"Woah dude, where are you going?" 

That was his friend Daren's reply to Rick suddenly leaving the new game store, they decided to check out this afternoon. Of course, they had to wait until after their high school classes were done for the day. 

But Rick didn't care about leaving his pal, because it just dawned on him that the game he ordered online, two weeks ago, should be here today. "Got an appointment with a game. Sorry man," was his reply over his shoulder, as he bolted out the shop's door and sprinted home. 

[i]C'mon, c'mon, let it be there... Please...[/i] He had seen a lot of promotions on t.v. about this game-he just had to check it out. About ten minutes later he got home, nearly ran into the door, before he stopped himself and checked the mail box. And it was there. Barely containing his excitement he opened the door, and ignored his parents surprise at his early return home, then proceeded to put the game into his laptop computer. 

It took a few minutes for his game to register but he waited and then it started up. 

 [i]The world of Ashlin seeks a Hero...[/i]

It seemed incredible to him that the game seemed so real. He looked at the ground and it seemed to be made out of a kind of stone and it did sort of feel like rocks beneath his feet. And everything looked very detailed, which was all to the good in his opinion. So he decided to take a look at himself and saw that he had dark green leather armor, a sack on his back-which had a compass in it and a few other things. Then he grinned as he noticed that he had a large two handed sword with some serious rust on it strapped to his back beneath the sack. 

[i]Good enough for me. Now I just need to level in this game and win.[/i]

And so he looked for someone to give directions to find something to fight. Within a minute he found someone who looked like they knew what they were doing and where they were going. Just the type of person he wanted to talk to. 

"Yo, guy with the green hat like thing. Can you tell me where I can start getting stronger?"

The guy raised his eyebrows at the younger player, and then took off his hat as he replied respectfully with a slight bow, "Sure thing young Sir, The Grand Gate is a short trip behind you and you'll find plenty of stuff to train on there."

"Great." was Bubba'bob's reply as he turned around and sprinted away... 

Heading straight for the Grand Gate as fast as he could run, he was ready to take on anything or at least that's what he thought.