Messed up! The Great Beginning

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I'm so happy that there is someone out there who dedicates themselves to help people like me. I'm going to have my own prosthetics! A new arm! A new eye! Finally something good!

I finished my breakfast, put the tablet away and didn't know what to do with myself. The first therapy session will start at 10 and it isn't even 08:30 yet. However, I reminded myself that I could start reading that cool looking manga book I found. So that's what I did, I grabbed the book that was next to the flower vase on the small table that was right next to the bed. I opened the book and a small old looking note fell out of it. I picked the note up from my lap out of curiosity. The note had random things sketched on it.

A pair of sneekers, a wand, two guns, a crossbow and a round shield, a necklace and another book with a pentagram on it. Right next to each one of the small sketches were numbers written down in an odd way, but due to the fact that I've played minecraft before, I realized they were some kind of coordinates. I don't know what this is supposed to mean, so I stuffed the note back into the manga and started reading.

The first chapter was about how a hero woke up in the middle of nowhere. Then she went to a nearby town to find out what happened because everything was basically a wasteland. She went into a saloon and talked to the bar man, who then told her that he recognized her and that there was an incident. The hero was confused, but after the bar man showed her an old photo, she recognized something and so did I. On the picture showed her in a warrior like outfit holding a wand. I started to get a bad feeling about how the wand looked and took a look at the old note. The wand looks exactly like the one from the photo! I flipped a little through the book to see if there were any more coincidences and there were the same things that were on the note.

Is this real? This can't be a coincidence anymore! Everything looks exactly the same, like on the note! There is only one way to find out.. and that is to go to these locations written down in coordinates. Well.. once I leave the hospital.. and maybe get my prosthetics.. and find out who my grandmother is.

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Oh, just who am I kidding? I can't possibly go there! That's almost impossible for me! I don't even have a phone anymore. Damn it! I guess I have to find another way to find out if the things are real because if they are, then they will help me save my mom! I will be one step closer to being able to accomplish my great mission. That wand does look the best for this deal, so I should focus on that.

I continued to read the book again and in the blink of an eye, it was 09:50. The nurse who greeted me at like 5 in the morning came in again and said it was time to go. I nearly tripped as I got up and followed the nurse to the therapy room, where I had to sit in the hallway and wait for a little. The nurse already went into the room and then left again shortly after. Soon enough, it was 10 AM, the door opened and I was told to come in by a familiar voice.

It was Doctor Axel!

"Oh, Patricia! Come in, come in!" He said very cheerfully

"Huh, what are you doing here, Doctor?"

"Well, I may be a doctor and all, but I'm a therapist here at this hospital. You know to get to know my patients better." He replied.

I sat down in one of the two chairs in front of his desk he was sitting at. On the desk, there were papers in front of Axel. He was holding a pen in his.. hand. There also were coloring books and crayons along with a jar with lollipops in it and stickers on it.

"The nurse told me about how you lost your mom.. Truelania.. I'm sorry to hear that."

"...yes." I looked away.

"You know, I knew her once. I dreamed of becoming a doctor, but.. I didn't believe in myself." I looked back at him.

"A few years ago, I met her at a tour where she came to the town where I lived once. I even got to talk to her and take a picture with her!"

"Somehow, we started to talk about life changing injuries that could happen during her hero duties."

"She told me that I was pretty smart in this subject, so I told her about my big dream. She was fascinated with that idea."

"But when I told her that I didn't believe in myself because I thought it would be very hard for me, she got angry at me and told me that with my knowledge I was made for this!"

"She really encouraged me to this job. And I don't regret taking the risk today."

My eyes were sparkling from how amazed I was from his story.

"Want to know a secret?" I nodded.

"Truelania told me that she was Immortal."