Age of Magia

Magic

A/N: Sup, you can call me Jack. I wanted to start a massive AU. I own nothing, not even the OCs.

Somethings that inspired me: Sword Art Online - It's first season. The Seer - A fanfic which is kind of long, haven't finished but it's really good. Fire Emblem - It has so many characters and classes. Log Horizon and Danmachi.

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"I totally saved you back there! You owe me, bunny!"

"Like heck you did! And would ya quit callin' me that?"

Jack and Aster, back and forth with these two. Out of the group they were the most talkative. Sandy, the one who didn't talk at all, merely waited until they stopped fighting. Tiana had to remove her headset because of how loud they were, that, and Nick's laughter as they argued. Nick rather enjoyed it, with them there were no boring, awkward moments of silence.

All this commotion over an MMORPG: Age of Magia, or AoM as some called it. The game all the gamers were talking and hyped about. Young and old alike. Jack and his friends included. No one knew why the game was so popular or so inviting. Perhaps because AoM was the most advanced game by far, the game had spectacular graphics, and loads of stuff to do and things to be.

The game only officially came out last week, but it already had thousands of people playing and that number would only grow because it was summer; People had more free time now.

Right now, Jack and his friends were in Fenmont just coming back from a quest. It was the starting point, the respawn area, and the center of the Magia world. Fenmont was the main place where players online met and the largest market place. It was the most populated city in the whole game.

Each character had a class. Jack's was an ice mage, as usual, Tiana was a thief, Aster a lancer, Nick a swordsman and Sandy a dancer. This was usually their setup when they were in a group.

"I say you give me your boomerang, cottontail!"

"Pft! Like you could handle it, frost brain!"

Tiana could still hear them, even without her headset on. She groaned and put the headset back on. "Alright,children. Knock it off with the bickering, you guys are hurting poor Sandy's ears." The moment she said this Sandy's avatar proceeded to walk into a corner and made a frowny face in chat. For a guy who didn't talk much he somehow had a lot of personality.

Both Jack and Aster gave disgruntled mummers but their bickering stopped. Tiana exhaled loudly in relief as if to say "Finally." Nick laughed as he talked, "Well, it's been fun my comrades but I'll have to leave. We have been playing for three hours after all."

Suddenly there was a yawn in the middle of his anger from Aster. "Yeah, same here, mate. I think I'll hit the hay."

"Wait! Guys..." Tiana almost shouted, her voice sounded a little rushed. "Before you leave, can I ask you all something?"

"A question? Sure, what's up Tooth?" Jack asked. Tooth was Jack's nickname for Tiana because had this fixation for teeth. It was the same reason why Jack calls Aster "Bunny" because he loved bunnies.

"Well. This may sound silly and childish but..." Tiana paused for a moment before finishing. "I... Oh, never mind. It's embarrassing."

"No, come on! You can't just leave us hang!" Jack urged her on and he could hear her sigh.

"It's just," she still seemed hesitant on asking. "You ever wish magic was real? Like believe in it?"

There was an incredibly short moment of silence but it was long enough to make Tiana regret what she asked. Aster gave a small chuckle.

"Believe in magic? No.. I'm not sure if I have ever believed even when I was a kid. Though I always had hope it was real." Aster said, you could hear a smile in his voice but his words just seemed a bit sad to Tiana and Jack.

Sandy merely made his avatar shrugged. Sandy knew it wasn't a real answer but he didn't know what to say, not that he was going to say anything.

Nick chuckled as well. "I used to. It was a wondrous to believe in that as a child.. Tiana, do you- " A female voice saying inaudible words from Nick's end cut him off. "Ah! Looks like I will have to go, see you my friends!" Nick's avatar disappeared.

"Well, guess I'll head off too! See ya." Aster let out yet another yawn, before his avatar disappeared too. Sandy's avatar did a little wave to Jack's and Tiana's avatar before he disappeared as well.

Tiana gave a weak chuckle then sighed as soon as they left. Their answers weren't nearly as bad as she thought but she was still embarrassed for even asking it. "Guess I'd better go too, I haven't eaten soo..."

"Hey, Tooth! Do uh, believe in magic?" Jack asked hesitantly. Magic had been rolling around in his head as soon he got this game. He was one of the five who got the offline version of AoM for free because of the contest. "Because I think I do. Not just cheap tricks but the real thing, ya know? I wish it was real too."

"Really? Yes, actually I do..." Tiana smiled and went silent for a moment before she scrambled to find something to say. "A- Anyway, I should go. Bye Jack!"

"Bye, Tooth." And just as he said that her avatar vanished. Jack exited the game and voice chat. He then took off he headset and closed his eyes leaning back in his chair. "Magic..." The teen thought about it in silence before his little sister walked into the doorway.

"Jackson! Mom said this was for you. It's a package from RealismGaming." She tossed it to him, it was a cube-shaped box about the size of a baseball. Emma then rushed by his side and waited for him to open it. "I didn't get one though." She sounded a little disappointed.

"Thanks, Em. Huh. Maybe it's one per household or... Maybe it's because I won the contest?" He muttered this as he tore off the tape and opened the box: There was velvet padding inside and folded note covering the top of it. Jack picked up the note and glanced what was underneath the note awe along with his sister. It was some kind of gemstone. It had patches of brown and in between had a mystical glowing mix of red, blue, green and purple. Something about it just seemed to be alive.

He read the cursive written note aloud. "Hold the boulder opal as you play the game tomorrow. Good for two at the most. Saturday? And why two..? What does that even mean? And how is holding a rock supposed to do anything?" He tilted his head and looked at Emma, who had already took the gemstone from the box was staring at it, ignoring him for most of his questioning.

"A boulder opal? Thought so. Though, I've never seen one like this..." Emma said as she held it up to the light. 

"Really? Wait, what do you know about rocks anyway?"

Her head shot up to meet his gaze. "For your information I just recently got into rocks! Especially ones like this," she stated it as a matter of fact before looking back at it in awe. "It looks so... Magical. Once we get done with whatever this is totally going in my collection..."

Magic. There was that word again. Jack took the gemstone from her, glanced at it for half a second then placed it back in it's case. "Well! We'll see what it does tomorrow." He closed the box with the note and put it on the desk then stood up stretching. "C'mon, let's go see what mom will cook us!"

"Hm... Alright!" Emma followed her brother out but she was still curious about it. Jack was too but he tried not to think too much of it throughout the day. After all-

What could a little stone do?