I wake up to sunlight and a throbbing headache. I opened my eyes, and quickly sat up to find myself in a meadow, with a dark forest to my right. I had absolutely no idea who is was, where I was, how I got, or why I was here. I laid back down trying to will my headache away. It seemed so peaceful, so normal, but it seemed so...wrong. Like someone created a fake world to escape the real world.
"A fake world..." I said out loud. A memory suddenly popped in my head, but it was annoyingly murky. The more I tried to concentrate on it, but it was slipping away. I tried to stand up, only for my hand to light up in pain. I looked down. In the middle of my hand was a dark blue gem that sparkled in the sunlight. I didn't remember much but I definitely knew that was not supposed to be there. Before I could look at it more closely, I heard a low growl behind me.
I whipped around to see a wolf behind me. It growled again and edged closer to me. I tried to step back, but it growled again. I stood frozen in fear. Before I can think of an escape plan, the wolf charges at me. I put up my hand in an attempt to shield my face and hear a mechanical sound, and an explosion. I open my eyes, to see pieces of the wolf everywhere and my hand as a...gun? I was staring at it when I heard someone walk up behind me.
"No one came to Arcus like that before."
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The Prism Trials
Science FictionIt is the 23rd century. The world outside is a wasteland of wars and riots. The government needs something, anything to stay in control. Then miners find gems that somehow grant the user magical powers. Once the public learns of the magical properti...
