So I finally decided. I slowly picked up the glass with the red liquid. Thoughts were running inside me. “Drink it, drink it!!!……. No, don’t drink, remember your parents and friends, they want you in this world….”. But as I said, I have decided. “Well, bottom’s up” I said with a smile while drinking. It was “Blood Mary”. I drank the whole thing and felt dizzy, my head began hurting like hell. When looking up, I saw pink elephants playing football and smiling at me. My eyes grew wider and wider, head began hurting more and more, heart was beating very rapidly and I finally collapsed.

“Where am …” I said quietly, founding myself laying on grass. The sun was shining beautifully and birds were singing siliently. My head was in terrible ache. I tried standing up, but failed. I sighed heavily. Then I felt that there’s something in my hand. It was a note.

“Hi, Lucas, you want to know the secret of Maple? Well, congratulations! You are already in it! But if you want to know the secret, you must find me. I won’t guide you, you must do everything on your own. I will be in Henesys, waiting for you. Good luck! ~Stan”

“Yeah, very friendly of him….. First, he drugs me, then leaves me alone in some stupid place! Why did I chose that red one, I could be happily playing WoW now” I mumbled as I was dying from thirst. “Oh, good, I still have my backpack”. Searching in my backpack, I found bottle of mineral water. I drank it all. “Yeah, that’s better”. I slowly stood up, put my backpack on me and began walking. The place was all green, only some trees grew there.

I was walking for some hours when I found a lake. I filled my bottle of water. “Umm, I am sweating, maybe it is time for bath?”. I quickly undressed myself and dived into cold but refreshing water. “This is great” I said while I was swimming. When I swum back, I didn’t find my clothes and my backpack. “What the …”. I saw one person running with my stuff. “Hey! Comeback here and give me back my stuff!” I shouted. No response. “Damn it!” I mumbled as I began running to catch that person.

I ended up running at some urban complex almost naked. “F**k!” I shouted seeing that I lost that person. It was becoming dark too. I was freezing when I went to a random house and knocked the door. “Hhellllloo…. CCouuldd I hhavve a room fforr a nnight” I said dying from cold. “F**k off!” person said and slammed the door. I tried that again at 4 houses and when I went to 4th house, I was lucky. Some woman opened the door. “Of course, you poor thing” she said. I went to her house. “Here, dress up” she said as she gave me white-blue robe. I put it on. “And here, eat some hot soup, it will warm you.”. I quickly ate it. It really helped it. “Come here” I heard her saying. I came in a living room. “Here, I made you a bed on this sofa. I see you are tired so go to sleep, tomorrow we will talk about you she said with a smile. Then she left me and closed the door.

“Great…”. I walked slowly in the room. It was big and cozy; had big fireplace, some shelves, chest of drawers. There were some photos on a fireplace. I looked at them. First was she and her parents, second she and some man (inscription said brother) and third, in a heart-shaped frame, was she hugging a man. “Maybe it is her husband? But if it is…. Where is he?…. And what would he think or do if he would saw me?… Me, almost naked, in his love’s house… He would definitely kill me. But oh well, I am pretty fast” I said when I yawned. I quickly went to bed and began sleeping. I was dreaming that I was in real world, playing basketball with my friends and doing other stuff. I begged that I would woke up in real life but no, I woke up in Maple. I yawned and got up. Then I began searching for bathroom. While washing my face, I heard “Breakfast is ready! Come!”. I quickly wiped out water of my face and went to kitchen. “I really thank you for your kindness missis ….”
“Sophie, my names is Sophie. And no problem, my job is to help people, I am a priestess. And what is your name?”

“Oh, I am Lucas”

“Ok, Lucas, so what were you doing naked in this town at late evening? It isn’t safe to be here, especially at evenings.” She asked smiling.
I told her the whole story about me. At the end she was laughing really hard.

“You know, I don’t believe the whole thing that you said, Though I see you were robbed, so I’ll help you. Come with me in the basement, there are some my husband’s clothes”

“Where is your husband?” I asked anxiously. Her mood changed sharply, she almost began crying but restrained.

“Balrogs killed him 4 years ago….” She said quietly.

“I am sorry…” I said with some guilt.

“Oh, that’s ok… C’mon down here” she said happily again, her mood again changed sharply. I came as she was looking for clothes. She gave me white ripped jeans, orange t-shirt and a pair of sandals. She also wanted to give me bandana, but I told her that I like my hair this way. She also gave me sword.

“Ok, looks like you ready to go. Oh, and take this communicator, it will help us talk in a distance” She gave me some pocket-pc-like thingy, it was like a small computer.

“Add me on your buddy list, Lucas. I added you. If you will need any help, just write me and I’ll come.” She also gave me 10,000 mesos

“I really thank you, Sophie for helping me. Well I must be going, good luck” I said as I was heading to the door.
“Wait!” She shouted as she walked to me. And suddenly she kissed me on my cheek. I blushed like overripe red apple.

“Thanks for that too, but I must be going. Cya!” I smiled and left her house.

“Take care, Lucas” I heard her saying softly.

I was walking down the street until I suddenly saw the same person that robbed me. “Hey you, stop” I shouted to him, but when he heard me, he began running. I was chasing him, until he ran into an alley. I lost him again, because it was dead-end. “Damn it! Where did he go?” I shouted full of rage. When I began walking back, 4 people blocked my way. 2 men had daggers, 1 man had claw with stars aiming at me and 1 female with some wand. Person with claw shouted to me “Give me your all stuff and you won’t get hurt, you noob!”. My heart began beating rapidly as I was thinking “Déjà-vu…. Well it is time to fight, though I will probably lose, but oh well, death isn’t so bad choice”. Then, with all my courage, I shouted “Nah, noobs, come and get me if you want!” as I smiled spitefully.

They all became red from rage and leader shouted “Get him!”. They all casted some spells to themselves and began walking towards me. I equipped my sword and was waiting for them. And fighting have begun…

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Sorry for late chapter, I was really busy >.< I’ll try writing next chapter tomorrow. I have the ending of my story already, but it won’t end soon 😛 Please leave comments and it never hurts to push “I enjoyed it” button, and as always, sorry for my bad english