Hide'n'Seek

"Leeeee! Leeee! Leeee!" the shouts blared through the park. I was hiding behind a bin trying to contain my laughter. Then all of a sudden the shouts stopped. I stood deathly still not even breathing.

"I foooouuund you!" a small head poked around the bin, her face echoing in my mind. Her long black hair and purple eyes are all I see when I shut my eyes.

"Aaaah man and I thought I had a good hiding place."

"Maybe but I'm just too smart for you." her face was always so kind.her smile was always so radiant. But behind that mask she was empty. I was too distracted by the beautiful smile to see what was going on. I was too stupid. The girl was Macheala. We were neighbours all our lives growing up next to each other and playing in the park near our houses. She was always small growing up and spent a lot of time alone. We were together constantly until my second year of middle school.

Why do I always see this memory? Why do I always see this smile? Why? Why does she haunt me like this. I know the answer of course, it's my punishment to see her face every second of every day.to see happy memory after happy memory until the last one I have of her, the last time I saw her smile… the day she left me all alone.

"Hey Assassin? Are you alive?"

"Sorry what?"

"honestly… not even listening to me after I gave you a quest and a lift so cruel to such a cute girl as me."

"Sorry I was somewhere else."

"Fine.. as I was saying I got us a job clearing a bandit camp after my amazing performance in Maruine. I am now a C grade representative of Maruine the noble capital of the Drakenheart kingdom, please praise the ground I walk on."

"Oh my princess of valour and most amazing of adventurers thank you for humbling me with your presence."

"Oh wow thank you very good groveling assassin. Anyway I found out more about this country and this world, essentially every race has a different country other than shadowrath. This country belongs to my people, the oleuni who worship the great dragon prince. Who will return to this world and cleanse all impure monsters and rise all faithful to him to the earth. Pretty standard stuff. It says that as every dragon belongs to an element the dark and light dragons will clash in a war spanning eternity eventually the dragon prince will come to this world and stop the fighting uniting the two dragons into one and bringing peace and order. The country isn't too religious but there are some extreme sects of the church in different towns. There are ten countries currently but every country aims for world domination. But one is the demon territory which is full of monsters level one hundred and up the closer you get to the demon territory the more powerful the monsters are. But the demon territory borders every country although not through land for a lot of them."

"That's useful now I just need to figure out what country I'll apply to."

"What!!! you won't go to the same town as me?????"

"Well if it's a peaceful nation I wouldn't get as many quests" Psye stopped the horse and turned around staring at my face with intense irritation, "fine I'll join this one it had a dragon so it can't be all that bad."

"Yaaay!!!"

We arrived at the bandit camp and a man ran out to stop us, he was a large guy with a creepy smile across his face. His stomach peeking under his shirt.

"Hey kids, give me all your money or I'll eat you got it?"

I walked off the horse and stood in front of him, my body tiny in comparison.

'Unique skill 'Copt' activated - 'thunderclap'

The bolt of lightning screeched into his body burning the huge course as fire sprang from the body, I looked down at the humongous flailing corpse, its flesh charred and crumbling.

"Why you!!!!!!" another bandit charged towards me, his sword pointed at my chest. I drew my dagger and held it, the blade pointing at the floor. Then in a fluid movement I drove the small blade across my chest, the thin blade smacking into his sword. The man stumbled falling to the side. I kicked out my leg squishing into his stomach. Psye jumped down the horse returning to a small runestone. She charged forward her sword hanging by her legs. Three people charged at her, all slicing at the air. She ran forward pressing her body close to the nearest bandit, the long blade thrust through his skin. Then jumping backwards she shot a single arrow, the light projectile hitting him in the forehead. Then rushing forward she dragged the sword from her first kill and sliced the last man across the chest, blood gushing from the wound. I followed charging forward cutting through the leather armour and tackling them to the ground forcing my Knife inside. Bandits crawled out of the camp all flying at us swinging swords. A bandit came from my right swinging at my feet, I jumped upwards landing on the sword and pushing it to the ground holding his muscled body down. I sliced into his neck the blade cleanly cutting through the throat and spraying blood. A new blade rushed towards me, the steel shining in the sun. I stepped to the side, my body swaying as it moved and avoiding the next attack.

'Unique skill 'Copy' activated - 'Quake'

The ground opened up swallowing the man's leg, he stepped forward breaking the bone and falling to the floor. walking forward I casted the spells I'd learnt from killing the mages. each one dispatching a bandit with ease, their bodies dying with each pelt of water and each strike of lightning. The kills came easily, each one marked in blue. The world was empty except for the one split second, the one dot or line that crossed my eyes. The blood and bodies disappearing into the blackness all that was left was the knife and the target, to my left Psye was ripping through the enemies switching between ranged attacks and sword skills, her sword twirling and striking with precision and skill. It was only a matter of time until we were finished.

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Username: ItsAssassin

Race: Shadowrath

Class: Knife

Level: 40

Vitality: 38

Wisdom: 21

Strength: 20

Speed: 51

Title: none

Unique skill: Copy

Special skills: Eye of death

Inventory: Amature Assassin's Blade, Amature Assassin Hood.

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I logged out the world spinning and returning to my eyes. I lay awake in my bed, the sheets folded and creased under my body. By black hair lying still on the hard mattress. I lifted my hand up sheltering my eyes from the sun. Why is this world so difficult? It's just a bad game. If there is a god, he's a shitty game designer.

For a start why did he make it so damn hard to get out of bed. No matter how hard I want it, my body won't move. After about five minutes my bladder manages to overpower my laziness for control of the body. Then making my way into the sitting room I saw my sister sitting on the couch reading.

"Hey Lee, can you set up the game for meee?"

"Of course."

"Yay. Can I play today?"

"I don't see why not, you finished your homework?"

"Noo,"

"Sorry you remember our deal, you don't want to end up like your big bro do you?"

"No." still stings!

I set up the equipment and took my hoodie, I'm hungry so I'll go and eat and then get back to grinding.

I walked out of the house passing the park. My brain flooded with thoughts and pain, the same images flashing across my face. Then turning away I pulled up my hood and put in my headphones, the melody of music drowning out the chatter, the digital sounds protecting me from the outside world. Walking down the street the world seems so crowded, all around me there are people. I walk in the shop and still there are people. Everywhere I am surrounded by people and yet they all seem miles away from me. I feel alone even in crowds. The only time this loneliness relents is in the game. This world seems so foreighn noe, like I don't belong. Like I am an outsider.

I saw her again, the girl, she smiled at me again. Do I know her? Her face brings back so many memories. but for some reason I can't recall. I remember her. She's so familiar yet so distant. Should I talk to her? Should I find out who she is?

Who am I kidding? I'll never be able to… I'll always be alone, I'll always be an outsider in this game, I'll always be a noob and I'll never belong. I picked up the bag of food and thanked the cook, my hand dipping into the paper bag and picking up a roll of rice. walking out of the shop I heard a voice as the door swung behind me.

"Are you eating rice with your hands?"

It was her… why is she waiting outside?

"Yeah,"

"Why?"

"So I can eat it whilst it's hot I guess."

"Damn lee you haven't changed. How have you been?"

"First Dan, now you? Why are you here Kate?"

"Because we're worried about you. It's been five years, highschool is ending and both of us still care about you enough to check your revising for exams."

"What's the point?"

"Don't do that. Lee, don't try to shut me out like you used to, don't remind me of who you used to be, I just want to know if you're ok."

"I'm fine"

I set off down the road hiding the tears rolling down my cheek.

I remember now!

"Lee, don't turn your back on me! This isn't over! You can't keep doing this!"

Why dammit?!?! Why did she have to turn up now of all times? Aaaah this world is too cruel to me. I just want to get back home and play. I need to escape right now. I walked back home stepping quickly through the dry road. My hand swung the paper bag as I started to sprint.

I need to run!

I need to leave!

I need to escape!

I need to return!

I can't be in this game anymore!