting in his usual leather seat busily typing away on his computer. He was taken aback by the fact that he saw his room. He shrugged it off, and figured he probably came here for a reason and sat down at his computer. This was the next thing he did when he got home anyway. He moved the mouse over to the icon that read, 'Microsoft™ Office Outlook' and his e-mail popped up. But something caught his eye. It was an e-mail from some source with a bunch of garbled symbols. The message title was, 'YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!' in big bold letters. He moved the mouse and clicked this strange message and a pop-up suddenly appeared.
Suddenly, a voice came out of his speaker, and it read what the pop-up said, "Click here to enter the Digital World." it said. Tyro was surprised by the sudden pop-up, and even more so by the message it asked. 'Never seen a pop-up like this before…' he thought. But he figured what the heck? What could it hurt? He clicked the link and suddenly, his screen went black. "What the-?" Tyro said aloud. "What just happened?" He was just about to push the monitor button to check if it had just shut itself off for some reason, when his screen turned back on. A bright white light erupted from the screen, and the next thing he knew, he was being sucked right into it! He found himself in a strange, tunnel-like sub-space with the numbers '0' and '1' flying by and around him all over the place! But before he could exclaim anything about it, he felt himself hit the ground, and everything went black.
End of Chapter
Ending Notes
So, how was it? I'd appreciate a review of it so far. Of course, keep in mind that it'll get much more interesting as he enters the Digital World and starts his journey. Thanks ahead of time for your input!
