Young Writers Society

Ben~

I yawned as I woke up to my phone buzzing. I looked at it debating if I should look at it. I grabbed it and looked at it to see Theria had sent me a text. I looked at the time. I would probably be late. I sat up and went to wash up. I dabbed at my black eye that I had obtained today when Jake and his goons jumped me on the way home. I wasn't weak, Jake I could probably take, one on one but, seven guys was a bit out of my realm of experience. I shrugged, seeing no way to hide my black eye. I grabbed my stuff and headed to Starbucks.

Riley, Xan, Theria, Lisa, Sam, and Lyric were already there. I got a iced coffee before I joined them.

Yes weird indeed my friend. Oh well, editing time.

Kris


I sat in my room, strumming absent mindedly at my bass guitar and wondering what it would be like to play just one more game of rugby in the glorious sunshine. My pleasant dream was broken by my phone blasting out Horseshoes and Hand grenades by Green Day. I snatched up my phone and quickly read the message. Starbucks, i think i'll drive, i thought, grabbing my car keys and vaulting down the stairs. I grabbed a jacket off the coathook and shot out the door before i could be given any odd chores.
I unlocked the door as i meandered down the drive and hopped into my car, affectionately name Murky Buckets after a particularly bad french oral. Five minutes later i was limping across the starbucks car park. I swung the door open and collapsed into our usual booth.
"Hey guys," i smiled.

Leo

When the text message came, Leo was half-hanging off his bed, upside down and reading a book. He scooped up the phone from the floor and sat back up, groaning. He pressed a hand to his forehead and shook himself a little, dizziness overtaking him for a few moments. Then, flipping open his phone, he read the message. Starbucks, eh? Well, I've never been one to say no to coffee.

"Just heading out, people!" He shouted as he walked out the door. "I'll be back later!"

A few minutes later, Leo wandered into Starbucks, ordering a cappuccino for himself and giving a sunny smile to the group, noting that Ben seemed to have a black eye. "Jeez, what happened to you?"

Theria

I buy my cinamon roll, and when I sit down I notice that pretty much everyone else has arrived. And then I see Ben. And his black eye.
"Dude, are you alright?" I ask. "How did that happen?" I can not help but imagine what kind of pain he is in right now.

You guys I'll post tomorrow if I can

Lisa

I turn around right when I hear Theria asking Ben if he was okay.
I nearly spit out my orange Italian soda--others might like caffeine but I prefer a good old sugar rush--when I see Ben's eye.

"I second that dude! What happened?"

*Riley*

I laughed and punched the air.
" I beat him up in the hallway after school," I laughed and Ben glared at me. I lunged across the table and hugged him," 'Twas a joke, darling." He laughed and pushed me backwards. I looked over to see Xan still dancing across Starbucks. I rolled my eyes.
" Theria, please state your purpose for calling us here before we get put out." Xan wobbled back to the table. I tapped his shoulder.
" Are you contained?"
" I'm never contained," I rolled my eyes.
" Please, Theria, continue."

Theria

"Well," I say innocently, "I just wanted to hang out. I mean, it's Saturday, you know?"
The rest nod, but they see through my blushing cheeks and instantly know that I am not telling the whole truth. I look down at the bag that is tucked under the table, and figure that now would be the time to tell them.

"You guys are going to absolutley love this," I exclaim.

"What's in the sack, Theria?" Xan asks.

I ignore him, getting out eight headsets and a brochure. I read it out loud to them before distributing it so everyone else can see the pictures.

The Lost World

Enter a world that is entirely your own.
Become a legend. Be who you always wanted to be.
Enter the free and massive multiplayer expierence of
The Lost Word and you can achieve that.

Registration is easy and seamless-just put on your
headset to begin.

I smile. "Pretty cool, huh?"

*Riley*

I snatched the paper away from Theria.
" Wait, what? What's this talk about headsets, 'cause I just use my keyboard when I play." She nodded and looked around the table.
" Its supposed to make playing more, hmm, realistic." I stood up quickly and grabbed my cell.
" Where do we get these headsets?" Xan pulled me back down.
" Don't be a level 5 nerd, Riley." I rolled my eyes at him.
" Come on, Theria, spill. You're killing me."

Theria

I smile. Riley was so cute!

"Guys, this is so very much better then staring into a computer monitor. I mean, it's virtual reality, so we'll actually see everything through the eyes of our character, battling dragons, trading, when, in reality, we're safe at home."

"But," asks Riley, "How did you get it? And 9 headsets? It must of cost of fortune."

"I didn't have to pay a penny," I say, smiling wider. "I won it. I didn't enter anything, and somehow they knew exactly how many we needed, but, think! It shouldn't matter, should it? We have Lost Saga!"

Lisa

"Yeah but don't you find it a bit...odd?" I ask.

"Yeah but who the hell cares! We got it and that's all that matters," says Leo.

"I guess you're right," I say. "And I mean it's not like anything bad will happen right?"

"Right. Now give us our head sets Theria so we can get this game started!" yells Lyric.

"Okay, okay there's just one quick thing I need to tell you about them first."

Lyric:

The coffee was really hitting me now. I spun around in the chair and almost knocked Leo over. He shook his head and laughed, making a little comment about how to "Just say no."

"So do tell, Lisa." I said once I composed myself again, "Oh yeah, and don't take credit for my good work Riley." I added, indicating Ben's eye, sloshing my coffee around in the cup. I took another sip and was recharged again. This crash was going to bad bad bad...

Lisa nodded and took them out with great care. "You got one for each of us?" Theria said smiling.

*hey guys sorry about my ghost act things have been busy here*

Sam-

"Let's do this then." Sam held out his hand for his head set and waited patiently for the others to take there's.

"This is pretty cool," said he "I've never done the whole virtual internet Cafe thing. Is there some kind of fee to play?"

"Nope," said Theria "Like I said I won it. It's all pretty much paid for."

"But this is freakin sweet!" Lyric tapped her feet excitedly. "The game hasn't been released yet."

Ben slid the Lyric's fifth order of coffee out of her reach. "I think that's enough caffine for you."

"Guy's stop worrying!" Theria said with a smile. "Trust me it'll be fun."

Sam positioned his headset. "Then what are we waiting for?" Everyone else did the same. Theria placed her's on last.

Then said she,"All you have to do is press start."

WELCOME TO LOST SAGA

Xan


He slipped on one set of the headsets and leaned in back into his chair, almost in sync they all pressed the start button at the same time.

Xan's eyes widened in shock. He looked around.

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I have no idea what he's seeing . . . .