All Hail The Online Queen: Game start

Mom why

"Wait... you are 'The Greatest master of the blade'? Are you serious?!"

I looked at Ryan shocked, while Brandon looked completely dumbfounded by this realization. Ryan just sat and laughed at us. 

"It's not that big of a deal. There are probably many stronger than me and better at the art than me."

Ryan stood up chuckling and walked to what seemed to be the kitchen, beckoning us with his finger to follow him there. Brandon and I just looked towards each other for confirmation before following after Ryan into the kitchen and dining area. 

"Go ahead and sit down anywhere, I don't mind."

Ryan looked at us and served us some freshly brewed tea, he walked towards a small, black table in the corner of the small, red and gold colored room. Brandon and I walked to the table slowly and cautiously. 

"Thank you for the tea, Ryan."

I slowly looked up at Ryan, gratefully thanking him for the tea. 

"If you need a place to stay for the night, I have a couple of spare rooms you can use. No room sharing, I don't care how long you two have be-"

"We- We're not like that, plus he's way older than me anyway." 

I quickly interrupted Ryan before he could continue thinking that me and Brandon were a 'thing'. Brandon and I just looked at each other scratching out heads, when Brandon spoke up.

"Yeah, we're just traveling together and teaming up for a bit, plus I would hate for her talent in swords to go to waste.".

"Ahh, I see... that makes more sense. Wait are you two really that far apart in age? It doesn't seem like it..."

"Yeah, there's like an eight to ten year age gap..."

Ryan looked at Brandon and I confused and shocked, looking somewhat intrigued now.

"Yeah, I'm younger than him, I-I am turning fifteen later this year..."

"Wait, what?! really? you seem so much older, I honestly thought you were like eighteen or something."

Ryan and Brandon looked at me completely shocked at how much younger I am than them. I scratched the back of my head, awkwardly.

"I'm twenty-four and Ryan is twenty-two, how come you're so mature though?"

"I don't know, I've just always been like this, I guess..."

They started asking me a ton of questions, and I was feeling really awkward so I just changed the subject quickly.

"Hey, Ryan, you said you saw my skills at that village, how'd you see me?"

"Eh? Oh, I saw you while I was hunting in the forest that day, I was heading back over here and saw you take those two down. Why?"

"Just wondering, it felt like someone was watching me from one of the shops... probably just my imagination though..."

Ryan and I looked at each other confused yet intrigued. Ryan sat down next to Brandon across from me. Brandon just listened, getting interested in the conversation rubbing the butt of his chin like he was thinking.

"From the shops? Wasn't everyone dead though?"

"That's what I thought. I was in too much of a rush to get out of there to go back and check it out though, it might have been a good idea to check it out before coming over here."

Ryan and I sat talking to each other confused, when Brandon spoke up looking at us. 

"Is it possible someone or something else was watching you, Queen? We should check it out tomorrow, for nose, lets head back to the inn to rest then lets all meet up o the path leading from the kingdom to the village, yeah?"

Ryan just nodded in agreement, i  nodded with him, looking at Brandon.

"Yup, seems like a plan lets go back to the inn now, Brandon. It'll get dark soon, so that'd be best."

"Alright, sorry for the trouble, Ryan. See you tomorrow, lets meet up around eleven yeah?"

Brandon, Ryan, and I all stood up and walked towards the front door. Ryan opened the large black oak doors and walked out there with us.

"Sure, seems like a plan, see ya'll then."

Ryan turned and walked back into his house, and Brandon and I walked back down to the inn. there was a slightly awkward tension between us in the silence until we arrived at the small birch wood inn. we looked at each other as we walked into our rooms. 

"Well, see ya tomorrow then, we should look for more people to join us though, it would probably liven everything up..."

"Umm, yeah, that sounds good. Well, see ya at eleven tomorrow, Brandon..."

I walked into my room, closing and locking my door. I walked over to my red and black bed, that had laced pillows; putting my armor away into my inventory, completely exhausted. I plopped onto my bed, sinking into the mattress and sighed, logging out of the game.

I slowly stood from where i lied on my bed, looking over at my small back alarm clock on my white night stad, reading that it said it was currently six in the afternoon.

"Oh, wow, I was playing that longer than I thought. I should probably go downstairs and talk to my mom or get something to eat before I pass out..."

I quickly got changed into some looser clothes and jogged slowly down the stairs to the kitchen, where I heard my mom cooking. As I entered the dining area next to
 the kitchen I saw my mom collapse to the ground suddenly, it seemed as though everything happened in slow motion.

"Mom!"

I screamed her name and went running to her side, checking her pulse as I landed next to her. I felt her pulse quickly fading, so I started asking her questions trying to figure out why she just suddenly collapsed. she turned looked at me with tears in her eyes and rolled her empty pill bottle towards me. I looked at it as it ht my knee, completely shocked and somewhat in denial; tears started streaming down my face as i turned and looked in her glazed over eyes.

"Mom... why is it empty...this is the new bottle I just bought this morning..."

"Sorry... Selin... I couldn't take it anymore... I'm sorry"

She turned away from me and cried with a slight smile on her face, slowly closing her eyes and going limp. My tears started streaming down my face as i held my mother in my arms.

"Mom! Mom! Why?! I need you to help take care of me! WHY?! WHY'D YOU LEAVE ME?! MOM! MOM!"

Mrs. Garcia who lived down the street and a few of my other neighbors came running in, wondering what happened at looking at us with shock. Mrs. Garcia pulled me away from my mom and hugged me as I cried into her shoulder. I quietly mumbled as I collapsed from the shock and blacked out.

"Mom... why..."