Trapped From A Wish

The Book

Star forced me to stay put and lie down on the stone. I didn't stop him, the pain was becoming too much for me. "Leaf, if you don't let anyone know what happened in there..." he trailed off for a second, "What I mean is, maybe keeping it inside isn't the best idea." I looked at him and he seemed to have a look in his eyes that showed that he cared more than I thought he did.

"I'll tell you when I think it's best, Star. Until then, please try and stay safe." I didn't expect Star to understand, and he didn't. Nonetheless he still nodded and stared at the ground in deep thought and the pain ebbed away from me, since I had stopped revealing anything else to Star.

"If you won't let me know, then at least let me give you this. " A small wisp of stars started to appear in his hand that formed a book. It had golden swirls and creases that made me stare at it in awe, and at the center there was the letter S that seemed to shine like a glass crystal in the sunlight.

"Use it when you know you have to, " Star said handing it to me. "Star...I-I don't know what to say," I said, completely flattered, "Thank you." Star smiled at me, as if there was something I didn't know about him. I made the book disappear at my command and we just sat there for a while.

"I'll see you later, " he finally said after a few moments, he tilted his head towards where the net was, "Probably check that for fish." We said goodbye to each other and I lifted the net out of its spot in the stream.

"Great catch!" I heard Shrew say coming out from behind me. I smiled at his presence, "Thanks." I had caught about five fish that were only found in this virtual world. We weren't sure at first if these were okay to eat, but turns out they tasted just like any other fish that you'd see at home.

"Let's start heading back now." I said after we put our fresh kill in handmade sacks created out of sturdy vines. Shrew nodded, helping me carry the sack to the others.

"Hey Leaf! Hi Shrew! How was hunting today?" Sorrel asked as she gathered berries in the bushes. "It was good, I caught about five fish and Shrew caught a rabbit." Sorrel smiled,"Perfect for the herbs and berries Storm and I found in near the stream! Thanks guys!" With that, we created a campfire in the center of all the houses and started to cook our food.

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After eating our meal, I decided to go somewhere private to have some time alone to myself. "I'm going to the hilltops! I'll come back after noon! " I called to everyone running past the pines going to the moorland.

When I arrived at the spot where I sat with Shrew after the prank, I brought out the book Star gave me. The book still shined with its unique color as I opened to the first page. It read Spell Book of The Techno World.

I gave a small humph of confusion. If this was a spell book, wouldn't the player with those type of powers be able to use this? I turned to the next page; Fire Wielders. My thoughts immediately came to Fire. He used fire as his main weapon, so it would be useful to him.

Even if I knew there wasn't much use in reading this part of the book, I thought I might as well learn as much as I can. As I read the chapter about Fire Wielders, I started getting more interested in reading about them. There wasn't much things I could've used from this, but it was good to know that Fire could do these things in case spells really were needed. I went to the next chapter;

Storm Enforcer.

"Cool!" I said to myself thinking about what Storm could do with these spells. Most of these spells were for offensive moves in battle, but some could be used to give energy to others. I continued looking at the next chapters;

Star Warriors,

Plant Manipulators,

Animal Keepers,

Invisible Shadows,

Water and Nature Healers.

I immediately started reading about how my powers would help, but I then stared at the pages in confusion. In the chapter of my skills it read:

Water and Nature Healers are the most rarest out of all skill holders. Though they are especially rare,their power is not considered useful. They have powers that bond with the nature of their spirit, letting the holder sacrifice what power they have inside of them to help others in their need. They have one known powerful spell that is not often used.

Sacrifice: This spell causes the holder to give freedom to others, making them change to a new form. How to do this spell is not known to any game maker, it is tend to be known by instinct of the holder.

How was this good for me? Knowing I wasn't "useful" to other players. I made the book disappear from my hands, I suddenly realized why we were put into this world specifically.

"Is this why you put us in here right game maker?! To be your testing subjects and toys to play with trying to figure out the secrets of this game?!" I yelled at the sky above me. How dare they think they can just take us away from our families just like that! How dare they threaten me and cause me pain for speaking the truth!

A laugh was heard inside my head, "What do you mean? Didn't you ask for this to happen Leaf?" I fought back from the taunting. It wasn't my fault that we were test subjects in a virtual world, it wasn't my fault that they were making us suffer....

"But maybe it is," A whisper was heard right by my ear, "You know it's your fault Leaf, don't deny it. Every single bit of it is your fault."

"No, everything is your fault for even picking children from schools to do this. You have no right to make players like us suffer! " I snapped at the game maker.

But deep down inside...I knew it was my fault.