My middle name isn't Grace

The word, 'Starting..' flashed and the next thing I know I'm diving through the air. And when I say air, I mean above the clouds. I break through the white fluffy clouds and I turn myself so I'm facing upwards, towards the now parted clouds. I now felt damp and I could see a few drops of water leaving my clothes. I relax myself but I rather not die right off the bat so I pulled myself into a ball and thought about my wings. How could I forget about my wings?! I'm a pixie with a flying skill! I thought about flying as I am around 10 stories above the ground and I flipped backwards to where it looked like I was standing upright as I was falling. A pair of black fairy-like wings that were shaped like butterfly wings but see through and sparkly appeared and slowed my fall so I landed softly and on my feet.

I look around as I rest my wings and put them down. I spin on my toes, the land is so pretty. It's so green and there are all types of flowers and plants that I've never seen on Earth. My daydreaming was cut off by a tall, shirtless, male who was yelling at me with his shirt over his shoulder. He looked in his 20's but seemed gentle, like he couldn't hurt a fly.

"Emma! What did Mom tell you about flying near the house!" He snaps at me like he is my father.

"Sorry, I will go further out next time."

"You better or you're going to get in some big trouble."

He walked back inside a decent sized house and I wanted to get a better look at my wings. I extended them once more fully and I played around with them. They have a dark gray, almost black, center and fade as it gets closer to the edges. The sparkles would move as I fluttered them. I run my hands behind them and I laugh to myself because this system is the most realistic game I have ever played. I put away my sparkly wings and thought about the menu and it popped up. First thing I noticed was that there was no log out button, just some other options. I didn't want to worry about it so I just selected Family to see if I knew this boy who yelled at me. Scrolling through my list of family members, I find out that he is my brother named Mason. He was described as a 24 year old, blonde, warrior. He worked at a school to protect the kids. I also had a Mother and Father; my mom was Aria and my dad was Henry. Aria was a dirty blonde, 45 year old that stays at home as a job. And Henry, my father, was a 47 year old, brunette, who also worked at a school but a different one than Mason. What I found interesting was that anyone I haven't met or that have perished were grayed out. I exited out of that and then took a look at World information.

The world, Istaria, looks like a big lizard biting its tail with a little island in the middle. It had five known land nations that made up the world, with the fifth nation located in the middle of them all. There was a display of the world and the landmasses were covered by something that looked like fog except for this tiny part that my thirteen year old body had explored. But above the fogged out lands where the names Shaila, Udros, Ickrana, Ofrait and the island was Endalasia. Each land had their own style of life, but I couldn't see it in detail because I haven't been there yet. For all I know, each had their own style of governance, dungeons and rulers. But I had a lot more information on Ofrait, the nation I live in apparently. Orfrait was in the upper part of the body minus the head with a clawed arm reaching into the water. We have a royal family as rulers, slavery was banned but other races where still treated differently because of the past wars we had, our economy was mostly based off crop exports, and there were 5 schools of magic inside of our city!

I didn't feel like looking into the schools at the moment so I put it off to the side and closed the menu. I smelled something delicious so I walked a decent pace into my new house to see what was going on. The house had two stories and looked like it was made out of some type of clay bricks. The downstairs has a kitchen area, a table, chairs, and a stairway upstairs. My new mom was by a fire cooking lunch which smelled something like chicken but I couldn't be sure. My dad was most likely upstairs because he wasn't anywhere to be seen downstairs. And my brother was cleaning the dishes with animal fur as a sponge and a bucket of water. Since the chicken-mystery meat isn't finished I wanted to fly around a bit.

"Hey mom, may I go exploring before dinner?"

"You may, but check on your father before you go please. He is upstairs in his room. And make sure to come back before sun down. You know what happens out there. I don't want you hurt, you got me? And you are going to need to change once you get back, your clothing is all ripped."

I nod, smile, and walk upstairs. I look down at my clothes, and she's right. I am wearing a brown buttoned shirt and a part of dark brown pants, both of which have some dirt and small rips. Also, I don't know which room is my dad's? There are different animal skins over the doorways into each of the four rooms. You might think like tiger fur, zebra, sheep, but nope. They were things I've never seen before. One was white with light pink and gray stripes, another one was the same design but with black as the background and white and dark blue stripes. These two striped ones are near the stairs while the last two were both at the end of the hallway. The one has a type of gray and brown leopard fur and the one close to the end was a type of deer with.. wings? I'm guessing that the one with the winged deer is the bathroom so I move the fur to the side and I was right. There was a bucket of water and a bucket for you to- yeah. Then I check out the two rooms with the striped fur covering them. The dark blue one is my brother's room and the pink is mine. We both have a straw bed and make-shift closets with clothing. I will check mine out later. I move on to check on my dad in his room, the one with the leopard fur. He was laying down so I guessed it was best not to bother him. I go back outside after telling my mom that he is sleeping. I close my eyes, smiling. I put out my wings and flap them to propel me upwards.

I just float around, observing the area, just below the clouds. What did my mom mean by me getting hurt? I get side-tracked by what looks to be a town surrounded by forest. I decide to go and check it out. I'm not sure if they are hostel or not, so I land in a tree near the town, put away my wings, and slowly hop down. Well.. at least I tried to. I ended up falling out of the tree with a very loud bang which got everyone's attention. I get up, dust myself off, give a nervous giggle and walk into the town. My middle name definitely isn't Grace. I got a few 'Are you okay?'s but after that everyone seemed to forget. I sigh but quickly smile. There are so many cool things to see and to buy! It ranges from food to low and high level gear. I skip around looking at different stores. I found some things that I might come back just to buy. Things like a few lightweight swords and this cool half breastplate. It is a silver type metal with a red line through it and an eagle logo on the inside with the letters 'NQ'. But by the time I was done being all girly and looking around, it was sundown. There are too many people and I don't want to slap someone with my wings so flying away is a no-go. Everyone quickly files into their homes as if there was a big death plague coming my way. Well, as it turns out, there are little death plague blobs and they are coming my way. They are little black water drops that jiggle like Jell-o. Did I mention each has a human skull in the middle? Well now you know.

As they got closer, they morphed together making a bigger blob with all the skulls slowly moving around. What am I supposed to do!? I don't have a weapon nor any gear but I can't just let it go and hurt someone. I flinch as I shove my elbow full speed into the glass window of the store that had the chest plate and sword I found earlier. I slide the chest plate on and I stand ready with my elbows bleeding. My mom's words ring in my head and I fall back. Who am I joking, I can't fight that.. but.. maybe I should try.

I minimize my size and fly behind the death blob. I resize and strike at its back. It leaves a gap then reforms. It turns around and I lunge backwards. I push out my wings and flitted myself away. It is too quick of a regeneration for me to be of any help for now. As I flutter away, I notice a kid running towards the blob. Stupid kids..