Never expected a deer

Chapter 22

Tuesday December 23,2012

9:35 am

(Ivan's POV)

"Why do you live in a tent. Is your mom even okay with this?" After the fight on the roof I made my way back to my tent. Anenoid was forced to stay in the ring because he was taking up most of the tent. Jana kept complaining about how she couldn't feel anything.

"I think my mom is fine with this." A strong breeze almost knocks down the tent. I cover myself with five blankets.

"Give me some!"

"Get your own."

"Where?"

"We are near a Walmart. Go steal some."

"I'm not going to steal."

"Then stay cold." Jana lets out a sigh as she turns to face the wall. A few moments pass before Anenoid speaks from the ring.

'Check the bag. My friend actually put in some pretty expensive stuff in there.'

'Does it have anything that can help with the cold.'

'Kind of.' The bag better help. I take out the bag; The bag felt light, I doubt it had anything useful. When I opened the bag the first thing I saw was a piece of paper. I grab the paper and put it aside for later.

'Idiot! Read the paper.' I roll my eyes and pick up the paper. On the top of the paper were some letters that looked like they could be Latin, but I wasn't really sure. In the middle of the paper were some numbers and letters going across the paper.

'Anenoid how is this useful? It looks like trash to me.'

'Just read the letters in the middle and thank me later.' This has to be a joke. Very slowly I read the letters and numbers individually. Jana gave me some weird looks. When I was done nothing happened. I knew it was a joke. Suddenly the ground in front of me began to open. A small hole appeared in the middle of the tent. Jana was backed into the corner with her knees to her chest. I waited for something else to happen, I looked into the hole. In the hole were a set of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs was a bright light. I get up and quickly take out Retribution. I put the paper in the bag. I hoist the bag onto my back and slowly go down the stairs.

The bottom of the stairs was a tiny room with a wooden door on the other side of the room. I go through the door only to see a tiny hallway. My heart beings to pound in my chest. As I walk through the hallway, I notice a huge opening to my right. The opening lead to a small kitchen with a small rectangular hole in the wall, on the other side of the hole lead to a room that looked like your average living room. It even had a couch and everything. I decided to explore the kitchen a little bit more though. It had a few stoves and a microwave in the wall, and a refrigerator. My eyes scan the room. I was expecting something to pop up and attack. I cautiously walk up to the refrigerator and open it. There was nothing inside. Dammit!

I check the cupboards, there was still nothing. I walk back out into the hallway and notice that the hallway lead to the living room. This kind of feels like an apartment. There was a TV hanging on the wall , below the TV was a stand that held a DVD player. On my right was an empty shelf. Weird. I hear a door open behind me. The sound made me jump a bit. In the hallway a door that was near the kitchen opened. How did I miss that? Jana walks out the door. Her breathing was ragged, and her face was covered in sweat. In short rapid breaths she was able to get a few words out.

"This place has a gym." What?

"Okay?" What Am 'I supposed to say after that? "So no monsters?" Jana's face showed a bit of confusion, she shakes her head. I walk next to the TV, I look around for the on button. Behind the TV there was a remote sticking to the wall. What a weird place to put a remote. I quickly grab it and press the on button. On the screen was an animated show. There was four kids and a baby waiting for the school bus. One of the picks up the baby and swings at one of the kids. One of the kids says, "Dude sweet." The kid picks up the baby again.

I don't know what this show was, but I already love it. I about to turn it off I notice that there was more stuff happening.

"Yeah, check this out. Ready Ike? Kick the baby!" Shortly after the baby responded.

"Don't kick the goddamn baby."

"Kick the baby!" The kid kicks the baby and baby goes flying across the street. I laughed so hard that I didn't get to see what happened next. Somehow while I was laughing, I pressed the off button. I thought about turning it back on. Jana appears next to me.

"Don't turn it back on. That show is so stupid." I roll my eyes. Fine maybe later when she isn't around. Jana quickly walks back into the hallway, not even a second later I hear Jana shout.

"This place has rooms!" I walk into the hallway. The hallway was only a few feet long. On the left was three doors, the right side of the wall only had one door. At the very end of the hallway. I choose to go into the door on the right.

On the other side of the door was a small room. The first thing I noticed was a bookcase in the corner. I immediately ran to the bookcase. I randomly pulled out a book. The book I pulled out was called 'In Search of Schrödinger's Cat'. Oh this sounds interesting. I flip to the first few pages of the book. The first paragraph made my head hurt. There were words that I didn't even know existed. What do these words even mean? There is no way the word 'esoteric' exists. I put the book back and pull out another book.

This time I pull out a book called 'Greek Mythology. 'Not interested. I put the book back and look for a book that looked interesting or something that I could understand. The more I looked the more confused I got. There were books that had the word math in the title. It took me a while before I realized that the books were supposed to be educational. That's disgusting. I turn around and notice a huge rectangular hole in the wall.

I slowly walk up to the hole only to find a mattress in the hole. I press my hand down on the mattress. The mattress was one of the softest things I have ever touched. I resist the urge to lay down on the mattress. I turn around to see a computer in the corner. How did I not see that before? I ignore it and take off shoes, and put the bag on the end of the mattress. I put my weapons back into my InventoryJana suddenly walks into the room.

"This whole place reminds me of an apartment."

"Yeah I thought there would be something trying to attack us." Jana thinks about but her face showed a little bit of confusion. She turns around and walks out of the room. I lay there for a little bit before deciding to check the rest of the bag. I put my hand into the bag, I felt something hard. I tried picking it up with one hand, but it was too heavy for me. I had to use both hands and even then it was still heavy. What is in this thing. Little by little I was able to pull it out.

I pulled out a black oval. What the hell is this? Not knowing what it was I use inspect.

Modified Kirin egg

Description- A Kirin egg that was modified by Nuxiel. When it hatches it will already be stronger than your regular Kirin. All you have to do is wait for it to hatch.

What's a Kirin? I should probably search it up later. I put the egg on the floor. I lose my grip and the egg lands on the floor with a thud. My eyes widen; I bite the bottom of my lip. I check the egg for any cracks, thankfully the egg didn't have a single scratch on it. What a tough egg. Looking in the bag I notice a wad of money. I grab it and start to check the money. My jaw dropped as I counted the money. There was a total of thousand dollars. I'm rich! To keep it safe I put it in my Inventory.

Rummaging through the bag I found a key. I look around for the paper but I couldn't find it. Where did the paper go? I look at the key and use Inspect on it. This key better be lead to somewhere important.

Your apartment key

Description- This key was made by the company 'Portable apartments.' The company uses Soul to make apartments. With this key you can put it in the ground and a hole that leads to your apartment appears. The apartment comes with the following rooms: Living room, kitchen, morphing gym, three rooms, bathroom. No future payments are needed to keep the apartment!

Soul can make buildings now? Didn't expect that. I grab the bag and throw the bag across the room. Noticing how comfortable the mattress is I lay my head down on the pillow. I roll over so that I was in the dark part of the hole. When my head was inches away from the wall a bright yellow screen appeared on the wall. At first it scared me, but I quickly calmed down. The screen had an option to change the rooms temperature or just the temperature in general. Maybe make it a little bit warm? I tapped on the screen so that the room was around eighty degrees.

I was about to get out of bed before I noticed that there was two more options in the bottom left corner. One was called 'Bed options' while the other button was an on/off switch. Without hesitation I choose the 'bed options' button. The screen quickly filled with different kinds of options. There was options that tilted one side of the bed up into the air, there was even one where it made the bed act like a massaging chair! My favorite option was the one where it closed the entrance to the hole. I don't know why I liked it so much, but I did like the way it gave me privacy. I played around with settings a little bit more and found that the bed could warm or cool itself. I later figured out that the walls had little cubbies that you could put your stuff in.

I pulled out some blankets and pillows out of my Inventory and got comfortable. Covered in complete darkness I quickly feel asleep.

Tuesday December 23, 2012

2:03 pm

(Ivan's POV)

There was a loud banging on the wall. My body jumped. I look around confused. Where Am' I? It took me a while before I remembered that I was in the little hole in the wall. The banging on the wall got louder. On the other side I hear Jana shout for me.

"You okay in there?" I fumble around with the settings and the entrance opens.

"What do you want?" Jana's face showed a little bit of anger.

"Well you in this room for a while so I thought you in trouble"

"Well I'm not, so go away." She lets out a sigh

'Before I go I should better tell you that the bathroom is in the middle of the hallway.

"Okay?"

"Don't pee on the bed." She quickly disappears out of the room. I go back into the hole but Anenoid decided to talk.

'Can you please let me out? I think I'm developing claustrophobia.'

I shake my head. Please don't make me have to deal with Anenoid, I just want to sleep in my little hidey hole.

Wednesday January 9, 2013

12:05 pm

(Ivan's POV)

'I thought you would at least have a few friends to talk to, but so far you talked to no one.' I regret bringing Anenoid to school. I tried to be nice and let Jana and Anenoid have some free time when I was in school, but Anenoid got bored and wanted to come with me to school. I just wanted to eat my crappy school pizza in peace. I take my tray and sit over in the corner. My mouth begins to water as I slowly bring the pizza to my mouth. One bite was all it took to me squirm in my seat. This was better than I expected.

I somehow devoured the entire the pizza in seconds.

'God damn! That pizza doesn't even look good!'

'Well this is the first time I had school lunch. I think I deserve the chance to enjoy the school lunch.'

'I feel so sorry for you.' I should have left him back at the apartment. More and more people started to rush into the room hoping to get the school pizza. Heh, should've have just snuck out of class. I take tiny bites as I see people fight over the pizza. In the corner of my eye I see a girl look around the cafeteria. She had red hair and sparkling green eyes. In her hands was a simple gray lunchbox. The girl looked frantic as she looked around the room. Not my business. I turn back to my tray to get my milk.

Before I could open the milk carton the girl sits a few seats away from me. I ignored her and instead focused on opening my milk carton. My fingers kept slipping as I tried to open the carton. Why is this so hard? The girl sighed as she began digging through her lunch box. When I opened the carton after a few minutes of struggling I chugged it down in a matter of seconds. I began to put my head down, but I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turn around only to see the girl from earlier facing me. She fiddled with her fingers as she tried to get a few words out.

"Umm-umm what's your name?" Please I don't want to talk to anyone right now.

"Ivan" I try to get out of a potential conversation by putting my head down.

"Oh, my name is Weiss." Dammit.

"Cool." I turned the other way. She didn't tap on my shoulder on my again. Finally! I put my head down and close my eyes. Anenoid didn't let me have my peace though.

'At least try talking to her.'

'I wouldn't even know what to say.'

'Just try it once.'

'No, I'm fine.' The bell ringed. I quickly jump out of my seat and walk out of the cafeteria.

'You should've taken the chance.'

'I could always talk to her later.'

The next day she sat with a group of people. Maybe I should've have taken Anenoid's advice.

Saturday May 18, 2013

8:34 pm

(Ivan's POV)

I rush into my room and jump onto my bed. I grabbed a book on Norse mythology out of my Inventory and flip to the middle of the book. Finally, some free time! I'm so tired of selling fruit in Magebourne but noo Jana insists that I help her. Apparently after Jana died, she wanted to become a better person. She's been volunteering at nursery homes and places like that. I don't know why she involved me though it's kind of annoying. The fruit didn't even sell. I wish we could do something that could earn a lot of money. Like being a fighter in the arena down in Magebourne; I hear they earn a lot of money. I sigh as I turn over to the other side of the bed.

A loud crack comes from the corner of the room. I quickly look over my shoulder only to see the Kirin egg cracking. I completely forgot I had the egg! I swiftly get up from my bed and run over to the egg. Panicking I take out a few blankets and put the egg on top of the blankets. A leg comes out the egg, shortly after the egg explodes. The eggshells are sent flying through the room. I raise my arms to cover my face. Pieces of eggshell pierced my arms and body. Once everything settled down, I hear a faint bleat.

A deer shaped creature steps out of the egg. The creature had black scales with a bushy mane around its neck. On top of its head was a backward curving horn. The creature reminded me of a unicorn . The creature looked directly into my eyes and walked over to me. The deer towered over me. It bent down and licked the top of my head. Eww. The creature walked over to the corner and laid down. It got into a comfortable position and closed its eyes. In a matter of seconds, it was asleep.

Using the wind, I picked up the eggshells. I put the eggshells in my Inventory. Feeling a bit of the deer's saliva slide down the side of my head I rush to the bathroom. I take out the eggshells out of my arms and decide to take a quick shower. When I was done, I walk back into my room. Taking a quick glance at the sleeping creature I decide to put a blanket over it.

"What should I call it?" Noticing its black scales and the way it seemed to be one black shadow I decided to call it Sombra. Sombra the Kirin, I kind of like it. I crawl onto my bed and pick up my book. I didn't even get to read a word because a box appeared in front of me.

Because a Kirin accepted you as their master you gained a new perk!

Kirin's blessing- The earth will always protect you, as long as you own a Kirin.

+15 to Vit

+15 to Dex

+350 mp

Three hundred fifty mp! That's way too much! Well, I'm not complaining about it. Soon after I was done reading the box another one appeared.

Thanks to a Kirin accepted you as his owner you gained a new skill!

Geokinesis- The power to control the Earth.

And a new skill? Yay! Wait, I live in a city this is useless. I close the box and continue my reading.

During my reading I realize something important.

"Do deer lay eggs?"

Sunday July 21, 2013

3:00 am

(Ivan's POV)

"Move your fatass!" C'mon I'm already moving my legs as fast as possible. Anenoid teleported to my side. "Faster!" My legs gave out and I collapsed onto the ground. This is the last time I'm going to ask Anenoid to train me. I asked Anenoid to train me and he decided to bring me to apartment's gym, he made it look a flat park with a huge pond in the middle. Apparently the gym can be whatever it wants as long as it's used for training. What I'm really made about was that he made it dark so he could just use the shadows to teleport next to me. There wasn't any concrete or anything; it was all grass and dirt. I was hoping for help with my powers, not torture. In the corner of my eye Sombra was running around playing in the grass, mostly being a happy little Kirin.

"Alright work on your ice powers." Please no more. I struggle to get up. My breathing was ragged and unsteady. I eventually get onto my knees. I breath in and think of a pillar of ice coming up from the ground. A pillar of ice suddenly comes from the ground. Okay done with that. I create an ice cube in my hand. I rub the cube against my face. Anenoid walks in front of me, he wasn't doing anything he was just walking. I notice the same black marks on his skin from 'The Guardian 'boss fight. I look down at my ice cube. Maybe I can do something similar with ice?

I close my eyes and imagine a sheet of ice cover my body. The image faded away from my mind a few times but each time it faded away I was barely able to bring the image back. I slowly feel a cold sensation creep up my body. I open my eyes and look at my arms. There was nothing covering my body, but I could definitely feel something there. I get a notification telling me about a new skill.

Lvl1(13%) Ice exoskeleton- You can create a sheet of ice that can protect you from almost any attack. If you are hit with a fire attack or something similar the ice will melt and will instead hurt you. Can block 150 points of damage before it breaks. 65 mp per use

I think this is the one skill I can use defensively. Can I use it more than once though? I focus on creating more layers of ice around my body. Sombra walks up to me and rests his head down on top of my head.

"Sombra get off!" Sombra lets out a faint bleat and walks in front of me. Sombra suddenly starts glowing a bright white. Sombra's body slowly begins to shrink. Somehow its skin starts to turn into metal. Sombra's head quickly turns into a lighting bolt. Eventually Sombra wasn't even a Kirin anymore. Sombra somehow turned into a necklace. I pick up the necklace and look up at Anenoid.

"Can Kirins do that?"

"I-I think." There was a silence between us; the silence breaks as the necklace suddenly turns back in a Kirin. I jump back and look at Sombra. I guess Kirins can shapeshift. Anenoid clapped his hands and shouted.

"Alright one more lap!

I roll my eyes and get back up. I just

Friday November 22, 2013

3:57 pm

(Ivan's POV)

I rush into my room and jump onto my bed. Finally! Thanksgiving break is here! I roll around in my bed in excitement. I stop as I think about the break. What should I do? Well, there is a parade going on in the downtown area in a few days. That sounds fun. I always wanted to go see the Thanksgiving parade in the downtown area. Yeah that sounds fun.